PREFACE.

Tue subject of Vol. VII. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the

classification of the very large subfamily Acronyctine, which

comprises some 3,000 species belonging to over 300 genera and

will occupy three volumes of the Catalogue. The subfamily is

characterised by the trifid neuration of the hind wing combined with

spineless tibise and smooth eyes not surrounded by bristle-lke hairs,

and it is the least specialised of the subfamilies of the Noctuide

Trifine.

Sir George Hampson has again to thank all those who helped

him with the earlier volumes of the Catalogue, for their assistance

In various ways in the preparation of the present volume, especially

Herr R. Piingeler, of Aachen, and Prof. J. B. Smith, who has again

presented many species new to the British Museum Collection and

coloured drawings made from types of others; the authorities

of the U.S. National Museum, Washington, for drawings from types

and for the loan of types from the Schaus Collection; and the

authorities of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for

drawings from the types in the Neumeegen Collection. All these

drawings are reproduced and their sources acknowledged in the

text.

The manuscript dealing with the remainder of the subfamily is

prepared and ready for press and will be issued in two volumes. It

is hoped that these will appear in 1909.

CHAS. O. WATERHOUSE.

British Museum (Natural History),

November 28rd, 1908.

SYSTEMATIC

Ham. NOCTRUEDIAR. ss ...5.

Subfam. ACRONYCTINZE ..

Pleeopyra, LMpsn: se 1... a.

2748. chloeropis (Turner)... .

2749, novaguinensis (Beth.-

JEIEED) SS Repo aD

AeMUIMESMTAN UCL. He oe ss as

2750. lignosa, Butl. ......:.

VMCOMOPUS, GUI. a5. 0s

2751. albicilia (Ampsn.) ....

2752. cinnamomea (Aleem.)..

2753. effusa (Boisd.)........

Jarl Oval, 12 bi OBO ron oe 66 Ooo

2754. sanguinipuncta (Gwen.).

Amphipyra, Ochs.

Zmoowmaona, Wik. ......5-

2756. pyramidea (Lz22.)

2757. pyramidoides, Gwen.

2758. cupreipennis, Moore

Zoo» livida (Schiff) .......-

2760. atronitens (W7k.) ....

2761. tripartita, Butl.

2762. jancousci, Oberth.

2ioomerebina. Butl, ... 1...

ZOL, pertuay (Habs). .2.....

DiOommtorcan CHA0I)s alia ome

2766. tragopoginis (Linn.) ..

2767. styx, Herr.-Schiff. ....

2068. schrenci, Mén..5......

e2769. subricuas Bien.) ja. s..

DimOsnnidanss Meds, weer

2771. molybdea, Christ.

2772. alpheraci (Staud.)

2773. elabella (Morr.) ..

sergel (Staud.)

re)

» EUS

TERN JAM ties weteanene ae ome 6

2775. defigurata ( Wk.)

2776. sericea, Butt.

a i ay

oboe ee oo

INDEX.

2777. pallida (Hudson)......

Gracilipalpus Calon ace eee

2778. turcomanica ( Christ.) ..

2779. ephialtes (Aiibn.)

Stygiostola, Hmpsn. ........

2780. wnbratica (Goeze)

Orthogonica, Feld.

2781. plana (Leech)

2782.

2783.

2784.

Mania, 4

2785. maura (Linn.)

2786.

2787.

2788.

Rei (Wah 58 a66506 50

venata, Hmpsn.

nyctichroa, Hmmpsn.....

2789. pheeochroa, Hmpsn. ..

2790. olivescaria (Swinh.)....

Mac uSanwyllcu trevor ere ers

2791. olivaria, Hmpsn.......

NIGP, Camiisins, JEU PO. ooo 4c

2793. leucorina, Hmpsn. ....

2794. versicolora (Sealm.)

2795. tenebrosa (Joore)

2796. orbifera (IV7k.)

Stenopterygia, Honpsn. ......

2797. tenebrosa, Hmpsn. ....

2798. subcurva (Wik.) ......

2799. cebese (Beth.-Baker) ..

Dipterygia, Steph.

2800.

2801.

2802.

2803.

2804.

2805.

2806.

2807.

2808.

2809.

‘sip itelsiolne

cebexw, Beth-Baker...

babooni, Beth.- Baker .

scabriuscula (Lz)

caliginosa ( Wk.)

japonica, Leech

indica, Moore

vagivitta, Wk.

eristifera, Hmpsn.

umbrifera ( Dut.) :

ORNAIE) (LEGPPD) sana san

eer see

see eee

plumbinotata, Hmpsn. .

muscivirens (Lutl.) ....

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

vill

Page

Dipterygia (con.).

QSlON pallida wWogr: wc. 1 72

2811. ordinaria (Butl.)..... To

2812. lionaris (Schaus) ..... of

2813. assueta (Buil.)....... 7¢

2814. nicea (Swnh.) ....... 75

Parastichtis, Aube .....-...- 76

2815. nigricostata, Hmpsn. .. 79

2816. cuculliformis (Grove) .. 7

2817. verba-coides (Guwen.) .. 80

2818. nigrior (Smzth) ..... 81

2819. cariosa (Giuen.) ..... 82

2820. relicina (Morr.) ..... 82

2821. lithoxylea (Schiff) .... 83

2822. sublustris (Zsp.) ..... 84

9823. arabs (Oberth.)....... 85

2824. cristata (Grote) ..... 85

2825. vulgaris (Grote § Rob.). 86

2896, auranticolora (Grote)... 87

2827. lignicolora (Guen.) .. 88

2828. antennata (Smith) . 88

2829. perstriata, Hmpsn. .... 89

2830. monoglypha (Zfiifn.) .. 90

2831. dionea (Smith)....... Sil

2832. strigidisca (Moore) .... 92

2823. submarginata (Leech) .. 92

2884. flavistigma (Moore).... 98

2835. genialis (Grote) ..... 94

29836. chinensis (Leech)..... 94

2837. hepatica (Linn.) ..... 95

9838. sodalis (Butl.)....... 96

ews), Tbe, (THE) 66050 oc 97

2840. vultuosa (Grote) ..... 98

2841. apamiformis (G'wen.) 99

2842. multicolora (Dyar).... 100

2843. plutonia (Grote) ..... 100

2844, funerea (Hein.) ..... JO

2845. boopis, Hmpsn. ..... 102

2846. occidens (Grote) ..... 103

2847. albina (Grote) ....... 108

2848. castanea (Grote) ..... 104

2849. arctica (Borsd.) ..... 105

2850. leucostigma (Moore) .. 106

2851. purpurina (Hmpsn.) 106

2852. veterina (Led.) ..... 107

2853. rorulenta (Smith) 108

2854. suffusca (Morr.) ..... 108

Bimal, Jes beabooo oe bbe 109

2855. lignea, Butl........... 109

Euplexidia, Hmpsn........... 110

2856. noctuiformis, EUG so NO)

Checupa, Moore ........... 111

2857. fortissima, Moore...... 112

2858, nigrostrigata (Beth.-

BOECIN EN reee ater oO 113

Page

Mrachea Ochs. aia er 113

2859. partita (Moore) ..... 114

2860. illocata (WIk.)....... 1)5

2861. cyanelinea (Hmpsn.) .. 115

2862. subviridis ( Butl.)..... 116

2863. bella (Butl.)......... 117

2864. fasciculata (Leech) .... 118

_ 2865. hastata (Moore) ..... 119

2866. repetita (Butl.) ..... 119

2867. stoliczcee (Feld.) ..... 120

2868. distorta (Moore) ..... “121

2869. melanoleuca (Hmpsn.) . 122

2870. melanodonta (Hmpsn.) . 122

2871. melanobasis (Ampsn.) . 123

2872. atritornea, Hmpsn..... 124

28738. toxaridia (Druce)..... 124

2874, stellifera (Moore)..... 125

2875. distans (Moore) ..... 26

2876. indistans (G'wen.)..... 127

2877. iorrhoa (Meyr.) ..... 128

2878. nigribarbata, Hmpsn... 129

2879. breviuscula (Wik.).... 129

2880. smaragdistis ( eth.-

Baker) slate hae ee 137

2881. mniochlora (Meyr.) ... 188

2882. leucopera, Hmpsn. .... 138

2883. trichroma (Meyr.) .... 189

2884. bryochlora (Meyr.).... 189

2885. albifusa, Hmpsn...... 140

2886. albidisca (Moore)..... 141

2887. aurantiaca (Hmpsn.) .. 142

2888. auroviridis (Moore).... 142

2889. chrysochlora, Hmpsn.. . 143

2890. albinota (Moore)..... 144

2891. olivacea (Moore)..... 144

2892. venosa (Moore) ..... 145

2893. literata (Moore) ..... 145

2894. chalcochlora (Hmpsn.) . 146

2895. atrovirens (Moore) .... 147

2896. dinava (Beth.-Baker).. 147

2897. aurigera (Wik.) ,.... 148

2898. microspila, Ampsn.. 149

2899. melanospila, Kod/. .. 149

2900. atriplicis (Linn.)..... 150

2901. auriplena ( Wik.) ..... 151

2902. leucodonta, Hmpsn. 162

2903. delicata (Grote) ..... 153

2904. anguliplaga (Wik.).... 154

2905, malezieuxi (Dogn.).,.. 164

2906. uscana (Druce) ..... 155

2907. tociensis (Butl.) ..... 156

2908. chlorogrammata

(CEL HTO oo 00005 00 156

2909. lucian(Held: i: 0 ene 157

2910, pratti (Beth.-Buaker) 157

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 1x

Page Page

QO avaridis (Druce)........ 158 2967. intermixta (Leech) .... 197

2912. smaragdina (Newm.) .. 159 2968. ethnica (Smith) ...... 198

2913. viridimusca (Smith) .. 159 2969. parcata (Smith) ...... 198

2914. eugrapha, D. Jones.... 160 | 2970. commoda (IWih.)...... 199

olyemitens!(Bwtl.) 6)... oe G1 eal enieray(OS:702h)))) ina ote 199

2916. jancousci (Oberth.).... 161 | 2972. espumosa (Dogn.) .... 200

2917. marina (Girote)........ 162 2973. opposita (Wik.) ...... 200

2918. miselioides (Guen.).... 163 | 2974. consummata (Wik.) .. 201

2919. macerata (Smth) .... 164 | 2975. siderifera (Moore) .... 202

2920. semilunata (Grote) .... 164 2976. connivens (Feld.) .... 203

2921. inordinata (Morr.) .... 165 | 2977. dinavana (Beth.-Baker). 203

2922. leucodon (Lv.)........ 166 | 2978. niveiplaga (Wik.) .... 204

2923. cinefacta (Grote)...... 166 | 2979. fasciata (Leech) ...... 204

2924. centralis (Smith)...... 167 | 2980. rubrirena (Treit.) .... 205

2925. unita (Smith) ........ 168 ADIs tinenyes (SAO) 4 o5o0 406 206

TAG SO, (SUED) so io Ba diab 169 2932. anceps (CWWALE) “sicscee 207

2927. barnesi (Smith) ...... 169 | 2983. oblonga (Haw.) ...... 208

ZOD Sa momar( Sick.) ss. 2... 170 | 2984. geminimacula (Dyar).. 209

2929. turbulenta (Hiibn.).... 171 | 2985. impulsa (Guen.) ...... 210

2OaOmuliyricay (E772) sa... « 171 2986. brunnea (Leech) ...... 210

2931. pabulatricula (Brahm) . 172 2987... secalis(Linn.) 22)... 36. 211

2932. allecto (Smith)........ Hie 2988. chalcirena (Piing.) .... 212

2933. mactata (Guen.) ...... 174 2989. ascoldis (Oberth.) .... 213

2934. ferens (Smith) ........ 175 2990. polychroa, Hmpsn..... 214

2985. separans (Grote) ...... 175 | 2991. xylophila (W7K.) .... 214

2236. perpenoa (Grote)...... 176 | 2992. lacruma (Schaus)...... 215

2937. fraudulenta (Staud.) .. 177 | Paratrachea, JEU On “a5 6 20.8 216

2988. conciliata (Butl.)...... 177 | 2993: laches’ (Di-wce)........ 216

2939. commixta (Butl.) .... 178 | 2994. chalybeata (Moore).... 217

2940. indocilis (Wilk.) ...... MO Cidiplexiay wa s7005 ae) see: 218

294 Obscura (Haw.) ...... 179 2995. mesophea, Hmpsn..... 218

pode tusar( Grote). .s....) .% Tihs KuplexiawSten7 4p se eer oe 219

2943. divesta (Grote) ...... 181 | 2996. catephiodes, Hmpsn. .. 219

2944. cerivana (Smith) ...... 182 | .2997. sinuata, Moore........ 220

9945. finitima (Guen.) ...... 183 2998. pectinata, Warr....... 221

2946. basilinea (Schiff.) .... 185 | 2999. plumbeomarginata,

2947. unanimis (ftibn.) .... 184 JEWUIEIs sob ocoaadoes 2k:

2948. fumosa (Grote) ...... 185 | 3000. illustrata, Gres. .....: 225

2949. fumeola, Hmpsn....... 186 | 38001. albovittata, Moore .... 226

2950. binotata (Wik.) ...... 186 3002. fasciata, Hmpsn....... 226

2951. adnixa (Grote)........ 187 | 38008. letevirens (Oberth.).... 227

DODQmpawice! (BEAT) vgs... . 188 | 8004. decorata (Moore)...... 228

2953. indirecta (Grote)...... 188 | 8005. gemmifera ( Wik.) .... 229 —

2954. catalina (Smith) ...... 189 | 3006. noveguinese (Beth.-

2955. characta (Grote) ...... 190 Baker) a hua Vana 229

2956. jocasta (Smith) ...... 190 5007. calamistrata (Moore) .. 230

OO Gerical (SN) as ge 191 3008. chlorerythra, Swinh. .. 231

2958. pausis (Smith) ........ 192 | 8009. picturata, (Leech) .... 281

2959. luteocinerea (Smith) .. 192 | 38010. discisignata, Moore .... 232

2960. dilara (Streck.)........ 193 3011. striatovirens, Moore .. 233

2961. genetrix (Grote) ...... 193 | 3012. rhoda, Hmpsn......... 233

2962. modica (Guen.) ...... 194 S013) amaranta, eld. .).,.. 234!

2963 modiola (Grote) ...... 195 8014. chalybsa, Hmpsn. .... 235

2964. mustelina (Smzth) .... 195 5015. plumbeola, Hmpsn..... 225

2965. intermedia (Leech) .... 196 | 3016. saldanha, Feld. ...... 236

2966, cuneata (leech) ...... 196 | 8017. albonota, Himpsn. .... 287

Euplexia (con.). Page

5018. poliochroa, Hmpsn.. 237

SOMO MaugensyeHelds wie kan. 238

3020, debilis, BUtlvidiea sine es 238

o021) triplaga, (Wik) ..5... 239

3022. melanocycla, Hmpsn. .. 239

3023, lucipara (CHa) a5 oicka _ 240

S024. semifascia (Wik.) .... 241

3025. azyga, Hmpsn......... 242

3026. melanistis, Hmpsn..... 248

3027. aureopuncta, South .... 248

3028. magniclavis (Hmpsn.) . 244

3029. prolifera (Wik.) ...... 244

3030. metallica ( Wik.) ...... 245

3031. harfordi (Hmpsn.) .... 245

3032. erythriris, Hmpsn. .... 246

3033. adamantina, Turner .. 247

3034. signata, Lower........ 247

3035, polyemeta, Turner .... 248

3036, callisina, Turner ...... 248

3037, leucostigma, Turner .. 249

Aucaray Wie seat lenae 249

3038. cebea (Beth.-Baker) .. 250

3039. griseola (Leth.-

BOKER) Ns he eiccon aecae 250

3040, replicans, Wik. ...... 251

3041. obliterans, Wik. . 262

3042. anzemica, Hmpsn. . 253

3045, glaucochlora, Hmpsn... 253

3044, viridipicta, Hmpsn..... 254

Speocropia, Hmpsn........ :.. 265

3045. scriptura (WIk.)...... 256 |

3046. trichroma (Her?.-

GOCE) Boies sa cand 256

3047, eenyra (Druce)........ 257

3048. leucosticta, Hinpsn. .. 258

3049, randa (Schaus.) ...... 258

3050. chroinatica, Hmpsn. .. 259

3051. eugrapha, Hmpsn. .... 260

come LATER RES on Mirtra 260

3052. subapicalis (Wik.) .... 261

3053. indiena (WiIk.)........ 261

3054. cedica (GRA) as bo dA 263

3055. phila (Druce) ........ 264

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

3056, plumbicincta, Hmpsn... 264

3057. viridimicans, Druce.... 265

3058, hadenoides, Wik. : 200)

3059. carnitincta, Hmpsn..... 266

3060. aleuca (Hmpsn.)...... 267

3061. connecta (Smith) 5 ar

3062. poliomera, D. Jones .. 268

3063. infusa (Wik.) ........ 269

3064, minthe (Druce) ...... 270

3065. templada (Schaus) . 270

Heterochroma, Giuen. ........ 271

53066. chloegrapha, Hmpsn. 5 HN

3067, phy tolacea (Sepp) ..1,. 278

Page

3068. bellona (Feld.)........ 274

3069. thermida, Zmpsn. .... 275

3070. albipuncta, D. Jones .. 276

SO (1. amisiemisy (Ze) see 276

3072. amphion (Druce)...... PLE,

3073. sarepta (Druce) ...... 278

3074. hypatia (Druce) ...... 278

3075. eriopioides, Gwen. .... 275

8076. hadenoides, Gwen... .. 280

OO 77. lumiay (2D): eee 281

8078. chlorographa, Hmpsn. . 281

3079. beryllus (Guen.) out 282

3080. lineata (Druce) ...... 283

3081. berylloides, Ampsn. 283

Atrephes, “Hinpsn. ose 284

3082. albiluna, Hmpsn....... 284

3083. phocea, D. Jones...... 285

EM Cropla)| np s7 ee cae 286

3084. pallirena (Feld.) ...... 286

Perigeodes, Hmpsn........... 287

3085. poliomera, Hmpsn. .... 287

3086. lignigera (Wik.) ...... 288

3087. tricycla (Guen.) . 51 289

3088. magna (Hmpsn.)...... 289

3089. malayica (Smell.)...... 290

3090. rectivitta (Moor ON: Mere FN

Perigea, Give.) . var cae eee 292

3091. leucoptya, Dogn....... 292

3092. apameoides, Guen. 293

3093. subaurea, Gwen. ...... 294

3094, semiumbrosa (Saalm.) . 295

3095. imitata (Druce) ...... 296

3096. mimica, Hmpsn. ...... 297

3097. simulatrix, Hmpsn..... 298

3098. eriopoda (Herr eee : 299

3099. cupentia (Cram.).. 505

3100. griseirena, Hmpsn. ..,. 306

5101. leprosa (Hnmpsn.) Beae OW

3102. poliopasta, Hmpsn..... 808

3103. quadrimacula (Mad.) .. 308

3104. glaucoptera (Guen.) .. 309

3105. leucostrota, HZinpsn. 5 al)

3106. grandirena (fImpsn.) .. 310

SLO. hippia, Drwces heres BIL

38108. calma (Druce)........ 3al2

3109. discincta (Butl.) ...... 312

SIMOS sideneaiCeeci\y sere 313

3111. stellata (Moore) .\...- 314.

3112. contigua (Leech)...... 314.

3113. cyclica, Hmpsn. .. B15

3114. leucospila (Wdk.) .... 315

3115. albomaculata (Moore)... 316

3116. atricuprea, JZnipsn..... 316

3117. confluens, JImpsn. .... 317

al18. subornata, Wilk: cana. ol7

3119, stelligera, Guen. .,..3. 318

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.” x1

Page Page

3120. africana, Schaus ...... 319 375. ferrea, Eonpsn. ...... 357

3121. purpurea, Druce ...... 319 |) 3176. nephelea (Wab.) ...... 857

3122. parva (Leech) ........ 320. | 3177. discreta (Saalm.)...... 358

3123. abyda (Feld.) ........ 321 | Arboricornis, Hmpsn......... 358

3124, albolabes, Grote ...... 321 oISs rubra, Loipsrs. sen. se 309

3125. albigeroides, Dogn..... 322 3179. chrysopepla, Hmpsn. .. 359

3/26. roxana (Druce) ...... 393) | Conythuruss Honpsrs anes a 360

3127. dolorosa (Wik.) ...... 324 | 3180. nocturna, Himpsn. .... 860

2owodlaxdiawsutio. soc: .. « God | Olipial eben). shies. ee 361

3129. dinava, Beth.-Baker .. 325 3181. hypothermes, Hmpsn. . 362

3180. punctirena (Wik.) .... 326 | 8182. melanodonta, Hmpsn... 362

3131. dentistrigata (Wik.) .. 326 | 3188. ptyophora, Hmpsn..... 363

3132. circuita, Guen......... 327 3184. nadgani (Hmpsn.) .... 3864

5133. albigera, Guen. ...... 328 3185. ypsilom\(Buti\e as. 368

3154. carcoma, Dogn. ...... 329 5186, paupera (Staud.) ...... 368

3135. sufficiens, Wik. ...... 329 3187. angusta) (Buti) as. 369

3136. concisa (Wik.)........ 330 | 3188. glaucescens (Butl.).... 370

3137. confundens (Wik.) .... 33 3189. pallidisca (Moore) .... 370

wlsS. Suto, Guen.......656- 331 3190. glaucostigma (Hmpsn.). 371

3139, capensis (Guen.) ...... 352 5191. vulgaris (Butl.) ...... 372

3140. lineata (Druce) ...... 34) 7 31O2NsordidarChuti.) eee 372

3141. cenola, Schaus........ 339 3193. chasiana ({mpsn.) .... 873

3142. tetera (Wilk.) ......-. 335 3194. ophiogramma (Lsp.) .. 374

3143, griseata (Leech) ...... 336 3195. albirivula, Hmpsn. .... 875

3144, fuliginosa (Leech) .... 836 | 8196. violacea (Grote) ...... 375

3145, vacillans (Wik.) ...... 33 3197. bridghami (Grote ¢§

3146. selenosa, Guen. ...... D307 LOD Nur toate See eds 376

3147. berinda, Druce........ 388 | 38198. egens (Wik.) ..20.%.. 377

3148. mustia, Dogn. ........ 339 | 3199. fasciuncula (Haw.).... 377

3149. agalla (Dogn.)........ 340 | 3200. tapeta (Smzth)........ 378

3160. bahamica, Hipsn. .... 840 53201. scolopacina (£sp.) .... 3879

3151. punctifera (Wik.) .... d41 3202. dinava (Beth.-Baker) .. 380

3152. secorva, Schaus ...... 342 3203. fractilinea (Grote) .... 880

3153. rubrifusa, Druce ...... 343 | 3204, strigilis (Clerck) ....,. 381

3154, agnonia, Druce ...... 348 | 3205. instructa (WIk.) ...... 382

3155. parastichtoides, Hmpsn. 344 | 8206. ambigua (JV/k.) ...... 383

3156. leucanioides, Hmpsn... 344 | 3207. exhausta (Smith)...... 384

3157. xylophasioides, Guen... 545 | 38208. una (Strech.) ........ 385

3158. xanthioides, Guen. .... 346 3209. minuscula (Morr.) .... 885

3159. abstemia, Guen. ...... 346 3210. misera (Grote) ......... 385

3160. perparvula, Schaus .... 847 Bealls enous, (Saar) wodeuesecs 386

3161. ethiopica, Hmpsn. .... 347 | 3212. arctides (Staud.)...... 387

LOZ mspleeanGiuen. Poe c ks. « 348 3215. diversicolora (Morr.) .. 388

3163. metarhoda, Hmpsn. .. 349 3214. vulnerata (Butl.)...... 388

3164. pyrostigma, Hmpsn. .. 850 | 3215. leuconephra (Piing.) .. 389

3165. octophora, Hmpsn. .... 850 | 3216, literosa (Haw.) ...... 389

5166. leucopis, Himpsn. .... 351 3217. semicana (Wik.)...... 390

3167. pyrosticta, Druce .... 351 3218. subjuncta (Smith) .... 391

3168. naolina (Schauws)...... 352 3219; tonsa (Grote) 2.3... 392

3169. ignitincta (Mssn.) .... 352 | 3220. levigata (Smth)...... 392

3170. multipunctata, Druce.. 3853 | 3221. furuncula (Schiff) .... 398

Microplexia, Hmpsn. ........ 304 | 3222. captiuncula (Zret.).... 394

3171. elegans (Saalm.) ...... 054 | 38223. havorthi (Curt.) ...... 395

3172. albopicta (Saalm.) .... 855 | 6224. obtusa (Smth)........ 396

3175. aurantiaca (Saalm.).... 506 | 3225, includens (Wi/k.)...... 396

3174. muscosa (Saalm.) .... 856 3226, nyctichroa, D. Jones .. 397

xil

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

Aoroperina, Honpst. i... sce « 398

3227. dubitans (Wtk.) ...... 308 |

3228. cogitata (Smith) ...... 399

3229. lateritia (Hiifn.)...... 400

3230. illustra (Smith) ...... 401 |

3231. fervida, Hmpyn. ...... 402 |

3232. conradi (Grote) ...... 402 |

3233. lutosa (Andrews)...... 403

3234, helva (Grote) ........ 403

3235. inficita (W/k.) ........ 404

3236. morna (Streck.) ...... 405

(Eideremia, Hmpsn........... ADS |

3237. diadela CHM Shee 406

3258. lithoplasta (Piing.) 406

3239. medialis, Hmpsn. 407

S240 F umiova (Ev: icles see oe 408

ETEMODIA WSLED lr wemae cite 408

3241. amoena (Staud.) ...... 408

3242. ochroleuca (Schiff) .... 409

3243. thulay((Séreck:) ee ae « 410

3244. deccerti (Gr. Grschin.) . 411

3245. decipiens (Alph.) ...... 412

S246. illie(G'r:0be)) ita elect el 413

3247. albertina, Hmpsn. 413

3248. claudens (WIk.) ...... 414

3249. unicineta (Smith)...... 415

o250) tenera (Smith). acess oe 415

8251. pungeleri (Bartel) 416

3252. zelleri vee Wiasen tev 417

3255. alpigena (Boisd.)...... 418

3254, platinea (7Trei.) ...... 418

3255. ferrea (Piing.) ........ 419

3256. montana (Herr.-Schdff.) 420

3207. mutica (Chrest.) ...3.% 420

3258. bischoffi (Herr.-Schiff.). 421

3259. alticola (Smith) ...... 42]

SPAS Oh Asie (SERAe)) wane boc 422

3261. dumetorum (Geyer)... . 425

3262. maillardi (Geyer)...... 423

IPMULOMCE A SEU a ie nels 425

D208, MIXtay SCAU) vtesec 425

Hypoplexia, Hmpsn. ........ 426

3264, conjuncta, Hmpsn. .... 426

3265. algoa (Feld.) ........ 427

3266. externa (WIk.)........ 428

Miergemia, Staud wee aera 429 |

5267. mandschurica (Gre@s.).. 429

Ateennose, GRO 250560060006 3

3268. discivaria (Wk.).. 430

Macronoctua, Guo ns 4c ee a 43]

5269. onusta, Grote ........ 43

Monoptya, Hmpsn. .......... 432

5270. leucobasis (JZmpsn.) 432

Rhynchoplexia, JERI aoa obo 433

327 Ie rubra (Hmpsn.) ...... 435

3272. griseimarginata

( Einpsn.) SEARCY EAE eas 454

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I isp@lennbtn, SW@0iL 5 45 bn boon 66 6 6 435

3275. christophi (Alph.) .... 485

3274. inutilis (AdpA.) ...... 436

3275. depravata (Butl.)...... 437

5276. spodopterodes, Hinpsn.. 487

3277. contecta (Gres.) ...... 438

3278. effusoides (Dogn.) . 439

| 3279. calidipes (Guen:)) 0.5.0: 440

| - 38280. hipparion ( Druce) . 440

3281. speciosa (Brem.) ...... 442

3282. subornata (Staud.) .... 448

3283, longula (Grote) ...... 443

3284, judaica (Staud.) ...... 444

3285. plebeja (Staud) ...... 445

3286. fissipuncta (Haw.) .... 445

3287. devastatrix (Brace) .. 446

3288. standfussi (Wisk.) .... 447

3289. zollicoferi (Frr.)...... 448

Ecbolemia, Hmpsn........... 448

3290. misella (Piing.) ...... 448

Margelana, Stauds =). eer 449

3291, versicolora (Staud.) .. 449

o292) lenis) ((Stauds)ie emer 450

3293, diserepans (Staud.).... 451

3294. veternosa, Piing....... 451

Centropodia, Hmpsn. ........ 452

3295. scripturosa (Ztv.)...... 453

3296. inquinata (Zab.)...... 453

Pseudohadena, Alph. ........ 454

3297. laciniosa (Christ. ) . 455

3298. sercia, Ping nee 456

3299, idumeea, Piing......... 457

3300. schlumbergeri, Piing. .. 457

3301. chenopodiphaga(Rmdbr.) 458

3302. commoda (Staud.) 459

Sa0aq SIMUL Schauer 459

3304, pugnax, Alph. ........ 460

3305. minuta, Pung. ........ 460

3306. crassipuncta, Piing..... 461

3307. roseonitens (Oberth.) .. 461

3308; immundal (Zeer 462

3309. immunis (Staud.)...... 462

SalO0.pexaGSiawds) ie n.vmriene 463

331. arvicola(Chi2ste) cre 465

3312. colutes (Bienert) . 464

3313. indigna (Christ.) ...... 464

3314. contumax (Ping.) .... 465

3315. armata (Alph.) ...:.. 465

3316. jordana (Staud.)...... 466

Taper, Bots. dnc eee eee 466

3317. jelsci (Oberth.). . .. 467

3918. stipata (Mor?.).... 5... 468

Solo) miccerliy CHa) ite: wean 469

5320. burgessi (Morr.) ...... 469

5821. posticata (Harv.).. 470

3322. testacea (Schiff.) ...... 471

3323. dumerili (D2p.)) ween. A7\

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3324, imbellis (Sfaud.) ...... A72 Sale MotvbilisN(CBitls) mek 508

8325. rubella (Dup.)........ 473 | Diparopsis Hmpsn. .......... 509

3326. dayensis, Oberth....... A474 | 3372. castanea, Hmpsn. .... 510

SEM LeTLARO! CHC.)N io). = AAS Oxoplexia, Hips) tose 510

3328. popofensis (Smith) .... 475 3373. decorata (Maore)...... 511

3329. venosa (Smith) ...... 475 3074. retrahens (Wik.) ...... 512

3890, radicosa (Gires.) ...... 475 | 3375. luteifrons (Wik.)...... 5138

3331, hedeni (Gres.) ...... 476 3376, separata (Mcore)...... 515

3332. terrago (Adph.) ...... ATT 3377. tripartita (Leech)...... 514

3333. subaquila (Gres.) .... 477 | 3378. albiflexura ( Wik.) .... 614

3834. innota, Smith ........ 478) Callaroyaraselanps7. 040 are er 515

3005. trigona, Smith ........ A478 | 3379. bayni, Hmpsn......... 515

BISOMEVICATIA CHUNG) sans 0 - 479 | Selambina, Wik. ............ 516

3307. virguncula (Smvth) .... 479 3880. trajiciens, Wik. ...... 516

3338. extensa, Smith... ..... 480 | Argyrostvetis, Miidn. ........ 517

3389. passer (Giuen.)........ 480 | 3881. ditissima (WUk.) ...... 518

3840. birnata (Smith) ...... 481 | 3882. amoenita (Cram.)...... 519

Trichoplexia, Himpsn......... 482 | 93383. bellinita (Guen.) ...... 520

3e41. contradicta (Smith) .. 482 | 33884. meres (Druce)........ 521

3342. exornata (Moéschl.).... 483 | 38385. vau-aurea, Hmpsn. .... 522

Wasiplexia, Hanpsm....).1...... 483 | 3886. phraortes (Druce) .... 522

3843, cuprina (Moore) ...... 484 3387. scione (Druce)..... ».. O29

3344, chalybeata (Wik.) .... 485 | $888. aurifundens (Wik.) .... 524

3345. nubila (Moore) ...... 486 3589. eubotes (Druce) ...... 525

3346. cyanea, Hmpsn. ...... 486 | 3890. decumana (fe/d.)...... 525

Trigonophora, Hiibn. ........ 486 | 3391. panamensis (Druce) .. 526

Sosdemmeticulosa, lir7:)\ in. 0400 9) Data, Wilson: ea tan re 526

OAS HI AUIS) (GUEM)) Gade alee « 488 | 3392. pratti (Beth.-Baker) .. 627

3349. fuscomarginata (Leech). 489 | 3393. aroa (Beth.-Baker).... 528

3350. subpurpurea (Leech) .. 490 3394. callopistrioides (Moore). 528

Chutapha, Moore............ 49] 3399. thalpophiloides, Wik... 529

3301. interrupta (Warr.) .... 492 | Neopistria, JEGYUSr Sacbaseces € 580

3352, vollastoni (Beth.-Baker) 492 5996, viridinotata, Zmpsn. .. 530

3353. conservuloides(Hmpsn.) 495 | Eriopus, Trett. .............. 531

3354. beatrix (Butl.)........ 494 | $897. jamaicensis, Moschl, .. 532

3355. costalis, Moore........ 495 3898, scriptiplena (Wik.).... 553

3356. olivacea (Leech) ...... 496 0099, puyeri(Butl.)) - J. see 58

3357. periculosa (Guen.) .... 497 3400. pheogona, Hmpsn..... 585

laloloni ants) JCC A nian cee AQS ||| Wrs40il) indica) (Bedl2))) Base oe 536

SaoOw Selita CHOW) ot. 498 3402, wethiops (Butl.)........ 537 ©

Wonsenyula, Grote on... 499 3403, albistriga (Zlmpsn.).... 638

3859. anodonta (Guen.) ..,. 500 3404. trilineata (Wik.)...... 559

3360. rosacea (Saalm.) ...... 501 3405. ferruginea, Hmpsn..... 540

3361, sinensis, Hmpsn....... 501 | 3406. placodoides, Guen..... 540

3362. indica (Moore)........ 502, 3407. quadrinotata (Wik.) .. 541

3363. v-brunnea (Gwen.) .... 502 | 38408. pulchrilinea (W7k.).... 542

Solon UOTE hee bowne 503 | 3409. juventina (Crum.) .... 548

5065. cinisigna, de Joan. .... 504 | 8410. xanthopera, Hmpsn. .. 545

Calpiformis, Hmpsn. ........ 004 | 3411. rivularis (Wik) ...... 546

3366. craushayi (Hmpsn.) .. 504 | 3412. albolineola, Gres, .... 547

Cobaliodes, Dyar...:......-. 505 | 3418. cyclopis, Hmpsn....... 547

3367. accurata (H. Edw.).... 506 | 3414. floridensis, Guen....... 548

3368. dubiosa (Beth.-Baker) . 506 | 3415, trinitensis, Hmpsn..... 550

3369. angelica (Smzth) ...... 07 | 3416. argyrosticta (Butl.).... 551

33/70. franciscana (Smth).... 508 | 5417. maillardi, Guen. ...... d51

SHOUTS, eile oon enn dea oo 508 3418, albomacula (Leech) .... 558

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Kriopus (con.).

3419. leucotoma, Druce .... 554

3420. exotica, Guen. ........ 555

3421. duplicans (WUk.). . 506

3422. ceelisigna (Hmpsn.) .. 557

3423. insularis (Butl.) ...... 557

3424, reticulata, Pag. ...... 558

3425. chloriza, Guent.:..-... 559

3426. yerburi (Butl.)........ 560

3427. occidens, Hmpsn....-.- 561

3428. repleta (Wik.) ........ 562

3429. mexicana (Druce) .... 564

3430. minuta (Butl.) ........ 565

3451. minor (Hmpsn.) ...... 566

3432, natalensis, Ampsn. .... 567

3433. mollissima, Given. . 568

3434. aluensis (Butl.) ...... 569

3435. eleastis, Hmpsn....... 570

3436. guttulalis (Hmpsn.).... 571

3437, miranda, Saalm. ...... o71

3488, nephrosticta, Hmpsn... 572

3439. strigilineata (Zmpsn.).. 572

3440, venata (CEBZAD Sane a ai: 573

3441. microptera, Zmpsn..... 574

3442, latreillei (Dup.) ...... 575

3443. complicata (Holl.) .... 576

3444, monetifera, Gen. ao OMY

3445. cordata (Ljung.) ...... 578

3446. argentilinea (W/k.).... 579

3447, variegata’(Swinh.) .... 579

3448, leucobasis, Hmpsn..... 581

3449, manta (Szinh.) ...... 581

3450. clava (Leech) ........ 582

3451. niveigutta ( W7k.) . 583

3452. chlorocroa, Hmpsn. .. 583

Borbotanay Willcwas sree 584

3453. nivifascia, Wik. ...... 584

3454. cebexw (Beth.-Baker) ., 585

3455, eceicei (Beth.-Baker) .. 586

3456. dinava (Beth.-Baker) .. 587

Telesilla, Herr.-Schdff......... 587

3457. amethystina (Hiibn.) .. 588

Callogonia, Hmpsn............ 589

S458.) VIEGO (L7e1t,) eae siei\e » 589

JBlcbs IS Be bsodopooe oS 590

3459. rosalia, Staud: .)....... 590

INcherdoa. Wiki ees ean 591

BAGO erraria, Wilicw nee cle. ale © 591

idtyeaeha, Aon lb 8 cloiada.6 oc 592

3461. littera (Guen.) . Sowa ee

3462. datanidia (Butl.) . Baakeae 593

IPhiphensy Wale 2 velco ales ten 593

BYNGRY, ilub.c (JOR) os aide polio G 593,

3464. fusipennis, Wik. ...... & 594.

3465, diagona, LImpsn....... 595

3466, transversa (Schaus) . 596

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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3467. petrovna (Schaus) . O97

3468. u-alba (Guen.)........ 597

3469. paralella (Empsn.) .... 598

3470.. tura (Druce) |... vase 598

3471. obliqua (Smith) ...... 599

Rracara, «Wilk. eens 600

3472. viridata (Stoll) vrai 600

Chytonix, Grote!) 20 iee Heee 600

- 3473. muscosa (Schaus)...... 601

3474. rufescens, Hmpsn. 601

3475. ethela (Schaus)......... 602

3476. chucha (Schaus) ...... 605,

3477. glaucescens, D. Jones .. 604

3478. chlorophila, Druce .... 605

3479. griseorufa, Hmpsn. .... 606

3480. mniochroa, Hmpsn..... 607

3481. melanochlora (Hmpsn.). 607

3482. chlorostigma (/Zarv.) .. 608

5485. palliatricula (Gwen.) .. 608

5484. parvimacula, Smith .... 6O9

3485. sensilis, Grote ........ 610

3486. albonotata (Staud.).... 610

3487. nigribasalis, Hmpsn. .. 611

3488. laticlava, Smith ...... 611

3489. fodinee (Oberth.) ...... 612

5490. albipunctata (JZmpsn.) . 615

3491. excurvata (Hmpsn.).... 618

3492. bogotica (Wik.) ...... 614

Pseuderastria, Hmpsn......... 614.

3493. larentica (/Zmpsn.) .... 615

Bryomosa, Stcud... sie ae eee 615

5494. melachlora, Staud. .... 616

Mionides,Honpsn. | s.lcenaee 616

3495. lichenea, Hmpsn....... 617

IRolvobiwa; linsi:) eee 617

3496, patula (Piing.)........ 617

iBryophila; Urect.W.)) eee 618

3497. nilgiria, Moore........ 621

3498. albiclava, Hmpsn. .... 622

3499. poliopheea, Hmpsn..... 622

3500. deceptura (Wik.)...... 623

3501. muralis (Forst.) ...... 624

3502. perla (Schiff) ...5...< 625

3008. sarepta (Barnes) ...... 626

3504. leucomeleena, Hmpsn... 627

3505. fascia (Smith) ........ 627

3506. lichenea, Hmpsn....... 628

3507. literata, Moore........ 628

3508. miltopheea, Ping. . 629

3509. modesta, Moore ...... 630

8510. plumbeola, Staud. 630

SUA CWA JIM ne ain a aouesc 631

3512. ochropheea, Hmpsn. 631

Slay Albi IIH Gaainas a 60+ 632

3514. simonyi, Ryhfr. ...... 632

8515

. marginelota, L. de Joan. 685

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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3016. virescens, Hmpsn. .... 633

soll stictica, (Wén.))......- 634

Smlsmraloce (Hab). ol. . es aes 635

8519. receptricula (Hiidn.) .. 636

Sso20Mlabeculawweds 520... 637

S021. petricolor, Led. ...... 637

SOD tMOOray SLAUAS Glas. . s 638

3528. distincta, Christ. ...... 638

3024. galathea, Mill......... 659

3020. ravula (Aiibn.)........ 639

MOOG MMBONIS) LEG... 1a... 640

3527. paulina, Staud......... 641

3528. ochrota, Hmypsn. ...... 641

3529. thamanea, Piing....... 642

3530, semifascia (Smith) .... 648

Sool, pimeti, Staud. ..:..... 643

Boao Give (LS77.)\a 0 sa oe +>» 643

Boson ACOlOPIS, Pung. ...4... - 645

3534. contristans, Led. ...... 645

dove. petrea, Guen. ........ 646

SoeGs teling (ZU) sce. ene: 646

3097. granitalis (Butl.) ...... 647

3038. palliola (Borkh.) ...... 647

Harrisimemna, Grote ........ 648

3539, trisignata (Wik.)...... 649

3540. marmorata, South .... 650

(Came, Jats! aoe Boones sauee 651

Sone Cora, Hub. oo. a... 4. 651

3042, marina, Smith......... 652

3548. cuerva, Barnes........ 655

3544, galva, Streck. ........ 653

5045, olivacea, Smith. ...... 653

Jean sey U0 oe a ee ern 654.

3646. nocturna (Hmpsn.) .... 654

3047, harmonica (Hmpsn.) .. 655

3548. thuaitesi (Moore)...... 656

3549. transversa (Moore) .... 657

3550. inferalis, Wik. .... ace hos

3551. rufescens (Hmpsn.) .... 658

Tambiodes, Hmpsn............ 659

3552, anormalis (Hmpsn.).... 659

Pariambia, Hmpsn........... 660

doo”. aprepes, Hmpsn....... 660

ANIIOOE, “LUE, Gam SAO eae 661

3554, variegzata (Oberth.) .... 661

3505.

flavomaculata (Oberth.). 662

oo Go Co G9: YD GO UO

. tenebricosa (Saa/m.)

. tripheenoides (IV 7k.)

WES, SU0s “54060006

, nectens (Wik.)........

L wellanng, WAM 6560000 8b

a Villiana(Swe7k.)e.. 5.

» minor, Hmpsn....... ie

Polypheenis; Borsd) .......5..

3563.

5564.

3565.

3566.

oob0i,

3068.

3569,

3570,

38071.

Sol.

3673.

3574.

3575.

3076,

xanthochloris, Bovsd. ..

Sevicata casas) iaemeioes

subsericata, He77.-

SCLC Hiicrstels opitste crete ches

pulcherrima (Moore) .

oberthuri, Staud. :

confecta (Wik.) ......

subpulchra (Adph.) ....

hovel, (evigh)) bacoasce

cinerescens (Butl.) ....

diminuta (Bwtl.) ......

mas) Nie ( FEV) Neos e ob ac

postflava (Leech) ......

indica (Moore)........

ditata (Zucas) ........

Thalpophita, Hiidn...........

3577. matura (Hiifn.) ......

3578.

vatelllbal (E:77)) 1 ele

Neopheenis, Hmpsn...........

3579.

3580.

3581.

3582.

respondens (WIk.) ....

frauenfeldi (Feld.)

meterythra, mpsn.

psittacea (Schaus)

Hiccletayedimeneneicr hacia

3585.

xuthophanes, Zurner ..

JayaOkencRy, IZ DSOs shoo saoaos

3084.

trilinea (Leth.-Baker). .

Meroleuca, Hmpsn...........

3585.

microglossa (mbr.)

PATER ELIS Tae atortiee ey ol ey stenel

3586.

3587,

attenuata, Hmpsn. ....

indecora (Feld.) ......

Polygrammata, Hiibn.........

3588.

hebraica (Hiibn.)......

Melagramma, Hnpsn.........

3089.

expetita (Wik.) ......

NO TOLISIA SELL DSI elf rere

3590.

subhyalina, Hmpsn.....

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHALENA

Family NOCTUIDZ.

Subfamily ACRONYCTIN AL.

Proboscis usually fully developed, often aborted or absent ;

palpi usually short, upturned or porrect, the 3rd joint sometimes

long and dilated at extremity; frons sometimes with rounded

prominence with corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes

of various forms; eyes naked, without bristly cilia from their mar-

gins, the eyes usually large and round, rarely small and reniform ;

antenne usually ciliated, sometimes serrate or pectinated, more

rarely laminated or almost simple; head and thorax clothed with

hair and scales when there are usually spreading or divided crests

on the pro- and metathorax, sometimes with a flattened crest on

prothorax projecting backwards, or a sharp triangular crest or dorsal

ridge-like crest, or clothed with hair only, the tegule rarely pro-

duced dorsally into a ridge, or in one or two genera produced

behind into a slight hood over the thorax; tibiz without spines,

the fore tibia sometimes with one or more terminal claws; the

proximal joints of fore tarsi in a few genera with a series of

curved claw-like spines; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, one

crest at base only, or without crests, the crests on medial segments

sometimes very large, in Argyrostrotis the basal crest very long and

forked, in Acroriodes forming a large double ridge. Wings usually

rather broad and triangular, sometimes long and narrow, the termen

usually evenly curved and more or less crenulate, sometimes angled

at middle or excised below apex or at ternus, where there is in a

VOL. VIL. B

2 NOCTUID 2%.

few genera a scale-tooth ; fore wing with vein | a weak, not anasto-

mosing with vein 1 6, 1 ¢ absent; 2 from middle of cell or in one or

two cases from near its extremity; 3 and 5 from near lower angle,

in Euplewidia vein 5 almosé straight and from just below middle of

discocellulars; 6 from upper angle or just below it; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, in a few genera the arecle

absent and either vein 7 or 10 from the cell, vein 9 being some-

times absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins la and 5

present, 1 ¢ absent; 3, 4 from lower angle of cell, rarely stalked ;

5 obsolescent from or from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle or slightly stalked; 8 arising free, then bent

downwards and touching the cell, then again diverging ; in Stilbve

and allies and a few other genera with vein 8 anastomosing with

the cell to or to beyond middle.

In the genera without an areole its absence appears to have been

always caused by reduction from forms which once possessed it, as

it is minute in some of their allies.

In Eriopus the males of most of the species have secondary sexual _

developments of the antenne, the basal part of the shaft being

thickened with an angular projection near its middle, often with

scale-teeth or long bristles beyond it, the legs also having greatly-

developed tufts of hair of various forms; in two species the males

have a large curved corneous hook on the ventral surface of abdomen

projecting backwards from the preanal plate.

Fig. 1.—Larva of Acronycta psi. }.

The larvee are usually smooth, the warts with one hair; all the

prolegs present, the 12th somite with more or less developed dorsal

hump.

In Acronycta the larve sometimes have the hairs spatulate at

extremity; many species have tufts of long hair from the warts

supplemented by bunches of fine feathery hairs, whilst others have

numerous secondary hairs from the skin, and large dorsal pencils of

hair.

In Nonagria and its allies the larvee bore in reeds and are almost

without hairs, whilst in Hydrecia and the allied genera the larvee

bore in the stems and roots of various plants.

The genera Perigea, Bryophila, and a few others come very close

in structure to the subfamily Lrastrianw as regards the development

of vein 5 of the hind wing, the former resembling Amyna and the

latter Lithacodia, whilst T'ristula, Pseudina, and one or two others

have a facies much like that of Tarache, the essential difference in

the subfamilies being that the larve of the Acronyctine have all the

Cor. Ler, Post BM, vol, vii.)

PHYLOGENY OF THE ACRONYCTINEA.

Emarginea,

Gonodyyia. Atimara. Leucosignia. Trichocosnia.

| i

Gilymniccex. Ipiworpho. Mecistix. Bagiaara.

one (oe

Slenoplerypia. Speverepis FoldlaGiteines Prot Spodoptera. Stauropiden Cloateromorpha. Chaleseria.. Okry occ

Ortlegenioa, Manta Negra. Di ae oats iraphas Delia Pata. Prefkrinaz. sole Anta. Elydtna, Necealymnia, Androlymnia, ed . Apocalynnia. Mumthyina. Vhalerobes. Phrogmatiphita. Rabila, Neclita.

Poni Enrahila. Explexidis. Checupn. Helereehrowe Budi Perigealer. dat nyse Fl Citi. wen aaa Hecoclasiderocieda a= asta et Gilani Om

| es Calophuuilia. Matopo. Lithamaa, Pulcherin. Leucvenemis, Pewlicella. Provachia. Laphygnia, Lophotariia. lee Gentrartha. Beste spine | tee

Trachea. Derutencher. Kuplexia. Ancora. Periyea. Microplexia. Attericoris. Corythurns, Binbedrcian Basilica, Ectolopha, Satrapodes. Chalcopasta. Centrogone. Arenostolan Sexamia. Argyrospila.

| Fracara, Miniides. Pupaipens, Mudaria, Finscoplus Mycteroplas Sphide. Microlite. | Nglosola. Conicsfrontia.

Oligia. Aoreperina, slerrmia. Macrowoetwar caer _ Pasuiterastria. Deyomna. Polickrs. Tumidifrontia. Lopholynn, Achatodes. Xonthacin. Oyitecouta. Geroda. Calyinnia. Newmong’ foamuaae IRpical dial Naloprplad inl aera Uatlercl i pooene dp AMes Drie we

Kreme Euromas. Hepoplesis. Herewa. Tankoses. Monoptya. Rhyrchoptexin. Dryephil Harrisissenna. Cosmodes. eae Hydeweia. Cullercta. me Derrima. Stivia. Nocloa.

| Pealeia. an Conn. Darewcheta. Lencovsela, Thofatha Gienvct Kpiinecia. nie Linachyennthia, Khedacia. T'yeehia. Bi at Macapta. Selicanis. Stibaliuin. Cytocanis, Enlyeanias Evabyie. Nautlirn. Stiviodes Pulenta. Plagiomimicus. Oslaria.

Bidenie, Aegina, Coaleopaia, Paowdébadnn, Tobia. Taschiules. Parianlia, Cpaues Polionyeta tate Craniophora ils Prometopus. Eremochna. Micropia. Omphaletis ytothymia. Megaledes, Narthecophora.

Trigonephors. Polyphani Sida, ypottin. Amphidrinu copa. Dulafrontia. Paromphate. Hypoperiges, Dipinacia. viet: eeabreieamanet aap

| Chat. ducha. Thatlphita: Neophanis. Eocleta. Beyoteuca. Merotesca. | Stitbina Khabinoplerye. Prastifbin. Athen Ariatthinx. pallens Petilampa. Eihihs. Disnilictte. | Cyelopera.

Habryntis, Arayrostrotis, Necpistria, Tipaiitas Tseuilotigia. Seotoca wipe. ray Mostroata. Harmassin. Galgula. — Crambusten. Prowraterta. Ele, Antaploge. kale Tristyla. Buterpiodes. Triocnemis. Poeudinotes

Cour rades Cot pformla Dal __ Frings. Borbotaua. Polygrammata, | Eulonche. } | Paty Gonaden salary ions. Banco Paralwert

Terivenio. Syetosinpiun Guth Surrwsin. Dipservpsis Till Acheron, Ares. Mwalens. | Newloettalieteatiioee | Monde Neomilichia. Hadjina.Amiana. Catamecio, Clethrorasa. Mazwoo. Chaxninodes. Busryas. Enoch. as

deste rracitipalper. Trickoplexia. Collary yr. Sclambina. C | Se = Chasmina Molcena. Coit Richey cons Ovion, Seudyra,

l Win = | feeatrotin, Neomonedea aa: :

Vheepyro._ Dilwla, — Stugieatsls. " Iesperina.-Toriplerta,s Oroplaria, Dhaphena. Agriisia. = Miaeucania Mécrathelis. Styyiathetis. — —______Namangoua. _Micromoncster. Catania, _Callyna. Ozythres, Euterpia. Pacudina. Nercciris, Aucula. Paychomorpha. Leucdvin Zatisa. Profowadyra. Opiyra. Lancvyouis

[To face p. 2

Murobelia, Nanthothriz,

Hediothodex. Aseaws. Jaathinos.

| | |

Fetnecupix, Annaphila. Stemourphora.

Apinn. — Micrapatetis, Redinccers Prendacoutia. Mydnais

1 T |

Melaxanthia. Ipinica Nenopseuatis lah

Carotoon. Penracria. Copanarta. Dephewsns

Hypocalamia.

ACRONYCTINA. : 3

prolegs fully developed, whilst in the Erastreane the Ist or first two

pairs are more or less aborted.

From the <Acronyctine have arisen (1) the Cuculliane with

ciliated eyes, most of the genera resembling the T'rachea-Luperina

series, Cosmia and allies resembling Hnargia, and Cucullia having

some affinity to Hpimecia ; (2) the Hadenine with hairy eyes, most

of the genera resembling the T’rachea-Luperina series, whilst Leucania

and its allies resemble the Sesamia group; (3) the Agrotine with

spiny. tibia, most of the genera again resembling the T'rachea-

Luperina series, whilst Heltothis and its allies have close aflinities

with the Hutricopis group; (+) the Agaristide which have arisen

from the Apina-Idalima group of genera, all these being parallel

developments from primitive forms of Acronyctine.

Key é0 the Genera.

A. Fore wing without an ar eole.

a. ape? wing with vein 7 stalked with 8, ¢

. Fore wing with vein 10 stalked ae

or 9 absent.

a2, Frons with rounded prominence with

raised edges.

a3, Proboseis absent ; hind wing with vein 8

anastomosing with the cell to middle,

then approximated to it to extremity ... SromMArrontia, p.

68, Proboscis fully developed.

a‘, Hind wing with vein 8 approximated to

theycellstommidicll ev eeeseeuenceecercesesecre CEPIALOSPARGATA, p.

64. Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only ............ PROMETOPUS, p.

é2, Frons with slight rounded prominence.

a’, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base ...... EMARGINEA, p.

63, Abdomen without crests .............2.0..06 Micrapateris, p.

¢, Frons without prominence.

a’. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

at. Fore wing with the termen angled at

maid dle Meee seers -aasesateces se teceweneumenn eens Neopisrria, p. 530.

&4, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a. Fore wing with vein 9 absent............ CINGALESA, p.

6°. Fore wing with vein 9 present ......... ARBORICORNIS, p. 308

53, Abdomen without crests.

at, Fore wing with vein 9 absent; meta-

thorax with paired crests ............... NEoLAPHYGMA, p.

b+. Fore wing with vein 9 present.

@°. Proboscis aborted, siwall ................:- NEouita, p.

6°. Proboscis fully developed.

a’, Metathorax with spreading crest ...... NEOSTROTIA, Pp.

66. Metathorax without crest.

a’, Tarsi with the Ist joint tufted with

SIAN) So yeeniasaussosaaesocaosudcsoasens ues Lopuorarsia, p.

&, Tarsi with the Ist joint not tufted

withyscales@iu ct ucsscaonesseere te emscere CLOSTEROMORPHA, p.

61. Fore wing with vein 10 from the cell.

a2, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a3, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

erests.

a4. Proboscis aborted, minute ..........4.... NEOMONODES, p.

64. Proboscis fully developed ....°............. Fracara, p. 600.

4 NOCTUID A.

Bs Mhonaxcwaitlrouticrests\ >. ces. sceeeese eects CHASMINODES, p. «

62, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

a3, Forewing with the termen angled at vein4. GonostyalA, p.

68. Fore wing with the termen strongly

excunvediatimiddle i. arkad see eee NeEOcALYMNIA, p. .

c2, Abdomen without crests.

a3, Frons with rounded prominence ......... XENOPSEUSTIS, p.

63, Frons without prominence .................. Micromonopss, p.

b. Forewing with veins 8,9), 10 stalked, 7 from cell.

a1, Eyes small, reniform.

a*, Frons with trilobate process .............0..+- JANTHINEA, Pp.

&. Frons with rounded prominence with

raised edges and central process.

Gets Letaloyl by ayRe ANSE Pace scaaenokeaodogeacnddvocdoouben MIcrianTHA, p. ~.

(BE Aetiayt J NGTAREELS onacdaocsoaanqabonsAbedooesouodeee APAUSTIS, p.

61. Eyes large, round.

a2, Fore wing with the termen angled at vein4. Lxucosiema, p. -

b2, Fore wing with the termen not angled at

VELMA as sets Sevica jssisghie desepereee ne cmoedeieees Borporana, p. 584.

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

from cell.

ai, Frons with bifid corneous plate from middle;

abdomen without crests ...........ce0-b0.c0+0- EuterRriopEs, p. .

1, Frons with rounded prominence ; abdomen

with dorsal crests on basal segments ...... MvsotuyMa, p. .

B. Fore wing with areole. ,

a. Fore tibia with one or more claws on outer side.

al, Frons with heart-shaped corneous promi-

MEM COU occas shestansaasasistensesisumbesemcpinecteeeta ss PoLENTA, pi.

b'. Frons with trilobate process ..............-006 NarTHECOPHORA, Pp.

Ge TDI ROvaIS | sasKeXoWCleN'” Go odemdacodsondanacunesoadudadadosus: Crntropopia, p. 452.

6. Fore tibia with small claws at inner and outer

sides; frons with poiuted prominence con-

nected ‘by a keel with the trilobate plate

below it, which is produced to lateral points

Lei smtnsorboasedoonuscsbons Seubecemauoneo Raacenace PARHGLE, p.

ce. Fore tibia with large semilunar plate at ex-

tremity, and large and small claws on inner

SUC Osis lee cena woatsue seen saat met etna pee eS TRIOCNEMIS, p. 0

d. Fore tibia with long curved claw on inner

side and two claws on outer ................-- DrERRIMA, p.

e. Fore tibia with long curved claw on inner

side and small claw on outer.

a, Frons with truncate prominence with raised

CO COS a ei minacens sen ccnacotee es sau carcenec marae . PLAGIOMIMICTS, p.

61. Frons smooth, with corneous plate below it. Psnupaconvta, p.

J. Fore tibia with claw on inner side only.

a, Frons with shovel-shaped plate at middle

and corneous plate below it ...............66 PINACOPLUS, p.

b'. Frons with pointed prominence with tri-

lobatesplatesbelow, 1b) ire .sascn-estsneraseeeer MrTaeLE, p. .

c\, Frons with corneous prominence with raised

edges and central process.

CPs IACI BY AWEEL SbccoacnocodposcoodsaoKoR0G00S CENTROGONE, p. .

b?, Proboscis fully developed.

Gopuyesismallarensform seeyeseecerteeceacerree XANTHOTHRIX, p. a

6%, Eyes large, round,

a4, Thorax clothed with rough scales; pro-

and metathorax with crests; patagia

curled upwards at extremity ............ CHALCOPASTA, p. :

6*. Thorax sinoothly clothed with scales.

a, Pro- and metathorax with slight crests. Fora, p. 4

b°. Pro- and metathorax without crests ... ANTAPLAGA, Pp. »

ACRONYCTINE. oO

e, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

(CCGG Uh AH a eet i as CALOPHASIDIA, p. C

d‘, Thorax clothed with hair only, the pro-

and metathorax with spreading crests... Fauna, p. :

d‘. Frons with corneous prominence with raised

edges, its lower edge produced to a point.

a, Fore wing with the apex produced and

ACULO Moye senesced cc stiisesuawebelrateceeedmenaccet STrRIA, p.

42, Fore wing with the apex round ............ CrrRHOPHANDS, p.

él. Frons with corneous prominence with

raised edges not produced to a point.

a*. Proboscis aborted, minute ..................06 Maroporuvs, p.

62, Proboacis fully developed.

a’, Fore wing with the termen excurved at

middle and oblique towards tornus ...... BASILODES, p..

63, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. Sr1BapiuM, p. é

J'. Frons with rounded prominence with

Connmequssplate)elOwslby sae sraeecseeceese eens XANTHIRIA, p. c

g'. Frons without prominence.

a, Proboscis aborted, small.

a8, Pro-and metathorax with spreading crests. Psruponiaia, p.

63, Prothorax without crest, metathorax with

WAGE CRCLOSLI UD seer cntect domaasenccidde gu esmenieceees OXYCNEMIS, p.

62, Proboscis fully developed.

a8. Thorax smoothly clothed with scales.

a4, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

(TEEESLES iaccaconanspuaccoanrede inecranosanaaceocdens CopaNARTA, p.

4, Thorax without crests Levcocyems, p. .

68, Thorax roughly clothed with hair and

laincliketscalesiasssecessssee en eeeeeeereeee CENTRARTHA, p.

gy. Fore tibia without claws.

a, Fore tarsus with curved claw-like spines on

outer side of Ist joint.

a, Frons with truncate conical prominence

with raised edges.

a3, Proboscis aborted, small ; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only .................- MycrERopPLus, p.

63. Proboscis fully developed ; abdomen with-

out crests.

a4, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the

metathorax with paired crests ......... OMPHALETIS, p. —-

64. Thorax clothed with hair only and

VMTN GRIGG | sucgacadoduahesssonsoadesecoro PsncTROTARSIA, p.

&2, Frons with rounded prominence with cor-

neous plate below it; proboscis aborted... Mucropia, p.

@. Frons with vertical ridge.

a8, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only... Catnarcyra, p. 515.

63, Abdomen without crests ............c..0e060. ScOTOCAMPA, p.

d@?. Frons without prominence.

a8, Prothorax with sharp ridge-like crest,

metathorax with spreading crest; abdo-

menmwathybasalicrestysee arate cane. saeseeas Ruovacia, p.

68, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests; abdomen without crests ......... PsnupDoHADENA, p. 454.

5), Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer

side of Ist joint. :

a*, Frons with truncate corneous prominence

with raised edges, its lower edges pro-

duced to a trilobate plate with corneous

plate below it.

a3, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales ......... CyYTOTHYMIA, p.

68, Thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-

ikesscalesii.2 24. secu caeeseret ema neeeee MEGALODES, p. .

6 NOCTULD A.

62, Frons with long trilobate process and cor-

neous plate below it.

a3. Proboscis aborted, smal}.

at, Palpi oblique, reaching to beyond frons .

4, Palpi porrect, very short .....--.....+0055-

13 Proboscis fully developed.

a+ Byes small, reniform ......-.-....06..seee ee

i+, Eyes large, round.

as. Palpi extending to just beyond frons.

a8, Metathorax with spreading crests

66, Thorax without crests .......0.....0005-

®, Palpi very short and not reaching as

ieahe ENE) 180) 01S) yo cannobansoaoKouaunonappoopoandc

©, Frons with long bilobate corneous process.

a3. Proboscis aborted, small.

a4, Frons with long triangular plate be-

ONG? il sono daccaaconassacenobed cond on debope conc

h4, Frons with short plate below it excised

in front.

a. Thorax clothed with hair and seales,

the pro- and metathorax with spread-

ING CLES(S .--.-.sceeeeereensseeceeeeeseeeeeees

4°. Thorax elothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests ....-.......+--

©, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales and without crests ............66+

e4, Frons without plate below it ...........-

43, Proboscis fully developed.

at. Metathorax with spreading crest .........

b+, Metathorax without crest ...........-.6.00.

d2, Frons with rounded prominence with

shovel-shaped process at middle and cor-

neous plate below it.

GraProboscisiabsenitite arias mecesceccen sees:

23, Proboscis aborted, sinall.

a4, Frons with the corneous process some-

what pointed at extremity and keeled

IsfolKoyy oti ates aaensnuRobsnsnonanonsnqnamaccatnogn

i4. Frons with the corneons process not

pointed or keeled.

@, Palpiiuptarneds..j.c.t0.este7Nenrcee-slsciere

65, Palpi obliquely porrect ...........-..0e+

3, Proboscis fully developed.

at, Byes small, reniform ........... ol sa SA

b+. Kyes large, round.

a>, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a®, Frons with trilobate plate below it ;

hind wing with veins 3,4 from cell...

}6, Frons with triangular plate below it ;

hind wing with veins 5, 4 stalked ...

45, Thorax clothed with hair only .........

2. Frons with trancate conical prominence

with raised edges.

a3, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments.

a’. Proboscis aborted, minute ............66.

#4. Proboscis fully developed.

a>. Thorax with slight double ridge-like

(OHO) ConeqannasonbopbupudcorodoqDsudogcaCodnor

b5, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

CLES 2 ale vie aseioc oldesoloieroriot sie ais\elleinio/e o.ei)elejsigel®

©), Prothorax without crest, metathorax

with large spreading crest ......--.-..00

AZENIA, p. =

PSEUDINODES, p. °

STEMMAPHORA, p. ;

TRISTYLA, p. :

Muparia, p.

SYNTHYMIA, p- -

PROTHRINAG, p. é

STILBINA, p. .«

C¥CLOPERA, p.

OcHROCALAMA, Pp. «

ARCHANARA, p.

Dipinacta, p. :

/@eun, p. 7

HYPEUTNINA, Pp. «

Dirarorsis, p. 009.

PALAFRONTIA, p.

STERIODES, p.

APINA, p-

OCoPIBRYOPHILA, Pp:

PRODICELLA, p.

Ipanica, p. c

ATREPHES, p. 284.

STAUROPIDES, p.

SPEocropPia, p. 259.

Tupryas, p. r

ACRONYCTINZE.

d. Thorax without crests.

a6, Thorax clothed with rough hair and

scallesimixed (5.4: ..cscsesa eeeee eee eee PARATUERTA, P-

26. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

Gimgealprmuptorned | ececeeeescereece sees: SEUDYRA, p.

VIGNE ADM POLLECh: | .cc..et meeeees seers GERRA, p.

43. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

a4, Prothorax with spreading crest.

a. Frons with flattened vertical process te

the frontal prominence ................+ Rvacopgs, p.

4°, Frons with iong central process hol-

lowed out in front to the frontal

prominence.

a6, Proboscis aborted, minute ............ SYNCALAMA, p.

66. Proboscis fully developed ............... HADENELLA, p.

©, Frons without central process to the

frontal prominence.

G2SEPTODOSCIS|AbOrted) - J... scene saeenenerensels Ecsrouemia, p. 448.

48. Proboscis fully developed.

a’, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle

Olydiscocellulanstesnacencscaten see eeeeee CATAMECTA, p. :

o7, Hind wing with vein 5 from below

middle of discocellulars.

a8, Frontal prominence large ............ PROCRATERIA, p.

68, Frontal prominence small............ HyporrriGEa, p.

44. Prothorax without crest.

a, Frons with truncate process in middle

Ol! JOROMTUDIINEINGS) cnneonoscnacsnncocsocaaconsane Nocuoa, p.

6°. Frons without truncate process in

middle of prominence.

aieProboscissabortedwsmalll, Pieeeecese cect OsuaRIA, p.

8°. Proboscis fully developed.

a, Krontal prominence large.

a8. Palpi upturned.

a, Mesothorax with paired crests ... Iampiopns, p. 609.

69, Mesothorax without crest ......... APOCALYMNIA, p.

58. Palpi porrect.

a9, Hiyes small, reniform ............... AGARISTONES, p.

6°. Eyes large, round.

@°, Thorax clothed with hair and

scales mixed,

a, Patagia fringed with long rough

hairandscales! s:sessscueecneeee Ovtos, p. 3

ou Patagia normal.

a2, Abdomen with fan-like crest

formed of.scales’ ..............- RaDInocerA, p.

62, Abdomen with tufted crest

formeduotehairss seed. ccecerece HRocua, p.

$10, Thorax clothed with hair only.

aul, Patagia with the extremities

turned upwards, the meta-

thorax with paired crests ...... GERRODES, p.

Gul Patagia norm aligeyscaeens scenes: CauLARIS, p.

67, Frontal prominence very small.

Gs leenloy WyOnMICeCl ososcoccansnqsteasocoas THALATHA, p.

8, Palpi porrect, the 8rd joint down-

turned and dilated at extremity ... Laucoconia, p.

c3. Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a4, Eyes small, reniform.

a, Frontal prominence with its lower edge

produced to a corneous plate ........ . AXENUS, Dp. 2

8 NOCTUIDZE.

b®, Frontal prominence with its lower edge

not produced to a corneous plate.

a§. Frontal prominence with central

EOCESS) pe sseundncssaaet vega dhle denen aeeeee

66, Frontal prominence without central

PROCESBYE IE enn tinsucrnscectniseseest snes

u4, Eyes large, round.

a, Frons with beak-sbaped process from

lower edge of prominence ...............

b°, Frons with flattened plate from lower

edge of prominence, grooved in front.

©, Frons with wedge-shaped process in

middle of prominence!) 524)).Nies.0se.-

dé, Krons with rounded truncate process in

middle of prominence ..................

. Frons with vertical ridge in middle of

JOROMMMEN CEE sec e lh tenec aonavensasseeateeees

/*?. Frons without process in middle of

prominence.

a6. Krontal prominence long.

a, Thorax clothed with hair and scales

mixed ; abdomen smoothly scaled.

a’, Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint porrect.

48, Palpi porrect.

a9. Proboscis absent.

a, Prothorax with spreading crest .

510, Prothorax without crest ...

6%. Proboscis fully developed.

a0, Frons with pointed corneous

Plateubelowitiaicesccenec cress

610, feos without corneous plate

below ntaiten encase serene sas

47, Thorax clothed with hair only ; ab-

domen clothed with rough hair.

a2, Palpiupturned 2.22.22: Ladbernad coc:

62s Palpiporkect ye. cces: Pee aaeconceat aosace

48, Frontal prominence short.

eercce

a’. Thorax with broad dorsal ridge of scales.

a’, Frons with the corneous promi-

faVsso(62) JET IR -Accocounadeasaqaecae sgasces

68, Frons with the corneous promi-

nence small

b7, Metathorax with depressed crest ;

' hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked .

ct, Thorax without crests.

a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head; thorax clothed

with hair and hair-like scales ......

48, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

middle of frons; thorax clothed

with hair and scales mixed.

a9, Palpi upturned, slender ; fore wing

with the termen excurved at middle

and oblique towards tornus ......

4°, Palpi oblique, short; fore wing

with the termen evenly curved .

/?. Frons with pointed prominence.

ee Eyes small, reniform

3, Hyes large, round.

os Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments.

#°, Proboscis aborted, minute .........ee.e0e

4°, Proboscis fully developed ,

naeeeeevonnees

Mrcrone1A, p.

HeiornodEs, p.

COYTOCANIs, p.

Carnecra, p.

BasiLica, p. cj

SELENISTIS, p.

ARGYRHODA, p.

IDALIMA, p. :

RaBILA, p. °

EREMocHROA, p.

_MoLvEna, p.

Ruosus, p. °

AUCULA, p. é

LEvcovis,p. .

PARACRORIA, p.

THYATIRODES, p.

PAROMPHALE, p.

STYGIATHETIS, p.

SATRAPODES, p.

Dysminicnia, p.

Psycuomorrna, p.

ACHATODES, p.

Ca@noroca, p. «

ACRONYCTINE.

64, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

a. Prothorax with sharp triangular ridge-

like crest, the metathorax with divided

CHES Ui aaisle sie ceeislsiaeeei-reeacieeeeeertsysiac

65, Prothorax with divided crest, meta-

thorax with spreading crest ........ ...

©. Thorax without crests.

a®, Frons with beak-like pointed process ;

palpi with the 2nd joint very broadly

BCAICU MWe aries ciadiicun apes dsaeeetneneeren eee

66, Frons with slight pointed prominence ;

palpi slender.

Gil, Jee NoM eyo wUBAeIe le sececnoneconncossdecbon0G.

Cie alipiGpornjects wissasccees-ace-aceeeeeseeane

c4, Abdomen without crests.

«>, Proboscis aborted, minute .............

6°. Proboscis fully developed.

a®, Thorax clothed almost entirely with

SCall CSberectunsaccae casa jeecleniatisemsmeinesees

b®, Thorax clothed with hair and_hair-

IMAG SERIES “Gesnanqaeode sscueeduoceoncsdcnne

2. Frons with rounded prominence with trans-

verse corneous plate at middle square in

OMG Mere atl setisisaseicelss eevee ee netacierterasTaatslae

2, Frons with rounded prominence with ver-

tical ridge at middle.

a3, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ......

63, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

Gos, Palko Wiyotebieneyal = SoKonsbccoosseasaconunaseacses

5, Letallionl TOOIBREE ascocacsandasdoHosn0de6o8e08000C

CoeAbaomen without Crests) osesessccacceceeceuee

@- Frons with rounded prominence with

slight transverse ridge.

a’, Krons with corneous plate below it.

a‘, Abdomen with dorsal crests on first two

GSINGINUES ” conssuasaccosogpsonbodoppppssoonoda

64, Abdomen without crests ...............+6-

63. Krons without corneous plate below it ...

j*. Frons with rounded prominence.

a’, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments.

a‘. Proboscis absent.

«w, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

GREELES): _ sdonoocssaadooboobaoqqnbanscusaann0gG0d

5, Pro- and metathorax without crests ...

64. Proboscis fully developed.

a, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

@REMH | sasoso0ss }osgoconopnboebonooodeasHacadS

6°, Pro- and metathorax without crests.

a®, Thorax smoothly clothed with scales

On yAlinay Gpemasb trast stances sks sersce ares

68, Thorax clothed with rough hair and

scalesumixedieren-seetsseraaae-eseceecer nee

8, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

a4, Prothorax with spreading crest.

a. Fore wing with the termen oblique

towards tornus.

a6, Fore wing with scale-tooth at tornus .

65, Fore wing without scale-tooth at

WOPAWILIS) | GanococqunoRscon700be danonoacsKound

XANTHECIA, p. ,

XEROCIRIS, p»-

APSARASA, Pp.

Mazuca, p.

PROTOSEUDYRA, p.

CoNICOFRONTIA, p.

Micro.ita, p.

Ca@NoBIA, p.

PHRAGMATIPHILA, p-

Evcropia, p. 286.

ParraMBiA, p. 660.

MBETAXANTHIA, p.

CHRYSOKCIA, p.

OMALCOECIA, p.

PRORACHIA, Pp. —

(@pretexta, p. 218.

TUMIDIFRONTIA, p.

Mionrpss, p. 616.

(Epgremi, p. 405.

GOENYCTA, p.

ZALISSA, p.

EctoLorPua, p.

XYLOM@A, p. »

10 NOCTUID&.

°. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a6, Build stout.

ai, Fore wing with the termen crenulate. AMIANA, p.

b7, Fore wing with the termen not

Crenwlaton ne uteein cesses cseecesmsdaetes Maroro, p.

Oia uildislender, Aesssdcssccqnseassee eae Nrominicnta, p.

b*, Prothorax without crest.

a>. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a’, Fore wing with the apex produced,

the termen obliquely curved ......... Foret, p. :

b®. Fore wing with the apex not pro-

duced, the termen more erect.

a’, Antenne laminate, almost simple ... TycrAcona, p.

7, Antennee ciliated.

a8, Fore wing narrow, the margins sub-

parallel yy er ieataeeas seceeteat tess BryouymylA, p.

68, Fore wing triangular .................- TRICHOCOSMIA, p.

65, Thorax clothed with hair only ......... ERyYTHuRECIA, p.

c3, Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a4, Eyes small, elliptical.

a. 'horax clothed with rough hair and scales, ANNAPHILA, p.

6°, Thorax smoothly scaled .....:........606 Mesorrosta, p.

64, Byes large, round.

a, Metathorax with crest.

a6, Prothorax with spreading crest.

Ger erobosciscabsentibacccsccestessseoenneeses AOOPA, p.

b7. Proboscis aborted, small ..............- HmMassiA, p.

c?, Proboscis fully developed ............ Cua, p.

66, Prothorax without crest.

a’. Proboscis aborted, minute.

a. Thorax clothed with hair and scales

TAO CLEC an era itetatsttaiaratcalortes anaes LxtomeEtTopron, p.

68, Thorax clothed with hair only ...... SPHIDA, p. c

b7, Proboscis fully developed..............- RaBINOPTERYX, p.

65. Metathorax without crest.

a6. Thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales,

a7, Proboscis aborted ............scesseseeves Merouevea, p. 687.

bi, Proboscis fully developed.

a8. Frons with corneous ridge above... Nrvm@GEnIA, p.

68, Frons without corneous ridge above.

a’, Fore wing with the apex rather

produced and acute...............0.¢ XYLOSTOLA, p.

+9, Fore wing with the apex rounded. Acosmeria, p.

66, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-

MiievsCallest cctsieisciisljncscsetiaasiessielacs a ARCILASISA, p.

c6, Thorax clothed with hair only......... OXyYTHRES, p.

k2, Frons with vertical flattened process with

OTANI! Gols sAcasoncopoosossod ooboddoBz0000KE EmBo.ecia, p.

2, Frons with transverse ridge.

a’, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ...... ANTHA,p. -

63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

a4, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

(OWE papoocaced sudbdaeabnooaGABauAanodoobHoKGs Lrvconycra, p. .

i4. Pro- and metathorax without crests...... PotyaRammarta, p. 689.

m*, Frons smooth and without prominence.

as, Proboscis aborted or absent.

a4, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a>. Prothorax without crest, metathorax

With spreading Crest .....i...000sssse0ee Bryome@a, p. 615.

65. Thorax without crests.

a®, Palpi upturned, thickly scaled......... AcuErDoA, p. 591.

66. Palpi porrect, slonder................00+% Poxroprya, p. 617.

ACRONYCTIN A.

64, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

>. Thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales.

a®, Prothorax with divided crest............

v6. Prothcrax without crest.

ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertexiof head)... ccccc-cnecceereeeee

b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middle.of frons............02.--0

65, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

a’. Pro- and metathorax with spreading

@RESUS) - cooconadgodpoduniseososodddesobEbcoouc

66. Pro- and metathorax without crests.

a’, Fore wing very narrow and produced

El6 GSES) scopgsdposaghoosbnasndeseseus: oSKuO

b7, Fore wing triangular .................-

c4, Abdomen without crests.

a, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a6, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell to near extremiy ......

66, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

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

c®. Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

a’, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

GREE pondaosaceqsdnsSnaonbeEnoouaonaodanodo

bo’, Pro- and metathorax without crests.

a, Palpi with the hair at extremity of

2nd joint produced to a point, the

GBIUCL | HOVE Er onoaddoAasqonoaekend Kes 4e50Kd

8. Palpi with the 2nd joint slightly

fringed with hair in front.

a, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect...

6’, Palpi with the 38rd joint up-

CUTIE Oe nerce hnsase teeta mee ears

65, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

seales.

a8, Pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests.

a7, Palpi upturned; fore wing with the

termen not crenulate.

a8, Fore wing with the termen oblique

GOWIRGS HOTS) oAsnadaccoososoobnoodeno

68. Fore wing with the termen evenly

CUNVECE Week Mee eM kame

b7. Palpi porrect ; fore wing with the

Lermencremullatesssceccceeessceesien ce

66. Thorax without crests.

a7. Fore wing with the apex produced

and acute; hind wing with veins 3,

4 usually stalked, 5 from below

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

7, Fore wing with the apex not pro-

duced; hind wing with veins 3, 4

from cell, 5 from middle of disco-

cellulars, scjcstsecesnsean once

ce’. Thorax clothed with hair only.

a, Metathorax with spreading crest ......

66. Thorax without crests.

Gis Action Wyo mbUaaCl Gconnacectoc nocouccasba060

PHALERODES, p.

Prusitua, p. 590.

Bryo.ewca, p. 686.

CALAMISTIS, p.

Euoncur, p.

MuroLoncur, p.

ACYLITA, p.

DorERRIESA, p.

Ernropica, p.

Danrona, p.

CILLA, p.

AMOLITA, p.

NonaGRia, p.

SELICANIS, p.

MareGexana, p. 449.

ACRAPEX, p.

PETILAMPA, p.

BELLURA, p.

SESAMIA, p. 3

jul

NOCTUID £.

6’. Palpi porrect.

a®*, Fore wing with the apex produced

and sa cutiess az c.iat Aleck mene eRe

68. Fore wing with the apex rounded...

68. Proboscis fully developed.

a‘, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a, Thorax with double ridge-like crest.

a, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a’. Palpi with the 2nd joint broadly

angled with hair in front ............

7, Palpi with the 2nd joint moderately

fringed with hair in front.

a®. Fore wing long and narrow, the

termen not excised towardstornus.

a9, Tegule produced at a slight dorsal

TIAGO nL anshseesicbescismientomemeseawoneen

69. Tegule not produced to a dorsal

ridge.

a0, Frons tufted with hair.

al, Fore wing very narrow, the

termen very obliquely curved.

611, Fore wing broader, the termen

MONE CLECH Mle. iecler-serecereliccsell:

610. Frons smooth with a slight cor-

neous plate below it .:..........

08, Fore wing shorter, the termen ex-

cised towards tornus.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

to about vertex of head ............

69. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons.

a9, Frons tufted with hair ............

610, Frons smoothly scaled ............

46, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

SOA OS wc aches caebe telson comnatemocseet ues

6°, Thorax with broad ridge-like crest......

«5, Prothorax with triangular crest.

a, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales ...

66, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

SCalesieasnesccne: sooquaogccoboododooudooaueD

c®, Thorax clothed with hair only.

a’, Fore wing with the termen excised

belowaveini4 ie mossesecsneccreserecte

67, Fore wing with the termen evenly

curved.

a’, Abdomen with the crests mixed with

BCAL OS wianch cvs cuaccesanadde nesses seinten

48, Abdomen with the crests formed of

hauryonibyy oae.caccerecraseseesseenteecetere

d5, Pro-, meso- and metathorax with large

duvided\crests 2. .nssssa-.seeesttetee cence

e’>, Pro- and metathorax with divided

crests.

a®. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a’, Abdomen dorsally flattened .........

b7, Abdomen not dorsally flattened.

a’. Fore wing with vein 5 nearly

straight, from just below middle

oldiscoce)lularseerermeseersereeeeees

68, Kore wing with vein 5 curved, from

just above lower angle of cell ......

Spryra, p. :

EocsEna, p.

OrtTHOoGONICA, p. 40.

DELTA, p.

Magusa, p. 55.

ParRAstTicutis, p. 76.

XYLOMYGES, p.

Srenopreryeta, p. 61.

Dreteryeia, p. 64.

ACRORIA, p.

AGROPERINA, p. 398.

Evrasina, 109.

Lopnotyna, p.

PULCHERIA, p.

Trigonopuora, p 486.

Cnutarna, p. 491.

Hasryntis, p. 498.

Manta, p. 49.

Cuxcura, p. 111.

Evpruxivi, p. 110.

Tracuea, p. 113.

ACRONYCTIN &.

68, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

EISENIGE) Anbar oRBEpesaaerccodccacqédueonacseoe

J. Prothorax with spreading crest, meta-

thorax with divided crest ..............-

g®. Prothorax with long oblique flattened

crest. :

a6, Metathorax with divided crest .........

66. Metathorax with spreading crest ......

hs, Pro- aud metathorax with spreading

crests.

a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales,

a7, Kore wing with slight scale-tooth at

tornus.

a8, Abdomen with long forked crest on

ANCES CPIM ENbs eracsiinsiceescerieceneceet eae

68, Abdomen without forked crest on

2nd segment.

a9, Fore wing with the termen more

or less angled at vein 4, then

Obl Weme sere cms tceniones stisceeeeasiey

69, Fore wing with the termen angled

at vein 3, then dentate ............

e9, Fore wing with the termen evenly

Curvedudentater ususeeseecceaneeee

07. Fore wing without scale-tooth at

tornus.

a8. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect.

a9. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head, the 35rd long ......

69. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middle of frons, the 3rd

short.

ao, Abdomen with large dorsal crest

On ord! sesment) Peeccecscescesess:

610, Abdomen with the dorsal crests

SIUOIIGT a ae ones sh oanameanaesaeloewes

és. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned.

a9. Palpi with the 5rd joint long and

dilated at extremity..................

69, Palpi with the 3rd joint very long,

not dilated, in male tufted with

long hair on inner side and re-

Curved (overheads ys ic.csceecsssees--

e9, Palpi with the 5rd joint shorter

and not dilated.

@0, Kore wing with the cilia strongly

dentate towards tornus .........

610. Fore wing with the cilia slightly

crenulate.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-

ing vertex of head.

a2, Abdomen with very large

crests on 3rd and 4th seg-

ments; build slender .........

6, Abdomen with the crests on

medial seements equal ; build

stout.

a3, Thorax and fore wing roughly

Scalecligeacerensa-ceeeee SHoknearaen

618, Thorax and fore wing smoothly

EISeyt=1s Ue andanuscacanoondanoanaedad

PaRaTRACHEA, p. 216.

PoLyPuanis, p. 667.

PAPAIPEMA, p.

Oapoconta, p.

Arayrosrrortis, p. 517.

Erropus, p. 531.

CosMoDEs, p.

Data, p. 526.

Ancara, p. 249.

TELESILLA, p. O87.

ANDROPOLTIA, )).

Crorta, p. 260.

Corytuurvs, p. 360.

PrricEopss, p. 287.

Cuytontx, p. 600.

Hersrocuroma, p. 271.

PericEa, p. 292.

NOCTUID_E,

bu, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-

ing about middle of frons.

a2, Abdomen with large crest on

3rd segment ; build stout

612, Abdomen with large crest on

4th segment ; build slender...

cl2, Abdomen with the crests on

medial segments equal.

a3, Fore wing with the apex

rectangular and somewhat

ACULOH Ras daelemae cnet nate.

613, Fore wing Sih the apex

FOUNC EC ees eeyaqaee eee eae

36, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

ai, Prothorax with the crest long, meso-

thorax with small paired crests;

abdomen with very large double

crestuati base: Wess deecueenen tee sctere

v7, Abdomen without large double crest

at base.

a8, Tegule produced to a slight dorsal

TIG GO) Vie sscucasien settee se eeselesins lees

48, Tegule not produced to a dorsal

ridge.

a, Thorax quadrately scaled ............

69, Thorax not quadrately scaled.

a0, Thorax clothed with long rough

hair and hair-like scales ...... ..

610, Thorax smoothly clothed with

hair and hair-like scales.........

&, Thorax clothed with hair only .........

45, Prothorax without distinct crest.

a’. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head, the 3rd long.

a8, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect ...

o8, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned...

7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middle of frons, the 3rd short.

a’, Abdomen with very large crest on

4th segment.

a’, Metathorax with very large crest

of long spatulate scales ............

o%, Metathorax with moderate crest ...

o8. Abdomen with the crests small.

a’, Fore wing with the termen oblique

towards tornus :

b9, Fore wing with the termen evenly

curved.

a0, Fore wing long and narrow.

a, Fore wing with the termen

GG cavoonavoapdosvounadadnoooebnd

bu, Fore wing with the termen

obliquelyicurvedinsscessancchese:

b10, Fore wing short and broad ......

£6, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales. —

a. Mesothorax with paired crests, patagia

curled upwards at extremity .........

27, Mesothorax without crests, patagia

not curled upwards at extremity ...

Evuriexia, p. 219.

Micropiexia, p. 354.

GortTyNA, p. :

OuiatA, p. 861.

ACRORIODES, p.

APAMEA, p.

Lirnoma@a, p.

Dasnoci2ta, p.

Eremosia, p. 409.

TRICHOPLEXIA, p. 482.

Psrupurasrria, p. 614.

Bryoprnina, p. 618,

HarristmEmna, p. 648.

Crerma, p. 651.

Tampra, p. 654.

CALOGRAMMA, p.

PropEnt, p. 0

CRANIOPHORA, p.

CANNA, p. c

ConsrervuLa, p. 499.

ACRONYCTINE.

7. Thorax without crests.

a8. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

ai. Palpi smoothly scaled and flattened

against frons; fore wing narrow

with the margins subparallel.........

67, Palpi not flattened against frons and

with a tuft of scales at extremity of

2nd joint ; fore wing triangular ...

68. Thorax clothed with hair and _ hair-

Wikeyecall Sarentsn-s-eeccecs gadacuDEDHGaOs0

ét, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

@, Pro- and metathorax with divided

CRESES Memstetictse elas ciielos siseeinesteteraeee cetera

65, Prothorax with sharp triangular crest,

metathorax with divided crest .........

©, Prothorax with sharp triangular crest,

metathorax with spreading crest ......

d>, Prothorax with ridge-like crest, meta-

thorax with spreading crest .........

é5. Thorax with slight dorsal ridge-like

GRIN casaso0dbaudosoopannponanbadoboBodesdaaoas

>. Pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests.

a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

az, Pro- and metathorax with the erests

formed of very long spatulate scales

87, Prothorax with long flattened crest

projecting backwards.

a8. Fore wing with the termen excised

below apex and excurved at middle.

68, Fore wing with the termen evenly

(Clbt(210 |seene nonepseeaaednocos-noandabenonar

ce. Prothorax with short spreading

crest.

a8. Mesothorax with slight paired crests.

8. Mesothorax without crests.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head.

a0, Build slender.

a, Hind wing with vein 5 from

middle of discocellulars.

a2, Fore wing with the termen

excised from apex to middle.

b2, Fore wing with the termen

evenly curved.

a’, Fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and

EXOUR GS): - soogasossoonbadE65oOs004005

TROMERECL G-, ooaone dodoapeoosooden

6, Hind wing with vein 5 from

below middle of discvcellulars.

OOM Bull Gkstoutseeessssesee sens ceeeeees

69, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middle of frons.

a0. Thorax roughly scaled ............

b10, Thorax smoothly sealed.

aw, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect.

a2, Tegule produced to a slight

dorsal ridge and hood.........

oy eculce normale ne aeeeerees

CLETHRORASA, Pp.

Neropuanis, p. 681.

Faeirana, p. 592.

Caurirormis, p. 504.

Macronoctua, p. 431.

Hypracra, p.

ANDROLYMNIA, p.

Pyrrut, p.

OpsyRa, p.

GERODA, p.

Macarra, p.

CRAMBODES, p.

Gonopgs, p.

PLATYSENTA, p. 9

Monopgs, p.

HansIna, p.

Mowoprrya, p. 432,

Hypoprexta, p. 426.

CATABENA, p.

NAMANGANA, p.

16 NOCTUIDE.

ou, Palpi with the 3rd joint up-

turned.

a2, Fore wing with tufts of raised

scales on the stigmata .........

b12, Fore wing without tufts of

raised scales on the stigmata.

6. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and

WOMANS cocdgocaavacorcdoadconssoesacdooaEse

7. Palpi with the 3rd joint short.

a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to

about vertex of head, build slender.

%. Palpi with the second joint reach-

ing to about middle of frons.

a®, Fore wing with the apex produced

andiaciltensmmel ;uvscuiaunel eth)

69. Fore wing with the apex rounded.

a0, Fore wing with the termen

oblique towards tornus .........

510, Fore wing with the termen not

oblique towards tornus .. ......

¢, Thorax clothed with hair only .........

g°. Prothcrax without crest, metathorax

with spreading crest.

a’, Thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales.

ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

Vertex ofsheadjens.sseess tenes

7. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middle of frons.

a8, Fore tibia broadly fringed with hair;

* fore wing rather broad ...............

8, Fore tibia slightly fringed with hair’;

fore wing long and narrow .........

46, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

BCA OS se scprcatanadatoesssve-des stones testes

43, Thorax without crests.

a®, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head.

a7, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle

of discocellulars.

a. Palpi with the 3rd joint long ......

8. Palpi with the 3rd joint short ......

67, Hind wing with vein 5 from below

middle of discocellulars.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint flattened

ATAINSE ALONG etmascoece ence nsec eee

8. Palpi with the 2nd joint cylindrical.

2°, Palpi with the 2nd joint not reaching

above middle of frons, the 3rd short.

a7. Antenne laminate and almost simple.

a8. Fore wing with the inner margin

somewhat excised towards tornus...

8. Fore wing with the inner margin

not excised towards tornus .........

o7, Antenne ciliated.

a8. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales .

8. Thorax clothed with hair only ......

e#, Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a, Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest;

frons with projecting corneous plate

Pelow ities. cccecaccecscccssescorseceaedseccsse

Prezoryra, p. 19.

Evrome@a, p. 425.

RuyYNCHOPLEXIA, p. 400.

Tantosra, p. 430.

CurrIPHA, p.

Herrzma, p. 429.

SIDEMIA, p. 435.

LAsIPLexia, p. 483.

Avcna, p. 661. .

SPoporrera, p.

LapuyeMa, p.

CoBALIODES, p. S095.

Po.tonycra, p.

GALGULA, p.

CHASMINA, p.

Bacisara, p.

EULYMNIA, p.

ACRONYCTA, Pp.

AGRIOPODES, p.

Hurnrria, p.

Ecciera, p. 685.

ACRONYCTLIN

o, Prothorax with triangular crest ; meta-

thorax with double ridge-like crest.

a’. Fore wing with the termen strongly

excurvediat middle) seussnicenesseseecer

b&, Fore wing with the termen evenly

GLUTAYEIS lease apocemunenenedoecia2366e60000 |So0abo

¢. Prothorax with triangular crest, meta-

thorax with spreading crest ... . ......

d@>, Prothorax with spreading crest, meta-

thorax with divided crest ...............

é&. Pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests.

a’. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

«a. Fore wing long and narrow.

a8. Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-

aver SeVHHeD «ONE INVSENC LOR sone onbeAuenoaToade:

“8, Palpi with the 2nd joint not reach-

incemid dlevoftnons isoe.ecseseres:

bi. Fore. wing broad.

a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head.

a8, Palpi with the drd joint long.

@0, Hind wing with vein 5 from

middle of ciscocellulars .........

610. Hind wing with vein 5 from

below middle of discocellulars,

6. Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate.

or eee with the 3rd joint porrect.

. Fore wing with the apex pro-

GING raneetemenceounnuobbencsancreae

54. Fore wing with apex rounded...

610. Palpi with the 3rd joint up-

turned ; fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and acute .

t& Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middle of frons ...............

SCRIESIN se teen oansdaeanetsaananed Game eee

a, Palpi with 2nd joint reaching vertex

of head ; hind wing with the termen

excised at discal fold ..................

67. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

middle of frons; hind wing with the

termen evenly curved.

a’, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect;

HORS WAWNE? TALVORON? coonooodecd cdosauene

68. Palpi with the drd joint upturned ;

fore wing broadery...--.-.4-.+0s+-«e-

Jt. Prothorax with spreading crest; meta-

thorax without crest.

a6, Fore wing narrow, the margins sub-

parallel.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head.

a8. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

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

67, Palpi slender, the 2nd joint reaching

pana Kalhe) Opt IBHONS |“ Lcnoedoogonedooossccoae:

oe _Fore wing broad, triangular.

. Thorax clothed with hair and scales

THIKECH? i) tasopanaca aseutae ae uceoeetaeene

Viol VET

BRraACHYXANTHIA, Dp.

LoPHOCALAMA, Pp.

IprMorPHa, p.

THALPorHita, p. 679.

ARA, p. 688.

Syrrvsig, p. 508.

GRACILIPALPUS, p. £2.

SeLampBrya, p. 516.

Cauuoaonia, p. 589.

CaARBONA, p.

STRIGIPHLEBIA, p.

AMPHIDRINA, p.

Sryciosrora, p. 44.

Lurerina, p. 468.

MEnRIsrTIS, p.

Hyposri.i, p.

ATHETIS, p.

ARGYROSPILA, Pp.

RaMPsopEs, p.

(gd)

NOCTUID KH.

67, Thorax clothed with hair and _hair-

Mikketscales sp censcdancccerns sorcerers

g®. Prothorax without crest; metathorax

with-small paired crests ...............

h5, Prothorax without crest; metathorax

with spreading crest.

a’, Thorax clothed with scales and hair

mixed.

ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head.

a8, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect

o®. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned...

67, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

about middie of frons...............+4.

<. Palpi shert, porrect.

a®, Tegule produced behind into a slight

InvoYais Wt Gas baesoadosonooncovecvosagosubogdan

8. Tegule not produced into a hood.

a’. Fore wing long and narrow.

a0, Fore wing with the apex pro-

duced, the termen oblique ......

b!, Fore wing with the apex not

produced, the termen less oblique.

69, Fore wing shorter and broader

6 ‘Thorax clothed with hair only

#, Thorax without crests.

a’, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

ai, Abdomen dorsally flattened............

b7, Abdomen not dorsally flattened.

a8. Fore wing Jong and narrow.

Gos Bull dlstOutiseenceeea-cciseecsseccasaee

Oo Bualdislenderaa esses. sac aeese sco

68. Fore wing short and broad.

a9, Build stout.

al0, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head, slender,

a", Palpi flattened against frons ...

Gio bal picylimdri cal tescneueccctes:

610. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

middle of frons, broadly scaled.

a, Hind wing with the termen

excised at discal fold............

6, Hind wing with the termen

Evenly CUnVEGs Gecmssscae-eeente ss

6%. Build slender.

ai, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint

reaching vertex of head.

a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long...

6, Palpi with the 3rd joint mode-

TALS) oA gooodoosdan9obeDn0DGUHEGNRI00

619, Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint

reaching middle of frons.........

i6, Thorax ciothed with hair and hair-

like scales.

ai, Abdomen dorsally flattened.

a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed

with hair in front.

a. Hind wing with vein 5 from

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

+8, Hind wing with vein 5 from below

middle of discocellulars .........66.

ARENOSTOLA, p.

ARIATHISA, p.

ATIMEA, p.

CALYMNIODES, p.

Psnupina, p.

Epimxcta, p.

FErGAna, p.

STILBIA, p.

PRA&STILBIA, p.

Mypropoxa, p.

PrErtnz=nta, p. 21.

Agrotisia, p. 692.

PROXENUS, p.

CALLYNA, p.

ELypNa, p.

Prurnena, p. 593.

Nicara, p. ©

Menaaramma, p. 691.

Microruerts, p.

AMPHILITA, p.

Perripyra, p. 25.

Synromorus, p. 22.

ACRONYCTIN 19

8, Palpi smoothly sealed; hind wing

with vein 5 from middle of disco-

cellullars: cwc.acces eee Cee AmpuHipyRa, p. 26.

67, Abdomen not dorsally flattened.

a8, Head and thorax clothed with rough

hair and spatulate scales ......... Oropiexra, p. 510.

v8. Head and thorax smoothly clothed

with hair and hair-like scales.

a%, Frons with ridges of hair above

and between antenne............... MIMLEvUCANIA, p.

69. Frons without ridges of hair.

a0, Fore wing with the apex some-

what produced and acute ...... CALYMNIA, p.

610, Fore wing with the apexrounded. Drcycua, p.

e6, Thorax clothed with hair only.

ai, Eyes small, reniform.

a8, Palpi extending about the length

OfW ING UOh ees Aer Tee ee een Ae Hi TRICOPIS, p.

48, Palpi extending to joint beyond

HE OMS tac acionnemtierasi sways ceieeisWyeseasiane PANEMERIA, p.

7. Eyes large, round.

a8, Abdomen dorsally flattened ......... Biryua, p. 41.

68. Abdomen not dorsally flattened.

a’, Abdomen entirely clothed with

TROLS Lae NTP) Semon angeccoaadoenadenodee Darn &nura, p.

69. Abdomen with rough hair at base

only.

a, Build stout.

a, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint

moderately fringed with hair

Tia sHROatL | Gaaboasecechoouedade rere ENARGrIA, p.

6, Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint

fringed with long hair below.

ai2, Fore wing narrow ..............- CaLAMIA, p.

bw Horewwindybroadssnsscsscn-eees ORT py ie

Glos ual dlslendersenceceeessce ceases: Hypoca@na, p.

c9, Abdomen smoothly scaled.

Gl Rallpimuptimme deeneceeaen te since: OMMATOSTOLA, p.

(DO; TRENTON JOOMRECH scoaboconagseaosbosGnoac Hypocanamia, p.

Genus PHEOPYRA, nov.

Type, P. novaguinensis.

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

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes

large, rounded ; antennz of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; head and

thorax smoothly clothed with scales, the prothorax with spreading crest, the

metathorax with slight crest; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with some rough hair at base and dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with

the apex rounded, the termen 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; the stigmata with slight tufts of raised scales on their

edges. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Head, tegule, pectus, and legs rufous .............-..eceeeee chloeropis.

B. Head, tegule, pectus, and legs grey-white mixed with

DOW Si Crlenis ses oe ceclisesmnee skieamientenaaselesielelseeber testes NOVAGUINENSIS.

@ 2

20 NOCTUID E.

*2748. Pheopyra chloeropis. (Plate CVILI. fig. 9.)

Kuplexia chloéropis, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxviii. p. 213 (1904).

¢. Head and tegule pale rufous, the latter greyish at base ;

2nd joint of palpi blackish at sides; frons with black lateral bars ;

thorax brown mixed with grey and some black scales; pectus and

legs rufous; abdomen fuscous,.the anal tuft rufous, the ventral

surface rufous at base followed by bands on the next two segments.

Fore wing red-brown irrorated with grey and dark brown; the

base and inner area suffused with grey ; a curved blackish subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold, double at costa; an indistinct

minutely waved antemedial line, double at costa and obsolete

on inner area; orbicular and reniform small, the former round,

grey defined by black, and with black centre, the latter indistinctly

defined by black and suffused with brown; postmedial line in-

distinct and slightly defined by grey on outer side, minutely

dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4;

some grey points on costa towards apex; subterminal line in-

distinct, greyish and fuscous, slightly dentate, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle, a grey patch beyond it at apex; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia grey and brown. Hind

wing fuscous, brownish towards base; the cilia grey ; the underside

ochreous grey, with broad fuscous terminal band except at tornus ;

a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. QurErnstann, Biggenden, typet¢ in Coll. Turner. Exp.

40 millim.

2749. Pheopyra novaguinensis.

Protagrotis novaguinensis, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 192 (1906).

Head and thorax pale grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi

blackish at sides, except at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints;

Fig. 2.—Pheopyra novaguinensis, S$. }.

frons with black bars at middle and above; vertex of head

blackigh patacia with oblique red-brown stripesiatl Dateien

black with pale rings; abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown,

the ventral surface whitish suffused with rufous, the extremity

blackish. Fore wing grey suffused with reddish brown, especially

on costal half from before middle to near apex; a black point at

PH KOPYRA.—PERIN ENIA. Bik

base; subbasal line slight, blackish, waved from costa to sub-

median fold, with some red-brown suffusion before it; antemedial

line double, blackish, very indistinct and much interrupted, oblique,

waved: claviform represented by a smali tuft of raised blackish

seales; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish

annulus slightly defined by raised blackish scales, the former round,

the latter with small white spot in lower extremity; faint traces

of a waved medial line; postmedial line blackish, indistinct and

interrupted, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an

oblique whitish apical patch, with the indistinct, diffused, waved,

whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by slight blackish

marks from it to inner margin; a terminal series of slight black

lunules ; cilia whitish, with diffused red-brown lines at middle and

tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the inner margin tinged with

pale rufous; cilia white mixed with red-brown from apex to

vein 2; the underside white, the costal area tinged with rufous,

the terminal area blackish from apex to submedian fold.

Hab. Br. New Gurnus, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 ¢, Ekeikei (Pratt),

5 2. Ewp. 42-44 millim. Type f in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Genus PERINANIA. meee

Perinenia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 289 (1878) ...ccccccsscsteees lignosa.

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

vertex of head and broadly rounded with scales in front, the 3rd long and

broadly scaled in front; frons smooth, with large tuft of scales; eyes large,

rounded ; antennex of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibie thickly scaled; abdomen dorsally flattened, with

some rough hairs at base but without crests. Fore wing with the costa and

inner margin subparallel, the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

2750. Perinznia lignosa.

Perinenia lignosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 289 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

13}, WL, jo, By OU GPa fc

Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with blackish ; abdomen

greyish brown, the ventral surface pale olive irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing pale olive mixed with brown and sparsely irrorated with

black ; the base with some blackish suffusion ;-a slight dark streak

in submedian fold near base usually present ; antemedial line dark,

more or less distinct, waved ; orbicular represented by a white point,

the reniform by a whitish spot usually placed on a more or less

prominent black streak in discal fold extending to postmedial line,

which is dark, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4 and

slightly incurved at submedian fold, often with whitish point on it

22 NOCTUIDA,

at discal fold, and usually with dark streaks beyond it on the veins

of costal half; faint traces of a curved subterminal line ; a terminal

series of black and ochreous points. Hind wing olive ochreous,

more or less completely suffused with dark olive-brown, the

Fig. 3.—Perinenia lignosa, 3. j

terminal area fuscous black; cilia olive ochreous mixed with

brown ; the underside brownish ochreous, the costal area irrorated

with brown, the terminal area tinged with fuscous, a fuscous

discoidal lunule and strong curved postmedial line.

Hab. Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 ¢, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer,

Manley), 4 5, 6 2, type; C. Cuina, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 @.

Exp, 40-54 millim.

Genus SYNTOMOPUS. Tyee:

pe.

Syntomopus, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr. vi. p. 223, (1837) ne eses cinnamomed.

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

middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennsz of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with

hair and hair-like scales and without crests; tibie fringed with long hair ;

abdomen dorsally flattened, clothed with rough hair at base and with lateral

fringes of hair towards extremity, but without crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-

lescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing fiery red.

a. Hind wing with the cilia pure white .............-.6:-:eseee ees albicilia.

b, Hind wing with the cilia yellowish, with a red line through

(HoVS)bn. dane naseoanaaenodaubacodeceasodossoasobooudsddendddudadonadadedeond cinnamomea.

B. Hind wing pale red-brown ........-:.sseeeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeesewenees effusa.

2751. Syntomopus albicilia. (Plate CVIII. fig. 10.)

Amphipyra albicilia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 192 (1894).

©. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with ochreous grey ;

pectus and legs grey mixed with red-brown; abdomen red-brown

mixed with greyish, deep red-brown at extremity, the anal tuft

ochreous and rufous, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with

rufous, red-brown at extremity. Fore wing grey suffused in parts

SYNTOMOPUS. 93

with red-brown, and with slight dark brown streaks on the veins ;

the basal half of submedian fold with fine dark brown streak and

the terminal half with diffused pale rufous streak, the discal fold

with diffused pale rufous streak from middle of cell to subterminal

line ; subbasal line represented by indistinct dguble oblique red-

brown striz from costa; antemedial line indistin@t, double, dentate,

angled outwards below costa in submedian fold and above inner

margin and inwards on vein 1, an oblique dark brown streak from

it just below subcostal nervure to lower angle of cell; orbicular

absent ; reniform represented by two small whitish spots; a dark

brown streak above vein 4 extending to termen and a streak above

vein 3 to postmedial line ; an indistinct curved medial shade ; post-

medial line double, indistinct from below costa to vein 3, bent

outwards below costa, then waved, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly

oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

represented by a series of pinkish-white dentate marks, defined on

inner side by red-brown forming dentate marks from costa to vein 3,

a dark streak beyond it above vein 3; cilia with series of red-brown

lunules at base and greyish and rufous tips. Hind wing bright

cupreous red, the terminal area rather deeper red; cilia white ;

underside of both wings cupreous red with slight whitish discoidal

lunules, the costa! and terminal areas white defined inwardly by

deep red.

Hab. Ponsas, Murree (Harford), 1 Q type. ep. 58 millim.

2752. Syntomopus cinnamomea.

Noctta cinnamomea, Kleem. Beitr. Ins. p. 157, pl. 18. ff. 1-6 (1761) ; Goeze,

Beitr. iii. 3, p. 205 (1781) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Noctua conica, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 171. ff. 4, 6 (1791); Godart, Lép. fine

v. p- 139, pl. 56. f. 5.

Noctua perfusa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 37 (1802).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with ochreous white ; palpi

darker red, the tip of 3rd joint white ; frons deep red at sides, edged

Ly -

(RS "

Hig. 4.—Syntomopus cennamonea, 3. t-

‘

.by white in front ; abdomen rufous mixed with whitish. Fore wing

bright rufous mixed with ochreous and some white scales, the veins

with slight dark streaks; subbasal line represented by an oblique

dark striga from costa defined by ochreous on outer side; ante-

medial line indistinct, rufous slightly defined by ochreous on inner side,

24 NOCTUIDAE.

angled outwards below costa, then strongly dentate; orbicular

represented by a slight whitish mark at its extremity, the reniform

by slight whitish marks at the angles of cell; a pale rufous streak

in discal fold from orbicular to postmedial line; postmedial line

indistinct, rufous slightly defined by ochreous on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and excurved

at vein 1, some whitish points heyond it on costa; subterminal line

very indistinct, ochreous defined on inner side by deep rufous inter-

rupted by ochreous above veins 6 and 3, slightly excurved below

costa and at middle; cilia rufous intersected with ochreous. Hind

wing bright cupreous red; cilia pale yellow, with red line through

them except towards tornus. Underside of fore wing pale red, the

costal and terminal areas whitish irrorated with red; hind wing

with the costal half whitish irrorated with red, the inner half red,

a slight red discoidal spot and curved postmedial line rather near

termen.

Hab. Francs, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls.; Avsrria; Hungary; Styria; Swirzernanp; N. Ivaty;

?Corsica ; Asi1A Minor, Pontus. Hay. 44-48 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p- 192; Hffm. Raup. p. 111, pl. 30.

Wo IWC

Yellowish green with whitish dorsal line; an oblique yellow

streak from dorsum on 12th somite to the yellow lateral line on

11th somite. Food-plants: Elm and Euonymus. 6-7.

2753. Syntomopus effusa.

Amphipyra effusa, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 68 (1829): Geyer, Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 820, 821; Frr. Neue Beitr. ii. pl. 148. f.3; Dup. Lép. Fr.

Suppl. iii. p. 201, pl. 19. f.2; Mili. Icones, i. p.186, pl. 5. ff. 5,8; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Amphipyra sciaphila, Staud. Hor. Ent. Soe. Ross. vii. p. 129, pl. 1. f. 12

(1870).

Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous and mixed

with dark brown; palpi with blackish mark at side of 2nd joint;

tegule with diffused dark medial band; patagia with dark marks

at base and middle; tibie with blackish marks ; tarsi blackish

ringed with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore

wing ochreous irrorated with dark purple-brown ; subbasal line

represented by double purple-brown striz from costa and spot

in cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, with more prominent

spots on costa, oblique, sinuous ; claviform represented by a dark

point at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by

purple-brown and with quadrate dark patch between them, the

former elongate-elliptical, the latter with its centre slightly defined

by purple-brown, more prominently below ; a purple-brown medial

shade from costa to the dark patch in cell and indistinct sinuous

line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, indistinct

except towards costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate and produced to dark points on the veins, with dark mark

on its inner edge at discal fold connecting it with the reniform,

SYNTOMOPUS.—PERIPYRA. 95

oblique below vein 4 and strongly angled outwards on vein 1, some

pale points beyond it on costa with slight dark streaks between

them ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, defined on inner side

by a dark patch at costa, slight streaks above veins 7, 5, 4, and a

dentate dark mark in submedian fold; a terminal series of small

black spots; cilia ochreous mixed with rufous. Hind wing pale

ochreous slightly tinged with red-brown, a.very faint curved post-

medial line and slight terminal shade from apex to submedian fold,

Ab. 1. sctaphila. Much paler, with the markings obsolescent.

Hab. France, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ;

Spat, Catalonia; Corsica; Irany, Frey Coll.; Sicizy; Daumarra,

Leech Coll.; Greech; Atenria; Syrra. Hep. 44-54 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 192; Hffm. Raup. p. 111, pl. 30.

ii WE

Green with red and white dorsal and lateral lines. Food-plants :

Low-growing herbs— Cyt ‘sus, Cistus, Lavatera, kc. 7.

Genus PERIPYRA, nov.

Type, P. sanguinipuncta.

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

about to middle of frons and rather broadly fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax

clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibie fringed witb

long hair, the fore femora and tibiae of male with immense tufts of hair ;

abdomen dorsally flattened, with lateral fringes of hair 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

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars , 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

2754. Peripyra sanguinipuncta.

Amphipyra sanguinipuncta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 412, pl. 18. f. 2 (1852).

Mamestra tritineata, Wik. xxxii. 669 (1865). .

Head and thorax fulvous; palpi with black patch at side of

2nd joint and whitish tips; upper part of frons and vertex of head

Fig. 5.—Peripyra sangquinipuncta, S. }.

black ; tegule with black patches ; mesothorax with paired black

patches, the metathorax with single patch ; pectus and legs greyish

ochreous, the tarsi ochreous white, the tufts on fore legs of male

26 NOCTUID.

blackish ; abdomen reddish ochreous suffused with black except at

base and extremity. Fore wing purplish grey slightly irrorated with

whitish, the base of inner margin yellowish white; subbasal line

represented by small black spots below costa and cell, with fiery-

red points before and beyond them; antemedial line black defined

by whitish on inner side, with slight fiery-red and black streak

before it in cell and red point on it in submedian fold, oblique and

slightly waved ; claviform represented by a black patch ; orbicular

and reniform black incompletely defined by fiery red, the former

round, the !atter lunulate; slight medial dark marks in submedian

fold and on vein 1; postmedial line formed of small black lunules

defined by whitish on outer side, slightly excurved from costa to

vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line whitish, with series of

orange-red spots on it and defined on inner side by wedge-shaped

black marks, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner side by

orange-red lunules ; cilia with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing

reddish brown; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips and brownish

at apex; the underside whitish tinged with ochreous, the terminal

area broadly black-brown from costa to vein 2, a small black dis-

coidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Vicroria, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 g, 1 9; Tasmanta (Milligan,

Smith, Green), 5 3,3 9, type trilineata. Exp, 44-46 millim.

Larva. Lidgett, ‘Transformation of Australian Lepidoptera,’ p. 15, Gis-

borne, 1893.

Dull yellowish dorsally, laterally tawny brown; dorsal and sub-

dorsal stripes, the former ending at 11th somite, the latter at 10th,

the area between them dull yellow, with fine, waved, interrupted,

dark lines, broader on thoracic somites; lateral line white, enclosing

the black spiracles on the three anal somites; prolegs fuscous, with

a yellow dash on outer side; head very small, with ochreous

A-shaped mark in front; a few short hairs. Food-plant, Urtica.

Cocoon slight, web-like, the dark red-brown pupa seen through it.

Genus AMPHIPYRA.

Type.

Amphipyra, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 70 (1816), non deser. ; :

MreitaSchmett-sHurs vy (.)ipe2mor (S25) ase: weeecereremeces tragopoginis.

Pyros, Ha basa eLZ-psr208iUSAM) ae senccceeste eceeeseen eset cinnumomed.

Scorophila,y Wubn verze. 208) WS 27) meters sens eececereceeeeeecce livida.

Pyrophila, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 164 (1829) ... tragopoginis.

Philopyra, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. p. 116 (1888) ...... pyramideda.

Pyrophiia, Wubn. Nenteimeds, o..csasssheeeseyaatse--eeeeeerecea reer pyranudeda.

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

head and smoothly sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne simple; thorax smoothly clothed with hair and hair-like

scales and without crests; tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen dor-

sally flattened, with some rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair, but

without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and slightly crenulate ; veins 4 and 5 trom near angle of cell; 6 from upper

-angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the arcole; 11 from cell.

AMPHIPYRA.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosiug with the cell near base

only.

A. Hind wing cupreous red.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present.

a, Fore wing with strong dentate dark marks in the inter-

spaces before subterminal line and streaks beyond it...

61, Fore wing with the dentate marks before subterminal

line and streaks beyond it slight.

a. Fore wing with the postimedial line erect from below

COS CARTON ELM OM easeionciste scene neste serene ee setae

o?. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

belowacostaptolveim\Gwesssc-e-ceeec se smeet ns meececaseae

6. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines absent.

ai, Hind wing deep cupreous red; size large.............060+

61. Hind wing pale cupreous red ; size moderate ...........-

B. Hind wing not cupreous red.

a. Fore wing black.

a‘. Fore wing without ante- and postmedial white bands...

b'. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial white bands ......

b. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous brown to whitish.

a, Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved below

vein 7 and at middle.

a’. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with black.

68, Fore wing with the basal area not suffused with

6?. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate .........

61. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused with black.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines absent.

a. Fore wing without whitish subterminal line.

a‘. Fore wing without black points in middle of cell

andeoniaiscocellimlaystmn ere scadesse-scereceeaaccet

64. Fore wing with black points in middle of cell

andcon)discocelllulars: fey... ncqscicsees) sesseerre es

63. Fore wing with whitish subterminal line ............

6?, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present.

a3. Fore wing with the terminal area not whitish.

at. Fore wing with the antemedial line single.

a5. Fore wing slightly irrorated with grey.........

65, Fore wing strongly irrorated with grey.........

5*, Fore wing with the antemedial line double.

a, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown ......

65. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused

Willa), ORONWIN cogaqaboncaoeHesosnoodsHonoubedocuspadodac

63, Fore wing with the terminal area whitish.

a‘, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined.

a’. Hind wing tinged with fulvous ..............--..

6°. Hind wing not tinged with fulvous ............

bt, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

defined by fine white lines..........025....00..00200

2755. Amphipyra magna.

MAGNA.

pyramidea.

pyramidoides.

cupretpennis.

livida.

atronitens.

tripartita.

Jancousct.

erebina.

perflua.

tetra.

tragopoginis.

Stye.

schrenct.

subrigua.

MICANS.

molybdea.

alpheract.

glabella.

serget.

Amphipyra magna, W1k. xxxiii. 868 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 191.

Amphipyra chalcoptera, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 112. f. 18 (1874).

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with ochreous; palpi

darker slightly irrorated with white; pectus and legs brown mixed

28 NOCTUID ®.

with greyish, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown with white segmental rings. Fore wing whitish mixed with

red-brown and dark brown, the outer half of medial area dark

purplish brown, the veins of terminal area streaked with dark

brown; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with

whitish, strongly waved, erect; orbicular with whitish annulus

defined by dark brown, rather elongate elliptical ; reniform repre-

sented by a few pale scales on discocellulars; a very indistinct

waved medial line bounding the dark area; postmedial line double

filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

erect to vein 4, then slightly incurved, some pale points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by wedge-

shaped dark-brown marks and with dark streaks beyond it, dentate

to vein 3, then incurved; a terminal series of slight dark lunules

defined on inner side by whitish striz ; cilia red-brown mixed with

whitish and with dark line through them. Hind wing cupreous

red, the costal area pale red-brown ; cilia tinged with red-brown

towards apex; the underside pale cupreous red, the costal area

irrorated with red-brown, a diffused postmedial line bent inwards

to costa, dark to discal fold, then obsolescent, the terminal area

irrorated with red-brown to vein 4.

Hab. Puysas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G@. Young), 1 9, Thundiani

(Yerbury), 5 2, Dharmsala (Buckley, Horne, Hocking), 33,49 type.

Exp. 64-72 millim.

2756. Amphipyra pyramidea.

Noctua pyramidea, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 518 (1758); Esp. Schmett.

iv. pl. 171. ff. 1-8; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 86; Godart, Lép. Fr.

v. p. 186, pl. 56. f. 4; Donovan, Brit. Ins. vi. pl. 193; Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 164; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Amphipyra monolitha, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 414 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

il. p. 191.

Amphipyra surnia, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 112. f. 17 (1874).

Amphipyra obscura, Oberth. fet. Ent. y. p. 85 (1889).

Amphipyra obliquilimbata, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 352.

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with ochreous; tibiee

and tarsi black-brown ringed with ochreous white ; abdomen grey-

brown tinged with reddish at base, the sides black-brown with pale

bars, the ventral surface pale red-brown. Fore wing dark purplish

red-brown irrorated with ochreous white ; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, filled in with whitish at costa, ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly dentate,

bent inwards to costa; a diffused dark shade in and beyond cell ;

orbicular indicated by a very faint minute ochreous annulus ; reni-

form absent ; a diffused oblique dark medial shade ; postmedial line

double filled in with ochreous white, bent outwards below costa,

then dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, slightly

incurved at discal told and below vein 4, some pale points heyond

it on costa; subterminal line formed of small yellowish-white spots

AMPHIPYRA. 29

defined on inner side by somewhat dentate blackish marks from

costa to vein 3, then an incurved diffused yellowish-white line,

slightly excurved at vein 7, the interspaces beyond it with blackish

streaks with series of yellowish-white points just before termen ;

cilia brown mixed with some ochreous white and with dark line

through them. Hind wing cupreous red, the costal area yellowish

to beyond middle, then pale red-brown ; cilia cupreous red at base,

yellowish at tips; the underside yellowish tinged with red, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot and diffused

curved postmedial line rather near termen.

Ab. 1. monolitha. Larger; fore wing without dark centre to

orbicular,

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing much redder, the last with

the reniform represented by a whitish point, the black suffusion in

and beyond cell only prominent and extending to subterminal line.

— Murree.

Ab. 3. obscura. Fore wing with the dark fascia in cell extending

to base and subterminal line, the inner margin with some dark

suffusion ; hind wing with the veins and inner and terminal areas

broadly suffused with dark brown.

Hab. Brrraty, Leech Coll; France; Germany, Zeller and Leech

Colls.; Avsrria, Zeller Coll.; Hungary; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll. ;

Spain; lrary; Greece; Batwan Srares ; Scanpinavia; Rvssia ;

Armenia; Asta Minor, Bithynia, Pontus, Amanus Mts., Eybiz, 1;

Persia ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania; E. Siperia, Ussuri; Japan,

Hakodaté (Fletcher), 1 3 , Oiwake (Pryer),1 ¢ , Tsuruga (Leech), 13,

Tokio (Maries), 2 9 , Yokohama (Jonas, Lewis, Pryer), 13, 3 9;

Centr. Cuina, Kiukiang(Pryer, Pratt), 2 9 , Chang-yang( Pratt), 1 9 ;

W. CurnA, Omeishan, | 2 , Pu-tsu-fang,1 ¢, 1 2 , Ta-chien-lu ( Pratt),

19; Kasumir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 9; Punsan, Murree

(Harford), 33,19, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 235, 29; Srxuim;

Assam, Sylhet (Badgley), 4 9. Hap. 50-70 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 114; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 251, pl. 218. f. 1,

Green ; dorsal line white; subdorsal line yellowish white, inter-

rupted ; spiracular line greenish white; dots yellowish white; head

green; 12th somite with a large conical prominence directed

obliquely backwards, the apex horny, red-brown. Food-plants :

Oak, Birch, Elm, &e. 5-6.

2757. Amphipyra pyramidoides. (Plate CVILI. fig. 11.)

Amphipyra pyramidoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 418 (1852); Riley, Am. Ent.

li. p. 26, f. 28; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 11, p. 507; Smith, Cat,

Noct. N. Am. p. 197.

Amphipyra inornata, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. 11. p. 86 (1864).

Amphipyra conspersa, Riley, 3rd Rept. Ins. Miss. p. 75 (1871).

Head and thorax dark purplish brown mixed with ochreous

white; palpi with whitish streak in front; tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen grey-brown tinged with purplish towards

extremity and with whitish segmental rings, the anal tuft and

30 NOCTUID &.

ventral surface ochreous mixed with brown. Fore wing greyish

suffused and irrorated with dark purplish brown, the outer half of

medial area rather darker except towards costa; subbasal line

represented by double dark strize from costa and cell filled in with

whitish; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, dentate,

more strongly angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner

margin ; orbicular small and rather elongate, with whitish annulus

defined by black and some blackish before and beyond it; reniform

faintly defined by blackish and with a few whitish scales repre-

senting the annulus; an indistinct waved medial shade, oblique

from costa to median nervure; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique and sinuous to

vein 4, then erect and minutely waved, incurved at submedian fold,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish, defined on inner side by black streaks below costa and at

middle extending to near postmedial line, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then incurved, with white streaks beyond it in the

interspaces to the terminal series of small black spots; cilia reddish

brown with a dark line through them. Hind wing cupreous red,

the costal area suffused with brown; a slight brown line on termen

from apex to vein 2; cilia red-brown with a slight pale line at

base except towards tornus; the underside with the costal half

whitish irrorated with brown, the inner half pale cupreous red, a

black discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line bent inwards to

costa, blackish to vein 4, then faint.

Ab. 1. inornata. Hind wing with the base, veins and terminal

area to vein 2 suffused with brown, leaving the disk and tornal

areas only reddish.—Canada.

Ab. 2. conspersa. Fore wing thickly irrorated with grey and the

markings almost obsolete except at costa.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 13, Ottawa (Saunders), 2 $,19, Br.

Columbia; U.8.A., East of Rocky Mts. (Packard, Burg), 43,39,

New York, Evans Center (Grote), 14, Garrison (Cockerell), 19,

Pennsylvania, 1 ¢, Colorado, California, 1 ¢; Mexrco, Cofre de

Perote (Trujillo), 13,292 ,Godman-Salvin Coll. Hvp.50-58 millim,

Larva. Head green. Body robust, joint 12 enlarged dorsally ;

green, dotted with white; a straight white dorsal line; a broken

white lateral line, forming an angle on joint 12; a narrow white

stigmatal line.—H. G. D.

2758. Amphipyra cupreipennis. (Plate CVIII. fig. 12.)

Amphipyra cupreipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 155 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 192.

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown; palpi in front

and base of abdomen greyish. Fore wing uniform fuscous brown

without markings; cilia with a slight whitish line at base. Hind

wing cupreous red, the costal area reddish brown; cilia fuscous

with a slight whitish line at base.

Hab, Stxuim (Tetens), 19. Hwp. 74 millim,

AMPHIPYRA, al

2759. Amphipyra livida.

Noctua livida, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 85 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 138

(1787); Hiubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 38; Godart, Lép. Fr. v. p. 141,

pl.57. f£.1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 191; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Noctua scotophila, Biibn. Beitr. I. 3, 4, Z. p. 34 (1788); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 170. f. 3 (1791).

Amphipyra corvina, Motsch. Bull. Mose. xxxix. p. 194 (1866).

Head and thorax dark red-brown glossed with grey ; abdomen

dark red-brown. Fore wing uniform dark red-brown with a greyish

gloss and very slight whitish irroration ; without trace of markings.

Hind wing white tinged with fiery red, rather deeper towards

termen, the apical area dark greyish brown narrowing to a point at

vein 2; cilia brown to vein 1 with a fine whitish line at base below

vein 2, whitish tinged with red towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing pale grey-brown, the inner area whitish to beyond middle;

hind wing white faintly tinged with red, the costal area from near

base and the terminal area to vein 1 dark brown.

Ab. 1. corvina. Head, thorax, and fore wing usually darker and

more shot with purple; hind wing redder.—E. Siberia, Japan,

Corea, China.

Ab. 2. Fore wing much greyer ; hind wing paler.

Hab. Francn; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria;

Huneary; Corsica; Ivary; Rovumeria; Rvussta, Sarepta, Zeller

Coll.; Armunta; Asta Minor, Pontus; W. Srperia, Altai;

E. Srserra, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri; Japan, Yezo, Hakodaté

(Andrewes), 3S, Kobé (Lewis), 1 g, Chiuzenji (Lewis), 1 g,

Oiwake (Pryer), 1 ¢, Tokio (Maries), 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas),

36,19; Corsa, Gensan (Leech), 1 5; Centr. Coina, Shanghai

(J. J. Walker, Pryer), 43,29, Kiukiang (Pratt), 13,129,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 136,192; W.Cutna, Kwei Chow, 13; Assam

(Badgley), 1 3. Hap. 40-50 millim.

: Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 192; Hffm. Raup. p. 111, pl. 30.

5 heh

Yellowish green; dorsal line darker edged with pale green ;

subdorsal line yellowish, a yellow lateral stripe. Food-plants :

Dandelion and other low-growing plants. 5-6.

2760. Amphipyra atronitens. (Plate CVILI. fig. 13.)

Glottula atronitens, W1k. ix. 141 (1856),

@. Head and thorax black; proboscis yellow; pectus mixed

with greyish ; abdomen black mixed with greyish especially at base.

Fore wing glossy black irrorated with a few whitish scales; an

indistinct minutely waved black postmedial line, erect from below

costa to vein 2, then oblique. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fuscous brown especially on terminal area ; a slight brown terminal

line; cilia pale brown with fine whitish line at base; the underside

whitish tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas broadly

irrorated with dark brown. .

Hab, * Austraita’ (HALLS. Rattlesnake), 1 2 type. Exp. 40 millim.

32 NOCTUID &,

2761. Amphipyra tripartita.

Amphipyra tripartita, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 288 (1878); id. Tl. Het.

B. M. ii. p. 38, pl. 32. f. 4.

Head and thorax glossy black-brown with a few whitish scales

on tegule ; palpi with fine white streak in front; frons edged with

white; antenne white at base in front; tibie and tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen dark grey-brown with a reddish tinge,

the ventral surface whitish at base. Fore wing glossy black-brown ;

a white point at base below the cell; subbasal line represented by

an oblique white striga from costa; an erect white antemedial band

slightly bent inwards to costa and inner margin ; stigmata absent ;

a white postmedial band, oblique from costa to vein 5, then erect to

inner margin near tornus, with bright rufous beyond it except

towards costa; subterminal line formed by silvery white scales from

costa to vein 3, excurved between veins 7 and 5 and slightly angled

outwards at veins 4,3, an incurved white line from vein 3 to

tornus, a series of faint black marks beyond it in the interspaces

except towards apex and tornus; a series of silvery white striz

just before termen ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind

wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia pale brown with a

whitish line at base; underside of fore wing grey suffused with

fuscous, the postmedial band greyish with white spot at costa ;

hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the basal and inner

areas paler, a slight dark discoidal spot, a diffused curved postmedial

band diffused inwards on costa to near base and a terminal band.

Hab, Japan, Kiushiu, 1 ¢, 6 9, Yokohama (Jonas), 13,1 92

type; Cenrr. Cana, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 ¢. Hap. 52-60 millim.

2762. Amphipyra jancousci.

Amphipyra jankowskii, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 27, pl. 2. f. 8 (1884); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey; palpi

with the 2nd joint whitish in front and with white rings at ex-

tremities of the joints; pectus grey tinged with brown, the tibiz and

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with

brown, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface

whitish tinged with ochreous. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with

whitish to postmedial line, then whitish tinged with brown and

with fuscous patch on costa before the subterminal line, the base of

imner margin whitish ; subbasal line whitish, waved from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line blackish defined by whitish on

inner side, erect, waved; orbicular a small white spot defined by

blackish; reniform absent; postmedial line blackish defined by

white on outer side, minutely dentate, oblique from costa to vein 4

and slightly incurved at discal fold, then erect and slightly incurved

AMPHIPYRA. 33

at submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa on the dark

patch ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side

by slight wedge-shaped blackish marks at middle, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a terminal series of slight

brown lunules defined by whitish strize on inner side; cilia brown

with series of whitish points at base. Hind wing white tinged with

reddish brown especially on terminal area; cilia white tinged with

rufous at base; the underside white, the costal area tinged with

rufous and the termen with brown from apex to vein 2, a dark

discoidal spot and indistinct maculate postmedial line from costa to

vein 2 bent inwards to costa.

Hab. K. Siserta, Amurland, 2 $, Ussuri; Corza, Gensan (to),

192. vp. 44-50 millim.

2763. Amphipyra erebina.

Amphipyra erebina, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 287 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

B. M. iii. p. 23, pl. 46. f. 12; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Amphipyra perflua, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 46, nec Fabr.

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with dark brown; tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown with a reddish

tinge. Fore wing bright red-brown with some dark irroration, the

outer half of medial area suffused with black-brown, the terminal

area paler and irrorated with whitish; subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, strongly

waved, erect; orbicular small, round, with dark brown centre and

slight whitish annulus; reniform represented by a minute rufous

mark at upper angle of cell; traces of a sinuous medial line

bounding the dark area, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell;

postmedial line black defined by ochreous white on outer side,

slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4 and slightly

ineurved at discal fold, then erect, minutely waved, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish slightly defined by

brown on inner side and with blackish patch before it on costa,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a

terminal series of slight blackish lunules with whitish striz before

them; cilia rufous mixed with some dark brown. Hind wing

red-brown ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous and with slight brown

line through them ; the underside grey tinged with red-brown and

irrorated with dark brown, a large blackish discoidal spot, rather

diffused sinuous postmedial line, and diffused terminal band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform absent.—

Centr. China.

Hab. HK. Siperia, Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Mrs. White, Andrews),

1g, 19, Fushiki (Leech), 1 6,19, Nagahama (Leech), 1 9,

Chiuzenji (Lewis), 1 2, Tokio (Maries), 2 ¢, Yokohama (Jonas,

Pryer), 2 Q type; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 3 9; Cenrr. Curna,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 2 3,3 2. Hp, 46-52 millim.

VOu. VII. D

aya NOCTUID.E.

2764. Amphipyra perflua.

Noctua perflua, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 179 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 35; Godart, Lép. Fr. v. p. 134, pl. 56. f.3; Frr. Beitr. pl. 23;

F. de Wald. Ent. i. p. 198, pl. 5. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Noctua pyramidina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 192. f. 2 (1796).

Noctua uimea, Schrank, Faun. Boiea, 11. p. 821 (1802).

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with ochreous ; palpi

whitish at tips; tarsi ringed with ochreous; abdomen pale golden

brown. Fore wing fuscous brown with a purplish tinge and

irrorated with ochreous to the postmedial line, the terminal area

whitish tinged with reddish brown especially towards termen and

the veins with dark streaks; a faint whitish subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold, angled outwards below costa; antemedial

line whitish, waved, erect; orbicular a minute faint round whitish

annulus; reniform absent; traces of a dark medial shade; post-

medial line double, brown filled in with white, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, angled inwards in discal fold

and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line whitish, dentate,

defined on inner side by brown wedge-shaped marks, angled out-

wards at veins 7, 6: a terminal series of brown lunules defined on

inner side by whitish ; cilia whitish mixed with yellow-brown and

with brown line through them. Hind wing whitish uniformly

suffused with pale golden brown, a slight waved dark terminal line

from apex to vein 3; cilia with a slight whitish line at base.

Underside whitish tinged with pale golden brown; fore wing with

the disk suffused with fuscous, a diffused postmedial line excurved

from below costa to vein2; hind wing with dark discoidal spot

and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Francr; Gurmany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Avsrrra;

Houneary; Switzerzand, Frey Coll.; Scanprinavia; Russta, Livonia,

Zeller Coll., Kurland, Leech Coll., Urals; Armentas W. Srperta,

Altai; E. Srperia, Dahuria, Amurland, Ussuri. Hap.48-60 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p.192; Hffm. Raup. p. 111, pl. 30. f. 16.

Pale green ; dorsal line white ; lateral line yellowish white inter-

rupted on 3rd to 6th somites; 12th somite with dorsal hump with

oblique yellow lines running forwards from it on to 11th somite and

oblique white line backwards. Food-plants: Sallow, Elm, &c. 5-6.

2765. Amphipyra tetra.

Noctua tetra, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 1388 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f.39; Godart, Lép. Fr. v. p. 148, pl. 57. f.2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200.

Amphipyra pallida, Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 200 (1901).

Head and thorax deep glossy red-brown; pectus and legs paler

red-brown mixed with grey, the tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen

grey suffused with red-brown, the ventral surface red-brown mixed

with white. Fore wing deep glossy red-brown finely irrorated with

grey, the base of inner margin greyish; the lines and stigmata

absent; three or four prominent white points on postmedial part of

costa. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with bright red-

brown; cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the underside

AMPHIPYRA. By)

whitish tinged with red-brown, the costal area strongly irrorated

with white.

Ab. 1. pallida. Paler; hind wing tinged with fuscous instead of

red-brown.

Hab. Gurmany, Zeller Coll.; Ausrrta; Honeary, Leech Coll. ;

Swrrzernanp; Atcerta; Arswenta; Asta Mrnor, Lydia, Pontus ;

Syria; Persra; W. Srperra, Altai. Hevp. 36-42 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 192; Hffm. Raup. p. 111.

Green with a dark dorsal line and whitish subdorsal line.

Food-plant, Hreracitum. 5-6.

2766. Amphipyra tragopoginis.

Noctua tragopoginis, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 316.1761); Clerck, Icones, pl. 1.

f.5; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 170. ff. 1, 2; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 40; Godart, Lép. Fr. v. p. 145, pl. 57. £3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 165; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 197; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 200.

Noctua luciola, Hufn. Berl. Mag: ili. p. 294 (1767).

Agrotis repressus, Grote, Can. Ent. iii. p. 192 (1871).

Amphipyra turcomana, Staud. Stett, ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 32,

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale glossy red-brown ; palpi fuscous

brown; pectus and legs darker red-brown. Fore wing pale glossy

red-brown irrorated with a few white scales; subbasal, antemedial,

and postmedial lines absent; orbicular represented by a blackish

point, the reniform by two points; subterminal line represented by

a series of white points on the veins with a dark brown shade

before them incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of sight black

Fig. 6.— Amphipyra tragopogins, S. .

lunules; cilia with a dark line near base. Hind wing whitish

suffused with pale red-brown, the terminal area darker; a fine

waved dark terminal line; cilia red-brown with a fine yellowish

line at base; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, the costal

and terminal areas to vein 2 red-brown irrorated with whitish, a

small dark discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. turcomana. Paler; fore wing leaden grey with a yellowish

tinge.

Hab. Canava, Ottawa (Fletcher, Gibson, Saunders), 2 3,2 9 ;

U.S.A., N.E. States to Pennsylvania and west to the Mississippi,

New York, Buffalo, 1 9, Evans Center (Grote), 1 ¢,1 9; Briratn,

Leech Coll.; France; Denmark, Leech Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller,

Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary, Leech Coll.; Swirzmr-

LAND; Spain; Srcrty; Baztkan Srares; Roussra, Livonia, Zeller

36 NOCIUID®.

Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Armenta; Asta Murnor,

Bithynia, Pontus, Amanus Mts., 1 ¢; Syria, 1 d¢; PErsia;

W. Srperza, Altai; Kasuurr, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 ¢; Punsas,

Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 3. Exp. 36-40 millim,

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 114; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 258, pl. 217. f. 2.

Green; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines white or pale

yellow, the last sometimes partly edged with black above; head

ereen; somite 11 with slight prominence. Food-plants: Plantago,

Hawthorn, Aquilegia, &e. 5-6.

2767. Amphipyra styx.

Amphipyra stix, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 324 (1851), Noct. f. 473;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some white scales;

pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing glossy fuscous brown irrorated with grey ;

subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial lines absent; orbicular a

minute indistinct black annulus; reniform represented by a few

black scales; some white points on postmedial part of costa: sub-

terminal line diffused whitish, erect, slightly sinuous. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ;

cilia whitish mixed with brown to vein 2 and with slight yellowish

line at base ; the underside white tinged with ochreous, the costal

area irrorated with brown beyond middle and the termen suffused

with brown.

Hab. Batxan States; Arnmenra; Asta Minor, Bithynia, Amanus

Mts.,1 ¢; Parustine. Hep. 32 millim.

2768. Amphipyra schrenci. (Plate CVIII. fig. 14.)

Amphipyra schrenckii, Mén. Bull. Ac. Petr. xvii. p. 219 (1858); id. Schrenck’s

Reise in Amurland, p. 61, pl. 5. f. 4 (1859); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 200.

Head and thorax grey-brown; palpi fuscous, whitish in front ;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown; tarsi fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing glossy grey-

brown slightly irrorated with grey ; subbasal line represented by

oblique dark striz from costa and cell defined by whitish on outer

side ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, slightly defined on inner side

by whitish at costa, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa

and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1; orbicular repre-

sented by a small white spot slightly defined by blackish, the

reniform with very faint irregular whitish annulus; postmedial line

indistinct, dark, slightly defined by greyish on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, ex-

curved at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line very indistinct, excurved at vein 6, then oblique; an apical

white patch slightly irrorated with brown and with some dark

AMPHIPYRA. Sy

terminal lonules on it; cilia brown mixed with grey, paler at apex

and with fine pale line at base. Hind wing grey suffused with

brown ; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside grey

suffused and irrorated with brown, a large dark discoidal spot and

rather diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the apical white patch obsolescent.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the apical white patch absent.—C. China.

Hab. W. Stperta, Amurland, 2 9, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté

(Pryer), 1 9, Oiwaké (Pryer), 4 6, 1 9, Kiushiu, 1 9, Tokio

(Fenton), 2 2; Corea, Korniloff (Fletcher), 1 g; Centr. Cura,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 2 3. Hep. 54-68 millim.

2769. Amphipyra subrigua. (Plate CVIII. fig. 15.)

Amphipyra subrigua, Brem. Schmett. N. China, p. 17 (1853).

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with ochreous grey ;

tarsi ringed with ochreous; abdomen ochreous suffused with red-

brown, the ventral surface dark red-brown except at base. For

wing dark glossy red-brown, the disk strongly irrorated with grey ;

subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa defined

by ochreous on outer side; antemedial line blackish slightly defined

by ochreous on inner side, waved, erect; orbicular minute, round,

with faint pale annulus; reniform absent; a faint dark mark at

middle of costa; postmedial line formed of small black lunules —

defined by ochreous grey on outer side, slightly bent outwards

below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some ochreous

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very faint, formed by

ochreous scales, slightly excurved at vein 6 and incurved below

vein 3; a slight waved dark terminal line with greyish points

before it at the veins; cilia with a fine ochreous line at base.

Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish brown, tine terminal area

darker ; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside whitish

tinged with red-brown, the costal area except towards base and the

terminal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and dif-

fused curved, waved postmedial line from costa to vein 2 rather

near termen.

Hab. N. Catna; W. Caina, Omei-shan, 1 ¢, Ni-tou, 1 ¢,1 9,

Wa-ssu-kow, 2 5, 1 2, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 ¢. Hap. 42-46

millim.

2770. Amphipyra micans. (Plate CIX. fig. 1.)

Amphipyra micans, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1857, p. 94; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 199.

Amphipyra frivaldskyi, Mocsiry, Termes. Fuzetek, xix. pp. 125, 225, pl. iv.

f. 1 (1896).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and fuscous;

tegule with diffused blackish lines near base and tips; tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey.

Fore wing red-brown irrorated with dark brown and whitish, the

antemedial area to median nervure, the medial area to below cell

38 NOSTUIDE.

and before the postmedial line to inner margin, and the terminal

area suffused with dark brown ; a small tuft of white scales at base;

subbasal line black, double filled in with whitish at costa, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, in which there is a black streak from

it to antemedial line, which is double filled in with whitish at costa

and inner margin, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa ;

orbicular a small pure white spot defined by black, rather oblique

elliptical; reniform a very ill-defined blackish mark with some

white scales on its lower inner extremity; medial line blackish,

diffused, oblique from costa to below cell, then sinuous, with some

rufous before and beyond it on costa; postmedial line black defined

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

sinuous, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale

with wedge-shaped black marks before it from below costa to

vein 1, then with black streaks beyond it to vein 2, excurved below

vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules, with whitish

points on their inner side; cilia chequered fuscous and rufous.

Hind wing pale suffused with red-brown, the terminal area slightly

darker; a slight brown terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with

rufous and with diffused brown line through them; the underside

white tinged with reddish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal spot and waved postmedial line bent

inwards to costa.

Hab, Honeary; Buiearta; Asts Msyor, Pontus, Taurus; Syria,

1g,19. Hep. 32 millim.

2771). Amphipyra molybdea. (Plate CIX. fig. 2.)

Amphipyra imolybdea, Christ. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 285; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 200.

@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with ochreous; tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown.

Fore wing ochreous white almost entirely suffused with brown and

irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area wholly suffused with

brown ; subbasal line represented by slight double dark strie from

costa; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish,

waved, almost erect ; orbicular small, round, white slightly defined

by black; reniform small with slight whitish annulus, open below;

a blackish mark in cell between the stigmata; a faint diffused

waved medial line; postmedial line black slightly defined by whitish

on outer side and by whitish spots at costa and submedian fold,

bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved in discal fold and

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by a few whitish scales towards costa; a terminal

series of slight black lunules with minute white striga before the

Junule in submedian fold; cilia with a slight pale line at base.

Hind wing glossy ochreous white faintly tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown; cilia brownish with pale line at

base from apex to vein 2, whitish towards tornus; the underside

AMPHIPYRA. 39

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown

and the termen suffused with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and

waved sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. 8. Russta, Sarepta; Asta Mryor, Taurus Mts.,1 9. Zp.

30 millim,

2772. Amphipyra alpheraci. (Plate CIX. fig. 3.)

Acosmetia alpherakii, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p.30; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 199.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with red-brown ;

tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing glossy grey-white tinged with

pale red-brown; subbasal line represented by an oblique dark

striga from costa and point below cell; antemedial line very

indistinct, waved, with more prominent striga from costa ; orbicular

absent ; the reniform represented by a small faint whitish lunule ;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly defined by whitish on outer

side at costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

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

white, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below

vein 3, with diffused white streaks beyond it in the interspaces ; a

terminal series of slight brown lunules ; cilia tinged with red-brown

and with yellowish line at base. Hind wing whitish uniformly

_ tinged with rufous; cilia white tinged with rufous at base; the

underside white, the costal area tinged with rufous, a faint dark

discoidal lunule and diffused subterminal band from costa to

vein 4.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the cell and interspaces beyond it

between veins 7 and 2 suffused with fuscous to subterminal line,

leaving whitish streaks on the veins; hind wing more rufous.—

Transcaspila.

Hab. W. Turxrstan, Transcaspia, Tedschen Oasis (Hauser),

13,19; EH. Torxesray, Ii,1 3,19. vp. 30-36 millim.

2773. Amphipyra glabella. (Plate CIX. fig. 4.)

Pyrophila glabella, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 153 (1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 197.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some brown; abdomen

grey tinged with brown, the anal tuft palerufous. Fore wing grey-

white irrorated and suffused with brown, the terminal area whiter,

the veins beyond the cell with shght pale streaks ; subbasal line

indistinct, double, curved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

very indistinct, double, sinuous, oblique and rather more prominent

at costa, angled outwards below costa; orbicular a small blackish

spot; reniform a slight whitish mark with two dark points on it

and an oblique striga before it; postmedial line blackish defined by

white on outer side, interrupted at the veins, bent outwards below

AO NOCIUID®.

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and with a more distinct

white spot at submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa

with dark streaks between them ; subterminal line only defined by

dark suffusion before it, forming blackish streaks in the interspaces

between veins 8 and 3, slightly incurved below costa, then minutely

waved; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia tinged with

pale rufous. Hind wing white tinged with brown, rather darker

towards termen on whieh there is a narrow white band before the

slight waved dark terminal hne; cilia white faintly tinged with

brown at base; the underside white faintly tinged with brown, a

slight discoidal spot and indistinet dark eurved postmedial line,

some slight dark lunules on middle of termen.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing to subterminal line suffused

with fuseous black.

Heb. U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nebraska, Colorado, Glen-:

wood Springs (Oslar), 2 g,1 92, California, Havilah, 3 9, Arizona.

Ewvp. 34-42 millim.

2774. Amphipyra sergii. (Plate CIX. fig. 5.)

ee serget, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 31; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 199.

Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing

grey-white irrorated with black-brown, the postmedial area suffused

with black-brown, the terminal area whiter, the veins streaked with

white ; subbasal line represented by a slight oblique whitish striga

from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, filled in with

whitish, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled

outwards, then ereet: claviform very faintly defined by blackish ;

orbicular and reniform with blackish centres and fine white annuli,

the former small, elongate elliptical, the latter strongly constricted

at middle and angled inwards on median nervure; a faint erect

medial line bent inwards to costa ; postmedial line black defined by

white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line only defined by the contrast between the postmedial and

terminal areas, slightly excurved at vein 7, then straight, erect; a

terminal series of black strize; cilia whitish with series of blackish

lunules near base and blackish tips. Hind wing white tinged with

brown; a diffused brownish subterminal band, the termen whiter ;

a terminal series of slight dark lunules from apex to vein 2; cilia

white slightly mixed with brown; the underside white, the costal

area slightly irrorated with brown, an indistinct dark discoidal

spot and faint curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

Hab. W. Turxesran, Dscharkend, 1 ¢,1 9; HE. Turxnsray, Ili.

Exp., $ 38, 9 44 millim.

BITYLA. 41

Genus BITYLA. Tipe

Bia an NVM exit. SOQ (USD) sac -eccssagnmeetetteeteensecescecete> ccs defigurata.

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

middle of frons and broadly fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennx of male ciliated; head and thorax

clothed with long hair only and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen dorsally flattened and 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5

obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing brown.

a Kore wing with the:cilia brown. .-.......-c+e-e+s0ecsesneecess defigurata.

6. Fore wing with the cilia whitish, pure white at base...... sericea.

ID PONE R WANE) WINE Its seis oe case dcceceres tees cesasvSocuseeensdee doremnee pallida,

2775. Bityla defigurata.

Ayling defigurata, Wik. xxxiii. 756 (1865) ; Hudson, N. Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 29, pl. 5. f. 33.

Bityla thoracica, W1k. xxxiii. 869 (1865).

Head and thorax dark red-brown; tarsi with slight pale rings ;

abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft tinged with fulvous. Fore

wing dark reddish brown slightly irrorated with greyish; ante-

medial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ; stigmata absent ; post-

medial line indistinct, slightly defined by greyish on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, waved ;

Fig. 7 —Bityla defigurata, G. 4.

subterminal line absent. Hind wing uniform dark reddish brown ;

cilia with a slight grey line at base; the underside irrorated with

greyish, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct diffused curved post-

medial line.

Hub. N. Zeatannp, 8. Island (Colenso, Bolton, Hector, Mathew),

1 $,3 @, type thoracica, Auckland (Owley), 1 3 type, Dunedin

(Purdie),1 g,1 9, Marlborough (Skelton), 1 9 ,Okato (J.J. Walker),

1°, Blenheim, Christchurch, Lake Coleridge ; Invercargill, N. Island,

Palmerston. Hep. 40-46 millim.

2776. Bityla sericea.

Bityla sericea, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 387, pl. 42. f. 12; Hudson, N. Zea-

land Moths & Butterflies, p. 29, pl. 5. f. 34.

¢@. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with greyish ; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen yellowish white, dorsally suffused with

42 NOCTUID®.

brown, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing brown, suffused

and irrorated with grey except on terminal area; antemedial line

dark, slightly defined by grey on inner side, waved, somewhat

oblique ; stigmata absent ; postmedial line dark defined by grey on

outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely

dentate, some slight white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line absent; cilia white at base, white mixed with brown at tips.

Hind wing greyish brown; cilia white tinged with brown at base;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, indistinct diffused

brown postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. N. Zeatanp, N. Island, Wellington, 8. Island (Hector), 1 2

type, Christchurch, Lake Guyon. vp. 42 millim.

2777. Bityla? pallida. (Plate CIX. fig. 6.)

Orthosia pallida, Hudson, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xxxvii. p. 355 (1905).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous

brown. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with ochreous brown ;

subbasal line represented by two widely-separated brown. striz

from costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved; orbicular

and reniform hardly traceable; a diffused waved brown medial

shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ;

postmedial line brownish, bent outwards below costa, then waved,

oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique; subterminal and terminal

lines absent. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially the

terminal area from apex to vein 2; a fine brown terminal line

slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia white. Underside

white; fore wing with the disk suffused with brown; hind wing

with the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. N. Zeatanp, Napier (Simmonds), 1 2 co-type in bad con-

dition. wp. 36 millim.

Genus GRACILIPALPUS.

Type.

Gracilipalpus, Calb. Iris, i. p. 270 (1888) .......----eeeeseseeeeeeeee ephialtes.

Micromania, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 93 (1898); ee Tris, vii.

Teja oall A, H7/(0) EY 9 Yor saseoaennecaocnsudadoosdondoorodddnaonacoeaaddbn turcomanica.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint broadly fringed

with scales in front and reaching vertex of head, the 5rd long; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and

hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibise fringed with

rather long hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing short and broad, the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

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

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A, Fore wing with the outer part of medial area suffused with

black, the postmedial line filled in with white ............ turcomanicd.

B. Fore wing with the outer part of medial area not suffused

with black, the postmedial line not filled in with white. ephialtes.

GRACILIPALPUS. 43

2778. Gracilipalpus turcomanica.

Micromania turcomanica, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 93 (1893); Alph. Rom. Mém.

ix. p. 223, pl. 8. f. 11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199.

Head and thorax fuscous brown with a faint reddish tinge ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey suffused with black-brown

and with a faint reddish tinge, the medial area except beyond the

reniform and the costal half of postmedial area darker; subbasal

line blackish, double, filled in with grey, from costa to median

nervure ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, slightly waved

and somewhat oblique; orbicular hardly traceable, rounded ;

reniform with its centre slightly defined by blackish and faint pale

annulus; an indistinct diffused blackish medial line; postmedial

line double, black filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and erect below vein 3, some

whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined

on inner side by black-brown suffusion except on inner area,

excurved at vein 7 and middle and angled inwards in discal fold ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous brown. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; an indistinct oblique whitish line just beyond

middle except on costal area; a waved blackish terminal line; cilia

with a fine pale line at base ; the underside brownish grey irrorated

with brown except at base, a biackish discoidal spot and curved

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Aschabad, 1 ¢,19. Hp.

38 millim.

2779. Gracilipalpus ephialtes.

Noctua ephialtes, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 652 (1822); Rmbr. Cat.

Lép. S. And. pl. 7. f.7; Staud. Cat Lep. pal. p. 199.

Ophiusa nubilaris, Graslin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1836, p. 568, pl. 17. f. 8.

Head and tegule ochreous whitish tinged with rufous ; palpi and

antennee brown; thorax and abdomen glossy grey-brown, the tarsi

with slight pale rings. Fore wing glossy grey-brown with slight

dark irroration; subbasal line indistinct, dark, oblique, sinuous,

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique and

slightly sinuous to submedian fold, then erect; orbicular absent;

the reniform represented by a faint diffused dark patch; a faint

diffused dark medial shade ; postmedial line blackish slightly defined

by greyish on outer side and indistinctly double towards costa,

slightly bent outwards below costa, very minutely waved and

44 NOCTUID&.

excurved to vein 2, then erect, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, greyish defined on inner side by fuscous

suffusion, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle; a fine waved

black terminal line ; cilia with a fine ochreous line at base. Hind

wing greyish brown with a faint reddish tinge; a faint postmedial

line from vein 4 to inner margin near tornus, slightly defined by

greyish on outer side; a slight dark terminal line; cilia with a

shght ochreous line at base; the underside with slight dark irrora-

tion and traces of postmedial line between veins 7 and 3.

Hab, Spain, Granada; Cenrr. [rary ; Sicrry ; Morocco (Meade-

Waldo), 1 3,19. Exp., go 36, 2 40 millim.

Genus STYGIOSTOLA, nov.

Type, S. wnbratica.

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

head and broadly fringed with hair, the 8rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth ;

eyes larve, round; antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to apex, of

female with tufts of scales on the joints; thorax clothed with long hair and

hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia moder-

ately fringed with hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair at base but without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, not

crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

the termen excised at discal fold; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

2780. Stygiostola umbratica.

Noctua umbratica, Goeze, Beitr. iii. 8. p. 67 (1781) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 199.

Noctwa tenebrosa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 158, 503 (1802); Frr.

Neue Schmett. i. pl. 40; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 11, pl. 72.

Rusina ferruginea, Steph, Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 112, nec Esp.

Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with greyish ; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, paler at base. Fore wing

fuscous brown irrorated with greyish, the inner area to postmedial

Fig. 9.—Stygiostola wmbratica, S. +.

line and the area before postmedial line to vein 7 with a yellowish

tinge ; subbasal line greyish, angled outwards in cell and ending

at submedian fold; antemedial line whitish at costa, then

indistinct, bent inwards in cell, then oblique, waved; orbicular

STYGIOSTOLA,—ORTHOGONICA. Ad

and reniform slightly defined by blackish, the former small,

round, the latter irregular with some whitish scales on outer

edge; a distinct dark medial shade; postmedial line blackish,

defined on outer side by white towards costa, then by yellowish,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish slightly defined by brown

on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia

mixed with grey at tips. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused

with brown; a slight brown terminal line; cilia brown with

yellowish line at base and greyish line near tips; the underside

grey irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused with brown, a

dark discoidal spot and indistinct diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Britain, Scotland, Forres (Salvage), England, Leech Coll. ;

France, Sand Coll.; Drenmarn, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller &

Leech Colls.; Avsrata, Frey Coll., Tirol (Hampson) ; SwitzERLanD,

Engadine, Zeller Coll.; N. Ivaty; Butearra; Russta, Livonia,

Zeller Cojl.; Armenia. Hap. 36-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.118; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 238, pl. 216. f. 1.

Ochreous brown; dorsal line sometimes indistinctly paler; a

subdorsal series of pale oblique marks dark-edged below sometimes

present ; lateral line pale ; head dark brown. Food-plants: Viola,

Rumex, Polygonum, &e. 8-3.

Genus ORTHOGONICA, n. n.

Type.

Orthogonia, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 88 (1852), nee Ortho-

gonius, Dej. Col. 1825 ..ececeeeeeeseeeeseeeeee ce neeeetneeeea tes eaeeeeees sera.

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

about to vertex of head and broadly angled with hair in front, the 3rd rather long

and fringed with hair in front ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large,

round; antennz of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales,

the tegulz produced toa dorsal ridge, the prothorax with triangular crest

followed by a double ridge-like crest; tibiee moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with small dorsal crests on basal segments and lateral fringes of hair

towards extremity. Fore wing with the costa arched at base, then nearly

straight, the apex somewhat produced, the termen crenulate and somewhat

excised towards tornus, the cilia stongly dentate; veins 3 and 5 from near

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obso-

lescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled at median

nervure, postmedial line present. i

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line straight and very

oblique below median nervure.

a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely waved plana.

pi. Fore wing with the postmedial line not waved ...... plumbinotata.

b. Fore wing with the antemedial line less oblique below

median nervure and excurved at vein 1.........-........ sera.

B. Fore wing with the antemedial line indistinct, strongly

and evenly curved, postmedial line absent .. ............ grisea.

46 NOCTUID®.

2781. Orthogonica plana. (Plate CVIII. fig. 16.)

Orthogonia plana, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 50.

Head and thorax bright red-brown; palpi yellow mixed with

brown and with brownish band near extremity of Znd joint; frons

with lateral black bars; vertex of head with two slight dark marks ;

prothoracic crest yellowish with grey patch behind it; pectus and

legs with some ochreous and rufous ; abdomen grey-brown,

the anal tuft at extremity and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing

bright red-brown, the inner margin with greyish fascia ; subbasal

line indistinctly double filled in with greyish, oblique from costa to

median nervure, then with slight dark mark before it and ending at

submedian fold; a dark point in cell before the antemedial line,

which is double at costa, oblique to median nervure, then very

oblique to above inner margin near base, defined by silvery grey on

inner side and with diffused black patch beyond it below vein 1;

claviform represented by a dark point at its extremity ; orbicular a

very small blackish spot ; reniform very faintly defined by brownish,

its upper extremity produced to a point; medial line slight, oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell and angled outwards at subcostal

nervure, then inwardly oblique and waved; postmedial line

indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and

with series of black points beyond it on the veins, incurved at discal

and submedian folds and bent outwards at vein 1, some yellowish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellowish, minutely

waved, defined on inner side by a slight brown line and dark points,

met at vein 5 by an oblique brown streak from termen at vein 7,

then defined by brown on outer side and erect to tornus ; a terminal

series of slight brown points; cilia red-brown at base, yellow at

tips. Hind wing dark red-brown ; cilia yellow with a brown line

near base; the underside slightly tinged with greyish, a curved

brown postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area paler and more

ochreous striated with brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing much greyer brown,

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale olive-brown,

Hab. W. Cuina, Omei-shan, 1 ¢, Chang-yang (Pratt), 2 3,

Washan (Pratt), 1g, Ni-tou, 23, Wa-ssu-kow, 2d, Chia-kou-ho,

1 g,1 9,Chow-pin-sa, 1 g, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 g , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt),

336,29 type. Hap. 66-72 millim.

2782. Orthogonica plumbinetata, n. sp, (Plate CVIII. fig. 17.)

Head ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi with dark band near

extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars; vertex of

head with two slight brown marks; thorax dark red-brown with

grey dorsal fascia, the tegule with slight ochreous medial line ;

pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen grey-brown,

the anal tuft mixed with rufous, the ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing pale rufous, the medial area except towards costa beyond

gntemedial line and the terminal area except at apex red-brown

ORTHOGONICA. 47

suffused with silvery grey in places, the inner half of antemedial

area suffused with silvery grey, the postmedial area striated with

brown, the median nervure streaked with white on medial area, the

veins of terminal area with slight pale streaks and the inner margin

with rufous fascia except at base; a slight ochreous mark at base

below cell; subbasal line double filled in with grey, oblique from

costa to a brown mark in cell, a small semicircular brown and

ochreous mark beyond it in cell; antemedial line double and filled

in with silvery grey from costa to median nervure, oblique and sinuous

to median nervure, then very oblique to inner margin near base,

with diffused black-brown fascia beyond it above vein 1; claviform

represented by a small black spot at its extremity with some silvery

grey beyond it; orbicular and reniform with silvery grey centres

and slight ochreous annuli, the former small, oblique elliptical, the

latter a very large oblique lunule defined by black except above and

with fine curved dark line in centre, some black-brown .in lower

part of cell between them and beyond the reniform ; medial line

very oblique from costa to reniform, oblique below cell and incurved

in submedian fold; postmedial line indistinctly double towards

costa and below vein 2, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

with series of black points beyond it on the veins, incurved to vein 4

where it is angled outwards, then incurved and bent outwards at

vein 1; a pale apical patch defined by red-brown suffusion on

inner side; subterminal line dark brown, arising from termen at

vein 7, oblique to vein 5, then with greyish and red-brown band on

inner side and straight to tornus ; a terminal series of slight brown

spots; cilia ochreous and brown with ochreous line at base. Hind

wing dark red-brown ; cilia with ochreous line at base followed by

a red-brown line, the tips white ; the underside tinged with greyish

and with indistinct curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with some grey suffusion on postmedial area

and at apex and a whitish patch beyond postmedial line in sub-

median interspace.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the ground-colour dark grey-brown.

Hab. W, Curtna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3 type, Wa-shan (Pratt),

1. 6, Kwei-chow, 1 g,1 9, Wa-ssu-kow, 1 g. Exp. 62-76

millim.

2783. Orthogonica sera.

Orthogonia sera, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 38 (1862); id. Reis. Nov.

pl. 112. f. 15.

Orthogonia crispina, Butl. A. M.N.H. (5) i. p. 288 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

B. M. ii. p. 36, pl. 32. f. 6.

Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with greyish, the

vertex of thorax with pale grey stripe, the tegule and patagia above

slightly edged with grey ; palpi greyish in front; hind legs pale

greyish ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral

surface pale. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with rufous and with

slight dark strie, the medial area dark red-brown, the terminal

48 NOCTUID”.

area suffused with rufous except at apex, the median nervure and

veins of terminal area with slight pale streaks, the inner margin

with narrow pale fascia; base of costal area red-brown angled

outwards in cell and bounded by the subbasal line which is repre-

sented by a black bar from costa and a rather Y-shaped mark

below the cell with black-brown patch below it on inner area ;

antemedial line indistinctly double at costa and with black mark on

Fig. 10.—Orthogonica sera, 8. 4.

the outer line, oblique and sinuous to median nervure where it is

angled, then inwardly oblique and slightly excurved at vein 1, with

a dark band beyond it from cell to inner margin; orbicular and

reniform very large with slight greyish annuli defined by black at

sides, the ‘former erect oblong, open above and below, the latter

oblique oblong, obliquely rounded above, with some dark suffusion

in middle and a dark patch beyond its lower part, an oblique striga

from costa to orbicular and oblique line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line with double dark strie at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then inwardly oblique and approxi-

mated to reniform at discal fold, excurved to vein 3, then incurved

and strongly bent outwards at vein 1 ; a grey apical patch slightly

defined by brown on inner side, the subterminal line arising from

its lower edge at vein 6, grey slightly defined on each side by

brown and with two black points on its inner side and some

blackish on outer side at discal fold, inwardly oblique to vein 5,

then nearly erect and slightly irregular to tornus ; a terminal series

of small black spots, obsolescent at apex ; cilia pale rufous, greyish

at apex. Hind wing glossy fuscous brown, the basal and inner

areas tinged with greyish ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous at base;

the underside grey tinged with rufous and the terminal area with

fuscous, an indistinct curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale red-brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the ground-colour dark grey-brown,

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Fenton), 1¢,1¢ , Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),

36,19, type crispina; Centr. Curva, Ningpo, Kiukiang (Pratt),

13,1 9, Omei-shan,1 9. xp. 56-68 millim.

ORTHOGONICA,—MANIA. 49

2784. Orthogonica grisea. (Plate CVIII. fig. 18.)

Orthogonia grisea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 50.

Head and thorax dark red-brown finely pencilled with grey: tegule

and patagia slightly edged with grey; hind legs pale; abdomen

red-brown, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing grey tinged with

brown and striated with blackish, the terminal area darker brown,

broad at costa, narrowing to tornus, the veins of terminal area with

slight pale streaks, the inner margin with slight rufous fascia ;

subbasal line represented by an oblique black band from costa to

above vein 1, curved outwards as a slender hook at extremity and

with black spot below it above inner margin; antemedial line

indistinct, strongly curved, with dark striga from costa; orbicular

absent ; reniform very indistinct, oblique oblong; an indistinct

medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly

oblique; postmedial and subterminal lines absent; a small black

spot on inner edge of the dark terminal area below vein 5; cilia with

a fine pale line at base. Hind wing dark red-brown, the terminal

area rather darker, an indistinct oblique medial line ; cilia with

fine pale line at base followed by a brown line, the tips ‘white ; ; the

underside slightly tinged with greyish, a slight dark discoidal bar

and curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cutya, Omei-shan, 2 ¢,1 9 type. Hxvp. 60-68 millim.

Genus MANIA.

Type.

Mormo, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iy. p. 70 (1816), non descr. ............ Maura.

Mania, Treit. Schmett. Hur. y. (1) p. 294 (1825) ........e.eeceec eee maura.

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

about vertex of head and moderately scaled in front, the 3rd moder ate ; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with

scales and hair myicedl with divided crests on pro-, meso-, and metathorax ;

tibize moderately fr inged with hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair, with

dorsal series of crests “and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing a br oad, the

apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and the termen and cilia str ongly

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing with pale medial line .............. cece eeeeeeeeeeeee MAUI A

B. Hind wing without pale medial line.

a. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with blackish, the

inner margin with pale fascia.

ai, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and sinuous

(DSTO MW VEIMVON secre see re cata secant tosnns cececse eens aoe MUSsCLULVENS.

d1. Fore wing with the postmedial ‘line incurved below

ViGUIDRA GS | acts cue oeee svale greleia lasses Bis o Soe See etal Sees venata.

. Fore wing with the medial area concolorous, the inner

pziein ‘without pale fascia.

. Fore wing with the antemedial line very oblique and

straight below submedian fold) ira. nacecoeesen cscs: =: nyctichroa.

VOL. VII. E

NOCTUID&.

61, Fore wing with the antemedial line less oblique and

slightly sinuous below submedian fold.

a, Fore wing grey-brown without series of whitish

points beyond postmedial line ...............0.-ee00e see pheochroa.

b2, Fore wing olive-brown with series of whitish points

beyond: postmedialilineee sre wrseesere res cece enceeorne olivescaria.

2785. Mania maura.

Noctua maura, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 512 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 107. f.1; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 326; Frr. Beitr. pl. 53;

Godart, Lép. Fr. v. pl. 54. ff. 1,2; Don. Brit. Ins. vii. pl. 230. f. 1;

Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 129; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185.

Phalena lemur, Meinecke, Naturf. vi. pl. 5. f. 1 (1775).

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey; patagia with

grey upper edge, the tips of crests grey; abdomen dark fuscous

brown, the crests grey at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with flesh-

colour and fuscous, the medial area dark fuscous brown except on

Fig. 11.—Mania maura, S. 1.

costal area; subbasal line represented by double curved black strice

from costa filled in with grey and double oblique black marks from

cell filled in with grey; antemedial line with double oblique widely

separated fuscous striz from costa, then indistinctly double filled

in with grey, curved and sinuous to vein 1, then strongly bent

inwards to inner margin; orbicular grey slightly defined by black

scales and with its centre irrorated with some black scales, obliquely

lunulate, concave towards base; reniform large, blackish, irrorated

with some greyish and with pale annulus slightly defined by black,

angled inward on subcostal nervure and on median nervure to near

orbicular, its outer edge minutely waved and its lower extremity

produced and truncate; an oblique diffused fuscous striga from

costa to reniform; the inner margin with slight reddish streak on

medial area ; postmedial line double, the lines widely separated at

costa and filled in with greyish, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then erect and very slightly sinuous; subterminal line ochreous

erey defined on inner side by a broad irregular band of fuscous

suffusion, narrowing at submedian fold and with some pale points

MANIA. 51

on costa, angled outwards below vein 7 and at veins 4, 3, bent

outwards to tornus; the terminal area greyish ochreous at apex

and middle, and suffused with fuscous above middle and towards

tornus ; a waved black terminal line; cilia fuscous, tinged with

ochreous at apex and with ochreous line at base. Hind wing

fuscous brown with terminal pinkish ochreous band, with diffused

fuscous spots on it between veins 6 and 2; a narrow pinkish

ochreous band just beyond middle, obsolescent on costal area and

slightly excurved below vein 2; a fine waved blackish terminal

line; cilia pinkish ochreous with slight waved fuscous medial line

from vein 4 to tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown,

the costal area irrorated with grey, a slight greyish discoidal bar,

postmedial line grey, a terminal pinkish ochreous band; hind wing

fuscous brown irrorated with grey, a blackish discoidal bar, post-

medial line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly

curved and minutely waved, a terminal pinkish ochreous band.

Hab. Brieatn, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller & Leech

Colls.; Austria; Honeary; Switzertanp, Frey Coll.; Spain;

Trany; Greece, Merlin Coll.; Bauxan Srares; Russt4; ARMENIA;

Asta Mtnor, Pontus; Parsstine; W. TurKesran, T'urcomania.

Kep. 70-80 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 129; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 242, pl. 216. f. 2.

Pale ochreous suffused and irrorated with dark brown; pale

oblique subdorsal streaks; dorsal and subdorsal lines indistinct,

pale, interrupted ; 11th somite with a transverse black mark, pale-

edged behind; head pale ochreous speckled with brown, Food-

plants: Saliv, Rubus, Primula, &e. 9-15.

2786. Mania muscivirens.

Mormo musctvirens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 289 (1878); id. fl. Het.

BEMea: p. 37, pl. 32. fd;

Head and thorax dark red-brown slightly irrorated with greyish,

the tegule with slight pale tips; tarsi and spurs ringed with

ochreous; abdomen dark red-brown, the crests and ventral surface

slightly irrorated with greyish. Fore wing fuscous brown strongly

suffused with grey, the medial area black-brown except towards

costa, the veins with slight grey streaks; a slight rufous and

ochreous streak on inner margin except at base; subbasal line

represented by grey strize from costa and cell on diffused black

patches, followed by a slight oblique grey line from subcostal

nervure to vein 1, with some black irroration beyond it; ante-

medial line with two widely separated blackish bars from costa,

then grey defined on each side at middle by some black scales and

with diffused black patch before it on inner area, excurved below

the cell and strongly bent inwards to inner margin; claviform

large, dark brown slightly defined by black and extending to cell :

orbicular defined by grey at sides, open above and below and

constricted at middle ; reniform angled inwards on median neryure,

o2 NOCLUID 2.

with fine grey annulus slightly defined by black, open below, its

centre defined by small black spots divided by the grey veins ;

medial line indistinct, dark, oblique from costa to lower angle of

cell, then waved; postmedial line indistinctly double towards

costa and with double black bars from costa, bent outwards below

costa, then with series of double black points beyond it on the

veins, incurved to above vein 4, oblique to vein 2 and slightly bent

outwards to inner margin, some pale points beyond it on a brownish

costal shade; the postmedial area with slight irregular line formed

of black scales, oblique towards costa, excurved below vein 7, ex-

curved and waved at middle; subterminal line grey, excurved at

vein 7 and middle and bent outwards to tornus, some blackish

suffusion beyond it at discal fold and between vein 3 and snb-

median fold ; a terminal series of rather lunulate black spots; cilia

rufous and dark brown with an ochreous line at base. Hind wing

dark brown with a cupreous gloss; cilia ochreous with diffused

red-brown line at middle; the underside slightly irrorated with

greyish, a dark discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Japan, Nikko (Pryer), 1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 9, Yoko-

hama (Jonas, Pryer), 4 3 ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 Sg. Kxp.

64-68 millim.

2787. Mania venata, n. sp. (Plate CVIIL. fig. 19.)

Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with greyish ; fore

tarsi with slight ochreous rings; abdomen greyish brown. Fore

wing brown strongly suffused with silvery grey, the medial area

black-brown except towards costa; the veins with fine grey streaks,

the inner margin with slight rufous streak except at base; sub-

basal line represented by grey striz from costa and cell on diffused

black patches and with some black irroration beyond it; ante-

medial line with two black bars from costa, then grey slightly

defined on each side by black, oblique to vein 1 and strongly bent

inwards to inner margin, where there is some black suffusion before

it; claviform large, dark brown slightly defined by black, extending

to cell; orbicular and reniform with grey and brown centres

defined by small blackish spots and fine pale grey annuli slightly

defined by black, the former constricted at middle, the latter angled

inwards on median nervure; a faint diffused blackish medial line,

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; postmedial

line double, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then

with double series of black points beyond it on the veins, incurved

to above vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then again incurved,

some pale points beyond it on a brown costal shade; postmedial

area with a slight minutely waved line formed of black scales,

oblique towards costa, excurved at vein 5 and middle; subterminal

line grey, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards

to tornus, some blackish suffusion beyond it at discal fold; a

MANIA. do

terminal series of small lunulate black spots ; cilia rufous and dark

brown with a fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing dark brown

with a cupreous gloss; cilia red-brown with a fine ochreous line at

base; the underside slightly irrorated with greyish, a dark discoidal

spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Catna, Omei-shan, 1 g, Nitou, 1 ¢ type, Wa-ssu-kow,

19. Hep. 54 millim.

2788. Mania nyctichroa, n. sp. (Plate CVILI. fig. 20.)

@. Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with some greyish ;

fore tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen red-brown, the crests

mixed with greyish, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing red-

brown suffused with grey especially on ante- and postmedial areas

and at apex, the veins with slight pale streaks; subbasal line

represented by grey striee from costa and cell defined on each side

by black and with some black irroration beyond it; antemedial

line grey defined on each side by a few black scales, bent outwards

below costa, oblique to submedian fold and strongly bent inwards

to inner margin; claviform red-brown slightly defined by dark

brown, extending to cell; orbicular erect oblong, defined by grey

at sides, open above and below; reniform with grey annulus

slightly defined by black, open below and angled inwards on

median nervure, its centre defined by small black spots above and

on outer side; an indistinct sinuous brown line oblique from costa

to lower angle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly double towards

costa, bent outwards below costa, then with double series of black

points beyond it on the veins, incurvyed and closely approximated

to reniform to above vein 4 where it is slightly angled outwards,

then slightly incurved and sinuous, some pale points beyond it on

a red-brown costal patch; the postmedial area with sight minutely

waved line of black scales, oblique towards costa, excurved at

vein 7 and middle, the area beyond it redder brown to the grey

subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent

outwards to tornus, some blackish suffusion beyond it at discal

fold; a terminal series of lunulate black spots; cilia rufous and

brown with a fine ochreons line at base. Hind wing red-brown,

the cilia ochreous white with diffused red-brown line through

them ; the underside suffused with greyish, a dark discoidal spot

and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9 type; W. Carina, Kwei-

chow, 1 9. Hp. 54 millim.

2789. Mania pheochroa, n. sp. (Plate CVIII. fig. 21.)

~ $. Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; fore

and mid tibie and tarsi with faint greyish rings; abdomen red-

brown, the crests mixed with greyish. Fore wing brown strongly

tinged with grey ; subbasal line represented by double black strize

from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, curved,

54 NOCTUIDAE.

waved, some black irroration before it on inner area; claviform

dark brown slightly defined by blackish, extending to cell; orbicular

and reniform with slight greyish annuli, open above, the former

slightly constricted at middle, its centre slightly defined by blackish,

the latter angled inwards on median nervure and with its centre

defined by blackish points, the cell before and between them and

the area just beyond the reniform tinged with dark brown; a

blackish striga from costa to reniform, and waved line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double at costa, then indistinct and

with double series of black points beyond it on the veins, incurved

at discal fold to near reniform, angled outwards at vein 5, then

incurved and waved, some pale points beyond it on a darker brown

costal patch ; the postmedial area with faint line of black scales,

oblique towards costa, then excurved and waved; a faint waved

greyish subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, some blackish sutfusion beyond it at discal fold; a

terminal series of lunulate black spots; cilia red-brown mixed with

greyish and black. Hind wing dark red-brown, the cilia chequered

red-brown and ochreous, with a slight ochreous line at base; the

underside irrorated with greyish, a slight dark discoidal lunule and

diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cutna, Washan (Pratt), 2 $ type. Hap. 60 millim.

2790. Mania olivescaria. (Plate CVIII. fig. 22.)

Ancara olivescaria, Swinh, A. M, N. H. (6) xix. p. 167 (1897).

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-brown; palpi and legs

with some fuscous mixed. Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with

dark red-brown; subbasal line represented by double black strize

from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinetly double, curved,

waved ; claviform a black-brown patch; orbicular and reniform

large, very indistinctly defined at sides by blackish, constricted at

middle and almost confluent below, the latter with blackish mark

beyond it: medial line represented by a striga from costa and

indistinct dentate line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line

double at costa, then very indistinct and represented by a series

of slight black striee with minute black and white streaks beyond

them on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved

at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct,

defined on each side by slight dark marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of small black spots in the inter-

spaces. Hind wing deep fuscous brown with slight olive-brown

marks in the interspaces of terminal area between veins 2 and 1;

cilia olive-brown with a dark line through them; the underside

olive-brown irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal spot and

curved diffused postmedial line.

Hab, AsssmM (Badgley), 1 3, Jaintia Hills, 1 g type. Lup. 56

millim,

MAGUSA.

Genus MAGUSA.

Type.

itagnsa, “WMS, sas (h0P3 (REID) eengncsopacosocbccaqHeccoobupedaudsaqnb0ne orbifera.

Sasunaga, Moore, P. Z.S8. 1881, p. 342 .........ccssenseseseeeees tenebrosa.

Callixena, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 824 (1891) ......--.-ee eee eeee ee versicolora,

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

middle of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd short, porrect; frons smooth,

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

chiefly with scales, and with slight double ridge-like crest ; tibix moderately

fringed with hair; fore coxe of male tufted with hair; abdomen with dorsal

crests on basal segments. Fore wing very long and narrow, the costa arched,

the apex rounded, the ternien evenly and very obliquely curved, hardly crenu-

late; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angie; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the rather long areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco-

cellulars; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with wedge-shaped black patch below base of cell.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green ............... olivaria.

6. Fore wing with the ground-colour rufous suffused with

JOU LS —b LOT eee tanterene sci cieisioesis ieiseles ois sisetasteisictlnsises stelle: enistis.

B. Fore wing with fine black streak below base of cell.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct, white ......... leucorina.

6. Fore wing with the postmedial line indistinct, black.

a, Fore wing with the streak above extremity of vein 4

pylaibeqandeo biilquemmaaviccscatiensecs cr scccitecemacrcemens sees versicolora.

6', Fore wing with the pale streak above extremity of vein 4

indistinetrandylomotuclimall eeececseesccsecseceescesse secs ssl tenebrosa,

C. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell ............ orbifera.

2791. Magusa olivaria, n. sp. (Plate CIX. fig. 7.)

2. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous; palpi

with some red-brown and black at sides; frons with red-brown

and black lateral bars; tegule with white line near tips defined

by black scales, some black on thorax behind them; pectus and

legs whitish mixed with red-brown, the tibie and tarsi banded

black and whitish ; abdomen fuscous brown, the crests rufous and

whitish, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing olive-yellow, the

costal half suffused with black to medial line and the terminal area

suffused with black obliquely to below apex; an oblique whitish

fascia from base of costa along vein 1 to antemedial line, with black

patch above it at middle and black streak above inner margin

before the antemedial line; subbasal line double, blackish, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with

olive, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards on

vein 1; orbicular small, round, olive defined by black; reniform

olive defined by black on inner side and by a few black scales on

outer, a line of black scales in centre; an indistinct waved dark

medial line; postmedial line double, prominently filled in with

white, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, strongly

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa on a

brownish patch with slight black streak below costa; subterminal

line white, angled outwards at vein 7, acutely inwards at discal

56 NOCTUID®.

fold and bent inwards below vein 4, the black before it on inner

half rather forming streaks ; a terminal series of small black

lunules defined on inner side by slight pale lunules; cilia blackish

with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing dark brown with a

reddish tinge; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown and with a

dark line through them ; the underside dark brown, the costal area

red irrorated with white and black, an indistinct dark discoidal

spot and diffused curved postmedial line bent inwards to costa.

Hab. Mauacca, Perak, Kinta Valley (firdley), 1 2 type. Hap.

40) millim.

2792. Magusa enistis, n. sp. (Plate CIX. fig. 8.)

®. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with dark red-brown ;

palpi ochreous white in front; tegule with some white scales

before the tips which are reddish ochreous; patagia with some

black scales near upper edges and a white mark on outer edge

near base; pectus white in front and below base of wings; tarsi

black with rufous rings; abdomen red-brown with the crests

rufous and greyish, the ventral surface deep rufous. Fore wing

pale rufous suffused with red-brown and fuscous, the costal half

to middle and a patch on costa beyond postmedial line darker

brown, the outer part of medial area and submedian interspace

to postmedial line and apex paler rufous; an oblique sinuous white

streak from base of costa to submedian fold before middle with a

triangular black mark above its extremity; subbasal line represented

by double black striz from costa and cell, the antemedial line by

double black strize from costa and indistinct double waved line

from cell to inner margin; claviform small, slightly defined by

blackish; orbicular small, round, with brown centre and rufous

annulus, placed on a triangular black patch extending to reniform

which is pale rufous defined by black, the inner side of centre

slightly defined by brown, its outer edge indented at middle and

with dark streak from it to postmedial line; medial line represented

by a black spot on costa and slight waved line from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double filled in with reddish ochreous,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on the dark

costal patch and slight black streaks on veins 6 and 4 ; an indistinct

pale subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of small black spots on slight pale marks.

Hind wing dark red-brown; cilia greyish brown with a slight

dark line through them ; the underside red-brown, the costal area

rufous irrorated with brown, a brownish discoidal bar and diffused

slightly curved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Ekcike1 (Pratt), 1 Q@ type. Hap.

44 millim.

MAGUSA,.

2793. Magusa leucorina, n. sp. (Plate CVIII. fig. 9.)

3. Head and tegule whitish tinged with rufous, some fuscous

on vertex of head and near tips of tegule; palpi with black

patches at sides of joints; frons with lateral black bars ; patagia

grey mixed with brown, some rufous at base and some black scales

near upper edge; vertex of thorax rufous; pectus purplish rufous,

greyish at sides, the tibize and tarsi banded black and grey ;

abdomen fuscous brown, the crests, anal tuft and ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing greyish suffused with olive, red-brown and

fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double blackish stria from

costa and cell, an oblique diffused fuscous band beyond it except

towards costa; antemedial line double, oblique, dentate, bent

inwards to inner margin; claviform slightly defined by black;

the cell black on medial area with the small elliptical grey orbicular

on it; reniform ill-defined, pale olive with its inner part tinged

with brown, a small black spot on its upper edge, its outer edge

produced to a point in discal fold and with two diffused black

streaks beyond it; an indistinct sinuous medial line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line whitish defined on each side by

black towards costa and below vein 3, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and with double series

of black points beyond it, the area beyond it red-brown with

oblique pale shade from apex to postmedial line at discal fold;

subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a black patch on

costal area, angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique, waved, angled

inwards to postmedial line in discal fold; a terminal series of

brown lunules slightly defined by greyish; cilia red-brown with

series of whitish spots at tips. Hind wing purplish red-brown,

greyish at base; the cilia purple-brown at base, whitish at tips;

the underside purplish red-brown, the basal half pale except on

costal area which is slightly irrorated with whitish, an indistinct

dark discoidal spot and diffused oblique sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Avola (Pratt), 2 $ type. Hap. 36-42

millim.

2794. Magusa versicolora.

Callixena versicolora, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 325, f. 164 (1891).

@. Head and thorax grey-white, the base of tegule with

blackish patches on upper edge; legs tinged with brown, the

tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey tinged with red-

brown, the crests pale rufous. Fore wing fuscous brown with a

reddish tinge, the inner area white irrorated with fuscous and

tinged with rufous on medial area, its upper edge sinuous and on

terminal area extending to vein 4 where there is an oblique white

streak from subterminal line to termen; antemedial line very

indistinct, very oblique from costa to submedian fold; orbicular

small, round, with fuscous centre and greyish annulus defined by

black ; reniform slightly defined by black on inner side, otherwise

hardly traceable ; postmedial line very indistinct, double, strongly

Te) NOCTUID®.

bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 2, then bent inwards

and erect {o inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;

the veins of terminal half and interspaces of terminal area with

slight dark streaks ; subterminal line represented by slight whitish

points from costa to vein 5, then by a white line from the white

streak to inner margin, incurved below vein 3,a darker brown

patch before it on costa; the termen with series of pale red-brown

lunules on the whitish area defined by white on inner side.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal

area suffused with reddish brown, cilia white. Underside of fore

wing suffused with fuscous, the terminal area white from apex to

vein 3, the costa white irrorated with rufous to beyond middle ;

hind wing white with a subterminal dark shade from below vein 7

to vein 3.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the costal area pale interrupted by the

dark patch before subterminal line, a black streak below base of

cell defined by white below.

Ab. 2. Fore wing wholly suffused with grey, the costal half

tinged with pale brown except in end of cell and the dark patch

before subterminal line, a black streak below base of cell defined

by white below and a black streak from lower angle of cell

to termen interrupted by the white oblique streak at middle of

termen,

Hab, Gow Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi (Bergman), 1 9; Navan,

Durban (Leigh), 1 9; C. Colony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 2 9 ;

Mapacascar, Nossi Bé (Saalmiiller), 1 Q. Hap. 32-50 millim.

2795. Magusa tenebrosa. (Plate CIX. fig. 10.)

Hadena tenebrosa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 59; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 226.

3S. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black; palpi with

black marks at sides of 2nd and 38rd joints ; frons with lateral black

bars; vertex of head with blackish patch; tegule with black lines

at middle and near tips and whitish patch at middle of tips;

patagia with black streak near upper edge angled outwards at

middle; pectus whitish and rufous, bright rufous in front, the tarsi

black banded with rufous; abdomen fuscous brown, the crests and

extremity rufous, the genital tuft whitish, the ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing pale red-brown suffused in parts with deep red-

brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous, the veins of terminal half

with slight black streak; subbasal line represented by double

oblique dark strize from costa and cell; antemedial line double,

blackish, irregularly dentate, angled outwards below costa and in

submedian fold; -orbicular defined by black, round; reniform

defined by a slight double black bar on inner side and streak above,

hardly traceable and dentate on outer side; traces of a waved

medial line ; postmedial line very indistinct, double, strongly bent

MAGUSA.

outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly bent inwards below

vein 8, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line in-

distinct, pale, defined on inner side by dark suffusion on costal area

and at middle, excurved at vein 7, excurved and waved at middle ;

a terminal series of small black spots; cilia with series of blackish

points at middle and tips. Hind wing fuscous brown with a

reddish gloss, the interspaces semihyaline at base; cilia brown at

base, white at tips; the underside pale, the costal] area rufous

irrorated with whitish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous

brown, a slight dark discordal lunule and indistinct diffused sinuous

postmedial line.

@. Fore wing with the costal half to postmedial line and the

inner half of terminal area suffused with black.

Ab. 1, S. Fore wing with elongate white spot before the ante-

medial line in submedian fold and some white beyond the postmedial

and subterminal lines in submedian interspace.

Ab. 2, 2. Fore wing with diffused sinuous white streak in sub-

median interspace.

Ab. 3, ¢. Fore wing with broad diffused dark fascia from middle

of wing in and below cell to termen below apex.

Ab. 4, 2. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale olive.

Ab. 5, 9. Similar but with white marks in submedian interspace

before the antemedial and beyond the postmedial line.

Had. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 ¢, Kangra, 2 ¢; SiKHIM

(Iidderdale), 2 9; Bompay, 1 9, Poona; Mapras, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 1 3, 3 9; Cxryton, Dickoya (Green), 2 5, 2 2,

Trincomali (Yerbury), 2 2 ; Stneaporr (Ridley), 6 5d, 1 O35

Br. New Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 ¢, 5 2; QuUEENSLAND,

Brisbane (Yurner), 1 ¢. vp. 38-50 millim.

2796. Magusa orbifera.

Xylina orbifera, W1k. xi. 761 (1857).

Magusa strigifera, Wk. xi. 763 (1857) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.

p- 297 & 11. p. 488.

Stictoptera divaricata, Grote, 6th Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 37 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 829.

Magusa discidens, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 50 (1874).

Magusa sarpida, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 51 (1874).

Laphygma angustipennis, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 43, f. 14 (1888).

Laphygma divida, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 124 (1890).

S$ (divaricata). Head and thorax rufous mixed with some dark

brown; palpi whitish, fuscous at tips; sides of frons with dark

points ; tegule with dark medial patch; pro- and metathorax with

paired black points; pectus and legs pale rufous, the tarsi banded

with black; abdomen dark brown, the crests, anal tuft and ventral

surface rufous. Fore wing red-brown suffused in parts with darker

brown, the veins and the interspaces of terminal area with slight

black streaks ; subbasal line slight, double, black, excurved below

60 NOCTUIDAE,

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct,

double, curved, angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner

margin ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round,

the latter somewhat constricted at middle; an oblique dark striga

from costa to reniform and dark shade from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double filled in with

greyish and defined by greyish on outer side towards inner margin,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below

Fig. 12.—Magusa orbifera, 3. }

vein 5, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by a blackish patch on costal

area, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent out-

wards to tornus ; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules defined

by greyish on inner side; cilia with a slight dark line through

them. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the interspaces of basal

area slightly semihyaline ; cilia whitish with a slight brown line

near base; the underside with the interspaces greyish to beyond

middle, the terminal area fuscous brown, the costal area slightly

irrorated with greyish, an indistinct medial line from costa to lower

angle of cell and postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

©. Fore wing with the inner area grey below submedian fold,

expanding beyond postmedial line to vein 3.

Ab. 1, 6. Fore wing dark brown with some white in submedian

interspace on antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines and on

costal area on subterminal line.

Ab. 2, 2. Fore wing with the inner area pale rufous, the costal

half suffused with black.

Ab. 3, 2 type. Fore wing with the inner area grey, the costal

half rufous ; the markings very indistinct.

Ab. 4. strigifera. Fore wing similar but the markings defined

by grey.

Hab, U.S.A., New York, Wisconsin, 2 ¢, type dwaricata,

N. Indiana, 1 9, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nogales (Oslar), 1 3,

3 92; Mexico City (Hveges),1 5, Jalapa (Trujillo), 3 3,3 9,

Durango (Becker), 2 2 ; Cosra Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood),

136,29; Guaremata (Rodriguez), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.;

Bauamas (Bonhote), 1 g ; Jamaica; Harri (Tweedie), 2 9, type

MAGUSA.—STENOPTERYGIA. 61

and type strigifera; Porro Rico; Cotomsra, Bogotd; Vunrzvera,

1 $,5 92; Braziz, Amazons, R. Jurua (Yraz), 1 ¢, R. Solimoes

(Trail), 2 ¢, Coary (Trail), 1 2; Argentina (Lhomas), 1 9.

Hep. 36-43 millim.

Larva. Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. iv. p. 453.

Whitish green, the lines white or yellowish white; warts black

with obscure pale rings ; large blotches above tubercles i1., 1ii., iv.,

and vi, tinged with yellow; some faint white mottling between

the lines, more distinct subventrally ; setze distinct, black. Food-

plant: Condaha ferrea.

Genus STENOPTERYGIA, nov.

Type, S. subcwrva.

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

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect; frons smooth; eyes

large, rounded; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the vertex of thorax with broad ridge-like crest ; tibiae moderately

scaled ; abaomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing short and

narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and somewhat excised

towards tornus, the inner margin lobed near base and with slight scale-tooth

at tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform with whitish

arava Glattinecl ly7 IEE! soocnapsdeantanansededbabeodcdadaaqadcecocder tenebrosa.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform indistinctly

defined.

a. Hind wing with the basal half whitish .................0.000s subcurva,

6. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown .......... cece cece eee cebee.

2797. Stenopterygia tenebrosa,n sp. (Plate CIX. fig. 11.)

3. Head and base of tegule ochreous mixed with black-brown ;

thorax black-brown with a few ochreous scales; palpi black at

sides, pale in front ; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs

ochreous irrorated with brown, the tarsi slightly banded with

black ; abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with brown, the crests

and anal tuft blackish. Fore wing red-brown mostly suffused

with black-brown; subbasal line represented by two black strize

from costa filled in with ochreous; a blackish patch above inner

margin before the antemedial line, which is double at costa filled

in with ochreous, then rather oblique, waved; claviform slightly

defined by black; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

slight greyish annuli defined by black, the former rounded, the

latter rather constricted at middle ; postmedial line double at costa

filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

at vein 3 bent inwards to below angle of cell, some ochreous points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by some pale

62 NOCTUIDA.

points defined on inner side by black-brown suffusion, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and bent inwards at vein 3; a terminal

series of minute white points; cilia black-brown. Hind wing

whitish suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area,

the veins dark ; cilia whitish chequered with brown; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with

brown, a slight discoidal spot.

Hab. Mavras, Godavari Distt., Rajamahendri (Bird), 1 ¢ type.

Exp. 28 millim.

2798. Stenopterygia subcurva.

Hadena subcurva, Wik. xi, 592 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 212.

Hadena postica, Wk. xi. 594 (1857).

Xylina calida, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 195 (1862).

Dipterygia sikkima, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 105 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 236.

Opigena monostigma, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 287, f. 104 (1891).

Head and thorax red-brown suffused with fuscous ; palpi whitish

in front; tegule with blackish medial line; pectus and legs pale

rufous ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests rufous, the ventral

surface pale rufous. Fore wing red-brown suffused in parts with

Fig. 18.—Stenopterygia subcurva, G. 3.

dark leaden grey, the postmedial area rather redder from costa to

vein 5; subbasal line double at costa, then oblique, waved, ending

at vein 1; a black streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line which is double at costa, then oblique, waved; claviform

slightly defined by black ; orbicular very small and indistinct, with

faint reddish annulus, round; reniform with slight reddish annulus ;

an indistinct medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line indistinctly double towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, oblique to vein 5, then strongly incurved ; subterminal

line represented by minute reddish spots with slight black streaks

before them, the streak above vein 4 extending to reniform and

above vein 2 to near postmedial line, some slight black streaks

beyond it in the interspaces. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown, the veins and terminal half brown; cilia white, brown at

apex and middle and with slight brown line through them; the

STENOPTERYGIA. 63

underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a brown

discoidal lunule and sinuous curved postmedial line with the arca

beyond it brown.

Ab. 1. sikhima. Fore wing with some white irroration beyond

postmedial line in submedian interspace.

Ab. 2. monostigma. Fore wing with prominent white patch

beyond postmedial line in submedian interspace.

Hab. Navat, Malvern (Millar), 1 9; Mapacascar; Srkarm,

type t stkkima in Coll. Staudinger; Mapras, Calicut (/edlows-

Wilson), 1 $; Crrton (Wenham, Templeton, Green), 73,42,

type and type postica; Bornno. Hwvp. 32-34 millim.

Larva. Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 200.

Black with irregular dorsal and lateral grey patches streaked

with black ; head red; some orange on Ist somite ; stigmata white ;

a large irregular dorsal orange patch on terminal somite.

*2799. Stenopterygia cebex. (Plate CXIII. fig. 27.)

Alibama kebee, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 221 (1905),

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and

greyish ; palpi darker except at tips; frons with lateral black bars,

the lower part yellow; tegule with diffused deep brown medial

band; metathorax ochreous ; pectus ochreous ; tarsi blackish with

pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the crests rufous, the anal tuft

and ventral surface ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing red-

brown tinged with grey and irrorated with black; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, with red-brown patch

beyond it on costa; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique,

irregularly dentate, with oblique black streak before it above inner

margin; medial area suffused with dark brown below the cell;

orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter somewhat constricted at middle, with

some dark points in centre and white points on outer edge, the

veins beyond it with slight black streaks; an indistinct brown

mark on middle of costa and incurved shade from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, the outer line

indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, rather oblique

to vein 2, then strongly incurved, some whitish points beyond it

on costa and the veins with slight black streaks; subterminal line

formed of whitish stris defined on inner side by blackish and with

black streaks before and beyond it in the interspaces, somewhat

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of smal]

black lunules. Hind wing uniform dark red-brown; cilia whitish

with a brown line through them; the underside brown, the costal

area irrorated with white especially towards base, the inner area

whitish.

Hab. Br. New Guinna, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type t ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. wp. 32 millim.

64 NOCTUID ®.

Genus DIPTERYGIA. Type

Dypterygia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 167 (1829) ... scabriuscula.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint not reaching

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

large, rounded ; antennx of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the thorax with double ridge-like crest; tibiee fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 2nd segment large. Fore

wing rather short and broad, the apex rounded, the termen crenulate and

excised towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 from nevr angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

Secr. I. Thorax and mid femora of male with thick tufts of blackish hair,

A. Patagia and fore wing suffused with leaden fuscous ............ cebee.

B, Patagia and fore wing not suffused with leaden fuscous ...... babooni.

2800. Dipterygia cebex.

Dipterygia kebee, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 197 (1906).

Head white mixed with brown ; sides of frons with black bars;

tegule white, brown and black mixed with slight medial dark line ;

patagia black mixed with brown; thorax white mixed with brown;

pectus whitish tinged with purplish; legs ochreous white and

fuscous mixed, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous mixed

Fig. 14.—Dipterygia cebee, 3. }.

with grey, the anal tuft black in male, ochreous in female, the

ventral surface whitish mixed with brown. Fore wing brown

sutfused with leaden fuscous; the costal area brownish at base,

white and brown towards apex; a brown-irrorated white fascia on

inner margin from near base and a patch beyond the postmedial

line below vein 2 curving upwards to termen at vein 3; subbasal

line represented by a slight oblique striga from costa, the ante-

medial line by two slight strize from costa and a long tooth

above inner margin, with black streak before it above the whitish

fascia ; claviform faintly defined by black at extremity ; orbicular

and reniform very indistinctly defined by black, the former small,

round, the latter with some whitish on upper edge; postmedial

line indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, a curved

DIPTERYGIA. 65

black fascia from it to termen above the whitish patch and some

white points on costa; faint traces of a subterminal line defined on

inner side by slight dentate black marks on the dark area and on

outer by slight dark streaks in the interspaces, somewhat angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

slight black lunules ; cilia fuscous on apical half, white and brown

towards tornus. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas

fuscous, the latter very broad towards apex, narrowing somewhat

to tornus; cilia brown with a slight pale line at base to vein 2,

then mostly white; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab, Br. New Guinua, Babooni (Pratt), 2 g¢, 19, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt), 1 2. Hep. 46 millim. Type + in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

2801. Dipterygia babooni. (Plate CIX. fig. 12.)

Dipterygia baboont, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zoel. xiii. p. 197 (1906).

Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown and fuscous, frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line; patagia

with black streak near upper edge ; pectus and femora with purplish

hair in male, the tufts from thorax and mid femora blackish; legs

reddish brown and white, the tarsi with blackish bands; abdomen

fuscous black, more or less mixed with brown in female, the dorsal

crests brown, the ventral surface purplish red with the extremity

black in male, in female whitish irrorated with rufous and black.

Fore wing whitish more or less completely suffused with rufous,

the veins with fine dark streaks; subbasal line represented by

two slight oblique striz from costa ; an oblique black streak above

inner margin before the antemedial line, which is very indistinctly

double, dentate, strongly angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards

above inner margin almost to postmedial line; claviform slightly

defined by black at extremity; orbicular and reniferm defined by

blackish, the former round, the latter with some white on outer

edge ; traces of a diffused medial line towards costa; postmedial

line indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 5, then strongly incurved ;

a downcurved black-brown fascia from it to termen above vein 3,

expanding towards the postmedial line, some white points on costa

towards apex; traces of a pale subterminal line defined on inner

side near middle by slight dentate dark marks, somewhat angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, then incurved; a

terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia fuscous intersected

with whitish. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas

suffused with fuscous, the former very broadly toward apex,

narrowing somewhat to tornus; cilia fuscous with a slight pale

line at base, whitish towards tornus ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous

to submedian fold.

Hab. Br. New Gutyea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 ¢,3 9, Ekeikei

(Pratt), 22. Exp. 42-48 millim. Typet in Coll.. Bethune-'

Baker, ; : Cay Oe i

VOL, VII. F

66 NOCTUID A.

Scr. IT. Thorax and inid femora of male without tufts of hair.

A. Fore wing with whitish patch on tornal area extending to

postmedial line.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

vein 4.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved

EROS (Gyles teed aebucosbb dose eon uansos cond ospenudeneataLpeboouooc scabriuscula.

61, Fore wing with the postal line angled outwards

just belowyem 22. Miee diecast ee see enema sen ea ane eneee caliginosa.

. Fore wing with the postmedial line not excurved or

angled outwards near vein 2,

a2, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly in-

curved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards

at vein 1.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line touching the

angle of antemedial line above inner margin ... japonica.

68, Fore wing with the postmedial line separate

from the antemedial line above inner margin.

a4, Fore wing with the ground-colour black ...... indica.

+4, Fore wing brown, more or less suffused with

black..... Maier eatel Pale orm eames neat Re wiaue tiem emeeere vagivitta,

62, Fore wing with the postmedial line much less in-

curved below vein 4, and not angled outwards at

WeLMG Us oe wasbte tome baceutaeea cea ous aaenelaawccentn Deserta cristifera.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 3

and angled outwards on vein 2 to near termen ......... winbrifera.

B. Fore wing without whitish patch on tornal area extending

to postinedial line.

. Fore wing with pale and dark streaks in interspaces of

aber minal area.

. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous ..........--.--++- patina.

On Fore wing suffused with red-brown.

a, Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area

suffused with rufous .....0c...c.sessesssseseseesseseevees pallida.

62, Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins

and terminal area brown.

a3, Fore wing with veins 6, 4, 3 not defined by

Whhitish- Streaks on; ..0nscncdeosoveresonescse secs eee ordinaria.

3, Fore wing with veins 6, 4, 3 defined by whitish

StPeakS iii, Wasnctsacee tases aceheale deerceeadsecsanen ates lignaris.

ce. Hind wing wholly red-brown ..............0.00beceee ces assueta,

b. Fore wing without pale and dark streaks in interspaces

ob termina Marea. asanecsacive sauces sosasses sec resmaees: niced,

2802. Dipterygia scabriuscula.

Noctua scabriuscula, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 516 (1758); Clerck, acess

Plog tao Seanad: Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

155,

Mee pinastri, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 315 (1761); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f, 246; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 152, pl. 110. f. 5; Steph. Il. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 168.

Noctua tripterygia, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 107. f. 4 (1787).

Head, tegulee, and patagia fuscous black ; thorax greyish ochreous

mixed with brown; pectus grey and fuscous; legs black, the tarsi

ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, the dorsal

crests darker. Fore wing fuscous black, slightly mixed with brown,

the inner margin and area beyond the pestmedial line red-brown,

ivrorated with white between veins 6, 5 and below 4; subbasal

DIPTERYGIA. 67

line represented by a black striga from costa; a black streak below

base of cell; antemedial line dentate, strongly angled inwards on

vein 1 and to or to near postmedial line above inner margin, a

biack streak befcre it above inner margin; claviform moderate,

defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, sometimes produced at lower extremity

to the latter which is angled inwards on median nervure; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly

sinuous to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and strongly sinuous,

some pale points beyond it on costa, the veins beyond it detined by

slight white streaks on the brown areas, the interspaces of terminal

area with black streaks; subterminal line obsolete except below

vein 2, white, angled outwards on vein 1, then retracted; cilia

intersected with whitish. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused

BAN

Fig. 15.—Dipterygia scabriuscula, G. +.

with fuscous brown especially on terminal area; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia whitish with a brown line through them;

the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a small dis-

coidal lunule and traces ef diffused postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern and Central States,

1 $, 1 G, Kansas (Snow), 1 6, 1 9, Texas, Colorado; Brirarn,

Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; Guruany, Zeller, Frey, and

Leech Colls.; Ausrg1a; Huneary; Swirzertanp; N. Irany; Barkan

Srares; Scanpinavia ; Rvussra, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Leech

Coll.; Armenra; Asta Minor, Pontus; ? E. Siserza, Amurland,

Ussuri. Hap. 35-44 millim.

Larva. Meyyr. Brit. Lep. p. 129; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 32, pl. 188. f. 3.

Reddish brown; dorsal line ochreous white, dark-edged; swbdorsal

line obscurely pale, dark-edged ; spiracular line broad, whitish,

dark-edged above; head brown. Food-plants: Rumew and Poly-

gonum. 7-8.

2803. Dipterygia caliginosa. (Plate CIX. fig. 13.)

Hadena catiginosa, Wk. xv. 1729 (1858).

Head, tegule, and patagia black with a few white scales, the last

with brown upper edge; thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ;

tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous mixed with greyish. Fore

wing fuscous black with a leaden gloss and irrorated with a few

white seales; the inner margin with brownish fascia from near

68 NOCTUIDA.

base; the area beyond the postmedial line brownish above and

below vein 5 and below vein 4; subbasal line represented by black

strize from costa and cell; a black streak in base of submedian

fold and an oblique streak above inner margin before the ante-

medial line, which is dentate, strongly angled inwards on vein 1

and outwards above inner margin, sometimes to postmedial line;

claviform large. defined by black; orbicular and reniform large,

defined by black and with very shght brown annuli, the former

rounded or produced at lower extremity, the latter extending to

well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure,

usually with some rufous in and beyond its outer side; postmedial

line slightly defined by brown on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique and minutely dentate to vein 5, excurved to

vein 4, then inenrved and angled outwards in submedian fold, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, whitish,

angled outwards between veins 7 and 5, dentate to termen at vein 4,

then dentate and oblique, the interspaces of terminal area with

black streaks, at middle usually extending to before postmedia]

line; cilia with brownish points at base. Hind wing fuscous

brown; cilia with a shght grey line at base; the underside grey,

irrorated and suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 1 5, 1 9, Oiwake (Pryer),

1 3,1 9, Tokio (Fenton), 1 5,1 9, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 9, Usui

Pass (Lewis), 1 6; N. Cutna (Fortune), 1 3 type; W.Cuina, Chang

Yang (Pratt), 1 ¢, Washan (Pratt), 1 9 , Chow-pin-sa, 1 2, Kwei-

chow, | 9, Wa-ssu-kou, 2 2, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢, Nitou, 1 2, Chia-

kou-ho (Pratt), 1 g, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1d. Ep. 42-54 millim.

2804. Dipterygia japonica. (Plate CIX. fig. 14.)

Dipterygia japonica, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 489, pl. 1. f. 9.

©. Head, tegule, and patagia fuscous black with a few white

scales; thorax whitish tinged with brown; pectus and legs grey

mixed with brown, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

brown mixed with grey. Fore wing fuscous black; a white fascia

on inner margin irrorated with brown and the area beyond post-

medial line below vein 1 white irrorated with brown, at termen

extending to vein 3; subbasal line represented by slight oblique

strize from costa and cell; an oblique black streak above the fascia

on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is dentate,

angled inwards on vein | and outwards above inner margin to

near the postmedial line; claviform faintly defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black and with a few

white scales representing their annuli, the former oblique elliptical ;

postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous,

excurved to vein 5, then very obliquely incurved and angled out-

wards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; the inter-

spaces of terminal area with black streaks on the dark area, the

DIPTERYGIA. 69

streak above vein 5 extending to reniform, with a series of sub-

terminal white points on them; cilia fuscous with series of white

points at base down to vein 3, then white mixed with fuscous.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, darker on terminal area ;

cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and fine dark terminal

line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hwp.42 millim.

2805. Dipterygia indica. (Plate CLIX. fig. 15.)

Dipterygia indica, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 51; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 236.

Dipterygia nocturna, Hmpsn. Ul. Het. B. M. viii. p. 78, pl. 145. f. 19

(1891).

@. Head, tegule, and patagia fuscous black mixed with grey ;

thorax grey-white mixed with some fuscous; palpi and frons

ochreous mixed with purplish red, the latter with lateral black

bars; pectus ochreous tinged with red in front; legs brown mixed

with red and ochreous, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous

mixed with grey. Fore wing brown more or less completely

suffused with purplish fuscous and irrorated wtih a few white

scales; a whitish fascia irrorated with brown on inner margin

from near base and the area beyond postmedial line whitish irro-

rated with brown below vein 2, at termen extending to vein 3;

subbasal line represented by a faint oblique black striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, black, dentate, angled inwards on vein 1

and strongly outwards above inner margin; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform very faintly defined by black, the former

small, irregular, the latter with some white scales representing its

annulus; postmedial line black, dentate, oblique from costa to

vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards

on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; the terminal area

with black streaks in the interspaces on the dark area, the streak

above vein 5 extending to reniform with a series of slight white

subterminal points on them; cilia with a series of white points at

base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with a fine white line

at base and white tips; the underside brown, the costal area and

veins irrorated with white, a slight dark discoidal lunule and in-

distinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Stxunt (Dudgeon), 39 type; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

2 2 type nocturna. Hxp. 38-44 millim.

2806. Dipterygia vagivitta. (Plate CIX. fig. 16.)

Dipterygia vagivitta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 185 (1862).

Head and tegule red-brown mixed with white; patagia red-

brown; thorax white mixed with red-brown; tarsi fuscous with

pale rings ; abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore wing pale

glossy reddish brown slightly suffused with purplish fuscous except

70 NOCTUIDA.

towards costa; a greyish fascia on inner margin from near base, the

area beyond the postmedial line grey below vein 2, at termen ex-

tending to vein 3 and with a rufous fascia below vein 2; subbasal

line represented by a faint oblique striga from costa; antemedial

line indistinet, blackish, dentate, angled inwards on vein | and

strongly outwards above inner margin ; claviform absent; orbicular

and reniform indistinctly defined by black and with some white

scales representing their annuli, the former irregularly rounded ;

postmedial line blackish, minutely dentate, oblique from costa to

vein 6, excurved to vem 4, then incurved and slightly angled out-

wards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ; a faint pale

subterminal line excurved at middle, with a series of black streaks

before it m the interspaces om dark urea, the streak above vein 5

extending to reniform and the streak above 3 to termen; a terminal

series of black points; cilia fuscous intersected with whitish to-

wards apex, mostly whitish towards tornus. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the base rather paler; cilia white with a brown line through

them ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Bornro, Sarawak (Wallace), 4 3, Bidi (Shelford), 1 3.

Hep. 32-40 milhm.

Subsp. 1. Fore wing blacker, the patch beyond postmedial line

suffused with brown.

Hab, Caristmas 4. (Andrews), 2 2.

2807. Dipterygia cristifera.

Dipterygia eristifera, Hmpsn, Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 94, pl. 162. f. 7 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 235.

Head, tegulie, and patagia fuseous mixed with grey; thorax red-

dish brown; palpi in front and lower part of frons white, the latter

with black lateral bars ; pectus purplish in front; legs fuscous mixed

with grey, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown

mixed with grey, the crests rufous and grey. Fore wing grey-

brown suffused with purplish fuscous except on costa towards apex ;

a greyish fascia on inner margin from near base and patch beyond

postmedial line below vein 2, at termen extending to vein 3; sub-

basal line represented by a shght striga from costa; traces of a

black streak below base of cell; a black streak above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is very indistinct and minutely

waved from costa to vein 1, then strongly angled outwards above

inner margin; claviform faintly defined by brown; orbicular and

reniform incompletely defined by black and with yellowish scales

representing their annuli; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, minutely dentate and excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

yellowish, maculate with short black streaks in the interspaces

before and beyond it, the streak above vein 2 strong and extending

DIPTERYGIA. 71

to postmedial line, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

a terminal series of black points defined by yellowish on inner

side. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia whitish with a dark line

near base; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line.

Hab, Cryton, Peradeniya (Green),1 3,19 type. Hap. 42 millim.

2808. Dipterygia umbrifera.

Hyboma wmbrifera, Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vii. p. 46, pl. 126. f. 1 (1889);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 236.

®. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; abdomen

grey, the crests very large and mixed with brown. Fore wing grey

irrorated with brown, the basal area and the inner area to post-

medial line dark brown ; subbasal line represented by a very oblique

black striga from costa and an erect striga defined by whitish on

outer side from median nervure ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,

defined by grey on inner side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 1,

then strongly bent outwards to inner margin ; claviform represented

by a slight black streak; a diffused blackish fascia on vein 1 from

ante- to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large with whitish

annuli slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter con-

stricted at middle; a rather diffused oblique black bar from middle

of costa to reniform ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on

outer side, very strongly bent outwards from just below costa to

vein 3, angled outwards on vein 2 to near termen, then bent

inwards and erect to inner margin, with black streaks from it to

termen below veins 4 and 2; subterminal line represented by an

oblique dark striga from costa and a slight pale line from submedian

fold to inner margin. Hind wing greyish suffused with pale brown;

cilia with a whitish line at base; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, an oblique blackish discoidal lunule and crenulate

postmedial line.

Hab. Ponsas, Dharmséla (Hocking), 1 2 type. Hvp. 34 millim.

2809. Dipterygia patina. (Plate CIX. fig. 17.)

Hadena patina, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 7 (1875); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 146.

Dipterygia minorata, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 13 (1907).

3g. Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with grey, frons with

lateral black bars; tegule with medial black line; tarsi banded

black and grey ; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous towards extre-

mity, the dorsal crests blackish, the ventral surface whitish with

series of black spots. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous, the

median nervure and veins 3, 4 streaked with black and defined by

slight white streaks; subbasal line represented by a slight oblique

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinctly double, dentate,

angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ;

12 NOOTUIDA,

claviform short, slightly defined by black; orbicalar and reniform

with interrupted whitish annuli partially defined by black, the fermer

rounded; traces of a medial line oblique from costa to median

nervure, then waved; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to black

and white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa; the postmedial area paler between

veins 6 and 2 and at inner margin; subterminal line whitish,

angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, then oblique; the

terminal area with slight black streaks in the interspaces, with a

series of slight white points on them just before termen; the tornus

obliquely truncate; cilia fuscous mixed with grey. Hind wing

whitish tinged with fuscous brown, the veins and terminal area

darker ; cilia white with series of dark marks from apex to vein 2 ;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a discoidal point and crenulate postmedial line.

©. Metathorax brownish; fore wing darker with greyish fascia

on inner margin from near base and pale patch beyond postmedial

line below submedian fold.

Hab. U.S.A., District of Columbia, Texas, 1 g¢,1 2 type, Kerr-

ville, Arizona, Sta. Catalina Mts. Hep. 36-40 millim.

2810. Dipterygia pallida. (Plate CIX. fig. 18.)

Dipterygia pallida, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 235 (1907).

3. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with grey; palpi rufous with

black bands at extremities of 2nd and 8rd joints ; tegule rufous at

base and with black medial line; patagia pale grey: pectus and

legs rufous, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen yellowish

tinged with rufous, the dorsal crests fuscous and grey. Fore wing

pale grey suffused with rufous especially on costal area, the veins

with fine dark streaks defined on each side by slight whitish streaks,

the interspaces of terminal area with slight rufous streaks ; subbasal

line represented by slight double oblique rufous strise from costa ;

a fine oblique dark streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is represented by double oblique dark strix from costa

and a fine line very strongly angled outwards in submedian fold

and above inner margin and inwards on vein ] and to inner margin ;

orbicular and reniform very faintly and incompletely defined by

whitish, the former round, the latter with slight blackish streak in

middle; postmedial line double at costa, strongly bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 7, then reduced to a double series

of points on the veins, below vein 2 indistinctly double filled in

with whitish, shghtly angled inwards in submedian fold and out-

wards on vein 1, then ineurved, a fuscous patch beyond it in

submedian fold and the costal area fuscous with pale points on

costa; faint traces of a brownish subterminal line in places; a

terminal series of black points and a triangular fuscous patch from

. below vein 3 to submedian fold meeting: the patch beyond post-

DIPTERYGIA. 73

medial line; cilia chequered rufous and blackish, mostly blackish

towards tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner margin

tinged with rufous, the termen suffused with rufous and with brown

striz on termen from apex to submedian fold; cilia white tinged

with rufous in parts; the underside with the costa and termen to

vein 2 tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal point.

Hab, Paracuay (Pouillon), type ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Lup.

32 millim.

2811. Dipterygia ordinaria.

Prometopus ordinarius, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 21 (“3”).

Perigea berinda, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,, Het. i. p. 278 (part).

Prometopus ordinarius, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 509, pl. 96. f. 20

(1898).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with fuscous, the dorsum of

thorax rufous; palpi whitish tinged with red in front and at tips,

the 8rd joint with small black spot; frons with the lower part

whitish and with lateral black bars; pectus ochreous and rufous ;

tibie irrorated with brown, the tarsi black ringed with ochreous ;

abdomen fuscous, the dorsal crests and anal tuft rufous, the ventral

surface ochreous tinged with rufous, a sublateral series of black striz

and ventral series of small spots. Fore wing red-brown suffused

in part with purplish fuscous except on postmedial area, a rufous

fascia on inner margin from near base, the veins with slight dark

streaks, the veins arising from end of cell slightly defined on both

sides by greyish, a diffused black fascia in submedian fold from

antemedial to subterminal line; subbasal line represented by two

oblique striz from costa filled in with rufous; traces of a dark

streak in base of submedian fold; an oblique black streak above

inner margin before the antemedial line, which is indistinctly double

filled in with rufous, oblique, dentate ; claviform large, indistinetly

defined by black; orbicular and reniform with incomplete grey

annuli slightly defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical,

the latter with some white points on its outer edge; medial line

represented by slight striee from costa and inner margin ; postmedial

line defined on outer side by rufous, double towards costa, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, defined on each side by white between vein 2 and

submedian fold, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish, somewhat dentate at veins 7,6 and excurved at

middle, with dentate black marks before it at middle and streaks

beyond it in the interspaces; cilia with a series of minute white

points at base ; tornus obliquely truncate. Hind wing dark brown

with a reddish tinge, the interspaces whitish except on terminal

area ; cilia ochreous white with red-brown spots from apex to vein 2;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown and the apex suffused with brown, two discoidal points and

an irregularly crenulate postmedial line.

Hab, Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus, Trujillo), 2 6, 3 2, Coatepec

74 NOCTUIDA.

(Brooks), 1 g; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Under wood), 2 33

Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 3 9, type ordinarius Druce, Godman-

Salvin Coll. ; ; Vpennzueta, Aroa, 2 9; Brazrt, Amazons, R. Solimoes

(Trail), 1 9 type. Hvp. 34-40 millim.

2812. Dipterygia lignaris. (Plate CIX. fig. 19.)

Prometopus ordinarius, Buti. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1879, p. 2l (

Hadena lignaris, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 112 (1898).

Head ochreous and rufous mixed; tegulee and patagia deep purplish

rufous, the former with slight dark medial line ; dorsum of thorax

rufous mixed with ochreous; pectus whitish tinged with purple;

tibiz irrorated with purplish, tarsi banded black and whitish ;

abdomen rufous, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with rufous

and with sublateral and ventral black streaks. Fore wing red-

brown suffused with purplish leaving a reddish fascia on inner

margin from near base, the veins with fine black streaks, the

median nervure and veins from end of cell defined on each side by

slight whitish streaks; subbasal line represented by two oblique

strize from costa; a slight black streak in base of submedian fold;

an obiique black streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is indistinctly double filled in with rufous, highly

dentate and interrupted at the veins, strongly angled outwards above

inner margin; claviform rather elongate, indistinctly defined by

black; orbicular obsolete; renifourm represented by pale yellow

points on its outer edge and with black streaks beyond it in the

interspaces ; postmedial line double towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, then almost obsolete, excurved and dentate to vein 4

and with oblique yellowish striga below vein 2, some pale points

beyond it on costa; the interspaces of terminal area with blackish

streaks and yellowish streaks above and below vein 6, the sub-

terminal line obsolete except below vein 1 where it is incurved;

tornus obliquely truncate. Hind wing deep reddish brown, the

interspaces whitish except on terminal area ; ue ymin white

with a series of rufous marks from apex to vein 2; the underside

white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with a and irrorated

with brown, a black striga at upper angle of cell and point at lower

angle, an irregularly crenulate postmedial line incurved at discal

and submedian folds.

Hab, Cotomsia, type T ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus.; Brazin, Amazons,

R. Jutahi, Boaventura (7'rail), 1 9. Eup. 44 millim.

2813. Dipterygia assueta. (Plate CIX. fig. 20.)

Prometopus assuetus, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 21.

2. Head and thorax grey tinged with purplish and rufous ;

palpi ochreous in front, the 3rd joint with small black spot; trons

ochreous ; tegulee with black medial line; patagia with some black

DIPTERYGIA, a?)

scales near upper edge; pectus ochreous, the tibiz irrorated with

rufous, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous some-

times dorsally tinged with fuscous and with blackish bar before the

rufous anal tuft, the ventral surface paler with slight sublateral and

ventral series of black spots. Fore wing greyish slightly suffused

with purplish to postmedial line, leaving a pale fascia on inner

margin from near base, the veins finely streaked with black; sub-

basal line represented by double oblique striae trom costa; a slight

llack streak in base of submedian fold; an oblique streak above

inner margin before the antemedial line, which is indistiact, oblique,

dentate, strongly angled outwards above inner margin ; elaviform

well developed, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with

ochreous annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the

latter with some white points on its outer edge and dark streaks

beyond it to postmedial line; a somewhat dentate medial line

oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then

dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate

red-brown marks and by a blackish patch below costa, the terminal

area tinged with yellowish and with red-brown streaks in the inter-

spaces and suffusion at discal fold and above tornus ; a terminal

sevies of minute black lunules; cihta brown with series of pale

points at base; the tornus obliquely truncate. Hind wing deep

reddish brown ; cilia ochreous white with brown line through them ;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal

areas tinged with red, a small discoidal spot, irregularly crenulate

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Brazin, Amazons, R. Purus, Boavista (Trail), 1 9 type,

R. Jutahi (ral), 1 9. Hap. 38-40 millim.

2814. Dipterygia nicea. (Plate CIX. fig. 21.)

Xanthoptera nicea, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 470 (1901).

d. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the tegule

with dark medial line and tips; patagia blackish; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings; abdomen brown, the ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the inner area suffused with

leaden fuscous except at base and tornus, and the terminal area ex-

cept at middle and apex; subbasal line represented by two slight

red-brown strize from costa; slight ochreous marks defined by red-

brown striz above and below vein | before the antemedial line,

_which is represented by two red-brown striz from costa, then very

oblique and hardly traceable, with two black striz below origin of

vein 2, then curved to inner margin; orbicular very small, round,

with fuscous centre and whitish annulus strongly defined by red-

}rown; reniform ochreous defined by dark brown and with slight

76 NOCTUID.©.

brown lunule in centre and fuscous spot in lower part, narrow, its

upper and lower extremities strongly produced; postmedial line

represented by two red-brown striz from costa, then very indistinct

and slightly defined by ochreous on outer side, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, minutely

waved, oblique and defined below middle on inner side by a dark

brown band, emitting a streak to termen at middle, the area beyond

it leaden grey just above middle and on inner half; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia chequered ochreous and brown

with a brownish line at middle. Hind wing reddish brown; cilia

ochreous; the underside brownish white, a small brown discoidal

spot and crenulate postmedial line with the area beyond it suffused

with brown.

2. Fore wing with the inner and terminal areas not suffused

with leaden grey, the area between the ante- and postmedial lines

suffused with dark brown to submedian fold in which there is a

black streak.

Hab, Anpamays, Port Blair, 1 ¢,1 2 type. Hep. 36 millim.

Genus PARASTICHTIS.

Type.

Parastichiws,; eum. Vierz sys) Ail (LS) ecceecseese see seeetee eee iepareee

Sepresy Hulbne Vierzs py 24301827) ceesesacetecmeseucricnebeeeetsaneusee lithoxrylea.

Xylophasia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 174 (1829)...... lithoxylea.

Xylena, Hubns ‘Pent..ined: (ec Mreit.)ias..coennsseetenseesee oc lithoxylea.

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

middle of frons and rather broadly fringed with hair, the 3rd short ; frons

smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, a divided dorsal ridge-like crest

larger on pro- and metathorax ; tibiz fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal

series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

just below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing whitish with the costal area and cell suffused

withiiblackc. o: ees aueusccuscesoncectseterectesT Pantlese cancels nagricostata.

B. Fore wing not whitish with the costal area and cell

suffused with black.

a. Fore wing with more or less prominent dark streak

below base of cell.

a'. Fore wing with dark streak in submedian interspace

between ante- and postmedial lines.

a’. Fore wing with veins 4, 3 defined by whitish

streaks extending to termen.

a®, Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous.

a4, Fore wing with the streak on medial area in

submedian) fold rufous’...cccsesns-eueteesecemeene cuculliformis.

5*, Fore wing with the streak on medial area in

submedian’ foldiiblack: Miaeracseen cepeeeeeert verbascoides

ba f

PARASTICHTIS.

. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous brown.

‘a. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.

a®, Fore wing with strong black fascia on

medial area in submedian fold .......--.. . migrior.

6°, Fore wing with slight black streak on

medial area in submedian fold ..........-. cariosa.

b4. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with

MUS COUSMM truest nmisselsaiclonenine tee eee eee eee eee te relicina.

. Fore wing with veins 4, 3 not defined by whitish

streaks.

@. Fore wing with the orbicular very narrow and

oblique.

Fore wing ochreous white slightly tinged with

FIBUOUTS iShog Ssadenteaa rer Enenereenceemens accadece lithoxyled.

(OR) MONE \Wabayes eka >) TPR paneaabeseonoseaseocodseancoas suhlustris.

ct, Fore wing whitish slightly tinged with

[DRO WADE abobanc: coobadacdapddeoncaagunsadAunsesboncoabE arabs.

d*, Fore wing strongly suffused with rufous or

brown.

fore wing with white lunule on postmedial

line in submedian interspace.

a6, Fore wing with double series of black

points beyond the postmedial line.

ai, Fore wing ochreous suffused with

FAIBKOIUTS dagadonnnigstonchanebapnonnonanes coon. cristata.

i7, Fore wing grey suffused with dark

Ibrowiaieena ce sloceasccescene sadiscessuscneaes vulgaris.

46, Fore wing without double series of

black points beyond postmedial line .... curanticolora.

&, Fore wing without white lunule on post-

medial line in submedian interspace.

a®&, Fore wirg with the subterminal line

dentate to termen on veins 4, 3.

ai’, Fore wing suffused with red-brown ... dignicolora.

i7, Fore wing suffused with fuscous

INO \ AIH odanatesnotenco conRESubEeTaecneacode antennata.

68, Fore wing with the subterminal line not

dentate to termen on veins 4,5 ......... pers¢riata,

43, Fore wing with the orbicular large, oblique

elliptical.

at, Fore wing without white points on outer

edge of reniform.

a°. Fore wing with the basal half concolorous.

a, Fore wing with the subterminal line

Gentatextontionni CW een cnecseeeceseasecaesece monogly phi.

66, Fore wing with the subterminal line not

dentate POCINen te ee dionea.

65, Fore wing with the basal half suffused with

black, the terminal half Daley ceareeesee strigidisca.

64, Fore wing with pale points on outer edge of

BENT GEM eee seen chee taschiee on sc cinicek paneer ener .. submarginata.

c3, Fore wing with the orbicular small, round ...... flavistigina.

51. Fore wing without dark streak in submedian inter-

_spa-e petween ante- and postmedial lines.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular narrow and

elongate.

a3, Fore wing rufous, without dark shades ......... genialis,

48, Fore wing with brown and fusvous shades.

at, Fore wing without dentate dark mark in

submedian interspace before subterminal

Lineveneee: Saas Sans aioieinral SRG EEREIOE Naka enordea a. chinensis.

NOCTUID A.

. Fore wing with more or less developed den-

tate dark mark in submedian interspace

before subterminal line.

a, Fore wing without whitish lunule on outer

edge of reniform.

a’, Fore wing with the dark mark in sub-

median interspace before subterminal

line not extending to postmedial line.

a, Fore wing with the claviform small

and not filled in with brown .........

b7, Fore wing with the claviform large

and filled in with brown ...... sueaesine

66, Fore wing with the dark mark in sub:

median ‘interspace before subterminal

line extending to postmedial line.

a, Thorax suffused with rufous or purple-

BLOW Ni aeitne acmacsbes soit tomee seine uence

6, Fore wing with small whitish lunule on

outer edge of reniform

a, Fore wing with distinct triangular

blackish shades from termen below

apex and above termen.

a. Fore wing not largely suffused with

blacks iyo eee meee uD eres dee

b7, Fore wing largely suffused with black

b6, Fore wing without distinct triangular

blackish shades from termen below apex

and above tornus.

ai, Hind wing with the basal area whitish

Hind wing almost uniform brown ...

&2, Fore wing with the orbicular rounded.

a3, Fore wing red-brown; hind wing uniform

RO WIer er cuee mente nt core acinun nt aicertme as cieemet ates

6°. Fore wing grey; hind wing whitish tinged

WHEL VOROW Te crete aoa Macaca cucu cals une :

‘. Fore wing without dark streak below base of cell.

a, Fore wing with black streak in submedian inter-

space between ante- and postmedial lines.

a2, Fore wing without white points on outer edge of

Remifonineescee ee sccecketa eres sete eee eee

62, Fore wing with white points on outer edge of

refifonm™ Wie fe eae! Badraucaneancadonadsnee

41, Fore wing without black streak in submedian inter-

moose between ante- and postinedial lines.

. Fore wing dark purplish red, the postmedial area

grey except COW ALGSKCOStAe ema steresceteice sopdassaor

22, Fore wing rufous or pale purplish.

«3. Fore wing with large white lunule on outer

edge of Pouiforin) eee sieseaashaeieerees

. Fore wing with white points on outer edge of

HGHMA KOMI tls sn nobaeesonaundderosnbagdase. Caodsddsoubnedaduc

&, Fore wing without white points on outer edge

of reniform pa0000000 poasse ado dba ‘bocosobedsoadanoebdase 2

. Fore wing grey with the costal area suffused with

paoue:

. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with

black except at apex .............00.0000- gadboadonvoe

. Fore wing with the terminal area slightly

tinged with fuscous CXCEPt At APeX.......se 008.

hepatica.

sodalis.

TUPER.

vultuosa,

apamiformis,

multicolora

plutonia.

Jfunerea.

boopis.

oceidens,

albina.

Castanea.

arctica.

leucostigia.

purpurind.

veterina.

rorulenta.

suffused,

PARASTICHTIS. 79

2815. Parastichtis nigricostata, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 22.)

Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi tinged with rufous at

sides; vertex of head purplish brown ; tegule with three dark

lines with purplish grey between them; legs irrorated with dark

brown, the tarsi brown with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous dorsally

suffused with fuscous leaving pale segmental bands. Fore wing

pale ochreous; the costal area suffused with purplish fuscous to

near apex expanding in cell before and between the stigmata; sub-

basal line represented by double oblique strive from costa, the

antemedial line by double oblique striz from costa and a faint

elongate double tooth above inner margin; orbicular and reniform

small with slight rufous centres, undefined except by the dark

expansion of costal area, the former very oblique and pointed above,

a black streak in cell before and between them; black streaks

beyond the cell above veins 7, 6; postmedial line hardly traceable,

very strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, very oblique

below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by traces

vf oblique white and fuscous streaks in the interspaces ; an oblique

wedge-shaped grey mark from termen below apex; some slight

dark points on termen; cilia ochreous and rufous. Hind wing

brownish ochreous, the lower part of cell and area below it semi-

hyaline, the terminal area broadly sutfused with fuscous except

towards tornus; cilia ochreous. Under side of fore wing ochreous

suffused with fuscous and with purplish beyond the cell, a puncti-

form black postmedial line, ochreous patches on termen at apex and

middle ; hind wing whitish, the costal area ochreous irrorated with

black, the terminal area suffused with fuscous and with purplish

towards apex, a slight waved postmedial line with dark points on

the veins and some points on termen.

¢. Abdomen dorsally fuscous except the crests and anal tuft ;

fore wing suffused in parts with pink; hind wing with the costal

and inner areas, the veins and terminal area fuscous ; underside

of fore wing with the ground-colour white, hind wing white, the

costal area irrorated with black.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Austen), 1 2 type; Mauririus, Curepipe

(Tulloch), 1 3. Exp. 52 millim.

2816. Parastichtis cuculliformis. (Plate CIX. fig. 23.)

Hadena cuculliformis Grote, Check List, Noct. p. 27 (1875); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Ain. p. 139,

Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous and purple-brown ;

frons with lateral blackish bars ; tegule with medial black line ;

patagia with purple-brown streaks near edges; dorsal crest blackish

mixed with grey; tibize and tarsi slightly streaked with brown;

abdomen pale rufous, dorsally suffused with fuscous mixed with grey.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the veins with fine dark

streaks, the interspaces streaked with rufous ; subbasal line repre-

sented by double oblique rufous striz from costa ; a rufous streak

80 NOCTUID.5.

in submedian fold and oblique streak above inner margin before the

autemedial line, which is represented by double oblique rufous strix

from costa, then almost obsolete, very highly dentate and strongly

retracted to inner margin; orbicular defined by rufous, very oblique

and confluent with the reniform, which is slightly defined on inner

side and by dark points on outer; an oblique medial dark striga

from costa; postmedial line double towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique, represented by double black points on the

veins with white points between them and a white striga angled

inwards in submedian interspace, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined on inner side by elongate

rufous dentate marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and to termen

at veins 4, 3, with deep rufous patch beyond it above middle and

interrupted by deep rufous in submedian interspace extending to

before postmedial line. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal

area suffused with brown; cilia ochreous white with a brown line

through them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal

areas tinged with rufous, a discoidal point and slight curved post-

medial line.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Sauzalito, 2 ¢, 1 9 type. Hap. 48

millim.

Larva. Head shining red-brown; body cylindrical, smaller

behind, the back strongly shaded in blackish leaving pale dorsal

and subdorsal lines and a broad pale stigmatal one, below which

there is no dark shade; cervical shield hght brown, dark on the

front edge, cut by three pale lines.—H. G. D.

2817. Parastichtis verbascoides. (Plate CIX. fig. 24.)

AXylophasia verbascoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 141 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 139.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white and black ; frons

with black bar; tegule with medial black line and black tips ;

patagia with blackish fascia near upper edge ; abdomen red-brown,

greyish at base. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous except

costal area; some whitish snffusion below costa and on inner area

except at base and some black irroration on costal area ; the median

nervure, vein | and the veins of terminal area with fine black

streaks slightly defined by white; subbasal line represented by

faint double oblique rufous strie from costa; a sinuous black

streak in base of submedian fold and oblique streak above inner

margin near base; antemedial line almost obsolete except for

double strive from costa and very oblique streak towards inner

margin ; a diffused black fascia from vein 1 before the antemedial

line to postmedial line at submedian fold; claviform very faintly

defined, elongate and acute at extremity; orbicular very indistinctly

defined by rufous, open above, very oblique, acute at lower

extremity and almost touching the reniform, which is defined by dark

points above, undefined below ; rufous streaks above terminal part

of median nervure and veins 4, 3; faint traces of a curved medial

line ; postmedial line double towards costa, strongly bent outwards

PARASTICHTIS. &t

below costa, then reduced to double black points on the veins,

below vein 2 incurved and defined by white on outer side, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale,

angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen at veins 4, 3, then

incurved, with dark patches beyond it above and below middle; a

terminal series of black points ; cilia fuscous intersected with rufous.

Hind wing ochreous whitish nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous ;

a fine dark terminal line; cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous

white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with red-brown and

irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Canana, Ottawa (Young), 1 $,2 2; U.S.A., Middle, Eastern

and Central States, Massachusetts, Beverly,1 92, New York, Trenton

Falls (Doubleday), 2 3,2 9 type, Evans Center (Grote), 13,39,

Schenectady (Lintner), 1 $,12. Hvp. 46-50 millim.

2818. Parastichtis nigrior. (Plate CIX. fig. 25.)

Aylophasia nigrior, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 487 (1890) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Aim. p. 139.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with purplish brown and

black; sides of palpi and frons blackish; tegule with black medial

line; patagia with diffused black streak near upper edge; tarsi

blackish ringed with grey; abdomen grey irrorated with brown,

the dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey-white suffused

with purple and fuscous, leaving the costal area whitish to post-

media] line, the veins streaked with black and defined by whitish,

especially veins 4, 3; subbasal line represented by double oblique

black strize from costa; a sinuous black streak in base of submedian

fold, and an oblique streak above inner margin before the ante-

medial line which is indistinct, double at costa, then oblique,

dentate, very strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and

above inner margin, a diffused black fascia in submedian interspace

from before it to postmedial line almost obliterating the claviform ;

orbicular and reniform with grey annuli defined by black, the

former small, very oblique elliptical; traces of a waved medial

line oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line defined

by white on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate black

marks in the interspaces with slight whitish marks on them and

emitting streaks to the terminal series of small black lunules;

cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing pale tinged

with ochreous and nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous, the

veins and a fine terminal line dark; cilia ochreous white with

some fuscous marks near tips; the underside white tinged with

ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal Junule and sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Maine, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 3 9.

Exp. 48 millim.

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NOCTUID ©,

2819. Parastichtis cariosa. (Plate CIX. fig. 26.)

Xylophasia cariosa, Guen. Noct. t. p. 144 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 139.

Hadena idonea, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv, p. 18 (1882).

Hadena cluna, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with black ;

sides of palpi and frons black ; tegule with medial black line; patagia

with black streak near upper edge; tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen grey tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests dark, the anal

tuft ochreous. Fore wing grey faintly tinged with purplish and

irrorated with fuscous, the inner area more or less suffused with

fuscous; subbasal line represented by two black striz from costa,

a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold and oblique

streaks above vein 1 and inner margin before the antemedial line,

which is double, angled outwards below costa, then oblique waved,

retracted to inner margin; claviform defined by black, witha black

streak from its lower edge to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform whitish defined by black and their centres by fuscous, the

former rounded; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to

vein 2; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate and produced to double black points on the

veins with white points between them, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved and defined by white on outer side; some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner

side by dentate black marks except towards costa, angled outwards

at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, then incurved, the

area beyond it blackish except at apex; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia fuscous intersected with grey. Hind wing

greyish uniformly suffused with fuscous, the cilia ochreous; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Hab. Canava, 1 9 ; U.S.A., Maine to Texas, New York, 2 g,

type idonea, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 4 2 type, New Jersey,

Anglesea, 1 9, Ohio, Columbus (Vallant), 1 3, Arizona. Kup.

44-46 millim.

2820. Parastichtis relicina. (Plate CIX. fig. 27.)

Hadena relicina, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 216 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 140.

2. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey;

palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars ; tegulee with

black medial line; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore

wing whitish thickly irrorated and suffused with brown except

below and beyond end of cell, the veins streaked with black; a

black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by slight

oblique dark strive from costa; antemedial line indistinct, rather

strongly dentate; claviform defined by black, elongate and acute

PARASTICHTIS. 83

at extremity ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and

slight pale annuli defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical,

the latter undefined on outer side and with slight fuscous marks

in lower part; traces of an oblique waved line from reniform to

inner margin; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique and with some brown suffusion before it below

vein 2,some white points beyond it on costa; the interspaces of

terminal area with wedge-shaped brown streaks and veins 7, 6, 4,

3, 2, 1 defined by wedged-shaped whitish streaks, on veins 7, 6,

4, 3 extending to the termen and cilia; a fine waved black

terminal line. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area

slightly tinged with fuscous brown; a terminal series of dark

lunules ; the underside with the costal and terminal area to vein 2

irrorated with brown, a slight diffused postmedial line from costa

to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 9, Colorado, Glenwood Springs. up.

50 millim.

Larva. Head green, faintly brown mottled. Body cylindrical,

green with slight brown mottling, without distinct lines.—H. G. D.

2821. Parastichtis lithoxylea.

Noctua lithoxylea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 75 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.

p. 182 (1787); Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt. i. p. 175, pl. 111. f. 5; Steph. Ill.

Brit. Ent., Haust. it. p. 175; Wood, Ind. Ent. f. 225; Snell. Vlind.

Ned. p. 868; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Noctua sublustris, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 133, f. 2 (1788), nec f. 1.

Noctua musicalis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 147. f. 5 (1790).

Ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous; palpi, frons and

pectus in front deeper rufous; sides of frons with slight dark bars ;

tegule with slight medial dark line; patagia with some brown

scales near upper edge ; crests of thorax and abdomen rufous.

Fore wing ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous; subbasal

line represented by two oblique rufous striz from costa; a slight

dark streak below base of cell and another above inner margin

near base; antemedial line with double oblique rufous strive from

costa, angled outwards in cell, to postmedial line in submedian

fuld, and above inner margin; orbicular faintly defined by rufous,

very oblique elliptical; reniform hardly defined except by some

dark points ; a curved rufous medial shade from costa to submedian

fold ; postmedial line double at costa, then very indistinct, bent

outwards below costa, then strongly dentate and produced to a

double series of dark points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique, below vein 2 defined by white on outer side and angled

inwards in submedian fold to the antemedial line, some pale points

beyond it on costa; a rufous streak above vein 4; subterminal

line slight, whitish, defined by the area beyond it at middle and

towards tornus being suffused with rufous with dark streaks on the

veins, angled outwards at vein 7, to termen at veins 4, 3, and

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of

84 NOCTUID.©.

small triangular dark spots; cilia chequered brown and whitish.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown especially on the

veins and terminal area; a terminal series of brown points and

striz ; the underside with discoidal lunule and curved postmedial

line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Brrrarn, Leech Coll.; Franck; Drnmarx, Leech Coll. ;

Geruany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrria; Huneary ;

SwitzERLAND; Sparn, Aragon; N. [raty; Datmaria ; SCANDINAVIA 5

Fintanp ; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asta Mtnor,

Pontus, Bithynia ; W. Srperta, Altai. Hep. 46-52 millim.

Larva. Meyy. Brit. Lep. p. 131; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 857, pl. 176. f. 2.

Brownish grey slightly tinged with greenish or ochreous;

spiracular line hardly paler; spots large, black; head and thoracic

plate brown or black. Food-plants: Grasses, 9-5.

2822. Parastichtis sublustris.

Noctua sublustris, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 133, f. 1 (1788); Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 175; Wood, Ind. Ent. f. 227; Snell. Vlind. Ned.

p-. 869; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Noctua lithoxylea, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 240 (1802), nec Schiff.

AXylophasia musicalis, Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt. i. p. 177, pl. 113. f. 1 (1827),

nec Hsp.

Ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi with some blackish hair

at sides; frons with lateral blackish bars; fore femora blackish

above ; spurs banded with fuscous ; abdomen whitish at base.

Fore wing. with the subbasal line represented by slight double

rufous strie from costa and cell; a slight wedge-shaped rufous

mark above inner margin near base ; antemedial line slight, rufous,

with double striz from costa, then oblique, angled outwards in

submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ;

claviform slightly detined by rufous; orbicular and _ reniform

slightly defined by rufous, the former very oblique elliptical; a

curved medial rufous shade from costa to submedian fold; post-

medial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

dentate and produced to a series of brown points on the veins,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, slightly defined by whitish on

outer side, angled inwards in submedian fold and connected by a

streak with the antemedial line, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line faint, pale, hardly defined except by the area

beyond it being dark rufous at middle and towards tornus with

dark streaks on the veins, angled outwards at vein 7, to termen at

veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in discal and submedian folds; a

terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia fuscous intersected

with rufous. Hind wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the veins

with dark streaks ; a slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line,

and fine dark terminal line; cilia reddish ochreous with slight

brown line through them; the underside pale ochreous, the costal

and terminal areas suffused with rufous, a small discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the veins,

PARASTICHTIS. 85

Hab. Britain (Doubleday, McLachlan), Leech Coll. ; France ;

Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; 8. Scanpinavia. Evp.

44-50 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 131; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p.361, pl. 176. f. 3.

Similar to P. lithowylea but redder.

*2823. Parastichtis arabs.

Hadena arabs, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 88, pl. 11. f. 8 (1881); Staud. Cat,

Lep. pal. p. 173.

3. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with greyish ; frons

with slight dark bar; tegule with slight black medial line ;

abdomen brown mixed with greyish. Fore wing grey-white

suffused with pale brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by an oblique black striga from costa; an oblique black streak

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is black

slightly defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards below

costa, inwards on median nervure and vein 1 and outwards to near

postmedial line in submedian fold, where there is a black streak

from it to postmedial line, and above inner margin; claviform

absent; orbicular small, elongate, pale defined by black; reniform

very ill-defined except below; medial shade oblique to median

nervure, then diffused outwards to postmedial line and down to

submedian fold ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

short streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incuryed ;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by small

dentate black marks at middle and with brown streaks beyond it

in the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen

at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia brown

intersected with whitish. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal

area tinged with brown; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Ateeria, Sebdou, type ft g in Coll. Oberthiir. wp.

42 millim.

This is recorded in error as a variety of Humzchtis solier, vol. vi.

p. ddl.

2824. Parastichtis cristata. (Plate CIX. fig. 28.)

Hadena cristata, Grote, Bull. Geog. Geol. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 176 (1878) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 140.

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish, purplish and

a few black scales; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with

slight black medial line ; patagia with dark line near upper edge ;

tibiz with some black marks; tarsi slightly banded with black ;

abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown,

the dorsal crests tipped with rufous and fuscous. Fore wing

ochreous suffused in parts with rufous and slightly irrorated with

56 NOCTUIDAE.

fuscous, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line re-

presented by two oblique striz from costa; a sinuous brown

streak below base of cell and wedge-shaped mark above inner

margin near base; antemedial line represented by double black

points on costa, median nervure and vein 1, and faint elongate

teeth in and below cell and above inner margin ; claviform absent ;

orbicular hardly traceable, small, very oblique elliptical with slight

pale annulus ; reniform with- very faint whitish annulus with

some brown points on it and three slight streaks before it in

cell ; medial line represented by an oblique striga from costa and

slight waved line from submedian fold to inner margin; postmedial

line double at costa, then hardly traceable, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to a double series of black points

on the veins with white points between them, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, with a white lunule in submedian interspace defined

by black on inner side with a brown patch before it, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, minutely

dentate, incurved at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond

it rufous with fuseous shades at discal and submedian folds,

extending to postmedial line; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia chequered rufous and black. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

fuscous leaving some ochreous tinged with reddish on termen from

apex to submedian fold ; two dark postmedial points on vein 2 ;

cilia ochreous tinged with rufous; the underside ochreous irrorated

with fuscous, a dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line with

minute dark streaks on the veins, and traces of diffused subterminal

line.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 9 type, Buffalo,

Exp. 50 millim.

2825. Parastichtis vulgaris. (Plate CIX. fig. 29.)

AXylophasia vulgaris, Grote & Rob. Proce, Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 18, pl. 3.

f. 2 (1866); Smith, Cat, Noct. N. Am. p. 189.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi blackish

at sides; frons with lateral black bars ; tegule with black medial

line; patagia with black streak near upper edge; tibie banded

with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests with blackish

and grey tips. Fore wing grey tinged with purplish and irrorated

with dark brown, the veins with dark streaks; subbasal line

represented by double dark strize from costa; a sinuous black

streak below base of cell and oblique streak above inner margin

near base; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique, dentate,

bent inwards to inner margin; claviform short, defined by black,

with a black streak from its lower edge to postmedial line ;

orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli slightly defined by

brown, the former very oblique elliptical, the latter somewhat

constricted at middle; an oblique medial shade from costa to

median nervure and slight dark streaks in the interspaces beyond

Jower angle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent

PARASTICHTIS. 87

outwards below costa, then with double series of black points

beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side

by slight dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, with dark patches beyond it above

and below middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered

ochreous and dark brown. Hind wing greyish suffused with

fuscous brown; slight postmedial dark points on vein 2; cilia

ochreous white; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, sinuous postmedial line,

and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab, U.S.A., Middle and Eastern States, New York, Buffalo,

1 © type, Evans Center (Grote), 1 ¢, Distr. of Columbia, Kansas,

Douglas Co. (Snow), 1 5,12. Hvp. 44-46 millim.

2826. Parastichtis auranticolora. (Plate CIX. fig. 30.)

Hadena auranticolor, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 109 (1873) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 140.

Head and thorax deep rufous; frons with black bar; tegule with

black medial line; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;

abdomen grey tinged with purplish red, the dorsal crests blackish

and grey at tips. Fore wing ochreous mostly suffused with deep

rufois and with some greyish on antemedial and postmedial areas ;

the veins irrorated with grey ; subbasal line represented by double

oblique strize from costa ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ;

an oblique streak above inner margin before the antemedial line,

which is angled outwards below costa and in cell and more strongly

in submedian fold and above inner margin; a blackish streak in

submedian fold from it to postmedial line ; claviform short defined

by rufous; orbicular and reniform large with slight pale annuli

defined by rufous, the former very oblique elliptical, the latter

extending to below cell and angled inwards on median nervure ;

postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate

and produced to black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

pale, defined by rufous on inner side and by dentate marks at.

middle, excurved below vein 7 and dentate to near termen at veins

4,3, the area beyond it deep rufous; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing ochreous

white suffused with fuscous especially on terminal area; a slight

pale postmedial line; cilia pale rufous with a slight dark line

through them; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

rufous, a discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing more purple-brown instead of

rufous, the subterminal line dentate to termen on veins 4, 3; hind

wing darker.— Washington.

Hab. U.S.A., Nebraska, Washington, | 9, Oregon, Colorado

(Snow), 2 g type, New Mexico, Beulah (Cockerell), 1 9, Arizona.

Hop. 44-50 millim.

8&8 NOCTUID.E. <

2827. Parastichtis lignicolora. (Plate CIX. fig. 31.)

Aylophasia lignicolora, Guen, Noct. i. p. 140 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Ain. p. 140.

Hadena quesita, Grote, Can, Ent. viii. p. 26 (1876).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with purplish rufous; palpi

tinged with fuscous at sides ; frons with lateral black bars; tegule

with slight medial dark line; patagia with some dark scales neat

upper edge; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen ochreous

tinged with rufous, Fore wing ochreous irrorated and suffused in

parts with bright rufous, especially on costal and terminal areas,

the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line represented by

double oblique strize from costa; a sinuous blackish streak below

base of cell and slight wedge-shaped mark above inner margin near

base ; antemedial line very indistinct, double at costa, then oblicue,

waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and retracted to inner margin, a

dark streak in submedian fold from it to postmedial line ; orbicalar

and reniform with slight rufous centres and defined by rufous, the

former very oblique elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median

nervure; faint traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line

defined by ochreous on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to a double series of dark

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale slightly defined by

rufous on inner side, with dentate marks before it at middle and

streak in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen

at veins 4,.3, the area beyond it deep rufous except at apex; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia rufous with a fine pale

line at base. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area tinged

with brown ; a terminal series of brown strive: the underside with

the costal area tinged with reddish and slightly irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. quesita. Ground-colour greyer and less ochreous, the

suffusion on thorax and fore wing deep purple-brown, the markings

dark ; abdomen grey-brown; hind wing fuscous brown.

Hab, Cawava (Norman), 1 3, Renfrew Co., 1 9, Nova Scotia

(Redman), 8 3, Ottawa (Fletcher, Young, Saunders), 3 3,2 2,

London (Saunders), 1 9, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 2, Cart-

wright (Heath), 1 @ ; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle and

Western States, Maine, 1 ¢ type quesita, Massachusetts, Beverly,

1 g,2 9, New York, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 1 g,1 2 type,

Evans Center (Grote), 4 6, 3 2, Schenectady (Lintner), 1 9,

Illinois, Chicago, 1 2, California (Walsingham),1 9. Hap. 44-52

millim,

*2828. Parastichtis antennata. (Plate CIX. fig. 32.)

AXylophasia antennata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 439 (1890) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 140,

o. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with

reddish brown ; tegule: with dark medial line; patagia with dark

PARASTICHTIS. 89

streak near upper edge. Fore wing red-brown suffused with fuscous

brown, the postmedial area irrorated with whitish except towards

costa ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented

by double black striz from costa; antemedial line double, obsoles-

cent on costal half, excurved in submedian interspace and bent

inwards to inner margin, an oblique black streak before it above

inner margin ; claviform small, defined by black and with distinct

black fascia from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform

rather pale, indistinctly defined by black, the former narrow and

oblique; an indistinct medial shade; postmedial line double at

costa, then indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, in-

curved and distinct below vein 4+, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by black on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4,3; terminal

area darker except at apex; a fine black terminal line and pale

line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base; the under-

side with some red irroration, black discoidal spot and indistinct

postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., California. Ewp. 44 millim. This species is

unknown to me, figured from drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

2829. Parastichtis perstriata, n. sp. (Plate CX. fig. 1.)

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black; palpi with

the 2nd joint blackish at sides ; frons with lateral black bars below

and at middle; tegule with black medial line and some fuscous

near tips ; patagia blackish except upper edge; tarsi black with pale

rings; abdomen rufous dorsally suffused with fuscous, the crests

black near tips, sublateral black spots on terminal segments. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with whitish; a sinuous black streak below

base of cell defined by whitish above ; subbasal line represented by

double black strive from costa; an elliptical pale-edged mark in base

of cell; antemedial line indistinct, double, dentate, with whitish

points before it on the veins, angled outwards above inner margin

to the postmedial line and with oblique black streak before it above

inner margin; claviform defined by blackish and with indistinet

dark streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with

brownish centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former

narrow and very elongate and oblique, the latter with whitish point

at lower extremity and dark streak from it to postmedial line; an

oblique dark bar from middle of costa; postmedial line double, bent

outwards below costa, then indistinct, dentate and produced to double

black points on the veins with white points between them, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7, dentate at veins 4,

3 and incurved at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it

suffused with black except at apex, at discal and submedian folds

forming triangular shades to near postmedial line; the veins and

interspaces of terminal area with black streaks, the latter ending in

90 NOCTUIDA.

small lunules; cilia fuscous intersected with rufous. Hind wing

reddish brown tinged with fuscous especially on terminal area; a

slight discoidal lunule; cilia whitish tinged with rufous and with

series of brown points; the underside whitish tinged with rufous,

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

lunule, sinuous postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the

veins and subterminal shade.

Hab. W. Cina, Chang-yang: (Pratt), 1 $,3 2 type. Exp. 46

millim.

2830. Parastichtis monoglypha.

Noctua polyodon, Linn. Faun. Suee. ii. p. 322 (1761), nec Clerck, 1759 ;

Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt.i. p. 176, pl. 111.f. 4; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust.

il. p. 176.

Noctua monoglypha, Hitn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 808 (1767); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 173.

Noctua radicea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 81 (1776); Hitbn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 82.

Hadena infuscata, Buchanan-White, Faun. Perthensis, pt. i. (1871).

Hadena uniformata, Weym. Jhrb. Nat. Ver. Elberfeld, 1878, p. 78.

Hadena obscura, Th. Mieg. Le Natural. 1886, p. 237.

Hadena polyglypha, Staud. Ivis, iv. p. 286 (1891); id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 178

Hadena ethiops, Tutt, Br. Noct. i. p. 74 (1891):

Hadena pallida, Fuchs, Jhrb. Nass. 1892, p. 94.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white; palpi with some

fuscous scales; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black

medial line; patagia with black streak near upper edge; tarsi

banded with fuscous ; abdomen red-brown, greyish at base. Fore

wing grey-white more or less uniformly suffused with red-brown ;

subbasal line represented by double strie from costa and cell; a

sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold and a streak above

inher margin near base; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in

with grey, oblique, dentate, strongly angled outwards in submedian

fold and above inner margin, then retracted to inner margin ; clavi-

form narrow, defined by black and with black streak from its lower

edge to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with slight greyish

annuli defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical, the latter

large and extending to well below cell; a diffused purple-brown

medial shade; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then

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

whitish, defined at middle by dentate black marks on inner side,

angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen at veins 4, 3, angled in-

wards above and below vein 5 and incurved below vein 3; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia red-brown intersected with

whitish. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the

terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous brown; a slight

discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line ; cilia ochreous white ;

the underside ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with brown,

a discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

band.

PARASTICHTIS. SIL

Ab. 1. polyglypha. $. Fore wing with the orbicular small and

more rounded; 2. Grey and fuscous with hardly any red-brown

tints.—Palestine, W. Turkestan, Mongolia.

Ab. 2. mfuscata. Much darker, head, thorax and fore wing

nearly uniformly suffused with black.

Hub. Briratn, Hebrides, Leech Coll., Scotland, Leech Ooll.,

England, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey,

and Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary ; Swirzertanp; Spain;

Iraty; Scanprnavta ; Russra, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll; ARMENIA;

Asta Mtnor, Lydia, Taurus; Patesrrine; W. Turxrsran, Leech

Coll., Turcomania; Moneotra, Aksu; W. Srperta. Lexp. 50-56

millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 130; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 365, pls. 177-178.

Grey or brownish grey to dark purplish grey ; spiracular line

pale; spots large, black ; head and thoracic plate brown or dark

brown. Food-plants: Grasses. 9-5.

2831. Parastichtis dionea. (Plate CX. fig. 2.)

Hadena dionea, Smith, Can. Ent, xxxi. p. 258 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N.

Am, p. 115.

¢o. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; frons

with lateral black bars ; tegula with black lines at middle and tips ;

tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen grey suffused with brown,

the crests black at tips. Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge

suffused in parts with black-brown; a sinuous black streak below

base of cell ; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from

costa; antemedial line double, oblique and sinuous to submedian

fold, then angled inwards on vein 1, an oblique black streak before

it above inner margin; claviform defined by black, acute at

extremity and with black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular

and renitorm with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rather

oblique elliptical, the latter with its centre defined by blackish ; an

indistinct medial line oblique from costa to below cell, then

incurved ; postmedial line black, double towards costa, bent out-

wards below costa, then with double series of black points beyond

it on the veins, indistinct and excurved to vein 4, then incurved and

distinct below vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line pale, defined on inner side by dentate black mark at

middle, excurved below vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area

beyond it suffused with blackish and with black streaks on the veins

and in interspaces ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind

wing whitish almost uniformly suffused with brown ; cilia whitish

at base, brown at tips; the underside whitish irrorated with brown

especially on costal area, the veins with dark streaks, a black

discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and traces of subterminal

shade.

Hab. U.S.A., Wisconsin, 1 g, S. Dakota, Volga. Exp. 40

millim,

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2832, Parastichtis strigidisca. (Plate CX. fig. 3.)

Apamea strigidisca, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 346, pl. 33. f.9; Hmpsn.

Moths Tnd. ii. p. 210.

Q@. Head and thorax greyish tinged with rufous and mixed with

some dark brown and black; tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous

and rufous, the basal half suffused with black except inner margin,

the terminal area blackish except at apex; subbasal line double,

black filled in with rufous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double indistinctly filled in with rufous, angled out-

wards below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then angled inwards

on vein 1; claviform large, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular

rufous defined by black at sides, oblique elliptical ; reniform ochreous

white, defined by black on inner side and below and slightly by brown

on outer, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure and with

irregular outer edge; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa

to below cell; the area beyond the reniform rufous to postmedial

line which is blackish defined by ochreous on outer side, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, oblique to

vein 5, inwardly oblique to below angle of cell and sinuous to inner

margin; postmedial area ochreous suffused with rufous and brown

on costal half, the veins with slight dark streaks, the costa with pale

points ; subterminal line ochreous defined on inner side by brown

suffusion, angled outwards to near termen at veins 7, 4, 3; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia blackish with a fine

ochreous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous

white with a slight dark line through them. Underside of both

wings ochreous, the costal areas tinged with rufous to postmedial

line which is nearly straight on fore wing, minutely waved on hind

wing; a broad fuscous subterminal band; fore wing with small

discoidal lunule; hind wing with small annulus.

Hab, Stxuim (Lidderdale),1 2. Hwp. 3 42, 2 50 millim.

2833. Parastichtis submarginata. (Plate CX. fig. 4.)

AXylophasia submarginata, Leech, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 69.

3S. Head and thorax rufous with a few white scales; palpi

blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with

blackish lines near base and tips; tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests and anal tuft rufous. Fore

wing red-brown with a slight purplish fuscous gloss; a slight black

streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, angled

inwards on vein 1; claviform small, defined by black and with

oblique blackish streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular defined

by black and with a few black scales in centre, oblique elliptical ;

reniform defined by black with some white points in centre and on

outer edge; a waved medial line, oblique from costa to below cell ;

PARASTICHTIS. 93

postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate and produced to black and white points

on the veins, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined

on inner side by slight dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein

7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small

black Innules; cilia with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing

cupreous brown, the terminal area rather darker ; cilia whitish with

a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a dark diseoidal lunule, curved, minutely waved postmedial

line, and broad diffused subterminal band.

flab. W. Cuina, Omei-shan, 1 ¢ type. Hp. 60 millim.

2834, Parastichtis flavistigma. (Plate CX. fig. 5.)

Aylophasia flavistigma, Moore, P.Z.8. 1867, p. 50; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 209.

Apamea basalis, Moore, P.Z.8. 1881, p. 346,

Apamea denticulosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 109, pl. 4. f. 18 (1882).

Head and thorax black tinged with leaden grey and mixed with

some rufous, the dorsal crests rufous; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegule with black medial line; patagia with black line near upper

edze ; pectus ochreous tinged with red; tibiz and tarsi black with

pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the base and ventral surface yellowish.

Fore wing deep leaden grey irrorated with black, the submedian

fold and inner margin with rufous streaks ; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; a sinuous black streak in

base of submedian fold; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ;

elaviform defined by diffused black below and at extremity ;

orbicular and inner side of reniform with slight rufous annuli

detined by black, the former round, the latter with yellow lunule

on its outer side aud some rufous beyond it; an indistinct medial

line oblique from costa to vein 2, then minutely waved; postmedial

line double at costa, then obsolescent, bent outwards below costa,

then dentate, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved; the post-

medial area yellow except towards costal and before subterminal

line, with some pale points on costa; subterminal lne rufous,

detined on inner side by dentate dark marks, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black

spots; cilia black mixed with grey. Hind wing yellowish more

or less tinged with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with greyish

fuscous; cilia yellowish with a fuscous line through them; the

underside yellowish, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

fuscous, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Ab. 1. basalis. Fore wing with the postmedial area less dis-

tinctly yellowish.— Punjab.

Hab, Puxsas, Dalhousie, 1g type basalis, Simla (Harford),

1 Q; Sreune (Atkinson, Moller, Dudgeon), 3 3, 2 9, type.

Kep. 44-48 millim.

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2835. Parastichtis genialis. (Plate CX. fig. 6.)

Hadena genialis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 66 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 141.

Pale rufous; abdomen paler at base. Fore wing with the

markings very indistinct; subbasal line represented by traces of

double strie from costa; a slight rufous streak in base of sub-

median fold; antemedial line very indistinct, double, dentate ;

claviform slightly detined by rufous; orbicular and reniform with

faint pale annuli defined by rufous, the former very oblique and

acute at lower extremity; postmedial line indistinct, slightly

defined by whitish on outer side, double towards costa, bent

outwards below costa, then with pale points at the veins, excurved

to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, ochreous whitish, angled outwards at

veins 7, 6 and to termen at veins 4, 3, with greyish streaks on the

veins beyond it above middle and towards tornus. Hind wing pale

rufous, slightly tinged with fuscous in female; the underside with

the veins irrorated with white, a slight discoidal lunule and in-

distinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. US.A., California, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hvp. 48 millim.

2836. Parastichtis chinensis. (Plate CX. fig. 7.)

Xylophasia chinensis, Leech, Traus. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 70.

3g. Head and thorax ochreous slightly mixed with purple-brown;

palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars; antenne

tinged with fuscous ; tegule with slight dark medial line; patagia

with a few black scales near upper edge; tarsi blackish, ringed

with ochreous white; abdomen ochreous white slightly irrorated

with brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous,

tinged with yellow and in parts suffused with purple-brown; a

sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by double black striz from costa; antemedial line indistinctly

double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards

on vein 1, with white points before it on median nervure and

vein 1; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular with

brown centre and ochreous annulus defined by black except above,

oblique elliptical ; reniform with ochreous annulus slightly defined

except on inner side, some fuscous in lower part; a curved waved

medial line, blackish from costa to median nervure, then indistinct;

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to

vein +, then incurved; the postmedial area purple-brown towards

costa with some white points on costa; subterminal line pale,

angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian

folds, excurved and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, with dark

patches beyond it above and below middle; a waved terminal line

and series of points in the interspaces; cilia fuscous with a pale

PARASTICHTIS. 95

line at base. Hind wing pale ochreous, the veins darker, a slight

discoidal bar, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band;

a dark terminal line and fuscous line through the cilia; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black streak in

middle of cell, discoidal spot, waved postmedial line from costa to

vein 2, and slight diffused subterminal line.

Hab, W.Curna, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1g type. Exp. 42 millim.

2837. Parastichtis hepatica.

Noctua hepatica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 853 (1767); Clerck, Icones. pl. 8.

f.3; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. Text, p. 182 (1827); Dup. Lép. Fr.

vil. pt. i. p. 204, pl. 113. f. 4; Frr. Beitr. iv. pl. 310; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 174.

Noctua characterca, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 133-638 (1802).

Noctua temera, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 893 (1808).

Noctua epomidion, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 170 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. i. p. 178.

Noctua implexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 639 (1822).

Hadena discrepans, Staud. Rom. Mém, v. p. 440 (1892).

Head and thorax purplish red mixed with grey and fuscous ;

palpi black at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with

medial black line; patagia with black line near upper edge ; tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous tinged with purplish

red and dark brown except at base, the dorsal crests dark, the anal

tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused in

Fig. 16.—Parastichtis hepatica, 3. }.

parts with purplish red; a diffused black streak below base of cell

and a streak above inner margin near base; subbasal line repre-

sented by slight double dark striz from costa; antemedial line

indistinctly double, waved, oblique; claviform moderate or small,

detined by black ; orbicular large, defined by black except above,

oblique elliptical; reniform large, defined by black on inner side

and below, and with some blackish in lower part, its inner edge

straight ; an indistinct minutely dentate curved medial line ; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced

to black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

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

ochreous, defined on inner side by some fuscous suffusion, angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds and excurved below vein 7

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and at middle, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous except at

apex and middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cila

fuscous with an ochreous line at base. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with fuscous brown especially on terminal area; a slight pale

postmedial line; an ochreous mark on extremity of vein 2; cilia

ochreous with a fuscous line through them; the underside ochreous,

the costal area tinged with purplish red, a black streak in middle

of cell, discoidal spot, curved pestmedias line, and traces of diffused

subterminal band.

Ab. 1. discrepans. Much darker; fore wing with blackish

markings.—Ussuri.

Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; Germany,

Zeller and Leech Colls.; Avstrta; Huneary; SwirzeRLanp;

?N. Ivaty; Datmatia, Leech Coll.; Corru; ?S. Sweprn; Russa,

Urals; W. Siperra, Altai, Leech Coll.; KE. Srperta, Amurland,

Ussuri. Hep. 44-48 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 182; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 374, pl. 180. f. 2.

Grey-brown or dark purplish brown with darker freckles; dorsal

line pale ochreous or whitish; subdorsal line indistinct, pale ;

spiracular line broad, pale greyish ochreous; head dark brown ;

thoracic plate blackish with whitish lines. ood-plants: Grasses.

10-4.

2838. Parastichtis sodalis.

Uae sodalis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 83 (1878); id. Il]. Het.

B. M. ii. p. 24, pl. 29. f. 2; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 210.

Apamea obliquiorbis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 109 (1882),

Head and thorax fuscous mixed with greyish or red-brown ;

frons with lateral black bars ; tegulee with black medial line; tarsi

banded with black; abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous, the

dorsal crests and anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous

suffused with rufous and fuscous, the costal area and the cell and

area just below it on medial area rather darker, the veins with dark

streaks; subbasal line represented by two oblique striw from costa;

a slight streak in base of cell, sinuous streak in submedian fold

and oblique streak above inner margin near base; antemedial line

double at costa aud angled outwards below costa, then oblique,

angled inwards on esha 1 and strongly outwards above inner

margin; claviform brown defined by black, a dark streak from its

upper edge to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform defined by

brown, the former very oblique elliptical, the latter with four

whitish points on edges, its outer side undefined and its lower part

filled in with fuscous; traces of a medial line oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell, then somewhat dentate ; postmedial line double

towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then indistinct, dentate

and produced to slight streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 4,

a brown patch beyond it on costa with some pale pvints on it ;

subterminal line pale rufous defined on inner side by slight dentate

blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,

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the area beyond it purplish fuscous except towards apex; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia dark brown with punctiform

ochreous line at base. Hind wing suffused with fuscous brown ;

a slighé discoidal spot and oblique postmedial line; cilia ochreous

white with brown line through them except towards tornus, the

underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a slight streak in cell, discoidal spot, oblique post-

medial line, and traces of diffused subterminal line.}

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 5, 3 Q type;

SrxHim (Russell), 2 2 type obliquiorbis. Hep, 40-46 millim.

2839. Parastichtis rurea.

Noctua rurea, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 618 (1775); Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt. ii.

p. 197, pl. 115. f.2; Frr. Beitr. pl. 4. f.2; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust.

li. p. 176; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Noctua alopecurus, Esp. Schwett. iv. p. 473, pl. 147. f. 3 (1790).

Noctua luculenta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 133. ff. 3, 4 (1783).

Noctua putris, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 241 (1820), nec Linn.

Noctua combusta, Hiibn. Kur. Schinett., Noct. f. 366 (1808).

Apamea aquila, Donz. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. p. 476, pl. 18. f. 6 (1837) ;

Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 448, pl. 39. 1. 5.

Hadena exstincta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 48.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and some white

scales; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegulee with black medial line and purple-brown tips; patagia

purple-brown edged with rufous above; dorsal crest tipped with

black; tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen reddish ochreous

slightly irrorated with fuscous, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore

wing whitish ochreous to ochreous suffused with rufous especially

on costal area, the veins irrorated with black and white scales, the

inner margin more or less suffused with white, with a wedge-

shaped dark mark above base ; subbasal line represented by twa

oblique rufous striz from costa and two points on median nervure ;

antemedial line represented by double rufous strie from costa, then

very indistinct, oblique, dentate and angled inwards to double black

points on the veins, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform

slightly defined by rufous, acute at extremity; ovbicular and

reniform with slight rufous centres and slightly defined by rufous,

the former very oblique wedge-shaped, the latter with slight white

streaks on upper and lower edges and somewhat angled inwards on

median nervure, the cell between them tinged with rufous ; traces

of a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

dentate ; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate aud produced to a double series of black points

on the veins, excurved to vein +, then oblique, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by the area

beyond it being deep rufous except at apex and the veins of terminal

area streaked with blackish and white, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle almost to termen and angled inwards at discal

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98 NOCLUID&.

and submedian folds to postmedial line; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia rufous and black intersected with greyish.

Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with fuscous brown especially

towards termen; cilia reddish ochreous with a dark line through

them ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas

tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial line with minute black streaks on the

veins.

Ab. 1. alopecura, Fore wing with the ground-colour uniform

red-brown.

Ab. 2. exstincta. Much paler; fore wing uniform reddish

grey.—W. and E. Turkestan.

Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; France; Dinmarx, Leech Coll.;

Geruany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrria; Huneary ;

Swrrzertann, Zeller and Frey Colls.; N. Irary; Russta, Livonia,

Zeller Coll.; Armenta: W. Srperta, Altai; W. Turxestan, Issyk

Kul; E. Turxestan, Kashgar, Korla; Trsnr, Kuku-nor, Amdo ;

FE. Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama (Lewis), 1 9;

W. Cuina, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9. Hap. 42-46 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 131; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 370, pl. 179.

Pale rosy grey to reddish brown; dorsal! line ochreous whitish,

dark-edged ; subdorsal line pale; spiracular line broad, pale greyish

ochreous, dark-edged above ; head reddish brown or dark brown ;

thoracic plate blackish with whitish lines. ood-plants: Grasses,

Primula, Rumex, ete. 9-4.

2840. Parastichtis vultuosa. (Plate CX. fig. 8.)

Hadena vultuosa, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 420; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 164.

Head ochreous, the frons fuscous mixed with grey; antenne

black slightly ringed with grey; tegule ochreous with black medial

line and fuscous and grey tips; patagia blackish edged above by

purplish red; dorsum of thorax ochreous and grey; pectus

ochreous; tibie and tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen

ochreous more or less tinged with fuscous, the crests blackish.

Fore wing ochreous suffused in parts with rufous and irrorated

with black especially on costal area; subcostal and median nervures

streaked with black; a wedge-shaped black mark above inner

margin near base; subbasal line represented by two oblique strive

from costa and two points on median nervure; antemedial line

double at costa, angled outwards below costa to two white points

on subcostal nervure, then oblique, waved and angled inwards to

double black points on the veins, bent inwards to inner margin ;

claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and

ochreous annuli slightly defined by blackish, the former very oblique

and pointed below, the latter constricted at middle and with white

points above and on lower inner edge; traces of a medial line

oblique trom costa to vein 2, then dentate; postmedial line double

PARASTICHTIS. 99

at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

double black points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by the

area beyond it being suffused with rufous and black except at apex

and the veins of terminal area streaked with biack and irrorated

with white, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and

strongly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds almost to

postmedial line; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

blackish intersected with ochreous. Hind wing greyish ochreous

suffused with fuscous especially on terminal area; an indistinct

postmedial line from vein 4 to inner margin defined by greyish on

outer side; a fine dark terminal line; cilia ochreous with a fuscous

line through them: the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous,

the costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish pink, a discoidal

spot, sinuous postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal

line.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9, Alberta, Calgary

(Wolley-Dod), 1 3,8 9; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle and

Central States, Massachusetts, New York, Trenton Falls (Double-

day), 1 2; Evans Center, 1 g,19 type. Hvp. 44-46 millim.

2841. Parastichtis apamiformis. (Plate CX. fig. 9.)

AXylophasia apamiformis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 187 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noet.

N. Am. p. 153.

Hadena contenta, Wk. xi. 75+ (1857).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with fuscous ; palpi blackish

at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen greyish brown tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests and

anal tuft rufous. Fore wing greyish brown more or less suffused

with purplish red and with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line

represented by double oblique black strive from costa and cell;

antemedial line rather indistinctly double, oblique, waved, angled

inwards on vein 1 and to inner margin; claviform small or

moderate, defined by black; orbicular with shght brown centre

and pale annulus defined by black, very oblique elliptical; reniform

fuscous defined by black with brown bar on inner side and ochreous

lunule with striga above and two white points below it on outer

side; an indistinct eurved dentate medial line; postmedial line

indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate and with black and white points beyond it on the veins,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line pale slightly defined on inner side by

brown and with blackish patches before it at costa, middle and

submedian fold, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the area

beyond it suffused with black except at apex; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia fuscous intersected with rufous. Hind

wing fuscous brown, paler at base, the veins dark; a fine black

terminal line ; cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous white irrorated

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with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Canana, Renfrew Co., 1 9, Orilla (Bush), 1 @ type

contenta; U.S.A., New York (Doubleday), 4 ¢ type, Pennsylvania,

1 3, New Jersey, Illinois, Colorado. Hwp. 44-50 millim.

Larva. Head shining pale brown. Body cylindrical, smalier

behind, wood-brown, shaded with dark brown, leaving pale dorsal

and subdorsal lines and a broad substigmatal one; cervical shield

dark brown, cut by a pale line. The dorsal line is strongly bor-

dered by the dark shade.—H. G. D.

2842. Parastichtis multicolora. (Plate CX. fig. 10.)

Hadena multicolor, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 103 (1904).

®. Head and tegule whitish mixed with dark brown, the latter

with blackish medial line and tips, the frons with lateral black bars

and vertex of head with blackish bar; thorax red-brown mixed

with some grey, the patagia suffused with blackish; pectus and

legs whitish mixed with red-brown; abdomen grey-brown, the

crests blackish at tips. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown

and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area darker; subbasal line

represented by slight blackish strie from costa and cell; ante-

medial line indistinct, double filled in with greyish, oblique,

slightly waved, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform hardly

traceable, somewhat darker; orbicular pale with very indistinct

diffused dark outline, somewhat oblique; reniform with prominent

white lunule on outer edge, otherwise hardly traceable, somewhat

darker; postmedial line very indistinct, double filled in with

greyish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique

below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa and a diffused

blackish patch in submedian interspace; subterminal line very

indistinct, pale, incurved at discal fold: and below vein 3, the area

beyond it suffused with blackish except towards apex; cilia pale

rufous with series of blackish lunules.at tips. Hind wing whitish

tinged with brown, the terminal arca suffused with brown ; a faint

dark discoidal lunule and fine blackish terminal line; cilia whitish;

the underside whitish irrorated with red-brown especially on costal

and terminal areas, a dark discoidal lunule, and indistinct diffused

sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab, Caxava, Br. Columbia, Victoria; U.S.A., California ( Wal-

singham), 1 9. Hep. 46 millim.

2843. Parastichtis plutonia. (Plate CX. fig. 11.)

Hadena plutonia, Grote, Can, Ent. xv.:p:.9 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 135. Petit

2. Head and thorax black-brown with a leaden gloss and mixed

with rufous; frons and vertex of head with black bars; tegulie

rufous at base and with black medial line; tarsi black with pale

PARASTICHTIS. 101

rings; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests blackish, the ventral

surface ochreous at base. Fore wing fuscous suffused with leaden

grey and irrorated with black; a rufous patch at base of costal

area and some rufous in discal fold from antemedial to subterminal

lines ; subbasa! line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold in which there is a slight black streak; an oblique

black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line which

is double, waved and retracted to inner margin; claviform small,

slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform with slight

whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the

latter constricted at middle, a faint waved medial line ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, filled in with white at costa, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black and white

points on the veins, very oblique below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa, the veins beyond the cell irrorated with white

scales; subterminal line represented by a series of short black

streaks on slight rufous streaks in the interspaces; a terminal

series of black points; cilia blackish intersected with whitish.

Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown especially on

terminal area; cilia ochreous with slight fuscous line through

them; the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, the costal

area tinzed with purplish, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial

line, and indistinct diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright, 1 9, Aweme (Criddle),

19; U.S.A., Maine, Ohio (G. Rk. Pilate), 1 9, Wisconsin, New

Mexico, Beulah (Cockerell), 1 g. Hap. 40-42 millim.

9844, Parastichtis funerea.

Hadena funerea, Wein. Schmett. Deutsch. i. p. 828 (1859) ; Snell. Tijds.

v. Ent. xl. p. 299, pl. 12. f.1; Hofm. Gr. Schmett. ed. it. pl. 39. f. Biles

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 171.

Head and thorax black mixed with purplish red and some grey ;

frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line ;

patagia with black line near upper edge: tarsi black ringed with

pinkish ; abdomen fuscous, the lateral fringes and sides of anal

tuft purplish, the ventral surface irrorated with purplish. Fore

wing fuscous black more or less tinged with purplish ; subbasal line

represented by double oblique black strive from costa; a sinuous

black streak in base of submedian fold and an oblique streak above

inner margin near base; antemedial line indistinctly double, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly waved, retracted

to inner margin; claviform narrow or small, defined by black ;

erbicular very oblique elliptical, defined by black; reniform defined

by black with a little white in centre and some white points on

upper and outer edges and slight black streaks beyond it in the

interspaces ; an indistinct curved minutely waved medial line ;

postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

indistinct, minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

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

102 NOCTUID&.

reddish, defined on inner side by faint dentate dark marks, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it rather darker except

at apex; a terminal series of slight black points; a fine pale line

at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous with a slight greyish tinge;

cilia pale brown at base, with fuscous line at middle and whitish

tips; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the costal area

tinged with purplish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a

black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Usually redder and with series of white points beyond

postmedial line of fore wing.—Japan, China.

Hab, Hottanp; N.W.Gurmany, 1 ¢,1 9; E. Srserta, Ussuri;

Japan, Hakodate, 1 ¢, Oiwake (Pryer), 3 ¢,1 2, Tokio (Maries),

2 92, Yokohama (Jonas), 1 3, 1 9; C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pratt),

1 2; W. Cutna, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 ¢, 2 9, Washan (Pratt),

1g, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 2, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 3 $; Kasumtr,

Narkunda (McArthur), 1 $3; Punsas, Dharmsila (Hocking), 1 6.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 237; Hffm. Raup. p. 96.

Similar to that of P. rwrea. Food-plants : Grasses.

2845. Parastichtis beopis, n. sp. (Plate CX. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax greyish tinged with red-brown and slightly

irrorated with black; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral

black bars ; tegulee with black medial line and black line on pro-

thorax; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the

crests tipped with black, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous.

Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with dark brown, the costal

half on antemedial and medial areas suffused with dark brown, a

dark brown costal patch on postmedial area and the terminal area

dark brown except at apex; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; a slight black streak below base of cell and

another above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by

black ; orbicular rufous defined by black, round or oblique elliptical ;

reniform defined by black on inner side and with large grey lunule

on outer edge defined by black on inner side; an indistinct medial

line, oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line indistinctly

double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate

and produced to black streaks with grey points on them on the

veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond

it on the dark costal patch ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal

and submedian folds; a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia

chequered greyish and fuscous with punectiform rufous line at base.

Hind wing fuscous, the cilia pale rufous; the underside pale rufous

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial

line, and traces of diffused subterminal line.

Hab, W. Cuina, Washan (Pratt), 19; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 19, Dharmsala (Hocking), 13,42 type. Eup. 40-

44 millim.

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2846. Parastichtis occidens. (Plate CX. fig. 13.)

Hadena occidens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geog. Geol. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 177

(1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 188.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black; frons with black

bar; tegule with black medial line and rufous tinge at tips; dorsal

crest tinged with rufous; pectus whitish, the tarsi fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen white irrorated with grey, the dorsal crests

brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the medial

area suffused with rufous except at costa and inner margin, the

postmedial area paler except at costa, the veins with slight dark

streaks; a slight black streak below base of cell; subbasal line

double filled in with white, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line double filled in with white, oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then angled inwards on vein 1; claviform small, defined by fuscous ;

orbicular and reniform with greyish centres and whitish annuli

defined by fuscous, the former oblique elliptical; an indistinct

slightly waved medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat

dentate, below vein 4 bent inwards to near origin of vein 2 and

obliqne to inner margin; subterminal line whitish slightly defined

on inner side by fuscous and with blackish mark before it in sub-

median fold, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and

incurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia white and fuscous with fine white line at base.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and a fine terminal

line darker; cilia white; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and sinuous

postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area, and usually the dorsal

crest of thorax not tinged with rufous.—Colorado, California.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 22, Durango (Oslar), 1 2, Grand

Junction (Oslar), 2 9, Nevada, 1 9 type, California (Walsingham),

19. xp. 46-50 millim.

2847. Parastichtis albina. (Plate CX. fig. 14.)

Hadena albina, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 157 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 138.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with blackish and whitish;

frons with black bar; tegule with slight blackish medial line;

dorsal crest whitish; pectus bright rufous; tarsi blackish with pale

rings; abdomen rufous, pale at base. Fore wing ochreous irrorated

and suffused with red-brown or blackish, the postmedial area more

or less distinctly whitish except towards costa and with some

bluish white in submedian interspace; subbasal line waved,

trom costa to submedian fold, defined by ochreous on outer side ;

some white on inner margin before the antemedial line which is

double filled in with greyish, waved, somewhat oblique ; claviform

large, defined by black except above and with diffused blackish

To4 NOCLUID A.

streak from it to postmedial line; orvicular and reniform large,

indistinctly defined by brown, the former rather pale, round, the

latter with slight whitish annulus and whitish lunule in centre;

an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to below cell, then

incurved; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 5,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by rufous and with slight dentate black marks

before it at middle and in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark except at apex

and with black streaks in the interspaces to the waved black ter-

minal line; cilia with ochreous line at base and intersected with

ochreous. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown, the veins

brown, a slght discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line and diffused

subterminal band; a dark terminal line; cilia ochreous white with

brown line through them; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with rufous.

©. Tegule white except at tips and with strong black medial

line.

Hab. U.S.A., California (d’ Urban), 1g, Sauzalito, 15,19 type.

Exp. 52 millim.

2848. Parastichtis castanea. (Plate CX. fig. 15.)

Hadena castanea, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii, p. 156 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 138.

Hadena cymosa, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 34 (1881).

Head and thorax dark purple-brown slightly mixed with greyish,

lower part of frons pale with black bar above ; tegulee with blackish

medial line and rufous tips; dorsal crest rufous; pectus purplish,

the tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen pale purplish, greyish

at base and with the dorsal crests rufous. Fore wing red-brown

suffused with grey and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; a slight black streak

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is indistinctly

double filled in with grey, waved, somewhat oblique; claviform

defined by black except above, with slight pale patch beyond it and

with strong black streak from its lower extremity to postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique,

irregularly elliptical, the latter with straight inner edge, an

ochreous lunule on outer edge and two whitish points at lower

extremity ; an indistinct dentate medial line, oblique from costa to

below cell; postmedial line double towards costa, bent outwards

helow costa, then dentate and produced to black and white points on

the veins, excuryed to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line ochreous defined by rufous on inner

side and with small dentate black marks before it at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4,3, the area

beyond it purplish fuscous except towards apex and with slight

black streaks in the interspaces to the waved terminal line; cilia —

PARASTICHTIS. 105

with fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous tinged with

brown; the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; a slight

discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line and some whitish on termen

towards tornus; cilia ochreous white with a brown line through

them; the underside with the costal area irrorated with rufous, the

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line more distinct.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area paler and more

ochreous except towards costa.

Hab. Canava, Vancouver, 1 ¢,1 9, Wellington (Taylor), 1 2;

U.S.A., Washington Terr., 5 9 type cymosa, California, 2 ¢, 19

type. xp. 52-56 millim.

2349. Parastichtis arctica.

Hadena arctica, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 120 (1840), non deser.; Frr. Neue

Beitr. v. p. 19, pl. 394. f. 1 (1842); Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 155; Guen. Noct. 1. p. 193, pl. 6. f.9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 187; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173.

Hadena amputatrix, Fitch, 3rd Rep. Ins. N. Y. p. 107 (1859).

Hadena amica, Harr. Inj. Ins. Flint. ed. p. 450, f. 222 (1862).

Eurois pluviosa, W1k. xxxiii, 725 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 188.

Head and thorax clothed with deep purple-brown and grey-white

scales, the dorsal crest bright rufous; sides of frons with blackish

bars ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen brownish grey, the

crests and dorsum towards extremity pale purple. Fore wing

deep purple-brown thickly irrorated with grey-white, a patch of

ochreous white in submedian interspace before antemedial line, the

outer part of postmedial area ochreous white except towards costa :

a slight waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold defined

by whitish on outer side; antemedial line double filled in with

white, oblique, highly waved ; claviform small or moderate, defined

by brown with greyish patch beyond it and slight dark streak from

it to postmedial line;. orbicular and reniform ochreous greyish

defined by brown, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its

lower part more or less suffused with fuscous and with one white

point at inner angle and two at outer angle; a waved postmedial

line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line defined by

grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black and white points on the veins, incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, inwards in discal fold

and incurved below vein 3, the area beyond it dark except at apex ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with punctiform

white line at base. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, the veins

and terminal area rather darker; a slight discoidal lunule and

~ sinuous postmedial line, some whitish on termen towards tornus ;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a blackish discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Lasravor, Leech Coll., 1 3, 19; Canapa, Renfrew Co.,

106 NOCLUIDA.

1 3,5 9, Nova Scotia (Redman), 5 9, Ottawa (Gibson, Fletcher,

Saunders), 2 $,5 9, Orilla (Bush), 19 , Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-

Dod), 43, 42, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (Cockle), 1 9, Sicamons

(Ricardo), 1 9, Vancouver I. (Hawkins), 1 2 type pluviosa, Wel-

lington (Z'aylor), 19; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly (Burg), 13,

19, New York (Packard), 13,39, Evans Center (Grote), 2 3,

29, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 2 ¢,1 9, Colorado, Glenwood

Springs (Oslar), 2 2, California, Shasta (Walsingham), 13,19.

Kup. 42-50 millim.

2850. Parastichtis leucostigma. (Plate CX. fig. 16.)

AXylophasia leucostigma, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 51; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 224.

Hadena constellata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 130, pl. iv. f. 21 (1882).

Euplexia oxydata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soe. xiv. p. 199 (1902).

6. Head and thorax bright ferruginous red mixed with ochreous;

tegule with faint pale line near tips; patagia with some pale scales

near upper edge; dorsum of thorax mostly ochreous ; tarsi ringed

with ochreous ; abdomen ferruginous red. Fore wing bright ferru-

ginous red mixed with some ochreous, the veins with dark streaks

irrorated with white; subbasal line represented by double striz

filled in with ochreous from costa and cell; antemedial line double

filled in with ochreous, oblique, angled inwards on vein 1 and out-

wards above inner margin; claviform absent; orbicular with

ochreous annulus defined by rufous, round; reniform ill-defined,

with pure white lunule on outer side with white point above it and

two points below it; an indistinct curved medial line; postmedial

line defined by ochreous on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7,

angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed by reddish ochreous

lunules defined by slight dentate dark marks on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a slight waved

dark terminal line; cilia fuscous and rufous with dark line near

base. Hind wing uniform reddish brown, the cilia rufous; the

underside ochreous, the costal area suffused with rufous, the veins

and terminal area with brown, the costal area and veins irrorated

with grey, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab, Srxurm, 7000! (Pilcher), 1 ¢ type oxydata, Exp. 50 millim,

2851. Parastichtis purpurina. (Plate CX. fig. 17.)

Luplecia purpurina, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soe. xiv. p. 199 (1902),

2. Head and thorax purplish red ; abdomen ochreous brown, the

ventral surface tinged with purplish. Fore wing purplish red ;

subbasal and antemedial lines hardly traceable ; claviform small,

faintly outlined in red; orbicular very narrow, oblique elliptical,

defined by red; reniform fuscous irrorated with white and faintly

PARASTICHTIS. 107

defined by red, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; an

indistinct medial line excurved from costa to median nervure, then

oblique ; postmedial line indistinct, red, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then minutely dentate with series of blackish and white points

beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa; faint traces of a pale dentate sub-

terminal line; the veins slightly streaked with fuscous towards

termen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing yellow-brown,

the termen and cilia rufous; the underside greyish ochreous irrorated

with brown, the costal area suffused with purplish, a black discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hub. Stxurm Tier, Yatung (Hobson), 12 type. Exp. 42 millim.

2852. Parastichtis veterina. (Plate CX. fig. 18.)

Hadena veterina, Led. Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1853, p. 370, pl. 2. f.4; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Hadena haelsseni, Gres. Berl, ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 254; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 174.

Hadena mandschurica, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 488 (1892).

@. Ochreous tinged with rufous; head and thorax irrorated with

black; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi banded with black ;

anal tuft rufous. Fore wing irrorated with rufous and a few

fuscous scales ; subbasal line represented by two black strize from

costa and one from cell; antemedial line indistinetly double, angled

outwards below costa, then waved, oblique to submedian fold, then

erect and with black points before it on the veins; lower edge of

claviform represented by a slight brown streak; orbicular and reni-

form large, slightly defined by rufous and with slight rufous centres,

the former oblique elliptical; the extremity of median nervure

streaked with blackish; medial line black, dentate, oblique from

costa to vein 2; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate and with a double series of

black points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some slight ochreous points beyond it on costa; subter-

minal line ochreous defined by rufous on inner side, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it suffused with brown except

at apex and the veins streaked with fuseous ; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia fuscous with some rufous at base. Hind

wing pale ochreous suffused with fuscous especially on terminal

half; a pale curved postmedial line; an ochreous subterminal line

from vein 8 to tornus, angled outwards at vein 2; cilia rufous ;

the underside ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band,

Ab. 1. haelsseni. Larger, darker and more strongly marked.—

Amurland, .

Hab. W. Stpzrta, Altai; E. Srserta, Amurland, Raddefka, 19.

Exp. 48 millim. Type+ Q haelssent in Coll. Pingeler.

108 NOOTUID.®.

2853. Farastichtis rorulenta. (Plate CX. fig. 19.)

AXylophasia rorulenta, Smith, Psyche, xi. p. 55 (1904).

Head and thorax grey irrorated with dark brown and slightly

tinged with rufous; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral

black bars ; tegulee with slight dark line near tips ; tarsi blackish

with pale rings; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown, the

crests blackish at tips, the anal tuft tinged with rufons. Fore wing

pale violaceous grey with slight black irroration, the costal half

suffused with rufous ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved ;

claviform faintly defined by rufous above; orbicular defined by

rufous at sides, large, round; reniform with its centre sutfused with

fuscous and greyish annulus slightly defined by rufous, more or less

broken up into points; an indistinct waved medial line, oblique

from costa to below cell; postmedial line very indistinct, defined

by grey on outer side and with series of black points beyond it on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, somewhat incurved at discal

fold and ineurved below vein 4, some white points on a diffused

fuscous patch beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct,

defined on inner side by the dark costal patch, then by a series of

black marks, larger at discal and submedian folds, waved, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and sub-

median folds, the area beyond it suffused with blackish except at

apex and tornus; a terminal series of rather triangular black

spots; cilia ochreous brown chequered with fuscous. Hind wing

greyish tinged with ochreous and suffused with fuscous especially

on terminal area; cilia whitish tinged with pale rufous; the under-

side greyish tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal spot and rather diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 ¢, Winnipeg,

Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 3 9; U.S.A., New York, Sharon

(Meske), 1 9, Colorado, Denver. Eup, 42-44 millim. This is

probably an aberration of P. suffusca.

2854. Parastichtis suffusca. (Plate CX. fig. 20.)

Hadena suffusca, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 61; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 183.

Head and thorax grey suffused with purplish red ; sides of palpi

and frons blackish, tegule with slight dark medial line; patagia

with some black scales near upper edge; the dorsal crest mixed

with blackish ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the anal tuft

and ventral surface tinged with rufous, the dorsal crests blackish.

Fore wing pale to deep purplish grey, the costal area suffused with

rufous, extending in some specimens on basal and medial areas to

submedian fold, the inner area with some dark irroration ; subbasal

line represented by slight striee from costa and cell; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved, oblique, bent inwards to inner margin ;

claviform faintly defined by brown; orbicular and reniform with

PARASTICHTIS.—EURABILA. 109

grey annuli defined by brown, the former elliptical, somewhat

oblique, the latter filled in with fuscous; an indistinct waved

medial line; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate and produced to a double series of black points on

the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with blackish

spots on inner side at discal and submedian folds and sometimes a

series of slight dentate brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, the area beyond it usually more or less suffused with fuscous

except at apex; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with

a slight pale line at base. Hind wing greyish suffused with ochreous

brown, the terminal area with fuscous; cilia ochreous white with a

brown line through them except towards tornus; the underside

grey, the costal area tinged with purplish and irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot gud sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 2 6, 19, Manitoba, Cartwright

(Heath), 3 3, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 3, fl Os 0, SA.

South to Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Evans Center (Grote),

16,19, Colorado. Lup. 42- 48 millim.

Genus EURABILA. Tne

Eurabila, Butl. ll. Het. B. M. vii. p. 39 (1889) .........:scc0e0e00 wu. lignea.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, moderately scaled,

the 2nd joint reaching about middle of frons, the 3rd short; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated and somewhat laminate : head and

thorax ‘clothed chiefly with scales, tegule produced to a slight dorsal ridge,

thorax with single broad ridge-like dor sal crest ; tibise moderatel y fringed with

hair; abdomen “with complete series of dorsal er ests, the crests on 3rd ‘and 4th

segments large, some rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair. Fore

wing triangular, the apex “rounded, the termen crenulate ; veins 3 aud 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from LO anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

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

mosing with the cell near base only.

2855. Hurabila lignea.

Eurabila lignea, Butl. Til. Het. B. M. vii. p. 40, pl. 128. f. 6 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 210.

Head fuscous and white mixed ; tegul and patagia purple with

a few white scales, the dorsal ridge ochreous; pectus and legs grey

and fuscous mixed; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous

suffused with red-brown except at base. Fore wing ochreous white

mostly suffused with rufous, the costal area whitish suffused with

fuscous to subterminal line, the median nervure and veins 4, 3, 1

finely streaked with white ; a slight whitish streak in base of sub-

_median fold; subbasal line defined on each side by whitish, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique and ending at submedian fold,

some reddish beyond its lower extremity followed by a rufous band

from submedian fold to inner margin; antemedial line double,

rufous filled in with white, waved, oblique from costa to submedian

110 NOCTUID ©.

fold; claviform defined by rufous, acute at extremity; orbicular

and reniform narrow with rufous centres and white annuli defined

by deep rufous, the former oblique, open below, the latter with white

discoidal line in middle; medial line rufous, oblique from costa to

median nervure, then waved; postmedial line rufous defined by

white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then waved,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on

Fig. 17.—LKurabila lignea, S$. }.

costa ; subterminal line white defined by rufous on inner side,

waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; terminal

area with purple marks irrorated with white at extremities of veins

except towards apex, with black lunules between them ; cilia black

with fine pale line at base and ochreous patches at and below apex.

Hind wing ochreous tinged with fuscous; the underside with the

costal area faintly tinged with red and irrorated with black, a

discoidal lunule and faint curved postmedial line.

Hab. Pussas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 $6, Dharmsila

(Hocking), 33,2 2 type. Hvp. 46-52 millim.

Genus EUPLEXIDIA.

Euplexidia, Umpsn. Moths Ind. iv, p. 461 (1896); Swinh. Type.

ING Wilde del (()) vabres yoy (ot) (USIP) adagasdoanoadossoqoodocsocxe0e noctuiformes.

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

head and moderately scaled, the 83rd oblique; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenna of male minutely ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the pro- and metathorax with divided crests, tibix moderately

fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing

rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen slightly crenulate; vein 3 from

close to angle of cell ; 5almost straight from just below middle of discoceilulars ;

6 from upper angle; 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just

below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

2856. Euplexidia noctuiformis.

Muplexidia noctuifurmis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 461 (1896); Swinh.

A. M.N, Hf. (6) xix. p. 165 (1897).

dg. Head and thorax clothed with pale rufous and whitish

scales; frons with blackish bars at sides and brown bar above;

tegule with diffused black band near tips; tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen pale rufous, the dorsal crests blackish.

BUPLEXIDIA.—CHECUPA. IILIL

Fore wing pale rufous suffused in parts with violaceous, sparsely

irrorated with black, the costal area irrorated with pale yellow ;

subbasal line represented by black strie from costa and cell defined

by yellowish on outer side; antemedial line with black striga from

costa, then indistinct, diffused, interrupted, oblique to above inner

margin where it is angled outwards; claviform large, strongly

defined by black and with black streak from its lower extremity to

a black lunule below angle of cell; orbicular represented by a black

line on its outer edge connected with the costa by a bar; reniform

with its centre slightly and incompletely defined by black with

traces of a yellowish annulus outside it; postmedial line double at

Fig. 18.—Huplexidia noctuiformis, d. 4.

costa, then very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then incurved

and at vein 4 bent inwards to lower angle of cell and the black

lunule below it, the area beyond it suffused with violaceous, some

pale points on costa; subterminal line formed of small yellowish

lunules, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal scries of

small black lunules defined by yellowish on inner side; cilia

chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing white, the veins and

inner area tinged with pale rufous; a brown terminal line and line

near base of cilia; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with rufous, a small discoidal spot and crenulate postmedial line,

oblique and obsolescent below vein 6.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 g type. Hep. 38 millim.

Genus CHECUPA. aires

Checupa, Moore; "P)ZyS: 1867p. G0) succc.cs.-- - sa shiucetonemece ttn fortissima.

Proboseis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint thick, hardly

reaching middle of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round: antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with

scales, the pro- and metathorax with small divided crests; tibiz thickly fringed

with long hair in male; abdomen dorsally flattened and with small crests on

two basal segments and lateral fringes of hair, the male with large ventral

tuft of hair from base and paired lateral tufts from penultimate segment.

Fore wing very long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely

eurved and crenulate, the cell clothed with long hair on underside; 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. Wind wing with veins 3, 4 from

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

12 NOCTUID AB,

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ; male with some long hair

on upperside in cell and on inner area, on underside with fringes of hair from

basal half of costa, median nervure and base of vein 4and submedian fold.

A. Fore wing without black streak from reniform to termen... fortissima.

B. Fore wing with black streak from reniform to termen...... nigrostrigata.

2857. Checupa fortissima.

Checupa fortissina, Moore, P. Z.8. 1867, p. 60, pl. 6. f. 5; Hinpsn.

Moths Ind. ii, p. 229.

Head and thorax sap-green tinged with olive-brown; tegule

with brown annuli surrounded by elliptical brown marks; patagia

with dark brown line near edges ; mesothorax with two pairs of

small brown spots with tufts of whitish hairs between them ; meta-

thorax with whitish mark; tibize with some black points; tarsi

rufous; abdomen red-brown with the ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing sap-green slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal black

spots on costa and below cell, the latter with curved black mark

Fig. 19.—Checupa fortissima, 3. }.

beyond it; a black-brown fascia on basal part of inner margin with

a black spot above vein 1 at its extremity; antemedial line very

oblique, sinuous, with black band beyond it from costa to median

nervure; claviform large, black ; orbicular and reniform green with

slight whitish annuli with black before and between them in cell,

the former quadrate, open above and below, and with two black

points in it, the latter with its lower extremity produced, some

blackish in lower part and black points towards outer edge, the

area beyond if suffused with black ; a dentate medial line from cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, black, double towards

costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

incuryed, some white points beyond it on costa and an oblique

series of small U-shaped black marks, larger towards costa; sub-

terminal line formed by aseries of white lunules with black dentate

spots beyond them extending to the terminal series of small black

and white spots; a Y-shaped white mark above tornus filled in

with black; cilia greenish at base, chequered black and white at

CHECUPA.— TRACHEA. 118

tips. Hind wing dark red-brown with darker terminal line; cilia

whitish, the underside whitish suffused with red-brown, the costal

area with dark irroration, a large brown discoidal spot and rather

diffused waved postmedial line,

Hab, Stxuim (Dudgeon), 1,1 9 type. Hwvp. 58 millim.

*2858. Checupa nigrostrigata. (Plate CX. fig. 21.)

Bagada nigrostrigata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 209 (1906).

@. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi

with some black-brown at side of 2nd joint ; antenne black-brown

except basal joint; tegule with black-brown tips; tarsi black-

brown with pale rings ; abdomen pale ochreous tinged with brown.

Fore wing pale ochreous suffused in parts with rufous especially on

postmedial area except towards costa; vein 1 on medial area, the

costal area towards apex, and the medial part of terminal area tinged

with sap-green ; subbasal line represented by a dark point on costa,

the antemedial line by adark point on costa, then by slight stric

in the interspaces, bent outwards below costa; claviform absent ;

orbicular with very faint pale annulus, elliptical ; reniform whitish

tinged with green, defined by black below, oblique elliptical, with

an irregularly quadrate black patch before it in upper part of cell

with an oblique blackish bar from it to costa, a black streak from

reniform to termen below vein 4; postmedial line very indistinct,

pale, with black point at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

defined by slight dark striz on inner side, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa with slight

brown streaks between them; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of minute brown lunules; cilia red-brown with

series of small black spots at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused

with red-brown ; cilia whitish with brown line near base; the

underside whitish suffused with brown, an indistinct diffused curved

postmedial line and traces of subterminal shade.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type fT Qin Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hap. 42 millim.

Genus TRACHEA.

Type.

Trachea, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 75 (1816), non descr. ; Treit.

SchimettaHiunsival (2) pGo(USZD) i ecwasees semen cee -eecticciece atriplicis.

Phosphila Mello men Vierzegpie2 VS) USAT) Newrciesseselnaceneesciseees eee turbulenta.

Hama, Steph. 11. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 4 (1829) ...... anceps.

DBopplncaen, Yul Misery PAL, (CUSISS) \SanosaacoocosoudoueosoosnabedosoodGucoaede aurigera.

Chandata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 113 (1882)........... cece ces eee eee ee partita.

Epa, Beth -Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 192 (1906) .........0000000. prattt.

Achaviapubns Mente imede) .s-css-cesocceoesceceesesectec aeeeeteecte atriplicis.

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

middle of frons, the 3rd short and blunt; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the vertex of head with ridge of

scales, the pro- and metathorax with divided crests; tibize fringed with long

hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing broad, the apex

rounded, the termen crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell;

VOL. VII. I

114 NOCTUID&.

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with cell near base only.

Secr. I. (Chandata). Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches, the

apex simple.

A. Fore wing bluish white with black markings ............... partita.

B. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous and purplish red... ¢//ocata.

2859. Trachea partita.

Chandata partita, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 114, pl. 4. f. 16 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p, 222.

Head and thorax white; palpi except towards tips, sides of frons,

antenne and some scales between them, tips of tegule and some

scales at middle, edges of patagia and sides of metathorax, and

prothoracic crest black ; pectus and legs fuscous black, the tibiz

and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous black, the dorsal

crests deep black. Fore wing bluish white; subbasal line repre-

sented by black strize from costa and cell ; a black patch on basal

inner area, followed by a black band, oblique from costa to median

nervure, then incurved, sometimes interrupted below costa; ante-

medial line expanding into a wedge-shaped spot at costa, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous; claviform slightly

defined by black at extremity ; orbicular and reniform white, con-

joined on median nervure, undefined above and below, defined by

Fig. 20.-—Trachea partita, S$. }.

ablack bar on inner side of orbicular which is elliptical and by

black patches before and between them, a white patch on costa

above orbicular ; a slight, oblique, dentate medial line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line defined on outer side by a triangular

black patch from costa with white points on costa, then obsolescent,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, waved ;

subterminal line obsolescent and slightly waved from costa to

vein 2 where it is bent inwards, then erect to inner margin with a

brown spot before it below vein 2 and a black spot beyond it above

tornus ; a terminal series of black strie; cilia white intersected

with black. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia chequered with

white except towards apex; the underside with the inner area pale,

a few white scales on costal area and some diffused scales before

termen, traces of a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line,

Hab. Six (Pilcher), 13,12. Hep. 34 millim.

TRACHEA. alley

2860. Trachea illocata. (Plate CX. fig. 22.

Hadena illocata, Wik. xi. 758 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am

p. 164.

Dryobota stigmata, Grote, Check List Noctuide, p. 23 (1876).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white, rufous or purple-

red and some black scales; frons with black bar; tegule with

black medial line; pectus clothed with pale brown and grey hair;

the tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey irrorated with

fuscous, the dorsal crests black, the lateral fringes rufous or purplish.

Fore wing grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous and tinged

with purplish red especially below the cell, the veins slightly

streaked with black ; asmall tuft of black and white scales at base ;

subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold, in which there

is a short black streak and another on base of inner margin ; ante-

medial line black defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards

below costa, then excurved and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform

moderate, more or less incompletely defined by black and with

black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular grey irrorated

with white and defined by black, somewhat oblique elliptical ;

reniform large, white defined by black and its centre by fuscous or

with its inner part grey; a blackish medial Jine, oblique from costa

to below cell; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then strongly dentate, incurved below vein 3, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined on each side by brown, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia

fuscous and grey. Hind wing grey with a cupreous tinge and more

or less completely suffused and irrorated with fuscous; a discoidal

lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band; a

terminal series of black strie ; the underside whitish, the costal

and terminal areas slightly tinged with purplish and irrorated with

fuscous, a discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal band.

Hab. Ignotus, 1g type; Canava, Ottawa (Young), 2 3; U.S.A.,

Eastern, Middle, and Central States, Massachusetts, New York,

1 g,1 @ type stigmata, Center (Lintner, Hill), 23,22, Colorado.

Kap. 42-44 millim.

Sxcr. II. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apex serrate,

A. Fore wing green suffused in parts with red-brown, the

postmedial line silvery blue.................ceceeeeeessneeeenes cyanelined,

B. Fore wing whitish irrorated with brown and suffused in

PALLsnWLEMLOlive-VellOwzwassccecsececeenssene aces sie eneseee tees subviridis,

2861. Trachea cyanelinea. (Plate CX. fig. 23.)

Euplexia cyanelinea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 222 (1894).

3. Head and thorax olive-brown, some of the hairs tipped with

black and white; palpi, frons, and antenne dark brown; tibie and

116 NOCTUIDA.

tarsi fuscous brown ringed with white; abdomen dark brown, the

anal tuft pale brown. Fore wing sap-green slightly tinged with

brown, the subbasal, medial, and postmedial areas mostly suffused

with deep red-brown ; the veins streaked with brown with some

silvery blue scales near base and towards extremity of median

nervure; the diffused subbasal brown band not reaching inner

margin ; antemedial line silvery blue, angled outwards below costa,

then oblique, waved; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform

large, green, rather quadrate, the former with brown centre irrorated

with silvery blue scales and connected with a hemispherical green

spot below the cell, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median

nervure, the centre tinged with brown and its lower part suffused

with brown; postmedial line silvery blue except towards costa

where it is pale, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate ;

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line only defined by the contrast between the

brown and green areas, dentate, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3,

2, and at inner margin ; cilia olive-green and blackish intersected

with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, a diffused greenish white

postmedial line from vein 2 to inner margin and indistinct diffused

subterminal band ; cilia chequered brown and white; the underside

greenish white thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, a dark

discoidal lunule and indistinct diffused postmedial and subterminal

bands.

Hab, Stxuim, Tonglo, 10,000! (Elwes), 1 3 type. Hap. 44

millim.

2862. Trachea subviridis.

Plataplecta subviridis, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. ii, p. 32, pl. 31. f. 3 (1878).

Head and thorax reddish ochreous slightly mixed with brown,

the dorsum of thorax greyish; edges of patagia with some black

scales ; fore tibise and the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen

Fig. 21.— Trachea subviridis, §. }.

reddish ochreous, the dorsal crests brown. Fore wing whitish

suffused in parts with olive-yellow, especially on postmedial area

except towards costa and inner margin and slightly irrorated with

brown, the inner margin whitish on medial area; subbasal line

double, waved, filled in with whitish below the cell and ending at

submedian fold, a brown patch beyond it on costal area; antemedial

line double, filled in with whitish from cell to inner margin,

TRACHEA. 7,

excurved below costa and above inner margin and incurved below

cell; claviform defined by a few black scales ; orbicular and reni-

form large, incompletely defined by black, the former round, the

latter more strongly detined on inner side; a slight oblique striga

from costa to reniform ; postmedia} line double filled in with white

towards costa and below vein Y, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, bent outwards at vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa and a dark patch

in submedian interspace ; subterminal line ochreous slightly defined

by brown on inner side, minutely waved and slightly angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small

black lunules defined on inner side by slight whitish lunules ; cilia

with a brown line through them. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with reddish brown; a faint curved postmedial line, diffused dark

subterminal band, and fine blackish terminal line; cilia brown at

base, whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated

with red-brown, a diffused dark subterminal band.

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

grey.

Hub. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 1 3, 4 2 type, Satsuma

(Leech), 1 9 ; C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pryer), 12; W. Cuina, Chang

Yang (Pratt), 2 2, Ni-tou, 1 9. Hp. 38-46 millim.

Scr. ITT. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing bluish white with black markings ............... bella.

B. Fore wing not bluish white.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line green expanding

MACON AEC My OMPMMANCWRALEA sscceael-lelecteeissinslsie seis ceisice cela hastata.

6. Fore wing with the subterminal line not green.

a, Fore wing with black fascia on medial area in sub-

MMe C Mane tOl Cet keer deat neice sjaleise acts awsiaeae sdtacooseeeees repetita.

b}. Fore wing without black fascia on medial area in

submedian fold.

a, Fore wing red-brown, the postmedial area pale

except towar Gsteosta se ess ssreseasaceorcwacconeaemenes fasciculata.

b?. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous and with

patchesiofolive- Cree eee enced sqesccsecsncsecee-meers stoliczce.

2863. Trachea bella. (Plate CX. fig. 24.)

Lamprosticta bella, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 183; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 185.

Euplexia greseri, Staud. Rom. Méum. vi. p. 462, pl. 7. f. 7 (1892).

Head white ; palpi except at tips, a bar across frons, antenne and

two streaks on vertex of head black; tegule white with black tips ;

patagia white with black edges; thorax black with white dorsal

streak ; pectus and legs black, the tibiz and tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen black-brown. Fore wing white with a faint bluish tinge;

subbasal line represented by black strize from costa and cell, angled

inwards above vein 1; a black patch on base of inner area with

two small black spots beyond it ; a black patch on costa followed

by a brown band to just above inner margin, excurved at middle,

118 NOCTUIDE.

where there is a black spot on its inner edge followed by the fine

black antemedial line excurved from costa to submedian fold, then

incurved and with black spot at inner margin; claviform with

triangular black mark at base, its extremity slightly defined by

black; medial area black, the orbicular and reniform white, the

former elliptical defined by black at sides only and conjoined to a

white patch on costa and a very large and irregular patch from cell

to inner margin, the latter oblique oblong with some black in

centre ; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 6, defined by brown on outer

side followed by a triangular black patch on costal area with some

white points on costa; a rather triangular black patch just before

middle of termen and oblique patch from vein 2 to above tornus

bisected by a white streak; cilia black intersected with white.

Hind wing black-brown with whitish point on vein 2 just before

termen; cilia white-tipped at middle, wholly white towards

tornus; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area

broadly suffused with brown and irrorated with white, a slight

discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

line.

Hab. EK, Stneria, Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Pryer), 1 ¢,2 2, Tokio

(Maries), 1 3 type. Exp. 30 milim.

2864. Trachea fasciculata. (Plate CX. fig. 27.)

Apamea fasciculata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 65.

3. Head and thorax reddish brown with some grey and black

scales ; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown slightly suffused with

fuscous and irrorated with black; subbasal line double filled in

with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line avuble filled in with whitish, oblique, waved ; claviform small,

defined by slight black streaks above and below; orbicular and

reniform whitish defined by black, the tornus oblique elliptical, the

latter open above and below; traces of an oblique sinuous medial

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

double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 5, then oblique and minutely waved, a dark patch beyond

it on costal area with some pale points on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, waved, excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight

black lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish

uniformly suffused with brown; a fine waved dark terminal line;

the underside with small black discoidal spot and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hab. W. Curna, Moupin (Kricheldorf), 3g type. Hap.

34 millim.

TRACHEA. 119

2865. Trachea hastata. (Plate CX. fig. 25.)

Hadena hastata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 130, pl. 4. f. 20 (1881); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 199.

3. Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with some pale

ochreous ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; tegule black in

front; metatkoracic crest black ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ;

abdomen brownish grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing purple-

brown tinged with fuscous in places; subbasal line black defined by

greyish on outer side, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; an

irregular oblique green band from below median nervure before

antemedial line to inner margin; antemedial line black defined by

greyish on inner side, curved, minutely waved; claviform suffused

with black and defined by black towards extremity which is acute;

orbicular and reniform with brown centres and pale rufous annuli

incompletely defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical ;

an oblique black striga from costa to reniform and indistinct in-

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

line double, filled in with green at costa and below vein 2, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line green slightly defined on each side by blackish, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and expanding into a patch on

inner area; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia dark

brown with pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing whitish

tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with

brown; a dark discoidal lunule and fine dark terminal line; cilia

white with dark line through them and dark tips; the underside

whitish irrorated with fuscous, the apical area tinged with purplish

red, a large black discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial

line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Stxatm; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢. vp. 30 millim.

2866. Trachea repetita. (Plate OX fig. 26.)

Apamea repetita, Burl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 183 (1885).

Agrotis conjuncta, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 32.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some rufous.

Fore wing white suffused in parts with rufous especially on basal

half; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line angled outwards below costa,

then waved and somewhat oblique; claviform defined by blackish

and with black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform white defined by black, the former round or rather oblique,

open above, the latter defined on inner side only ; a slight dentate

medial line; postmedial line indistinct, red-brown, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, some white points beyond it on costa; the postmedial area

120 NOCTUID.

white except towards costa; subterminal line white defined on

inner side by slight dentate rufous marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, the area beyond it brown except at apex ; a terminal

series of small black lunules ; cilia brown with a fine white line at

base. Hind wing white tinged with brown; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, faint curved postmedial line,

and fine terminal line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 9 type; W. Cana, Omei-

shan, 2 ¢ type conjuncta. Hap. 3 32, 2 34 millim,

2867. Trachea stoliczce.

Mamestra stoliczke, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 82 (1874); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 214.

Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; vertex of head,

tegulee, and patagia with olive-green patches, the tegule with slight

medial black line, the patagia with some black scales near upper

edge; the tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen grey irrorated

with fuscous, the crests blackish at tips. Fore wing grey irrorated

with fuscous and with patches of olive-green on basal and terminal

areas, the medial area suffused with olive-green except towards

costa and inner margin ; subbasal line represented by double black

strie from costa and cell filled in with grey; antemedial line

defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique, waved, angled inwards at vein 1 and to inner margin;

claviform small, slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform

whitish slightly defined by black, and their centres irrorated with

eile

Fig. 22.— Trachea stoliczce, 3. }.

fuscous, the former oblique, somewhat constricted at middle, the

Jatter large and rather irregular; an indistinct medial line oblique

from costa to median nervure, then strongly incurved and angled

outwards on vein 1; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white defined.on each side by fuscous, waved, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle, then incurved, a terminal series

of black points and fine waved line; cilia with a slight pale line at

base. Hind wing fuscous, the basal half rather paler ; cilia fuscous

with slight pale line at base and whitish tips; the underside

TRACHEA, 121

whitish irrorated with fuscous, a small black discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line,

Hab. Kasumir, Scinde Valley, 2 g, Goorais Valley (Leech,

Thompson), 2 3; Ponsas, Dalhousie (Harford), 9 3, Murree

(Harford), 1 $, Thundiani (Verbury), 4g, 12. Evp. 50-54

millim.

Secr. IV. Antennz of male with fasciculate cilia.

A. Fore wing with irregular black subterminal band froin

belowgapexstorabovestornus) <saas.+scss-scesh oueeke to eeeeee distorta.

B. Fore wing without irregular black subterminal band.

a. Fore wing with black patch at tornus.

a\. Fore wing with wedge-shaped black patch at tornus

wathelamulerabovenite sercctwscescccesccceasccseececeteeeeee melanoleuca.

b', Fore wing with oblique quadrate black patch at

tornus,

a>, Fore wing with black annulus in end of cell ...... neelanodonta.

6°, Fore wing with quadrate black patch with oblique

white mark on it in end of cell..................00000e melanobasis.

*, Fore wing with the reniform large with greenish

annulus on inner side and below and large white

junule;onyouteredger.c. 5.2... .cs.4oseesdoemcsseacedecs atritornea.

6. Fore wing without black patch at tornus ...............008 toxaridia,

2868. Trachea distorta. (Plate CX. fig. 28.)

Euplexia distoria, Moore, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 354, pl. 38. f. 18; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 218.

Q. Head and thorax black; palpi with the extremity of 2nd

joint and 38rd joint white; head with some white at base of

antenne and behind; shaft of antenne white at base; tegule with

broad white tips; patagia with triangular patches of white; vertex

of thorax with white streak; tibize and tarsi ringed with white;

abdomen fuscous black with some white hair at base. Fore wing

black ; a white point at base ; a waved subbasal white band from

costa to vein 1, above which it is connected by a curved white mark

with the antemedial band, which is oblique from costa to median

neryure, then incurved, emitting short irregular white fasciz below

median nervure and on inner margin ; orbicular defined at sides by

a few white scales; reniform white, oblique oblong, angled inwards

on median nervure; postmedial line an irregular white band,

confluent with upper edge of reniform, oblique to vein 6, excurved

to vein 4, bent inwards to lower edge of reniform, forking above

inner margin and sending one branch to inner margin beyond

middle, the other to tornus, some white points beyond it on

costa; an oblique white fascia from apex to the postmedial line;

termen narrowly white, expanding into triangular marks in the

interspaces below vein 4; cilia white. Hind wing fuscous black,

whitish at base ; a white striga on vein 2 towards termen; slight

white marks on termen above and below vein 2; cilia black at

apex, chequered white and black at middle, white towards tornus ;

122 NOCLUID Av.

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas broadly suffused

with black irrorated with white; a discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Sixarm (Pilcher), 1 9. Hvp. 38 millim.

*2869. Trachea melanoleuca. (Plate CX. fig. 29.)

Euplexia melanoleuca, Hmpsn. Ann. 8, Afr. Nat. Mus. ii. p. 284 (1902).

Q. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; palpi

black at sides, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white; frons

at sides, antennee, tips of tegule, and two patches on each patagium

black ; tarsi ringed with black; abdomen white, the dorsal crests

black, lateral patches and dorsal and ventral patches on anal

segment black. Fore wing white, the basal, costal, and postmedial

areas suffused with smoky brown; a short black streak below base

of cell; subbasal line double at costa, then waved, ending at sub-

median fold; an antemedial waved black line incurved and obso-

lescent in cell, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular pale brown,

elliptical, erect ; medial shade black, oblique from costa to median

nervure, then incurved and ending in a spot above vein 1 ; reniform

smoky brown defined by black, very large and rounded ; postmedial

line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, with some white on its outer edge towards inner

margin and two black lunules before it above veins 5 and 6; three

white points on postmedial part of costa; an indistinct, curved,

minutely dentate subterminal line; a subapical black patch with a

white spot on its inner edge; a K-like terminal black mark on

vein 5, a lunule and patch on cilia below vein 2, a wedge-shaped

patch at tornus, and a series of small terminal lunules. Hind wing

white suffused with fuscous especially towards termen; a dark

postmedial line angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; the

tornal area white with a black spot and patch on cilia below vein 2

and lunule at tornus; a terminal waved line defined by white on

inner side; cilia white; the underside with black discoidal spot,

curved postmedial line, and black patches on cilia at apex and below

vein 2,

Hab. Navan, 1 @ typet in Coll. Druce. wp. 50 millim.

2870. Trachea melanodonta, n.n. (Plate CX. fig. 30.)

Bryophila melanoleuca, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 290 (1902), nec id.

p. 284.

®. Head and thorax white; palpi black, white at tips; frons

with lateral black bars; antenne black below; patagia and meta-

thorax at extremities black ; pectus and legs mixed with black, the

fore and mid tibize-and the tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen

white irrorated with black, the ventral surface with black patch

before anal tuft. Fore wing white; the base of costa black with

olive-fulvous patches below it and cell; a broad black antemedial

band, its inner edge angled outwards in cell and its outer edge

TRACHEA. 123

strongly below cell; medial black streaks on costa and inner

margin, with some olive-fulvous scales below the former and

between cell and latter; a white spot in end of cell ringed with

black and connected by a short streak with the black discoidal bar,

a black patch above it on costa; a postmedial black point on costa ;

a broad oblique black subterminal band, with white point at costa,

from costa to vein 6, and an oblique band from submedian fold to

tornus with white streak on its upper edge and the area between

it and the band from costa broadly suffused with fuscous edged with

black and white scales; some diffused fuscous spots on termen

towards apex and a streak in submedian fold; a terminal series of

black strie; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish

suffused with black except at base; cilia white; the underside

white irrorated with fuscous, a blackish spot on middle of costa,

rather diffused sinuous postmedial line, and traces of subterminal

band.

Hab. Nava, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 type. Exp. 26 millim.

2871. Trachea melanobasis. (Plate CX. fig. 31.)

Euplexia melanobasis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 285 (1902).

@. Head and thorax white ; palpi except at tips, antenne, base

and tips of patagia and sides of metathorax black; tegule rufous

with some white in centres; legs black ringed with white ;

abdomen white irrorated with dark brown and dorsally banded

with black, Fore wing with the basal area black, with white

patch with waved outer edge on base of costal area and rufous spot

on it at costa and streak below cell, the edge of the black area

nearly straight from costa to vein 1 where it is retracted, then erect

to inner margin, followed by a white band and irroration shading

into the leaden grey terminal area ; claviform and orbicular absent;

reniform represented by a quadrate black patch with oblique white

mark near its inner edge, and with a black bar from it to costa ;

postmedial line white, bent outwards below costa, obsolete between

veins 7 and 2, then angled inwards in submedian fold and rather

oblique to inner margin, where it is followed by a large rather

triangular black patch extending to tornus; the costa spotted black

and white towards apex, with a broad rather oblique black sub-

terminal bar from costa to vein 7; a subterminal black spot with

white point on its inner edge above vein 5; traces of the sub-

terminal line between veins 5 and 2 with slight olive shading

beyond it ; some olive shading below vein 2 before and beyond the

postmedial line; a slight terminal dark line; cilia chequered

fuscous and white. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia chequered

with white at middle; the underside white irrrorated with black,

the costal area suffused with black, a discoidal spot and diffused

postmedial line incurved below vein 4.

Hab. Nara, Mooi R., 1 2 type. Hep. 34 millim.

124 NOCTUID®.

2872. Trachea atritornea, n. sp. (Plate CX. fig. 32.)

©. Head and thorax black mixed with white and some olive-

yellow scales; antennze ringed with white; palpi black irrorated

with white ; pectus with blackish hair tipped with white and some

pale brownish at sides ; tibize and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

black irrorated with white and some pale brownish at base; the

crests with some green. Fore wing white, in parts suffused with

olive-green, purplish fuscous, and black; antemedial line oblique,

waved, with some white before and beyond it at inner margin;

claviform slightly defined by biack; orbicular represented by a

small black spot on a green patch surrounded by a white patch

connected by a bar with costa; reniform large, with green and

black annulus on inner side and below, and large white lunule with

some pale rufous scaling on outer side above; a wedge-shaped

white mark below end of cell; postmedial line double filled in with

white at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with small white spot at inner

margin; postmedial area white, with black and white marks on

costa with some green below them and some rufous between veins

3 and 1; subterminal line white, faintly defined on inner side

by blackish, incurved below vein 3, with black patches beyond it

at apex and below vein 6 and large patch at tornus; cilia chequered

black and white. Hind wing fuscous black with some whitish in

and below cell; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line; a small

white spot near extremity of vein 2 with some white irroration

above it; cilia white with a strong black line through them except

towards tornus; the underside white irrorated with black, the costal

and terminal areas broadly suffused with black, a small discoidal

annulus and curved waved postmedial line.

Hab. Cotomsia, Bogota, 1 9 type. Exp. 40 millim.

2873. Trachea toxaridia.

Hadena toxaridia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 293, pl. 27. f. 25

(1889).

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous and olive-

yellow ; palpi and frons blackish mixed with white ; tibiee and tarsi

blackish banded with white; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated

Fig. 23.— Trachea toxaridia, . 1.

with black, the dorsal crests black, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing white suffused in parts with olive-yellow, in others with

TRACHEA. 125

purplish fusecous; the veins irrorated with black scales, the costa

black with series of white points; subbasal line black defined by

white on inner side, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

black defined by white on outer side, somewhat oblique, waved ;

claviform olive defined by black at extremity; orbicular oblique

oblong, with olive-yellow and black in centre defined by white at

sides only; reniform oblong, with olive-yellow and white centre

with some black irroration above and below defined by white at

sides only; a medial line oblique from costa to median nervure,

then waved: postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and bent in-

wards to submedian fold, broadly defined by violaceous white beyond

the cell and slightly towards inner margin; the postmedial area

suffused with fuscous except at costa, on which there are some white

points; subterminal line represented by a series of small white

lunules with olive-yellow spots beyond them before the terminal

series of black spots which have some white between them; cilia

white and yellow with a series of black spots at tips. Hind wing

white strongly suffused with fuscous except at base; a dark ter-

minal line; cilia fuscous, whitish at base and tips; the underside

white irrorated with fuscous, a diffused oblique antemedial line,

black discoidal point, and irregularly crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Milpas (Forrcr), 1 3 type. Hp. 38 millim.

Sect. V. Antenne of male evenly ciliated.

A. Hind wing of male with the upper part of cell short, the discocellulars

oblique; veins 6,7 strongly stalked, their stalks curved upwards and

thickened.

2874. Trachea stellifera.

Dianthecia stellifera, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 123 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 216.

$. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish ; palpi dark

brown at sides; tegule at base and tips and patagia at tips dark

brown ; legs irrorated with dark brown ; abdomen brown with pale

segmental bands, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing

Fig. 24.—Trachea stellifera, $. +

T°

olive-green slightly irrorated with black; a black point at base;

subbasal line represented by white strie from costa and cell with

black spots before them at costa and above vein | and diffused black

band beyond them; antemedial line whitish, waved, defined by

126 NOCTUIDA,

black spots en each side of it at costa, then by a few black scales ;

claviform defined by diffused black; orbicular with dark centre,

else hardly traceable ; reniform with incomplete whitish annulus

forming a spot at lower extremity, some dark points in its upper

part and patch in lower; the cell between the stigmata black with

a black bar above it from costa; some black suffusion before the

postmedial line, which is whitish defined by black on inner side,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved

below vein 4, the costa beyond it with black striae and white points ;

subterminal line formed of interrupted white strie defined by black

patches on inner side at costa and on both sides at middle and above

inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and

submedian folds, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with some black at tips.

Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia whitish at tips ; the underside paler,

with oblique discoidal bar and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixkuim, 1 $ type. LHwp. 44 millim,

B. Hind wing of male with the neuration normal.

a. Fore wing of male with the disk clothed with silky downturned scales

on underside.

2875. Trachea distans.

Hadena distans, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 180 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 208.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with some black; palpi black

above ; tegule with slight dark medial line; tarsi blackish ringed

with rufous; abdomen pale rufous irroratcd with fuscous. Fore

wing bright rufous irrorated with black, the basal half slightly

suffused with fuscous except inner area; subbasal line double,

black, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct,

double, waved, bent inwards as a black streak above inner margin ;

claviform quadrate, defined by black and extending to median

Fig. 25.—TZrachea distans, G. }.

nervure ; orbicular round, defined by black and with slight whitish

annulus; reniform more or less completely filled in with white,

with strong black bar on inner side, otherwise slightly defined and

with irregular outer edge; a medial black striga from costa; post-

medial line double, bent outwards below costa, then waved, oblique

to vein 3 near subterminal line, then incurved, some pale points

TRACHEA. 127

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

small dentate whitish marks, defined on inner side at middle by

slight dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing pale rufous tinged with fuscous brown, a terminal

series of black lunules; the underside pale rufous slightly irrorated

with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, slight waved postmedial line,

and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Assam, Khiasis, 1 ¢ type; Straapors (Ridley), 2 3 ; Borwnzo,

Trusau (Shelford),1 3. Exp. § 34, 9 40 millim.

6, Abdomen of male clothed with ferruginous scales except at extremity

above; underside of both wings clothed with ferruginous scales to

submedian fold and postmedial line.

2876. Trachea indistans.

Hadena indistans, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 87 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 208.

$. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey and irrorated

with fuscous; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars ;

tarsi black ringed with rufous ; abdomen ferruginous, the extremity

dorsally grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey and

irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, curved ; claviform

short, defined by black, extending to median nervure; orbicular

defined by black at sides only, oblique oblong ; reniform defined by

black on inner side and below; a medial blackish shade from costa

to median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct, double, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then waved, oblique to vein 3 near sub-

terminal line, then incurved, some pale points with black strie

Fig. 26.— Trachea indistans, 3. }.

between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by

a series of slight ochreous dentate marks, defined at middle on inner

side by small dentate blackish marks and on outer by small spots,

somewhat angled outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of minute

black points ; cilia fuscous and greyish. Hind wing greyish suffused

with rufous and fuscous; a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia

whitish tinged with rufous. Underside of both wings clothed with

ferruginous scales to postmedial line except on inner area; fore wing

with dark postmedial line angled outwards below costa and at vein 4

128 NOCTUID™®.

and diffused subterminal band; hind wing with curved postmedial

line from costa to vein 4, diffused subterminal band obsolescent

towards tornus and terminal series of black lunules.

@. Abdomen and underside without the ferruginous scales.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with white annulus to orbicular, the reniform

filled in with white.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 3 , Simla (Harford),

13,29, Dharmsila (Hocking), 25,392, Manpuri, 19 ; Manpras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), + 3. Hep. 32-386 millim.

ec. Wings of male normal.

a, Abdomen of male with thick lateral fringes of long hairs.

*2877. Trachea iorrhoa.

Hadena iorrhoa, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 27.

6. Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with ochreous;

tarsi with ochreous rings; abdomen paler rufous. Fore wing bright

rufous; the subbasal line dark, waved, from costa to submedian

fold where there is a dark streak from its extremity, defined on

outer side by ochreous; antemedial line defined on inner side by

ochreous, oblique, angled outwards below costa and inwards on

vein 1; claviform short, broad, defined by blackish; orbicular

and reniform with ochreous annuli, the former quadrate, defined

on each side by blackish, open above and below, the latter quadrate,

defined on inner side by blackish almost forming a V with orbicular ;

Fig. 27.— Trachea iorrhoa, 3. }.

postmedial line defined on outer side by ochreous, bent outwards

below costa, dentate beyond cell, then more distinct, oblique, angled

outwards on vein 2 and inwards in submedian fold, some ochreous

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous, defined on

inner side by rather dentate brown marks, slightly angled outwards

on vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4 and 8; a terminal

series of small dark lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

reddish ochreous; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal

areas tinged with rufous, a large blackish discoidal lunule and

indistinct dentate postmedial line.

Hab, Tasmania, type f ¢ in Coll. Meyrick. Hp. 44 millim.

TRACHEA. 129

4, Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long black

hair on underside from base.

a2, Thorax with dark brown band behind tegule. nigribarbata.

2. Thorax without dark band behind tegule...... breviuscula.

2878. Trachea nigribarbata, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black; palpi

with black lateral spots on lst and 2nd joints; prothorax with

dark brown band behind tegule; abdomen brown suffused with

fuscous, the lateral tufts and ventral surface black, the anal tuft

rufous and whitish below. Fore wing reddish brown slightly

suffused with fuscous and irrorated with black; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double,

waved, curved; claviform a blackish mark; orbicular and reniform

pale tinged with brown and defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, the latter incompletely defined; an indistinct waved

medial line; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, somewhat incurved at discal fold,

Fig. 28.—-Trachea nigribarbata, §. 4.

incurved below vein 4, a black patch beyond it on costal area with

pale points on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight ochreous marks defined on both sides at middle by small

black marks, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 end excurved

at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia ochreous and

blackish with a series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the cilia ochreous with a fuscous line through them; the underside

ochreous tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with black, a

black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal line.

@. Fore wing with the inner, postmedial, and apical areas pale.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Masailand, E. Quasso (Betton), 1 ¢ type;

Narat, Durban (Gooch), 1 9. Hep. 32 millim.

2879, Trachea brevinscula. (Plate CXI. fig. 1.)

Xylina breviuscula, Wik. xv. 1735 (1858).

@. Head and thorax pale greyish rufous slightly irrorated with

fuscous; palpi black above; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdo-

men greyish suffused with brown. Fore wing pale greyish rufous

VOL. VII. K

130 NOCTUID A.

slightly irrorated with fuscous, the inner half of medial area suffused

with black-brown except towards inner margin; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, waved, oblique; claviform short and broad, defined by

black and filled in with black-brown; orbicular rufous defined

by black, oblique elleptical; reniform with strong black bar on

inner side, otherwise undefined; a medial blackish striga from

costa; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then

waved, oblique to vein 3 near subterminal line, then incurved, a

blackish patch beyond it on costa with pale points on it before the

subterminal line, which is very indistinct, pale, angled outwards at

vein 7, then somewhat waved and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia with pale line at base. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale rufous with a slight dark line

through them; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, minutely

waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Navat, Durban (Gueinzius, Gooch), 2 9 type. Hap. 34

millim.

cl, Abdomen of male normal.

a, Fore wing with more or less olive or bright

green mixed.

a3, Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate

to termen throughout.

a‘, Head and‘thorax emerald-green ............... smaragdistis,

i4,, Head and thorax rufous.

a, Fore wing without white apical patch ...... mntochlora,

45, Fore wing with white apical patch ... ..... leucopera,

3, Fore wing with the subterminal lne dentate

at veins 4, 3, 2.

a’, Fore wing with white striga or small spot

beyond the extremity of claviform.

a, Fore wing with white apical patch.

a®, Fore wing with the orbicular an elliptical

DEKE Fe) 9X0) pS soneanabuoondn odsanbodadadoacubeoGabac trichroma.

v6, Fore wing with the orbicular a white point.

a, Fore wing with blackish patch with white

streak about it beyond the white striga

at extremity of claviform .............0.068 bryochlora.

67. Fore wing with diffused white beyond the

white striga at extremity of claviform... albifusa.

c6, Fore wing with the orbicular defined at

sides by white.

ai, Kore wing olive-green mixed with some

yellOwsiceesescsseeecspiteecoitasedsscismctcscnet albidisca,

i7, Fore wing rufous slightly tinged with

olive and mixed with yellow...........:... aurantiaca.

45, Fore wing without apical white patch.

a®, Fore wing with the orbicular defined at

sides by white.

ai, Fore wing with the postmedial line

strongly incurved and dentate below

VERT A Lola sulfate iueoe cae toca naib eeeeee auroviridis,

o7, Fore wing with the postmedial line

much less inecuryed and dentate below

VEL NEE a uncanee we clatene manne tnicee et tresterne chrysochlora.

TRACHEA.

6, Fore wing with the orbicular large, olive-

green, conjoined to the reniform,

a, Kore wing without terminal series of

blacks lunwless)(22:0s- 5. cesoen eecencoeeetee rs

07, Fore wing with terminal series of black

anmuiles) Wissen HOR BSGRGauaHdodsEnGeS sgadagde

64. Fore wing with triangular olive-green patch

beyond the claviform.

. Fore wing without terminal series of black

[DOES ceocuodspudcndedapdabdpopdudcodooodoccoudHeKN

65, Fore wing with terminal series of black

JSXOVRGIS) | Sanganuaeendaseonscacnboopedaudodadeecocuodad

ct, Fore wing without white or pale patch beyond

the clavifori.

a@, Kore wing with the reniform white .........

5, Kore wing with the reniform green.

a®, Fore wing with dark suffusion beyond the

subterminal line at discal ancl submedian

LOM SMectsassciscienesscuacoatccsenaskautes seco meters

06, Fore wing without dark suffusion beyond

the subterminal line at discal and sub-

META TOlMSW Man easetcdetaesoceeuae areeeee

3, Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate

at veins 4, 3} gosh asada dandad aap au LOpeanaROSERBEBCaBcS

d3, Fore wing with the subter minal line excurved

at middle but not dentate.

at, Kore wing with white or pale mark beyond

the claviform.

a. Fore wing with oblique white striga beyond

Cherclavikopmeers waccekassssstaes ccesenescesn es

05, Fore wing with wedge-shaped white spot

beyondathexclavitoruireecrisecs seer accesscee ce

©. Fore wing with oblique bidentate whitish

patch beyond the claviform ..................

d5, Kore wing with oblique pale bidentate patch

beyond orbicular and clayiform

a®, Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish

fuscous.

Fore wing with green largely mixed ......

b7, Kore wing with slight green markings.

Hind wing with the basal half white ...

68, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown ...

65, Fore wing with the ground-colour much

paler violaceous grey.

a. Hind wing white, the terminal area

brown.

a8, Fore wing with the subterminal line

GRUCEIN. seq Soncnsenbe5oosdocuddasbs sao5¢huunagC

+8, Fore wing with the subterminal line

pli bishiy Seawenmeewedt wes seca eslome ce eeeee

. Hind wing almost entirely suffused with

browns, Saseni cian teseiseaionotonemenpepesctacteene

64, Fore wing without pale mark beyond the

claviform.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line green.

Fore wing with dark centres to the orbi-

cular and reniform

a’. Fore wing with the orbicular not con-

fluent with a spot: below the cell.

a8, Fore wing with the subterminal line

excurved and waved at middle .........

albinota.

olivacea.

VENOSA.

literata.

chalcochiora.

atrovirens.

dinava.

aurigerd.

microspila.

melanospila,

atriplicts.

auriplend.

leucodonte.

delicata.

anguliplaqa.

malezteuci.

USCaNGa,

tociensis.

Kee

131

132 NOCTUIDA.

bs, Fore wing with the subterminal line

excurved but not waved at middle ...... chlorogrammata.

i7, Fore wing with the orbicular confluent

with a spot below the cell ................ x. Lucia.

6°, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

filled im) with) palevoreyen-ne--comsesecsescestee prattt.

b°, Fore wing with the subterminal line whitish,

a, Fore wing with some pink suffusion in

submedian interspace beyond postmedial

Lin's, « gestensahcewoateenecnsee canoes Bonbngeses bac. viridis.

8, Fore wing without pink suffusion in sub-

median interspace beyond postmedial

line.

a, Fore wing with emerald-green centres

to orbicular and reniform ................4. smaragdinad.

b7, Fore wing with olive-green centres to

orbicular and reniform ................ eee viridimusca,

c7, Fore wing without green centres to orbi-

bicular and reniform.

a, Fore wing without blackish streak in

submedian interspace on medial area.

a, Fore wing with the inner margin green

beyond antemedial line .......... aeemeiters eugrapha.

6°, Fore wing with the inner margin not

green beyond antemedial line.

a, Fore wing without white annuli to

orbicular and reniform .............6. nitens.

610, Fore wing with white annuli to oase

culariand reniformi)2). nek. phe Jancousct.

68. Fore wing with blackish streak in sub-

median interspace on medial area.

a’, Fore wing with the reniform narrow

and constricted at middle ............... Marina.

69. Fore wing with the reniform broad with

whitish or pale patch on outer edge.

a, Fore wing with the subterminal line

distincte....0. aidiclomoalateoae eee Meenrena misclioides.

4, Fore wing with the subterminal line

alimostiobsoletemme sa sceeme.eeeenes ... =macerata,

&. Fore wing without olive or bright green mixed.

a3, Fore wing with the reniform not wholly filled

in with white.

a4, Fore wing without white or pale points on

outer edge of renifcrm.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate

to termen at veins 4, 3.

a’, Hind wing with distinct blackish dis-

coidal lunule.

a, Fore wing with veins 4, 3 not defined

by white streaks beyond postmedial

ISHOX2). Gadeonubdasaoddab sbodoa obo undasodoonHasOsOse semilunata.

b7, Fore wing with veins 4, 3 defined by

white streaks beyond postmedial line... inordinata.

46. Hind wing without blackish discoidal

lunule,

ai. Fore wing without black streak in sub-

median fold on medial area ............... leucodon,

i, Kore wing with black streak in submedian

fold on medial area.

. Fore wing with the medial area not

darker than the ground-colour ......... cinefacta.

TRACHEA. 133

68, Fore wing with the medial area darker

than the ground-colour.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedal line pro-

duced to a long tooth above vein 1 ... centralis.

6% Fore wing with the antemedial line pro-

duced to a shorter tooth above vein 1. wniéa.

65, Fore wing with the subterminal line more

or less dentate at veins 4, 3 but not to

termen.

a, Fore wing with black streak below base of

cell.

ai, Fore wing with black streak in submedian

fold on medial area,

a’, Fore wing with the medial area suffused

with rufous and darker than the ante-

and postmedial areas.

@, Fore wing with the claviform defined

Db ygblackimeereenteestncces cence scocesue cea sora.

69, Fore wing with the claviform absent... durnesi.

&’. Fore wing with the medial area suffused

with black and darker than the ante-

and postmedial areas.

a, Fore wing with the terminal area

Clats keeeet etme ritceet wcnrcrtiers cdi seseitsses lona.

b°, Fore wing with the terminal area con-

colorous.

@9, Fore wing with black fascia in sub-

median interspace above tornus ... ¢urbulenta.

6, Fore wing without black fascia in

submedian interspace above tornus.

@!, Fore wing with the medial area

wholly suffused with black ......... allyrica.

1, Fore wing with the medial area

suffused with black towards costa

ByaKel eNET? HENAN dso onapnaasdesooeauee pabulatricula.

c8, Fore wing with the medial area con-

colorous.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line

incurved below vein 4 and approxi-

mated to the reniform.

@°, Fore wing with the ground-colour

grey.

w1, Kore wing with the terminal area

concolorous.

a2, Fore wing grey mixed with black

and without brown tinge ......... allecto.

62, Fore wing grey mixed with black

and tinged with brown ............ mactata,

5, Fore wing with the terminal area

darker than the ground-colour,

a, Fore wing grey mixed with black

and without brown tinge ......... Sevens.

b2, Fore wing grey mixed with black

and tinged with brown ............ SEPATANS.

b10, Fore wing with the ground-colour

brown.

@, Fore wing with the terminal area

concolorous.

a2, Fore wing with the orbicular very

elongate and connected with the

PENiLOV My ee Aies se eeceerseaee ene perpenoa.

134 NOCLUID.AN,

&2, Fore wing with the orbicular short,

oblique elliptical.

a3, Kore wing with the black streaks

below base of cell and on medial

area SULON Oa iis antesernecraceete rece

613, Fore wing with the black streaks

below base of cell and on medial

area slight.

a4, Fore wing with the inner and

postmedial areas not suffused

with fuscous ..... RoneadeeaucuatHs

M4, Fore wing with the inner and

postmedial areas suffused with

DUSCOUS Hee nee seeere eect ne ee seen

6, Fore wing with the terminal area

darker than the ground-colour.

a2, Kore wing without oblique pale

patch beyond the claviform.

a3, Kore wing with prominent black

patches beyond subterminal line

at discal and submedian folds ...

(13, Fore wing without prominent

black patches beyond subter-

minal line at discal and sub-

median Folds sousescsasessectses sec

6, Fore wing with slight oblique pale

patch beyond the claviform ......

6°, Fore wing with the postmedial line

oblique below vein 5 and widely sepa-

rated from the reniform, a white mark

beyond it in submedian foldacwu eu

. Fore wing without black streak in sub-

median fold on medial area.

as, Hore wing without pale patch beyond

the reniform.

a9, Fore wing grey with hardly any tinge

of rufous... .... nobapnodsADEeKaBEBoRAadoHO

. Fore wing grey, the medial area tinged

With UtOUSh ce ceecieceovene-cuasseasaaeeeeL ee

ce’, Fore wing wholly tinged with rufous er

red-brown.

@, Fore wing with the terminal area

COnCOlorOUSmneeaadsaseceeceseeete ce

#10, Fore wing with the terminal area

darkerscsvescytece py Socriotrncoerpaecnstcs

d), Fore wing nearly uniform fuscous.

a, Fore wing with the postinedial line

not incurved at discal fold .........

61°, Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly incurved at discal fold ......

. Fore wing with pale patch beyond the

reniform.

. Fore wing with the antemedial line

slightly angled inwards on vein I.

a, Fore wing nearly uniform fuscous ...

(10, Fore wing suffused with red-brown

and purplish ugososden leases aanteertaae

. Fore wing with the antemedial line

evenly curved from submedian fold to

ADNEV MASI ceetebees sees ae

Sraudulenta.

conciliata.

conmintd.

indocilis.

obscura.

dusa.

divesta.

cerivana,

finitima,

basilined.

UNANUNIS.

Jumosa.

Sumeola.

binotala.

adnixa,

Pave.

TRACHEA.

- Fore wing without black streak below base

of cell.

a@, Kore wing with black streak in submedian

fold on medial CHB ch hae ESB URC HA Ate Sr SHBaaG

67, Kore wing without black streak in ene

median fold on medialvareameeee see eee

c, Fore wing with the subterminal line ex-

curved at middle but not dentate.

a°, Fore wing with black streak below base

of cell.

. Fore wing with black streak in submedian

fold on medial area.

a. Fore wing with the reniform wholly

defined by black and constricted at

TTC CMe meee ine et oe SHEL ee ene

68. Fore wing with the reniform defined by

black on inner side only and not con-

strictedvathmid dllesenes tee eeeenaee eee

. Fore wing without black streak in sub-

median fold on medial area.

a’, Fore wing with pale oblique fascia from

apex, the postmedial area below it

Daley igessee Sia nie nsineleivsissit ese see teltee se eeee ce

68, Fore wing with the apical and post-

medial areas concolorous ...............

6°, Fore wing without black streak below base

of cell.

. Fore wing with the claviform extending

to postmedial line ................ Sabeneaens

67, Fore wing with the claviform not ex-

tending to postmedial line.

a8. Fore wing flesh-colour slightly irrorated

WALD RO WANN sspnnasiisqeecs- ewe caenecan on

68. Fore wing largely suffused with brown.

a, Fore wing with pale patch beyond the

PENIOPUN re he acatesesaaninsoasjeascos daekes

6°. Fore wing without pale patch beyond

the reniform.

a0, Fore wing with the ground-colour

pale grey.

a, Fore wing tinged in parts with

pinkish ndocoododancnoduosdasondesgsa0008

61, Fore wing not tinged with pinkish,

a, Head and tegulz concolorous ......

b'2, Head and tegulz chocolate-brown .

(0, Fore wing with the ground-colour

rufous.

1, Fore wing with the subterminal line

slightly incurved at discal fold...

M, Fore wing with the subterminal line

angled inwards at discal fold with

a small black spot below the angle.

cl”, Fore wing reddish brown largely

suffused with black, especially on

HONS? BRE. Godsgasonsoouean BOSS B NHR i

d0, Fore wing nearly unitorm fuscous

brown.

ll, Fore wing with the postmedial line

reduced to points, the orbicuiar

“and reniform almost obsolete ......

indirect.

catalina.

characta.

jocasta.

erica.

pauses.

luteocinerea.

dilara.

genetrix.

modica,

modiola.

mustelind.

entermedia.

cuneata.

tntermiata.

ethnica.

[op)

NOCTULDAS,

61, Fore wing with the postmedial line

entire and slightly defined by

whitish.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular and

reniform faintly defined .........

6°, Fore wing with the orbieular and

reniform with slight pale annuli

defined by blackish.

a, Fore wing with the claviform

absent: Ficatahaseckosesdesncomesmnmacs

i138, Kore wing with the Glavifonn

OLESE NIL ge semstemensctistis siete addcaoodou0

+4, Fore wing with white or pale points on outer

edge of reniform.

a, Fore wing with yellow spots on orbicular

and reniform ........+- apuDbuasuBEbdasoassebuED

. Fore wing without yellow spots on orbicular

and reniform.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

from below costa to vein 3 near subter-

minal line,

a, Kore wing without black streak below

vein 3 from postmedial line to termen.

a8, Fore wing almost entirely suffused with

bla cke gta sectecencsctnevenerceedessce cree

68, Fore wing red-brown with slight fuscous

suffusion se... Pecen b vsltiacijessinees eateiec

. Fore wing red ‘brown suffused with

OUP las Wee revaweyamasenestescereee cer: Apodaane

d°, Fore wing grey-brown without rufous

tinge ...... SSR RRO ARSE bnarnBde apadesdunoAne ae

. Fore wing with black streak below vein 3

from postmedial line to termen .........

6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line ex-

curved or straight from below costa to

vein 4, and not approximated to the sub-

terminal line.

ai, Fore wing with the postmedial line

minutely dentate below vein 4.

a’. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

a’, Fore wing with the ante- and_post-

medial areas concolorous .............+5

6°, Fore wing with the ante- and _post-

medial areas grey-white except towards

costa ...... adsadagos aleleletalsie(ciss slereistereres(sacyrstorts

. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area

suffused with brown.

a, Kore wing with the subterminal line

dentate at. veins 4, 38.

wo, Head, thorax, and fore wing largely

mixed with blackish.

a, Fore wing with the reniform very

large, with some pale rufous sut-

fusion bey.ondiit: Beeeetecnececeecese sc

i. Fore wing with the reniform smaller,

without rufous suffusion beyond it.

4, Head, thorax and fore wing without

black mixed.

a, Kore wing reddish brown mixed

with whitish. the terminal area

somewhat darker. seers

parcata.

commoda.

enigra.

ESPUNLOSA.

opposita.

consummata.

siderifera.

CONNIVENS.

dinavana.

niveiplaga.

Jasciata.

rubrivend.

furva.

ANCEPS.

TRACHEA.’ 13

bu, Fore wing nearly even fuscous

brown tinged with grey. ............ oblonga.

6°. Fore wing with the subterminal line

excurved at middle but not dentate.

a0, Kore wing with the medial and ter-

minal areas concolorous.

a. Fore wing fuscous brown, the reni-

form with two white points at

lower extremity) ce -eeaee esses geminimacula.

6, Kore wing purplish black, the reni-

form with minute white lunule on

its outer edge with one or two

points above and below it’ ......... empulsa.

6, Fore wing bright rufous, the medial

and terminal areas suffused with

ID}BVelie satodeddontagandaonsacdosneoadbadnoodes brunned.

b7, Fore wing with the postmedial line evenly

cunvedsibel ow eink) sncsensescotoetenccinnse secalis.

3, Fore wing with the reniform wholly filled in

with white,

a‘, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

EREGENS) ORME) TRULIOWIE) sconcanecnencooncedosooooseconn6D chalcirena.

it, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

areas white except towards costa ..........4 ascoldis.

*2880. Trachea smaragdistis, n. n. (Plate CXI. fig. 2.

Euplexia smaragdina, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 195 (1906), nee

Neum. 1888,

¢. Head and thorax emerald-green; palpi blackish at sides ;

base, middle, and extremity of patagia, and metathorax with some

black scales ; legs brownish; pectus and abdomen ochreous. Fore

wing emerald-green ; small black spots below base of costa and cell

with white points on their outer edges and followed by a diffused

irregular black band; the antemedial line white, incurved from

costa to median nervure, angled outwards below cell and above inner

margin and inwards on vein 1, and with black points on its outer

edge at costa, in submedian fold, and above inner margin; a black

spot with white bar on its outer edge below base of vein 2 ; orbicular

black with white annulus, small, oblique elliptical ; reniform green

with white annulus; the end of cell and area above it suffused with

black, with white bar across end of cell; some black suffusion

beyond the reniform; the postmedial line white, arising as an

oblique striga above the reniform with some black suffusion above

it, bent strongly outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3, angled

inwards in submedian fold, and with black spots and bars on its

inner edge, and a series of points beyond it becoming small dentate

marks towards inner margin; a black patch on costa before apex

and a series of dentate spots on termen varying in size. Hind wing

pale suffused with fuscous and with pale curved postmedial line ;

the underside whitish with blackish discoidal point and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type in Coll. Bethune-

Baker ; Quznnstanpd, Geraldton, in Coll. Turner. Zap. 32 millim,

138 NOCTUID &,

*2881. Trachea mniochlora. (Plate CXI. fig. 3.)

Hadena mniochlova, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Sov. 1889, p. 469.

Euplexia viridacea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 195 (1906).

o. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; palpi dark brown

at sides; tibize and tarsi slightly banded with dark brown. Fore

wing golden green, the antemedial area except towards costa and

the medial area, except just beyond antemedial line, suffused with

red-brown; subbasal line silvery white, oblique from costa, bent

outwards in cell, then oblique to vein 1 and strongly angled outwards

above inner margin, defined on each side by black marks below costa

and cell; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with silvery

white, the outer line stronger and black in submedian interspace

and above inner margin, oblique from below costa to submedian

fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ;

claviform represented by a slight white bar defined on each side by

black at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform with slight white

annuli defined by black, open below, the former conical, the latter

triangular, some: black suffusion between and beyond them; a

blackish spot on middle of costa; postmedial line double, filled in

with white, the inner line black, the outer brown, strong bent

outwards below costa, then very slightly waved, slightly incurved

at discal fold, below vein 4 curved inwards to vein 2 where it is

angled inwards, then angled outwards on vein 1, some whitish points

beyond it on,costa ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by

pale olive-brown with short black streaks on the veins, angled acutely

to termen on the veins, the wedge-shaped marks beyond it filled in

with dark brown except at apex and tornus; a terminal series of

slight black lunules defined on inner side by white; cilia yellow

tinged with rufous. Hind wing pale yellowish rufous with some

darker suffusion on disk before the very indistinct sinuous post-

medial line; the underside paler, with brown discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea (Sayer), type fT ¢ in Coll. Meyrick, Dinawa

(Pratt), type f viridacea in Coll. Bethune-Baker, Ekeikei, Mt. Kebea.

Exp. 32 millim.

#2882. Trachea leucopera, n.sp. (Plate CXI. fig. 4.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish rufous. Fore wing

golden green suffused with rufous ; subbasal line whitish, oblique,

dentate, from costa to vein 1, defined by black cn inner side at

costa on both sides below the cell, and with some black below it on

inner margin; antemedial line whitish, oblique, slightly sinuous,

detined by black on outer side at costa and in cell and submedian

interspace ; claviform represented by a curved black and white bar

at its extremity with some black irroration beyond it; orbicular

and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former conical,

open below, the latter formed by two oblique bars, the inner touching

TRACHEA. 139

lower extremity of orbicular, the cell between them black ; post-

medial line black defined by white on outer side, bent outwards and

almost obsolete below costa, incurved below vein 4, angled outwards

in submedian fold and on vein 1 and inwards above vein 1, some

white points beyond it on costa with blackish streaks between

them; subterminal line white, acutely angled inwards in the inter-

Spaces and outwards to termen on the veins, with small dentate

black marks before it below costa, an apical white patch beyond it

and black marks above and below vein 5; aterminal series of small

black lunules defined by white on inner side; cilia with series of

slight black points at tips. Hind wing yellowish white, the costal

area suffused with brown, the inner area tinged with rufous; a dark

discoidal lunule and waved terminal line ; cilia reddish yellow ; the

underside reddish yellow, a black discoidal lunule and rather diffused

curved postmedial line from costa to vein 5.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 3 type. Hvp. 32 millim.

*2883. Trachea trichroma. (Plate CXI. fig. 5.)

Hadena trichroma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 26.

®. Head and thorax pale greenish; palpi, patagia, and meta-

thorax with blackish-brown spots (abdomen wanting). Fore wing

pale greenish ; subbasal line represented by a black-brown striga

trom costa ; a patch below base of cell; a streak above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is oblique, waved, silvery white,

with an oblique blackish striga beyond it from costa, and another

below the cell with an irregular patch beyond it partly confluent

with another before the postmedial line; orbicular an elliptical ill-

defined spot ; an oblique band from middle of costa to above median

nervure ; reniform silvery white with a blackish lunule on its inner

edge ; postmedial line blackish, slightly waved, bent outwards below

costa, incurved in discal fold where it expands into a spot, oblique

below vein 4, angled outwards in submedian fold and on vein 1 and

inwards above inner margin; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

irregular, slightly defined by blackish on inner side below costa,

with a triangular black patch beyond it in discal fold and a patch

from vein 4 to tornus dentate inwards below veins 3 and 2; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous, whitish

at base; the underside whitish, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, a blackish discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hab. N.S. Watus, Sydney, type tf @ in Coll. Meyrick. Hap.

34 millim.

2884. Trachea bryochlora. (Plate CXI. fig. 6)

Hadena bryochlora, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 571.

Euplexia orophora, Swinh. A. M, N. H. (7) viii. p. 128 (1901).

$. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with white and some

black scales ; palpi blackish. at sides; abdomen ochreous suffused

140 NOCTUID 2.

with brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing olive-green ;

blackish points in and below base of cell; subbasal line white with

black spots on its inner edge below costa and cell and one beyond it

below the cell; a diffused blackish streak above inner margin before

the antemedial line, which is black defined on each side by white,

oblique, interrupted, angled inwards on vein 1 and bent inwards to

inner margin ; claviform absent; orbicular represented by a small

white spot, the reniform by a white bar defined by black on its

inner side and a white lunule on its outer; medial line oblique,

rather diffused, interrupted at median nervure, a small dentate

white mark beyond it below vein 2, defined below by brown suf-

fusion and connected by a streak with the postmedial line, which is

black defined by white on outer side, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4,

some white points with black streaks between them beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, towards apex diffused to termen as a

white patch, defined on inner side by two small dentate black marks

below costa and on outer by black spots from vein 5 to inner margin,

angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small black

spots defined by white on inner side. Hind wing deep fuscous

brown with slight blackish spots on middle of termen defined by

whitish on inner side; cilia olive-green; the underside white, the

costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a large black discoidal

spot, the terminal area suffused with black-brown.

Hab. N.S. Wauzs, Sydney, type f in Coll. Meyrick; Tasmanta,

1 3 type ovophora. Exp. 36 millim.

2885. Trachea albifusa, n. sp. (Plate CXI. fig. 7.)

2. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish and brown ;

palpi blackish at sides; pectus and legs brown mixed with whitish,

the tarsi ringed black and white; abdomen brown. Fore wing

olive-green suffused in parts with dark brown and white; some

slight black marks at base; subbasal line black, oblique, diffused,

interrupted, from costa to inner margin, emitting a short streak in

submedian fold, the area beyond it suffused with white except

towards costa and inner margin; antemedial line black, angled

outwards below costa, then interrupted, oblique, sinuous, obsolescent

towards inner margin, some brown suffusion beyond it in and below

cell, below submedian fold extending to postmedial line; a small

black spot in cell with white point on its outer edge representing

the orbicular ; reniform represented by a smali white spot with

white suffusion beyond and below it ; postmedial line black, defined

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

oblique below vein 4, the costa beyond it black with white points ;

subterminal line formed of small irregular rather diffused white

spots, interrupted at middle; the terminal area dark brown; a

terminal series of small black lunules defined by white on outer

side and forming a white patch at apex; cilia green at base,

TRACHEA. 141

chequered white and black at tips. Hind wing dark reddish brown;

cilia pale rufous at base, white and fuscous at tips; the underside

whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved slightly waved post-

medial line.

Hab. Java, Arjuno, 3000! (Doherty), 1 Q type. Exp. 32 millim.

2886. Trachea albidisca.

Hadena CE Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 59, pl. 6. f. 17; Hmpsn. Moths

Jnd. ii. p. 2

Dianthecia een Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 58, pl. 128. f. 2 (1889).

Head and thorax olive-green with a few white scales; palpi

whitish, black at sides; sides of frons black; pectus and legs

ochreous and whitish, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

‘brownish, the dorsal crests and anal tuft rafous. Fore wing golden

olive-green, with a bluish tinge before the antemedial line and on

veins of medial area; subbasal line white defined on each side by

black, angled inwards in cell and ending at vein 1: a black mark

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is black

defined by white on inner side, oblique, angled inwards in cell, on

vein 1, and to inner margin, the area beyond it suffused with dark

brown in and beyond cell and below cell and vein 2 to postmedial

line; a small triangular white mark from vein 2 marking extremity

of clayiform ; orbicular blackish defined by some black scales and

with shght white spot or bar on its outer edge, open below; a small

elliptical white spot in cell before the reniform, which is represented

by a diffused white patch extending to vein 2; postmedial line

black defined by white on outer side, strongly bent outw ards below

costa, then dentate and produced to black and w dite points on the

veins, oblique below vein 4 and incurved at vein 2, the costa beyond

it black with white points on it; subterminal line ‘white detined by

black marks on inner ae Below costa, then on oul side, dentate

and diffused at veins 7, 6, dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, and bent ont-

wards to tornus; a Cesare series of small black lunules slightly

defined by white on inner side; cilia with a series of black points

at tips. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with fuscous brown,

the cilia green mixed with brown towards apex; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved macu-

late postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab, W.Curtna, Omei-shan,1 ¢, 2 9, Ni-tou, 3 2, Pu-tsu-fang,

1 @, Chia-kou-Ho (Pratt), 1 3, Wa-ssu-kou, 3 9, Ta-chien-lu

(Pratt), 1 25 Ponsa, Simla (Harford), 4 E's Dharmsél a (Hocking),

3 ¢ type nivescens; Sixutm (/tussell), 1 ¢ type; Assam, Khasis,

1 2, Chittagong, i 9; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $, 29;

Travancore, Pirmid (Jmray), 1 3. Eup. 32-36 millim.,

142 NOCTUIDE.

2887. Trachea aurantiaca. (Plate CXI. fig. 8.)

Euplexia aurantiaca, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 216 (1894).

6. Head and thorax fulvous yellow mixed with a few white

scales; sides of palpi and frons blackish; antennee ringed with

white; tarsi banded with black and white; abdomen fulvous

yellow. Fore wing golden yellow suffused with red-brown, espe~

cially on medial area; the veins streaked with white and irrorated

with brown; subbasal line white, waved, from costa to vein 1;

antemedial line white, waved, incurved in cell and bent inwards to

inner margin; a small dentate white spot from vein 2 marking

extremity of claviform; orbicular brownish, defined on inner side

by a few white scales, on outer by a slight oblique black and white

bar; a small white lunule defined by black and concave towards

base in cell before the reniform, which is represented by a whitish

and yellow spot defined by a few black scales; postmedial line

white, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and pro-

duced to brown and white streaks on the veins, incurved at discal

fold, oblique below vein 4 and incurved at vein 2, the costa beyond

it blackish with white points on it ; subterminal line white, dentate ;

a terminal series of small blackish lunules defined by white on inner

side; cilia tipped with white and black towards tornus. Hind

wing pale wholly suffused with fuscous brown; cilia golden yellow

slightly mixed with fuscous towards apex; the underside pale

ochreous irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous post-

medial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Stxumm (Moller), 2 ¢ type. Hep. 32 millim.

2888. Trachea auroviridis. (Plate CXI. fig. 9.)

Hadena auroviridis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 59, pl. 6. f. 11; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. p. 215.

g. Head and thorax olive-green; sides of palpi and frons

blackish ; patagia tipped with rufous; pectus rufous mixed with

fuscous hair, the tibie and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale

rufous slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing olive-green ; sub-

basal line represented by white strize from costa and cell, defined on

each side by black; a black patch above inner margin from near

base to the antemedial line, which is double, black filled in with

white, angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 and bent inwards to

inner margin, with black suffusion from it to postmedial line below

the ccll and vein 2 crossed by a curved white striga representing

extremity of claviform ; orbicular conical, black defined by white,

open below; reniform small, green; the cell between the stigmata

black, with a white lunule just before the reniform concave towards

base; the area beyond the reniform suffused with black ; post-

TRACHEA. 143

medial line black defined by white on outer side, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black and

white points on the veins, oblique from vein + to 2, then angled out-

wards again, the costa beyond it black with white points ; subterminal

line whitish with a black spot before it below costa, then defined by

black on outer side, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and bent

outwards to tornus; aterminal series of small black lunules shghtly

detined by white on outer side; cilia with a series of black points

at tips. Hind wing pale wholly suffused with fuscous brown, a

slight terminal dark line defined by greyish on inner side; cilia

olive-green slightly mixed with fuscous towards apex; the under-

side paler, with black discoidal lunule, minutely waved postmedial

line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab, Suxxim (Lussell, Moller), 4 $ type. Hvp. 32 millim.

2889. Trachea chrysochlora, n. sp. (Plate CXI. fig. 10.)

Head and thorax olive-green slightly mixed with whitish and

black ; palpi whitish, blackish at sides except 3rd joint ; sides of

frons blackish; patagia rufous at tips; pectus and legs rufous

mixed with some fuscous, the tibize and tarsi banded with black;

abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crests and anal tuft rufous.

Fore wing olive-green ; subbasal line represented by white strive

from costa and cell defined on each side by black; a black patch

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double,

black filled in with white, oblique, angled inwards in cell and on

vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin, the area beyond it in

and beyond cell and below cell and vein 2 to postmedial line suffused

with black ; a small whitish tooth from near base of vein 2 repre-

senting extremity of claviform; orbicular conical, black, defined by

a few black scales and with white bar on outer edge, open below ;

a slight white lunule concave towards base in cell before the

reniform, which is small, green, its lower part suffused with purple-

grey and white scales; postmedial line black defined by white on

outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black and white streaks on the veins, oblique from

vein 5 to 2, then angled outwards again, the costa beyond it black

with white points on it; subterminal line whitish defined by black

on inner side towards costa, then on outer side, angled outwards at

veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series

of small black lunules defined by whitish on inner side; cilia with

a series of black points at tips. Hind wing pale, wholly suffused

with fuscous brown; cilia olive-green mixed with brown towards

tips; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

lunule, curved postmedial line, and indistinct diffused subterminal

band.

Hab, Ponsas, Dharmsila (Hocking), 5 $, 3 9, type. Hep.

34 millim.

144 NOCTUIDAE.

2890. Trachea albinota. (Plate CXI. fig. 11.)

Hadena albinota, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 58; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 215.

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with rufous and dark brown,

some of the hairs tipped with white; palpi, pectus, legs, and

abdomen dark red-brown, the fore tibiee fringed with green hair, the

tarsi with slight pale rings. Fore wing olive-green largely suffused

with dark brown except at base and on terminal area and usually

with some pinkish in submedian interspace, the veins with dark

streaks irrorated with blue-white ; subbasal line oblique, waved,

from costa to vein 1, above which there is a small black spot beyond

it; antemedial line oblique, minutely waved, angled inwards on

vein 1; claviform absent; a small oblique white spot defined by

black below origin of vein 2; orbicular and reniform large, olive-

green defined by black except below where they are conjoined by

a fascia in lower part of cell and diffused below the cell, the former

irregularly rounded, the latter with small black spot near inner

edge; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale green, defined on

inner side by blackish towards costa and between veins 4.and 2 and on

outer side at vein 5, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate

at veins 4,3, 2,1; cilia with some white scales at tips. Hind

wing dark brown; the underside whitish strongly suffused with

brown, a dark discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Stxuim (Russell, Moller, Pilcher), 5 3,1 9, type. Eup.

40-44 milim,

2891. Trachea olivacea. (Plate CXI. fig. 12.)

Berrhea olivacea, Moore, P, Z. 8. 1881, p. 357; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 215.

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with red-brown, some of the

hairs tipped with white; palpi brown; trons with lateral brown

bars ; pectus, legs, and abdomen dark brown, fore tibie fringed with

green hair, the tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing olive-green suffused

with reddish brown except on basal and terminal areas, the medial

area rather darker, the veins with slight dark streaks irrorated

with bluish white ; subbasal line represented by double black strize

from costa and cell filled in with green; antemedial line indis-

tinctly double, irregularly waved, oblique, angled inwards on

vein 1; claviform absent; an oblique greenish-white spot below

hase of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale green irrorated with

brown and defined by black except below where they are conjoined

by a green fascia in and below cell; an indistinct waved medial

line; postmedial line slightly defined by greyish on outer side,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line green, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins

TRACHEA. 145

4,3, 2,1, a blackish patch beyond it at discal fold; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the

basal inner area rather paler; cilia grey at base and tips; the

underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated and

suffused with brown, a discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Srxurma (Moller, Dudgeon, Pilcher), 6 3, 5 @, type.

Exp. 36-48 millim.

2892. Trachea venosa. (Plate CXI. fig. 13.)

Dianthecia venosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 124 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 220.

6. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with some rufous and

black scales; palpi brown except at tips; patagia with black patch

at base and rufous tips ; pectus and legs brown mixed with ochreous

and rufous; abdomen dark brown. Fore wing olive-green suffused

in parts with rufous especially in submedian interspace and on

postmedial area, the veins with some white scales; subbasal line

represented by double black strize from costa and cell with white

point between them on costa, a black patch beyond it above inner

margin ; autemedial line sinuous, interrupted, represented by double

black striz from costa and in submedian interspace, with white

point between them on costa, a mark in cell and excurved mark

above inner margin ; orbicular and reniform green, defined by black

at sides only, the mark between them V-shaped, both oblique

oblong, conjoined on median nervure and confluent with a trian-

gular green patch below the cell with some black suttusion before

and beyond it; postmedial line double filled in with green, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4,

angled outwards at submedian foid, then again incurved, a white

point on it at costa and some white points beyond it; subterminal!

line dentate, with oblique black striga from costa and small

triangular mark at vein 5, otherwise only defined by the contrast

between the rufous postmedial and green terminal areas; cilia

intersected with black at tips. Hind wing reddish brown; cilia with

whitish tips except at apex; the underside whitish tinged with brown,

the costal area irrorated with brown, a brown streak in cell, small

discoidal spot, and postmedial line angled outwards above vein 6.

Hab. Stxuim, 1 $ type. Hap. 30 millim.

2893. Trachea iiterata. (Plate CXI. fig. 14.)

Dianthecia literata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 124 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 215.

g- Head and thorax olive-green mixed with red-brown ; palpi

brown at sides; tegule brown at base; patagia with blackish

patches at base and a few black scales near upper edge: pectus

and legs brown mixed with grey ; abdomen red-brown, the anal

tuft rutous, the ventral surface grey irrorated with brown. Fore

wing olive-green mostly suffused with rufous and more or less

VOL. VII, L

146 NOCLUID®.

irrorated with black; subbasal line double filled in with pale

yellow, interrupted at the veins, oblique from costa to vein 1, then

bent outwards; antemedial line double filled in with pale yellow,

angled outwards below costa, on median nervure and vein | and

inwards in cell and submedian fold, not quite reaching inner margin ;

claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform pale

olive-yellow defined by black at sides only, the mark between them

U-shaped, both oblique oblong, conjoined below and confluent with

a triangular mark below the cell defined at sides by black, thus

forming a Y-shaped mark; a dark striga on middle of costa ; post-

medial iine double filled in with pale yellow, bent outwards below

costa, incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 5, then

incurved and again excurved in submedian fold, not quite reaching

inner margin, some black striz and pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side and

with blackish patches beyond it above and below middle, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, then incurved ;

a series of small triangular black spots on termen; cilia with

slight rufous line near base and series of small black spots at tips.

Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown especially on the

veins and terminal area: cilia yellowish with a slight rufous line

near base; the underside whiter, the costal area tinged with

yellowish and irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, curved

crenulate postmedial line obsolescent towards inner margin, and

terminal series of small lunules.

Hab, Srxur (Atkinson, Pilcher), 2 3 type. Exp. 34-36 millim.

2894. Trachea chalcochlora. (Plate CXI. fig. 15.)

Eurois chalcochlora, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 510 (1896).

9. Head and thorax whitish tinged with golden olive-green ;

palpi fuscous brown at sides; antennze fuscous; fore legs tinged

with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen whitish

tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale golden olive-green, the area

between end of cell and termen tinged with rufous ; a slight white

and black spot at base ; subbasal line represented by a white striga

from costa and spot in cell; antemedial line slight, olive, angled

outwards below costa and excurved below ceil; claviform absent ;

orbicular small, elliptical, with white annulus; reniform with

silvery-white annulus broken up into spots and defined by a tew

dark scales, constricted at middle and angled inwards on median

nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to

vein 2; postmedial line marked by a double white spot at costa, then

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

then dentate, oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of small white spots

from costa to vein 3, then by.a waved line, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a

terminal series of black points defined by white on inner side;

cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged. with

TRACHEA, 147

pink and uniformly irrorated with brown, a slight discoida Junule

and sinuous postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; cilia

olive; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with olive,

a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Sixurm, 5000' (Pilcher), 1 @ type. Exp. 28 millim,

2895. Trachea atrovirens. (Plate CXI1. fig. 16.)

Hadena atrovirens, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 58; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 219.

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with brown and a few black

scales; palpi brown, greyish in front and at tips; frons with lateral

brown bars; tegule brown and greyish at tips; pectus and lees

brown mixed with grey, the tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing olive-green, suffused in parts with brown

especially on medial area except towards costa and inner margin,

the veins with slight dark streaks irrorated with white; a brown

patch on basal inner area; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to vein 1 where it is filled in with white; antemedial line double

at costa, then rather oblique and slightly waved, angled inwards on

vein 1 and to inner margin; claviform defined by black except

above; orbicular and reniform green defined by black at sides and

with some dark irroration in centres, both rather oblique oblong ;

a curved waved medial line; postmedial line double, the outer line

indistinct except towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then

dentate and produced to white points on the veins, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line green defined on inner side by a dark patch at costa,

then by rufous with slight dentate black marks at middle, on outer

side by black patches between veins 6 and 4 and in submedian

interspace; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia pale rufous

with some black scales at tips. Hind wing whitish strongly

suffused with brown; a slight postmedial line defined by whitish

on outer side and diffused whitish subterminal line except towards

apex; cilia pale rufous, whitish at tips; the underside whiter,

tinged and irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Stxuim (Lidderdale), 2 ¢, 3 2 type; Assam, Khasis.

Exp. 40-44 millim.

2896. Trachea dinava. (Plate CXI. fig. 17.)

Euplecia dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 195 (1906).

@. Head and thorax greenish grey mixed with red-brown;

palpi chocolate-brown at sides; tibize chocolate-brown with pale

bands ; abdomen grey tinged with chocolate-brown. Fore wing

sap-green mostly suffused with chocolate-brown leaving the inner

margin and terminal area green; subbasal line represented by

double dark strize from costa and cell filled in with green; ante-

medial line indistinctly double filled in with green, oblique. angled

148 NOCTUID®.

outwards below costa and above inner margin; claviform small,

black-brown with green marks on it; orbicular and reniform green

defined by black, the former oblique elliptical with dark point in

upper part, the latter oblique with some dark scales in upper and

lower parts, the cell before and between them and the area beyond

the reniform dark chocolate-brown ; traces of an oblique brown

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

indistinctly double filled in with green, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, angled

outwards in submedian fold and with dark brown mark on inner

side; postmedial area dark chocolate-brown between vein 6 and

submedian fold and with some whitish points on costa ; subterminal

line indistinct, pale defined by blackish on inner side, slightly

angled outwards at veins 8, 7, 4, 3, 2; the veins of terminal area

streaked with brown, a dark brown mark at apex and brown

terminal line; cilia grey-green with series of slight brown points

at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown, the cilia

greyer with slight brown line through them ; the underside greyish,

the costal and terminal areas suffused with red-brown, a brown

discoidal spot and curved sinuous postmedial line.

Hab, Br. N. Guinra, Owgarra (Meek), 1 9, Dinawa, type t @

in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Ep. 38 millim.

2897. Trachea aurigera. (Plate CXI. fig. 18.)

Bervrhea aurigera, Wik. xv. 1721 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 215.

Hadena megastigma, W1k. xxxill. 738 (1865).

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with golden brown and dark

brown, some of the hairs tipped with white; palpi and sides of

trons dark brown with some pale scales; pectus and legs dark

brown, some of the hairs tipped with white, the fore tibia fringed

with green, the tibia and tarsi with pale rings; abdomen dark

brown mixed with whitish especially at base, the crests and anal

tuft rufous. Fore wing olive-green mostly suffused with olive-

brown and black, the medial area darker except towards costa and

inner margin; the terminal area blackish except between veins 4

and 2; the veins with dark streaks irrorated with blue-white scales ;

subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell

filled in with green, a black mark beyond it above vein 1 and patch

on base of inner margin; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ;

claviform absent; a pale greenish lunule defined by black below

origin of vein 2; orbicular and reniform olive-green defined by

black except below where they are conjoined by a fascia in and

below cell, their centres more or less tinged with brown, the reni-

form with black spot near inner lower edge; traces of a waved

medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

violaceous grey, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line green, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3and inwards at

discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small black

TRACHEA. 149

lunules; cilia greenish at base, the {ips mixed with pale brown,

black and white. Hind wing fuscous, the cell and inner area to

beyond middle yellowish white ; cilia with a fine pale line at base

and white tips; the underside with discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line.

Hab, Stxurm Trset, Yatong (Hobson), 1 3, 5 9; Srsnim

(Atkinson, Lidderdale, Elwes, Moller), 6 3,12, type megastigma.

Exp. 36-50 millim. Type tin Mus. Oxon.

2898. Trachea microspila, n. sp. (Plate CXI. fig. 19.)

. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some white and

black scales and with patches of olive-green on vertex of head,

tegule, patagia, and metathorax; pectus and legs brown irrorated

with white, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brown irrorated

with grey. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with black and some

white, the medial area suffused with olive-green; the basal area

with patches of green below costa and cell and above inner margin ;

subbasal line waved, from costa to a slight black spot above vein 1 ;

antemedial line oblique, waved; traces of a claviform defined by

black with small oblique white spot beyond its extremity ; orbicular

and reniform green slightly defined by black and with more or less

brown in centres, the former rather elliptical, the latter large,

irregular, constricted at middle ; a slight waved medial line oblique

from costa to vein 2, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line double

at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, very

oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line green, defined on each side by slight black marks and

with more or less green suffusion before and beyond it, angled out-

wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and sharply angled inwards at

submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

grey mixed with brown and black. Hind wing with the basal half

yellowish white, the terminal half fuscous, the inner area tinged

with brown; cilia whitish with a dark line through them; the

underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a black discoidal spot and curved minutely-waved postmedial line

with dark band beyond it.

Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-shan, 1 2 ; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 1 2, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 9, Dbarmsala (Hocking),

29 type. Exp. 50-58 millim.

2899. Trachea melanospila. (Plate CXI. fig. 20.)

Trachea melanospila, Koll. Higel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 480 (1844) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 214; Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 184.

. Hadena kosakka, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 80, pl. 7. £. 4 (1880) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 184.

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with black, the tegule and

patagia edged with grey; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous

mixed with grey, segmental lines, dorsal crest and anal tuft olive-

150 NOCTUID AR.

green. Fore wing olive-green irrorated with black, the veins

streaked with grey; subbasal line double, black, waved, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique,

minutely waved, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform absent ;

an oblique triangular white spot below origin of veim'27 orbicular

and reniform with brown and black centres and olive-green annuli,

the former elliptical with greyish bar beyond it in cell, the latter

large, angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct waved

medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly

oblique; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line green defined

on inner side by brown, and with slight dentate black marks below

veins 4, 3, angled outwards at veins 7,6 and inwards in discal fold,

excurved at middle and strongly incurved in submedian interspace ;

a terminal series of small black spots; cilia grey and black inter-

sected with green, Hind wing with the basal area whitish, strongly

tinged with brown, the terminal area fuscous brown ; an indistinct

curved postmedial line; the termen greyish towards tornus ; cilia

brownish white with a dark line through them; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, an indistinct antemedial line, dis-

coidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. EK. Stperta, Ussuri; C. Carna, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 3 3

W. Cuina, Chang Yang (Pratt), 2 2, Omei-shan, 2 9, Wa-ssu-kou,

2605 Kasur, “Scinde Valley (Leech), 2 $ ; Punsas, Thundiani

(Ver bury), 1 g, Simla 1 ¢, Dharmsdla (Hocking), biG lee OF

Eup. 44-54 millim.

2900. Trachea atriplicis.

Noctua atriplicis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 517 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 168. ff. 1-3; Hiibn. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 83; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.

p. 432, pl. 100. f. 1; Curt. Brit. Ent. pl. 431; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 2 Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 184.

Hadena gnoma, Beal A. MN. EL. (5) 4. ip: 95 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B. M.

i. p. 32, pl. 3l.f. 7.

Trachea similis, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 456, pl. 9. f. 1 (1892).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey ; vertex of

head, tegule, and patagia with patches of golden green; tarsi with

pale rings. Fore wing golden green irrorated with black, the costa,

inner margin, and veins streaked with violaceous grey ; subbasal

line waved, from costa to vein 1 towards which it is double filled in

with white ; a blackish mark above inner margin before the ante-

medial line which is defined by violaceous grey, oblique, waved,

angled outwards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin ;

claviform slightly defined by black at extremity, with an oblique

white patch beyond it above and below vein 2, bidentate at ex-

tremity ; orbicular and reniform green defined by blackish, the

former with some fuscous in centre, elliptical, the latter large,

irregular, with some fuscous in lower part and slight white line on

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inner edge; an indistinct curved. waved medial line ; postmedial

line black strongly defined by violaceous grey on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, very oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line greenish white,

angled outwards at veins 7, 6, excurved at middle and strongly

incurved in submedian interspace; a terminal series of black

lunules; cilia fuscous and whitish intersected with white and with

blackish lines at middle and tips. Hind wing ochreous whitish

Fig. 29.—Trachea atriplicis, §. }.

suffused with brown, the terminal area fuscous brown; cilia

ochreous white with a dark line near base; the underside whitish,

the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line with diffused brown band beyond it.

Ab. 1. similis. Fore wing irrorated with olive-green and spotted

with ochreous-yellow.

Ab. 2. Without any green markings.

Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller

and Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll. ;

Sparn, Bilboa; Iraty; Barkan Srares; Scanpinavia; Rvssta,

Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armunra; Asta Minor, Bithynia; ? W. TurxK-

ESTAN, Turcomania; E. Srperra, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer),

1 2, Gifu (Pryer), 19 , Nikko (/to), 19 , Yokohama (Jonas, Maries,

Pryer), 23,32, type gnoma. Exp. 42-56 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 128; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 48, pl. 189. f. 3.

Green or reddish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker, inter-

rupted, dotted with white ; spiracular line pinkish, sometimes dark-

edged above, the margins sometimes whiter; head pale ochreous.

Food-plants: Atriplex, Rumex, Polygonum, &c. 8-9.

2901. Trachea auriplena.

Trachea atriplicis, Koll. Hiigel’s Kaschmir. iv. p. 479 (nec Linn.).

Hurois auriplena, Wik. xi. 557 (1857); Moore, Lep. Cey]l. iii. p. 37, pl. 148.

f.2; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 214.

Hadena lucia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 195 (1878); id. IN. Het. B. M.

ui. p. 17, pl. 45. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 184.

Head and tegule olive-green mixed with dark brown, the latter

with some white scales; palpi and lower part of frons dark and

LD, NOCTUIDAE.

pale brown; thorax fuscous mixed with red-brown and white, the

patagia with green fascie ; fore tibize brown mixed with green, the

tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests and

anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing olive-green irrorated with

black, the veins and postmedial area purplish grey, the costa black ;

subbasal line waved, from costa to a black and white spot above

vein 1; antemedial line defined by purplish grey on inner side,

oblique, minutely waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform

with black-irrorated brown centres and green annuli, the former

elliptical, the latter large, constricted at middle, an oblique pinkish

white patch between them from subcostal nervure to submedian

fold; postmedial line double at costa, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line green expanding into a band on inner

side below vein 3 and with green streaks from it to termen between

veins 7 and 2, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and

strongly incurved in submedian interspace; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia green mixed with black. Hind wing

with the basal half yellowish white, the terminal half fuscous, the

inner area suffused with brown; cilia yellowish white with a brown

line through them; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with black, a black discoidal spot and sometimes a streak in cell,

the termen grey.

Ab. 1. lucta. Hind wing with the basal area more or less

tinged with brown.

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Whitely, Maries), 1 3, 22, type lucia;

Corga, Gensan (Leech), 3 9: W. Cuina, Omei-shan, 1 2, Wa-shan

(Pratt), 2 2, Ni-tou, 1 g, 1 Q, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 $,2 9,

Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 2, Mou-pin (Kricheldorf),

13; Kasumir, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 ¢; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 1 9, Dharmsila (Hocking), 2 6,39, Hurripur (VYer-

bury), 1 2; Sreame (Lidderdale),1 9; Mavras, Nilgiris (Swinhoe,

Lindsay, Hampson), 33,392; Travancors, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray),

1 $,1 9; Crrzton (Templeton), 1 2 type. wp. 48-54 millim.

2902. Trachea leucodonta, n. sp. (Plate CXI. fig. 21.)

Head and thorax fuscous mixed with black, red-brown and white;

palpi black with some white at extremity of 2nd joint; frons with

black bars at middle and above; tegule with black medial line ;

tarsi rufous ringed with white; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey,

the crests tipped with rufous. Fore wing silvery grey suffused with

fuscous and pale olive-brown and irrorated with black; subbasal

line represented by double black strizw from costa and cell filled in

with white; antemedial line double, black filled in with greyish,

oblique, waved; orbicular pale olive defined by black and with

slight blackish centre, round, a rather triangular white mark

beyond it conjoined to a lunulate white patch below the cell; .

reniform large, pale olive and whitish defined by black and with

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brownish centre; an irregularly waved black medial line defining

the white patch; postmedial line double at costa, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then lunulate, strongly incurved below vein 4,

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

whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then strongly in-

curved, with diffused black patches beyond it below costa, at middle

and in submedian interspace; a terminal series of small quadrate

black spots; cilia white tinged with olive at base and with black

lunules at tips. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas

broadly black-brown, the inner area black-brown; cilia white

mixed with black at tips; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas broadly irrorated and suffused with fuscous, au indistinct

discoidal spot, and sinuous postmedial line oblique from costa to

vein 6.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white marks beyond orbicular and

below cell replaced by grey.

Hab. Perv, Aqualani (Ockenden), 13,12 type. Hap. 38-44

millim.

2903. Trachea delicata. (Plate CXI. fig. 22.

Hadena delicata, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 92 (1874); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 148.

Hadena interna, Grote, Check List Noctuide, p. 20 (1876).

Head and thorax deep purple-brown mixed with more or less

olive-green at all events on patagia, some of the scales tipped with

grey; pectus, legs, and abdomen brown mixed with greyish ochreous,

the tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing purplish fuscous, the inter-

spaces of basal area, the inner margin and the costa towards apex

suffused with olive-green; subbasal line represented by a black

striga from costa and two below cell; antemedial line oblique,

waved ; claviform defined by diffused black, acute at extremity ;

orbicular and reniform with dark centres and green annuli defined

by black, the former small, round, the latter large, rather irregular,

an oblique purplish-white patch between them from subcostal

nervure to vein 2 at postmedial line which is rather indistinct,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, very oblique

below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line green slightly defined by black on inner side except towards

inner margin, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and ex-

curved at middle, then angled inwards and whitish in submedian

interspace ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous

and whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with fuscous brown, the

terminal area fuscous with some whitish on termen from vein 4 to

tornus; a terminal series of dark strive; cilia whitish with a dark

line near base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the

costal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line showing through to upperside.

Ab. 1. interna. With hardly a trace of green.

P5E NOCTUID&.

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

States, New York, Evans Center (Grote),3 $,1 9 type. Hwp. 42-

44 millim.

2904. Trachea anguliplaga. (Plate CXI. fig. 23.)

Valeria anguliplaga, Wk. xv. 1718 (1858).

Head and thorax purplish or pinkish brown, the scaies tipped

with grey; tegulze with some green scales; patagia with green

streak edged by black above; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen

reddish or purplish brown. Fore wing purplish or pinkish brown ;

subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and double

striga filled in with green above vein | where there is a slight green

streak beyond it; antemedial line minutely waved, oblique trom

costa to submedian fold and bent inwards to inner margin; clavi-

form represented by some black suffusion and an oblique black line

from cell at its extremity; orbicular small, round, with brown

centre and green annulus defined by black, an oblique white or

pinkish mark beyond it and claviform, somewhat bidentate at lower

extremity; reniform large with greyish centre and incomplete

green annulus slightly defined by black, a black spot on its inner

edge; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of

cell, then dentate; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line green slightly defined

by brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, excurved

ut middle and strongly incurved in submedian interspace, the area

beyond it darker with blackish patches at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia greyish and black

intersected with whitish at the veins. Hind wing white with

slight curved postmedial line, the area beyond it suffused with

fuscous ; cilia white tinged with ochreous and with slight blackish

spots at middle; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown, the apex tinged with brown, a discoidal point, curved post-

medial line, and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. Brazinr, Rio Janeiro, 1 g¢; Paraguay, Sapucay (oster),

1 2; Ancentina (Vhomas), 13,19. Hap. 40-44 millim. Typet

in Mus. Oxon.

*2905. Trachea malezieuxi. (Plate CXI. fig. 24.)

Valeria malexiewxt, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 413 (1897).

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black and

white scales, the patagia with patches of large black and white

scales; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous mixed

with grey, the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing violaceous grey

mixed with grey and olive-yellow and irrorated with black ; double,

waved, black, subbasal and antemedial lines filled in with grey, the

former from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular round, defined by

TRACHEA. 155

black, with an oblique whitish band just beyond it from costa to

submedian fold; reniform whitish irrorated with brown, and with

irregularly waved black edges, expanding above; the postmedial

line dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa, where there is a

white striga on its outer edge, slightly incurved in discal fold and

strongly below vein 4, the area beyond it greyish to the waved

whitish subterminal line which is excurved at vein 7 and middie,

incurved in discal fold and strongly in submedian fold, where there

is a blackish patch beyond it; a terminal series of small quadrate

black spots; cilia rufous and white. Hind wing white, the costal

and terminal areas brown with a rufous tinge; cilia white, brown

at tips except towards tornus; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight ante-

medial brown patch on costal area and black discoidal spot.

Hab. Kcuapor, Loja, typet 2 in Coll. Dognin. ap. 36

millim.

2906. Trachea uscana.

Valeria uscana, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 292, pl. 27. f. 23

(1889).

©. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with some black ; tarsi

brown with pale rings; abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing

olive-green suffused with red-brown except costal and inner areas,

and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with grey; subbasal

line double, angled inwards in cell and ending at vein 1; a blackish

mark above inner margin before the antemedial line which is

double, minutely waved, angled outwards below costa and excurved

from cell to inner margin; claviform represented by some blackish

suffusion and an oblique black line from cell at its extremity ;

orbicular elliptical, with black centre and green annulus defined by

black, an oblique ill-defined pinkish-white mark beyond it and

claviform somewhat bidentate at lower extremity; reniform very

large, its upper extremity dilated and produced, pinkish white

suffused partly with red-brown and with slight whitish annulus

defined by black, a black spot near its lower inner edge and some

dark suffusion beyond it; an indistinct medial line oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, then dentate ; postmedial line double,

bent outwards below costa, then with its inner line formed of small

black lunules and with series of black and white points beyond it,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some grey

suffusion beyond it between veins 8 and 4 and some whitish points

on costa; subterminal line green, with some whitish points at

middle, defined on inner side by red-brown suffusion and with

blackish patches beyond it at discal and submedian folds, excurved

~below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold ;

a series of black strie just before termen; a fine waved terminal

line; cilia green with waved black lines at middle and tips inter-

rupted at the veins. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous

brown except costal and inner areas to postmedial line; cilia green

56 NOCLUIDZ&.

with blackish marks at tips; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a black discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Logers), 3 2, Rio Sucio (Rogers), 3 °

type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 46-50 millim.

2907. Trachea tociensis. (Plate CXI. fig. 25.)

Hadena tokiensis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 186.

2. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with black; pectus, legs,

and abdomen fuscous mixed with brownish ochrecus, the tarsi with

pale rings. Fore wing violaceous grey irrorated with brown, the

basal area, slight suffusion on medial area, the area before subterminal

line, and streaks in interspaces of terminal area olive-green ; subbasal

line waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line defined by grey

on inner side, oblique, waved; claviform small or moderate, defined

by black; orbicular and reniform green defined by black and with

some blackish in centres, the former small, round, the latter large ;

an indistinct oblique waved medial line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin; postmedial line defined by grey on outer. side,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line green,

diffused inwards to the postmedial line at discal fold and from vein

3 to inner margin, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, inwards in discal

fold, excurved at middle and strongly incurved in submedian inter-

space ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia green mixed

with blackish. Hind wing with the basal half whitish tinged and

irrorated with brown, the terminal half fuscous, a curved post-

medial line, some greyish on termen towards tornus ; cilia ochreous

with a blackish line through them; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot,

curved crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Javan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 29, Tokio (Maries), 19 type.

Exp. 46 millim.

2908. Trachea chlorogrammata. (Plate CXI, fig. 26.)

Huplexia chlorogrammata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist, Soc. xiv. p. 200

(1902).

Head and thorax olive-green slightly mixed with brown ; palpi

blackish and ochreous, frons with lateral black bars; pectus and

legs brown and ochreous, the tibia with some green, the tarsi with

pale rings; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing pale

brown and fuscous, the costa, inner margin, and a patch beyond

reniform suffused with yellow-green; subbasal line double filled in

with green, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double filled in

with green, slightly angled outwards below costa, then minutely

waved ; claviform defined by black; orbicular and reniform with

brown centres and green annuli defined by black, the former round ;

TRACHEA, BSF

an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then sinuous ;

postmedial line double filled in with green, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique

below vein 4 and bent outwards to inner margin, some green points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line strong, green, slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with green line at base and intersected with green. Hind

wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous leaving some whitish on termen towards tornus ; cilia

whitish with a fuscous line through them ; the underside ochreous

white, the costal area irrorated with tuscous, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab, Stxuim (Dudgeon, Pilcher), 1 S$, 1Q type. Hep. 44

rillim.

2909. Trachea lucia.

Hadena lucia, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 16 (1874).

@. Head and thorax olive-yellow ; palpi blackish at sides except

at tips; antenne black; tegule at tips and patagia above leaden

grey; pectus brown; tibie and tarsi grey-black ringed with

ochreous ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing dark leaden grey with

slight pale irroration; subbasal line represented by double black

strize from costa and cell filled in with olive-green and with slight

olive-green and black mark beyond them in cell; antemedial line

indistinctly double filled in with olive-green, rather oblique, waved,

interrupted below costa and at vein 4; claviform small or moderate,

defined by black; orbicular and reniform with olive-green annuli

defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical and confluent

with a spot below cell, the latter constricted at middle and

narrowing below; postmedial line defined by olive-green on outer

side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved

at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line formed of olive-green strive defined by somewhat

dentate black marks on inner side stronger above middle, where it

is slightly excurved, with slight green and black streaks beyond it

in the interspaces to the terminal series of lunules. Hind wing

greyish fuscous, the cilia with a slight pale line at base; the

underside whitish, the costal area except at base and the terminal

area broadly suffused with leaden grey, a slight discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. K. Arrica, Uganda Ry., Mile 478 (Betton), 1 9;

MasnonaLanpd, Salisbury (Marshall), 3 9; Care Cotony, Transkei

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 9, Knysna. Hep. 38-44 millim,

*2910. Trachea pratti. (Plate CXI. fig. 27.)

Epa pratti, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 195 (1906).

do. Head and thorax pale grey-green; palpi at tips and frons

ochreous white, the latter with black lateral bars; patagia edged

158 NOCLUID A.

with black except on inner side towards base; dorsum of thorax

ochreous white, the pro- and metathoracic crests with black spots at

sides; pectus grey mixed with brewn ; tibiz ochreous spotted with

black, the tarsi fulvous; abdomen ochreous tinged with brown.

Fore wing grey-white, the costal half of basal area, the inner ante-

medial area and postmedial area below vein 4 sap-green; the ante-

medial area below costa and cell, medial area from costa to median

nervure, postmedial area to vein 4 and apex suffused with black-

brown; an oblique black mark from base of costa to the subbasal

line, which is double, black filled in with white, minutely waved,

the inner line ending at submedian fold, the outer extending to

just above inner margin; antemedial line double, black filled in

with ochreous and with silvery white at costa, defined on inner side

by some silvery white, slightly angled outwards below costa, then

waved; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform small, ochreous,

the former oblique elliptical, the latter undefined below, some deep

black before, between and beyond them; an oblique brown line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin, slightly angled outwards

on vein 1 ; postmedial line double, black filled in with silvery white,

oblique and sinuous to vein 4, then dentate, bent inwards to below

vein 3, then erect, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line grey-green slightly defined on each side by blackish

and on inner side by black lunules from costa to vein 5, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; some small black

spots on termen towards apex; cilia ochreous intersected with

blackish, wholly blackish at apex. Hind wing ochreous white, the

terminal area suffused with brown; cilia white with a brown line

through them from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown, the terminal area suftused with brown

from apex to vein 2, a small discoidal spot and lunulate postmedial

line from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type t ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hp. 36 millim.

2911. Trachea viridis.

Celena viridis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479, pl. 93. f. 24

(1898).

g. Head and thorax pale olive-green mixed with some rufous

and black scales; palpi tinged with black at sides; pectus with

some white hair, the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen fuscous

brown, whitish at base, the dorsal crests, anal tuft, and ventral

surface pale rufous. Fore wing pale blue-green suffused in parts

with rufous; some black irroration at base; subbasal line repre-

sented by black striee from costa and cell, emitting a minute streak

below the cell where it is followed by a white patch with some

pink scales on it ; antemedial line white, detined by black on outer

side towards costa and in submedian interspace, angled outwards

below costa and excurved at median nervure and above inner

margin; claviform absent; orbicular a small black spot partially

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ringed with white; reniform a black lunule ringed with white; a

diffused fuscous medial shade; postmedial line white defined by

black on inner side except from below costa to vein 6, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique from vein 4 to

submedian fold, then excurved, some white points with black strize

between them beyond it on costa and some patches of rufous

between vein 5 and inner margin; subterminal line white with

black marks before it between veins 7 and 5 and slight spots before

it at middle, oblique from costa to discal fold, excurved at middle

and angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small

black lunules defined by white on inner side; cilia rufous tinged

with black at middle. Hind wing black with a cupreous gloss, the

cilia pale rufous; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the

costal area with olive-yellow, a small discoidal spot, irregularly

crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 ¢§ type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. vp. 28 millim.

*2912. Trachea smaragdina. (Plate CXI. fig. 28.)

Hadena smaragdina, Neum. Papilio, ii. p. 140 (1883); Smith, Cat. Nocet.

N. Am. p. 145.

3d. Head and thorax blackish grey; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing brown suffused with emerald-

green, especially on basal, costal, and terminal areas ; subbasal line

represented by double black striz from costa and cell filled in with

green ; antemedial line double, black filled in with green, bent out-

wards at median nervure, then sinuous ; claviform green defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform green defined by black, the former

round, the latter somewhat excised towards base; a curved brown

medial shade ; postmedial line black defined by some green on outer

side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

green defined on inner side by blackish suffusion, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules;

cilia with a fine dark line near base. Hind wing greyish, the

terminal area broadly suffused with brown; a fine dark terminal

line; the underside grey-white, the costal and terminal areas

darker, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., S.W. Arizona. Hap. 30 millim. This species is

unknown to me; figured from drawing from specimen in Coll. J.

B. Smith.

*2913. Trachea viridimusca. (Plate CXI. fig. 29.)

Hadena viridimusca, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 264 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 114.

Head and thorax brown irrorated with fuscous; frons pale ;

tegule with black medial line; metathoracic crest whitish;

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abdomen fuscous with whitish segmental lines. Fore wing brown

with a fuscous tinge and more or less suffused with yellow-green,

especially on basal, terminal, and part of postmedial areas; sub-

basal line double, black filled in with whitish, sinuous, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line double, black filled in with

white, expanding at costa, erect, waved, excurved at submedian

fold and running inwards as a short streak on inner margin; clavi-

form green defined by black; orbicular and reniform green defined

by black, the former small, round, the latter somewhat constricted

at middle; medial shade incurved from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by brown

suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with a

series of pale or yellowish marks at base. Hind wing deep

fuscous brown, slightly paler at base; cilia with a pale line at

base; the underside grey with dark irroration, the terminal area

paler, a black discoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New Jersey, Ohio, Columbus, Texas. Hvp. 32 millim.

This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type

in Coll. J. B. Smith.

*2914. Trachea eugrapha. (Plate CXI. fig. 30.)

Trachea eugrapha, D. aT ones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 158.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black ; tegule with

black line near tips and black tips; tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen pale red-brown, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the genital

tufts white. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey, irrorated and

in parts suffused with fuscous, some green on terminal half of inner

margin; subbasal line eienen Asati, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line double filled in with greenish, waved,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique and

angled inwards on vein 1; claviform short and broad, defined by

black ; orbicular with faint pale annulus slightly defined by blackish,

oblique elliptical, confluent with the antemedial line; reniform

defined by black, constricted at middle; a strong highly curved

medial black line ; postmedial line double, indistinct except towards

costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to a

series of black points on the veins. excurved to vein 4, then incurved

to lower edge of reniform and approximated to the medial line,

some pale reddish points beyond .it on costa; subterminal line

greyish, slightly defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, ex-

curved below vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle,

small wedge-shaped black marks before and beyond it above and

below vein 5 and some fuscous suffusion beyond it towards tornus ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown, the terminal

area darker; cilia whitish with brown tips towards apex and

brown marks at middle; the underside whitish irrorated with

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brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a black discoidal

spot, indistinct waved postmedial line, and series of slight blackish

terminal lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parafia, typet in Coll. D. Jones. Lup.

32 millim.

2915. Trachea nitens.

Spelotis nitens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 164 (1878) ; id. Ill. Het. B. M.

ii. p. 27, pl. 29. f. 8.

Nenia muscosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 290 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B. M.

iii. p. 24, pl. 46. f. 9.

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with greyish, the head

paler; palpi blackish except at tips; patagia pale at base with

slight dark medial line; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen

greyish suffused with brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing

reddish brown, the basal area and a patch in submedian interspace

beyond postmedial line grey irrorated with black and tinged with

olive-green ; subbasal line double, filled in with whitish, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with

whitish, waved, somewhat oblique; claviform represented by a

slight blackish mark; orbicular and reniform greyish slightly

defined by fuscous, the former round; medial line represented by

diffused blackish marks on costa and in cell and a faint waved line

below cell; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, obliquely

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and forming a blackish mark in

submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by slight dentate dark marks,

excurved below vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle,

angled inwards in discal fold; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing greyish, nearly uniformly suffused with brown;

a faint sinuous postmedial line; a whitish patch on termen towards

tornus; tke underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal and

terminal areas suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 3 S$, Oiwaké (Pryer), 1 3,

2 2, Nikko (Lewis), 1 ¢, Tokio (Maries), 4 5,1 9, Yokohama

(Jonas, Prycr), 4 3, type and type muscosa. Exp. 36-42 millim.

2916. Trachea jancousci.

Hadena jankowskii, Oberth. Diag. p. 14 (1879); id. Et. Ent. vy. p. 79,

pl. 3. f. 11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with pale rufous and

whitish ; palpi blackish except at tips; frons with lateral black

bars ; tegule yellowish at base ; pro- and metathoracic crests with

black patches; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown, yellowish white at base, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore

wing yellowish white suffused with olive, the costal area broadly

and the medial area, except sometimes below submedial fold, suffused

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162 NOCTUID.,

with fuscous brown, the terminal area fuscous brown ; subbasal

line double filled in with yellowish white, dentate, from costa to

submedian fold, where there is a small black spot on its outer edge,

a slight white mark beyond it in cell; antemedial line double filled

in with yellowish white, angled outwards below costa, incurved to

median nervure, then obliquely excurved ; claviform represented by

a blackish mark ; orbicular greyish defined by black, small, elliptical ;

reniform white defined by black and with some fuscous in centre,

constricted at midd'e and somewhat angled inwards on median

nervure ; faint traces of a diffused medial line oblique from costa

to median nervure: postmedial line double filled in with yellowish

white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, obliquely incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards in discal fold; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia greyish with slight. dark medial

line. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with brown; a slight

dark postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia white with a fuscous line through them; the

underside greyish tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot, strong postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Hab, E. Stperta, Ussuri, 12 ¢, 1 2, Leech and Crowley Colls. ;

Corra, Gensan (Leech), 2 9. Hvp. 38-44 millim. —

2917. Trachea marina. (Plate CXI. fig. 31.)

Hadena marina, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sei. ii. p. 67 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct, N. Am. p. 145.

Head and thorax sap-green mixed with brown and grey ; palpi

with some black scales; tegule with slight dark medial line;

patagia green edged with brown and grey; pectus, legs, and

abdomen whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi banded with black.

Fore wing sap-green irrorated with black and tinged in parts with

olive-brown, the veins streaked wiih purplish grey and irrorated

with white ; subbasal line black defined by whitish on outer side,

waved, from costa to vein 1, with a black mark below it on inner

margin; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, oblique,

irregularly waved ; orbicular and reniform small, with green centres

and white annuli defined by a few black scales, the former round,

the latter somewhat angled inwards on median neryure; an in-

distinct medial line oblique frora costa to vein 2, then waved ; post-

medial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4, some black streaks and white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line slight, whitish, defined on inner side

by dark suffusion towards costa and at middle and on outer side at

discal fold, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and

incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia black and grey. Hind wing pale, wholly

TRACHEA, 163

suffused with fuscous brown; a waved dark terminal line; cilia

white with a dark line through them ; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved subterminal line.

Hab, U.S.A., California, Sauzalito, 2 g,19 type. Exp. 36 millim.

2918. Trachea miselioides. (Plate CXI. fig. 32.)

Hadena miselioides, Guen, Noct. ii. p. 89 (1852); Herr.-Schiff. Aussereur.

Schmett. f. 212; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 145.

Hudena miscellus, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 40 (1902).

Head and thorax sap-green mixed with brown and grey; palpi

grey and black mixed; frons with lateral black bars; tegule

blackish at base and with black and grey medial line; tegule green

at middle defined by black and edged with brown ard grey; tibiee

and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen brown and grey. Fore wing

sap-green suffused in parts with olive-brown, the veins streaked

with grey and irrorated with white; subbasal line waved, black,

from costa to vein 1 towards which it is double, and with black

mark and white striga below it on inner margin; antemedial line

double at costa, oblique, irregularly waved, bent inwards to inner

margin ; claviform faintly detined by black and usually with diffused

blackish streak below it to postmedial line ; orbicular green with

slight pale annulus defined by black, round; reniform with white

centre, often more or less completely suffused with reddish and

defined by black, the annulus defined from centre by a more or

less incomplete grey line; an indistinct medial line oblique from

costa to vein 2, then waved; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

excurved to vein 5, then incurved, some pale points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined on inner

side by slight dentate brown marks, slightly excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia

fuscous and grey intersected with green. Hind wing fuscous, the

base and inner margin somwhat paler; a dark postmedial line

defined by whitish on outer side and with black striga above

tornus; cilia greenish white with dark line through them; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule,

irregularly crenulate postmedial line, diffused subterminal band,

and terminal series of small black lunules.

Ab. 1. miscellus. Fuscous brown and grey with hardly any

green.

Hab. U.S.A., east of Rocky Mts., New York, Evans Center

(Grote), 2 $, 3 2, Distr. of Columbia, Alabama, 1 9, Florida,

St. John’s Bluff (Doubleday), 2 3,1 2 type, Kansas (Snow), 1 ¢,

1 9, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 1 ¢,4 2. Hp. 34-40 millim.

Larva. Dyar, Can. Ent. 1899, p. 286.

Head testaceous green, small; 12th somite sharply humped ; body

translucent velvety green irrorated with whitish subventrally ; a

somewhat broad diffused rather faint white stigmatal line; tubercles

i, and ii. and a dot before ii. distinct, pale yellow with dark green

164 ' -NOCTUID.

annuli, iv. to vi. and a dot before spiracle white ; iv. opposite upper

edge of spiracle except on somite 12 where it is below the lower

edge. Food-plant, Smilawv rotundifolia.

*2919. Trachea macerata. (Plate CXII. fig. 1.)

Hadena macerata, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 40 (1902); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 116. ‘

@. Head green, yellow, and blackish mixed; tegule dark brown

at base, yellow-green at tips with a black line near tips; thorax

yellow-green mixed with black and white, the metathoracic crest

tipped with yellow ; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing

mottled with yellow and greenish scales, the medial area darker ;

subbasal line double, interrupted, from costa to vein 1, the inner

line angled inwards to base on median nervure; antemedial line

double, much interrupted, somewhat excurved; claviform small,

black, acute at extremity, with a dark shade from it to postmedial

line; orbicular with greenish centre and white annulus, oblique

elliptical ; reniform white, elliptical; a dark medial shade, oblique

from costa to below reniform, then erect; postmedial line double,

the inner line black, the outer grey, interrupted, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4; terminal area with yellowish

elliptical patches in the interspaces and greyish streaks on the veins,

the subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia brown intersected with whitish. Hind wing fuscous, some-

what paler towards base; the underside grey with dark irroration,

a blackish discoidal spot and diffused postmedial and subterminal

bands.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright, Winnipeg. Hap. 34 millim.

This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

2920. Trachea semilunata. (Plate CXIL. fig. 2.)

Hadena semilunata, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 58 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noet. N.

Am. p. 141.

@. Head, thorax, aud abdomen grey mixed with fuscous; anal

tuft ochreous. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with white; subbasal

line defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold, in base of which there are traces of a black streak ;

antemedial line defined by white on inner side, oblique, waved;

claviform incompletely defined by black and with bidentate black

mark beyond it; orbicular with undefined diffused white annulus,

rounded ; reniform with blackish centre and white annulus partly

defined by black; traces of a waved medial line, oblique from costa

to vein 2; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to

short streaks on the veins, oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique

below vein 5, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line strong, white, defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish

TRACHEA. 165

marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen at

veins 4, 3; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules ; cilia inter-

sected with white. Hind wing whitish suffused with orange-

yellow, the veins and costal area irrorated with fuscous; a large

discoidal lunule and traces of postmedial line with dark points on

the veins ; terminal area fuscous; cilia white, yellowish at base

and with fuscous line through them except towards tornus; the

underside white, the veins of terminal area irrorated with fuscous,

a large black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short dark

streaks on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, 1 2 type, Colorado. Exp. 34 millim.

2921. Trachea inordinata. (Plate CXII. fig. 3.)

Hadena inordinata, Morr. Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 63; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 141.

AXylophasia montana, Smith, Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 444 (1890).

Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with dark brown and white

scales ; tegulee with slight dark medial line; tarsi fuscous ringed

with white ; abdomen grey-white tinged with rufous and irrorated

with brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-white

suffused with brown and irrorated with black, the medial area pale

rufous beyond and below cell; subbasal line represented by double

black striz from costa and submedian fold; a slight black streak

below base of cell and anuther above inner margin before the ante-

medial line, which is double fiiled in with white, angled outwards

below costa and in cell and inwards on median nervure, then

strongly excurved and retracted to inner margin ; claviform incom-

pletely detined by black, with pale bidentate mark beyond it and

black streak from its lower edge to postmedial line; orbicular with

white annulus partly defined by black, very oblique elliptical ;

reniform with greyish centre and slight whitish annulus partly

defined by black; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to

vein 2, then dentate; postmedial line double filled in with white,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 5, some

white points beyond it on costa; the veins of terminal area with

fine dark streaks, the postmedial area whitish except towards costa ;

subterminal line white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks

strongest at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to

termen at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

chequered fuscous and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fulvous yellow, the veins and terminal area fuscous; a blackish

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line; cilia white; the under-

side white tinged with fulvous, a black discoidal lunule and traces

of postmedial and subterminal lines, the latter with minute dark

streaks on the veins, a black terminal line.

Ab. 1. Head and thorax without rufous tinge ; fore wing darker,

with less rufous on medial area; hind wing yellower.—Br. Columbia.

Ab. 2. montana. Fore wing paler, the markings hardly defined

by black, the dentate marks before subterminal line slight.—Colorado.

/66 NOCTUID.&.

Hab. Canana, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 1 3, Br. Columbia,

Upper Keremeos (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 9; U.S.A., Massachusetts, 1 6,

Colorado (Bruce), 1 ¢. Hap. 40-42 millim.

2922. Trachea leucodon.

Hadena leucodon, Ky. Bull. Soc. Mose. 1837, p. 37; Frr. Neue Beitr. iv.

pl. 559. f. 1; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii, p. 825, pl. 30. f. 2; Herr.-

Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 51; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173.

Hadena bidens, Ky. Bull. Soc. Mose. 1852, i. p. 153 & 1856, 11. pl. 2. f. 4.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown ; frons with

lateral blackish bars; patagia with slight blackish line near upper

edge; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-white. Fore

wing white suffused with reddish brown and with slight dark

iroration, leaving some pure white on inner margin, above vein 1

near base, beyond the postmedial line towards inner margin, and

at apex, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line repre-

sented by a black striga from costa defined by white on outer side

and with a white mark beyond it in cell; a slight oblique blackish

streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

blackish defined by white on inner side, sinnous and diffused from

costa to submedian fold, then strongly excurved and retracted to

inner margin; claviform small, defined by black, with whitish

dentate mark beyond it; orbicular and reniform with white annuli

defined by black, the former small, elongate elliptical, the latter

narrow; traces of a medial line towards costa ; postmedial line black

defined by white on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous,

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

defined on inner side by small dentate blackish marks between

veins 6 and 1, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at

veins 4, 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of small black lunules;

cilia intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with reddish

brown, the terminal area darker; a faint discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line; cilia pure white, with slight brown medial line

trom costa to vein 2; the underside white, the costal area irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Hab. Russta, Sarepta, Zeller and Crowley Colls.; Kurpisran,

Malatra ; W. Turxesran, Ferghana, Issyk Kul; W. Si1pmrta, Altai;

Moneorra, Urga; HE. Srrerta, Dahuria. Hep. 38-42 millim.

2923. Trachea cinefacta. (Plate CXII. fig. 4.)

Hadena cinefacta, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 76 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct, N.

Am. p. 140.

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with pale brown ; frons with

black bar; tegule with medial black line; patagia with blackish

lines near edges; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey

TRACHEA. 167

suffused with brown, the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing

pale brown with slight dark irroration, the basal and postmedial

areas, the inner medial area, and apex suffused with bluish white ;

a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by slight black strive from costa and cell; an oblique black streak

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is dentate,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ;

claviform short, oblique, with black streak from its lower edge to

postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with pale brown centres

and whitish annuli defined by black, the former narrow, oblique

elliptical, the latter somewhat produced at lower extremity ; traces

of an oblique medial shade from costa to lower angle of cell;

postmedial line defined by white on outer side, bent outwards

Lelow costa, then dentate, angled outwards at vein 5, then oblique

and incurved in intermediate interspace, some white spots beyond

it on costa; subterminal line represented by slight white marks

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks between veins 6

and submedian fold, and with white teeth extending to termen at

veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown

intersected with white. Hind wing grey suffused with brown,

especially on terminal area; cilia yellowish at base, white at tips,

and with slight brown medial line on apical half; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

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

and conjoined by white suffusion along vein 1; the subterminal

line entire and with hardly a trace of dark dentate marks on either

side.— Alberta.

Hab. Canava, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 2, Red-deer R.

(Wolley-Dod), 5 3; U.S.A., Washington, 1 9 type, Colorado,

California. Hap. 40 millim.

2924. Trachea centralis. (Plate CXII. fig. 5.)

Xylophasia centralis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 441 (1890) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 140.

3. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with white scales ;

frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line and whitish

tips; patagia with some black scales near edges; tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen brown mixed with whitish, the dorsal

crests dark at tips. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with bluish

white, the basal and postmedial areas and apex almost entirely

white, medial and terminal areas browner, the veins with slight

dark streaks ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold;

a sinuous black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is dentate,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, strongly angled outwards in

submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1;

claviform slightly defined by black, acute at extremity and with

168 NOCTUID.E.

black streak from its lower edge to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, the former whitish, oblique elliptical,

more or less elongate; an indistinct irregular medial line, oblique

from costa to below cell, the area before it sometimes ‘strongly

suffused with white from cell to inner margin; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa,

then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and incurved in

submedian interspace, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by small red-brown

dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near

termen at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia fuscous and white intersected with white. Hind wing whitish

almost entirely suffused with brown, the veins and a teuminal line

darker; an indistinct diffused dark postmedial line; cilia yellowish

white with a slight brown line through them; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and strong

sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Corvallis, 1 g, Sierra Nevada. Eup.

42 millim.

2925. Trachea unita. (Plate CXII. fig. 6.)

Xylophasia unita, Smith, Psyche, xi. p. 54 (1904).

@. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with

some black; palpi with two black streaks on 2nd joint; frons with

black bar ; tegulee with black medial line and fuscous line near tips

which are whitish ; patagia with blackish streak and edged with

black ; pro- and metathoracic crests tipped with black ; tame fuscous

with pale rings; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crests. black.

Fore wing grey tinged with brown, the medial area suffused with

brown except at inner margin, the veins of terminal area with slight

dark streaks ; subbasal line represented by black strize from costa

and cell; a black streak in base of submedian fold; antemedial line

double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, the inner faint

brownish, angled outwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold,

then angled inwards on vein | and bent inwards to inner margin ;

claviform defined by black, elongate, acute at extremity and San

black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform

large, with slight whitish annuli strongly defined by black, the

former with white mark on inner side of centre, elongate elliptical

and touching middle of latter; a dark medial line oblique from

costa to median nervure, then incurved and waved ; postmedial

line black defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the

veins, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and incurved in

submedian interspace, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by dentate dark marks

at middle, excurved at vein 7, angled outwards at veins 4, 3 and

inwards at discal and submedian folds, with brown streaks beyond

it in the interspaces to the terminal series of small black lunules ;

TRACHDA. 169

cilia fuscous intersected with whitish and with whitish line at

base. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish brown, the veins

rather darker ; an indistinct curved postmedial line defined by

greyish on outer side and traces of a diffused subterminal band ; a

terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia white tinged with

rufous and with slight brown line through them; the underside

grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point and diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab, Canava, Alberta, Calgary; U.S.A., Oregon ( Walsingham),

1 2, Corvallis. Hay. 42 millim.

*2926. Trachea sora. (Plate CXII. fig. 7.)

Hadena sora, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 183 (19038).

Q. Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi, pectus, and legs mixed

with whitish; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen whitish

irrorated with brown, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing bluish

grey-white mixed with black-brown and bright rufous, the post-

medial area except at costa and the apex pale bluish grey ; a slight

dark streak below base of cell, subbasal line represented by double

black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line blackish, oblique,

waved, bent inwards in cell and angled inwards on vein 1; clavi-

form small, faintly defined by black; orbicular and reniform large,

pale, faintly defined, the former oblique elliptical; a faint medial

shade, oblique from costa to below cell, then incurved ; postmedial

line rather indistinct, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, dentate and somewhat incurved between

veins 4 and 2, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by small dentate dark

marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to near termen

at veins 4, 3, then incurved, the area beyond it brown except at

apex; a terminal series. of small black lunules; cilia pale with

blackish lunules at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown,

the cilia ochreous white; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a blackish discoidal spot, traces of a waved postmedial line

and terminal series of dark striw.

Hab. Canapva, Alberta, Calgary, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (Dyar), in

U.S. Nat. Mus. Lap. 42 millim.

2927. Trachea barnesi. (Plate CXII. fig. 8.)

Hadena barnesii, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 258 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 115.

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some fuscous and a

few whitish scales; tegule with slight dark medial line; tarsi

blackish ringed with ochreous; abdomen greyish mixed with

brown, ochreous towardsextremity. Fore wing grey-white suffused

with ochreous and rufous and irrorated with brown, the medial

area bright rufous, the terminal area dark brown except at apex,

170 Nocrumpa,

the veins with dark streaks; a sinuous blackish streak below base

of cell; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner

side, angled outwards below costa and excurved in submedian

interspace; claviform replaced by a black streak in submedian fold

from ante- to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform pale rufous

defined by brown, the former small, oblique ; a more or less distinct

curved dark medial line; postmedial line defined by grey on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved

to vein 5, then very oblique and slightly bent outwards at vein 2,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by. rufous, angled outwards at vein 7 and

more or less strongly dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of

slight black points; cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind

wing pale uniformly suffused with reddish brown ; cilia ochreous

with a slight dark line through them; the underside grey irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., S. Dakota, Wyoming, Yellowstone Park, 1 6,

2 9,Colorado. Earp. 42 millim.

2928. Trachea lona. (Plate CXII. fig. 9.)

Hadena lona, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

Hadena runata, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 257 (1899).

Q. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black; tegule

with black medial line; patagia with some black scales near upper

edge; tarsi black ringed with whitish; abdomen fuscous mixed

with grey, the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing brownish

grey mixed with fuscous and black, the medial and terminal areas

darker except towards costa; a sinuous black streak below base

of cell; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; a

diffused oblique black bar from submedian fold to inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is defined by grey on inner side,

oblique, waved ; claviform slightly defined by blackish with a pale

patch beyond its extremity and black streak from it to postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform whitish grey irrorated with brown, the

former round; a waved blackish medial line oblique from costa to

below cell; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, with some pale points beyond it on costa and

whitish patch in submedian interspace; subterminal line grey-

white defined on inner side by small dentate black marks at middle,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen at veins 4, 3,

some black streaks beyond it in the interspaces at middle and a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous and grey with

a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing grey nearly uniformly

suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish with a fuscous line

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through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canapva, Manitoba; U.S.A., New York, Clyde, Washington,

Pullman, 1 9. Hap. 44 millim.

2929. Trachea turbulenta. (Plate CXII. fig. 10.)

Phosphila turbulenta, Hibn. Zutr, Hx. Schmett. pl. 15. ff. 67, 68 (1827)

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 145.

Aylophasia arcuata, Wik. xi. 718 (1857).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with dark

brown; tarsi blackish with pale rings. Fore wing red-brown

suffused and irrorated with black-brown, the medial area darker,

the postmedial area rather paler except at costa; a slight black

streak in base of submedian fold; subbasal line waved, from costa

to submedian fold; a slight black streak above inner margin before

the antemedial line, which is angled outwards below ecsta and

above inner margin and excurved below cell; claviform defined by

black, small, or large and extending to postmedial line; orbicular

and reniform rufous defined by fuscous and their centres by brown,

the former small, rather oblique elliptical, the latter pale; an

indistinct curved medial line; postmedial line defined by pale

rufous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then rather

strongly dentate, excurved to vein 4, then obliquely incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa, aud black streaks in the interspaces

below costa and fascia in submedian fold, the latter extending to

termen; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, defined on inner

side by slight dark streaks and dentate marks in the interspaces ;

a terminal strigiform line. Hind wing pale greyish tinged with

brown, the terminal area fuscous brown; a slight discoidal spot,

curved postmedial line and fine dark terminal line; cilia brown

with an ochreous line at base; the underside pale, irrorated and

suffused with red-brown, an indistinct discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Middle States, New York, 3 9,

Georgia, Florida (Doubleday), 19 type arcuata, Eup. 34-44 millim.

Larva. Head black. Body uniform, narrowly striped in black

and white, 15 black spines to the spiracles; subventral region

reddish with two white lines; cervical shield velvety black ; joints

12-13 black with rounded white patches and triangular marks,

the second one with quadrangular outline. Foot-plant, Smilaa.

Larve are gregarious.—H. G. D.

2930. Trachea illyrica.

Noctua illyria, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. pl. 488. f. 2 (1852); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 175.

Hadena scortea, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 582 (1852).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with black and some grey;

tegule with black medial line; palpi blackish at sides; sides of

172 NOCLUIDE.

frons with black bars; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown with the dorsal crests black. Fore wing grey tinged

with red-brown and irrorated with black, the medial area suffused

with black, the veins blackish slightly irrorated with white ; sub-

basal line black defined by whitish on outer side, angled outwards

below costa, inwards in cell and ending at submedian fold; a

strong sinuous black streak below base of cell and an oblique

streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

double filled in with white, waved, oblique from costa to submedian

fold; claviform obscurely defined by black; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former round, the latter with white annulus

and some white in centre, slightly angled inwards on median

nervure ; a diffused black medial line, oblique from costa to median

nervure ; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to short

streaks on the veins, angled inwards above vein 6, excurved to

vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; postmedial area paler except towards costa; subterminal

line pale, defined on inner side by reddish brown and with faint

dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7

and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia brown with whitish line at base. Hind wing

grey suffused with brown especially on terminal area; a dark discoidal

lunule; cilia ochreous white with dark line through them; the

underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown, a black dis-

coidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Avsrria, Hungary; Swrrzertann, Zeller and Frey Colls. ;

N. Ivaty; Scanprnavia. vp. 38 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 241; Hffm. Raup. p. 297.

Yellowish grey. Food-plant, Veronica.

2931. Trachea pabulatricula.

Noctua pabulatricula, Brahm, Ins. Kal. ii. p. 895 (1791) ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 175.

Nootia ae Borkh, Eur, Schmett. iv. p. 860 (1792); Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Suppl. iv. p. 215, pl. 68. f. 4; Steph. Ill. Brit. Mnt., Haust. iii. p. 6.

Noctua elota, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 462 (1818).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white and rufous, the

pro- and metathoracic crests rufous, tegule with black medial line,

patagia edged with black; palpi blackish at sides; frons with

lateral black bars; pectus and legs grey-white; abdomen grey

suffused with brown, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing rather

narrow, grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the inner antemedial

area and the medial area towards costa and inner margin suffused

with black; subbasal line indistinct, double, angled outwards

below costa and ending at submedian fold in base of which there

is a sinuous black streak; a curved black streak above inner

margin before the antemedial line, which is double filled in with

white, angled outwards below costa, then very obliquely excurved

TRACHEA, 173

to near postmedial line and retracted to inner margin; claviform

minute, white detined by black; orbicular white defined by black

and with brown centre, oblique elliptical ; reniform white defined

by black on inner side only; an ill-defined diffused medial line,

oblique from costa to median neryure ; postmedial line indistinct

from costa to vein 3, then strong, black defined by white on outer

side, slightly oblique at costa, then dentate and produced to slight

black and white streaks on the veins, strongly incurved below

vein 5, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, whitish, slightly defined by brown on inner side and

with minute dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal

series of black striz ; cilia brown and white. Hind wing greyish

suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area rather darker ; cilia

whitish with a dark line through them; the underside grey-white

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and diffused curved

postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Briratn, Leech Coll.; Guruany, Zeller Coll., Moravia ;

Avustris, Galicia, Hungary; 8S. Swenen; Russta, St. Petersburg,

Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll. Kvp. 36-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 184; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 398, pl. 184.

f. 1; Hffm. Raup. p. 98. pl. 27. f. 23.

Yellow-brown; dorsal line yellowish edged with black: lateral

lines dark grey-brown shaded with black above and below ;

spiracles black; ventral surface yellowish grey ; head brown with

two curved black stripes. Food-plants : Grasses and Phalaris arun-

dinacea. 4-0.

2932. Trachea allecto. (Plate CXILI. fig. 11.)

Hadena allecto, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 260 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 115.

36. Head and thorax grey mixed with black, the thoracic crests

slightly tinged with brown ; frons with lateral black bars; tegulee

with strong black medial line: patagia with black streak near upper

edge; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey mixed with

fuscous, the dorsal crests dark, the anal tuft with some ochreous

hair. Fore wing grey irrorated with black; the medial area

faintly tinged with brown, the postmedial area pale except towards

costa, the veins streaked with black ; a black streak below base of

cell; subbasal line represented by two black striz from costa; a

black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which

is double, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold, then

angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; clavi-

form slightly defined by black and with strong black streak from it

~to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform grey-white defined by

black, the latter on inner side only, their centres slightly tinged

with brown, the former somewhat oblique elliptical; an indistinct

medial line, oblique from costa to vein 2, then incurved ; post-

medial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

174 NOCTUID_E.

dentate and produced to streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by dentate black marks

at middle and with blackish patches beyond it at discal and sub-

median folds, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey and black.

Hind wing grey uniformly suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; an

indistinct postmedial line and fine terminal line; cilia white with

a dark line through them; the underside yellowish white irrorated

with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab, Canavda, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1 3, Cartwright (Heath),

2 3,29, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 2 $,1 2, Br. Columbia ;

U.S.A., Dakota. vp. 38 millim.

2933. Trachea mactata. (Plate CXII. fig. 12.)

Apamea mactata, Guen. Noct. i. p. 207 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 145.

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish and dark brown ;

sides of palpi and frons blackish; tegule with black line near

tips; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; tarsi

blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore

wing grey slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with black,

the postmedial area rather paler; a sinuous black streak below

base of cell; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, from costa

to submedian fold ; a slight black streak above inner margin before

the antemedial line, which is double filled in with whitish, oblique,

waved, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin ;

claviform defined by black and with black streak from its extremity

to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large with brown centres

and pale annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; an

indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and

produced to streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, defined

on inner side by slight dentate brown marks at middle and with

dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces, angled outwards at

vein 7 and waved at veins 4,3; a terminal series of slight black

lunules; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing greyish, nearly uni-

formly suffused with fuscous brown; a curved postmedial line ;

cilia whitish with a fuscous line near base; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial

line, end diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 3,2 9; U.S.A., Northern, Kastern,

and Middle States, New York, 2. ¢, Trenton Falls (Doubleday),

1 ¢ type, Colorado. Hwvp. 40 millim.

TRACHEA, 175

2934. Trachea ferens. (Plate CXII. fig. 13.)

Aylophasia ferens, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 134 (1903).

Head and thorax grey largely mixed with black; frons with

lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line; tarsi black

ridged with whitish; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous, the

dorsal crests blackish at tips, the genital tufts ochreous. Fore

wing purplish grey suffused with fuscous and thickly irrorated

with black; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal

line represented by double black striz from costa; a black streak

above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is indistinctly

double filled in with grey, waved, oblique from costa to submedian

fold; claviform defined by black, acute at extremity and with strong

black streak below and beyond it to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform with slight whitish annuli defined by black, the former

irregularly rounded; traces of a slightly sinuous medial line oblique

from costa to below cell; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in

with grey, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique. some whitish points beyond it on

costa and series of black and white points on the veins ; subterminal

line white, defined on inner side at middle by small dentate black

marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and minutely dentate at veins 4, 3;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia blackish intersected

with grey. Hind wing grey with an ochreous tinge and suffused

with fuscous, the veins and terminal area darker; a black terminal

line; cilia ochreous with a blackish line through them except

towards tornus; the underside whitish tinged with ochreous and

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial

line, and slight diffused subterminal band.

Hab, Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-

Dod), 3 3,12. Hep. 40 millim.

2935. Trachea separans. (Plate CXII. fig. 14.)

Hadena separans, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geog. Geol. Sury. Terr. vi. p. 260

(1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 133.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with black and grey ; frons

with black bar ; tegule with black medial line ; patagia with some

black scales near upper edge; tibise and tarsi black ringed with

white ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the dorsal crests blackish

at tips. Fore wing grey irrorated with dark brown and white scales

and suffused in parts with purplish fuscous, the costal area, medial

area to submedian fold, and terminal area except at apex darker;

subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; a sinuous black streak below base of cell and

another above inner margin tefore the antemedial line, which is

double filled in with white, oblique, waved, beut inwazds to inner

margin; claviform small, incompletely defined by black and with

diffused black fascia below and beyond it to postmedial line;

orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black and with some

176 NOCTUID %.

dark irroration in centres, the former more or less oblique

elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled in with black; an

indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line double filled in with

white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

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

white, defined on inner side by small dentate blackish marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia fuscous with fine pale line at base and

intersected with whitish. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused

with brown especially on terminal area, leaving a whitish mark on

termen towards tornus; a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial

line; a fine dark terminal line; cilia ochreous white with a dark

line through them except towards tornus; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

spot, and indistinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 $,1 2 type,

Wisconsin. Lip, ¢ 42, 9 46 millim.

*2936. Trachea perpenoa, (Plate CXIL. fig. 15.)

Hadena perpenoa, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii, p. 229 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 188.

Q. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black; frons

with black spots at sides; tegulee with strong black medial line ;

prothoracic crest blackish in front; abdomen grey mixed with

tuscous, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing grey tinged with

brown and fuscous ; a black streak below the cell extending to

antemedial line; subbasal line represented by two oblique black

striz from costa; antemedial line double at costa, then oblique

to postmedial line above vein 1, then represented by a long

streak above inner margin with a short oblique streak before

it; orbicular a very elongate oblique V-shaped mark defined

by black, its lower extremity connected with the reniform, which

is defined by black on inner side and below, open above and on

median nervure, where it is angled inwards, with slight whitish

lunule on outer side ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

short black streaks on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused, whitish, ex-

curved above and below middle and incurved at discal and

submedian folds, the interspaces beyond it with black streaks,

stronger above and below veins 5 and 2, ending in small terminal

lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown ; cilia white, tipped with brown from apex to

vein 2; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Arizona, in Coll. Schaus. ap.

36 millim.

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TRACHEA. ft

2937. Trachea fraudulenta.

Hadena fraudulenta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 252; id. Rom. Mém,

vi. p. 445, pl. 8. f. 5; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175.

$. Head and thorax grey-brown, the outer edge of patagia and

extremity of metathorax black; palpi blackish at sides; frons with

lateral black bars; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing narrow, grey-brown

with a faint reddish tinge; subbasal line represented by double

black striz from costa; a strong black streak below base of cell

and an oblique streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is indistinctly double, waved from costa to median

nervure, then strongly excurved and retracted to inner margin ;

claviform minute, defined by black and with black streak from it to

postmedial line; orbicular defined by black, very oblique elliptical ;

reniform defined by black on inner side only ; traces of a waved

medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line

indistinctly double towards costa, below vein 3 strong, black

slightly defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved and excurved to vein 4, then strongly

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

very indistinct, brownish, angled ontwards at vein 7 and somewhat

dentate at middle; a somewhat lunulate black terminal line; cilia

fuscous with fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing ochreous

uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia rather paler; the under-

side grey-white irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

indistinct curved portmedial and subterminal lines.

flab. Ki. Stppria, Amurland, Radefka, 1 ¢. Hep. 30 millim.

2938. Trachea conciliata.

Apanea conciliata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 84 (1878) ; id. Ill. Het. B. M.

ii. p. 24, pl. 29. £3.

Apamea gemina, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 59 (nec Hiibn.),

Head and thorax grey-brown with a rufous tinge and slightly

mixed with olive, the metathorax with some dark scales; tarsi

fuscous ringed with whitish; abdomen grey-brown tinged with

rufous. Fore wing grey-brown with a faint olive tinge and

irrorated with fuscous, some pale rufous below base of cell and

beyond the reniform ; traces of a slight black streak below base of

cell; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa ;

antemedial line double filled in with greyish, irregularly waved,

somewhat oblique and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform

defined by black and with black streak below it to postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform pale defined by black, the former

round, the latter undefined above and on outer side, a slight black

streak between their upper parts; traces of a waved medial line;

postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and excurved to vein 4, then oblique and nearly

Whig We, N

We NOCTUID ZA.

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

subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by slight

dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia greyish

with a slight dark line through them. Hind wing yale suffused

with reddish brown, the terminal area darker ; an indistinct post-

medial line; cilia yellowish white with a dark line through them

except towards tornus; the underside brownish white, the costal

area tinged with rufous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a

dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. @ (type). Thorax with white scales mixed; fore wing

with some white on and before antemedial line on inner area,

a whitish patch beyond postmedial line from vein 3 to inner

margin.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 3 3, 7 2, type. Hp.

40-42 millim.

2939. Trachea commixta. (Plate CXII. fig. 16.)

Xylophasia commixta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 174.

Aylophasia tychoona, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 488, pl. 51. f. 3.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey, palpi black

except at tips; frons with lateral black bars; tegule rufous at

base and with black medial line; pectus and legs pale brown,

the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown,

ventrally pale brown. Fore wing brown suffused with purplish

fuscous and with slight dark irroration, some rufous at base of costa,

on inner margin near base and on medial area from costa to sub-

median fold; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal

line represented by double black striz from costa ; antemedial line

double filled in with rufous, angled inwards in cell, then excurved

and waved; claviform small, defined by black and with black

streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with

rufous centres and pale annuli, the former more or less oblique or

elongate elliptical and defined by black on outer side, the latter on

inner side; traces of a waved medial line oblique from costa to

below cell; postmedial line defined by rufous on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line rufous, defined on inner side above and below vein 5

by black streaks extending to postmedial line, then by minute

dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and minutely

dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish tinged with

brown or fuscous, the terminal area broadly fuscous; cilia whitish

with a dark line through them; the underside white slightly tinged

with brown, a black discoidal spot, and curved postmedial line with

broad fuscous band beyond it.

Hab, Javan, Yokohama (Jonas, Maries, Pryer),3 3, 4 9, type

aud type tychoona. Hwp, 32-44 millim.

TRACHEA, 179

2940. Trachea indocilis. (Plate CXIL. fig. 17.)

Aylophasia indocilis, Wik. ix. 178 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 132.

Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and mixed with black,

palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral biack bars; tegule with

strong medial black line; patagia black edged with greyish above ;

tibize and tarsi blackish ringed with pale reddish ; abdomen pale

grey-brown, the ventral surface tinged with purplish pink and

irrorated with black. Fore wing brownish grey tinged with

purplish red, the medial area suffused with purplish from below

costa to submedian fold; a sinuous black streak below base of

cell ; subbasal line indistinctly double, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold; a diffused black streak above inner margin before the

antemedial line, which is indistinctly double, angled inwards in

cell, then excurved and angled inwards on vein 1 and to inner

margin ; claviform small or moderate, defined by black, acute at

extremity and with strong black streak below it to postmedial line,

towards which it is diffused above; orbicular and reniform pale

with slight whitish annuli defined by black, the former somewhat

oblique elliptical ; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from

costa to vein 2; postmedial line indistinct, with double black spots

at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and pro-

duced to black and white points on the veins, slightly incurved at

discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined by brown on

inner side, excurved below vein 7 and dentate to near termen at

veins 4, 3, with black patches beyond it at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered

blackish and grey. Hind wing brownish grey suffused with

fuscous, the terminal area darker; a discoidal lunule and curved

postmedial line; some grey on termen between veins 5 and 1;

a dark terminal line; cilia ochreous white with series of dark

points except towards tornus; the underside brownish white

irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal point, sinuous postmedial

line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Cawapa, Alberta, Caigary (Wolley-Dod), 3 ¢; U.S.A.,

Eastern and Middle States, New York (Packard), 1 2, Trenton

Falls (Doubleday), 1 5, 4 2 type, Evans Center (Grote), 1 3,29.

Exp. 40-42 millim.

2941, Trachea obscura.

Noctua obscura, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 189 (1809); Steph. fll. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 184.

Noctua gemina, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 482 (1818); Fre. Neue

Beitr. i. p. 50, pl. 28; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p, 175.

Noctua remissa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 346 (1825): Hiibn. Eur,

Schmett., Noct. f. 423; Frr, Nene Beitr. i. p. 52, pl 29; Steph. Il,

Brit. Ent., Haust. il. p. 181.

180 NOCTUID,

Noctua submissa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 846 (1825).

Noctua anceps, Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 109, pl. 107. f. 5 (1827).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; frons with black

lateral bars; tegule with black medial line; patagia with reddish

upper edge; pectus greyer; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

brown, the base paler, the dorsal crests dark at tips, the ventral

surface tinged with red. Fore wing grey irrorated and partly

suffused with reddish brown; subbasal line double filled in with

erey, waved, from costa to submedian fold; a slight black streak

below base of cell and another above inner margin before the ante-

medial line, which is double filled in with grey, waved, oblique from

costa to submedian fold, slightly angled inwards on vein 1 and bent

inwards to inner margin; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform with slight grey annuli defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter with grey centre defined by

brown; a medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate,

slightly angled outwards below costa; postmedial line double

filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved and produced to black and white points on the veins,

incurved below vein 5, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line whitish, slightly defined on inner side by brown

and with minute dentate brown marks before it at middle, ex-

curved below vein 7 and dentate to near termen at veins 4,3; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia reddish brown with

dark lines at middle and tips. Hind wing pale tinged with

yellowish’ brown, the veins and terminal area darker; a faint

discoidal lunule and postmedial line; cilia yellowish white with

dark line near base except towards tornus ; the underside yellowish

white, the costal area tinged with reddish and irrorated with brown,

a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line with minute dark streaks

on the veins, and diffused subterminal band.

Ab. 1. submissa. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas

rather paler, the streaks on basal area and dentate marks before

subterminal line stronger, a dark streak from below claviform to

postmedial line.

Ab. 2. remissa. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas

whitish, the streaks and dentate marks strong, the orbicular and

reniform whitish.

Hab. Brrrain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;

France; Gurmany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Austria ; Huneary ;

Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; N. Iraty; Datmaria, Leech Coll. ;

Sweprn ; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll. ;

Armenta; W. Srppria, Altai, Leech Coll.; E. Srperta, Ussuri.

Exp. 40-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 130; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 386, pl. 182.

Grey-brown with darker striation; dorsal line yellowish white,

dark-edged ; subdorsal line brownish ochreous; spiracular line

broad, pale greyish ochreous ; head brownish grey, with darker

freckles; thoracic plate black with whitish lines. J ood-plants,

Grasses. 9-4.

TRACHEA. 181

2942. Trachea tusa. (Plate CXII. fig. 18.)

Hadena tusa, Grote, Bull. Geog. Geol. Surv. Terr. iy. p. 177 (1878) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 148.

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with fuscous and some

grey; frons with black bar; tegule with strong medial black line ;

pectus clothed with purplish-red hair; tarsi black ringed with

reddish ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, the dorsal crests

darker, the ventral surface tinged with purplish. Fore wing

purplish brown and greyish, the basal area suffused with olive-

brown to antemedial line at costa, then obliquely to postmedial

line, at submedian fold, the terminal area dark except at apex;

subbasal line indistinctly double, waved, from costa to vein 1;

a slight black streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is indistinctly double, curved, slightly waved ; claviform

indistinctly defined by black and with slight black streak from its

extremity to postmedial line; orbicular reddish grey defined by

black at sides only, oblique; reniform rather irregular, with grey

and brown centre defined by brown and slight pale annulus defined

by blackish, some blackish in lower part; traces of a medial line

oblique from costa to below cell, then incurved; postmedial line

indistinctly double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line pale defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7, excuryed at middle, then incurved and crossed by a tri-

angular black shade from termen ; a terminal series of small black

lunules; cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish

tinged with ochreous and brown, the terminal area darker; cilia

whitish with a brown line near base; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot.

M Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 ¢,1 9 type. wp. 34 millim.

2943. Trachea divesta. (Plate CXII. fig. 19.)

Hadena divesta, Grote, Can. Ent. vi. p. 215 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 148.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous ; frons with lateral

black bars; tegule with black medial line; patagia with some

black scales near upper edge ; pectus and legs ochreous and whitish,

the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen ochreous with the dorsal

crests black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous especially

on inner medial area and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a curved

black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by a

black striga from costa; antemedial line defined by whitish on

inner side, oblique, waved, from costa to submedian fold, then

angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, rafous defined

by black and with strong black streak from its extremity to post-

medial line; orbicular and reniform pale ochreous incompletely

182 NOCTUID#.

defined by black, the former round, the latter large, rounded ;

postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side and by a pro-

minent white lunule in submedian interspace, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and

approximated to subterminal line, some pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by small

dentate black marks at middle and with some fuscous beyond it at

discal and submedian folds, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat

dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules and

waved terminal line; cilia chequered brown and whitish. Hind

wing pale ochreous, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown;

a dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with a brown line through

them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line.

@. Greyer; fore wing with hardly any rufous except patches

beyond the basal streak and claviform.

Hab. Canapa, Vancouver I., 1 ¢ type; U.S.A., Washington,

1 g, Colorado, California, Sauzalito,1 9. Hp. 38 millim.

2944. Trachea cerivana. (Plate CXII. fig. 20.)

Hadena cerivana, Smith, Can, Ent. xxxii. p. 220 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 116.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi blackish at

sides ; frons with lateral black bars; patagia with some black

scales near upper edge; tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen

grey tinged with brown, the dorsal crests black at tips. Fore wing

grey, the outer part of medial area and the postmedial costal area

slightly tinged with rufous; a sinuous black streak below base of

cell; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line minutely waved, excurved below cell, black defined by whitish

on inner side; claviform small or minute, defined by black ; orbi-

eular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former

rather oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled in

with blackish ; a brown medial line oblique from costa to median

nervure, then minutely waved; postmedial line black defined by

whitish on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein. 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by

red-brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and

minutely dentate at middle; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia red-brown with a fine white line at base. Hind

wing grey tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused

with fuscous ; a dark terminal line; cilia white with a brown line

through them ; the underside white slightly irrorated with fuscous,

a discoidal lunule, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins,

and traces of diffused subterminal band. —

Hab. Canada, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 3,1 9, Alberta,

Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 6,3 9. Hep. 38-40 millim.

TRACHBA, 183

2945. Trachea finitima. (Plate CXII. fig. 21.)

Apamea finitima, Guen. Noct. i. p. 206 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 134.

Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with grey and a few black

scales; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars ;

patagia with some black scales near upper edge; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the dorsal

erests blackish. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with rufous, the

medial area strongly suffused with rufous; a strong sinuous black

streak below base of cell; subbasal line indistinctly double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double,

waved, excurved below the cell ; claviform short, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform large with whitish annuli defined by black,

the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter sometimes slightly

angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct medial line, oblique

from costa to median nervure, then waved and incurved; postmedial

line indistinctly double filled in with grey, slightly bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale shghtly

defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7, excurved

and minutely waved at middle; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing grey tinged with brown, the veins and terminal

area suffused with fuscous; a terminal series of black striw; cilia

ochreous white with a dark line through them; the underside

ochreous grey, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight dis-

coidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces of diffused sub-

terminal band.

Hab. Canada, Ottawa (Fletcher), 1 $,1 9; U.S.A., Northern,

Middle, and Eastern States, Massachusetts, Beverly (Packard, Burg),

236, 392, New York, Schenectady (Lintner), 1 ¢,3 2, Oregon

(Walsingham), 1 2, Colorado. Hxp. 40—48 millim.

2946, Trachea basilinea.

Noctua basilinea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. 1.

p-. 183 (1787); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 166. f. 1; Hibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 427; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 15, pl. 101. f. 4; Frr. Beitr. pl. 29,

Steph. Ill. Brit. Hnt., Haust. iii. p. 5; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 116;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Noctua nebulosa, View. Schmett. ii. p. 55, pl. 1. f. 6 (1789).

Hadena cinifacta, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 384 (nec Grote).

Hadena grisescens, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 42.

Hadena basistriga, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 439 (1892).

3g. Head and thorax rufous to grey-brown; palpi blackish at

sides; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi blackish with pale rings ;

abdomen grey suffused with brown or rufous, the dorsal crests

blackish at tips. Fore wing rufous to grey-brown tinged with

rufous ; the median area sometimes slightly darker; a sinuous black

streak below base of cell ; subbasal line minutely waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line black defined by whitish on

184 NOCLUID A.

inner side, waved, excurved below cell; claviform small or minute,

slightly defined by blackish; orbicular and reniform large, with whitish

annuli defined by blackish, the former round or somewhat oblique

elliptical, the latter sometimes angled inwards on median nervure; an

indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to median nervure,

then incurved ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and

produced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below

vein 7, excurved and waved at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing

ochreous whitish suffused with brown, the veins and terminal area

darker ; a dark terminal line; cilia ochreous white with a brownish

line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and indistinct diffused

irregular subterminal band.

Ab. 1. basistriga. Fore wing suffused with blue-grey except

medial area.—Norway, W. Turkestan, EK. Siberia, Japan, W. China.

Ab. 2. grisescens. Much paler and greyer.—W. & E. Turkestan,

Tibet.

Hab. Brrrainx, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;

France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

Austria; Huneary ; Swirzertanp ; N. Irary; Datmatia; Norway ;

Russta, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Armenta; W. Turkestan,

Fergana, Issyk Kul, Tarbagatai Mts.; W. Srperta, Altai; E. Turx-

EsTAN, Kashgar, Korla; Trprr, Amdo; E. Srpprra, Ussuri; Japan,

Hakodaté (Andrews), 1 ¢, Yokohama (Pryer), 23,2; W.Curna,

Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 19. Hap 40-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 133; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 382, pl. 181. f. 2.

Pale brown ; dorsal line whitish ochreous ; subdorsal line indis-

tinctly pale; spiracular Jine pale or whitish, dark-edged above;

head and thoracie plate dark brown with whitish streaks. Food-

plants: Grains of Wheat, Grasses, Taraxacum, &c. 8-3.

2947. Trachea unanimis.

Noctua unanimis, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 556 (1818) ; Treit. Schmett..

Eur. x. ii. p. 62 (1835); Frr. Neue Beitr. iv. pl. 871; Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 9; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 581; Staud.

Cat. Hep. pal. p. 175.

Hadena scortea, Hery.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 583 (1852), nec 582.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown and grey ;

tegulee with blackish medial line and dark tips; patagia with black

line near upper edge; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen brown,

greyish at base, and with the dorsal crests black. Fore wing reddish

brown irrorated with black and more or less suffused with fuscous,

the veins usually irrorated with white ; subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; a slight black streak below base of

cell, another slight oblique streak above inner margin hefore the

TRACHEA. 185

antemedial line, which is double filled in with grey, angled outwards

before costa, oblique to submedian fold, then waved; claviform

diffusedly defined by black and sometimes filled in with black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former with slight

pale annulus, oblique elliptical and somewhat irregular, the latter

with white annulus on outer edge, some white in centre and

shghtly angled inwards on median nervure; a slight diffused

medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial

line dark defined by greyish on outer side, double at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then with black and white points beyond it

on the veins, angled inwards above vein 6, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurvyed to below end of cell, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, slightly defined on inner

side by brown and with small dentate black marks before it at middle,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond

it rather darker; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

fuscous intersected with greyish. Hind wing greyish tinged with

brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; a

dark discoidal spot; cilia ochreous with a dark line through them ;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a dark diseoidal

spot, curved postmedial line with slight dark streaks on the veins,

and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; France; Gurmayy, Zeller, Frey, and

Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary; Swirzprianp; Spain, Aragon;

N. Iraty; 8. Swepen; Russra, Livonia, Urals; E. Stser1a, Amur-

land. Hap. 32-88 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 185; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 589, pl. 184. f. 2.

Pale brown tinged with ochreous or greenish; dorsal line

ochreous white, dark-edged ; subdorsal line pale, dark-edged ; spi-

racular line broad, pale ochreous, dark-edged above; head and

thoracic plate brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 8-3.

2948. Trachea fumosa. (Plate CXII. fig. 22.

Hadena fumosa. Grote, Bull. Geog. Geol. Surv. Terr. v. p. 205 (1879) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 143.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale fuscous brown mixed with grey ;

tegule with slight dark medial line; tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing fuscous

brown irrorated with grey ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, somewhat

oblique; claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former round, the latter rather constricted at

middle; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, with faint dark

marks before it and streaks beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a pale punctiform line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pale nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia

186 NOCTUID

whitish with a diffused brown line through them; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and waved post-

medial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 2 9 type. wp. 40 millim.

2949. Trachea fumeola, n. sp. (Plate CXII. fig. 23.)

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; palpi blackish at

sides; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with

brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey suffused with

brown and irrorated with fuscous, the submedian interspace tinged

with flesh-colour to postmedial line, a tinge of flesh-colour before

and beyond the reniform ; subbasal line double, blackish, curved,

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique,

waved ; claviform rather large and broad, defined by black; orbi-

cular and reniform large, rather incompletely defined by black, the

former irregularly rounded, the latter constricted at middle and ex-

tending to well below the cell ; postmedial line indistinct, double at

costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to a

series of black points on theveins, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

formed of diffused whitish scales defined on inner side by fuscous

suffusion and slight blackish marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 6,

4,3, and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a fine waved

black terminal line with black points in the interspaces ; cilia with

a fine whitish line at base followed by a dark line. Hind wing

grey suffused with brown and the terminal area with fuscous ;

cilia whitish tinged with ochreous at base and with diffused fuscous

medial line; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

@. Head and thorax darker, the tegule with black medial line;

fore wing darker with more fuscous brown and less grey; hind

wing dark fuscous brown with a greyish tinge, the underside with

distinct black discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., California (Walsingham), 1 9 , Gilroy Hot Springs,

2 9, Arizona, Pinal Mts. (Kunzé), 1 $ type. Hap. 36-40 miliim.

2950. Trachea binotata. (Plate CXII. fig. 24.)

Mamnestra binotata, Wik. xxxii. 663 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 142.

Hadena extersa, Wik. xxxiii, 728 (1865).

Hadenu curvata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 157 (1874).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black mixed with grey ; tegulze

with blackish medial line; patagia with some black scales near

upper edge; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey tinged with

purplish brown and almost entirely suffused with fuscous black; a

slight sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line repre-

sented by double striae from costa and cell filled in with grey ;

antemedial line double filled in with grey and with some blackish

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suffusion before it, slightly waved and somewhat oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then excurved and retracted to inner margin ;

claviform slightly defined by black above and at extremity : orbicular

and reniform with slight grey annuli defined by black, the former

rather oblique elliptical and open above, the latter open above, con-

stricted at middle and expanding below to well below cell, a prominent

pale lunuie beyond it extending to just beyond postmedial line, which

is defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved

at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique, minutely

waved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, crossed by black streaks from

postmedial line above and below vein 5 and with black streak beyond

it above vein 6; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia with

a fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish nearly uniformly suffused

with fuscous, an indistinct dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line: cilia whitish with a dark line through them; the underside

whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (Cockle), 2 6,1 9, Fraser R.

(St. John), 1 35, 2 9, Victoria (Hanham), 1 $,1 2, Vancouver I.

(Lyall, J. J. Walton), type and type extersa, Wellington (Taylor),

1g; U.S.A., Washington, 1 ¢, California, Mendocino, 1 ¢, 2 9,

type curvata. Hwxp. 40 millim.

Larva, Head small, brownish. Body green, a straight yellowish-

white dorsal line, narrow subdorsal one and narrow stigmatal one,

the latter red-edged above on joint 12. Food-plant, Ribes—H. G. D.

2951. Trachea adnixa. (Plate CXII. fig. 25.)

Hadena adnixa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 243 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noet.

N. Am. p. 142.

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown and black; frons

with lateral black bars ; tegule with blackish medial line; patagia

with blackish line near upper edge ; tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey

irrorated with fuscous and suffused in parts with red-brown and

purplish pink, especially on ante- and postmedial areas ; a sinuous

black streak below the cell extending to antemedial line; subbasal

line represented by double black strize from costa and cell filled in

with grey ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, minutely

waved from costa to submedian fold, then excurved; claviform

shghtly defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform

with fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former

round, the latter rather constricted at middle and expanding below;

a curved brown medial line; a pale patch beyond the reniform

‘extending to the postmedial line, which is defined by grey on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on

costa and a blackish mark below vein 2; subterminal line pale,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, crossed by

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black streaks above and below vein 5 and with slight black streak

beyond it below vein 2; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish nearly uniformly

suffused with fuscous brown; an indistinct discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line; cilia whitish with a dark line through

them; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal lunule and minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab, U.S.A., Washington, 1 9, Nevada, 1 ¢, 2 2 type, Cali-

fornia, Lake Co. (Walsinyham),5 36,392. Hap. 40-44 millim,

2952. Trachea paviw. (Plate CXII. fig. 26.)

Teniocampa pavie, Behr, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 94 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 142.

Hadena inconspicua, Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 142 (1893), non deser.

®. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with greyish and

fuscous ; tegule with blackish line near tips; patagia with black

line near upper edge; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen

greyish tinged witk rufous and irrorated and suffused with fuscous.

Fore wing greyish tinged with rufous, irrorated and in parts suffused

with fuscous ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal

line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line double

filled in with greyish, minutely waved from costa to median nervure,

then excurved and strongly retracted to inner margin towards which

it is defined by blackish on inner side ; claviform slightly defined by

black above and at extremity; orbicular and reniform slightly defined

by black, the former open above and below, the latter open and

narrowing above and extending to below angle of cell, a pale patch

beyond it; medial line absent ; postmedial line double filled in

with greyish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

angled outwards at veins 6 and 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with slight

black marks before and beyond it above and below vein 5, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia with pale punctiform line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown,

slightly paler at base ; cilia ochreous with a dark line through them ;

the underside pale irrorated with brown and slightly tinged with

purplish red, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab, U.S.A., California (Behr), 1 9. Hap. 38 millim.

2953. Trachea indirecta. (Plate CXII. fig. 27.)

Hadena indirecta, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 28 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 143.

Head and thorax purplish rufous mixed with some grey and

fuscous ; palpi blackish at sides; frons with black bar ; tegule with

black line near tips; patagia with black scales near upper edge ;

tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous, with the crests

tipped with fuscous and the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore

. wing pale rufous suffused with purplish red, especially on medial

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area, and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line double,

waved, filled in with grey, from costa to submedian fold; a blackish

streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

defined by white on inner side, oblique and minutely waved from

costa to vein 1, below which it is excurved, then retracted to inner

margin, a fine white streak on vein 1 from it to postmedial line ;

claviform defined by black, acute at extremity and with diffused

black fascia from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with

slight pale annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,

irregular, the latter slightly defined on outer side; traces of a waved

medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line

defined by whitish on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,

slightly defined by rufous on inner’ side and with wedge-shaped

black mark before it in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle, the area beyond it suffused with black

except at apex; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia

chequered pale rufous and fuscous. Hind wing ochreous greyish,

irrorated and the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; a

slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line; an

ochreous bar on termen towards tornus; cilia ochreous with a

fuscous line through them; the underside ochreous whitish shghtly

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Canana, Br. Columbia, Revelstoke (Mrs. Nicholl), 2 2, Vic-

toria (Anderson, Hanham), 3 3, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 2 3

type, Wellington (Taylor), 2 9 ; U.S.A., Washington, 4 g,1 2,

Oregon, 1 9. Ewp. 32-36 millim.

2954. Trachea catalina. (Plate CXII. fig. 28.)

Huadena catalina, Smith, Can, Ent. xxxi. p. 261 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 115.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white, tinged with

flesh-colour and slightly mixed with fuscous; frons with lateral

black bars; antenne ringed black and white; patagia with some

black scales near upper edge; tarsi blackish ringed with white.

Fore wing ochreous white tinged with flesh-colour and irrorated with

fuscous, the medial area rather paler; a few black scales in base of

submedian fold; subbasal line represented by fuscous strie from

costa and cell; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side,

oblique, waved; claviform defined by a few black scales ; orbicular

and reniform with fuscous centres and pale annuli slightly defined

by blackish, the former round ; a curved medial line almost obsolete

except towards costa ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and with black points

at the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, excurved below

vein 7 and waved at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of minute black

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points; cilia chequered whitish and fuscous. Hind wing whitish

suffused with fuscous brown especially on terminal area; a slight

discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line; cilia yellowish

white with a diffused fuscous line through them; the underside

whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with minute dark

streaks on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Walters Station, 1 ¢, Arizona. Exp.

32 millim.

2955. Trachea characta. (Plate CXII. fig. 29.)

Hadena characta, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 243 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am, p. 148.

2. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; frons with

lateral black bars ; tegulee with slight blackish medial line; patagia

with some black scales near upper edge; tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen grey-white irrorated with brown, the dorsal

crests blackish at tips. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated

with black, the base and medial area tinged with ochreous brown,

the ante- and postmedial areas whiter, the terminal area darker

except at apex; .a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line

represented by a slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line

defined by white on inner side, angled inwards on vein 1, then

outwards above inner margin ; claviform strongly defined by black,

acute at extremity and extending to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform white defined by black and with some fuscous in centres,

the former narrow, oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at

middle; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to short

black streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then strongly

incuryved, some white points beyond it on costa and whitish patch

in submedian interspace; subterminal line white defined on inner

side by fuscous and a series of somewhat dentate black marks, and

with slight black marks beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia white mixed with black. Hind wing

whitish suffused and irrorated with fuscous, the veins and a dis-

coidal lunule darker ; a dark terminal line; cilia white with a dark

line through them; the underside white irrorated with fuscous,

a dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line with minute

black streaks on the veins.

Hab, U.S.A., Nevada, 1 9 type, Arizona. wp. 38 millim.

*2956. Trachea jocasta. (Plate CXII. fig. 30.)

Hadena jocasta, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 470 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

2. Head and thorax grey tinged with fuscous; patagia with

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blackish streak near upper edge ; abdomen grey. Fore wing grey

tinged with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal

line represented by double black striz from costa; antemedial line

double, the outer line black, the inner indistinct, filled in with

whitish, oblique and incurved at vein 1, a black streak from it to

postmedial line in submedian fold; orbicular pale defined by black,

oblique elliptical; reniform defined by black on inner side and

with blackish line in centre; a faint medial black shade between

the stigmata and at inner margin ; postmedial line single, blackish,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa and a

whitish shade on inner area; subterminal line pale, defined on

inner side by a dark shade, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle; the terminal area slightly darker except at apex: a

terminal series of small blackish lunules; cilia intersected with

whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; the underside

with indistinct postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Illinois, Chicago, 8. Dakota. ap. 36 millim.

This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

*2957. Trachea erica. (Plate CXII. fig. 31.)

Hadena erica, Smith, Can. Ent. 1905, p. 258.

Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with darker grey and

blackish ; frons with black bar; tegulee with medial black line;

patagia irrorated with black and with blackish streak near upper

edge; abdomen grey. Fore wing bluish grey mixed with dark

grey and blackish, the inner half of basal area, the area from apex

to beyond the reniform, and the postmedial area in submedian

interspace much paler with an ochreous tinge; a curved black

streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, sometimes obsolete,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, the inner

line indistinct, erect and slightly sinuous; claviform defined by

black, usually extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform

with whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,

the latter somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line double

at costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved and obsolescent to

vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line pale, oblique towards

costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia with yellowish line at base and dark

medial line. Hind wing whitish, the veins tinged with brown, in

female wholly tinged with brown; a slight discoidal lunule and

indistinct postmedial line; the underside with discoidal spot and

postmedial line.

> Hab. U.S.A, Utah, Stockton. Hap, 30-34 millim. This species

is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S.

Nat. Mus.

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2958. Trachea pausis. (Plate CXILI. fig. 32.)

Hadena pausis, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 262 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 115.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown and

black ; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black line near

tips; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused with

brown and irrorated with black; a strong sinuous black streak

below the cell from base to antemedial line; subbasal line re-

presented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ;

claviform elongate, slightly defined by black; orbicular and reni-

form with fuscous centres and slight whitish annuli defined by

black, the former round, the latter slightly angled inwards on

median nervure, a pale grey patch beyond it before postmedial line,

which is indistinct, blackish defined by grey on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and

sinuous, some grey points beyond it on costa and a blackish mark

in submedian fold; subterminal line indistinct, grey, excurved at

vein 7, excurved and slightly waved at middle; the interspaces of

terminal area with slight blackish streaks ending in small triangular

black spots on termen; cilia blackish with a pale line at base.

Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with brown; an in-

distinct dark discoidal spot ; cilia whitish at base, fuscous at tips ;

the underside white irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal

spot and indistinet postmedial line with minute black streaks on

the veins.

Hab, U.S.A., California, Los Angeles (Coquwillet), 1 ¢ cotype.

Exp. 34 miilim.

*2959. Trachea luteocinerea. (Plate CXIII. fig. 1.)

Hadena luteocinerea, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 468 (1900) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am, p. 115.

g. Head and thorax whitish mixed with yellowish and grey ;

patagia with black line near edges; vertex of thorax yellowish ;

abdomen white tinged with yellowish, the crests blackish. Fore

wing grey mixed with yellowish, the area just below costa whitish,

a slight black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by a faint striga from costa; antemedial line represented by a

fuscous shade on costal area, then only by the contrast between

the basal yellowish area and the fuscous-tinged medial area ;

claviform defined by black, acute at extremity and extending to

postmedial line; orbicular white, oblique elliptical ; reniform with

white annulus defined by black; postmedial line double at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then only defined by the contrast,

between the fuscous medial and yellowish postmedial area, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line yellowish defined on

inner side by grey, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the area

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beyond it darker; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind

wing whitish, a small discoidal lunule and fine terminal line; the

underside with some dark irroration and discoidal lunule.

Hab. U.S.A., Montana. xp. 36 millim. This species is

unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

2960. Trachea dilara, (Plate CXIII. fig. 2.)

Hadena dilara, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1899); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

Hadena bultata, Smith, Can. Ent. 1906, p. 228.

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with

flesh-colour and slightly mixed with brown; tegule with faint

dark line near tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

ochreous white tinged with flesh-colour and irrorated with brown ;

subbasal line represented by a slight black striga from costa ;

a fuscous streak on costa before the antemdial line, which is defined

by whitish on inner side, with blackish spot at costa, then minutely

and irregularly dentate ; claviform faintly defined by brown, acute

at extremity ; orbicular and renitorm with slight fuscous centres

and pale annuli defined by brown, the former upright, elliptical,

the latter constricted at middle; an indistinet medial diffused line

with blackish mark at costa; postmedial line with blackish mark at

costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points on a brownish patch

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale defined on inner side by

brown suffusion, forming somewhat dentate marks at middle, some-

what angled outwards at vein 7 and exeurved at middle; a

terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia ochreous white with

diffused dark lines at middle and tips. Hind wing pale, uniformly

suffused with ochreous brown; cilia yellowish white ; the under-

side whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and

diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 @. Hap. 44

millim,

2961. Trachea genetrix. (Plate CXIII. fig. 3.)

Hadena genetrix, Grote, Can. Ent. x. p. 237 (1878); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 143.

¢. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous and faintly tinged

with ochreous; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black

bars; tegule with blackish line near tips; tarsi black with pale

rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing grey tinged with ochreous,

irrorated with fuscous and in parts suffused with brown; a slighs

black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by a

slight striga from costa ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner

side, minutely waved, retracted to inner margin; claviform slightly

defined by black; orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined

VOL. VII. D)

194 NOCTUID 2%.

by black, the former with slight white annulus, round, the latter

open above and expanding below, with pale patch beyond it ; traces

of an irregular medial line oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique to vein 4,

where it is angled, then inwardly oblique, some pale points beyond

it on costa and a slight black streak below vein 5; subterminal

line whitish, with slight pale marks before it below veins 7, 6,

angled outwards at vein 6 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of slight black lunules; cilia fuscous intersected with whitish.

Hind wing grey with an ochreous tinge and nearly uniformly

suffused with brown, the veins and a fine terminal line dark; cilia

ochreous with a brown line through them; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and minutely waved

postmedial line.

Q. Greyer without any ochreous tinge.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ¢, Nevada, 19 type: ‘Hap g 36:

Larva. Head green, brownish tinted. Body uniform, olivaceous .

green; dorsal line white, slightly widened on the segments;

subdorsal and substigmatal lines strongly widened on the

segments, the widenings angular, those of the latter green-filled ;

lines partly edged with reddish. Food-plant, Adenostoma

fasciculatum.—H. G. D.

2962. Trachea modica. (Plate CXTII. fig. 4.)

Apamea modica, Guen. Noct.i. p. 207 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 146.

Celena subcedens, Wik. x. 264 (1856).

Head and thorax purple-brown mixed with grey-white ; palpi

blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with

black medial line; crests pale; tarsi blackish with pale rings ;

abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey irrorated

with brown and suffused in parts with pinkish, especially on inner

antemedial area and medial area, the postmedial area whiter;

subbasal line represented by double strie from costa and cell;

a slight black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line,

which is indistinctly double, angled outwards below costa, then

waved ; claviform short and broad, defined by black; orbicular and

reniform defined by black and with whitish centres slightly defined

by brown, the former oblique elliptical, open above; an indistinct

waved medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double, with two

prominent black strize from costa, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some minute

black streaks beyond it on the veins and some pale points on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by olive-brown on inner

and outer sides, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then

minutely waved; a slight black streak beyond it below vein 6;

a fine waved terminal line. Hind wing pale tinged with ochreous

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and suffused with brown especially on terminal area; cilia white

with a brown line through them; the underside ochreous white,

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal

lunule with pale centre, minutely waved postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 3,1 2, Renfrew Co., 1 2, Ontario,

Ottawa (Saunders), 1 ¢, London (Saunders), 1 9; U.S.A., Eastern,

Middle, and Central States, New York, Trenton Falls (Doubledau),

1 2 type subcedens, Evans Center (Grote, Packard), 5 6,1 6,

Colorado. wp. 32-34 millim.

2963. Trachea modiola. (Plate XCIIL. fig. 5.)

Hadena modiola, Grote, Bull. Geog. Geol. Surv. Terr. v. p. 204 (1879) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 144.

@. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown and mixed

with blackish ; frons with black bars; tegule with black medial

line; patagia with black line near edges; tarsi blackish with pale

rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests black at tips. Fore

wing grey slightly tinged with red-brown and irrorated with

fuscous, the medial and terminal areas except at apex rather

darker ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; a blackish mark above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is defined by whitish on inner

side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small,

blackish ; orbicular and reniform white defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, defined by black at sides only, its centre

tinged with brown, the latter incompletely defined except on inner

side, its centre defined by brown; a blackish medial line oblique

from costa to vein 2, then approximated to postmedial line, which

is double at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved and with double series of black points beyond it on the

veins, strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by reddish

brown, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia red-brown with series

of whitish points at base. Hind wing brown with a golden gloss;

a slight dark terminal line; cilia yellowish white with a slight

brown line near base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

a discoidal point and traces of postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Wisconsin, 1 2 type. wp. 34 millim.

*2964. Trachea mustelina. (Plate CXIII. fig. 6.)

Hadena mustelina, Smith, Proc. U.S, Nat. Mus, xxii. p. 469 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

3$. Head and tegulee chocolate-brown ; thorax bluish grey tinged

with brown, the patagia edged with brown scales behind ; abdomen

grey tinged with brown. Fore wing bluish grey mixed with

brown; subbasal line double, the inner line dark brown, the outer

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indistinct, excurved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double, the inner line indistinct, brown, the outer black at costa,

then represented by a few black scales, somewhat oblique and

curved; claviform defined by black and below by white scales, with

a whitish streak defined by black above before it in submedian

fold; orbicular and reniform pale defined by blackish, the former

oblique elliptical, open above, the cell before and between them

blackish ; postmedial line double, with small black spots at costa,

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined on inner side

by some black scales and by a dark shade at costa, somewhat

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal area slightly

darker except at apex; a waved brown terminal line. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown ; cilia white with a dark line at base ;

the underside white, the costal area tinged with vinous red, a

blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Sta. Cruz Mts. wp. 34 millim. This

species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

Larva. Head pale brown. Body uniform, shaded with reddish

brown, a linear whitish dorsal line; substigmatical band broad,

sharply edged on both sides, yellowish white, contrasted. Shields

concolorous with body.—H. G. D.

2965. Trachea intermedia. (Plate CXIII. fig. 7.)

Apamea intermedia, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe, 1900, p. 60.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous mixed with

some brown. Fore wing rufous and ochreous irrorated with black,

the pestmedial area paler except towards costa; subbasal line

double filled in with whitish waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique ;

claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform rufous

with pale annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,

open above, the latter elliptical ; an indistinct media] line oblique

and waved below the cell; postmedial line indistinctly double filled

in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, oblique between veins

2 and 1, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale

defined by rufous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of prominent black lunules; cilia black

and grey with pale line at base. Hind wing whitish uniformly

suffused with brown; the underside whitish, with slight discoidal

spot and curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 Q type. Hap. 32 millim.

2966. Trachea cuneata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 8.)

Mamestra euneata, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 486, pl. 50. f. 12.

Head and thorax grey-brown slightly tinged with olive and

TRACHEA. 197

rufous; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen brownish grey.

Fore wing pale olive-brown slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated

with fuscous ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with grey,

waved, somewhat oblique; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform with grey annuli, the former defined by

black at sides, the latter round with a black bar on inner edge; an

indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line black, double and filled in with grey towards costa,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal fold

and below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line greyish slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, and with

slight dentate black marks before it below costa and at middle,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal

fold, the area beyond it slightly tinged with fuscous except at apex ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown with a dark

line through them. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the

terminal area with fuscous; a slight dark postmedial line; cilia

fuscous at base, whitish at tips; the underside grey with slight

discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and somewhat diffused

subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial areas except

towards costa and the inner medial area pale suffused with rufous.

Hab, Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 6 3, 19 type. Hap. 32-38

millim.

2967. Trachea intermixta. (Plate CXIII. fig. 9.)

Apamea intermixta, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 63.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown; palpi

blackish ; frons with black bar; tegule with slight blackish lines

at base, middle, and tips; thorax black; tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown, the crests

blackish. Fore wing red-brown largely suffused with blackish

especially on inner area, before the antemedial line, beyond the

postmedial line at costa and middle, and on terminal area; a slight

black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, oblique

from costa to submedian fold, where it is connected by a black

streak representing the claviform with the postmedial line; orbicular

and reniform pale rufous defined by black and with some fuscous in

centres, the former round, a dark patch between their upper parts

connected with costa by a black striga; postmedial line double,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below

vein 5 and angled inwards in submedian fold, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line slightly defined by brown on

inner side, excurved below vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3 and angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds; cilia blackish intersected

with grey. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish brown

especially on the veins and terminal area; cilia white with a brown

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line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

black discoidal spot, curved crenulate postmedial line, and faint

diffused subterminal line.

Hab. W. Cutna, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 3 type. Hap. 36 millim.

2968. Trachea ethnica. (Plate CXIII. fig. 10.)

Hadena ethnica, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 263 (1899); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 115.

Head and thorax fuscous brown irrorated with grey; tarsi

brown tinged with white; abdomen dark brown irrorated with

grey. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with a few blackish scales ;

subbasal line absent; antemedial line hardly traceable, double,

angled outwards below costa, then erect ; claviform represented by

a slight dark mark ; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, fuscous

slightly defined by blackish, the former round; postmedial line

represented by a series of faint dark points on the veins, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line faintly defined by

fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of. black points; a fine pale line at base

of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown; a slight dark terminal line ;

cilia ochreous white with diffused brown line through them; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a faint discoidal

spot and cutved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 g,1 92. Hwp., $ 42, 2 46 millim.

*2969. Trachea parcata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 11.)

Hadena parcata, Smith, J. N.Y, Ent. Soe. xi. p. 9 (1903).

Head and thorax reddish ochreous tinged with fuscous ; abdomen

somewhat paler. Fore wing reddish ochreous tinged with fuscons ;

a fine black streak below base of cell; subbasal line just traceable ;

antemedial line with fuscous point at costa, oblique to vein 1 and

bent inwards to inner margin; claviform hardly indicated ;

orbicular very indistinct, oblique oblong; reniform indistinctly

defined, rather paler on outer edge; an indistinct diffused dark

medial shade darkening the lower part of reniform, bent inwards

below the cell; postmedial line with dark point at costa, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; sub-

termina: line defined by the terminal area being greyish interrupted

at veins 4,3 by a pale W-mark; cilia intersected with whitish.

Hind wing paie fuscous, whitish at base; an indistinct discoidal

lunule ; cilia whitish ; the underside with indistinct discoidal spot

and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Wyoming, Yellowstone Park. wp. 40 millim.

This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type

in Coll, J. B. Smith,

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2970. Trachea commoda. (Plate CXIII. fig. 12.)

Xylina commoda, Wik. xi. 760 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N, Am. p. 153.

Hadena alberta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 8 (1903).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey ;

tarsi rmged with whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown tinged with

purplish grey and irrorated with white scales; antemedial line

very indistinct, waved, oblique; claviform absent; orbicular and

reniform with incomplete pale annuli defined by brown, the former

very oblique elliptical, the latter somewhat constricted at middle ;

postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, oblique and sinuous below vein 5, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight whitish marks defined on inner side by dentate brown marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, some dark

streaks beyond it in the interspaces; cilia greyish with series of

white points at base followed by a blackish line. Hind wing

greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area darker ;

cilia greyish with a black line near base; the underside grey, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 ¢,1 Q cotype

alberta; U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 2 type. Exp. 44 millim.

*2971. Trachea enigra. (Plate CXIII. fig. 13.)

Xylophasia enigra, Smith, Psyche, xi. p. 54 (1904).

6. Dark brown mixed with fuscous and grey; tegule with

slight dark medial line; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

greyish brown, the dorsal crests mixed with black. Fore wing

dark brown mixed with some grey and irrorated with black; sub-

basal line black defined by greyish on outer side, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved,

oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform small, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform with slight grey annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical; an indistinct slightly waved

medial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly

oblique; postmedial line indistinct, blackish slightly defined by

grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate.

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish with blackish patch before it

on costa, slight dentate marks before it at middle and slight dark

marks beyond it at middle, excurved below vein 7, angled inwards

at discal fold and outwards at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia with a dark line through them. Hind wing

greyish nearly uniformly suffused with brown; a slight dark

terminal line; cilia brownish white with series of dark marks from

apex to vein 2; the underside grey tinged with brown and irrorated

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with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, indistinct waved postmedial

line and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Canava, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), cotypet 3 in

Coll. J. B. Smith. wp. 40 millim.

*2972. Trachea espumosa. (Plate CXIII. fig. 14.)

Lurois espumosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 246 (1897).

3. Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; palpi blackish; frons

bright pink; front part of thorax largely mixed with black; pectus

with the hair bright pink; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen pale

grey-brown, the dorsal crests rather darker. Fore wing red-brown

irrorated with black, the terminal area greyish; the subbasal line

represented by black points below costa and cell; the antemedial

line interrupted, double, waved, connected with the postmedial line

by a diffused black fascia in submedian fold, with a black striga

from its upper edge representing the extremity of claviform ;

orbicular an ill-defined yellowish spot; reniform very indistinct,

with a yellow spot with points above and below it on its outer

edge; a waved medial black shade angled outwards to lower angle

of cell; the postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; the subterminal

line formed by a series of dentate blackish marks, somewhat

excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules. Hind wing reddish brown, slightly paler towards

base ; two small dark spots on veins 2 and 1 towards termen; cilia

white at tips; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, irregularly waved post-

medial line and traces of a subterminal line.

Hab. Eovapor, Loja, type t d in Coll. Dognin. Hap, 44 millim.

2973. Trachea opposita.

Mamestra opposita, Wik. xxxii. 667 (1865); Hmpsn. Tll. Het. B. M. ix.

p. 95, pl. 162. f. 12; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 209.

Head and thorax black slightly mixed with rufous and grey;

palpi black above; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi black with

whitish rings; abdomen rufous suffused with black and with some

grey hair at base. Fore wing rufous, almost wholly suffused with

fuscous black and irrorated with black; subbasal line double, black,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

waved, oblique; claviform short and broad, defined by black ;

orbicular defined by black, narrow, oblique elliptical; reniform

defined by black and with pale rufous spot on its outer edge;

traces of a waved black medial line, oblique from costa to below

cell; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then

waved, oblique to vein 3 near subterminal line, then incurved,

some pale rufous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

represented by a series of small pale rufous spots, defined at middle

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on inner and outer sides by short black streaks, somewhat angled

outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fuscous brown except at base; the underside white, the costal area

and veins suffused with pale reddish brown, a slight discoidal lunule

and minutely waved postmedial line.

This may be a black-suffused form of 7’. conswmmata.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 g; Mavras, Shevaroys

(Campbell), 1 3, Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 ¢ type; Cynon, 1 2.

Exp. 36-40 millim.

2974, Trachea consummata.

Hadena conswmimata, Wk. xi. 591 (1857).

Hadena confundens, W1k. xi. 757 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 38, pl. 148.

f.5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 208.

Mamestra thoracica, Wik. xv. 1684 (1858).

Hadenu inextricans, Wlk. xv. 1729 (1858).

Hadena tulipifera, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 321, pl. xi. f. 195 (1891).

Head and thorax bright rufous with some black and whitish

scales; palpi black above; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi

black ringed with rufous; abdomen rufous. Fore wing bright

rufous, slightly suffused with brown and irrorated with black;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, waved, oblique towards inner margin; claviform

quadrate, defined by black below and at extremity; orbicular and

reniform slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the

latter irregular and with some whitish points on outer edge; a

medial blackish striga from costa; postmedial line double, bent

outwards below costa, then waved, oblique to vein 3, near sub-

terminal line, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous spots

with minute dentate dark marks before them at middle, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia rufous with a punctiform yellowish line at base. Hind wing

whitish suffused with red-brown except basal half of costal area; a

fine waved black terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with rufous.

Underside of fore wing whitish tinged with brown except inner

area, the costal area rufous; a dark postmedial line angled outwards

below costa and at middle and diffused subterminal band; hind

wing whitish, the costal area suffused with rufous, a black discoidal

lunule, irregularly crenulate postmedial line, diffused subterminal

band, and terminal series of black lunules.

Ab. 1. Hind wing entirely suffused with fuscous brown; under-

side of fore wing suffused with fuseous leaving the costal area

rufous to postmedial line.

~ Ab. 2. Hind wing of male with the basal half much whiter and

with dark postmedial line.

Ab. 3. Fore wing without white ee on outer edge of reniform.

Ab, 4. Fore wing with prominent white spot on outer edge of

reniform,

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Ab. 5. Fore wing with reddish spot on outer edge of reniform.

Hab. Br, FE. Arrica, Athi-ya-mawe (Betton), 1 ¢, Nairowa

(Betton), 1 3, Lagari (Betton), 1 g, Nairobi (Betton), 1 9;

TransvaaL (Cholmley), 1 g; Nava, type T in Mus. Oxon., Estcourt

(Hutchinson), 3 3, 1 @, Victoria distr. (Gooch), 1 3, Malvern

(Millar), 1 2, Durban (Mrs. Plant, Gueinzuis, Gooch, Leigh), 2 3,

3 9, type thoracica; Mapacascan; Mauritius, Curepipe (Tulloch),

1 ¢; Aven (Yerbury), 1 g; C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9;

Punsas, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 2; Bunean, 1 $, Barackpur, 1 d;

Bompay (Swinhoe), 1 6, 1 2; Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 ¢,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 3,2 9; Cryton, 2 5, 4 9 type confundens,

Pundaloya (Green), 1 S$, Trincomali (VYerbury), 1 2; Java

(Horsfield), 1 3, 1 2; QuzEEnstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3.

Exp. 38-42 millim.

Larva. Brownish grey, the 4th and 11th somites humped, sub-

dorsal vesicular black marks on 4th and 5th somites; an irregular

dorsal and lateral black band on 4th somite and dorsal patch on

12th somite; stigmata black.

2975. Trachea siderifera. (Plate CXIILI. fig, 15.)

Hadena siderifera, Moore, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 857; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 208,

Head and thorax dark purplish brown with a few white and

black scales; palpi blackish above; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegule with traces of medial dark line; tarsi black ringed with

rufous; abdomen dark purplish brown. Fore wing dark purplish

brown ; subbasal line double, black, waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, black, waved, oblique; claviform

large, quadrate, defined by black on outer side and below; orbicular

defined by black, oblique elliptical; reniform defined by black on

inner side and below with white spot on outer edge with white

points above and below it; a waved black medial line oblique from

costa to below cell; postmedial line double, bent outwards below

costa, then waved, oblique to vein 3 near subterminal line, then

incurved, with slight white points on it at the veins and with some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous,

defined on inner side at middle by small dentate black marks and

with small black spots on outer edge, somewhat angled outwards at

veins 7, 6, 4,3; a terminal series of black points; cilia with minute

black points at base followed by a dark line. Hind wing deep

fuscous brown, the cilia rufous; the underside greyish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, sinuous

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

This may be a purplish-brown form of 7’. consummata.

Hab. W.Curna,-Omei-shan, 1 9 , Wa-shan (Pratt), 1 3 , Wa-ssu-

kou, 1 9, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young),1 3,1 9, Simla (Reed, Swinhoe, Harford), 3 3,2 9°

type, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 8 6, 1 9; Sreum. Hap. 44-

50 millim,

TRACHEA, . 2038

2976. Trachea connivens.

Apamea connivens, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 27 (1874).

Argotis Nila Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 350; Hmpsn. Moths Ind,

i. p. 208.

D8 placida, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 117, pl. iv. f. 19 (1882).

Head and thorax pale brownish grey slightly irrorated with

fuscous; palpi black above; tegule with basal black points at

middle and sides; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing pale brownish grey slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line black, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform short and broad,

defined by black except above; orbicular incompletely defined by

black, somewhat elliptical; reniform with black bar on inner side

and pale rufous or grey spot on outer with slight points above and

below it, otherwise undefined ; a waved medial dark line oblique

from costa to submedian fold; postmedial line indistinctly double,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then waved, oblique to vein 3

near subterminal line, then incurved ; subterminal line represented

by a series of small pale rufous dentate marks, defined at middle on

inner side by small dentate black marks and on outer side by black

points, somewhat angled outward at vein 7; a terminal series of

black points; cilia with pale rufous line at base. Hind wing

whitish tinged with fuscous especially on terminal area; cilia

yellowish white; the underside white, the costal area slightly

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and traces of post-

medial and subterminal lines on costal half.

This may be a grey form of 7’. consummata.

Hab. Natat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 ;

C. Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3 ; Kasuuir; Punsan,

Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 ¢,2 92, Simla (Reed, Harford),

4 92, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 4 6,8 9, Deyra Dhun, 1 ¢ type;

Beneat, Calcutta. Lxp. 36-48 millim.

*2977. Trachea dinavana,n.n. (Plate CXIII. fig. 16.)

Hurois dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 196 (1906), nee Hupleaia

dinawa, p. 195.

do. Head and thorax rufous; palpi black above; lower part of

frons white: tegule with black medial line; tarsi blackish ringed

with rufous; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing rufous slightly

irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by black strize from

costa and cell; antemedial line with blackish mark at costa, almost

obsolete to median nervure, then double, black, angled outwards in

submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ;

claviform large, defined by black except above; orbicular detined

by black at sides, oblique oblong, almost confluent with the reniform,

which is defined by black on inner side and below and with white

lunule on outer edge, with one white point above it and two below

it; a brown shade from middle of costa with a black striga on it

and indistinct waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

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postmedial line with double black spots at costa, then indistinct,

bent outwards below costa, then waved with white points on the

veins, oblique to vein 3, there incurved, some whitish points beyond

it on costa anda black fascia below vein 3 from it to termen;

subterminal line hardly traceable, pale, defined on inner side by two

minute V-shaped marks at middle, excurved below vein 7, and with

slight black streaks from it to termen in the interspaces. Hind

wing whitish suffused with pale rufous: a faint sinuous postmedial

line and diffused subterminal shade; the underside white tinged

with rufous, a small discoidal lunule and very indistinct curved

postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins.

Hab, Br. N. Gurnna, Dinawa(Pratt), type T ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hup. 44 millim.

2978. Trachea niveiplaga.

Hadena niveiplaga, Wik. xi. 593 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 208.

Mamestra terranea, Butl. 1]. Het. B. M. vii. p. 53, pl. 127. £. 10 (1889).

Bombycia hodita, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 6 (1895).

(terranea). Head and thorax dull red-brown; palpi blackish at

sides ; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi black with pale rings ;

abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing dull

reddish brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line double, waved, oblique; claviform

small, detined by black; orbicular incompletely defined by black,

round; reniform defined by black oninner side and below and slightly

onouter, with two whitish points at lower extremity; a waved medial

line, oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line indistinctly

double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with

black and white points beyond it on the veins, somewhat angled

inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 5, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, defined on

inner side by slight dentate black marks and with shght black spots

beyond it at mildle, somewhat angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing deep fuscous ;

the cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the underside grey

slightly tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with fuscous, a

blackish discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. niveiplaga. Slightly greyer; fore wing with the medial

area suffused with black except towards costa and inner margin,

reniform with large pure white lunule on outer edge.

Hab. Ponsa, Kulu (Hocking), 1 3, Dalhousie, 1 9, Simla

(Harford), 1 3, Dharmsila (Hocking), 5 3, 3 2 type terranea,

Murree, 1 9 type hodita. Hvp. 40-42 millim. Type tin Mus. Oxon.

2979. Trachea fasciata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 17.)

Xylophasia fasciata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 68.

Head and thorax bright red-brown, the metathoracic crest with

some white scales ; sides of palpi blackish ; frons with lateral black

TRACHBA. 205

bars ; tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing bright red-brown, the ante- and postmedial areas grey-white

except towards costa; subbasal line double filled in with white, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with

white, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold; claviform

moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former round, the latter with its centre defined by blackish with

some white in centre and white spots on its outer edge; an indistinct

slightly waved medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure;

postmedial line black defined by white on outer side, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate and produced to white points on

the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish towards costa, then

only defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal

areas, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing

ochreous uniformly suffused with reddish brown ; a faint discoidal

point and curved postmedial line; the underside whitish tinged

with rufous, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and

terminal series of black lunules.

Hab. W. Cuina, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 ¢ type, Pu-tsu-fang,

1 g,1 23; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (Young), 1 9, Subathu

(Harford), 1 2 ; Sixuim Tisrr, Yatong (Hobson), 1 g. Exp.

38-44 millim.

2980. Trachea rubrirena.

Mamestra rubrirena, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 2, p. 159 (1825); Frr. Beitr.

pl. 98. f. 2, Geyer. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 826; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 57; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173

Hadena feisthamelii, Boisd, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 875, pl. 14. f. 1;

id. Icones, pl. 84. f.6; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 226, pl. 21. f. 2.

Hadena hercynie, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 100 (1871).

Head and thorax black-brown with a few white hairs, the meta-

thoracic crest bright rufous ; tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen

reddish brown with some grey at base. Fore wing black-brown

mixed with some rufous; subbasal line double filled in with

whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double filled in with soiie rufous, waved, oblique from costa to

submedian fold; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and

reniform large, pale rufous defined by black, the former irregularly

rounded ; a diffused black medial shade; postmedial line black

defined by pale rufous on outer side and with whitish spot at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and incurved

in submedian interspace, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line pale rufous, defined on inner side by dentate black

marks, at submedian fold extending to postmedial line, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; aterminal series of

small black lunules; cilia black at base, pale rufous at tips. Hind

wing whitish tinged with reddish brown, the veins and terminal

206 NOCTUID.

area darker, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line; a

slight dark terminal line; cilia whitish with a dark line through

them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged

with brown and strongly irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal

spot and strong sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. hercynie. Fore wing almost black, the markings distinct,

whitish.—S.E. Germany.

Hab. Germany, Silesia, Bohemia, Hartz Mts., Zeller Coll.;

Ausrria; Huneary; Swirzercanp, Zeller and Leech Colls., Valais,

Frey Coll., Engadine, Zelier and Frey Colls.; Norway; Fintanp;

Russta, St. Petersburg, Frey Coll. up. 46-52 millim.

2981. Trachea furva.

Noctua furva, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 81 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 407; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 276, pl. 25. f.5; Herr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 290; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172.

Noctua freyeri, Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. ii. p. 107, pl. 159 (1835).

Mamestra infernalis, Ev. Bull. Soe. Mose. 1842, i. p. 547.

Hadena gemmosa, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 427 (1845).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some

white scales; tegule with slight dark medial line and whitish tips ;

patagia with blackish line near upper edge; tarsi fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing reddish

brown mixed with some whitish and irrorated with blackish ;

subbasal line represented by double black strize filled in with grey

from costa and cell; some black irroration above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is double filled in with grey,

oblique, waved; claviform small with diffused black outline ;

orbicular with slight whitish annulus defined by black, irregularly

rounded ; reniform with white annulus defined by black and pale

central lunule, its inner edge straight, its upper extremity rather

produced; a rather diffused blackish medial line, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then minutely waved; postmedial line

defined by grey on outer side, indistinctly double on costal half,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then in-

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

white, defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, excurved

below vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia with fine white line at base, black medial line

and brownish tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; a faint discoidal spot,

traces of a sinuous postmedial line and a white subterminal line

towards tornus; cilia white with brown line near base except

towards tornus; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with

brown, a brown discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line from costa

to vein 2, diffused subterminal band, and fine terminal line.

Hab. Brrraty, Leech Coll. ; Francn, Pyrenees; Germany, Zeller

and Leech Colls.; Ausrria; Hungary; Swrrzertanp, Valais, Frey

Coll, Zermatt (A. H. Jones), Engadine, Frey Coll.; Ivraty;

TRACHMA. 207

Daumatra, Leech Coll. ; Scanprnavra; Russia, St. Petersburg, Frey

Coll.; Armenta; Pzrrsta; W. Turkestan, Fergana, Sarawschan,

Issyk Kul, Ala Tau; W. Srperta, Altai, 1 9 ; E. Turxzsray, Ili;

K. Stserra, Amurland. Hwp. 40-44 millim. ;

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 182; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 852, pl. 176. f. 1.

Pale pinkish ochreous ; warts rather small, reddish brown; head

and thoracic plate reddish brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 9-6.

2982. Trachea anceps.

Noctua anceps, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 81 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 484.

Noctua sordida, Borkh. Nat. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 578 (1792) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 172.

Noctua contiqgua, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 192 (1809), nee Vill.

Apamea infesta, Ochs. Schmett. Kur. iv. p. 76 (1816), non descr.; Treit.

Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 112 (1825).

Noctua aliena, Dup. Lép. Fr. vil. p. 29, pl. 102, ff. 2,6; Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 4 (nec Hiibr.).

Luperina renardii, Boisd. Ind. Meth. add. p. 5 (1829).

Hadena engelhartiz, Duurloo, Ent. Medd. ii. p. 86 (1889).

Head and thorax reddish brown, mixed with ochreous on head

and tegule and with some grey on thorax; sides of palpi and frons

blackish ; tegulee with dark tips; patagia with some black scales

near upper edge; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown, the dorsal crests tipped with fuscous and grey. Fore wing

reddish brown mixed with whitish and with slight dark irroration ;

subbasal line defined by whitish on outer side, angled outwards

below costa and ending at submedian fold; a slight oblique dark

streak above inner margin near base; antemedial line double filled

in with whitish, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to sub-

median fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; claviform short and

broad, faintly defined by brown above; orbicular and reniform

slightly defined by brown, the former large, very obliquely elliptical,

the latter angled inwards on median nervure and with white marks

on outer and lower edges; a slight brown medial line, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and waved; post-

medial line defined by whitish on outer side, double at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4. then

obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line pale, defined on inner side by red-brown forming some-

what dentate marks at discal and submedian folds, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules;

cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing whitish tinged

with reddish brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with

fuscous brown ; cilia white with slight brownish line through them

except towards tornus ; the underside white, the costal area irrorated

~with rufous, a brown discoidal lunule, traces of a postmedial line

from costa to vein 6, a slight maculate subterminal band.

Ab. 1. renardi. Pale.

Ab. 2. engelhartt. Much paler; fore wing with the markings

indistinct.

208 NOCTUID &.

Hab, Brrrary, Leech Coll.; Francr, Sand and Leech Colls.;

Denyuark, Leech Coll., Harboor (EZngelhart); Gurmany, Zeller, Frey,

and Leech Colls.; Austrra; Huneary; SwrrzertanD; Spain,

Aragon; Iraty; Rumetia; Turkey, Leech Coll.; 8. Swepzn;

Russta, Urals, Sarepta (Christoph); Armenia; Asta Mrnor,

Taurus; Persia; HK. Siperra. Ewp. 38-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 183; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 349, pl. 175. f. 2.

Pale brown; dorsal and subbasal lines obscurely darker ; lateral

series of oblique blackish marks ; head and thoracic plate blackish

brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 9-3.

2983. Trachea oblonga.

Noctua nigricans, View. Schmett. ii. p. 66 (1789), nec Linn. ; Treit. Schmett.

Kur. v. (2) p. 141; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 193, pl. 24. f. 12.

Noctua oblonga, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 188 (1809).

Noctua lunulina, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 192 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 180.

Noctua abjecta, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 539 (1818); Frr. Neue

Beitr. iv. p. 35, pl. 311. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173.

Luperina fribolus, Boisd. Icones, pl. 84. f. 4 (1832).

Hadena variegata, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 101 (1871).

(abjecta). Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some

grey; pectus with some yellowish hair; abdomen pale grey-brown,

the dorsal crests fuscous and grey, the ventral surface yellowish

mixed with brown. Fore wing glossy fuscous brown slightly

irrorated with greyish; subbasal line represented by faint double

dark strize from costa; traces of an oblique dark streak above inner

margin before the antemedial line, which is indistinctly double filled

in with greyish, waved, oblique to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform

minute with very indistinct dark outline; orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined by brown, the former round, the latter with

whitish points on outer edge and lower extremity; an indistinct

diffused medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure; post-

medial line very indistinct, defined by greyish on outer side, double

at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and

produced to blackish and white points on the veins, excurved tu

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line very indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by faint

dentate brown marks except towards costa and with shght brown

marks beyond it at middle, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of blackish points; cilia greyish with

waved dark line near base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown,

the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; cilia yellowish at

base, with dark medial line and white tips; the underside white, the

costal and terminal areas suffused with brown, a slight discoidal

point and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. lunulina. Fore wing with black streak below base of

cell and diffused black fascia between claviform and postmedial

line.

TRACHEA. 209

Ab. 2. oblonga. Similar, but fore wing with the orbicular and

reniform filled in with whitish.

Ab. 3. variegata. Thorax variegated with white; fore wing

with whitish suffusion beyond the reniform and at apex, the black

markings stronger, the lines defined by whitish, the stigmata with

ahi ening ol waite W. Turkestan.

Hab. Brrratx, Stephens Coll. type, Leech Coll.; France ;

Guruany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary;

Swirzertanp; 8.Swepen; Russra, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Riga, Zeller

Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Asta Minor,

Pontus; W. Turxssran, Turcomania, Ferghana, Saisan, Issyk Kul,

Ala Tau; W. Siperra, Altai; Armenta; E, Turxesran, Ili;

E. Srperta, Amurland. Hwp. 46-54 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 1383; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 846, pl. 175. f.1.

Pale pinkish ochreous; warts pale reddish brown; head and

thoracic plate red-brown. Food-plants: Poa maritima, P. distans,

and P. borrert. 4-6.

2984. Trachea geminimacula. (Plate CXIII. fig. 18.)

Hadena geninimacula, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 103 (1904).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ;

palpi blackish at sides; frons with slight lateral black bars; tegule

with black medial line; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore

wing brown irrorated with grey and black ; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black defined

by greyish on inner side, double at costa, oblique, waved, angled

outwards above inner margin; claviform moderate, slightly defined

by black scales; orbicular and reniform faintly defined by black

scales, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with two prominent

white points at lower extremity; a very indistinct diffused sinuous

medial line; postmedial line very indistinct, faintly defined by

greyish on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate, with double series of black points with white

points between them beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 3,

then bent inwards to lower angle of celi and oblique to inner

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

formed of slight dentate whitish marks with series of faint dentate

blackish marks on its inner side, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4,

3, and slightly inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of slight dark lunules; cilia with a fine whitish line at base.

Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal half suffused with

brown; cilia whitish, tinged with ochreous at base and with dark

médial line; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial

line, and indistinct diffused subterminal band.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Cockerell), 1 §, New Mexico. arp.

46 millim.

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910 NOCTUID&.

2985. Trachea impulsa. (Plate CXIII. fig. 19.)

Mamestra impulsa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 194 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 136.

Hadena mixta, Grote, Bull. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 264 (1880).

Head and thorax purplish black with a few white scales ; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen fuscous black, greyish at base. Fore

wing purplish black irrorated with a few white scales; a slight

black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by black

strize from costa and cell; antemedial line black, waved, oblique from

costa to submedian fold; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former rather oblique

elliptical, the latter with minute white lunule at middle of outer

edge with one or two points above and below it; a medial line

oblique from costa to below cell, then approximated to postmedial

line which is slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of small wedge-

shaped black marks in the interspaces with white points on them ;

a terminal series of black points and a series of white pornts at base

of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and

terminal half fuscous ; cilia fuscous mixed with whitish ; the under-

side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated and suffused

with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1.. miwta. Fore wing rather browner and more tinged with

purple, the reniform with more white, the black marks of sub-

terminal line conjoined, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at

middle.

Hab. Canapa, Hudson’s Bay (Barnston), 1 3,1 2, Br. Columbia,

Kaslo (Cockle,) 1 9, Revelstoke (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 9, Fraser R. (St.

John), 1 3; U.S.A., Eastern and Middle States, New York, Trenton

Falls (Doubleday), 1 3,1 @ type, Evans Center (Grote), 1 g¢,2 9,

Schenectady (Lintner), 1 2, Texas, 1 3 type miata, California

(Walsingham), 1 g. Hwp. 40-48 millim.

2986. Trachea brunnea. (Plate CXIII. fig. 20.)

Kuplexia brunnea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 83.

9. Head and tegule rufous mixed with brown; thorax brown

slightly mixed with greyish; palpi blackish at sides; frons with

lateral black bars; legs rufous and fuscous, the tarsi fuscous ringed

with ochreous; abdomen brown mixed with rufous. Fore wing

bright rufous, the costal area to subterminal line, the cell and area

just below it on medial area, the medial part of inner area and the

terminal area except towards apex suffused with brown; subbasal

line represented by double black striz from costa and some scales

above vein |; antemedial line double, oblique, waved; claviform

small, brown defined by black; orbicular and reniform brown

defined by black, the former round, the latter with white lunule

TRACHEA, Pala!

with some points below it on outer edge; a sinuous medial line oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly

double, shghtly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate

and produced to dark streaks with whitish points on them on the

veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line pale rufous slightly defined by red-

brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous with a greyish

line at base. Hind wing pale yellowish tinged with brown, the

veins dark ; a dark discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, diffused

subterminal band, and fine terminal line; the underside yellow, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, sinuous

postmedial line, diffused subterminal band, and terminal series of

points.

Hab. W. Cutna, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 2 type. Ewvp. 38 millim.

2987. Trachea secalis.

Noctua secalis, Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 519 (1758) ; Schiff. Wien. Verz.

p- 78 (1776); Bjerkander, Vet.-Ak. Handl. xxxix. p. 290 (1778) ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175.

Noctua oculea, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 3821 (1761); Steph. Il. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 9; Bell. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1858, p. 704, pl. 14. f. 3.

Noctua nictitans, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 126. f. 6 (1788), nec Linn. ; Hibn.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 97, 619, 620.

Noctua didyma, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 126. f. 7 1788); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.

p. 448, pl. 100. ff. 5,6; Frr. Neue Schmett. v. pl. 443. f. 2; Steph. Il.

Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 8; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 210.

Noctua lamda, View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 81 (1789).

Noctua leucostigma, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 159. f. 7 (1791).

Noctua lancea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 174. f. 5 (1791).

Noctua secalina, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 420 (1808).

Noctua rava, Haw. Lep. Brit. pp. 187, 209 (1809).

Noctua furca, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 209 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust.

ii. p. 10.

ewe L-niger, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 211 (1809); Steph. Il. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iu. p. 10. ;

Noctua lugens, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 212 (1809).

Parastichtis vilis, Hibn. Verz. p. 213 (1827).

Apamea moderata, Ky. Bull. Mosc. 1848, iii. p. 547, & 1856, iii. p. 56.

Hadena struvei, Ragusa, Nat. Sicil. iv. p. 274, pl. 4. f. 7 (1885).

Head and thorax red-brown; tegule with black medial line ;

patagia with some black scales on upper edge; tarsi fuscous with

pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests tipped with black

and grey, the anal tuft and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore

wing red-brown, the medial, and terminal area except at apex, tinged

with purplish fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; a slight black streak above base of vein | and an

oblique streak above inner margin before the antemedial line which

is indistinctly double, waved, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

claviform small, defined by black and with black streak from its lower

extremity to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform defined by

NOCTUIDAE,

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter with its

centre defined by fuscous on outer side and with white in centre

and on outer edge; a diffused oblique medial dark striga from costa ;

postmedial line indistinct towards costa, slightly bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 5, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale defined on inner

side in places by brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with a brown line

through them and brown tips. Hind wing reddish brown, the veins

and terminal area rather darker ; cilia with dark line through them

and greyish tips; the underside greyish, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with purplish red; a small discoidal spot, waved

postmedial line from costa to vein 4, and diffused subterminal

line.

Ab. 1. nietitans. Fore wing browner, the white marks on

reniform slight,

Ab. 2. leucostigma. Fore wing with the black streaks on basal

_ and medial areas absent, blacker, the white marks on reniform

prominent ; the thoracic tufts pale.

Ab. 3, Fore wing rufous, the costal area to subterminal line, the

cell and area below it to submedian fold, and the terminal area

except at apex suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 4. Fore wing similar but with the ground-colour brownish

ochreous.

Ab. 5. struvet. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial areas

suffused with white.

Ab. 6. moderata. Similar but paler; fore wing with the post-

medial line between veins 5 and 1 more oblique.-—Urals, W. & E.

Turkestan, Kashmir.

Hab. Brirarn, Leech Coll.; Francr, Sand Coll.; Denmarx, Leech

Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Ausrria; Huneary; Swrrz-

ERLAND, Frey Coll.; Srarn; Ivary, Capri (C. S. Browne); Srcrry ;

ScanpInavra; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll.,

Urals; Batxans; Turkey; Cyprus (Miss Bate), 1 $ ; ARMENIA;

Asta Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, ‘laurus ; W. Turkestan, Kirghistan,

Ferghana, Issyk Kul, Ala Tau; E. Turxesran, Il; Japan, Oiwake

(Pryer), 1 2, Yokohama (Jonas), 1 ¢ ; W. CHina, Omei-shan,

1 @, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 6,19 ; Kasumrr, Dras (Leech), 16,

Nubra (McArthur), 26,19; Punsas, Dharmsila (Hocking), 4 3,

29. Kwxp. 30-386 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 185; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 894, pl. 183.

Green ; dorsal line irregular, double, dull purplish pink or deep

reddish ; head brownish. J ood-plants, stems of Grasses. 9-5,

2988. Trachea chalcirena. (Plate CXIII. fig. 21.)

Celena chalcirena, Ping, Iris, xv. p. 150, pl. v. f. 11 (1902).

3. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen

fuscous grey, the tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing bright rufous

Bre) i 8 5 5 >

TRACHEA. 213

the terminal area fuscous brown, the veins greyish irrorated with

fuscous, some fuscous irroration on middle of inner margin; sub-

basal line absent ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa

to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform pure white, the former small, oblique

elliptical, with rufous point in centre, the latter narrow and

produced at lower extremity ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent

outwards below costa, excurved at vein 4, then strongly incurved,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line only

defined by the contrast between postmedial and terminal areas,

angled outwards at veins 7, +, 3; cilia fuscous with a fine rufous

line at base. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown ;

cilia greyish with a brown line through them; the underside grey

thickly irrorated and suffused with brown.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Togus-Torau, 1 ¢ type. wp. 32 millim.

2989. Trachea ascoldis.

Apamea askoldis, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 72, pl. 3. f. 13 (1880); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175.

Apamea nivalis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 177.

Head rufous ; thorax grey-white, the tegule edged with black;

legs rufous, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged

with rufous. Fore wing red-brown, the basal and postmedial

areas except towards costa and the inner medial area grey-white ;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, waved, oblique, indistinct towards inner margin ;

claviform short, defined by black except above; orbicular small,

oblique elliptical, with greyish centre and pale annulus; reniform

a white lunule defined by black on inner side; traces of a curved

waved medial line; postmedial line double, indistinct, bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa and an oblique black

streak from it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line

white, very faintly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; terminal area blue-grey tinged with red-

brown except at apex; a terminal series of black iunules; cilia

red-brown with yellowish line at base. Hind wing grey tinged

with brown, especially on terminal area; cilia white tinged with

brown at tips; the underside white, the costal half tinged and

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial

line, and terminal series of black lunules.

Hab. E. Stperta, Ussuri: Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 9 type

nivalis, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 56, 29; W. Cuina, Chang-Yang

(Pratt), 1 ¢, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 2, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9;

Assam, Khdsis, 1 ¢. Exp. 32-44 millim.

214 NOOTUID A,

Sect. VI. Antenne of male laminate.

A. Fore wing green mixed with red-brown .......-.....0sceeeeeeee polychroa.

B. Fore wing not green.

a. Hind wing without discoidal lunule on upperside ......... xylophila.

6. Hind wing with large discoidal lunule on upperside ...... lacrwma.

2990. Trachea polychroa, n. sp. (Plate CXIII. fig. 22.)

3. Head and thorax sap-green mixed with ochreous brown and

grey scales, the patagia with green patch with some black scales

on upper edge and white scales towards extremity ; pectus, legs,

and abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing sap-green

irrorated with red-brown, grey, and black scales, the medial area

suffused with these colours except towards costa and inner margin,

the subcostal and median nervures streaked with brown and grey

on basal area ; subbasal line represented by black strive from costa

and cell; antemedial line double, oblique, angled inwards on vein 1

and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform represented by a

green mark defined by black below and at extremity, with another

green mark beyond it; orbicular and reniform pale suffused with

erey and brown and defined by blackish, both erect oblong ; medial

line oblique from costa to median nervure and angled inwards in

submedian fold; postmedia] line indistinctly double, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa and

a black patch below vein 2; subterminal line defined by the area

beyond it being suffused with dark brown, dentate, incurved at

discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small black

lunules; cilia green mixed with blackish. Hind wing pale, uni-

formly suffused with brown; cilia greenish ; the underside white

tinged with pink and irrorated with brown, a black point in cell,

discoidal spot and curved slightly crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Cuiti, Mulchen (Elwes), 1 ¢ type. Hep. 34 millim.

2991. Trachea xylophila.

Hadena xylophila, Wik. xv. 1725 (1858).

Perigea infelix, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 276 (nee Guen.).

¢. Head, tegule, and patagia deep red-brown; sides of palpi

and frons blackish; tegule with diffused black line near tips ;

patagia with some black scales near upper edge; vertex of thorax

greyish ; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen red-brown mixed

with dark brown, the ventral surface pale except at extremity.

Fore wing red-brown irrorated with blackish and suffused with

dark brown to postmedial line, a semicircular black patch on costa

before subterminal line ; subbasal line represented by double black

strie from costa and a curved mark from cell; antemedial line

indistinctly double, angled outwards below costa, then oblique,

angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin;

clayiform small, incompletely defined by black; orbicular hardly

TRACHEA. iS

traceable; reniform pale rufous with some black scales on edges,

somewhat constricted at middle ; medial line represented by double

black strize from costa and a faint waved line from cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double, slightly bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to short black streaks on

the veins, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved; postmedial

area with some rufous points on the black costal patch and small

black spot in submedian fold; subterminal line very indistinct,

defined on inner side by some black points and slight dentate dark

marks and with slight dark streaks beyond it on the veins ; a fine

Fig. 30.— Trachea xylophila, §. }.

waved black terminal line with slight dentate marks in the inter-

spaces ; cilia with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish

white, the terminal area red-brown, the inner margin brown with

slight black marks towards tornus; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight waved antemedial

line from costa to discal fold, black lunule at upper angle of cell,

irregularly crenulate postmedial line, and diffused waved sub-

terminal line.

@. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Guatemata, Pantaleon (Champion), 1 $6, Cero Zunil

(Champion), 1 2; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 2 3, Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Venezvrza (Dyson), 1 2 type. wp. 34-40 millim.

2992. Trachea lacruma. (Plate CXII[. fig. 23.)

Alibama lacruma, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 229 (1894).

g. Head and thorax red-brown largely mixed with black and

a few white scales; palpi black at sides, grey in front; frons with

lateral black bars; tegule with diffused black line near tips;

patagia with black upper edge; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi

black ringed with rufous; abdomen rufous suffused with fuscous.

Fore wing rufous almost wholly suffused with black-brown to

postmedial line, the terminal area grey suffused with fuscous with

a semicircular black patch on costa before subterminal line with

black streak on its lower edge; subbasal line represented by double

black striz from costa and a slight striga from cell; antemedial

line indistinctly double and irregularly waved, angled outwards

below costa and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1;

claviform faintly defined by diffused black; orbicular with slight

216 NOCTUID®.

pale annulus defined by black, round; reniform pale rufous defined

by black on inner side; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in

with grey, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; postmedial area with

some pale points on the black costal patch and a small black spot

in submedian fold ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, defined

on inner side by slight dark points and dentate marks and with

small blackish spot beyond it in submedian fold, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a shght waved black terminal line; cilia

with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing white, the costal

and terminal areas suffused with fuscous brown; a rather diffused

dark discoidal lunule; inner margin brown with a blackish mark

above tornus; cilia white at base, brown at tips, wholly white at

submedian interspace ; the underside white, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a dark waved antemedial line from

costa to discal fold, black discoidal lunule, bisinuate postmedial

line, and diffused subterminal line.

Hub. Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 3, Castro Parana, type T

in Coll. Schaus; Are@untina, Los Vasquez. Hep. 36 millim.

Genus PARATRACHEA, nov.

Type, P. laches.

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

to vertex of head, the 3rd moderate or long and porrect; frons smooth; eyes

large, rounded; antenne ciliated; head and thorax clothed with hair and

hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with divided crests; tibie fringed

with hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and some rough hair at base.

Fore wing rather 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 veins 3, 4 from

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

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the lines defined by green ...............02s00+ laches.

B. Fore wing with the lines defined by silvery blue ............ chalybeata.

2993. Paratrachea laches.

7aleria laches, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 292, pl. 27. f. 20 (1889).

Head and thorax rufous with a slight purplish tinge; palpi

brownish and ochreous; tibiae and tarsi with brownish bands;

abdomen ochreous suffused with rufous at extremity. Fore wing

olive-yellow suffused in parts with rufous, the costa, veins, and

terminal area purplish brown irrorated with grey ; the basal area

below cell dark brown and rufous; subbasal line represented by

double strize from costa and cell; a black spot defined on each side

by olive-yellow on inner margin before the antemedial line which

is double at costa, angled inwards in cell, outwards at vein 1, then

strongly retracted to inner margin ; claviform defined at extremity

only by yellow and black; orbicular with yellow annulus and pale

rufous centre defined by a hoop-shaped black line, open below ;

reniform with pinkish-grey centre defined on inner side by a black

PARATRACHHA. 7

line and yellow annulus, extending to below cell, angled inwards

on median nervure and confluent with the orbicular, a black-brown

patch in cell between them; medial line indistinct, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then irregular ; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with yellow, bent outwards below costa, then

sinuous, oblique below vein 4, angled inwards in submedian fold

and bent outwards again, with a dark rufous patch beyond it on

inner area and some pale points on costa; subterminal line with

some dark scales, but chiefly defined by the contrast between the

Fig. 31.—Paratrachea laches, J. }.

olive and purplish areas, obliquely incurved, slightly excurved and

waved below veins 7, 6: cilia olive-yellow, dark brown at tips

except towards tornus. Hind wing pale yellowish suffused with

red-brown except basal and costal areas ; cilia yellow; the under-

side whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with pink, a slight

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 Q type, Godman-Salvin

Coll.; S.E. Perv, St. Domingo, 1 ¢,1 9. Hap. 48 millim.

2994. Paratrachea chalybeata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 25.)

Nenia chalybeata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 64; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

)

p. 214.

Hadena spectabilis, Pouj. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. ex.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with a few white hairs;

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface

with a few white hairs, the anal tuft mixed with ochreous. Fore

wing deep red-brown mixed with some pale rufous and irrorated

with silvery purple scales especially on the veins; subbasal line

silvery purple, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line silvery purple, oblique, angled inwards in cell, on vein 1, and

to inner margin; claviform faintly defined by brown at extremity ;

orbicular and reniform defined by deep brown, open below and

connected by a slight brown streak above median nervure, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter large with flesh-coloured annulus;

postmedial line double filled in with silvery purple and defined by

pale rufous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate and with white points beyond it on the veins, oblique below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

218 NOCTUID®.

purplish grey, slightly waved, strongly dentate at veins 4, 3, 2;

a series of purplish-grey lunules in interspaces of terminal area ;

cilia with a fine grey line at base. Hind wing reddish brown with

a deep red-brown streak on vein 2, towards termen irrorated with

a few grey scales; a grey subterminal line from vein 6 to termen

at vein 1; cilia with fine whitish lines at base and near tips.

Underside of both wings irrorated with purplish white especially

beyond the curved subterminal line; hind wing with traces of

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

One male and the female have the 3rd joint of palpi long and

somewhat dilated at extremity, the other male has it short.

Hab. W.Cutna, Moupin; Srxuim (Russell), 29,12 type. Hep.

62 millim.

Genus (@DIPLEXIA, nov.

Type, @. mesophea.

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

middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons with

rounded prominence with slight ridge across it ; eyes large, rounded; antennz

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

with large spreading crests; tibia fringed with hair; abdomen with large

dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from just

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

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

2995. Cdiplexia mesophea, n. sp.

3d. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown, the

hairs tipped with grey ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen

grey-brown, the dorsal crests reddish. Fore wing red-brown, the

medial area suffused with dark brown except towards costa ;

subbasal line represented by blackish points below costa and cell,

Fig. 32.—diplexia nesophea, S$. +

antemedial line with black point at costa, slightly excurved,

interrupted at the veins, with some dark suffusion before it on

inner area ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular red-brown

defined by black, touching a smal] spot defined by black below the

cell ; reniform ochreous suffused with rufous, defined by black on

inner side only; traces of a curved black medial line; postmedial

line with black point at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, with black

points beyond it on veins 4, 8; subterminal line indistinct,

C(DIPLEXITA,—EUPLEXIA, 219

ochreous, defined on each side by red-brown scales, minutely waved.

Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with red-brown, a small discoidal lunule and slight curved post-

medial line; the underside with the costal area strongly irrorated

with red-brown, a discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Br. BK. Arrica, Kilima ’njaro (Hannington), 1 3 type.

Exp. 34 millim.

Genus EUPLEXIA.

ype.

Huplexia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 3 (1829) ......... lucipara.

KarandaMoone wep Atk: 1OG (1882) 10. ....s..1s--ceeeeeen meee decorata.

Yula, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 193 (1906) ...........0.. noveguinee,

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

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short ; frons smooth ; eyes

large, rounded ; antennze of male typically ciliated ; head and thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the vertex of head with ridge of scales, the pro- and meta-

thorax with spreading crests; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest:

on drd segment large, and lateral tufts of hair on terminal segments. Fore

wing with the apex rectangular, the termen slightly waved ; 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 vems 3, 4 from angle of cell

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sucr. I. Antenne of female bipectinate with moderate branches.

2996. Euplexia catephiodes, n. sp.

@. Head and thorax black-brown slightly tinged with rufous

and mixed with a few grey hairs; tarsi ringed with white;

abdomen fuscous brown tinged with grey. Fore wing black-brown

tinged with grey and mixed with some rufous; subbasal line

represented by slight black points below costa and cell; antemedial

line indistinctly double, interrupted, black fiiled in with rufous,

incurved in cell and angled inwards on vein 1, the claviform

Fig. 33.—LHuplexia catephiodes, Q. 3

represented by a small black mark on its outer edge; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, the former small, round, the latter con-

stricted at middle; medial line diffused, blackish, oblique from

costa to reniform and from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

postmedial line black, double, the outer line indistinct and defined

by rufous on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, in-

curved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line

220 NOCTUID®.

represented by a series of small dentate black marks on blackish

suffusion and with short black streaks above and below vein 4; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing black-brown

with large white patch on basal area from subcostal nervure to

vein 1; a slight black terminal line from apex to vein 2 with

slight white line before it; cilia chequered white and brown from

apex to vein 4; the underside. tinged with grey, the white patch

extending to inner margin, a small discoidal spot connected with

the dark costal area.

Hab. Transvaar, White R. (Cooke),1 9 type. Hap. 42 millim.

Secr. II. Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apex simple.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial band strongly angled outwards

below, median mervurne Sacmeses reek asacec-etcet ease ee aeeee eee sinwate.

B. Fore wing with the antemedial band not angled outwards

belowymedian menvilrena teens aisuese cede deceeanecenete Meee nee mene pectinata,

2997. Kuplexia sinuata.

Euplexia sinuata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 125, pl. 4. f. 25 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. il. p. 217.

3. Head and thorax purplish black; antenne with tufts of

white hair trom basal joint; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous, whitish at base. Fore wing purplish fuscous, the basal

area with some rufous below the cell ; subbasal line represented by a

whitish striga from costa and a hoop-shaped mark on a black patch

below cell confluent with another black mark on inner margin; a

white antemedial band tinged with brown towards costa, strongly

angled outwards below cell and above inner margin, and inwards

on vein 1; orbicular quadrate, purplish fuscous defined slightly

by white at sides only and with black in cell before it and between

it and reniform, which is fuscous defined by whitish and with

some whitish in centre, angled inwards on median nervure to the

orbicular; the medial area below the cell black, rufous at inner

margin; the postmedial area whitish tinged with rufous and pale

brown; the postmedial line obsolescent and defined by white on

outer side, obliquely bent outwards from below costa to vein 6, below

vein 5 incurved to lower angle of cell, then oblique, slightly angled

outwards at vein 2 and to inner margin, the costa beyond it black

with white points ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly waved,

defined on inner side by black from below costa to submedian fold,

the area beyond it purplish fuscous to vein 4, then greyish; cilia

black with brownish line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with

fuscous, the costal and terminal areas broadly suffused with fuscous;

indistinct postmedial and subterminal lines defined by whitish on

outer side below vein 3 and with some blackish before them at

vein 2; cilia blackish with a fine white line at base, pale towards

tornus ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and diffused postmedial and

subterminal lines.

Hab, Stxuim (Moller), 2 3. Exp. 34 millim.

EUPLEXIA, 221

2998. Euplexia pectinata.

Euplecia pectinata, Warr. P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 308; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M.

vili. p. 14, pl. 143. f. 4; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 222.

Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with a few white scales,

the metathoracic crest tipped with white ; antenne with the basal

joint white, the shaft ringed with white; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen fuscous mixed with white, the crests tipped with white.

Fore wing fuscous black, the basal area with some rufous in and

below cell; subbasal line white defined on each side by black,

angled outwards in cell, with dentate black mark beyond it above

vein 1 and another below it above inner margin; a pure white

antemedial band, nearly straight from costa to below cell, strongly

angled inwards on vein | and outwards above inner margin; medial

Fig. 84.—Huplexia pectinata, S. 1.

area black, fuscous at costa and red-brown at inner margin;

orbicular rather V-shaped open above and below, fuscous defined by

white lines at sides; postmedial area white slightly tinged with grey

and rufous, the reniform placed on it, white slightly detined by rufous

and with sowe rufous in upper part, narrow and angled inwards on

median nervure to near orbicular ; postmedial line very indistinct,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein +, then incurved to

lower edge of reniform and slightly bent outwards to inner margin,

some white points and dark streaks beyond it on costa; subterminal

line fine, white defined by black on inner side except towards costa

and inner margin, crenulate between veins + and 1, some greyish

beyond it towards tornus ; cilia brown and fuscous with slight grey

line at base and white tips. Hind wing whitish, the costal and

terminal areas broadly suffused with fuscous in male, in female

wholly suffused with fuscous; a faint waved whitish postmedial

line with blackish spot before it at vein 2; a slight whitish line

just before termen from vein 4 to tornus with slight black marks

at veins 3, 2; cilia with fine pale line at base and white tips;

the underside white irrorated with brown, the costal area brown

irrorated with white, a discoidal lunule and postmedial line excurved

below costa.

Hab. Punsas: Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 2, Dalhousie

(Harford), 1 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 3, 5 9, Thundiani

(Yerbury), 3 3, 3 Q type, Umballa (Reed), 1 9; Manras,

Niigiris (Swinhoe), 1 9. Exp. 36-40 millim.

222 NOCTUID 2.

Sucr. IIT. Antennz of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing ochreous white with the terminal area

leaden grey

B. Fore wing not ochreous white with the terminal area

leaden grey.

a. Fore wing with white band before the antemedial

line.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial white band

angled inwards in submedian fold.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial white band

reachinpytherGostaiy pacswecseuecee cc -eeee ee eeeeee

+2, Fore wing with the antemedial white band

not reaching the costa,

a®, Fore wing without purplish band from costa

beyondsthemenitormigl eeceerscseeeeenece sees

68. Fore wing with purplish band from costa

beyondutivemenitorinyrseeececnsacesceeace ccs

b\, Fore wing with the antemedial white band not

angled inwards in submedian fold ...............

a2. Forewing suffused with silvery metallic green

and golden bronze.

a’, Fore wing with two black points on the

white reniform.

a’, Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous

brown.

a, Fore wing with the subbasal line

strongly angled outwards below

Medilanimenvune! Vebecs. peer esseecemetees

05, Fore wing with the subbasal line not

e angled outwards below median

NELVUNC Ww, neneeeceianscrbedse a aeeceene meee

44, Hind wing white, the terminal area

suffused with brown ..........---2:se006

63, Fore wing without black points on the

wihitemeniforml iss cecceecsncceccecee ese te ore

42, Fore wing not suffused with silvery metallic

green and golden bronze.

a’, Fore wing with the claviform with white

annulus defined by black ............ eee.

63, Fore wing with the claviform represented

by a black point.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial area

buightinutousy Merce wscssea esses tastes

4, Fore wing with the postmedial area

concolorous, a rufous patch at tornus .

h. Fore wing without white band before the ante-

medial line.

a), Fore wing without black streaks beyond the

postmedial line above and below vein 2.

a2. Fore wing with pale patch on reniform.

a. Fore wing with the inner margin pale

green on medial area.

a!, Fore wing with oblique brown line be-

tween veins 7 and 4 beyond the post-

medial line which is excurved well

beyondrenitornmiersrscateccieeseerters

b*, Fore wing without oblique brown line

between veins 7 and 4 beyond the post-

medial line which is closely approxi-

mated to the reniform

plumbeomarginata,

illustrata,

albovitiata.

fasciata.

letevirens.

decorata.

gemmifera,

NOVEGUINCE.

calamistrata.

chlorerythra.

picturata.

discisiqnata,

strialovirens,

EUPLEXIA.,

6°, Fore wing with the inner margin not green

on medial area,

a, Pore wing with the postmedial area paler

than the terminal area.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines anastomosing above inner margin,

a’, Kore wing with the reniform narrow

a6, Fore wing with the orbicular and reni-

turm confluent on median nervure...

48, Fore wing with the orbieular and

reniform not confluent on median

nervure.

7, Fore wing with the postmedial line

formed by three ochreous lines...

07, Fore wing with the postmedial line

not formed by three ochreous lines.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial area

greyish or purplish without rufous

tinge.

a. Kore wing with the postmedial

line not angled outwards at

vein 2.

a0, Fore wing with more or less

brown on lower part of reni-

form .

6%. Fore wing with the lower part

of reniform wholly white ......

68, Fore wing with the postmedial line

angled outwards at vein 2.........

68. Fore wing with the postmedial area

white slightly tinged with rufous.

c8, Fore wing with the postmedial area

strongly suffused with rufous.

a. Fore wing with pale patch on

postmedial costal area including

(6.19) TREO oon edanicdocingbondeanaadeene

69, Kore wing with pale patches beyond

postmedial line on costal area and

a0, Fore wing with the orbicular

blue-black and confluent with a

blue-black spot below the cell .

610, Fore wing with the orbicular

not confluent with a blue-black

spot below the cell.

a, Kore wing with the ante- and

postmedial lines more or less

approximated atinner margin,

al2, Hind wing with the basal area

WAALS Gendooossoooncanee gon06

62, Hind wing wholly suffused

with brown .....

61, Fore wing with the ante- and

postmedial lines widely sepa-

rated at inner margin

eoxceseee

rhoda.

amaranta,

chalybsa.

plumbeola,

saldanha.

albonota.

poliochroa,

augens,

debilis,

triplaga.

melanocycla.

lucitpara.

semifascia,

azygqa.

924 NOCTUID”.

}4, Fore wing with the postmedial and ter-

minal areas concolorous.

a, Fore wing black with white points at.

base ‘oft cilia sai) aearemnscnscs eee eee melanistis.

. Fore wing purple-grey with yellow

points at base of cilia ................6. aureopuncta.

62, Hore wing without pale patch on reniform.

@, Fore wing with small white lunule on

outer edge of reniform.

a‘, Fore wing red-brown largely mixed with

Ian CA) aera a briso dann ob Handagandarananadyseccoe magniclavis,

b4, Fore wing dark brown with a purplish-

grey gloss.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular round . prolifera.

6°, Fore wing with the orbicular oblique

elliptical.

a’, Fore wing with the orbicular and

reniform not connected by a fascia

On) Median MERVUTED Wee sscsaeaelases metallica.

66, Fore wing with the orbicular and

reniform connected by a fascia on

Median NELVULE ........ cee eee sees ee ewes har fordt.

68, Fore wing without white lunule on outer

edge of reniform.

a‘, Fore wing with the reniform defined at

sides by rufous and connected with

orbicular by afascia onmedian nervure. erythriris.

64, Fore wing with the reniform V-shaped,

defined at sides by white ................4. adamantina.

ct, ae wing with the reniform lunulate.

’ . Fore wing with large wedge-shaped

black mark above basal part of inner

MALQIN esses ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseees signata,

. Fore wing without wedge-shaped black

mark above base of inner margin ... polycmeta.

d4, Fore wing with the reniform narrow and

constricted at middle ..................... callisina,

}1. Fore wing with black streaks beyond postmedial

line above and below vein 2.............0eeeee0e leucostigma.

2999. Euplexia plumbeomarginata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 28.)

Euplexia plumbeomarginata, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 298; id.

Moths Ind. iv. p. 509.

¢. Head white; palpi and frons black; antenne black ringed

with white; tegule white at base, black at tips; patagia leaden

grey ; thorax dorsally white, the metathoracie crests tipped with

black ; pectus leaden grey; legs black, the tibie and tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen fuscous “black slightly irrorated with white,

the base ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white slightly

irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by a small

triangular black mark on costa and point below cell; the ante-

medial area with two black points on costa, two on inner

margin and one in cell and on vein 1; the antemedial line oblique,

sinuous, black, joing the postmedial line at vein 1; the medial

area with the costa, cell and area below it black to end of cell,

tinged with rufous beyond the cell ; orbicular ochreous white, quad-

rate, confluent with a patch on costa and semicircular mark below

EUPLEXIA. 225

the cell; reniform narrow, fuscous defined by reddish ochreous on

inner side, its lower extremity touching the mark below cell ; post-

medial line very indistinct, double, represented by black scales,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique sinuous, some black points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line black, oblique from costa to

vein 7, incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, in-

wards at vein 2, and bent outwards to tornus; terminal area leaden

grey, black at tornus and with pinkish patch at apex; a fine white

line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous black rather paler at base;

cilia black at base, chequered black and white at tips; the underside

ochreous white thickly irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Burma, N. Chin Hills, 5,900’ (Watson), 1 $ type. Exp.

32 millim.

3000. Euplexia illustrata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 29.)

Euplexia illustrata, Gres. Berl, Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 389; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 185.

Head and thorax black with a few white scales; palpi with

the extremity of 2nd joint white; antenne with the tufts on

basal joint white; metathorax with the crests tipped with pink

or white; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown, whitish

at base. Fore wing with the basal area black at costa and inner

margin, red-brown at middle; subbasal line represented by white

bars from costa and cell, the latter defining above and on inner

side a black spot above vein 1 with another below it on inner

margin; a white antemedial band, erect from costa to below cell,

then angled inwards on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin ;

the medial area purplish fuscous towards costa, black below cell

and red-brown at inner margin; the claviform absent; orbicular

quadrate, purplish fuscous defined by white strie at sides and

with black in cell before it and between it and the reniform, which 1s

white with the upper part of centre defined by fuscous, emitting a

white streak on median neryure to the orbicular, a red-brown

band beyond it from costa to vein 4; postmedial area white, the

postmedial line very indistinct, double, formed of black scales,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below

vein 5, the costa beyond it brown with white points; subterminal

line slight, white defined on inner side by a black band from below

costa to vein 2, divided into spots by slight white streaks on veins 8,

7, the area beyond it purplish fuscous to vein 4, then brownish ;

cilia black with brownish white points at base, the tips chequered

black and white. Hind wing fuscous black, the interspaces of

basal half whitish, especially in male ; traces of a waved postmedial

line defined by whitish on outer side and with three white marks

beyond it on vein 2 with black marks between them; a white

patch on termen from above vein 2 to vein 1; cilia with white points

at base, the tips chequered white and black to vein 2, then wholly

white; the underside white, the costal area black-brown irrorated

VOL. VII. Q

226 NOCTUID®.

with white, a black discoidal spot and diffused postmedial and

subterminal bands.

Hab. EF. Steerta, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 19,

Yokohama (Lewis, Pryer), 1 3,1 9; Corks, Gensan (Leech), 1 3;

W. Curva, Wa-ssu-kou, 1 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 gd. Hwp. 40-48

millim.,

3001. Euplexia albovittata.

Euplexia albovittata, Moore, P.Z.S. 1867, p. 57, pl. 6. f. 16; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 217.

Head and thorax bluish black with a few white scales;

palpi white at tips; antenne ringed with white and with the

tufts of hair from basal joint white; pro- and metathoracic

crests tipped with white; tibiae and tarsi ringed with black ;

abdomen fuscous, whitish at base, the crests tipped with white.

Fore wing purplish fuscous slightly irrorated with white; subbasal

line represented by a small white spot on median nervure with

some rufous beyond it; a white antemedial band from below

costa to inner margin, bent inwards below cell and excurved above

inner margin; the medial area black below the cell and rufous

towards inner margin; the orbicular quadrate, fuscous slightly

defined by white at sides only, and with black before and beyond

it in cell; the reniform placed on the white postmedial area, white

with its centre slightly defined by fuscous, its outer edge by rufous

suffusion at median nervure, emitting a slight white streak to

orbicular ; the postmedial area slightly irrorated with brown; the

postmedial line very indistinct, double, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, the

costa beyond it black with white points; subterminal line blackish,

oblique, the area beyond it purplish fuscous, obsolete below sub-

median fold, white points beyond it below veins 4 and 3 with

brownish white beyond them; cilia black with a fine whitish line

at base. Hind wing fuscous black, the cell and interspaces below

it whitish especially in male; vein 2 with three white spots

towards termen with blackish streak before them ; cilia black

towards apex, chequered white and black at middle and white

towards tornus; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

black-brown irrorated with white, a slight discoidal lunule.

Hab. W. Cuina, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 9, Wa-shan (Pratt),

1 9, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9 ; Srxuim (Lidderdale, Moller), 5 3,

4 9,type. Hxp. 42-44 millim.

3002. Euplexia fasciata.

Euplexia jfasciata, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 77, pl. 145. f. 20

(1891); id. Moths Ind. il. p. 222.

©. Head and thorax black mixed with some white; antennz

ringed with white and with tufts of white hair from basal joint;

tibie and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous, the ventral

EUPLEXIA. 227

surface black irrorated with white. Fore wing purplish fuscous ;

some pinkish at base and below costa near base; a black spot

above vein 1 before the antemedial band defined on inner side by

a white striga representing the subbasal line, and above by a

white fascia connected with the white antemedial band from

subcostal nervure to inner margin, angled outwards on median

nervure and above inner margin; orbicular quadrate, fuscous

defined by white at sides only and with black before and beyond it

in cell; reniform white with slight fuscous spot in upper part, con-

fluent below with the white postmedial area, and emitting a slight

white streak on median nervure to the orbicular; the medial

area black below the cell and pale reddish at inner margin; a

purplish fuscous band beyond the reniform, the area beyond it white

to the subterminal line, below vein 4 bent inwards to lower edge

of reniform; postmedial line very indistinct, formed of black

scales, bent outwards below costa, then double, minutely waved,

below vein 4 bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then oblique,

the costa beyond it black with some white points ; subterminal line

slight, white defined on inner side by black between veins 7 and 2,

waved, more strongly below vein 4, the area beyond it purplish

fuscous on apical half, pale brownish on inner half; a terminal

series of slight black lunules; cilia white at base, black at tips.

Hind wing fuscous black, some whitish at base, a smal] postmedial

white spot on vein 2 with some black on each side of it and a

wedge-shaped white patch on termen from above vein 2 to vein 15;

cilia white at base, black at tips; the underside black-brown

irrorated with white, some white below cell, a white discoidal spot

and traces of diffused black postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 Q type. Hap. 42 millim.

3003. Euplexia letevirens.

Diphtera letevirens, Oberth. Kt, Ent. x. p. 17, pl. ii. f. 6 (1884); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white; patagia with

golden green patches; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen brown

mixed with white. Fore wing dark brown with patches of golden

green in the interspaces, the veins with slight whitish streaks ;

subbasal line white, angled outwards below cell to, or nearly to,

autemedial band and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial band white,

nearly straight from costa to above inner margin, then bent

inwards, emitting a white streak on inner side in submedian fold;

claviform represented by a white lunule; orbicular a small round

white spot; reniform white with two small dark spots in upper

part, its lower edge excised ; faint traces of a medial line oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial

line indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented

298 NOCTULD AS.

by a series of slight whitish striz with indistinct dentate blackish

spots on their inner side; a terminal series of small blackish spots.

Hind wing whitish wholly suffused with fuscous brown, an

indistinct sinuous postmedial line; cilia whitish; the underside

white irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused with brown,

a dark discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. KE. Stzera, Ussuri; Japan, Yokobama (Pryer), 2 6,19.

Kep,. 38-44 millim.

3004. Euplexia decorata. (Plate CXILI. fig. 30.)

Karana decorata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 107 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 217,

Head white mixed with black; palpi black with some white

in front and at tips; antenne black; thorax black-brown mixed

with red-brown and white, the patagia with curved golden-green

marks; pectus and legs black-brown irrorated with white, the

tibia with some rufous hair above, the tarsi ringed with white;

abdomen black-brown irrorated with white, the crests red-brown.

Fore wing black irrorated with white and with patches and

streaks of golden green, the veins purplish grey, the medial area

with reddish streaks below subcostal nervure and vein 7, on

median nervure and between veins 2 and 4 and above vein 1;

a silvery -white subbasal band from costa to vein 1 expanding

into slight streaks in and below cell; a white antemedial band

nearly straight from costa to above inner margin, then bent

inwards, emitting a rather oblique streak on inner side above

vein 1; claviform represented by a white lunule on a black patch;

orbicular a small round white spot defined by black; reniform

white with two small black spots in its upper part, its brown

edge excised, a white spot above it on costa; an indistinct medial

line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly

oblique; postmedial line indistinct, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 7 and oblique below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

very indistinct, formed of yellowish-white striz and small spots

below veins 7 and 5 with obscure blackish spots on their inner

side; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia black and white

with fine white line at base. Hind wing black-brown with

indistinct sinuous postmedial line, some white on termen below

vein 2; cilia brown and white with white patch at submedian

interspace ; the underside black-brown thickly irrorated with

white, the inner area slightly whitish, a black discoidal spot

defined by white, diffused crenulate postmedial line, and traces of

subterminal line.

Hab. Stxutm (Atkinson, Moller), 2 6,19 type. Hap. 40-

46 millim.

We)

EUPLEXIA.

3005. Euplexia gemmifera.

Plusia gemmifera, W1k. xii. 934 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 217 ;

Staud. Cat Lep. pal. p. 185.

Karana similis, Moore, P. Z.8. 1888, p. 407; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii.

p- 60, pl. 128, f. 8.

Head white mixed with black ; palpi black, white at tips; sides

of frons black ; thorax black-brown mixed with white; patagia

with golden-green patches ; pectus and legs black-brown mixed

with white, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous mixed

with grey. Fore wing deep purplish grey irrorated with black

and with patches and streaks of golden green in the interspaces ;

subbasal band silvery white, slightly sinuous, ending at vein 1;

antemedial band white, nearly straight from costa to above inner

margin, then bent inwards, emitting a white streak on inner side

in submedian fold; claviform represented by a white lunule;

orbicular a small round white spot defined by black; reniform

white with two small black spots in upper part, its lower edge

excised; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line blackish

defined on each side by silvery grey and by white towards costa,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by a series of small golden-green spots with slight

dentate black marks on their inner sides; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with fuscous brown, in female the inner area tinged

with brown; a slight sinuous postmedial line; cilia white mixed

with brown; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with black, blackish patches on costal area at middle

and apex, a discoidal point and crenulate postmedial line incurved

below vein 4.

Hab. Punsas, Murree (Harford), 1 3,2 9, Dalhousie (Harford),

29, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 5 9, type swulis; Bombay, Poona;

Manras, Nilgiris (Swinhoe), 1 2 ; hab. ign. 1 $ type. Erp. 88-

40 millim.

3006. *Euplexia noveguines. (Plate CXIII. fig. 31.)

Yula novequinee, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 193 (1906).

g. Head and thorax white with silver and golden reflections ;

palpi deep red-brown with white points at extremities of joints;

frons red-brown with some white scales; antennz black; patagia

with deep red-brown patches at base and near tips; crests red-

brown; pectus and legs dark red-brown, the tibize and tarsi banded

with white; abdomen yellowish white suffused with rufous, the

ventral surface black-brown except at extremity. Fore wing deep

red-brown with gold and silver reflections ; a tuft of reddish-yellow

scales at base; a silvery white subbasal band with sinuous black

230 NOCTUIDA.

line on it from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

black filled in with silvery white and with triangular silver patch

before it below the cell, angled outwards below costa, then

slightly sinuous; claviform large, silver defined by black and with

small silver spot beyond it ; orbicular a small elliptical silver spot

defined by black; reniform anvil-shaped, silver defined by black ;

postmedial line double, black filled in with silver, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by

the area beyond it being silver except at apex, with golden-brown

patches at discal fold and above tornus, incurved at discal fold

and below vein 2; a terminal series of red-brown strie ; cilia

white mixed with rufous and with waved red-brown line through

them. Hind wing pale red-brown, whitish at base ; cilia white at

tips; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas suffused

with red-brown, the former irrorated with white, a medial red-

brown bar from costa, discoidal spot, waved sinuous postmedial

line, and terminal series of striae with small white spots before

them.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), typet ¢,1n Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Dinawa, Kebea Mts. wp. 32 millim.

3007. Euplexia calamistrata.

Dianthecia calamistrata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 124, pl. iv. f. 123 (1882) ;

Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 216.

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with some rufous and

black scales ; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black

bars; antennz ringed black and white; pectus black in front ;

tibice and tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen ochreous irrorated

with fuscous, whitish at base, the dorsal crests tipped with black.

Fore wing olive-ochreous slightly tinged in parts with fuscous ;

subbasal line black defined by white on outer side, double at costa,

wared, from costa to vein 1, with a black streak defined by white

above beyond it in submedian fold to the curved white antemedial

band defined on outer side by a few black scales and by two black

striz at costa; claviform with olive and black centre and white

annulus defined by black at extremity; orbicular and reniform

with pale olive centres and some black in lower portions and white

annuli defined by black at sides only in former, at sides and below

in latter, both rather oblique elliptical ; a medial black spot on

costa; postmedial line marked by double black spots at costa, then

slight, black defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, oblique below vein 6, incurved at submedian interspace and

bent outwards to inner margin, the costa beyond it blackish with

white points; subterminal line white defined on inner side by

blackish at costa and by small dentate black marks at middle, and

on outer side by black from vein 6 to inner margin forming streaks

on the veins, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and bent outwards

to tornus; a fine crenulate terminal line; cilia ochreous mixed

EUPLEXIA. 231

with black. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with fuscous ;

traces of a pale subterminal line; cilia pale at base, fuscous at

tips ; the underside ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with

black, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Hab, Srxurt (Moller, Dudgeon, Pilcher), 2,19. Exp. 36-

38 millim.

3008. Euplexia chlorerythra.

Euplexia chlorerythra, Swinh, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 41, pl. 1. £.6;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 509.

6. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with green, the back

of head and tegule with some ochreous and black scales, the

metathoracic crest tipped with black; palpi black, the tips of 2nd

and 3rd joints white; frons black at sides ; pectus ochreous, black

in front; tibie and tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous

white suffused and irrorated with black, the base and anal tuft

pale. Fore wing ochreous white with purplish-red suffusion before

the antemedial line and on postmedial area, the medial area

tinged with green ; subbasal line represented by black points below

costa and cell; a diffused black and white streak in submedian fold

to the antemedial line, which is white, excurved from costa to

submedian fold, then incurved, with black striga beyond it on

costa and minute black streak in submedian fold, representing

the claviform ; orbicular white defined by black at sides, oblique

elliptical ; reniform white defined by black on inner side and

below ; a diffused blackish medial shade; postmedial part of costa

with series of black and white points ; postmedial line black defined

by white on outer side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 4,

strongly angled inwards in submedian fold ; subterminal line

ochreous defined by dark brown on outer side, obsolete towards

costa, then minutely dentate with series of points beyond it in the

interspaces and streaks on the veins except towards costa; cilia

dark brown -mixed with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white

wholly suffused with fuscous, traces of sinuous postmedial and

subterminal lines; cilia white at base, blackish at tips; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with black, the costal area

suffused with black, a discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 36 millim.

3009. Euplexia picturata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 32.)

Agrotis picturata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 33.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white} tinged with yellow and

rufous ; palpi black except at tips; antenne blackish ; tibie and

tarsi banded with black; abdomen with the dorsal crests tipped

with blackish. Fore wing pale ochreous yellow; subbasal line

represented by some black scales from costa to submedian fold ;

232 NOCTUIDAE.

the antemedial area with a rufous band becoming black at: costa

and defined on each side by white; a shght blackish antemedial

line, incurved from below costa to below cell, then excurved ;

claviform represented by a dark point at its extremity; orbicular

white with rufous centre, oblique elliptical; reniform white with

some rufous on inner edge, rather oblong; a black patch between

the stigmata ; a medial black patch on costa and indistinct oblique

line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line represented by a

black spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved and interrupted, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the

costa beyond it black with white points; subterminal line with

triangular blackish patch on costa, then rufous defined by white on

inner side, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, the area beyond it

whitish suffused with rufous at middle and towards tornus and

with blackish streaks on veins 5 and 2; a series of black points

just before termen; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous and chequered

with brown. Hind wing ochreous white slightly tinged with

fuscous except on inner and terminal areas; a discoidal point,

curved postmedial line, diffused subterminal band and series of

points and strize just before termen; cilia ochreous with some

fuscous and rufous at middle and white tips; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with black, a discoidal spot, curved post-

medial line, and diffused subterminal band from costa to vein 4.

Hab. W. Cartna, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 3 ¢ type, Huang-mu-

chang (Pratt), 1 $6. Hep. 30-34 millim.

3010. Euplexia discisignata.

Euplexia discisignata, Moore, P. Z.8. 1867, p. 57, pl. 6. f. 9; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 213.

Head and thorax purplish fuscous with a few whitish scales ;

metathoracie crest whitish; tibiee ringed with whitish; abdomen

dark brown, whitish at base, the crests tipped with white, the anal

tuft mixed with whitish. Fore wing purple-brown; the basal area

with pale strive, the inner medial area and postmedial area from

below costa to vein 4 olive-yellow; subbasal line black, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, with some olive-yellow on each side

of it below cell; antemedial line slight, black defined by pinkish

on inner side except towards inner margin, angled outwards below

costa, tien oblique; the medial area black before and between the

stigmata and below cell to submedian fold; claviform brown, un-

defined ; orbicular purplish fuscous defined by pinkish at sides,

rather U-shaped and open above, extending to below cell; reniform

white, undefined on upper and outer sides, its centre defined by

black and brown points, rather oblique elliptical; postmedial line

indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4,

then strongly incurved, some pinkish points on costa beyond it;

subterminal line pale, slightly defined on each side by blackish from

below costa to vein 5, then defined by brown on inner side, oblique,

EUPLEXIA. 933

interrupted; terminal area purplish brown; a slight pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with fuscous

brown; a slight black and white postmedial mark on vein 2 and a

white subterminal line from above vein 2 to tornus; cilia with a

fine pale line at base; the underside white, the costal area brown

irrorated with white, a dark discoidal lunule and traces of postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. Srxurm (Atkinson), 3 ¢,1 9, type. Hep. 36-40 millim.

3011. Euplexia striatovirens. (Plate CXIV. fig. 1.)

Euplexia striatovirens, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 58; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

il. p. 213.

Head and thorax purplish fuscous, slightly mixed with grey, the

metathoracic crest whitish; tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen

whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing purple-brown ; subbasal

line black, waved, from costa to vein 1, defined by green on each

side ; antemedial line defined by green on inner side, angled out-

wards below costa, then curved; medial area with the cell and area

below it to submedian fold dark brown, the inner area green irrorated

with brown; claviform and orbicular purplish fuscous slightly

defined by grey and black, both confluent with a similar spot below

cell; reniform white defined by black on inner side only, its centre

defined by dark brown spots, rather oblique elliptical, the area

beyond it greenish to the postmedial line which is double filled in

with greenish, slightly bent outwards below costa to just beyond

cell, incurved at discal fold, incurved and sinuous below vein 4;

the postmedial area rather paler purple-brown with some pale points

on costa and some greenish before the subterminal line from below

costa to vein 4; subterminal line slight, greenish, slightly defined

on each side by blackish, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing whitish

suffused with fuscous brown except the inner area, in female wholly

suffused ; traces of a sinuous postmedial line with a blackish and

white striga at vein 2; a white subterminal line from above vein 2

to tornus; cilia with a fine pale line at base: the underside white,

the costal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot and

indistinct postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Srxuim (Atkinson, Moller, Knyvett), 6 g, 1 Q, type.

Ewvp. 32-34 millim.

3012. Euplexia rhoda, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 2.)

Head and thorax purplish brown with a few grey-tipped scales ;

palpi blackish at sides; tibiee and tarsi blackish, the latter with

slight pale rings; abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey. Fore-

wing red-brown suffused with purplish fuscous or pink and irrorated

with a few white scales ; subbasal line represented by a black point

in cell and slight double striw from cell; antemedial line almost

234 NOCTUID®.

obsolete towards costa, angled outwards below costa, then oblique

waved and joining the postmedial line above inner margin ; medial

area suffused with deep rufous or blackish in and below cell; clavi-

form absent; orbicular and reniform purplish slightly defined by

white and black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter

narrow, oblique and emitting a streak on median nervure to the

orbicular; postmedial line rather indistinct, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, obliquely incurved below vein 5, some

slight pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

greyish, slightly sinuous, defined on each side. by brown and with

two small black spots on it below costa; cilia with slight whitish

or red line at base. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown; the

underside brownish grey, with slight discoidal lunule and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Br. K. Arrica, Masailand, K. Quaso( Betton), 2 3,19, type.

Eep. 32 millim.

3013. Euplexia amaranta.

Euplexia amaranta, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 8 1874).

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with purplish and mixed with

afew white scales; tarsi tinged with ochreous white; abdomen

fuscous mixed with grey, the crest on 3rd segment reddish. Fore

wing dark brown tinged with purplish fuscous and pink or olive

green irrorated with a few white scales ; subbasal line black, sinuous,

from costa to vein 1, with point beyond it in cell and short streak

above vein 1 ; antemedial line black defined by pinkish or olive on

inner side, angled outwards below costa, then oblique sinuous and

joining the postmedial line above inner margin; claviform small,

defined by black ; orbicular purplish fuscous defined by black, oblique

elliptical and confluent with a spot below cell; reniform ochreous

white tinged with red and its centre more or less defined by brown,

rather oblique elliptical and confluent with the spot below cell;

postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate and produced to slight black and white streaks on veins

4,3, incurved below vein 4; postmedial area pinkish or olive on

costal half, purplish on inner half, with some pale points on costa ;

subterminal line ochreous white defined by fuscous on inner side

and by black spots in the interspaces from costa to vein 6, angled

outwards at veins 4,3; aterminal series of shght black lunules ;

cilia with a fine rufous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

cilia reddish ochreous with a brown line through them ; the under-

side yellowish white, the costal area, or in female wholly, irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal spot, diffused sinuous postmedial and

subterminal lines.

Hab, Ucanpa, Ruwenzori (Legge and Wollaston), 1 3 ; Naat,

Durban (Burrows, Gooch, Leigh), 1 3,38 92. Hap. 34-386 millim,

Larva. Very pale yellow with the warts and stigmata black ;

head pale orange with black line above mouth.

BUPLEXTIA. 935

3014. Euplexia chalybsa, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 3.)

Q. Head and thorax purplish fuscous tinged with grey, the

metathoracic crest pale brownish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

grey tinged with fuscous, the damsel crests darker. Fore wing

paren’ fuscous; subbasal line represented by double black striz

from costa and cell filled in with grey, a black point beyond it in

cell and black and grey marks below the cell and above inner

margin; antemedial line black defined by whitish on inner side,

angled outwards below costa, then oblique, rather sinuous; the

medial area suffused with black and grey except towards costa and

inner margin; clavitorm slightly defined by black ; orbicular purplish

fuscous defined at sides only by grey and black, confluent with a

spot below cell; reniform white with some fuscous in upper and

lower parts, defined by black on inner side, rather oblique elliptical

and confluent with the spot below cell ; postmedial line indistinct,

bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, at vein 4 bent

inwards to lower angle of cell, then oblique sinuous to inner margin;

postmedial area with a whitish patch tinged with pink between

veins 7 and 3 and some pale points on costa; subterminal line

formed of slight grey marks defined on each side by black scales

from below apex to above inner margin; a fine white line at base

of cilia. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside whitish irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot, and diffused curved postmedial and

subterminal lines.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu, Roromo (Crawshay), 1 Q type.

Exp. 3+ millim.

3015. Euplexia plumbeola. (Plate CXIV. fig. 4.)

Euplexia plumbeola, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 217 (1894).

¢o. Head and thorax deep blue-grey, the hairs slightly tipped

with whitish; palpi blackish, antennz ringed with white at base ;

tibice and tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen fuscous black mixed

with some white, the base whitish. Fore wing deep blue-grey ; the

basal area with some ochreous striation except towards inner

margin; antemedial line angled outwards and whitish below costa,

then represented by three slightly waved ochreous lines and obsolete

below vein 1; claviform represented by a white point at extremity;

orbicular quadrate, paler blue-grey defined by slight whitish bars at

sides and connected with a spot below cell; reniform narrow with

pale rufous centre and white annulus, some black in lower part ;

postmedial line double and whitish towards costa, then formed by

three slightly waved ochreous lines, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then bent inwards to near lower angle of cell and oblique to inner

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

only detined by an olive-yellow band on its inner side from below

costa to inner margin, dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, some white suffusion

beyond it towards apex and some black on its outer edge below

costa intersected by slight olive streaks on veins 7, 6; aslight olive

236 NOCTUIDZE.

line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with fuscous, the

veins streaked with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with leaden

grey ; a small discoidal spot; traces of a double sinuous postmedial

line filled in with whitish ; a minutely dentate white subterminal

line except towards costa, with some black suffusion and striation on

its inner side with some ochreous beyond it at tornus; cilia with a

slight olive line at base; the underside with the costal and sub-

terminal areas black irrorated with white, a black discoidal spot,

the postmedial line defined by black on inner side.

Hab. Sikhim (Pilcher), 1 6. Hp. 42 millim. Typey+ in

Coll. Rothschild.

3016. Euplexia saldanha.

Euplexia saldanha, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 6 (1874).

@. Head and thorax black with a few white scales; theantenne

slightly ringed with white, the metathoracic crest rufous; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen fuscous, whitish at base. Fore wing

purplish black irrorated with a few white scales; subbasal line

formed by double black striz from costa and cell filled in with

brownish ; antemedial line double filled in with brownish and with

some brownish before it, oblique, slightly waved ; the medial area

blacker; claviform slightly defined by black ; orbicular fuscous with

slight brownish annulus defined by black except above, somewhat

elliptical and connected with a spot below the cell ; reniform oblique

oblong, whitish tinged with rufous and with slight white and brown

marks in upper and lower parts; extremity of median nervure and

base of veins 3, 4 streaked with white; postmedial area pale

ochreous tinged with brown or whitish tinged with fuscous, the

postmedial line very indistinct except below cell, sometimes strongly

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

and below vein 5 bent inwards to lower angle of cell, the costa

beyond it black with white points; subterminal line ochreous defined

on inner side by blackish except at costa, dentate from vein 4 to

inner margin, the area beyond it purplish black to vein 4, then

brown ; a terminal series of black points; cilia black with a fine

pale line at base. Hind wing fuscous black, the interspaces of basal

half whitish; slight waved postmedial and subterminal lines with

small white lunules beyond them at veins 3, 2; cilia with fine

white line at base; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal

areas broadly suffused with fuscous and irrorated with white, a

black discoidal lunule, slightly sinuous postmedial line, and waved

whitish subterminal line except towards costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area hardly paler than

the rest of wing.

¢. Fore wing with the postmedial area pale purple-brown.

Hab. Transvaat (Cholmley), 2 6,2 9, Johannesburg; Narat,

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2 ; Basurotanp, Maseru (Crawshay),

1 9; Care Conony, Harding (Mrs. Blakaway), 1 9, Knysna.

Kap. 36 millim.

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3017. Euplexia albonota.

Euplexia albonota, Hmpsn. 11]. Het. B.M. is. p. 92, pl. 161. f. 14 (1893).

Euplexia albiplaga, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 213 (1894).

Q. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with pale brown ; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen dark brown with a few whitish scales,

whitish at base. Fore wing purplish; the basal area marked with

grey and black; subbasal line represented by double black stric

from costa and cell filled in with grey ; antemedial line indistinctly

double filled in with grey, oblique, angled outwards below costa and

excurved above inner margin; medial area black except towards

costa; claviform slightly defined by black; orbicular purplish

slightly defined by white at sides and extending to the claviform ;

reniform white tinged with brown above, rather narrow, oblique,

the area beyond it olive to the oblique grey postmedial band; post-

medial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely

waved, oblique below vein 4, the costa beyond it black with white

points ; subterminal line grey defined on inner side by black and

slightly on outer side except at costa, slightly excurved below costa

and waved below vein 4; a terminal series of small triangular

black spots; cilia blackish with a series of white points at base.

Hind wing black-brown with postmedial and subterminal white

marks on vein 2; cilia white tinged with ochreous at base and with

fuscous tips at apex and middle; the underside with some whitish

on termen towards tornus.

Hab. Cayton, Hewalatta (Green), 1 2 type. Ewp. 40 millim.

3018. Euplexia poliochroa, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 5.)

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown; tegule

with ochreous patches; tarsi blackish with whitish rings; abdomen

grey mixed with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged with

brown, the medial area suffused with brown except towards costa ;

subbasal line double, black, angled outwards on median nervure, from

costa to vein 1, and with slight streak beyond it in submedian fold ;

antemedial line indistinctly treble, curved and somewhat waved;

claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular grey defined by black

at sides only, oblique elliptical ; reniform grey with some whitish

in centre and whitish annulus defined by black on inner side only ;

postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

treble, oblique below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 2; sub-

terminal line indistinct, greyish slightly defined on each side by

fuscous brown and very minutely dentate ; a terminal series of slight

dark lunules ; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing grey

suffused with brown; traces of a minutely waved dark postmedial

‘line defined by whitish on outer side; a fine white line at base of

cilia; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, a

black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and traces of sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Cardew), 1 2 type. Lap. 34 millim.

238 NOCTUID ©.

3019. Euplexia augens.

Euplexia augens, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 5 (1874).

Head and thorax black-brown slightly mixed with white, the

metathoracic crest rufous; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous mixed with grey, some whitish hair at base. Fore wing

red-brown mostly suffused with purplish fuscous and_ slightly

irrorated with white; subbasal line represented by double black

striee from costa and cell filled in with rufous and with a black striga

beyond it in cell; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with

rufous and with some rufous before it at middle, oblique, slightly

waved; claviform short and broad, defined by black; orbicular

purplish fuscous defined by brown and black at sides only, rounded,

connected with a spot below cell; reniform ochreous white with

some rufous in lower part and brown and white in upper part,

defined by black on inner side and on outer by a rufous band, rather

oblique elliptical and slightly angled inwards on median nervure on

extremity of which there is a slight white streak; postmedial line

double at costa, then hardly traceable except below vein 3, bent

outwards below costa and below vein 4 incurved to lower angle of

cell, then sinuous to inner margin, the costa beyond it brown with

white points; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly waved,

defined on inner side by rufous and dark brown, the area beyond it

purplish fuscous to vein 4, then rufous. Hind wing whitish, the

veins, inner and terminal areas suffused with brown; postmedial

and subterminal dark marks on veins 4, 3, 2 with whitish lunules

beyond them; cilia brown with a fine pale line at base ; the under-

side irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and diffused

postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Transvaat, Modderfontein (Cruger), 1 @ ; Care Cotony,

Knysna, Capetown (Trimen), 1 3. Hap. 34 millim.

3020. Euplexia debilis. (Plate CXIV. fig. 6.)

Euplexia debilis, Butl. A. M. N. Hz. (5) iv. p. 244 (1879).

Euplexia habilis, Saalm. Lép. Madag. p. 818, pl. xiii. f. 243 (1891).

¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown; palpi brownish

at sides; antenne slightly ringed with white; tarsi dark brown

ringed with white; abdomen pale brownish ochreous. Fore wing

ochreous white suffused with purplish brown; subbasal line repre-

sented by double dark striw from costa and cell; antemedial line

defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique and strongly retracted to inner margin; claviform small,

slightly defined by black; orbicular grey defined by black at sides

only, rather oblique quadrate, reniform defined by blackish on inner

side only, forming part of a large ochreous-white patch extending

from costa to vein 3 and to apex and below vein 6 to the subter-

minal line; postmedial line indistinct, obsolescent on costal half,

slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique

"and produced to slight dark streaks on the veins; subterminal line

EUPLEXIA. 239

ochreous white defined by brown on inner side except towards apex

where the brown becomes maculate; a pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown; the underside

whitish with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. habilis, Fore wing with the pale postmedial patch reduced

and less prominent,

Hab. Mavaeascar, Antananarivo (Kingdon), 1 $ type in bad

condition. wp. 34 millim.

3021. Kuplexia triplaga.

Dianthecia triplaga, Wk. xi. 506 (1857).

Euplexia roseola, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f.’7 (1874); Druce, Biol.-Centr.

Am., Het i. p. 293.

Q. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish; palpi dark

brown; pectus purplish fuscous mixed with grey, the tibie and

tarsi ringed with ochreous ; abdomen brown with the dorsal crests

blackish. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purple and slightly

irrorated with whitish, the medial area darker; subbasal line black

defined by ochreous on outer side and with slight black streaks

beyond it in cell and submedian fold; antemedial line treble, the

two inner lines red-brown, the outer line black, angled outwards

below costa, then oblique and bent inwards to inner margin ;

claviform small, defined by black; orbicular fuscous with slight

pale annulus defined by black, round ; reniform whitish defined by

black, its centre defined by brown, its upper extremity rather pro-

duced; an indistinct waved medial line, oblique from costa to

median nervure, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line bent out-

wards below costa, then waved, incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4; postmedial area yellowish suffused with purplish

pink and with some grey between veins 4 and 2, the costa brown

with pale points; subterminal line dark brown, excurved to near

termen from costa to vein 6, then incurved, angled outwards at

veins +, 3, then incurved, pale and defined by brown on inner side;

terminal area purple; a fine brown terminal line; cilia dark brown

with rufous line at base. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area

suffused with brown, traces of a sinuous subterminal line and slight

dark postmedial and subterminal marks on vein 2; cilia yellowish

or suffused with brown except at base, the termen towards tornus

and cilia yellow; the underside yellowish white, the costal area

suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot and diffused postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 9; Vunzzuuta (Dyson),

1 2 type. ap. 36 millim.

3022. Euplexia melanocycla, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 7.)

@. Head and thorax red-brown ; tegule ochreous; tarsi brown

ringed with ochreous; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown, the

240 NOCTUID A.

dorsal crests rufous, the ventral surface black-brown. Fore wing

red-brown mixed with greyish ochreous; subbasal line black,

waved, from costa to submedian fold where there is some black

irroration beyond it; a slight black mark on inner margin before

the antemedial line, which is indistinctly double, oblique, waved ;

claviform small, defined by black; orbicular blue-black with a

slight whitish mark in upper part, defined by ochreous and black at

sides only, oblique elliptical and connected with a spot below the

cell ; reniform large, ochreous white defined by black on inner side

only and with a little brown in lower extremity; an indistinct

curved medial line ; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, excurved to vein +, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white defined

on outer side by some black scales and dentate to termen at

veins 7, 6, 4,3, 2, the area beyond it blue-black; a slight ter-

minal black line ; cilia red-brown mixed with fuscous. Hind wing

ochreous white, the costal area tinged with red-brown; a small

dark spot at extremity of vein 2; cilia tipped with brown on apical

half; the underside with the costal area thickly irrorated with red-

brown, a slight discoidal lunule and traces of a curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Br. BK. Arrica, Kikuyn, Nairobi plains (Crawshay), 1 2

type; Molo R. (Ford), 1 @. Hep. 36 millim.

3023. Kuplexia lucipara.

Noctua lucipara, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 518 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 174. ff. 1-4; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 55; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.

p. 348, pl. 94. f.5; Frr. Neue Beitr. f. 82; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust.

ili. p.3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 171.

Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with a few whitish

scales ; pectus dark brown and grey, the tarsi with ochreous rings ;

Fig. 35.— Huplexia lucipara, 3. 4.

abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore wing red-brown

suffused with purplish fuscous; subbasal line represented by double

black strie from costa and cell filled in with purplish and with

a black striga beyond them in cell; antemedial line indistinctly

double filled in with purplish, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique sinuous ; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular

purplish fuscous, with slight greyish annulus defined by black

EUPLEXIAe 941

somewhat oblique elliptical and confluent with a spot below the

cell ; reniform ochreous white defined by black except above, and

with some brown in upper and lower parts, rather oblique elliptical ;

traces of a medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then

waved ; postmedial area pale rufous tinged with purplish, the post-

medial line double, siightly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, bent inwards at vein 4 to near lower angle of cell,

then oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line rufous defined on each side by blackish and with a somewhat

dentate spot below costa, incurved below vein 3; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia with fine rufous line at base and

chequered rufous and fuscous at tips. Hind wing ochreous white,

the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; an

indistinct waved postmedial line and slight black and white post-

medial and subterminal marks on vein 2; cilia brown with fine

ochreous line at base; the underside yellowish white, the costal

area suffused with red-brown and irrorated with white, a black

discoidal lunule, minutely waved postmedial line, and traces of

subterminal line.

The Oriental and American form has the postmedial area of fore

wing more purplish and less rufous than the typical European

form.

Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 19, Alberta, Calgary

( Wolley-Dod), 4 3,3 2, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (Mrs. Nicholl), 19;

U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly, 2 ¢, New York, Evans Center

(Grote), 22; Brrrarn, Leech Coll.; Francr, Leech Coll.; Germany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avusrria ; Huneary ; Swrrzervanp ;

Spain, Bilbao; N.Ivatry; ? Atepria; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.,

St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Armenia ; AstA Minor, Pontus; W.

Srperta; KE. Srperi1a, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodate, 1 3,

1 Q, Imaichi (Lewis), 3 $, Tokio (Maries), 2 ¢,1 9, Yokohama

(Lewis, Bristowe, Maniey), 23, 392; C. Cuina, Chang Yang

(Pratt), 1 6 ; W. Cina, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 ¢,1 9, Pu-tsu-

fang, 1 ¢. Hep. 32-38 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 128; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 50, pl. 190. f. 2.

Greenish brown with numerous waved dark brown or blackish

lines; a dorsal series of darker diamond-shaped marks; spots

whitish ; head and thoracic plate dark brown. Food-plants: Ranun-

culus, Ligustrum, Ash, &c. 12-5.

Head shining pale brown. Body uniform, green or brown with

obscure crossed oblique stripes on the dorsum; a pair of small

distinct white dots on joint 12; a narrow brown stigmatal line;

substigmatal band obsolete. Food-plants various.—H. G. D.

3024, Euplexia semifascia.

Hadena semifascia, Wik. xxxiii. 737 (1865); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii.

p. 14, pl. 143. f. 11; id. Moths Ind. 11. p. 212.

Euplexia cuprea, Moore, P. Z.8. 1874, p. 578.

Head and thorax purplish brown slightly tinged with grey ;

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249 NOCTUID E.

tibiz and tarsi with pale rings; abdomen dark brown, the crests

tinged with grey. Fore wing reddish brown, the medial area

blackish, the postmedial area paler; subbasal line represented by

double black strize from costa and cell with a slight striga beyond

them in cell and streak below cell; antemedial line indistinctly

double filled in with ochreous, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular brownish

defined by black, oblique elliptical and confluent with a spot below

cell; reniform ochreous white defined by black and its centre by

brown, rather oblique elliptical; postmedial line blackish defined

by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique

and slightly sinuous, with traces of two other lines beyond it and

some pale points on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined

by dark brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish, wholly

suffused with brown; the underside with black discoidal spot and

indistinet diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. cuprea. Darker; fore wing suffused with purplish fuscous,

the ante- and postmedial areas tinged with purplish pink.

Hab. Ponsa, Simla, 1 2, type cuprea, Murree (Harford), 1 3,

1 9, Dalhousie, 1 2, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 $¢, 5 9; Srxnim;

Tizer, Yatung (Hobson, Bingham), 1 $, 192; Bompay, Satara;

Manras, Nilgiris (Swinhoe), 1 2, Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 ¢ type.

Exp. 32-40 millim.

3025. Euplexia azyga,n.sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 8.)

©. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black; palpi and

frons blackish; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen greyish tinged

with rufous and irrorated with black. Fore wing red-brown

irrorated with black, the basal inner area, the end of cell and the

medial area below the cell suffused with black; subbasal line

represented by double black striz from costa and cell; antemedial

line double, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

incurved ; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular rufous

irrorated with black and defined by black except above, oblique

elliptical ; reniform oblique oblong, defined by black on inner side

and slightly on outer; a black medial shade, oblique from costa to

below cell, then approximated to postmedial line, which is indistinct,

double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique

below vein 4 and widely separated at inner margin from the ante-

medial line, some faint pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line indistinct, double, minutely waved, evenly curved, the veins

beyond it with slight black streaks; a fine black terminal line ;

cilia black with punctiform pale line at base. Hind wing whitish

wholly suffused and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area

rather darker ; a faint postmedial line defined by whitish on outer

edge; cilia ochreous at base, dark brown at tips; the underside

EUPLEXIA. 243

whitish irrorated with black-brown, a black discoidal spot and

diffused postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Br. E. Arnica, Nairobi (R. Ford), 1 9 type. Hap.

36 millim.

3026. Euplexia melanistis, n.sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 9.)

®. Head and thorax black, the scales tipped with grey ; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey. Fore

wing black-brown tinged with purple and irrorated with white ;

subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa and cell

and one in cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique, slightly

waved; claviform slightly defined by black; orbicular rounded,

defined by black except above and connected with a spot below cell;

reniform rather narrow and slightly produced at upper extremity,

slightly defined by white and with pale yellow marks at middle on

inner and outer sides; postmedial line indistinct, double at costa,

bent outwards below costa, at vein 4 bent inwards and obliquely

waved to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of black marks in the inter-

spaces; cilia with a pale punctiform line at base. Hind wing

black-brown, with a white postmedial point on vein 2 and subter-

minal points on veins 3,2; cilia with a slight pale line at base

and whitish tips; the underside irrorated with white, a blackish

discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

line.

Hab. Manvras, Palni Hills, 7000' (Campbell), 1 2 type. Euaup.

30 millim.

*3027. Euplexia aureopuncta. (Plate CXIV. fig. 10.)

Huplexia aureopuncta, South, ined.

Head and thorax deep purplish brown; antenne with the basal

half of shaft ringed with white; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

greyish brown. Fore wing deep brown suffused with purple-grey,

the medial area without purple-grey tinge except on costal and

inner areas; subbasal line represented by black-brown marks on

costa and below cell, the former with whitish striga on outer edge,

the latter crossed by a whitish striga; antemedial line blackish

defined by whitish scales on inner edge and with black patches

beyond it on costa and in cell; orbicular purplish grey defined by

black and with whitish scales on inner and outer edges, round ;

reniform rather oblique oblong defined by black and yellowish

white at sides and with reddish-yellow centre, open above and

below ; a medial black patch on costa and traces of a line from cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line black defined by yellowish white

on outer side, expanding into a black patch on costa, bent out-

wards below costa, then waved, slightly incurved at discal fold and

strongly below vein 4, some whitish strie beyond it from costa; a

244 NOCTUIDZ.

diffused black--brown subterminal band excurved below vein 7 and

at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, with slight

dentate yellow line on it between veins 5 and 2; a terminal series

of slight dark lunules with yellow points at extremity of veins and

on base of cilia, which are black-brown. Hind wing dark brown ;

cilia yellowish with diffused brown line through them except

towards tornus; the underside grey-white, the costal area suffused

with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and diffused postmedial line

and subterminal band.

Hab. Javan, Tu-shima, type f in Coll. Wileman. Ewp., d 42,

° 46 millim.

3028. Euplexia magniclavis. (Plate CXLV. fig. 11.)

Dipterygia magniclavis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xi. p. 443 (1897).

3. Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown mixed with grey

and a few white and black scales; tarsi with blackish bands ;

abdomen grey tinged with purplish red, the crests purplish red

tipped with grey, Fore wing deep purplish red-brown mixed with

grey ; subbasal line whitish, angled outwards below costa and cell

and inwards in cell, ending at vein 1; antemedial line represented

by double black striz from costa, then whitish, oblique from costa

to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin; claviform large,

deep red-brown defined by black except above; orbicular and

reniform with slight pale annuli incompletely defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter rather constricted at middle

with small white spot on its outer edge; a slight waved medial

line; postmedial line indistinct, defined by grey on outer side, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some brown

points beyond it on the veins and grey points on costa, and a

greyish band beyond it at middle ; subterminal line whitish with

a small black spot on inner side below vein 2, angled outwards at

vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; the apex greyish; a ter-

minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing yellowish white,

the terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous except towards

tornus ; postmedial blackish points on veins 4—1 ; a black terminal

line and diffused line through the cilia from apex to vein 2; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial and diffused subterminal lines

except towards inner margin.

Hab. Assam, Khisis, 1 ¢ type. Hwp. 40 millim.

*3029. Euplexia prolifera. (Plate CXIV. fig. 12.)

Mamestra prolifera, W1k, ix. 288 (1856).

©. Head and thorax purplish fuscous slightly mixed with grey,

the head and tegule tinged with ochreous; tarsi with pale rings ;

abdomen greyish fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous with slight

grey irroration; traces of a waved ochreous subbasal line from

EUPLEXIA. 945

costa to submedian fold; an indistinct oblique waved antemedial

line, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1 and

defined by ochreous on inner side; claviform moderate, defined by

black ; orbicular round with slight ochreous annulus defined by

black ; reniform very ill-defined by ochreous and black scales and

with a prominent ochreous lunule on its outer edge; postmedial

line very ill-defined, ochreous with some black scales on it, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of ochreous and black dentate marks; a terminal series of slight

black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia grey at tips ;

the underside fuscous slightly irrorated with grey.

Hab, Natat, Durban (Leigh), 19; N.S.Watss, type ¢? in Mus.

Oxon.; Vicrorta, Melbourne, in Coll. Turner. Hap. 44—46 millim.

The Natal specimen is probably introduced, a number of exotic

species find their way to 8. Africa in fodder.

3030. Euplexia metallica. (Plate CXIV. fig. 13.)

OEE metallica, Wik. xxxii. 666 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

p- 213.

Head and thorax dark red-brown with some grey scales ; tarsi

with slight pale rings; abdomen pale grey-brown with some

ochreous hair at sides and extremity, the dorsal crests and ventral

surface darker. Fore wing dark red-brown suffused with silvery

purple especially on the veins, the inner margin with fine red

streak; subbasal line indistinctly double, waved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, oblique; claviform small,

defined by blackish ; orbicular with brown centre and slight purplish

annulus defined by blackish, oblique elliptical; reniform with brown

centre and slight pale annulus defined by blackish, an ochreous- |

white patch on its outer edge; postmedial line double, bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4,

the area beyond it often with some reddish in the interspaces and

some whitish points on costa; subterminal line indistinct, greyish

defined by black-brown suffusion on inner side, somewhat angled

outwards at vein 7, then minutely waved; a fine waved dark ter-

minal line; cilia with slight grey line at base. Hind wing brown

with a yellowish tinge towards base; a fine ochreous line at

base of cilia; the underside yellowish suffused with brown except

towards inner margin, the costal area irrorated with white, traces

of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixuim (Atkinson, Moller), 6 3, 4 9, type. Hep. 40-

50 millim.

3031. Euplexia harfordi. (Plate CXIV. fig. 14.)

Ancara harfordi, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 224 (1894).

Head and thorax black-brown, the scales shghtly tipped with

grey ; tarsi ringed with pale brown; abdomen dark brown mixed

246 NOOCTUID A.

with grey, some pale hair at base. Fore wing dark brown suffused

with silvery purple, the inner margin with slight red streak; sub-

basal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold,

some reddish and a black point beyond it in cell and a faint reddish

streak in submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double,

oblique, irregularly dentate; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular with slight reddish annulus defined by black, oblique

elliptical; reniform incompletely defined by black with reddish bar

on inner side and yellowish white spot with points above and

below it on outer edge, connected with orbicular on median nervure

by a fascia; an indistinct waved medial line, oblique from costa to

below cell: postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4, with

reddish streaks beyond it in the interspaces except towards costa,

the streak above vein 5 extending to reniform, some pale points on

costa; subterminal line represented by slight reddish spots defined

on inner side by blackish spots except towards costa and inner

margin, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below

vein 3, with slight black streaks beyond it in the interspaces to the

terminal black lunules. Hind wing pale yellowish brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous; an indistinct curved post-

medial line; cilia dark brown with a fine ochreous line at base;

the underside yellowish, the costal and terminal areas suffused

with brown and irrorated with whitish, a slight discoidal lunule.

Hab, Ponsas, Sabathu (Harford), 5 3,1 9, type. Hxp. 50-

52 millim.

3032, Euplexia erythriris, n.sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 15.)

3. Head and thorax black-brown, the scales slightly tipped

with grey ; legs irrorated with white, the tarsi slightly ringed with

white; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing black-brown irrorated

with purple and grey, the medial area darker except towards costa,

the inner margin with red streak; traces of a double waved sub-

basal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct,

double, oblique, waved ; claviform indistinctly defined by blackish ;

orbicular and reniform with red annuli defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter rather narrow and angled inwards on

median nervure below orbicular tu the antemedial line; a very

indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell;

postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved to vein +, then oblique, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line reddish defined on inner side by black-

brown patches in the interspaces, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and incurved below vein 3, with slight black streaks beyond

it in the interspaces to the terminal lunules; cilia black-brown

with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing dark brown with

traces of a pale subterminal band except towards costa and inner

margin; cilia with whitish line at base and whitish tips; the

EUPLEXIA. 247

underside greyish brown with traces of discoidal lunule, curved

postmedial line and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. vp. 50 millim.

*3053. Euplexia adamantina. (Plate CXIV. fig. 16.)

Euplexia adamantina, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxx. p. 120 (1906).

@. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with dark brown ;

tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown slightly tinged with

grey. Fore wing deep rufous to the postmedial line, then dark

purple-brown, the costa suffused with dark brown and grey ; traces

of a waved grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an

indistinct waved antemedial line slightly defined by olive on outer

side; orbicular and reniform with olive centres and white annuli

defined by black, the tornus small, irregularly rounded, the latter

V-shaped, open above and below; postmedial line defined by olive

on inner side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, ex-

curved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points on costa beyond

it ; subterminal line represented by a series of grey and black

dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white at tips; the

underside slightly irrorated with white and with dark discoidal

lunule.

Hab. Victoria, Melbourne, typet ¢ in Mus. Melbourne. vp.

40 millim.

*3034. Euplexia signata. (Plate CXIV. fig. 17.)

Euplexia signata, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxix. p. 173 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous largely mixed with

greyish fuscous. Fore wing rufous slightly suffused with fuscous ;

the subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa and

cell with a small semicircular black mark beyond it in the cell; a

large wedge-shaped black mark above inner margin near base ;

antemedial line pale, sinuous, oblique from costa to vein 1, then

bent inwards, a rufous and black patch between it and postmedial

line below the cell extending to vein 1; the orbicular and reniform

rufous with pale annuli defined by a black patch in cell before and

between them and below orbicular, a black patch beyond reniform

above vein 5; the orbicular oblique elliptical, open above, the

reniform angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line in-

distinct, pale, bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 7,

angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved and sinuous, the costal

area beyond it dark with some pale points on it, a series of black

points beyond it on the veins from vein 7 to inner margin; sub-

terminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by brownish and

some black points with two small wedge-shaped black marks below

costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and waved at veins 4, 3 ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing deep fuscous,

248 NOCTUID@.

the cilia rufous ; the underside rufous suffused with fuscous espe-

cially on terminal area; a slight discoidal lunule.

Hab. Tasmania, Hobart, type f ¢ in Coll. Lower. wp. 46 millim.

*3035. Euplexia polycmeta. (Plate CXIV. fig. 18.)

Luplexia polycmeta, Turner, Pr. Linn, Soe. N.S.W. 1902, p. 83.

3. Head grey; palpi black at sides; frons with black band

above it, vertex of head with black spots; thorax clothed with

dark brown and black scales; legs grey and black; abdomen grey

with the dorsal crests black. Fore wing grey, the medial area

suffused with red-brown and black; a prominent double black

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an oblique double

black antemedial line; claviform outlined in black; orbicular and

reniform grey with black outline, the former round, the latter

with black striga on grey patch above it on costa; a waved black

medial line; the postmedial line double, waved, black, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 3, angled inwards in discal

fold and incurved below vein 38, with a prominent black lunulate

line beyond it from vein 3 to inner margin; an indistinct dentate

subterminal line with rufous suffusion on its inner edge; the veins

of terminal area streaked with black; a dentate black terminal

line. Hind wing dark brown, paler towards base; the cilia grey

with a brown line through them; the underside with the basal

half white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous

medial line, the terminal half suffused with black brown.

Hab. Quuenstand, Brisbane, type’ S in Coll. Turner. Evp.

38 millim.

*3036. Euplexia callisina. (Plate CXIV. fig. 19.)

Euplexia callisina, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1902, p. 81.

@. Head and thorax clothed with black, brown, and grey scales;

abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey, grey at base and on

ventral surtace. Fore wing clothed with black, brown, and grey

scales, the medial area darker, the veins streaked with grey; the

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold and the antemedial line

double, waved, and filled in with grey ; claviform small, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform black and white with white annuli,

the former elliptical, erect, the latter narrow and constricted at

middle; the postmedial line double, black, filled in with grey,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then waved and incurved

below vein 4, slightly angled inwards in discal fold; the subter-

minal line white, minutely dentate and with series of black lunules

on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and oblique below

vein 4, some whitish points on costa towards apex; the terminal

area grey; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia pale

brown with black lines through them and whitish streaks at the

EUPLEXIA.—ANCARA. 249

veins. Hind wing deep fuscous brown; the cilia white at tips.

Underside fuscous, the costal area of both wings grey irrorated

with black ; a diffused dentate postmedial line and indistinct sub-

terminal line ; hind wing with black discoidal lunule.

Hab. Vicrorts, Gisborne, typet Q@ in Coll. Lyell. Hap.

00 millim.

*3037. Euplexia leucostigma. (Plate CXIV. fig. 20.)

Euplexia leucostigma, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1902, p. 82.

3. Head rufous and dark brown; tegule rufous tipped with

dark brown and grey scales ; patagia dark brown and grey; thorax

rufous with the metathoracic crest black; pectus with whitish

hair; abdomen grey-brown with the dorsal crests black, the two

middle ones large. Fore wing suffused with reddish brown and

irrorated with black; a waved black subbasal line from costa to

vein 1 defined by whitish on outer side and angled outwards below

costa; a black antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side,

oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled, then

waved and with a black streak in submedian fold to the postmedial

line; a diffused rufous medial shade; orbicular defined by black,

oblique elliptical ; reniform white defined by black, with a rufous

lunule at centre and connected with costa by a white patch; the

postmedial line black, dentate, excurved from costa to vein 3, then

incurved and with a black mark beyond it on each side of vein 2;

an indistinct waved subterminal line. Hind wing reddish brown

suffused with fuscous especially towards termen, the costal area

pale; an indistinct discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line ;

cilia white at tips; the underside white irrorated with brown, a

black discoidal lunule and irregularly waved postmedial line, the

terminal area black narrowing to vein 1 and leaving some white

on medial part of termen.

Hab. Vicrorta, Gisborne, typet ¢ in Coll. Lyell. Zvp. 36millim.

Genus ANCARA. 1,

ype.

Ancanay Wilk. xvc WIVE (1858) <2. 22 .02cseses0s-connnsaneoeesoeeresinne replicans.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint moderately scaled

and reaching to about vertex of head, the 3rd long and porrect ; frons rounded ;

eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male typically with long branches, the apical

fourth ciliated, of female with shorter branches; head with crest on vertex ;

thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests; pectus clothed with long hair; tibie fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal series of crests large on 3rd and 4th segments. Fore wing with 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base

only.

250 NOCTUIDA.

Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to three-fourths

length, of female with short branches.

A. Hind wing orange.

a. Fore wing with yellow streak above vein 5 from reniform

to termen, the postmedial line incurved and not dentate

below vein: d) (ody Aeicscdsou aucun saan oaaee eee oat sere aaron eee cebea.

4. Fore wing without yellow streak above vein 5, the post-

medial line incurved and dentate below vein 4 ............ griseola.

B. Hind wing not orange.

a. Fore wing with curved rufous line just before termen...... replicans.

6. Fore wing without rufous line just before termen.

a', Fore wing deep purplish red-brown suffused with

violaceous grey ........-...-.- sine scien sdebutulnleaoseacepepeseees obliterans.

6’. Kore wing ochreous more or less completely suffused

with olive-fuscous Po oistsesmessoarscmcecensctes telnee eecttns anemica, -

3038, Ancara cebea. (Plate CXIV. tig. 21.)

Ancaroides kebea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 196 (1906).

o. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous white

especially on vertex of head and tegule; palpi in front and 3rd

joint ochreous; pectus with the hair yellowish ; abdomen orange-

yellow, the extremity tinged with brown, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing deep red-brown suffused in parts with black-brown ;

subbasal line double filled in with rufous and with oblique rufous

streak from its lower extremity to inner margin; antemedial line

indistinct, rufous, angled outwards in cell and above inner margin

and inwards in submedian fold ; claviform represented by a black-

brown patch with slight greyish patch beyond it; orbicular and

reniform defined by rufous, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

with black-brown centre, a fine yellow streak from it to termen

above vein 5; traces of a dark medial line, oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell, then parallel to postmedial line, which is double

filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 5, then obliquely incurved ; subterminal line almost obsolete

with patches of blackish suffusion between it and postmedial line

from vein 5 to inner margin; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing orange-yellow, the terminal area deep reddish

brown, broad at costa, narrowing toa point attornus; the underside

with small black discoidal spot.

Hab. Br. New Gurtnea, Mt. Kebea, Ekeikei, Aroa R., typet o

in Coll. Bethune-Baker; Sonomon Is., Bougainville (Meek), 1 ¢.

Exp. 50 millim.

3039. Ancara griseola. (Plate CXIV. fig. 22.)

Ancaroides griseola, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 197 (1906).

3. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some rufous ;

pectus and base of legs with some yellow; abdomen yellow with

dorsal black-brown fascia, the crests blackish, the anal tuft mixed

with brown. Fore wing black-brown mixed with some rufous;

subbasal line double, black, waved, from costa to vein 1; ante-

ANCARA. Oa

medial line double, curved, waved; orbicular and reniform large,

blue-white with some brown in centres, the former confluent with

a mark below the cell; a broad medial blue-white band from cell

to inner margin, with dentate edges and traversed by a dentate

dark line; postmedial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of slight yellowish lunules defined on inner side by small dentate

black marks, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

fine terminal black line expanding into small spots in the inter-

spaces with yellow points before them; cilia with a fine yellowish

line at base. Hind wing orange with broad terminal black-brown

band, expanding at costa, its inner edge angled inwards at veins

2 and 1. Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellowish ;

hind wing with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a

small discoidal spot.

2. Abdomen with the extremity black with yellow spot on anal

tuft; fore wing with white spot on antemedial line below the cell,

the orbicular defined by white, the reniform by white points, a

pale patch below end of cell but no blue-white band, the postmedial

line with series of blue-white points beyond it on the veins.

Hab. Br. New Gurtnna, Ekeikei (Pratt), typet ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Sogeri, 1 9. Hxp. 3 54, 2 62 millim.

3040. Ancara replicans.

Ancara replicans, Wik. xv. 1715 (1858).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with rufous; tarsi ochreous

with dark bands; abdomen rufous tinged with fuscous. Fore wing

dark brown tinged with rufous and irrorated with purplish grey,

the inner margin with slight ochreous and rufous fascia ; subbasal

Fig. 86.—Ancara replicans, $. }.

“Tine double filled in with rufous, waved, from costa to submedian

fold and with very oblique rufous streak from its lower extremity

to inner margin; antemedial line represented by oblique rufous

striz from costa to orbicular and orbicular to submedian fold ;

claviform represented by a blackish patch; orbicular and reniform

252 NOCTUID-E.

defined by rufous, the former rather oblique quadrate, the latter

very large, extending well below the cell and narrowing above,

with two rufous streaks beyond it on each side of discal fold,

parallel to beyond postmedial line, then the upper bent upwards to

termen below apex, the lower downwards to termen at vein 4; an

indistinct medial Lne, oblique to median nervure, excurved to

submedian foid, then oblique; postmedial line double filled in with

rufous, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then incurved,

some white points beyond it on the veins and rufous points on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, greyish defined on inner side by

obscure dentate black marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 aud

inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a fine evenly curved rufous

line before termen, the veins beyond it streaked with rufous; cilia

with tine rufous line at base and intersected with rufous, Hind

wing dark brown with a reddish tinge; cilia with slight rufous

line at base and intersected with rufous; the underside greyish, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and

curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Stncarort, 1 2 ; Borneo, Sarawak (Brooks, Wallace),

2 3 type, Kuching (Shelford), 1 $. Hap. 50 millim.

3041. Ancara obliterans.

Ancara obliterans, Wik. xv. 1715 (1858); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii.

p- 14, pl. 143. f. 19; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 223.

Ancara punctiplaga, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 191 (1862).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with dark brown ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish ; coxee and femora

with some pink hair ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing red-brown

mixed with dark brown, the veins streaked with purplish; subbasal

line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1;

claviform represented by a blackish patch; orbicular and reniform

with slight reddish annuli incompletely defined by black with some

pale points on their edges and somewhat constricted at middle, the

former elliptical, the latter large and extending well below cell ;

medial line represented by a striga from costa to reniform and

oblique waved line from reniform to inner margin; postmedial line

double, rather indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; some white points

beyond it on the veins and rufous points on costa; subterminal

line greyish with some slight dentate black marks on inner side at

middle and dark patch beyond it at discal fold, minutely dentate,

angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and inwards at discal and

submedian folds; a terminal series of black lunules slightly defined

by greyish on inner side ; cilia intersected with rufous. Hind wing

dark brown with a reddish tinge; cilia tinged with rufous and

with a fine pale line at base; the underside ochreous, the terminal

area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal spot, curved diffused

postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal line.

ANCARA. 253

Ab. 1. punctiplaga. Fore wing with prominent elliptical rufous

patch beyond the reniform.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with elliptical white patch beyond the

claviform.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined by

white and white patch beyond the claviform.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 Q ; Prrax, Goping

(Kunstler), 2 $, 1 2 3 StnesporE (Ridley), 12 6,1 2 ; Borneo,

Sarawak (Wallace, Everett), 2 3,5 Q type, Paku (Shelford), 1 2.

Exp. 42-52 millim.

3042. Ancara anemica, n.sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 23.)

o. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed

with some fuscous; tegule with slight dark medial line ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen ochreous, the legs slightly tinged with pink.

Fore wing ochreous, irrorated and in places suffused with olive

fuscous, the base of inner area and a patch beyond the reniform

tinged with rufous; antemedial line double and minutely dentate

at costa, then single, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin; claviform represented by a blackish patch with an

ochreous patch beyond it; orbicular and reniform faintly defined

by blackish, the former ochreous and conjoined to the pale patch

below cell, the latter narrow with some olive in centre and slight

pale annulus ; a dark medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then

inwardly oblique and somewhat dentate; postmedial line blackish,

double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line dark, dentate,

angled outwards at veins 4, 3 and inwards at discal and submedian

folds, with a dark streak beyond it above vein 3; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia reddish brown. Hind wing ochreous

tinged with pinkish and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous, the termen and cilia ochreous ; the underside

ochreous, the terminal area slightly irrorated with black, a black

discoidal spot and curved pinkish postmedial line.

@. Head and thorax suffused with olive fuscous; abdomen

tinged with brown; fore wing with the ground-colour olive fuscous,

the markings indistinct; hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous

brown.

Hab. Cryton, Haldamulla (Mackwood), 1 $ type, Hambantota

(Green), 1 9. Haup. go 42, 9 44 millim.

Secr. IJ. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour violaceous grey ...... glaucochlora.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour red-brown............... viridipicta.

3043. Ancara glaucochlora.

Ancara glaucochlora, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 226 (1894),

Head and tegule pale rufous mixed with some grey-white, the

latter moss-green at tips; thorax moss-green with some rufous in

254 NOCLUIDE.

prothoracic crest and on base of tegule; palpi rufous, whitish in

front ; antennee brown ringed with white ; pectus and legs ochreous

mixed with brown, the tarsi brown with slight pale rings ; abdomen

grey irrorated with fuscous, the dorsal crests moss-green, those on

segments 3, 4 mixed with rufous, the ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing violaceous-grey irrorated with fuscous ; the basal area

to vein 1 and medial area moss-green conjoined by streaks below

costa and submedian fold, the costa blackish with slight rufous

marks below it; subbasal line double, rufous, angled outwards

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line brown,

oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled inwards

Fig. 57.—Ancara glaucochlora, S. 4.

almost to subbasal line, then excurved and double; claviform and

orbicular absent; reniform small, slightly defined by white; an

oblique brown medial line; postmedial line dark, irregularly

dentate, excurved between veins 8 and 6, angled outwards at

vein 4, then incurved and excurved again to inner margin, the

green extending beyond it at costa and followed by some white

points ; subterminal line dark, defined on outer side by moss-green

patches, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds where there are slight dark spots beyond

the green patches; a terminal series of small dark lunules defined

by green on inner side. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the basal

area yellowish; a slight dark discoidal bar and postmedial line

defined by yellowish on outer side and excurved below submedian

fold; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal lunule with line from it to inner margin, sinuous post-

medial line and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Sixurmm (Knyvett), type tT ¢ in Coll. Rothschild; Assam,

Khdsis, 1 6,19. Hep. 42 millim.

3044. Ancara viridipicta.

Ancara viridipicta, Hmpsn. Journ. Bomb. Soe. xiv. p. 202, pl. B. f. 6

(1902).

3. Head and tegule pale rufous mixed with white; extremity

of Ist and 2nd joints of palpi white; upper part of frons and

thorax pale moss-green; pectus, legs, and abdomen pale rufous

mixed with white; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen with the

‘dorsal crests on medial segments moss-green. Fore wing red-

ANCARA.—SPEOCROPIA. 255

brown; subbasal line brown, irregular, from costa to submedian

fold, defined on each side by emerald-green and with green patch

below the cell; antemedial line brown, waved, defined on each side

by emerald-green, becoming white at costa; the medial area green

with diffused irregular medial brown band and brown spots at upper

and lower angles of cell; postmedial line double filled in with

green, angled outwards below veins 8 and 7, incurved at discal

fold, then dentate and incurved below vein 4+, some white points

beyond it on costa and some green beyond it below costa, at middle

and inner margin; subterminal line represented by a dentate

green line from costa to vein 5, angled outwards below vein 7, and

a large irregular patch between veins 5 and 2; some dark points on

termen with green points on their inner side. Hind wing red-

brown, the basal inner area yellowish ; some white striae just before

termen towards tornus; the underside yellowish with dark discoidal

bar, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then irregularly

dentate, and diffused subterminal band.

Q. Upper part of frons white and emerald-green ; thorax red-

brown with patches of emerald-green on patagia and vertex;

abdomen with the crests white, the basal crest tinged with emerald-

green ; fore wing with the green markings rather more developed,

especially on inner medial area; hind wing with oblique sinuous

postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1] ¢ type; Bornro,Sandakan (Pryer), 19.

Exp. 46 millim.

Genus SPEOCROPIA, nov.

Type, S. seriptura.

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

head and moderately scaled, the 5rd long, frons with small conival prominence

with raised edges and corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz

of male laminate, almost simple, the basal joint with tuft of scales; head and

thorax clothed chiefly with scales; pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests ; tibiee very strongly tufted with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on

basal segments. Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, the termen crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with black streaks in interspaces of terminal area

ADO VCAVSLIN SHA ieypdesser cease n ciicisteeialsielotalsiscisielersceiacicieianinnciecieresioce seriptura.

B. Fore wing with black streak on terminal area above vein |

Oly”, cooaoousnscospoqushosoosoonsnecavoscddbbucnagacpesseagpeaQa5ode oodcoK trichroma.,

C. Fore wing without black streaks on terminal area.

a. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

a, Fore wing without white points on edges of stigmata... enyra.

b1, Fore wing with white points on edges of stigmata ...... leucosticta.

b. Hind wing white with terminal brown band.

al. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined by

T/LANIHS) | 10) HO HSI5p saondononpseeastaoqueooscpocosseaosHoNd cecbosoue0ne randa,.

b!, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not defined

byawinite: pointe sc eemssescaesace san sh eecesrossecercr nse chromatica.

c. Hind wing pure white with fine interrupted red-brown

CTeHIUIIY Ib h(a aas Sine EMO prscr aren opener mrGcnuconpeaudocddrs eugrapha.

256 NOCTUID®.

3045. Speocropia scriptura.

Fladena scriptura, Wik. xv. 1728 (1858).

Xylina transversalis, Wk. xv. 1734 (1858).

6. Head and thorax pale rufous with a few black scales ; patagia

tipped with black; tarsi banded with black; abdomen greyish

tinged with rufous and fuscous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated

with fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian

fold where it is connected with base by a black streak; some

blackish suffusion on basal inner area; antemedial line double, the

outer line prominent, slightly angled outwards below costa, oblique

to submedian fold, where it is connected with postmedial line by a

black streak, then bent inwards to inner margin; claviform defined

by black, short, acute at extremity; orbicular and reniform pale

rufous defined by blackish, the former round; medial line repre-

sented by some dark suffusion from costa to reniform ; postmedial

line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

Fig. 88.—Speocropia scriptura.

dentate, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale

points beyond it on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight

dark streaks and with black streaks in the interspaces above veins

5,8 and 1, the last strongest; subterminal line pale, slightly defined

on inner side by fuscous suffusion and excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of black points connected by a fine

waved line; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing brown

with a rufous tinge, the basal and inner areas slightly paler; an

indistinct curved postmedial line and fine waved black terminal

line; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irro-

rated with brown, a small discoidal spot, curved postmedial line,

and diffused subterminal line.

2. Fore wing with the black markings stronger, especially the

streaks in interspaces of terminal area.

Hab. Harrr (Tweedie), 2 36, 2 9, type and type transversalis ;

Dominica (Elliott), 1 9. Hap, 36-46 millim.

3046. Speocropia trichroma. (Plate CXIV. fig. 24.)

Hadena trichroma, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. Regens. 1868, p. 116.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown and olive-green

and irrorated with black; palpi blackish above; tarsi banded with

Ere

SP EOCROPIA. 257

black ; abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the dorsal crests

blackish at tips. Fore wing pale greenish grey tinged with brown

and irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous, the medial area

sometimes white below submedian fold ; subbasal line oblique, black,

sinuous from costa to vein 1 where there is a blackish streak ; some

blackish suffusion on basal inner area; antemedial line double, the

outer line strong, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is

angled, and with a black streak from it to postmedial line, then bent

inwards to inner margin ; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform

greenish grey irrorated with fuscous, undefined, the former rather

elliptical, the latter constricted at middle ; medial line represented

by some dark suffusion from costa to reniform; postmedial line

double, strongly bent outwards below costa, slightly oblique to

vein 4, then oblique and sinuous, sometimes with some white

suffusion at costa, some white points beyond it on costa, the veins

of terminal area streaked with black, a strong black streak in sub-

median fold; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by a

fuscous patch at costa, then by some fuscous forming slight dentate

marks, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of small black lunuJes; cilia green mixed with black. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the basal and inner areas white; traces of a

postmedial line towards inner margin; cilia ochreous mixed with

fuscous; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown,

the apical area suffused with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Banamas (Bonhote), 2 5,1 2; Cusa, Santiago (Schaus),

36,22. Exp. 30-34 millim.

3047. Speocropia znyra.

Lepidodes enyra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 348, pl. dl. f. 6

(1889).

Nenia sabrella, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p, 98 (1906).

@. Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with dark brown ;

tarsi fuscous with slight pale rings; abdomen greyish irrorated

with fuscous, the crests and anal tuft rufous. Fore wing rufous

irrorated with blackish ; a slight waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; some dark suffusion on base of inner margin:

antemedial line indistinct, waved, oblique; claviform defined by

black at extremity and below and with some dark suffusion from it

to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with slight pale puncti-

form annuli hardly defined, the former rather oblique elliptical ;

traces of a waved medial line oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line black, double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

~ then minutely dentate, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminai

line represented by a series of slight dentate ochreous marks with

slight dark dentate marks before them towards costa and slight

streaks from them to the ochreous points before the fine black

VOL. VII. 8

258 NOCLUID AM.

crenulate terminal line. Hind wing red-brown with indistinct

sinuous postmedial line and fine dark terminal line; cilia with

tine ochreous line at base; the underside ochreous, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a faint oblique antemedial

line, black discoidal spot, irregularly erenulate postmedial line,

diffused somewhat dentate subterminal line, and terminal series of

small lunules.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion), 1 2 type; Brazin,

Petropolis, type TQ sabrella in U.S. Nat. Mus. Hep, 42 millim.

3048. Speocropia leucosticta, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 25.)

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with pink and some

ochreous, pectus clothed with ochreous hair; tarsi black ringed

with pink ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey and with slight grey

segmental lines, the crests red-brown mixed with pink, the ventral

surface ochreous. Fore wing pinkish red thickly irrorated and

suffused with dark brown, the veins streaked with purplish: sub-

basal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, a white point on

inner margin; antemedial line double, oblique, excurved in inter-

spaces and angled inwards to white points on the veins, bent

inwards to inner margin; claviform defined by whitish and black

at extremity and with blackish patch between it and postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform faintly defined by brown and with

some ochreous points on their edges; the former rather constricted

at middle; traces of a dark medial line oblique from costa to

median nervure, then incurved ; postmedial line double at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then formed of small black lunules

defined by pinkish on outer side and with a series of white points

beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some pinkish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of slight pinkish and black marks in the interspaces ; a terminal

series of white points; cilia dark brown intersected with ochreous.

Hind wing dark reddish brown, the base somewhat ochreous ; post-

medial and subterminal white and black striz on veins 2 and 1;

cilia ochreous mixed with dark brown; the underside ochreous

white, the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown, an oblique antemedial line, small discoidal

spot, crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

flab. Ventzurta, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hap. 40 millim.

*3049, Speocropia randa. (Plate CXIV. fig. 26.)

Nenia randa, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat, Mus. xxx. p. 98 (1906).

©. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and some

white scales; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides, the ex-

tremities of Znd and drd joints and the lower part of frons yellowish

white; tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous; abdomen whitish

suffused with brown and with fine whitish segmental rings. Fore

SPEOCROPIA. 259

wing red-brown thickly irrorated with ochreous white; subbasal

line blackish defined by ochreous on outer side, waved, trom costa

to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, dark with slight ochreous

lunules on inner side, oblique, minutely waved ; claviform defined

by brown except above, with black-brown patch below and beyond

it extending to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform very in-

distinctly defined by whitish points, the former rather oblique and

constricted at middle; postmedial line represented by a double

series of minute brown and ochreous-white lunules, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous white defined on

each side by brown, minutely dentate and slightly angled inwards

at discal and submedian folds; a fine waved dark terminal line

with points in the interspaces; cilia red-brown intersected with

ochreous. Hind wing yeilowish white; the veins tinged with red-

brown, the terminal area dark reddish brown; a sinuous brown

postmedial line; dark brown and whitish subterminal points on

vein | and inner margin ; cilia yellowish white with a brown line

through them except towards apex; the underside with the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal point, sinuous

postmedial line and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Trinipan, type t 9 in U.S. Nat. Mus. Hap. 34 millim,

3050. Speocropia chromatica, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 27.)

do. Head and thorax rufous mixed with black; frons with

lateral black bars; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen grey

mixed with rufous and black. Fore wing greyish rufous irrorated

with black and suffused in parts with fuscous especially on medial

area except at costa and inner margin; subbasal line black, double,

-waved; a blackish patch on inner area before the double minutely

waved antemedial line; claviform small, defined by black except

above; orbicular and reniform small, with pinkish annuli

defined by black, the former defined at sides only and somewhat

constricted at middle; a curved minutely waved black medial line;

postmedial line double filled in with pinkish, the outer line indistinct:

except at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

incurved below vein 5, some pinkish points with black streaks

between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by

a series of small pinkish lunules defined on inner side by small

somewhat dentate black marks and on outer by small spots, a

terminal series of black points; cilia pinkish and fuscous. Hind

wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown, the inner

margin tinged with brown and with two small black marks above

tornus; the underside white irrorated with a few black scales, a

slight discoidal point, fuscous bar from middle of costa and traces

of postmedial line from costa to vein 6,

@. Hind wing ochreous white, the area beyond the cell and.

terminal area broadly suffused with brown.

260 NOCIUIDA,

Hab. Venezurna, Merida, 2 in Coll. Dognin; Paraguay, Sapu-

cay (Foster), 1 3 type. Hep. 34 millim.

3051. Speocropia eugrapha, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 28.)

6. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some ochreous

and dark brown; trons ochreous with lateral black bars; pectus

and legs pale ochreous tinged with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous with

pale rings; abdomen pale ochreous dorsally suffused with rufous.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with bright rufous and thickly irro-

rated with dark red-brown, the veins with some purple scales ;

subbasal line dark brown, double, waved, from costa to vein 1,

another waved line beyond it, angled outwards in submedian fold

and ending at vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ;

claviform obscurely defined by brown except above, with some

dark suffusion beyond and below it ; orbicular a minute round dark

brown annulus; reniform large, its centre and circumference irre-

gularly defined by brown, some pale points on its outer edge; an

indistinct dark rather irregular curved medial line; postmedial

line double, bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below

vein 4 and with another rather more regular line beyond it and

some pale points on costa with short dark streaks between them ;

subterminal line indistinct, defined on inner side by small dentate

dark marks, more prominent above veins 7, 6 and with double

series of dark points on outer side; the interspaces of terminal

area with slight dark streaks; a terminal series of dark striae;

cilia rufous mixed with some dark brown. Hind wing pure white,

a slight red-brown line on termen between veins 4 and 2 and at

tornus where there is a slight striga before it; the underside with

the costa slightly tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Paraiia (D. Jones), 1 g; Paraguay, Sapucay

(Foster), 1 3 type. Hap. 26-30 millim.

Genus CROPIA.

Type.

Cropia WW Mka rail lll tS oi) eeeesiscste rece aceeeae: aebudoresele ens hadenoides.

Decelea, NVAlke xii) WL (USS) eascsseee eeeeceeaccenaesce eee seer indigna.

Listonia, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 87 (1888)............00. infusa.

Hudipna, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 97 (1906), nee W1k. templada.

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

head and moderately scaled, the 5rd long and dilated at extremity; frons

smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; thorax clothed chiefly with seales, the pro- and

metathorax with spreading crests; tibia thickly scaled; abdomen with dorsal

series of crests, those at base and middle large. Fore wing bread, the apex

rounded, the termen slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell

. near base only.

CROPIA. 261

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

serrate.

3052. Cropia subapicalis.

Decelea subapicalis, W1k. xiii. 1117 (1857).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey

and some black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen with the dorsal

crests more rufous, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing

reddish brown irrorated with black and mixed with some white ;

a white point at base; subbasal line black, double, waved, from

costa to vein 1, a black spot beyond its lower extremity ; antemedial

line double towards costa, angled outwards below costa, in sub-

median fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1;

orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black and with some

Ss 1s

Fig. 39.—Cropia subapicalis, §. }.

white points on their edges, the former rounded, the latter rather

irregular and extending to below cell; an indistinct medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then waved ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, somewhat oblique to vein 4, then

incuryed, some white points beyond it on costa and a white patch

from below costa to vein 5 with a minutely waved brown line near

its outer edge; subterminal line white, fine, with black spots before

it above veins 4 and 1 and streak beyond it above vein 4, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in discal fold; a

terminal series of slight blackish lunules. Hind wing reddish

brown; white and black striz on vein 1 above tornus, some slight

whitish subterminal marks towards tornus and others on termen;

cilia white and brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

an indistinct oblique sinuous antemedial line, a discoidal lunule,

crenulate curved postmedial line, and indistinct diffused subterminal

band.

Hab. Harti (Tweedie), 1 3 type. Exp. 40 millim.

Srcr. II. (Decelez). Antenne of male with short laminate branches.

3053. Cropia indigna.

Decelea indigna, W1k. xiii. 1115 (1857).

Head and thorax rufous ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen

402 NOCTUIDA,

greyish ochreous with diffused purple-brown bands and rufous

dorsal crests, the ventral surface pale ochreous. Fore wing rufous

irrorated with large black scales, especially on postmedial area, the

medial area purplish fuscous except towards costa ; subbasal line re-

presented by black strize from costa and cell with some black points

beyond it below the cell; antemedial line black, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then incurved; claviform faintly defined by

fuscous; orbicular with faint pale annulus incompletely defined by

black, round; reniform with slight pale centre defined by fuscous

and white points on its circumference above and on outer side; an

Fig. 40.—Cropia indigna, g. +

indistinct dark medial line oblique from costa to median nervure,

then incurved ; postmedial line blackish slightly defined by white

on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold,

incurved and waved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line ochreous defined on each side by brown,

oblique towards costa, angled inwards at discal fold, then waved ;

a terminal series of blackish striz#; cilia rufous and_ blackish.

Hind wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown; a discoidal

lunule with dark line from it to inner margin; a sinuous post-

medial line; a somewhat dentate ochreous subterminal line; a

terminal series of blackish lunules defined on inner side by a pale

waved line; cilia rufous and brown; the underside yellowish white

irrorated with brown, a slight antemedial line, black discoidal spot,

rather maculate postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Hab. Cusa, Tanamo (Schaus), 1 9, Santiago (Schaus), 1 9;

Harrr (Tweedie), 1 6,1 9, type. Hep. 32-88 millim.

Snor. TIT. (Listonia). Antenne of male bipectinate with very short branches,

the apical part serrate.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line white.

a. Fore wing with subbasal black spot below the cell ...... cedica.

b, Fore wing without subbasal black spot below the cell.

a’. Fore wing with double white postmedial line ......... phila.

}*, Fore wing with single white postmedial line

B. Fore wing with the antemedial line dark.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled outwards in

submedian fold.

ai, Fore wing rufous suffused with silvery green; hind

Wine CUPLreOUs! Ted | seacwaseececmesessenrueceeniveseseteceaas viridimicans.

b'. Fore wing suffused with leaden grey, the reniform

with annulus of pink spots. ......:..0sscsceeeserearerssee hadenoides.

CROPTA. 263

_ cl, Fore wing not suffused with leaden grey or silvery green.

a”, Fore wing irrorated with flesh-pink .................8068 carnitincta.

b?, Fore wing red-brown suffused with blackish ......... aleuca,

6. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique from costa to

above inner margin, where it is angled.

a. Fore wing with black streak from lower angle of reni-

LONMF LOWER MLENOY s2dain cacteese oeeeatereae tere cae eee ee ees connecta.

b1, Fore wing without black streak trom reniform to termen.

a, Kore wing without white pateh on reniform or dark

patch on postmedial part of costa ...........sceeeeeees ipfusa.

o?, Fore wing with white patch on reniform and dark

patch on postmedial part of costa............:eeceeeee eee poliomera.

e. Fore wing with the antemedial line evenly curved ......... minthe,

3054. Cropia cedica.

Noctua cedica, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 42, pl. 310. f. E (1782).

Heterochroma rivulosa, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxii. p. 3855

(1882).

Dyops minthe, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 822 (part.).

©. Head and thorax blackish brown mixed with red-brown;

tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen fuscous brown, the crests

rufous, the anal tuft ochreous at base, rufous at tip, the ventral

surface ochreous. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with dark brown,

a small white spot at base ; subbasal line double, blackish, minutely

waved, from costa to submedian fold, followed by a broad white

band with some fuscous on it, from costa to just below vein 1, its

edges waved, contracting towards costa and with a small deep

black spot on its inner edge above vein 1; antemedial line double,

blackish, filled in with white below the cell, excurved below costa,

then oblique, angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform re-

presented by a slight brown mark; orbicular and reniform with

slight ochreous annuli defined by brown, the former narrow, con-

stricted at middle, medial line oblique from costa to median nervure,

then inwardly oblique and angled outwards above inner margin ;

the veins of medial area finely streaked with white on inner half;

postmedial line double, dark at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then white, oblique to below vein 7, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4, some white suffusion beyond it with dark spots on it

above and below veins 5 and 2 and some white points on costa; an

indistinct pale waved subterminal line incurved at discal fold; a

terminal series of small black spots in the interspaces and white

points on the veins. Hind wing deep reddish brown with white

striga on vein 1 above tornus, white patch at tornus and slight

white marks on termen before the series of black strie; cilia

ochreous and brown, white at tornus ; the underside yellowish

white irrorated with dark brown, an oblique antemedial line, black

discoidal lunule, irregularly crenulate postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Guatemata (Rodriguez), 1 9; Surinam, 1 9. Hap. 42-

46 millim.

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3055. Cropia phila.

Dyops phila, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 822, pl. 29. f. 27 (1889).

Q. Head and thorax deep red-brown with a few white and

black scales; tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous brown,

the dorsal crests rufous, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing

deep red-brown irrorated with dark brown, the veins finely streaked

with white except on costal half before postmedial line; subbasal

line indistinct, black, double, waved, from costa to vein 1, followed

by a double bluish-white waved line with white patch on it between

cell and submedian fold; a fine sinuous white antemedial line

defined on each side by a few black scales, a slightly darker patch

beyond it below submedian fold; orbicular and reniform with very

indistinct undefined pale reddish annuli, the former rather oblique

and constricted at middle ; a waved medial line, oblique from costa

to median nervure, then incurved; postmedial line double, black

at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then bluish white,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa ; a dentate pale reddish and blue-white sub-

terminal line, incurved at discal and submedian folds; a fine black

terminal line with black spots in the interspaces and white points

at the veins. Hind wing deep reddish brown overlaying ochreous ;

a sinuous postmedial line defined by pale colour on outer side and

by white towards inner margin; some white subterminal marks

towards torniis; a blackish terminal line slightly defined by greyish

on inner side; the underside ochreous white irrorated with dark

brown, an oblique sinuous antemedial line, black discoidal spot,

irregularly crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

band.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll., Chiriqui; Br. Gurana, Berbice, 1 9; Brazit, Lr. Amazons,

Onca I. (Austen), 1 9. Exp. 50-54 millim.

3056. Cropia plumbicincta, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 29.)

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and black ;

pectus and legs greyish, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

grey irrorated and obscurely banded with black. Fore wing

grey tinged with brown and thickly irrorated with fuscous, the

inner medial area blackish suffused with leaden grey; subbasal

line represented by double black strie from costa; antemedial

line double at costa, angled outwards in cell, then oblique, waved,

defined on inner side by blue-white and with some blue-grey

suffusion before it between median nervure and vein 1; claviform

small, indistinctly defined by black and with pale patch beyond it ;

orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by white and black

points, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at

middle; medial line indistinct, slightly sinuous, oblique from costa

to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line

double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

CROPIA. 265

defined by bluish white on outer side and with blue-grey suffusion

beyond it, oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on outer

side by slight blackish marks, with black spot before it above vein 4

and streak beyond it, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing black-brown overlaying greyish, a postmedial greyish

striga on vein 1, some subterminal marks towards tornus and some

grey on termen before the slight black lunules; cilia greyish and

black; the underside whitish irrorated with black, an oblique

ditfused antemedial line, discoidal spot, minutely crenulate post-

medial line, and faint diffused subterminal band.

Hab, Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 1 9 type. wp. 44 millim.

*3057. Cropia viridimicans. (Plate CXIV. fig. 30.)

Cropia viridimicans, Druce., A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 296 (1908).

Q. Head white tinged with rufous; palpi and antenne rufous ;

thorax rufous mixed with whitish ; tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen rufous, with whitish segmental rings. Fore wing rufous,

suffused with pale silvery-green scales before and beyond the ante-

medial line, the costal part of postmedial line, and on terminal

area, a whitish band beyond the medial line; subbasal line repre-

sented by a black striga from costa defined by white on outer side ;

antemedial line black, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform

absent ; orbicular a small round rufous spot ; reniform large, white,

its centre slightly defined by rufous, rather constricted at middle ;

medial line blackish, from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line

black, bent outwards and interrupted by the white band below

costa, then dentate, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line rufous, waved, defined on outer side by brown and on inner by

black lunules from costa to vein 2, excurved from below costa to

vein 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia rufous mixed

with blackish. Hind wing cupreous red; a small oblique sub-

terminal black bar defined by whitish on outer side and terminal

series of small black lunules defined by whitish on inner side;

cilia with fine whitish line at base; the underside whitish irrorated

with rufous, the terminal area suffused with rufous, a brown dis-

coidal spot; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

crenulate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, angled outwards

at vein 1.

Hab. Ecuapor, Sarayacu (Buckley), type tT? in Coll. Druce.

_ Exp, 38 millim.

3058. Cropia hadenoides.

Cropia hadenoides, W1k. xiii. 1112 (1857).

Dyops juba, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 321, pl. 29. f. 26 (1889).

9. Head and thorax deep purplish brown; tegule with a few

266 NOCTUID ©.

black scales; tarsi banded with black; abdomen greyish brown,

the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing brown suffused

with leaden grey; subbasal line double, the inner line black,

extending to vein 1, the outer waved and joining the inner at sub-

median fold; a striga from costa before the antemedial line which

is waved; claviform defined by black except above, with a black

streak from it in submedian fold to the postmedial line ; orbicular

and reniform defined by black, the former slightly constricted at

middle and with a few pink scales on lower edge and white scales

on upper, the latter with some pink and ochreous in centre and

annulus formed of small pink spots, except above where there are

some white seales; medial line oblique from costa to median

nervure, incurved at vein 1; postmedial line double, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, some silvery suffusion beyond it and some white points on

costa; subterminal line pinkish, white at inner margin, slightly

defined on each side by brown, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, angled inwards at discal fold; a black streak from post-

medial line to termen on vein 5 and an irregular mark from it to

termen in submedian fold ; a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hind wing deep reddish brown overlying ochreous ; a slightly waved

dark postmedial line with white striga on it at vein 1 and another

at tornus; some slight ochreous marks on termen; the underside

ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown, an oblique ante-

medial line, small discoidal spot, curved crenulate postmedial line,

and indistinct irregular subterminal line.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 2 type juba, Godman-

Salvin Coll. ; Corompia, Bogota (Stevens), 1 Q type. Hap.

40 millim.

3059. Cropia carnitincta, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 31.)

©. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with pale ochreous ; tarsi

banded with fuscous; abdomen ochreous tinged with brown, the

dorsal crests rufous. Fore wing pale pinkish irrorated and suffused

with brown; an oblique black subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold with faint waved line beyond it ; an indistinctly double

antemedial oblique line angled outwards in submedian fold; clavi-

form defined by black below; orbicular and reniform with faint

pale undefined annuli, both rather constricted at middle; a rather

diffused black medial line, oblique from costa to vein 2 where it is

angled outwards, then somewhat sinuous and with brown suffusion

beyond it; postmedial line black defined by pink on outer side,

double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, incurved bélow vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa

on a brown patch before the subterminal line, which is pinkish

defined by brown on inner side, slightly incurved below costa,

angled outwards at vein 6 and inwards in discal fold, excurved at

middle and incurved at submedian fold, with slight black streaks

before it in the interspaces except towards inner margin and

CROPIA. 267

beyond it below veins 4 and 2; a series of black striae just before

termen on pinkish spots. Hind wing deep reddish brown, yellowish

at base; a sinuous postmedial line defined by yellowish on outer

side; some slight greyish subterminal marks towards tornus and

slight marks on termen ; cilia ochreous and brown; the underside

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a diffused oblique antemedial line, discoidal spot, irregularly crenu-

late postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band,

Hab. Panama, Cana Mines (T'ylecote), 1 2 type. Exp. 38 millim.

3060. Cropia aleuca, n. sp. (Plate CXIV. fig. 32.)

Dyops juba, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 501 (neci. p. 821).

@. Head and thorax red-brown ; tegule and patagia with a few

black scales; tarsi banded with black; abdomen dark brown,

ventrally ochreous. ore wing red-brown irrorated with blackish,

the veins and medial area except towards costa suffused with leaden

fuscous ; a white point at base ; subbasal line represented by double

black strize from costa; a diffused black fascia above vein 1 extending

to termen ; antemedial line indistinctly double towards costa, oblique

to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin ; claviform slightly defined by blackish ; orbicular and

reniform with some greyish in centres and slight rufous annuli

defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter with

straight inner edge; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell, then angled inwards in submedian fold and bent

outwards to inner margin; postmedial line slightly bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved,

a few white scales beyond it at inner margin ; an indistinct reddish-

ochreous band beyond it, defined by fuscous on outer side and

dentate towards costa; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by

brown on inner side, the area beyond it purplish fuscous, with

black streaks beyond it m the interspaces, above vein 4 extending

to postmedial line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight

black lunules. Hind wing deep reddish brown with postmedial

greyish mark on vein 1, slight subterminal marks towards tornus

and fine waved black terminal line; the underside greyish irrorated

with black, a diffused antemedial line, discoidal spot, crenulate

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab, Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. Hap. 38 millim.

3061. Cropia connecta.

Chytonix connecta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 42, pl. iv. f. 2

(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 107.

Dyops striata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 501, pl. 96. f. 5 (1898).

@. Head and thorax reddish brown slightly irrorated with black

and grey ; pectus and legs greyish, the tarsi black with pale rings ;

268 NOCTUID

abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crests rufous, the ventral surface

greyish. Fore wing pale brown, irrorated and in parts suffused

with fuscous, especially on inner medial area; subbasal line double

at costa, with a black streak from its extremity above vein 1| ; ante-

medial line indistinctly double towards costa, the outer line strong,

minutely waved, excurved above inner margin; claviform slightly

defined by fuscous, with a black. streak from its lower extremity to

postmedial line; orbicular and reniform rather pale defined by

fuscous, the former round, the latter with traces of whitish annulus

or pale points on its outer edge; a sinuous medial line oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique and angled

inwards on vein |; postmedial line indistinctly double, the inner

line strong, slightly bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved,

oblique to above vein 4, then filled in with white and incurved,

crossed by a black streak from lower extremity of reniform to

termen; the postmedial area with some white suffusion; sub-

terminal line whitish, dentate, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of slight black lunules. Hind wing deep fuscous brown,

with pale postmedial striga on vein 1, some subterminal marks

towards tornus and slight marks on termen before the fine terminal

line ; cilia whitish and fuscous ; the underside grey-white irrorated

with brown, an oblique antemedial line, discoidal lunule, irregularly

crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas; Mexico, Jalapa (Zrwillo), 2 9 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster),4 9. Hap. 42-46 millim.

*3062. Cropia poliomera. (Plate CXYV. fig. 1.)

Cropia poliomera, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 157.

©. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white ; tegule white

with faint pale rufous medial line; tarsi with slight pale rings;

abdomen red-brown mixed with whitish. Fore wing red-brown

with a silvery-grey gloss to postmedial line; the postmedial area

greyish variegated with brown and with a dark brown patch on

costal area, the terminal area brown irrorated with white ; some

whitish at base; subbasal line represented by indistinct double

black striz from costa and cell ; a slight diffused black streak above

vein 1 near base; antemedial line double filled in with greyish,

angled outwards below costa, then minutely waved and oblique to

above inner margin, then bent inwards; claviform small, indis-

tinctly defined by black; orbicular defined by black and with faint

greyish annulus, round ; reniform white, ill-defined and with brown

lunule on inner side of centre; medial line black, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and slightly angled

inwards in submedian fold; postmedial line double filled in with

white, indistinct from costa to vein 3, bent outwards below costa,

oblique to vein 6, then minutely dentate, slightly bent inwards at

vein 3 and oblique to inner margin, some white points beyond it on

CROPIA. 269

the dark costal patch; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner

side by brown marks on inner half, waved, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of slight

black lunules; cilia whitish and red-brown, with brown lines at

middle and tips. Hind wing red-brown with traces of whitish

postmedial line; a white bar defined above and below by dark

brown above tornus ; cilia white with a brown line through them ;

the underside white irrorated and suffused with red-brown, a slight

discoidal spot and indistinct diffused waved postmedial line.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Parana, typet in Coll, D. Jones. Ep.

42 millim.

3063. Cropia infusa.

Decelea infusa, Wik. xiii. 1116 (1857).

Decelea bowreyi, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 486.

Listonia jamaicensis, Méschl. Abh. Senck, Ges. xiv. p. 68 (1888).

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

scales; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen red-brown, the

ventral surface ochreous at base, then irrorated with dark brown.

Fore wing red-brown mixed with pale rufous and slightly irrorated

with black ; a white point at base ; subbasal line indistinctly double,

waved, from costa to vein 1, with a small black spot beyond its lower

Fig. 41.—Cropia infusa, 3. }-

extremity; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique, waved,

angled outwards above inner margin; claviform represented by a

slight black mark; orbicular and reniform with faint ochreous

annuli incompletely defined by black and with some white points

on their edges, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter

extending to below cell; an indistinct medial line oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indis-

tinctly double, filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, rather oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa and a grey-white rather lunulate

patch from below costa to vein 5; subterminal line represented by

‘a series of slight pale lunules defined on inner side by minute

dentate black marks and a more prominent spot above vein 4; a

terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing deep reddish

brown with grey striga on vein 1 above tornus, grey subterminal

mark towards tornus an@ some grey on termen; cilia grey and

270 NOCTUID.H.

brown; the underside purplish red irrorated with brown, an in-

distinct brown oblique antemedial line, a discoidal bar, curved

minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

®. Fore wing with the inner half of medial area suffused with

black, the inner side of antemedial line and outer side of postmedial

line defined by white or pale ochreous suffusion, the subcostal lunu-

late patch absent.

Hab. ? Hab. 1 2 type; Jamaica (Bowrey), 1 9 type bowreyz ;

Sr. Lucta (Cowie), 4 ¢,8 9. Eup. 34-42 millim.

3064. Cropia minthe.

Dyops minthe, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 822. pl. 29. f. 28 (1889).

®. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and white

scales; 3rd joint of palpi and antenne blackish; tarsi blackish

with pale rings ; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing red-brown irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous,

especially on inner medial area ; subbasal line represented by double

black strize from costa and a patch below the cell; antemedial line

double at costa, then single, even and slightly exeurved ; traces of

a small claviform defined by black; orbicular and reniform rufous

slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter with pale

points on its edges; medial line oblique from costa to lower angle

of cell, then strongly incurved and bent outwards to inner margin ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique to vein 7 where it is angled, then filled in with white,

incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved ;

the postmedial area suffused with white and with some white points

on costa; subterminal line white, dentate, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, a

black spot before it below vein 5 and astreak beyond it; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing deep reddish brown ;

traces of a sinuous postmedial line; a white striga on vein 1 above

tornus ; a fine terminal black line with slight ochreous marks before

it ; the underside yellowish white irrorated with brown, an oblique

brown antemedial line, discoidal lunule, crenulate postmedial line,

and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. ap. 40 millim.

Srecr. IV. Antenne of male with minute laminate serrations.

3065. Cropia templada.

Hudipna templada, Schaus, Pr, U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 97 (1906).

Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; pectus ochreous; tarsi

banded with fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the

ventral surface pale. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous ; sub-

basal line double, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double,

fod

CROPIA.—HETEROCHROMA,. fel

waved ; claviform slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined by whitish and black points, the former round ;

medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ;

postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards below

costa, then waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, with black spot

before it above vein 4 and streak beyond it, dentate, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, excurved at middle, then

Fig. 42.—Cropia templada, 3. }.

incurved ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing deep

reddish brown, with whitish postmedial mark on vein 1, some sub-

terminal marks towards tornus, and some marks on termen before the

waved black terminal line ; cilia whitish and fuscous ; the underside

whitish irrorated with fuscous, an oblique antemedial line, discoidal

spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, typet ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus.; Guaremata

city (Lodriquez), 1 $,1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. xp. 38 millim.

Genus HETEROCHROMA. Type

Heterochroma, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 69 (1852) ........2.csceeeenee eee e eee ertopiordes.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate, upturned ; frons rounded ;

eyes large, rounded ; antenne ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly with

large rough scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibix

fringed with hair; abdomen with large dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore

wing with 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 veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

Secr. I. Mid and hind tibiz and 1st joint of tarsi of male fringed with very

long hair.

3066. Heterochroma chloegrapha, n. sp.

¢. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with ochreous and

whitish ; palpi pale in front ; tegule with dark brown medial line ;

tufts on mid and hind tibie of male black-brown ; tarsi ringed with

whitish ; abdomen red-brown, the dorsal crests tipped with grey,

272 NOCTUIDZ.

the anal tufts rufous. Fore wing bright rufous mixed with some

ochreous, the veins and interspaces of terminal area streaked with

blackish, the termen suffused with leaden fuscous except at apex ;

subbasal line represented by double oblique black strize from costa

and single striga from cell, with green mark beyond them in eell;

an oblique black streak on patch of red-brown suffusion on inner

area before the antemedial line, which is black, double at costa,

waved to median nervure, then excurved, angled inwards on vein 1

and outwards above inner margin; the medial area with diffused

red-brown fascia in submedian fold; claviform defined by black,

acute at extremity; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by

black, large, the former with pale annulus, oblique elliptical, the

latter with some deep red-brown in centre and green on outer edge,

slightly angled inwards on median nervure and touching orbicular,

expanding at lower extremity; an oblique dark bar from costa to

reniform and oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner

» Fig. 43.—Heterochroma chloegrapha, g. }.

margin; postmedial line black defined by ochreous on outer side,

double at costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5,

incurved to reniform, angled outwards on vein 2, then incurved and

waved, some white points beyond it on the veins and some pale

points on costa, with slight green streak below them ; subterminal

line ochreous, defined on inner side by dentate deep red-brown

marks, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the streaks in

interspaces ending in small black spots, the extremities of veins

with white points; cilia fuscous intersected with rufous and with

rufous line at base. Hind wing white, the apical area suffused

with rufous, a terminal series of rufous spots, the inner margin

tinged with rufous; cilia with rufous spots from apex to vein 2;

the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown,

the apical area strongly irrorated, a discoidal point, and waved

curved postmedial line from costa to vein 4, followed by minute

streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the terminal area less prominently

streaked with black.

Hab. §.E. Perv, Oroya (Ockenden), 1 g type, 8. Domingo.

Exp, 36-40 millim.

HETEROCHROMA. 273

Secr. IT. Legs of male normal.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour brown.

a. Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal

areas broadly brown.

a, Fore wing with the postmeaial line oblique and

Stains lasllony vet (5) 0 agenoocteadodetodecaconaosccodacode phytolacea.

al, Fore wails with the postmedial line incurved below

vein 5 or 4.

. Fore wing with white line on outer edge of reni-

OTA peewee so cale cist ulate St cuieiee en cing semen eeREE eee bellona.

22, Fore wing with white spot on outer edge of reni-

form.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely

angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved...... thermida.

68, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to

‘Oa 44, HOI THMOMIP TEL GdenooaaboosuscdabgedeocusoHce albipuncta.

c?, Fore wing with ochreous annulus to reniform ... insignis.

6. Hind wing wholly brown.

a, Fore wing with white line on outer edge of reni-

form.

a2, Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely

dentatesnilllediimuwathtoreye te. os.-cseseceeeese scene amphion.

42, Fore wing with the postmedial line evenly sinuous,

SWNT Glare Maen tone at miu facia tiaiuiNiddciee naceeiian naeeraeeasee sarepta.

b'. Fore wing without white line on outer edge of reni-

form.

a. Wore wing with red patch defined by pink on

inner margin beyond middle ...................0008- hypatia.

o?. Fore wing with purplish-red patch on inner

me dialvancaueionn wees eeecasedneueaeudst sci steeeeteeces erioptotdes.

c2, Fore wing without purplish-red patch on inner

area,

a’. Kore wing with prominent green patch on inner

margin: before antemedial line............s+s+0+0-- hadenotdes.

63, Fore wing without green patch on inner

margin.

at, Fore wing with the lines not filled in with

PROC coe ase ele wesatetiootenae sae amelse aaeces Saas luma.

b4, Kore wing with the lines filled in with green. chlorographa.

B. Fore wing with the eround- colour green.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal maculate line inter-

rupted at vein 6 and between veins 4,3 ............... beryllus.

6. Fore wing with the subterminal line entire.

a, Fore wing with white line on outer side of the

maculate subterminal line, interrupted by rufous

Slants Glin WebNS) (6), 45. 3) oosndeoenddcos lodaoogssbepedoganaEad lineata.

0. Fore wing with white striz on outer side of the

maculatelsubbermunalslMel eer sces-eeeceeeseecseaenisc berylloides.

3067. Heterochroma phytolacca. (Plate CXYV. fig. 2.)

Noctua phytolacca, Sepp, Ins. Surin. p. 81, pl. BUS):

Dargida singularis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 22.

3. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some purplish pink;

palpi, pectus, and tarsi mostly ochreous; abdomen ochreous dorsally

suffused with red-brown. Fore wing dark brown with a purplish

gloss, the yeins with fine pale streaks; subbasal line reddish

ochreous defined on each side by blackish, sinuous, from costa to

VoL. VII. “T

OA NOCTUID .

vein 1; antemedial line ochreous slightly defined on each side by

black, slightly angled outwards at subcostal nervure and submedian

fold, strongly inwards on vein 1, then strongly excurved ; claviform

represented by a black patch with its upper edge indented ; orhi-

cular with slight pale annulus, rather oblique elliptical ; reniform

with slight pale annulus and prominent yellowish line on outer side

concave towards base; traces of a waved black medial line; an

ochreous streak below vein 7; postmedial line ochreous defined on

each side by brown, bent outwards below costa, oblique to below

vein 6, then inwardly oblique; some ochreous points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line ochreous defined on inner side by slight

dentate black marks, oblique from costa to vein 7, where it is bent

outwards, angled inwards on vein 5, then somewhat dentate; a

series of black points just before termen; a fine terminal black line

interrupted by minute white points at the veins. Hind wing

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas broadly dark brown,

the inner margin suffused with brown, the median nervure slightly

streaked with brown ; slight white subterminal points below vein 2

and on inner margin; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the under-

side white, the costal half irrorated with brown, an antemedial line

from costa to discal fold, a discoidal spot, a maculate postmedial

line from costa to discal fold, and spot below vein 2.

Hab. Surinam; Braztt, Amazons, Villa Nova (Trail), 1 3 type

singularis. Exp. 36 millim.

Larva green; head with oblique black stripes; subdorsal lines

dark green-defined on each side by whitish; stigmata brown;

lateral line dark green; extremity of claspers reddish. Pupa green,

ventrally brown. Food-plant: Phytolacca octandra.

3068. Heterochroma bellona.

Phlegetonia beliona, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 112. f. 1 (1874).

Hadena metallica, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 17 (1884).

Dargida singularis, Druce, Biol. Centr-.Am., Het. i. p. 270, nec But.

Q. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with purplish red ;

tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen dark brown, the dorsal crests

red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous and red-brown mixed.

Fore wing purplish brown irrorated and in parts suffused with

black-brown, the medial area suffused with black-brown except

towards costa and inner margin ; subbasal line double, waved, from

costa to vein 1; a small metallic blue subbasal spot on inner

margin; antemedial line double, angled outwards below costa,

inwards in cell, then oblique to above inner margin where it is

angled outwards; claviform represented by a black patch with

greyish patch beyond it; orbicular and reniform greyish slightly

defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical with a few

white scales on upper edge, the latter elliptical with yellowish

white line on outer edge; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial

line defined on each side by rufous, double at costa, bent outwards

below costa, oblique to vein 6, excurved to vein 5, then oblique and

HETEROCHROMA, 275

slightly imcurved at vein 3, some rufous points beyond it on costa

and a streak below vein 7; subterminal line purplish grey, dentate,

defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks, angled outwards

at vein 7; a series of small black spots just before termen with

_ white strize on their inner sides. Hind wing yellowish white, the

costal and terminal areas broadly deep red-brown ; some pale strie

near tornus; cilia ochreous with red-brown tips; the underside

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with purplish

pink and irrorated with brown, a black antemedial line from costa

to discal fold, discoidal annulus and irregularly crenulate postmedial

line defined by yellowish on outer side.

Hab. Mrxico, Coatepee (Brooks), 1 9; Costa Rica, Candelaria

Mts. (Underwood), 1 2; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 3 2 , Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Fr. Guiana, type td in Coll. Rothschild. Hep, 40-

44 millim.

3069. Heterochroma thermida, n. sp. (Plate CXYV. fig. 3.)

¢. Head and thorax deep rufous to dark red-brown mixed with

some black ; frons with lateral black bars ; tegulee with some black

scales near tips; patagia with black streak near upper edge; tarsi

ringed with yellow ; abdomen rufous mixed with yellowish. Fore

wing deep rufous to dark red-brown irrorated with black, the

medial area except towards costa and inner margin and the terminal

area suffused with black ; subbasal line double, black, waved, inter-

rupted, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black

filled in with rufous, angled outwards below costa and above inner

margin, excurved in submedian interspace and angled inwards on

vein 1 ; claviform short, defined by black; orbicular and reniform

defined by black and with some white points on their annuli, the

former round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure

and with white spot on its outer edge; an indistinct waved black

medial line; postmedial line double, black filled in with yellowish

rufous, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, angled inwards at

discal fold and incurved below vein 5, some rufous points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line pale rufous, defined on inner side by

some small dentate black marks and interrupted by dentate black

marks below veins 6, 4 and 2, excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

a terminal series of small triangular black marks ; cilia with a fine

yellow line at base. Hind wing yellow tinged with rufous, the

terminal area suffused with red-brown; a red postmedial line

incurved at submedian fold; a blackish terminal line; cilia with

a fine yellow line at base; the underside yellow, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated and suffused with red-brown, a blackish

discoidal spot, sinuous minutely waved postmedial line bent

. outward below costa, and terminal series of smal! lunules.

Q. Hind wing more uniform rufous.

Hab, Peru, Agualani (Ockenden), 1 3 type, Oconeque, Quinton.

Exp. 40-46 millim,

76 NOCTUIDZ.

iw)

*3070. Heterochroma albipuncta. (Plate CXV. fig. 4.)

Heterochroma albipuncta, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 157.

3. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with red-brown ; tegulee

rufous at base with slight black medial line ; pectus rufous ; the

extremities of tibie and the tarsi ringed with rufous ; abdomen red-

brown, pale at sides at base. Fore wing purplish fuscous mixed

with rufous, irrorated and in parts suffused with black: the base of

inner margin pale followed by a black patch with small bluish-white

spot on it; subbasal line represented by indistinct double black

strie from costa and cell, with white point beyond it in cell; ante-

medial line double filled in with rufous, waved, somewhat oblique ;

the medial area with diffused black-brown fascia above vein 1 with

bar from its upper edge between the very ill-defined claviform

and a spot beyond it; orbicular very indistinct, oblique quadrate,

defined at sides by black and a few white scales; reniform very

indistinctly defined by black and a few white scales, rather elliptical,

with smail red spot on inner side of centre and prominent white

spot on its outer edge; a diffused oblique black medial shade ;

postmedial line double filled in with red, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a

series of small somewhat dentate rufous marks defined on inner

side by small dentate black marks and by a black shade at costa

and streak below costa, with slight black streaks in the interspaces

from it to termen with series of white points on them before termen.

Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas black-

brown with a reddish tinge, the latter with sinuous inner edge with

indistinct sinuous postmedial line just before it; a slight rufous

bar with black points above and below it at tornus; cilia with a

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

areas irrorated with black, the apical area tinged with red, a black

discoidal spot with black bar from costa above it and minutely

waved sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana, type + in Coll. D. Jones. Exp.

40 millim.

3071. Heterochroma insignis. (Plate CXYV. fig. 5.)

Hadena insignis, Wk. xi. 585 (1857). |

Head and thorax purplish red mixed with black-brown ; pectus

with some ochreous hair; tarsi black with ochreous rings; abdomen

dark reddish brown, the sides and ventral surface. ochreous white

except at extremity. Fore wing deep purplish brown irrorated

with black and with slight reddish streaks in discal and submedian

folds on postmedial area ; subbasal line black, double, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, interrupted ; clavi-

form represented by an ill-defined black spot ; orbicular very indis-

tinctly defined by black, oblique; reniform small with rufous centre

and slight yellowish annulus indistinctly defined by black; an

HETEROCHROMA. 207

indistinct medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then

waved; postmedial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some reddish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

small reddish spots defined on inner side by small dentate black

marks and with black streaks from them to the terminal series of

small black spots, connected by a fine waved line. Hind wing

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas broadly dark brown

with a reddish tinge; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a slight discoidal spot, faint postmedial line from costa to vein 5,

and diffused subterminal line.

Hub. Jamaica (Gosse, Kaye), 1 3, 3 Q type, Runaway Bay

(Walsingham), 1 $. HEwp. 44-50 millim.

3072. Heterochroma amphion.

Dargida amphion, Druce, Biol. Centr -Am., Het. i. p. 270, pl. 26. f. 15

(1889).

@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with purplish grey ;

palpi ochreous in front; tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen

reddish brown with some pale scales mixed. Fore wing dark brown

suffused with purplish grey, the veins slightly streaked with grey ;

subbasal line grey slightly defined on each side by black, angled

outwards below costa and on median nervure and ending at vein 1,

a pale oblique striga beyond it across cell ; a patch of green scales

on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double filled

in with grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique to above

inner margin, where it is angled outwards ; claviform represented

by a black spot at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform with grey

annuli, the former narrow, oblique elliptical, pointed above, the

latter oblique oblong with white line on its outer edge; traces of

a waved blackish medial line ; postmedial line double filled in with

grey, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, excurved to ©

vein 5, then incurved and minutely dentate, bent inwards to inner

taargin; postmedial area rather greyer with some white points on

costa and on the veins beyond postmedial line; subterminal line

grey defined on inner side by slight dentate dark marks, oblique

and whitish from costa to vein 7 where it is angled outwards,

angled inwards in discal fold and outwards on vein 4; a series of

small black spots just before termen with white striz on their inner

side; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark brown

with a reddish tinge; a pale striga above tornus ; a terminal series

of dark lunules ; cilia pale with a brown line near tips; the under-

side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with red-

_ brown, an indistinct oblique irregular antemedial line, a discoidal

spot, an irregularly waved postmedial line, and traces of a diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Guatemata, Volcan de Atitla (Champion), 1 2 type

Exp. 42 millim.

273 NOCLUIDR.

3073. Heterochroma sarepta. (Plate CXV. fig. 6.)

Dargida amphion, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 270 (part).

Dargida sarepta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 271, pl. 26. f. 16 (1889).

©. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some red-brown

and greyish; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown

with the dorsal crests rufous; pectus and base of abdomen below

with some pale rufous hair. Fore wing dark brown tinged with

greyish ; subbasal hne represented by double black striz: trom costa

and cell; antemedial line slight, pale, defined on each side by shght

black marks, angled outwards below costa, oblique to submedian

fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ;

claviform represented by a slight black mark; orbicular and reni-

form slightly defined by black, the former round, the latter with

tine white line on its outer edge; an indistinct curved black medial

line; the veins finely streaked with white from cell to postmedial

line, which is white defined on each side by fine black lines, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 7, excurved to vein 5, then

oblique sinuous, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subter-

minal line oblique and whitish from costa to vein 7 where it. is

angled outwards, then represented by slight dark marks in the

interspaces ; a series of small black spots just before termen with

slight rufous strie on their inner sides; a fine terminal dark line ;

cilia rufous mixed with black. Hind wing dark brown, the inter-

spaces of basal half slightly paler; an indistinct curved postmedial

line and pale striga above tornus; cilia ochreous mixed with brown ;

the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown, a sinuous antemedial line, small

discoidal spot, irregularly waved postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Panama, Chiriqui. Hap. 36 millim.

3074, Heterochroma hypatia.

Thyatira hypatia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 258, pl. 26. f. 4

(1889).

@. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; palpi with the

basal half black, the 3rd joint with black ring at base; the meso-

thorax with black patch; abdomen whitish sutfused with brown,

leaving slight white segmental rings, the dorsal crests rufous, the

anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing silky white, almost wholly suffused

except on outer edge of antemedial line with olive-brown tinged

with rufous in parts; the basal costal area black followed by some

white partly tinged with pink; subbasal line represented by two

black strie from costa; a black spot on inner margin followed by

a pinkish mark before the antemedial line, which is represented by

two black strize from costa, two waved striz in cell, a bar from

median nervure to a lunnlate spot below submedian fold with a

small triangular spot before it; orbicular absent; an oblique

HETEROCHROMA. 279

U-shaped black mark defined by white with minute black streak

below it, and oblique wedge-shaped black mark from costa above it

before the reniform, which is very faintly defined by white and

with some black scales on outer edge, its centre and the area just

beyond it suffused with pink, a small triangular black spot above it

from costa; an oblique sinuous brown line from below lower angle

of cell to inner margin with semicircular rufous patch defined by

pink beyond it on inner margin ; postmedial line minutely waved,

white defined on each side by black from costa to vein 5, the black

on outer side expanding into a patch at costa and at vein 5 into an

elongate mark, then defined on each side by pinkish, incurved below

vein 2 and ending in a rather X-shaped mark above extremity of

patch on inner margin; an ill-defined white subterminal line from

below costa to vein 5, then bent inwards to the postmedial line and

outwards to termen above tornus ; some black strie before termen

below vein 6 and a white bar between veins 4,3; a waved black

terminal line except towards tornus. Hind wing whitish suffused

with fuscous brown ; the costal area and a broad subterminal band

black ; an indistinct oblique medial line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin and minutely waved postmedial line incurved below

vein 3; a pink and rufous patch on inner margin above tornus; a

terminal series of black lunules; the underside white tinged with

olive, the costal area strongly irrorated with black, a black discoidal

spot, the medial and postmedial lines strong on costal area, the

subterminal band formed of confluent strie.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. ep. 36 millim.

3075, Heterochroma eriopioides.

Fleterochroma erioptoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 69, pl. 8. f. 8 (1852).

Hadena subapicalis, W\k. xxxiii. 731 (1865).

Dargida porphyra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 271, pl. 26. f. 17

(1887).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with rufous; pectus with

some ochreous and pinkish hairs; tarsi blackish with ochreous

rings; abdomen reddish brown, the crests with dark tips, the anal

tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused and irrorated

with dark brown; subbasal line double at costa and filled in with

ochreous, then single, waved and with small white spot beyond it

on inner margin; antemedial line double filled in with ochreous,

waved; the medial area below vein | purplish rufous ; claviform

large, defined by black at extremity only ; orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined by black, the former round, the latter with

yellowish-white spot on its upper edge, with a point above it; a

~ waved black medial line oblique from costa to median nervure and

ending at vein 1; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below

costa, then interrupted with an oblique ochreous streak from beyond

upper angle of cell becoming rufous at extremity and with a slight

black streak below its basal part, the line then represented by a

280 NOCLUID AB.

series of small black lunules defined by ochreous on outer side,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of slight ochreous

marks in the interspaces with slight dentate blackish marks on

Fig. 44.—Heterochroma eriopioides, S. }.

their inner side and black streaks from them to termen ; an apical

rufous patch ; a waved black terminal line interrupted by white

points at the veins ; cilia brown mixed with ochreous. Hind wing

brown with a reddish tinge; a faint curved postmedial line; a

slight dark terminal line; cilia with a fine ochreous line at base ;

the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, a sinuous black ante-

medial line, a discoidal spot, an irregularly crenulate postmedial

line with fuscous band beyond it, with waved outer edge, some

dark points on termen.

Hab., Guatemata, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 3 type porphyra ;

Panama, Chiriqui (22bbe), 1 9 , Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brazin, Neu-

Fribourg, type 7 in Coll. Oberthiir. xp. 40-42 milim.

3076. Heterochroma hadenoides. (Plate CXV. fig. 7.)

Heterochroma hadenoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 70 (1852).

¢. Head and thorax red-brown; tegule with medial black line;

patagia with black line near upper edge: tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen red-brown. Fore wing red-brown with a purplish tinge

and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by oblique

double striz from costa and cell; a short apple-green fascia on

inner margin before the antemedial line, which is indistinct, dentate,

with small black spot on it below median nervure ; traces of a small

round orbicular ; reniform very ill-defined, fuscous grey with two

greenish points on it surrounded by black scales; a prominent

black-brown medial shade, excurved from costa to submedian fold

where it emits a fascia to antemedial line, then reduced to a dentate

line ; postmedial line rather indistinct, double, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line repre-

sented by a series of dentate dark brown marks with greenish points

on them before the terminal series of small black spots; cilia dark

brown intersected with purplish pink. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with red-brown, the terminal area darker; a dark streak on ex-

tremity of vein 2 and pale and dark marks above tornus; cilia

ochreous with dark brown line through them and patches at middle

HETEROCHROMA. 298i

and tornus; the underside ochreous irrorated with red-brown, a

small discoidal spot and irregularly waved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 ¢. Exp. 36 millim.

3077. Heterochroma luma.

Dargida luma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 271, pl. 26. f. 18 (1887).

@. Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with dark brown ;

tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown with the crests

rufous. Fore wing rufous irrorated with dark brown; subbasal

line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian told; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and

outwards above inner margin ; claviform slightly defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform slightly paler, indistinctly defined, the former

rather oblique elliptical ; an indistinct waved medial line; _post-

medial line double at costa, then single and faintly defined by

ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved and

somewhat dentate to vein 5, then strongly incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa and slight dark streaks in the interspaces

between veins 7 and 4; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight pale dentate marks defined on inner side by small dark den-

tate marks and with dark streaks in the interspaces from them to

the terminal series of black points. Hind wing deep red-brown

with curved postmedial line bent outwards to tornus, where there

are black points on each side of it; cilia with a fine ochreous line

at base: the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, the terminal

area suffused with brown, a sinuous antemedial line, discoidal spot,

irregularly crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Hab. Goatrmata, 8. Gironimo (Champion), 1 9 type, Volcan de

Atitlan (Champion), 1 2 Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Br.Gurana (Rodway),

19; Brazi, Organ Mts.,Tijuca( Wagner), 19. Hap. 40-42 millim.

3078. Heterochroma chlorographa, n.sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 8.)

6. Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous and some black

scales ; tegule with emerald-green medial band, patagia with some -

emerald-green at base ; pectus, legs, and abdomen rufous, the tarsi

banded with black. Fore wing rufous with slight dark irroration,

the antemedial area and outer part of medial area suffused with

purplish pink and violaceous grey ; subbasal line double, black filled

in with emerald-green, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial

line double filled in with green, incurved in cell, then excurved ;

claviform large, defined by green and black; orbicular and reniform

large, the former rather oblique elliptical with rufous centre defined

_ by some black scales and green annulus defined by blackish, confluent

' with a small green spot on its upper edge and on inner side with

the antemedial line, the latter with pink centre and green annulus,

obsolescent except on inner side where there is a black line expand-

ing into a spot below between the annulus and centre, angled

inwards on median nervure and touching the orbicular, with some

282 NOCTUIDAE.

black suffusion between them in cell; traces of a waved medial line ;

postmedial line double filled in with green except at middle, bent

outwards below costa, then waved, excurved to vein 4 near subter-

minal line, then oblique and angled inwards on vein 1, some pale

points beyond it on costa: subterminal line green, minutely and

irregularly waved, angled inwards at vein 7 and in submedian fold,

with some black scales on inner edge and blackish suffusion beyond

it on apical half and green on inner half; a terminal series of small

blackish tunules; cilia brown with a blackish line through them,

intersected with green on inner half. Hind wing red-brown; cilia

ochreous ; the underside pink irrorated with black, a large black

discoidal spot and crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Ecuanor (Buckley), 1 3 type. Lap. 44 millim,

3079. Heterochroma beryllus. (Plate CXV. fig. 9.)

Valeria beryllus, Guen. Noct. i. p. 51, pl. 8. f. 7 (1852); Druce, Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 292.

Hadena viridis, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 17 (1884).

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

scales ; tegulee with diffused medial green line, patagia and meta-

thorax with green patches; pectus, legs, and abdomen red-brown

mixed with ochreous, the tarsi ringed with ochreous, the dorsal

crests pale rufous. ore wing olive-green irrorated with black and

suffused with red-brown between subcostal nervure and vein |

except on terminal area, the veins irrorated with white scales; sub-

basal line represented by double black striz filled in with green

from costa and median nervure: a black spot defined on each side

by green before the antemedial line, which is black defined on each

side by green, double at costa, angled outwards below costa, inwards

in cell and outwards above inner margin, to which it is strongly

retracted ; claviform very large, defined by white and black and

intersected by green at middle; orbicular and reniform with brown

centres and fine white annuli defined by black, the former conical,

open below, the latter large, produced at extremities and angled

inwards on median nervure; medial line oblique from costa to

median nervure, then dentate ; postmedial line black defined on

each side by green, double at costa, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, angled inwards at discal fold, oblique

below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line rather broad, white with den-

tate black marks on its inner side, slightly excurved at middle, then

oblique, interrupted by rufous on each side of vein 6 and between

veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia grey intersected

by green and with a black line through them. Hind wing yellowish,

the costal and terminal areas very broadly red-brown ; a waved

dark terminal line; cilia yellow with a brown line through them ;

the underside yellow, the costal and terminal areas tinged with

_pink and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and curved

crenulate postmedial line.

HETEROCHROMA. 283

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white subterminal line crenulate.—

Panama.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9; Guaremata, Cerro Zunil

(Champion), 1 2; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 9, Godman-

Salvin Coll. ; Brazizr, Neu-Fribourg ; S8.E. Perv, 8. Domingo,

16,19. Hap. 44-50 millim.

3080. Heterochroma lineata.

Dargida lineata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. ii. p. 475, pl. 93. f. 18

(1898).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black; palpi with

the extremity of 2nd and 3rd joints pale; vertex of head with two

black spots ; tegulee with olive-green medial band defined by black

scales; patagia with olive-green patches; tarsi slightly ringed with

white; abdomen rufous, the extremity irrorated with grey. Fore

wing red-brown irrorated and suffused with black, the costal and

terminal areas green; subbasal line represented by double black

strize from costa and cell filled in with green; a black streak above

inner margin near base with some green above it and ochreous

below it; antemedial line defined on each side by green, double at

costa, oblique to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner margin;

claviform short and broad, defined by green and black at extremity

and below; orbicular and reniform defined by green at side, the

former oblique oblong, angled outwards at lower extremity, the

latter with ochreous and rufous Junule in centre, angled inwards at

lower extremity to near orbicular; a faint oblique dark line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin, angled outwards on vein 1;

postmedial line double filled in with green, bent outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 6, inwardly oblique below vein 4 and angled

outwards on vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa and

dentate rufous marks on veins 6, 4, 3, interrupting the slightly

curved yellowish-white subterminal line, angled inwards in sub-

median fold and with black patches, before it from costa to vein 6

and between veins 6 and 4, then small dentate spots to inner

margin; a terminal series of prominent black lunules; cilia

ochreous and black with fine pale line at. base. Hind wing with the

basal half ochreous, the veins red-brown, the terminal half red-

brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous

and with red-brown line through them; the underside ochreous

tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a large black-brown

discoidal lunule, and minutely waved postmedial line excurved to

vein 3 then incurved.

Hab. Mrxtco, Orizaba, type f in Coll. Druce; S.E, Perv,

S. Domingo, 1 2. wp. 44 millim.

3081. Heterochroma berylloides, n. sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 10.)

3. Head and thorax rufous ; palpi dark-brown at sides; tegule

rufous at base tollowed by some green scales, the tips dark brown

mixcd with black; patagia with green patches edged by black and

284 NOCIUIDA.

with some black at middle; fore and mid tibize with some green ;

abdomen rufous. Fore wing bright moss-green with patches of

red-brown suffusion irrorated with black on antemedial, medial

and postmedial areas; subbasal line represented by double black

strie from costa and cell filled in with green; antemedial line

detined on each side by green, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner

margin; obicalar and reniform with green annuli, the former

elliptical with brown centre defined by black, the latter large with

some brown in lower part and small black spot rear lower inner

edge which is almost straight ; postmedial line defined on each side

by green, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, shghtly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards

on vein 1, a blackish patch beyond it in submedian interspace

and some white points on costa; subterminal line formed of slight

white strive with series of dentate black marks before it in the

interspaces, Incurved and with white spot at submedian fold;

a crenulate black terminal line with lunules in the interspaces ; cilia

green with series of black spots at tips. Hind wing red-brown ;

cilia ochreous mixed with red-brown; the underside yellowish

suffused with pink and irrorated with black, a large black discoidal

spot and curved minutely crenulate postmedial line.

@. Tegule with the terminal half green; abdomen with the

dorsal crests tipped with green.

Hab. Jamaica (Sturridye), 1 3,2 2 type, Cinchona (Kaye), 1 ¢.

Eep. 46-50 millim.

Genus ATREPHKES, nov.

Type, A. albiluna.

Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about middle of frons and thickly scaled, the 3rd short; frons with small

conical prominence with raised edges and corneous plate below it ; eyes large,

rounded ; antenne of male typically bipectinate with short branches to apex ;

bead and thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with

divided crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibize thickly fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 3rd segment large.

Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, the termen slightly crenulate; veins 3 and

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

8 to form the rather long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 obsvlescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sxecr. I. Antennz of male bipectinate with short branches to apex.

3082. Atrephes albiluna, n. sp.

Head and thorax clothed with red-brown, grey, and black scales ;

tegule with whitish tips; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing purplish grey-brown

irrorated with white, the veins suffused with greenish fuscous, the

basal inner area reddish; subbasal line represented by a slight

black striga from costa; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform

small, defined by some small black scales; orbicular and renitorm

rather small, with very incomplete annuli of white scales partially

ATREPHES. 285

defined by black, the former round, the latter with prominent white

lunule on its outer edge; an indistinct waved medial line oblique

from costa to median nervure; postmedial line double at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line greyish

AN. = Whee,

Sa '©3)

Fig. 45.—Atrephes albiluna, 3. }.

white, with black streak before it below costa, then with dentate

black marks before and beyond it increasing in size towards inner

margin, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of small black lunules with white striz before them; cilia

fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of

basal half whitish; a sinuous postmedial line defined by whitish

on outer side; cilia whitish with a dark line near base; the under-

side white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

the veins streaked with fuscous towards termen, a black discoidal

lunule, curved sinuous postmedial line, and traces of diffused sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Brazit, Porto Alegre (Schmitt), 2 3,1 9 type. Hp. 36

millim.

Srcr. II. Antenne of male serrate.

*3083. Atrephes phocea.

Atrephes phocea, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 163.

3S. Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with some white

scales; tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused

and irrorated with pale red-brown. Fore wing pale glossy red-

brown mixed with greyish; subbasal line represented by slight

blackish points below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct,

sed

blackish, rather diffused, oblique from costa to median nervure,

angled outwards and defined by greyish on inner side above inner

margin; claviform a minute blackish mark; orbicular hardly

traceable, faintly defined by brown, round; reniform indistinct

greyish, slightly defined by brown, angled inwards on median

286 NOCTUID®.

nervure ; postmedial line blackish defined by white on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some

pale points beyond it on costa; a subterminal line represented by a

series of faint whitish strie defined on inner side by slight dark

spots; a terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia with fine

whitish line at base. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen

slightly tinged with red-brown; a terminal series of slight brown

lunules ; cilia with a red-brown line through them; the underside

with the costal area slightly tinged and irrorated with red-brown,

a brown discoidal spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab, Brazit, Castro Parana, typet in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 32

millim.

Genus EUCROPIA, nov.

Type, #. pallirena.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about

middle of frons and moderately sealed, the 3rd short; frons with rounded

prominence with vertical ridge at middle; eyes large, round; antennx of male

bipectinate with moderate branches, the apex simple; thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests (fore and mid legs

wanting); hind tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal

series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved,

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

* 3084. Eucropia pallirena.

Hadena pallirena, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 9 (1874).

3g. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some pale

rufous; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with

fuscous to reniform and below the cell to postmedial line, leaving

the inner margin rufous and emitting a fuscous streak from lower

angle of cell to termen; subbasal line waved, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and

Fig. 47.—Eucropia pallirena, 3. }.

outwards above inner margin; claviform short, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform well-developed, incompletely defined by

black and white scales, the former round, the latter rather concave

towards base and with an ochreous lunule on its outer edge;

a fuscous medial line angled at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

EUCROPIA.—PERIGEODES. ‘287

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique, the area beyond it pale rufous to the waved ochreous

subterminal line, which is defined on inner side by a black patch at

costa and slight dentate marks on inner half, the one in submedian

fold large: a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous;

a diffused blackish mark at tornus; the underside whitish, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, incomplete

minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line

towards apex and tornus.

Hub, Venezuea, type tT d in Coll. Rothschild. Hap. 34 millim.

Genus PERIGEODES, noy.*

Type, P. rectivitia.

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

head and moderately scaled in front, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth; eyes

large, rounded ; head and thorax smoothly clothed with scales, the pro- and

metathorax with spreading crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with small dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rectangular,

the termea evenly curved and slightly crenulate, the cilia strongly dentate

especially towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle

of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

A. Fore wing with large white patch on inner medial area

endian nc line incenahy (ho Cell Se ccopsqsendaseponcennanododosenbenaquoose poliomera,

B. Fore wing without white patch on inner area extending

nearly to cell.

a. Fore wing witn white patch beyond postimedial line between

WGI SATA Rance sncdcssance stesse Ua ioateicedeeeeecseasens lignigera.

6. Fore wing without white patch beyond postmedial line

between veins 4 and 2.

a, Fore wing with the lower part of reniform very large

and extending to well below cell ................cceeeeeeees tricycla,

b'. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform moderate

and extending to slightly below cell.

a, Fore wing with oifid black spot beyond lower part

of reniform.

a3, Fore wing yellow, the antemedial line almost obso-

lete, the stigmata defined by black points ............ magna.

6%. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the ante-

medial line double, the stigmata with pale annuli.. malayica.

b?, Fore wing without bifid black spot beyond lower part

Ofiren if OM Meese «ches wiezome ethos Genes Nes weer onaameeeeee rectivitta.

3085. Perigeodes poliomera, n. sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 11.)

Head, tegule, and patagia ochreous tinged with rufous, the tegulz

“with darker edges; palpi black above, white below; frons with

black bar; vertex of thorax, pectus and legs white, the fore legs

* The genera Perigeodes and Perigea would perhaps be better placed as

derived from Hadjina.

288 NOCTUID&.

tinged with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white: abdomen

white tinged with brown, the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing

ochreous tinged with rufous, the area below costa paler, becoming

pure white at apex, a large white patch on inner area from near

base to near tornus, rounded above, the terminal area redder to

the oblique streak from termen just below apex, suffused with black

towards tornus; the base white; traces of a double waved subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold; a very indistinct double waved

antemedial line, obsolete on the white area; orbicular and reniform

with whitish annuli slightly defined by brown, the former with

brown centre, round, the latter with its centre defined by black

points, constricted at middle; a blackish patch beyond lower angle

of cell; postmedial line double, almost obsolete towards costa,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely waved

and with series of black and white points on its outer edge, bent

outwards to inner margin at extremity of the white patch, some

slight pale points beyond it on costa; traces of a waved subterminal

line; a terminal series of black points with white point before the

point in submedian interspace; cilia reddish with series of black

points at tips; wholly black towards tornus. Hind wing pale

brown with terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia brownish

white: the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with rufous,

an indistinct diffused dark subterminal band from costa to vein 2,

a terminal series of black points.

Hab. C. Cutna, Ichang (Hobson), 1 $; Harnan, Five-Fingered

Mts. (Whitehead), 292; Assam, Khasis, 1 9 type. xp. 3 32,

* 3086. Perigeodes lignigera.

Rusicada lignigera, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 78 (1864); Swinh. Cat.

Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 57, pl. 1. f. 8.

9. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen

ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with

rufous, more strongly on inner area except at base and on terminal

area below the diffused oblique rufous striga from termen just below

apex to lower angle of cell, the tornus suffused with fuscous; a

erey-white patch on middle of inner area and a larger patch on

middle of terminal area; subbasal and antemedial lines represented

by oblique rufous striz from costa ; stigmata obsolete ; medial line

rufous, diffused, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

darker and inwardly oblique to inner margin before the white

patch; two slight blackish marks beyond lower angle of cell; a

pale mark on termen above tornus; cilia pale rufous on apical half,

darker on inner half. Hind wing ochreous, the terminal half

suffused with purplish red.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), type t 2 in Mus. Oxon. Lap.

38 millim.

PERIGEODES. 289

3087. Perigeodes tricycla. (Plate CXV. fig. 12.)

Perigea tricycla, Guen. Noct. i, p. 226 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 319.

Bagada fuscostrigata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 209 (1906).

6. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown and

tinged with rufous; palpi with some dark brown at side of 2nd

joint ; antenne brown; abdomen pale ochreous tinged with rufous,

dorsally dark brown except at base. Fore wing pale ochreous

suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with dark brown, the

inner margin with fuscous-brown fascia tinged with grey except at

base, the postmedial area greyish brown except towards costa,

terminated by the oblique dark brown streak from apex to post-

medial line at vein 5, diffused below ; subbasal line represented by

two black points below the cell; antemedial line very indistinct,

double, rufous, minutely dentate, below vein 1 strongly bent

inwards to inner margin; claviform represented by a dark striga

at its extremity; orbicular pale, defined by brown except above,

irregularly rounded; reniform pale, slightly defined by brown,

strongly constricted at middle and figure-of-8-shaped, extending

well below the cell to vein 2, some dark points in its lower part,

traces of an oblique line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line

indistinct, double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved and oblique, some pale points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, defined on inner side

by brown suffusion, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of dark points defined on inner side by pale

lunules ; cilia dark brown with a pale line at base. Hind wing

dark brown with a reddish tinge; cilia with a pale line at base;

the underside whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown, a brown postmedial line from costa to vein 5.

Ab. 1. fuscostrigata. Hind wing on underside much more

suffused with brown, a small dark discoidal spot, the postmedial

line entire.

Hab, Assam, Khasis; Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 3; Br. N.

Gunza, Ekeikei (Pratt), type tT ¢ fuscostrigata in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hap. 42-44 millim.

3088. Perigeodes magna. (Plate CXV. fig. 13.)

Xanthoptera magna, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 820 (1894); Swinh. A. M.

N. H. (6) xv. p. 6 (1895).

@. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous, the vertex

of thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi blackish, grey in front ;

frons with lateral black bars; antennze blackish ; pectus and legs

ochreous mixed with grey and brown; tarsi brown; abdomen

greyish suffused with brown, the crests black and grey at tips.

Fore wing olive-ochreous tinged with rufous except towards costa,

the postmedial and terminal areas purplish red, terminated above by

the oblique red streak from apex to postmedial line at vein 6, the

VOL, VII. U

290 NOCTUIDAE.

inner margin with a brown fascia except towards base with some

diffused white on it along vein | except towards tornus; subbasal

line indicated by a few black scales, the antemedial line by double

black points on the veins with some white scales between them ;

claviform absent; orbicular and reniform indicated by some minute

black points on their edges ; a black spot beyond the cell above and

below vein 4, with traces of an oblique line from it to vein 1;

postmedial line obsolete towards costa, then represented by an

oblique double series of black points on veins 6 to 1 with white

points between them ; subterminal line represented by faint whitish

marks in the interspaces below vein 6; a terminal series of black

points; cilia rufous, black towards tornus. Hind wing brown

with a reddish tinge; cilia rufous, pale at tips; the underside

greyish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with rufous, a slight discoidal lunule defined by brown, an

oblique crenulate postmedial line and diffused subterminal shade.

Hab. Buuran (Dudgeon), 1 9; Assam, Khasis, 1 9 type. Hap.

38-44 millim.

3089. Perigeodes malayica. (Plate CXV. fig. 14.)

Orthogonia malayica, Snell. Veth’s Midden-Sumatra, Lep. p. 46, pl. iv.

f. 6 (1892).

Aanthoptera nigridia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 820 (1894); Swinh.

A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 7 (1895).

Head ahd tegule ochreous mixed with fuscous ; palpi fuscous at

sides, the tegulee with slight fuscous annuli; thorax pale rufous

with some fuscous scales on vertex; pectus ochreous; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen purplish red, the base brownish

white, the basal crest blackish, the ventral surface ochreous white

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-

brown, the costal area paler, the area beyond the postmedial line to

the oblique blackish streak from termen just below apex dark ;

some whitish on medial part of inner margin, the male much darker ;

subbasal line represented by faint double strize from costa; ante-

medial line very indistinct, double, bent inwards to costa, then

minutely waved and with black and white points before it on

median nervure and vein 1; claviform represented by a slight dark

point at its extremity; orbicular and reniform pale faintly defined

by brown and their centres by black points, the former somewhat

oblique elliptical, the latter large and constricted at middle; a

brown medial shade, oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly

oblique below the cell; a blackish patch beyond lower angle of

cell; postmedial line double, indistinct towards costa, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, its inner part minutely dentate,

a series of black and white points beyond it on the veins and some

pale points on costa; subterminal line slightly defined by brown

on inner side and by blackish towards inner margin, angled

outwards at vein 7, then somewhat dentate, incurved at submedian

fold, a terminal series of black points ; cilia red-brown mixed with

PERIGEODES. 291

black towards apex and tornus. Hind wing purplish pink suffused

with fuscous brown, in male wholly suffused with fuscous ; cilia

purplish pink ; the underside purplish pink, the basal and inner

areas pale, a slight crenulate postmedial line from costa to vein 5

with white and fuscous irroration beyond it.

Hab. Stxurm (Dudgeon), 1 9; Broran (Dudgeon), 2 9; Assam,

Khasis, 1 3, 1 9, type nigridia; Stnearore Ciidles). 2) -

Sumatra. Hp. 40-46 millim.

3090. Perigeodes rectivitta.

Orthosia vectivitta, Moore, P. Z.8. 1881, p- 853; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

p- 469.

Head and tegule rufous; palpi blackish at sides; frons with

black bars at middle and above; tegule with black annuli and

blackish tips: thorax fuscous brown with a few pale scales, the

prothoracic crest tipped with ochreous; tarsi fuscous ringed with

Fig. 48.—Perigeodes rectivitta, J. 1.

white ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing rufous largely irrorated and suffused with

fuscous, the costal and terminal areas slightly redder; subbasal

line faint, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, filled in with ochreous, somewhat

oblique and shghtly waved, strongly excurved above inner margin ;

claviform represented by a patch of black scales; orbicular and

reniform with faint ochreous annuli defined and their centres also

defined by some black scales, the former elliptical; traces of a

medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial

line double filled in with ochreous and with white points beyond it on

the veins, somewhat oblique and very slightly incurved ; postmedial

area fuscous brown except towards costa; subterminal line defined

by diffused ochreous on outer side, angled outwards at veins 7, 6,

4, 3, 2, and incurved at discal fold; a terminal series of black

points; cilia intersected with rufous and with fine pale line at base.

Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia pale rufous; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with brown, a slight whitish discoidal lunule

defined by blackish at sides and curved dark postmedial line.

Hab. Stxnim, 1 Q type; Assam, Jaintia Hills, 1 g. Hep. 48

millim.

29? NOCTUIDE.

Genus PERIGEA.

Type.

erigea, Guen. NOCh 1 pm220n (S02) seeasceerense seen see coerenerece spiced.

Condica, Wilk. ix 239 (1850) ices ceccsnce ce tasace eee cece erence cupentia.

Prospaita, Wilke xis WIAXGISS()) weccesececsteesescceaedaeeeeeteees leucospila.

Bagada, Wilke-xva 1703) (11858) eeeecssaascere ne ceen eee mest eeeeee eee spiced.

Gaphara, Wik. Trans. Ent. Soe. (3) i. p. 96 (1862) .......... eee tetera.

Myrtale, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 4438 (1891)......... imitata.

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

about to vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd typically rather long ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male typically minutely ciliated ;

thorax smoothly clothed with scales, the prothorax with spreading crest, the

metathorax with slight crest ; tibix: moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with slight dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

rectangular, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.

A. Hind wing white with fine terminal brown line............... leucoptya.

B. Hind wing of male mostly suffused with brown, of female

wholly suffused.

a. Fore wing with slight yellow marks on subterminal line

at discal and subimedian folds ...............sceeeeeeeeeeeee ees apameoides.

6, Fore wing with prominent yellow patches on subterminal

line at discal and submedian folds ..............0..seeee000s subaured.

*3091. Perigea leucoptya. (Plate CXYV. fig. 15.)

Perigea leucoptya, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li. p. 235 (1907).

3. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some yellowish

white; tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen white slightly

tinged with rufous, the dorsal crests mixed with brown. Fore

wing bright rufous slightly suffused and irrorated with brown, the

veins streaked with brown; a short white streak below base of cell

with two small obliquely placed white spots above its extremity ;

subbasal line represented by a faint pale striga from costa; ante-

medial line indistinct, waved, nearly erect ; orbicular and renitorm

white defined by brown and with some rufous in centres, the

former somewhat triangular, the latter with four white points

above, expanding and trilobate below ; postmedial line indistinct,

dark, with whitish point at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, incurved below vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line whitish slightly defined by brown on inner

side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of blackish points with slight whitish

marks before them ; cilia brown with fine pale line at base. Hind

wing pure white with fine brown terminal line from apex to vein 2 ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal

series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Covompra, Minca; Pzrv, Trujillo, type + d in Coll Dognin,

Exp. 30 millim,

PERIGEKA,

3092. Perigea apameoides.

Perigea apameoides, Guen. Noct. i p. 229 (1852).

Celena plagiata, Wk. x. 268 (1856).

Perigea mobilis, Wlk. x. 277 (1856).

Celena inclinata, W1k. xi. 782 (1857).

Perigea subaurata, W1k. xxxii. 681 (1865).

Perigea icole, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 414 (1875) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 152.

Perigea subaurea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 277, nee Guen.

Head and thorax yellow mixed with rufous and a few fuscous

scales; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; tegule with

slight dark medial line; tarsi black ringed with yellow ; abdomen

pale yellow mixed with red-brown, the dorsal crests darker. Fore

wing golden yellow suffused with rufous and dark brown, the inner

Fig. 49.—Perigea apameoides, G. +.

area less suffused, the veins streaked with brown; blackish points

at base of costa and cell; subbasal line indistinct, double, filled in

with yellow, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double, red-brown, filled in with vellow, waved, angled inwards to

white points on the veins; claviform a minute red-brown mark ;

orbicular and reniform with yellow annuli defined by brown, the

former rounded, the latter constricted at middle and with white

spot in iower part; a rather diffused minutely waved brown

medial line; postmedial line brown with yellow spot at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, incurved

below vein 4 to lower edge of reniform, a series of black and white

points beyond it on the veins and some yellow points on costa;

subterminal line defined by dark brown on inner side, angled

outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and incurved at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of minute black lunules with yellowish

lunules on their inner edges. Hind wing yellowish white, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown; a slight dark

terminal line ; cilia white with a slight brown line through them

towards apex ; the underside yellowish, the costal area tinged with

red, a slight dark discoidal lunule, and postmedial points on the

veins towards costa.

~Ab. 1. mobilis. Fore wing with the white spot on reniform

obsolescent.

Ab. 2. icole. Fore wing more uniform red with very little yellow

except filling in the lines, the white spot on reniform present or

absent.

294 NOCTUIDA.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, 3 ¢ type icole; Mxxtco, Jalapa (Trujillo),

3 6, 2 9, Coatepec (Brook), 1 5, Teapa (#. H. Smith), 1 6;

Honpuras (Dyson), 1 2 type subaurata, Belize (Blancaneausx), 1 9 ;

Guatemata (Rodriguez, Sadler), 1 $, 2 9; Pawama, Chiriqui

(Champion, Ribbé), 2. 3,5 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brruuna,

‘Challenger’ Coll., 3 9; Bawamas Neral Chamoder lain), Ib gig Il on

JAMAICA (Bowrey, Kaye), 1 3, 2 9, Gordontown (Kaye), 1 9°,

Cinchona (/aweett), 1 e Moneague (Walsingham), 1 3, 1 9;

Cua, Santiago Cruse 3,2 9, Matanzas (Schaus),2 $; Harri

(Tweedie), 2 3,2 9, types mobilis and inclinata ; Str. Vincent (77.

H. Smith), 1 9; Grunapa (H. H. Smith), 3 9; Trinipap

(Carraciola), 1 3,1 9; Vunezurta, 1 ¢; Braziz, Espiritu Santo,

1 3g, Sao Paulo 3 Jones), 2 2; Pzru, 1 §; Paraeuay, Sapucay

(Poster), 2 3,2 95 ARGENTINA, Tucuman, 1 2, Goya (Perris),

19. Exp. 26-36 millim. Typet plagiata in Mus. Oxon.

3093. Perigea subaurea. (Plate CXYV. fig. 16.)

Perigea subaurea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 227 (1852).

2. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with yellow ; palpi dark

at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with dark medial

line; tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous; abdomen ochreous

dorsally suffused with dark brown, ventrally irrorated with dark

brown, the anal tuft rufous, a sublateral series of small blackish

spots. Fore wing golden yellow suffused with red-brown, the

inner area less suffused; a black basal point; traces of a double

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold where there is a slight

yellowish mark beyond it with a dark point on it; antemedial line

indistinctly double, waved; orbicular with faint yellowish annulus,

round ; reniform with traces of yellowish annulus partly defined by

blackish and with white spot in lower part; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with yellowish, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate and produced to dark streaks on the

veins with white points on them, incurved below vein 4, some

slight yollowish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, dark, with diffused yellow lunules beyond it from below

costa to vein 4 and above tornus, angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules with

yellow spots on their inner side; cilia dark brown mixed with

yellow and with yellow spots at base. Hind wing uniform dark

reddish brown, the cilia yellowish white ; the underside yellowish

white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal point, postmedial series of points on the veins from costa

to vein 2, diffused subterminal band, and terminal series of small

black lunules.

Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 2 9. Hap. 42 millim.

PERIGHA. 295

Secr. II. Antenne of male with very long bristles and cilia with slight tufts of

scales at the joints.

3094. Perigea semiumbrosa.

Hadena semiumbrosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 317, f. 230 (1891).

3S. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and some

black ; tegule with ill-defined black lines at middie and near tips ;

tarsi banded with black; abdomen dorsally fuscous, ventrally

ochreous suffused with red-brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous

irrorated with deep purple-red and dark brown, the basal half

suffused with brown leaving the inner area before the antemedial

line mostly ochreous ; subbasal line double filled in with ochreous,

waved, from costa to submedian fold, with some purple-red on its

outer edge; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, angled

outwards above inner margin; claviform indistinct, defined by

purple-red ; orbicular with ochreous centre and whitish annulus

defined by black at sides, rather quadrate ; reniform with ochreous

centre and undefined whitish annulus, constricted at middle and

extending to well below cell; an indistinct medial line oblique

Fig. 50.—Perigea semiumbrosa, $. }.

from costa to median nervure, then waved; postmedial line

indistinctly. double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, dentate and produced to black and white points on the

veins, some minute dark streaks beyond it on costa; subterminal

line very indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by small dentate

blackish marks below veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and with black marks

beyond it at apex and middle, minutely waved and incurved at

discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight black

lunules; cilia greyish mixed with red-brown. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the basal inner area pale with an ochreous tinge; cilia

ochreous; the underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with red-brown and irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal spot, diffused sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series

of slight lunules. ‘

Hab. Mavaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 3. xp. 36 millim.

296 NOCTUIDA.

Srecr. IIT. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. (Myrtale). Palpi of male with the basal joint long and fringed with hair

above, the 2nd joint very long with large tufts of hair at extremity on

inner and outer sides and on 3rd joint, a tuft of hair from below

base of palpi; antennze with the basal joint dilated and with tuft of

hair behind, the shaft distorted just before middle; fore legs with

tufts of hair on inner side at extremity of tibiae and tarsal joints ;

abdomen with lateral tufts of red hair from base and large fan-shaped

crest at base; hind wing with fringe of long hair and scales on inner

margin.

3095. Perigea imitata.

Myrtale imitata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 448, pl. 36. ff. 6, 7

(1891).

¢. Head and tegule ochreous white, the latter suffused with

rufous except at base; palpi suffused with rufous; frons with

lateral black bars; antenne tinged with rufous; thorax white

tinged with grey, some dark brown in prothoracic crest; pectus

and legs ochreous mixed with brown, the tarsi black ringed with

white ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the lateral tufts

blood-red, sublateral series of small blackish spots except towards

base. Fore wing grey-white, the costal area rufous irrorated with

black to below cell and to middle of wing with oblique outer edge,

Fig. 61.—Derigea imitata, 3. }.

the postmedial area rufous to submedian fold, an apical rufous

spot, and the terminal area suffused with rufous between veins 4

and 1; subbasal line black, indistinct, double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line very indistinctly double, angled

outwards below costa, then inwardly oblique and minutely waved,

almost obsolete on inner area, with black point on its outer edge

at vein 1 and diffused black streak before it below cell; claviform

a rather diffused black mark extending obliquely to origin of vein 2

at its extremity; orbicular and reniform grey-white slightly and

irregularly defined by brown, the former irrorated with grey,

rounded, the latter with its centre slightly defined by grey,

somewhat angled inwards on median nervure; faint traces of a

somewhat waved medial line, oblique from costa to vein 2; post-

medial line double, filled in with white at costa, then very

indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, then produced to a

double series of black points on the veins with whitish points

PERIGEA. : 997

hetween them, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line very indistinct, greyish faintly defined by brown on each side,

minutely waved, on the rufous apical spot represented by two slight

blackish streaks on the veins with white points on each side of the

one below costa, almost obsolete on the grey-white patch which ex-

tends to vein 4; a terminal series of small black lunules with whitish

lunules before them on rufous area: cilia white with blackish line

through them and mixed with blackish at tips. Hind wing

whitish suffused with fuscous brown except basal and inner areas,

the inner area tinged with ochreous and the fringe with rufous;

the termen whitish with obscure series of subterminal brown

lunules ; the extremity of veins reddish; a terminal series of slight

blackish lunules ; cilia white; the underside white, the costal area

irrorated with rufous, a faint discoidal spot and postmedial line

from costa to vein 5, a diffused fuscous subterminal band and

terminal series of small blackish lunules from costa to vein 2.

Q. Fore wing rather more suffused with brown and the

markings more distinct ; hind wing suffused with fuscous except

basal area.

Hab, Panama, Chiriqui; Venezvena, Aroa,1 ¢; Braztt, Espiritu

Santo, 1 9, Rio Janeiro, vp. 42 millim.

B. Palpi of male with the basal joint normal, the 2nd joint shorter than in

section A and fringed in front with rather downturned hair, with

tufts of long hair at extremity and on 3rd joint on inner side only, a

tuft of hair from below base of palpi; antenne with the basal joint

dilated and tufted with hair behind, the shaft distorted just before

middle; fore tibiz and tarsi normal; abdomen with lateral tufts of

reddish hair from base and large fan-shaped dorsal crest at base ;

hind wing with fringe of long hair and scales on inner margin.

3096. Perigea mimica, n. sp.

3. Head ochreous mixed with rufous and dark brown ; tegule

ochreous and rufous at base, dark brown at tips and with brown

medial line; thorax white slightly tinged with grey; pectus

ochreous ; legs irrorated with brown, the tarsi black ringed with

Fig. 52.—Perigea mimica, 3.

white ; abdomen ochreous white with diffused fuscous dorsal bands,

the lateral and anal tufts tinged with rufous, sublateral series of

small fuscous spots except towards base. Fore wing white faintly

tinged with grey, the costal half red-brown suffused with fuscous to

298 NOCTUID®.

submedian fold, the orbicular and reniform, a patch on medial

area below cell and a patch on terminal area from costa to vein 4

white, the last with bidentate apical brown spot on it ; subbasal

line indistinct, double, black, waved, from costa to submedian fold,

with a short diffused blackish streak beyond its lower extremity

and a blackish spot below it above inner margin; antemedial line

indistinct, interrupted, double, minutely waved, oblique; claviform

a black patch, large; orbicular and reniform white incompletely

defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter twice

constricted and with small blackish spot on lower inner side of

centre; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line indistinct,

double, filled in with white at costa, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to black and pale points on the

veins, rather oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a white point below costa

on the brown apical spot and slight whitish marks on the brown

area below middle; a terminal series of small black lunules with

white lunules before them on the brown area; cilia white with

small black spots at tips on apical half, chequered white and

fuscous at the brown area, wholly white towards tornus. Hind

wing with the basal and inner areas yellowish white, the terminal

half fuscous narrowing to tornus; a terminal series of small

blackish lunules from apex to submedian fold, defined by whitish

lunules on inner side except towards apex; cilia white; the

underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line from costa to vein 5, a

diffused brown band, terminal from apex to vein 5, then sub-

terminal and obsolescent to vein 1.

©. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Trintpap (Kaye), 1 29; Venezunta, Aroa, 3 ¢ type; Br.

Guiana, Bartica (Kaye), 1 9; Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 2 2.

Kap. 42 millim.

C. Palpi of male with the basal joint normal, the 2nd about as long as in

section B, and with tufts of long hair at extremity and on 38rd joint

on inner side only, no tuft of hair from below base of palpi; antennze

and fore legs normal ; abdomen without lateral tufts of hair and with

very large fan-shaped basal crest; hind wing with the inner area

clothed with rough hair but without fringes of hair and scales.

3097. Perigea simulatrix, n. sp.

9. Head and tegule ochreous white mixed with rufous;

frons with lateral black bars ; tegule with brown medial line;

thorax white tinged with grey; pectus and legs whitish mixed

with rufous, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen dorsally

grey-white suffused with reddish brown, ventrally yellowish white,

sublateral series of small black spots except towards base. Fore

wing grey-white, the basal area to antemedial line and submedian

_ fold dark red-brown, the medial costal area red-brown ; the post-

medial area to submedian fold and a patch on terminal area between

PERIGEA. 299

vein 4 and submedian fold red-brown, leaving a large grey patch

on apical half of termen with bar-shaped apical brown spot on it ;

subbasal line double filled in with grey, curved, from costa to

submedian fold, with a small blackish spot below it above inner ,

margin; antemedial line indistinctly double, interrupted, almost

obsolete on inner area, somewhat oblique and angled inwards on

vein 1; claviform a diffused black spot; orbicular and reniform

Fig. 53.—-Perigea simulatrix, $. i.

grey-white incompletely defined by blackish, the former rounded,

the latter constricted and irregular above, rounded below and

extending to well beyond cell, with small dark spot on lower inner

side of centre; postmedial line indistinct, double, filled in with

some grey, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to blackish and grey points on the veins, somewhat

oblique below vein 4, with some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by a whitish point below costa on the

apical spot and slight whitish marks on the brown area ; a terminal

series of slight blackish lunules with whitish lunules before them

on the brown area; cilia whitish with small black spots at tips on

apical half, mixed with brown at the brown area. Hind wing grey

suffused with fuscous, the inner area whitish suffused with pale

brown; a terminal series of small dark lunules with whitish

lunules before them; cilia white; the underside white, the costal

area suffused with fuscous, a diffused fuscous subterminal band to

vein 2.

@. Fore wing with diffused dentate dark subterminal marks on

the greyish apical patch ; hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Venrzunta, Aroa, 1 5,2 9, type. Hwp. 38 millim.

D. Fore wing of male with slight fovea in extremity of cell.

3098. Perigea eriopoda.

Hadena eriopoda, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 418 (1851) & Noet.

f. 596; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199.

Perigea sarepte, Guen. Noct. i. p. 230 (1852).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; palpi brown,

greyish in front; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown, the crests blackish at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with

rufous and almost entirely irrorated and suffused with fuscous

brown ; subbasal line blackish defined by grey on outer side, waved,

300 NOCTUID ZX.

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish, double,

filled in with grey at costa, then oblique, waved; claviform and

orbicular absent ; reniform represented by two white points at its

upper extremity; a slight medial dark striga from costa; post-

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

outwards below costa, incurved below vein 5, then erect to inner

Fig. 54.—Perigea eriopoda, S$. 3

margin and with white points beyond it on the veins and some

white points on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on

inner side by dark suffusion towards costa, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a waved black terminal line

with white points at the veins; cilia brown with yellowish-white

line at base. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, the basal and

inner areas rather paler; a waved dark terminal line with white

points at the veins; cilia brown with a yellowish-white line at

base; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal

spot and dark’ postmedial line bent inwards to costa and oblique

below vein 5.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with grey suffusion tinged with flesh-colour

beyond end of cell and beyond the postmedial line from vein 3 to

inner margin.

Hab. Burearta; Cyprus (Miss Bate), 1 6,39; Asta Minor,

Bithynia, Taurus, Diarbakir, 1 ¢,1 9; Syrra, Leech Coll., 1 do,

492. Eup. 34-42 millim.

E. (Perigea). Male without secondary sexual characters.

a. Fore wing with a large part of wing occupied by

grey or white patches.

a’, Fore wing with large elliptical whitish patch on

termenibelowsapeximawceteeeseseseesceneeenerer eer eceee cupentia.

. Fore wing without large elliptical whitish patch

on termen below apex.

a’, Fore wing with blue-grey or whitish spot on

subterminal line at discal fold.

a’, Fore wing with the orbicular minute, with

SOY ANNULUS tus. s.tasecostosteetsosoesasonemceace grisetrenu.

43. Fore wing with the orbicular large and filled

InhWith Wiiltels. cscossecovecs cece cok eeecseert en leprosa.

2°, Fore wing without blue-grey or whitish spot

on subterminal line at discal fold.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent

outwards below costa.

a‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line

strongly excurved from below costa to

INNER INALCIN accent see eleseeee ec uence set poliopasta.

PERIGEA. 301

b!, Fore wing with the postmedial line ex-

cunvedsat middle. ieeecesssceseneecssi see. quadrimacula,

c4, Fore wing with the postmedial line nearly

straight from below costa to inner margin.

a’, Fore wing with the inner half of medial

area whitish.

a®, Fore wing with the whole terminal area

suttused! with! white) 7-2 .maseeeeseeesee ete glaucoptera.

68. Fore wing with the whole terminal area

suffused with white except an oblique

fascia below apex.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial area

whitish except at discal and submedian

FOVAS! Faseasicntivan aneawinatslcosaseieeteenececeener leucostrota,

67, Fore wing with the postmedial area

brown except towards costa ............ grandirena.

c6, Fore wing with the terminal area suf-

fused with white at apex only ............ hippia.

}®, Fore wing with the inner half of medial

DLCANDLO WI» escsnencececdenecnesesied spare ees calma,

68, Fore wing with the postmedial line straight

fromkcosta tounner Maren) j.cce.-sscee senses discincta.

6. Fore wing with a large part of wing not occupied by

ae ey or white patches.

. Fore wing cupreous black-brown.

a2, Fore wing with subterminal and terminal series

of small white spots.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular with white

centre defined by white points.

a4, Fore wing with the claviform asmall white

SPO We seictissinceeoaissienisteos sesh anenceceeueateecss sederea.

}’, Fore wing with the claviform represented

byarslight; dark streak: <..0...c-.0:ss-seseene: stellata.

63, Fore wing with the orbicular not defined by

white points.

«4, Fore wing with the centre of the reniform

broken up into white points.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular a round

(lS) 5} XOX ocdgosootnashmcousneDoEbobecconocasone contiqua.

6°. Fore wing with the orbicular a white

ATMS acco cece nas matte site UeaeeE alee cyclica,

o*, Fore wing with round white spot in centre

of reniform with small brown lunule

GSINI5. Gonandbondenncedodadeos spedacodcosenseobonnc leucospila,

b2, Fore wing without terminal series of small

white spots.

a’, Fore wing with the reniform broken up into

AWAD) TOWNES. “uo ndndoaagagessaudnanoebe. cessenHcose albomaculata.

63, Fore wing with the reniform with slight

white lunule on its inner edge.................. atricuprea.

Bb}. Fore wing not cupreous black-brown.

a2. Fore wing with subterminal and terminal series

of small white spots.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular with white

centre defined by white points.

a, Fore wing fuscous black, the orbicular

and reniform confluent on median nervure. confluens.

o4, Fore wing red-brown, the orbicular and

reniform not confluent on median nervure.

a, Hind wing of male white, the terminal

area suffused with brown, of female

wholly suffused with brown ............... subornata.

302 NOCTUID®.

65, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown in

both sexes.

a’, Fore wing without white apical patch .

6°. Fore wing with white apical patch .....

c>, Hind wing with the termen purplish red .

43, Fore wing with the orbicular defined by white

points, but without white centre...............

o, Fore wing with the orbicular with white

ANUULUS eM enscnonees ce oee acme eouc ema see

d3, Fore wing with the orbicular with shght

yellowish annulus.

as, Fore wing with two small white spots on

subterminal line between veins 6 and 4.

a, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown...

65, Hind wing with the basal half yellowish

wilibe Emer allewnceeenseaceenecsschratsceereee

b+, Fore wing with white lunule on subter-

minal line between veins 6 and 4 .........

b?, Fore wing without well-defined white spots on

subterminal line.

a3, Fore wing without fiery-red, crimson, or

pink markings.

a', Fore wing not yellowish with patches of

rufous and brown suffusion in parts.

a, Fore wing without black streak below

base of cell.

a6, Fore wing without black fascia in discal

fold beyond the reniform.

ai, Fore wing with the reniform defined

on all sides by white points.

a8, Hind wing white, the terminal area

with dark suffusion, in female more

SUMUSC fa cns2 ches subse scemometinenencee

48, Hind wing entirely suffused with

brown in both sexes ...............:00008

c’, Hind wing pale purplish red............

b7, Fore wing with the reniform not

defined on all sides by white points.

a8, Hind wing white, the terminal area

with dark suffusion, in female more

suffused.

a’, Fore wing without series of white

points on the veins beyond post-

medial ime ee scmsoseoeecsostaaciveesseeice

69. Fore wing with series of white points

on the veins beyond postmedial line.

a, Fore wing with large white patch

on lower part of reniform, some-

times broken up into dentate

TPIS AodomdssaosebadbsccdacendadancHe

4, Fore wing with small white spot

in lower part of reniform with

yellowish lunule below it .........

in lower part of reniform with

two white points beyond it ......

d0, Fore wing with the reniform with

pale or whitish centre and pale

annulus with two white points at

lower extremity.

a4, Fore wing with the scaling glossy.

stelligera.

africana,

purpurea.

parva,

abida.

albolabes.

albigeroides.

TOXRaNG,

doleroasa.

galaxia,

dinava.

punetirena,

dentistrigata.

ctrcuita.

albigera,

CAVCOMG,

PERIGEHA. 303

6, Fore wing with the scaling not

glossy.

al?, Fore wing grey and _ fuscous

without any red-brown tinge.

a’, Forewing with prominent black

Spot at extremity of claviform. szffictens.

618, Fore wing with the claviform

slightly defined by black.

a4, Fore wing with the ante-

medial line oblique, strongly

excurved above inner margin. concisa.

OM. Fore wing with the ante-

medial line less oblique and

slightly excurved above inner

ILOE PY 201 OPibaRBeRESaeHcpetceooabedone confundens.

b. Fore wing tinged with red-

brown.

a'’, Fore wing suffused with pale

med=DrOWMigas sess: shaa- eee sutor.

68, Fore wing suffused with deeper

punple- brownew-ossseseee capensis,

at lower extremity .................. lineata.

al, Fore wing red-brown ............... cenola.

6. Fore wing grey-brown ............ tetera,

WDC sos: petaiaaus cease kan ieee eee griseata,

610, Fore wing with the postmedial

line faintly defined by grey on

outer side, the subterminal line

represented by slight grey streaks

COV HATS) VEIT < douesoundcueaooareobaesine Suliginosa.

6°. Fore wing with more or less promi-

nent red-brown tinge.

a”. Fore wing with the postmedial

area concolorous.

al, Hore wing red-brown nearly uni-

formly suffused with black and

without greyish patches.

a\*, Hind wing nearly uniform black-

brown; size small ............... vacillans,

12, Hind wing paler at base; size

NAVIES sccaacsusn poabghocadcuaadranonoee selenosa.

bl, Bore wing with patches of greyish

and blackisuttusion «00.0.0. berinda.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial

area suffused with fuscous black. mustia,

b°, Fore wing with black fascia in discal

fold beyond the reniform................ . agalla.

304 NOCTUID.®.

b5, Fore wing with black streak below base of

cell.

a6, Fore wing with black and brown shades.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular narrow

and elongate, the reniform with its

inner edge strongly incurved .........

b’, Fore wing with the orbicular rounded,

the reniform with its inner edge nearly

straight.

a’. Fore wing with whitish points at

lower extremity of reniform .........

48. Fore wing with the annulus of reni-

formeentines pale Mila.c-csse.ssesnsecee.

bs, are wing with the ground-colour deep

VO ynssersariansacauctiemsdticckreneses reek sence stent

64. Fore wing with the ground-colour yel-

lowish with patches of rufous and dark

brown suffusion.

a. Fore wing with the veins of terminal area

dark defined on each side by pale streaks.

a6, Kore wing with the subterminal line

present.

a’, Fore wing with the slight streak below

base of cell and the streaks in inter-

spaces of terminal area blackish ......

b7, Fore wing with the streak below base

of cell and the streaks in interspaces

of terminal area red ................00005

b8, Fore wing with the subterminal line

absentic, Gtantanscecce seceereut ete scr scnn sce

5, Fore wing without dark streaks on the

, veins of terminal area defined by pale

streaks.

a6, Fore wing without pale patch on apical

part of costa defined below by an

oblique dark streak from apex.

. Fore wing with brown streak on inner

MALO Shastaacessteeeeeece eee es nese

bi, Fore” wing without brown streak on

inner margin.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line

SIN glee sane lees aseareeaesestemsmasnsnes

28. Fore wing with the antemedial line

double.

a. Fore wing with the terminal area

not suffused with dark brown ......

6°. Fore wing with the terminal area

suffused with dark brown ............

46, Fore wing with pale patch on apical

part of costa defined below by an oblique

dark streak from apex.

a‘, Hind wing not pinkish.

a, Fore wing with the base and inner area

to beyond middle yellowish tinged

witlasoreeminneneaatcscmencteneoeaceresse

+8, Fore wing with the base and inner

area to beyond middle not tinged with

PART Wa aAeRncan eg oopeeicadadasane she aAbéoncuoaC

bahamica.

punetifera.

SECOr UG.

rubrifusa.

Agnonia.

parastichtoides.

leucanioides.

rylophastoides.

zanthioides.

abstemia.

perparvula,

ethiopica.

spicea

melarhoda.

PERIGEA. 505

63, Fore wing with more or less developed fiery-

red, crimson or pink markings.

a‘, Fore wing not largely suffused with yellow

and fiery-red, the centres of orbicular and

reniform defined by deep crimson.

a, Fore wing without crimson on costa at

base and beyond middle and on ante-

medial area below the cell ................ pyrostigma.

65. Fore wing with crimson on costa at base

and beyond middle, and on antemedial

aeanbel owathecelllie aes ssenieseeeeeeeeneene octophora.

64, Pore wing largely suffused with yellow and

fiery red.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular and reni-

form with yellow annuli.

a’. Fore wing with white spot in lower part

Ofsnre mikOv, he sect ce aches: ae ase aoe leucopis.

#8. Fore wing without white spot in lower

FORME OE TREVTIROSMAN Son aboonSqanbnuBdonnancnese pyrosticta.

65, Fore wing with the orbicular and reni-

form with silvery white annuli.

a, Fore wing without white spot at ex-

tremutyaofaclavitonsin enna eccececascseeees naolina,

66, Fore wing with white spot at extremity

Ol? Cli alltel nn. Gananasarsenceancsaoreoceuakonsasand igqnitineta,

ct, Fore wing with tessellated patches of

pinkish white on costal area at base and

apex, and on medial area in and below

Cel g te ene ise fe ctieiete seep mcsaacusdemaetesneneen multipunctata,

3099. Perigea cupentia.

Phalena cupentia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 103, pl. 252. f. E (1782), 9;

Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 276.

Noctua epopea, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 144, pl. 272. ff. G, H (1782), d;

Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 277; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 152.

Perigea infelix, Guen. Nocet. i. p. 229 (1852).

Condica palpalis, Wik. ix. 240 (1856).

Hadena confederata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 143 (1874).

g. Head and tegule ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed

with dark brown; thorax white tinged with ochreous or greyish

and with dark streak on outer edge of patagia; tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with

fuscous. Fore wing white usually more or less tinged with rufous,

rarely with grey ; the basal area blackish to antemedial line and

submedian fold, with sinuous lower edge and dark mark on base of

inner margin, the postmedial area blackish from costa above reni-

form obliquely to submedian fold at postmedial line, extending to

apex and middle of termen, leaving an elliptical whitish patch on

termen from below apex to vein 4, narrowing to submedian fold

where it terminates; subbasal line represented by a whitish mark

from costa to just below cell; antemedial line double at costa,

slightly retracted below costa, then oblique to vein 1 where it

terminates ; claviform absent; orbicular and vreuiform whitish with

VOL. VII. x

306 NOCTUID®.

slight white annuli, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter

constricted at middle; faint traces of a diffused medial line; post-

medial line indistinct, double, with white spot at costa, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black and

hite points on the veins, somewhat outwardly oblique below

ein 3, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

represented by faint diffused dark irroration on the whitish areas ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish with terminal

series of black points. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous,

the veins dark, the terminal half suffused with fuscous from costa

to vein 2; cilia yellowish white tipped with fuscous at apex; the

underside white, the costal area irrorated with fuscous and with

fuscous apical patch, a slight waved postmedial line and diffused

subterminal line from costa to vein 2.

©. Thorax blue-grey; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous ;

fore wing with the white areas replaced by blue-grey and the

blackish areas by red-brown; the grey areas irrorated with

fuscous, some red-brown in cell between the stigmata and below

cell; the stigmata blue-grey with their centres defined by brown,

the orbicular small elliptical, the reniform figure-of-8 shaped, the

claviform a dark patch; the lines more distinct. Hind wing

uniformly suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. confederata, $. Fore wing with the claviform black,

the antemedial line entire, angled inwards on vein 1, then excurved,

orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the dark mark repre-

senting the terminal line more distinct.

Ab. 2. infeliv, § 9. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with

some grey scales; fore wing red-brown irrorated with pale scales,

the inner area slightly paler, the subapical patch distinctly paler,

the markings indistinct.

Hab. U.S.A., KE. States from Maine to Florida, 2 ¢,1 9, type

confederata, New York, 1 Q, Florida (Doubleday, Nicol), 2 2 type

infelia; GuatEmata (Rodriguez), 1 $; Costa Rica, Sta. Clara Valley

(Zurcher), 1 g, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 19; Panama, Chiriqui

(Champion, Libbé), 1 3, 4 2, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamarzca

(Martin), 1 9, Gordon Town (Kaye), 1 3, Cinchona (Kaye), 1 9,

Moneague (Walsingham), 1 ¢,1 92 ; CuBa, Baracoa (Schaus), 3 3,

29, Alcadro (Schaus), 1 ¢ ; Harri. (Tweedie), 1 9; Dominica

(Elliott), 1 6,293 Sra. Lucta, 3 d; Se. Vincenr (H. H. Smith),

2 6; Trinrpap, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 9; Br. Guiana, Bartica (Kaye),

1 3; Brazit, Amazons, Paratia de Buyassu (Austen), 1 g, 1 9,

Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 9; Perv, Callio (J. J. Walker),

1 3g; Paxacuay, Sapucay (foster), 13,22 ; hab. ign. 1 ¢ type

pdlpalis, Eup. 36-46 millim.

3100. Perigea griseirena, n.sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 17.)

3. Head and thorax bright red-brown; frons and a bar on

vertex of head whitish, the former with lateral black bars; palpi

with the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints whitish ; vertex of thorax with

fascia of white and fuscous scales; pectus yellow at sides; legs

PERIGBA. 307

yellow and rufous, the spurs and tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen greyish mixed with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral

surface yellowish white. Fore wing bright red-brown slightly

irrorated with blue-grey; subbasal line represented by a white

striga from costa and blue-grey spot below cell; antemedial line

with white striga from costa, then blue-grey, waved, angled in-

wards on vein 1; claviform absent; orbicular a small blue-grey

spot; reniform blue-grey slightly defined by brown, amphora-shaped,

constricted at middle, rounded below and extending to well below

cell ; postmedial line with white striga from costa, then blue-grey,

interrupted, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to grey points on the veins, slightly incurved at discal

fold and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line formed by slight blue-grey lunules with

small dark spots on their inner sides, angled outwards at veins 7,

6, 4, 3, incurved and with blue-grey patch beyond it between

veins 6 and 4; a terminal series of small black lunules with blue-

grey lunules on their inner side; cilia white with brown line

through them and brown tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

inner and basal areas brownish white; a fine waved black terminal

line ; cilia white; the underside whitish, the costal area and sub-

terminal area to vein 2 thickly irrorated with red, a small black

discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line and faint irregular sub-

terminal line from costa to vein 2, a terminal series of small black

lunules.

Hab, 8.E. Peru, 8. Domingo, 1 ¢ type. Hrp. 36 millim.

3101. Perigea leprosa. (Plate CXV. fig. 18.)

Polydesma leprosa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soe. x1. p. 455 (1897).

6. Head ochreous mixed with rufous; palpi blackish at sides ;

frons with black lateral bars; tegule rufous with white medial

patches ; thorax pure white; pectus and legs ochreous and brown,

the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen ochreous suffused with

fuscous, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing rufous suffused with

black, especially on basal half; a large white patch on basal area

from below costa to inner margin; subbasal line represented by a

slight black striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, minutely

waved, with small whitish spot beyond it below costa; orbicular

white with faint ochreous centre, large, round, a small round white

spot beyond it before the reniform which is white with its centre

very slightly defined by ochreous, very large and confluent above

with a large white patch just below costa confluent with an apical

white spot; postmedial line almost obsolete towards costa, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, somewhat dentate and

produced to whitish points on the veins, some brown striz beyond

it on costa; subterminal line dark, rather diffused, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds, where

there are ochreous white patches beyond it; a terminal series of

slight black strive; cilia chequered ochreous and black. Hind wing

ochreous tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous

3U0R NOCTUID®.

brown except towards tornus ; cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish,

the costal area tinged with reddish and irrorated with brown, a

faint discoidal lunule filled in with whitish, a diffused dark post-

medial shade from costa to vein 2, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 2 g type. Hap. 32 millim.

3102. Perigea poliopasta, n.sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 19.)

©. Head and tegule ochreous mixed with red-brown; thorax

white with brown streak on outer edge of patagia; fore and mid

legs irrorated with red-brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with pale

rufous ; abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing greyish

white pencilled with brown scales, the costal half suffused with

red-brown to middle, extending before antemedial line to submedian

fold in which there is a sinuous black streak, a red-brown patch

from termen below apex to postmedial line, a series ef small

red-brown spots on costa; subbasal line represented by double red-

brown striae from costa; antemedial line double, minutely waved,

from costa to submedian fold; claviform red-brown defined by a

few black scales; orbicular grey-white with slight white annulus,

elliptical, with grey patch above it from costa including a small

brown spot on costa; reniform defined by white bars at sides and

with white spot on its outer edge; postmedial line blackish, inter-

rupted, strongly bent outwards below costa, then excurved and very

slightly waved ; a faint minutely dentate subterminal line between

veins 7 and 2 slightly defined by brown on inner side ; a terminal

series of small black lunules with white points on their inner side ;

cilia pale rufous. Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown,

the terminal half suffused with fuscous brown; a blackish terminal

line; cilia white tinged with rufous; the underside white, the

costal area suffused with rufous, the terminal area with brown

from apex to vein 3, traces of a curved postmedial line from costa

to vein 3.

Hab, Trixipap, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 2; Br. Guiana, Rockstone

(Kaye), 1 2 type: Borrvia, Yungaz la Paz. wp. 32 millim.

3103. Perigea quadrimacula. (Plate CXV. fig. 20.)

Evastria quadrimacula, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 729.

¢. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with

black ; palpi at sides and frons mostly black ; tegule largely mixed

with bJack and with black line near tips; tibia and tarsi black,

the latter ringed wih grey; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with

fuscous and suffused with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing

grey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown; a very oblique waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, where there is a short

black streak beyond it, the area beyond it from costa to median

nervure black-brown to the antemedial line which is double,

indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform extremely large, defined by

black, circular and extending from cell to vein 1; orbicular defined

by black and with brown centre, round; reniform black-brown

PERIGEA. 309

defined by black exeept above, with oblique black band from costa

to its upper edge and black streak from its outer edge to post-

medial line which is bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal

fold, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, a quadrate black patch

beyond it from costa to vein 7 and a small mark in submedian

interspace; subterminal line pale, waved, defined by fuscous on

inner side and angled outwards to termen at submedian fold; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing greyish suffused

with fuscous brown, the terminal area suffused with black from

below costa narrowing to tornus; a terminal series of black strie.

Underside brownish white irrorated with brown; both wings with

black discoidal spot and diffused black subterminal band.

Hab. HK. Arrica, 1 So ; Narat, Coast belt (Barker). Exp.

34 millim. Type tf in Coll. Mabille.

3104. Perigea glaucoptera. (Plate CXV. fig. 21.)

Agrotis glaucoptera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 297, pl. 5. f. 6 (1852).

3. Head yellow mixed with some rufous; palpi with black

marks at extremity of 2nd joint and on outer side of 3rd joint ;

frons with black bar; tegule white at base with black semicircular

line and rufous tips with some black behind them; thorax grey-

white ; pectus and legs reddish yellow, the tibia white at base, the

fore and mid tibize with black marks at tips; abdomen white

tinged with fuscous except at base, the dorsal crests with a few

black scales. Fore wing grey-white; subbasal line represented by

a very oblique black striga with a black point before it and oblique

brown bar beyond it on inner side of the indistinct, double waved,

oblique, antemedial line which is angled inwards on vein 1;

claviform represented by a short black streak with a brown shade

above it before and between the orbicular and reniform, which are

defined by black, slightly above, the former round, the latter large,

constricted at middle and extending to well below cell; a black

bar from middle of costa and another above reniform at origin of

the indistinct double postmedial line, which is strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely waved and with black and white

points beyond it on the veins, slightly incurved below vein 4, some

black points bevond it on costa, and a red-brown shade between

vein 6 and submedian fold extending to the slight dark subterminal

line which is angled outwards between veins 7 and 6 with a

blackish mark on inner side and dentate at middle; the extremity

of the veins streaked with black except towards apex and tornus ;

a waved black terminal line; cilia white mixed with brown. Hind

wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous,

narrowing to tornus; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia white

tinged with brown at apex; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous

to submedian fold.

- ©. Hind wing more uniformly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro, 1 2, Petropolis (Doer), 1 9, Sao

Paulo (D. Jones), 1 5,19. Hp, 40-42 millim,

310 NOCTUIDA.

3105. Perigea leucostrota, n. sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 22.)

6. Head and tegule ochreous mixed with dark red-brown ;

palpi with the 2nd joint rufous at sides; thorax grey-white slightly

mixed with fuscous ; fore and mid tarsi black ringed with white ;

hind tibise and tarsi rufous tinged with ochreous ; abdomen grey-

white dorsally suffused with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous white.

Fore wing grey-white, the basal area suffused with dark reddish

brown to submedian fold, the costa with series of dark brown spots,

a medial brown band from costa to median nervure, a red-brown

shade from termen at vein 7 to postinedial line, diffused below ;

subbasal line diffused, whitish, from costa to submedian fold, with

slight black marks below and beyond its extremity ; antemedial

line very indistinct, double, minutely waved, obsolete below sub-

median fold; claviform represented by a short black streak ;

orbicular and reniform grey-white with slight white annuli defined

by black on lower half, the former very large and extending to

submedian fold, the latter with its lower edge indented above

median nervure, a short black streak between them in discal fold ;

traces of a waved medial line from cell to inner margin; post-

medial line double, almost obsolete towards costa and inner margin

and with black and white points beyond it at middle on the veins,

bent: outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then slightly sinuous

and with slight black spot beyond it at submedian fold; traces of a

minutely dentate subterminal line between vein 6 and submedian

fold ; a terminal series of black striee; cilia chequered blackish and

grey. Hind wing fuscous, the inner area greyish; cilia white,

brown at base except towards tornus, wholly brown at apex; the

underside white suffused with rufous except inner area, a small

black discoidal spot filled in with white and indistinct diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab, 8.E. Peru, 8. Domingo, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 34 millim.

3106. Perigea grandirena. (Plate CXV. fig. 23.)

Xanthortera grandirena, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 397 (1902).

¢. Heaa and thorax brownish grey mixed with dark brown ;

palpi fuscous at sides ; tegulee with black medial line ; tarsi black

with pale rings; abdomen pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated with dark brown; sub-

basal line represented by a black spot on costa and point in cell ;

antemedial line double, the lines well separated and filled in with

fuscous from costa to median nervure, oblique, angled inwards on

vein 1; claviform represented by a black mark; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, large and extending to well below cell,

the former oblique, constricted at middle and produced on median

nervure to near the latter which is constricted at middle, a brown

mark beyond its upper extremity; postmedial line indistinct,

double, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, waved, a brown

band beyond it not reaching costa but bent outwards to just below

PERIGEA. 311

apex, its waved outer edge representing the subterminal line; some

small brown spots on postmedial part of costa; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia chequered brown and grey. Hind wing

grey suffused with fuscous except at base; some slight black

lunules on termen ; cilia yellowish tinged with rufous at base; the

underside grey irrorated with fuscous and tinged with rufous

except in cell and on inner area, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line,

and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab, Nara, Victoria Distr. (Gooch), 1 Q type, Durban (Leigh),

12. Hep. 34 millim.

3107. Perigea hippia.

Perigea hippia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 277, pl. 27. f. 3 (1889).

@. Head ochreous white mixed with some rufous; palpi rufous

except towards tips; frons with rufous bars at sides; antennee

brown; tegule rutous with whitish medial line; thorax white with

some brown in prothoracic crest and brown streak on outer edge of

patagia ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the latter irrorated with

brown, the tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen dorsally brown

with white dorsal fascia and slight segmental lines, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing white, the basal half red-brown to below

cell, with irregular lower edge, the area beyond postmedial line red

with brown streaks on the veins between veins 6 and 1; a white

mark at base of cell conjoined to a white subbasal bar from costa ;

some fuscous at base of inner margin; antemedial line indistinctly

double, oblique, slightly waved, an oblique white band beyond it,

bifurcating at costa, with a small black spot on it below origin of

vein 2, and including the orbicular which is round with white

annulus and faint brownish centre ; reniform with white annulus

and faint brownish centre, constricted at middle and angled in-

wards at lower extremity, in which there is a small brown spot ;

an irregularly waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then represented by a series of small brown spots in the interspaces,

with double series of brown points beyond them on the veins with

white points between them on the brown area, slightly incurved

below vein 6, then somewhat oblique, a series of small brown spots

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, yellow, waved,

obsolete except on the red area; a terminal series of black points,

defined on inner side by white lunules on the brown area; cilia

brown with slight white line through them, towards apex white

with a small brown spot. Hind wing silky fuscous brown, the

cilia white with a brown line near base from apex to vein 2; the

underside white, the costal area broadly suffused with red-brown, a

slight whitish discoidal lunule, a curved brown postmedial line with

broad brown band beyond it leaving some white on termen.

Hab. Muxico, Orizaba; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 2 type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 36 millim.

le NOCTUID A.

3108. Perigea calma. (Plate CXV. fig. 24.)

Apamea iaspis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 273 (nee Guen.).

Chytonyx kalma, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 225 (1894).

3. Head and thorax ochreous; palpi mostly black at sides ;

tegule tipped with black ; patagia with some black scales at tips ;

tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous; abdomen ochreous slightly

tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous irrorated slightly with

black, the basal half of costal area, the inner medial area and an

oblique shade from apex to lower angle of cell suffused with brown,

the orbicular, reniform, and postmedial costal area white, the veins

streaked with black and white; subbasal line black defined by

yellow on outer side, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold, with a

curved black mark beyond it in cell and a short streak beyond its

lower extremity : antemedial line double filled in with yellowish,

minutely dentate below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then

angled inwards on vein 1; claviform represented by a slight black

streak ; orbicular and reniform white defined by black and their

centres partly by black, the former round, a black streak between

them in discal fold; a slight sinuous medial dark line ; postmedial

line double, filled in with white towards costa, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely dentate and with black points

beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, the costa beyond it

with alternating black and white strie; an indistinct minutely

waved dark subterminal line, bent inwards between veins 6 and 4

aud below vein 2, with black streaks beyond it on veins 8, 7, 6 to

the terminal series of small triangular black spots defined by slight

whitish lunules on inner side; cilia brown intersected with whitish.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown especially on ter-

minal area; cilia white tinged with brown at apex; the underside

ochreous white with shght discoidal spot.

2. Hind wing more uniformly suffused with brown.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo, Schaus), 2 ¢ ; Guatemana, 8. Ge-

ronimo (Champion), 13; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 13,29,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 26-30 millim.

3109. Perigea discincta. (Plate CXV. fig. 25.)

Microcelia discincta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 19.

2. Head and tegule yellowish white mixed with rufous; thorax

white; fore tibie and the tarsi banded with brown; abdomen

dorsally ochreous suffused with brown, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with pale red-brown, the ter-

minal area red-brown, leaving a rounded white patch at apex:

subbasal line double filled in with white, curved, from costa to

submedian fold, with a red-brown band beyond it ending in a point

above vein 1; antemedial line pale brown defined by whitish on

inner side, oblique, slightly sinuous, bent inwards to inner margin ;

orbicular and reniform with white annuli and faint brownish

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centres, the former confluent with a somewhat bifid patch below

the cell, the latter strongly constricted at middle; an oblique red-

brown medial shade from costa to reniform and a slight waved line

from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line white defined by a red-

brown line on inner side, with dark striga at costa and brown mark

beyond it, very strongly bent outwards below costa, then straight

and erect, some small brown spots beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by a series of diffused dentate fulvous marks from

the apical pale patch to inner margin; a terminal series of black

points with white points on their inner side; cilia red-brown with

slight pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing reddish brown ;

cilia white, tinged with brown from apex to vein 2: the underside

white irrorated with brown, a diffused brown subterminal band

and some black points on apical part of termen.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Trombetas (Trail), 1 Q type. Hap.

32 millim.

3110. Perigea siderea. (Plate CXV. fig. 26.)

Prospalta siderea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 121.

Head and thorax deep red-brown ; extremities of 2nd and 3rd

joints of palpi, basal joint of antennew, back of head and base of

tegule with white points; prothoracic crest with some white scales ;

metathorax with group of five white points; base of tibie, the

spurs and tarsal joints with white points; abdomen grey-brown,

the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing deep cupreous brown; some

white points at base with three points beyond them in and below

cell, followed by an oblique series of three points from costa to cell ;

antemedial line represented by a series of white points defined by

black on and below costa and on the veins, incurved in cell and

bent outwards to inner margin; claviform a small round white spot

defined by black; orbicular a white point with four white points

round it; reniform with two white points in centre surrounded by

white points ; traces of a sinuous dark medial line ; postmedial line

faint, dark with white points at costa and beyond it on the veins,

strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique, some white points beyond it on costa, and the veins with

slight dark streaks; a subterminal series of small white spots on

the veins and in submedian fold, reduced to points on veins 4, 3, 2,

somewhat excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal series of

white points and a striga above tornus ; a series of white points at

base of cilia. Hind wing brown with a cupreous tinge; some

white on termen at submedian interspace ; cilia brownish white

with a dark line through them; the underside whitish suffused and

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, minutely crenulate

postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal line.

Hab. W. Cuina, Omei-shan, 2 9, Nitou, 1,1 9 type, Pu-tsu-

fang, 1 2, Wa-ssu-kou, 1g, 29, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 9,

Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 19,192. Hep. 36-38 millim.

314 NOCTUID A.

3111. Perigea stellata. (Plate CXV. fig. 27.) .

Prospalta stellata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 111 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

Dips ald.

3. Head rufous, the basal joint of antennsze with white point in

front; thorax deep red-brown, the base of tegulee rufous, the vertex

of thorax and tip of prothoracie crest white ; tarsi with white points ;

abdomen brown, the basal crest white, the others black, the ventral

surface rufous. Fore wing cupreous brown suffused with black

leaving the discal and submedian folds redder; five white points at

base in and below cell followed by an oblique white striga from costa

with two points below it; an antemedial series of white points on

and below costa and on the veins, defined by black and with white

streak before it on inner margin; orbicular represented by a small

white spot surrounded by white points; reniform with four white

points in centre surrounded by white points; traces of a waved

dark medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, with white point

at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to white points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of smal] white

spots on the veins, reduced to points on veins 4, 3, 2, another series

of small white spots just before termen and a series of points on

termen ; cilia with series of white spots at tips and points at middle

towards apex. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white at tips;

the underside pale red-brown, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, a faint discoidal lunule and diffused minutely crenulate

postmedial line.

Hab. Stxuim (Dudgeon, Sadler), 3 3 type. Hap. 40 millim.

3112. Perigea contigua. (Plate CXV. fig. 28.)

Prospalta contigua, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 122.

Head and thorax deep red-brown ; basal joint of antennee white ;

prothoracic crest with some white scales, the metathorax with white

patch ; tibiee at base with white points, the tarsi ringed with white;

abdomen brown with the basal crest white. Fore wing black-brown

with a cupreous gloss; two white points at base; a subbasal white

striga from costa and spot below cell with point in cell further from

base; antemedial line represented by a white striga from costa,

points on the veins and point on inner margin further from base ;

claviform a small white spot; orbicular a small round white spot

defined by black; reniform with three white marks in centre

surrounded by small spots; traces of a waved dark medial line ;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, with white point at costa, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white

points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of small white spots

on the veins somewhat excurved below costa and at middle and a

terminal series of points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

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whitish brown at tips; the underside fuscous irrorated with white,

a dark discoidal lunule and diffused minutely waved postmedial

line.

Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-shan,1 3, 2 Q type, Nitou, 1 3, Pu-tsu-

fang, 1 ¢, Wa-ssu-kou, 1 g, 2 9, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 @ ;

Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢. Hep. 30-42 millim.

3113. Perigea cyclica, n. sp. (Plate CXV. fig. 29.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with greyish ; tarsi

ringed with whitish. Fore wing dark cupreous brown; a white

striga at base followed by a sinuous white subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line represented by a waved white

striga from costa, then by a faint waved dark line with white points

on the veins, bent outwards to inner margin; claviform represented

by a white point slightly defined by blackish ; orbicular a small

white annulus interrupted at middle; reniform an irregular white

lunule surrounded by white points ; postmedial line indistinct, dark,

with white spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate and produced to white points on the veins, strongly incurved

below vein 4 and with white point at inner margin, some small

white spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a

series of white points on the veins; a terminal series of white points.

Hind wing cupreous brown, the cilia with fine pale line at base;

the underside greyish suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown, a

slight discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Manley, Pryer), 1 3,1 92,type. Hap.

30-32 millim.

3114. Perigea leucospila. (Plate CXV. fig. 30.)

Prospalta leucospila, Wik. xiii. 1114 (1857); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

i. p. 21, pl. 1. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 212.

@. Head and thorax very dark red-brown with a few white

scales ; 2nd and 3rd joints of palpi white at tips; basal joint of

antenne and a spot behind them white; tips of tegule, shoulders

and prothoracie crest with white spots; vertex of thorax with

white fascia; pectus pale brown ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

brown, the crests dark. Fore wing very dark cupreous ‘brown ;

two small white spots at base followed by a striga from costa, a

curved mark in cell with a point beyond it and a spot below cell ;

antemedial line represented by a waved white striga from costa and

points on the veins ; claviform a small round white spot defined by

black ; orbicular a round white spot defined by black; reniform a

round white spot with black lunule in centre and white points

round it; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, with white striga

from costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black streaks on the veins with white points on them,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white spots

316 NOCTUID &.

in the interspaces, except above vein 3, with small round spots

beyond them, except below apex and above vein 3; cilia with series

of white points at base, chequered white and brown at tips. Hind

wing cupreous brown; cilia with whitish points at base and white

tips; the underside brown irrorated with white, a brown discoidal

spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixuim (Lidderdale), 2 9. Hap. 46 millim. Type in

Mus. Oxon.

3115. Perigea albomacuiata. (Plate CXV. fig. 31.)

Mamestra albomaculata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 52; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 211.

Head and thorax very dark brown, the metathorax with white

patch ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen dark brown. Fore wing

dark brown with a cupreous gloss and irrorated with a few white

scales ; a faint waved whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold with white points beyond it in and below cell; autemedial line

indistinct, black, waved, slightly defined by white scales on inner

side; orbicular round, defined by black and with a few white scales

representing the annulus; reniform a white spot with slight white

lunule before it surrounded by white points; traces of a waved

dark medial line; postmedial line indistinct, blackish with white

point at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate

and produced to slight whitish points on the veins, incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; a faint irregularly

dentate dark subterminal line with waved white striga from costa ;

a terminal series of white points; cilia with blackish line near base,

the tips chequered brown and white. Hind wing dark cupreous

brown, the cilia with whitish line near tips; the underside brown

irrorated with white, a brown discoidal lunule and diffused curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Stxum (Atkinson, Lidderdale, Moller), 5 3,3 Q, type.

Eep. 32-40 millim.

3116. Perigea atricuprea, n. sp. (Plate CXYV. fig. 32.)

Head and thorax black-brown with a few white scales; meta-

thorax with white patch ; tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous brown. Fore wing glossy black-brown slightly irrorated

with white ; an indistinct waved whitish subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold, with white point beyond it in cell; antemedial

line black defined by whitish on inner side, somewhat waved and

oblique ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round,

the latter with white lunule on its outer edge and somewhat angled

inwards on median nervure; faint traces of an oblique medial

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

black with white striga from costa, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins,

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; traces

PERIGEA. Oli

of a waved dark subterminal line with waved white striga from

costa, incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of white points ;

cilia with a slight waved white line through them. Hind wing

greyish suffused with fuscous brown, a faint discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line ; a fine black terminal line and some whitish

on termen towards tornus ; cilia with a slight whitish line through

them ; the underside fuscous brown irrorated with white, a brown

discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Stxuim Tiper, Yatung (Hobson), 1 5,3 ¢, type. ap.

3d 34, 2 38 millim.

3117. Perigea confluens, n. sp. (Plate CXVI. fig. 1.)

6. Head and thorax dark brown, frons and base of tegule

yellowish, the latter with dark medial line ; basal Joint of antenne

with white point; metathorax with whitish patch; pectus rufous

in front, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen greyish

fuscous; the dorsal crests tipped with white, the ventral surface

ochreous. Fore wing dark reddish brown suffused with fuscous and

irrorated with black ; an oblique white striga at base followed by a

short streak below cell with point above its extremity and elongate

spot in cell; subbasal line represented by a slight white striga from

costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique, waved, slightly

defined by brown on inner side, with white striga from costa and

point at inner margin; orbicular white with its centre defined by

brown and irregular white annulus confluent at lower extremity

with the reniform, which is white surrounded by white points and

defined below by a curved white mark; postmedial line indistinct,

black, slightly defined by pale brown on outer side and with white

strie at costa and inner margin, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by small dentate

black marks with three small white spots on their outer side at

middle and one above tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and

inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules with white points between

them; cilia with series of white spots at tips. Hind wing pure

white, the termen suffused with brown from apex to vein 2 and

with short streaks on the veins; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, traces of a waved

postmedial line from costa to vein 4, with dark points on veins 7, 6.

Hab. Bawamas (Bonhote), 1 g type. Hap. 34 milhm.

3118. Perigea subornata. (Plate CXVI. fig. 2.)

Perigea subornata, Wik. xxxii. 682 (1865); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.

ii. p. 481.

Ochria niveopicta, But]. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 485.

Perigea hypocritica, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xv. p. 109 (1907).

¢@. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grev and irrorated

318 NOCTUID.E.

with a few white scales; extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints of palpi,

lower part of frons, basal joint of antenn, and metathoracic crest

white; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen pale grey-brown, the

crests tipped with white. Fore wing red-brown tinged with greyish

and slightly irrorated with black; a small white spot at base

followed by a point on costa and two below cell with small round

spot beyond them in cell; antemedial line represented by small

spots on costa and inner margin and slight points on the veins ;

claviform a small white spot; orbicular a small yellowish spot

surrounded by four white points; reniform represented by a

yellowish-white lunule with four points below it surrounded by

white points and curved marks at upper extremity and below;

traces of a slight oblique dark line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line hardly traceable, with small white spot at

costa and series of black and white points beyond it on the veins,

strongly bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of white spots

in the interspaces, larger between veins 7 and 4 and below 2: a

series of small white spots just before termen; a series of white

points at base of cilia. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown; cilia white ; the underside with

the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 tinged with red-brown,

a faint curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2 with dark points

on the veins.

@. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, Jalapa (Trujillo), 2 35, Godman-Salvin

Coll., type tT Aypocritica in Coll. U. 8. Nat. Mus. ; Jamatca (Bowry),

1 Q type niveopicta; Paracuay, Sapucay (Poster), 2 d ; hab. ign.

1 Q type. wp. 32-36 millim.

3119. Perigea stelligera. (Plate CXVL. fig. 3.)

Perigea stelligera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 228, pl. 6. f. 18 (1852).

Perigea pagetolophus, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 109 (1907).

Head and thorax red-brown, the thoracic crests mixed with white ;

pectus whitish except in front; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore

wing red-brown ; two white points at base; subbasal white striz

from costa and cell defined on each side by black and with white

points beyond them in and below cell; antemedial line represented by

a white striga from costa and points on the veins; claviform a

small white spot defined by black; orbicular a yellow spot sur-

rounded by white points; reniform a yellow lunule surrounded by

white points, all edged by black ; faint traces of a waved dark line

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

sented by a series of small white spots in the interspaces with white

points beyond them on the veins all defined by black scales, strougly

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of small white spots in the interspaces, with slight dentate dark

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marks before them and series of white points beyond them before

the terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia with a series of

small white spots. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown

especially on terminal area, a terminal series of slight dark lunules ;

cilia white ; the underside ochreous white slightly irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal lunule, slight waved postmedial line, faint

diffused subterminal line, and terminal series of black points from

apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. pagetolopha. The thoracic and abdominal crests with

rather more white.

Hab, Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus), typet Q pagetolophus in U.S.

Nat. Mus. ; Brizit, Neu Friburg, Petropolis (Doer), 1 ¢, Rio

Janeiro (Wilson), 1 5,1 9. Exp. 38-40 millim.

3120. Perigea africana. (Plate CXVI. fig. 4.)

Perigea africana, Schaus, Lep. Sierra Leone, p. 33, pl. 2. f. 10 (1893).

@. Head and thorax red-brown; basal joint of antenne with

whitish points in front; tip of prothoracic crest with some white

scales; tarsi with slight white rings; abdomen red-brown, the

basal crest white-tipped. Fore wing red-brown, three white points

at base followed by a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold: antemedial line represented by small white spots on costa

and in submedian fold and point on vein 1; claviform rather dark,

slightly defined by black; orbicular a yellowish spot surrounded

by four white points; reniform an irregular white mark surrounded

by white points and a small spot on outer side, all defined by

blackish ; traces of a waved dark medial line; postmedial line

indistinct, dark, with small white spots at costa and inner margin

and points at veins 2, 3, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a bidentate

white spot at apex, points on the veins and striga at inner margin ;

a terminal series of yellowish points. Hind wing pale reddish

brown, the cilia yellow tipped with brown, whitish towards tornus ;

the underside white, irrorated with brown except on inner area, a

brown discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Srprra Leone ; Natat, Victoria Distr. (Gooch),2 9. Exp.

34 millim.

*3121. Perigea purpurea. (Plate CXVI. fig. 5.)

Perigea purpurea, Druce, A. M. N.H. (8) i. p. 297 (1908).

_ Head and thorax purplish red mixed with a few white and

black scales; palpi with some black on 2nd joint above; tegule

with slight black medial line; tarsi black ringed with white;

abdomen yellowish suffused with purplish red, except the sides at

base, and slightly irrorated with fuscous, sublateral series of black

320 NOCLUID A.

spots. Fore wing purplish red irrorated with a few black and

white scales; subbasal line white, defined on each side by black

scales, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold, where there is a

black patch beyond it and another below it on inner margin; ante-

medial line double, black with some white on it at costa and

white points on the veins, angled outwards below costa, then waved

and angled inwards on the veins; claviform minute, black;

orbicular small, defined by white and black points, oblique, con-

stricted at middle ; reniform defined by white and black points and

with white centre defined by black, constricted at middle; post-

medial line black, double and filled in with white at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then strongly dentate and produced to white

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of small white spots defined on inner side by dentate black marks

and with black streaks beyond them, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of small black lunules with white points

between them; cilia with a slight black line through them. Hind

wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown except at base, the

termen purplish red; a dark point at lower angle of cell, diffused

sinuous postmedial line defined by reddish on outer side and

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia yellowish white; the

underside yellowish white, irrorated with red except on inner area,

the postmedial area suffused with red from costa to vein 2, a black

‘ discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line from costa to submedian

fold, slight dentate subterminal line, and terminal series of black

lunules.

Hab. Puru, La Oroya (Ockenden), type T 3, 2 in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 40 millim.

3122. Perigea parva. (Plate CXVI. fig. 6.)

Prospalta parva, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 122.

Head and thorax dark red-brown slightly irrorated with white,

metathorax with whitish patch; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

red-brown. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with ochreous

and white; the basal inner area yellowish ; subbasal line repre-

sented by a curved yellowish striga from costa, the antemedial line

by a small white spot on costa, points nearer the base on subcostal

nervure and vein 1 and a yellowish spot on inner margin ; orbicular

represented by one white point on inner side and two on outer ;

reniform a small yellowish spot surrounded by white points ; post-

medial line indistinct, brown, defined on outer side by slight

yellowish lunules, with small white spot at costa and white points

beyond it on the veins, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by a series of small white spots with larger spots

below apex and above tornus, somewhat augled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a terminal series of dark strie ; cilia with

series of yellowish points at base. Hind wing whitish, the terminal

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area suffused with brown, in female more uniformly suffused; a

faint discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line; cilia yellowish at

base, with brown medial line and white tips ; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot, minutely crenulate

postmedial line, excurved below costa and incurved below vein 2,

traces of a diffused subterminal line and terminal series of small

black lunules from apex to vein 2,

Hab. W. Cutna, Chang Yang (Pratt), 1 6,4 9,type. up.

30 millim.

3123. Perigea abida.

Hadena abida, Feld, Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 7 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown; palpi with the 2nd joint black,

whitish in front and at tip; frons with lateral black bars ; tegule

with black annuli; pectus and legs greyish, the tarsi blackish with

pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the crests black at tips, the anal

tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing pale red-brown

slightly tinged with fuscous and irrorated with black; subbasal

line represented by double black strive from costa and cell filled in

with yellowish white and with black and white point beyond it i

cell; antemedial line defined by yellowish white on inner side

towards costa, dentate from costa to median nervure, then oblique,

waved; orbicular with white annulus defined by blackish, small

elliptical ; reniform with white comma-shaped mark in lower part

defined by black and surrounded by white points except below ;

postmedial line double and filled in with white at costa, then

indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black and white points on the veins, somewhat

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of rather diffused white spots,

reduced to points between veins 4 and 2 and angled outwards at

vein 7; aseries of small white spots before the terminal series of

slight black lunules; cilia with series of white spots at base,

chequered white and brown at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused

with pale brown, the terminal area darker except towards tornus ;

cilia white ; the underside white, the costal area slightly irrorated

with red, a slight dark discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on

the veins, diffused subterminal band from costa to vein 5, and

terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Trrntpap, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 9 ; Venezuera, Aroa, 1 ¢

Brazi, type fT in Coll. Rothschild. vp. 32 millim.

3124. Perigea albolabes. (Plate CXVI. fig. 7.)

: Perigea albolabes, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 216 (1880) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-

Am., Het. i. p. 278 & ii. p. 480; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 154.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with blackish; palpi blaek at

sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with slight black

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322 NOCTUID®.

annuli; metathoracic crest tipped with white; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen greyish fuscous, the ventral surface

pale rufous. Fore wing purplish red-brown suffused with fuscous,

especially on the costal and terminal areas, and irrorated with a few

white scales, the veins streaked with blackish ; subbasal line repre-

sented by slight whitish striz from costa and cell; antemedial line

indistinct, double at costa and with whitish marks on it at costa

and submedian fold, waved, somewhat oblique; orbicular with

traces of very incomplete pale annulus defined by some black scales,

very small, round ; reniform represented by a white comma-shaped

mark surrounded by some black and white points; postmedial line

represented by a series of small black lunules, double, and filled in

with whitish at costa, bent outwards below costa, then defined on

outer side by small whitish lunules and with series of black and

white points beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a

series of small white lunules with slight dentate black marks before

them and black spots beyond them, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points with white

points before them; cilia rufous and black with series of white

points at base and waved medial black line. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown, the terminal area rather darker; a fine

black terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown ; the underside

white, the costal area irrerated with red and brown, a small black

discoidal spot, waved postmedial line, inwardly diffused subterminal

band from costa to vein 2, and terminal series of small black

lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Prescott, 1 ¢ type;

Mexico, Jalisco, Jalapa, 1 ¢; Gwuarrmata, Volcan de Atitlan

(Champion), 1 2 ; Pawama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 9 , Godman-

Salvin Coll. “Lap. 36-40 millim.

3125. Perigea albigeroides. (Plate CXVI. fig. 8.)

Perigea albigeroides, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 412 (1897).

Head and thorax pale reddish brown; palpi blackish at sides ;

patagia fuscous af, tips; tarsi blackish with whitish rings; abdomen

pale reddish brown, with sublateral series of black points. Fore

wing reddish brown irrorated with black and largely suffused with

fuscous, the veins streaked with black; a blackish point at base

below costa; the subbasal line angled outwards below costa, then

waved to submedian fold and defined by greyish on outer side; the

antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique, angled inwards on sub-

costal nervure and outwards above inner margin; claviform small,

defined by blackish; orbicular small, round, its centre defined by

black and with pale annulus defined by black; reniform similar

but incomplete, and with some white on its lower part; the post-

medial line indistinct, double, minutely waved, bent outwards below

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PERIGEA, JL9

costa, slightly angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below

vein -£; _the subterminal line ochreous, minutely waved, excurved

at vein 7 and middle and with a series of small prominent dentate

black ae on its inner side; a series of ochreous and black points

just before termen; cilia Ta orsented with ochreous. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown, the veins brown, the terminal half

suffused with fuscous; cilia white; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with reddish brown, the terminal area with dark

brown, a dark discoidal point and postmedial punctiform line except

on inner area.

Hab. Ecuavor, Loja, typet 3 in Coll. Dognin; Prev. Geoneque

(Ockenden), 2 2,12. Hep. 40 millim.

3126. Perigea roxana,

Mamestra rexana, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476, pl. 93. £. 17

(1898).

Perigea lucetta, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxii. p- 474 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. ‘Am, pall2s

©. Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with fuscous :

palpi with some black at sides; frons with lateral black bars;

tegulee with black annuli: tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen

dorsally brown suffused with fuscous, ventrally ochreous. Fore

wing purplish red-brown; subbasal line represented by a dark striga

from costa and patches of black and white scales below cell and on

inner margin; antemedial line double at costa, then waved, some-

what oblique; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular with

whitish annulus defined by black, small, elliptical; reniform

ochreous, slightly defined by black, and with some white points on

its edges and a small white spot in lower part defined by black on

inner side; an indistinct, diffused medial line, oblique from costa

to median nervure; postmedial line black, bent outwards below

costa, then very minutely waved and with series of black and white

points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

subterminal line represented by a series of diffused yellowish-white

lunules, reduced to points between veins 4 and 2, defined on inner

side by small dentate black spots and by small spots on outer,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a series of

yellowish-white points before the terminal series of black points ;

cilia fuscous, with pale yellow lines at base and middle. Hind

wing yellowish brown, rather paler at base; the cilia yellowish

white; the underside yellowish white irrorated with fuscous, a

black discoidal spot, strong curved postmedial line, broad suk-

terminal band except towards tornus, diffused and shading to rel

on inner side, and terminal series of points.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado; ‘Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 2 type,

Godman-Salyin Coll,, Orizaba. Hep. 46 millim.

y¥ 2

NOCTUID A.

3127. Perigea dolorosa.

Mamestra dolorosa, Wk. xxxii. 667 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 211.

Hadena taprobane, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 3 (1874).

Euplexia albomaculata, Semp. Schmett. Phil. p. 515, pl. 60. f. 2 (nee

Moore).

Head and thorax fuscous mixed with some ochreous; palpi black,

the 2nd and 3rd joints white at tips; frons with black bars ; tegulee

with black annuli; prothoracic crest tipped with ochreous, the

metathorax with ochreous patch; pectus and legs ochreous white

irrorated with brown, the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen

ochreous suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing fuscous; sub-

basal line represented by ochreous strie from costa and cell; some

ochreous and black scales on inner margin before the antemedial

line, which 1s indistinct, waved, black, interrupted, defined on inner

side by ochreous strie at costa and inner margin and ochreous

point at submedian fold; orbicular with incomplete whitish annulus

defined by black, small, irregularly elliptical; reniform with

irregular white lunule in centre surrounded by ochreous points

defined by black, constricted at middle; postmedial line with white

spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then defined by

slight ochreous annuli on outer side, dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a

series of ochreous-white points defined on inner side by small

dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series

of minute white points just before termen ; cilia fuscous, with series

of ochreous-white points at base. Hind wing white tinged with

brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous brown, a

terminal series of black striz defined by whitish on inner side;

cilia ochreous white with slight brown line through them on apical

half; the underside white, the costal area tinged with ochreous and

irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, slight diffused waved

postmedial line from costa to vein 2, and diffused subterminal

band.

Hab. ©. Catna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9 ; Bomsay ( Wilkinson),

1 9; Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 ¢, 192 ; Cxryton, Kandy

(Templeton), 1 $,1 9 type; Purrrpprnes, Manila; Fist (Mathew),

29. Exp. 36-40 millim.

Larva. Brown. Food-plant, Conyza balsamifera,

3128. Perigea galaxia. (Plate CXVI. fig. 9.)

Perigea galaxia, Butl, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 159; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 211.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey-white; tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous.

Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous and irrorated with white ;

subbasal line represented by a white striga from costa; antemedial

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line black defined on inner side by white towards costa, waved,

somewhat oblique; orbicular white defined by black, small, round ;

reniform a white lunnule with some black points on it, its upper

and lower extremities surrounded by white points; a diffused

medial line excurved at middle; postmedial line black with white

bar at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced

to black and white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by diffused

fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a series of

white points at base. Hind wing grey-brown with a fuscous tinge ;

cilia whitish at tips; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a

discoidal lunule filled in with white, bisinuate postmedial line, and

traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 3 $, 2 9, Simla

(Harford), 1 $,3 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 4 6,29,type. Exp.

30-38 millim.

3129. Perigea dinava. (Plate CXVI. fig. 10.)

Perigea dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 194 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some ochreous; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing

purplish brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; a diffused streak of

black and whitish scales below base of cell ; subbasal line represented

by an oblique striga from costa defined by whitish on outer side ;

some diffused black scales above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is hardly traceable, oblique, dentate, defined by whitish

on inner side towards costa and with white point on vein 1;

claviform a slight dentate black mark ; orbicular whitish defined by

black and its centre slightly by brown on inner side, small, oblique

elliptical, irregular ; reniform whitish, irregular, incompletely defined

by black, its centre slightly defined by brown above and with black

point on lower inner side, its annulus broken up into white points ;

postmedial line indistinct, with white spot at costa, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate with slight pale

lunules on outer side and black and white points beyond it on the

veins, oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by a series of yellowish-white lunules

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, somewhat

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of slight black lunules; cilia with a series of whitish points

at base. Hind wing pale purplish pink, the costal area whitish ;

a fine brown terminal line; cilia red-brown at base, whitish at tips ;

the underside red-brown irrorated with white and black scales, the

cell and inner area white, a small discoidal lunule filled in with

white, a minutely crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of

small black lunules.

Hab. Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 9; Br. New Guinea,

Dinawa (Pratt), 1 $,1 9. Hwp. 44 millim, Type ft in Coll.

Bethune-Baker.

o26 NOCTUID®.

3130. Perigea punctirena. (Plate CXVI. fig. 11.)

fiadena punctirena, Wik. xi. 586 (1857).

Hadena precellens, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. xiv. p. 49, f. 21 (1888).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with fuscous; palpi whitish

in front and with brown patch on 2nd joint; pectus with some

white; the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen greyish

suffused with fuscous brown, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral

surface whitish suffused with rufous. Fore wing bright rufous

tinged in parts with fuscous and with slight dark irroration; sub-

basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; a blackish

patch on inner margin near base; antemedial line double, oblique,

dentate, bent inwards in cell; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter

somewhat constricted at middle, the inner part of centre darker and

with some white points on outer edge; an indistinet medial line,

oblique waved from costa to below angle of cell, then incurved;

postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate, angled inwards below vein 7,

oblique below vein 5 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white

points beyond it en costa; subterminal line greyish defined on inner

side by fuscous brown suffusion emitting streaks to postmedial line

above veins 7, 5, 4, 2, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; the terminal area dark brown with black

streaks in the interspaces; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia

dark brown with slight punctiform pale line at base followed by a

dark line. Hind wing white; the veins streaked with brown

towards termen which is suffused with red-brown from apex to

submedian fold; cilia white, tinged with rufous to vein 2; the

underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated

with red-brown, a postmedial series of minute dark streaks on the

veins and a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hab, Jamaica; Harri (Z'weedic), 1 $,1Q type. Lvp.34millim.

3131. Perigea dentistrigata. (Plate CXVI. fig. 12.)

Mamestra dentistrigata, Wk. xv. 1685 (1858).

Head and tegulee reddish ochreous mixed with black; palpi and

frons black at sides, the tegula with black annuli; thorax black

irrorated with grey; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous, the crests black. Fore wing fuscous shghtly

tinged with ochreous and irrorated with black; a faint curved black

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line very

indistinct, double filled in with greyish, waved; claviform large,

defined by black; orbicular with faint pale annulus defined by black,

round; reniform with faint pale annulus defined by black, its lower

part filled in by a white patch typically broken up into dentate

marks; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line slightly

defined by ochreous on outer side, beyt outwards below costa, then

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dentate, incurved’ below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous

white marks defined on inner side by dentate black marks, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and

submedian folds; a terminal series of black points with white points

on their inner side; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing

white tinged with brown, the terminal area broadly suffused with

fuscous ; a waved black terminal line; cilia white; the underside

white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal lunule, minutely waved postmedial line from costa to vein 2,

and terminal series of small black lunules. ,

Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 2, Petropolis (Doe), 1 3.

Exp. 40 millim. Type + @ in Mus. Oxon.

3132. Perigea circuita. (Plate CXVI. fig. 13.)

Perigea circuita, Guen. Noct. i. p. 227 (1852); Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 170.

Perigea decens, Wik. x, 276 (1858).

Celena prolifera, W1k. xi. 732 (1857).

Perigea punctosa, W1k. xi. 734 (1857).

Hadena pupulla, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. xiv. p. 50, f. 22 (1886).

6. Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with white; palpi

black; the extremity of 2nd joint white; frons with lateral black

bars; tegule with faint black annuli; pectus white except in front,

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white dorsally

suffused with brown, the crests whitish at tips. Fore wing red-

brown slightly irrorated with white, the veins with faint dark

streaks; subbasal line represented by a faint whitish striga from

costa and diffused spot below cell; antemedial line very indistinct,

dark, defined on inner side by some whitish scales, waved ; claviform

represented by a black point at its extremity; reniform with white

spot in lower part with yellowish lunule below it, one white point

on inner side and two on outer, all defined by black, two white

points defining upper part, strongly constricted at middle; post-

medial line indistinct, with white point at costa, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to black

and white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by traces of

a series of black points in the interspaces ; a series of white points

in the interspaces just before termen and a series on termen at the

veins. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and inner area tinged

with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to

submedian fold; cilia white; the underside with the costal area

and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with red and brown, a black

discoidal point.

©. More fuscous; hind wing with the basal area tinged with

fuscous, the veins fuscous. .

Hab. Panama, LaChorerra (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3 ; Banamas (Neville

Chamberlain), 1 2, Jamaica; Haiti (Tweedre), 1 Q type punctosa ;

328 NOCTUIDAE.

Sr. Tomas, type T in Mus. Paris; Sr. Vincent (H. H. Smith), 1 2 ;

Perv, Lima, 1 9 ; Brazit, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 © ;

Paracuay, Sapucay (foster), 3 2 ; hab.ign. 1 5,1 9, types decens

and prolifera; Grand Canary. Hap.32-36millim. Type tin Mus.

Paris.

3133. Perigea albigera. (Plate CXVI. fig. 14.).

Perigea albigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 228 (1852).

Apamea intermittens, Wik. xv. 1686 (1858).

Perigea berinda, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Au., Het. i. p. 278 (part.).

3d. Head and tegule red-brown, the latter with black annuli ;

sides of palpi and frons black; thorax fuscous black with some

rufous and black scales on dorsum; tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen grey, the crests brownish, the ventral surface reddish.

Fore wing red-brown almost wholly suffused with fuscous except

on basal inner area and on each side of postmedial line; subbasal

line black defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to

submedian fold where there is some blackish beyond it; a slight

black mark above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

indistinct, waved, oblique; claviform represented by a small black

mark; orbicular defined by black and with a few whitish scales

representing its annulus, small, round; reniform represented by an

oblique white striga in lower part, its upper part defined by some

black and’ white points; an indistinct medial line, oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double and filled in by

whitish at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

very slightly waved and with black and white points beyond it on

the veins; some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

represented by faint diffused reddish marks defined on inner side

by slight dentate black marks, bent outwards at veins 7, 6 and

incurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of black

points; cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish

white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown from apex to

vein 2; a waved black terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown

at tips towards apex; the underside white, the costal area irrorat ed

with red, a small black discoidal spot, postmedial and subterminal

series of points on the veins from apex to vein 3 and terminal series

of small lunules.

Q. Hind wing more uniformly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Muxico, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll ;

Jamaica, Moneague (Walsingham), 1 ¢, Cua, Santiago (Schaus),

23,4 9, Alcadro (Schaus),1 9, Matanzas (Schaus), 1 2, Baracoa

(Schaus), 1 2 ; Harri, (Tweedie), 1 2 , type intermittens; GUADALOUPE ;

St. Vincent (H; 7. Smith), 1 6,1 9; Grenava (H. H. Smith),

2 ee 2 9; Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 1 6,1 2. Hap. 28-34

mlijim,

PERIGEA. 329

*3134. Perigea carcoma. (Plate CXVI. fig. 15.)

Perigea carcoma, Dogn. Ann. Soc, Ent. Belg. xli. p. 28 (1897).

¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with fuscous and with a few

white scales ; palpi blackish ; pectus, legs, and abdomen pale brown,

the last with the dorsal crest on basal segment black. Fore wing

grey-brown irrorated and suffused with fuscous, the scaling smooth

and silky; the subbasal line very indistinct; the antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved, with slight white points on and below

costa; orbicular small, round, irrorated with white and slightly

defined by black; reniform whitish, its centre incompletely defined

by black; a slight oblique medial shade from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; the postmedial line indistinct, somewhat dentate,

bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4+ and with a series

of black points on the veins beyond it ; the subterminal line greyish

defined by darker suffusion on inner side, excurved at vein 7 and

middle and angled inwards in discal fold; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of a

postmedial line on costal area.

Hab. Ecuavor, Loja, type fT ¢ in Coll. Dognin. wp. 28 millim.

3135. Perigea sufficiens. (Plate CXVI. fig. 16.)

Perigea sufficiens, Wik. xv. 1692 (1858).

Q. Head and thorax brownish grey slightly mixed with black ;

palpi with black bands near extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints,

which are white; frons white with black bar above; tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen white with diffused brown dorsal

bands. Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated with black; a

black point at base; subbasal line represented by slight double

blackish strie from costa and a point below cell; antemedial line

represented by slight double blackish strive from costa, then very

indistinct, oblique, waved; claviform represented by a small black

spot ; orbicular defined by black at sides only, oblique elliptical, its

lower extremity connected by a black streak with the reniform

which is defined by black except above, constricted at middle, its

centre defined by blackish and with black point on lower inner

edge and a short black streak beyond it above vein 4; an indistinct

waved medial line, oblique towards costa; postmedial line very

indistinet, double, bent outwards below costa, then oblique dentate,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented

by a series of small blackish dentate marks, angled outwards at

veins 7, 6, 4,3; a prominent terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with yellow-brown ;

a waved dark terminal line; cilia white; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point, post-

330 NOCTUID#.

medial series of minute streaks on the veins and terminal series

of points.

Hab, Hartt (Tweedie), 1 2 type. Exp. 34 millim.

3136. Perigea concisa. (Plate CX VI. fig. 17.)

Laphygma concisa, W1k. ix. 191 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii.

p. 481 (part.).

Caradrina consocia, Wk. x. 299 (1856).

Perigea centralis, Wk. xi. 734 (1857).

Perigea imbella, Wk. xv. 1692 (1858).

Caradrina laphygmoides, Wik. xv. 1694 (1858).

Perigea plumbago, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver. Regensb.

xxii. p. 118 (1858).

$. Head and thorax pale grey slightly mixed with fuscous;

palpi with some black at sides; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegulee with black annuli; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen

ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, the crests black at tips.

Fore wing pale grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous, a black

point below base of costa followed by the double sinuous subbasal

line with curved mark at lower extremity ; antemedial line double

filled in with yellow, the inner line indistinct, oblique, waved ;

claviform represented by a black point at its extremity; orbicular

and reniform yellow defined by black and their centres also by

black, the former rather irregular and constricted at middle, the

latter constricted at middle and with its annulus broken up into

small spots; a dark medial line diffused at costa and oblique to

median nervure; postmedial line defined by yellow on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to

black and yellow points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellowish defined on

inner side by fuscous suffusion and with short black streaks before

it in the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a series of yellowish points before the terminal black

points; cilia yellow and fuscous. Hind wing white, the termen

suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2; cilia white; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a terminal series

of black points.

©. Hind wing more suffused with fuscous.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, Miami (Schaus), 1 6; Muxico, Jalapa

(Trujillo), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Bawamas, Nassau (Sur G.

Carter), 1 6; Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 4 5, 3 9, Matanzas

(Schaus), 1 9; Hartt (Tweedie), 1 g, 1 2 type wnbella; Sr.

Vincent (H. H. Sinith), 1 6; Barzapos (Hrampton), 1 5, 2 2;

Trinipad (Kaye), 1 9; Braztt, Itaparica (Meade-Waldo), 1 3,

Bahia (Oldfield Thomas), 1 9, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner),

1 2, Rio Janeiro, 1 9 ; Paracuay, Sapucay (Poster), 1 6,192;

Axnapntina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 ¢, Goya (Perrins),

1 2; hab. ign., 1 g, 4 9, type and types centralis and consocia.

Lep. 26-30 millim.

PERIGEA, ool

3137. Perigea confundens. (Plate CAVI. fig. 18.)

Mamestra confundens, Wik. Char. undescr. Het. p. 69 (1869).

Perigea aroana, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 194 (1906).

3. Headand thorax reddish brown mixed with white and black ;

palpi black, the extremity of 2nd and 3rd joints white; frons white

below, black above ; tegule with medial black line; tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen white tinged with fuscous, the dorsal

crests blackish. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with brown and

irrorated with black, the costal area irrorated with white beyond

middle, the veins streaked with black; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double filled

in with white, minutely waved, oblique; claviform small, faintly

defined by black; orbicular very small, with black centre and white

annulus defined by black ; reniform white defined by black and its

centre by black, its annulus broken up into spots; a black medial

shade; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to black

and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by

fuscous suffusion on inner side, excurved below costa and at middle ;

a terminal series of black points defined by slight whitish lunules ;

cilia whitish and brown. Hind wing pure white with broad fuscous

terminal band from costa to vein 2; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, the

terminal area with fuscous from costa to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Hind wing slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Sogeri, 1 5, Aroa R., type T ¢ aroanain

Coll. Bethune-Baker; QuxxnnsLanp, Brisbane (Yurnev), 2 ¢.

Hep. 30-32 millim.

3138. Perigea sutor. (Plate CXVI. fig. 19.)

Perigea sutor, Guen. Noct. i. p. 231 (1852).

Perigea turpis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 232 (1852).

Perigea indecisa, Wik. xi. 733 (1857).

Xylina claufacta, Wik. xi. 760 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 153.

Perigea otiosa, Wik. xv. 1693 (1858).

Perigea paupera, Wik. xv. 1693 (1858).

AXylina detrecta, Wik. xxxiii. 750 (1865).

Segetia fabrefacta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 146 (1874);

Druce, Biol.-Centr. Am., Het. i. p. 279.

Perigea. cervina, Smith, Proe. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 475 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 112.

Head and thorax pale greyish rufous mixed with fuscous; palpi

black at sides; frons with lateral black bars ; tegulee with faint dark

medial line; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen greyish ochre-

ous dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing pale greyish rufous

slightly tinged with fuscous; subbasal line represented by double

blackish striz: from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, double

at costa, then oblique, waved, angled inwards at vein 1; claviform

Son NOCTUID %.

minute, defined by black; orbicular and reniform incompletely

defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter irregular,

constricted at middle, with whitish points on annulus and blackish

points round centre, slight black streaks before it above median

nervure and beyond it above vein 4; traces of a waved medial line ;

postmedial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the

veins, incurved below vein 4; some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line slight, defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side

and with minute black streaks before it in the interspaces, slightly

angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4,3; a waved black terminal line

with white points on the veins and black points in the interspaces ;

cilia brown with fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous white,

the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; cilia

white; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown,

traces of a dark waved postmedial line from costa to vein 6.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, 1 ¢ type fabrefacta,

Distr. of Columbia, Alabama, 1 2, Florida (Doubleday), 1 ¢ type

claufacta, Texas, 1 § ; Mexico, Jalapa (Zrijillo), 3 2, Las Vigas

(Hoege), 1 3, Presidio (Forrer), 2 9, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 2 3,

Coatepec (Brook), 1 ¢ ; Guaremana, Cerro Zunil (Champion), 1 3,

El Zumbador (Champion), 1 3, Cahabon (Champion), 1 3,

S. Geronimo (Champion), 1 3, San Isidro (Champion), 1 3

Honpuras (Dyson), 1 3S type detrecta; Nicaragua, Chontales

(Janson), 1 9; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2,

Trazu (Rogers), 1 3; Panama, Chiriqui (Champin, Ribbe), 1 og,

3 2, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Banamas, Andros (Neville Chamberlain),

1 $3; Jamaica (Grosse), 1 9 type indecisa, Gordontown (Kaye), 1 3 ;

Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 1 g, Baracoa (Schaus), 4 6,2 9; Harrr

(Tweedie), 1 2 type otiosa; Sr. Vincent (H. H. Smith), 1 3;

Grenava (1. H. Smith), 1 ¢, 1929; Barzsanos (/rampton), 2 3,

192; Venezveta (Dyson), 1 2 type paupera; Br. Guiana, Rock-

stone (Kaye), 2 9; Brazit, Para (Austen), 2 ¢, Manaos (Trail),

13, R. Madeira (Trail), 1 9, R. Tapajos (Trail), 1 g, Itaparica

(Meade- Waldo), 19 , Espiritu Sto., 19; Perv, Hauncabamba, 29,

Lima, 1 9; Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 3 6,3 9; ARGENTINA,

Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 3, Goya (Perris), 4 g,1 9.

Exp, 26-38 millim.

3139. Perigea capensis. (Plate CXVI. fig. 20.)

Apamea capensis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 218 (1852).

Perigea apameoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 229 (part.).

Caradrina conducta, Wik. x. 296 (1856); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 211.

Celena serva, Wik. xv. 1689 (1858).

Hadena pauperata, Wik. xv. 1727 (1858).

Mamestra prodita, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 185 (1862).

Perigea inexacta, W\k. xxxii. 682 (1865).

Perigea canorufa, Wk. xxxii. 683 (1865).

Perigea illecta, W\k. xxxii. 684 (1865).

Hadena leonina, Wik. xxxiii. 735 (1865).

PERIGEA. 333

Hadena spargens, Wk. xxxiii. 739 (1865).

Hladena funesta, Wk. xxxiii. 740 (1865).

Perigea centralis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 28, pl. 147. f. 2 (mec WIE.).

Perigea meleagris, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 271, f. 228 (1891).

6. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some whitish and

fuscous ; palpi black at sides; frons with lateral black bars ; tegule

with curved blackish medial line; tarsi black with pale rings ;

abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and dorsally suffused with

fuscous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with

fuscous, irrorated with grey on costal area, below and beyond lower

angle of cell, before subterminal line and on terminal area, the

veins with dark streaks; subbasal line black, waved, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line defined by yellowish on inner side,

oblique, waved, angled inwards to black and white points on the

veins; claviform minute, defined by black; orbicular small with

slight pale annulus defined by black, constricted at middle, its

centre defined by brown; reniform with the centre yellowish above

and white below, defined by brown and with small white spots

defined by black round its lower part; faint traces of a waved

medial line; postimedial line black defined by yellowish on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, whitish

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, dentate, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

small black aoe cilia with a blackish line through them.

Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and terminal area suffused

with brown or wholly suffused with brown; cilia yellowish white,

tinged with brown at tips except towards tornus; the underside

with the costal area tinged with rufous, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous from costa to vein 2, a small discoidal spot, traces of

a waved postmedial line from costa to vein 2, and terminal series

of small black lunules.

@. Hind wing more suffused with brown.

Hab. Sterna Leone (Foxcroft), 1 2 type leonina; ASHANTI,

Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 §; Coneo (Richardson), 1 3, 2 9, type

conducta; St. Hetrna (Wollaston), 1 $6, 3 9; Herp, Cairo

(Graves), 1 9 ; Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (0.-Grant), 2 3, 2 9;

Br. E. AFrIca (Gregory), 1 9, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3, Kikuyu

(Cen 1 PED Urra (Betton), 1 2; Uaanpa, "Entebbe

(Minchin), 1 9, TRaTTeTTPAR I Qe Masnowa ann, Salisbury (Mar-

shall), 1 Q; TRansvaaL (Cholmicy), 2°92; Tweefontein (Jans?),

i Qs Oraner R. Cot., Vredefort (Hamilton), | os Narat, Estcourt

(Hutchinson), 2 2, Durban (Gueinzuis, Gooch), 2 3S type pauperata ;

C. Conony (Drege), 1 2 type inevacta; MApaeascar ; Mavrrrrvs,

Curepipe (Tulloch), 1 3 ; Aven (Yerbur yi I. AS. Walker), Gig JL Qe

C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pr yer), 2 S, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 3,1 @;

W. Cuina, Chang Yang (Pratt), 1 2 ; Hone Kone (J. J. Walker ni

1 9; Formosa (Hodson), 1 ¢,1 9; Ponsa, Kulu, Saltanpur, 3 3,

3 9, Simla (Swinhoe, Harford), 2 3, 2 2, Dharmsala (Hocking),

334 NOCTUIDH.

23, 49, Manpuri,1 ¢; Simuim Trszr, Yatong (Hobson), 1 9 ;

Sixuim (Dudgeon), 236,22; Assam, Naga Hills (Doherty), 1 ¢ ;

BENGAL, (James), 19 type illecta, Calcutta, 2 9 ; Bompay (Swinhoe),

1.9, Mhow (Swinhoe), 4 6; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3,

1 @, Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 3,1 9, types canorufa and serva,

Travancore, Permad (Mrs. Imray), 1 ¢ ; Cxryton, 2 6; Burma,

Moulmein (Clerck), 1 2 type spargens; ANDAMANS, 1 9; Prrak,

Goping (Kunstler), 1g; Stveapore (tidley), 29; Bornno, Sarawak,

type t prodita in Mus. Oxon.; Puixrppines, Luzon, 1 9 ; Taravr Is.,

19; Java (Horsfield), 5 3,5 9 ; Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt),

1 2 ; Sorowon Is., Alu ( Woodford), 1 9 ; Marsnaut Is. (Mathew),

24,193 Fr, 12; Quzsensianp, Brisbane (Turner), 13,1 9,

Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 9 type funesta. Hap. 26-38 millim,

Larva. Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 28, pl. 147. f. 2a.

Smooth, the anal somite conical; pale green; dorsal and lateral

series of purple-brown blotches irrorated with white; sublateral

series of white points. Food-plants: Acanthads. Pupa greenish

with red somital bands.

3140. Perigea lineata.

Teniocampa lineata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 288, pl. 27. f. 16

(1889).

6. Head, tegule, and patagia bright rufous, vertex of thorax

grey ; pectus pale rufous; tarsi brown with pale rings ; abdomen

grey. Fore wing bright rufous suffused with fiery red and slightly

irrorated with grey; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled

in with grey, oblique, incurved in cell; orbicular and reniform

with grey annuli defined by brown, the former elliptical, the latter

constricted at middle; faint traces of a medial line; postmedial

line brown defined by grey on outer side and with series of grey

and brown points beyond it on the veins, almost straight from

costa to vein 4 then slightly incurved, some minute greyish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line greyish defined on inner side

by fuscous suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a fine grey line just before termen ; cilia fuscous and grey

with fine grey line at base. Hind wing yellowish white, the

terminal area suffused with red-brown from costa to vein 2; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a brown

postmedial line from costa to vein 5, a fine dark terminal line, cilia

with a yellow line at base.

2. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Costa Rica, Caché (Rogers), 1 9; Panama, Chiriqui

(Champion), 6 3, 2 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera

(Dolby-Tyler), 1 3. Hap, 30-86 millim.

PERIGEA. 335

*3141. Perigea cenola. (Plate CXVI. fig. 21.)

Perigea cenola, Schaus, Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 100 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax red-brown suffused with fuscous; pectus

and legs paler; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the dorsal

crests darker. Fore wing red-brown suffused with fuscous from

near base to postmedial line except on costal area, the veins with

dark streaks; subbasal line represented by slight double striz

from costa; a minute black streak above vein 1 near base; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved, angled inwards

above vein 1; traces of a narrow claviform defined by black above

and at extremity; orbicular and reniform indistinctiy defined by

black, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter with irregular

outline and some blackish in centre; postmedial line indistinct,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then with double series of

slight black points beyond it on the veins, slightly incurved at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4; an indistinct diffused dark

subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the termen

tinged with brown from apex to vein 2; a fine dark terminal

line; the underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2

irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Braztt, Sao Paulo, in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 32 millim.

3142. Perigea tetera. (Plate CXVI. fig. 22.)

Celena tetera, Wik. xv. 1690 (1858).

Gaphara sobria, W\k. Trans. Ent. Soe. (8) i. p. 96 (1862).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing brown

suffused with grey, the postmedial area whitish; a slight waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line slightly

defined by greyish on inner side, oblique, waved; orbicular and

reniform small, defined by brown and their centres tinged with

yellowish, the former round; a diffused dark medial shade,

excurved from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; post-

medial line brown defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then with brown streaks ending in white points

beyond it on the veins, slightly incurved at discal fold; incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line formed of slight pale marks defined by brown suffusion on

inner side, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and incurved at

discal and submedian folds ; a series of minute whitish points just

before termen ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing

white, the terminal area suffused with brown from costa to

vein 2; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown.

~ ©. Fore wing more uniformly grey-brown, the reniform whitish

in type, rufous in type sobria; hind wing wholly tinged with

brown; the underside with slight discoidal lunule, sinuous post-

medial line, and diffused terminal band.

336 NOCTUID®.

Hab. Brazit, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 6,1 9. Exp.

3 28, 2 32 millim. Type? and type t sobria in Mus. Oxon.

3143. Perigea griseata. (Plate CXVI. fig. 23.)

Bryophila griseata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 139.

©. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with grey-white; tarsi with

pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing fuscous brown

irrorated with white especially on basal, costal, and terminal

areas; subbasal line defined by white on outer side, from costa to

submedian fold, with small white spot beyond it in cell; ante-

medial line indistinct, double filled in with white, waved, some-

what oblique; orbicular with incomplete white annulus, round ;

reniform with small white lunule in centre and white annulus

constricted at middle; postmedial line with white spot at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, defined by white on

outer side and produced to small white spots on the veins, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some small white spots beyond it on

costa; subterminal line formed of diffused white scales, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined by

white on inner side; cilia brown at base with dark medial line

and whitish tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous at

base with dark medial line and whitish tips; the underside whitish

tinged and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, diffused

curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 ¢, 1 2, Ichang (Prait),

192; W. Cutna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3 type. Hap. 40 millim.

3144. Perigea fuliginosa. (Plate CXVI. fig. 24.)

Caradrina fuliginosa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 120.

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; tarsi with pale

rings; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing fuscous

brown irrorated with grey; subbasal line represented by slight

double strize from costa and cell; antemedial line very indistinct,

double filled in with grey, oblique from costa to submedian fold

and angled inwards on vein |; claviform absent ; orbicular small,

round, with faint greyish annulus slightly defined by blackish ;

reniform faintly defined by blackish with some white scales in centre

and white points on annulus, constricted at middle; traces of a

diffused dark medial line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial

line very indistinct, slightly defined by grey on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to grey points on

the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

minute greyish streaks on the veins; the interspaces of terminal

area with slight dark streaks; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

PERIGEA. BOT

Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown; the cilia with a

fine pale line at base; the underside grey thickly irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot and somewhat diffused postmedial

line.

Hab. Japan, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 @ type. Hwp. 36 millim.

3145. Perigea vacillans.

Hadena vacillans, Wik. xv. 1725 (1858).

Perigea fidelia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 278, pl. xxvii. f. 4

(1889).

Head and thorax bright purplish red mixed with some ochreous

and fuscous; palpi with some black at sides; frons with lateral

black bars; tegule with black annuli; tarsi black ringed with

white ; abdomen ochreous and rufous with diffused fuscous dorsal

bands, the crests black at tips, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore

wing bright purplish red irrorated with black; subbasal line

represented by slight double black striz from costa and a diffused

black mark below cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, angled

outwards below costa, then waved and somewhat oblique; claviform

represented by a black mark; orbicular incompletely defined by

black and with black point in centre ; reniform very incompletely

defined by black, with small white spot in lower part and some

whitish points on edges; au indistinct rather diffused medial line

oblique trom costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ;

postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate and produced to black and whitish points, some

small black lunules on its inner side, incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented

by a series of small dentate black marks, bent outwards between

veins 7, 6, and incurved at discal and submedian folds; the veins

of terminal area streaked with black; a terminal series of slight

black lunules with whitish points between them on the veins;

cilia purplish red mixed with black. Hind wing fuscous brown

with a reddish gloss; a waved dark terminal line; cilia pale

purplish red; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

except towards tornus suffused and irrorated with red, a black

discoidal lunule and minutely waved postmedial line from costa to

vein 2.

Hab, Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 4 ¢ type fidelia, Godman-

Salvin Coll., La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 2 ; Vunnzurta, Aroa,

1@ 3; Perv, 1 @; Braziz, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 S.

Exp. 30-34 millim. Type ?t in Mus. Oxon.

3146. Perigea selenosa. (Plate CXVI. fig. 25.)

Perigea selenosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 228 (1852).

Perigea vecors, Guen. Noct. i. p. 230 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 152.

Apamea remissa, W1k. xi. 729 (1857).

Mamestra denvittens, Wik. xv. 1684 (1858).

VOL. VII. f Z

338 NOCTUID &.

Dryobota agnata, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 4 (1874).

Perigea luxa, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 200 (1875).

Mamestra samula, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476, pl. 93. f. 16

(1898).

Perigea sutor, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 278, & ii. p. 480 (nee

Guen.).

Perigea fidelia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 278 (part.).

(vecors). Head and thorax. ochreous mixed with dark brown ;

palpi black at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegulee with

black annuli; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen ochreous

brown suffused with fuscous except at base and on ventral surface,

the crests black. Fore wing brownish ochreous almost wholly

suffused with fuscous; subbasal line defined by ochreous on outer

side, from costa to submedian fold and with black and ochreous

point beyond it in cell; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in

with ochreous, minutely waved and somewhat oblique; claviform a

blackish mark; orbicular ochreous slightly defined by black and

with dark centre, somewhat oblique elliptical; reniform whitish

tinged with brown above, its centre defined by black, somewhat

dentate at lower extremity, constricted at middle and expanding

below ; a dark medial shade; postmedial line double filled in with

ochreous, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black and white points on the veins, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some ochreous points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line diffused, ochreous defined on inner

side by fuscous suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards

at discal and submedian folds, at the former expanding into an

ochreous patch; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with tine

ochreous line at base followed by a dark line. Hind wing fuscous,

brownish at base; a waved black terminal line; cilia white; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule,

crenulate postmedial line, diffused subterminal band, and waved

black terminal line.

Ab. 1. selenosa. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform

filled in by a large white spot.

Hab, U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Trenton Falls (Double-

day), 1 3, 2 Q types vecors and remissa (Meske), 1 6,1 @ type

luwa, Distr. of Columbia, Florida, Texas, Colorado ; Mexico, Jalapa

(Trujillo), 1 $6, 22 type samula, Tabasco (H. H. Smuth), 1 2 ;

Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2 ; GuatEMaLa

(Rodriguez), 2 Sg, 1 2; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 3 9,

Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamarca (Bowrey), 1 ¢, Gordon Town

(Kaye), 1 6, 12: Venezvurta (Dyson), 1 5 type demittens ;

Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 3 3,1 9, Rio Janeiro, 1 g. up.

36-44 millim. ‘l'ype f agnata in Coll. Rothschild.

3147. Perigea berinda.

Periyea berinda, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het, i. p. 278, pl. 27. f. 5

(1889).

Xylina detrecta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 297 (part., nee WI1k.).

PERIGEA. 339

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

suffused with black ; palpi with some black at sides; frons with

black bar; tegule with curved black medial line; tarsi black with

pale rings; abdomen reddish brown, the crests blackish, the

ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing yellow-brown suffused in

parts with fuscous especially on antemedial costal area, along

terminal part of median nervure and before subterminal line; two

black points at base followed by the indistinct double waved

subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct,

double, minutely waved, oblique; claviform a black spot; orbicular

and reniform defined by black and their centres by black, the

former irregularly rounded, the latter constricted at middle; an

indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to median nervure;

postmedial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved and with black points beyond it on the veins,

oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line yellowish strongly defined on inner side by black

suffusion except at middle, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and

incurved at discal and submedian folds; the veins of terminal area

streaked with black, a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

reddish and black with black line through them. Hind wing

reddish brown, paler at base: cilia white; the underside yellowish

white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal

point, curved punctiform postmedial line from costa to vein 3, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (7rujillo), 1 ¢,5 2, type, Durango (Forrer),

1 92, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 1 2; Guaremaza, Cerro Zunil

(Champion), 1 3, San Isidro (Champion), 1 3 ; Panama, Chiriqui

(Champion, Ribbé), 2 3,2 2, Bugaba (Champion), 1 2 , Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Paraguay, Sapucay (Moster), 1 9. Hap. 32-36

millim,

#3148. Perigea mustia. (Plate CXVI. fig. 26.)

Perigea mustia, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli, p. 411 (1897).

S. Head and thorax ferruginous red; palpi black at sides

except at extremity of 2nd joint; tegulz with black medial line ;

patagia fuscous at extremities; tarsi black with pale rings;

abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with fuscous, the dorsal crests

and anal tuft ferruginous. Fore wing ferruginous red irrorated

and in places suffused with black; the subbasal and antemedial

lines very indistinct, waved; tne orbicuiar large, round, slightly

defined by black; reniform indistinct with white points on its

inner and outer edges above, a prominent white spot on its lower

part with two white points beyond it; the postmedial line double,

waved and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the area between

it and subterminal line suffused with fuscous black except at costa,

its outer edge excurved at vein 7 and middle and angled inwards

340 NOCIUIDA.

at discal and submedian folds; the veins streaked with black

towards termen; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia fuscous

intersected with rufous. Hind wing patie suffused with fuscous

brown especially on terminal area; cilia whitish; the underside

whitish, the costal area suffused with rufous and irrorated with

brown, a small black discoidal spot and diffused fuscous subterminal

band except towards tornus.

Hab, Kcuapor, Loja, type T ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Hvp. 30 millim.

3149. Perigea agalla. (Plate CXVI. fig. 27.)

Celerena agalla, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 411 (1897).

Head and thorax greyish mixed with red-brown; abdomen

rufous with sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing greyish

suffused in places with pale rufous; traces of a double waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with a small black spot

on its outer edge just below cell; an oblique double waved ante-

medial line, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin

and incurved at vein 1; orbicular small, oblique, pear-shaped,

whitish with its centre defined by brown; reniform bar-shaped,

whitish with black linear centre; the cell just before orbicular and

between the stigmata blackish continued as a fascia in discal fold,

expanding towards termen to just below apex ; a somewhat dentate

medial line oblique from costa to cell, then shghtly inwardly

oblique; postmedial line minutely waved, interrupted at the veins

with two black strige at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and with two series of black points on the veins beyond it; sub-

terminal line pale defined by brownish suffusion on inner side,

minutely waved and slightly excurved below costa and at middle ;

black streaks on the dark fascia above veins 5 and 6, the lower

extending to reniform; a terminal series of small black lunules

defined by whitish; cilia intersected with black towards apex.

Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous; the cilia white; the

underside whitish, the costal half and terminal area irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal point, minutely waved curved postmedial

line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Ecuanvor, Loja,typet 9 in Coll. Dognin; S.E. Puru, Agualani

(Ockenden), 1 3. Hep, 36 millim.

3150. Perigea bahamica, n. sp. (Plate CXVI. fig. 28.)

Euplexia agnonia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 168, nee Druce.

Head and thorax whitish slightly tinged with brown ; palpi with

some black at sides of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegule with black medial line; patagia with some black on outer

edge; tarsi black. ringed with whitish ; abdomen brownish white

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous

brown, the costal area white; a black streak below base of cell;

subbasal line represented by double oblique strize from costa, the

PERIGEA. o4k

antemedial line by double oblique strie from costa and an indistinct

line from cell to inner margin, angled outwards in submedian fold

and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1; claviform repre-

sented by a black streak just above submedian fold; the cell black

before and between the stigmata, the orbicular small, rather

elongate, ochreous defined by black and with an ochreous streak

in discal fold from it to renitorm, which is white defined by black

on inner side and below, its centre defined by black and somewhat

S-shaped, black streaks beyond it above and below vein 5 to beyond

the postmedial line, which is indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, then with series of black and white points on its outer

edge, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, a black streak beyond it

above vein 6; subterminal line indistinct, defined on inner side by

some fuscous suffusion, angled vutwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, and

inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia brownish white mixed with black. Hind wing

white with fuscous suffusion on costal area, on the veins beyond the

cell and on terminal area narrowing to tornus; cilia white slightly

mixed with brown; the underside white, the costal area and terminal

area to vein 2 irrorated with fuscous, a small black discoidal spot,

indistinct postmedial line from costa to vein 2, and terminal series

of small lunules.

Hab. Bawamas, Abaco (Mears), 1 $, Andros (Bonhote), 1 3,

5 9,type. Hep. 28-34 millim.

3151. Perigea punctifera. (Plate CXVI. fig. 29.)

Celena punctifera, Wik. x. 263 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 153.

Celena semifurca, Wik. xi. 732 (1856).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and black ;

palpi black above; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with

eurved black medial line; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen

ochreous dorsally suffused with black except at base, the crests

black at tips. Fore wing reddish brown slightly suffused with

fuscous ; two black points at base followed by double black strize

from costa and an oblique striga below cell; antemedial line double,

the inner line indistinct except at costa, oblique, waved, angled

inwards to white points on the veins ; claviform a small black spot;

orbicular a slight white annulus incompletely defined by black,

oblique elliptical; reniform with slight yellowish annulus incom-

pletely defined by black, its lower part filled in by a white spot,

defined by black; an indistinct diffused medial line oblique to

median nervure, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line double at

costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on inner side by black suffusion

except at middle, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and inwards

at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of black points

342 NOCTUIDAE,

defined on inner side by slight yellowish lunules ; cilia fuscous with

fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown,

the terminal area with fuscous ; cilia whitish tinged with brown at

base; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal

spot, minutely waved postmedial line from costa to vein 1, diffused

subterminal shade and terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white spot in reniform obsclescent.

Hab. Bauwamas, Andros (Neville Chamberlain, Bonhote), 4 3 3

Jamarca (Gosse), 2 5 type, Constant Springs (Walsingham), 1 3,

Moneague( Walsingham), 1 9 ; Cuba, Santiago (Schaus),1 3,2 9 ;

Hartt (Tweedie), 1 2 type semifurca. Kap. 26-32 millim.

The locality U.S.A. is a mistake.

3152. Perigea secorva. (Plate CXVI. fig. 30.)

Perigea secorva, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 100 (1906).

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with red-brown and mixed

with black; palpi with blackish mark at side of 2nd joint; frons

with black bar above; tegule with black annuli; prothoracic crest

with black line; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen pale

ochreous with diffused dorsal blackish bands. Fore wing pale olive-

ochreous, irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous, especially in

cell before and between the stigmata and on terminal area, a reddish

tinge on medial area below submedian fold, the interspaces beyond

the cell with prominent black streaks ; a black streak below basal

half of cell with a slight whitish streak below it at base; subbasal

line represented by double oblique striz from costa filled in with

whitish and a pale elliptical mark in cell; antemedial line double

at costa, then indistinct, slightly waved, angled inwards on vein 1

and strongly outwards above inner margin where it forms fine

double streaks; claviform a narrow black mark; orbicular and

reniform pale defined by black, their centres also defined by black,

in latter forming two triangular marks, the former round; post-

medial line double towards costa, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then indistinct, minutely dentate and with double series of

black points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique

and angled inwards in submedian fold, some black points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line hardly traceable, pale, angled inwards at :

discal and sabmedian folds; a terminal series of small black Innules;

cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing fuscous brown;

cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the underside yellowish white,

the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 tinged with red and

irrorated with black, a small black discoidal point, postmedial series

of points on the veins, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Brazitt, Castro Parana, in Coll. D. Jones; Paracuay,

Sapucay (Foster), 1 ¢. Hap. 36 millim.

PERIGEA. 343

*3153. Perigea rubrifusa. (Plate CAVI. fig. 51.)

Perigea rubrifusa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 297 (1908).

@. Head and thorax deep red; vertex of head with two blackish

points; tegule with black medial line; patagia with some black

scales on upper edge; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish

suffused with red. Fore wing deep red mixed with whitish ; sub-

basal line represented by double oblique blackish strive from costa

and a blackish wedge-shaped mark below the cell; antemedial line

blackish defined on inner side by whitish, dentate; orbicular with

white annulus except on inner side, rather elliptical; reniform

with white annulus slightly defined by black, its centre slightly

defined by black, rather narrow; a diffused oblique blackish bar

from middle of costa; postmedial line blackish, double and filled in

with whitish towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate with black and whitish points beyond it on the

veins, angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined

on inner side by blackish suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angled inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of small

black lunules slightly defined by whitish on inner side ; a fine white

line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown,

the termen with red; a brown terminal line; cilia white tinged

with red at base; the underside white, the costal and terminal

areas suffused and irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot,

curved minutely waved postmedial line, and terminal series of

lunules.

Hab. S.E. Peru, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type tT Q in Coll.

Druce. Hap. 34 millim.

3154. Perigea agnonia.

Perigea agnonia, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1890, p. 513; id. Biol. Centr.-Am.., Het.

ii. p. 480; pl. 93. f. 27.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with black-brown ; palpi with

the 2nd joint black at sides; frons with lateral black bars ; tarsi

black ringed with rufous; abdomen brown, the ventral surface

ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

brown and irrorated with fuscous, the costal area somewhat paler ;

a slight black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by double oblique striz from costa, the antemedial line by double

strie from costa and slight double striz in and below cell; claviform

a slight blackish mark; orbicular detined by brown, round; reniform

very incompletely defined by brown and with some blackish points

round centre, constricted at middle; postmedial line double and black

towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved with double series of black points beyond it on the veins,

344 NOCTUID A,

incurved below vein 4, some black points beyond it on costa; the veins

and interspaces of terminal area with shght dark streaks; subterminal

line indistinctly defined by brown suffusion on inner side, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal fold ; a terminal

series of black points forming slight lunules towards tornus; cilia

reddish brown with slight pale line at base. Hind wing whitish

suffused with reddish brown, the inner area rather paler; cilia

yellowish white; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated

with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on

the veins, and terminal series of small lunules from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 9, Jalapa (Trujillo), 2 5, 19;

GuatEMaLA, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 1 2; Panama, Chiriqui

(Champion), 3 3, 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hep. 28-32

millim.

3155. Perigea parastichtoides, n. sp. (Plate CXVI. fig. 32.)

¢. Head and thorax whitish mixed with rufous; metathorax

with black patch; pectus and legs whitish; abdomen whitish dor-

sally slightly tinged with brown, the crests blackish at tips. Fore

wing ochreous white irrorated with rufous, the costal area whiter,

the cell between the stigmata and area beyond the reniform redder ;

a black point at base; subbasal line represented by slight double

striee from costa; antemedial line with double strize from costa, then

almost obsolete, dentate and with black points at the veins;

orbicular a very ill-defined round whitish mark; reniform whitish,

constricted at middle and with its upper and lower extremities

produced, two black points on inner side of centre; postmedial line

dark and double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then very

indistinct, reddish with double series of black points beyond it on

the veins, incurved below vein 4, some black points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line defined by rafous suffusion on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal and sub-

median folds; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area tinged with reddish ;

cilia white; the underside flesh-white, the costal area slightly

irrorated with brown, a slight dark-defined discoidal lunule, reddish

postmedial line from costa to vein 2 with black points on the veins,

and terminal series of points.

Hab. Braztt, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 4 gf type. Hap. 30 millim.

3156. Perigea leucanioides, n. sp. (Plate CX VII. fig. 1.)

¢. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; abdomen

ochreous white... Fore wing pale yellow with red streaks on the

veins and in interspaces, the veins towards termen streaked with

white and defined by red, the apical half of costal area white ; sub-

basal and antemedial lines represented by double oblique red strie

from costa; stigmata absent; a blackish spot in lower angle of cell ;

PERIGEA. 345

postmedial line double and brown towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, then represented by a somewhat oblique series of dark

points on the veins with white points beyond them, some blackish

stri# on apical part of costa ; subterminal line absent; a terminal

series of minute black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

brown, the terminal area cupreous red from costa to submedian

fold; cilia reddish at base, yellowish at tips; the underside och-

reous white slightly irrorated with red, a small blackish discoidal

spot, curved red postmedial line from costa to submedian fold, and

terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. VenzezuEta, 1 $. Exp. 36 millim.

3157. Perigea xylophasioides. (Plate CX VII. fig. 2.)

Perigea xylophasioides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 226 (1852).

3S. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi with

some fuscous at sides; frons with dark bars at middle and above;

tegule with slight rufous medial line and dark line near tips;

upper edge of patagia and prothoracic crest at tip with some

blackish scales ; metathorax with blackish patch; abdomen och-

reous dorsally tinged with brown, the crests blackish at tips. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous, especially on medial area, on

postmedial area between veins 7 and 4 and on terminal area except

at apex, the median nervure and vein 1 on basal half with slight

white streaks and the veins of terminal area with dark streaks, some

reddish streaks in base of submedian interspace; some dark points

below basal half of costa, a red-brown streak on inner margin

except at base ; antemedial line represented by double dark points

on the veins except below submedian fold where it is very strongly

dentate inwards on vein 1 and to inner margin; orbicular with

slight yellowish annulus, very oblique elliptical ; reniform yellowish

with some black points in centre and slight whitish annulus below ;

traces of a reddish minutely dentate oblique line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line represented by a double

series of dark points on the veins, strongly bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4; a diffused dark streak on vein 4

from lower angle of cell to termen ; subterminal line brown, dif-

fused, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and with white

points beyond it on the veins; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia chequered brown and yellowish. Hind wing ochreous whitish

suffused with brown especially on the veins and terminal area; a

terminal series of dark points ; cilia brownish white ; the underside

whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight blackish

discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins and terminal

series.

Hab, Brazit, Neu Friburg, Rio Janeiro, 1 g$. ep. 36 millim.

346 NOCTUID.A.

3158. Perigea xanthioides. (Plate CXVII. fig. 3.)

Perigea xanthioides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 227 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 152.

Perigea cnixa, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii, p. 210 (1875).

Hadena trita, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. xiv. p. 50 (1888).

Head and thorax yellow mixed with red; palpi blackish at sides;

frons with black lateral bars; tegule with slight brown lines at

middle and tips; prothoracic crests with some fuscous at tips;

metathorax with blackish patch ; fore tibie and tarsi dark brown,

the latter banded with reddish; abdomen pale yellow suffused with

brown except at base, the dorsal crests dark. Fore wing orange-

yellow suffused with red, especially on medial and terminal areas,

the veins with fuscous streaks ; subbasal line red, waved, from costa

to submedian fold, a brownish patch on costa beyond it and a point

in submedian fold; a dark point on inner margin before the dark

waved antemedial line which is angled inwards to black points on

the veins; orbicular yellow defined by brown and with reddish

point in centre, rather small, round; reniform yellow defined by

diffused brown and with black point in lower part, irregularly

rounded; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line brown,

double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then with double series

of prominent black points beyond it on the veins, obliquely incurved

below vein 4, some yellow points with brown striz between them

beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused, brown with yellow

marks beyond it from costa and below veins 6 and 2, bent outwards

between veins 7 and 6 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of black points; cilia dark brown. Hind wing yellowish

suffused with brown, a terminal series of slight dark points and

faint yellowish line at base of cilia; the underside whitish, the

costal half yellowish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot

and terminal series of points.

Ab. 1. entwa. Head, thorax, and fore wing very much paler

(? faded), whitish tinged with rufous and fuscous; hind wing white,

the terminal area tinged with pale brown.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., E. States to Florida, N. York (Packard),

3 ©, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 3, Florida

(Doubleday), 2 2 type, Kansas, 2 3, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 2 ¢,

4 © type entwa ; Jamarca ; Cusa, Baracoa (Schaus), 1 9 ; TRrntpap,

Cuparo (Kaye), 1 9 ; Braziz, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 2 9.

Exp. 28-36 millim.

*3159. Perigea abstemia. (Plate CXVII. fig. 4.)

Perigea abstemia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 231 (1852).

3. Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous and mixed with

some black; palpi black at sides except at extremity of 2nd joint ;

frons with lateral black bars; tegule with blackish line near tips ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous suffused with

brown, pale at base, the crests blackish, Fore wing yellow tinged

PERIGEA. 347

with rufous; subbasal line represented by double black striw from

costa and a spot below the cell; antemedial line double, rather

interrupted, curved and irregularly waved; clavitform slightly

defined by diffused black ; orbicular and reniform yellow defined by

blackish and with their centres slightly defined by brown, the

former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle and with

small black spot in lower part near inner edge, some dark brown

suffusion between and beyond them; postmedial line blackish,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and with

double series of black points beyond it on the veins; subterminal

line yellowish defined on inner side by brown suffusion, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia dark brown. Hind wing ochreous suffused with red-brown ;

a fine waved black terminal line with black points in the inter-

spaces; the underside ochreous white tinged with rufous and

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and diffused crenulate

postmedial line with black points on the veins.

Hab. Mexico, tvpet ¢S in Mus, Paris. Exp. 42 millim.

3160. Perigea perparvula. (Plate CXVII. fig. 5.)

Perigea perparvula, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 229 (1894).

6. Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous and mixed with

dark brown; palpi with the 2nd joint black except at extremity ;

metathorax with black patch; pectus and legs white, the latter

irrorated with brown ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown,

the crests blackish. Fore wing golden yellow irrorated with rufous;

the medial aren before and between the stigmata and the terminal

area tinged with brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double, waved, with

black points at the veins, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform

small, defined by brown; orbicular and reniform yellow irrorated

with rufous and defined by black, the former round; an indistinct,

rather diffused medial line; postmedial line indistinct, double at

costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with

double series of black points on the veins, incurved below vein 4, a

series of black striee beyond it on costa; subterminal line brown,

rather diffused, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia yellow and brown with blackish

line through them. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the

costal area slightly irrorated with brown, some small black Junules

on apical half of costa.

©. Hind wing tinged with brown especially on terminal area.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parafia (D. Jones), 1 $3 Paraguay,

Sapucay (Moster),3 2. Hxp. 24 millim. :

3161. Perigea ethiopica, n. sp. (Plate CXVII. fig. 6.)

@. Head and thorax ochreous irrorated with some black scales ;

palpi blackish at sides; tegule edged with black; tarsi black with

348 NOCTUID&.

pale rings; abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous brown except at

base, the basal crest tipped with black, the ventral surface whitish

irrorated with brown. Fore wing yellowish tinged with green and

slightly irrorated with fuscous, the costa suffused with fuscous

except at base, an oblique white fascia from apex defined by a black

streak below, the terminal area red-brown from lower angle of cell

to tornus and the apical fascia; traces of an oblique waved ante-

medial line; claviform small,-defined by black except below ;

orbicular and reniform whitish defined by a few black scales and

their centres slightly by brown, the former round, the latter narrow ;

postmedial line hardly traceable, double, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate, some white points beyond it on

costa; a diffused blackish subterminal line from the apical fascia

to inner margin; a terminal series of black points; cilia pale

rufous mixed with blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

whitish ; the underside greyish uniformly suffused and irrorated

with fuscous brown.

Hab. Ueanpa, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 2 type. Hap. 32 millim.

3162. Perigea spicea.

Perigea spicea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 226 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

319

p. 319.

Bagada pyrochroma, Wik. xv. 1753 (1858); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix.

DAO te plealO2at 2!

Acontia firina, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 455, pl. 27. f. 5.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi

blackish at sides. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous especially

from lower angle of cell to tornus and termen below an oblique

dark subapical streak, the costal area paler, the costa and inner

margin brownish except towards base, the medial part of inner

margin suffused with white, the tornus with black; subbasal line

represented by brown points on costa and in cell; antemedial line

very indistinct, curved with brown mark before it on costa and another

Fig. 55.—Perigea spicea, 3. }.

beyond it; orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli, the

former round, the latter with its centre defined by black points,

constricted at middle; a black spot beyond lower angle of cell;

postmedial line very indistinctly double towards costa, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and with series of black

and white points on its outer edge, some brown striz beyond it on

PERIGHEA. 349

costa; traces of a diffused dark subterminal line from the subapical

streak to inner margin; a terminal series of black points; cilia

ochreous intersected with brown, wholly brown towards tornus.

Hind wing ochreous white faintly tinged with brown, the terminal

area suffused with brown from apex to submedian fold, in female

wholly suffused with brown; the underside with the costal area

tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal point, postmedial series of

points on the veins, and terminal series of minute black lunules.

Ab. 1. pyrochroma. Head, thorax, and fore wing much redder.

Ab. 2. Fore wing suffused with very dark red-brown instead

of rufous.

Hab. C. Cutna, Ship-y-shan (Pratt), 1 ¢,1 9 ; Punsas, Simla

(Harford), 1 3g ; Bombay (Leith, Swinhoe), 2 3 type jfirina;

Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 9, Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. /mray),

3 3,19; Cryrton, Kandy (l'empleton, Green), 1 ¢,3 @ type

purochroma ; Java (Horsfield), 1 3 type, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 2.

Keep. 24-30 millim.

Larva. Hmpsn. ll. Het. B. M. ix. p. 97, pl. 176. f. 20.

Pink, the dorsal area irrorated with small white spots; dorsal

and subdorsal lines white; a broad pale yellow lateral stripe;

head greenish.

*3163. Perigea metarhoda, n.n. (Plate CXVIL. fig. 7.)

Bagada dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 208 (1906), nec Perigea

dinawa, p. 194.

Aanthoptera dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 210 (1906).

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with

some dark brown; palpi black except at base and base of 3rd joint;

antenne brown; pectus and legs ochreous white slightly irrorated

with brown; abdomen dark brown mixed with greyish, the ventral

surtace ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white

tinged with rufous and irrorated with blackish; subbasal line

represented by two faint well separated lines, angled outwards

below costa, then oblique to vein |; antemedial line faint, with

slight black points on if, excurved below costa, then oblique and

ineurved at vein 1 ; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform pale,

the former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle and

with black point in lower part, defined by a dark brown patch

between, below and beyond them extending to submedian fold and

postmedial line, which is faint, double, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4, some black stria

beyond it from costa; two obliquely placed dark brown marks from

apex to postmediai line at vein 6; subterminal line very indistinct,

pale, minutely waved, with black points on it at veins 4, 3; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing pink, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous brown; a slight discoidal lunule, traces of a

postmedial line from costa to vein 2 and terminal series of black

points to vein 2; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal

300 NOCTUIDAE.

areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot, minutely

crenulate postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more strongly suffused with rufous and with

hardly a trace of the brown shade between below and beyond the

stigmata.

Hab. Br. N. Goinna, Dinawa (Pratt), types t ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Aap. 30 millim.

3164. Perigea pyrostigma, n. sp. (Plate CXVILI. fig. &.)

3S. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with yellowish; palpi

blackish at sides; tarsi black ringed with yellowish; abdomen

yellowish dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated with

brown. Fore wing yellowish suffused with dark brown leaving

some yellow on antemedial area below the cell, beyond postmedial

line below costa and above inner margin and at apex; subbasal

line yellow, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

cetined by yellowish on inner side, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ;

orbicular yellow with red centre and defined by brown, small, round ;

reniform a small yellow spot defined by red with four yellow points

round it and small white spot below it; postmedial line indistinct,

dark, with yellowish spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to a double series of black points

on the veins, incurved at submedian fold, some yellow points beyond

if on costa; subterminal line diffused, brown, excurved at vein 7

and middle; a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown especially on the veins and terminal

area; a slight discoidal spot; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

yellowish white; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

small black discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins,

and terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hab. Arcentina, Tucuman, Los Vasquez (Denelly), 1 3 type,

Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 2 36,1 2. Hep. 26-28 millim.

3165. Perigea octophora, n. sp. (Plate CXVII. fig. 9.)

¢. Head, tegule and front of thorax deep red, the rest of thorax

black-brown ; antennee ringed with white and the basal joint white ;

metathorax with whitish patch tinged with red ; tarsi black, ringed

with white; abdomen greyish fuscous, the ventral surface ochreous

tinged with red. Fore wing black-brown, the costal area deep red

irrorated with ochreous to near apex, expanding at base to below

cell and on postmedial area to vein 6, the inner and terminal areas

slightly tinged with red; subbasal line red defined by whitish

on outer side, angled outwards below costa, then waved and ending

at vein 1; anelliptical yellow and red patch below the cell extend-

ing to just beyond antemedial line, which is indistinct, blackish, with

white spot before it at costa, strongly angled inwards on vein | and

excurved above inner margin; orbicular with white centre strongly

defined by red and incomplete yellow annulus, round; reniform

PERIGHA. bol

figure-of-S-shaped, yellow with two white spots in centre defined

by red annuli; traces of a waved dark medial line; postmedial

line indistinct, dark with white spot at costa, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then somewhat dentate and produced to points

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, dark, with whitish

striga from costa, excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal

series of slight black points. Hind wing fuscous brown with the

interspaces of basal half paler; a slight discoidal lunule ; cilia grey

with dark line near base; the underside whitish. the costal area

suffused with red, a black discoidal spot, curved postmedial line

with black points on the veins, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. N. Perv, Hauncabamba, 2 ¢ type. Hep. 32-34 millim.

3166. Perigea leucopis, n. sp. (Plate CX VIL. fig. 10.)

3S. Head and thorax fiery red mixed with yellow; palpi blackish

at sides; tegule and patagia chocolate-red; tarsi blackish ringed

with yellow ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface yellowish

irrorated with red, sublateral series of small black spots. Fore

wing yellow suffused with fiery red, the area from antemedial line to

termen suffused with red-brown except costal area and tornus; a

double waved red subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with

small yellow spot beyond it in cell; antemedial line brown defined

by yellow on inner side, waved, angled inwards to black points on

the veins ; orbicular and reniform yellow defined by brown and their

centres by red, the former round, the latter with its centre figure-

of-8-shaped and with smal] white spot in lower part; a diffused

dark medial line, oblique from costa to median neryure, then

incurved; postmedial line black, defined on outer side by slight

yellow marks towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, incurved

below vein 4+; subterminal line diffused, dark, angled outwards

at vein 7, incurved at discal fold and excurved at middle; cilia

dark brown. Hind wing dark reddish brown, yellowish towards

base; cilia brownish yellow with slight dark line through them;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown and red especially on

costal and terminal areas, a black discoidal lunule, minutely waved

postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins, and terminal

series of small black lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 3 type, Petropolis (Doer),

1. Exp. 28 millim.

*3167. Perigea pyrosticta. (Plate CXVII. fig. 11.)

Perigea pyrosticta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 297 (1908).

_ 6. Head, tegule, and patagia orange suffused with red; 3rd joint

of palpi, antennee and vertex of thorax brown; pectus greyish;

legs brown, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the

ventral surface mixed with white, the claspers yellow. Fore wing

dark red-brown, the basal, costal and postmedial areas irrorated

302 NOCTUIDA,

with orange and red ; subbasal line yellow, from costa to submedian

fold where it is curved inwards, a yellow point beyond it in cell;

antemedial line dark defined on inner side by yellow, slightly angled

inwards below costa; orbicular yellow defined by dark brown, its

centre defined by red, small, round; reniform yellow defined by

dark brown, its centre defined by red and white points in lower

part, rather constricted at middle; medial line diffused, dark,

oblique from costa to lower arigle of cell, then inwardly oblique ;

postmedial line dark with yellow bar at costa, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 5,

some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused,

dark, defined on outer side by yellow towards costa, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing dark brown, the cila

greyish with a dark line through them; the underside white

thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal area brown, a dark

discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. S.E. Peru, 8S. Domingo (Ockenden , type T 3d in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 40 milim.

*3168. Perigea naolina. (Plate CXVIL. fig. 12.)

Teniocampa naolina, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 104 (1904).

9. Head and thorax bright rufous, irrorated with golden-yellow

especially on tegule which have yellow patches ; pectus and legs

pale rufous; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing brown suffused with fiery red

and irrorated with yellow, some purplish fuscous suffusion on post-

medial and inner medial areas; antemedial line very indistinct,

oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform small, the former irregularly

triangular, white with yellow centre, the latter constricted at middle,

yellow with some red scales on it and broken up white annulus; an

indistinct sinuous black medial line, oblique from costa to median

nervure; postmedial line dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique; subterminal line formed of obscure red and yellow

spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind

wing brown, the cilia pale with a brown line through them; the

underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing

through to upper side.

Hub. Braztt, Rio Janeiro, type f Q in U.S. Nat. Mus. wp. 30

millim,

3169. Perigea ignitincta. (Plate CXVII. fig. 13.)

Hadena ignitineta, Mssn. Stitbel’s Reise, p. 145, pl. 6. f. 26 (1890).

$. Head and thorax yellow mixed with fiery-red; pectus

yellowish ; legs reddish brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdo-

men brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface yellowish. Fore

wing fiery red mixed with some yellow, the medial part of inner

area and the postmedial area except towards costa pale violaceous

PERIGEA. 353

brown ; a subbasal yellow striga from costa, and small round white

spot in cell slightly defined by black on outer side ; antemedial line

with yellow striga from costa, then very indistinct, brownish,

oblique, waved; claviform represented by a small white spot at its

extremity defined by black on outer side; orbicular and reniform

with yellow and red centres and white annuli defined by black,

the former oblique elliptical, open above and at middle of outer

side, the latter narrow and constricted at middle; an indistinct

dark medial line very oblique from costa to below angle of cell,

then inwardly oblique; postmedial line yellowish towards costa,

bent outwards below costa, then black and minutely waved, oblique

below vein 5, some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by an incurved yellow striga from costa, then by a

faint dark waved line; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

pale yellow-brown ; traces of a brown discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside

white tinged with yellow, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a small brown discoidal spot and diffused sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Ecuavor, Jivaria del Pintue, Loja; S.E. Peru, 8. Domingo,

1g. Hep. 30 millim.

3170. Perigea multipunctata. (Plate CXVIL. fig, 14.)

Perigea multipunctata, Druce, A. M. N, H. (7) ili. p. 236 (1899),

®. Head ochreous suffused with fiery red; thorax red-brown ;

fore tibiss and tarsi with ochreous and red spots; abdomen pale

red-brown. Fore wing red-brown; a cluster of ten smal] pinkish-

white spots on basal costal area followed by spots above and below

submedian fold before the antemedial spots, on costa, in and below

cell with three spots beyond them below costa and three below cell ;

orbicular and reniform represented by confluent clusters of reddish-

white spots and with their centres defined by brown annuli, the

former round, the latter figure-of-8-shaped ; the reniform very large,

broken up by brown streaks on the veins and extending to the

postmedial line, which is defined on each side by reddish spots at

costa, then by a series of small spots on outer side to vein 2, bent

outwards below costa, slightly ineurved at discal fold, ineurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa, a reddish-

white patch at apex and on cilia broken up by red streaks on the

veins and stria below apex and on termen; cilia black-brown.

Hind wing red-brown with a cupreous gloss, the cilia whitish with

a brown line through them; the underside white tinged with

rufous and the apex suffused with red-brown, a brown discoidal

lunule and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

g. Hind wing with the interspaces yellowish white except

towards termen.

Hab. Gorn Coast, Akropong Mts., Aburi (Str G. Carter), 1 9 ;

S. Niaer1a, Old Calabar, type t ¢ in Coll. Druce. Hap. 40 millim,

VoL. VII. 24

354 NOCTUIDAE.

Genus MICROPLEXTA, nov.

Type, WM. elegans.

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; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

rough scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender;

tibize moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the

crest on 4th segment very large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

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

6from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

A. Fore wing with the basal half white, the outer half of medial

ancacwith black: band jpssscndssseccesesccecssssesnt cosa eee tere elegans.

B. Fore wing with the basal half not white.

a, Fore wing with the medial area white ...............cecseeeeeeee albopicta.

6. Fore wing with the medial area not white.

a, Head and tegulee not green.

a2, Fore wing with orange-red suffusion before the ante-

medial and beyond the postmedial lines and at apex. aurantiaca.

22, Fore wing without orange-red suffusion.

a’, Fore wing with the terminal area pale rufous ...... MUSCOSG.

68, Fore wing with the terminal area concolorous.

a‘, Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish

fuscous and with a postmedial pale patch on

COSGE Sees Loses UE saci sues sncaetcseateies Menmes caer eters JSerrea.

64, Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous ...... nephelea.

Ol pHeadiand tegulssoreenivs.. uccecsececesstcccscsteseeteeaeaceers discreta.

3171. Microplexia elegans.

Erastria elegans, Saalm, Lep. Madag. p. 847, f. 242 (1891).

3. Palpi, frons, and antennz black; vertex of head white with

some rufous scales; tegule white at middle, black at sides; patagia

blackish mixed with rufous and white; thorax white with black

patch on metathorax; pectus and legs black mixed with white ;

Fig. 56.—Microplexia elegans, d. §.

the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white, the dorsal crests

black, the anal tuft yellowish, the ventral surface mostly black.

Fore wing with the basal half white irrorated with a few reddish

and black scales, the costal area pale purplish brown with a black

and white point at costa; subbasal line black, from costa to just

MICROPLEXIA. 355

below cell and with white mark beyond it on median nervure ;

traces of a double waved antemedial line; a medial black band, its

inner edge slightly curved, its outer somewhat excised in cell, then

bounded by the postmedial line; orbicular a minute black annulus

on the black band; reniform very small, white defined by black,

somewhat elliptical; terminal area pale purplish brown; post-

medial line black slightly defined by whitish on outer side,

strongly below vein 2, strongly bent outwards below costa, at vein 4

bent inwards to lower angle of cell, angled inwards at vein 1, the

postmedial costal area black with some white points on costa; an

indistinct blackish subterminal line, incurved below vein 3; cilia

black. Hind wing white, the costal and apical areas suffused with

pale purplish brown ; traces of a postmedial line strongly incurved

below vein 4, then again excurved ; cilia black on apical half then

white; the underside with the costal area suffused and irrorated

with black, a black discoidal spot.

Q. Hind wing with the whole terminal area suffused with

purplish brown.

Hab. MavaeascaR, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 5, 19. Hep., 3 18,

3172. Microplexia albcpicta.

Anthophila albopicta, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 370, f. 250 (1891).

3. Head and thorax red-brown, the vertex of head and meta-

thorax white; pectus and legs mostly white, the tarsi red-brown

tinged with white; abdomen pale yellow, the basal crests red-

brown. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown irrorated with

white, the medial area silvery white slightly irrorated with blackish,

the terminal area red-brown; subbasal line represented by white

strie defined on each side by blackish from costa and cell; ante-

medial line double filled in with white, very indistinct except at

costa, erect; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the

former round ; the medial part of costa red-brown with some dark

marks and conjoined to a brown patch in cell between the

stigmata; an indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; traces of a

minutely waved dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and with whitish patches on it at costa and tornus; a

slight dark terminal line. Hind wing pale yellow, the terminal

area tinged with rufous except towards tornus; the underside

whitish tinged with yellow and slightly irrorated with brown, a

small brown discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line.

9. Thorax and base of fore wing with more white.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 $, 1 2. Hp. 22

millim.

D AD)

= =

356 NOCTUID A.

3173. Microplexia aurantiaca.

Erastria aurantiaca, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 341, f. 192 (1891).

og. Head and thorax clothed with orange-red and white scales

mixed; tarsi golden brown ringed with white; abdomen white

mixed with some golden brown. Tore wing white mostly suffused

with orange-red and dark red-brown, the medial area black-brown

from subcostal nervure to submedian fold; subbasal line repre-

sented by a dark brown point below costa and two below cell;

antemedial line diffused, white with some orange-red before it at

middle, waved, obliquely curved; orbicular represented by a small

white spot, the reniform by a small white lunule; postmedial line

white defined by orange-red on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, slightly angled inwards at discal fold

and incurved below vein 4, the costa beyond it dark brown with

some small white spots on it; subterminal line white defined by

dark red-brown on inner side, oblique towards costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved at middle and angled inwards in discal and

submedian folds, some dark red-brown beyond it and orange-red at

apex; a terminal series of dark points defined by small white

lunules on inner side; cilia white intersected with orange and with

orange line through them, wholly dark brown at apex. Hind wing

whitish tinged with pale purplish brown ; cilia white tinged with

brown at base; the underside white, the costal area irrorated

with deep red except at base, a small red discoidal spot, minutely

waved postmedial line and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Mavaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 4 ¢. Hep. 24 millim.

3174. Microplexia muscosa.

Erastria muscosa, Saalm. Lep, Madag. p. 388, f. 241 (1891).

3é. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with red-brown,

the large genital tufts pale yellow. Fore wing ochreous suffused

with red-brown and with dark brown to the postmedial line;

subbasal line whitish, from costa to submedian fold, with some

rough pale yellow-green scales before it; antemedial line whitish,

oblique, waved, with a patch of rough pale yellow-green scales

beyond it from costa to below the cell; orbicular and reniform

small, defined by black, the former round with rough greenish

scales in centre, the latter with red-brown centre and some

greenish scales on edges ; some pale marks on medial part of costa;

postmedial line whitish, very strongly bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved in submedian

interspace; the postmedial costal area dark brown with some

whitish points on costa; subterminal line absent ; a terminal series

of dark points and striz ; cilia yellow tinged with rufous and with

a few dark scales. Hind wing yellowish, the basal half and costal

area tinged with rufous, the rest of wing overlaid with rough

MICROPLEXIA. BZ

whitish scales ; the underside whitish irrorated and in parts tinged

with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot and diffused curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1g. Exp. 26 millim.

3175. Microplexia ferrea, n. sp. (Plate CXVII. fig. 15.)

@. Palpi ard frons red-brown; vertex of head white; antennze

brown; thorax red-brown mixed with some white especially on

vertex ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen red-brown mixed with

some whitish. Fore wing red-brown largely suffused with purplish

fuscous especially on medial and terminal areas, and irrorated with

a few white scales especially en basal half of medial area; a

triangular yellowish-white patch tinged with rufous on costal area

beyond the postmedial line; subbasal line represented by a white

striga from costa; antemedial line white, incurved in submedian

interspace and excurved above inner margin, a yellowish patch

before it below the cell, a dark brown patch on inner area and a

green patch beyond it on inner margin ; orbicular minute, round,

with white centre defined by some black scales, a shght black

streak in discal fold from it to reniform, which is small, greenish

white, undefined ; postmedial line indistinctly double, filled in with

white and excurved from costa to vein 5, then oblique and with

series of minute black marks beyond it; subterminal line absent ;

a terminal series of minute white points. Hind wing dark reddish

brown; cilia ochreous white with some brown scales. Underside

of fore wing dark brown with large rufous patch on apical area

and some white points on costa; hind wing white irrorated with

red-brown, the costal area except towards base and apical area

suffused with brown, a brown discoidal spot and rather diffused

postmedial line excurved to vein 2, then incurved.

Hab. Mavacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 Q type. xp. 20 millim.,

*3176. Microplexia nephelea. (Plate CXVII. fig. 16.)

Naranga nepheiea, Mab. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 731.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with

brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused and irrorated with

rufous; subbasal line represented by a slight pale striga from

costa ; antemedial line indistinct, pale, slightly defined on each side

by rufous; orbicular represented by a fuscous point, the reniform

by a somewhat larger spot with oblique rufous bar from costa to it ;

postmedial line double, rufous, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some slight

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line rufous, obliquely

curved from costa to termen below apex, then indistinct, minutely

waved; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing ochreous

398 NOCTUID AB.

suffused with red-brown; the underside whitish slightly irrorated

with brown, a rather diffused postmedial line, excurved below

costa, then oblique.

Hab, ? Mavacasear, type f ¢ in Coll. Mabille. Hep. 18 millim.

3177. Microplexia discreta.

Anthophila disereta, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 368, f. 233 (1891).

@. Head and tegule golden green; palpi mostly brown;

antennse whitish ringed with brown; tegule with black band at

base; thorax red-brown with blackish patch on metathorax ; pectus

and legs green; the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

grey suffused with brown, the basal crest yellowish, the next two

black and the medial crest red. Fore wing with the basal area

rufous; subbasal line indistinct, double filled in with greenish,

curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line white,

obliquely curved, derined on outer side by rufous at costa, then by

black-brown; the terminal half of wing pale purplish grey;

reniform represented by a small round white spot; postmedial

line very indistinct, double, minutely waved, filled in by whitish,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, blackish, waved,

defined by golden green suffusion on outer side, incurved below

costa and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight dark

strie with white points at extremity of the veins; cilia purplish

grey at base, rufous at tips. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused

with pale purplish brown; cilia white tinged with greenish

ochreous towards apex; the underside white, the costal and

apical areas irrorated with purple-brown, a discoidal spot, sinuous

postmedial line with patches beyond it below apex and at sub-

median fold, and fine black terminal line.

Hab. Mavagascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 2 $. Hap. 20 millim.

Genus ARBORICORNIS. ane!

Arboricornus, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 258 (1894) .......0eceeeeeneeees rubra.

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

reaching about middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front,

the 8rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male

bipectinate with long branches to apex; thorax clothed with hair and scales

mixed, the pro- and metathorax with small spreading crests; build slender ;

tibiee moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with large dorsal crests on 2nd

and 8rd segments. Fore wing short and broad, the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and hardly crenulate, the tornus with scale tooth ; veins 3 and}

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolesceut from middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

ARBORICORNIS, 399

Sect. I. Palpi obliquely upturned.

3178. Arboricornis rubra.

Arboricornus ruber, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 258 (1894).

¢. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some red-brown ;

tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen red-brown, the crests black-

brown. Fore wing very dark red-brown with a patch of pale

red-brown on inner medial area, some pale red-brown before

costal half of postmedial line and a spot on postmedial area below

costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, filled in with some pale

red-brown, strongly excurved ; claviform represented by a slight

black streak, the orbicular by a small black spot; reniform a

narrow greyish bar defined by some black scales; medial line

indistinct, diffused and oblique from lower angle of cell to inner

Fig. 67.—Arboricornis rubra, go. f.

margin; postmedial line dark brown defined by pale red-brown on.

outer side, minutely waved and slightly excurved from below costa

to vein 2, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, dark, diffused, defined on outer side by

a pale bar from costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of pale points. Hind wing ochreous

strongly suffused with silky red-brown; cilia ochreous at tips; the

underside with slight dark discoidal spot and traces of sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 2 3, Nagas, type t in Coll. Rothschild,

Exp. 24-28 millim.

Sucr. II. Palpi porrect, extending about twice the length of head, the 3rd joint

downturned.

3179. Arboricornis chrysopepla, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax yellow tinged with red, the vertex of

thorax whitish; palpi, antenne, and legs red-brown; abdomen

yellowish white irrorated with brown, the crests blackish. Fore

wing golden yellow tinged with red; a brownish patch at base

of costa; antemedial line very indistinct, rufous, waved, an oblique

red-brown shade from costa just beyond it to median nervure ;

black points at lower and upper angles of cell; postmedial line

360 NOCTUID.E.

rather diffused, rufous defined by whitish on outer side, double

and oblique from costa to vein 6, almost obsolete and curved

inwards to vein 2, then erect; subterminal line rufous, diffused,

oblique from apex to vein 6 near postmedial line, then excurved

at middle; a fine rufous terminal line. Hind wing white, the

apex and inner margin towards tornus irrorated with rufous ;

Fig. 58.—Arboricornis chrysopepla, 3. 4.

tilia with some brown spatulate scales towards tornus; the

underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown

towards base.

Hab. Ueanns, Ruwenzori, 6000' (Wollaston), 1 3 type. Eup.

28 millim.

Genus CORYTHURUS. -

ype.

Corythurus, Himpsn. Il. Het. B. Misigs 02 hi? S93) ie eeneceecateeee nocturna.

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

of head and slightly fringed with hair in front, the 3rd very long, in male

tufted with very long hair on inner side and recurved over vertex of head ;

frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; antenns of male ciliated; thorax elothed

chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie

fringed with long haiv; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the male with

cylindrical tuft of very long hair from extremity. Fore wing with 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 obsoleseent fron: middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3180. Corythurus nocturna.

Corythurus nocturnus, Hmpsn. Tl. Het. B. M. ix. p. 118, pl. 165. figs. 4, 10

(1893); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 244.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown, the tegule

red-brown with the base and tips grey; tarsi fuscous ringed with

white; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft slightly whitish at

base and tips. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with pale

brown and tinged with rufous especially on postmedial area; a

fuscous patch at base of inner margin; subbasal line indistinct,

double, reddish, angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold, a broad band of rufous beyond it suffused and

irrorated with black from costa to vein J; antemedial line in-

CORYTHURUS.—OLIGIA. 361

distinct, rufous, double, wayed ; claviform absent; orbicular small,

faintly defined by brown, round; reniform represented by a black

discoidal bar with a black streak from it to subterminal line above

vein 4; traces of a minutely waved medial line; postmedial line

double, oblique from costa to vein 5, then incurved and slightly

waved; subterminal line whitish, waved, incurved below costa

and angled inwards in discal fold and with black streak from it to

termen above vein 5 and slight streak below vein 4; a terminal

Vig. 59.—Cerythurus nocturna, $. 4.

series of small black lunules; cilia chequered black and white.

Hind wing dark fuscous brown with a slight reddish gloss; the

underside rather paler except terminal area, a black discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line.

@. Greyer with very slight rufous tinge; fore wing with the

antemedial area black from costa to submedian fold, the postmedial

area black from costa to vein 3.

Hab, Crrion, Colombo (Green), 1 3 type, Udagama (Green), 1 2.

Eep., & 54, 2 44 millim.

Genus OLIGIA.

Type.

OhovaweiibusVierZs py 23) (SQM) nesccscscsess-ssnassccnescnsssccees strigilis.

Miana, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 11 (1829)............ literosa.

Photedes, Led. Noct. Eur, pp. 44 & 189 (1857) ......s..ece sees captiuncula,

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

to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short, blunt, naked ;

frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciliated; head and

thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of

crests on basal segments. Fore wing triangular, the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form-the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

362 NOCTUID.

Sxcr. 1. Mid and hind tibixe of male fringed with long hair on upper side ;

abdomen with tufts of long hair from base.

A. Hind wing of male clothed with rufous scales to near termen on

underside.

3181. Oligia hypothermes, n. sp.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with dark brown ;

mid and hind tibie with fiery red fringes of hair, the abdominal

tufts dark brown. Fore wing rufous suffused and irrorated with

dark brown leaving a paler patch beyond postmedial line on inner

area; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, angled inwards in

cell and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly

double, waved, excurved below cell; claviform small, faintly

defined by black; orbicwlar small, defined by black, round ;

reniform incompletely defined by black and with whitish bar

on outer edge, angled inwards on median nervure; a slight

waved black medial line ; postmedial line slightly defined by

rufous on outer side, somewhat bent outwards below costa, then

Fig. 60—Oligia hypothermes, 3. 4-

waved, incurved below vein 7, then oblique to vein 4 near sub-

terminal line, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, excurved below vein 7

and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia rufous mixed with

dark brown. Hind wing rufous; the underside clothed with fiery

red hair to near termen.

2. Fore wing darker brown to postmedial line; hind wing

rufous tinged with brown; the underside pale tinged with rufous

end irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Gorp Coast, Aburi, Akropong Mts, (Carter), 1 3,1 2 type.

Exp. 26 millim.

B. Hind wing of male on underside less strongly clothed with pinkish scales

to postinedial line.

3182. Oligia melanodonta, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown and

greyish; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; frons black at

sides ; legs with the fringes of hair on femora and tibiz rufous, the

farsi fuscous with whitish rings; abdomen rufous suffused with

OLIGTA. 363

dark brown. Fore wing rufous suffused with dark brown

and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double

black striee from costa and cell; antemedial line double fiiled

in with greyish, slightly angled outwards below costa, then waved

and rather oblique; claviform small, slightly detined by black ;

orbicular small, indistinct, with greyish annulus defined by black,

round; reniform with white annulus slightly defined by brown,

open below and somewhat angled inwards on median neryure ; an

indistinct diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to median

nervure ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; postmedial line indistinct,

Fig. 61.-—Oligia melanodonta, $. }.

pale, waved, defined on inner side by a dark patch on costal area

and slight dentate marks at middle, interrupted at veins 5 and 2

by diffused wedge-shaped black-brown patches from termen to

postmedial line; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

rufous and dark brown intersected by whitish at the veins. Hind

wing dark reddish brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside

whitish suffused with pinkish scales to postmedial line, a blackish

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line bent inwards at vein 2, and

subterminal band diffused to termen from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Nicrrta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 2 S$ type. Hap.

32 millim.

Secor. LI. Tibi and tarsi of male normal.

A. Fere wing of male with fan of large scales in cell on under-

side.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent

Oia TASCUANN TEIAVURS °. copadonpeobnadaseododuagupoorboucdapacsoocoric ptyophora.

>. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not confluent

OnbmedianenervyUN Omer lec atercsciitasccssesses ee anaieicsecet nadgant.

3183. Oligia ptyophora, n. sp.

Head and thorax greyish mixed with brown and black; tarsi

black ringed with grey; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, the

erests black. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey and suffused

with fuscous on basal, inner and terminal areas; subbasal line

represented by black strie from costa and cell; antemedial line

formed of black strive, somewhat oblique, waved and with short

black streaks before it in cell, submedian fold and above inner

364 NOCTUID.

margin ; orbicular and reniform pale brownish incompletely defined

by black and open above, the former with slight dark centre,

oblique elliptical, the latter with fuscous centre, extending to well

below the cell, angled inwards on median nervure and _ slightly

confluent with the former; a black bar from middle of costa and

traces of a waved line on inner area; postmedial line black, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then miputely waved, strongly excurved

Fig. 62.—Oligia ptyophora, $. }.

to vein 4, then oblique to submedian fold, some slight points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a sinuous

grey band from costa to vein 6, spot at middle and oblique striga

at; tornus; a terminal series of black strie ; cilia blackish. Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown except on costal area; cilia

white mixed with grey with white line at base followed by a dark

line; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a

fuscous discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and

terminal series of slight black lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with patch of white suffusion in and below

end of cell,

Hab. Ponsas, Simla (Harford), 1 3,2 2, Dalhousie (Harford),

1 $ type; Sixait, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 2. Hap. 24—28 millim.

3184. Oligia nadgani.

Selepa nadgani, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 87, pl. 146. f. 6 (1891)

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 298.

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black and grey ;

tegule with medial black line; patagia edged with blackish above

and at extremity; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with

greyish and mostly suffused with fuscous black except on medial area ;

a strong oblique black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a strong

oblique waved black antemedial line; claviform represented by a

diffused brown mark; orbicular and reniform defined by brown,

the former round; the latter dilated below, extending to well below

cell and with fuscous spot in lower part; an oblique brown bar

from costa to reniform ; postmedial line double, the inner line

indistinct except at costa, minutely waved, excurved from costa to

OLIGIA. 365

vein 4, then incurved, some greyish points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line black, irregularly dentate, defined by greyish on

outer side towards costa, at middle, and towards tornus, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, and bent outwards to tornus ; a ter-

minal series of small black lunules; cilia with fine pale line at

base. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia with a fine pale line at

base and greyish tips; the underside white irrorated with fuscous,

a black discoidal lunule, postmedial line strongly excurved and

crenulate from costa to vein 3, then incurved, a terminal series of

black lunules.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris, W. Slopes, 3000’ (Hampson), 1 2 type.

Exp. 30 millim.

B. Fore wing of male normal.

a, Fore wing with the subterminal line distinctly dentate.

a’. Fore wing with U-shaped white mark on lower

edgexofmenikorm’ sresseesseer emesis sheep essen eccieeseeene ypsilon.

6’. Fore wing without U-shaped white mark on lower

edge of reniform.

a*?. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous.

a’, Fore wing with the costal half of medial area

largely variegated with white .................. pauperd.

b8, Fore wing with the costal half of medial area

slightly irrorated with white .................. angusta.

6?. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused with dark

brOwinle Vanauessa te nseorsticeuscs secs speuisstcntdscesens glaucescens.

. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

incurved below vein 4 and widely separated

from the lower extremity of reniform......... pallidisca,

68, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

incurved below vein 4 and approximated to

the lower extremity of reniforim ...,.........., glaucostigina.

b. Fore wing with the subterminal lne excurved at

middle and not dentate.

a, Fore wing without pale oblique band from apex to

inner margiv beyond postmedial line.

a2, Fore wing with dark costal patches on basal and

posuMiediialyancals\eousns pati ectteeeescerceeseess cae vulgaris.

2, Fore wing without dark costal patches on basal

and postmedial areas.

a, Kore wing with the postmedial line slightly

incurved below vein 4 and widely separated

from the lower extremity of reniform.

a‘, Fore wing without dark streak from clavi-

form to postmedial line ..............2-.2-2-00+ sordida.

b4, Fore wing with dark streak from claviform

LO pPOshmMediallineyemenereerremeceascestece cues chasiana,

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

incurved below vein 4 and more or less

approximated to the lower extremity of

reniform.

a4, Fore wing with pale fascia on inner area

from base to the pale postmedial area, its

upper edge sinuous and extending to near

costa at base,

366 NOCTUID®.

a, Fore wing with blackish streak in terminal

part of submedian fold ...:.........0.......

25. Fore wing without blackish streak in ter-

minal part of submedian fold ............

é4, Fore wing without pale fascia on inner

area,

a®, Fore wing without white streaks on

median nervure and bases of veins 4, 3.

a6, Fore wing with the postmedial line

not touching lower extremity of

reniform.

ai, Fore wing bright rufous with the

postmedial area white except towards

costa.

a8, Fore wing with the postmedial area

violaceous white.

a’, Fore wing with the obicular and

reniform large, yellowish .........

ob’. Fore wing with the orbicular

and reniform smaller and not

yellowish: tecjcuvedeccesssercaeectee

68, Fore wing with the postmedial

area not violaceous white............

07, Fore wing bright rufous, the post-

medial area slightly paler ............

c7, Fore wing ochreous suffused in parts

with red-brown.

as. Fore wing with the orbicular a

white point ides jotleielnatelstesie@ acetone eee

. Fore wing with the orbicular well-

developed, oblique elliptical ......

, c8, Fore wing with the orbicular bent

outwards at lower extremity......

da’, Fore wing greyish tinged with red-

brown and blackish.

a8, Fore wing with the postmedial area

paler than the ground-colour.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and

postmedial lines well separated

above inner margin.

a0, Kore wing with the terminal

area darker than the ground-

colour except at apex ........... :

610, Fore wing with the terminal area

concolorous.

1, Fore wing with the postmedial

line excurved from below costa

to vein 4, then incurved ......

5, Fore wing with the postmedial

line oblique from below costa

to vein 5, then incurved.

a2, Fore wing tinged with red-

lO ohwsalecaneconcadenoosdaaHaassnoon

b12, Hore wing greyish ‘suffused in

parts with brown and black .

49, Fore wing with the ante- and

postmedial lines approximated

just above inner margin............

ophiogramma.

albirivula.

violacea.

bridghami.

egens.

Sasciuncula.

tapeta.

scolopacina.

dinava.

Sractilinea.

strigilis.

instructa.

ambigqua.

exhausta,

OLIGIA.

&. Fore wing with the postmedial area

not paler than the ground-colour.

a, Fore wing purplish grey, a black

streak in submedian fold between

ante- and postmedial lines.

a0, Fore wing with series of black

points beyond postmedial line .

610, Fore wing without series of black

points beyond postmedial line .

69, Fore wing dark red-brown without

black streak in submedian fold

between ante- and postmedial

lines

not darker than the postimedial

area,

a, Fore wing with the medial area

blackish except beyond the reni-

form.

a, Fore wing with the costal area

black to near base, the inner

basal area grey.

a0, Size large, 34—40 millim.

610, Size small, 28 millim.

area pale, the inner area suffused

with brown

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a, Fore wing strongly tinged with

rufous or red-brown.

a0, Fore wing with the reniform

a pure white lunule defined

by black

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a, Hind wing greyish tinged with

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subjuncta.

tonsa,

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captiuncula.

368 NOCTUID 2.

i5, Fore wing with the median nervure and

veins 4, 3 streaked with white on

medial area.

aS. Fore wing with veins 4, 3 streaked with

white beyond postmedial line ......... havorthi.

+6, Fore wing with veins 4, 3 not streaked

with white beyond postmedial line ... obtusa.

d1, Fore wing with pale oblique band from apex to

inner margin beyond postmedial line .....,......... includens.

c. Fore wing with the subterminal line replaced by dark

strealcs um the interspuces.) svecnccereesessecedecceme- cece: nyctichroa.

3185. Oligia ypsilon.

Gerbatha ypsilon, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. iii. p. 24, pl. 47. ff. 1-2 (1879).

Head and thorax grey irrorated with reddish brown ; palpi black

at sides; frons with black bar ; tegule with some black scales at

tips; fore tibia and tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey

suffused with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with black-brown ;

subbasal line represented by slight black marks below costa and

cell ; antemedial line black, oblique, strongly waved ; claviform and

orbicular absent ; reniform with faint pale annulus becoming pure

white below and slightly defined by black above, constricted at

middle and narrowing below, with a black streak before it in lower

part of cell and beyond it above vein 4 to subterminal line ; a broad

oblique diffused brown medial shade met below angle of cell by an

oblique shade from costa just before apex; postmedial line with

small black spot on costa, strongly bent outwards and almost obso-

lete below costa, then black, excurved and minutely waved to

vein 4, then strongly ineurved, some whitish points with black

strie between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white

defined by brown on inner side, angled outward at vein 7, then

waved, ineurved at submedian fold; a terminal series of black

lunules ; cilia pale brown. Hind wing pale reddish brown, the

cilia whitish ; the underside pale reddish brown with indistinct

diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab, Javan, Nikko (Lewis), 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),

13,12 type, Exp. o 36, 2 40 millim,

3186. Oligia paupera. (Plate CXVII. fig, 17.)

a i a Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p, 694 (1892) ; id. Cat. Lep.

al. p. 154.

Gahan connexa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1900, p, 516.

Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen grey mixed with brown, Fore wing

grey-white thickly irrorated with black-brown and tinged in parts

with red-brown ; subbasal line represented by black points below

costa and on median nervure ; antemedial line strong, black, slightly

angled outwards below costa, then oblique to below cell where it

is angled outwards, angled inwards on vein 1 and excurved above

inner margin; claviform represented by a diffused white patch

with blackish streak below it in submedian fold extending to post-

OLIGIA. 369

medial line; orbicular with brownish centre and undefined white

annulus, oblique elliptical and somewhat constricted at middle ;

reniform represented by a curved black bar with diffused whitish

annulus ; a diffused oblique blackish shade from costa to reniform

and indistinct waved curved line from cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line strongly bent outwards and obsolescent below costa,

incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then strongly

bent inwards and oblique to inner margin, slightly excurved ai

vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, diffused, whitish, defined on inner side by small some-

what dentate blackish marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and incurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of

minute dark lunules defined on inner side by minute whitish

lunules. Hind wing uniform pale reddish brown; the underside

pale greyish irrorated with brown especially on costal area, a

blackish discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line from

costa to vein 3.

Hab, Ki. Siperta, Amurland in Coll. Piingeler; W. Cnruina,

Chow-pin-sa, 1 ¢,5 2, type connewa. Hep. 34-38 willim.

3187. Oligia angusta.

Gerbatha angusta, Butl. Il. Het. B. M. tii. p. 24, pl. 47. f. 2 (1879).

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey; tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey.

Fore wing fuscous brown irrorated with grey, the medial ccstal

area irrorated with white; subbasal line black, inwardly oblique,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line strong, black, shghtly

angled outwards below costa and more strongly below cell, then in-

curved and excurved above inner margin ; claviform represented by a

white spot at its extremity; orbicular and reniform very small

with brown centres and white annuli, the former oblique elliptical,

the latter a narrow bar slightly angled inwards on median neryure ;

a dark striga from middle of costa and indistinct waved line from

cell to inner margin; postmedial line strongly bent outwards and

opsolescent below costa, then strong, black, angled outwards at

veins 6, 4, 3, then strongly incurved and slightly angled outwards

at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

formed of dentate whitish marks slightly defined by fuscous on

inner side, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and incurved at

discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of minute dark lunules.

Hind wing pale reddish brown; a slight dark discoidal lunule ;

the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown, a

slight dark discoidal lunule and traces of a postmedial line excurved

below costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white spot at end of claviform and

white annuli to stigmata obsolescent.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 5,9 2, type. Hup.

32-38 millim.

VOL. VII. 2B

370 NOCTUID 2%.

3188. Oligia glaucescens.

Daxata glaucescens, Butl. Il, Het. B. M. vii. p. 81, pl. 183. f. 4 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 300,

Anophia undara, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 234.

Head and thorax fuscous mixed with greyish; palpi black at

sides; pectus and legs with some whitish, the tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing grey

suffused with fuscous brown and irrorated with black: a waved

black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved, oblique; claviform represented by a

blackish mark; orbicular absent; reniform with indistinet grey

annulus and slight brown lunule in centre with some red on its

outer edge and a dark mark before it in cell; two black striz from

medial part of costa and an indistinct oblique line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey defined

by fuscous suffusion on inner side and with black points before

it below costa and at middle, minutely dentate, excurved below

vein 7; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing greyish

uniformly suffused with brown; the underside grey irrorated with

fuscous especially on costal area, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, traces of diffused antemedial and medial lines.

Hab. Punsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 3 type; Cryton, Kuslande

(Mackwood), 1 $6 ; Burma, Rangoon, 1 Q type undara. Evp.

22-26 millim.

3189. Oligia pallidisca.

Evastria pallidisca, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 872, pl. 37. f. 14; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 800.

Evastria albiorbis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 141 (1882).

Erastria fusca, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 141 (1882).

Erastria nubila, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 142 (1882).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; palpi with

blackish patch at side of 2nd joint; tegule with shght brown

medial line ; tibiz and tarsi banded with fuscous brown ; abdomen

pale yellow irrorated with brown, the crests brown at tips. Fore

wing ochreous irrorated with red-brown, the basal area suffused

with red-brown, some red-brown suffusion beyond postmedial line,

the medial area suffused with white ; subbasal line double filled in

with yellow, from costa to vein 1; a black mark on inner margin

near base; antemedial line double filled in with yellow, oblique,

minutely waved; orbicular and reniform large, defined by brown,

the former with brown centre, round, the latter with fuscous spot

in cell, extending to well below the cell; medial line very oblique

from costa to reniform, oblique and minutely waved on inner area ;

postmedial line double filled in with yellow, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4; some yellow

OLIGIA. one

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of rather diffused yellow lunules, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and bent outwards to tornus, a terminal series of black

strie ; cilia fuscous with slight pale lines at base and middle.

Hind wing white, the veins, inner and terminal areas tinged with

red-brown; a faint discoidal spot; cilia white with a brownish

line through them; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule, a faint curved, waved

postmedial line from costa to vein 3 and fine terminal line from

apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. albiorbis. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused

with white, the orbicular and reniform filled in with white.

Ab. 2. fusca. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not

filled in with white.

Hab, Sixnim (Atkinson, Elwes, Dudgeon), 4 3, 9 2, types

albiorbis, fusca, nubila. Hep. 28-34 millim.

*3190. Oligia glaucostigma. (Plate CXVIL. fig. 18.)

Bryophila glaucostigma, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 800 (1894).

3. Head and thorax reddish ochreous mixed with brown ; palpi

dark brown at sides, whitish in front and at extremity of 2nd joint ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen dark brown, paler at

base. Fore wing reddish ochreous suffused with dark brown and

irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double oblique

black striee from costa and cell filled in with whitish; antemedial

line indistinct, double filled in with whitish, strongly excurved

below the cell; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and

yellowish-white annuli slightly defined by blackish, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter rather constricted at middle; a dark

bar from middle of costa; postmedial line black, double and filled

in with yellowish white at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa with blackish streaks between them; subterminal line

represented by a series of small yellowish-white lunules defined on

inner side by small dentate black marks and larger mark in sub-

median fold, and on outer by slight dark streaks, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia blackish with

fine pale line at base and intersected by pale streaks. Hind wing

yellowish white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ;

postmedial dark points on veins 3 and 2; a fine brown terminal

line; cilia whitish with brown line at middle; the underside

yellowish white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated

with brown, a brown discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line bent

inwards to costa and incurved below vein 2, a terminal series of

small dark lunules.

Hab. Burma, E. Pegu, 4,500’ (Doherty), type + ¢ in Coll.

Rothschild. wp. 34 millim.

Z23RB2

ot2 NOCTUID A.

3191. Oligia vulgaris. (Plate CXVII. fig. 19.)

Polydesma vulgaris, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 135.

Head, tegule, and patagia grey mixed with red-brown; palpi

with some black at sides; frons black at sides; tegule with black

medial line ; patagia with grey upper edge ; thorax grey, the meta-

thorax with some brown; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown, a

patch of dark brown suffusion on basal costal area extending to

submedian fold and with its outer edge oblique, the postmedial area

suffused with dark brown from costa to vein 4; subbasal line

double, from costa to submedian fold, the outer line angled out-

wards below costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved,

with double black strie at costa and black point at inner margin ;

claviform and orbicular very faintly defined by brown, the latter

oblique elliptical ; reniform with slight whitish annulus, open above

and below, oblique oblong, the dark postmedial patch extending to

its outer edge; postmedial line double towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, then indistinct, minutely dentate and with dark points

at the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; a broad oblique grey-white fascia from apex to

vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct, pale grey, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal fold where

there is a wedge-shaped patch of dark suffusion beyond it; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with a dark line

through them. Hind wing pale reddish brown, the terminal area

tinged with fuscous ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ;

the underside grey slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused fuscous subterminal

band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing greyer, the brown patches darker, the lines

more distinct.—C. & W. China.

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Maries),4 g type, Yokohama (Pryer), 3 3,

5 9; C. Curna, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 ¢, Kiukiang (Pryer, Pratt),

2 6; W. Catia, Chang Yang (Pratt), 1 ¢. wp. 38-48 millim.

3192. Oligia sordida.

Glottula sordida, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 174.

Gerbatha pseudodyops, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xiii. p. 274 (1884).

Segetia variegata, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 21, pl. 2. f. 1 (1884); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 164.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown and mixed

with blackish ; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen with the

dorsal crests blackish at tips, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing

brown suffused with grey and irrorated with black, the ante- and

postmedial areas slightly tinged with rufous; subbasal line repre-

sented by slight black strie from costa and cell; a blackish patch

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on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is black defined

by white on inner side especially towards inner margin, oblique,

waved, the claviform represented by a slight black spot on its outer

edge; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black, the former

round, the latter hardly defined except on inner side; traces of a

waved medial line; postmedial line black defined by grey on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line pale rufous defined by fusecous on inner side and

with blackish patch before it on costa, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein3,

the area beyond it fuscous brown ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia with blackish line through them and series of blackish

spots at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss ;

cilia whitish at tips; the underside grey irrorated with fuscous

and tinged with rufous, a blackish discoidal lunule, curved post-

medial line, and diffused subterminal line.

Ab. 1. pseudodyops. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

areas more rufous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyer, the postmedial

area bright rufous,

Hab. EK. Stperta, Amurland, 3 ¢, 39, Ussuri; Javan, Yesso

(Pryer), 5 $, 2 2 type pseudodyops, Hakodaté (Leech), 1 6,

Oiwaké( Pryer), 2 2, Yokohama (Maries, Pryer),9 2 type; Corza,

Gensan (Jto),3 9. Hap, 32-40 millim.

3193. Oligia chasiana. (Plate CX VII. fig. 20.)

Bryophila khasiana, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 299 (1894).

Bryophila obliquifascia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 299; id. Moths

ind. iv. p. 513.

Euplexia repetita, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 499 (nec Butl.).

Head and thorax ochreous white with some red-brown scales ;

palpi black at sides except at tips; frons with lateral black bars

and slight line above; tegule blackish at base and with brown

tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white

suffused with brown. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown; traces of a subbasal line angled

on median nervure; a diffused curved fuscous band before the

antemedial line, which is oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

waved, an oblique brown band beyond it to postmedial line at

submedian fold, not extending below vein | and defined by a black

line on outer side; claviform slightly defined by black, acute at

extremity and with blackish streak from it te postmedial line ;

orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black except above, the

former oblique elliptical with fuscous centre, the latter with its

centre faintly defined by brown, a brown patch between their upper

parts with two dark bars above it from costa; postmedial line

double, bent outwards below costa, then produced to slight teeth at

374 NOCTUIDA.

the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some brown points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight brown marks, with brown patch beyond it at discal fold; a

terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia brown with a fine pale

line at base. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with brown especially

on terminal area; a faint discoidal lunule; cilia ochreous white

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule,

postmedial line excurved below costa, then waved, and terminal

series of small black lunules.

Hab, W. Cuina, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9; Bauran (Dudgeon),

1 ¢ type obliquifascia ; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢. vp. 28-82 millim.

Type 7 in Coll. Rothschild.

3194. Oligia ophiogramma.

Noctua ophiogramma, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 182. f. 2 (1794) ; Hibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f.3855 ; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 185, pl. 109. f.5; Frr. Neue

Beitr.i. pl. 75. f. 3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 11; Snell. Tijd.

v. Ent. 1897, p. 301, pl. 12. f.3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164.

Noctua biloba, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 209 (1809).

Miana merens, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164 (1901).

Head and thorax grey tinged with bright rufous especially on

vertex of latter, palpi with black scales in front of 2nd joint ; frons

and vertex of head with black bars; tegule whitish at base and

with biack medial line; patagia with some black scales near upper

edge ; pectus brown at sides and rufous in front; legs whitish and

brown; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the dorsal crests rufous,

a brown dorsal spot on analsegment. Fore wing grey tinged with

rufous, the basal costal area and the medial area to below cell dark

brown with a leaden gloss, the terminal area with dark patches at

middle aud above tornus; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, indistinct on the grey

area: Claviform red-brown slightly defined by black, large and

extending to median neryure; orbicular and reniform slightly

defined by black, the former round, the latter with dark brown on

inner edge; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double

at costa, then indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then reduced

to a double series of black points on the veins, incurved below

vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

represented by a rufous shade on its inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7, then oblique ; the terminal area with the dark patch above

tornus emitting a streak in submedian fold to postmedial line; a

terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia greyish fuscous with

a waved black line through them. Hind wing grey tinged with

reddish brown; a diffused dark subterminal band; a fine waved

dark terminal line; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ;

the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with rufous, a dark

discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

band,

OLIGIA. 370

Ab. 1. merens. Ground-colour blackish; fore wing with the

grey areas suffused with fuscous,

Hab. Brirary, Leech OColl.; Francz, Sand and Leech Colls. ;

Juttanpd; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrrta ;

Houneary; Swirzertanp; S. Swepen; Rumeria; W. Siperta,

Altai; E. Torxssran, Ili; E. Srperra, Ussuri. Exp. 32-36

millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 134; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 401, pl. 184. f. 3.

Dull pinkish ochreous ; spiracular line whitish ; head dark brown ;

thoracic plate brown. Food-plant: stems and roots of Phalarvs

arundinacea. 8-0.

3195. Oligia albirivula, n. sp. (Plate CXVII. fig. 21.)

@. Head and thorax whitish mixed with bright rufous ; palpi

bright rufous; frons with dark lateral bars; tarsi fuscous ringed

with whitish ; abdomen grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing with

the inner and postmedial areas except at costa white, the basal

costal area, medial area to submedian fold, and terminal area bright

rufous ; subbasal line double, waved, from costal to submedial fold,

with a slight blackish streak beyond it above vein 1 ; antemedial

line double, angled outwards below costa, incuryved in cell, then

strongly excurved and slightly angled inwards on vein 1; claviform

defined by brown, extending to median nervure; orbicular with

slight ochreous annulus defined by brown, elongate elliptical ; reni-

form defined by brown, with whitish centre defined by brown and

yellowish annulus on inner side, whitish on outer, somewhat angled

inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line double, bent outwards

below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by a

rufous shade on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen

at veins 4,3; terminal area with dark patches at middle and above

tornus; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia rufous, mixed

with black towards tornus and with series of black spots at tips.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; a terminal series of dark

strie; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight dark

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of strie.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 9 type. Zvp. 30 millim.

3196. Oligia violacea. (Plate CX VII. fig. 22.)

Hadena violacea, Grote, Bull. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 261 (1881) ;

Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 141.

Q. Head and thorax white mixed with a few reddish and black

scales; frons with lateral blackish bars; abdomen white slightly

irrorated with brown and tinged with rufous at sides. Fore

wing white suffused with purple, the base yellowish white

irrorated with brown, the costal area dark brown irrorated with

white from subbasal to subterminal line, the terminal area

376 NOCTUIDA®.

yellowish white with diffused blackish patches at middle and above

tornus; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa;

antemedial line indistinct, waved, somewhat oblique; claviform

olive-yellow defined by orange; orbicular and reniform well-

developed, yellowish white defined by brown, the former round, the

latter with olive-yellow round its lower part; traces of an oblique

red medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, reddish, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to slight black

streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish slightly defined

on inner side by olive-yellow, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a waved black terminal line; cilia white with series of blackish

patches at tips. Hind wing pure white with fine black terminal

line; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with red

and with reddish postmedial striga from costa.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, Sierra Nevada, Shasta Co.,

1 2 type. Hep. 38 millim.

3197. Oligia bridghami. (Plate CXVII. fig. 23.)

Mamestra bridghamii, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 17, pl. 3.

f. 1 (1866); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 141.

9°. Head and tegule white mixed with rufous and brown ; palpi

brown at tips; frons with lateral brown bars; thorax white with

some brown scales near upper edge of patagia; prothoracie crest

fiery red; metathoracic crest tinged with ochreous; pectus and

legs white mixed with brown, the pectus red in front; tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen white mixed with brown, the crest on

3rd segment red. Fore wing with the costal area dark brown

irrorated with white to submedial line; the base white irrorated

with brown, then olive-yellow suffused in parts with red and bluish

white to postmedial line, the veins streaked with white, the post-

medial and terminal areas bluish white; subbasal line double filled

in with white, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line defined by white on inner side, waved, slightly oblique; clavi-

form small, faintly defined by olive with purplish streak beyond it ;

orbicular and reniform white defined by olive and with some olive

in centres, the former round, the latter dilated above and con-

stricted at middle; a waved red medial line oblique from costa to

vein 2; postmedial line reddish, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved and with dark points beyond it on the veins,

excuryed to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, defined by olive on inner side and with

brown patches beyond it at middle and above tornus, excurved below

vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a waved terminal

line expanding into lunules in the interspaces; cilia white mixed

with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous white irrorated with brown ; the

veins brown; the terminal area suffused with brown and tinged with

red; a sinuous postmedial line; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

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white mixed with fuscous except towards tornus; the underside

white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated and suffused with

red, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern States, 19, Massachusetts. ap.

36 millim.

3198. Oligia egens. (Plate CXVII. fig. 24.)

Celena egens, W1k. x. 268 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 144.

Hadena transfrons, Neum. Papilio, iii. p. 159 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 141.

6. Head and thorax olive-white mixed with rufous brown and

black; palpi rufous mixed with black; frons with lateral dark bars ;

antenne ringed brown and white; tegule with black medial line ;

prothoracic crest fiery red; pectus grey, reddish in front; legs

black and rufous mixed, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

greyish more or less mixed with fuscous or rufous, the anal tuft

and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing olive to postmedial line,

more or less suffused with purplish red, the base whitish, the costal

area whitish and black to beyond middle, the postmedial area white,

the terminal area olive-brown; subbasal line double filled in with

white, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined

by white on inner side, waved, angled inwards on vein 1, somewhat

oblique ; claviform minute, defined by olive; orbicular and reniform

small, with olive centres and whitish annuli defined by olive, the

former round, the latter narrow and constricted at middle; an

indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and

produced to slight black streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points on an olive patch beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white defined by olive on inner side, ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it olive-brown

with black streaks on the veins except at apex which is white; a

lunulate dark terminal line; cilia black and grey intersected with

reddish. Hind wing greyish nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous

black ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line; cilia whitish with a

black line through them ; the underside grey tinged with fuscous and

the costal and terminal areas with red, a discoidal point and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Hudson’s Bay (Barnston), 1 3 type ; Manitoba,

Cartwright (Heath), 1 9, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9, Alberta, Calgary

(Wolley-Dod), 14 3, High R. (Baird), 1 3 ; Br. Columbia. xp.

32-34 millim.

3199. Oligia fasciuncula.

Noctua fasciuncula, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 215 (1809) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 165.

Apamea rubeuncula, Donz Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. p. 450, pl. 12. ff. 3-4

(1838); Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 499-501; Frr. Neue

Beitr. v. pl. 468. f. 2.

378 NOCTUID®.

Miana erratricula, Rmbr. Cat. Lep. 8. And. pl. 16. ff. 1-2 (nec Hibn.).

Miana cana, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 102 (1871).

Head and thorax bright rufous; tarsi blackish with pale rings ;

abdomen brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore

wing bright rufous, the antemedial and postmedial areas slightly

paler except towards costa; subbasal line absent; antemedial line

brown defined by whitish on inner side below the cell, oblique from

costa to below cell, then excurved and angled inwards on vein 1;

claviform pale rufous faintly defined by brown; orbicular and reni-

form pale rufous faintly defined by brown, the former oblique

elliptical ; postmedial line brown, defined by whitish on outer side

below vein 3, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa: sub-

terminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by rufous on inner

side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved, terminal

area somewhat browner except at apex; cilia brown with slight

pale line at base. Hind wing brown; cilia whitish with slight

brown line near base except towards tornus; the underside grey-

brown, the costal area tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal spot,

faint curved postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal

line.

Ab. 1. Darker brown.—Scotland.

Ab. 2. cana. Much paler: fore wing grey-white with medial

rufous band.—Scotland, Denmark, N. France.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 137; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 15, pl. 186. f. 2.

Pinkish ochreous; dorsal line double, pale greyish ochreous

enclosing a darker line; subdorsal and lateral lines pale greyish

ochreous ; head and thoracic plate pale brown. Food-plants,

leaves and stems of Grasses. 9-5.

#3200. Oligia tapeta. (Plate CXVII. fig. 25.)

Hadena tapeta, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 467 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

3. Head and thorax deep red-brown ; tegule tipped with yellow ;

patagia with some yellow scales near upper edge; vertex of thorax

and metathoracic tuft yellowish; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing yellowish almost entirely

suffused with bright red-brown ; subbasal line black, single, dentate ;

antemedial line single, black with a small spot at costa, erect,

waved; claviform absent; orbicular a white point: reniform

whitish with a brown line in centre; the medial area with a dark

patch on inner margin; postmedial line black, interrupted, defined

on outer side by yellowish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line yellowish, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked

with yellowish ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with

yellowish points at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal

area suffused with brown; cilia tinged with ochreous; the under-

OLIGIA. 379

side whitish, the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal

point and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, Cocoanut Grove. Exp. 28 millim. This

species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

3201. Oligia scolopacina.

Noctua scolopacina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 130. f. 1 (1788); Hubn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f.460; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 201, pl. 113. f.3; Frr. Neue

Beitr. i. p. 121, pl. 64; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 178 ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

Noctua abbreviata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 170 (1809).

Hadena hammoniensis, Sauber, Ver. Naturw. Hamb. x. p. 69 (1899).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous, a black patch on

metathorax; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi ringed with blackish ;

abdomen grey suffused with brown, a black patch at base and the

dorsal crests black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the

terminal area deep rufous except at apex; subbasal line indistinctly

double, dentate, from costa to submedian fold; a diffused oblique

black patch above inner margin before the antemedial line which is

indistinctly double, diffused, rufous, oblique from costa to median

nervure, then waved; claviform absent; orbicular narrow, oblique

elliptical, with pale annulus; remiform narrow, constricted at

middle, with white annulus forming a small spot on inner side

below and with slight blackish spot in lower extremity ; a curved

rufous medial shade, blackish towards costa; postmedial line dark,

indistinctly double towards costa, slightly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, ex-

curved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by

deep rufous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of slight blackish points; cilia fuscous with puncti-

form ochreous line at base and slight blackish medial line. Hind

wing ochreous suffused with brown especially on terminal area; a

slight dark discoidal lunule; cilia pale; the underside whitish, the

costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal spot and curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. hammoniensis. Suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Briain, Leech Coll.; Francr; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and

Leech Colls.; Avstrra; Huneary; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; N.

Iraty ; 8. Swenen ; Russra, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; W.Srsrrta, Altai ;

E. Srperta, Ussuri; Japan, Yeso (Whitely, Pryer), 2 3,3 2,

Tokio (Maries), 1 ¢, Yokohama (Pryer),1 3. Hep. 32-36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 132; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 378, pl. 181. f. 1.

Greenish-grey ; dorsal line whitish, dark-edged; subdorsal line

dark grey; spiracular line pale yellow edged above by dark grey ;

head light, brownish ochreous or greenish. J*ood-plants, Grasses

and Luzula. 10-6.

380 NOCTUID®,

3202. *Oligia dinava.

Exyra dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Novy. Zool. xiii. p. 226 (1906).

°. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with

some dark-brown scales; frons with lateral black bars; palpi

brown except at tips; tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen

ochreous-white irrorated with red-brown, the crests dark. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the apical area suffused with dark

brown obliquely from middle of costa to termen at submedian fold ;

a black point below the cell near base; subbasal line dark, sinuous,

interrupted, from costa to inner margin; antemedial line white, _

defined on each side by some black scales, waved, oblique towards

costa and incurved in cell; claviform represented by a few black

scales at extremity ; orbicular with slight whitish annulus defined

on outer side by some black scales, bent outwards at lower extremity ;

reniform with white annulus except below where it is obscured by

some fuscous suffusion extending to postmedial line, defined by black

on inner side and with some white suffusion above it; postmedial

line double, blackish filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous defined on

inner side by blackish suffusion from costa to vein 2, then obso-

lescent, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, some

black suffusion beyond it at discal fold; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia chequered ochreous and fuscous and with dark

line near base. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on

terminal area, a faint dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line; some slight dark lunules on termen from apex to vein 2; the

underside white, the costal half irrorated with brown, a black dis-

coidal spot, crenulate postmedial line bent inwards to costa and

incurved below vein 3, and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type r 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. wp. 22 millim.

3203. Oligia fractilinea. (Plate CXVII. fig. 27.).

Hadena fractilinea, Grote, Can. Ent. vi. p. 15 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 144.

Hadena vulgivaga, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 144 (1874).

Head and thorax fuscous mixed with rufous and whitish, tegulze

with blackish line near tips; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen pale brownish ochreous, the dorsal crests black at tips.

Fore wing fuscous mixed with reddish, the antemedial area to

cell, the medial area to submedian fold, the postmedial area except

at costa and the apex whitish tinged with rufous ; a diffused blackish

streak above base of yein 1; subbasal line dark, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; a dark mark above inner margin before the

antemedial line which is indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform small,

slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former indistinct, small, round or oblique elliptical, the latter

OLIGIA, 381

with whitish lunule on outer edge; traces of a sinuous medial line

oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely waved and with double series of

black points beyond it on the veins strongly incurved below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale defined

on inner side by rufous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous white

suffused with brown; a slight dark terminal line; cilia ochreous

white with a dark line through them; the underside whitish irro-

rated with brown, a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial

line.

Ab. 1. vulgivaga. Head and thorax redder with hardly any

black; fore wing red mixed with purple-grey and without the

whitish areas, the terminal area blackish except at apex.

Hab. Canava, 1 2 type, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9°;

U.S.A., Vermont, New York (Grote, Scudder), 3 ¢,1 2, Wisconsin,

Illinois, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico. wp. 30-36 millim.

3204. Oligia strigilis.

Noctua strigilis, Clerck, Icones, pl. ix. f. 6 (1759); Linn, Faun. Suee. p. 318

(1761); Esp. Schmett. pl. 146. ff.1-3; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 12, pl. 101.

f. 2; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 12; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 164.

Noctua latruncula, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 89 (1776); Hibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 94; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 9, pl. 101. f. 1; Frr. Neue Beitr.

pl. 142. ff.1-2, & pl. 273. f. 2; Steph. Ill. Brit. Hnt., Haust. i. p. 18.

Noctua preduncula, Schiff, Wien. Verz. p. 89 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 95.

| Noctua erata, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 146. ff. 4-6 (1790).

Noctua meretricula, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 187 (1792).

Noctua ethiops, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 215 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 13.

Miana invisa, Wik. x. 259 (1856).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; frons with black

lateral bars; tegule, thoracic crests, and patagia with some black

Fig. 63.— Oligia strigilis, d. }.

scales at tips; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale brown.

Fore wing brown mixed with grey and irrorated with black to

postmedial line, the inner medial area black-brown, the terminal

area white with brown patches on postmedial costal area and

on termen at middle and above tornus; subbasal line black,

waved, from costa to vein 1, above which there is a black mark

382 NOCTUID&.

beyond it; some white on inner margin before the antemedial line,

which is black defined by white on inner side, waved, angled inwards

in cell and on vein 1; claviform defined by diffused black; orbicular

and reniform white tinged with brown and defined by black at sides,

the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line black defined by white

on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate

and produced to short black streaks on the veins, excuryed to vein

4, then strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white shghtly defined by brown on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia whitish with series of blackish

spots at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown ; cilia white

with slight brown line near tips on apical half; the underside white

tinged with brown, a slight discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line,

and traces of diffused subterminal line.

Ab. 1. latruncula. Paler, generally rufous; fore wing with the

white on terminal area much reduced.

Ab. 2. ethiops. Almost uniform dark brown ; fore wing without

any white.

Hab. Brirary, Leech Coll; Francr, Sand and Leech Colls. ;

Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Ausrria; Huneary;

Swirzertann, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Srary, Bilbao; Ivany, Cour-

mayeur (Hampson); Storny; Datmarra; Russia, Livonia, Zeller

Coll.; Armenta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia; Kurdistan ;

N.W. Persia; W. Turxesran, Issyk Kul; E. Turxesran, Ih; hab.

ign. type invisa. Hep, 22-28 millim.

Larva. Meyv. Brit. Lep. p. 187; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 12, pl. 186. f. 1.

Dull reddish or fuscous; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines pale

ochreous; subspiracular line pale ochreous, sometimes edged with

blackish above; head and thoracic plate pale brown. JF ood-plants,

leaves and stems of Grasses and Curev. 9-0.

3205. Oligia instructa. (Plate CXVILI. fig. 28.)

Hadena instructa, W1k. xxxiii. 733 (1865).

Hadena rubrescens, W\k. xxxiii. 733 (1865).

¢. Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown; sides of

palpi and frons fuscous ; tegule with some black at base and strong

black medial line ; tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen ochreous

dorsally suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing pale rufous

slightly irrorated with black especially on the veins; subbasal line

represented by slight double striz from costa and cell, with some

fuscous suffusion on outer side below the cell; a slight black streak

in base of submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double,

slightly angled outwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold and

angled inwards on vein 1; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform

small with ochreous annuli defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, the latter constricted at middle; an indistinct diffused

medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved

and approximated to the postmedial line, which is defined by ochreous

OLIGIA. 383

on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, slightly °

angled inwards at discal fold, strongly incurved and minutely waved

below vein 4, some ochreous points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line ochreous with slight brown shade on inner side and some slight

dark marks beyond it at discal and submedian. folds, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules;

cilia dark brown with fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish

nearly uniformly suffused with brown; cilia whitish with a brown

line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

the costal area ochreous thickly irrorated with large black scales, a

dark discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and slight waved

terminal line.

2. Ochreous and dark brown with hardly a trace of rufous ;

fore wing with the postmedial area paler, a diffused dark streak in

submedian fold between ante- and postmedial lines, the terminal

area dark except towards apex.

Hab. Care Cotony, Capetown (Zrimen), 1 3,1 9, type and type

rubrescens. Exp. 32 millim.

3206. Oligia ambigua. (Plate CXVII. fis. 29.)

Hadena ambigua, Wik. xv. 1727 (1858).

Hama exsiccata, Wilgrn, Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 169 (1860).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with fuscous and greyish ;

palpi black, the extremity of 2nd joint white ; frons black at sides;

tegule with black medial line; tarsi black ringed with white;

abdomen grey tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore

wing greyish brown, the medial and terminal areas suffused with

fuscous, the postmedial area greyer on inner half; a slight black

streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, black filled in with

greyish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, filled in with greyish, oblique, waved; claviform defined by

black, acute at extremity and with blackish streak from it to post-

medial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

small, round, the latter elliptical, greyish with its centre defined by

brown and slight black streaks beyond it; an indistinct diffused

medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved ;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with grey, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and often with white points beyond it on

the veins, oblique to vein 5 near subterminal line, then strongly

incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

pale, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at

discal fold to near postmedial line; a terminal series of black points

with whitish lunules on their inner side; cilia with a fine pale line

at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown, in female more uniformly suffused with

brown; a small dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line ;

cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the underside white,

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with large brown scales, a

black discoidal spot and postmedial line crenulate on costal half,

384 NOCTUID &.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform red-brown without any grey.

Ab, 2. Fore wing with the medial and terminal areas red-brown,

the ante- and postmedial areas pale; wedge-shaped blackish marks

at veins 5 and 2 from termen to near postmedial line.

Ab. 3. Fore wing more uniformly greyish, with strong black

streaks in submedian fold from base and from antemedial line to

termen.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with three white points on outer edges of

reniform.

Hab. Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 $3; Br. E. Arrica, E. Quaso

(Betton), 2 6, Uganda Ry., Mile 478 (Betton), 1 9, Nairowa

(Betton), 1 ¢, Ndimu (Betton), 1 9 ; Ueanpa, Ruwenzori, 6000’

(Wollaston), 1 9 ; Transvaat, Piet Retief (Mrs. Mercer), 1 S ;

Naat, Durban (Guetnzius, Leigh), 3 2 type: Baswrotanp, Maseru

(Crawshay), 2 $ ; Care Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett),

146,292. wp. 26-32 millim.

3207. Oligia exhausta. (Plate CXVIL. fig. 30.)

Hadena exhausta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 194 (1908).

®. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with some fuscous ;

palpi black at sides; frons with black bar; tegule with blackish

medial line ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen grey tinged

with brown, the dorsal crests black at tips. Fore wing grey tinged

with brown, the medial area slightly suffused with fuscous ; sub-

basal line indistinctly double, curved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line

indistinct, curved, slightly sinuous; claviform minute, defined by

black and with blackish streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular

placed on the antemedial line, with faint whitish annulus defined

by black on outer side, rather oblique elliptical; reniform with

whitish annulus defined by black; postmedial line double at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black

points on the veins, excurved and obsolescent to vein 2, angled in-

wards on vein | to near antemedial line, a blackish streak in sub-

median fold from it to subterminal line and some pale points on

fuscous suffusion beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, curved, slightly defined by fuscous on outer side; a fine

minutely waved black terminal line ; cilia with fuscous lunulate line

through them. Hind wing grey suffused with brown; a fine dark

terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with brown and with faint dark

line through them; the underside white, the costal area slightly

irrorated with fuscous, a black disvoidal spot, curved postmedial

line, and terminal line from apex to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., N. Atlantic States, New York, New Windsor, 1 9

cotype, Schenectady. Hap. 24 millim.

OLIGIA. 385

#3208, Oligia una.

Hadena wna, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 8, p.32 (1900); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

@. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with blackish ;

abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing silky brownish grey ;

subbasal line black, a dark streak beyond it above inner margin ;

antemedial line black, somewhat dentate, interrupted at the veins ;

clavitform replaced by a black streak in submedian fold between

ante- and postmedial lines; orbicular and reniform indistinct.

slightly defined at sides by black ; postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some black points

beyond it on the veins; subterminal line pale defined on outer side

by blackish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black points; cilia brown and black. Hind wing

fuscous,

Hab. U.S.A., 8. Wisconsin. vp. 28 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

3209. Oligia minuscula, (Plate CX VII. fig. 31.)

Orthosia minuscula, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 147 (1874);

Grote, Can. Ent. vil. p. 227, pl. 1. f. 3; Smith, Cat, Noct. N. Am. p. 144.

¢@. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with some dark brown

scales ; tarsi fuscous ringed with grey ; abdomen grey mixed with

brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and suffused with red-

brown except on terminal area; a rather diffused blackish subbasal

line from costa to vein 1 ; a rather diffused blackish antemedial line

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then obsolescent and angled

inwards on vein 1; claviform represented by a diffused blackish

streak from ante- to postmedial lines ; orbicular and reniform small

with slight whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical with black-

brown patch on inner edge and some blackish scales on outer, the

latter narrow oblong, with black-brown line on inner side and some

red on outer ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, slightly defined by white

on outer side in submedian interspace, some whitish points beyond

it on costa; submedial line only defined by the contrast between

the postmedial and terminal areas, angled outwards at vein 7 and

incurved below vein 3. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown,

the basal area rather paler; cilia white with slight brown line near

base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canapa, 1 9; U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, Massa-

chusetts. Hvp. 32 millim.

*3210. Oligia misera. (Plate CXVII. fig. 62.)

Hadena misera, Grote, Bull. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 582 (1881);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 144.

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some grey and

VOL. VII. 2c

386 NOCTUIDA.

ochreous ; tegule with slight black media! line ; the thoracic crests

tipped with reddish ochreous; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;

abdomen grey-brown. fore wing dark red-brown tinged with

fuscous and slightly irrorated with grey and ochreous ; subbasal

line ochreous, slightly waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

very indistinct, with slight ochreous marks on its inner side in the

interspaces, curved; claviform faintly defined by dark brown;

orbicular faintly defined by dark brown, oblique elliptical ; reniform

indistinctly defined by black, with whitish lunule in centre and with

slight curved line on it; an indistinct medial line, oblique and

shghtly waved below the cell; postmedial line indistinct, blackish,

defined on outer side by grey towards costa, bent outwards below

costa, then produced to slight dark streaks on the veins with grey

points at their extremities, incurved below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed of small

ochreous-white spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of slight black points; cilia fuscous and

greyish, with minute white points at base and slight dark medial

line. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown and the terminal

area with fuscous ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia brownish white

with a dark line through them ; the underside grey irrorated with

brown and the costal area tinged with rufous, a small black

discoidal spot, rather diffused sinuous postmedial line, and traces of

diffused subterminal line.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, in Coll.

J.B. Smith. Hap, 34 millim.

3211. Oligia arcta.

Hadena arcta, Led. Verh, zool.-bot. Ges, Wien, iii. p. 3870, pl. 2. f. 5

(L853); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175.

Raphia fasciata, Buti. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 193 (1878) ; id. Il]. Het. B. M.

ii. p. 33, ph 31. f.5. ©

Miana parietum, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p, 73, pl. 3. f, 15 (1880).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, tinged with reddish brown and

irrorated with black; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi black with pale

rings; abdomen with the dorsal crests black, Fore wing grey

tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous, the ante-

medial costal area and medial area to reniform much suffused with

black with straight outer edge; subbasal line represented by donble

oblique black strize from costa ; a blackish streak in cell before the

orbicular intersecting the antemedial line which is double filled in

with whitish, angled outwards below costa, then strongly and

obliquely excurved; claviform represented by a slight black streak

to postmedial line; orbicular with whitish annulus defined by

black, its centre defined by brown, oblique elliptical ; reniform with

whitish annulus defined on inner side by an oblique black bar;

medial line rather diffused, oblique towards costa ; postmedial line

double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then rather strongly

dentate and produced to slight black points on the veins, below vein

OLIGIA,. 387

4 incurved to below angle of cell, some whitish points with black

strie between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line very in-

distinct, brownish, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in discal

fold, then excurved ; a terminal series of dark striae; cilia brownish

with a dark line through them. Hind wing grey suffused with

fuscous, the terminal area rather darker ; a fine dark terminal line ;

cilia whitish with a slight dark line near base. Underside grey

tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with slight

discoidal bar, curved diffused postmedial line, and traces of diffused

subterminal line; hind wing with black discoidal lunule, sinuous

postmedial line angled inwards in discal fold, and diffused subterminal

line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the terminal area darker, the markings

more distinct.

Hab. W. Siserta, Altai; E. Sippria, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake

(Pryer), 1 3,3 9, Tokio (Maries), 2 3, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),

24,1 2 type fasciata; Cornza, Gensan (Ito, Leech), 2 ¢, 19.

Exp. 34-40 millim,

3212. Oligia arctides.

Miana arcta, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 72, pl. 3. f. 14 (1880), nec Led.

Hadena arctides, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 251; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 178.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous ; palpi

blackish at sides; tegule with black medial line; tarsi black with

pale rings; abdomen with the dorsal crests black. Fore wing grey

tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the antemedial

costal area and medial area to reniform suffused with blackish, with

straight outer edge; subbasal line represented by doable oblique

black strie from costa; a slight black streak in cell before the

orbicular intersecting the antemedial line, which is double filled in

with whitish, angled outwards below costa, then strongly and

obliquely excurved ; claviform minute, defined by black; orbicwlar

with brownish centre and whitish annulus defined by black,

oblique elliptical; reniform with whitish annulus, defined by a

black bar on inner side; a diffused black medial line, oblique

towards costa; postmedial line with double black spots at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then rather strongly dentate to vein 4,

then incurved to below angle of cell and defined by whitish on outer

side, some white points with black striae between them beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by

diffused fuscons, angled outwards at vein 7, then somewhat dentate ;

a terminal series of slight black striz; cilia grey witha slight dark

line through them. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous, the

terminal area rather darker; cilia whitish with a slight dark line

through them. Underside grey irrorated with fusvous ; fore wing

with slight discoidal bar, fine postmedial line excurved from costa

to vein 4, then incurved and faint diffused subterminal line; hind

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3888 NOCTUID”.

wing with black discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and faint

diffused subterminal line.

Hab. E. Stperta, Amurland, Ussuri, Vladivostock (Christoph),

3 6; Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 9; N.Cuina. Exp. 28 millim.

3213. Oligia diversicolora. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 1.)

Demas diversicolor, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 182 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 146.

@. Head and thorax white tinged with brown, the scales of

thorax mostly tipped with black or brown ; palpi blackish at sides ;

sides of frons black ; pectus black-brown in front; abdomen

ochreous white irrorated with brown, the dorsal crests blackish.

Fore wing whitish tinged with brown and with slight dark irrora-

tion, the medial area suffused with dark brown to the reniform

except at costa; a slight black streak below base of cell; subbasal

line represented by black strize from costa and cell; some rufous

marks below the cell before the antemedial line, which is double

filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and strongly

excurved from cell to inner margin; claviform defined by black,

strongly above; orbicular whitish defined by black except above

and with some brown in centre, very oblique elliptical; reniform

whitish, very indistinctly defined except on inner side where there is

a black bar; an indistinct oblique medial line; postmedial line

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

dentate and with series of black points beyond it on the veins,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved to below inner edge of

reniform and outwardly oblique to inner margin ; subterminal line

white, excurved below vein 7, waved at veins 4, 3 and bent outwards

to tornus; a terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia chequered

fuscous and ochreous white. Hind wing white irrorated with brown

especially on terminal area, a sinuous postmedial line and fine

terminal line; cilia white with a slight dark line through them ;

the underside with dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hab, U.S.A., New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Thawter), 1 2 type,

New York. Hwp. 34 millim.

3214. Oligia vulnerata.

Miana vulnerata, Butl. A. M.N. H. (5) i. p. 84 (1878); id. I. Het. B. M.

Weis 2On Pl 2oe te

Hadena christophi, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 252.

Hadena doerriesi, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 446, pl. 8. f.4 (1892); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 165.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing brown mixed with grey, the post-

medial area except towards costa and the terminal area paler; sub-

basal line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line

formed by raised black scales, excurved, angled inwards in cell, a

OLIGTA. 389

black point beyond it above inner margin; orbicular and reniform

large, with pale annuli defined by black, both somewhat oblique

elliptical ; medial line represented by a black striga from costa and

rather diffused oblique line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line black, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards at discal fold,

strongly incurved below vein +, and oblique below submedian fold,

some white points beyond it on costa and some blood-red suffusion

in submedian interspace; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

defined on inner side by a dark shade at costa, excurved below vein

7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;

a terminal series of dark strive ; cilia brown with fine pale lines at

base and middle. Hind wing brown somewhat paler at base; cilia

whitish with dark line through them; the underside white tinged

and irrorated with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot, traces of a

sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal shade.

Hab, KH. Srperia, Amurland, Ussuri ; Javan, Tokio (Maries),1 9,

Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 3,3 2 type, Fushiki (Leech), 1 3 ,Gitu

(Pryer), 1 2; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 3; N. Curna; C. Curna,

Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 9, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 3. KHxp. 24-28

millim.

*3215. Oligia leuconephra. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 2.

Miana leuconephra, Ping. ined.

2. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some rufous and

grey ; tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen fuscous with a

greyish tinge. Fore wing blackish tinged with grey and suffused

with cupreous red-brown; subbasal line blackish, sinuous, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, excurved in

submedian interspace, claviform and orbicular absent; reniform a

narrow oblique white lunule defined by black; a faint diffused

blackish medial line ; postmedial line indistinctly double, slightly

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal

line indistinct, pale, defined by blackish suffusion on inner side,

more distinct towards costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a black terminal line; cilia blackish mixed with grey and with a

slight black line through them. Hind wing glossy fuscous tinged

with grey; cilia with a slight pale line at base.

Hab. EK. Stperia, Ussuri, Kasakewitsch, type fT @ in Coll.

Pungeler. xp. 18 millim.

3216. Oligia literosa.

Noctua literosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 218 (1809) ; Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Haust.

iii. p. 12, pl. 25. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164.

Apamea suffuruncula, Ochs. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 76 (1816); Treit. Hur.

Schmett. v. 2, p. 97 (1828); Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 142. f. 1.

Noctua erratricula, Hibn. Eur. Schwett. Noct. f. 587 (1818).

Apamea onychina, Herr.-Schaff. Neue Schmett. p. 4, ff. 20, 21 (1856).

Hadena subareta, Staud, Iris, x. p. 283, pl. 9. f. 14 (1897).

Head and thorax deep rufous mixed with some grey and a few

390 NOCTUID®.

blackish scales ; tegule with black medial line; tarsi banded with

fuscous ; abdomen rufous, paler below. Fore wing rufous suffused

with grey on antemedial inner area and just beyond middle, some

fuscous irroration especially on the veins, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with fuscous; subbasal line represented by slight

dark striz from costa and cell; antemedial line represented by a

fuscous striga from costa and a strongly excurved black line from

cell to inner margin ; claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform grey, the former defined by black, oblique elliptical,

the latter defined by black on inner side only; postmedial line

almost obsolete on costal half, bent outwards below costa, then with

series of black points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

then bent inwards to origin of vein 2 and forming a black line de-

fined by grey on outer side from cell to inner margin, approximated

to the antemedial line, some grey points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line indistinct, pale, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of black striw; cilia with a black line near base.

Hind wing greyish tinged with rufous and suffused with brown,

especially on terminal area; cilia with a brown line near base and

white tips; the underside grey irrorated with brown, the costal

area tinged with rufous, the terminal area suffused with brown,

traces of a discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. subarcta. Larger; fore wing not tinged with rufous.—

Sicily, Palestine, Ala Gaim:

Ab. 2. onychina. Much paler; fore wing grey-white, the

markings obsolescent.—Heligoland and islands in North Sea.

Hab, Breraty, Forres (Salvage), England, Leech Coll.; Ireranp,

Derry (Salvage); France; Istanps 1x Nortn Sra, Frey Coll.;

Germany, Zeller, Frey & Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary;

ae ery, Frey Coll.; Datmartsa; Swxrprn; 8S. Russia;

Armenta ; Syrta, Leech Coll. ; ; W. Siperta, Altai; W. Turxestan,

Issyk Kul, Nip Tan, Exp. 26-32 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 136; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 8, pl. 185. f. 2

Ochreous sometimes tinged with pink, area between dorsal and

subdorsal lines deep reddish or fuscous; head and thoracic plate

yellow-brown. Food-plants: stems of Grasses. 9-6,

3217. Oligia semicana. (Plate CXVIIL. fig. 3.)

Miana semicana, W1k. xxxii. 675 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 144.

Erastria latireptana, Wk. xxxiii. 791 (1865).

Hadena hausta, Grote, Can, Ent. xiv. p. 217 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 146.

3. Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with whitish ;

tegule with slight dark line near tips; abdomen grey slightly

tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests blackish, the anal tuft och-

reous. Fore wing deep brown to the reniform, the postmedial area

pale grey, the terminal area tinged with rufous; subbasal line

represented by a slight striga from costa; antemedial line in-

distinetly double and somewhat waved and oblique, a diffused black

OLIGIA, 3891

streak from it to postmedial line in snbmedian fold replacing the

claviform ; orbicular and reniform whitish slightly defined by brown

and with some brown in centres, the former oblique elliptical ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, filled in with white below

vein 2, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4+, then strongly

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, pale, defined by brown on inner side, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules;

cilia grey and brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with fuscous

especially on terminal area, a fine dark terminal line ; cilia ochreous

white with a dark line through them ; the underside ochreous white

slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., 2 3 type and type lativeptana, Maine, Kittery Point,

New York, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (H. D. Merrick), 1 3,

New Mexico. Exp. 22 millim.

3218. Oligia subjuncta. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 4.)

Hadenella subjuncta, Smith, Can, Ent. xxx. p, 323 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 108.

Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous and fuscous ; frons with

lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings; abdomen grey tinged with ochreous, the dorsal

crests fuscous. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous and black

and with a rufous tinge below base of cell and on medial area from

subcostal nervure to submedian fold; a slight black streak above

base of vein 1; subbasal line represented by double black striae from

costa; a slight black mark above inner margin before the ante-

medial line, which is double, filled in with white below submedian

fold, oblique to submedian fold, then excurved; claviform absent ;

medial area with slight black streak in submedian fold and white

streak on vein 1; orbicular and reniform rather small, pale slightly

defined by fuscous and their centres tinged with fuscous, the former

somewhat oblique elliptical; a faint medial line oblique from costa

to median nervure, then incurved ; postmedial line defined by grey

on outer side and below vein 2 by white, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 5, then strongly incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; the veins of postmedial and terminal areas with

dark streaks; subterminal line pale defined by brown on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal black line; cilia

fuscous intersected with greyish. Hind wing grey suffused with

pale fuscous brown, the veins and a terminal line darker ; cilia pale

with a diffused fuscous line near base; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Canapa, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 3 5,29; U.S.A,

Massachusetts, 1 ¢. wp. 24-28 millim.

392 NOCTUID®.

3219. Oligia tonsa. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 5.)

Hadena tonsa, Grote, Can, Ent. xii. p. 214 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 143.

. Head and thorax grey mixed with black; frons with black bar;

tegule with black medial line; pectus and legs white irrorated with

black ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey irrorated with

black, the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated

with black; subbasal line represented by double black strie from

costa; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then excurved and retracted to inner

margin ; claviform defined by black, acute at extremity and with

black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with

grey centres defined by fuscous and whitish annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower

extremity rather produced; a strong black medial shade; post-

medial line double filled in with grey, slightly bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, strongly incurved below vein 4 to

lower edge of reniform and oblique to inner margin, some grey

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey defined by fuscous

on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond

it rather darker ; a waved black terminal line; cilia grey irrorated

with black, a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing greyish suffused

with fuscous brown especially towards termen; cilia whitish with

a dark line near base; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a

dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused terminal

band.

Hab. U.S.A., Nevada, 1 9 type, Arizona, Prescott (Awnze),1 9.

Exp. 24 millim.

3220. Oligia levigata. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 6.)

Hadenella levigata, Smith, Can. Ent. xxx. p. 32] (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 108.

Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; tarsi brown

ringed with white: abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore

wing fuscous brown mixed with grey; the postmedial area grey-

white except towards costa, the apex grey-white; subbasal line

absent ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold; claviform absent; orbicular hardly traceable ; reniform

grey-white slightly defined by blackish and its centre by brown;

postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved to below inner

edge of reniform and oblique to inner margin; the whitish post-

medial area with dark streaks on the veins and some whitish points

on costa; subterminal line whitish defined by brown on inner side,

excuryed below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal

and submedian folds, the area beyond it dark except at apex; cilia

brown with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused

OLIGIA. 393

and irrorated with brown especially on terminal area ; cilia whitish

with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a slight discoidal point and traces of curved postmedial

line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 ¢,

Garfield Co., California, Mt. Shasta (Walsingham), 19. ap.

24 millim.

3221. Oligia furuncula.

Noctua furuncula, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 89 (1776) ; Hitbn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 545; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 9, pl. LOL. t. 3; Herr.-Schaff. Neue

Schmett. p. 4, ff. 19, 22, 23.

Noctua bicoloria, Vill. Linn, Ent. ii. p. 288 (1789); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 165.

ae vinetuncula, Hibn. Eur. Schmeit., Noct. f. 96 (1802).

Noctua humeralis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 215 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 14.

Noctua terminalis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 215 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 14.

Noctua rufuncula, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 216 (1809) ; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 14.

Noctua erratricula, Fry. Neue Schmett. pl. 142. f. 3 (nee Hiibn.).

Apamea suffuruncula, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 116 (1840).

Miana insulicola, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 103 (1871).

Hadena pallidior, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 42.

Miana semicretacea, Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 29 (1297).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey; palpi brown

at sides; frons with laterai black bars ; patagia and thoracic crests

with some blackish scales at tips ; abdomen grey suffused with brown,

the dorsal crests blackish, the anal tuft dark above. Fore wing with

the basal half red-brown, the terminal half greyish tinged with

rufous, the terminal area with brownish patches at middle and

above tornus ; subbasal line represented by two slight brown strie

from costa; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa to

below cell, ‘then excurved ; claviform faintly detined by brown at

extremity ; orbicular ereyish slightly defined by brown, somewhat

oblique elliptical; reniform grey very faintly defined by brown;

postmedial line indistinct, brown slightly defined by whitish on

outer side especially below vein 3, bent outwards below costa, then

produced to slight dark streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line very indistinct, slightly defined by rufous on inner

side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a

terminal series of black striw; cilia greyish and dark brown with

blackish medial line. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the

terminal area rather darker; cilia whitish with a brown line

through them; the underside whitish tinged with brown and the

costal area with rufous, a slight discoidal spot and traces of a curved

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. bicoloria. Fore wing with the basal half dark brown, the

terminal half whitish except terminal area,

394 NOCTUIDH,

Ab. 2. rufuncula.. Fore wing nearly uniform pale rufous.

Ab. 3. vinctuncula. Fore wing rufous with the terminal area

dark brown, a narrow black medial band.

Ab. 4. insulicola. Fore wing greyish with white and black striz.

—Heligoland, Norderney, Denmark.

Ab. 5, pallidior. Paler; fore wing with the basal half rufous,

the terminal half whitish ; hind wing white, the termen tinged with

ochreous.—W. & E. Turkestan, Tibet.

Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; Francr, Sand Coll.; Hetieoranp,

Leech Coll.; Duxmarx, Frey Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey and

Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary: Swirzernanp ; SPaIn,

Andalusia; N. Iraty; Scanprvavia; Russra, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ;

Apgmenta; W. Srperra, Altat; W. Turnestan, 1 ¢, Ferghana, Syr

Daria, 1 ¢,Issyk Kul, Ala Tau; E. Turxensray, li; Trser, Kuku-

noor; KE. Sispurta, Ussuri. Hap. 22-30 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 136; Barrett, Brit. Lep. v. p. 20, pl. 187.

Ochreous yellow tinged with pinkish and with three dull reddish

bands on each somite ; dorsal and subbasal lines paler; head dark

reddish brown, thoracic plate pale reddish brown. J*ood-plants :

stems of Grasses. 9-6.

3222. Oligia captiuncula.

Apamea captiuncula, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 2. p. 96 (1825); Dup. Lép.

Fr, vii. p. 282, pl. 117. f.7; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 173-4 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 165.

Miana expolita, Sttn. Entom. Ann. 1855, p. 41.

Noctua unica, Fry. Neue Beitr. vii. pl. 640. f. 1 (1858).

Miana tincta, Kane, Entom. 1805, p. 155.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish; tarsi dark

brown with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown with slght grey

segmental lines, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing dark brown

mixed with grey, the medial area darker, the postmedial area grey

shading to rufous at costa and before subterminal line; subbasal

line represented by a slight striga from costa; antemedial line

defined by whitish on inner side, waved ; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform greyish with white annuli, the former

minute, elongate elliptical, the latter small, narrow ; traces of a

blackish medial shade; postmedial line defined by white on outer

side and with whitish patch beyond it on inner area, slightly bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved,

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

pale, defined on inner side by rufous, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle ; terminal area darker; a slight dark terminal line ; cilia

ereyish with a dark line near base. Hind wing dark brown tinged

with greyish ; cilia grey with a fuscous line near base; the under-

side grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous, a slight dark discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area rufous without white

beyond the postmedial line.

OLIGIA. 395

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial areas largely

suffused with white.

Ab. 3. eapolita. Fore wing almost uniform greyish brown.—

Britain, Armenia.

Ab. 4. tincta, Fore wing with the basal area grey, the medial

area deep pink, the terminal area pale glossy pink.—Ireland.

Hab. Briratn, Leech Coll.; Francr, Pyrenees; Gurrmany,

Silesia, Bavaria; Avsrrta, Frey & Leech Colls., Galicia, Styria,

Zeller Coll. ; SWIIZERLAND, Frey Coll. ; Swepen ; Fuvnanp ; Russia,

Livonia, Urals ; ARMENTA ; W. Srperra, Altai; E. Sreerza,

Dahuria, Ussuri. Zwp. 18- 32 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 136; Barrett, Lep. Brit. y. p. 24, pl. 188. f. 1.

Ochreous tinged with reddish, dorsally tinged with purplish on

somites 2-7; head reddish- brown ; thoracic plate yellow-brown.

Food-plant: hearts of Carew glauca. 8-5.

3223. Oligia havorthi.

Apamea haworthii, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. p. 260 (1829) ; Steph. Hl. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ui. p. 16, pl. 28. f. 3; Graslin, Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. 1848, p. 58,

pl. 1. ff 3-6; etaae -Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 467-8 ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 169.

Apamea tripuncta, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. p. 260 (1829).

Celena hibernica, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 17 (1829).

Celena lancea, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 18 (1829).

Noctua erupta, Germar, Faun. Ins. Eur. xxii. pl. 15 (1842); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 472. ff. 1, 2.

Gortyna morio, Ky. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 550; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 388.

foe

Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown ; frons with slight dark

lateral bars; tegule with slight dark medial line ; tarsi fuscous

ringed with whitish; abdomen brown with the anal tuft rufous.

Fore wing deep purplish red-brown to black-brown, irrorated and

the veins streaked with white, especially the median nervure and

bases of veins 4, 3 on medial area; subbasal line double filled in

with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and

reniform small with white annuli or often filled in with white,

defined by black, the former round, rarely wedge-shaped, the latter

angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line

oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line double filled

in with white, slightly bent outwards below costa, somewhat angled

inwards below vein 7, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the post-

medial area irrorated or suffused with white and with some white

points on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner side by a

blackish patch at costa and by small dentate dark marks trom below

vein 6 to inner margin, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3;

a terminal series be sinelll black “invapiless ; cilia red- brown and

greyish with a brown line through them. Hind wing reddish

brown with the terminal area darker; cilia yellowish rhiite with a

brown line near base ; the underside paler, the costal and terminal

396 NOCTUID

areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, postmedial line

excurved to vein 2, then incurved and fine terminal line.

Ab. 1. hibernica. Redder; fore wing with the markings less

clearly detined by white.

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll.; France ; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey &

Leech Colls.; Scanprnavia ; Russra. Riga, Zeller Coll., Livonia,

Zeller Coll., Urals. Kup. 26-32 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 135; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 8, pl. 185. f. 1.

Pinkish ochreous to purplish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines

faint, pale; spots black; head and thoracic plate pale reddish

brown. Food-plant: bases of stems of Hriophorum. 6-7.

#3994, Qligia obtusa. (Plate CXVIIL. fig. 7.)

Helotropha obtusa, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 45 (1902); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 123.

Head and thorax fuscous brown; antenne whitish above, reddish

below ; tegule at tips and thoracic crests somewhat paler; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing fuscous brown, the medial area darker,

black below the cell; subbasal line slight, black defined on inner

side by pale scales ; antemedial line double, oblique, slightly angled

outwards below costa and at vein 1; claviform short, broad, defined

by black ; orbicular small, oblique elliptical, defined by pale scales ;

reniform with pale annulus, expanding and undefined below ;

median nervure and the veins arising from it streaked with white

on medial area; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein 4 to inner margin near antemedial line,

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

formed of whitish scales slightly defined on inner and outer sides by

dark shadings, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the apex

irrorated with grey; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

with a fine yellowish line at base and intersected with yellowish.

Hind wing fuscous brown; a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial

line; the underside paler thickly irrorated with fuscous, a large

discoidal lunule and sometimes ‘a postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New Hampshire, Claremont, Ashleys Ferry.

Exp. 30-34 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from

a drawing from type in Coll. J. B. Smith.

3225. Oligia includens. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 8.)

Hydrelia includens, Wk. xii. p. 813 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am,

D, 312.

Hadena norma, Morr, Can, Ent. vii. p. 216 (1875).

Lithacodia penita, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1878, p. 71.

Lustrotia marie, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 67 (1877).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous; abdomen ochreous

white slightly tinged with rufous and with the dorsal crests rufous.

OLIGIA. 397

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the inner antemedial area

and an oblique postmedial band from apex to inner margin paler

ochreous ; subbasal line represented by a slight oblique striga from

costa ; an oblique subbasal band of blackish scales from submedian

fold to inner margin; antemedial line slight, nearly erect from

costa to median nervure, angled outwards in submedian fold and

oblique to inner margin ; orbicular absent ; reniform represented by

an oblique white lunule on a diffused dark patch ; postmedial line

slight, faintly defined by ochreous on outer side towards costa, bent

outwards below costa, then produced to slight streaks on the veins

and defined by the pale band, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

some minute pale points on postmedial part of costa and a dark

rufous patch before the oblique band which is bounded on outer

side by the oblique somewhat diffused subterminal line which is very

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal

line. Hind wing pale ochreous slightly tinged with brown; a fine

dark terminal line; the underside irrorated with red-brown, a somo-

what diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white discoidal lunule almost entirely

suffused with black.

Hab. Cananva, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 2 type; U.S.A., Eastern

and Middle States, New York, Evans Center( Grote), 2 ¢,1 9 type

marie, Hap. 22-26 millim.

#3226. Oligia nyctichroa. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 9.)

Oligia nyctichroa, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 159.

3. Head and thorax fuscous brown ; pectus and legs pale

greyish brown, the tarsi fuscous brown with pale rings: abdomen

reddish brown tinged with fuscous. Fore wing dark reddish brown,

suffused with black on antemedial area, outer half of medial area

and terminal area; an indistinct pale waved subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, erect; orbicular

and reniform small, greyish defined by black, the former indistinct,

elliptical, the latter defined at sides only; a nearly straight blackish

medial line; postmedial line defined by minute whitish marks on

each side from costa to vein 6, then double and filled in with

greyish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; the

terminal area with diffused blackish streaks in the interspaces; a

terminal series of black points with minute pale striz on their inner

side. Hind wing fuscous brown; a whitish point at tornus with

blackish above and below it; cilia whitish at submedian interspace ;

the underside paler suffused with brown, traces of a curved diffused

postmedial line.

Hab, Braz, Parana, R. Paranapanema, type fin Coll. D. Jones.

Exp. 24 millim.

398 NOCTUID AS.

Genus AGROPERINA, nov.

Type, A. lateritia.

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

middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons

smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax

clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the latter with indistinctly double ridge-

like dorsal crest ; tibis moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal

crests on basal segments, some rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair.

Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rectangular, the termen obliquely curved

and slightly crenulate; veins 8 and 5 froin near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

A. Fore wing with small white lunule on outer edge of reniform.

a. Fore wing with white lunule in centre of reniform.

a, Fore wing purplish red-brown suffused with black-brown dubitans.

b', Fore wing purplisn red-brown not suffused with black-

LOW! Se Wecise ue cnv eines eisai tem sie <laeteears seleeceeejomeeeeeeys cogitata.

}, Fore wing without white lunule in centre of reniform ......... lateritia.

B. Fore wing without small white lunule on outer edge of

reniform.

a Horeywing, fuscous! Dlackeasanases emcees eect aster reer illustra.

}. Fore wing dark red-brown with two white points at lower

extremity Of LenIMONAN...c este. ssecsenstereretct er sccteneeecneneene fervida.

c. Fore wing not dark red-brown and without white points at

lower extremity of reniform.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial area paler than the

ground-colour except towards Costa ............ 6 ceeeeeneeees conradi.

b'. Fore wing with the postmedial area concolorous.

a, Fore wing with the lines distinct, blackish.

a3, Fore wing grev-white irrorated with rufous............ lutosa.

3, Fore wing fulvous yellow tinged with rufous ......... helva.

cs More wingebrioht’ nitous) js.csssesdeesesusrsetenste caesar injicita.

22, Fore wing with the lines pale, obsolescent ............... morna.

3227. Agroperina dubitans. (Plate CXVIIT. fig. 10.)

Mamestra dubitans, W1k. ix. 252 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 135.

Apamea insiynata, Wik. xi. 729 (1857).

Hadena sputator, Grote, Bull. Baff. Soc, Nat. Sci. i. p. 190 (1875).

Hadena sputatrix, Grote, Check List Noct. p. 9 (1875).

Hadena amanda, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vit. p. 494 (1901).

Head and thorax black-brown tinged with purple and mixed

with some grey hairs ; pectus with ochreous and brown hair; tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey,

the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing black-brown tinged

with purple and sparsely irrorated with white; subbasal line

represented by dark striz from costa and cell; antemedial line

indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform minute, faintly defined by

black ; orbicular small with slight grey annulus defined by black,

oblique elliptical or elongate ; reniform with ochreous-white lunule

in centre and incomplete whitish annulus; an indistinct waved

AGROPERINA, 399

medial line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line

slightly defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on

the veins, oblique below vein 4,some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line formed of white striz defined on inner side

by slight dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

cilia with a series of white points at base. Hind wing greyish

suffused with fuscous brown, the veins and terminal area rather

darker; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia ochreous white with a dark

line through them : the underside ochreous whitish, the costal and

terminal areas thickly irrorated with fuscous, the costal area tinged

with purple, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, 1 3,1 9, Renfrew Co., 23, Toronto(Prout),1 3,

Ottawa (Gibson, Fletcher, Young, Saunders), 6 3, 3 9, London

(Saunders), 1 3, 1 2, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 9. U.S.A,

Eastern, Northern, Middle and Central States (Doubleday),

3 6,1 Q2,type and type imsignata, Massachusetts (Burg), 1 9°,

New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 $,1 2 type sputator, Penn-

sylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 2, Ohio, 1 9. ?? Perak,

1 ¢ type amanda. Ewp. 44-48 millim.

3228. Agroperina cogitata. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 11.)

Apamea insignata, Wik. Can, Nat. & Geol. v. p. 254 (1860), nee WIk.

1857.

NXylophasia cogitata, Smith, Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 421 (1890) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 135.

Head and thorax deep purplish red with a few white hairs;

palpi with some fuscous hairs; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen pale or bright rufous, greyish at base, the crests rufous.

Fore wing deep purplish rufous, the veins blackish irrorated with

white scales; subbasal line represented by a whitish striga from

costa; antemedial. line indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on

inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1; claviform minute, slightly defined by brown

and with a few white scales in centre ; orbicular small with fuscous

centre and incomplete white annulus defined by brown, oblique

elliptical; reniform with dark centre with white lunule on it and

incomplete white annulus; an indistinct medial shade angled on

median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then with series of black and

white points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique ; subterminal line white slightly defined by brown on inner

side ; angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a fine

dark terminal line interrupted by white points at the veins; cilia

with a fine white line at base. Hind wing greyish suffused with

fuscous brown, the veins and terminal area darker, the termen

sometimes tinged with rufous towards tornus; cilia rufous; the

underside ochreous white, the costal area tinged with purplish red

400 NOCTUIDAE.

and irrorated with brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule, sinuous

postmedial line, and terminal series of striae.

Hab, Canaps, Hudson’s Bay (Barnston), 1 9, Alberta, Calgary

( Wolley-Dod), 1 3, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (Cockle), 2 g, 2 9

(J. H. Keen), 1 2, Sicamons (Ricardo), 1 9, Revelstoke

(Mis, Nicholl), 1 2, Vancouver (Bush), 1 g, 1 9, Wellington

(Taylor), 1 9; U.S.A., New Hampshire, Washington 2 9,

Colorado, Manitou, California, Sierra Nevada (Walsingham), 1 3,

19. Hep. 42-50 millim.

3229. Agroperina lateritia.

Phalena lateritia, Wifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 806 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 131. ff. 8-4; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 208, pl. 113. f. 5; Frr. Neue

Beitr. i. pl. 65; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 134; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

9. 178.

Noctua molochina, Hibn. Eur. Schinett., Noct. f. 74 (1802).

Mamesira obliviosa, W\k. xv. 1683 (1858).

Hadena expatiescens, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 41.

Hadena satina, Streck, Lep. Rnop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 8 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

Hadena borealis, Strand. Arch. Naturv. Christian. xxv. 9, p. 13 (1903).

Head and thorax dark purplish red; palpi and frons at sides

dark brown; pectus with the hair pale; tarsi dark brown ringed

with whitish ; abdomen ochreous or reddish brown, greyish at base.

Fore wing purplish red-brown with slight dark irroration, the

costal area rather browner, the veins irrorated with some white

scales ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line double at costa, oblique to submedian fold,

dus" oes

Fig. 64.—Agroperina lateritia, $. }-

angled inwards to a dark point on vein 1 and bent inwards to inner

margin; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform narrow with

dark brown centres and incomplete white annuli, the former oblique

elliptical; a dark medial shade, oblique from costa to vein 2,

then incurved ; postmedial line double and filled in with whitish

at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

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

AGROPERINA, 401

indistinct, pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with ochreous brown,

the veins and terminal area darker; cilia ochreous; the underside

ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish

and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved post-

medial line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. borealis. Darker and browner.—Lapland.

Ab. 2. Pale purplish red.

Ab. 3. eapallescens. Fore wing ochreous suffused with pale red

except on inner and postmedial areas, the terminal area tinged with

brown.—W. & E. Turkestan, Tibet.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 9, Ottawa (Fletcher, Young), 2 4,

Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 2, Anticosti, Manitoba, Aweme

(Criddle), 1 g, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 2 3, 19, Red

Deer R. ( Wolley-Dod), 192, Olds (Willing), 1 3,2 2, Saskatche-

wan (Fletcher), 13, Rocky Mts. (Ld. Derby), 2 2, type obliviosa,

Vancouver I., 1.9; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly (Burg), 1 3,

3 92, New York (Packard, Speyer), 3 5, 1 2, Colorado, 1 ¢;

France, Sand Coll. ; Denmark, Leech Coll.; Guruany, Zelier and

Leech Colls.; Avusrria; Huneary; Switzertanp Frey Coll.,

Zermatt (A. H. Jones), Engadine, Frey Coll.; N. Irany ; Scanp1-

NAvVIA; LapLanp; Frnuanp, Zeller Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller

Coll.; Batcans; Armunia; W. Tcurxestan, Turcomania, 1 g,1 92,

Ferghana, Ala Tau, Issyk Kul, Sarawschan; KE. Turxesran, Ili ;

Tipet, Amdo, Gyangtse (Walton), 1 3, 5 2; Moneorta, Urga;

KE. Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan (Lewis), 1 9; Kasur,

Dras (Leech), 1 3, Goorais Valley (Leech}, 1 2, Nubra( McArthur),

292. Hep. 46-54 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. Moths Eur. p. 240; Hffm. Raup. p. 97, pl. 27. f. 14.

Dark grey with the thoracic and anal plates black ; head brown.

Food-plants, Grasses. 4.

*3230. ? Agroperina illustra. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 1.)

Xylophasia illustra, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 114 (1908).

3g. Head and thorax fuscous black; abdomen grey irrorated

with fuscous. Fore wing dull fuscous black aud without markings

except the reniform, which is indicated by some pale scales and a

slight subterminal line formed of whitish scales defined on inner side

by some velvety black scales and very faintly angled outwards at

veins 4,3; cilia with a slight yellowish line at base, somewhat

punctiform at the veins. Hind wing grey tinged with ochreous ;

cilia paler with a dark line at base; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a brown discoidal spot.

Hab. Canapva, Alberta, High R. Hwp. 28 millim. This species

is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

J. B. Smith.

VOL. VII. 2D

402 NOCTUIDZE.

*3231. Agroperina fervida, n. sp. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 12.)

Hypernenia violacea, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200 (nec Butl.).

¢S. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown slightly mixed

with grey; palpi whitish at tips; antenne with the basal joint

whitish in front; tarsi ringed with ochreous. Fore wing dark red-

brown slightly mixed with grey; traces of a waved subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, dark,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on

vein 1; claviform faintly defined by black; orbicular and reniform

with slight whitish annuli faintly defined by blackish, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter with slight white point on inner side

below and two at outer side; postmedial line indistinct, blackish,

defined on outer side by pale olive, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, oblique below vein 5, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line pale olive, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules ; cilia with

fine pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing greyish uniformly

suffused with reddish brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

brownish white with a dark line through them ; the underside with

shght discoidal bar and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Trser, Kuku-noor (fiuckbeil), type t in Coll, Pungeler.

Hap, 60 millim.

3232. Agroperina conradi. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 13.)

Orthosia conradi, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. v. p. 205

(1879); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 219.

Orthosia citima, Grote, Papilio, lii. p. 74 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 219.

Head and thorax greyish white tinged with rufous or brown;

abdomen grey tinged with ochreous, the anal tuft with rufous.

Fore wing whitish irrorated with reddish brown, the medial and

terminal areas rather darker, the postmedial area whiter except

towards costa; traces of a subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, waved, oblique

from costa to submedian fold; claviform slightly defined by brown;

orbicular whitish defined by brown, small, oblique, rather quadrate;

reniform with brownish centre and white annulus defined by brown,

some fuscous brown in lower part, angled inwards on median

nervure ; traces of a medial line oblique below the cell; postmedial

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

then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, oblique

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line whitish defined by brown on inner side, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a slight pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and

AGROPERINA. 403

terminal area darker ; cilia white; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a sinuous postmedial

line.

Ab. 1. Much more rufous in colour.

Hab, Canapa, Alberta, Calgary, 1 9; U.S.A., Colorado (Snow),

25,2 @ type, Hall Valley, 1 9, Arizona. Hwp, 46 millim.

3233. Agroperina lutosa. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 14.)

Orthosia lutosa, Andrews, Can. Ent. ix. p. 99 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.

Am. p. 220.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with rufous ;

subbasal line represented by a dark point on costa; antemedial line

waved, slightly curved ; claviform absent ; orbicular faintly defined

by brown, round; reniform with slight pale annulus defined by

brown, its lower part filled in with fuscous, somewhat angled

inwards on median nervure; postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, oblique

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

pale shghtly defined by brown on inner side, somewhat angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it rather

darker ; a terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia ochreous and

fuscous. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown ;

the veins browner ; traces of a diffused subterminal band ; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal

spot and postmedial line on costal area.

Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing redder.

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

Massachusetts, Newton (Zhaater), 1 3, 1 9, New York, New

Jersey, S. Dakota, Volga,1 ¢,1 2, ?Californial g. Hap. 38-40

millim.

3234. Agroperina helva. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 15.)

Orthosia helva, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 310 (1875) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 219.

Head and thorax fulvous yellow tinged with rufous and slightly

irrorated with fuscous; sides of palpi and frons fuscous; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous towards

extremity, the dorsal crests tipped with fuscous and grey. Fore wing

fulvous yellow tinged with rutous; subbasal line double, minutely

waved, from costa to submedian fold, a dark spot beyond it in cell

before the antemedial line, which is double, the inner line slightly

sinuous, the outer strongly excurved in the interspaces and angled

inwards on the veins ; claviform slightly defined by brown ; orbicular

2p 4

404 NOCTUID.

and reniform incompletely defined by brown, the former elliptical,

open above, the latter constricted at middle and with its lower part

filled in with fuscous ; a brown medial line, oblique and sinuous from

costa to median nervure, then dentate; postmedial line double at

costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and with two series

of black points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

defined on inner side by fuscous forming a diffused patch at costa

and almost obsolete between veins 7 and 5, angled outwards at

vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards on vein 2; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with fuscous marks at

tips. Hind wing yellow suffused with fuscous except on basal half

of costal area and termen; a terminal series of slight dark lunules ;

cilia yellow; the underside yellow, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule and sinuous post-

medial line.

Hab. Canana; U.S.A., West to the Mississippi Valley and

Colorado, New York, Schenectady (Lintner), 1 ¢,1 2 type, Penn-

sylvania, New Jersey, Elizabeth (Kemp),1 9. Hap. g 42, 9 44

millim.

3235, Agroperina inficita. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 16.)

Graphiphora inficita, W1k. xi. 746 (1857).

Orthosia belangert, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 149 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 220.

Head and thorax bright rufous; tibiae and tarsi tinged with

fuscous ; abdomen pale brownish ochreous, the lateral and anal tufts

rufous. Fore wing bright rufous; subbasal line represented by a

slight striga from costa; antemedial line rufous, oblique, waved,

with dark point at costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular very indistinct,

small, with pale centre slightly defined by brown, oblique elliptical ;

reniform with slight pale annulus faintly defined by brown, rather

constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure; a

rufous medial line very oblique below the cell; postmedial line

slightly defined by pale colour on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

subterminal line faint, pale, slightly defined by deeper rufous

on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle;

the veins of terminal area with dark streaks ; a slight dark terminal

line. Hind wing rufous suffused with brown; the terminal area

darker; cilia pale rufous; the underside ochreous, the costal

and terminal areas suffused with rufous, a dark discoidal lunule,

sinuous postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. ignotus, 1 g type; Canava, Quebec (Kemp), 1 g,1 2.

Kap, 38-44 millim.

C(2DEREMTA, 405

3236. Agroperina morna. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 17.)

Hadena morna, Streck, Rep. Chief Eng. Ruffner, v. p. 1861 (1879) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 134.

Hadena hulstii, Grote, N. Am. Ent. i. p. 98 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 134.

Head and thorax ochreous white suffused with rufous ; abdomen

ochreous slightly tinged with rufous, the lateral fringes of hair and

anal tuft bright rufous. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused with

purplish rufous, the veins of terminal half with slight dark streaks ;

subbasal line represented by faint double oblique rufous strize from

costa ; antemedial line very indistinct, rufous, oblique and sinuous to

submedian fold, then inwardly oblique; orbicular and reniform

small, pale, undefined, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

rather constricted at middle and with fuscous mark at lower angle

of cell; a diffused rufous medial line oblique to lower angle of cell,

then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line rufous slightly defined by

ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate and produced to dark points on the veins, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique, some slight pale points beyond it on costa;

subtermimal line pale, excurved below vein 7, excurved and slightly

waved at middle; a fine brown terminal line; cilia bright rufous

slightly mixed with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white tinged

with rufous, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; a

faint sinuous brown postmedial line; cilia pale rufous with traces

of a brown line near base; the underside pale ochreous tinged with

rufous especially on costal and terminal areas, a slight discoidal

lunule and faint diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale rufous.

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing deep rufous; abdomen and

hind wing more tinged with rufous.

Hab, Canapa, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1 ¢, Brandon 1 9, Alberta,

Calgary ( Woolley-Dod), 12 3,1 9; U.S.A., Wyoming, Yellowstone

Park, 1 ¢, Colorado, 1 ¢, 1 9, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 9,

Exp. 38-46 millim.

Genus EDEREMIA,* nov.

Type, @. lithoplasta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and slightly fringed

with hair in front, the 2nd joint hardly reaching middle of frons; the 3rd

short ; frons with rounded prominence with curved corneous plate below it ;

eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and

hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiz moderately

fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, the crest on

3rd segment large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen slightly

crenulate and somewhat excised towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-

lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

—- —

* This genus might perhaps be better placed as derived from Bryophilan

406 NOCTUIDAE.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour white.

a, Fore wing thickly irrorated with black and suffused in

parts with red-brown. ......).sss.teeecee- ona nore+smeeoreenssciine diadela.

b. Fore wing slightly irrorated with black and tinged in parts

with ochreous brown.

a’, Fore wing with the whole medial area tinged with

ochreous brown defining the white reniform ............ lithoplasta.

é', Fore wing with brown band on basal half of medial area,

the nenitorm un defined yrs. oscseseeintis lessee cect medialis.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale greenish................4. wmovr.

*3237. (deremia diadela. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 18.)

Bryophila diadela, Piing. ined.

3. Head and thorax yellowish white mixed with black and red-

brown; frons with black bar; antennee black; tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen white irrorated with black, the crests tipped with

black. Fore wing yellowish white thickly irrorated with black, the

antemedial area white, without blackirroration at middle, some rufous

suffusion beyond the antemedial and before the subterminal line ;

subbasal line black defined by white on outer side, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line black defined by white on inner

side, oblique, waved ; claviform faintly defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform large, defined by black, their centres almost filled in

with black irroration, the former round and touching the ante-

medial line, the latter constricted at middle; postmedial line black

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

dentate, excurved to vein +, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, whitish, defined on

inner side by rufous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of small black

lunules defined by white on inner side; cilia white mixed with

black. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown and irrorated

with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; a fuscous

discoidal lunule and postmedial line excurved below costa, then

oblique; a terminal series of blackish striz from apex to vein 2

defined by white on inner side; cilia yellowish white; the under-

side white, the costal area tinged with ochreous, the termen

irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and diffused curved

postmedial line.

Hab. W. Turxesran, Alexander Mts., type tT ¢ in Coll. Pingeler.

Exp. 34 millim.

* 3238. (deremia lithoplasta.

Bryophila lithoplasta, Ping. ined.

Head and thorax white faintly tinged with brown and irrorated

with a few black scales; antenne blackish; tegule and patagia

with some black scales on edges ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen

white dorsally suffused with fuscous, the crests black at tips,

extremity of anal tuft black in female. Fore wing white tinged

in parts with ochreous brown and slightly irrorated with black;

subbasal line black, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

(DEREMIA. 407

black defined by white on inner side, oblique, waved ; claviform

defined by black scales at extremity ; orbicular and reniform white

defined by a few black scales, the former with ochreous-brown

centre, round, the latter with brown line near inner edge; a

diffused dark medial shade; postmedial line double, the inner line

black, the outer indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some dark suffusion

beyond it on costal area with white and black points on the costa ;

subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a few black scales,

minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the area

Fig. 65.— Gideremia lithoplasia, 3. }

T°

beyond it with dark suffusion ; a terminal series of minute blackish

lunules defined by white on inner side: cilia white with series of

slight dark spots at middle and tips. Hind wing white suffused

with fuscous brown except towards tornus; a slight discoidal bar,

rather diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3 and diffused

subterminal band; cilia white; the underside white with fuscous

discoidal lunule, diffused curved postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal band.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Tashkent, type Td 2 in Coll. Piingeler.

Exp. $ 32, 2 34 millim.

3239. Cideremia medialis, n. sp. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 8.)

$6. Head and thorax white, the latter tinged in parts with

rufous; palpi tinged with rufous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white; the basal

area with two brown patches on costa; a few subbasal black scales

below the cell and on inner margin; a medial brown band with

some leaden grey scales on it, bounded on inner side by the erect

waved antemedial line formed by raised black scales; traces of a

whitish orbicular defined by a few black scales; the reniform

represented by some black scales on its inner edge; postmedial

line very indistinct, white slightly defined in parts on inner side

by brown, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate,

incurved below vein 4 and below vein 2 forming the outer edge of

the medial band, some slight brown streaks beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by red-brown suffusion

especially on costal half, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of brown striz. Hind wing white, the terminal

area broadly suffused with fuscous brown from apex to vein 2, then

the termen slightly suffused.

Hab. Butoocuistan, Quetta (Nurse), 1 3 type. Exp. 26 millim.,

408 NOCTUID®.

*3240. ? Hderemia umovi.

Bryophila wmovit, Ev. Bull. Soc. Mose. 1846, iii. p. 85, pl. 2. f..3; id.

1855, iil. p. 167; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 630; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 167.

Bryophila colorata, Krul. Ural. Ges. Nat. Fr. xii. p. 71 (1890); id. Ent.

Zeit. Guben. v. p. 80.

Head and thorax pale greenish; abdomen whitish. Fore wing

pale greenish; subbasal line waved, from costa to vein 1; ante-

medial line excurved in and below cell; orbicular represented by a

black point; reniform blackish; postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing white; a diffused dark

discoidal lunule, postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

and diffused subterminal band; a terminal series of dark striz ;

cilia with a slight dark line through them.

Hab, 8.K. Russta, Simbirsciensi, Urals. Hwp. 34 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

Genus EREMOBIA.

Type.

Eremobia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 94 (1829) ..\...... ochroleuca.

Larus, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. p. 208 (1838) ............006 ochroleuca.

Crymodes, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr, 1841, p. 288, non descr. ;

Ie WNOCt MMS MSA (USD 2) ier MMe ie a eaten ata lee eee Svea cervina.

Fleterographa, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1877, p. 185 (non descr.) zelleré.

Phebophilus, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 21.0.0... eceee eens amend.

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

middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 8rd short, blunt; frons

smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male typically minutely serrate and

ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales, the

pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests on basal segments. Fore wing

triangular, the apex rounded, 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ;

§ anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sucr. I. (Phebophilus). Antenne of male bipectinate, with rather long branches

to near apex.

3241. Eremobia amcena.

Phebophilus amenus, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 21; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 177.

3. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ;

palpi brown at sides; frons white; tegule with dark line near

tips ; patagia with dark lines near edges; tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing yellow-

brown irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line double, black filled in

with white, angled outwards in cell and ending at submedian fold

where there is a short black streak beyond it above an oblique

EREMOBIA. 409

white mark; a white mark in cell before the antemedial line, which

is black strongly defined by white on inner side, waved, oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique; claviform a

small white mark beyond the angle of antemedial line defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform white slightly defined by black and

with yellow-brown centres, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

large; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, slightly bent

outwards below costa, oblique to discal fold where it is slightly

angled inwards, somewhat excurved and waved between veins

5 and 3, then angled inwards in submedian fold and outwardly

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

subterminal line white, dentate outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, then

incurved and bent outwards to near tornus; a fine waved dark

_ terminal line ; cilia chequered yellow-brown and white with slight

dark line through them. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with

brown; a whitish mark on termen below vein 2; cilia white with

a slight brown line through them; the underside white irrorated

with yellow-brown, a small discoidal spot and diffused postmedial -

line bent inwards at vein 2, the area beyond it tinged with yellow-

brown.

Hab. W. Turxustan, Ferghana, Issyk Kul, 1 ¢; E. Turxessran,

Kuldja, 4 6. Exp. 36-40 millim.

Seor. II. (Eremobia). Antenne of male bipectinate, with very short branches

ending in fasciculate cilia.

A. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous ............... ochroleuca.

B. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous .............e:seeeeeeeeees thula.

3242, Eremobia ochroleuca.

Noctua ochroleuca, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 87 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.

p- 873, pl. 126. ff. 1-4; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 92 (flamma) ;

Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 311, pl. 92. f. 3; Steph. Tl. Brit. Hnt., Haust. iii.

p. 95; Frr. Neue Beitr. f. 657; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with rufous ;

palpi rufous at sides; tarsi rufous ringed with white; abdomen

with the dorsal crests dark. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with

rufous, the inner part of medial area and postmedial area darker ;

subbasal line represented by a dark striga from costa defined by

whitish on outer side; antemedial line dark brown defined by

410 NOCTUID AL.

whitish on inner side, slightly angled outwards below costa, then

oblique to submedian fold where it is angled outwards to post-

medial line, then incurved ; claviform absent; a dark brown striga

from costa above the orbicular which has a very diffused and ill-

defined brown outline, confluent on inner side with the antemedial

line and extending to well below cell; a dark brown striga from

costa above the reniform which is slightly defined by brown on

inner side, on outer diffused into the whitish suffusion on inner

side of postmedial line which is slightly bent outwards below costa,

Fig. 67.—LKremobia ochroleuca, $. }-

then somewhat dentate, incurved at discal fold, very oblique below

vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold to the antemedial

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

whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds ; some dark points on termen towards

apex ; cilia chequered black-brown and white. Hind wing ochreous

whitish suffused with red-brown, the terminal area darker; cilia

white with ‘a faint brown line through them except towards tornus ;

the underside ochreous white; a rufous postmedial rather diffused

line on costal area and a diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Briratn, Leech Coll.; Franczr, Sand Coll.; Germany,

Zeller and Frey Colls.; Avsrria; Hungary; Switzerianp; Spain,

Aragon; Iraty; Srcemy, Syracuse, Zeller Coll.; 8. Swxpen ;

S. Russia, Leech Coll.; Bancans; ARmunrA, Pontus, Taurus Mts.,

246,19. Hep. 36-38 millim.

Larva. Meyy. Brit. Lep. p. 134; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 28, pl. 188. f. 2.

Whitish green; dorsal and subdorsal lines broad, whitish; sub-

spiracular line whitish, dark-edged above ; warts black ; head pale

green. Food-plant: seeds of Dactylis. 5-6.

#3243. % Eremobia thula.

Hadena thula, Streck. Lep. Rhop., & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen smoky grey. Fore wing grey,

the medial area tinged with fuscous extending to just beyond

postmedial line; a black streak below base of cell; antemediai

line curved ; orbicular defined by black; reniform large, pale grey

defined by black; postmedial line blackish, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; subterminal line whitish, distinct, expanding into

a white spot defined on inner side by a brown line and on outer

EREMOBIA. ALL IL

by a black patch; a terminal series of small black marks; cilia

grey. Hind wing fuscous, the terminal area slightly darker.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Seattle. wp. 25 millim. This species

is unknown to me. Prof. Smith informs me that it has pectinated

antenne and resembles Oligia minuscula, but without the black

streak on medial area.

Scr. III. Antenne of male strongly serrate and fasciculate.

*3244. Eremobia deccerti.

Hadena deckerti, Gr. Grschm. ? ined.

3g. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with brown and some

black; antenne nearly pure white above; tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown and irro-

rated with fuscous. Fore wing sap-green irrorated with black, some

red-brown and whitish suffusion on medial area below the cell and

on inner margin; subbasal line double, black filled in with white,

curved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, black filled

in with white, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved ;

claviform faintly defined by black at extremity; orbicular and

reniform white irrorated with red-brown and defined at sides by

Fig. 68.—Hremobia deccerti, §. }.

black, the former quadrate, the latter slightly angled inwards on

median nervure; a diffused blackish medial line, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line

donble, black filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond

it on costa with black streaks between them; subterminal line

formed by rather dentate white marks defined on inner side by

black, slightly excurved below vein 7, the veins beyond it streaked

with blackish; a terminal series of black points; cilia reddish

ochreous mixed with fuscous and with black line through them.

Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous; a curved postmedial line; a pale patch on termen

towards tornus; a fine black terminal line; cilia ochreous at base,

white at tips and with black line through them; the underside

white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and sinuous rather diffused postmedial line.

Hab. W. Stsnrta, Altai, cotype 7d in Coll. Piingeler. Hxp,

38 millim.

412 NOCTUID &.

Secr. TV. Antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with two white streaks in base of cell extending to

antemedial Line we ie ieee cathe dec cieren eae ana sathe cee ne Ree decipiens.

B. Fore wing without white streaks in base of cell.

a. Head, thorax, and fore wing without reddish tinge.

ai, Fore wing with the basal area and postmedial area except

towards costa much whiter than the ground-colour ... hilli.

b'. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas con-

colorous.

a?, Fore wing with the antemedial line distinct.

a’, Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish white,

the orbienlarl very obliquelttr.asnest-cecssceceseecer tee albertina

+3, Fore wing with the ground-colour not bluish white,

the orbicularilessiobliquel 22. .1-secs-cesseceeeeeeceeere claudens.

6°, Fore wing with the antemedial line obsolescent ...... unicineta.

6, Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with reddish ............ tenera.

3245. Eremobia decipiens.

Hadena. decipiens, Alph. Tris, viti. p. 195 (1895) ; id. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 214,

pl. 13. f. 13; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173.

Phebophilus sajanus, B. Haas, Iris, xviii. p. 133, pl. 5. f. 8 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white and fuscous ;

tegule with black line at middle and dark tips; patagia with

white streaks; pectus and legs olive-brown mixed with greyish,

the tarsi with slight white rings; abdomen olive-brown with slight

whitish segmental lines. Fore wing olive-brown; a small fan of

white-tipped scales at base; subbasal line represented by double

black strize from costa and celi, filled in with white and with two

mary

Fig. 69.—Kremobia decipiens, S. 4.

white streaks between them in cell, extending to the antemedial

line, which is defined by white on inner side, angled outwards

below costa, in submedian fold and above inner margin and in-

wards in cell and on vein 1; claviform defined by white, rather

elongate and acute at extremity, with white streak in middle;

orbicular and reniform with undefined white annuli, the former

very oblique elliptical, open above, the latter open above and

below ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, angled out-

wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards at discal

BREMOBIA. 413

and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight dark lunules;

cilia white and brown with slight dark line through them. Hind

wing olive-brown; cilia white with a brown line through them

from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

the terminal area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal spot and

diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. K Turxestan, Korla; Moneorra, Changhai Mts.; E.

Srperia, Sajan, 1 g. Hep. 44 millim.

3246. Eremobia hilli. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 19.)

Hadena hillii, Grote, Aun. Lye. Nat, Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 805 (1876) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 142.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with some brown; palpi and

frons blackish at sides; tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen

whitish tinged with brown except at base, the dorsal crests darker.

Fore wing white tinged with brown in parts and irrorated with

blackish ; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line repre-

sented by oblique black striz from costa and cell; a black mark

in cell before the antemedial line, which is strong, black defined by

white on inner side, oblique, dentate; claviform defined by black,

elongate and extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform

white strongly defined by black, and their centres slightly tinged

with brown, the former rather oblique quadrate; an indistinct

diffused medial line, oblique from costa to below cell, then in-

curved ; postmedial line strong, black defined by white on outer

side, forming a diffused patch in submedian interspace, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate and produced to slight black

streaks on the veins, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4+, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight black

lunules. Hind wing ochreous greyish nearly uniformly suffused

with fuscous brown; a slight dark terminal line; cilia white; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot,

sinuous postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. U.S.A., Northern and Eastern States, New York, Lewis

Co. (W. W. Hill), 1 S$. Hep. 34 millim.

3247. Eremobia albertina, n. sp. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 20.)

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black; palpi blackish

at sides; frons with lateral black bars; antenne black; tegule

with blackish line near tips; tarsi banded with black; abdomen

grey mixed with fuscous, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing

bluish white tinged with brown and thickly irrorated with black,

the veins with slight black streaks; a black streak below base of

cell; subbasal line represented by slight black marks below costa

and cell; antemedial line with blackish patch at costa, then black

detined by white on inner side and with small black mark before it

414 NOCTUIDAE.

in cell, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform

defined by black, very large and elongate, acute at extremity and

with black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform

with grey centres and whitish annuli slightly defined by black; the

former oblique elliptical; postmedial line black defined by white on

outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate; excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, dark, dentate; a terminal series of

black striz; cilia intersected with whitish and with a slight dark

line through them. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, the

terminal area somewhat darker; a faint discoidal spot, indistinct

sinuous postmedial line and fine black terminal line; cilia grey with

a dark line through them; the underside grey-white irrorated

with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and somewhat diffused sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab, Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 3, Alberta, Calgary

(Wolley-Dod), 2 3,2 2 type. Hap. 34 millim.

3248. Eremobia claudens. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 21.)

Hadena claudens, Wk. xi. 753 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 142.

Polia leucoscelis, Grote, 6th Rep. Peab. Ac. Sci. p. 26 (1874); Smith, Cat,

Noct. N. Am. p. 142,

Dryobota fibulata, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soe, Nat. Sci. ii. p. 112 (1874).

Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown; palpi blackish

at sides; frons with black bar; tegule with slight dark medial

line; patagia with black line near upper edge; tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen grey suffused and irorated with brown. Fore

wing grey irrorated and partially suffused with brown; a black

streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by oblique

black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line slightly defined by

white on inner side, waved, somewhat oblique; claviform defined

by black, acute at extremity and connected with postmedial line by

a black streak ; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black,

their centres slightly tinged with brown, the former oblique

elliptical; traces of a sinuous medial line ; postmedial line slightly

defined by white on outer side and with diffused white patch

beyond it in submedian interspace, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa and the veins slightly streaked

with black; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by

slight brown lunules, excurved below vein 7 and minutely dentate at

veins 4,3; a terminal series of slight dark strie; cilia brown and grey.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal half slightly paler; a slight pale

postmedial line ; cilia white at tips ; the underside grey tinged with

ochreous and irrorated with brown, a smail dark discoidal spot,

sinuous postmedial Jine, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Newrounpiann (St. John), 1 3 type; Canapa; U.S.A.,

Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Racine, 1 ? type

leucoscelis, Colorado. Exp. d 38, 2 40 millim.

BREMOBIA. Ald

3249, Eremobia unicincta. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 22.

Hadena unicincta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 41 (1902); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 114.

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous; tarsi

banded with fuscous; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown.

Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated and suffused with fuscous ;

a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold confluent with

lower edge of claviform; subbasal line represented by a slight

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, slightly defined by

whitish on inner side, oblique, very slightly sinuous; claviform

strongly defined by black, elongate and extending to postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform large, grey-white defined by black,

the former oblique elliptical, open above; postmedial line slightly

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

and excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points

on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined by

fuscous on inner side, forming slight dentate marks at middle,

somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle;

a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown especially on terminal area; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia white with slight brownish line near base ;

the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, 1 2, California. Hap. 40 millim.

*3250. ? Eremobia tenera. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 23.)

Hadena tenera, Smith, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 491 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 115.

dg. Head and thorax rusty red-brown; tegule rather darker

with a dark line near tips; patagia tinged with fuscous; abdomen

dull grey. Fore wing rusty red-brown; a slight black streak

below base of cell and another above inner margin ; subbasal line

represented by double dark striz from costa and cell filled in with

yellowish ; antemedial line double, shghtly excurved and sinuous ;

claviform moderate, slightly defined by black, a black streak from

it to postmedial line; orbicular slightly paler, elliptical; reniform

with yellowish annulus defined on inner side by black ; postmedial

line black, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely lunulate and defined by yellowish on outer side, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line yellowish, somewhat

dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown, a slight

discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line; the underside

greyish irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal lunule and diffused

postmedial line.

Hab, Auasxa, Kukak Bay. vp. 40 millim. This species is

unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S.

Nat. Mus.

416 NOCTUID A.

Srcr. V. (Crymodes). Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedia] lines distinctly

defined by white.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour not bluish white.

a, Fore wing with the claviform represented by a short

black streak, a small spot defined by black below

orbicullars eee Jee ecihe ae dou menece ech aeee cece eee eee pungeleri.

b!, Fore wing with the claviform well-developed, no spot

below orbicular .:..........+ SOMSSGEES Salsa iatawerec seine sateen zelleri.

}, Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish white ............ alpigena.

B. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not defined

by white.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour white.

a, Fore wing not tinged with yellow.

a*, Fore wing white irrorated with brown ............... platinea.

b?, Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with

PU SCOMSIS cect ct heer cae seme lene mo ad meron eae nr ana ee ferred.

b1, Fore wing slightly tinged with yellow .................0065 montana.

b. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved

beyond the cell and very minutely dentate ............ mutica.

61, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly excurved

beyond the cell and strongly dentate ..... 0.2.0... bischoffi.

c. Fore wing greenish white very thickly irrorated with

dark brown.

ai, Fore wing with the cilia chequered brown and white . alticola.

61, Fore wing with the cilia not chequered brown and

Winibeyecone aesinenasnsesee seacidcat actin el encacacciestsiy ce ceaceteee zeta.

d, Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous brown ......... dumetorum.

e. Fore wing with the ground-colour dark red-brown ...... cervina.

3251. Eremobia pungeleri. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 24.)

Heterographa pungeleri, Bartel, Iris, xvii. p. 161 (1904).

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with slight blackish line near base ;

tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous white suffused with

dark brown forming obscure dorsal bands. Fore wing ochreous

white irrorated with brown and black; subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, a diffused black streak before and

beyond it in submedian fold on brownish suffusion ; antemedial

line rather indistinctly double filled in with whitish, oblique,

slightly angled outwards below costa, on median nervure, in sub-

median fold and above inner margin and inwards in cell; claviform

represented by a slight black streak ; the medial area with some

brownish sutfusion in, below and beyond cell; orbicular and

reniform whitish with some brownish suffusion in centres and

defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, connected with a

curved mark below the cell confluent with lower part of reniform

which is open above, its inner edge angled inwards in cell, con-

stricted at middle, angled inwards below cell and its outer edge

irregular ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, double

at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then crenulate,

oblique below vein 4; postmedial area suffused with dark brown

EREMOBIA; 417

except towards costa, with black streaks in the interspaces and

points on costa; subterminal line ill-defined, whitish, angled out-

wards below costa, inwards in discal fold and incurved below

vein 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown

intersected with whitish. Hind wing white, the veins irrorated

with brown; a slight discoidal point, postmedial series of black

points on the veins except towards costa, diffused subterminal band

and waved black terminal line; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, a small black discoidal

lunule, postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins, and some

terminal lunules.

Hab. Patustine, Jordan, 15,19. vp. 36 millim. Typet

3 @ in Coll. Piingeler.

3252. Eremobia zelleri. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 25.)

Mamestra zelleri, Christ. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xii. p. 250, pl. 6. f. 24

(1876); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Luperina mira, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1877, p. 185.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with reddish brown ; palpi with

the 2nd joint tinged with fuscous at sides; patagia with diffused

black line near upper edge; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish thickly

irrorated with brown, the medial and postmedial areas suffused

with brown leaving a whitish streak below costa; subbasal line

represented by double black bars filled in with white from costa

and cell, the latter with blackish streak from it to antemedial line,

which is represented by double black bars from costa and a double

waved line filled in with white from cell to inner margin, with an

oblique black bar before it above inner margin; claviform defined

by white and black except above; orbicular and reniform with

brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former very

small, round, the latter constricted at middle and angled inwards

on median nervure; a diffused sinuous brown line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line slight, blackish, defined by pure white

on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

minutely waved, with series of small alternating black and white

spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line white strongly defined

by brown suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and

inwards at discal fold and below vein 2; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing

white suffused and irrorated with brown; a dark discoidal spot and

terminal series of lunules; cilia white; the underside white, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, post-

medial series of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal series

of lunules.

Hab. Persia, W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 ¢, 1 9, Krasnow-

vodsk (Christoph), 1 3, Issyk-Kul; E. Turkestan, Ili, Kaschgar,

Exp. 3 34, 2 40 millim.

VoL. VII, 25

418 NOCTUIDAE.

3253. Eremobia alpigena.

Hadena alpigena, Boisd. Icones, pl. 84. f. 5 (1832); Mill. Icones, iil.

p. 308, pl. 189. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

Hadena meissonieri, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 92, pl. 8. f. 9 (1852).

©. Head and thorax white mixed with pale red-brown ; palpi

blackish at sides; tegule with strong black medial line; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; - abdomen grey-white tinged with

brown especially towards extremity. Fore wing grey-white

slightly irrorated with brown, the medial area tinged with brown

except towards inner margin and the terminal area except towards

apex and tornus; a sinuous black streak below base of cell;

subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa; ante-

medial line double filled in with whitish, slightly angled outwards

below costa and in cell, then excurved ; claviform defined by black,

acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish defined

by black, the former elongate elliptical and with shght fuscous

centre, the latter with its centre defined by fuscous; a medial

brown line, diffused from costa to median nervure, then incurved

and dentate; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer

side especially below vein 2, with double black strize from costa,

then dentate, touching the extremities of reniform and angled

outwards at vein 5, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined by brown on

inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, with black streaks

beyond it above veins 6, 5, 4, and ending at a strong black fascia

in submedian fold; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia

chequered brown and ochreous white with a pale line at base.

Hind wing white, the veins brown, blackish on terminal half,

the inner and terminal areas irrorated with brown; a diffused

waved black terminal line; cilia white with a brown line through

them ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, indistinct postmedial line

with short dark streaks on the veins, and terminal series of lunules.

Hab, §.E, Francz, 1 9; Aueeria. Hap. 38 millim.

3254, Eremobia platinea.

Polia platinea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 2, p. 84 (1825); Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Suppl. ni. p. 444, pl. 39. f. 38; Herr.-Schaff. Eur, Schmett., Noct. ff. 40,

487; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 618. ff. 3,4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172.

Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; sides of palpi and

frons with blackish marks; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white irrorated

with brown; subbasal line represented by double striz from costa ;

antemedial line with double strie from costa, then single, minutely

waved, indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold; claviform

absent; orbicular and reniform whitish, undefined or almost

obsolete, the former rounded: a sinuous medial line oblique from

EREMOBIA. 419

costa to below cell; postmedial line rather indistinct, dark, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to blackish points

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish

faintly defined by brown on inner side, waved, slightly excurved

below vein 7 aud at middle; a terminal series of black points;

cilia yellowish white with fuscous line near base. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, the basal area paler; cilia white

with a slight dark line near base; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, sinuous

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. France, Sand Coll., Pyrenees; Germany, Zeller & Leech

Colls.; Ausrrta; Honcary, Frey Coll.; Swirzertann; N. Iraty.

Hap. 40-50 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. Moths Eur. p. 239; Hffm. Raup. p. 97.

Resembles that of Purastichtis monoglypha. Food-plant, Hippo-

crepis comosa,

*3205. Eremobia ferrea. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 26.)

Hadena anilis, Ping. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1896, p. 227 (nec Boisd.).

Hadena ferrea, Ping. Soc. Ent. xxi. p. 42 (1906).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with rufous; palpi black at

sides except at tips; frons with two lateral black points; antenne

slightly ringed with black; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

grey-white mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly

irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved,

rather diffused; claviform minute, faintly defined by fuscous ;

orbicular and reniform faintly defined by fuscous, the former round,

the latter irregular; an indistinct diffused waved dark medial line

excurved from costa to submedian fold ; postmedial line blackish,

double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4, some white points bevond it on costa with

black points between them; subterminal line very indistinct,

whitish, defined on inner side by slight blackish marks, minutely

waved and slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a ter-

minal series of black points; cilia ochreous white with a slight

dark line through them. Hind wing grey-white tinged with

fuscous especially on terminal area; cilia ochreous at base, white

at tips and with slight dark line through them; the underside

white, the costal area tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated

with fuscous, the terminal area irrorated with fuscous, a dark

discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab, Switzertand, Simplon, typet sd @ in Coll. Piingeler ;

N. Irauy, Bormio. Hap. 40 millim.

This may be a variety of EL. platinea.

420 NOCLUID A”.

¥*3256. Eremobia montana.

Polia montana, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. vi. p. 55, Noct. f. 625 (1856) ;

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172.

g. Head and thorax yellowish white slightly mixed with

fuscous; palpi with some blackish at sides; antennee brown ; tarsi

fuscous ringed with white; abdomen white, dorsally slightly tinged

with fuscous. Fore wing yellowish white irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, waved; claviform absent; orbicular

defined by fuscous, round; reniform defined by fuscous on inner

side only; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line in-

distinct, double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish

points beyond it on costa with dark points between them ; sub-

terminal line very indistinct, whitish slightly defined by brown on

inner side, waved, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips and with two faint waved

dark lines through them. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous; cilia white; the underside white with faint

diffused dark subterminal band.

Ab. 1. Ground-colour reddish ochreous irrorated with red-brown,

the markings of fore wing reddish brown; hind wing ochreous

white, the terminal area suffused with brown.—W. Turkestan.

Hab, ApmentaA; Asta Minor, Pontus, Taurus; W. Turkestan,

Turcomania, Ferghana, Samarkand, in Coll. Piingeler. Hup. 44

millim.

3257. Eremobia mutica. (Plate CXVIIL. fig. 27.)

Luperina mutica, Christ. Rom. Mém. ii. p. 47, pl. 3. f. 2 (1885); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with .

fuscous brown and tinged with yellow; tarsi fuscous ringed with

white. Fore wing ochreous white thickly irrorated with fuscous

brown and suffused in parts with yellow, especially in submedian

fold; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line waved, nearly erect ; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular yellow defined by black and with dark point in centre,

round; reniform slightly defined by black on inner side and below

and by yellow on outer side; a faint diffused curved medial line ;

postmedial line blackish defined by yellow on outer side, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then very minutely dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved to below end of cell; subterminal line

indistinct, yellow, waved, interrupted, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia inter-

sected with vellow and with slight pale waved line at middle.

Hind wing whitish tinged with yellow and suffused with red-

brown; cilia yellowish white with slight brown line near base ;

EREMOBIA. A

the underside ochreous white thickly irrorated with reddish brown,

a brown discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab, Armenta, Urdubad, 1 ¢ type; W. Turkestan, Turco-

mania. xp. 38 millim.

*2258. Eremobia bischoffi.

Polia bischoffit, Werr.-Schatf. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 265, Noct. ff. 440, 449

(1845) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

¢. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with some fuscous ;

palpi blackish at sides; pectus ochreous white; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with a few

brown scales. Fore wing greyish ochreous irrorated with fuscous

especially on antemedial, outer half of medial and postmedial

areas; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform absent; orbicular

and reniform pale, very faintly defined by brown, the former round,

the latter with blackish lunule on its inner edge; a faint curved

slightly waved dark medial line; postmedial line indistinct,

blackish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then strongly deu-

tate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by the dark

suffusion on its inner side, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6,

4, 3, and incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series

of shght dark lunules; cilia ochreous white, with faint waved dark

line through them and mixed with fuscous at tips. Hind wing

pale brownish ochreous irrorated with fuscous except at base ;

an indistinct postmedial line excurved at middle; cilia ochreous

white ; the underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct

diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly suffused with dark

blue-grey ; abdomen and hind wing fuscous.

Hab, ?8.E.Turxey; Asta Mtivor, Lydia; Patustrine, Jerusalem,

in Coll. Pingeler. Hvp. 50 millim.

3259. Eremobia alticola. (Plate CX VIII. fig. 28.)

Aylophasia alticola, Smith, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 423 (1890) ;

id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 156.

¢. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with white; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the

anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated

with dark brown, the antemedial and medial areas tinged with pale

blue-green ; a waved brown antemedial line; claviform defined by

brown, small; orbicular and reniform greenish white defined by

brown and with some dark scales in centres, the former rounded,

the latter somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line brown,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique

below vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish slightly

429 NOCTUIDE.

defined by brown on inner side, somewhat angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of indistinct dark

spots; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing greyish

thickly irrorated with brown; a slight dark terminal line; cilia

white; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Gibson Mts. (Bruce), 1 ¢. Hap. 40

millim.

3260. Eremobia zeta.

Polia zeta, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 2, p. 35 (1825); Herr.-Schaff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 416; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172.

Noctua pernix, Geyer, Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 801 (1827); Frr.

Neue Beitr. pl. 232. ff. 2, 3; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 189,

pl. 18. f. 3.

Polia clandestina, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 75 (1829).

Mamestra rivalis, W\k. ix. 224 (1856).

Hadena curoi, Calb, Iris, i. p. 241, pl. 12. ff. 1, 2 (1888).

Hadena farinulenta, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92 (1893); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 172.

Hadena zetina, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 342 (1899).

Head and thorax clothed with greenish-grey and fuscous hair

and scales; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with fuscous ; tarsi

fuscous ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with

erey, the base of ventral surface and anal tuft tinged with fulvous.

Fore wing fuscous overlaid with white and greenish scales ; sub-

basal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

defined by whitish on inner side, waved, excurved in submedian

interspace and above inner margin and angled inwards on vein 1 ;

claviform small, defined by blackish or obsolete; orbicular defined

by blackish, oblique elliptical, or almost obsolete; reniform with

incomplete whitish annulus or almost obsolete; medial line slight,

waved, oblique from costa to median nervure or obsolete; post-

medial line blackish defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to black and white points

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, waved,

defined on inner side by very slight dentate dark marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

minute black lunules; cilia fuscous at base, yellowish white at

tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the basal area

rather paler; a dark terminal line; cilia yellowish white with

dark line through them; the underside white irrorated with

fuscous, a black streak in base of cell, discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. zetina. Smaller; fore wing with the markings distinct.—

Thian-Schan Mts.

Ab. 2. pernix. Much darker.

Ab. 3. curoit. Much paler, whitish.—N. Italy, Gran Sasso.

Hab. France, Pyrenees; Germany; Avsrrta, Leech Coll. ;

Swirzertann, Zermatt (A. H. Jones), Engadine, Frey Coll., Stelvio,

O82

EREMOBIA.

Zeller Coll.; N. Iraty; Burearra, Rilo Dagh (Hlwes); ARMENTA ;

W. Srperta, Altai, Leech Coll. ; E. Turkestan, Thian-Schan Mts.

Exp. 50 millim.

*3261. Eremobia dumetorum.

Noctua dumetorum, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 839 (1827); Boisd.

Icones, pl. 78, f.5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

Orthosia rhadama, Mill, Ann. Soc. Lyons, 1883, p. 153, pl. 1. f. 1; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 207.

Luperina bleonnensis, Schultz, Iris, xix. p. 38, pl. v. ff. 1, 2 (1906).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey ;

tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdominal crests tipped with

white. Fore wing glossy fuscous brown thickly irrorated with

grey; subbasal line indistinct, whitish, curved, from costa to vein 1 ;

antemedial line grey, defined on each side by a few black scales,

waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold; claviform faintly

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish annuli

faintly defined by blackish, the former round; an indistinct curved

waved blackish medial shade; postmedial line indistinct, blackish

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

then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then ineurved, some pure white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, white, more or

less reduced to points, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a slight waved blackish terminal line; cilia ochreous

white mixed with fuscous. Hind wing glossy fuscous grey-brown

with a faint ochreous tinge; cilia ochreous whitish mixed with

fuscous ; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal and

terminal areas suffused with greyish fuscous, a slight dark discoidal

spot and indistinct rather diffused postmedial line.

Ab. 1. bleonnensis. Fore wing with more ochreous white mixed.

Hab. France, Basses-Alpes, Digne, in Coll. Ptingeler. wp. 3

36, 2 40 millim.

3262. Eremobia maillardi.

Phalena oleracea, Mohr, Isl. Naturh. p. 90 (1786), nec Linn.

Noctua maillardi, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 833 (1834); Dup. Lép.

Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 191, pl. 18. f. 4; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 55 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172.

Hadena exulis, Lef. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1836, p. 392, pl. 10. f. 2; Dup.

Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 588, pl. 49. f.2; Mill. Icones, pl. 69. ff. 9-11;

Weir, Entom. 1884, p. 2, pl. 1. ff. 4, 7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

. 137.

ieee gelata, Lef. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1836, p. 393, pl. 10. f.3; Dup.

Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 590, pl. 49. f. 3.

Hadena greniandica, Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 228, pl. 21. ff. 3,a, b

(1836), nec Zett.; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 411. f. 3; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 151.

Exarnis difflua, Geyer, Zutrage, p. 9, ff. 821-2 (1837).

Hadena marmorata, Zett. Ins. Lap. p. 987 (1840).

Hadena borea, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 119 (1840), non deser.; Herr.-Schiaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 566-7 (1847).

Noctua cervina, Germar, Faun. Ins. Eur. xxii. pl. 19 (1842),

424 NOCTUID SH.

Hadena assimilis, Doubl. Zoologist, v. p. 1914 (1847); Mill. Icones,

pl. 84. f. 8.

Crymodes gelida, Guen. Noct. i. p. 186, pl. iv. f. 7 (1852).

Crymodes poli, Guen. Noct. i. p. 187 (1852).

Hadena schildet, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 172 (1901).

(difflua), Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey ;

tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen deep seal-brown. Fore

wing olive-brown irrorated and suffused with black-brown, the veins

with pale streaks; subbasal line represented by black striae from

costa and cell defined by whitish on outer side; antemedial line

black defined by pale brown on inner side, oblique, waved, angled

inwards to white points on the veins; claviform slightly defined by

black, elongate and acute at extremity; orbicular and reniform

greyish or olive-brown with slight whitish annuli defined by black,

the former rounded or oblique elliptical; traces of a waved medial

line; postmedial line defined by pale brown on outer side, bent

Fig. 70.—LHremobia maillardi, G. 2

outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white points

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale brown defined on inner

side by small somewhat dentate blackish marks, excurved below

vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a terminal series

of shight black lunules; cilia ochreous white with blackish line near

base and blackish tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous

brown, the terminal area darker; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

ochreous white; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

dark discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and

diffused terminal band.— Labrador, Iceland, Shetland.

Ab. 1. schildei. A large red-brown form.—Finland.

Ab. 2. assimilis. Much blacker.—Scotland.

Ab. 3. evulis. A small grey-brown form without pale streaks

on veins of fore wing.—Labrador, Iceland.

Ab. 4. grenlandica. A small pale grey-brown form without

streaks on veins of fore wing.—Greenland.

Ab. 5. maillardi. A large fuscous-brown form without streaks

on veins of fore wing.—Pyrenees, Alps, Hungary, Norway, W. &

EH. Turkestan.

Hab. Grunntannd, 1 2, Zeller Coll.; Barrry’s Lanp, Cumberland

Gulf (Crauford Noble), 1 $; Laprapor, 1 3,4 9, Zeller, Frey,

EREMOBIA.—EUROM@A, 425

and Grote Colls.; Brrrarn, Shetland, Leech Coll., Scotland, Leech

Coll.; Francn, Pyrenees; Auvstrta; Huneary; Swirzer.ann,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls., Zermatt (A. H. Jones), Engadine,

Frey Coll.; Icrnanp, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Norway;

Fintanp; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts.; E. Turkestan, Kaschgar;

Moneorra, Aksu. Hep. 42-60 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 123; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 124, pl. 151. f. 1.

Ochreous whitish; spiracles black ; head reddish brown; thoracic

plate ochreous. ood-plants: stems and roots of grasses, lichens.

8-5.

Genus EUROMGA. amiga

Euromoia, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 632 (1892) ...........eseeseeees mixta.

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; antennz of male laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with small spreading crests; tibice

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10

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

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6,

7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*3263. EKuromea mixta.

EHuromoia mixta, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 682, pl. 12. f. 10 (1892); id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131.

3. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with some black and

olive-green; palpi black at sides except at tip; frons with black

bar; tegule with olive-green medial band and whitish tips;

patagia edged with black; legs largely mixed with black, the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous.

Fig. 71.—Euromea mizrta, S. 2.

Fore wing grey slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line black,

double towards costa, waved, from costa to vein 1, some green

suffusion beyond it on costal area and below the cell; antemedial

line black, double towards costa, oblique, dentate, strongly incurved

at vein 1; claviform absent; orbicular green defined by black,

rather elliptical; reniform whitish defined by black, with black

426 NOCTUID®.

points in upper and lower parts, rather constricted at middle; a

strong green and black medial shade, oblique from costa to below

end of cell; a slight waved line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, incurved at discal fold,

bent inwards below vein 4, then waved, some whitish points with

black streaks between them beyond it on costa; the postinedial

area with green fascias below costa, in discal and submedian folds

and on inner margin; subterminal line grey defined on inner side

by dentate black marks, excurved and minutely waved below vein

7 and at middle; the terminal area suffused with green; a terminal

series of black lunules defined by grey on inner side; cilia fuscous

and grey with a blackish line through them. Hind wing fuscous

brown with an ochreous and greyish tinge, the terminal area black,

leaving some ochreous white on termen; cilia whitish; the under-

side grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the

terminal area black with some whitish on termen, a pale discoidal

bar defined on each side by diffused black, traces of a diffused

postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 5.

Hab. K. Stserra, Ussuri, Kasakewitsch in Coll. Piingeler. xp.

44 millim.

Genus HYPOPLEXTIA, nov.

Type, H. algoa.

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

middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short and roughly

sealed; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; head and thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibise fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cel! ;

6 from upper angle: 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

Srcr. I. Antennz of male bipectinate, with short branches to apex.

3264. Hypoplexia conjuncta, n. sp.

¢. Head and thorax brown, the hairs tipped with grey, the

patagia pinkish towards outer edge, the metathoracic crest pinkish ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal

tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing pale purplish pink,

the antemedial and medial areas tinged with brown; the median

nervure and veins 4, 3, 2, 1 on medial area streaked with whitish ;

subbasal line indistinctly double, angled outwards on median

nervure and ending at vein 1; a blackish mark on inner area

near base with some grey above it; antemedial line double,

slightly sinuous, angled inwards below costa and to inner margin ;

claviform small defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined

by black, the former tinged with pink, oblique elliptical and

HYPOPLEXIA. A27

connected with an elongate mark below cell, the latter yellowish,

its centre slightly defined by brown, angled inwards on median

neryure to the mark below cell; traces of a curved medial line ;

postmedial line black defined by pinkish on outer side, double at

costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then

inwardly oblique, with minute black streaks beyond it on the veins ;

subterminal line whitish slightly defined on inner side by brown

Fig. 72.—Hypoplexia conjuncta, S. 3,

and with dentate black marks before it at middle, dentate between

veins 7 and 2; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

reddish at base, chequered ochreous white and fuscous at tips.

Hind wing ochreous white, the inner area tinged with brown, a

minutely crenulate postmedial line, diffused subterminal band, and

dark terminal line; cilia with a brown line through them; the

underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal spot and crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Carg Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 g type. Hp. 34

millim.

Sxcr. II. Antennze of male uniserrate.

3265. Hypoplexia algoa.

Hadena algoa, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 21 (1874).

3. Head whitish and fuscous; thorax pinkish mixed with blue-

black; pectus and legs fuscous, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with fuscous, the dorsal crest black.

Fig. 73.—Hypoplexia algoa, 3. }.

‘Fore wing pinkish irrorated with black and largely suffused with

fuscous and blue-black especially on medial and terminal areas ;

subbasal line represented by black striz from costa and cell ;

antemedial line defined by pinkish on inner side, oblique, waved ;

428 NOCTUID AS.

claviform slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined

by black, the former with black centre and pinkish annulus,

round, the latter with blue-black centre, constricted at middle and

with blackish streaks beyond it in the interspaces; an indistinct

sinuous medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double, filled in

with pinkish and defined by pinkish on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pink defined

by brown on inner side, somewhat irregularly dentate, interrupted ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing yellowish

white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot, shght curved postmedial line and fine dark terminal

line; cilia chequered white and brownish; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 6; Zututanp, Lr. Tugela R.

(Reynolds), 1 g; Narat, Durban (Bowker), 1 5; Carn Conony,

Knysna. wp. 32 millim.

Secor. III. Antenne of male ciliated.

3266, Hypoplexia externa.

Hadena externa, Wik. xi. 756 (1857).

$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey; tegulx

pale at base and with black medial line; patagia edged with black ;

tibize and tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen ochreous suffused with

rufous, the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing whitish suffused

with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line

represented by double black strie from costa; a black streak in

submedian fold from base to the antemedial line, which is oblique,

double at costa and angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1;

Fig. 74.—Hypoplexia externa, g. 4.

claviform greyish defined by black at extremity; orbicular and

reniform grey-white defined by black and with some rufous and

fuscous irroration in centres, the former round; a diffused blackish

bar from costa to orbicular and traces of a dentate line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the

inner line indistinct, the outer strong, black, bent outwards below

costa almost to subterminal line, then minutely dentate, oblique

and slightly curved, strongly angled inwards in submedian fold, a

HYPOPLEXIA.—HER2EIMA. 429

black streak beyond it in discal fold to just before termen and some

whitish points on costa; subterminal line whitish, minutely

dentate, angled inwards in submedian fold, with slight dark streaks

beyond it in the interspaces to the terminal series of small black

lunules; cilia with fine brown line near base and the tips inter-

sected with black. Hind wing pure white with terminal series of

black strive except towards tornus ; cilia slightly tinged with rufous

and with a few black scales at tips at submediun fold; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish

discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line from costa to

vein 2.

Hab. Carn Cotony (Sir A, Smith), 1 ¢ type, Annshaw (Mess F.

Barrett), 2 $. Hep. 32 millim.

Genus HERAMA. T

ype.

Herema, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 501 (1892) .......... eee mandschurica.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with scales

below; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciated; head

and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax

with spreading crests; tibiz fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at

base only. Fore wing rather broad, the termen not crenulate, rather oblique

towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 frum near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tbe areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

*3267. Herema mandschurica.

Pachnobia mandschurica, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 256; Staud. Cat.

' Lep. pal. p. 202.

Head and thorax deep red-brown ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing pale red-brown with a greyish tinge; the medial area,

postmedial costal area and terminal area deep red-brown ; subbasal

‘

Fig. 75.—Herema mandschurica, S$. }.

line indistinct, dark, sinuous, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

dark, sinuous, oblique, slightly angled outwards below costa and

inwards on vein 1, a diffused oblique wedge-shaped greyish band

from beyond it on costa to postmedial line at submedian fold ;

claviform, orbicular, and reniform obsolete ; postmedial line rather

indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,

excuryed to vein 4, then very oblique, three white points beyond it

430 NOCTUIDA.

on costa; subterminal line represented by an oblique white bar

from costa, then by the contrast between the greyish postmedial

and dark terminal areas, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at

middle, then incurved ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia red-brown.

Hind wing pale red-brown; cilia whitish with a brown line through

them; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown

especially on costal area and terminal half, a small discoidal spot

and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. EK, Srperia, Amurland, Radevko in Coll. Piingeler. ap.

34 millim.

Genus TH NIOSEA. Tes

Teniosea, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 143 (1874) ... discivaria.

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

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

porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax

clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests; tibise moderately fringed with hair; build slender; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, 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 veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

3268. Tzeniosea discivaria.

Bryophila discivaria, W1k. ix. 27 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 217.

Teniosea gentilis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 143 (1874).

Teniosea perbellis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 144 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; palpi fuscous at

sides; antenne ringed with white towards base; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, the anal

tuft brownish. Fore wing grey suffused with purplish red, except

on inner area, to postmedial line and at costa to subterminal line,

and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, double filled

Fig. 76.—Teniosea discivaria, 3. 3.

in with greyish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double,

oblique, waved ;. claviform small, slightly defined by brown; orbi-

cular and reniform greyish irrorated with red and with pale annuli

defined by fuscous, the former irregularly rounded, small, the latter

constricted at middle and with its lower part filled in with fuscous ;

a diffused incurved red shade from lower angle of cell to inner

THNIOSEA.—MACRONOCTUA. 431

margin; postmedial line double filled in with grey, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to double black

points on the veins, excuryed to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, faintly

defined by brown on inner side, oblique towards costa, then minutely

waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area

beyond it suffused with reddish except at apex; a terminal series of

minute black lunules; cilia pale at base, brown at tips. Hind

wing grey suffused with brown; cilia pale with a brown line

through them; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown,

a fuscous discoidal lunule and trace of a curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. ‘perbellis. Fore wing uniformly suffused with grey-brown

and rufous without the pale grey on inner and postmedial areas.

Hab. Canava, St. Martin’s Falls, Albany R.(Barnston), 1 2 type,

New Brunswick (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 9 , (Norman), 1 3 , Ontario, Ottawa

(Saunders), 19, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 4 3,79; U.S.A.,

Northern, Eastern, Middle and Centrai States, New York, Evans

Center (Grote), 1d ,3 9 , types gentilzs and perdellis, Lewis Co, ( Hill),

1g. Exp. 32-34 millim.

Genus MACRONOCTUA.

Type.

Macronoctua, Grote, 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci. p. 27 (1874)

sezeahead onusta.

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

about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short ;

frons smooth with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of female ciliated ;

thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the prothorax with sharp triangular

crest, the metathorax with divided crest; tibia moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with some rough hair at base and dorsal crest at base only.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and strongly

crenulate ; the cell clothed with long hair on underside ; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10, anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3269. Macronoctua onusta.

Macronoctua onusta, Grote, 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci. p. 27 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 163.

@. Head and thorax fuscous black irrorated with a few white

scales; abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous black, the dorsum

paler except at extremity and with fine dorsal black streak. Fore

wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, the base, costal and terminal

areas suffused with fuscous black ; subbasal line represented by a

black striga from costa and point below cell; antemedial line slight,

double, obsolete from below costa to median nervure, angled out-

wards in submedian fold and strongly above inner margin, angled

inwards on vein 1; claviform. minute, defined by black ; orbicular

elongate elliptical, defined by black; reniform very large, defined

by black, strongly below, strongly angled inwards on median nervure;

an indistinct diffused curved medial line; postmedial line double,

432 NOCLUIDE.

the outer line very indistinct, obsolete towards costa, then oblique,

strongly dentate to vein 3, then less strongly; traces of a pale

wayed subterminal Jine slightly defined by brown on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small

Fig. 77.—Macronoctua onusia, Q. 4}.

black lunules. Hind wing greyish tinged with fuscous brown, the

terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous; a waved blackish

terminal line; a pale line at base of cilia; the underside whitish,

the costal area fuscous irrorated with white, the terminal area

irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line slightly incurved at discal fold.

Hab. Canava, Ottawa (Gibson), 2 9; U.S.A., Maine, New York,

New Jersey, Illinois, 1 9 type, lowa. Hap. 34-66 millim.

Larva. Head bilobed, dark brown, rough. body cylindrical,

translucent, sordid whitish, reddish shaded over the back. Cervical

shield and anal plate large, pale brown; spiracles black.

Food-plant, roots of lily; borer.—H. G. D.

Genus MONOPTYA, nov.

Type, WM. leucobasis.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth ;

eyes large, rounded; antennz of female almost simple; head and thorax

clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ;

tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, the termen slightly waved ; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3270. Monoptya leucobasis.

Euplexia leucobasis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 167 (1904).

®. Head pale rufous and whitish mixed with some black;

thorax fuscous black with some rufous and whitish on tegule and

vertex ; pectus and legs black mixed with rufous and whitish, the

tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen fuscous mixed with some whitish.

Fore wing black glossed with leaden grey, the lines single, black ;

subbasal line slightly angled outwards below costa, at submedian

fold connected with a streak from base; some black irroration on

MONOPTYA. —RHYNCHOPLEXTA. 433

inner margin before the antemedial line, which is slightly angled

outwards below costa and in cell and strongly in submedian fold,

then oblique, sinuous; claviform defined by black, acute at extre-

mity; orbicular defined by black, oblique elliptical ; reniform very

indistinctly and partially defined by black; medial line oblique and

sinuous from costa to lower angle of cell, then angled inwards in

submedian fold; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, slightly

Fig. 78.—Monoptya leucobasis, 2. 3.

incurved at discal fold, then oblique, minutely waved and angled

inwards in submedian fold, crossed by black streaks in the inter-

spaces from vein 6 to below 2 extending to termen; subterminal

line represented by a series of slight dentate black marks; some

pale points on apical part of termen; a terminal series of slight

black lunules. Hind wing fuscous black, the basal and inner area

to beyond middle white; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the

underside with the dark areas slightly irrorated with white.

Hab. Banamas, Abaco (Bonhote), 2 2 type. Hxp. 36 millim.

Genus RHYNCHOPLEXIA, nov.

Type, R. rubra.

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

with long hair in front, the 3rd long, naked, porrect ; frons smooth with tuft

of hair; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciliated; head and thorax

clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests; tibia fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

Fore wing with 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 veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing purplish red, the reniform defined by white

MAT KSMONGOULEL SIC ed Wace -t ce sinacsececccenoemeleltsciiesaceie siete rubra.

B. Fore wing fuscous brown, the reniform not defined by

white marks on outer side ...........ceceeceseeeeneeereceeeees griseimarginata,

3271. Rhynchoplexia rubra.

Ancara rubra, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 225 (1894).

3. Head and thorax bright purplish rufous ; sides of palpi and

frons dark brown; tibie and tarsi dark brown ringed with ochreous ;

abdomen brown, whitish at base, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral

surface rufous. Fore wing bright purplish rufous sparsely irrorated

VOL. VIL. 2¥

434 NOCTUID &.

with black, the veins dark brown irrorated with a few white scales;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, oblique, waved; claviform small, detined by

black ; orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by black, the

former round, the latter with white points and striga on outer

edge; a curved, waved medial line; postmedial line double, bent

Nee

Fig. 79.—Rhynchoplexia rubra, S$.

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then

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

pale defined on inner side by somewhat dentate dark marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a waved black terminal

line; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing pale nearly

uniformly suffused with dark brown, the base rather paler, some

ochreous on termen between veins 2 and 1; cilia ochreous with a

brown line through them; the underside ochreous irrorated with

dark brown, a blackish discoida]l spot, sinuous postmedial line and

indistinct, diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Stxuim (Moller), 1 3 type. Exp. 44 millim,

3272. Rhynchoplexia griseimarginata. (Plate CXILI. fig. 26.)

Eurois griseimarginata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 229 (1894).

©. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey and

slightly tinged with flesh-colour ; tegule with slight dark medial

line; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with

grey, the ventral surface with some ochreous towards extremity.

Fore wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss and irrorated with

grey ; subbasal line indistinct, double and filled in with ochreous at

costa, waved, from costa to vein 1, with a white point beyond it in

cell; antemedial line double, filled in with some ochreous, oblique,

waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform with

incomplete ochreous annuli with some white scales on them and

defined by black, the former round, the latter irregular, open above;

an indistinct sinuous medial line, oblique from costa to median

nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of slight ochreous and whitish marks defined on inner side by

slight dentate black marks, excurved at veins 7, 6, 4, 3; a fine

black terminal line with white points at the veins; cilia with slight

ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing yellowish brown,

SIDEMIA. 435

the terminal area rather darker; cilia ochreous, with a diffused

brown line through them. Underside of fore wing with the ter-

minal area grey-white with a diffused dark band before it ; hind

wing pale irrorated with brown and white scales, a sinuous post-

medial line from costa to vein 2, a diffused dark subterminal band,

the termen whitish.

Hab. Ponsas, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 2 type. Exp. 48 millim.

Genus SIDEMIA. Type

Sidemia, Stand. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 459 (1892) ................22ss00e speciosa.

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

to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and

metathorax with spreading crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen

with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rather produced, the

termen obliquely curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

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

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 auasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

Scr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apex

ciliated.

A. Fore wing fuscous brown tinged with grey ................0000+ christophi.

B. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with brown.

a. Hind wing white with fine terminal brown line ............ inutilts.

6. Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with brown... depravata.

3273. Sidemia christophi.

Hadena christophi, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18388, p. 68; id. Rom. Mém.

v. p. 236, pl. 12. ff. 2, a, 0; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 171.

6. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; antenney

brownish white except at base and with brownish tufts of hair from

basal joint, patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; pectus

Fig. 80.—Sidemia chiristophi, . .

with whitish hair; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen ochreous

white suffused with dark brown towards extremity, the lateral and

anal tufts brown, the ventral surface irrorated with brown, some

pure white hair at base. and the dorsal crest dark. Fore wing

fuscous brown suffused with grey, especially on medial and terminal

436 NOCTUID®,

areas, the basal and postmedial areas with a slight olive-green tinge ;

subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to vein 1; ante-

medial line double, minutely waved, oblique from costa to submedian

fold; claviform indicated by brown at extremity and with greenish

tinge beyond it; orbicular and reniform with yellowish-white

annuli except below, slightly defined by brown, the former erect

elliptical; a waved medial line oblique from costa to median

nervure ; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some prominent white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly

defined on each side by brown, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7

and somewhat excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia fuscous and whitish with a dark line near base; cilia

of inner margin white with some black scales. Hind wing white,

the veins tinged with brown, the terminal area fuscous brown,

broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus; cilia white, tinged with

brown at base except towards tornus; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a rather darker

patch at apex.

Hab. S. Russta, Sarepta, 1 ¢; Srpprta; EH. Srperta, Ussuri.

Exp. 50 millim.

3274. Sidemia inutilis.

Luperina inutilis, Alph. Rom, Mém, ix. p. 171, pl. 12. f. 10 (1897).

¢. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; palpi with

fuscous marks at sides of Ist and 2nd joints; tegule with faint

diffused dark medial line; abdomen whitish tinged with brown,

the ventral surface with fuscous. Fore wing whitish tinged and

irrorated with brown, the area from end of cell to termen at apex

and vein 2 suffused with fuscous, the median nervure and veins

rising from it and vein | streaked with white to beyond postmedial

line; subbasal line represented by a shght dark striga from costa,

and oblique line from median nervure to vein 1; antemedial line

represented by a faint striga from costa and double line from cell

to inner margin, excurved below the cell, then incurved, claviform

narrow and elongate, whitish defined by fuscous and with fuscous

streak in centre; orbicular wedge-shaped, whitish defined by

fuscous ; reviform with fuscous centre and whitish annulus defined

by fuscous ; traces of a waved dark line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved at discal fold

and below vein 4, some slight whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by dentate

black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of smal] black lunules; cilia brownish

white intersected with fuscous. Hind wing white, the costal and

apical areas tinged with fuscous brown; a terminal series of slight

dark points from apex to vein2; the underside with the costal area

SIDEMIA. 437

tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous,a slight blackish

mark at apex.

Hab, Corsa, 1 ¢. Eap. 40 millim.

3275. Sidemia depravata. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 29.)

Agrotis depravata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 360 (1879).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with rufous.

Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with brown and with some dark

brown irroration in parts; median nervure and the veins rising

from it with whitish streaks; subbasal line represented by slight

blackish marks below costa and cell; antemedial line waved, angled

outwards in submedian interspace and inward on the veins; orbi-

cular and reniform indistinctly and incompletely defined by blackish,

the former small, round, the latter with dark centre; postmedial

line indistinct, double, interrupted in places, bent outwards below

costa, incurved in discal fold to reniform, then minutely waved and

incurved below vein 4, a dark streak before it below vein 2 and

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

whitish, defined on inner side by brown and by brown suffusion on

costal area and at middle, minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of small black

lunules defined by slight whitish lunules; cilia brownish ochreous.

Hind wing ochreous white; the veins brownish; the terminal area

broadly suffused with brown; cilia white; the underside with the

costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 6, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),

73,52, type. Lxp. 28-36 millim.

Sscr. II. Antennz of male serrate.

3276. Sidemia spodopterodes, n. sp.

3d. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with brown ; a brown

band between antenne defined by whitish behind; tegule with

slight brown lines at middle and tips ; prothorax with brown line ;

Fig. 81.—Sidemia spodopterodes, 3. 1}.

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown.

Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with brown; the basal area

suffused with brown extending in submedian interspace to beyond

438 NOCTUIDE.

antemedial line, the cell with black patch between the stigmata,

black-brown suffusion below end of cell and beyond the cell to

subterminal line from costa to vein 2; subbasal line represented by

slight dark marks below costa and cell; antemedial line blackish

slightly defined by grey on inner side, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, then slightly waved ; claviform large, black ; orbicular

and renitorm grey slightly defined by black and with brownish

centres, the former irregularly rounded, the latter elliptical; a

slight blackish spot on middle of costa; postmedial line blackish

slightly defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, excurved

from costa to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line whitish, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

then minutely waved, excurved to vein 3, then slightly incurved ;

a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia brownish grey with

brown line near base. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown

in parts, the veins brown; a fine waved brown terminal line; cilia

with a brown line through them except towards tornus ; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

lunule and postmedial line from costa to vein 6.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (A. 7. Cooke), 1 3 type. Hap.

36 millim,

Sxcr, III. Antenna of male with long fasciculate cilia; palpi with the 3rd

joint long.

3277. Sidemia contecta.

Dyschorista contecta, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 310; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 205.

dg. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with reddish brown ;

palpi and lower part of frons white, the former with fuscous marks

at sides; antennz white; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid

Fig. 82.—Sidemia contecta, d. }.

tibie and the tarsi banded with pale fuscous; abdomen white

slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white slightly

tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown ; subbasal line indis-

tinct, dark, angled outwards in cell and ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line rather strong, blackish, almost evenly curved, not

reaching inner margin ; orbicular a small whitish lunule defined by

black, concave towards base; reniform narrow, with brown centre

and white annulus defined by black; a diffused medial line oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell; the veins beyond the cell slightly

SIDEMIA. ; 439

streaked with black to the subterminal line ; postmedial line fine,

blackish, cblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ;

subterminal line white, rather diffused and somewhat dentate,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black striae. Hind wing white tinged with

brown especially on the veins and terminal area; a waved blackish

terminal line slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia white ;

the underside white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown,

a faint discoidal lunule and traces of a postmedial line with minute

black streaks on the veins.

@. Abdomen strongly tinged with brown; fore wing much

browner ; hind wing browner.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Alexander Mts., 1 ¢, 1 9, Issyk-Kul.

Eep. 36 millim.

Secr. LV. Antennx of male minutely ciliated; palpi with the 3rd joint short.

A. Mid tibiee of male with thick rringe of very long hair below,

hind tibie with tufts of long hair at medial spurs and

extremity ; abdomen with lateral fringes of long hair on

basal segments meeting ventrally.

a. Fore wing with the claviform small, defined by black.

a, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown .................. effusoides,

ob}, Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused with

TUBISIOOWS). sadnqrobeoo gobogooasodounaoonbbapbun ond noosesAAbaanbosebo calidipes.

6. Fore wing with the claviform absent ................0.0. eee hipparion.

3278. Sidemia effusoides. (Plate CXVIIT. fig. 30.)

Amphipyra effusoides, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 415 (1897).

Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with black; palpi blackish ;

tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown tinged with

fuscous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing grey-brown slightly

irrorated with fuscous ; a double waved subbasa! line from costa to

submedian fold, with blackish streak below the cell between it and

the oblique double waved antemedial line; claviform small, indis-

tinct, blackish ; orbicular rounded, defined by black, open above ;

reniform blackish, somewhat quadrate ; a slight waved medial shade,

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ;

a double minutely dentate postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the subterminal line

represented by a series of pale points with small wedge-shaped

black marks on their inner sides, those above veins 5 and 4 extending

to postmedial line; some pale points on costa towards apex; a

terminal series of smal] black spots; cilia with a blackish line

through them. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler towards

base; cilia whitish with a fuscous line except towards tornus ;

the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous except towards tornus, a dark

discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab, Ecvavor, Loja, type 7 9 in Coll. Dognin; PER, Angas-

marca, 1 ¢. vp. 44 millim.

440 NOCTUID Ate

3279. Sidemia calidipes.

Mamestra ealidipes, Guen. Noct. i. p. 189 (1882).

Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with fuscous; palpi

blackish at sides; frons with slight black lateral bars; tegulee

with slight black medial line ; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen

grey-brown, the fringes on ventral surface of male pale rufous.

Fore wing greyish slightly suffused with rufous; subbasal line

Fig. 83.—Sidemia calidipes, §. 4

1°

Mndistinetly double, curved ; a slight black streak below the cell to

the antemedial line, which is indistinctly double, dentate, angled

inwards on vein 1; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform small, indistinctly defined by brown, the former

elongate elliptical, the latter with slight brown lunule in centre and

short black ‘streak from it to postmedial line; an indistinct waved

medial line; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and pro-

duced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line represented by a curved series of minute whitish lunules,

defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks; a terminal

series of small triangular black marks ; cilia fuscous intersected

with whitish, a punctiform whitish line at base and slight whitish

line at middle. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous narrowing to tornus ; cilia yellowish white with

a slight dark line through them except towards tornus ; the under-

side with the costa irrorated with brown, a dark postmedial line

from costa to vein 6 and subterminal band diffused to termen at

apex.

oe) Brazit, Bahia, Cachimbo (Pujol), 1 ¢, Organ Mts., Tijuca

(Wagner), 2 9 ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 49. HEwp. 44—-

52 millim.

3280. Sidemia hipparion.

Mamestra hipparion, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 273, pl. 26. f. 24

(1889).

Head and thorax rufous; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi blackish

SIDEMIA. 441

with pale rings; abdomen rufous dorsally suffused with fuscous

except at base and extremity. Fore wing reddish ochreous suffused

with fuscous in and below cell, beyond lower angle and on terminal

area; subbasal line represented by very indistinct short blackish

streaks ; a slight black streak below base of cell to the antemedial

‘line, which is indistinct, double filled in with ochreous, waved,

oblique to submedian fold, then excurved; claviform absent;

orbicular and reniform small, reddish ochreous defined by fuscous,

the former elongate elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled

in with blackish and slight black streak from it to postmedial line;

an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line slightly defined

by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; subter-

minal line represented by a series of slight pale marks defined on

inner side by minute dentate black marks, somewhat excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia ochreous and fuscous with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown narrowing to tornus; cilia whitish with a slight dark

line through them except towards tornus; the underside white

tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark

postmedial striga from costa, a dark subterminal band from costa

to submedian fold, diffused to termen at apex.

Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers), 1 3, 1 2 type, Rio Sucio

(Rogers), 1 2, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 3 $, Godman-Salvin .

Coll. Hap. 42 millim.

B. Tibiz and abdomen of male normal.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line defined on outer

side by a distinct whitish band and not dentate ...... SPEC1OSH.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined on

outer side by a distinct whitish band and more or less

dentate.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below

vein 5.

a*. Fore wing without black streak from claviform

LonpostmedialWliner ese saceheeesccesesriseecteestesess subornata.

62, Fore wing with black streak from claviform to

yoxorteancxe bel Ihts¥s) 655 4h ecosadoonucbboneooncobdssdosbedadanos longula.

61, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to

vein 4, then incurved or oblique.

a’. Fore wing with the terminal area paler than the

PaRORENGI-(GOI WNP. Gadgadoeanos SpobconcudeosasnoobseaosoneOs Judaica,

?, Fore wing with the terminal area concolorous.

a3, Fore wing with distinct pale subterminal line.

a4, Fore wing with the ground-colour red-brown.

a’, Fore wing with the subterminal line not

defined on inner side by dentate dark

MATKS|) Cssiccs sews s sts wanisdstee seilieeeessacenuinee sts plebeja.

6°, Fore wing with the subterminal line defined

on inner side by slight dentate dark

MAPKs ees Mad ahy Rarigsedpccatedaeuawannaaes Jfisstipuncta.

449 NOCTUID.&

i4, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-

le} oN AOR aa Aan Goo nE Gone oab addon gna NeuddaucModeodosen devastatrix,

08, Fore wing with the subterminal line indistinct.

a‘, Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish

(aK) /eenpandenan spdd aocosoHuserceibyaceonasbgadcusedoos standfussi.

b*, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-

WIIG ce eas Ri la ee ee a an 2 ie ne zollicofert.

3281. Sidemia speciosa.

Noctua speciosa, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 50, pl. 4. f. 10 (1864); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 171.

Agrotis bremeri, Krsch. Trudy Russ. Entom. Obs. iv. pp. 152, 194 (1867).

Stdemia snelleni, Staud. Rom. Mémn. vi. p. 459, pl. 7. f. 8 (1892).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; sides of palpi and

frons reddish brown; patagia edged with brown on outer side ;

metathoracic crest with some black-tipped scales; pectus and legs

reddish brown, the tarsi with pale rngs; abdomen grey tinged

with brown, the ventral surface and anal tuft darker brown.

Fore wing grey suffused with brown except at base and on costal ~

area to postmedial line; subbasal line indistinct, double filled in

with grey, obliquely curved, from costa to vein 1; a dark brown

patch below the cell before the antemedial line, which is double

filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then retracted

Fig. 84.—Sidemia speciosa, J. }.

and obsolescent to median nervure, then strong, obliquely excurved

and slightly incurved at vein 1, defined by grey on outer side

towards inner margin ; claviform indistinctly defined by blackish at

extremity ; orbicular and reniform pale brown with whitish annuli

defined by black, open above and below and rather quadrate ;

postmedial line defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, strongly excurved below vein 7, oblique and slightly incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish with slight brown marks before it below costa and at

middle, excurved below vein 7, excurved at middle and somewhat

dentate at veins 4, 3; the termen somewhat greyer with a series of

minute dark lunules; cilia dark brown. Hind wing grey suffused

with brown, the basal and inner areas rather paler; traces of a

SIDEMIA. 443

curved postmedial line ; cilia whitish towards tornus ; the underside

with the postmedial line more distinct and sintious, traces of a

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. K. Stperta, Amurland, Ussuri,2¢ ; Japan, Yesso (Pryer),

192. ep. 40-52 millim.

3282. Sidemia subornata. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 31.)

Hadena subornata, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 262 (1896); id. Iris, xii. p. 342, pl. 7.

f. 11; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

3. Head and tegule pale rufous; thorax grey tinged with

rufous and brown ; abdomen grey tinged with fulvous. Fore wing

grey-white slightly tinged with rufous, the costal area to subter-

minal line and the medial area to just below cell susfused with

purplish grey, rufous and some dark brown; subbasal line repre-

sented by dark striz from costa and cell; antemedial line dark,

defined by whitish on inner side towards costa, angled outwards

below costa and in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1; clavi-

form small, defined by diffused brown; orbicular and reniform with

white annuli defined by brown, the former with pale rufous centre,

small, oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and some-

what produced at lower extremity ; traces of a curved medial line;

postmedial line dark defined by whitish on outer side towards costa,

bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique

and minutely dentate; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly

defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, the area beyond it suffused with brown except at apex; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia pale rufous. Hind

wing greyish ochreous suffused with brown except at termen ;

traces of a discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal band; the underside brownish white with small discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Steeria, Altai; E. Turkestan, Thian-Schan Mts. ;

Moneorra, Uliassutai, Urga, 1 ¢. Hep. 50 millim,

3288. Sidemia longula. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 32.)

Hadena longula, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geog. Geol. Surv. Terr. v. p. 204

(1879); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 182.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with slight medial dark line;

patagia with black lines near edges ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ;

abdomen grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated and suffused with brown;

a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by slight black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line black

defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards in the interspaces

444 NOCTULD.

and inwards on the veins, somewhat oblique; claviform mederate,

defined by black and with strong black streak below and beyond it

to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish

annuli defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical, the

latter angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line defined

by whitish on outer side, indistinct towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate,

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

defined on inner side by dentate black marks at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen at veins 4, 3, the

interspaces beyond it streaked with black at middle; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area

suffused with brown; a slight discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line; a whitish mark on termen towards tornus; a dark

terminal line; cilia whitish with a brown line through them; the

underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas, Washington, Colorado, Nevada, 1 9 type,

New Mexico. vp. 50 millim. —

3284. Sidemia judaica. (Plate CXIX. fig. 1.)

Apamea judaica, Stand. Iris, x. p. 282, pl. iv. f. 20 (1897); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 168.

6. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown ; sides

of palpi and frons with some black hairs; abdomen ochreous

white tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused

with rufous, deepest before the subterminal line; subbasal line

represented by two black points on costa; a slight black streak

below base of celi; a slight blackish streak above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is indistinctly double with two

black points at costa, excurved in submedian interspace and above

inner margin; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform slightly

paler, hardly traceable ; medial line with diffused oblique black

wedge-shaped mark from costa, then forming a black line on inner

edge of reniform, then reddish brown, oblique; postmedial line

black, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

forming black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;

subterminal line only defined by the contrast between the post-

medial and pale terminal areas, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4,3. Hind wing nearly pure white; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small black

discoidal lunule.

2. Hind wing with some fuscous irroration and lunulate post-

medial black line.

Hab. Patustine, 1 $,1 9. Hap. 34 millim.

SIDEMTIA. 445

#3285. Sidemia plebeja.

Dyschorista plebeja, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 34; Alph. Rom. Mém.

v. pp. 82, 172, pl. 7. f. 9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 205.

3. Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with grey; sides

of palpi and frons fuscous ; tarsi brown with pale rings; abdomen

pale grey-brown. Fore wing pale brownish grey irrorated with

fuscous, the end of cell and the area beyond and below its extremity

and the postmedial area tinged with rufous, the terminal area with

fuscous ; the costal area to postmedial line and the inner area greyer ;

subbasal line represeuted by double black striz from costa and one

from cell with a fuscous tinge on costa beyond it; antemedial line

double filled in with grey, oblique, waved; claviform represented by

a faint pale mark defined by a few black scales; orbicular grey

slightly defined by fuscous, its centre irrorated with fuscous, oblique

elliptical, its lower extremity produced and almost confluent with

the reniform which has a whitish annulus slightly defined by fuscous,

its centre tinged with fuscous aud its outer edge indistinct ; a slight

medial shade oblique from costa to just beyond lower angle of cell,

then inwardly oblique; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in

with grey, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and

produced to slight grey streaks on the veins, oblique below vein 4,

some grey points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey slightly

defined by brown on inner side, somewhat angled outwards at veins

7,4, 3, then incurved; a terminal series of slight black strie. Hind

wing pale uniformly suffused with pale reddish brown; the cilia

white with a slight brown line through them; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct

diffused postmedial line.

@. Fore wing with the postmedial and terminal areas suffused

with blackish leaving some greyish lunules on termen; the anal

tuft blackish.

Hab. W. Torxestan, Turcomania, Merv in Coll. Piingeler,

Ferghana, Sarawschan. Ewp. ¢ 36, 2 42 millim.

3286. Sidemia fissipuncta.

Noctua ypsilon, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p 78 (1776), nec Rott. (1776); Sepp, Ins.

ili. pl. 87; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 186; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 135,

pl. 81. f. 5; Frr. Neue Beitr. iv. pl. 829; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii.

p. 149.

ia corticea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 145, ff. 2, 3 (1789), nec Schiff.

Noctua nunatrum, Scriba, Beitr. Ins. Ges. p. 128, pl. 9. f. 6 (1790), nee Schiff.

Noctua fissipuncta, Haw. Lep.Brit. p. 197 (1809); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. P- 204.

Dyschorista orenburghensis, Bartel, Ivis, xv. p. 211 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey ; sides

of palpi and frons blackish; tarsi blackish with pale rings. Fore

wing greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with a few

black scales; a more or less developed black streak below base of

cell: subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa and

cell filled in with grey ; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in

446 NOCTUIDA.

with grey, oblique, waved; claviform defined by black and often

with two black streaks from its extremity to postmedial line;

orbicular and reniform large, with slight white annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, often produced at lower extremity

and confluent with the latter, the cell before and between them

sometimes tinged with black; traces of a medial line oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct,

double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on

inuer side by slight dentate black marks except towards costa,

angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and slightly dentate

at veins 4. 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with a

fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the

veins and terminal area darker; cilia ochreous white with a brown

line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

small discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line with minute

dark streaks on the veins, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Ab. 1. orenburghensis. Fore wing greyer; hind wing yellow

towards base.—Urals.

Hab. Briratn, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; Gurrmany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.: Ausrria; Hungary; SwitzerLanD;

N. Ivaty; Russrs, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll., Urals ;

Armenta; Asta Mrnor, Pontus; Prrsta; W. Sreerr, Altai;

E. Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri. Hap. 36-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 64; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 301, pl. 223. f. 1.

Brown sometimes tinged with reddish, with blackish markings ;

dorsal line pale; subdorsal line pale, interrupted; spiracular line

pale, dark-edged above. Food-plants, Salia and poplar. 5.

3287. Sidemia devastatrix. (Plate CXIX. fig. 2.)

Phalena devastator, Brace, Am. Journ. Sci. i. p. 154 (1819); Fitch, 2nd

Rep. Ins. N.Y. p. 315, pl. 3. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 136,

Mamestra abjecta, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 193 (1852), nee Hiibn.

Mamestra ordinaria, W1k. ix. 232 (1856).

Mamestra contenta, W1k. 1x. 233 (1856).

Agrotis marshallana, Westw. Humphr. Br. Moths, i. p. 122, pl. 24. f.15 (1857).

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown; tegule with

slight dark medial line; patagia with some black scales near upper

edge; abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing grey suffused

with brown and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by

double black strize from costa and cell; a more or less developed black

streak below base of cell and another above inner margin before the

antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved; claviform more or

less developed, detined by black; orbicular and reniform with slight

white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open

above, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure; an

indistinct curved waved medial line; postmedial line more or less

distinctly double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the

SIDEMTA. 447

veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line distinct, whitish, defined on inner side

by more or less developed dentate black marks at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and somewhat excurved at middle; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area

suffused with fuscous brown: a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia

ochreous white; the underside ochreous white, the costal and ter-

minal areas irrorated with brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule,

curved postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab, Canava (Norman), 1 9, Renfrew Co., 10 ¢, 2 9, Toronto

(Prout), 3 9 , Ottawa (Gibson, Mletcher, Young, Saunders),6 3,3 2,

Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 3, type contenta, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-

Dod), 4 3,3 2, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 1 9 ; U.S.A., Massa-

chusetts (Packard, Burg), 6 3, 1 2, New York (Scudder), 1 3,

1 Q, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 2 3, type ordinaria, Washington

Terr., 1 6, 1 Q, Colorado, Boulder (Cockerell), 2 g¢,1 9, South

Park (Oslar), 2 ¢, 2 2, California, Soda Springs, 1 ¢, Arizona,

Yavapai Co., Prescott (Kunzé),1 $,1 9. Hap. 42-48 millim.

Larva. Saunders, Ins. Inj. Fruits, p.329, ff. 841, 342.

Shining green ; head and thoracic plate dark brown ; warts dark,

each with a single hair; dorsal and lateral lines dark. Food-plants,

strawberry, ete.

3288. Sidemia standfussi. (Plate CXIX. fig. 3.)

Luperina standfussi, Wisk. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1894, p. 90; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 169.

Head and thorax bluish grey tinged with brown; antennz white

at base; tarsi ringed with white; patagia with some black scales

near upper edge ; metathoracic crest with some black scales ; abdomen

white tinged with brown. Fore wing bluish grey tinged with brown

and irrorated with fusecous; subbasal line whitish with double black

strie at costa, its extremity at submedian fold defined by black

scales; antemedial line whitish defined on each side by some black

scales, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by black scales;

orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, the latter with some black in lower part, constricted at

middle and slightly angled inwards to median nervure; traces of

a sinuous medial dark line; postmedial line black defined by white on

outer side, double towards costa, oblique from costa to vein 6, then

dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by faint

dentate blackish marks, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia

with a white line at base followed by a blackish line. Hind wing

white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous; a faint curved post-

medial line; cilia white; the underside with the costal area slightly

irrorated with brown, an indistinct waved subterminal line.

Hab, GERMANY, Bavaria; Avstr1A, Tirol, in Coll. Piingeler;

SwirzerLanp, Chur (F. &. Lowe), 1 Q ; Rumeria. Hap. 46 millim.

448 NOCTUIDE.

3289. Sidemia zollicoferi.

Noctua zollikoferi, Fry. Neue Beitr. ii. p. 145, pl. 184. ff. 1, 2 (1836); Dup.

Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 209, pl. 68. ff. 1 a,b; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 103-4; Friv. Tud. Akad. Erkon. xi. pt. 4, pl. 5. f. 9; Barrett,

Brit. Lep. iv. p. 367 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey tinged with brown;

antennee white ; sides of palpi and frons blackish ; legs irrorated

with fuscous, the tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey tinged

with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous; faint traces of an

antemedial line with two dark strie from costa; claviform absent ;

traces of a small elliptical orbicular with pale annulus; reniform

slightly defined by fuscous, small and rather irregular ; faint traces

of a pale postmedial line with dark striz from costa, bent outwards

below costa, then with series of black points beyond it on the

veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond

it on costa; a very indistinct pale subterminal line faintly defined

by brown on inner side, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7;

a terminal series of minute dark points; cilia with a slight whitish

line at base. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown, espe-

cially on the veins and terminal area; cilia pure white; the

underside white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with fuscous suffusion in, below, and beyond

cell and in interspaces of terminal area except at apex and

tornus.—Urals, in Coll. Staudinger.

Hab. Brrrary, KE. England; N. Guruany; Huneary, Leech

Coll.; Swrrzertanp; Gaxicta; Russta, Sarepta, Zeller Coll., Urals,

Zeller Coll.; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 9; E. Turxesran,

Korla, Kaschgar. Hap. 42-52 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. Moths Eur. p. 219; Hffm. Raup. p. 296.

Green; feeds on low mountain plants and grasses. 5-6.

Genus ECBOLEMIA, nov.

Type, E. misella,

Proboscis absent; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in front, the

8rd joint short; frons with elliptical corneous prominence, roughened in front ;

eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with

hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, tibiee

fringed with hair on outer side; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

Fore wing with the termen slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-

lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

*3290. Ecbolemia misella.

Margelana misella, Ping. Ivis, xviii. p. 219, pl. 8. f. 1 (1906).

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous mixed with brown ;

palpi blackish at sides; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing pale

ochreous irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line represented by

ECBOLEMIA.—MARGELANA. 449

small blackish spots below costa and cell; antemedial line rather

diffused, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1, with small

black spots on costa and below cell; claviform very small, slightly

defined by brown or obsolete; orbicular and reniform small, pale,

slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter quad-

rate, the cell between them reddish brown; a slight waved medial

line with small black spot at costa; postmedial line with two black

spots at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, the costa beyond it with whitish points

. with blackish marks between them; subterminal line represented

Fig. 85.—Echolemia misella, $. 4.

by slight pale marks defined by brown on inner side, slightly angled

outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2; a terminal series of minute black

lunules ; cilia whitish mixed with brown and with series of minute

dark lunules at tips. Hind wing white, the veins faintly tinged

with brown, the terminal area slightly suffused with brown in

female; a terminal series of slight brown striz; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas sJightly irrorated with brown, a

shght discoidal point.

Hab, K. Turxzstan, Ili, Kuldja, type’ 3, @ in Coll. Piingeler.

Hep. 38 millim.

Genus MARGELANA. Type

Margelana, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p.20 ...........-. 0 eeeeeeee versicolora.

Proboscis minute; palpi obliquely porrect to just beyond frons, the 2nd

joint fringed with hairs below the 38rd, short; frons smooth; eyes large,

rounded; antenne of male typically bipectinate; head and thorax clothed

with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests

tibie fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but anon

crests. Fore wing triangular, 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. aed wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 obeoleeene from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sxcr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to apex.

A. Antenne of male with the branches stiff and rather wide apart; fore

wing with the apex produced upwards, the termen obliquely curved.

3291. Margelana versicolora.

angela versicolor, aa Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 20; Christ. Rom.

Mém. v. p. 27, pl. 2. f. 2; Staud. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 177.

¢. Head and ee i fulvous mixed with greyish ; abdomen

VOL. VII. 26

450 NOCTUID A.

ochreous white. Fore wing pale fulvous yellow, the veins streaked

with white; antemedial line strong, white, defined on inner side by

dark irroration, arising from base of cell, then excurved to middle

of submedian fold, where it is angled and oblique to inner margin ;

orbicular an elliptical white spot; reniform represented by a white

discoidal bar with its upper extremity bent outwards and its lower

Fig. 86.—Margelana versicolora, $. 3

inwards ; postmedial line strong, white, arising from costa towards

apex, oblique, sinuous, some dark suffusion beyond it before the

faint whitish oblique subterminal line; a slight dark terminal

line; cilia white with a dark line through them. Hind wing

white tinged with ochreous brown and with slight diffused ochreous

brown postmedial shade; the underside white tinged with ochreous

and with faint diffused postmedial line.

9. Hind wing suffused with brown leaving an indistinct whitish

subterminal band.

Hab. W. Turxustan, Turcomania, 1 ¢,19, Ferghana. Exp.

3 38, 2 40 millim.

B. Antenne of male with the branches decumbent and close together ; fore

wing with the apex not produced upwards, the termen less obliquely

curved.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform white with

dark centres, the terminal area bluish white

6. Fore wing with the orbicular, reniform, and terminal area

suifused witht red-brown: ee.ccrc-aeccustsecceeeseneconereeence discrepans.

3292. Margelana lenis.

Phebophilus lenis, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 279 (1892) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 177.

3g. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; palpi with

dark marks at side of 2nd joint; antennee ochreous white ;

Fig. 87.—Margelana lenis, S. }

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white irrorated with reddish

brown and black, the terminal area blue-white with dark irroration ;

subbasal and antemedial lines absent; claviform a large white

MARGHLANA. 451

mark slightly defined by black, acute at extremity; orbicular and

reniform white defined by blackish, the former small, round, with

slight dark centre, the latter with curved dark mark in centre and

undefined on outer side and below ; postmedial line slightly defined

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

angled inwards in discal fold and oblique below vein 4, some slight

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined

on inner side by slight rufous suffusion and minute somewhat

dentate red-brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered fuscous

brown and white. Hind wing silvery white with fine waved

black terminal line; the underside with the apical area sparsely

irrorated with black, a dark discoidal lunule and lunulate black

terminal line except towards tornus.

Hab, PauestinE, 1 ¢. Hap. 38 millim.

3293. Margelana discrepans. (Plate CXIX. fig. 4.)

Heliophobus discrepans, Staud. Tris, iv. p. 278 (1891); id. Iris, vi. pl. 1.

f. 10; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 177.

_¢d. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with greyish ;

sides of palpi and frons blackish; tarsi black ringed with white.

Fore wing ochreous white suffused with red-brown and irrorated

with fuscous ; a slight waved black subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line indistinct, black, waved, rather

diffused ; claviform moderate, rather strongly defined by black and

with blackish streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform slightly defined by black, the former round, the latter

rather quadrate, open above and with fuscous mark in lower part;

postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer side, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by slight and somewhat dentate white marks,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of rather

strong black lunules; cilia fuscous and pale brown intersected with

whitish. Hind wing almost pure white with fine blackish terminal

line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Patustine, 1 $. Exp. 36 millim.

Sror. II. Antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.

*3204. Margelana veternosa.

Margelana veternosa, Piing. Iris, 1906, p. 218, pl. 8. f. 15.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi with

the 2nd joint blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegule with slight dark line near upper edge; patagia with some

blackish near edges; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey-

white tinged with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and

irrorated with fuscous, the veins beyond the cell with slight dark

streaks ; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa

262

452 NOCTUIDE.

and in cell; a short blackish streak below base of cell with some

oblique blackish suffusion from its extremity to inner margin;

antemedial line blackish slightly defined by whitish on inner side,

slightly angled inwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold,

then inwardly oblique and indistinct ; claviform minute, defined by

blackish and with diffused dark brown streak from it to postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and whitish

Fig. 88.—Margelana veternosa, S. }.

annuli defined by black, the former narrow, oblique, the latter open

above and below, the cell before and between them dark brown ;

postmedial line obsolescent from costa to vein 2, bent outwardly

below costa, incurved below vein 4 to below end of cell, below

vein 2 black defined by whitish on outer side, shghtly angled out-

wards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line whitish slightly defined by brown on inner side forming slight

dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate inwards

below veins 6, 5, 4, and outwards on vein 3, then incurved, a dark

streak from it to termen below vein 4; a fine waved black terminal

line; cilia whitish with series of brown lunules and brownish tips.

Hind wing white with slight discoidal spot, the terminal area

slightly tinged with brown; a fine waved dark terminal line;

cilia white with shght brown line tiirough them; the underside

with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal] spot.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Aschabad, type + d in Coll. Diingeler.

Exp. 40 millim.

Genus CENTROPODIA. n. n.

Centropus, Christ. Rom. Mém. v. p. 80 (1889), nee Ill. Aves, ‘Type,

TitcH i Bareceal <Ga(ereyil eats fern] bo. 00) gacndsoaeraddnSprcchabacsasosnanbocnocsoooodo Scripturosa,

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

to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenne of female ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales,

the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tibize with one or more

claws on outer side; mid and hind tibia moderately fringed with hair ; abdo-

men without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and hardly crenulate; veins 5 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 fromangle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

wy)

CENTROPODEA. 45

Secr. I. Fore tibia with seven claws on outer side.

3295. Centropodia scripturosa.

Ayling scripturosa, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1854, iii. p. 190, & 1856, iii. p. 77 ;

Herr.-Schiff. Neue Schmett. p. 8, f. 16; Ersch. Fedtsch. Reis. p. 39, pl. 3.

f. 37; Christ. Rom. Mém. v. p. 31, pl. 2. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 154.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous and black; tarsi

banded black and white; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous,

the base white. Fore wing white mostly suffused with fuscous and

sparsely irrorated with black, with faint ochreous streaks in discal

and submedian folds; subbasal line represented by a black point

below costa; antemedial line indistinct, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1; orbicular with fuscous centre and white annulus defined

by fuscous, elongate elliptical ; reniform with fuscous centre and

undefined white annulus, expanding below and angled inwards on

vein 1; postmedial line very indistinct, defined by white on outer

side at costa, oblique from costa to vein 7, then dentate, incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by dentate black marks, slightly

waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and sub-

median folds; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly

defined by whitish on inner side; cilia chequered fuscous and

white. Hind wing white, the inner, and the terminal area except

towards apex, slightly tinged with brown; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas very slightly irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. W. Tourxestan, Turcomania, 1 92, S. Kirghistan; E.

Turkestan, Ili. Hap. 40 millim.

Sucr. II. Fore tibia with one long claw on outer side at extremity.

*3296. Centropodia inquinata.

Hadena inguinata, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1888, p. 43; Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 158.

®. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous

white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused

with grey and thickly irrorated with brown; a very indistinct

waved antemedial line; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by

fuscous, the former minute, wedge-shaped, the latter small, quadrate ;

postmedial line dentate, defined by whitish on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; sub-

454 NOCTUID A,

terminal line whitish interrupted, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of black points; cilia

ochreous white with two brown lines and the tips brown. Hind

Fig. 90.—Centropodia inquinata, 2. f.

wing white, the terminal half suffused with fuscous brown except

towards costa; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with

brown.

Hab. Tunis, Gabes, type tT 2 in Coll. Mabille. wp. 34 millim.

Genus PSEUDOHADENA.

Type.

Pseudohadena, Alph. Rom. Mém, v. p. 163 (1889) ............... armta.

Rhiza, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 44............cecceceecceceee ees commoda.

Gryphadena, Kustenoyv, Ann, Mus, St. Petersb. xiii. p. 65 (1908). minuta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frontal tuft

and fringed with hair below ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenne of

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

and metathorax with slight spreading crests; fore tarsi with more or less

developed curved claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint ; abdomen with

rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with prominent white annulus to claviform... duciniosa.

B. Fore wing without prominent white annulus to claviform.

a. Fere wing with black streak below base of cell.

a’, Fore wing with the black streak below base of cell

extending to the claviform.

a, Fore wing with three obliquely-placed black sub-

terminal streaks towards apeX ..................e.000 sergia.

67. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined on

inner side by slight dentate dark marks through-

out.

a, Fore wing tinged with reddish...................4. idumea.

63, Fore wing tinged with fuscous .............0....... schlumbergert.

b'. Fore wing with the black streak below base of cell

not extending to claviform.

a*, Fore wing with black streaks on the dentate

brown marks before subterminal line towards apex.

a3, Fore wing tinged with red-brown ............... chenopodipha

68, Fore wing not tinged with red-brown ............ commoda,

é2, Fore wing without black streaks on the dentate

brown marks before subterminal line.

a’, Fore wing with the costal and postmedial areas

not whiter than the ground-colowr............... srt.

}?, Fore wing with the costal area to postmedial

line and the postmedial area except towards

costa whiter than the ground-colour ..........6. pugnax.

PSEUDOHADENA. 459

6. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

@!, Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line distinctly

defined by white on outer side..............c2e-2ee0++ minuta.

2. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined

by white on outer side.

a3, Hind wing with large black discoidal spot ...... crasstipuncta.

&, Hind wing without black discoidal spot.

a+, Fore wing strongly tinged with red ............ rosconitens.

4, Fore wing suffused and irrorated with red-

brown.

aw Fore wing with the ground-colour grey ... ¢mmunda.

. Fore wing with the ground-colour flesh-

colour.

a°, Hind wing with hardly a trace of post-

medial line; antenne of male minutely

TRON OUIIENNS) Gonanpcobooqnedesnanscsedongecndacae tmMMUNIS.

o®, Hind wing with prominent dark post-

medial line; antennz of male strongly

fAsCiCulaveyrrcnsesscneGrsecncscencaseee ones pexth.

cf, Fore wing pale flesh-colour not suffused and

irrorated with red-brown.

a, Fore wing with the outer half of medial

area and the terminal area darker than

theyeround-colouryy.ssac.ceosccassose- seen ester arvicola.

65. Fore wing with the outer half of medial

area and the terminal area concolorous... colutce.

61, Fore wing with the postmedial line obsolescent.

a. Fore wing suffused with red-brown.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined on

inner side by red-brown throughout ............ tndigna.

&, Fore wing with the subterminal line defined on

inner side by slight brown spots at middle ... contumax.

&. Fore wing white slightly tinged with ochreous

brown.

a, Kore wing with the subterminal line defined by

bLOWMPOMIMMe ISIS senederessscecccosesese ccs armatte

&. Fere wing with the subterminal line obsolete... jyordana.

3297. Pseudohadena laciniosa.

Chloantha lecinéosa, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 77, pl. 4. £. 4 (1887); Staud.

Cat, Lep. pal. p. 183.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown; palpi

Fig. 91.—Pseudohadena lacintosa, 3. 3.

tinged with fuscous; frons with lateral black bars; patagia with

black lines near edges; pectus and legs grey tinged with fuscous.

456 NOCTUID A.

Fore wing pale ochreous brown, the medial area except towards

costa and inner margin slightly tinged with fuscous, the veins

streaked with black; slight black streaks below base of costa and

in base of cell; a black streak in base of submedian fold and a short

streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

interrupted below costa, then very strongly angled outwards in cell,

submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards on median

nervure and vein 1; claviform slightly defined by black, acute at

extremity; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, its lower extremity slightly produced and its

centre slightly defined by brown on inner side, the latter with

pale brown centre and its upper extremity produced ; postmedial

line bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 7, oblique and

dentate below vein 4, some slight pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line defined on inner side by pale brown shades from

above vein 7 to below vein 6 and from below vein 5 to below 3,

with short black streaks before it below veins 7, 6,4, 3, angled out-

wards to termen at veins 7,4,3; a fine waved black terminal line ;

cilia brownish intersected with ochreous and with fine ochreous line

at base. Hind wing pale ochreous brown, the cilia ochreous white ;

the underside white, the costal area tinged with ochreous and very

slightly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct

sinuous postmedial line.

@. Hind wing with the terminal area more suffused with

fuscons.

Hab. Tuorxestan, Turcomania, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk Kul ;

KE. Turnesran, Ili; Moneorza, Uliassutai, Aksu, 19,192. EHuxp.

40 millim.

3298. Pseudohadena sergia. (Plate CXIX. fig. 5.)

Pseudohadena sergia, Pig. Iris, xiv. p. 184, pl. 3. f. 1 (1901).

Head and thorax pale brownish with a slight flesh tinge;

abdomen brownish white slightly tinged with fuscous on dorsum.

Fore wing pale brownish with a slight flesh tinge; the veins

faintly streaked with black; subbasal line represented by a slight

black point on costa; a black streak below base of cell confluent

with the narrow elongate claviform which is defined by black ;

traces of an oblique slightly sinuous antemedial line; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, the former an oblique wedge-shaped

mark, open above, its lower extremityjconnected with the reniform,

which is rather irregular and ill-defined except on inner side ;

postmedial line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some slight pale points beyond

it on costa; an oblique series of short black streaks above veins

6, 5,4; faint traces of a pale submedial line with very slight black

marks on its inner side; a fine black terminal line; cilia pale

brown with whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with

Bae

PSEUDOHADENA. 45

fuscous especially on the veins and terminal area; cilia white; the

underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot and indistinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Togus-torau; Moneoria, Aksu,

13,19. xp. 5 42, 2 44 millim. Type} in Coll. Pungeler.

*3299. Pseudohadena idumea. (Plate CXIX. fig. 6.)

eae adahe idumea, Ping. Iris, xiv. p. 331 (1901) ; id. Iris, xv. pl. 6.

f. 25.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark brown; frons with

some black at sides; patagia with blackish line near upper edge ;

abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreons slightly tinged

with reddish brown and irrorated with dark brown; subbasal iine

represented by a dark striga from costa; a sinuous black streak in

submedian fold to the antemedial line, which is double at costa,

then single, oblique, irregularly dentate, angled inwards on vein 1;

claviform narrow, defined by blackish, acute at extremity; orbicular

and reniform defined by black at sides only, the former oblique

oblong, its lower extremity sometimes produced and confluent with

the latter which is constricted at middle and with its lower extremity

indistinctly bidentate: postmedial line sometimes double at costa,

then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, more or less distinct ;

subterminal line formed by slight pale marks defined on inner side

by wedge-shaped black marks between veins 7 and 2, angled out-

wards at veins 7, 4, 3, and inwards above and below vein 5; the

veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ending in points ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous white ;

the veins tinged with brown; the terminal area suffused with

brown except towards tornus; cilia white; the underside white,

the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.

The claw-like spines on Ist Jolne of fore tarsi rather fine.

Hab. Pa estinu, Bra typet ¢ @ in Coll. Pungeler. Exp.

3 32, 2 36 millim.

*3300. Pseudohadena schlumbergeri. (Plate CXIX. fig. 7.)

Pseudohadena schlumbergeri, Ping. Iris, xvii. p. 265 (1904).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey mixed with fuscous ;

tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing brownish grey thickly

irrorated with fuscous, the veins with slight dark streaks; a black

streak below base of cell more or less confluent with the narrow

elongate claviform which is defined by black: subbasal line

represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line rather

indistinct, minutely waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold:

where it is angled; orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli

defined by blackish, the former oblique, its lower extremity produced

and more or less approaching the reniform, which is constricted at

middle and more or less angled inwards on median nervure, with

slight dark suffusion on its lower part; postmedial line bent out-

458 NOCIUIDE.

wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish

defined by brown on inner side, somewhat dentate, angled outwards

at veins 7, 4,35 a fine waved terminal line; cilia with whitish line

at base, then a dark line. Hind wing pale nearly uniformly

suffused with fuscous; cilia whitish; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and indistinct sinuous post-

medial line.

Hab. W. Torxustan, Dschaskent, 3 9; KE. Turkestan, Thian-

Schan Mts. ap. 36-38 millim. Typer ¢ @ in Coll. Pingeler.

3301. Pseudohadena chenopodiphaga.

Mamestra chenopodiphaga, Rmbr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. p. 283, pl. 9. f. 7

(1852); Frr. Neue Beitr. ii. pl. 209. f. 1; Geyer, Samml. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 831, 832; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 251, pl. 23. £5; Mill.

Icones, i. pl. 13. ff. 2-6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Pseudohadena erubescens, Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170 (1901).

Head and thorax grey tinged with ochreous and mixed with

reddish brown; frons with slight lateral fuscous lines; tegule with

traces of a dark line near base ; patagia with black line near upper

edge; tarsi fuscous ringed with ochreous ; abdomen pale ochreous

brown. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with red-brown and with

slight dark irroration especially on costa and terminal area; the

veins with shgkt dark streaks; a sinuous black streak below base

of cell; subbasal line represented by double oblique strie from

costa to céll; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly

angled outwards in the interspaces and inwards on the veins; clavi-

form small or moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former more or less elongate and produced to

points at sides, sometimes confluent with the latter which is

slightly angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct slightly

waved medial line angled outwards on median nervure; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to white points on the veins,

oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line pale defined by fuscous suffusion before and beyond

it and on inner side by somewhat dentate black streaks below costa

and at middle, angled outwards to near termen at veins 7,6,4,3; a

fine waved black terminal line. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown; the underside white,

the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. erubescens. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with

rufous.—Biskra, Persian Gulf.

Hab, S. Francr, Leech and Zeller Colls.; Spatn, Catalonia,

Barcelona, Frey Coll.; Corstca; Iraty; Ane@urta, Biskra (Wals-

ingham), 1 6 ; Armenta; Syria, Mardin; Pxrrstan Gutr, Fao

(Cumming),4 6,2 2; W.Tur«xssran, Turcomania, Sarawschan ;

Ki. Turnusray, Ili. vp. 50-52 millim,

PSEUDOHADENA. 459

Larva, Kirby, Bur, Butt. & Moths, p. 236; Hffun. Raup. p. 96, pl. 27. f.8.

Yellowish or reddish, dull blue ventrally, with dusky dorsal and

subdorsal lines and oblique dark lateral streaks. Food-plants:

Chenopodium fruticosum, Atriplex portulacoides, and Salsola soda.

3302. Pseudohadena commoda. (PJate CXIX. fig. 8.)

Rhiza commoda, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p.44; Piing. Iris, xv. p. 160,

pl. 5. £18; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 188.

Rhiza manifesta, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92 (1893) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 183.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white; tarsi fuscous with

pale rings. Fore wing brownish white sparsely irrorated with

fuscous; a slight black streak below base of cell: subbasal line

slightly waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

somewhat oblique, minutely waved, angled outwards above inner

margin, traces of a narrow claviform defined by blackish ; orbicular

and reniform whitish, the former defined by black at sides, oblique

elliptical, rather irregular, sometimes produced on inner side, the

latter defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer, rather

constricted at middle; traces of a waved medial line angled out-

wards to lower angle of cell; postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line in-

distinet, defined on inner side by three more or less prominent

dentate black marks between veins 7 and 4. Hind wing ochreous

white tinged with fuscous especially on terminal area; cilia white ;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal bar and indistinct somewhat sinuous post-

medial line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. manifesta. Darker.—Armenia.

Hab, Armenta; W. Turxestan, Issyk-Kul, 1 ¢,2 9; E.

Turkestan, Kaschgar;.Moneonra, Aksu. Hep. 40 millim.

3303. Pseudohadena siri.

Mamestra sirt, Ersch. Fedtsch. Reis. p. 41, pl. 3. f. 42 (1874); Christ. Rom.

Mém. v. p. 3], pl. 2. f.5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown slightly mixed with

fuscous ; frons with lateral black bars; patagia with some black scales

near upper edge. Fore wing grey-brown; the veins with slight dark

streaks ; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa

and cell filled in with grey; a black streak below base of cell; ante-

medial line double filled in with grey, minutely and irregularly

dentate, angled inwards at vein 1; claviform small or obsolete,

slightly defined by blackish; orbicular and reniform defined by

blackish, the former grey, more or less oblique elliptical, the latter

with fuscous centre and grey annulus; a diffused medial shade

angled on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled

in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved

below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1; subterminal line

indistinct, pale defined on inner side by somewhat dentate fuscous

marks and a more prominent oblique shade between veins 7 and 4,

angled outwards at veins 7, 4,3; a fine terminal lunulate line; a

460 NOCLUID.

fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous tinged with

brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous; the

underside grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and

sinuous postmedial line showing though to upperside.

Hab. W.Turxesran, Tedschen Oasis, 1 ¢ ,Tekke,1 ¢ ,Sarawschan,

Ferghana, Issyk-Kul, 1 ¢, 1 9; E. Turxestay, Ili, Kaschgar ;

Moneouta, Uliassutai Mts. Hap. 50 millim.

*3304. Pseudohadena pugnax.

Pseudohadena pugnax, Alph. Hore, Soc. Ent. Ross. xxvi. p. 449 (1892) ;

id. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 26, pl. 2. f. 10; Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 170.

Head and thorax ochreous brown tinged with grey; abdomen

whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing pale ochreous brown, the

costal area to postmedial line, the basal area and the postmedial

area except towards costa whitish; a slight black streak below base

of cell; subbasal line represented by double black strive. from costa ;

antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique, waved, angled

inwards on the veins; claviform defined by blackish; orbicular and

reniform large, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate , oblique below

vein 4; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by small

dentate brown marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4,3; a fine

waved dark terminal line. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal

area tinged with brown; the underside glossy white slightly

irrorated with grey, a dark discoidal spot.

Hab. W. Steerta, Songaria. Exp. 44-48 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

3305. Pseudohadena minuta. (Plate CXIX. fig. 9.)

Pseudohadena minuta, Ping. Iris, xii. p. 293, pl. 9. f. 10 (1900); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white mixed with dark

brown; tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing whitish thickly irro-

rated with dark brown; subbasal line represented by dark strie

from costa and cell defined by whitish on outer side ; antemedial line

defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards in the interspaces

and inwards on the veins; orbicular and reniform small with whitish

annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter narrow, rather

irrecular and ill-defined except on inner side, a dark spot on its lower

outer edge; a curved diffused medial shade; postmedial line defined by

whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

postmedial area suffused with fuscous defining the pale dentate sub-

terminal line, which is angled outwards on veins 7, 4, 3, and inwards

in discal foid; a terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia ochreous

whitish chequered with fuscous and with slight dark lines through

them. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially on the

veins and terminal area; cilia whitish; the underside whiter, the

PSEUDOHADENA. 461

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a sinuous postmedial

line showing through to upperside.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania. Dschaskent, 1 ¢, 1 9;

HE, Turkestan, Ili, type tS in Coll. Piingeler. Zap. 34 millim.

*3306. Pseudohadena crassipuncta. (Plate CXIX. fig. 10.)

Pseudohadena crassipuncta, Ping. Iris, xvii. p. 266 (1904).

@. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with ochreous and

irrorated with fuscous; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi banded with

black ; abdomen white slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

ochreous white rather sparsely irrorated with black; subbasal line

blackish, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line ill-defined,

blackish, oblique, angled outwards in the interspaces and inwards on

the veins; claviform large, incompletely defined by black; orbicular

and reniform indistinctly defined by blackish, the former rather

small, elongate elliptical, the latter irregular; postmedial line black,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4+;

subterminal line strongly and regularly dentate, hardly defined

except by the area beyond it being tinged with fuscous; a terminal

series of black lunules; cilia white with terminal series of black

spots. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown; the terminal

area broadly suffused with brown except on inner area, running

inwards below the cell; a large rather triangular black discoidal

spot; aslight minutely waved postmedial line; cilia white. Under-

side of both wings white, with large black discoidal spots and rather

diffused curved postmedial line except on inner area.

Hab. Moneotta, Aksu, type tT Q in Coll. Piingeler. Hp.

40 millim.

*3307. Pseudohadena roseonitens.

Mamestra roseonitens, Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. 49; id. Et. Ent.

x. pl. 5. f. 20; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

S. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with red ; sides of palpi and

frons with some fuscous ; fore and mid tarsi tinged with fuscous with

pale rings; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with red and slightly irrorated with brown ; subbasal line represented

by two striz from costa and one from cell; antemedial line with

two striz from costa, then single, oblique, waved, interrupted, defined

by paler colour on inner side; orbicular and reniform defined by

blackish at sides only, the former irregular rounded, the latter con-

stricted at middle, its lower part slightly tinged with fuscous; a

slight medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

inwardly oblique, with small black spot on costa; postmedial line

with two small black spots on costa, then single, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

ochreous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

ochreous defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, angled outwards

462 NOCTUIDZA.

at veins 7, 6,4, 3, and incurved at discal andsubmedian folds; a slight

waved dark terminal line; cilia with slight brown line through

them. Hind wing ochreous white with faint brownish subterminal

shade; the underside almost pure white.

Hab, Auceria, Biskra, in Coll. Piingeler. up. 46 millim.

3308. Pseudohadena immunda.

Agrotis timmunda, Kv. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 544, pl. v. f. 1.; Herr.-

Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 161-2; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 429. f. 1;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Mamestra halimi, Mill. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1877, p. 58, pl. 1. ff. 17-19.

Head and thorax olive-fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, paler at base.

Fore wing olive-fuscous; an indistinct double waved subbasal line

filled in with grey, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

defined by grey on inner side, waved ; claviform small, defined by

black; orbicular and reniform well-developed with grey annuli

defined by black, the former round ; a medial shade angled outwards

on median nervure; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white points

on the veins, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct,

greyish defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black

marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3; a terminal series of small

black lunules; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous,

rather paler at base, the cilia whitish; the underside brownish

white irrorated with brown, a shght discoidal lunule and sinuous

postmedial’line showing through to upperside.

Ab. 1. halimi. Ground-colour much more ochreous; fore wing

irrorated with black, the markings less distinct and not defined by

pale colour.—S. France.

Hab. 8. France, 13,19 ; Russta, Urals, 2 g,19; W. Turx-

estan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul; W. Sreeria, Altai. Hep. 52 millim,

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 285; Hffmn. Raup. p. 296.

Dull brown or bluish green with a white lateral line. Food-

plant: Atriplea halimus.

3309. Pseudohadena immunis. (Plate CXIX. fig. 11.)

Luperina immunis, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 40; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 170.

Head and thorax pale brownish grey irrorated with reddish brown ;

frons with lateral blackish bars; tarsi fuscous with pale rings;

abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing pale grey with a faint flesh

tinge and slight fuscous irroration; a slight waved subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold with an indistinct pale brownish band

between it and the antemedial line, which is waved and somewhat

oblique; claviform represented by a slight brown mark at its

extremity ; orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli indistinctly

defined by brown, the former produced to a point on outer side, the

PSEUDOHADENA. 463

latter large with some pale points on its edges; outer half of medial

area pale brown, its inner edge excurved at middle; postmedial line

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to pale points

on the veins, incurved at submedian interspace, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined by

small somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side, angled outwards

at veins 7, 4, 3; a terminal series of black points; a fine pale line

at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal half and inner

area rather paler; cilia ochreous at base, then with brown line and

whitish tips; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal

lunule, sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside, and

fuscous suffusion on terminal area.

Hab. W. Tourxestan, Issyk-Kul, 4 ¢, 1 9; E. Turxesran,

Kaschgar, Thian-Schan Mts., Ii. Hap. 54 millim.

3510. Pseudohadena pexa. (Plate CXIX. fig. 12.)

Luperina pexa, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 41; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 170.

Antenne of male with strongly fasciculate cilia.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; tarsi fuscous with

pale rings; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing

brownish grey slightly irrorated with fuscous, the antemedial and

postmedial areas browner; subbasal line defined by grey on outer

side, slight, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

defined by grey on inner side, waved, somewhat oblique; orbicular

and reniform slightly defined by brown, the former round, the

latter large, its centre slightly defined by brown; a diffused medial

brown shade, excurved to median nervure and incurved below the

cell; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to pale points on the veins,

incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it;

subterminal line represented by a series of pale points with dentate

brown marks on their inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein

7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale reddish brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous; cilia white; the underside

whitish grey irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule,

minutely waved postmedial line excurved to vein 2, then incurved

and showing through to upperside, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. W. Turxustan, Issyk-Kul,1 9? ; E. Turwxsran, Kaschgar,

Migl ¢. Lap. 52 millim,

3311. Pseudohadena arvicola.

Agrotis arvicola, Christ. Rom. Mém. v. p. 18, pl. 1. f. 7 (1889); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

Head and thorax white mixed with pale fuscous and with a

slight flesh tinge; abdomen ochreous white dorsally tinged with

464 NOCTUIDA.

fuscous. Fore wing whitish tinged with flesh-pink, irrorated and

in places suffused with bluish grey, especially on basal area, outer

half of medial area and terminal area; subbasal line indistinctly

double. waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, waved; claviform sometimes represented by a few black

scales at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform with some grey in

centres and flesh-coloured annuli defined by blackish, the former

rather obligue elliptical, the latter constricted at middle ; post-

medial line wens slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; cila ochreous with series of fuscous spots. Hind wing

ochreous whitish almost wholly suffused with fuscous; the under-

side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

a discoidal point and curved postmedial line showing through to

upperside.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Turcomania; E. Turnestan, Korla,1 ¢,

1 2. ep. 46 millim.

3312. Pseudohadena colutez. (Plate CXIX. fig. 13.)

Luperina colutee, Bienert, Lep. Ergeb. Reis. Pers. p. 35 (1869); Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170.

©. Head and thorax whitish brown ; frons with lateral blackish

bars ; abdomen ochreous white. ore wing brownish white tinged

with flesh-colour; the lines with black points at costa; subbasal

line incurved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line ex-

curved in interspaces and angled inwards on the veins, somewhat

oblique; orbicular and reniform with traces of slight ochreous

annuli, the former elongate elliptical, slightly defined by black at

sides, the latter very ill-defined except for a black striga on inner

side; a diffused brown medial shade, its inner edge angled out-

wards to lower angle of cell; postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved at discal and submedian folds and

oblique below vein 4; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight dentate black marks angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle. Hind wing pale nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous

brown leaving the inner area paler; cilia flesh-white ; the under-

side white with minute discoidal point and indistinct sinuous

postmedial line with minute dark streaks at the veins.

Hab. Prrsta, 1 9. Hap. 50 millim.

3313. Pseudohadena indigna.

Agrotis ee Christ. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 163; id. Rom. Mém. v.

p. 20, pl. 1. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 147.

Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; abdomen ochreous

Fore wing pale ochreous brown with very slight dark

white.

no trace of the subbasal, ante- and postmedial lines ;

irroration ;

PSEUDOHADENA. 465

orbicular and reniform very faintly defined by brown, the former

rather oblique elliptical ; subterminal line defined by aslight brown

shade on inner side, excurved below costa and at middle; a very

fine waved dark terminal line; cilia ochreous at base, brownish at

tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous brown especially on

terminal half; cilia white; the underside white with a faint

brown tinge.

Hab. W. Turxzstan, Turcomania, Aschabad, 1 ¢,1 9. Eup.

32 millim.

*3314, Pseudohadena contumax. (Plate CXIX. fig. 14.)

Namangana contumax, Ping. Iris, xv. p. 151, pl. 5. f. 17 (1902).

6. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; palpi with the 2nd

joint fuscous at sides ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore

wing greyish suffused with pale red-brown and slightly irrorated

with dark brown ; subbasal line represented by two minute points

on costa; antemedial line represented by two minute points on costa

and one below the cell; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform

defined by a few brown scales; postmedial line hardly traceable,

represented by some brown scales, oblique below vein 4; sub-

terminal line hardly traceable, defined on inner side by small brown

spots between vein 5 and submedian fold, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of minute

brown lunules. Hind wing pale reddish brown; cilia yellowish

white; the underside nearly pure white.

The claw-like spines on Ist joint of fore tarsi rather fine.

Hab. Moneorta, W. Gobi Desert, typet S in Coll. Piingeler.

Hep. 30 millim.

*3315. Pseudohadena armata.

Hadena armata, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170; id. Rom. Mém. v.

p. 163, pl. 7. f. 5, & vi. p. 35, pl. 2. f. 6, a,6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 170.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing

whitish tinged with yellowish brown; subbasal line represented by

a slight brown striga from costa; antemedial line slightly defined

by whitish on inner side, oblique, sinuous; claviform small, faintly

defined by brown; orbicular and reniform small, whitish slightly

defined by brown, the former elliptical; postmedial line slight,

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

excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line whitish defined

on inner side by slight fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of slight dark strie. Hind wing grey,

the termen tinged with fuscous ; cilia whitish.

Had. Turkestan; W. Cutna. Hap. 44 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

VOL. VII. QL

466 NOCTUIDAE,

3316. Pseudohadena jordana. (Plate CXIX. fig. 15.)

Orthosia jordana, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 376, pl. 5. f. 12 (1899); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 205.

¢. Head and thorax white tinged with reddish ochreous;

abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused

with reddish ochreous ; subbasal line represented by a brown point

on costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved, with browner

spots at costa and below cell; claviform and orbicular obsolete ;

medial line represented by a brown bar from costa, almost obsolete

below discal fold; reniform represented by a brown mark in centre,

more distinct below; postmedial line bent outwards below costa,

then indistinct, somewhat dentate, incurved below vein 4; a slight

brown terminal line. Hind wing white tinged with reddish

ochreous ; a curved postmedial line ending near tornus; the wnder-

side whiter.

Hab. PatestinE, 1 gf. wp. 38 millim.

Geuus LUPERINA. ise

Tuperina, Boisd) Ind, Meth.p.. 47 (1829) oioces. coneceeceee eee dumerili.

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

to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short, oblique ; frons

smooth ; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax

clothed with hair and hair-like scales, tne pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests ; tibiee moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with lateral fringes of

hair but without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ; veins 5 and 5 from near angle of

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

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing white.

a. Fore wing with crimson markings ............ce.cesessseneseees jelsci.

b. Fore wing without crimson markings.

a. Fore wing with veins 4, 3 defined on each side by white ,

SULEAKS Fa c-jecqscetedisswe recess dete see tonennas doce eee oaeee ne eee stipata.

61, Fore wing with veins 4, 3 not defined by white streaks.

a?, Fore wing grey-white suffused with brown ....,....... niccerlt.

6°. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous.

a’. Fore wing suffused with dark brown.

a’. Kore wing with the medial area darker than the

pround=Colouni na snssssaeeceteec tae Tee eee eee burgess?.

b4, Fore wing with the medial area concolorous.

a, Fore wing with dark suffusion before sub-

Kormin alae i iserseiesdacebieceaeemeaccinee eee ee posticata.

b5, Fore wing without dark suffusion before

Tiloywerqeay REN IKWNG)S Beoanacddods. cHede.0 Guobandaoodeads testacea,

°, Fore wing suffused with rufous.

a1, Fore wing with the medial area darker than the

seround-colour) ace sccnenesesencneceeiee ees euen: eereeCee dumerilt.

1, Fore wing with the medial area not darker than

the ground-colour.

a, Fore wing with the reniform a small white

NUNUWLON Far wnsttessineseaneessasunesssatoseerencetets imbellis,

LUPERINA. 467

45, Fore wing with the reniform not represented

by a small white lunule.

a®, Fore wing with the lines distinct ............ rubella.

68, Fore wing with the lines obsolescent ......... dayensis.

B. Hind wing suffused with ochreous or brown.

a, Fore wing more or less suffused with rufous or red-brown.

al. Fore wing with the cell and areas below and beyond it to

subterminal line not suffused with fusecous.

a2, Fore wing with the medial area concolorous .......-.... Serrago.

62, Fore wing with the outer half of medial area slightly

tinged widlired dishi, sc. ss, sc) s)cs). team mae eae na popofensis.

c?, Fore wing with the costal half of medial area darker

than the ground-colour.

a’, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform pale

Oa AOE AS ee ea eT geal venosa.

63, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforin con-

colorous defined by whitish.

a‘, Fore wing without greyish tinge.

a°, Fore wing with dark streaks on the veins of

benminalareains vc sscbucssedves scecesnaue sears nenes radicost.

65, Fore wing with the terminal area dark except

G8 EY DEES) Gondanocauoatndsec debbA ae eAbanEAGneeunonEnbsnceE hedent.

64. Fore wing with a greyish tinge ............06..0000 terrago.

d2, Fore wing with the whole medial area darker than the

ground-colour. :

@, Fore wing with the reniform with dark centre

detined@byavalitishvireesecesssaacecatceencec seme cr tees subaquila.

63, Fore wing with the reniform with pale centre ...... tnnota.

i, Fore wing with the cell and areas below and beyond it to

subterminal line suffused with fuscous...... Bpodeeonenadsac trigona.

b. Fore wing grey suffused with dark brown.

a, Fore wing with the veins prominently streaked with

Wo COM renee eesscciiss se aeSeesactna tes daibaiacinsiamaciont semereeeeee vicaria.

bt. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with white ...... virguncula.

¢. Fore wing purplish brown.

@, Fore wing with pale streak in submedian fold from Bass

to near postmedial MED tra tateot ans gsee setiwesc cet same mstse extensa.

pire wing without pale streak in submedian fold.

. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous ............ passer.

ie, Fore wing with the costal area dark brown except at

APEX uaa veces e sos ees eajeirsiseSfaiha sie oe corslnineisiesiese area ee nen birnata.

3317. Luperina jelsci.

Polia jelskii, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 88, pl. 10. f. 11 (1881).

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with crimson and white;

palpi with some white in front at extremities of Ist and 2nd joints;

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen with the basal half white, the

terminal half red-brown, the anal tuft whitish, the ventral surface

white mixed with rufous. Fore wing brown tinged with grey-green

and slightly irrorated with black, the base white, the inner area

whitish to the antemedial line ; a double waved black subbasal line

from costa to vein 1 with some crimson on its outer edge; an in-

distinct double oblique slightly sinuous antemedial line filled in

with some white and defined by crimson on outer side from sub-

costal nervure to above vein 1, the inner margin beyond it crimson ;

orbicular a small round white spot defined by black with a crimson

25 2

468 NOCTUID Bs.

bar beyond it, the reniform narrow, white defined by black and

with some crimson before and beyond it ; an indistinct medial line

excurved from costa to median nervure, then sinuous; postmedial

line bent outwards and almost obsolete towards costa, then repre-

sented by a series of lunulate black spots with crimson spots beyond

them, the black line double to vein 6, incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa ; a large elliptical white subterminal

patch from below costa to above vein 5, small spots above veins 3, 2

and a larger irregular spot below vein 2; some whitish just before

termen towards apex followed by a series of crimson spots and a

white point above tornus ; cilia red-brown and crimson intersected

with white. Hind wing pure white; the termen suffused with

brown from apex to vein 2 and with a brownish mark at vein 1;

cilia white with series of brown marks to vein 2 and at vein 1;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a

diffused dark bar from costa to middle of cell, small discoidal spot,

somewhat diffused minutely waved postmedial line, and terminal

series of small lunules.

Hah. Eovapor, Loja in Coll. Dognin; Pzrv, Punamarea. Lap.

44 millim. Thorax much worn.in specimen examined.

3318. Luperina stipata. (Plate CXIX. fig. 16.)

Hadena stipata, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 64; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 131.

Head and thorax greyish ochreous suffused with fuscous brown ;

frons with blackish lateral bars ; tegulee with medial black line;

fore tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen ochreous white tinged

with brown towards extremity, the ventral surface irrorated with

brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale purplish brown, the

veins with slight dark streaks, the median nervure and base of

veins 4, 3 streaked with white; a sinuous black streak below base

of cell; subbasal line represented by some black scales below costa ;

a strong black streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is almost obsolete and only represented by a few black

scales from costa to submedian fold, then stronger, angled strongly

inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin; claviform

replaced by a strong black fascia from ante- to postmedial lines ;

orbicular minute, defined by black, very oblique elliptical ; reniform

small defined by black and its.centre by blackish, angled inwards

on median nervure to below orbicular ; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish, obsolescent towards costa, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique,

some whitish points beyond it towards costa, veins 4, 3 beyond it

defined on each side by white streaks to termen ; subterminal line

indistinct, ochreous white defined on inner side by dentate blackish

marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen at

LUPE&RINA. 469

veins 4, 3, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous except at apex ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing uniform

ochreous white; the underside with the costal area slightly

irorated with brown,

Hab. U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, 1 ¢,1 9, Massachusetts,

Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, wep. 40 millim.

3319. Luperina niccerli.

Apamea nickerlii, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 140, pl. 466. f. 4 (1848); Herr.-

Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. t. 465; de Graslin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4)

ili, p. 309, pl. 8. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 168.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown; sides of

palpi and frons dark brown; tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white

suffused with brown and with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line

represented by two slight dark striz from costa; an oblique

blackish streak above inner margin before the antemedial line,

which is blackish defined by white on inner side, interrupted,

angled outwards below costa, in submedian interspace and above

inner margin; claviform represented by a small black wedge-shaped

mark with dark streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform with white annuli defined by black, the tormer very small,

irregularly rounded, with blackish spot before it in cell, the latter

angled inwards on subcostal and median nervures and with black

spot on its outer edge; a very indistinct waved medial line; post-

medial line indistinctly double filled in with white, slightly bens

outwards below costa, excurved just beyond reniform to vein 4,

then incurved and touching lower edge of renitorm, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish

with slight brown marks on its inner side at middle, somewhat

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in sub-

median fold; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with a

dark line near base. Hind wing pure white; the underside with

the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot

and terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2,

Hab. Francr, Sand Coll.; Germany, Bohemia, Zeller, Frey, and

Leech Colls. vp. 32-38 millim.

3320. Luperina burgessi. (Plate OXIX. fig. 17.)

Luceria burgessi, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 109 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 182.

Hadena discors, Grote, ‘lrans. Kansas Ac. Sci. vii. p. 64 (1881).

‘og. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; metathoracic

erest blackish ; tarsi blackish riged with white; abdomen ochreous

white, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown, Fore wing

470 NOCTUID®.

ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, the medial and terminal

areas darker grey-brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell;

subbasal line represented by black striz from costa and cell; ante-

medial line double, the inner line indistinctly waved, somewhat

oblique; claviform small, defined by black and with black streak

from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former somewhat oblique elliptical, the latter indistinctly

defined on outer side; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial

line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line slight, white, defined on inner side at

middle by indistinct dentate brown marks, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black

spots. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half and the

terminal area from apex to vein 2 suffused with brown; cilia

white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,

a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial series of slight dark streaks

on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Tuckernuck I.,1 ¢ type, Nebraska,

Arizona. Hep. 42 millim.

3021. Luperina posticata. (Plate CXIX. fig. 18.)

Orthosia posticata, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Se. ui. p. 8 (1875) ; Sumith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 219.

Perigea veterata, Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 62, pl. 3. f. 7 (1894) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Au. p. 111.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous; sides of palpi and

frons blackish; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

ochreous irrorated with brown, the terminal area more suffused

with brown; subbasal line represented by a small black spot on

costa and striga from cell; antemedial line with small black spot

on costa, then brown, indistinct and rather diffused, incurved below

submedian fold; orbicular represented by a faint brownish spot;

reniform fuscous brown, angled inwards on median nervure ; avery

indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line with small black spot

on costa, then indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

oblique below vein 4: subterminal line defined by brown suffusion

on inner side, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat

excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules ;

cilia ochreous with a faint brown line through them. Hind wing

pure white; the underside with terminal series of slight brown

lunules.

2. Fore wing with the lines more distinct.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 $ type, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 3,

California, Sauzalito, 1 2. xp. g 40, 2 46 milllim.

LUPERINA. 47]

3522. Luperina testacea.

Noctua testacea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 81 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 189; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 183, pl. 81. f. 4; Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. iii. p.5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 168.

Noctua unca, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 194 (1809).

Noctua lunato-strigata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 194 (1809).

Noctua x-notata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p, 194 (1809).

Luperina gueneet, Doubl. Entom. Ann. 1864, p. 123.

Head and thorax rufous, the hairs tipped with whitish ; sides of

palpi and frons blackish; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with rufous. Fore wing pale rufous with

slight blackish irroration ; subbasal line represented by two slight

blackish strize from costa ; antemedial line double, the outer line

strong, black, excurved in interspaces and angled inwards on the

veins ; claviform represented by a small black wedge-shaped mark ;

orbicular and reniform small with faint whitish annuli very in-

completely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

with straight inner edge; an indistinct diffused medial line, oblique

frrm costa to median nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, the outer line very indistinct, slightly bent outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 6, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved and emitting a short black streak in submedian interspace

to medial line, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line very indistinct, pale, excurved below vein 7 and at middle,

the area beyond it darker brown except at apex ; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia brown intersected with yellowish and

with yellowish line at base. Hind wing pure white with fine

brown terminal line except towards tornus; cilia tinged with

rufous at tips towards apex; the underside with the costal area

slightly tinged with rufous.

Ab. 1. gueneet. Fore wing paler, more irrorated with brown,

the lines less black.

Ab. 2. Much darker brown.—Scotland.

Hab. Brivarn, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Veech Coll. ;

France, Leech Coll.; Guruany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

Ausrria, Frey Coll.; Hungary; Swirzertanp; Ivary; Daxmarta ;

S. Swepen; Arwenra; Asta Minor, Pontus. Hwxp. 40-42 millim.

Lurvd. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 112; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 836, pl. 173.

Much wrinkled, pinkish ochreous; warts absent; head and

thoracic plate brownish yellow; anal plate subconcave. Food-

plants: reots of grasses. 5-7.

3322. Luperina dumeriti.

Noctua dumerilit, Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 277, pl. 90. f. 4 (1826); Herv.-

~ — Sechaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. £101; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 337, pl. 17-4.

f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169. .

Noctua amentata, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur, xxii. pl. 16 (1842).

472 NOCTUID ®.

Luperina desyllesi, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 118 (1840).

Apamea diversa, Staud. Tris, iv. p. 284 (1891).

Apamea sancta, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 285 (1891).

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous ; tarsi banded

with brown; abdomen ochreous white tinged with rufous. Fore

wing yellowish white tinged with rufous, the medial area, post-

medial costal area, and terminal area except at apex rutous ;

subbasal line represented by two black strice from costa; some

black scales below cell and above inner margin near base; ante-

medial line double, the outer line black, the inner indistinct, curved

and waved ; the medial area with some blackish irroration in cell

and submedian interspace; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform

pale yellow defined by brown, the former narrow, very oblique

elliptical, the latter narrow and angled inwards on median nervure ;

postmedial line double filled in with yellow, the outer line indistinct,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and

produced to short streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some

yellow points beyond it on the veins; subterminal line only defined

by the contrast between the yellow and rufous areas, excurved

Fig. 92.—Luperina dumerili, g. 1.

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of minute black

lunales; cilia rufous with yellow line at base and dark marks at

tips. Hind wing white tinged with yellow; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with rufous, a small discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. desyllesi. Fore wing darker with hardly any rufous

tinge, the basal and postmedial areas hardly paler.

Ab. 2. sancta. Fore wing with the medial area darker red-

brown, the orbicular and reniform with white centres.

Ab. 3. dwersa, Fore wing paler with less rufous suffusion on

medial and terminal areas, the markings less distinct.—Armenia,

Pontus, Mesopotamia.

Hab. Brirain, England; France, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

TIvraty; Datmatia; Armryia, 1 ¢, 1 2; Asta Mrivor, Pontus;

Syria, Antioch; Paxestinn, 1 ¢ ; Musoporamia. Hap. 30-388

millim.

#229

3324, Luperina imbellis. (Plate CXIX, fig. 19.)

Mythimna imbellis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 28; id Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 194.

®. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous; abdomen

LUPERINA. 473

ochreous white slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous

irrorated with rufous; subbasal line rufous, waved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line rufous, waved, produced on inner side to

shght streaks on the veins; claviform and orbicular absent ;

reniform a rather narrow white lunule slightly defined by brown ;

a somewhat diffused medial brown line angled outwards below the

cell; postmedial line rufous, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then produced to slight streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique; subterminal line formed of rufous scales, angled

outwards at vein 7 and somewhat excurved at middle, the area

beyond it grey-brown irrorated with white except at apex; cilia

ochreous mixed with rufous. Hind wing yellowish white irrorated

with brown; a slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and

fine terminal line; the underside with the postmedial line more

‘sinuous and crenulate towards costa.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, Merv in Coll. Piingeler.

Exp. 30 millim.

3325. Luperina rubella.

Orthosia rubella, Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 249, pl. 28. f. 1 (1835); Herr.-

Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 100, 481-2; Frr. Neue Beitr, pl. 520.

f.2; Mill. Icones, ii. pl. 77. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

Apamea rhusia, Ping. Iris, xii. p. 298, pl. 9. f. 11 (1899).

Head and thorax white suffused in parts with bright rufous;

sides of palpi and frons tinged with fuscous ; abdomen white, the

anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing white tinged with rufous,

the medial area suffused with bright rufous; a slight waved rufous

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line rufous,

oblique, waved, excurved below cell and above inner margin;

claviform absent; orbicular and reniform with slight white

annuli indistinctly defined by rufous, the former small, oblique

elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and with some fuscous in

lower part; a medial deep rufous shade, oblique from costa to

median nervure ; postmedial line rufous slightly detined by whitish

cn outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, then produced to

short streaks on the veins, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved; subterminal line indistinct, whitish slightly defined by

rufous on inner side and with rufous shade before it on costa,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight

black strie; cilia brownish at tips. Hind wing pure white, the

cilia mixed with brownish at tips; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with rufous, a diffused dark postmedial bar from

costa to vein 7.

Ab. 1. rhusia. Larger and darker; fore wing grey-brown mixed

with rufous.—Turcomania.

* Hab. S.E. France, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls; SwIIzERLAND,

Valais; Istria; Datmatra; Croarra; Asta Minor, Pontus;

W. Turkestan, Turcomania. Lap. 38-42 millim.

ATA. NOCTUIDH

Larva. Kirby, Butt. Moths Eur. p. 219; Hffmn. Raup. p. 296.

Yellowish grey suffused with ereenish in front and yellowish

behind. Food-plants: roots of grasses.

*3326. Luperina dayensis.

Luperina dayensis, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p- 86, pl. 11. f. 9 (1881); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 169.

6. Head and thorax eae white tinged with rufous;

abdomen white faintly tinged with rufous. Fore wing yellowish

white tinged with rufous; subbasal line absent; antemedial line

very indistinct, rufous, oblique from costa to submedian fold, traces

of a minute claviform very faintly defined by rufous; orbicular

and reniform with very faint white annuli, the former very narrow

and oblique ; postmedial line very indistinct, rufous, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; faint traces of a

diffused rufous subterminal line; a terminal series of faint minute

rufous lunules; cilia pale rufous. Hind wing pure white with

slight rufous terminal line; the underside with the costal area

faintly tinged with rufous.

Hab. Augers in Coll. Pungeler, Daya. Hap. 38 millim..

3027. Luperina ferrago.

Xunthia ferrago, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, vi. p. 41; id. Faun. Volg. Ur.

p. 276; Frr. Neue Beitr. iv. p. 133, pl. 364. ff. 3, 4; Herr.-Schitf, Eur,

Schmett., Noct. f. 41; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. Ios

Cosmia caltheago, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 143 (1840).

Head and thorax pale rufous; abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous. Fore wing pale rufous; an indistinct rufous antemedial

line, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then waved; claviform

narrow, taintly defined by rufous; orbicular and reniform faint,

pale, undefined, the former small, oblique elliptical, the latter with

slight fuscous mark in lower part and somewhat angled inwards on

median nervure; traces of a medial line diffused and oblique from

costa to median nervure; postmedial line rufous, slightly bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

the postmedial area somewhat paler except at costa; subterminal

line very indistinct, pale, slightly defined by rufous on inner side,

somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia with slight

whitish line at base. Hind wing white almost uniformly tinged

with rufous; cilia whiter; the underside white slightly tinged with

rufous.

Hab. Russta, Urals, Zeller, Leech, and d’ Emmich Colls. ; AnmMpyta ;

Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus, 1 ¢; Syria, Leech Coll., 3 ¢;

W. Sipser, Altai; W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul; E. Turxusran, Thian-

Schan Mts. Hap. 31-42 millim,

LUPERINA. 475

*3328. Luperina popofensis. (Plate CXIX. fig. 20.)

Ommatostola popofensis, Smith, P. Wash. Ac. ii. p. 492 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am, p. 174.

@. Head and thorax dull ochreous yellow, the head slightly

darker; abdomen pale yellowish. Fore wing dull ochreous yellow,

the outer half of medial area with a reddish tinge; subbasal and

antemedial lines and claviform obsolete ; orbicular with very faint

pale outline, elliptical; reniform defined by white, constricted at

middle and angled outwards on median nervure, the lower part

filled in with black; postmedial line represented by some blackish

scales on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal

line pale, faintly defined on outer side by brown, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7; the veins of terminal area with slight dark

streaks ; cilia fuscous at tips. Hind wing fuscous; the cilia yellow ;

the underside yellowish with dark discoidal point.

Hab, AtasKa, Popotl. Hvp.38millim. This species is unknown

to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

3329. Luperina venosa. (Plate CXIX. fig. 21.)

Cosmia venosa, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 21 (1903).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish; tegule yellow

and reddish at base; tarsi brown ringed with yellow; abdomen |

whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing yellow suffused with

rufous and slightly irrorated with brown, the veins streaked with

brown ; subbasal line represented by brown strize from costa and cell ;

antemedial line red-brown, excurved and slightly angled inwards

on subcostal nervure and vein 1; orbicular and reniform pale ochre-

ous tinged with rufous and slightly defined by brown, the former

round, the latter with curved brown line on discocellulars; a

curved diffused dark brown medial line ; postmediai line red-brown,

bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then very minutely

dentate and inwardly oblique; subterminal line slightly defined on

inner side by red-brown and with diffused red-brown patch before

it on costal area, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle; slightly angled inwards in submedian fold; a fine waved

brown terminal line; cilia red-brown at tips. Hind wing ochreous

yellow slightly tinged with brown except at termen; a fine brown

terminal line; the underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown and the former tinged with rufous, a

slight brown discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line with dark

points on the veins.

Hab. US.A., Oregon (Walsingham), 2 9. Ewp. 40 millim.

3330. Luperina radicosa. (Plate CXIX. fig. 22.)

Hadena radicosa, Gres, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 225; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 174.

¢@. Head and thorax bright rufous; abdomen brownish ochreous

476 NOCTUIDAL.

with the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous,

the medial area suffused with red-brown to just below cell; sub-

basal line represented by a slight brown striga from costa; ante-

medial line indistinct, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ;

claviform represented by a dark brown streak; orbicular pale defined

by brown except above and with a few white scales on its edges,

somewhat oblique elliptical; reniform with fuscous centre and

yellowish-white annulus defined by brown, angled inwards on median

nervure; traces of a curved medial line; postmedial line dark,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then produced to short streaks

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa; the postmedial area tinged with rufous at costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, pale with slight red-brown marks on its

inner edge, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal area

with some dark suffusion and dark streaks on the veins; a terminal

series of slight black lunules; cilia brownish intersected with rufous.

Hind wing ochreous white slightly tinged with brown especially on

terminal area, the veins rather darker; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line with minute dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Ki. Stpyria, Amurland, Pokrofka, 1 ¢. EHwvp. 44 millim.

Type tf ¢ in Coll. Pingeler. This may be an aberration of

L. hedent.

3331. Luperina hedeni. (Plate CXIX. fig. 23.)

Hadena hedeni, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 333; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 174,

g. Head and thorax fulvous to purplish red; abdomen fulvous

yellow. Fore wing fulvous to pale purplish red, the medial area

irrorated with fuscous to median nervure; subbasal line represented

by a slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

waved, somewhat oblique; claviform narrow defined by red-brown ;

orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former pale rufous,

oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in centre and white

annulus, somewhat constricted at middle; an indistinct dark medial

line, oblique below the cell; postmedial line dark, bent outwards

below costa, then produced to slight dark streaks on the veins, ex-

curved to vein 5, then obliquely incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined on

inner side by fuscous or purplish red, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; the terminal area with diffused dark streaks on the veins;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous or rufous

with fuscous tips. Hind wing ochreous yellow with slight dark

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line; the underside with

the costal area tinged with rufous, the discoidal spot black.

Hub. Ki. Stpexta, Amurland, 2 ¢. Hwp. 44 millim.

LUPHRINA. ATT

3332, Luperina terrago.

Hadena terrago, Alph. Rom. Mém, ix. p. 334, pl. 14. f. 9 (1897); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173.

6. Head and thorax deep rufous; palpi, frons, and pectus

browner; legs pale; abdomen pale brown, the lateral and anal tufts

rufous. Fore wing pale bright rufous, the medial area to submedian

fold and terminal area red-brown; antemedial line red-brown,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then waved; elaviform absent ;

orbicular small, white, diffused and irregular; reniform small, white

with brown centre; postmedial line red-brown, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by the contrast

between the postmedial and terminal areas, incurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia pale rufous,

brownish at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with rufous and suf-

fused with brown, the terminal area rather darker; traces of a dis-

coidal spot and curved postmedial line; cilia pale rufous; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with

rufous, the discoidal spot and postmedial line more distinct.

@. Head and thorax greyish rufous; fore wing grey-brown

tinged with rufous except on costal area, the veins with dark streaks,

stronger at termen; the markings obsolescent and very indistinct,

the reniform with whitish mark in lower part.

Hab. Sipurta, Verkhoiansk, 1 ¢, Sajan Mts., 1 9, Kamschatgar,

1 $. wp. 36 millim.

3000. Luperina subaquila. (Plate CXIX. fig. 24.)

Hadena subaquila, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 224; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 174.

6. Head and thorax pinkish tinged with whitish; abdomen

ochreous, the anal tuft fulvous. Fore wing pale pinkish, the medial

area suffused with brown except towards costa and inner margin ;

subbasal line represented by a slight oblique striga from costa ;

antemedial line dark, defined by whitish on inner side, minutely

waved and oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards

on vein 1; claviform slightly defined by brown; orbicular and reni-

form slightly defined by fuscous, the former pinkish, V-shaped, open

above, the latter with fuscous centre and pinkish annulus on inner

side, whitish on outer, somewhat constricted at middle and angled

inwards on median nervure; traces of a medial line oblique below

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

produced to short dark streaks on the veins with white points on

them, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, faintly

defined on inner side by red-brown, somewhat angled outwards at.

478 NOCTUID®,

vein 7 and excurved at middle; the veins of terminal area with

slight dark streaks; cilia reddish brown with fine whitish line at

base. Hind wing yellowish white with indistinct curved postmedial

line; the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous, a dark

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. KK, Stperta, Amurland, Raddefka, 1 g¢. Hep. 38 millim.

Type T ¢ in Coll. Piingeler.

3334. Luperina innota. (Plate CXIX. fig. 25.)

Luperina innota, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 113 (1908).

¢. Head and thorax rufous; abdomen reddish brown with the

anal tuft rufous. Fore wing pale greyish rufous with slight dark

irroration, the medial area deeper rufous; antemedial line very

indistinct, oblique, waved ; orbicular pale rufous, very indistinct,

round; reniform pale grey slightly defined on inner side by a dark

lunule, its inner edge indented by rufous above median nervure ;

postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal

line slightly defined by rufous on inner side and with rufous patch

before it on costa, excurved at vein 7 and middle; a terminal series

of slight dark lunules, Hind wing greyish nearly uniformly suffused

with fuscous brown; cilia ochreous; the underside grey irrorated

with brown, the costal area tinged with ochreous, a small dark

discoidal spot and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Wyoming, Yellowstone Park, 1 ¢, Idaho, Arangie,

Colorado, Hall Valley, 1 ¢. wp. 36 millim.

*3335. Luperina trigona. (Plate CXIX. fig. 26.)

Luperina trigona, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 389 (1902); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 116.

6. Head and thorax greyish ochreous suffused with red-brown ;

palpi with the Znd joint blackish above ; frons with lateral black

bars; abdomen grey-brown dorsally suffused with fuscous except

at base. Fore wing pale greyish ochreous tinged with rufous and

slightly irrorated with fuscous, the cell and area below it to

submedian fold and beyond it to subterminal line, towards which it

extends to costa, strongly suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line

indistinct, dark, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

obsolete on costal area, then oblique, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform reddish ochreous detined by blackish,

the former small, rounded, the latter with its lower part filledin with

fuscous ; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line indistinct,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below

vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line only

defined by a series of small blackish marks on its inner edge,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a

LUPERINA. 479

terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind wing greyish suffused

with fuscous brown except on terminal area; the underside pale

grey, the costal area tinged with red-brown, a slight dark

discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces of diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. U.S.A. Tennessee, Smith Co. Exp. 42-46 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

J. B. Smith.

3396, Luperina vicaria. (Plate CXIX. fig. 27.)

Hadena vicaria, Ping. Iris, xv. p. 152, pl. 5. f. 22 (1903).

3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; tarsi banded with

fuscous. Fore wing pale grey-brown, the medial area rather darker

except towards costa and inner margin, the veins with pale streaks ;

subbasal line absent; a blackish streak above inner margin before

the antemedial line, which is black, interrupted, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; claviform repre-

sented by a slight blackish mark; orbicular and reniform whitish

defined by black, the former very small, oblique elliptical, the latter

with straight inner edge and rather irregular outer edge; post-

medial line formed of slight dark lunules defined by grey on outer

side, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate

and produced to slight black and white streaks on the veins, oblique

below vein 4; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by

somewhat dentate fuscous marks, excurved below vein 7 and some-

what dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of slight black lunules;

cilia with a slight dark line near base. Hind wing grey-white

nearly evenly suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia white; the under-

side grey-white with small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line.

©. Fore wing paler with more white suffusion.

Hab. W. Tourxusran, ‘Turcomania, 1 ¢,19. Hap. 3 40, 2

42 millim.

*3337. Luperina virguncula. (Plate CXIX. fig. 28.)

Hadena virguncula, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxi. p. 259 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 115.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown; pectus

and legs reddish; abdomen grey. ore wing grey tinged with

reddish brown, the medial area to median nervure, the postmedial

costal area and terminal area slightly darker; subbasal line repre-

sented by a few black scales ; antemedial line double, the inner line

very indistinct, filled in with whitish, oblique, waved, angled

inwards on vein 1; hardly a trace of the claviform; orbicular

represented by a few blackish scales ; reniform large with whitish

480 NOCTUID 2%.

annulus defined by black, somewhat quadrate, postmedial line

double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side

by a fuscous shade, nearly evenly curved; a terminal series of small

black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous; cilia

whitish ; the underside with dark discoidal spot and postmedial

line.

Hab, U.S.A., Colorado, Garfield Co. Hep. 46 millim. This

species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

*3338. Luperina extensa. (Plate CXIX. fig. 29.)

Luperina extensa, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 203 (1905).

3g. Head and thorax dull brown mixed with ochreous, the palpi,

frons, and base of tegulee more ochreous ; abdomen ochreous tinged

with brown. Fore wing dull brown suffused over ochreous; an

ochreous streak in submedian fold from base to near subterminal

line, defined by black below at base; subbasal line absent ;

antemedial line represented by some black scales on the paler areas,

a black streak before it above inner margin; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform ochreous defined by black, the former very

narrow and oblique, the latter rather narrow, dilated below ; post-

medial line indistinct, dark brown becoming blackish towards inner

margin and slightly defined by ochreous on outer side, bent;

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and some-

what sinuous; subterminal line represented by a series of ochreous

lunules defined on inner side by dentate black marks and by slight

blackish marks on outer, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of blackish lunules; cilia ochreous. Hind wing

ochreous tinged with brown, the terminal area darker ; cilia pale ;

the underside ochreous white, the costal and apical areas irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and punctiform postmedial line.

Hab. Canapa, Assiniboia, Regina. EHwp. 40 milim. This

species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

Coll. J. B. Smith.

3339. Luperina passer. (Plate CXIX. fig. 30.)

Mamestra passer, Guen, Noct. i. p. 195 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

sales

Agrotis incallida, Wik. x. 830 (1856).

Luceria loculata, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. ii. p. 110 (1874).

Luceria conspicua, Morr. Bull, Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 111 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with fuscous and some grey ;

tegule with traces of a dark medial line; abdomen grey-brown, the

anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused

with purplish fuscous; a more or less developed diffused black

LUPERINA. 481

streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by a slight

dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, waved, oblique ;

claviform small, narrow, strongly defined by black; orbicular and

reniform strongly defined by black, the former small, round, op2n

above, the latter with its centre partly defined by black and its lower

extremity emitting short streaks; traces of a waved medial line ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, then

very minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly

defined by fuscous on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia fuscous with a slight pale line at base. Hind

wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown, the veins and terminal

area darker ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside ochreous white,

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. conspicua. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial

areas more ochreous.

Hab. Newrounptanp; Canava (Norman), 1 3, Alberta, Calgary

(Wolley-Dod), 1 3 ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Trenton

Falls (Doubleday), 2 3,19, type and type incallida, Evans Center

(Grote), 4 3, type loculata, Connecticut, Illinois, Chicago, 1 3,1 9,

Oregon, Colorado, Berkeley (Oslar),1 9. Hap. 38-44 millim,

3040. Luperina birnata. (Plate CXIX. tig. 31.)

Hadena birnata, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 118 (1908).

6. Head and thorax dark purplish brown, the vertex of head

and tips of tegule with some yellowish hair mixed; abdomen

fuscous brown. Fore wing pale brown, the costal half to post-

medial line, a quadrate patch on postmedial part of costa and the

terminal area except at apex dark brown irrorated with blackish ;

subbasal line represented by a pale spot on costa; antemedial line

pale and just traceable on the dark area, then obsolete ; claviform

absent or represented by a few black scales; orbicular faintly

defined by black, moderate, irregular; reniform rather pale, incom-

pletely defined, with some black scales on its edges below and at

lower extremity ; postmedial line indistinct, double at costa, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas,

angled inwards in discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of

small black lunules ; cilia intersected with yellow. Hind wing dull

ochreous or tinged with fuscous ; the underside ochreous grey, the

costal area darker, a dark discoidal spot.

Hab. Newrounptannd, 1 ¢; ?Canapa, New Brunswick, St John.

Exp. 28-33 millim.

VOL. VII. 21

484 NOCTUID A.

Genus TRICHOPLEXTA, nov.

Type, Z. exornata.

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

middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with

hair only, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiz moderately

fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, clothed with

rough hair and with lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing rather elongate, the

apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

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

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

AS Horowing bright rulousisce nessa ceeccte seer ece eee contradicta.

iB: Fore wing dull purplish wutous....c..c.acce- scence sotcseceeee exornati.

3341, Trichoplexia contradicta.

Hadena contradicta, Smith, Ent. News, Philad. vii. p. 28 (1896); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 116.

o. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi fuscous at sides ;

frons with lateral blackish bars; antenne fuscous; tarsi black

ringed with purplish pink; abdomen rufous, pale at base. Fore

wing bright rufous, the medial and terminal area except at apex

slightly tinged with purplish and irrorated with black, the veins

with some white scales; a slight black streak below base of cell ;

subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line strong, black, angled outwards below costa, then excurved ;

Fig. 93.—Trichoplexia contradicta, $. 4.

claviform narrow, slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform

rather pale, slightly defined by black, the former round, the latter

with black mark on its inner edge; an indistinct curved medial

line; postmedial line strong, black, bent outwards below costa,

oblique to vein 5, then incurved and minutely waved, some pale

points beyond-it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at diseal and

submedian folds, the veins beyond it with slight black streaks; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous intersected

TRICHOPLEXIA.—LASIPLEXIA, 483

with rufous. Hind wing grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

brown ; a discoidal point, diffused postmedial and subterminal bands

and dark terminal line; cilia bright rufous; the underside pale,

the costal and terminal areas suffused with purplish pink, a dark

discoidal point and strong curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 ¢. Exp. 48

millim,

3342. Trichoplexia exornata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 24.)

Hadena exornata, Méschl. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 864, pl. 9. f. 5 (1860) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 134; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 173.

@. Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with fuscous ; palpi

blackish at sides; frons with blackish lateral bars; tegule with

slight dark medial line; tarsi blackish ringed with rufous;

abdomen rufous with the dorsal crests dark. Fore wing rufous

suffused with purplish brown, the medial and terminal area except

at apex somewhat darker, traces of a dark streak below base of cell

and of a subbasal striga from costa; antemedial line blackish,

rather diffused, very slightly angled outwards below costa, then

oblique to submedian fold where it is angled, then incurved;

claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform pale, defined by fuscous,

the former small, rather elongate and with slight brown centre, the

latter with its centre slightly defined by brown and its lower part

tinged with fuscous; traces of a medial line, below the cell

approximated to the postmedial line, which is blackish, rather

diffused and defined by whitish on outer sides, slightly bent out-

wards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

tien incurved, some slight pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle, in discal fold angled inwards nearly to

the postmedial line, the veins beyond it with slight dark streaks ;

cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing pale, suffused

with fuscous brown, the terminal area rather darker, the termen

tinged with purplish pink; traces of a postmedial line; cilia

purplish pink; the underside paler, the costal and terminal areas

suffused with purplish pink, a discoidal point and curved postmedial

line.

Hab, Canapa, Labrador, 1 9; Newrounpranp; ?U.S.A.,

Colorado, Glenwood Springs. xp. 48 millim.

Genus LASIPLEXTA, nov.

Type, L. cuprina.

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

middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ;

frons smooth with large tuft of hair; eyes large, rounded; vertex of head

with crest; thorax clothed with hair only, the pro- and metathorax with

slight spreading crests; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with

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am Le

484 NOCTUID A.

some rough hair and one crest at base. 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 Roan the

areole : 11 from cell. “Hind wing witb veins 3, 4 ron angle of cell ; 5 obso-

lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper z angle ; 5 te) anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Snor. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with rather short branches, the apex

serrate.

3343. Lasiplexia cuprina.

Apamea cuprina, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 345, pl. 38. f. 2; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 202.

Eurois chalybeata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 230 (nec WIk.).

Head and thorax deep red-brown ; palpi blackish ; frons with

blackish lateral bars; tegule blackish at tips; abdomen fuscous

hrown with a yellowish tinge, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore

wing deep red-brown suffused with fuscous, the veins with blackish

streaks ; subbasal line represented by slight double dark strize from

costa ; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique, incurved in cell

and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform small, defined by brown ;

orbicular small, defined by brown, oblique elliptical; reniform

defined by brown and with curved brown line in centre, its inner

Fig. 94.—Lasiplexia cuprina, ¢.

ins

part brown, its outer rufous ; an indistinct medial line oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique and minutely

wayed ; postmedial line double, brown, its inner part distinct, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

some slight whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

rufous defined on inner side by dark brown forming somewhat

dentate marks at middle, slightly exeurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of

small black lunules ; cilia dark brown with a blackish line near

base. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown and with traces

of a diffused subterminal band; cilia yellowish with a dark line

near base ; the underside with slight discoidal lunule and bisinuate

postmedial line.

Hab. Sixuim (Llwes), 2 g. Hep. 32 millim,

LASIPLEXIA, 485

Srcr. IL. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with white or pale spots on outer edge of reni-

HO TIM eae a Anes ates esas ce sta $4 eda astocb ucts coeeu ence meee teen chalybeata.

B. Fore wing without white or pale spots on outer edge of

reniform.

a. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish grey......... nubila.

6, Fore wing black-brown irrorated with silvery blue ...... cyanea.

3044. Lasiplexia chalybeata.

Mamestra chalybeata, Wik. xxxii. 665 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv.

p. 5lv.

Mamestra suffusa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 52.

Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with greyish, the

head rather more rufous; abdomen reddish brown more or less

suffused with fuscous, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing

greyish brown suffused with black-brown and irrorated with

metallic blue scales especially on the veins and termen, the veins

streaked with black; subbasal line represented by double black

strie from costa and cell; antemedial line double filled in with

greyish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved; clavi-

form defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former greyish with dark centre, round, the latter with its

inner part dark, its outer dull rufous; a waved, dark medial line

oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line double filled in

with greyish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,

excurved to vein +, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

Fig. 95.—Lasiplexia chalybeata, 3.

lel

costa ; subterminal line greyish strongly defined by diffused black

on inner side, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4,3; the

terminal area rather paler with series of small black lunules on

termen ; cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish

suffused with brown, the terminal area rather darker; cilia

ochreous with brown line through them; the underside greyish

suffused with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with pure white spot on outer edge of reniform

with white points above and below it.

Hab. Punsaz, Kulu; Sixum Trser, Yatung (Hobson), 1 9 ;

SrkniM (Leussell, Lidderdale, Atkinson, Elwes, Moller), 7 3,3 9,

type and type suffusa, Hup, 50-60 millim.

486 NOCTUID.

*3345. Lasiplexia nubila.

Apamea nubilu, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 846, pl. 38. f. 10; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 185, & iv. p.509.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown suffused with purplish grey ;

abdomen pale brown, the dorsal crests rufous. Fore wing red-

brown suffused with purplish grey; a sinuous black streak below

base of cell; antemedial line double, curved, waved; claviform

defined by black, kidney-shaped; orbicular and reniform large,

indistinct, elliptical ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below

costa, then waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a black

streak in submedian fold from it to the subterminal line, which is

pale defined on each side by brown, dentate. Hind wing pale

brown; the underside with indistinct discoidal spot.

Hab, Sixuim, type fT S in Coll. Staudinger. Hxp. 40 millim,

3346. Lasiplexia cyanea, n. sp. (Plate CXIX. fig. 32.)

@. Head and thorax very dark brown, the head rather more

rufous; tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen grey-brown. Fore

wing very dark brown with a reddish tinge, irrorated with some

silvery blue scales especially on medial area and termen ; subbasal

line represented by a semicircular silvery blue mark below costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, dark, defined on inner side by silvery

blue, angled outwards below costa, incurved in cell, then excurved ;

claviform slightly defined by silvery blue at extremity; orbicular

irrorated with silvery blue and defined by black, oblique elliptical ;

reniform indistinct, slightly irrorated with blue, defined by black

and its centre also defined by black, a greyish lunule on its outer

edge; traces of a curved dark medial line ; postmedial line indis-

tinct, dark, defined by silvery blue on outer side towards costa and

inner margin, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line silvery blue, excurved at vein 7, slightly

angled outwards at veins 4,3 and inwards in submedian fold; a

termina: series of small black Iunules ; cilia dark brown at base,

yellowish brown at tips. Hind wing deep fuscous brown; cilia

yeliowish with a dark line through them; the underside yellowish

tinged with brown and broadly suffused with fuscous on costal and

terminal areas, a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 46 millim,

Genus TRIGONOPHORA.

Type.

Tirigonophora, Hubn. Verz. p. 207 A827) secs. cece sscescs seca mieticulosah

Solenoptera, Herr.-Schaff, Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 299 (1845) ...... meticulosa.

Brotolomia, Led. Noct. Hur. pp. 35-115. (1857) .......2..2..0-00s meticulosa.

Mesolomia, Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p- 171 (1898), now descr... zis.

Probocis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturued, the 2nd joint reaching

TRIGONOPHORA. 487

about to middle of frons and broadly fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ;

frons smooth with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round ; antenne of male with

fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with’ hair only ; the tegule produced to a

dorsal ridge, the prothorax with triangular crest, the metathorax with large

paired spreading crests ; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen clothed

with rough hair at base, with dorsal crests on basal segments and lateral

fringes of “hair. Fore wing with the apex obliquely tr uncate, the termen and

cilia typically strongly dentate, the termen excised from vein 4 to tornus

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,

4 from angle of cell; 5 obsvlescent from below middle of discocellulars ; 6,

7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Fore wing with the termen and cilia strongly dentate and the termen

strongly excised below vein 4.

A, Fore wing with the V-shaped mark between orbicular and

rein avemay filleduinkwitlicarle brow. sacesccscesceceeecceneeeeeee meticulosa.

B. Fore wing with the V-shaped mark between agdiiteriere and

reniform mottled untwithwdarks browal : sccecceeccceaceeeseee arts.

3047. Trigonophora meticulosa.

Noctua 1 a Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 513 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv.

p- 112, ff. 5-7: Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 67; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi.

p. 340, pl. Od. f. 3; Donovan, Brit. Ins. iv. pl. 1389; Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 83; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185.

Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous; palpi pale

red except at tips; sides of frons brownish red; tegule with fine

brown lines at middle and tips; patagia with fine brown line near

base and slight streak on upper edge; metathoracic crests bright

rutous ; pectus pale red; legs pale brown, the spurs, extremity of

tibiae and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish tinged with

pale red on terminal half, the crests brownish, the Sarina surface

pale red with fuscous sublateral points and ventral streak. Fore

A 5

Fig. 96.—TZrigonophora meticulosa, G. 4.

wing with the basal area and costai area to beyond middle pale pink ;

the antemedial area with triangular pale red-brown patch from cell

to inner margin, the medial area rufous except towards costa, the

postmedial area ‘ochreous white irrorated with pale brown towards

costa and inner margin, the terminal area pale brown except at

apex which is ochreous white irrorated with brown ; a brown striga

at base; subbasal line double, brown, from costa to vein 1, a black

488 NOCTUIDAE.

point beyond it in cell; antemedial line brown defined on inner

side by pale pink, bent inwards below costa, then very oblique and

slightly incurved above vein 1, with another line before it from

costa to submedian fold; claviform slightly defined by brown at

extremity ; orbicular pale pink defined at sides by whitish, oblique

quadrate, its lower extremity confluent with the reniform which is

represented by a narrow wedge-shaped pinkish bar; some dark

strixe from medial part of costa; the outer edge of rufous area very

oblique, slightly sinuous below vein 2 and almost meeting the ante-

medial line at inner margin; postmedial line double, fine, pale

brown, angled outwards below costa, obliquely incurved to vein 5,

the inner line then bent inwards to below angle of cell and oblique

and dentate to inner margin at antemedial line, the outer incurved

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

indistinct, Giteah. shghtly angled outwards at om 7 where there

is a black point on its inner side, then minutely waved and close to

inner edge of the pale brown terminal area; the termen and ciha

with blackish marks at the excision between veins 4 and 3; cilia

pale rufous, blackish at tips in the excisions. Hind wing white,

the veins and inner area tinged with ochreous; a pale brown post-

medial line slightly angled at vein 4+; a pale subterminal line, double

and waved from costa to vein 4, then single and diffused ; a fine

brown terminal line and the cilia tipped with brown from apex to

vein 4; the underside with the costal area irrorated with rufous

except towards base, a brown striga on upper discocellular, a fine

sinuous subterminal line angled inwards below costa with traces of

another line beyond it.

Hab. Brrratn, Shetland Is., England, Leech Coll. ; Francs, Sand

Coll. ; Denmark, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls.; Austria; Huneary, Zeller Coll.; Swirzertanp; Spain ;

Te any, Courmayeur (Hampson), Capri (C. S, Browne); GRuxce,

Merlin Coll.; Ateprta; Azores (0. Grant), 1 36, 5 9; Scan-

pinaviA; Russta; ARMENIA; Asta Mivor, Bithynia, Pontus; Syrza.

wp, 46-56 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 127; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 55, pl. 190. f. 3.

Green or brown with whitish dots; dorsal line whitish, inter-

rupted; spiracular line pale or whitish; head pale green or

ochreous apeckled with brown, Food-plants: Senecio, ftumea,

Viola, &.. 7-* ard 10-3.

3048. Trigonophora iris. (Plate CXX. fig. 1.)

Phlogophora iris, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 64 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 171; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185.

Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous; palpi pale

red ; tegule with fine brown lines at middle and near tips ; patagia

with a fine brown line near base ; metathoracic crests bright rufous ;

pectus pale rufous; the legs ochreous mixed with brown ; abdomen

ochreous, the dorsal crests and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing

TRIGONOPHORA. 489

ochreous suffused with rufous, the antemedial area with triangular

red-brown patch from cell to inner margin, the medial area red-

brown except towards costa, the inner part of postmedial area pale,

from costa to vein 4; subbasal line brown, double, from costa to

submedian fold, a brown point beyond it in cell; antemedial line

double, brown filled in with pale rufous, very oblique and minutely

waved ; claviform small defined by red-brown; orbicular and reni-

form defined by ochreous except below where they extend to well

below cell and are defined by chocolate-brown with some grey-brown

in their upper parts, the former elliptical, its lower extremity con-

tluent with the latter, which is oblique elliptical with an ochreous

line near its inner edge, angled outwards at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line double, fine, red-brown, obsolescent towards costa,

angled outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 and very

oblique to inner margin near antemedial line, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at

vein 7 where there is a blackish point on its inner edge, then de-

fined by red-brown on each side; oblique and minutely waved; a

terminal chocolate-red line with a lunule at apex; cilia black-

brown with a whitish line at base. Hind wing ochreous yellow,

the costal area whitish ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line; a

diffused red-brown subterminal band obsolescent towards costa;

the termen suffused with rufous and with red terminal line; cilia

white, brown at tips; the underside yellowish white, the costal

and terminal areas suffused with yellow, a slight rufous discoidal

lunule, sinuous postmedial line arising from near apex, and diffused

subterminal line. .

Hab. Canava, Ontario, Orilla (Bushe), 1 2, Manitoba, Aweme

(Criddle), 1 2; U.S.A., Northern, Middle, and Central States,

Massachusetts, Beverley (Burgess), 1 6,1 9, New York (Double-

day, Packard), 1 3,1 2 type, Evans Center (Grote),3 2. Hzxp.

46-50 millim.

Sxcr. IL. Fore wing with the termen and cilia slightly erenulate, the termen

slightly excised below vein 4.

A. Fore wing with the reniform lunulate, its outer edge

excumvedbatamid dl eiaed.coscnesscacevadsectogescedosseiossere nes Juscomarginata.

B. Fore wing with the reniform oblique rectangular ...... subpurpured.

3349. Trigonophora fuscomarginata. (Plate CXX. fig. 2.

Phlogophora fuscomarginata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 72.

3S. Head and thorax pale pinkish ; frons with shght brown line

above ; tegule with fine brown lines at middle and tips; patagia

with slight obliquely curved brown line; metathorax with paired

fiery red patches ; coxe and the hair on femora fiery red; abdomen

ochreous, the crests tinged with red-brown, the ventral surface

suffused with fiery red. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-

brown, the costal area rather darker, a triangular red-brown patch

from inner margin near base to postmedial line at lower angle of

490 NOCLUIDA.

cell, the terminal area purple-brown from vein 6 to tornus; sub-

basal line represented by double brown striz# from middle of cell to

submedian fold; a brown striga across the cell before antemedial

line, which is double, oblique from subcostal nervure to submedian

fold, then incurved, the outer line bent outwards above inner

margin and joining the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform

large with pale pinkish grey annuli defined by brown, the former

oblique elliptical, open above and extending to above cell, the latter

with ochreous patch in middle, its outer edge slightly angled out-

wards at vein 6 ; postmedia] line red-brown, strongly bent outwards

below costa, incurved to vein 5, then very obliquely incurved and

shghtly sinuous to above inner margin where it joins the antemedial

line, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

ochreous from costa to vein 6, then obsolescent, defined on inner side

by a black-brown band from vein 7 to inner margin, angled out-

wards at vein 7, then obliquely curved ; a fine sinuous black-brown

terminal line and lunule below apex; cilia black-brown, rufous

towards apex, with a fine white line at base. Hind wing ochreous

tinged with brown ; a fine postmedial brown line oblique to vein 4

then incurved to vein 2; a diffused subterminal band obsolescent

towards costa; a diffused terminal band widening to vein 2, then

obsolescent and reddish to vein 1; a fine terminal brown line;

cilia bright rufous, white at base; the underside ochreous, the

costal area slightly tinged with pinkish and strongly with fiery red

towards apex, a sinuous postmedial brown line excurved at middle,

and traces of a subterminai red line from costa to discal fold.

Hab. W. Cutna, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢ type. Hp. 56 millim.

3390. Trigonophora subpurpurea.

Phiogophora subpurpurea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 71.

Head and thorax greyish ochreous tinged and irrorated with

rufous; palpi crimson ; tegule with red-brown medial line; meta-

thoracic crests fiery red; pectus crimson ; tibie brown, the tarsi

Big. 97.—Trigonophora subpurpurea, 3. %.

white; abdomen rufous, the crests fiery red, the ventral surface

crimson with fuscous ventral fascia except towards base. Fore

wing ochreous suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the medial

area chocolate-red from median nervure to inner margin on which

it extends obliquely to near base; the terminal area irrorated with

TRIGONOPIHORA.—CHUTAPHA. 491

grey-white except towards apex; subbasal line represented by a

faint brown striga from costa with a brown point beyond it in cell ;

antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique from costa to median

nervure, angled inwards in submedian fold, then very oblique and

the outer line joining the postmedial line above inner margin ;

claviform a red patch; orbicular with ochreous annulus defined at

sides by red-brown, elliptical; reniform an oblique bar with

ochreous line on its inner edge and its outer part red; postmedial

line double, brown, oblique from costa to vein 5, then bent inwards

to below angle of cell and oblique to inner margin at antemedial

line, the inner line defined by grey on inner side from lower angle

of cell to where it joins the antemedial line; subterminal line

arising at vein 7, ochreous defined on each side by red, slightly

excurved to vein 3, then oblique ; a fine red-brown terminal line;

cilia dark brown slightly mixed with grey. Hind wing ochreous

yellow; the terminal part of vein 2 streaked with brown; a faint

sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal line from discal

fold to inner margin ; termen greyish with fine red terminal line ;

cilia ochreous at base, red-brown at tips. Underside of both wings

ochreous with the costal areas suffused with fiery red leaving the

costa of fore wing greyish ; fore wing with two dark discoidal spots,

brown postmedial line excurved to vein 5 then oblique, subterminal

line from vein 7 to inner margin and the termen brown from vein 6

to tornus; hind wing with sinuous postmedial line, subterminal

line from costa to discal fold, the termen brown to vein 2.

Hab. W. Cuina, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 ¢ type; Pusan, Simla

(Pilcher), 1 2. Hap. ¢ 50, 2 54 millim.

Genus CHUTAPHA. Tipe

Chutapha, Moore, Lep, Atk. p. 181 (1882) ............-.-.c000s escent costalis.

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

middle of frons and moderately sealed, the 8rd short; frons smooth ; eyes

large, rounded ; antennz of male typically serrate and fasciculate; head and

thorax clothed with hair only, the prothorax with triangular ridge-like crest,

the metathorax with paired crests; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and

lateral tufts on terminal segments, male with extensible tufts of long hair from

lareral stigmata. Fore wing with the apex obliquely truncate, the termen and

cilia dentate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the arecle; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-

cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

Secr. I, Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical third

ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the medial area not dark brown towards

inner margin, the orbicular extending to well below

Colles nenecer sees Sp gUdRO SUS ABDoRACHCRebEBeesdabdnenapsnpecdatedonod enterrupta.

B. Fore wing with the medial area dark brown to inner

margin or concolorous, the orbicular hardly extending

to below cell.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique ............ vollastont.

6, Fore wing with the antemedial line erect.................. conservuloides.

492 NOCTUIDAE.

3351. Chutapha interrupta. (Plate CXX. fig. 3.)

Brotoiomea tnterrupta, Warr. Nov. Zool. xii. p. 441 (1905).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi with the

2nd joint at extremity in front; and 3rd joint dark brown; meta-

thoracic crests tipped with deep rufous; pectus and legs bright

rufous, the tibie and tarsi slightly ringed with whitish; abdomen

ochreous suffused with rufous, the ventral surface bright rufous.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, a wedge-shaped black-

brown mark on inner margin before middle, the medial area deep

red-brown before and between the stigmata and below the cell to

submedian fold; subbasal line red-brown, slightly sinuous, from

costa to submedian fold, with a red-brown point beyond it below the

cell; antemedial line represented by two slight red-brown striz from

costa and a line on inner edge of the dark patch; the medial area:

with elongate red-brown annulus on vein 1; orbicular and reniform

reddish ochreous defined at sides by red-brown, the former oblique, ex-

tending to well below cell, rounded below and confluent on median

nervure with the latter which is oblique, with large red-brown lunule

near outer edge which is waved ; postmedial line triple, arising from

below costa, the inner line slightly excurved beyond lower angle of

cell, then incurved and forming the outer edge of the dark patch,

the outer line oblique and slightly waved below vein 4, slightly

angled inwards below vein 3 and in submedian fold; some pale points

on postmedial part of costa; subterminal line ochreous defined on

inner side by red-brown suffusion and slight dark brown Junules

between veins 7 and 3, angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique

waved; the terminal area slightly striated with red-brown; aslight

waved red-brown terminal line. Hind wing ochreous yellow tinged

with rufous especially on terminal area; a faint discoidal lunule ;

a sinuous postmedial line from vein 6 to submedian fold; a waved

ochreous subterminal line defined by rufous on inner side and ob~

solete towards costa; a fine rufous terminal line; the underside

ochreous, the costal area tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal spot,

slight oblique postmedial line from costa to below vein 5 and faint

diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Azorus, 8. Jorges (0. Grant), 1 g,19. Hep, 52 millim.

*3352. Chutapha vollastoni.

Phlogophora wollastoni, Beth,-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 208; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 188.

Brotolomia periculosa, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185 (nee Guen.).

¢. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with whitish; tegule

with rufous lines at middle and tips, each shghtly edged with whitish

behind; tibiee with the spurs ringed with fuscous and white;

abdomen pale rufous dorsally tinged with brown except at base and

with slight sublateral and ventral fuscous spots on terminal segments.

Fore wing bright rufous with slight black irroration, the costa more

strongly irrorated, the postmedial area somewhat paler; a faint double,

CHUTAPITA, 493

waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with a black

point beyond it in cell; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique,

sinuous, with a faint waved less oblique line before it; orbicular and

reniform large, confluent below with slight whitish annuli faintly

defined by brown, the former oblique elliptical, the latter oblique

and constricted at middle; a diffused oblique brown line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line faintly defined by

whitish on outer side, indistinct from costa to discal fold, then dark

and more prominent, strongly bent outwards below costa, oblique

to discal fold, excurved at median nervules, then oblique, sinuous,

Fig. 98.—-Chutapha vollastont, 3. 1.

followed by three very indistinct oblique waved dark lines, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined on each side by rufous, oblique and very minutely waved ;

cilia dark brown with fine rufous line at base and tipped with white

in the crenulations. Hind wing pale rufous suffused with dark

brown except on costal area; an indistinct oblique dark medial

line and faint pale rufous sinuous subterminal line; cilia rufous with

pale line at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish suffused

with rufous, a brown discoidal spot, postmedial line oblique below

vein 6, and faint subterminal line.

Q@. Fore wing tinged with purplish grey except on costal half of

postmedial area, the termiral area more strongly suffused with

purplish grey, the postmedial line indistinct throughout.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey irrorated with brown and

without any rufous tinge, the last with the medial area dark

chocolate-brown from cell to inner margin extending into the cell

before and between the stigmata.

Hab, Manxira ( Wollaston), type T in Coll. Bethune-Baker, up.

52 millim.

3353. Chutapha conservuloides. (Plate CXX. fig. 4.)

Euplexia conservuloides, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soe. xi. p. 443 (1897).

$. Head and thorax red-brown with a purplish tinge; tegulee

with brown lines defined by whitish near base and at tips; patagia

and prothoracic crest traversed by a curved brown line defined by

whitish: metathoracic crests deep. red-brown; tibive with white

rings on spurs and at extremities; abdomen ochreous tinged with

494 NOCTUID®.

rufous, the ventral surface deep red-brown. Fore wing ochreous

suffused with red-brown and slightly tinged with purple; subbasal

line double, minutely waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

double, erect, sinuous; medial area deep red-brown except towards

costa; claviform represented by a black point at extremity; orbi-

cular and reniform pale purplish defined at sides by black-brown,

oblique bar-shaped, conjoined by a fascia below and forming a broad

V-shaped mark; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below

costa, slightly ineurved to above vein 4, then oblique sinuous, the

inner line bent inwards to lower angle of cell; the outer indistinct,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, slightly detined by brown on inner side and strongly by black-

brown between veins 7 and 3, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and incurved below vein 3; a fine sinuous brown terminal line;

cilia red-brown with a fine white line at base. Hind wing ochreous

white suffused with red-brown, the veins brownish with a darker

streak on vein 2; indistinct sinuous postmedial and subterminal

lines; a fine brown terminal line; cilia red-brown with a fine white

line at base; the underside ochreous white, the costal area suffused

with rufous, a curved red-brown postmedial line.

Hab. Srxai (Pilcher), 1 g type. Hep. 36 millim.

Srcr. IL. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing without pale spot below orbicular...............c...0006+ beatrix.

B. Fore wing with pale spot below orbicular .............ceceeeceeeeeee costalis.

3354. Chutapha beatrix.

Phlogophora beatriz, Butl, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 193 (1878); id. Il. Het.

B. M. iii. p. 16, pl. 44. f. 12; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185. Mt

Phlogophora pallens, Oberth. Diag. Lep. Askold. p. 14 (1870); id. Kt. Ent.

Vs ps 18; pla. tld.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with reddish brown ; palpi pale

crimson-red ; tegulee with whitish line at middle and whitish tips ;

patagia with whitish line near base; metathoracic crests tipped

Fig. 99.— Chutapha beatriz, 3. +.

with crimson-red ; pectus ochreous tinged with rufous ; legs brownish ;

abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface pale red. [ore

wing ochreous suffused with olive-brown in parts, the postmedial

CHUTAPHA. 495

area paler, the antemedial area with triangular olive-brown patch

from cell to inner margin, the medial area olive-brown, paler towards

costa; the terminal area suffused with olive-brown except at apex ;

subbasal line indistinct, double, from costa to submedian fold ; some

pinkish in and below cell before the antemedial line, which is double,

brownish, oblique, slightly bent outwards to costa, then almost

straight; a blackish streak below submedian fold from before ante-

medial line to middle of medial area, bent upwards at extremity ;

orbicular pinkish defined at sides by ochreous, oblique quadrate,

confluent at lower extremity with the reniform, which is oblique

and angled inwards on median nervure, defined by ochreous on inner

side and above and by small black marks on outer side and below;

postmedial line double, arising from below costa, the inner line

slight, sinuous to vein 5, then bent inwards to just beyond reniform

and oblique to inner margin near antemedial line, the cuter stronger,

erect to vein 5, then oblique sinuous ; some pale points on postmedial

part of costa; subterminal line ochreous defined on each side by

brown and by some dark brown on inner side between veins 6 and

4, slightly excurved at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3; a terminal

series of deep chocolate-brown lunules; cilia dark brown with pink

line at base. Hind wing ochreous yellow tinged with rufous

especially on terminal area, the veins brownish ; aslight postmedial

line oblique to vein 4+ where it is angled; a sinuous ochreous sub-

terminal line defined by brown suffusion on inner side; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia rufous; the underside ochreous, the costal area

slightly tinged with rufous, a slight brown striga on upper disco-

cellular, and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Hi. Stperta, Amurland, 2 9; Japan, Hakodaté (Lewis,

Andrews, Pryer), 1 3, 5 @ type, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 2, Yokohama

(Pryer),1 $,1 2. Hep, 46-52 millim.

3350. Chutapha costalis. (Plate CXX. fig. 5.)

Chutapha costalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 131 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

i. p. 221.

Head and thorax whitish grey mixed with golden rufous, the

tegule tinged with olive-green ; palpi and sides of frous dark brown ;

antenne ringed black and white; pectus and legs brown mixed with

grey, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown, the dorsal crests golden rufous. Fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced, golden olive-green, the area below end of cell

with slightly darker shade, a grey-white fascia below costa to the

postmedial line; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;

a slight dark shade on inner area before the antemedial line which

is indistinctly treble, oblique, angled outwards below costa and

above inner margin; claviform small slightly defined by black;

orbicular and reniform with olive centres and whitish annuli slightly

defined by blackish, the former lunulate, conjoined to a semilunate

pinkish-white spot below cell, the latter angled inwards on medial

pervure to the spot below cell; postmedial line indistinctly treble

496 NOCTUIDZE.

filled in with grey, strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete

below costa, then oblique, minutely waved, interrupted between

veins 4 and 3, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line pinkish white, defined on each side by olive-brown, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7, minutely dentate to vein 4, then more

strongly dentate, a fine brown terminal line; cilia with slight brown

line through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; an

indistinct diffused subterminal brown band; a dark streak on

terminal part of vein 2; a dark terminal line; cilia pale olive; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight curved

postmedial line from costa to vein 5 and indistinct diffused sub-

terminal band.

Hab. Stxuim, 7000' (Atkinson, Pilcher), 1 g,2 92, type. Exp.

42 millim.

Sect. ITI. Antenne of male ciliated,

A. Fore wing with pale spot below orbicular ...........--.esssceeeeee olivacea.

B. Fore wing without pale spot below orbicular..................6065 periculosa.

3306. Chutapha olivacea. (Plate CXX. fig. 6.)

Luplexia olivacea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 84.

$. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with rufous; palpi and

sides of frons dark brown; pro- and metathoracic crests rufous:

pectus and legs grey mixed with brown, the tarsi ringed with

white; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests and anal tufts

rufous. Fore wing with the apex rounded, golden olive-green,

the costal area whitish grey irrorated with dark brown to post-

medial line, the medial area from cell to submedian fold tinged

with dark brown; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved,

from costa to vein 1, a black spot below it on inner margin ; ante-

medial line with grey band on its inner edge, angled outwards

below costa and above inner margin and incurved in cell; claviform

small, very faintly defined by blackish; orbicular and reniform

with olive centres and pinkish white annuli defined by some dark

scales, the former rather lunulate and conjoined to a semicircular

spot below cell, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure

to the spot below cell; postmedial line with grey band on the outer

edge except between veins 4, 3, strongly bent outwards below costa,’

at vein 4 bent inwards to reniform, then sinuous, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, chiefly defined

by the area beyond it being brownish grey, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3; a fine whitish line at base of

cilia. Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas

tinged with reddish brown, a fine white line at base of cilia; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight post-

medial line from costa to vein 2 and traces of a diffused subterminal

line.

Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢. Hwvp. 46 millim.

CHUTAPHA, 497

3397. Chutapha periculosa.

Phlogophora periculosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 65 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 171.

Trigonophora v-brunnewum, Grote, Check List, Noct. p. 23 (1875).

Head and thorax pale pinkish tinged with rufous; palpi bright

rufous at sides; tegule with fine red-brown lines at middle and

tips; metathorax with the crests fiery red; coxe and femora

fringed with fiery red hair; tibie and tarsi reddish brown ;

abdomen rufous, whitish at base, the crests brownish tipped

with grey, the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing ochreous

suffused with rufous, the antemedial area with triangular patch

of red-brown suffusion before the antemedial line, the medial

area red-brown except towards costa, the terminal area suffused

with red-brown except at apex; subbasal line indistinct, double,

slightly waved, from costa to vein 1, a black point beyond it in

cell; antemedial line double, minutely waved, somewhat oblique ;

orbicular pale tinged with rufous, its centre defined by brown

above, oblique bar-shaped, confluent below with the reniform

Fig. 100.—Chutapha periculosa, G. 4.

which is oblique bar-shaped, defined by brown at sides, its inner

part pale, its outer bright rufous; postmedial line double, brown,

the inner line fine, obliquely incurved from costa to vein 5, then

bent inwards to lower extremity of reniform and oblique sinuous

to above inner margin where it curves inwards and joins the ante-

medial line, the outer line indistinct, minutely waved, oblique below

vein 5; ared-brown patch on costa before the subterminal line,

which is red-brown, double, minutely waved, oblique, from vein 7

to inner margin; the veins of terminal area with slight dark

streaks; a fine red-brown terminal waved line and lunule below

apex; cilia red-brown, blackish at tips. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with purplish pink except on costal area; a slightly sinuous

dark postmedial line and indistinct diffused subterminal band; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia ochreous, with brownish spots from apex

to vein 2; the underside ochreous yellow, the costal area tinged

with rufous, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial ifine

angled inwards below costa and in discal and submedian folds.

‘Ab. 1. v-brunnea. Fore wing with the patch on medial area deep

red-brown.

Hab. Nuwrounptanp; Canapa, Renfrew Co., 3d , Ontario, Orilla

VOL. VII. 2%

498 NOCTUID®.

(Bushe), 1 9 , Br. Columbia, Sicamous Junction (Miss Ricardo), 2 3 ,

2 2, Vancouver (Hawkins), 1 2 , Wellington (Taylor), 1 9; U.S.A.,

Northern, Eastern and Central States, New York (Doubleday), 2 3

type, Center (W. Hill), 4 g, 3 Q type v-brunneuwm, Lewis Co.

(W. Hill), 1 9, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 6,

Washington Terr., 1 9, Colorado. Hap. 46-52 millim.

Larva. Head shining, light brown. Body uniform, red-brown,

slightly mottled with faint oblique streaks; substigmatal band

pale, badly defined; no contrasted marks, all much the colour of

dead leaves. Food-plants, various.—H. G. D.

Genus HABRYNTIS.

Habryniis, Led. Noct. Eur. pp. 35 &-114 (1857) .........:.0cceeecseceee seita.

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

about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons

smooth with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round ; antennz of male somewhat

laminate and minutely ciliated; thorax clothed with hair only, the tegule

produced to a slight dorsal ridge, the prothorax with triangular crest, the

metathorax with paired crests; tibie fringed with long hair; abdomen clothed

with rough hair at base, with dorsal series of crests formed of hair only and

lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex obliquely truncate, the

termen and cilia dentate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from well

below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anatomosing with

‘the cell near base only.

30098. Habryntis scita.

Noctua scita, Hibn. Beitr. ii. 2, p. 35, pl. 1 a (1791); id. Eur Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 68, 475; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 837, pl. 94. ff. 1,-2; Frr. Neue

Beitr. ii. pl. 105; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185.

Head and thorax white suffused with pale olive-green; tegule

with slight white line near tips; patagia with white line near

base; metathoracic crest white; tarsi slightly ringed with white ;

abdomen white faintly tinged with ochreous. Fore wing white

S&S é

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Fig. 101.—Habryntis scita, J. 4.

suffused with pale olive-green, the basal and postmedial areas

paler, an olive-green patch on inner area before the antemedial

line, the medial area deep olive-green except towards costa; sub-

basal line indistinct, olive-green, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line almost medial, white, oblique, straight; the

HABRYNTIS.—CONSERVULA. 499

median nervures and bases of veins 4, 3 streaked with white on

medial area; orbicular white, large, oblique elliptical; reniform

oblique bar-shaped, defined by white on inner side and by black

on outer; postmediai line double, olive-green, the outer line in-

distinct, angled outwards below costa, the inner line incurved to

vein 5, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell, oblique and

forming the outer edge of dark area to inner margin, the outer line

straight to vein 5, then ineurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line slight, whitish defined by olive-green on

inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and with black point

on its inner edge, then oblique, minutely waved, a fine olive-green

terminal line; cilia olive-green, with fine white line at base and

white tips with rufous points at the teeth. Hind wing greenish

white tinged with ochreous except on costal area ; traces of a sinuous

postmedial line except towards costa; a curved diffused greenish

subterminal band; a fine greenish terminal line: cilia white with

a slight greenish line through them; the underside ochreous white

with greenish point at upper angle of cell, sinuous postmedial line,

and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Franck, Sand Coll.; Guruwany, Zeller & Leech Colls.;

Avsrria; Huneary; Swrrzprvanp, Frey & Leech Colls.; N. Iraty;

Rumeria ; Armunta; Asta Minor, Lydia. Hp. 40-48 millim.

Larva, Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 245, pl. 38. £.3; Hifi. Raup. p. 101,

pl. 28. f. 10.

Green with angular dark dorsal marks and pale dull lateral stripe.

Food-plants: Pteris aquilina and Ficaria ranunculoides. 10-5.

Genus CONSERVULA.

Type.

Conservula, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 17 (1874) ...... anodonta.

Ay neta, WOKE, VER ARIS Mickel Jo (315}9) | sone adosonossencsonabonccocaqans indica.

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

about to middle of frons and fringed with rather long hair in front, the 3rd

short; frons smooth with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of

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

without crest, the metathorax with large spreading crest ; tibise fringed with

long hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base, dorsal crests on basal

segments and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10° anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from costa to

Veins owt Henno blige tea dccnssechccmensnsessneonsee cota ce ceeeacn atone anodonta,

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and nearly straight

throughout.

a. foe wing with the antemedial line oblique throughout.

. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved below

vein 4.

a, Fore wing irrorated with black scales .............ce0208 POSACER.

67. Fore wing not irrorated with black scales.................. sinensis.

DCD

500 NOCTUIDE.

1, Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved below

vein 4,

a2. Fore wing with the antemedial line not bent outwards

Wommbabseioiear West a\) aaoosu en ecaddendaosopanwononoadacaSsdoaodobseEo0t indica.

2, Fore wing with the antemedial line bent outwards to

MavOGCIEAATENPEUO Gas5oqcucoqnd abdoonescadnos bebaded sosoEoDodoadoobS . vu-brunnea.

6. Fore wing with “the antemedial line oblique from ‘costa to

submedian fold, then erect.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line not waved ..... sescrse MUNOT:

‘1, Fore wing with the antemedial line minutely waved ...... cinisigna,

3359. Conservula anodonta.

Phlogophora anodonta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 63, pl. vii. f. 8 (1852); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 170.

Head and thorax pinkish rufous; palpi fiery red; frons chocolate-

brown at sides; tegule with chocolate-brown line near tips, the

patagia and thorax with chocolate-brown line in front; meta-

thoracic crests fiery red; coxee clothed with fiery red hair ; abdomen

ochreous tinged with ik brown and with rufous towards extremity 3

the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

pink and slightly irrorated with brown, the veins of terminal area

Fig. 102.—Conservula anodonta, S$. }.

streaked with black, subbasal line brown, straight, from costa to

vein 1, a black point beyond it in cell; antemedial line whitish,

very oblique, from subcostal nervure to above inner margin where

it meets the postmedial line ; medial area deep chocolate-red except

on costal area; orbicular and reniform pinkish with white annuli

defined by black-brown, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

oblique bar-shaped, angled inwards on median neryure and con-

fluent with the former ; ; postmedial line dark brown defined by

whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 5, then oblique and meeting the antemedial line above inner

margin ; three small white spots with brown streaks between them

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by

brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7, then sinuous; terminal

area suffused with red-brown except at apex; a fine black-brown

terminal line; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous tinged with

pinkish especially on terminal area and with some dark brown

irroration ; curved diffused brown postmedial and subterminal lines ;

a fine black-brown terminal line; cilia pinkish, whitish towards

CONSERVULA. 501

tornus ; the underside whitish suffused with pink, a small discoida

spot and diffused sinuous crimson postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, Ontario, Orilla (Bushe), 1 9; U.S.A., Maine,

Vermont, New York (Doubleday), 2 3 type. Hap. 34 millim.

3360. Conservula rosacea.

Appana rosacea, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 811, f. 248 (1891).

©. Head and base of tegule rufous mixed with white; thorax

red-brown mixed with white; antennse brown except at base;

pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi brown slightly ringed with

white; abdomen rufous, whitish at base, the crests tipped with

brownish. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with black, some

violaceous white before the antemedial and beyond the postmedial

lines except towards costa and on terminal area; a slight brownish

subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line ochreous white,

very oblique, straight, from costa to vein 1 where it joins the post-

medial line; orbicular and reniform violaceous white irrorated

with black and defined by white at sides, contuent below and

forming a V-shaped mark extending to vein 2; postmedial line

ochreous white slightly defined by brown on inner side, bent out-

wards below costa, then very oblique and joining the antemedial

line at vein 1; some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by olive-brown, oblique, almost

straight; cilia rufous. Hind wirg white tinged with purplish

pink especially on terminal area, the veins streaked with dark

brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia pale rufous; the under-

side white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous, the

veins irrorated with black scales, small blackish spots at the angle

of cell.

fab. Mavaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 2. Eavp. 30 millim.

3361. Conservula sinensis, n. sp. (Plate CXX. fig. 7.)

Appana indica, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 109, part. (aec Moore).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some white ; antenne

white at base; tegule tipped with white; patagia with oblique

white medial line and whitish tips; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing whitish suffused and irrorated with bright rufous, the costal

area rufous, the veins of terminal area streaked with blackish;

subbasal line represented by double oblique rufous strie from

median nervure filled in with whitish; a wedge-shaped rufous

mark on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double,

rufous filled in with white, very oblique, from below costa to inner

margin; medial line deep rufous except towards costa; orbicular

and reniform large, pinkish with white annuli defined by red-brown,

open above, the former obliquely rounded, the latter oblique bar-

shaped, extending to well below the cell and confluent with the

former on median nervure; postmedial line double, rufous filled in

502 NOCTUID..

with whitish, slightly angled outwards below costa, then very

oblique and almost straight to inner margin near antemedial line,

defined by whitish on outer side; subterminal line white defined

by deep rufous on inner side, oblique, straight; a fine red-brown

terminal line; cilia bright rufous with fine white line at base.

Hind wing white, the veins rufous, the inner margin and termen

tinged with rufous; cilia rufous, whitish towards tornus; the

underside with the costal area tinged with rufous, rufous points at

angles of cell and slight postmedial and subterminal lines from

costa to vein 6.

Hab. W. Cutna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),

1 go, 2 9 type, Pu-tsu-fang,2 ¢,1 9. Hap. 58-40 millim.

3362. Conservula indica. (Plate CXX. fig. 8.)

Phlogophora indica, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 57; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

p. 246.

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; tegule tipped

with whitish ; patagia with whitish line near base and diffused

dark line near tips; pectus, legs, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing whitish suffused with rufous, the medial area deep rufous

except towards costa, the postmedial area whiter; subbasal line

slight, double, inwardly oblique, from costa to vein 1, with patch

of black scales beyond it below the cell; antemedial line double

filled in with whitish, bent inwards below costa, then very oblique

and almost straight; orbicular and reniform whitish slightly tinged

with rufous and defined by white at sides, both oblique quadrate,

confluent below, extending to well below cell and forming a broad

V-shaped mark ; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent

outwards below costa, then very oblique and slightly sinuous ;

subterminal line white defined by red-brown suffusion on inner side,

slightly ineurved below vein 3; cilia bright rufous with yellowish

white line at base. Hind wing white tinged with rufous especially

on inner area; an indistinct, somewhat diffused reddish-brown

subterminal line; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia yellowish

white at base, rufous at tips ; the underside with the costal area

suffused with rufous and with slight dark marks at angles of cell.

Hab, W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 4 do, 1 9; Punsaz, Kulu

(G. Young), 1 2, Dalhousie, 1 ¢; Srkuim (Lidderdale, Dudyeon),

136,19. Exp. 36-40 millim,

3363. Conservula v-brunnea.

Charidea v-brunnewm, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 62 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii p 247.:

Appana cingalesa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 548, pl. 214. f. 6 (1887).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish; legs brown, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen bright rufous, pale at base.

CONSERVULA> 503

Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous, the medial area deep

rufous except towards costa, the postmedial area paler ; subbasal

line indistinct, double, from costa to vein 1, with slight fuscous

mark on its outer edge below cell; antemedial line indistinct,

double filled in with whitish, oblique and slightly incurved, from

subcostal nervure to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform white

slightly tinged with rufous avd brown, defined by white at sides

and below, both oblique quadrate, confluent below, extending to

helow cell and forming a broad Y-shaped mark ; postmedial line

double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then very

oblique and almost straight ; an indistinct oblique brownish sub-

terminal line ; cilia bright rufous with yellowish white line at base.

Hind wing white, the veins, inner margin, and termen tinged with

rufous; cilia rufous with yellow line at base from apex to vein 2,

then white; the underside with the costal area suffused with bright

rufous, slight rufous discoidal spots and a somewhat diffused

postmedial line from costa to vein 3.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 ¢, 2 2, Pondicherry ;

Ceyton, 1 9 type cingalesa. Hap. 38 millim.

Larva. Yellow-green irrorated with yellow; each somite with an

oblique yellow line defined by dark green on upper side; a broken

dorsal line and lateral line pale yellow ; ventral pro-legs pale yel-

lowish green. Food-plant, bracken in the leaves of which it spins

a slight cocoon. (W. H. Cempbell.)

3364. Conservula minor.

Conservula minor, Holl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 253, pl. 8. f. 1 (1896).

9. Head and thorax rufous mixed with purplish pink and some

white ; tegulee with white lines at middle and tips; patagia with

oblique white line across them and whitish edge above towards tips ;

pectus whitish; legs rufous; abdomen purplish rufous, white at

sides at base. Fore wing rutous with some pinkish on antemedial,

postmedial, and terminal areas ; subbasal line rufous defined by pale

pink on outer side, inwardly oblique from costa to submedian fold ;

an oblique rufous line defined by pink on outer side from submedian

fold to inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double,

rufous filled in with pink, very oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then erect: orbicular and reniform rufous with pale pink

annuli defined at sides by rufous, oblique bar-shaped; connected

below and forming a Y-shaped mark extending to vein 2; post-

medial line double, rufous filled in with pale pink, arising from

costa towards apex and very oblique below vein 4; subterminal

line pale pink defined by rufous on inner sides, oblique, straight.

Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and termen tinged with

rufous ; cilia rufous; the underside with rufous points at angle of

cell and indistinct curved postmedial line,

Hab. E. Argica; Care Cotony, 1 9. Hxp. 36 millim.

O04 NOCTUID A.

3365. Conservula cinisigna.

Conservula cinisigna, de Joan. Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1906, p. 170, pl. 9. f. 2.

Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax ochreous suffused with

red-brown ; patagia with oblique dark line near tips ; metathoracic

crests bright rufous with dark tips; pectus bright rufous; legs

brown; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface suffused with

red-brown. Fore wing pinkish rufous with slight dark irroration,

the veins with dark streaks; subbasal line double, dark, waved,

from costa to vein 1, a dark striga beyond it in cell; an oblique

diffused band from median nervure before antemedial line to

inner margin, fuscous abuye and rufous towards inner margin;

antemedial line blackish, double, waved, somewhat oblique;

claviform faintly defined by rufous at extremity; orbicular and

reniform whitish tinged with rufous and with slight dark irroration

defined at sides by whitish and brown, both oblique quadrate, con-

fluent below, extending to below cell and forming a broad V-shaped

mark, the part below the cell fuscous grey defined below by

blackish ; postmedial line double, angled outwards below costa,

then very oblique and slightly sinuous, some minute white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, slightly

defined by rufous on inner side, very slightly excurved below vein 7,

then oblique; cilia with a slight pale line at base. Hind wing

white, the veins, inner margin, and termen tinged with rufous ;

cilia rufous with yellowish line at base from apex to vein 2, then

whitish ; the underside with the costal area suffused with rufous,

slight rufous spots at angles of cell, traces of a postmedial line from

costa to vein 6, and traces of a subterminal line.

Hab. Transvaat(Choluiley), 1 3d; Mauririus, Curepipe (Tulloch),

145,19. Hap. 40 millim.

Genus CALPIFORMIS, nov.

Type, C. craushayt.

Proboseis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending to well beyond

frons, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 3rd short; frons smooth,

eyes large, round; antenna of male biserrate ; thorax clothed with hair and

scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with divided crests; tibiee fringed with

long hair; abdomen with large dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the

costa somewhat excised beyond middle, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely

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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

3366. Calpiformis craushayi.

Conservula craushayi, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 427 (1905).

3g. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some white; abdomen

whitish tinged with rufous and with slight brown segmental lines.

CALPIFORMIS., —COBALIODES. 505

Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous especially on costa to

beyond middle, on basal area in and below cell and on inner margin,

before the postmedial line except towards costa and beyond it from

vein 3 to inner margin; subbasal line red-brown, waved, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, angled

outwards below costa, incurved in eell, then oblique, waved ;

claviform a slight red-brown mark ; orbicular white detined by red-

brown, round ; reniform slightly and incompletely defined by red-

brown with fuscous mark at lower angle of cell, somewhat

Fig. 103.—Calpiformis craushayi, $. }.

constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure; a

faint oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards

helow costa, then very oblique and slightly incurved below vein 3,

some whitish points beyond it on costa, its angle joined by a red-

brown bar from costa; a faint slightly curved whitish subterminal

line; a red-brown terminal line; cilia white. Hind wing whitish

irrorated with red-brown except on basal inner area; a rather —

diffused red-brown postmedial line excurved below costa, then

oblique; a terminal series of brown striz ; the underside white

irrorated with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot, the postmedial line

more prominent.

Hab. Basurotand, Mokalishoek (Crawshay), 2 3g type. Eup.

26-30 millim.

Genus COBALIODES.

Type.

Cobalos, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc, vii. p. 223 (1899), nec

Coloathis; Jeltloimg IUzyo, USHee” Gonosasvebageossoocasdesdoa000Rei066Cor angelicus.

Cobaliodes, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168 (1902) ............ angelicus.

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

middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the rd rather long

and porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male bipectinate,

with long branches, the apical part simple; head and thorax clothed with

hair and hair-like scales; the prothorax without distinct crest, the metathorax

with spreading crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only and lateral fringes of hair towards extremity. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen crenulate and rather excised towards

tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 froin cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from well below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

506 NOCTUID.®.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent below.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform whitish ......... accurata.

6. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform brown with

pale annuli, the latter sometimes with white patch on it. dubzosa.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not confluent.

a. Fore wing without pale streak on vein 3 from postmedial

line tostermen ts. rc-ndec oun sereecocetecees taeenesimeteeceeceaees angelica.

b. Fore wing with pale streak on vein 3 from postmedial line

IWOr Let) fe) <7) naaban Wenocoeduncnocodanastceroncdoedachoancascn, o/caanaocds Sranciscana.

3367. Cobaliodes accurata. (Plate CXX. fig. 9.)

Plusia accurata, H. Edw. Papilio, ii. p. 127 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 257.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with rufous; tegule

with diffused rufous line before the tips which are white. Fore

wing whitish suffused and irrorated with rufous; a faint rufous sub-

basal line from costa to submedian fold with rufous suffusion before

it; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with whitish, sinuous

and somewhat oblique; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former

with its centre slightly irrorated with rufous, oblique quadrate and

connected with costa by a whitish patch, the latter with its centre

Strongly irrorated with brown, oblique, curved inwards on median

nervure and confluent with the former, a deep rufous rounded spot

between them in cell; traces of a diffused oblique line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line red-brown defined by

white on outer side, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 5; subterminal line white defined by rufous suffusion on inner

side, obsolescent between veins 6 and 3, very slightly excurved below

vein 7, then incurved; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia white

mixed with rufous at tips. Hind wing white faintly tinged with

rufous; cilia pure white.

Hab, U.S.A., Washington, Arizona, Huachuca Mts. (Oslar), 3 3,

1 2. Hzxp. 34-38 millim.

3368. Cobaliodes dubiosa. (Plate CXX. fig. 10.)

Nyssocnemis dubiosa, Beth.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 209; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 185.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with ochreous ;

abdomen paler. lore wing pale reddish-brown to purplish brown

with some dark irroration, “the medial area blackish brown except on

costal area; a double eed subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold with black point beyond it in cell; a treble oblique waved

antemedial line; claviform small, very obscurely defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform large, pale rufous with dark-defined centres,

or purplish brown, the reniform with large ochreous-white patch on

it, the orbicular expanding into a lobe below median nervure where

it is connected with the reniform, which is angled inwards on median

nervure; the postmedial line treble, waved, bent outwards below

costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points

COBALIODES. 507

beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, dentate, defined on each

side by fuscous, with two small dentate black spots on its inner edge

below costa; a crenulate terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

the cilia ochreous and rufous; the underside greyish with blackish

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Maprrra (Wollaston), 1 S$. Hep. 42 millim. Type fT o

in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

3369. Cobaliodes angelica.

Cobalos angelicus, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 228 (1899); Dyar, Cat:

Lep. N. Am. p. 168.

6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown; palpi with the

2nd joint blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tarsi

fuscous ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous.

Fore wing whitish strongly suffused and irrorated with rufous

especially on medial area; subbasal line represented by a slight striga

from costa; a slight dark streak below base of celi; a yellowish

tinge in submedian interspace before the antemedial line, which is

brown defined on inner side by white from cell to inner margin,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique and

angled inwards on vein 1; claviform small, defined by red-brown

and with diffused red-brown streak from it to postmedial line;

orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli defined by brown, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter with straight inner edge and

Fig. 104.—Cobvatiodes angelica, $. 3.

ill-defined on outer side; postmedial line defined by white on outer

side, strongly from vein 3 to inner margin, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 3, then strongly incurved and slightly angled

outwards on vein 1; the postmedial area suffused with white except

towards costa and with prominent white patch in submedian inter-

space; subterminal line hardly defined from costa to vein 5, then

whitish defined by rufous on inner side , forming dentate marks at

middle, dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved; a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia yellowish white mixed with brown.

Hind wing yellowish white nearly uniformly suffused with red-

brown ; cilia yellowish white with a brown line through them; the

underside white irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal spot, curved

postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. U.S,A., California, Sta. Barbara (D’ Urban), 1 3, Los Angeles,

Hep. 34 millim,

—

NOCTUID &.

*3370. Cobaliodes franciscana. (Plate CXX. fig. 11.)

Cobalos franciscanus, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 224 (1899); Dyar, Cat.

Tep. N. Am. p. 168.

g. Head and thorax fawn-brown; abdomen somewhat paler.

Fore wing fawn-brown, the medial area rather darker; subbasal

line obsolete ; antemedial line very indistinct, slightly excurvel and

very slightly angled outwards in submedian fold; claviform and

orbicular almost obsolete; reniform traceable, tinged with fuscous

and with faint dark outlhne; postmedial line defined by white on

outer side below vein 3, double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial

area paler except towards costa, a pale streak on vein 3 from post-

medial line to near termen; subterminal line slight, pale, defined

on inner side by red-brown, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of brown lunules ; cilia with

a fine pale line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia pale; the underside reddish grey with dark

irroration, a dark discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., California, San Francisco Co. Evp. 30 millim.

This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Genus SYRRUSIS, nov.

Type, S. notabilis,

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

to middle of frons and broadly sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenne of male very minutely serrate and fasciculate ; thorax

very thickly clothed entirely with scales, the prothorax with spreading crest,

the metathorax with very large spreading crest; tibize thickly clothed with

scales, the tarsi with tufts of scales on the jomts; abdomen thickly clothed

with long hair but without crests. Fore wing narrow, the apex rounded, the

termen obliquely curved and not crenulate: veins 3 and 5 from near angle

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 from angle of cell; 5

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

mosing with the cell near base only.

3371. Syrrusis notabilis.

Panolis notabilis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 243 (1879).

g. Head orange with black-brown bands on frons and vertex of

head; palpi black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints orange;

thorax dark brown with a leaden grey gloss; tegule orange at base

with black band near base and slightly tipped with orange; patagia

edged with rufous above; some fiery red before the metathoracic

crest; pectus and legs black-brown, the tarsi ringed with orange;

abdomen yellow suffused with crimson. Fore wing with the basal

area black-brown suffused with leaden grey, some orange on base of

inner margin; subbasal line black defined on each side by orange,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line orange,

SYRRUSIS.—DIPAROPSIS. 509

oblique, incurved from below costa to vein 1, then waved, defined

by a narrow black-brown band on outer side to vein 1, then by a

line ; the medial area pale pink suffused with yellowish towards costa

and with crimson towards postmedial line; a whitish line from costa

before the postmedial line, defined by black on outer side from below

costa to discal fold, excurved to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, then

downcurved to above middle of vein 1 and upwards to below costa

Fig. 105.—Syrrusis notabilis, $. 3.

on outer edge of the dark basal area, a pale flesh-coloured patch

above it below the cell conjoined to the narrow lunulate flesh-coloured

reniform with its extremities much produced; a small triangular

black medial spot on subcostal nervure with some reddish above it

on costa; some yellow and crimson beyond the cell defining the

inner side of the whitish line to vein 2; postmedial line dark red-

brown, minutely waved, strongly excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

two similar but paler and finer lines beyond it, the outer expanding

into a dark wedge-shaped mark from costa with some yellow points

on costa; an orange-yellow line just before termen; cilia deep

chestnut-red. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with orange;

cilia orange at base, pale at tips. Underside of fore wing pale with

the costal haif suffused with red leaving some yellow on costa, a

slight reddish discoidal Junule and curved postmedial line except on

inner area; hind wing yellowish white, the costa irrorated with red,

a red discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mavaeascar, Antananarivo (Kingdon), 2 ¢ type. Eup. 40

millim.

Genus DIPAROPSIS. T

ype.

Diparopsis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 294 (1902)............008 taanens

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and slightly fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long, porrect ;

frons with flattened corneous plate below with rounded outer edge and flattened

plate at middle rather pointed at extremity and keeled below; eyes large, round ;

antenn of male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex, of female with

short branches; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the patagia very roughly

scaled, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibia moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6

frem upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near

middle.

510 NOCLUID.Z.

3372. Diparopsis castanea.

Diparopsis castanea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 294 (1902).

3. Head and thorax purplish pink mixed with whitish and some

fuscous; antenne ochreous white, pectus ochreous white, purplish

pink in front; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing purplish pink

mixed with whitish, the costa irrorated with olive scales; antemedial

line whitish, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect, a

dark brown band before it from costa to median nervure and crossed

by a wedge-shaped olive patch in submedian interspace ; an indistinct

fine brownish medial line, oblique from costa to upper angle of cell,

then inwardly oblique; a whitish postmedial line, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then oblique, a similar subterminal line less incurved

to costa, with blackish suffusion between them from vein 3 to inner

margin ; cilia pale olive mixed with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous

tinged with pinkish on terminal area; cilia yellowish whiten the

underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal area to vein 2

irrorated with rufous.

@. Fore wing pinker and less purple, the costal area not irrorated

with olive, no band before costal half of antemedial line and the

patch below the cell paler, the area between postmedial and sub-

terminal lines on inner area and the cilia pale olive.

Hab. Uaanpa (H. H. King), 1 2; Lorunzo Marquez, Beira

(Johnson), 1 3,1 9, Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Monteiro), type T Q in

Coll. Druce. Hap. 30 millim.

Larva. Destructive to cotton.

Genus OROPLEXTA, nov.

Type, O. decorata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the second joint reaching about

to vertex of head and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd moder ate: frons

smooth; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with

long hair mixed with a few hair-like scales and without distinct crests; pectus

clothed with long hair ; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some

rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair but without crests. Fore wing

with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ;

yeins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto;

mosing with 8 to form the areole; li from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4:

from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6,

7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

OROPLEXTA, Solel

A. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median

nervure to or to below the orbicular, the postmedial line

motallledeiniwathe whitish: (cys ssccscneesecsecerercreeeee eee eee decorata.

B. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median

nervure to or to below orbicular, the postmedial line filled

in with whitish

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent inwards along

inner margin to the antemedial line. .................0.4. retrahens.

. Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent inwards along

fanner margin to the antemedial line.

. Fore wing with the antemedial line bent inwards to

inner margin BO ROdHDOACuRDC RAE AACE RnR arcpecuocaGuceandcac cae luteifrons.

61. Fore wing with the antemedial line not bent inwards to

inner margin,

a*. Kore wing with the postmedial line oblique below

vein 4.

a*, Fore wing with the orbicular V-shaped............ separata.

68. Fore wing with the orbicular ronnd.................. tripartita,

Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

RVC LINE teramtechfes sci eere ssi 'o ca aivicl eau ceieets a strseie sacra NRT eee ee albiflexura.

3373. Oroplexia decorata.

Mamestra decorata, panoore, Lep. Atk. p. 111, pl. 4. f. 8 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 227.

Head and thorax deep red-brown with a few white scales mixed ;

antennee ochreous white ; femora fringed with fiery red hairs; ab-

domen yellowish tinged with brown, paler at base, the lateral

fringes and anal tuft fiery red. Fore wing deep brown irrorated

with silvery blue scales especially on the veins and terminal area ;

the medial area rather darker except towards costa below which

there is a rufous streak, the inner margin with fiery red streak

except towards base ; subbasal line black slightly defined by red on

outer side, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined

Fig. 107.—Oroplexia decorata, 3. }.

by red on inner side, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to

above inner margin where it is angled outwards, a diffused blackish

patch before it on inner area; claviform absent; orbicular and

reniform with rufous centres and slight greyish annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter open above,

constricted at middle and angled acutely inwards on median nervure ;

postmedial line defined by red on outer side, bent outwards nelom

costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and minutely waved,

some pale points bey ond it on costa, and black streaks on the veins ;

oe NOCTUID AH.

subterminal line indistinct, greyish defined by a black line on inner

side, rather diffused and waved towards costa, then dentate; a

terminal series of dentate black marks; cilia rufous with a brown

line through them. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal half

suffused with reddish brown ; a faint discoidal lunule, sinuous post-

medial line and fine waved terminal line; cilia pale rufous; the

underside yellowish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal lunule and indistinct curved diffused post-

medial line.

Hab. Srxam Trset, acuney( Hobson), 2 3,1 93 Sieur (Llwes),

53,49. Hep. 40-42 millim.

3374. Oroplexia retrahens. (Plate CXX. fig. 12.)

Hadena retrahens, W1k. xi. 757 (1857); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 95,

pl. 162. f.6; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 227.

Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with greyish; palpi

blackish at sides; frons yellowish with black lateral bars; tegule

with black line near tips; tarsi fuscous with yellowish rings;

abdomen yellowish suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-brown

slightly irrorated with black and tinged with yellowish below the

cell, a pale yellow streak on inner margin except towards base ;

subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell ;

a diffused black patch on inner area before the antemedial line,

which is double filled in with yellowish, angled outwards below

costa, then nearly straight oblique; claviform dark brown defined

by black, large and extending to cell; orhicular and reniform

yellow-brown with yellowish annuli defined by black, the former

round, the latter with its centre defined by brown, its inner edge

straight and with diffused black before and beyond it; postmedial

line double, brown filled in with yellow and defined by yellow on

outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and

bent round above inner margin to antemedial line, some yellowish

points beyond it on costa; a diffused black bar from costa before

the subterminal line which is represented by a series of greyish

strie defined on inner side by dentate black marks and with slight

black spots on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and very

slightly exeurved at middle; the apex greyish; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia grey-brown with waved black line ~

through them. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown; a

curved brown postmedial line; cilia yellowish with a slight brown

line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal

areas suffused and irrorated with brown; a rather diffused curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Kasumtr, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 9 ; Srxmim; Assam

(Badgley), 1 3, Khasis, 1 9 ; Cxyton? loc. err., 1 9 type, Hap.

40 millim,

OROPLEXIA. ollley

3375. Oroplexia luteifrons. (Plate CXX. fig. 13.)

Dianthecia luteifrons, Wik. xi. 751 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 227.

Head and tegulz yellowish slightly tinged with brown; thorax

dark brown mixed with whitish; palpi brownish at sides; frons

with lateral black bars; tarsi ringed with yellowish; abdomen

yellow suffused with brown. Fore wing yellow suffused with dark

brown, the postmedial area except towards costa and the terminal

area greyish, the veins with slight pale streaks, whitish between

lower angle of cell and postmedial line, a whitish streak on inner

margin except towards base; subbasal line represented by double

black points below costa and cell with white between them; ante-

medial line represented by a black spot on costa, then retracted,

double, black filled in with pure white, obliquely excurved and

retracted to inner margin; claviform defined by black, large and

extending to median nervure ; orbicular with slight white annulus

defined by black at sides only, rounded ; reniform white defined by

black, its centre defined by brown, tts inner edge straight ; post-

medial line double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa,

excurved and minutely waved to vein 4, then very oblique and

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

with diffused black bar before it at costa, then represented by a

series of white striz defined on inner side by small blackish dentate

marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown with yellowish

line at base. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown; cilia

yellow at base, brown at tips; the underside greyish irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct diffused postmedial line,

and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. Kasumir, Kokser (McArthur), 5 g ; Punsan (Buckley),

1 ¢ type, Kumaon, Ralam Valley (Duthie), 1 3. Exp. 32-36

millim.

3376. Oroplexia separata. (Plate CXX. fig. 14.)

Neuria separata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 107 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 228.

3. Head and thorax clothed with yellow-brown hair mixed with

grey; tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore

wing greyish ochreous suffused with brown and irrorated with

fuscous; subbasal line double, black filled in with whitish, angled

outwards below costa and ending at vein 1; antemedial line black

defined by whitish on outer side, angled outwards below costa,

incurved in cell, then oblique sinuous; claviform moderate, defined

by black; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by

black, the former oblique V-shaped, open above, the latter with

yellowish centre defined by blackish, angled inwards on median

nervure ; an indistinct blackish medial line, oblique from costa to

median nervure, then waved; postmedial line double, black filled

VOL. VII. aj 3

514 NOCTUID&.

in with white, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on

costa and the veins slightly streaked with whitish; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by blackish patches in the inter-

spaces, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

small black lunules: cilia ochreous and black with white line at

base. Hind wing whitish tinged with yellow-brown, an indistinct

diffused subterminal line with the area beyond it whiter; a fine

dark terminal line; cilia ochreous; the underside whitish, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, rather

diffused postmedial line, and diffused subterminal Jine.

Hab. Stxuim, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 42 millim.

3377. Oroplexia tripartita. (Plate CXX. fig. 15.)

Apamea tripartita, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 62.

2. Head greyish slightly mixed with brown; sides of palpi and

frons brown; thorax dark brown, the tegule tipped with white ;

tarsi with pale rings; abdomen greyish mixed with dark brown.

Fore wing greyish suffused and irrorated with dark brown, the

medial area darker ; subbasal line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish, oblique, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double,

black filled in with whitish, oblique, slightly angled outwards below

costa and inwards on vein 1; claviform blackish defined by black,

large; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black, the former

small, round, the latter with its inner part brownish and incom-

pletely defined; postmedial line whitish, defined on inner side by

smajl dentate black marks and on outer by black strie, slightly

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, with shght brownish suffusion beyond it at discal fold; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered yellowish

and black. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the inner area

paler, the terminal area rather darker; a rather diffused curved

postmedial line; cilia vellowish white with a slight brown line

through them except towards tornus; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas suffused and irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal lunule, diffused curved postmedial line, and indis-

tinet subterminal line.

fab. W. Cutna, Pu-tsu-fang, 3 2 type. Hwvp. 38-40 millim.

204

3378. Oroplexia albiflexura. (Plate CXX. fig. 16.)

Mamestra albiflecura, Wik. xi. 726 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 210.

¢. Head and thorax pale reddish mixed with some black ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegule blackish at base and with blackish medial

line; tarsi blackish ringed with rufous ; abdomen pinkish rufous,

paler at base. Fore wing pale pink irrorated with black and

suffused in parts with fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, from

OROPLEXIA.—CALLARGYRA. 15

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ;

claviform small, defined by black; orbicular narrow, oblique

elliptical, defined by black; reniform defined by black on inner

side and with white lunule with points above and below it on

outer, constricted at middle; an indistinct waved medial line ;

postmedial line double filled in with pale pinkish, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, oblique to vein 6, angled

inwards in discal and submedian folds and excurved at middle,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,

defined on inner side at middle by three dentate black marks

defined by pale streaks extending to postmedial line and with

slight black spots beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly

excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black Junules.

Hind wing brown, the interspaces of basal half whitish; some

whitish on termen from apex to vein 2; a terminal series of black

lunules; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas sut-

fused with pinkish and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal

lunule, carved crenulate postmedial line, diffused subterminal line,

and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. “Invta,” 1 ¢ type. Hwp. 40 millim.

Genus CALLARGYRA, nov.

Type, C. baynt.

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

about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

moderate, porrect; frous with vertical ridge; eyes large, round; antenne of

male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and meta-

thorax with spreading crests, the mesothorax with divided crest; tibie

moderately fringed with hair, the fore tarsi with strong curved spines on

outer side of Ist joint; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and slight crests on

2nd and 3rd segments. Fore wing short, 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

3379. Callargyra bayni, n. sp.

g. Head and thorax fulvous with a few white and black scales ;

lower part of frons yellowish ; tegule yellow at base, with black

medial line and white band near tips; abdomen white tinged with

ochreous, the crests fulvous and black. Fore wing greyish suffused

with brown and irrorated with black, the basal half of costal area

and streaks in submedian fold and on inner margin fulvous yellow,

the base of inner margin white; subbasal line represented by a

black point on costa and oblique white bar from cell; antemedial

line represented by a black striga from costa and a while band

defined on each side by black from subcostal nervure to vein 1,

strongly angled outwards in submedian interspace and interrupted

by the fulvous streak in submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1

below which it runs outwards as a fascia to join the postmedial

line; orbicular and reniform white defined by black, the former

2u2

516 NOCTUIDAE.

small, round, the latter a triangular mark angled inwards on median

nervure and with some yellow in centre; an indistinct curved

fuscous medial line; postmedial line white defined on each side by

black, bent outwards below costa and angled at vein 6, angled

inwards in discal fold and interrupted by a fulvous streak, angled

inwards in submedian fold to near antemedial line and interrupted

by the fulvous streak, angled outwards above vein 1, then bent

inwards to join the antemedial line, some white strize beyond it

from costa and an oblique yellow fascia from apex to the post-

medial line at vein 6; an indistinet dark subterminal line with the

Fig. 108.—Callargyra bayni, G. 3.

area beyond it yellow, incurved at discal and submedian folds; a

black terminal line; cilia fulvous with series of blackish spots at

middle followed by a whitish band. Hind wing white, the

terminal area broadly fulvous brown with irregular diffused inner

edge angled inwards in submedian fold; a waved blackish terminal

line slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia white with some

brownish marks at base at middle and towards tornus. Underside

of both.wings white; fore wing with the costa irrorated with

fuscous, the postmedial area broadly fuscous from below costa to

vein 2; hind wing with punctiform black postmedial line from

costa to vein 2 with diffused fuscous patch beyond it at middle.

fiab, Argentina, Mendoza, Trotero Soza (Bayn), 1 3 type.

Exp. 28 millim.

Genus SELAMBINA.

Type.

Selambina, Wik. xv. 1796 (1858)

Jog nboDHbUbHODCOBSabSoOSqu0DdcRed 300000 trajiciens.

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

head and moderately scaled, the 5rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antennee of male serrate and fasciculate ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the

pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender ; tibie fringed with

long hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat pro-

duced, the termen slightly excised to vein 4, then oblique, not crenulate; veins 3

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

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

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

3380. Selambina trajiciens.

Selambina trajiciens, W1k. xv. 1796 (1858).

¢. Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax rufous mixed with

white; antennz with the basal joint tipped with white; tarsi

slightly ringed with white ; abdomen whitish suffused with rufous.

SELAMBINA.—ARGYROSTROTIS. 517

Fore wing fiery red, the costal area to median nervure and vein 2

suffused with brown to postmedial line ; a very oblique pure white

streak from base of costa to median nervure, interrupted at middle ;

antemedial line pure white defined by black on outer side, oblique

from costa to vein 1 where it is bent inwards and terminates,

emitting a short white streak on inner side just above median

nervure ; a white point at origin of vein 2; orbicular a minute

black spot defined by white at sides ; reniform pure white, its upper

part linear, its lower angled inwards on median neryure and out-

wards beyond angle of cell; medial line blackish, arising from costa

well beyond the cell, oblique and sinuous to lower extremity of

reniform, then obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; postmedial line pure white defined on each side by black,

arising from costa towards apex, produced to short streaks on the

veins, incurved to vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then obliquely

«"

Fig. 109.—Selambina trajiciens, §. 1}.

incurved, the veins beyond it with blackish streaks ending in.

minute white streaks at termen and on cilia, which have a blackish

line through them. Hind wing white, the inner and terminal areas

suffused with fiery red; an indistinct oblique sinuous medial line

with blackish discoidal lunule on it ; an indistinct curved postmedial

line; a fine brown terminal line; the underside whitish suffused

and irrorated with fiery red, the medial, postmedial, and terminal

lines strong, black.

Hab. Brazit, Petropolis (Doer), 1 S, Organ Mts., Tijuca

(Wagner), 1 3, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 2 3. Hep. 32-36 millim.

Genus ARGYROSTROTIS.

ofr Type.

Argyrostvets, Hiibu. Verniqie2ad: G27) coc... ccc ccc cence seen eeeene amenita.

UyiomGuen= Noctis Poon COA) eemence-c.icces-ckcsssceeeeseeen betiiunita.

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

middle of frons and moderately fringed with scales in front, the Srd short ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ;

tibiz fringed with long hair, the hind tibia of male with fringe of extremely long

hair on inner side; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal. segments, the crest

on 2nd segment extremely long and forked, anal tuft forked. Fore wing with

the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen crenulate, somewhat excised

to vein 4, then oblique; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obselescent from just below

middie of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only. ; ‘

518 NOCTUID©.

A. Abdomen orange.

a. Abdomen without black dorsal fascia.

a'. Fore wing with oblique silvery patch at apex.

a. Fore wing with double subterminal series of silvery

spots belowsapem).ausascusceceddaee sanceroenssaaseseeeer ditissima. =.

b2, Fore wing with angled mark with two small marks

beyond its lower part below apex................0.00 amenita.

}', Fore wing without apical silvery patch .................. bellinitu.

6. Abdomen with black dorsal fascia.

a‘. Fore wing with oblique silvery patch at apex ......... meres.

61, Fore wing without apical silvery patch .................. vau-aured.

B. Abdomen dorsaily suffused with brown.

a. Thorax mostly black; fore wing with quadrate apical

RWbiGray, ERAT. GenosvogeduacnudodsedasoudodaosbabbdososonaconocG00 phraortes.

6, Thorax red-brown.

a. Fore wing with elliptical silvery patch at apex ...... scione.

b'. Fore wing with bifureate silvery patch at apex with

double series of spots below it .............. seesceeeeeees aurifundens.

cl, Fore wing with non-bifurcate mark from apex with

single oblique series of spots below it ...............608 eubotes.

di. Fore wing without silvery markings at apex.

a, Hind wing pale yellow with broad brown terminal

[bE 06 enmeeseecenn spaces seseLa coreeactoucananpanpcaandcoDocece decumanda.

62, Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown ......... panamensis.

Tin

3381. Argyrostvotis ditissima. (Plate CXX. fig. 17.)

Thyria ditissima, W1k. xii. 935 (1857).

Thyria fuigida, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 87 (1874).

Thyria cresita, Schaus, ‘trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 164 (1904).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with yellow and some whitish;

palpi with the extremities of the joints yellow; frons with lateral

dark spots; tegule with blackish marks near base, a medial line

and whitish tips; pectus and legs white mixed with rufous ;

abdomen orange, the crests and anal tuft red-brown, the ventral

surface white irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing yellowish

suffused with red-brown and some blackish, the veins streaked with

yellowish ; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with yellowish,

angled outwards on subcostal nervure, then oblique to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, black filled in with yellowish, slightly

angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 1 and bent inwards to

inner margin, an oblique yellowish striga before it from sub-

median fold to below vein 1; claviform absent ; orbicular and

reniform silvery white defined by black, the former with round spot

above and two oblique striz below forming a rather V-shaped

mark, the latter with oblique spot with rather triangular spot below

it on inner side, point at upper extremity, an oblique striga and

point at middle, oblique spot at lower extremity and slight streak

below it; postmedial line double, black filled in with yellowish, the

inner line formed by black lunules slightly defined by yellowish on

inner side, acutely angled inwards below costa, then strongly bent

outwards, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold,

oblique below vein 4 and bent outwards to inner margin, a yellowish

slightly waved line beyond it, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and

ARGYROSTROTIS. 519

some white points on costa; a large oblique silvery white spot at

apex where it is bidentate, a wedge-shaped subterminal spot below

vein 7 with triangular spot beyond it, a lunulate spot below 6 with

quadrate spot beyond it, a conical spot below vein 5 just betore

termen, a dentate mark defined by white below 4 and a small sub-

terminal white spot below 3; a terminal blackish line defined on

inner side by white striz below veins 3 and 2; cilia yellowish with

dark brown dentate line near tips which are whitish. Hind wing

orange, the terminal area broadly reddish brown except at tornus

leaving some yellow on termen from apex to vein 2 where there is

a slight brown terminal line; cilia white, brown at tornus; the

underside orange with the costal area slightly irrorated with black

except towards base, the apex and termen white, a black point below

upper angle of cell, postmedial line with black spot at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique waved, with red-brown suffusion

beyond it below veins 5 and 1, terminal blackish points from apex

to vein 3.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the silver spot beyond lower angle of cell

triangular.

Hab. Br. Honpuras, Belize; Trrxtpap; Fr. Guiana, Cayenne,

type tT d fulaida in Coll. Rothschild; Brazrt, Amazons, Para ( Bates),

1 2 type, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type fT ¢ cresita in U.S. Nat.

Mus. ; Cotomsia; Ecuapor; Borivia; Paraguay, Sapucay (foster),

1g. Hep. 30 millim.

3982. Argyrostretis amcnita.

Noctua amenita, Cram. Pip. Exot. iv. p. 47, pl. 812. f. D (1782).

Thyria ditissima, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 333 (part), nec WIk.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with pinkish white; palpi

with whitish rings at tips of Ist and 2nd joints; frons whitish below

and with lateral dark spots; tegule with brown spots near basa

and dark medial line; pectus white; legs rufous, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen orange, the crests, anal tuft, and ventral

Fig. 110.—Argyrostrotis ameniia, 3. }.

surface rufous and red-brown. Fore wing pale pinkish suffused and

irrorated with dark red-brown; subbasal line pinkish, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, biack filled in with

pinkish, slightly angled outwards below costa and excurved below

the cell, an oblique pinkish striga before it from submedian fold to

below vein 1; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform silver

520 NOCTUID ®.

defined by black, the former represented by an oblique spot above

with bar below its extremity, the latter by an oblique bar above

with spot below it conjoined to the orbicular on inner side, and on

outer by some minute points with a more prominent striga beyond

lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, black filled in with

pinkish, the inner line formed by a series of black lunules, slightly

angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, then minutely

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to inner

margin, a faint pinkish line beyond it almost obsolete to vein 4,

then dentate, and some white points on costa; an irregular sub-

terminal silver spot below apex with silver line from it, angled

outwards at vein 6, inwards at vein 5 and outwards to near termen

at vein 4 with a small spot beyond it above vein 5; the apical area

suffused with black to vein 4, followed by some blackish subterminal

lunules to inner margin; a terminal series of small black lunules

slightiy defined by white on inuer side; cilia pinkish at base, red-

brown at tips. Hind wing orange, the terminal area broadly red-

brown; cilia white, red-brown at apex; the underside yellow, the

costal area tinged with pink and irrorated with red-brown except

at base, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, waved to vein 6,

then oblique, the area beyond it suffused with red-brown from

vein 5 to tornus.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Surinam, vp. 30 millim.

3383. Argyrostretis bellinita. (Plate CXX. fig. 18.)

Thyria bellinita, Guen. Noct. i. p. 357 (1852).

¢. Head and thorax pinkish mixed with red-brown; tegule

with some blackish spots at base and blackish medial line; abdomen

orange, the crests, anal tuft, and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing

pale pinkish suffused and irrorated with dark red-brown; subbasal

line represented by black strize from costa and cell defined by pinkish

on outer side; antemedial line black defined by pinkish on inner

side, waved; orbicular and reniform silver defined by black, the

former represented by an oblique striga above and rather lunulate

mark below connecting it with the latter, which has a silver striga

above on inner side and on outer points beyond upper and lower

angles of cell; postmedial line formed of black lunules defined on

each side by pinkish, slightly angled inwards below costa, then bent

outwards, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to

inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; apical area

suffused with dark red-brown to vein 5; the subterminal line whitish,

minutely waved, ineurved below costa and below vein 5, defined on

inner side by small dark brown lunules; a terminal series of small

black lunules defined on inner side by white; cilia whitish at base,

red-brown at tips. Hind wing orange, the terminal area broadly

ARGYROSTROTIS. SAL

red-brown, its inner edge angled outwards. at vein 4; cilia white ;

the underside yellow, the costal area except at base and terminal

area tinged with pinkish and irrorated with red-brown, postmedial

line bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique,

two terminal black points below apex defined by white on inner

side.

Hab. Panama, La Chorera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 $3 Brazit, Pernam-

buco. Exp. 28 millim.

3084. Argyrostretis- meres. (Plate CXX. fig. 19.)

Thyria meres, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 201 (1908).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and black; palpi with

slight white rings at extremities of lst and 2nd joints; lower part

of frons whitish ; tegule with black spots near base and black lines

at middle and near tips; patagia with oblique blackish bars ;

abdomen orange with dorsal black fascia and the extremity black,

the basal crests rufous, the ventral surface irrorated with rufous

and black. Fore wing rufous suffused with black and irrorated with

grey; the veins streaked with rufous; subbasal line grey, angled

inwards to base in cell and ending at vein 1, an oblique grey striga

beyond it ‘across the cell; antemedial line black defined on inner

side by grey, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein | and bent inwards

to inner margin, an oblique grey streak before 1t from median

nervure to vein 1; orbicular represented by a slight oblique silvery

U-shaped mark with oblique silver spot above its upper extremity ;

reniform with oblique silver spot with another spot below it on inner

side, a slight curved line at middle, point at upper extremity and

oblique bar at lower extremity; postmedial line grey defined on

inner side by black lunules and on outer side by a black line angled

inwards below costa, then strongly bent outwards, oblique to

vein +, then inwardly oblique and bent outwards to inner margin,

some white points beyond it on costa; an oblique elliptical silver

apical patch bifid at apex, with silver lunules below it above

veins 6° and 5 with three small marks beyond them between

veins 7 and 4, slight silver subterminal lunules above veins 3 and 2 ;

a terminal series of small blackish lunules; cilia with pale lines at

base and tips. Hind wing orange-yellow with broad terminal

black-brown band; cilia white chequered with blackish from apex

to vein 2; the underside with the costal area whitish irrorated with

red-brown except at base, the terminal area whitish suffused with

red-brown, a small discoidal spot and postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then minutely crenulate and ending at submedian

fold.

Hab. CotomBra, Minea (H. H. Snuth); Ecuapnor, Sarayacu

(Buckley); Br. Guiana (Rodway), 1 g ; Brazit, Castro Parana, in

Coll. D. Jones. Hep. 28-36 millim. Type in Coll. Druce.

522, NOCTUID ©.

3885. Argyrostrotis vau-aurea, n. sp. (Plate CXX. fig. 20.)

@. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with yellowish ;

palpi with the extremities of Ist and 2nd joints white; tegule with

the basal half yellowish with paired dark brown patches; legs

yellowish-white streaked with dark red-brown: abdomen orange with

dorsal series of black spots, the crests and anal tuft red-brown, the

ventral surface irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing yellowish

almost wholly suffused with black-brown, the veins slightly streaked

with yellowish ; subbasal line represented by blackish spots below

costa and cell defined on each side by yellowish at costa; ante-

medial line black defined on each side by yellow, obliquely excurved

and slightly sinuous from costa to vein 1, bent inwards to inner

margin, an oblique yellowish striga before it from submedian fold

to vein 1; orbicular with fine yellowish annulus conjoined to ante-

medial line, round; reniform with two golden-silvery strize on Inner

side, an oblique yellowish bar in middle with silver striga beyond it

with point below it and oblique silver streak below its extremity ;

postmedial line yellowish defined on inner side by black lunules,

angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, then dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and bent ontwards to inner

margin, traces of a greyish line beyond it oblique to vein 4, then

dentate, and some white points on costa; subterminal line whitish,

dentate, oblique to vein 6, then angled outwards to near termen at

veins 4, 3, and 1; a terminal series of small black lunules detined

by whitish on inner side; cilia blackish with fine white line at base

and intersected with white at veins 6 and 4. Hind wing orange,

the terminal area broadly black-brown, its inner edge excurved at

middle; cilia whitish with series of black points; the underside

yellow, the costal and terminal areas whitish irrorated and suffused

with dark brown, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, waved.

Hab. Trintpap; Br. Guiana (Roberts), 2 2 type. Hup. 36

millim.

*3386. Argyrostretis phraortes. (Plate CXX. fig. 21.)

Thyria phraortes, Druce, A. M.N. H. (7) xi. p. 202 (1903).

Head rufous mixed with whitish; palpi black with slight white

rings at extremities of Ist and 2nd joints; lower part of frons

yellowish white; thorax black mixed with some white; tegule with

the basal half white with some black spots; patagia with white and

rufous patches ; metathoracic crests mixed with rufous; pectus and

legs rufous mixed with black and white, the coxe silvery white,

the tarsi rufous; abdomen dorsally suffused with blackish and white,

the crests at base rufous, some yellowish on sides at base, the ventral

surface white irrorated with black. Fore wing rufous mostly

suffused with black leaving the inner medial area rufous, the veins

streaked with rufous; subbasal line whitish, angled inwards in cell

and ending at vein 1, an oblique white striga beyond it across the

cell; antemedial line black defined on inner side by rufous and by

ARGYROSTROTIS. 523

white at costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 1, bent inwards

to inner margin, an oblique rufous streak before it from median

neryure to vein 1; orbicular rounded, slightly defined on inner side

by silver and on outer by two spots; reniform with two oblique silver

spots on inner side, an obliquely curved whitish line in centre and

slight striga on outer edge with silver points at upper and lower

extremities ; postmedial line yellowish defined on inner side by

black lunules and with white bar at costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white marks beyond it on costa; an oblique quadrate silver

apical patch, bifid at apex, with two obliquely placed small spots

below it; small subterminal black lunules between veins 4 and 2

with yellow marks on outer edge of those below veins 3 and 2;

a series of silvery white strie just before termen ; cilia black with

a fine yellow line at base. Hind wing very pale yellow with broad

black-brown terminal band; cilia white; the underside yellowish

white, the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a small discoidal

biack spot, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then crenu-

late and with some black suffusion beyond it from vein 5 to tornus.

Hab. N. Perv, Huancabamba (Boettger), type f in Coll. Druce ;

Brazit, Rio Grande do Sul. Avp. 32-36 millim.

*3387. Argyrosteetis scione. (Plate CXX. fig. 22.)

Thyria scione, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 202 (1908).

¢. Head and thorax rufous mixed with yellowish; pectus with

some white hair; abdomen whitish suffused with rufous, the basal

crests rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused in parts with red-brown ;

subbasal line whitish, angled outwards in submedian fold where

there is a pale streak from it to antemedial line, ending at vein 1;

antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by grey, oblique to

vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique pale striga

before it from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular represented by

an oblique silver V-shaped mark, its upper extremity expanding into

a spot; reniform with two silver spots on inner side, the upper

oblique wedge-shaped, a curved silver line at middle, a striga at

upper extremity and two obliquely placed points at lower; post-

medial line grey defined on inner side by red-brown lunules, angled

inwards below costa, then strongly bent outwards, oblique to vein 4,

inwardly oblique to vein 1 and bent outwards to inner margin, some

white marks beyond it on costa; a large oblique elliptical silver

apical patch with two wedge-shaped spots below it, with three

marks beyond them on termen followed by some striz just before

termen and a slight subterminal striga below vein 3; cilia with fine

whitish line at base. Hind wing white tinged with yellow, with

broad red-brown terminal band; cilia white; the underside white,

the costal area slightly tinged with rufous, an indistinct postmedial

_line bent outwards below costa, then waved, and traces of a sub-

terminal band.

Hab. Cotomsta, Antioquia, Frontino (Salmon), type tT ¢ in Coll.

Druce. xp. 36 millim.

624 NOCTUIDZ.

3388. Argyrostrotis aurifundens. (Plate CXX. fig. 23.)

Thyria aurifundens, Wik. xv. 1788 (1858).

Thyria_ ditissima, Druce, Biol. Centr.Am., Het. i. p. 333 (part.),

nec W1k.

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

scales; palpi with dark band near extremity of 2nd joint; frons

with blackish bar; tegule with some black marks near base and

two medial lines; patagia with black spot near base; tarsi slightly

ringed with white; abdomen red-brown mixed with blackish, the

lateral area yellowish. Fore wing red-brown largely suffused

with black, the veins with paler streaks; subbasal line greyish,

waved, from costa to submedian fold, defined by black on inner

side; antemedial line black defined by greyish on inner side, oblique

from costa to vein 1 and slightly angled inwards on median

nervure, bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique striga before it

from submedian fold to below vein 1; claviform small, slightly

defined by black; orbicular and reniform silver with a golden tinge,

defined by black, the former represented by a U-shaped mark with

spot above its upper extremity, the latter formed by an oblique mark

with round spot below it on inner side, a point at upper extremity, a

curved line at middle, spot at lower extremity and slight streak below ;

postmedial line double, black filled in with greyish, the inner line

formed by black lunules slightly defined by greyish on inner side,

angled inwards below costa to the orbicular, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4, a greyish line beyond it, oblique to vein 4, then

dentate, and some white points on costa; a large oblique silver spot

at apex, where it is bidentate, with two wedge-shaped subterminal

spots below it with two spots beyond them just before termen, a

rather U-shaped spot below vein 5, a slight V-shaped spot below

vein 4 and a subterminal striga below vein 3; blackish lunules on

termen below veins 3 and 2 slightly defined by grey on inner side;

a pale line at base of cilia’ whitish between veins 7 and 4 where

the cilia are tipped with white. Hind wing orange, the costal and

terminal areas broadly red-brown ; cilia with fine pale line at base

and whitish tips ; the underside with the costal area pinkish irrorated

with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown below

vein 5, a blackish spot at upper angle of cell, a postmedial line bent

outwards below costa, waved to vein 6, then oblique, and small

terminal black lunules from apex to vein 5 defined by white on inner

side.

Ab. 1. Hind wing wholly suffused with red-brown.

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the ground-colour

black-brown, not red-brown.—Peru.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hoege), 1 ¢; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion),

1 3, Godman-Salvin Coll., Cana Mines (Tylecote), 1 9 ; Braziu,

Rio Janeiro, Rio Derg, Rio Grande do Sul, type rT @ in Mus. Oxon.

Exp. 30-34 millim.

ARGYROSTROTIS. 025

*3389. Argyrostrotis eubotes. (Plate OXX. fig. 24.)

Thyria eubotes, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 201 (1903).

9. Head and thorax rufous mixed with red-brown and some

black; tegule with black-brown spots near base and blackish medial

line; cox with white scales; abdomen rufous with some yellow at

base on sides and below, the crests mixed with black. Fore wing

rufous mostly suffused and irrorated with dark red-brown ; subbasal

line rufous, defined on each side by black marks, waved, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line black defined on inner side by rufous,

waved, excurved below the cell, an oblique rufous striga before it

from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular with rufous striga on

inner side and two silvery striz on outer, the upper oblique, the

lower almost or quite contluent with the reniform, which is defined

on inner side by an oblique silver striga above and spot below, a

curved rufous line at middle and silver points at upper and lower

extremities ; postmedial line rufous, defined on inner side by black

lunules, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, obliquely

excurved to vein 4, inwardly oblique to vein 1 and bent outwards to

inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; an oblique

wedge-shaped silver apical patch with small lunule below it followed

by an oblique striga with small spot beyond it, then by a faint

waved rufous line with slight brown lunules on its inner side; a

terminal series of small brown lunules defined on inner side by a

slight waved rufous line; cilia with yellow line at base, black medial

line and black and white tips. Hind wing with the basal half

orange-yellow, its outer edge angled at middle, the terminal half

red-brown; cilia white tinged with rufous at base; the underside

with the costal area irrorated with rufous, the terminal area suffused

with red-brown, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

oblique waved.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the apical silvery markings obsolescent.

Hab. Cotompta, Minca (H. H. Smith), type t 5 in Coll. Druce ;

Brazit, Rio Grande do Sul. wp. 30 millim.

#3390. Argyrostrotis decumana. (Plate CXX. fig. 25.)

Eriopus decumana, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 25 (1874).

Thyria satana, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 164 (1904).

d. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown and

yellowish ; tegule with black patches near base and indistinct

medial line; abdomen yellowish white dorsally tinged with rufous

except at base. Fore wing red-brown irrorated and suffused with

dark brown; subbasal line black defined on outer side by yellowish,

excurved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black defined on

inner side by yellowish, obliquely excurved and minutely waved ;

orbicular defined by yellowish, its outer edge produced to a point

in discal fold; reniform with oblique silvery white bar on inner

edge followed by a dark line, then a yellowish lunule and curved

526 NOCTUID ZS.

yellowish line on outer edge, a silvery white point beyond its lower

extremity ; traces of an oblique diffused sinuous dark line from

beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line formed

by minute black lunules defined on outer side by yellowish, strongly

bent outwards below costa, rather oblique to vein 4, then strongly

incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

formed of slight white lunules defined on inner side by diffused dark

spots, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at discal

fold and incurved below vein 3 ;. a terminal series of black lunules

slightly defined on inner side by white. Hind wing very pale

yellow, the terminal area red-brown; cilia chequered white and

rufous ; the underside pale yellow, the costal area irrorated with

red-brown, a small spot at upper angle of cell, and postmedial line

formed of stiri.

Hab. Brazin, type f S in Coll, Rothschild, Sao Paulo, Castro

Parana (D. Jones), typet d satana in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 38

miullim,

*3391. Argyrosteotis panamensis.

Callopistria panamensis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 324, pl. 30.

f, 2 (1889).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey: antenne

brown; legs greyish. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey ;

subbasal line grey, dentate; antemedial line black defined on inner

side by grey, excurved; orbicular and reniform with grey annuli,

the former oblique elliptical, the latter narrow, oblique ; postmedial

line black,’defined on outer side by grey, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line whitish, dentate and oblique from costa to

discal fold, angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then incurved

and dentate; a terminal series of black lunules defined on inner

side by grey. Hind wing brown, the base and inner area paler.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui. Ewp. 36 millim. This species is un-

known to me.

Genus DATA.

Type.

Data, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 191 (1862)...... thalpophiloides.

Lasiosceles, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 204 (1906) ... prattd.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi with the 2nd joint moderately scaled and

reaching to about vertex of head, the 3rd long; frons rounded ; eyes large,

rounded; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the

pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; pectus clothed with long hair;

mid and hind femora and tibiz of male with large tufts of hair, the hind tarsi

with the Ist joint fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen crenulate,

a slight scale-tooth at tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only,

DATA, 527

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from below

costa to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin... pratti.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line erect from below

costa to vein 4, then incurved or oblique.

a. Fore wing with green markings on basal area and

beyondithemenifonmi ss ..-.cs.cceeesecneceseste ee accee eee aroa.

6. Fore wing without green markings,

a), Kore wing with the veins streaked with whitish, the

Subtenmmmalelinvenwihtbe) <-) sons..sssseccseceetseseeteeee callopistrioides.

61, Fore wing with the veins not streaked with whitish,

the subterminal line bluish white towards costa... thalpophiloides.

*3392. Data pratti. (Plate CXX. fig. 26.)

Lasiosceles pratti, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 205 (1906).

3. Head and tegule deep red-brown ; palpi white in front and

at extremities of Ist and 2nd joints; frons white at sides; white

bars between antenne and on vertex of head; tegule with white

lines near base, at middle and tips; thorax red-brown mixed with

yellow aud white: patagia edged with red-brown and white, the

vertex of thorax with two white streaks and oblique bars on meta-

thorax ; pectus and legs rufous, the tibiae and tarsi streaked with

white; abdomen yellowish rufous. Fore wing yellowish tinged

with rufous, the costal area to median nervure and terminal area

deep red-brown, the veins streaked with white ; an oblique white

line from base of costa, followed by an oblique subbasal line from

costa to base at submedian fold, then an oblique line from subcostal

nervure to submedian fold with dark brown marks before and

beyond it below the cell; antemedial line white defined on each

side by black, acutely angled outwards on subcostal nervure and

inwards on median nervure, then excurved and oblique to inner

margin, an oblique black and white bar before it from submedian

fold to below vein 1 ; claviform minute, black ; orbicular a U-shaped

white mark with its outer extremity produced; reniform defined

by oblique white bars on inner and outer sides and a curved line

below from vein 5 well beyond angle of cell; an oblique black

maculate line from beyond lower angle of cell to below submedian

fold; postmedial line white defined on inner side by black spots

and on outer by a fine black line, angled inwards below costa, then

strongly bent outwards, then obliquely curved and bent inwards to

inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; an oblique

white band from apex to just above inner margin beyond middle,

very slightly incurved at middle; subterminal line fine, white,

arising from vein 5, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique and

angled inwards to the band at submedian fold and bent outwards

to tornus; a fine waved terminal white line; cilia intersected with

white. Hind wing yellow suffused with rufous except at base ;

the underside yellow, the costal area suffused with rufous, a small

rufous discoidal spot, and indistinct postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved.

Hab. Br. New Gutxua, Ekeikei (Pratt), typet g¢ in Ooll.

Bethune-Baker, Mt, Kebea. wp. 46 millim.

528 NOCTULD 22,

*3393. Data aroa. (Plate CXX. fig 27.)

Thyria aroa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 199 (1906).

©. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; lower part

of frons whitish ; small tufts of white hair behind antenne ; tegule

with slight whitish medial line and blackish spots at sides ; spurs

and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen orange, the crests red-brown

mixed with grey, followed by slight white spots, the anal tuft red-

brown at tip, the ventral surface white at base, then red-brown

irrorated with white. Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with grey,

the veins with pale streaks ; a tuft of dark brown and white hairs

at base of inner margin; a subbasal white striga from costa with

some green scales before it and a green spot below the cell followed

by a small white spot; antemedial line double, black filled in with

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner

margin ; orbicular with slight pale annulus, triangular, a curved

white bar across the cell, concave towards base, before the reniform,

which is a narrow lunule with pale annulus with two small green

spots at its upper extremity and a triangular patch at lower

extremity extending to the postmedial line; a shght oblique dark

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

black defined by white on outer side, strongly bent outwards and

obsolescent below costa, slightly excurved between discal fold and

vein 3, then incurved and lunulate, some white points beyond it on

costa: subterminal line defined by red-brown on inner side, repre-

sented by three oblique white striz from costa to vein 6, then slight,

whitish, angled inwards in discal fold, excurved at middle, then

oblique; aterminal series of small black lunules slightly defined by

white on inner side; cilia with a black line through them and

white points at the veins. Hind wing orange-yellow, the terminal

area cupreous red with sinuous inner edge and curved red line

before it between veins 6 and 2; cilia whitish with a red line

through them; the underside white tinged with yellow except on

costal and terminal areas, the former irrorated with red-brown, the

latter slightly tinged with red, a small discoidal spot, crenulate

postmedial line, and terminal series of small dentate marks from

apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R. (Meck), type t+ 2 in Coll.

Rothschild. Lap. 40 millim.

3394, Data callopistrioides. (Plate CXX. fig. 28.)

Thalpophila callopistrioides, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 544; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 225.

©. Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with blackish and

some whitish : abdomen yellow, the dorsal crests deep red-brown,

the extremity and ventral surface pale red-brown with darker

irroration. Fore wing deep red-brown mixed with some whitish,

the veins with slight whitish streaks; subbasal line white, angled

inwards on subcostal neryure, then excurved and with an oblique

white striga beyond it in cell; antemedial line white defined on

each side by blackish, angled outwards below costa, then retracted,

oblique to vein 1, then inwardly obiique ; claviform represented by

a slight dark mark; orbicular and reniform narrow with white

annuli slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the

latter oblique, its inner edge straight, its upper and lower

extremities produced and with white point beyond the latter;

postmedial line white, angled inwards below costa, then strongly

bent outwards, then. defined by small black luntles on inner side,

oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line white, defined on inner side by blackish marks in the

interspaces, larger towards costa, angled outwards on veins 7, 6, 4,

and inwards at discal and submedian folds: a terminal series of

blackish lunules defined by white on inner side; cilia with a fine

white line at base. Hind wing yellow, the terminal area red-brown,

on costa extending to middle ; a terminal series of brown lunules ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas pale irrorated with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot

and crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. Exp. 40 millim.

3395. Data thalpophiloides.

Data thalpophiloides, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 192 (1862) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 228.

Thalpophila cuprea, Moore, P. Z.8. 1877, p. 604. pl. 59. f. 10.

Thalpophila delineata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 25, pl. 146. f. 5 (1884).

Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with some pale reddish ;

tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen yellow, the dorsal crests

deep red-brown, the extremity and ventral surface pale mixed with

deep red-brown. Fore wing deep red-brown mixed with some

blackish and slightly suffused with purplish grey, the veins slightly

Fig. 111.—Data thalpophiloides, G. 4

1°

paler; subbasal line white with blackish patches on each side of it,

angled inwards on subcostal nervure and ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line whitish slightly defined on each side by black,

angled outwards below costa, excurved from subcostal nervure to

vein 1, then oblique to inner margin; claviform narrow defined by

black, intersected by the antemedial line and with two black spots

VOL. VII, 2M

a30 NOCTUID A.

between its base and inner margin; orbicular and reniform with

slight pale annuli faintly defined by black, the former small,

V-shaped, open above, the latter narrow, produced at upper and

lower extremities and with one or two white points beyond the

latter: postmedial line white, bent outwards below costa, then

defined on inner side by a series of small black Junules with blackish

dentate marks before them from vein 5 to inner margin, very slightly

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, bluish grey

towards costa, defined on inner side by a series of blackish marks

in the interspaces, angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and below 5, then

incurved ; a terminal series of small black lunules defined by grey

on inner side; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing yellow,

the terminal area red-brown: a terminal series of slight brown

lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas pale irrorated with red-brown, a small

discoidal spot and irregularly crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Cryton. 1 9 type delineata ; ANDAMANS, 2 9 type cuprea;

Srycapore (ftidley), 1 ¢ ; Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 2 3 ; Java,

Arjuno (Doherty), 1 9; Quernstanp, Kuranda. wp. 34-40

millim. ‘Type fT in Mus. Oxon.

Genus NEOPISTRIA, nov.

Type, NV. viridinotata,

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

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

frons smooth; eves large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen excurved at middle and excised

below apex and above tornus, where there is a slight scale-tooth; veins 38and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just

below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

3396. Neopistria viridinotata.

Perciana viridinotata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 296 (1894).

dg. Head, tegule, and prothoracic crest emerald-green mixed

with some rufous; palpi, thorax, pectus, and legs rufous ; abdomen

ochreous mixed with rufous. Fore wing purplish rufous slightly

irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black

strie from costa and cell filled in with green ; antemedial line in-

distinctly double filled in with green, strongly excurved; orbicular

and reniform with green annuli incompletely defined by black

scales, the former elliptical, conjoined to antemedial line and ex-

tending below the cell, the latter triangular and with short green

fascia above it below costa, a green fascia on medial part of inner

margin; postmedial line represented by a series of small black

NEOPISTRIA.—ERIOPUS. 531

lunules with white point at costa and small white lunules on its

outer side in submedian interspace and above inner margin, bent

outwards below costa where it is crossed by the green fascia, ex-

curved to vein 4 and with some green beyond it below vein 2 and

some white points on costa; subterminal line very faintly repre-

sented by black scales and with green marks before it below costa

—

a“

Fig, 112.—Neopistria viridinotata, 3. #.

and vein 4; a terminal series of faint black spots; a fine pale line

at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown;

a faint discoidal bar, sinuous postmedial line angled outwards at

middle, and fine terminal line; cilia with a brown line through

them; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with red-brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Stxum (Moller), 1 g. Hxp. 32 millim, Type t in Coll.

Rothschild.

Genus ERIOFPUS,

Type.

Eriopus, Treit. Schmett. Hur. v. (1) p. 365 (1825) ....,....... Pree:

Callopisiria, Hubn. Verz. p. 216 (1827) ............sceccececeseer Juventina,

Agabra, Wik. Journ. Linn, Soe., Zool. vi. p. 136 (186) ...... trilineata.

Obana, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 190 (1862); nec

Vile xxavanliliO (ISG2). 26) coco. eenemsemeneearee mane einamee ooconine pulchrilinea.

Eulepa, Wik. Journ. Lian. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 54 (1864) ...... niveigutta.

CotandawMoore pes Zi Sales, pasiiwn-cesseeacess erase caens sees placodoides.

Methorasa Moores bs Gos. 188s) ps O14) se ensecsceseeeesesse ss latreillet.

Herrichia, Grote, New Check List, p. 68 (1882), non deser.

mre tekeamals Ibryos us O) eseadeonsasansegoosopossacenoadasooseactedode mollissima.

Euherrichia, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 122 (1882), non deser. ;

MOG; LAE, ANTWNS yAls fOh WUGTSS (CUUSHIG) ee cchodnooeoncvodosanecaadenou coc mollissima.

Gnamptocera, Butl, A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 71 (1891)......... minuta.

Haploolophus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 71 (1891) ...... mollissima,

Dissolophus, But]. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 71 (1891) ...., ... chloriza.

Hyperdasys, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 71 (1891) ......... exotica.

Hemipachycera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) viil. p. 71 (1891)...... rivularis.

Rhoptrotrichia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 71 (1891) ...... maillardt.

Je frnaolaspes, Ley Vee aateh Wetted 40, VAG) gece epnoscasedsoccoconagho pryert.

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

head and fringed with long hair in front which is produced to a point at

extremity, the 3rd joint rather long and porrect; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennze of male typically ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales

mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the mesothorax with

paired crests, tibie fringed with long hair; abdomen with large crests on

three basal segments, Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute,

532 NOCTUID&.

the termen crenulate, excised to vein 4 where it is more or less angled, then

oblique, a seale-tooth at tornus; veins 5 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomcsing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

Sucr. I. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate with small tuft of hair on

upperside at one third of shaft, then contorted and with three spinous

bristles ; the tibize and Ist joint of tarsi fringed with long hair.

3397. Eriopus jamaicensis.

Eriopus jamaicensis, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 52, f. 24 (1886).

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with some white scales ;

palpi rufous, tegule with slight white medial line ; tibia red-brown

ringed with white; abdomen pale olive-green with whitish seg-

mental lines, the crests blackish. Fore wing olive-green suffused

and irrorated in parts with black, the costal area and inner part of

medial area yellowish, the veins with yellowish streaks; subbasal

line represented by white strize defined on each side by black from

costa and cell, with an oblique white striga beyond it across the

cell ; antemedial line white defined on inner side by black and on

outer slightly by brown, angled outwards below costa, oblique to

ZEON

Fig. 113.—LHriopus gamaicensis, G. 3.

vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique white striga

defined oa each side by black before it from submedian fold to

vein 1; claviform represented by a slight oblique blackish striga ;

orbicular with olive centre and white annulus defined on outer side

by black, oblique elliptical; reniform white defined by black except

above and with olive lunule in centre, its lower extremity much

produced; medial line blackish, oblique from costa to median

nervure, then dentate ; postmedial line double, bleck filled in with

yellowish and with white at costa and inner margin, angled in-

wards below costa, then bent outwards, then minutely waved and

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line white defined on inner side by black patches and

below vein 3 by small lunules, with obliquely placed spots above

veins 7, 6, angled inwards above vein 5, then outwards to termen

at vein 4, then obsolescent, lunulate and incurved ; a terminal series

of black strize defined on inner side by a fine white line reduced to

strie below vein 4; cilia yellowish at base, blackish at tips. Hind

wing whitish tinged with red-brown, the terminal area suffused

ERIOPUS. 533

with red-brown; cilia white with a brown line through them from

apex to vein 2; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown

especially on costal area, an oblique dark bar from middle of costa

to discal fold, a small black discoidal spot, minutely waved curved

postmedial line, and some small black lunules on termen from apex

to vein 2 defined by white on inner side, the lunule above vein 5

larger.

Hab. Jamaica (Hyatt) 1 9, (Kaye) 1 2, Runaway Bay

(Walsingham), 3 3; Cusa, Tanamo (Schaus), 1 2, Baracoa

(Schaus), 2 2. Hap. 24-28 millim.

Sxcr. IT. Antennze of male with the basal part of shaft thickened, then with

angular projection from upperside.

A. Antenne of male with the angular projection at about two thirds of shaft

clothed with hair in front forming a hollow, then with secale-tooth on

upperside ; the tibizx, spurs, and tarsi with very large tufts of hair.

3398. Eriopus scriptiplena.

Dianthecia scriptiplena, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 190 (1862) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 37.

Eriopus wallacti, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 26 (1874).

Platydasys pryeri, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1892, p. 126, 2 (nec 3).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with red-brown; tegule with

double blackish medial line ; abdomen pale rufous, the crests mixed

with red-brown. Fore wing rufous suffused in parts with red-

brown especially in, below and beyond end of cell; subbasal line

represented by double dark red-brown striz from costa and spot

HIM

Fig. 114.—Kriopus scriptiplena, 3.

below the cell; antemedial line double, indistinct except at costa,

oblique and sinuous to submedian fold, bent inwards to inner

margin, with a dark red-brown patch before it in and below cell;

orbicular with red-brown centre and rufous annulus defined by red-

brown, rather oblique elliptical; reniform with two white points

on inner side and on outer points at upper extremity and middle

and elongate spot at lower extremity, all defined by red-brown ;

postmedial line double filled in with rufous, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4and bent outwards

to inner margin, some rufous points beyond it on costa and an

oblique red-brown streak before it below vein 2; subterminal line

indistinct, rufous, mmutely waved, defined on inner side by small

534 NOOTUIDE.

dentate red-brown marks below costa and with dentate red-brown

mark beyond it at middle; a terminal series of small red-brown

lunules defined on inner side by whitish, with larger lunule above

vein 5; cilia rufous at base, red-brown at tips. Hind wing red-

brown with slight waved darker terminal line; cilia chequered

white and red-brown; the underside whitish irrorated with red-

brown, a faint diffused red-brown bar from middle of costa, red-

brown discoidal lunule, postmedial line bent outwards below costa,

waved to vein 6, then sinuous, and terminal series of small spots.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the white spot at lower extremity

of cell.

Hab. Mazacea, Perak, Goping (Kunstler), 1g ; Bornzo, Kuching

(Shelford), 1 3, Sandakan (Pryer), 2 ¢ ; Lasvan (Everett), il ey

type pryert 9 ; AmBorna, type T Q alice in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 36-38 millim. Type fin Mus. Oxon.

B. (Platydasys). Antenne of male with the angular projection at about one

third of shaft, clothed with hair in front forming a hollow, then with

short ridge of scales; the tibiz and tarsi with very large tufts of hair.

3399. Eriopus pryeri.

Platydasys pryert, Butl. P. ZS. 1892, p. 126, pl. 6.:f. 6, ¢.

3. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with some blackish ;

tegule with black medial line; patagia with some black scales on

upper edge; pectus with lateral tufts of ochreous hair; abdomen

greyish brown, the crests rufous and black. Fore wing bright

rufous suffused with dark red-brown and blackish; subbasal line

yellowish white, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line black

defined on inner side by yellowish at costa and inner margin and

white at middle, oblique and sinuous to median nervure, excurved

in submedian interspace and bent inwatds to inner margin, an

Fig. 115.—Eriopus pryert, Bs 4:

oblique yellowish fascia from it at submedian fold to postmedial

line above inner margin; orbicular small with slight yellowish

annulus, oblique elliptical, a slight whitish spot beyond it before

the reniform, which is narrow and constricted at middle, defined on

inner side by a straight rufous line and on outer by a curved line ;

ERIOPUS. 535

postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by yellowish white,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique

below vein 4 and bent outwards {o inner margin, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner side by

some blackish marks in the interspaces, dentate at veins 8, 7, angled

inwards at discal fold and outwards to termen at vein 4, then

almost obsolete ; a terminal series of small black lunules defined on

inner side by white. Hind wing dark red-brown; cilia rufous;

the underside greyish suffused and irrorated with red-brown, a faint

sinuous medial shade from costa to lower angle of cell, postmedial

line blackish, rather diffused, bent outwards below costa, then

waved.

Hab. Stncaporn (Ridley), 1 g ; Bornuo, Sarawak (Pryer),1 d

type, Kuching (Shelford), 1 g. Hap. 36 millim.

C. Antennz of male with the angular projection at about one third of shaft

with short scale-teeth beyond it; the tibiz and Ist joint of mid and

hind tarsi fringed with long hair.

a. Antenne of male with the angular projection long and with slight tuft

of hair from its extremity.

3400. Eriopus phxogona, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with rufous.

Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous and irrorated with

brown, the veins slightly streaked with white ; subbasal line repre-

sented by black striz from costa and cell defined by white on outer

side, an oblique white striga beyond them across the cell; ante-

medial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below

Fig. 116.—L£riopus pheogona, 3. 4.

costa then strongly excurved, a short whitish streak before it in sub-

median fold, bent down to vein 1 at extremity; orbicular and

reniform white defined by black and with black lines in centres, the

former very narrow and oblique, the latter oblique and slightly

angled inwards on median nervure; a black patch between them

extending to costa; a diffused oblique red-brown shade from beyond

lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in

with whitish, slightly angled inwards below costa, then strongly

bent outwards, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and slightly

sinuous below submedian fold, some white points with blackish

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,

536 NOCLUID 25.

indistinct except towards costa, defined on inner side by black

suffusion to vein 5, then slightly by brownish, angled inwards to

postmedial line above vein 5 and with triangular black patch beyond

it, angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then oblique to submedian

fold when it is angled inwards; the apical area whitish; the termen

blackish defined by a white line on inner side; cilia blackish mixed

with ochreous. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown, a

slight discoidal spot; cilia ochreous white; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, a faint discoidal spot and indistinct

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then curved.

Hab, W. Cutna, Omei-shan, 1 ¢ type, Moupin (Aricheldorf), 1 2.

Exp., 3 30, @ 32 millim.

b. Antenne of male with the angular projection shorter, tufted with hair

and with long curved bristles beyond it from shaft on upper- and

undersides.

3401. Eriopus indica.

Cotanda indica, Butl. A. M.N. H. (6) viii. p. 76, pl. ix. f. 8 (1891); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. 1. p. 256.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with

black ; antennee with the basal half of shaft black above; tegulee

mostly black with slight whitish medial line; pectus white; legs

pale rufons, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen ochreous tinged

with brown and with white segmental rings, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing ochreous whitish tinged with rufous and

irrorated with black, the basal area, costal half of medial area, and

terminal area to vein 3 suffused with black, the veins with white

streaks ; a white mark at base of costa; subbasal line represented

by double black -strie from costa and cell filled in with

white; antemedial line double, black filled in with white and

Fig. 117.—Hriopus indica, g. 3.

defined by yellowish on outer side from cell to inner margin,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then strongly excurved ;

orbicular with white annulus defined by black, narrow, oblique

elliptical ; reniform white defined by black and its centre defined

by black, rather narrow and oblique, its lower extremity produced ;

postmedial line double, black filled in with white and defined by

ochreous on outer side, angled inwards below costa, then bent

outwards, oblique to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white

striz beyond it from costa; subterminal line white, oblique between

veins 7,6, angled inwaids to postmedial line above vein 5, then

ERIOPUS. 57

. outwards to termen at vein 4, then slightly defined by blackish on

inner side and angled inwards in submedian fold; a white line

before termen, slight and waved below vein +; cilia blackish with

a fine white line at base and intersected with white at the veins.

Hind wing brown with a cupreous tinge, the cilia white with a

brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown

especially on costal area, a brown discoidal lunule, curved post-

medial line, and terminal series of slight lunules defined by whitish

on inner side.

Hab. Puysas, Simla (Harford), 2 9, Dharmsala (Hocking

Dudgeon), 3 3,1 2 type; Assam, Khasis; Bompay, Kanara ( Ward),

12. Hep. 28-30 millim.

ce. (Agabra), Antenne of male with the angular projection

short and without long bristles beyond it.

a‘, Fore wing with oblique white striga beyond lower angle

of cell.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour dark red-brown ethiops.

o?. Fore wing with the ground-colour bright rufous ... adbistriga.

6‘. Fore wing without white striga beyond lower angie of

cell.

a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled outwards

Tun GiullbraneVebIEW) HONG soopaconaesoscSeqnenusenscododnosdesEnOa trilineata.

6°. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved from

SCO? GOH » voces dosaasbSs0d codecs coobbonee deseooonbopaLadacn JSerruginea,

3402. Eriopus zthiops.

Callopistria ethiops, Butl. A.M. N. H. (5) i. p. 200 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

B. M. iii. p. 21, pl. 46. f. 4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 256.

Head and thorax greyish tinged with ochreous and mixed with

dark brown; palpi whitish at base; tegule with double blackish

medial line; pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi

Fig. 118.—Hriopus ethiops, 3. }.

ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing

with the basal area yellowish irrorated with black, the rest of wing

ereyish suffused with fuscous brown, the veins with slight pale

streaks; subbasal line whitish defined on each side by black scales,

oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is met by an oblique

whitish striga from subcostal nervure; antemedial line double, black

filled in with white and defined by yellow on outer side, oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique and with

oblique whitish strga before it from submedian fold to vein 1;

538 NOCTUID.E,

orbicular with white annulus defined by black, narrow, oblique

elliptical ; reniform with oblique white bar on inner side, curved

yellowish line at middle with oblique white striga beyond its upper

part and striga at lower extremity ; a slight oblique dark shade from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, black

filled in with white and with a whitish band on its outer side from

vein 7 to inner margin with a brown line on it, angled inwards

below costa, then strongly bent outwards, excurved to vein 4, then

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

white, oblique between veins 7, 6, angled outwards to termen at

vein 4, then almost obsolete except between veins 3 and 2 where it

is oblique; a terminal series of blackish lunules defined on inner

side by a white line; cilia dark brown with a white line at base.

Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown; cilia white mixed

with brown; the underside white irrorated with brown especially

on costal area, a faint brown bar from middle of costa, discoidal

lunule, diffused postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

waved, and some lunules on apical part of termen, defined by white

on inner side.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama, (Jonas, Pruer), 1 3,1 2 type, Hakone

(Leech), 1 3 ; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 9 ; Manpras, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 13 ; Travancorn, Pirmid (Mrs. Imray),1 Q. Hap.

30-34 millim.

3403. Eriopus albistriga, n. sp, (Plate CXX. fig. 29.)

Callopistria trilineata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soc. xvii. p. 471 (nec W1k.).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with whitish and some

blackish scales; tegule with paired black bars at base followed by

a whitish line; tarsi slightly ringed with whitish; abdomen white

tinged with rufous, the crests rufous. Fore wing bright rufous, the

veins slightly streaked with whitish; subbasal line brown defined

by white on outer side, angled outwards on median nervure and

ending at vein 1; antemedial line double, brown filled in with white

and defined by white on outer side, slightly angled outwards below

costa, then oblique to submedian fold where it is angled, then

inwardly oblique to inner margin, an obliquely curved whitish streak

before it from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular white with red-

brown centre, very narrow and oblique; reniform white with some

rufous in centre and two blackish striz in upper part, defined by

blackish on inner side and upper part of outer side, oblique and

angled inwards on median nervure, with a small white spot beyond

lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, black filled in with

white and with white band on outer edge from vein 6 to inner

margin with slight red-brown line on it, angled inwards below costa,

then bent outwards, incurved below vein 4, slightly excurved at

vein | and bent outwards to inner margin, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line white, formed by oblique streaks ahove

veins 7 and 6, angled inwards to postmedial line at vein 5, then

ERIOPUS. 539

outwards to termen at vein 4, with an oblique striga between veins

3 and 2, then obsolescent and angled inwards in submedian fold; a

terminal series of deep rufous lunules defined on inner side by a

waved white line; cilia red-brown with a fine yellowish line at

base. Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly suffused with

brown; traces of a postmedial line; a terminal red-brown line

defined by white on inner side ; cilia white; the underside white,

the costa tinged with rufous, the apical area irrorated with rufous,

a rufous discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line, and terminal series

of small lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 ¢ type, Haldamulla

(Mackwood),1 9. Exp. 34 millim.

3404. Eriopus trilineata. (Plate CXX. fig. 30.)

Agabra trilineata, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 137 (1862); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 37. pl. 1. fig. 10.

Plusia duplicilinea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 70 (1864).

o. Head and thorax rufous mixed with black and some whitish ;

frons with lateral white points with black bars above them; tegul

with blackish medial line; pectus whitish; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish tinged with rufous except on ventral surface. Fore

wing violaceous grey, suffused with rufous and some blackish on

costal area to subterminal line and on inner margin to middle, the

veins streaked with whitish ; subbasal line represented by an oblique

pale striga from costa with an inwardly oblique white striga beyond

it across the cell; antemedial line double filled in with white and

defined by white on outer side except at costa, incurved in cell,

angled outwards in submedian fold, then oblique to inner margin ;

a slight white striga before it in submedian fold with blackish patch

below it; orbicular and reniform white defined by black, the former

with brown striga in centre, small, narrow, oblique, the latter

oblique, pointed below, with brown striga in upper part; an oblique

blackish shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double filled in with white and with a white band beyond it

from vein 6 to inner margin with a fine brown line through it,

angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, excurved to vein

4, then incurved, some slight white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line white, defined on inner side by black-brown, oblique

to postmedial line at vein 5 and very slightly angled outwards at

vein 7, angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then incurved; a

terminal series of red-brown lunules defined on inner side by a

waved white line; cilia yellowish at base, red-brown at tips. Hind

wing white tinged with brown; an indistinct curved postmedial

line; cilia white; the underside white, the apical area irrorated

with brown, a slight discoidal spot, rather diffused postmedial line

bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved, and terminal series

of slight brown lunules from Oe to vein 2.

Hab. Sivaarorn (Ridley), 2 25 ; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace),3 3.

Exp. 32 millim. Type f and type + duplicilinea in Mus. Oxon.

540 NOCTUID%.

3405, Eriopus ferruginea, n. sp. (Plate CXX. fig. 31.)

brown and whitish; pectus whitish; tarsi slightly ringed with

white; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the crests rufous.

Fore wing bright rufous, the inner margin and terminal area tinged

with violaceous grey ; subbasal line absent; antemedial line brown

defined on each side by whitish, slightly angled outwards below

costa, then excurved and somewhat sinuous; orbicular and reniform

with rufous centres and white annuli slightly defined by brown,

the former very narrow and oblique, the latter oblique and pointed

at lower extremity; postmedial line double, brown filled in with

violaceous grey and defined by violaceous grey on outer side from

vein 4 to inner margin, bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line defined by deep rufous on inner side, white and slightly oblique

from costa to vein 6 and with oblique white streak between veins

5 and 4; the termen rufous with a faint pale waved line before it ;

cilia rufous with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish

suffused with red-brown; cilia whitish; the underside white tinged

and irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal striga and indistinct

rather diffused postmedial line.

Hab. QurENsLanD, Brisbane (Turner), 12 type. Lap. 34 millim.

D. Antenne of male without seale-teeth beyond the angular

projection.

a. Antenne of male with the angular projection strong ;

the tibiz and Ist joint of tarsi tufted with long hair.

a, (Cotanda). Mid tibie of male with the spurs tufted

with long hair.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular nearly erect......... placodoides.

6°. Fore wing with orbicular very oblique, a dark

triangular mark between it and 1eniform ......... quadrinotata.

3406. Eriopus placodoides.

Evriopus placodoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 296 (1852); Hampsn. Moths Ind. ui,

p. 256.

Pops doleschallt, Feld. Reis. Novy. pl. 110. f. 14. (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown ; antenn with the basal joint white

in front; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen greyish suffused with

red-brown and with slight whitish segmental rings. Fore wing red-

brown tinged with violaceous grey especially on terminal area;

subbasal line represented by a slight white striga from costa; ante-

medial line double, brown filled in with violaceous grey, ‘nearly

straight and erect to vein 1, bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular

and Ponitoun with violaceous" -grey centres and whitish Ga detined

at sides by brown lines, the former erect oblong, the latter oblique

oblong with its centre defined by brown lines; an indistinct oblique

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

line double filled in with violaceous grey and with, white striga at

DERIOPUS. 541

costa, bent outwards and obsolescent below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, an indistinct dark line beyond

it excurved at middle and some white points on costa; subterminal

line white slightly defined by brown on outer side, incurved from

costa to vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then incurved and

below vein 3 almost obsolete and slightly waved; a terminal series

ras Sen

Fig. 119.—Eriopus placodoides, $. 3.

of rufous lunules defined on inner side by grey then by brown strie ;

cilia dark red-brown, Hind wing whitish suffused with brown;

cilia white with a brown line through them; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, the vostal area suffused with fiery-red,

a brownish discoidal bar, diffused postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, waved to vein 6, then oblique, and traces of a diffused

subterminal band.

Hab. Stxuim, 19 ; Assam, Khasis,1 ¢, Dibrugrah( Ward), 1 9 ;

Manvras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 9 ; Travancors, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray),

1 2; Maracca, Perak, Goping, (Kunstler), 1 ¢ ; Bornno, Baram

(Hverett), 1 3 ; Puno Laur (Doherty), 1 2 ; Java (Horsfield), 2 3S

type; AmBorna, type fT Q doleschalla in Coll. Rothschild. Exp, 28-

36 millim.

*3407. Eriopus quadrinotata. (Plate CXX. fig. 32.)

Penicillaria quadrinotata, W1k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 65 (1864).

6. Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous; abdomen

whitish tinged with rufous especially at extremity. Fore wing whitish

suffused in parts with rufous especially on costal area; subbasal

line diffused, rufous, from costa to submedian fold, with obliquely

placed rufous marks beyond it in and below cell; antemedial line

obsolete on costal half, faint, double and oblique from submedian fold

to inner margin; orbicular and inner edge of reniform represented

by oblique double red-brown lines filled in with white forming a

V-shaped mark with red-brown patch between them extending to

costa, the outer edge of reniform with oblique white striga beyond

lower angle of cell; arather diffused red-brown line from beyond

lower angle of cell, oblique to submedian fold, then erect ; postmedial

line double, red-brown filled in with white, obsolescent towards

costa, angled inwards below costa, then strongly bent outwards,

then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold; oblique

542 NOCTUID®.

from vein 4 to submedian fold, then erect, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; a quadrate red-brown patch from costa

to vein 6 before the whitish subterminal line, which is diffused

at apex, angled inwards in discal fold where there is a small trian-

gular red-brown patch beyond it, then angled outwards to termen

at vein 4 where it terminates; a red-brown terminal line defined by

white on inner side from apex to vein 5 followed by red-brown

strice defined by white on inner side; cilia pale rufous with some

red-brown at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown ;

cilia white ; the underside white tinged with rufous, a slight

discoidal lunule, rather diffused postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved and oblique below vein 6, a

terminal series of minute lunules,

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type ft ¢ in Mus. Oxon, in bad

condition, Hap. 30 millim.

6‘. (Obana). Mid tibig of male with the spurs not tufted with hair.

3408. Eriopus pulchrilinea.

Obana pulchrilinea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 190 (1862); Swinh,

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. i. p. 36.

Head and thorax yellowish tinged with rufous and mixed with

black-brown; abdomen yellowish tinged with brown. Fore wing

yellowish suffused with rufous and irrorated with black, the veins

with slight pale streaks; subbasal line represented by pale striz

from costa and cell with an oblique striga beyond them acress the

cell ; antemedial line double, black filled in with white and defined

Fig. 120,— Eriopus pulchrilinea, 3. 4.

by whitish on outer side except at costa, slightly angled outwards

below costa, then strongly excurved, a double white streak before it

defining the submedian fold for a short distance; orbicular repre-

sented by an oblique white striga across the cell connected by a

white streak on median nervure with the reniform, which is whitish

with a black line near inner edge, oblique, a black patch between

them extending to costa, some blackish marks beyond it in the

interspaces and a whitish striga beyond its lower extremity; an

oblique blackish shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

postmedial line double, black filled in with white, strongly bent

BRIOPUS. 543

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then incurved, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, defined on inner

side by two dentate black marks below costa, then with blackish

marks before and beyond it to vein 5, angled outwards at veins 7, 6

and to termen at vein 4, then incurved and almost obsolete; a

terminal series of slight blackish marks defined on inner side by a

white line; cilia yellowish at base, blackish at tips. Hind wing

reddish brown; cilia yellowish with a slight brown line through

them; the underside whitish tinged with ochreous and slightly

irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial

line, and terminal series of slight lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Sarawak (Wallace),2 3. Eup. 22 millim. Typet 2 in

Mus. Oxon.

6. Antennz of male with the angular projection slight.

a, (Hriopus). Antenne of male with long bristles beyond the

angular projection; fore and hind tibiw of male and Ist

joint of tarsi fringed with long hair, the mid tibie, inner spur

and tarsus to near extremity with very large tufts of hair.

3409, Eriopus juventina.

Noctua juventina, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 400. f. N (1782).

Noctua purpureofasciata, Piller, Sclav.Prov. Posega, p. 70, pl. vi. f, 2 (1783);

Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 183.

Noctua lagopus, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 125. f. 7 (1788).

Noctua pteridis, abr. Ent. Syst. p. 90 (1794) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett,, Noct.

f. 65; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 324, pl. 98. ff. 1,2; Frr. Neue Beitr. pls. 76

& 305.

Pyralis formosissimalis, Hiibn. Hur. Schmett., Pyr. f. 111 (1798).

Callopistria obscura, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 200 (1878); id. Ill. Het,

B. M, iii. p. 21, pl. 46. f. 3.

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with yellowish white and

some black scales ; palpi blackish below; frons with paired black

points above ; antenne of male with the basal part of shaft black

at sides; tegulz yellowish at base with black lines at and near

base and yellowish tips; pectus and legs yellowish white mixed

with some rufous, the legs irrorated with brown ; abdomen yellowish

white suffused with fuscous leaving pale segmental lines, the crests

rufous tipped with black, the anal tuit tinged with rufous, the

ventral surface yellowish white irrorated with black. Fore wing

bright rufous irrorated with black, the veins streaked with yellowish

white ; subbasal line represented by a white striga from costa and

oblique yellowish-white line from subcostal nervure to vein 1;

antemedial line indistinct, double, blackish filled in with pink,

defined on outer side by white at costa, then by pink, angled out-

wards below costa, then excurved, an oblique pinkish striga before

it from submedian fold to vein 1; claviform represented by an

oblique pinkish streak, acute and defined by black at extremity ;

orbicular with rufous centre and yellowish annulus defined by black,

very narrow and oblique; reniform white slightly defined by black,

544 NOCTUID A".

its centre ochreous defined by red-brown, produced at upper

extremity and at lower extremity to a hook; a faint oblique waved

black shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double, black, the inner line strong, the outer slight, filled in

with white towards costa, then with pink, defined on outer side by

pink, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, slightly

incurved at discai fold, incurved below vein 3, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellowish white, oblique to

vein 7, where it is met by an oblique yellowish-white shade from

apex, with oblique bar above vein 6, angled inwards to postmedial

line above vein 5; then outwards to termen at vein 4, then slight,

oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to tornus; a

Fig. 121.—LHriopus juventina, 3. }.

yellowish-white line before termen, angled outwards at vein 4,

then waved, cilia chequered white and black with a slight blackish

line at base. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with fuscous

brown except on costal area; a slight dark discoidal bar, pale post-

medial line, and terminal series of dark lunules defined by whitish

on inner side; cilia chequered brown and white; the underside

white, the costal area tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated

with brown, the apical area tinged with pink, a black striga on

upper discocellular, brown postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then slightly waved, incurved below vein 3, subterminal

shade from costa to vein 5, and terminal series of small brown

lunules.

Ab. 1. obscura. Head, thorax, and fore wing browner and less

rufous with hardly any pink tinge.

Hab. France ; Guruany, Zeller & Leech Colls.; Ausrria, Frey

Coll. ; Huneary: Swirzprianp ; Sparn, Bilbao; Ivany; Daumarta ;

Russia, Urals; AnmenrA; Asta Minor, Pontus; Persia; E. Srpertia,

Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Whitely), 2 2 type obscura,

Kiushiu, 1 g¢, Nikko (ito), 1 g, Satsuma (Leech), 1 g, 1 9,

Nagasaki (Leech), 1 3,1 9, Tokio (Maries), 1 3,1 9, Yokohama

(Pryer), 1 3, Tsu-shima (Holt), 1 §; Corna, Fusan (Leech), 1 9,

Gensan (/to), 1 ¢; Cxrnrr. Carna, Shanghai, 1 2, Chusan Is.

(J. J. Walker), 1 2, Ningpo, 1 9, Kiukiang (Prait), 2);

W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 gd, 1 2, Omei-shan, 1 ¢, Ta-

chien-lu (Pratt), 1 3; Assam, Khasis (Badgley), 1 9. Hap. 34—

40 millim,

ERLOPUS. 545

: Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 248; Hffmn. Raup. p. 100, pl. 28.

5 i)

Green with oblique yellow subdorsal stripes often strongly defined

by pink ; lateral line yellow often defined by pink below; warts

slight, yellow ; stigmata black; head reddish, Food-plant: Pteris

aquilina. 8-6,

b'. (Hemipachycera). Antenne of male ciliated be-

yond the angular projection ; tibia, Ist joint of

tarsi, and inner spur of mid tibie fringed with

long hair.

a2, Fore wing with the orbicular oblique V-shaped.

a®, Fore wing with orange apical patch............... xanthopera,

6°. Fore wing withont orange apical patch.

a*, Fore wing with the postmedial line nearly

erect from below costa to vein 4 ............ rivularis.

04. Fore wing with the postmedial line very

oblique from below costa to vein 4 ......... albolineola,

62, Fore wing with the orbicular a minute annulus,.. cyclopis.

3410. Eriopus xanthopera, n, sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 1.)

Head black mixed with some rufous and white scales; palpi

rufous; tibiz rufous in front; abdomen grey-brown with slight

whitish segmental lines, the crests blackish, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing black slightly mixed with grey, the veius with fine

ochreous streaks, some long rufous hair from base of inner margin;

subbasal line white, slightly angled outwards below costa and

ending at vein 1; antemedial line double, black filled in with

ochreous, defined on outer side by a white striga from costa and

slightly by grey below the cell, angled outwards below costa, then

excurved, an oblique yellow striga before it from submedian fold to

vein 1; orbicular with yellow annulus defined by black, oblique

V-shaped ; reniform with oblique white line on inner edge follawed

by a black line, then yellowish defined on outer side by an oblique

white line and triangular spot at lower extremity ; postmedial line

double, black filled in with white, detined on outer side by a

yellowish band with slight dark line on it from vein 6 to inner

margin, slightly angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards,

very slightly angled outwards at vein 6, incurved below vein 4 and

slightly excurved at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line white with an orange patch beyond it at apex

and orange mark at vein 4, angled outwards at vein 7, very slight

and angled inwards to postmedial line above vein 5, then form-

ing a strong oblique striga to vein 4 near termen, then incurved

and almost obsolete with white striga between veins 3 and 2 and

slightly excurved at vein 1; a series of white striz before termen ;

cilia blackish with a fine yellow line at base, wholly yellow at

tornus, the seale-tooth whitish. Hind wing dark reddish brown;

a slight discoidal lunule; cilia whitish with a brown line through

them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, the

VOL. VI, aN

546 NOCTUID ®.

terminal area suffused with brown, a brown discoidal lunule, post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below

vein 4, a terminal series of small lunules defined by whitish on

inner side from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Mavras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 9, Shevaroys (Campbell),

S$; Travancore, Pirmad (Imray), 1 ¢ type; Ceyton, Maskeliya

Pole), 1 Q. Exp. 30-32 millim.

3411. Eriopus rivularis.

Callopistria rivularis, Wik. xii. 867 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 250.

Head and thorax black mixed with some rufous; frons with

lateral white points; tegule with yellow dorsal patch at extremity

and some white scales at tips; abdomen dark brown with slight

whitish segmental lines, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface

whitish at base. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused and irrorated

with black, the veins with pale streaks ; subbasal line represented

by whitish strize from costa and cell; some black and white hairs

from base of inner margin; antemedial line black slightly defined

on each side by whitish, excurved below the cell and bent inwards

to inner margin, a slight oblique pale striga before it from sub-

median fold to vein 1; orbicular with black centre and whitish

annulus defined by black, oblique V-shaped ; reniform with oblique

white line on inner edge followed by a black line, then yellowish

defined by a slight curved white line and a spot beyond lower

Fig. 122.—Eriopus rivularis, $. }

angle of cell, a black patch between them extending to costa; a

faint diffused blackish shade from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, black filled in with white, slightly

angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, oblique to vein 5,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white with blackish suffusion before it in the interspaces,

angled outwards at vein 7, inwards to postmedial line above vein 5,

then outwards to termen at vein 4, then incurved and almost

obsolete ; a white line before termen to which it is angled outwards

at vein 4, then waved and interrupted at the veins ; cilia black with

a fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing cupreous brown; cilia

white, brownish at tips from apex to vein 2; the underside white

ERIOPUS. D47

irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight brown discoidal spot and

faint diffused postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Much redder.—Japan.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama, 1 @ in Coll. Piingeler; Punsas (James),

1 @ type, Simla (Harford), 1 3, 2 9, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 3;

Anpamans, 1 ¢; Br. New Guinea, Aroa R., Mt. Kebea; Qupxns-

LAND, Kuranda. “vp. 26-32 millim,

3412, Eriopus albolineola, (Plate CXXI. fig. 2.)

Eriopus aibolineola, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p, 837; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 184.

ale rivularis, Leech, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 111 (part.), nec

Wik,

Q. Head and thorax dark brown with a reddish tinge and mixed

with white; palpi white at base; antenne with the basal joint

white above ; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs whitish

tinged with brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish

suffused with brown, the crests darker. Fore wing black-brown

mixed with white and faintly tinged with reddish in parts, the veins

with slight pale streaks ; subbasal line represented by white points

below costa and cell; antemedial line black defined by white on

inner side and whitish on outer, slightly angled outwards below

costa, then strongly excurved ; orbicular an oblique whitish bar

defined by black and slightly forking above ; reniform ochreous

white defined on inner side by pure white and black lines and with

white spot at lower extremity ; postmedial line black defined by

white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,

then inwardly oblique to submedian fold and erect to inner margin ;

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white

defined on inner side by dentate black marks, angled outwards at

veins 7, 6 and inwards in discal fold, then outwards to termen at

veins 4, 3, inwards at submedian fold and ending on termen at vein

1; a series of black strive just before termen defined on inner side

by white strie ; cilia yellowish at base with brown medial line and

chequered brown and white at tips. Hind wicg dark brown with

a greyish tinge ; cilia white with some slight brown points; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal bar, rather

diffused minutely waved postmedial line, faint subterminal shade,

and terminal series of slight lunules frem apex to vein 2.

Hab. E.Stperta, Amurland, Pokrafka in Coll. Piingeler; Japan,

Yokohama (Pryer), 2 2. Exp. 30 millim.

3413. Eriopus cyclopis, n.sp. (Plate CXXL. fig. 3.3

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish; abdomen

whitish suffused with brown, the anal tuft palerufous. Fore wing

white almost wholly suffused and irrorated with red-brown; sub-

basal line white, angled inwards in cell and ending at vein 1, with

dark brown patches before it below costa and cell and oblique white

2n 4

548 NOCTUIDAE.

striga beyond it across the cell ; antemedial line double, red-brown

filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then curved, an

oblique white striga before it from submedian fold to vein 1;

orbicular with white annulus defined by brown, small, round; reni-

form with its centre defined by brown, and with white annulus

except below and two white points at lower extremity, its upper

extremity produced, slightly angled inwards on median nervure; a

faint sinuous brown shade from beyond lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, brown filled in with white, angled

inwards below costa, then bent outwards, slightly angled inwards

in discal fold, oblique and sinuous below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner side by

dark marks from costa to vein 4, formed by oblique bars from costa

to vein 7 and between veins 7 and 6, then slight and angled inwards

in discal fold, then strong and angled outwards to termen at vein 4,

then formed of whitish lunules defined on each side by red-brown ;

a fine lunulate white line just before termen. Hind wing whitish

suffused with red-brown ; the underside whitish tinged with red-

brown, a slight discoidal lunule, postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then crenulate, and terminal series of slight lunules

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Troprianp Is., Kiriwini (Meek), 1 ¢ type; D’Enrrucas-

TEAUX Is., Fergusson I. (Meek), 192. Hwp. f§ 30, 2 36 millim.

Secr. III. Antenne of male with the basal one-fifth thickened, then with large

» tufts of hair from upperside with some bristles beyond them, then

with sinus with bristles beyond it from upper and underside; mid

and hind tibiz and the inner spurs fringed with long hairs on both

sides, the tarsi fringed with long hairs on upperside to near

extremity.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line very oblique from

below reniform, the orbicular narrow oblique V-shaped. floridensis,

B. Fore wing with the antemedial line erect below the cell,

the orbicular oblique elliptical ..............:.ccceeeeceee oe trinitensis.

3414, Eriopus floridensis.

Eriopus floridensis, Guen, Noet. ii. p. 292 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 309.

Briopus elegantulus, Herr.-Schiff. Corresp.-blatt. Zool. Min. Ver. Regens.

1868, p. 117.

2. Head and thorax greyish tinged with rufous and mixed with

a few black scales; palpi thickly irrorated with black; frons

whitish with black bar above; antennee with the extremity of basal

joint, the basal part of shaft above and below, and the shaft above

beyond the sinus black ; tegule mostly black edged with grey, with

angled grey line near base and grey line at middle; fore and mid

tarsi black at extremities ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous,

the basal crests rufous, the crest on 3rd segment black. Fore wing

ochreous greyish tinged with rufous, the veins defined by slight

ERIOPUS. d49

blackish streaks ; subbasal line represented by double black strix

filled in with whitish from costa and cell and with double black

strie before it from eell; antemedial line double filled in with

whitish, angled outwards below costa, acutely angled outwards on

base of vein 2, then excurved, a whitish striga before it from sub-

median fold to vein 1; orbicular with brown centre and whitish

annulus, very narrow and slightly angled outwards at median

nervure; reniform whitish with white bar on inner edge followed

by a brown line, oblique, its lower extremity produced to a hook, a

triangular brown patch before it extending to costa; an oblique

brown line from beyond lower angle of cell to vein 1, then bent out-

wards to inner margin; postmedial line double, brown, angled

inwards below costa, then bent outwards, slightly incurved at discal

fold, oblique below vein 4 and incurved at submedian fold ;

subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a triangular

brown patch from costa to vein 6, angled inwards above vein 5, then

outwards to termen at vein + and defined by an oblique blackish

mark on inner side, then indistinct, oblique, waved, with a sinuous

whitish line before it ; the termen red-brown with white line before

Fig. 123.—Eriopus floridensis, 3.

it slightly defined by black on inner side, incurved from vein 7 to 4

where it is angled outwards, then waved; cilia red-brown with

yellowish line at base. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged with

red-brown especially on terminal area; a slight brown discoidal

bar ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged

with ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal

bar, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then crenulate,

traces of a diffused subterminal line, three small black spots on

termen below apex defined by whitish on inner side.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Doubleday), 1 $ type; Mexico, Jalapa

(Trujillo), 2 3; Guaremana, San Isidro (Champion), 1 $3; Costa

Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 2 ¢, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Banamas (Bonhotc), 1 9; Jamaica (Mrs. Swainson), 1 2 , Castleton

(Kaye), 19; Cusa; Harri (Pweedie), 1 $3; Sra. Lucia (Rotherham),

1 go; Sr. Vincent (7. #. Smith), 2 9; Venezunta, 1 ¢; Br.

Guiana, Omai, 1 3, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 ¢; Braziz, Organ Mts.,

Tijuca (Wagner), 2.9; 8. Trintpap (Meade- Waldo), 4 3,1 9.

Exp. 30-38 millim.

dol) NOCTUID®.

Larva. Swainson, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. viii. p. 33.

Dark velvety dark brown with pale cream-coloured subdorsal

line; head reddish brown; the young larva is soft, green with a

white lateral line ; cocoon among leaves. Food-plant: Fern.

3415. Eriopus trinitensis, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 4.)

medial line; pectus ochreous; abdomen fuscous brown with slight

ochreous segmental lines, the crests, anal tuft and ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing ochreous almost entirely suffused with chocolate

red-brown, the apical area slightly irrorated with whitish ; subbasal

line ochreous defined on outer side by red-brown, slightly bent out-

wards at subcostal neryvure and ending at vein 1; antemedial line

brown defined by ochreous on inner side, slightly excurved below

costa and cell, a minute brown spot before it above vein 1; orbicular

and reniform with whitish annuli defined at sides by brown, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter oblique, narrow, constricted at

middle, its inner edge straight, a truncate conical deep chocolate

patch between them from costa; a faint oblique brown line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown defined

on outer side by ochreous, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved and outwardly oblique below submedian fold ;

subterminal line ochreous slightly defined on each side by brown,

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 2, with an

oblique ochreous streak from it at discal fold to termen at vein 4;

the termen chocolate defined on inner side by a white line from

below apex to vein 4, with triangular spots with white striz on them

below veins 4 and 3, and a wedge-shaped mark with a white line

on its inner edge below 2; cilia chocolate-red. Hind wing red-

brown with slight dark brown spots on termen; cilia white tinged

with rufous ; the underside whitish, the costal area suffused with

rufous, a dark discoidal spot, minutely crenulate postmedial line, and

some small lunules on termen from apex to vein 5.

Hab. Trintpap (Kaye), 1 2 type. Hep. 30 millim.

Secr. [V. Antenne of male with the basal part of shaft slightly thickened, and

without angular projection, downcurved at middle.

A. (Rhoptrotrichia). Autenne of male with scale-teeth in

curve at middle, with long cilia from them and a tuft

of four long curved hairs from upperside; the tibie,

spurs, and Ist joint of tarsi fringed with long hair.

ad. Kore wing with the orbicular round with rufous

centre; the reniform large, silvery white with rufous

CONG Ce tieiers einirale sateisi ers wel stersetssoters sists ereltoleieielelstetereisetevolelsielecteleeteeteteeee argyrosticta.

4, Fore wing with the orbicular narrow oblique V-shaped ;

the reniform oblique with white striga beyond lower

OXELEMMIGY visececvee usseeiecesvec¥oeestsnne bis arae sede sacs maillardi.

ERIOPUS. 551

3416. Eriopus argyrosticta.

Perigea argyrosticta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 177 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 184.

Eriopus venus, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 253; id. Rom. Mém. vi.

p. 453, pl. 8. f. 6.

Eriopus argentata, Greser, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 536.

6. Head and thorax ferruginous red mixed with brown; ab-

domen pile red-brown with white segmental lines. Fore wing with

the basal area ferruginous red except at inner margin, the rest of

wing red-brown with a cupreous gloss; a whitish mark at base; sub-

basal line slight, whitish, angled at median neryure and ending at

vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with pinkish and defined by

pink on outer side except towards costa and inner margin, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, bent inwards

to inner margin, an oblique silvery white bar before itfrom submedian

fold to vein 1; orbicular ferruginous red, small, round; reniform

very large, silvery white defined by black, with ferruginous-red

centre defined by black below, strongly constricted at middle;

postmedial line black defined by pink on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then very minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line whitish, angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds. Hind wing red-brown with a cupreous gloss ; the underside

whitish slightly irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with

ferruginous yellow, indistinct diffused postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. EK, Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Tokio (Maries),

1 S type; Corea. Hap. 26 miliim.

3417. Eriopus maillardi.

Eriopus maidlardi, Guen. Maillard’s Réunion, Lép. p. 39, pl. 22. f. 8 (1862).

Callopistria recurvata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 144 (1882); id. Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p- 60, pl. 151. f. 1; Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 324, pl. 20. f. 8; id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 257.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with some black and whitish scales;

frons and vertex of head black mixed with white; tegule with

paired black patches near base ; tarsi slightly ringed with white ;

abdomen pale grey with white segmental rings, the crests rufous

tipped with red-brown, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with

fuscous and tinged with rufous at extremity. Fore wing rufous

more or less tinged and irrorated with fuscous, the costal half of

medial area and the apical area suffused with black, the veins

streaked with whitish; some long black hairs from base of inner

margin; a basal whitish striga from costa; subbasal line double,

black filled in with whitish, angled inwards in cell and ending at

submedian fold, an oblique whitish striga beyond it in cell; ante-

medial line double, black filled in with whitish and defined by

whitish on outer side, oblique from costa to median nervure, then

oo2 NOCTUIDE.

inwardly oblique, a slight double whitish streak before it defining

the submedian fold for a:short distance, then oblique and single to

vein 1: orbicular a fine whitish Y-shaped mark; reniform with

obliquely excurved white line on inner side followed by a black

line, then a diffused oblique pinkish bar; a white striga beyond

the cell between veins 5 and 3; a dentate blackish line from lower

anyle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, black filled

in with white towards costa, then by pinkish and defined on each

side by whitish below vein 4 with a slight brown shade on the

outer side, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, ex-

curved to vein 4, then incurved, a black line beyond it incurved

below vein 2 and forming a black spot on inner margin and some

white points on costa; subterminal line white, oblique between

Fig. 124.—Eriopus maillardi, 3. 1.

veins 7, 6, angled inwards to postmedial line above vein 5, then

outwards to termen at vein 4, inwards above vein 3, then incurved

and slightly angled outwards at vein 1; a double black line filled

in with white before termen, slightly excurved at middle; the

termen chestnut with fine white terminal line; cilia black slightly

intersected with white at the veins towards apex, strongly at vein 4 3

the scale-tooth before tornus formed of long white hair followed by

black scales. Hind wing reddish: brown with some whitish in the

interspaces of basal half; cilia white with a dark brown line

through them; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight

brown bar from middle of costa, brown discoidal lunule, postmedial

line bent outwards below costa, then waved, a diffused maculate

subterminal line and series of small brown lunules on termen from

apex to vein 2 defined by whitish on inner side.

Hab. 8. Leone (Clements), 1 6,1 9, Bishops Court (. C. Smith),

1 9; Coneo, Ogowé R.; Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (Grant), 3 3,

2 9, Jena-Agahan (ffrant), 1 9 ; Narat, Durban (Leigh), 1 2 ;

Mavrirtus, Curepipe (Tulloch), 1 3, 19 ; Reunion; Honexone

(J. J. Walker), 1 3 3 Ponsa, Jabbulpur (/. Butler), 1 3; Suxnim

(Dudgeon), 1 3; Buneas, Calcutta, 1g, type recurvata; Manvras,

Bangalore (Watson), 1 g; Cryton, Kandy (Yerbury, Templeton),

2 3,1 9, Pundaloya (Green), 1 5, 3 2, Dickoya (Green), 1 9 5

Java (Horsfield), 2 g ; N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 3 ; Tro-

prtand Is,, Kiriwini (Meek), 2 $ ; New Husripes (Mathew), 1 93

Frat, 2 9 ; Samoa, Pago (de la Garde), 1 9. wp. 30-40 millim,

dled

ERIOPUS. 553

B. Antenne of male slightly thickened and minutely serrate at middle; the

mid tibix, spurs, and Ist joint of tarsi fringed with long hair.

3418. Eriopus albomacula.

Callopistria albomacula, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 111.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white and ochreous ;

palpi white at base and at base of 3rd joint; frons with whitish

spots at sides; pectus and legs ochreous white mixed with red-

brown; abdomen whitish suffused with brown and with slight

white segmental lines, the crests reddish ochreous, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing greyish suffused and irrorated with

black-brown, the veins streaked with whitish; subbasal line

whitish defined on each side by black, curved, from costa to sub-

median fold; antmedial line black defined on inner side by white

and on outer by yellowish and rufous, angled outwards below costa,

then strongly excurved and bent outwards to inner margin;

orbicular with black centre and white annulus slightly defined by

black, very narrow and oblique; reniform white, its centre tinged

with brown and defined by black on inner side, its lower extremity

produced to a hook; a faint diffused oblique blackish line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, black

filled in with white, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

Fig. 125.—Eriopus albomacila, G. }.

costa; subterminal line white, oblique between veins 7 and 6,

angled inwards to postmedial line above vein 5, then outwards to

termen at vein 4, then obsolescent, defined by black-brown marks

on inner side, oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to

tornus, a terminal series of blackish lunules defined on inner side

by a white line, angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then reduced

to striz; cilia black-brown with a reddish yellow line at base.

Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown ; a terminal series of

brown lunuies faintly defined by whitish on inner side; cilia brown

mixed with whitish; the underside whitish tinged with yellow and

irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal bar and indistinct diffused

waved postmedial line.

Hab, W. Cutna, Chow-pin-sa, 1 3, Psu-tsu-fang, 1 2 type.

Evp, 32 millim.

ob NOCTUID #.

C. Antenne of male with some long cilia from upperside at end of thickened

portion ; fore tibiz and tarsal joints tufted with hair above ; mid tibiee

and tarsus to extremity with thick fringes of very long hair, the inner

spur very long and fringed with hair; hind femora with fringes of long

blackish hair, the tibia, spurs, and,lst two tarsal joints above fringed

with long hair.

*3419. Eriopus leucotoma.

Eriopus leucotoma, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 303 (1908).

3. Head and thorax bright rufous; tegule with whitish medial

line; pectus and legs pale rufous ; abdomen dark brown with slight

whitish segmental lines, the crests rufous, the anal tuft and ventral

surface pale rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated and suffused

with deeper rufous, the veins with slight pale streaks ; subbasal

line represented by a curved whitish striga from costa and an

oblique line from subcostal nervure beyond it to vein 1, defined by

black on outer side in cell ; antemedial line whitish slightly defined

by rufous on outer side, nearly straight to vein 1 and bent inwards

to inner margin, a slight black mark before it below costa, round

brown spot in cell defined by whitish on inner side, and black bar

from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular rufous with slght

Fig. 126.—Eriopus leucotoma, S. 1.

whitish annulus, touching antemedial line, its outer edge slightly

concave; median nervure streaked with white on medial area ; the

reniform rufous with whitish annulus, produced at upper extremity

and narrowing below to a white striga at lower angle of cell, a

blackish patch before it in cell; an oblique rufous shade from

lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line, some dark

brown suffusion from it to termen and a black striga beyond lower

angle of cell; postmedial line double, rufous filled in with whitish,

bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, oblique from

vein 4 to submedian fold, then sinuous, some whitish points beyond

it on costa; the apical area yellow irrorated with rufous extending

before the antemedial white line to vein 4; subterminal line

represented by a series of small red-brown lunules angled outwards

below vein 7 and at vein 4, then oblique; a white line before

termen defined by black on outer side, angled inwards below vein 6

and outwards to termen at vein 4, then reduced to a series of stria ;

cilia yellowish at base, intersected with yellow at vein 4. Hind

BRIOPUS. 550

wing dark brown with a reddish tinge; cilia rufous, yellowish at

tips; the underside greyish thickly irrorated with red-brown, the

inner area suffused with brown, a black discoidal lunule, postmedial

line bent outwards below costa, then crenulate, a diffused sub-

terminal shade, a terminal series of small black lunules from apex

to vein 2.

Hab. Purv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type t ¢ in Coll. Druce.

Hep. 32 millim.

D. Antenne of male without scale-teeth, serrations, or long cilia

at middle.

a. (Hyperdasys). Mid and hind tibize and lst joint of tarsi of

male with tufts of very long hair.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct, double

filled in with whitish.

a. Fore wing with the reniform very oblique and

slightly angled inwards on median nervure ......... exotica.

&?. Fore wing with the reniform less oblique, its lower

extremity very slightly hooked on outer side ......... duplicans.

6, Fore wing with the postmedial line dark and

ORME ENG | codcencaddoodddonssonodbonsseddhunoahicqboconoosadibas calisigna.

3420. Eriopus exotica.

Eriopus exotica, Guen. Noct, ii, p. 294 (1852).

Head and thorax rufous tinged with purplish pink and mixed

with some blackish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brown with

whitish segmental rings, the crests bright rufous, the anal tuft and

ventral surface pale rufous. Fore wing rufous tinged with purplish

pink and suffused with black except on inner half of medial area ;

the veins of terminal area with orange streaks ; subbasal line black

defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;

antemedial line double, black filled in with white and slightly defined

Fig. 127.—Eriopus exotica, S. 4:

by whitish on outer side from submedian fold to inner margin,

angled outwards below costa, then strongly excurved and bent in-

wards to inner margin, with an oblique white striga before it from

submedian fold to vein 1 with black patch below it; orbicular yel-

lowish defined by black and with slight brownish centre, very small

and oblique elliptical; reniform white with yellow centre defined

by brown, oblique and rather narrow, with whitish above it on

costa; an indistinct oblique dentate blackish line from beyond

500 NOCTUID-#.

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, black

filled in with white, angled inwards below costa, then strongly bent

outwards, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, formed by three oblique streaks in

the interspaces below apex with some yellow beyond it at apex,

angled outwards to termen at vein 4 and with small lunule below

vein 3; a series of white striz just before termen; cilia brown

with a yellowish line at base. Hind wing greyish suffused with

red-brown ; cilia white, brown at tips from apex to vein 2; the

underside white slightly irrorated with brown, the costal area

suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot, postmedial line bent

outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below vein 4, and

terminal series of small dark lunules defined by white on inner-

side from apex to vein 5.

Hab. Sixearore (Ridley), 93, 1 93 Borneo, Sarawak (Shelford),

1 9; Java (Horsfield), 3 $,2 9 type. Hwp. 28-32 millim.

3421. Eriopus duplicans. (Plate CXXI. fig. 5.)

Callopistria duplicans, W1k. xii. p. 866 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 255.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with black and some ochreous ;

tegule mostly black with a rufous line at middle; tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen grey-brown with pale segmental lines, the

anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with purplish pink

and suffused with black, the veins streaked with ochreous, some

long ochreous and black hairs from base of inner margin ; subbasal

line double, black filled in with ochreous, wayed, from costa to sub-

median fold, an oblique pale striga beyond it across the cell; ante-

medial line double, black filled in with ochreous and defined by

ochreous on outer side, slightly angled outwards below costa, bent

inwards to inner margin; orbicular with ochreous annulus defined by

black, oblique V-shaped; reniform white with yellowish centre de-

fined on inner side by black, oblique and rather narrow ; postmedial

line double, black filled in with cchreous and defined by rufous on

outer side, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4and bent outwards to

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

white with a yellow patch beyond it at apex, represented by oblique

streaks above veins 7 and 6, angled inwards to postmedial line above

vein 5, then almost obsolete and defined by black marks on the outer

side, angled inwards in submediau fold; a fine very slightly sinuous

white line just before termen; cilia with black line at base, then

fuscous mixed with yellowish. Hind wing reddish brown; cilia

ochreous white chequered with fuscous and with fine pale line at

base from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish tinged with

ochreous and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with

brown, a slight brown discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line, and

some slight whitish lunules before termen from apex to vein 5.

Hab. Javan, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 3, Satsuma (Leech), 1 3,1 9,

ERIOPUS. VDOT

Yokohama (Prye), 1 ¢; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 3; C. Cara,

Shanghai, 2 ¢, Ningpo,1 3, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Catna,

Ta-chien-lu (Pratt); Stxuim (Dudgeon), 1 3; Formosa (Hobson), 1 9° ;

Assam, Khasis, 2 ¢; Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell),1 g, 1 9;

Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 3 type. Hevp. 30-32 millim.

3422. Kriopus celisigna. (Plate CXX1I. fig. 6.)

Callopistria celisigna, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soe. xiv. p. 204 (1902).

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with greyish; pectus

and legs with some ochreous; abdomen greyish mixed with red-

brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous, almost entirely suffused with

red-brown and with slight blackish irroration ; subbasal line slight, |

blackish, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line blackish

defined on inner side by greyish, curved and slightly waved; orbi-

cular a small ill-defined ochreous-white spot ; reniform white with

yellowish centre slightly defined by blackish on inner side, oblique,

narrow, a rather diffused oblique black line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin; postmedial line reddish ochreous towards

costa, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, then hardly

traceable, double filled in with greyish, oblique to vein 4, then in-

curved; subterminal line yellowish white tinged with rufous,

formed by oblique streaks above veins 7 and 6, angled outwards to

termen at vein 4, oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to

tornus ; cilia red-brown with yellowish line at base. Hind wing

greyish suffused with red-brown ;: cilia yellowish tinged with rufous ;

the underside yellowish white tinged with rufous and irrorated

with brown especially on costal area, a brown discoidal lunule and

indistinct minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Cryion, Labugama (Markwood), 12 type, Galboda (Green),

1 @, Maskeliya (Alston), 2 5d. Evp. 30-34 millim.

6, Mid and hind tibie of male fringed with long hair, the mid tarsi with

tufts of long hair at base and near extremity, the hind femora fringed

with very long black hair.

3423. Eriopus insularis.

Callopistria insularis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 230 (1882),

3. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with pale olive-

brown; palpi with slight brown band at middle of 2nd joint ;

antenne with the ridge of scales black; pectus and legs ochreous

white mixed with red-brown, the fringe of hairon hind femora and tuft

of scales near extremity of mid tarsi black; abdomen ochreous white

tinged with brown leaving slight whitish segmental lines; the ven-

tral surface white with aseries of black points. Fore wing ochreous

white suffused in parts with pale olive-brown ; subbasal line repre-

sented by slight dark striz from costa and cell defined by white on

outer side; antemedial line slight, brown defined by white on inner

side and with some blackish beyond it at costa, slightly angled out-

wards below costa, oblique to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner

558 NOCTUIDA.

margin, an oblique whitish striga before it from submedian fold to

vein 1; orbicular whitish with blackish centre, rather oblique

V-shaped; reniform white defined at sides by black, oblique, tri-

angular, some black suffusion before it in cell, a short black

streak with white point on it beyond lower angle of cell; a rather

diffused oblique brownish line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side,

Fig. 128.—Eriopus insularis, 3. +.

strongly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then incurved

and slightly waved, some white points beyond it on costa on a tri-

angular blackish patch before the subterminal line, which is whitish

and hardly traceable, angled outwards to termen at vein 4 below

which there is a small triangular black spot; a terminal series of

brown lunules defined on inner side by a waved white line; cilia

white with a waved black line through them and series of black

spots at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia

ochreous, white ; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with

brown, a brown discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line, and traces

of diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Duxe or York I.,1 9 type. Evp. 30 millim.

c. (Dissolophus). Mid tibiz of male and tarsus to near ex-

tremity fringed with very long hair, the hind femora

with fringe of long blackish hair, the tibixe fringed with

long hair.

a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line entire, double filled

In swith; Wialltishisscstcsstossten- peas nee eee eee reticulata.

b', Fore wing with the postmedial line reduced to white

lunules with slight black lunules on their inner side... chloriza.

3424, Eriopus reticulata.

Eriopus reticulata, Pag. JB. Nass. Ver. xxxvii, p. 226, pl. vi. f. 7 (1884).

Callopistria rivularis, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B, M. ix. p. 103, pl. 163. f. 2

(nec WI1k.).

g. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish; frons

with lateral white points with black points above and below them ;

tarsi ringed with white, the fringe of hair from hind femora of male

black; abdomen grey suffused with brown and with whitish seg-

mental lines, the crest on 3rd segment tipped with black. Fore

wing yellowish white suffused with red-brown and irrorated with

ERIOPUS. 559

black, the veins with whitish streaks ; subbasal Jine whitish, curved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, black filled

in with white, slightly angled outwards below costa, then strongly

excurved, an oblique whitish striga before it from submedian fold

to vein 1; orbicular with black centre and whitish annulus slightly

defined by black, oblique V-shaped: reniform white, its centre

defined by black, more strongly on inner side, oblique, its upper

extremity produced, narrowing below, a white striga beyond lower

angle of cell, a black patch before it extending to costa; an

oblique fuscous shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line double, black filled in with whitish and defined by

Fig. 129.—Eriopus reticulata, g. 1}.

grey on outer side, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards,

strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, angled inwards to postmedial line

above vein 5, then outwards to termen at vein 4, then almost obso-

lete, incurved and with oblique white striga between veins 3 and 2;

the termen black-brown defined on inner side by a fine white line,

angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then reduced to strie; cilia

black-brown with a yellowish line at base. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown; cilia white tinged with rufous; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal bar and indis-

tinct waved postmedial line.

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

pink on outer side.—New Hebrides.

@. Much darker.

Hab. Stxutm (Dudgeon), 4 3, 2 9: Travancors, Pirmdd (Mrs.

Imray), 2 $3; Cryton, Maskeliya (Alston), 2 9, Uva; Burma,

Hsipaw (de Nicéville), 1 ¢, Myingyan (Watson), 1 9; Srneaprore

(Ridley), 1 $3; Bornuo, Sarawak, Matang (Shelford), 1 ¢; Puno

Laut (Doherty), 2 3; Nias I.; Java (Horsfield), 2 $; AmBorna;

New Hepripes (Mathew), 1 $; Soromons, Alu (Woodford), 1 3;

Fr (Mathew), 1 2. Kap. 26-28 millim.

3425. Eriopus chloriza. (Plate CXXI. fig. 7.)

Eriopus chloriza, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 296 (1852).

. 6. Head and thorax olive-yellow; palpi blackish at sides; frons

with lateral black spots; antenne black at base; tegule with

black line near base; pectus and hind legs whitish tinged with

560 NOCTUID®.

brown; abdomen pale rufous, the basal crest olive-yellow, the

other crests with some black scales. Fore wing olive-yellow; sub-

basal line whitish defined on each side by blackish, waved, from

costa to submedian fold, an oblique pale striga beyond it across the

cell; antemedial line whitish, bent inwards at subcostal nervure,

then oblique to vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin, some

black suffusion before it in cell and submedian interspace and a

curved white striga from submedian fold to vein 1: claviform re-

presented by a whitish mark with black bar at base; orbicular

with black centre and yellowish annulus defined by black, oblique

V-shaped; reniform yellowish defined by black and with small

wedge-shaped black mark in upper part, slightly angled inwards on

median nervure, its upper extremity rather produced and its lower

extremity with oblique white striga below it, some black suffusion

before, beyond and below tt and on costa above orbicular ; post-

medial line with white striga from costa, bent outwards and almost

obsolete below costa, then represented by white lunules defined on

inner side by black lunules and slightly by black on outer side,

oblique to vein 4, inwardly oblique to submedian fold and bent

outwards to inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on costa

with black between them ; subterminal line represented by a series

of white bars defined on inner side by a black patch to vein 6, then

by black bars, angled inwards in discal fold, then outwards to

termen at vein 4, below which there is a small triangular black

spot, then oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal series of rather quadrate black spots defined on inner

side by white lunules; cilia yellowish white intersected with black.

Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area broadly suffused

with reddish brown; cilia white chequered with brown from apex

to vein 2; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with

fuscous, a fuscous discoidal bar, crenulate postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Java (Horsfield), 1 3 type. Hep. 32 millim.

d. Fore femora of male with tuft of hair at extremity, the mid tibize above

and spurs fringed with long hair, the hind femora with fringe of long

blackish hair, the tibia with the inner spurs and the tibia between them

fringed with long hair.

3426, Ericpus yerburi.

Callopistria yerburii, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 496; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, ii,

p. 295.

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with black ;

palpi white at base; frons with the lower part white and with

black lateral bars; tegule black at base and with slight white

medial line ; pectus white; legs white mixed with brown, the tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous and

with whitish segmental lines, the crests tinged with rufous and

tipped with black, the ventral surface white with series of small

ERIOPUS. 561

black spots. Fore wing whitish tinged with ochreous and rufous

and mostly suffused and irrorated with black; subbasal line repre-

sented by double oblique black striz from costa and cell, with an

oblique pale striga beyond them across the cell; antemedial line

double, black filled in with yellowish white and defined by yellowish

on outer side from cell to inner margin, very slightly angled out-

wards below costa, then strongly excurved and with some blackish

marks before it from cell to inner margin; orbicular with black

centre and yellowish-white annulus, oblique V-shaped; reniform

yellowish white, its centre defined by black on inner side, angled.

inwards on median nervure, its lower extremity produced and with

brown mark in it, a black patch between them extending to costa;

an excurved somewhat dentate blackish shade from lower angle of

cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, black filled in with

white, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, oblique to

Fig. 130.—E£riopus yerburi, $. }.

vein 4, then strongly incurved and bent outwards to inner margin,

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

yellowish-white patch beyond it at apex, angled inwards to post-

medial line above vein 5, then outwards to termen at vein 4, below

which there is a small triangular black spot, then almost obsolete

and defined by blackish suffusion on inner side, oblique to sub-

median fold and bent outwards to tornus; a fine white line before

termen, slightly sinuous below vein 4; cilia white with a black

line through them, chequered with fuscous at tips. Hind wing

whitish suffused with reddish brown; cilia white with a slight

brown line through them from apex to vein 2; the underside

yellowish white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

brown discoidal lunule, indistinct irregularly waved postmedial

line, and terminal series of brown lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Erirrea, Massowah (Barker),2 6,1 9% Rep Sna, Zebaur

Is. (J. J. Walker), 12; Aven (J. J. Walker, Yerbury), 3 3,3 9,

type; Mapras, Nilgiris (Zampson), 2 ¢, 1 9; Cnyton, Uva.

Kep. 26-32 millim.

e. Midand hind tibiz of male moderately fringed with long hair on inner

side.

3427. Eriopus occidens, w. sp.

6. Head and thorax rufous mixed with yellowish white; abdo-

men whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown.

VOL. VII. 20

562 NOCTUID H.

Fore wing golden yellow largely suffused with rufous and slightly

irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line sight, brown, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line slight, double, brown filled in with

white, angled inwards in cell, then excurved ; orbicular with brown

centre and yellowish annulus defined by brown, oblique V-shaped ;

reniform yellowish white, somewhat triangular and with white

point beyond its lower extremity, a red- brown patch before it ex-

tending to costa, an oblique red-brown shade from lower angle of

cell to “inner margin ; postmedial line double, brown filled in “with

Ve ead fe

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Fig. 181.—EHriopus occidens, 3.

wpa

whitish, slightly angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards,

then very minutely waved, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique

and sinuous,some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

hardly traceable, yellow, oblique from costa to vein 5, angled out-

ward to termen at vein 4, below which there is a small triangular

dark brown spot, then represented by some faint lunules; a ter-

minal series of small dark red-brown striz with white strize before

them; cilia reddish yellow with brown line near tips which are

whitish. Hind wing dark brown; cilia whitish with a brown line

through them; the underside white irrorated with brown, a brown

discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of small

lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Niepria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 3 type. Exp. 24

millim.

Sect. V. Antenne of male sinuous at middle but not thickened, and without

ridge of scales.

A. Fore tibix of male and Ist joint of tarsi with large tufts of hair, mid

tibia with very large tufts of hair, the inner spurs fringed with long

hair, the Ist joint of tarsi with very large tufts of hair above and

below, the terminal joints with tufts above; hind femora with fringe

of long blackish hair, the tibiz and Ist joint of tarsi fringed with long

hair.

3428. Eriopus repleta.

Callopistria repleta, W1k. xii. 865 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 255.

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous and black ;

frons and vertex of head with black patches; tegule with black

line near base followed by a slight white line, then by black patches;

BRIOPUS. 563

patagia with black spots at base; vertex of thorax mostly black ;

pectus black in front; tarsi ringed with white, the fringes of hair

from hind femora of male blackish ; abdomen whitish dorsally suf-

fused with brown leaving pale segmental lines, the crests rufous

and black, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface ochreous

irrorated with black and white at middle. Fore wing rufous

irrorated with black especially on medial area, the veins streaked

with white and defined by fine black streaks ; some long black and

yellowish hair from base of inner margin; subbasal line yellowish

white, excurved at median nervure, from costa to vein 1; ante-

medial line black defined on each side by yellowish white, slightly

bent inwards at subcostal nervure, obliquely exeurved to vein | and

bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique pale striga before it from

Fig. 132.—Hriopus repleta, S$. f.

submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular with very oblique parallel

yellowish white lines at sides defined by black ; reniform yellowish

white defined at sides by black and with fine w ‘hitish line in middle

defined by rufous and rufous patch below, very oblique, a black

patch before it extending to costa; a diffused black shade from

beyond lower angle of celi where there is a slight white striga on

it, angled inwards in submedian fold; postmedial line double, black

filled in with yellowish white, white at cesta, angled inwards below

costa, then bent outwards, inwardly oblique to below vein 3, then

slightly incurved, a slight whitish line beyond it from vein 6 to

inner margin and some white striz from costa on a black patch ;

subterminal line represented by oblique white streaks above veins

7 and 6 and an oblique streak to termen at vein 4, then by an in-

curved series of slight black marks in the interspaces: a fine waved

white line defined on each side by black before termen, angled out-

ward at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia blackish with a fine

yellow line at oo ; the scale-tooth before tornus whitish and black.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown except costal area; cilia

yellowish white; the underside yellowish white, the costal and ter-

minal areas irrorated with brown, a slight brown discoidal lunule,

waved postmedial line excurved at middle, and two rufous lunules

on termen defined by white on inner side.

Hab. EK. Stspria, Amurland, in Coll. Piingeler; Japan, Osaka

(Lewis), 1S, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 g; Corea, Gensan (Leech),

202

564 NOCTUIDAE.

1 36; W. Carta, Omei-shan, 1 3, Chia-kou-ho (Praté), 1 ¢ , Washan

Pr att), Liss Chang- yang (Pr att), L G3) -Runsan, 179 type, Murree

(Harford), 1 3, Dalhousie (Harford), ests Dharmsila (Hocking),

13,3 9; Assam, Khasis (Atkinson, Badgley), 1 S52 Cee

34-40 millim.

B. Mid tibie of male and Ist joint of tarsi above and hind tibize below

fringed with long hair,

3429, Eriopus mexicana.

Callopistria mexicana, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 323, pl. 30. f. 1

(1889).

Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; pectus yellowish

white; tarsi slightly ringed with white; ventral surface of abdo-

men falmous yellow. Eee wing bright ‘aubiare: subbasal line re-

presented by a whitish striga from costa and oblique whitish line

from subcostal nervure to vein 1; antemedial line whitish defined

by red-brown on outer side, excurved from costa to median nervure

and from median nervure further from base to inner margin, some

grey suffusion with a blackish spot on it before it on inner area;

Fig. 153.—LHriopus mexicana, 3. }.

orbicular represented by a whitish striga defined by black, bent

inwards at lower extremity; reniform with sinuous silvery bar

defined by black on inner side, slightly expanding below, oblique

silvery striga on upper part of outer edge and silvery point at lower

extremity, both detined by black on outer side; a rufous medial

shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly

oblique to inner margin at postmedial litte; postmedial line double

filled in with Pa plnccous grey, bent outwards below costa, somewhat

inwardly oblique to vein 4, angled inwards at vein 2, then some-

what excurved, some slight yellowish striz beyond it from costa ;

two red-brown subterminal lines slightly incurved at discal and

submedian folds, the area beyond the outer line violaceous grey ; a

violaceous-white line defined by black on outer side before termen,

ineurved to vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then lunulate, some

violaceous white suffusion before it between veins 7 and 5. Hind

wing deep red-brown; cilia white at tips; the underside whitish

tinyed with rufous, the costal area irrorated with red-brown, the

terminal area suffused with red-brown from vein 5 to inner margin,

BRIOPUS. 565

a blackish discoidal lunule, postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then crenulate, some small black lunules on termen from

apex to vein 5.

Hab. Mexicc, Teapa, Tabaseo (H. H. Smith), 1 g,1 9, type

Gedman-Salvin Coll. HAxp. 28 millim.

C. (Gnamptocera). Tibize of male normally fringed with hair; fore

wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the medial area yellow, the veius streaked

Wilt lls yellll O Wr te scarier se lessees ot ancien cd cetedls Sate ee ete Ree minuta.

6. Fore wing with the medial area rufous, the veins streaked

WAPI ST UT OUS Ihc cinesieasadal sce to se ceivae ntgsces oatinwroeeeeniance neceeeenee minor.

2430. Eriopus minuta.

Callopistria ménuta, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 70, pl. 180. f. 4 (1889) ;

Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 234.

Head and thorax yellowish tinged with rufous, the tegule and

vertex of thorax mixed with black-brown; palpi dark at base;

antenne dark brown; pectus and legs vellow mixed with some

brown; abdomen greyish with brown bands, suffused with black at

middle, the crests tipped with black, the ventral surface yellow at

extremity. Fore wing black-brown, the medial area below and

beyond the cell yellow, the veins and base of submedial fold finely

streaked with yellowish white; some yellow at base of costa; sub-

basal line represented by a yellowish striga from costa, oblique

Fig. 1384.—Hriopus minuta, 3.

striga from cell to vein 1 and striga beyond it across the cell ; ante-

medial line black defined on each side by yellowish white, obliquely

excurved from costa to vein | and bent inwards to inner margin 5

orbicular and reniform defined by yellowish white, the former very

narrow and oblique, the latter narrow, its upper extremity produced

and with fine yellow line in centre; postmedial line black defined

on outer side by yellowish white, slightly angled inwards below

costa, then bent outwards, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

whitish strie beyond it from costa; subterminal line yellowish

white, angled outwards at vein 7, inwards to postmedial line at

discal and submedian folds and outwards to termen at veins 4, 3;

566 NOCTUID#.

a fine white line just before termen slightly excnrved at middle ;

cilia black with a fine white line at base. Hind wing whitish

suffused with fuscous brown; cilia with a fine white line at base;

the underside white irrorated with fuscous especially on costal area,

a blackish discoidal bar, sinuous postmedial line, and indistinct

subterminal shade.

Hab. Ponsa, Simla (Harford), 1 ¢, 3 9, Dharmsala (Hocking),

236,192 type. Hp. 20-22 millim.

3431. Eriopus minor.

Callopistria minor, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 81, pl. 146. ff. 16, 17

(15¥1); id. Moths Ind. 11. p. 254.

3. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some black especially on

tegule and vertex of thorax, the tegule with black lines near base

and at middle; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen greyish

fuscous with whitish segmental lines, the base, extremity and

ventral surface ochreous, the crests blackish. Fore wing pale

rufous irrorated with black, the medial area more rufous, the post-

medial area strongly suffused with black, the terminal area less

strongly, the veins finely streaked with rufous; subbasal line

double, black filled in with whitish, angled outwards on median

nervure and ending at vein 1; antemedial line black defined on

inner side by whitish, bent inwards at subcostal nervure, oblique

to vein | and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular represented

by an oblique black bar defined on each side by whitish; reniform

with whitish striga in centre and yellowish-white annulus, angled

inwards on median nervure and with oblique white striga defined

on inner side by black at lower extremity, a conical black patch

before it extending to costa; postmedial line black defined on outer

side by whitish, slightly angled inwards below costa, then bent out-

wards, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of bluish

white striz, oblique above veins 7 and 6, angled inwards to near

postmedial line at discal and submedian folds and outwards to near

termen at veins 4, 3; a fine white line just before termen slightly

excuryed at middle; cilia black with a fine yellow line at base.

Hind wing black-brown; a fine yellow line at base of cilia; the

underside whitish tinged and thickly irrorated with fuscous, a

fuscous discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, indistinct sub-

terminal shade, and terminal series of shght lunules.

2. Fore wing with the medial area darker.

Hab. Mapras, Belgaum ( Watson), 12, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3,

1 @ type; Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Jmray),3 ¢,1 92. ap.

20-24 millim.

ERIOPUS. 567

Szor. VI. Antennz of male simple and ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the termen distinctly angled at vein 4.

a. Mid tibie of male and Ist joint of tarsi with tufts of long hair; hind

femora with fringe of long blackish hair, the tibia moderately fringed

with long hair.

3432. Eriopus natalensis, n. sp.

d. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous white ;

antenne ringed with black; tegule with black spots at base and

middle ; tarsi black ringed with white, the fringe of hair from hind

femora blackish ; abdomen rufous dorsally irrorated with black at

middle, the crests black, the anal tuft blackish above. Fore wing

yellowish white, mostly suffused with rufous and irrorated with

black, the veins slightly streaked with whitish; subbasal line

whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold, with an oblique

whitish striga beyond it across the cell; antemedial line black

detined on each side by white, angled outwards below costa, then

strongly excurved and bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique

pale striga before it from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular with

black centre and whitish annulus defined by black, very small and

oblique elliptical ; reniform whitish defined at sides by black and

Fig. 135.—LHriopus natalensis, ¢. }.

with slight black line near inner edge, oblique, pointed below and

with white striga defined on outer side by black beyond lower angle

ef cell, a blackish patch before it extending to costa; an oblique

brown shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double, black filled in with yellowish white, angled inwards

below costa, then bent outwards, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly

oblique to submedian fold, a slight whitish line beyond it and some

white striz from costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined

on inner side by a triangular black patch on costa, then by slight

blackish lunules, a black point beyond it below costa on a large

apical white patch extending to vein 4 where the line is angled

outwards to termen, then incurved and represented by slight

whitish lunules; a terminal series of black-brown spots defined

on inner side by white lunules ; cilia black-brown with a fine white

line at base. Hind wing reddish-brown with slight discoidal bar

and brown terminal line; cilia ochreous white with a brown line

through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight

568 NOCTULD AS,

brown discoidal lunule, crenulate postmedial line, indistinct diffused

subterminal shade, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Narat, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 g type. Exp. 32 millim.

b, (Zuherrhichia). Mid tibiee and Ist joint of tarsi in both sexes with large

tufts of scales and hair, the hind tibiseand Ist joint of tarsi moderately

fringed with hair; abdomen with very large crest on 3rd segment ;

male with a large medial ventral corneous hook on preanal segment

projecting backwards and covered with hair.

3433. Eriopus mollissima.

Eriopus mollissima, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 294 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 308.

Erastria rubicunda, W1k. xii. 808 (1857).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some yellow and dark

brown; frons with the lower part white and with black lateral

bars; tegule whitish at tips; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused

with fuscous leaving white segmental lines, the crests rufous and

dark brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface tinged with rufous.

Fore wing bright rufous suffused and irrorated with brown on

costal half of basal area, medial and terminal areas; ashght whitish

mark at base; subbasal line yellowish defined on inner side by

dark brown suffusicn, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line

Fig. 186.—Lriopus mollissima, g. 3}.

double, blackish filled in with rufous, excurved below cell and bent

inwarces to inner margin, an oblique minutely waved black line

before it from submedian fold to inner margin; claviform defined

by black; erbicular with black centre and whitish annulus defined

by black, some silver on its lower edge, round ; reniform with pale

rufous centre slightly defined by black and silvery white annulus

defined by black, the annulus broad except on outer side where it

is reduced to points, the lower extremity rather produced; a slight

incurved dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line double, the inner line strong, black, the outer slight,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved

at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, angled outwards at vein 1,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white

defined on inner side by somewhat dentate brown marks, angled

outwards to near termen at veins 7, 6, inwards at discal fold, out-

wads to termen at veins 4, 8, then incurved and bent outwards to

tornus ; a fine black terminal line defined on inner side by a fine

ERIOPUS. 569

yellowish-white line. Hind wing whitish, suffused with brown

except on costal area to beyond middle ; cilia white slightly mixed

with brown; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a shght

discoidal bar, diffused curved postmedial line, traces of ditfused

subterminal band and terminal series of blackish striee.

Hab. Cananva; U.S.A., E. States, New York, Evans Center

(Grote) 26, 1 Q, Trenton Falls (Doublelay), 1 6, 1 9 type

rubicunda, Florida (Doubleday), 1 &$ type, Colorado. Hwp. 24-30

millim.

ce. Mid and hind tibiz, the inner spurs and Ist joint of tarsi fringed with

long hair; abdomen with lateral tufts of long hair from base.

3434. Eriopus aluensis.

Dissolophus aluensis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 74, pl. 9. f. 4 (1891).

Dissolophus ochraceus, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 200 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous; tarsi blackish;

abdomen ochreous white tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous

white suffused in parts and irrorated with rufous; subbasal line

represented by a slight blackish striga from costa and point below

the cell; antemedial line very indistinct and shghtly sinuous,

defined by whitish on inner side and with black striae on it trom

costa and submedian fold; orbicular a faint small elliptical whitish

spot ; reniform whitish defined at sides by some black scales and

Fig. 187.—Eriopus aiuensis, $. §.

with rufous line in middle, rather quadrate, its upper extremity

produced; a rufous medial shade, ovlique from costa to reniform

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

blackish defined by white on outer side, bent outward and almost

obsolete below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique. crossed by

an oblique rufous shade trom two black points on costa towards

apex to outer edge of renitorm ; subterminal line faintly defined by

rufous on inner side, excurved at middle and with triangular red-

brown mark beyond it at discal fold; a terminal series of small

blackish lunules defined by whitish on inner side, obsolescent at

middle. Hind wing ochreous white with diffused brown medial

and subterminal shades ; two dark strize on termen below apex ; the

underside with slight discoidal spot, indistinct waved postmedial

line and subterminal shade from costa to vein 5 and small black

lunules on termen from apex to vein 5.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with olive-green instead

O70 NOCTUIDR.

of rufous, the last with the markings much more distinct and darker;

hind wing suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Br. New Guryea, Milne Bay (Meek), 2 2, Aroa R. (Meek),

type T ochraceus in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; Lourstapns, St. Aignan

(Meek), 1 $; Sotomons, Rendova (Meek), 1 $, Choiseul (Meek),

1 g, Alu (Woodford), 1 3 type. Hep. 24 millim.

d. Mid and hind tibiz and Ist joint of tarsi moderately

fringed with hair above.

a’. Fore wing without oblique white subapical streaks.

a*. Fore wing white suffused with olive-yellow ......... eleastis.

6°. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous ... guétulalis.

Crap Horeywins) red =browMycssessateseeeoesee ce saencse Meeeereee miranda.

6', Fore wing with oblique white subapical streaks.

a2, Kore wing with two white points on outer edge of

LEMMON) 3 satires cmeds aeeos eu peaeeeeakite Saecerscaneeeee ee nephrosticta.

6°. Fore wing with the reniform defined by a white bar

on inner side avd white striz on outer.

a*, Fore wing with the white bar on inner edge of

reniform erect, the veins of medial area not

streaked! with pink) oireee.csteseceeen-eescaeceaececes strigilineata.

6°. Fore wing with the white bar on inner edge of

reniform oblique, the veins of medial area

streaked: watlipimkatecsarnmcceseceesc sencestmeceree . venata.

3435. Eriopus elxastis, n. sp.

d. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous; tarsi

blackish ; abdomen ochreous white suffused with blackish brown at

middle. Fore wing white suffused with olive-yellow ; the costal

edge dark brownat base; subbasal line represented by brown points on

costa and below cell; medial line rather diffused red-brown, with

black striga at costa, oblique to median nervure, inwardly oblique to

submedian fold where it meets the oblique black antemedial line

Fig. 138.—Eriopus eleastis, 3. 2.

defined by whitish on inner side from median nervure to inner

margin and obsolete on costal area; orbicular whitish slightly

defined by rufous, round; reniform whitish with slight curved

rufous line in centre, defined by rufous on inner side and on outer

by black, produced to slight streaks below veins 7, 6 and 4,

constricted at middle and produced at extremities ; postmedial line

double, slight, red-brown filled in with white, with black striga at

costa, angled below costa, then bent outwards and almost obsolete,

ERIOPUS. a7 kh

very slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some

white striz beyond it on costa and two black striz towards apex ;

subterminal line represented by an oblique rufous streak from apex,

then by somewhat dentate rufous marks, angled inwards in

submedian fold; cilia intersected by black streaks at apex, middle

and tornus. Hind wing ochreous almost wholly suffused with dark

brown ; cilia ochreous white intersected with brown from apex to

vein 2; the underside suffused with red-brown, a dark brown

discoidal lunule with oblique bar above it from costa, sinuous

postmedial line and diffused subterminal shade.

Hab. Dorcx New Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 g type. Huxp.

22 millim.

3436. Eriopus guttulalis. (Plate CX XI. fig. 8.)

Callopistria guttulalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind, iv. p. 511 (1906).

36. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous and mixed with

dark red-brown ; teguiz with blackish spots at middle and near

tips; abdomen ochreous white mixed with some red-brown, the

anal tutt dark brown. ore wing white tinged with rufous,

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

black, from costa to submedian fold where it ends in a short black

streak ; antemedial line indistinct, double, blackish, oblique, waved,

a white spot before it in submedian interspace with a slight black

line from it to inner margin; claviform defined by blackish,

extending to median nervure ; orbicular whitish faintly defined by

blackish, round; renitorm whitish faintly defined by blackish and

with sight brown line in centre; a black medial line, oblique and

sinuous trom costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique,

angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1; post-

medial line indistinct, double, blackish, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, angled inwards in

submedian fold and outwards at vein 1; subterminal lne pale,

waved, defined on inner side by diffused dentate dark marks and on

oucer by dark lunules ; a terminal series of dark lunules defined on

inner side by whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish

brown ; the underside white, the costal area tinged with ochreous

and slightly irrorated with brown, traces of a minutely waved post-

medial line, some dark points on termen from apex to vein 2.

Hab, Cryton, Hambantota (Pole), 1 ¢ type, Puttalam (Pole),

1S. xp. 26 millim.

*3437. Eriopus miranda.

972

Evriopus miranda, Saalm, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 273; id. Lep. Madag.

p- 3/1, f. 122.

Head and thorax red-brown; abdomen grey-brown with the

crests rufous. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with black and

white; subbasal line black, minutely dentate, from costa to

O12 NOCTUID &.

submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with grey,

excurved below the cell; orbicular defined by black, round ; reni-

form represented by a pale striga on upper discocellulars and white

point at lower angle of cell, both defined by black ; postmedial line

double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved and sinuous below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line with dark

suffusion on inner side, minutely waved, excurved at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules defined by whitish on inner

side. Hind wing red-brown with a greyish tinge.

Hab. Mavacascar, Exp, 30 millim. This species is unknown

to me.

3438. Eriopus nephrosticta, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 9.)

3S. Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous and a few dark

brown scales; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous,

the crests with some dark scales. Fore wing rufous mixed with

some ochreous and irrorated with black; subbasal line black,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black —

filled in with pale rufous, waved, bent inwards to inner margin,

some slight black marks before it ; claviform represented by a faint

blackish mark; orbicular slightly defined by black, small,

elliptical; reniform incompletely defined by: black, with some

blackish on inner side of centre and white points at upper and lower

extremities ; a diffused waved blackish medial line from vein 6 to

inner margin, excurved beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line

formed of small black lunules defined on outer side by pale rufous,

double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks, formed

by three white lunules below costa, angled inwards at discal fold

and outwards at vein 4, then almost obsolete and incurved; a

terminal series of small black spots defined by patches of white

scales on inner side; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind

wing purplish red, the terminal area rather darker; traces of a

medial line oblique to vein 4 and ending at vein 2; cilia whitish

with a brown line through them; the underside whitish thickly

irrorated with rufous, a black discoidal lunule, two small spots

below middle of costa, a crenulate postmedial line bent inwards to

custa, and terminal series of small lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. 8. Nigzrta, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 ¢ type. vp. 32

millim.

3439. Eriopus strigilineata. (Plate CXXI. fig. 10.)

Callopistria strigilineata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p, 254 (1894).

3. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with white ; lower

part of frons white; vertex of head with black spot; tegule

ERIOPUS. 573

-whitish with diffused brown medial line; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish mixed with brown leaving white segmental lines,

the crests rufous. Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused with

rufous and irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line white defined

on each side by slight black marks below the cell, waved, from

costa to vein 1, an oblique white striga beyond it across the cell ;

antemedial line double, brown filled in with white, waved,

excurved below submedian fold, an oblique white striga before it

from submedian fold to vein 1; orbicular with brown centre and

white annulus defined by black, irregularly rounded; reniform

defined on inner side by a white bar and on outer by white points

and a striga beyond lower angle of cell, a dark brown patch before

it in cell; an oblique red-brown shade from lower angle of cell to

inner margin ; postmedial line double, brown filled in with white,

the inner line lunulate, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line with white lunules above veins 7 and 6, slight and

angled inwards in discal fold, then strong and angled outwards to

termen at vein 4, then slight, incurved, and bent outwards to

tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots defined on inner side

by white striz ; cilia blackish with fine yellowish line at base and

white points at the veins. Hind wing whitish suttused with pale

red-brown ; a faint discoidal spot and curved postmedial line; a

series of whitish striz before termen from apex to vein 2; cilia

yellowish white with brown spots at tips from apex to vein 2; the

underside white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, an

indistinct discoidal spot and curved sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Stxutm (Moller), 1 3. Hep. 34 millim. Type f in Coll.

Rothschild.

3440. Eriopus venata. (Plate CXXI. fig. 11.)

Callopistria venata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 111.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white and some

rufous ; a white bar between antenne ; tegule with white medial

line and whitish tips; tibize and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown with whitish segmental lines, the crests ochreous and

black. Fore wing greyish tinged with purplish pink and thickly

irrorated and suffused with black, the veins of medial area with

pinkish streaks; subbasal line represented by white striz from

costa and cell with an oblique white striga beyond it across the

cell; antemedial line double, black filled in with white and defined

by pinkish on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 1, bent

inwards to inner margin, an oblique whitish striga before it from

submedian fold to vein 1 ; claviform defined by an oblique pinkish

streak above; orbicular swan black centre and whitish annulus,

oblique elliptical ; reniform with oblique white bar on inner side,

curved pink lunule in centre defined by black on inner side, its

BYE NOCTUIDAE.

outer edge defined by an oblique white striga and bar beyond lower

angle of ‘cell ; an oblique series of blackish ‘marks j in the interspaces

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

double, black filled in with white, the inner line lunulate, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed by

oblique white streaks above veins 7 and 6, then slight and angled

inwards at discal feld, with oblique white streak to termen at

vein 4, then obsolescent defined by blackish on inner side, incurved

and with white striga between veins 3 and 2; a terminal series of

white lunules; cilia black at tips. Hind wing reddish brown with

terminal series of slight brown lunules ; cilia with slight white line

at base, wholly white at submedian interspace; the underside

white irrorated with brown especially on costal area, a slight

discoidal spot, waved postmedial line, indistinct diffused subterminal

shade, and terminal series of small lunules defined by white on inner

side.

Hab, Cunrr. Catna, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 @; W. Cura,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 3 ¢ type; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢. Hep. 30-86

millim.

e. Hind tarsi with the Ist joint not fringed with hair.

3441. Eriopus microptera, n. sp.

¢. Héad and thorax rufous mixed with whitish ; pectus, legs,

and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing bright rufous

mixed with some white, the veins slightly streaked with white ;

subbasal line represented by white striee from costa and cell with

oblique white striga beyond it across the cell ; antemedial line red-

brown defined on each side by white, shghtly angled outwards below

Fig. 189.—Lriopus microptera. g. 3.

costa, then strongly excurved and bent inwards to inner margin,

an oblique white striga before it from submedian fold to vein 1;

orbicular with dark red-brown centre and white annulus, very narrow

and oblique ; reniform with rufous centre defined on inner side by

dark red-brown and white annulus, oblique V-shaped, a white

striga beyond lower angle of cell defined on inner side by dark red-

brown, a dark red-brown patch before it extending to costa; post-

medial line double, red-brown filled in with w nites angled inwards

ERIOPUS. dio

below costa, then bent outwards, oblique to vein 4, then incurved,

a white line beyond it from vein 7 to inner margin and some white

points on costa ; subterminal line white with oblique streaks above

veins 7 and 6, angled inwards to postmedial line above vein 5, then

strong and angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then reduced to

strice, oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to tornus; a

terminal series of deep rufous lunules defined on inner side by

sight white lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown ;

cilia white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with red-brown,

a red-brown discoidal lunule, indistinct curved postmedial line, and

terminal series of small lunules,

Hab. Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3 type. Exp. 24 millin.

B. Fore wing with the termen very slightly angled at vein 4.

a, (Methorasa). Mid tibize of male fringed both sides with

very long hair, the Ist three joints of tarsi fringed

with long hair above, in female the Ist joint only

fringed with hair above; hind tibiz moderately fringed

with hair above.

a‘. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey .................. latreillet.

GEM OTenWwiN Sb lACK=bVO Wie sen lit sels sels neiielse sess seeiis complicata.

3442. Eriopus latreillei.

Eriopus quieta, Treit. Eur. Schmett. v. (8) p. 259 (1826), and x. (2) p. 49

(nec. Hiibn.).

Noctua latreilei, Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p, 327, pl. 120. f. 2 (1827); Geyer,

Schmett. Eur. Noct. ff. 818-20; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 253; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 184.

Erastria roseitelum, W1k. xii. 864 (1857).

o. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white and black

scales; lower part of frons white with black bar above; tegulie

with slight black spots near tips; pectus whitish; tibie banded

with black, the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen white dorsally

suffused with brown leaving slight white segmental lines, the crest

on 3rd segment tipped with black. Fore wing grey sutfused with

Fig. 140.—Eriopus latreillet, $. }-

brown and thickly irrorated with black ; a white mark at base ;

subbasal line double, black filled in with white and defined by

whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian fold where

there is a white spot defined by black beyond it, a slight white

mark beyond it in cell; antemedial line double, black filled in with

white, minutely waved; claviform faintly defined by blackish ;

576 NOCTUID A,

orbicular with white annulus defined by black, its centre slightly

defined by black, round ; reniform with white centre defined by

blackish, with white annulus on inner side and white points on

outer, its lower extremity produced ; an indistinct waved blackish

medial line ; postmedial line double, black filled in with whitish,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, angled outwards at

vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a wedge-shaped

yellowish mark at discal fold; subterminal line formed by small,

rather diffused lunulate white marks from costa to vein 4, then

defined on inner side by faint blackish lunules and with slight

white marks above veins 2 and 1; a fine waved whitish line before

termen ; cilia with fine yellowish line at base followed by a black

line, the tips chequered white and black. Hind wing white tinged

with brown especially on terminal area; a faint dark discoidal bar ;

cilia white; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial

line, and terminal series of black lunules from apex to vein 2.

@. Darker, the hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. 8. France (Milliere, Walsingham), Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls.; Avsrria, Tirol, Carniola; Huoneary; | Swirzervanp,

Simplon, Frey Coll.; Spazy, Leech Coll; Datmartia. (Heyne,

Mathew); Auerria; Maperra; Canarizs, Guimar (Walsingham),

2 3, 29; Coneo (Richardson), 1 2 type roseitelum; Eeyrr ;

Br. E. Arrtca, Neugia (Crawshay), 1 ¢ Eb. Urru (Betton), 1 9;

TransvasL (Cholmley), 1 S$, 1 2; Natat, Durban (Legh), 1 3;

BasurotanD, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9; C. Corony, Deelfontein

(Sloggett), 1 6,1 9; Apmenta; Asta Minor, Bithynia; Syrta ;

Punsas, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 3,2 2, Simla (Swinhoc), 2 3,

1 @, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 2 $, 6 9; Mapras, Bangalore

(Watson), 2 @, Nilgiris (Hampson, Campbell), 23,29. Eup.

24-32 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 248; Hffm. Raup. p. 100. pl. 28. f. 6.

Pale rusty red with many indistinct pale longitudinal lines;

stigmata yellow. Food-plants: the reddish scales covering the

capsules of Ceterach officinarum, and Notuchlena marante. 10.

3443. Eriopus complicata. (Plate CXXLI. fig. 12.)

Methorasa complicata, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 7 and vi. pl. 21. fig. 2 (1894).

2. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed with

red-brown ; palpi with the extremity of 2nd joint whitish; tarsi

ringed with whitish ; abdomen red-brown mixed with whitish at

extremity and on ventral surface. Fore wing whitish almost

wholly suffused and irrorated with black-brown, the veins with

slight pale streaks ; a yellowish-whitish striga from base of costa ;

subbasal line yellowish white, angled inwards in cell and excurved

below costa and cell, ending at vein 1; antemedial line yellowish

white, slightly angled outwards below costa, then exeurved, an

ERIOPUS. 5/1

oblique yellowish-white striga before it from submedian fold to

vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by yellowish white, the former

narrow and somewhat constricted at middle, the latter a narrow

oblique lunule with small white spot beyond its lower extremity ;

postmedial line double, black filled in with yellowish white, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line with oblique white bar from costa and oblique

streak above vein 6, then yellowish, angled inwards above vein 5

and outwards to termen at vein 4, then almost obsolete, incurved

and with white spot between veins 3 and 2; a series of white striz

just before termen ; cilia black-brown with yellowish line at base.

Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia with yellowish-white

line at base; the underside white thickly irrorated with dark

brown, a black discoidal lunule, postmedial line rather diffused,

curved and slightly waved, a diffused subterminal shade and

terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. 8. NieEerta, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 9; Conao, Ogowe R.

Exp. 36 millim.

b. Mid and hind femora of male with fringes of long hair ;

abdomen with ventral corneous hook on preanal segment

projecting backwards.

a‘. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with silvery

white.

a2, Hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown ... monetifera.

P2Mp inde wanloxcleep ie c= brOW Ms. ce see see eesl- ele seers cordata.

b', Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with

ellty elayaw nl Lome tmteten sitar ia cteias tele osiccsaaleieisslsclsertcceie argentilinea,

3444, Eriopus monetifera.

Eriopus monetifera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 295, pl. 14. f. 4 (1852); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 308.

Head and thorax yellowish suffused with fiery red and mixed

with deep red; palpi with the 3rd joint whitish ; the tufts of hair

from mid and hind femora of male blackish; abdomen yellowish

white with brownish dorsal bands, the crest on drd segment rufous

at tip. Fore wing yellow mostly suffused with fiery red, the costal

area yellow; subbasal line silvery white slightly defined by black

on inner side, angled inwards in cell and expanding into a spot

below the cell defined by black on outer side; antemedial line

formed by silvery white obliquely placed points on costa and sub-

costal nervure, a bar-shaped spot in cell, a large rather triangular

spot in submedian interspace and oblique spot on inner margin, all

defined by black ; orbicular represented by two silvery white points

defined by black; reniform with two silvery white spots on inner

edge, a yellowish lunule in centre, an oblique silvery white spot at

upper extremity and large irregularly rounded spot at lower

extremity, all defined by black ; postmedial line yellow and strongly

VOL. VII. We

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O15 NOCTUIDAE.

bent outwards below costa, then formed by silvery white lunules

defined by black, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa on a red patch ;

subterminal line absent ; a diffused oblique yellow patch from apex

Fig. 141.—Hriopus monetif~era, 8 3.

and some yellow on middle of terminal area; a series of while

strize defined on each side by black just before termen. Hind wing

white slightly irrorated with brown; the underside white slightly

irrorated with red- brown, the costa ‘faintly tinged with yellow, a

small black discoidal spot, postmedial line slightly bent outwards

below costa, minutely waved to vein 5, then oblique, and small dark

lunules on termen below veins 8 and i

Hab. Canava, 1 3, Nova Scotia; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, and

Southern States, New York, 3 ¢,3 2, Evans Center (Grote), 1 9,

New Jersey, Florida. Hwp. 28-30 millim.

3445. Eriopus cordata. (Plate CXXLI. fig. 13.)

Bombyx cordata, Ljung. Kongl. Vetenskaps. Akad. Handl. p. 347, pl. ii.

figs. D1 &2 (1825).

@. Head and thorax yellow mixed with deep rufous (abdomen

wanting). Fore wing yellow almost entirely suffused with deep

rufous, the costal area yellower to postmedial line; subbasal line

yellow defined by rufous on inner side, angled inwards in cell and

expanding into a white spot below the all antemedial line with

oblique yellowish, bar from costa, small round silver spot in cell,

large triangular spot in snbmedion interspace and semicircular spot

on inner margin, all defined by blackish ; orbicular represented by

a faint yellowish striga in cell defined by red-brown on outer side ;

reniform with yellow mark on inner side above and silver spot

defined by black below, a yellow lunule in centre, an oblique silver

spot at upper extremity and large irregularly rounded patch at lower

extremity defined by black ; postmedial line yellow and strongly

bent outward below costa, then formed by small silver lunules

defined by black, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below

vein +, some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

rufous, dentate; an oblique diffused yellow shade from apex to

postmedial line at vein 4; the terminal area yellow between veins

5 and 2 with a small dark wedge-shaped spot from termen below

vein 4; aseries of white striz defined on each side by black just

vefore termen; cilia chequered red-brown and yellowish white.

ERIOPUS. 579

Hind wing deep red-brown; cilia yellow at base, white at tips ;

the underside yellowish white thickly irrorated with red-brown,

a small brown discoidal spot, postmedial line rather diffused, curved

and minutely waved, a terminal series of small red-brown lunules

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. W. Invizs,1 2. Exp. 34 millim.

3446. Eriopus argentilinea. (Plate CXXL. fig. 14.)

Callopistria argentilinea, W1k. xii. 863 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am

p. 308.

3. Head and thorax deep red mixed with pale pink ; upper part

of frons and a bar on vertex of head blackish; tegule with some

blackish spots and a pinkish line near base; pectus and fore tarsi

whitish ; abdomen red-brown with whitish segmental lines, anal

tuft, and ventral surface. Fore wing pale pinkish largely

suffused and irrorated with deep red, the terminal area deep red ;

a black striga from base of costa with spot beyond it on median

nervure ; subbasal line double, black filled in with whitish and in

places with silver, angled inwards in cell and ending at submedian

fold ; antemediai line double, black filled in with silvery white,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then waved, black spots before

it in and above cell and an irregular oblique line from cell to

above inner margin ; claviform crimson defined by black ; orbicular

crimson indistinctly defined by black, oblong, with a small round

crimson spot beyond it defined by black; reniform pale crimson

defined by black, its centre defined by black and the lower half of

annulus silvery white; postmedial line double, blackish filled in

with silvery white, angled inwards below costa, then strongly bent

outwards, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and dentate below

vein 4, some pale crimson striz beyond it from costa; subterminal

line pale crimson, strongly dentate to termen at veins 7, 6, 4,3;

a terminal series of small black spots defined on inner side by white

striw ; cilia deep red with series of slight yellowish points at base

and spots at tips. Hind wing deep pinkish red-brown; cilia

chequered white and red-brown; the underside white irrorated

with red-brown, a brown discoidal lunule, rather diffused waved

postmedial line incurved below vein 3, diffused subterminal shade,

and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Middle, Southern, and Central States, 1 ¢ type

Exp. 30 millim.

c. Mid and hind tibiee and 1st joint of tarsi and the inner spur of mid tibise

with very large tufts of hair and scales.

3447. Eriopus variegata.

, Methorasa variegata, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 44; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. iv. p. 511.

Head and thorax greenish grey mixed with some brown and black

Zee

580 NOCTUID #.

ales: frons with lateral black spots; tegule with black spots at

ase; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown ;

the crests dark brown, the ventral surface greyish with series of

black points. Fore wing greenish grey irrorated with black and

suffused in parts with brown; subbasal line represented by double

black strie from costa and cell, an oblique black striga beyond it

across the cell; antemedial line indistinct, dcuble, black, much

interrupted, oblique from costa to above vein 1 and bent inwards to

inner margin, an oblique black line before it from submedian fold

Fig. 142.—Eriopus variegata, gS. 5.

to inner margin; orbicular a minute somewhat YV-shaped mark

defined by black ; reniform with two oblique black lines on inner

side, its outer and lower edges faintly defined by black and with

two obliquely placed white points at lower extremity defined by

black ; an oblique blackish shade from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line with oblique white streaks

above veins 7 and 6, then faint, slightly defined by brown on inner

side, waved and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia with fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing

reddish brown, whitish at base; cilia yellowish, brown at tips; the

underside greenish white irrorated with black, the inner area tinged

with red-brown, an oblique blackish bar from middle of costa, slight

discoidal lunule, crenulate postmedial line, and some blackish points

on apical part of termen.

Hab. Buvuran (Dudgeon), 1 $; Assam, Khasis, 1 9 type; Bornzo,

Sarawak. Hap. ¢ 24, 2 30 millim.

d. Fore, mid, and hind tibie of male with large tufts of

hair and scales above.

a. Fore wing without white spot beyond the clavi-

form.

a”. Hind wing with basal area white ...............00008 leucobasis.

b?, Hind wing uniform red-brown ...............06ceeeees manta.

b', Fore wing with white spot beyond the claviform.

Gz. Horexwing red-browmlerns-aca-iecsecsoteceenccoreelsneree miveiguita.

G25 Bore wine Olive-PTeeMrrrccjscecse ser esatesettetscecactes chlorocroa,

ERIOPUS.

3448. Eriopus leucobasis, n. sp.

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

scales ; palpi blackish, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ;

frons white with lateral black bars; tegule with blackish lines at

base, middle and tips; spurs tipped with white, the tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown leaving whitish

segmental bands, the crest on 8rd segment black. Fore wing

ochreous whitish almost entirely suffused and irrorated with dark

purple-brown ; subbasal line represented by double blackish striz

from costa and cell; antemedial line very indistinct, blackish,

interrupted, with black line before it from submedian fold to inner

Fig. 143.—Lriopus leucobasis, §. 3.

margin ; orbicular a small indistinct whitish spot; reniform indis-

tinctly defined by whitish, narrow and with white points beyond its

lower extremity ; a diffused oblique waved blackish line from beyond

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line blackish with

white striga at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some white spots beyond it

on costa ; subterminal line strong, white and dentate from costa to

vein 6, oblique and yellowish to vein 4, then blackish, waved, with

small whitish spot beyond it below vein 3; a terminal series of

small black lunules defined on inner side by some white scales; a

fine yellowish line at base of cilia. Hind wing with the basal half

yellowish white, the terminal half purple-brown ; cilia chequered

yellowish white and brown; the underside white irrorated with

purple-brown except on basal half of inner area, a black discoidal

spot, diffused purple-brown medial band, black postmedial line, bent

outwards below costa, then crenulate, incurved and obsolescent below

vein 3, a terminal series of black spots from apex to vein 5.

Hab. Assam, Khasis; Cryton, Kandy (Green), 2 2; PEnax,

Goping; Java, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 3 type. Hap. 28-80 millim.

3449. Eriopus manta. (Plate CXXI. fig. 15.)

Methorasa manta, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 173 (1902).

*$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with pinkish white ;

abdomen pinkish mixed with bright rufous. Fore wing purplish

red slightly irrorated with dark brown; a black point at base;

582 NOCTUIDA.

subbasal line represented by minute black streaks below costa and

cell with a minute streak beyond it in cell; antemedial line black,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then excurved and bent

inwards to inner margin, an oblique black striga before it from sub-

median fold to vein 1 with short black streak below it; orbicular

absent ; reniform represented by an oblique black striga on upper

discocellular and two white points at lower angle of cell; a dark

medial line oblique from costa to reniform, excurved beyond lower

angle of cell, then oblique and sinuous ; postmedial line double, the

outer line slight, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique

to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and incurved at submedian fold,

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

dentate from costa to vein 6, then very indistinct, waved, with dark

streaks beyond it in the interspaces ending in slight terminal lunules ;

cilia with slight white striae at base. Hind wing purplish red-

brown, the basal area whitish ; cilia whitish with a red-brown line

through them; the underside purplish white irrorated with purplish

red-brown, a slight black discoidal point, postmedial line bent

outwards below costa, then crenulate, a terminal series of slight

brown lunules.

Hab. Prrax, Goping (Kunstler), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 28 millim.

3450. Eriopus clava. (Plate CXXI. fig. 16.)

Apamea ciava, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 66.

9. Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with

whitish; frons white with black bar above; tegule with black

medial line; patagia with shght black streak near upper edge; mid

and hind tibie streaked with black, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface white mixed with red-

brown and with sublateral and ventral series of black striea. Fore

wing pale purplish pink irrorated with purplish brown and blackish ;

a slight black streak at base of subcostal nervure and black streak

below base of cell; subbasal line represented by an oblique black

striga from costa; antemedial line slight, black defined by purplish

on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then excurved and

sinuous, with slight black streaks before it in submedian fold and

below vein 1 ; claviform slightly defined by black; orbicular with

purplish annulus, round ; reniform with pinkish line on inner edge

followed by a black line, angled inwards on median nervure, then

pinkish with slight black striga in centre and two purplish points

at lower extremity, the upper with black streak from it to post-

medial line, the lower with black point on outer edge; a faint

waved diffused dark line from beyond lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by purplish, with

white striga from costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved,

oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and excurved at vein 1,

some white points beyond it on costa with blackish streaks between

ERIOPUS. 583

them and some white irroration below them ; subterminal line white

and dentate from costa to vein 6, then very indistinct, with black

streaks in the interspaces beyond it ending in small terminal

lunules ; cilia with fine whitish line at base and chequered with

whitish at tips. Hind wing deep purplish red-brown ; cilia white

with series of brown spots from apex to vein 2; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a dark bar from middle of costa to

the discoidal lunule, postmedial line bent outwards below.costa, then

crenulate to vein 2, terminal black points from apex to vein 9.

Hab. W. Carns, Omei-shin, 1 2 type. Hup. 36 millim.

3451. Eriopus niveigutta. (Plate CX XI. fig. 17.)

Eulepa niveigutta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 54 (1864); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 52, pl. 1. fig. 21.

dark bar above; pectus and legs red-brown, the tibise and tarsi

ringed with white, abdomen whitish suffused and irrorated with red-

brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with some white; a white

spot defined by brown below base of cell ; a subbasal white band

from costa to vein 1, expanding below costa and cell ; an indistinct

oblique waved antemedial brown line with white spot beyond it at

costa; claviform white defined by brown; orbicular white defined

by brown, round, very near end of cell, with yellow-white spots

tinged with rufous below, before and beyond its upper part ; reni-

form absent ; postmedial line red-brown with a white patch on it

at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to white points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subbasal line represented by an

oblique white bar from costa, then by a series of white points; a

terminal series of white points and a triangular spot below vein 4.

Hind wing rufous, the costal area whitish to beyond middle; a

slight discoidal point ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with

a red-brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with

red-brown, a black discoidal lunule, maculate curved postmedial line,

and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $. Eup. 24 millim.

3452. Eriopus chlorocroa, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 18.)

2. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with some whitish and

dark brown; palpi with the extremity of 2nd joint whitish ; frons

white with black bars above; tarsi slightly ringed with white ;

abdomen yellowish irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing olive-

green suffused in parts with rufous and irrorated with dark brown

éspecially on ante- and postmedial areas; a white spot defined by

some black scales below base of cell; subbasal line represented by

an oblique white bar from costa and point in cell; antemedial line

584 NOCTUID®.

with an oblique white bar from costa, then indistinct, pale, waved,

with white points on median nervure and vein 1, claviform an

elliptical white spot; orbicular an elliptical white spot; reniform a

small white lunule with minute round white spot beyond it; post-

medial line with white bar from costa, then slight, double, black filled

in with yellowish, bent outwards below costa, then with minute white

points beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 4, some white

points beynd it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined

on inner side by small dentate black marks, slightly incurved at

discal fold and below vein 3; an oblique black shade from apex ;

a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing greyish

suffused with reddish brown especially on terminal area; a blackish

discoidal lunule and terminal series of points ; the underside white,

the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 irrorated with black, a

black discoidal spot, postmedial line bent outwards below costa,

waved to vein 4, then oblique, a terminal series of slight black

lunules. :

Hab, Sumatra, Kaba, Hot Springs Pot Volcano, 3,000' (Z. O.

Forbes), 1 9 type. Hep. 24 millim.

Genus BORBOTANA.

Type.

BOnVOLANG. Wilkepxvenl GoluG@lG5S)gceseseots ace teae nena eeeee healt nivifascia.

Choluata, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 57 (1864)......... nivifascia.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint moderately scaled

and reaching about to vertex of head, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, rounded; antennee with large tuft of scales from basal joint, in male

typically serrate and with long fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed chiefly with

scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie thickly scaled ;

abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

rectangular, the termen evenly curved; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

vein 6 from below angle of cell; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 10 from

cell in male; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 obsolescent from middle of discoceliulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 ana-

stomosing with the cell near base only.

sect. I. Antenne of male serrate and with fascicles of long cilia; fore wing

with vein 7 downcurved at base and with groove of ribbed membrane

above it.

A. Fore wing with the triangular discoidal spot rather before

the oblique band ; hind wing wholly tinged with rufous ... nivifascia,

B. Fore wing with the triangular discoidal spot in line with

oblique band; hind wing white, the terminal area rufous

tofsubmediant oldie, cesces-hercecaacesccse sneer cecneeeeene ee cebee.

5453. Borbotana nivifascia.

Borbotana nivifascia, Wk. xv. 1651 (1858).

Choluata eburneifera, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 57 (1864).

Leterochroma leucographa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 70, pl. 5. f. da-d

(1877).

Head and thorax deep rufous mixed with some white, metathorax

with white mark; palpi with the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints

BORBOTANA, 585

white; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous especially towards

extremity, the dorsal crests rufous, the ventral surface thickly

irrorated with rufous. Fore wing deep rufous; a broad irregular

white antemedial band, its inner edge waved, its outer angled

outwards below costa and submedian fold; a white point in middle

of cell; a large white discoidal lunule, its inner edges angled

inwards, two to four white points beyond it, a spot above 1b on

costa and a line from below it to inner margin angled inwards in

submedian fold, a redder patch beyond it between veins 4 and 2

and an obscure oblique reddish fascia from costa just before apex ;

W-

Fig. 144.—Borbotana nivifascia, S$. t.

a terminal series of faint brown lunules. Hind wing pale rufous,

the basal and costal areas pale; the underside whitish irrorated

with rufous, the costal and terminal areas rufous irrorated with

white, a rufous discoidal lunule and crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Sumarra; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 ¢, 1 2 type;

Ceteses. Hap. 30 millim.

Subsp. 1. Rather darker; fore wing with the line from below

discoidal lunule expanding into a patch from submedian fold to

inner margin.

Hab. Stxurm, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 9. Exp. 28 millim.

*3454, Borbotana cebex. (Plate CXXI. fig. 19.)

Borbotana kebee, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 207 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with yellowish white ;

palpi with the extremity of 2nd joint white, the 3rd joint white at

base in front; lower part of frons white; antenne ringed with

white; pectus and legs rufous, the former white at base; abdomen

yellowish white, the crests, anal tuft, and ventral surface tinged

with rufous. Fore wing deep rufous slightly mixed with yellowish ;

a yellow point defined by black at base of cell; a silvery white

antemedial band defined at sides by black lines, its outer edge

slightly angled outwards below costa and strongly in submedian

fold; a narrow oblique silvery white band from costa just beyond

middle to inner margin near tornus, defined at sides by black lines,

interrupted at lower angle of cell, with three white points beyond

it at end of cell, its inner edge angled inwards in cell and sub-

median fold, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

dentate, fine and white towards costa, then blackish and diffused on

586 NOCTUIDAE.

outer side, angled inwards in discal fold and to the postmedial band

in submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; a fine

yellowish line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the terminal

area suffused with pale purplish rufous from apex to submedian

fold towards which it narrows ; cilia rufous, white towards tornus ;

the underside with the costal area suffused with rufous and irrorated

with white, the terminal area suffused with rufous to submedian

fold, a rufous discoidal spot, postmedial line slightly bent outwards

below costa, crenulate to vein 5, then obsolescent, a fine yellow line

at base of cilia.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type ~ ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Ekeikei. Hap. 32 millim.

Srecr. II. Antennz of male minutely ciliated.

A. Fore wing with veins 6, 7 downeurved at base and with slight grooves

of ribbed membrane above them.

3455. Borbotana eceicel.

Borbotana eketke?, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 207 (1906).

3. Head and tegule fiery red, the latter with a fine pale line

near base defined by purplish rufous above; antennee black-brown ;

thorax very dark red-brown with a yellowish dorsal fascia; pectus

whitish mixed with rufous; legs purplish red-brown ; abdomen

yellowish white tinged with rufous, the crests and ventral surface

rufous. lore wing with the basal half very dark red-brown, the

terminal ‘halt silvery purplish grey, tinged with rufous beyond

the cell, the terminal area suffused with rufous; a dorsal silvery

white antemedial band, its inner edge incurved, its outer excurved

Fig. 145.—Borhotana eceicei, 9. }.

below costa and strongly in submedian interspace; the dark area

with an oblique silvery white line on its outer edge, angled out-

wards beyond the cell and enclosing a small triangular dark spot

beyond a small white discoidal lunule ; a rufous shade on postmedial

part of costa with some white points on the costa; an oblique red-

brown fascia from apex to discal fold formed of short diffused

streaks, then by finer streaks angled outwards at vein 4, and below

submedian fold almost obsolete and bent outwards to tornus; cilia

rufous. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas broadly

suffused witn pale rufous; cilia rufous; the underside with the

costal area rufous irrorated with white, the terminal area suffused

BORBOTANA.—TELESILLA. 587

with rufous, a small rufous discoidal spot and minutely crenulate

postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa.

Hab. Br. New Gutnea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type + ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. vp. 26 millim.

B. Fore wing with veins 8, 9 curved downwards and with groove of ribbed

membrane above them, 10 from cell and curved upwards.

*3456. Borbotana dinava.

Borbotana dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 208 (1906).

3. Head and thorax very dark purplish brown; tegule tipped

with white at middle; pectus whitish at sides; abdomen whitish

suffused with dark purplish brown on dorsum and on terminal half

of ventral surface. Fore wing very dark chocolate-brown with a

purplish-grey gloss except on disk; a very oblique pure white fascia

from base of costa to middle of submedian told where it ends in a

point, its upper edge angled outwards in cell; a triangular white

mark in end of cell with its lower extremity produced as a fascia to

above middle of vein 4 with a white point beyond it; an oblique

Fig. 146.—Borbotana dinava, G. }.

dark band formed of short diffused streaks from apex to inner margin

beyond middle where there is a white striga on its outer edge; a

narrow black-brown terminal band. Hind wing white, the terminal

area suffused with purple-brown, broadly at costa, narrowing to

tornus; cilia purple-brown, whitish towards tornus; the underside

with the costal and terminal areas suffused with red-brown, a small

discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved between veins 7 and 2.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type T ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. xp. 28 millim.

Genus TELESILLA.

Type.

Placodes, Dup. Cat. Méth. p. 143 (1844), nec Erich. Col.

kc Gounone taabaade bodes sUnranence seq aenRaaenae spbadaddaedaconsoccons amethystina.

Telesilla, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur. vi. Index, p. 47 (1855). amethystina.

Hucanca, lied Noch Hursp. 168 (S51) cscs secsenansecseeeeas amethystina.

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

yertex of head and rather broadly fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibize

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest

588 NOCTUID&.

on 3rd segment large. 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below

middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

3457. Telesilla amethystina.

Noctua amethystina, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 69, 597-8 (1802) ; Dup.

Lép. Fr. vi. p. 328, pl. 93. ff. 3; 4; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 639; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 235.

Head and thorax purplish pink mixed with red-brown; basal

joint of antenne with white ring at tip; tegule tipped with

whitish; pectus and legs red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen red-brown tinged with grey, the crests dark at tips. Fore

wing purplish pink suffused with red-brown, the outer part of

medial area pinker; subbasal line black defined by whitish on

outer side, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line brown

defined by pink on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique and slightly sinuous; claviform defined by a white striga

at extremity with an oblong black-brown patch beyond it extending

to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with pink centres slightly

defined by red-brown, the former with white bars at sides, rather

elliptical, the latter with white bar on inner side and slightly angled

inwards on median nervure, black-brown patches in cell before and

between them ; postmedial line double filled in with pink, slightly

Fig. 147.—Telesilla amethystina, g. 4.

angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, minutely dentate

below vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond

it on costa with black marks between them; subterminal line indis-

tinct, pink defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle ; a fine terminal whitish line ; cilia brown mixed with pink

and with a black line through them. Hind wing cupreous brown

with a greyish tinge; an indistinct pale postmedial line somewhat

incurved at vein 2 ; cilia grey-brown with a fine whitish line at base ;

the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown, a brown discoidal spot and indistinct minutely

waved curved postmedial line.

Hab, Briain, Buttermere (Cannolds), 1 3; Francn ; Gurmany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Ausrrra; Huneary ; Switzernann,

Frey Coll.; N. Iraty; Batxan Srarms; 8.E. Rossta; E. Srperra,

Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 2 3, Tokio (Maries), 1 3,

‘TELESILLA.— CALLOGONTIA. 589

1 2; Corta, Gensan (Leech), 2 2; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt),

23. Exp. 34-40 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 266; Hffm. Raup. p. 131, pl. 34. f. 17.

Green: dorsal and subdorsal lines white; lateral line white

shading to red at extremities. Food-plants: the umbels of Wild

Carrot and Peucedanum palustre and P, silaus. 7-8.

Genus CALLOGONTIA, nov.

Type, C. virgo.

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

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

frons smooth with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenn of male laminate

and almost simple; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax

with spreading crests; build slender ; tibize moderately fringed with hair;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the

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

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

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

3458. Callogonia virgo.

Abrostola virgo, Treit. Hur. Schmett. x. 2, p. 180 (1825); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 480. f. 2; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 248-9;

Friv. Tudon. Akad. Erkon. xi. iv. pl. 7. f. 5 (1866); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 235.

Placodes spencei, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 129 (1840).

Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with some red-brown ;

sides of palpi and frons tinged with rufous; tegule slightly tipped

with red-brown; abdomen grey slightly tinged with rufous. Fore

wing violaceous grey slightly irrorated with red-brown ; antemedial

line strong, whitish, defined on inner side with red-brown below

submedian fold, very oblique and slightly sinuous, angled outwards

above inner margin to the medial shade; medial area suffused with

Fig. 148.—Callogonia virgo, . t.

red-brown to median nervure; orbicular with grey centre and

pinkish-white annulus defined by brown, oblique elliptical; reni-

form a very oblique pinkish-white bar defined on each side by

brown lines; a very oblique diffused brown medial shade from

lower angle of cell to the antemedial line above inner margin ;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by pinkish white,

double at costa and from vein 5 to inner margin, strongly angled

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly excurved at middle,

a90 NOCTUIDAE.

some whitish points beyond it on costa; terminal area suffused

with red-brown; subterminal line pinkish white, oblique, angled

outwards at vein 7 and very slightly excurved at middle; a fine

red-brown terminal line; cilia grey with a pinkish-white line at

base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown; cilia white; the underside white irrorated

with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial

line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Honeary; ?N. Ivaty; Rvussrs, Urals, 1 ¢, 1 9, Leech

Coll.; EK. Srperta, Amur, 1 ¢,1 9, Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Pryer),

2 3; Corga, Gensan (Leech), 1 6,2 9. Hxp. 34-36 millim.

Genus PLUSILLA. ee

Plusiiia, Staud. Rom. Mém, vi. p. 533 (1892) ............-.-seseenseosee rosalia.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint slender and

reaching vertex of head, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth; eyes large, round;

antennze of male somewhat laminated and ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen not crenulate, evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 trom near angle of cell ;

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

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

3459. Plusilla rosalia.

Plusilla rosalia, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 533, pl. 9. f. 11 (1892); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 235.

Head and thorax rufous with a pinkish tinge; fore and mid

tarsi dark brown ringed with yellowish white ; abdomen ochreous

white slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous strongly

tinged with pink; antemedial line indistinct, very oblique, sinuous ;

an oblique somewhat sinuous medial black line defined by yellowish

white on inner side from subcostal nervure to submedian fold, with

deep rufous suffusion beyond it; postmedial line with oblique band

Fig. 149.—Plusilla rosalia, 3. }.

of rufous suffusion from costa to vein 6, then pale golden yellow

defined on each side by very slightly waved black lines, obliquely

excurved to below vein 3 where it is angled inwards, outwardly

oblique to submedian fold, then obsolescent and slightly angled on

vein 1; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing yellowish white,

the terminal area slightly tinged with pinkish ; some brown irrora-

tion below and beyond end of cell; a faint dark discoidal lunule

PLUSILLA.—ACHERDOA. 591

and sinuous postmedial line; the underside yellowish white, the

costal area tinged with pink, a slight dark discoidal lunule.

Hab, Ki. Stperta, Ussuri; C. Curna, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 ¢ , Ichang

(Pratt), 1 2, Chang-yang (Pratt), 19. vp. 28-30 millim.

Genus ACHERDOA.

Type.

Aologralaa, Willis, 5.2-5ati 4 (TSG) Gonanadosnbacnavasadonoscoposa5aadonoacene ferraria.

\eainowNeum= Papilio;siv. p. 94 (1884)\c. vescc- sass. seeeeeeesteeesscses Sferraria,

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint short,

rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round;

antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to apex; thorax clothed

chiefly with rough scales and without crests; tibie fringed with long hair on

outer side; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, large on medial segments.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 ana-

stomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3. 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

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

3460. Acherdoa ferraria.

ee ferraria, Wk. xxxii. 451 (1865); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am.

p. 195.

varie ornata, Neum. Papilio, iv. p. 94 (1884).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with some yellowish white; palpi

blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegulie black at

base; tarsi whitish; abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft rufous.

Fore wing bright rufous, the medial area with the cell and area just

below it and beyond the reniform suffused with black, the terminal

area greyish brown; subbasal line represented by a black striga

from costa, a short black streak below base of cell; antemedial line

defined by pure white on inner side, oblique, excurved below cell

and slightly above inner margin; orbicular and reniform with

Fig. 150.— Acherdoa ferraria, §. }.

rufous centres and white annuli defined by black, the former minute,

round; postmedial line from costa to vein 3, double filled in with

rufous, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 6,

then oblique, below vein 3 pure white, strong and bent outwards

to vein 1 near tornus, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish, shghtly excurved below vein 7

and at middle and with triangular black spots on its inner side

592 NOCTUID AM.

below veins 4 and 3, terminating at vein 2; a terminal scries of

black strive slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia rufous.

Hind wing uniform black-brown; the underside with the termen

greyish with terminal series of black strie.

Hub. U.S.A., Florida (Doubleday), 3 g type. Exp. 26-

28 millim.

Genus FAGITANA.

Type. °

Hagitang, Wilk sxxxiis O45 (SGD) ipesesescescaee cece eereeecetece eet littera.

Pseudotimacodes, Grote, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1874, p. 212 ............ littera.

Virgo, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi: p. 467 (1892) .........000..eeceeeneee datanidia.

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

of head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd_ rather long ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male serrate; thorax clothed

with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibiee moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

rectangular, 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a white bar bent

inwards On Median Mervyuressn-c--02.scse-rsen-e oct dancoceeeseeeees littera.

B. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a rufous bar

definedFonveach/side by pinks. ss ccccs-ssecs ses scessm enon eeneee datanidia.

3461. Fagitana littera.

Leucania littera, Guen, Noet. i. p. 71 (1852); Grote, Ill. Essay, p. 41;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 356.

Fatigana lucidata, Wik. xxxii. 645 (1865).

ee ogee niveicostatus, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1874,

p. 212.

Head bright rufous; antenne, thorax, and abdomen whitish

tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous, the

costal half to beyond the cell, a diffused medial band, and the

terminal area bright rufous leaving the costal edge white to near

Fig. 151.—Pagitana littera, 3. }-

apex; antemedial line rufous defined by white on outer side,

obliquely curved; a white discoidal bar curved inwards on extremity

of median nervure ; postmedial line unusually near termen, rufous

defined by white suffusion on inner side, obliquely curved; a whitish

terminal line; cilia deep rufous at base, whitish at tips. Hind

FAGITANA.—PHUPHENA. 593

wing whitish suffused with bright rufous; a rather diffused obliquely

curved rufous line from apex to inner margin before tornus; a fine

rufous terminal line slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia

whitish; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, a rufous dis-

coidal bar and obliquely curved postmedial band diffused on outer

side.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, 1 6, Illinois, Florida

(Doubleday), 2 Q type and type luedata. Hep. 54-42 millim.

3462. Fagitana datanidia. (Plate CXXI. fig. 20.)

Nephelodes datanidia, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 182 (1885).

Nonagria amena, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 254; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 187.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish; abdomen greyish

suffused with rufous. Fore wing pale pink suffused with rufous;

antemedial line whitish slightly defined on each side by rufous,

somewhat inwardly oblique and very minutely waved; a slightly

incurved whitish medial line with diffused rufous band on its outer

edge; reniform represented by an oblique rufous bar slightly defined

on each side by pink ; postmedial line whitish defined on each side

by rufous, slightly bent outwards below costa, then, oblique; the

terminal area rather deeper rufous with traces of a pale subterminal

line; a fine brown terminal line. Hind wing white slightly tinged

with brown; traces of an oblique discoidal bar and curved post-

medial line; the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous,

Hab, KE. Stprrta, Amurland, Ussuri in Coll. Piingeler; Japan,

Yokohama (Pryer), 2 ¢,1 9 type. Hvp. 30 millim.

Genus PHUPHENA. Tae

GO henaNVilke xvas VO49) (USHS) Meessence ote or seeee sisi sino nei fusipennis.

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

middle of frons and broadly sealed in front, the 3rd short ; frons smooth;

eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales

and without crests; tibiee fringed with rather long hair; abdomen smoothly

scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex slightly produced ; veins

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

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

ef cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only; the termen excised at

diseal fold.

Secr, I. Fore wing with the termen rather strongly excised from apex to vein 4

where it is angled outwards, then crenulate.

3463. Phuphena cilix.

Drobeta cilix, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 493, pl. 95. f. 8 (1898).

¢- Head and thorax bright rufous; vertex of head with white line;

tegule at tips and metathoracic scales at extremities white ; pectus

and legs rufous mixed with white; abdomen rufous with black

sutfusion on middle of dorsum. Fore wing bright rufous slightly

VOL. VII. 2G

594 NOCLUID A.

irrorated with whitish, the apical area rather darker ; subbasal line

represented by a whitish striga from costa; antemedial line whitish

defined by brown on outer side, somewhat oblique and almost

straight ; orbicular and reniform defined by whitish, the former

elliptical and touching the antemedial line, the latter angled inwards

on median nervure to near orbicular; postmedial line double, red-

brown filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, oblique

Fig. 152. Phuphena ciliz, $. 3.

from vein 5 to submedian fold, then outwardly oblique, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined by

brown on outer side, represented by small lunules between veins 8

and 7, oblique from postmedial line at vein 6 to termen at vein 3,

then strongly incurved and ending on termen at vein 1; a fine

white terminal line; cilia with some whitish points at middle.

Hind wing bright rufous, the cilia white with slight rufous points

at base. Underside of fore wing with wedge-shaped white mark

on costa at postmedial line, the terminal area whitish; hind wing

whitish, the costal area and submedian fold tinged and irrorated

with rufous, a brown discoidal spot, irregular waved postmedial line,

and terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 1 3 type Godman-Salvin

Coll. wp. 28 millim.

Secr. II. Fore wing with the termen slightly excised below apex and angled at

vein 4.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, the subterminal line oblique throughout......... JSusipennis.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly excurved below

costa, the subterminal line excurved at middle.

a. Fore wing with oblique medial shade from costa at ante-

inedial line to inner margin at postmedial line ............ diagona.

6. Fore wing without medial shade .............6000sesseeseeeoe eee transversa.

3464, Phuphena fusipennis.

Phuphena fusipennis, Wik. xv. 1846 (1858).

Perigea trilunea, Schaus, ‘rans, Aim, Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 230 (1894).

6. Head and thorax bright rufous ; pectus and legs paler rufous ;

abdomen whitish suffused with rufous. Fore wing reddish ochreous

suffused with rufous and irrorated with red-brown, the terminal

PHUPHENA. 595

area rather paler, the medial area rather darker; antemedial line

strong, dark brown defined by whitish on inner side, oblique,

straight; orbicular absent; reniform very faintly defined by brown

and with slight red-brown lunule in centre ; postmedial line strong,

dark red-brown defined by whitish on outer side, slightly excurved

Fig. 153.—Phuphena fusipennis, $. 1.

below costa, then very obliquely incurved and bent outwards to

inner margin ; subterminal line strong, dark red-brown, diffused on

inner side, oblique, straight; a terminal series of dark red-brown

strize; cilia pale reddish at base, dark red-brown at tips. Hind

wing whitish strongly suffused with cupreous brown, the terminal

area deep red-brown; cilia whitish with a red-brown line through

them; the underside white tinged with rufous and irrorated with

red-brown except on inner area.

Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro, type yin Mus. Oxon.; Sao Paulo

(D. Jones), 2 3. Exp. 30 millim.

3465. Phuphena diagona, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 21.)

Head and thorax bright rufous; antenne ringed with white;

tegule tipped with white; palpi whitish in front; pectus whitish ;

legs pale rufous; abdomen whitish suffused with rufous and with

brown segmental lines. Fore wing greyish tinged with rufous and

thickly irrorated with chocolate-brown ; a diffused chocolate-brown

subbasal band from costa to vein 1; antemedial line chocolate-brown

defined by white on inner side, inwardly oblique, straight ; orbicular

represented by a pinkish-white bar across cell; reniform with brown

centre and pinkish-white annulus defined at sides by brown, open

above and below ; an outwaraly oblique chocolate-brown band from

middle of costa to inner margin at postmedial line, which is chocolate-

brown defined by white on outer side, arising from below costa,

slightly excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a faint whitish sub-

terminal band angled outwards at vein 4, defined on inner side by

a slight chocolate-brown line expanding into spots below costa and

at middle; a chocolate-brown terminal line slightly defined by

whitish on inner side; cilia whitish tinged with rufous and with

red-brown line through them. Hind wing whitish strongly suffused

with cupreous red; traces of a discoidal striga and curved postmediai

line; a red-brown terminal line; cilia white tinged with rufous ;

the underside white tinged with red and irrorated with red-brown

2Q2

596 NOCTUID®.

except on inner area, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line,

and terminal series of slight lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 do, 1 2 type. Exp.

26 millim

3466. Phuphena transversa. (Plate CXXI. fig. 22.)

Perigea transversa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p, 230 (1894).

Head and thorax bright rufous; tegule faintly tipped with

whitish; pectus whitish; legs pale rufous; abdomen greyish

suffused with rufous, the medial dorsal area black, the ventral

surface red, white at base. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged with

rufous and with slight dark irroration, the medial and postmedial

areas chocolate-brown; antemedial line double filled in with

violaceous grey, oblique, straight; orbicular absent ; reniform with

violaceous grey annulus defined by red-brown and with slight grey

striga in centre; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with

violaceous grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5,

then incurved and bent outwards to inner margin, some minute

white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of small dark

brown spots slightly incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a

slight chocolate-brown terminal line; cilia violaceous grey with a

chocolate-brown line through them. Hind wing dark red-brown ;

cilia violaceous grey with a dark brown line through them; the

underside white, the costal area rufous, the terminal area slightly

irrorated with purple-brown, a dark discoidal point, indistinct

waved postmedial line, and terminal series of slight lunules from

apex to vein 2.

Hab. Brazit, Sio Paulo (D. Jones), 2 3, Castro Parana (D. Jones),

16,22. Hep. 32millim. Type tin US. Nat. Mus.

Larva. Pale yellow-green with rather darker dorsal and subdorsal

lines; head ochreous ; prolegs all fully developed.

Pupa ina cocoon of silk and grass among leaves.

Snor. III. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line white defined on inner

side by adark brown band and acutely angled outwards at

naib TCG Wenn aan anadeonubad sacaaccdoaecaonac eee eRe Te Dero A petrovna.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not white defined on

inner side by a dark brown band.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line entire, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle 22.0.0... 0.8 .eceemeeereeniens u-alba,

b. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a series

of small dark spots.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines strong,

AW AAURHS) Siaeond da sbad Gaba adosaebo oon Sabo Baoudodsoc250co0bScoNuODEGoRN paralella.

b1, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines double,

rufous filled in with whitish.

a2, Fore wing with the subterminal series of spots defined

by white on inner Side ...........-02-cessereeeseseeseesrerees tura.

b2, Fore wing with the subterminal series of spots not

defined by white on inner Sid@ ...sssseeseceeeesreceeeees obliqua.

PHUPHENA. 597

3167. Phuphena petrovna. (Plate CXXI. fig. 23.)

Leptina petrovna, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 152 (1904).

Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with chocolate-brown ;

palpi chocolate-red ; shoulders streaked with chocolate-brown ;

femora chocolate-red; abdomen white banded with chocolate-red,

the ventral surface tinged with chocolate. Fore wing violaceous

grey irrorated with chocolate-brown; antemedial line red-brown

defined by white on inner side, angled outwards below costa, very

oblique to just below median nervure, then very oblique inwardly

to inner margin, a wedge-shaped chocolate-brown patch before it

above inner margin; orbicular white with slight greyish centre,

very narrow and oblique wedge-shaped, its lower extremity pro-

duced to the reniform, which is narrow and oblique, its centre grey

slightly defined by brown, the triangular area between the stigmata

suffused with chocolate ; a diffused oblique chocolate medial shade

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

double, red-brown filled in with white, excurved below costa,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and bent

outwards to inner margin; subterminal line white, with a strong

deep chocolate-brown band on inner side, oblique, acutely angled

outwards at vein 4; a fine deep brown line just before termen,

very slightly angled outwards at vein 6 and angled inwards at

diseal fold; cilia chocolate-brown. Hind wing white, the costal

and terminal areas suffused with red; a red-brown terminal line ;

cilia white; tinged with red and with red-brown line through them

from apex to vein 2; the underside white, the costal half suffused

and irrorated with deep red, leaving a white fascia through the cell

to termen and white streaks on the veins, the terminal line and line

through the cilia deep red.

Hab. Brazit, Organ Mts., Tijnea (Wagner), 1 ¢, Rio Janeiro,

2 3, Petropolis (Doer), 1 ¢, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 6, 12.

Exp. 28-30 millim. Type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

3468. Phuphena u-alba. (Plate CXXI. fig. 24.)

Ceramica u-album, Guen. Noct. i. p. 845 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am,

- p. 174.

Apamea purpuripennis, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 206.

Orthosia baliola, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 148 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish, the head deeper

rufous, with a white line between antenne which are whitish at

base; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing red-brown, suffused with

purplish grey except on medial area in, below, and beyond cell;

subbasal line red-brown, waved, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line red-brown, oblique, waved ; claviform faintly defined

by red-brown; orbicular represented by a whitish point slightly

defined by red-brown in upper part of cell, the reniform by a

598 NOCTUID ©.

U-shaped white mark defined by red-brown ; postmedial line

indistinct, red-brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

oblique below vein 4 and incurved in submedian interspace, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line greyish defined by

red-brown on outer side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

shghtly angled inwards in submedian fold; a slight waved brown

terminal line. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown ; a faint

minutely waved postmedial line and slight terminal line; cilia

whitish tinged with rufous ;. the underside whitish suffused with

bright rufous, a rather diffused curved brown postmedial line and

fine terminal line.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Newtownville, 1 9 type purpuri-

pennes, New York, N. Indiana, 1 9, Illinois, Minnesota, Florida

(Doubleday), 2 3 type. Hap. 34-40 millim.

3469. Phuphena paralella. (Plate CXXI. fig. 25.)

Fugitana paralella, Hmpsn. A. M,N. H. (7) xiv. p. 168 (1904).

Head and thorax bright rufous, the tegule tipped with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with bright rufous. Fore wing bright

rufous ; subbasal line represented by an oblique white bar from cell

to vein 1; antemedial line strong, white, inwardly oblique, from

subcostal nervure to inner margin ; an oblique white discoidal bar,

shghtly bent inwards on median nervure; postmedial line strong,

white, oblique and slightly excurved, arising trom just below costa ;

a subterminal series of minute rufous spots, slightly incurved

between veins 7 and 4; a white line just before termen. Hind

wing pale fiery red, whitish towards base; the underside whitish

tinged with red.

Hab. Banamas (Bonhote), 2 6,2 9 type. Hap. 30 millim.

3470. Phuphena tura.

Dianthecia tura, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 291, pl. 27. f. 19

(1889).

g. Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

Fig. 154.—Phuphena tura, G. 4.

wing bright rufous slightly mixed with whitish ; subbasal line repre-

sented by a white bar from cell to vein 1; antemedial line double,

PHUPHENA. 099

red filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then oblique;

orbicular represented by a slight whitish bar ; reniform white defined

by red, V-shaped, open above; a diffused deep red medial oblique

shade from outer edge of reniform to inner margin ; postmedial line

double, red filled in with white, arising just below costa, oblique

and slightly sinuous ; subterminal line represented by a series of

small deep red spots defined on inner side by a narrow white band,

arising just below costa, oblique; a pure waved white line just

before termen defined on outer side by a slight red-brown line; a

fine red-brown terminal line; cilia white tinged with red at base

and with red-brown line at middle. Hind wing red-brown; cilia

white tinged with red at base; the underside whitish tinged with

red and slightly irrorated with red-brown ; a small brown discoidal

spot and slight postmedial lne bent outwards below costa, then

waved and ending at discal fold, some brown points on termen

towards apex.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 2 $ type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. wp. 32 millim.

*3471. Phuphena obliqua. (Plate CXXI. fig. 26.)

Fagitana obliqua, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. viii. p. 174 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat..

Lep. N. Am. p. 179.

@. Head and thorax bright red-brown; tegule tipped with

whitish ; abdomen paler red-brown with slight dorsal black bar on

lst segment and streak on 2nd, the ventral surface pale. Fore

wing bright red-brown tinged with violaceous grey, the terminal

area suffused with violaceous grey; subbasal line absent: ante-

medial line double filled in with greyish, inwardly oblique and

slightly curved, from just below costa to inner margin ; orbicular

and reniform closely approximated, very narrow and inwardly

oblique, with slight whitish annul, the latter extending to below

costa; an indistinct oblique red-brown line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double filled in

with greyish, bent outwards below costa and slightly incurved

below vein 4, subterminal line represented by a series of small

red-brown spots in the interspaces, slightly excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a series of slight dark lunules just before termen

defined on inner side by slight violaceous grey lunules; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia red-brown. Hind wing dark red-brown ; cilia

pale rufous; the underside whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated

with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, Chokalo in Coll. J. B. Smith. EZvwp.

30 millim.

600 NOCTUID FE,

Genus FRACARA.

Type.

nacand. Wilke ix: Gl 461856) teesaees-esessnccoteeteccerecccnee eterna tee viridata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned. the 2nd joint moderately fringed

with hair in front and reaching about to vertex of head, the 5rd rather long ;

frons smooth ; eves large, round; antennez of male ciliated; thorax clothed

chiefly with rough scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests;

build sleuder ; tibix moderately fringed wich hair; abdomen with dorsal series

of crests, the crests on 5rd and 4th segments large. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen excised below apex, excurved at middle, then oblique ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ;

10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

3472. Fracara viridata.

Noctua viridata, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 44, pl. 311. f. D (1782).

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with greenish blue; pectus

and legs white; abdomen white tinged with ochreous and dorsally

with greenish blue at base. Fore wing whitish blue, the basal,

medial, and postmedial areas suffused with green: antemedial line

very indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly

oblique; orbicular and reniform scarlet with white annuli, small,

Fig. 155.—Fracara viridata, 3. 4.

elliptical, closely approximated; postmedial line very indistinct,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line

only detined by the contrast between the green and blue areas.

Hind wing white, the terminal area faintly tinged with green from

apex to vein 3; a faint discoidal bar and curved postmedial line ;

the underside with the discoidal bar and postmedial line more

distinct, the latter waved and with a slight diffused line beyond

it from costa to discal fold.

Hab. Soxinam; Brazit, Rio Janciro (LZ. Wilson), 1 g. Hap.

32 millim.

Genus CHYTONIX.

Type.

Chytonix, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 66 (1874)... palliatrieula.

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

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

smooth; eyes Jarge, rcund; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly

with rough scales, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax with

CHYTONIX. 601

very large crest; build slender; tibix fringed with long hair, the spurs long ;

abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests on 3rd and 4th segments very

large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, tiie termen slightly excised towards

tornus and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from or

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

ureole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-

lescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle,

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antennz of male bipectinate with short branches ; fore wing with the

termen excised below apex and excurved at middle.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform green.

a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median

nervure and conjoined to the orbicular .................eeeeeee MUSCOSE.

6. Fore wing with the renifurm not angled inwards on median

MOTE O Mean en eie ss hilecuiclusiicescinalesisencecscodaens lie ceensnceany s... rifescens.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform indistinct,

pvilanitis MMos se seaicie cle ecdienaseisicsriaisauissne eee siisecsuaeGemecsedtenees ethela.

*3473. Chytonix muscosa. (Plate CXXI. fig. 27.)

Cyrima muscosa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 152 (1904).

¢g. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous ;

palpi blackish at sides except at tips; antennz blackish. Fore

wing ochreous white tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few

blackish scales; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold, with some pale yellow-green beyond it; antemedial

line black, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform pale yellow-

green with slight whitish annuli, the former a narrow bar, the

latter narrow and strongly constricted at middle, angled inwards

on median nervure and conjoined to orbicular by a patch of pale

yellow-green below the cell; a blackish medial shade, oblique from

costa to reniform; postmedial line black, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 5, some white points

beyond it on costa with yellow-green streaks between them ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, blackish, dentate, with yellow-green patch

beyond it at apex with slight blackish suffusion below it; a fine

blackish terminal line; cilia pale rufous at base, blackish at tips.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the terminal area

with fuscous ; cilia white tinged with rufous; the underside white,

the costal half irrorated with rufous and brown, the apical area

tinged with pale yellow-green, a black discoidal spot, a shght post-

medial line dentate towards costa, angled inwards and with black

spot at discal fold, angled inwards in submedian fold.

Hab. Mexico, Coatepec (Schaus), type Td in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Hep. 30 millim,

3474. Chytonix rufescens, n. sp.

~9. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with rufous,

white and a few fuscous scales ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing

greyish suffused with purplish rufous and urorated with brown

602 NOCTUID A.

and some white, vein 1 slightiy streaked with green, the medial

area green at inner margin ; subbasal line represented by an oblique

black striga from costa; antemedial line interrupted in places,

oblique from costa to below cell, then very oblique to inner margin ;

orbicular and reniform green defined by brown, the former a small

rather triangular spot in upper part of cell, the latter figure-ot-5-

shaped ; a green spot defined by brown below the cell at origin of

vein 2; an indistinct oblique dark bar from costa to reniform and

indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin, where there is a white lunule on it; postmedial line

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

Fig. 156.—Chytonix rufescens, 2. 4.

minutely waved, oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond

it on costa and some short black streaks on the, veins ; an irregu-

larly quadrate white subapical patch with the indistinct waved

whitish subterminal line from it to inner margin; the terminal

area greyish ; cilia pale rufous with a slight brown line through

them. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown; a fine

waved brown terminal line; cilia ochreous white; the underside

white, the costal area irrorated with black and red, a black discoidal

spot and curved dentate postmedial line produced to black points on

the veins.

Hab. Braztz, Rio Janeiro, 1 9 type. xp. 30 millim.

*3475. Chytonix ethela. (Plate CXXI. fig. 28.)

Ipimorpha ethela, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 153 (1904).

®. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous, the head

and tegule irrorated with some black scales; abdomen pale

ochreous dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally with rufous. Fore

wing ochreous suffused with bright rufous and with slight dark

irroration; subbasal line represented by blackish striae from costa

and cell; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by pale

ochreous, angled outwards below costa, excurved at median nervure,

strongly angled inwards on vein | and bent outwards above inner

margin; orbicular represented by minute faint pale spots below

subcostal and median nervures ; reniform faint, pale, slightly defined

by brown, very narrow, strongly constricted at middle and angled

inwards on median nervure; medial line blackish, obliquely bent

outwards from costa to beyond cell, then inwardly oblique, slightly

CUYTONIX. 603

waved, and joining the antemedial line at vein 1; postmedial line

fine, blackish defined by ochreous white on outer side, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by

blackish suffusion on inner side and with some whitish beyond it

at costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; the

veins of terminal area slightly streaked with black; a fine black

terminal line. Hind wing ochreous suffused with dark brown ; a

fine dark terminal line; cilia white tinged with rufous; the under-

side ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with red and black, a

slight black discoidal lunule and strongly dentate postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type T2 in U.S, Nat.

Mus. xp. 32 millim.

Secr. IT. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the termen somewhat excised below apex

and excurved at middle.

a. Fore wing greenish grey irrorated with black............... chucha.

6. Fore wing greenish ochreous suffused with blue-grey ... glaucéscens.

*3476. Chytonix chucha. (Plate CXXI. fig. 29.)

Ipimorpha chucha, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 153 (1904).

3. Head and thorax greenish grey mixed with some rufous and

black scales; pectus and legs whitish tinged with red-brown, the

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown. Fore wing greenish grey irrorated with blackish ; sub-

basal line indistinctly double, oblique, waved, from costa to inner

margin ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, defined on inner side

by white at costa, excurved and waved from costa to submedian

fold, then incurved: orbicular white tinged with brown and defined

by brown, very small and elliptical, with a similar round spot below

it just below median nervure; reniform slightly defined by brown

and with faint whitish annulus above and below, very narrow,

strongly constricted at middle and somewhat produced at upper

extremity ; medial line indistinct, blackish, oblique from costa to

renitorm, oblique and minutely waved from cell to inuer margin

where there is a white striga on it; postmedial line black, defined

on outer side by white at costa and inner margin, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to black and white

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white

points beyond it on costa with rufous streaks between them; sub-

terminal line black with whitish patch beyond it at costa, waved,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in discal

fold; a terminal series of black strive; cilia ochreous, with black

spots at tips at apex and middle. Hind wing ochreous white

suffused with dark brown; cilia white tinged with rufous at base ;

the underside white, the costal area irrorated with red and black,

604 NOOCTUIDS.

a blackish discoidal spot, irregularly dentate postmedial line, and

fine terminal black line from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type f2? m U.S. Nat.

Mus. zp. 30 millim.

*3477. Chytonix glaucescens.

Chytonyx glaucescens, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1908, p. 158.

¢. Head and thorax greenish ochreous mixed with some black

scales; pectus and legs whitish mixed with blackish; abdomen

ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing greenish ochreous suffused

with blue-grey and irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented

by an oblique black striga from costa; traces of an interrupted

waved black antemedial line with black mark before it on inner

margin; orbicular represented by a slight blackish mark ; reniform

blue-grey slightly defined by black ; postmedial line represented by

a double series of small black lunules, the outer series defined by

white on outer side and with double white marks at inner margin,

Fig. 157.—Chytonix glaucescens, $. }

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then oblique, some

white points beyond it on costa; an irregularly rounded white

patch at apex with the indistinct waved whitish subterminal line

from it to inner margin, excurved at middle; some slight black

striz on termen; cilia pale rufous, some of the scales tipped with

black. Hind wing whitish suffused with brownish ochreous, the

cilia whitish ; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with

black and some red, a black discoidal lunule, indistinct postmedial

line oblique from costa to vein 3, then inwardly oblique, some black

scales on termen.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Paraiia, type in Coll. D. Jones. Hwp.

30 millim,

B. Fore wing with the termen not excised below apex.

a. Fore wing green or more or less suffused with green.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour green.

a*, Fore wing with the antemedial line white, with two

blackspointsaticostasmereceresceetescsanceeeee eee ee rece chlorophila.

6°, Fore wing with the antemedial line black defined

by white on inner side,

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved.

at discal fold “ griseorufa.

Cr ee

CHYTONIX. 605

; 63, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

mncurnvedsaticiscalGtol debacs-cas-cectectencsecrectes mniochroa.

ce. Fore wing with the antemedial line black, uot

defined by white on inner side ................e0c2-0+% melanochlora,

o1, Fore wing purplish grey suffused with black and in

panishwathyoreeny yosecnccca-ecseee- sce ppadosoqsonse0d00900000 chlorostigma.

}. Fore wing without green suffusion.

a, Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold from

ante- to postmedial lines.

a, Fore wing with short white streak above extremity

of the black streak before postmedial line.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

vein 4 to just above inner margin.

a4, Fore wing with the antemedial line moderately

oblique and slightly angled outwards above

AMUN SLM AV IN bs eerecjosses coowac alec eben eenasteme see palliatricula,

61, Fore wing with the antemedial line very

oblique and strongly angled outwards above

MAMET NAL PAN caceee seems des toeetee hece ecto meee eee parvimacula,

3, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

VEIN tO asthe erect cue .ccecccesenauecceeonececae sensilis,

62, Fore wing with small white spot above extremity of

the black streak before postmedial line.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate below

VC INE Aa ester se Se sarsatsioca saison stemc state tis meee emmemee ene albonotata.

68, Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate

HE Os WAAVIE TRA fos sass sare otsiccicois cio oa seen aS eee nigribasalis,

. Fore wing without white mark above extremity of

the black streak before postmedial line.

a, Kore wing with the medial area not dark red-

brown below the black streak in submedian fold,

the postmedial line oblique to inner margin...... laticlavia.

68, Fore wing with the medial area dark red-brown

below the black streak in submedian fold, the

postmedial line bent outwards to inner margin. fodine.

}!, Fore wing without black streak in submedian fold from

ante- to postmedial lines.

a2, Fore wing with the medial area dark brown below

theveubmedian fold sc...c...cck ee albipuncta.

67, Fore wing with dark fascia on inner margin on

MVE CTA WOE Meters cerca asic cinase ete ween Cee Te Se EEE eee excurvata.

e*. Fore wing without dark brown on inner medial

ENTER)... Daa che aes AGHOGAR SE CREE TOE DRaeaa CEC ace uecacioubenunn bogotica.

*3478. Chytonix chlorophila. (Plate CXXLI. fig. 30.)

Chytonix chlorophila, Druce, A. M.N. H. (8) i. p. 801 (1908).

@. Head ochreous white; palpi irrorated with black; frons

with lateral black points; antenne black; thorax very pale green

with a few black scales ; pectus and legs white tinged with brown,

the tibiae banded with blackish, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white irrorated with black towards extremity,

the large crest tinged with green and tipped with brown. Fore

wing very pale yellow-green ; subbasal line represented by a black

spot yallosr costa and striga from cell defined by white on outer side,

a slight blackish mark below it above inner margin ; antemedial

line very faint, whitish, curved, with two black points ‘at costa and

606 NOCTUID ©.

black point beyond it representing the claviform: orbicular and

reniform very faintly defined by white, the former round, the latter

narrow, a black patch between them connected with the costa by

two black bars; postmedial line indistinct, white, defined on inner

side by black points from vein 5 to inner margin, oblique from costa

to vein 5, then incurved, some white points with minute black

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line indis-

tinct, white, dentate, with patches of brown and black suffusion

before and beyond it at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of small rather triangular black spots defined on inner side

by white; cilia rufous with slight brown line through them and

brown marks at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous

brown ; a terminal series of slight black lunules defined by whitish

on inner side; cilia pale rufous; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal spot, diffused crenulate postmedial

line, and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab. Perv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type TQ in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 34 millim.

3479. Chytonix griseorufa, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 31.)

3. Head and thorax white mixed with grey-green and red-

brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint brown at sides ; tegulee with slight

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

abdomen whitish mixed with brown, the crests blackish, the anal

tuft pale rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused with grey-green and

with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line black, from costa to vein 1,

with some pinkish before it below the cell and a white bar beyond

it with fuscous brown suffusion beyond it and on inner area; ante-

medial line indistinct, interrupted, defined by whitish on inner side,

oblique from costa to below cell, then interrupted, orbicular repre-

sented by a pinkish patch ; reniform a narrow fuscous bar defined

by white; a diffused brown medial line oblique from costa to

median nervure; postmedial line rather diffused, blackish defined

by white on outer side, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved and with some blue-grey between the black and white

lines in submedian interspace, some white points with minute black

spots between them beyond it on costa; the terminal area suffused

with rufous except at apex; a waved whitish subterminal line

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia rufous. Hind wing reddish brown, paler at

base ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous aud with a slight brown line

through them; the underside whitish tinged with rufous and

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and crenulate post-

medial line excurved to vein 3, then incurved.

9°. Fore wing whiter, the reniform filled in with black.

Hab. Trinrpap; Brazit, Rio Janeiro, 1 ¢ type. Hep. 30 milhm.

CHYTONIX. 607

3480. Chytonix mniochroa, n. sp. (Plate CXXI. fig. 32.)

¢. Head and tegule ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous,

the latter with brown spots at middle and sides; thorax moss-green

mixed with white and a few black scales; pectus and legs ochreous

white; abdomen ochreous with dark brown bands on terminal

segments, the crests white tipped with black-brown. Fore wing

moss-green mixed with some white and irrorated and suffused in

parts with red-brown and blackish; subbasal line brown, angled

outwards in submedian fold and ending at vein 1, with a diffused

blackish patch beyond it above inner margin; antemedial line

blackish with a white band on its inner side, oblique towards costa,

angled outwards on median nervure and above inner margin and

ineurved at vein 1; orbicular and reniform small, black, the former

round, the latter elliptical, some brown suftusion between them and

in submedian interspace below vein 2; postmedial line black,

defined by white on outer side, bent outwards and the black

obsolete below costa, then formed by small spots incurved at discal

fold and below vein 4; subterminal line white, slightly defined on

each side by brown suffusion except towards costa, minutely waved,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, with a patch of brown

suffusion beyond it at discal fold ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler at base ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia white mixed with

brown, especially from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish

tinged with ochreous, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown and the apical area suffused with brown, a black discoidal

Junule, crenulate postmedial line beut outwards below costa and

inwards below vein 3, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Triniap, Cuparo (Aaye), 2 5 type. Hep. 28 millim.

3481. Chytonix melanochlora. (Plate CXXIL. fig. 1.)

Bryophila melanochlora, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p, 289 (1902).

Head and thorax sap-green with a few brown scales; palpi

white with black patches at sides of Ist and 2nd joints; sides of

tegule and basal half of patagia with brown stripes ; pectus and

legs whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with crimson, the

tibia: and tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown. Fore wing

sap-green irrorated with a few brown scales; a black fascia from

base of costa bent outwards in cell and witha striga beyond it from

costa; a wedge-shaped black fascia below base of cell ; antemedial

line double, indistinct, waved, with black spot on its outer edge at

costa, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect ; the medial

area with diffused black and brown fascia above vein 1; orbicular

absent, reniform hardly traceable; an indistinct waved curved

medial line; some brown suffusion beyond lower angle of cell before

the postmedial line, which is double, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved aud minutely waved, some pale

608 NOCTUID®.

points with brown between them beyond it on costa, two short

black streaks below costa and two black streaks filled in with brown

at discal fold extending to termen; traces of a curved punctiform

subterminal line; a terminal series of black points; cilia mixed

with fuscous at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown; an indistinct

discoidal lunule ; cilia fuscous and ochreous with ochreous line at

base and ochreous patch at submedian interspace ; the underside

ochreous white irrorated with brown and suffused with crimson

below costa towards apex, a black discoidal spot, postmedial line

bent outwards below costa, then crenulate, and terminal series of

black lunules.

Hab. Narat, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 9, Durban (Leigh), 1 3

type. Hap. 34 millim.

3482. Chytonix chlorostigma. (Plate CXXII. fig. 2.)

Hadena chlorostigma, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 53 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 145.

3. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown and black;

sides of palpi and frons blackish; tarsi black with pale rings ;

abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous leaving the base pale and

white segmental rings. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and

suffused with black, the basal costal area, the inner medial area,

and the terminal area suffused with sap-green; subbasal line

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

filled in with white except at middle and with some white before it

on inner margin, oblique, waved; claviform defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform green defined by black, the former small,

yound, the latter rather elliptical; an indistinct curved waved

medial line; postmedial line double filled ii with white on costal

and inner areas, oblique from costa to vein 6, then dentate to vein 3

where it is slightly retracted, then excurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by diflused

fuscous on its inner edge, excurved below vein 7 and at middle,

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous with a white

line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white with

fuscous tips ; the underside white tinged with brown and irrorated

with black, a black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, diffused

subterminal band, and fine waved terminal line.

Hab. U.S.A., Ulinois, Texas, 2 ¢ type. Hp. 30 millim.

3483. Chytonix palliatricula.

Bryophila palliatricula, Guen. Noct. i. p. 26 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 50.

Apamea iaspis, Guen. Noet. i. p. 209 (1852),.

(iaspis). Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown and

black ; pectus whitish; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

vrey mixed with black. Fore wing grey irrorated with black, the

basal area, the inner area to postmedial line, and terminal area at

CHYTONIX. 609

middle and above tornus suffused with fuscous; subbasal line

excurved at middle, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly sinuous; a short white

fascia in submedian fold before the postmedial line; orbicular and

reniform large, pale tinged with brown and defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in lower

part; a diffused medial fuscous bar from costa to between upper

part of stigmata; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line ill-defined,

white defined by fuscous and brown suffusion on inner side, dentate,

Fig. 158.—Chytonix palliatricula, G. }.

angled inwards in discal and submedial folds, the veins beyond if

with slight dark streaks; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

cilia dark brown intersected with whitish. Hind wing pale suffused

and irrorated with dark brown except on basal half of costal area:

eilia whitish with a brown line through them; the underside

whitish slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule,

sinuous postmedial line, and waved terminal line from apex to

vein 2.

Ab. 1. palliatricula, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

and the medial area from discal fold to submedian fold white.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 $; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York

(Doubleday), 4 3 type and type jaspis, Evans Center (Grote), 2 ¢,

.19, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1 2 , Illinois, Virginia, N. Carolina,

Minnesota. Hap. 28-34 millim.

#3484, Chytonix parvimacula. (Plate CXXII. fig. 3.)

Chytonix parvimacula, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. See. xi. p. 189 (1903).

Head and thorax dull fuscous brown mixed with paler and darker

scales; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing dull fuscous browa, the

basal and inner medial areas much darker; subbasal line double

filled in with greyish, extending almost to inner margin; ante-

medial line black defined on inner side by whitish, very oblique

from costa to vein 1, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform

indicated by some greenish scales on its upper edge, a white streak

from it to postmedial line with a black streak below it; orbicular

and reniform with greyish annuli defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle; postmedial line

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

and oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa;

VOL. VII. 2B

610 NOCTUID®,

subterminal line pale, diffused, slightly defined on each side by

greenish, angled outwards at veins 6, 4,3; a terminal series of

black strie; cilia with a dark line through them, Hind wing

fuscous brown; cilia paler; the underside whitish irrorated with

fuscous; a dark discoidal lunule and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Middle California. Hwp. 30 millim. This species

is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

J. B. Smith.

3485. Chytonix sensilis. (Plate CXXIL. fig. 4.)

Chytonyx sensilis, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 49 (1881); id. Ill. Essay, p. 51,

pl. 1. f.6; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 50.

®. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous and red-brown ;

abdomen grey suffused with brown, the crests blackish. Fore

wing grey suffused with dark brown and rufous, the inner medial

area darker, the terminal area redder; subbasal line very obliquely

incurved from costa to subcostal nervure where it is strongly angled

outwards, then oblique to submedian fold in which there is a tuft

of black scales beyond it; antemedial line obliquely excurved from

costa to submedian fold, then slightly incurved and strongly ex-

curved above inner margin; cjaviform narrow and elongate, faintly

defined by a few black scales and with a white streak from it to

postmedial line; orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the

former with some rufous in centre, rather quadrate and conjoined

to antemedial line, the latter with some rufous on inner edge and

fuscous spots in upper and lower parts; postmedial line defined by

grey on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, sinuous to

vein 3, then incurved, some grey points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line only defined by diffused brown on inner side, somewhat

dentate and angled outwards at veins 4,3; «a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia grey at base and brown at tips with

slight dark medial line. Hind wing fuscous brown with a greyish

tinge; a fine brown terminal line; cilia greyish with a brown line

through them; the underside purplish grey thickly irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal spot and diffused minutely waved post-

medial line with brown suffusion on its outer edge.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the white streak in submedian fold.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, 1 2 type, New York, New Jersey.

Exp. 38 millim.

3486. Chytonix albonotata.

Bryophila albonotata, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 396, pl. 5. f. 9 (1892); id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 165.

Q@. Head and thorax white tinged with brown and mixed with

black ; palpi with black marks at sides of joints; frons with lateral

black bars; tegule tipped with black ; pectus white; tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen white irrorated with brown, the crests

black. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated with

black ; subbasal line black, dentate, from costa to above inner

CHYTONIX. 611

margin, with small black spot beyond it in submedian fold; ante-

medial line black, oblique, waved; the medial area with rather

diffused black fascia below vein 1 ending in a pure white spot

before postmedial line; orbicular and reniform very large, pale,

defined by black, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted

at middle and angled inwards on median nervure; a diffused oblique

dark shade from costa to reniform; postmedial line double, black,

dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique below

vein 4, a dark shade beyond it on costal area with some white

points on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, dentate, defined

on inner side by two dentate black marks between veins 4 and 2

and on outer side by dark suffusion at discal fold where it is angled

inwards; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown;

traces of a dark discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and sinuous

subterminal shade; a terminal series of dark strie ; cilia white

tinged with brown at tips; the underside white irrorated with black,

a black discoidal spot and traces of a diffused postmedial line.

Hab. Ki. Steeria, Ussuri; Japan, Nikko, in Coll. Piingeler. Lap.

30-40 millim.

3487. Chytonix nigribasalis, n. sp. (Plate CXXII. fig: 5.)

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; tegule dark

brown at base and with dark brown medial line; abdomen grey

suffused with brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing with the

basal area and inner area to postmedial line dark brown with a

diffused blackish fascia above vein 1, the rest of wing grey-white

irrorated and suffused with brown; subbasal line absent; ante-

medial line blackish, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

slightly incurved and very strongly angled outwards above inner

margin, orbicular whitish slightly defined by dark brown, large,

oblique elliptical; reniform with annulus formed of small white

spots slightly defined by dark brown, constricted at middle; post-

medial line slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique, with small white spot before it in submedian fold and

black streak from it to termen below vein 4; traces of a pale waved

subterminal line; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing

greyish uniformly suffused with brown; a slight dark discoidal

lunule, indistinct curved postmedial line; cilia with a fine white

line at base; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and rather diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cutna, Wa-ssu-kou, 1 ¢ type. Hwvp. 36 millim.

*3488. Chytonix laticlava. (Plate CXXII. fig. 6.)

Chytonia laticlava, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 189 (1903).

Head and thorax dull grey mixed with brown, the tegule with

dark medial line; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the crests

2p?

on R cs

612 NOCTUID®.

brown. Fore wing pale grey, the medial area tinged with brown

above the submedian fold; a wedge-shaped black streak below base

of cell and a short streak on inner margin ; subbasal line represented

by double black points on the costa; antemedial line rather diffused,

black, single, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform short

and broad, defined by black, a black streak from its lower extremity

to the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large, pale, slightly

defined by black, the former elliptical, the latter with darker centre ;

medial line represented by a black spot on costa; postmedial line

double, blackish filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, irregular, angled inwards in discal and submedial folds where

there are triangular patches of brown suffusion beyond it, dentate

to termen at veins 4,3; a lunulate terminal line; cilia with a

dark line through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown;

a slight curved postmedial line and fine terminal line; the under-

side with dark discoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman. wp. 30 millim. This

species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

Coll. J. B. Smith.

3489. Chytonix fodine.

Miana fodine, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 73, pl. 3. f. 12 (1880); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 164.

Gerbatha subfasciata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 193.

Head, and thorax brown mixed with grey and some fuscous ;

palpi blackish ; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black

line near tips; the crests rufous; pectus whitish, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the basal

crest black, the medial crests rufous. Fore wing grey suffused

with brown and tinged in parts with rufous, the inner area greyer,

the inner medial area suffused with black and with deep black

fascia above vein |; subbasal line represented by a slight dark

striga from costa; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct,

oblique to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and filled in with

whitish ; orbicular and reniform grey slightly defined by black at

sides, the former oblique oblong, the latter somewhat constricted

at middle; a slight black striga from middle of costa; postmedial

line with slight double oblique dark strize from costa, then repre-

sented by double black points on the veins to vein 3 and with

incurved black line defined on outer side by white from lower

angle of cell to inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a black terminal line with slight

white points at the extremities of the veins. Hind wing greyish

suffused with brown; a fine dark terminal line from apex to vein 2 ;

cilia white at tips and with brown line through them from apex to

vein 2; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with rufous

and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown,

CHYTONIX. 613

a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and black terminal

line from apex to vein 2. ;

Hab. K. Sizprta, Ussuri, Askold I. ; Japan, Hakodate (Andrews),

236,29. Oiwake (Pryer), 1 9, Tokio (Maries), 2 2 type sub-

fascvata, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 $. Hap. 24-26 millim.

3490. Chytonix albipuncta. (Plate CXXII. fig. 7.)

Bryophila albipuncta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 299 (1894).

Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with brown ; palpi blackish ;

tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous

brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing rufous suffused with

fuscous brown leaying the base, disk and terminal half of costal

area more rufous; subbasal line represented by double black strize

from costa and cell: antemedial live blackish with more prominent

black bar from costa, sinuous and oblique to submedian fold, then

inwardly oblique; claviform defined by rather diffused black and

somewhat acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous

centres and rufous annuli rather incompletely defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter rather constricted at middle ;

an oblique medial black bar from costa ; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with rufous, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa, a prominent white point on vein | and slight

points on veins 4, 3, 2; subterminal line very indistinct, ochreous,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules and a fine ochreous line at base of cilia. Hind wing

greyish suffused with brown; an indistinct discoidal. spot; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia pale with brown line at middle; the

underside pale tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with black,

a black discoidal spot, waved postmedial line bent inwards to costa,

and terminal series of striz.

Hab. W. Cutna, Chao-pin-sa, 1 ¢ ; Srxarm (Moller), type t 2

in Coll. Rothschild. ay. 30 millim.

3491. Chytonix excurvata. (Plate CXXII. fig. 8.)

Bryophila excurvata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soe. xi. p. 445 (1897).

@. Head and tegule white mixed with some brown; thorax

brown mixed with some white; tarsi brown with slight pale rings ;

abdomen whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous white

tinged in parts with rufous, the basal area and a large patch beyond

the cell suffused with dark brown; an oblique black subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold defined by whitish on outer side;

antemedial line black slightly defined by whitish on inner side,

obliquely incurved from costa to middle of inner margin and with

a curved brown fascia beyond it on inner margin; orbicular small,

round, with faint white annulus and a few brown scales in centre ;

reniform with brown centre and white annulus, constricted at

middle, a black patch beyond it followed by brown suffusion which

614 NOCTUIDE.

is darkest at middle, slighter on costal area and towards vein 2;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to

vein 3 near termen, then oblique, some cupreous brown suffusion

beyond it except on inner area and some white points on costa, the

apex brownish; a triangular black patch on termen below apex

extending to the postmedial line at vein 6; a terminal series of

black striz ; cilia blackish with fine white line at base. Hind

wing pale suffused with purplish brown; an indistinet dark dis-

coidal lunule; cilia white with a brown line through them; the

underside purplish grey irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal

lunule, postmedial line excurved and crenulate to vein 3, then in-

eurved, some blackish lunules on termen.

Hab. Srxuim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 9 type. Hap. 30 millim.

3492. Chytonix bogotica. (Plate CXXII. fig. 9.)

Bryophila begotica, W\k. xxxv. 1951 (1866),

do. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; tarsi

blackish with pale rings; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the

crests blackish. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown and black ;

subbasal line whitish, defined on each side by black scales and with

black patches before and beyond it in submedian interspace, oblique,

waved, extending to inner margin; antemedial line double, black

filled in with whitish, oblique, waved ; claviform represented by a

minute white spot at its extremity defined by black; orbicular and

reniform, whitish detined by black and with some brown in centres,

the former oblique elliptical, some black suffusion before, between,

and beyond them; postmedial line black defined by whitish on

outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and again

excurved at vein 1, some slight pale points beyond it on costa; an

oblique pale fascia from apex to postmedial line, the pale sub-

terminal line arising from it and slightly excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black points defined on inner side by a pale

waved line. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on

terminal area; the underside white irrorated with black-brown, a

black discoidal Junule and curved waved postmedial line.

Hab, Cotomsia, Bogota (Stevens), 1 3 type. Hap. 26 millim.

Genus PSEUDERASTRIA, nov.

Vype, P. larentica.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long, porrect; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennez of male ciliated; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading

crest; build slender; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal

erests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, 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; male with a fovea in cell before middle

covered by a valye of seales from median nervure on upperside. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of evll; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastcmosing with the cell near base only.

PSEUDERASTRIA.—BRYOMG@A. 615

3493. Pseuderastria larentica.

Amyna larentica, Ampsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 252 (1894).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some purplish pink ;

pectus and legs brownish; the tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen black mixed with some purplish pink. Fore wing greyish

suffused with fuscous and irrorated with black and a few purplish-

pink scales, the terminal area largely suffused with pink; subbasal

line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

indistinct, oblique, waved ; orbicular a minute reddish spot defined

by black, round, very widely separated from the reniform which

has a red centre with some blackish at upper and lower extremities

and pale annulus slightly defined by black, very narrow and con-

stricted at middle; traces of a diffused black medial line; post-

medial line black defined by greyish on outer side, bent outwards

Fig. 159.—Pseuderastria larentica, 3. 1.

below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some pink

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line black, defined on each

side by pink suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined by pink on

inner side; cilia blackish with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing

fuscous; an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line defined by

greyish on outer side; a fine dark terminal line with slight pale

lunules before it; cilia with series of pale points at base; the

underside greyish thickly irrorated with dark brown, an oblique

medial line and rather diffused postmedial line excurved at middie.

Hab. Buutin (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Assam, Naga Hills (Doherty),

typet ¢ in Coll. Rothschild. Awvp. § 28, 2 34 millim.

Genus BRYOM@A. ype

Bryomota, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 897 (1892) ...............06 melachlora.

Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax

without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; build slender; tibix

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore

wing rather broad, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upperangle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

516 NOCTUID A.

*3494. Bryomea melachlora.

Bryomoia. melachlora, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 397, pl. v. f. 10 (1892) ;

id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167.

6. Head blackish; thorax blackish mixed with whitish ; pectus

white; fore and mid legs brown and white, hind legs white, the

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with

blackish. Fore wing with the basal half black-brown, the terminal

half white irrorated with a few black scales; a white spot in base

of cell; subbasal line black defined on outer side by pale yellow-

green, waved, from costa to vein 1, a green streak beyond it in

submedian fold; antemedial line black defined on inner side by

pale yellow-green, waved ; orbicular with black-brown centre and

white annulus incomplete above and below, large, round ; reniform

Fig. 160.--Bryomea melachlora, 3. 3.

defined by black, strongly constricted at middle; a faint green

tinge in, beyond, and below end of cell; postmedial line indistinct,

black, obsolescent except at costa and below vein 2, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved, a slight brown shade on costa towards

apex ; subterminal line represented by a slight striga from costa,

then by a series of slight streaks. Hind wing whitish suffused

with fuscous brown leaving some whitish on termen except towards

apex ; cilia white mixed with some fuscous; the underside white

irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule, diffused postmedial

line oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, and traces

of subterminal shade.

Hab. E. Sreeria, Ussuri, Kasakewitsch in Coll. Piingeler. Hap.

22 millim.

Genus MIONIDES. Type

Mionides, Hinpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 281 (1902) ............ lichenea.

Proboscis absent; palpi slender, obliquely porrect, extending to just beyond

frons and fringed with hair below ; frons with rounded prominence with

corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ; antennze of male with fascicles of

long cilia; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without distinct crests ; build

slender ; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on

basal sesments. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen

obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

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

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

just below middle of * discocellulars ; 6, 7 strongly Eaiteat & anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

MIONIDES.—POLIOBRYA. 617

3495. Mionides lichenea.

Mionides lichenea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 281 (1902).

3. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with olive and mixed

with black ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown. Fore

wing white faintly tinged with olive and thickly irrorated with

black ; subbasal line ill-defined, black, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line ill-defined, white, irregularly waved and

almost erect ; orbicular small, round, with white centre defined by

diffused black; reniform a very small whitish lunule defined by

black ; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then obliquely incurved to inner margin near antemedial line,

Fig. 161.—Mionides lichenea, 5. 3.

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented

by some very ill-defined black marks excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; cilia white mixed with black and with a series of

white points at base. Hind wing white suffused and irrorated

with fuscous bown; cilia white with a slight dark line near base;

the underside whitish tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with

black, a large discoidal spot and indistinct diffused postmedial line.

Hab. Natat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 $ type; C. Conony,

Kokstad (Mrs. Pringle), 1d. Exp. 28-30 millim.

(genus POLIOBRYA, nov.

Type, P. patula.

Proboscis absent; palpi slender, porrect, to just beyond frons which is

smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated ; build slender ; head

and thorax clothed chiefly with rather rough scales and without crests; tibiz

fringed with hair on outer side; abdomen elongate, slender, with small crest,

at base and large crests on three following segments. Fore wing rather

elongate, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 5 and 5 from near angle of cell;

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

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

*3496. Poliobrya patula.

Bryophila patula, Ping. Iris, xix. p. 217, pl. 8. f. 14 (1906).

* g. Head and thorax clothed with grey, brown, and black

scales; abdomen grey tinged with brown and mixed with fuscous,

the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing whitish tinged with ochreous

618 NOCTUID FE.

and thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line black, rather dif-

fused, curved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black, rather

diffused, defined by diffused white on inner side except towards

costa, oblique, somewhat dentate and. angled outwards in submedian

interspace; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform moderate,

fuscous defined by blackish, the former round; traces of a medial

shade oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved ; post-

medial line black, rather diffused, defined on outer side by diffused

white except towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

Fig. 162.—Poliobrya patula, 3. 1.

then minutely dentate, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4, bent outwards to inner margin, some white points

beyond it on cesta; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side

by diffused rather dentate blackish marks, angled outwards at

vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal series of black

strize with small white lunules before them; cilia whitish mixed

with fuscous and with blackish line through them. Hind wing

white tinged with brown especially on basal half; an oblique dark

discoidal bar, a diffused postmedial line oblique below vein 4 and

diffused subterminal band; the extremities of the veins with slight

dark streaks ; cilia white with blackish line near base; the under-

side irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. Ki. Turxestan, Korla, Saichin-Kette, type f ¢ in Coll.

Piingeler. Hap. 36 millim.

Genus BRYOPHILA.

Type.

Pecilia, Schrank, Faun. Boica, ii. (2) p. 157 (1802), nec BL.

Scho Pisces VOOM eet cenccnspeet soten coe ewe caren nee tee ceeee muralis.

Bryophila, Ur. Schmett. Eur. v. (1) p. 57 (1825) ............... muralis.

Metachnostis, Elulbn..Vierzs p11 204 (US27)) te eececceeeece meee ste muralis.

IEP ONS, Velilorak, Weird, yon PAUS) (SYA) aecacabssdooosdobosobuotucboood alge.

Cryphia, Wuilbn. Verz. py 20a (US2i mecaressecase cect enee ee rece receptricula.

Jaspided, ditons Rem tail OG tases toe taatstisase ice cmea ss eet eee alge.

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

vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd rather long ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennge of male ciliated; build slender ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without distinct crest,

the metathorax with spreading crest; tibia moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal series of crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 38 and 5 from near

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

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 fron: upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

BRYOPHILA. 619

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely dentate or

waved.

a. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with whitish.

a, Kore wing with the medial shace imterrupted in sub-

median interspace So aE Dao nS pups REEBEBSODESHcaRasnudannaasoBaEoR’ nilgiria.

6. Fore wing with the medial shade not interrupted in

submedian interspace.

a*, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique albiclava.

6?, Fore wing with the antemedial line erect ............... poliophea.

b. noe wing with the claviform not filled in with whitish.

. Hind wing with the ground-colour ochreous yellow... deceptura.

a pene wing with the ground-colour not yellow.

. Fore wing with the cilia chequered white and blackish.

as Fore wing with the subbasal line curved upwards

above inner margin to or to near antemedial

Dian Opgpy ae ea ciaatclg telat ser ofarsin iors aaisiesenie olonreie ais aoe orem muralis.

3, Fore wing with the subbasal line not curved up-

wards above inner margin.

a*, Fore wing with the orbicular and claviform

Condflimemtber amas secetelnser wate. aacoeecaseee eel See meee pera.

64, Fore wing with the orbicular and claviform not

confluent.

a’, Fore wing without dark suffusion on base of

costal area.

Fore wing tinged with green .................. sarepta.

6°. Fore wing not tinged with green ............ leucomelena.

65, Fore wing with dark suffusion on base of

costal area.

a®, Fore wing not tinged with green ........... . fascia.

6°. Fore wing tinged with green,

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line in-

cCunvedsatidiscallfoldiiassnccen eee eee eceeeee lichenea.

6’. Fore wing with the postmedial line not

Incunvedsatidiscali foldiNy. 3 8s.. suka tae literata.

b?, Fore wing with the cilia not chequered white and

black.

a, Fore wing rufous suffused with fuscous ............ miltophea.

b3. Fore wing ochreous suffused with fuscous.

a’, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown ......... modesta.

6*. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with

brown.

a’. Fore wing with the antemedial area and the

postmedial area towards inner margin yel-

lowish without dark irroration.

a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

excurved beyond the cell and closely ap-

proximated to the reniform .................. plumbeola.

68. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

to well beyond the cell and well separated

HOROWOD, (HaVs) TREATING ce ucapopobdaoabssacadsoaseone eucta.

b®. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial areas

irrorated with fuscous.

a®, Fore wing with the medial area thickly

meEOKated awitliblackers::esc-reneseseeeere reer ochrophea.

b®. Fore wing with the medial area nearly uni-

formablacks us seilecaaueunesan noses eeet eae vilis.

c3, Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with dark ~

DROWN Nae aeciiacsinc sesncis es caceceanepretee celeste este simonyt.

d°. Fore wing more or less tinged with green or olive.

a4, Fore wing with patches of fulvous on the ante-

and postmedial HIMES Wy. a sseies oesneiessetiencasa een ICG RO UNELOLGM

620 NOcTUID®.

b'. Fore wing without patches. of fulvous on the

ante- and postmedial lines.

@. Fore wing with whitish annuli to orbicular

Ebatalayevabiiveysionl sasrosadeconsaadson aseapodasoananddodeoc

}°, Fore wing without whitish annul to orbicular

and reniform

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line very

oblique and closely approximated to the

postmedial line at inner margin ............

b°. Fore wing with the antemedial line less

oblique and well separated from the post-

medial line at inner margin.

a’. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

areas strongly tinged with green or yellow.

7, Fore wing grey-brown slightly tinged with

OMEN sasimcsanenate Bhoandodoeneaee Ae anencsuapecos

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate or waved.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique or slightly

incurved below vein 4.

a‘. Kore wing with white patch on inner medial area ......

b', Fore wing without white patch on inner medial area.

a*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines filled

UNL WALAWOFAN LE. frendeSonctiececsaee sce teeeeene seer eeese ee ece

o?. Fore wing with the apte- and postmedial lines not

filled in with orange.

a. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with whitish.

6%. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with

whitish.

a‘, Fore wing with the terminal area much paler

thanitheimedialtancailensn -peceeeeeseseeeeeeet eerste

44, Fore wing with the terminal area not paler than

the medial area,

a. Fore wing strongly irrorated with black

6°, Fore wing not irrorated with black ............

6. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved

below vein 4.

a‘. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous white.

a’, Fore wing suffused with red-brown

&>, Fore wing not suffused with red-brown.

a’. Fore wing strongly tinged with yellow ...............

63, Fore wing not tinged with yellow.

a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled

outwards! belowicOsta,..cis.ns.5.-cesdeiessceeneeccer

b4, Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely

angled outwards below costa

b'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-brown.

a*, Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused with

brown.

a3, Fore wing with large white patch on inner half of

medial area before the postmedial line ............

6°. Fore wing without white patch on medial area

before the postmedial line.

a4, Fore wing with the reniform yellowish .........

. Fore wing with the reniform not yellowish.

. Fore wing with the medial area not darker

than thefground=coloury jon... -recissweeseuecseceses

. Fore wing with the medial area “darker than

the ground-colour

. Hind wing bright rufous.

a°, Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved

at discal { LON GU arsiielor gadadooKoaponHdaHdddoadoncoabdoonao00

virescens.

sticticd.

alge.

receplricula.

labecula.

petricolor.

tabora.

distineta.

galathea.

ravula.

Meons.

paulina.

ochrota.

thamanea.

semifascia,

pineti.

divisa.

dolopis.

contristans.

BRYOPHILA. 621

13, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved

atidiscalbtoldy casa: cu. auter- ceacmeceett ene cseecsee Seance petrea.

d@*, Hind wing uniform dark brown.

a3, Kore wing without black streaks in submedian fold,

on medial area, and beyond postmedial line ...... Selina.

43, Fore wing with black streaks in submedian fold, on

medial area, and beyond postmedial line.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

belowgeostaltonvelnhGi eereera eases te ccee eee granitalis,

64. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly ex-

curved from below costa to vein 4 ............... palliola.

3497. Bryophila nilgiria. (Plate CXXII. fig. 10.)

Bryophila nilgiria, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 882; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 298.

Head white; palpi black except at tips; antenne ringed with

black ; thorax white mixed with pale red-brown and some black,

the patagia edged with black scales, the prothorax with paired

black points; pectus and legs white, the tibize and tarsi banded

with black; abdomen white dorsally suffused with black-brown

leaving white segmental lines. Fore wing white tinged in parts

with pale olive-brown and irrorated with a few black scales; sub-

basal line strong, black, excurved below subcostal nervure and

ending at vein 1; antemedial line black, oblique, waved ; claviform

defined by black below and cet extremity, extending to median

nervure; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small,

round, the latter open above, extending to well below cell and

expanding at lower extremity; two black bars from middle of

costa and a striga from inner margin; postmedial line double, the

outer line indistinct and very incomplete, slightly bent outwards

below costa, angled outwards at vein 6, then minutely waved,

oblique to vein 4, then bent inwards to below end of cell, some

alternating black and white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line hardly traceable, white, defined on inner side by some brownish

suffusion on costal area and by black points below veins 7 and 4,

some brownish suffusion beyond it from below costa to vein 4,

a brownish streak on terminal area below vein 2; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia chequered black and white. Hind

wing fuscous black, the basal area whitish; an indistinct curved

postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; cilia white inter-

sected with black at the veins; the underside white, the basal area

suffused with brown to below cell, the costal area slightly irrorated

with black to the strong curved maculate black postmedial line.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 4 3,4 9, type. Hap.

32-36 millim.

Larva. Head pale red with black markings; body dark olive-

brown sparsely clothed with short whitish hairs, the 2nd to anal

somites with white transverse lines on subdorsal area; all the somites

with prominent white spots on dorsal and lateral areas; ventral

prolegs retractile. Food-plants; Lichens. (W. H. Campbell.)

622 NOCTUIDZE.

3498. Bryophila albiclava, n.sp. (Plate CXXII. fig. 11.)

Q@. Head and thorax white; palpi and antenne blackish ; frons

with black patch; tegule and patagia edged with black; legs

irrorated with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen

pale yellowish brown. Fore wing white with a faint bluish tinge

and sparsely irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal line black,

double, waved, extending to inner margin, with black-brown suf-

fusion before and beyond it on costa; antemedial line double,

oblique, waved, the inner line interrupted ; claviform white defined

by black; orbicular and reniform large, white defined by black

except above, the former with black-brown centre defined by black,

round, conjoined to antemedial line, the latter with small black

lunule on inner side of centre; medial area black-brown to the

indistinct curved minutely waved medial line; postmedial line

double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then strongly incurved, the costal area beyond it black-

brown with some white points on costa; subterminal line black-

brown, angled outwards above and below vein 6, incurved at discal

fold to postmedial line, slightly excurved at middle, then angled in-

wards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1; a terminal series

of small black lunules; cilia chequered black-brown and white.

Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown ; a faint discoidal spot,

curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band; a terminal

series of slight dark lunules; the underside white tinged with

brown, the cestal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a

blackish discoidal spot and faint curved postmedial line.

Hab. Kasuuir, Goorais Vailey (Leech), 1 Q type. LEwp. 36

millim.

3499. Bryophila poliophea, n. sp. (Plate CXXII. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax whitish mixed with olive-brown and irrorated

with black; palpi blackish, the extremity of 2nd joint white;

antenne blackish: tegule and patagia edged with black; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-white suffused with

brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with pale olive-green and irro-

rated with fuscous ; subbasal line black defined by white on outer

side, oblique, waved, from costa to vein 1, with a small black spot

beyond it in cell and some fuscous suffusion on costal and inner

areas ; antemedial line double, black filled in with white, the lines

well separated and the inner line indistinct, slightly sinuous;

claviform pale defined by black, with a short white streak defined

by black above its extremity on median nervure; orbicular a

minute black annulus; reniform an oblique black bar; traces of

an oblique minutely waved line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; the medial area suffused with fuscous; postmedial line

double filled in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then strongly

incurved, some fuscous suffusion beyond it on costal area with

white points on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, blackish,

BRYOPHILA. 623

minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at discal

fold and below vein 3; a terminal series of minute black lunules ;

cilia chequered brownish white and fuscous. Hind wing whitish

uniformly suffused with brown; a faint discoida! spot and curved

postmedial line; a slight dark terminal line; cilia white faintly

tinged with brown; the underside brownish white with some dark

irroration on terminal area, a black discoidal spot and somewhat

diffused curved postmedial line.

Hfab. Kasumtr, Chamba (McArthur), 1 3 type, Kardong

(UcArhur),1 2. Exp. 30 millim.

3500. Bryophila deceptura.

Diphtera deceptura, W\k. xxxii. 614 (1865).

Bryophila postochrea, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B.M. ix. p. 95, pl. 161. f. 8 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 298.

Q. Head white ; palpi black, white at tips; frons with lateral

-tlack bars; antennz black; vertex of head with black point;

thorax grey mixed with fuscous; pectus and legs white, the tibize

and tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish suffused with

fuscous brown. Fore wing whitish irrorated with fuscous and

black ; the medial area suffused with fuscous brown from cell to

inner margin, the postmedial area fuscous brown; subbasal line

represented by black strize from costa and cell; an oblique black

streak from base of costa to above vein 1 before the antemedial

line, which is strong, black, waved, bent outwards below costa,

excurved in submedian interspace and bent inwards above inner

margin; claviform defined by black, extending to median nervure

and with curved mark below it above inner margin; orbicular and

reniform whitish defined by black and with some brownish in

centres, the former small, round, the latter constricted at middle

and slightly angled inwards on median nervure, a waved medial

line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line slight, black, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, strongly incurved below

vein 4, some minute whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line formed by a series of dentate white marks defined on each side

by dentate black marks, angled outwards at veins 4,3; a diffused

irregular fuscous band before termen from below apex to vein 4

and above tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules defined

on inner side by small white lunules; cilia white with series of

blackish spots. Hind wing ochreous yellow, the terminal area

broadly suffused with fuscous brown, an indistinct discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line; cilia white tinged with brown in parts;

the underside paler suffused with brown and ochreous, an indistinct

diffused discoidal spot and curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area wholly fuscous brown ;

hind wing almost wholly suffused with brown.—Horsleykonda.

Hab. Manpras, Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 2 ; Cnryton, Trin-

comali (Verbury), 1 3 type postochrea. Exp. 30 millim.

624 NOCTUIDE.

3501. Bryophila muralis.

Noctua nuivralis, Forst. Nov. Spec. Ins. p. 74 (1771); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 167.

Noctua glandifera, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p.'70 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 24; Frr. Neue Beitr. i, pl. 70, f. 2; Steph. 111. Brit. Mnt.,

Haust. ii. p. 44.

Noctua lichenes, Fab. Spee. Ins. ii. p. 285 (1781) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 118.

f. 8 (1787); Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. vii. pl. 223. f.3; Dup. Lép.

Fr. vi. p. 207, pl. 86. ff. 1-3.

Noctua par, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 515 (1818); Frr. Neue Beitr.

pla (Os fe3:

BLryophila perloides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 29 (1852); Rmbr. Lep. 8. And.

pl. 7. £4 & pl. 13. f. 1.

Bryophila liquris, Mill. Mém. Soe. Cannes, 1878, p. 27, pl. 3. f. 8.

BLryophila impar, Warren, E. M. M. xxi. p. 22 (1885); id. Entom. xiv.

youl, dase, Ney

Bryophila obscura, Tutt, Entom, xxi. p. 48 (1888).

Head white ; palpi with black spot at side of 2nd joint ; antenne

with the basal joint black, the shaft fuscous except at base ; thorax

greenish white, the tegule with dorsal black spot at base and black

tips, the patagia with some black scales on upper edge, the meta-

thorax mixed with black; pectus white tinged with brown; legs

white, the tibie and tarsi banded with black; abdomen white

suffused and irrorated with brown, the crests tipped with black.

Fig. 163.—Lryophila muralis, 3. 3

T°

Fore wing very pale blue-green; black points at base of costa and

median nervure; subbasal line represented by double black striae

from costa and a line from cell with some fuscous suffusion before

it, excurved, then bent outwards above inner margin and upwards

at extremity : antemedial line with double black spots at costa and

an oblique slightly sinuous line with a fuscous band beyond it from

middle of cell to vein 1; orbicular round, defined by black lunules

at sides only, closely approximated to the reniform, which is small,

its centre tinged with fuscous and rather incompletely defined by

black ; two black bars from middle of costa and a shghtly sinuous

line from cell to vein 1; postmedial line with black spot at costa,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1, a slight

band of fuscous suffusion beyond it except towards costa and some

white points on costa defined by black; subterminal line black,

defined on inner side by a fuscous bar from costa, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards and forming small dentate

marks below costa and at discal and submedian folds, a slight band

BRYOPHILA. 625

of fuscous suffusion beyond it except towards costa and inner

margin ; cilia white, with a series of small triangular black marks

at base extending slightly on to termen and a series of black spots

at tips. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with brown, traces

of a discoidal lunule and sinuous punctiform postmedial line; a

dark terminal line ; cilia white with some brownish marks at base ;

the underside white irrorated with brown especially on costal area

and apical half of terminal area; a small black discoidal spot,

sinuous maculate postmedial line strongly excurved below costa, and

waved terininal line.

Ab. 1. obsewrtor. Darker.

Ab. 2. par. Paler, the lines brownish and less prominent.

Ab. 3. impar. Fore wing greenish white mottled with brown,

the lines brown, not prominent.

Ab. 4. perloides. Much smaller; fore wing irrorated with

yellow.—Andalusia.

Hab. Britary, Leech Coll.; Francn, Zeller and Sand Colls.;

Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria. Zeller and Leech

Colls.; Huneary, D’Emmick Coll.; Swirzprtanp, Frey Coll.; Spary,

Andalusia; Sarpinta (Mletcher); Ivany, Capri (C. S. Browne);

Datmatia; Atenrta; ArmENTA, 1 9; Asta Minor, Pontus; Persra,

13,1 9, Leech Coll. Eup. 28-32 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 138, Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 207, pl. 249. f. 1.

Bluish grey ; dorsal line white, irregular, sometimes interrupted ;

subspiracular line pale or yellowish; spots white; head and

thoracic plate black. Food-plants: Lichens on walls. 10-5.

3502. Bryophila perla.

Noctua perla, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.

p- 173 (1789) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 177. f.2; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 25; Frr. Neue Beitr. i. pl. 70. f.1; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. vi. p. 210,

pl. 86. f.4; Steph. Il. Brit. Ent. Haust. ui. p. 45; Mill. Mém. Soc,

Cannes, 1879, p. 135, pl. 7, ff. 12, 13; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167.

Bryophila pyrenea, Oberth. Et. Ent. viii. p. 48, pl. 1. f. 13 (1884).

Bryophila suffusa, Tutt, Entom. xxi. p. 49 (1888).

Bryophila lutescens, Fuchs, Jhrb. Nass. xlii. p. 208 (1889).

Bryophila perlina, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167 (1901).

Head and thorax white faintly tinged with brown, the dorsum

of thorax with some black scales; 2nd joint of palpi with black

patch at sides; antennee brown; pectus and legs white mixed with

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

brown dorsal bands. Fore wing white tinged with olive-yellow ;

some greyish before the subbasal line, which is double at costa, the

inner line bent outwards in cell, then minutely waved to inner

margin; antemedial line with double widely separated black bars

from costa, the outer line then bent inwards in cell and minutely

waved to inner margin, defined by whitish on inner side, a large

grey patch beyond it filling the claviform and orbicular, the former

defined by white and black at extremity only, the latter by white

and black at sides and black above ; reniform with grey centre and

VOL. VII. as

626 NOCTUIDE,

white annulus definel by black except above, constricted at middle ;

traces of an oblique waved line from cell to inner margin; post-

medial line with two widely separated black spots at costa, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then irregularly waved, incurved at

discal fold and below vein 4, some white points with small black

spots between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line formed of

small black spots defined on inner side by a grey patch at costa,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved, some greyish

suffusion beyond it; a terminal series of black strive defined on

inner side by slight white marks; cilia with a series of small black

Junules and blackish spots at tips. Hind wing white; a blackish

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line confluent on costal half

with a diffused subterminal band emitting streaks on the veins to

termen ; cilia yellowish white with slight brownish maculate line

through them; the underside white, a black discoidal spot, diffused

minutely waved curved postmedial line, subterminal series of small

spots, and terminal series of small lunules.

Ab. 1. pyrencea, Fore wing mixed with yellowish.

Ab, 2. suffusa. Much darker; fore wing almost wholly suffused

with fuscous, the markings blue-black.

Ab. 3. perlina. Smaller; fore wing generally mixed with

luteous or rufous, sometimes much paler.—Aragon, Castille.

Hab. Brrrain (Durrant), Leech Coll.; FRancz, Sand Coll.,

Pyrenees; Germany, Zeller, Leech, and Frey Colls.; Avsrria,

Leech Coll.; Hungary ; Swirzertanp, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Spain,

Aragon, Castille; Irary; Datmatia; Burearia;: ScanDINAVIA ;

S. Russra, Leech Coll.; Anmpyra. Aap, 24-32 millim.

Luwrva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 138; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 212, pl. 250. f. 1.

Pale bluish grey ; a broad irregular orange or ochreous-yellow

dorsal stripe, usually enclosing an interrupted dark grey dorsal line ;

lateral and spiracular lines sometimes whitish; spots black; head

black. Food-plants: Lichens on walls. 10-6,

*3503. Bryophila sarepta. (Plate CXXII. fig. 13.)

Cerma sarepta, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 11 (1907).

Head and thorax pale green, some of the scales tipped with black

especially on metathorax; abdomen greyish fuscous. Fore wing

with the basal and antemedial areas and the postmedial area except

at costa pale greenish, the rest of wing brown with a bronze tinge;

a black point on costa at base; subbasal line black, angled at

median nervure and ending at vein 1; antemedial line black,

sinuous, erect; claviform and orbicular obsolete; reniform pale

ereen defined by black, open above; postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to

nner margin; subterminal line black, irregular, interrupted,

excurved at middle; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing

fuscous with a faint discoidal point; the underside. paler with dis-

coidal point and indistinet postmedial line.

BRYOPHILA. 627

Hab, U.S.A. Arizona, Wilgus. Hvp. 24 millim. This species

is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

W. Barnes.

3504. Bryophila leucomelena, n. sp. (Plate CXXII. fig. 14.)

3. Head and thorax white with a few black scales; palpi with

black points in front of Ist and 2nd joints; antenne black ringed

with white $ tegule black at base; patagia with black upper edge;

tarsi ringed black and white; abdomen white tinged with fuscous,

the crests black. Fore wing white, the medial area largely suffused

and irrorated with black especially beyond antemedial line; subbasal

line represented by a black point below costa and curved mark

below cell; the antemedial area with black points below costa, in

cell and on vein 1; antemedial line strong, black, waved ; orbicular

and reniform defined by black, large, rather elliptical ; postmedial

line black, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, ex-

curved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points with

black marks between them beyond it on costa; the terminal area

slightly irrorated with black; an oblique subterminal black bar

from costa and wedge-shaped marks from termen at discal and sub-

median folds; a terminal series of black spots; cilia chequered

black and white and with black line through them. Hind wing

white, the veins and terminal area irrorated with fuscous, a blackish

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and black terminal line ; cilia

with some black at tips towards apex; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot and rather

diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. E. Arnica, Naitoha (Betton), 1 g type. Exp.

24 millim,

3005. Bryophila fascia. (Plate CXXII. fig. 15.)

Cerma fascia, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xi. p. 190 (1903).

o. Head and thorax white, the latter mixed with some olive-

yellow and black scales; palpi blackish at sides except towards

extremity ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white ir-

rorated with fuscous, the crests blackish. Fore wing white irrorated

with olive-yellow and fuscous scales, the basal and medial areas, a

costal patch on postmedial area and patches on terminal area at

discal and submedian folds much darker; subbasal line indistinct,

dark, waved, from costa to vein 1, bounding the dark basal area;

antemedial line blackish, oblique, waved, incurved in cell and below

submedian fold; claviform detined by blackish scales at extremity ;

orbicular and reniform large, white defined by rather diffused black

scales and their centres irrorated with fuscous, the former elliptical,

the latter rather irregular ; postmedial line blackish, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then waved, angled outwards at vein 6, in-

curved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some whitish points

beyond it on the dark costal patch ; subterminal line very indistinct

282

628 NOCTUID ®.

and much interrupted, dark, waved; a terminal serics of blackish

strize ; cilia white, chequered with olive-yellow and black at base.

Hind wing white tinged and irrorated with fuscous; a faint dis-

coidal lunule ; cilia white with a faint fuscous line through them ;

the underside with the discoidal lunule more prominent, an in-

distinct diffused sinuous postmedial line.

@. Fore wing more uniformly irrorated with fuscous, the

markings less Sg ae

Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. 3 26, 2 30 millim.

3006. Bryophila lichenea.

Bryophila ichenea, Hmpsu. Ml. Het. B. M. viii. p. 72, pl. 144. f. 12 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 297.

Head and thorax greenish white mixed with black-brown ; palpi

brown at base; antenne black ringed with white; tegule edged

with black; pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and the tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen white dorsally suffused with fuscous

leaving slight white segmental lines, Fore wing greenish white

urrorated with black; subbasal line strong, black, curved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line black, oblique, excurved in cell,

then slightly sinuous; claviform defined by blackish; orbicular

very indistinetly defined by blackish and with blackish centre ;

reniform defined by black on inner side and very faintly on outer,

large, constricted at middle; a slight dark medial shade from costa

to median nervure; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinet

on inner half, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, oblique to vein 3, then incurved, some fuscous suffusion

beyond it on costal area with pale points on costa; subterminal line

hardly traceable except on costal area where it is defined by the

dark suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7, then minutely waved ; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with series of blackish

lunules at base and small dark spots at tips. Hind wing fuscous,

whitish at base; cilia white with a faint dark line near base; the

underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal

spot, diffused curved postmedial line and terminal series of small

lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing less strongly irrorated with black and with

strong black medial shade from costa to median nervure.

Hab. Mapras, Nilgiris (Lindsay, Hampson), 13, 4 9, type.

Exp, 28-30 millim.

3507. Bryophila literata. (Plate CXXII. fig. 16.)

Bryophila literata, Moore, P. Z.8. 1881, p 831; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p: 297.

Head and thorax white ; palpi black with the extremities of 2nd

and 8rd joints white ; antenne blackish ; tegulee with black line at

base and black tips ; patagia edged with black mesothorax with a

BRYOPHILA. 629

pair of black spots; pectus and legs tinged with fuscous, the tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen white tinged with fuscous, the crests

black. Fore wing greenish white sparsely irrorated with black,

the subbasal area, medial area except beyond cell, and postmedial

costal area suffused with black; subbasal line represented by black

bars from costa and cell with blackish spot beyond it on costa;

antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct except on inner

area, oblique, minutely waved, angled outwards on vein 1;

claviform defined by a dark striga at extremity; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, the former with fuscous centre, round,

the latter with some fuscous on inner edge, a round white spot

defined by black between them in cell; postmedial line double, with

black spots at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by blackish

suffusion and minute dentate black marks on its inner edge, ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and ending at

vein 1; a waved black terminal line; cilia with series of black

spots at base and black-brown spots at tips. Hind wing white, the

terminal half tinged with fuscous from costa to vein 3; a faint

discoidal spot, diffused sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal band; a slight dark terminal line; cilia with series of

dark spots from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with slight dark irrora-

tion on costal and terminal areas, a blackish discoidal spot, diffused

maculate curved postmedial line, and some slight lunules on termen.

Hab. Kasuuir, (Reed), 1 9 type, Kokser (McArthur), 2 5,12,

Dana (McArthur), 4 2 ; Ponsas, Dalhousie (Harford), 3 g,2 9,

Dharmsila (Hocking), 2 3,2 9. Hep. 28-34 millim.

3508. *Bryophila miltophea. (Plate CXXII. fig. 17.)

Bryophila miltophea, Ping. ined.

Head and thorax yellow tinged with red and mixed with some

black; palpi, pectus, and legs yellowish white, the tarsi banded

with black; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore

wing yellow tinged with red, the basal area with its costal half and

vein 1,and the medial area and postmedial costal area thickly irrorated

with black, the terminal area less strongly irrorated; subbasal line

slight, double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line rather

indistinct, double, oblique, waved; claviform indistinctly detined by

black, short and extending to median nervure; orbicular and reni-

form with black centres and pale annuli obscurely defined by black,

the former elliptical, the latter constricted at middle; an indistinct

black medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell and

incurved in submedian interspace ; postmedial line rather indistinctly

double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below

vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

very indistinct, pale, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered fuscous

630 NOCTUID.E.

and yellow at base and with fine pale line at middle. Hind wing

ochreous white tinged with reddish brown, especially on terminal

area; cilia yellowish white; the underside yellowish white with

slight dark discoidal spot and sometimes traces of a postmedial line

on costal half and some dark irroration on terminal area.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Alexander Mts., type ¢ ¢, 2 in Coll.

Piingeler. Exp. 32 millim.

3509. Bryophila modesta. (Plate CXXII. fig. 18.)

LEE modesta, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 832; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 297.

Beenie confucii, Alph. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 19, pl. 1. f. 8 (1892).

¢. Head and thorax very pale brown slightly mixed with fuscous ;

palpi fuscous with the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints pale;

antennee fuscous; pectus and legs whitish, the tarsi fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen pale brown, the crests fuscous. Fore wing

ochreous irrorated with fuscous, rather more thickly on basal half

of medial area except towards costa; subbasal line very indistinct,

blackish, oblique, waved, from costa to submedian fold, with slight

blackish marks beyond it in and below cell; antemedial line double,

the inner line very indistinct, waved, erect; claviform slightly

defined by blackish; orbicular small, round, with brownish centre

defined by black; reniform a faint pale bar slightly defined by dark

suffusion; a faint diffused waved medial line; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with pale brown, shghtly bent outwards

below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct,

pale with minute dark spot on inner side below vein 7, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of faint minute dark

lunules defined on inner side by slight pale lunules; cilia with a

fuscous line near base. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown,

the terminal area darker; a slight curved postmedial line; cilia

yellowish at base with brown medial line and white tips; the

underside white faintly tinged with brown.

@. Rather greyer.

Hab. Cutna, Ou-pin; Ponsas, 1 og type, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 1 3, Simla (Harford), 1 9. HEap. 30 millim.

3010. Bryophila plumbeola. (Plate CX-XII. fig. 19.)

Bryophila plumbeola, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 410; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 168.

Head and teguie white slightly irrorated with brown; thorax

ochreous irrorated with fuscous on dorsum; palpi with the 2nd

joint tinged with fuscous at base; pectus and legs white, the fore

tarsi slightly banded with fuscous; abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing yellow thickly irrorated with leaden grey except on basal area, a

large subbasal patch of leaden grey irrorated with white from costa to

vein 1, with the indistinct diffused waved whitish subbasal line on

BRYOPHILA. 631

if; antemedial line fuscous defined by white on inner side, irregu-

larly waved, erect; medial area leaden grey irrorated with white ;

orbicular and reniform with faint whitish ‘annuli slightly defined by

fuscous, the former elliptical, a patch of ochreous between them in

cell extending to costa; postmedial line fuscous defined by white on

outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved and bent outwards to inner margin, some

shreous points on a leaden grey patch beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line whitish slightly defined by brown on inner side, ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards t» tornus,

some dark irroration beyond it; a terminal series of small indistinct

dark spots ; cilia ochreous with series of indistinct dark marks. Hind

wing white tinged with ochreous; cilia pure white; the underside

white, the inner half faintly tinged with ochreous, a slight ochreous

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area except towards costa

and the terminal area much yellower.—Syria.

fab. Syria, Zeitun, 1 ¢, Aintab, 1 9; W. Tur«estay, Tar-

bagatai Mts., Saisan. Hup. g 24, 9 28 millim.

3oO11. Bryophila eucta. (Plate CXXII. fig. 20.)

Bryophila eucta, Ping. ined.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with some fuscous; abdomen

white dorsally suffused with fuscous except at base leaving slight

pale segmental lines. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous and

irrorated with fuscous; anindistinct blackish subbasai line excurved

below cell and ending at vein 1, with patches of blackish irroration

beyond it on costal and inner areas; anutemedial line erect, waved ;

medial area suffused with black except beyond the cell; orbieular

with blackish centre and undefined whitish annulus, round ; reniform

with its centre defined by black and mnclertneal whitish annulus,

elliptical; postmedial line blackish, minutely dentate, obliyuely

excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved Ad exeurved

at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, pale, shghtly detined by

fuscous gui netion on inner side, excurved below costa a nd at middle

and obsolete below vein 3; a terminal series of minute black points,

Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous: cilia

white; the underside white, an indistinct curved dark subterminal

line, the termen tinged with fuscous.

Hab. N.W. Pesta, Urumiah (Ginther), 1 S$ ; W. Turkessran,

Askabad, type fT ¢ in Coll. Pungeler. Bp. 24 millim.

3512. Bryophila ochrophea, n.sp. (Plate CX XII. fig. 21

Head and thorax brownish white slightly irrorated with brown:

palpi with blackish patch on 2nd joint ; tarsi banded with blackish ;

abdomen ochreous white with faint dorsal brown bands, the vertral

surface white. Fore wing brownish white irrorateé with black-

632 NOCTUIDAE,

brown; subbasal line represented by blackish bars from costa and

cell with dark marks beyond it on costa, in cell, and above inner

margin ; antemedial line blackish ; indistinctly double except towards

costa, waved, almost erect, a band of thick dark irroration beyond

it; orbicular and reniform with blackish centres and slight dark

outlines, the former small, round, the latter somewhat constricted at

middle ; an indistinct waved medial line from cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line with small black spot at costa, slightly bent out-

wards below costa and incurved at discal fold, incurved and some-

what dentate below vein 4; subterminal line only defined by a band

of dark irroration on its inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series

of black strize. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown; cilia

pure white; the underside white faintly tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. Q. Fore wing darker and more suffused with black

especially on medial area.

Hab. Kasuuir, Dras (Leech), 43,49, type. Hap. 24-30 millim.

*3513. Bryophila vilis. (Plate CXXII. fig. 22.

Bryophila vilis, Ping. ined.

¢. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with black; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white dorsally

suffused with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous white thickly irrorated

with black, the medial area almost whoily suffused with black ;

sibbasal line indistinct, pale, waved, from costa to vein 1; ante-

medial line whitish, angled outwards below costa and in submedian

fold; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform with faint pale

annuli, the former round, the latter hardly traceable; postmedial

line indistinct, whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond. it on costa ;

subterminal line very indistinct, pale, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of indistinct black lunules ; ies whitish

mixed with some black and with black line at middle. Hind wine

white shghtly tinged with brown especially on terminal area; cilia

white; the underside white faintly tinged with ochrecus and with

traces of a dark discoidal point.

Hab. W. Turxusran, Merv, type f ¢, 2 inColl. Piingeler. Zap.

36 millim.

3514. Bryophila simonyi.

Bryophila simonyt, Rghfr. Verh, Zool.-bot. Wien, Sitzb. 1889, p. 26; Rebel,

Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien, ix, p. 50 (1894) ; Staud. Cat. _Lep. pal. p. 167.

Bryophila canaria, Alph. Rom Mém. v. p. 224, pl. 11. f. 5 (1889).

Bryophila maderensis, Beth.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 205.

Bryophila debilis, Rebel, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien, p. 50 (1894).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and black; tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous,

the ventral surface grey-white tinged with brown. Fore wing grey

BRYOPHILA. 633

thickly irrorated with brown, the medial area slightly suffused with

brown ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line waved, slightly oblique; claviform slightly defined

by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former yound,

somewhat open above and below, the latter slightly constricted at

middle; an indistinct medial line, oblique trom costa to lower angle

of cell, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1; postmedial

line double, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards below costa,

then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points

Deyond it on costa; a faint pale subterminal line defined on inner

side by small dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia brown with series of white

points at base. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish brown,

the terminal area rather darker ; cilia whitish at base, brown at tips:

the underside white tinged and irrorated with brown, a fuscous

discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line, the termen

suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. debilis, Smaller and paler.—Lanzarote I.

Hab. Mavrira (Mungo Park, Wollaston), 4 3, 7 2; Canartnus,

Teneriffe (W. White), 1 9, Lanzarote I. Hap. 24-28 millim,

*3515. Bryophila marginelota.

Bryophila marginelota, L. de Joan. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1888, p. 271, pl. 6.

f.10; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167.

Head and thorax grey mixed with black and fulvous scales: tarsi

banded with black; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the anal

tuft of male white. Fore wing grey suffused with dark olive greens

and browns, irrorated with black, and with some patches of fulvous

at the lines which are black; the subbasal line waved, from costa to

submedian fold; the antemedial line double, waved; claviform

large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

incompletely above and below, and with a fulvous bar from costa

between them; postmedial line indistinct, strongly dentate, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; terminal

area suffused with white with some fulvons points representing the

subterminal line; a terminal series of slight points; cilia white

irrorated with black. Hind wing fuscous, whitish towards base

especially in male; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal spot aud curved postmedial line with the

area beyond it brownish.

Hab. Syeta, Beyrout, type fT ¢, 2 in Coll. Joannis; Transcaspra,

Kulab in Coll, Piingeler. vp. 30 millim.

3516. Bryophila virescens. (Plate CXXIT. fig. 23.)

Bryophila virescens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 297 (1894).

Head and thorax white tinged with green; palpi with blackish

patches at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints; antenne blackish; tegule and

634 NOCIUID ®.

patagia edged with black ; metathorax with blackish patch ; pectus

and legs white mixed with fuscous, the tibiee and tarsi banded with

black; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown except at base

leaving pale segmental lines, the crests black. Fore wing pale green,

the basal area and medial and terminal areas except towards costa

suffused with brown; some black at base; snbbasal line black,

angled outwards in cell, from costa to inner margin, a black point

beyond it on costa and short streak above vein 1; antemedial line

strong, black, oblique, slightly sinuous and bent inwards to inner

margin: claviform large, defined by black, extending to median

nervure ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by blick, the former

filled in with fuscous, irregularly rounded, the latter with some

tuscous on inner side of centre, slightly angled inwards on median

nervure; an oblique black striga from costa to reniform, and oblique

minutely waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line strong, black, double towards costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate. strongly incurved below vein 4, the

costal area beyond it tinged with fuscous with alternating green and

black points on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

small somewhat dentate black spots with short streak below costa

and larger spot below vein 2, angled inwards at discal fold; a

terminal series of black strix; cilia chequered black and white.

Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with fuscous ; a faint blackish

discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines ;

cilia white at base, chequered black and white at tips; the underside

white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and diffused

minutely waved postmedial line excurved below costa.

Hab. Kasumtr, Scinde Valley (Lech), 1 9; Punsas, Simla

(Pilcher), 1 3, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 3,1 2 type. Arp. 24-28

millim.

3517. Bryophila stictica. (Plate CXXI. fig. 24.)

Microphysa stictica, Mén. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. St. Pétersb. xvii. p. 315

(1859).

Bryophila alge, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 138 (nee Fabr.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; palpi fuscous, pale at

base; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs brownish grey.

Vore wing pale sage-green, the basal and medial areas suffused with

reddish brown; an oblique waved black subbasal line from costa to

inner margin; some irregular black marks on antemedial area;

antemedial line very oblique and slightly sinuous; claviform

represented by a slight black striga at its extremity ; orbicular and

reniform faintly defined by fuscous, large, the former elliptical and

conjoined to antemedial line, the latter extending to below cell and

slightly constricted at middle; an oblique black striga from middle

of costa and indistinct incurved minutely waved line from lower

anele of cell to inner margin; postmedial line arising almost from

middle of costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, excurved te vein 3, then incurved, some green points on

BRYOPHILA. 635

brownish suffusion beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented

by a series of small dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a slight black terminal line; cilia brown with a

dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown; the under-

side whitish, the costal area irrorated with rufous, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous, a fuscous discoidal spot and indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the antemedial area whitish.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas suffused with

blackish, the medial area greyer.

Hab. TA, Fushiki (Leech), 1 $ , Yokohama (Pryer),

C. Cana, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 g, Kiukiang (Pryer), 2

yang (Pratt), 1 3S. Exp. 22-24 millim.

tS) 25D

@, Chang-

3518. Bryophila alge.

Noctua alge, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 614 (1775); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 212,

pl. 86. f. 5; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

Noctua degener, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 158. tf. 5, 4 (1791).

Noctua calligrapha, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 172 (1792); Hibn. Vogel

und Schmnett. f. 85; id. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 530.

Noctua chloris, Borkh, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 173 (1792).

Noctua spoliatricula, Hibu. Eur. Schnett., Noct. f. 26 (1802); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 179. f. 4.

Noctua mendacula, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 520 (1818); Herr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 84, 85.

Noctua strigula, Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 215, pl. 86. f. 6 (nec Borkh.).

Head and thorax sage-green; palpi with fuscous patches on 2nd_

joint ; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black outer edge ;

patagia edged with black above; pectus and legs whitish mixed

with fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish

suffused with brown, the crests fuscous. Fore wing sage-green

irrorated with black, the medial area sutfused with black ; subbasal

line black, obliquely waved, excurved below cell, extending to

inner margin; the antemedial area with some irregular black

marks; antemedial line black excurved below costa, angled shghtly

inwards below cell, then again excurved; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former elliptical, the latter large, extending to

well below cell and slightly constricted at middle ; postmedial line

double filled in with green, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved and minutely waved, the costa beyond

it suffused with fuscous and with some greenish points; a series of

small black spots before the faint pale subterminal line which is

angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia grey mixed with fuscous and with a

waved black line through them. Hind wing pale uniformly

suffused with fuscous brown; cilia brownish white with a dark

line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

the terminal area suffused with brown, a faint discoidal spot and

postmedial line excurved and crenulate to yein 3, then obsolescent.

636 NOCTUID A.

Ab. 1. degener. Fore wing nearly uniform pale green.

Ab. 2. mendacula. Paler; fore wing variegated with dark

markings,

Ab. 3. calligrapha. Similar, but fore wing with the antemedial

and terminal areas more or less suffused with orange.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the antemedial area whitish.

Hab. Brirain ; Franor, Sand and Leech Colls.; Germany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrrra, Leech Coll.; Huneary ;

SWITZERLAND; ARMENIA; Asta Minor; W. Torxusran, Ferehana ;

di. Srperta, Ussuri. Exp. 24-30 millim.

Larva. Meyyr. Brit. Lep. p. 138; Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur, p. 159; Hffm.

Raup. p. 77.

Greenish grey mixed with whitish; dorsal line and lateral spots

white; a dorsal series of horseshoe-shaped black marks; spiracular

line pale edged with blackish above; head black. Food-plants :

Lichens on trees. 10-5.

3919. Bryophila receptricula.

Noctua strigula, Borkh. Eur. Schinett. iv. p. 181 (1792), nec. Thnb. 1788.

Noctua receptricula, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 27 (1802); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 179. f. 3, and pl. 267. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

Bryophila pallida, Beth.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 37, pl. 1. f. 4.

Head and thorax dull grey-green; palpi blackish with white

rings at extremity of 2nd and 3rd joints; tegule with slight dorsal

black streak; patagia slightly edged with black above; tarsi

blackish rmged with white; abdomen reddish brown with some

whitish towards base, the crests blackish. Fore wing dull grey-

green with slight dark irroration; subbasal line represented by

double striz from costa and cell, the inner striz black, the outer

faint; antemedial line black, obliquely curved and very slightly

sinuous, indistinctly double at costa; the medial area with black

streak in submedian fold; claviform small, defined by black;

orbicular with faint double black outline, oblique elliptical; reni-

torm large, extending to well below cell, slightly defined by black

and somewhat constricted at middle; an oblique blackish striga

from costa to reniform and traces of an incurved minutely waved

line from reniform to inner margin; postmedial line double at costa,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and

minutely waved, some pale points beyond it on costa, an oblique

black streak below vein 2 from just beyond it to near termen; sub-

terminal line indistinct, dark, minutely waved and with black

points at the veins, slightly excurved below vein 7; a terminal

series of slight black strive; cilia grey with a diffused black line

through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown

especially on terminal area; an indistinct dark discoidal spot and

curved minutely waved postmedial line; cilia white with a strong

brown line through them; the underside white irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot, a postmedial line excurved and

BRYOPHILA. 637

minutely crenulate from costa to vein 3, and diffused subterminal

band from costa to vein 1.

Hab. France, Sand Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls.; Ausrria, Zeller Coll.; Hungary, Leech Coll.; Swirzertanp ;

Iraty, Naples, Zeller Coll.; Axmunrs; Asta Muiyor, Bithynia,

Pontus; Eeypr, Alexandria, type Tf pallida in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Exp. 24-30 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 160; Hffin. Raup. p. 77, pl. 22. f. 8

Yellowish with numerous black dots, lines and streaks. Food-

plant: Parmelia. 7-8.

3520. Bryophila labecula. (Plate CXXI. fig. 25.)

Bryophila labecula, Led. Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1855, p. 204, pl. 2. f. 10;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

6. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown ; pectus and

legs mostly white, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing pale reddish brown tinged with grey

and slightly irrorated with whitish; the base grey-white; subbasal

line represented by slight black strive from costa and cell; ante-

medial line black defined by white on inner side, nearly erect and

shghtly angled inwards on median nervure; the medial area with

ochreous-white patch on inner margin, extending to submedian fold

and emitting a tooth to origin of vein 2; claviform slightly defined

by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform with red-brown centres defined

by fuscous and white annuli, both erect elliptical ; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, the area beyond it redder

brown except towards costa, and with some white points on costa ;

subterminal] line white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a diffused apical

white patch; a terminal series of small brown lunules slightly

defined by whitish. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and

terminal area tinged with rufous ; a small brown discoidal lunule

and fine terminal line; cilia brownish ochreous at base, white at

tips ; the underside yellowish white with brown discoidal spot and

curved sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Syria, Beyrout (Lederer), 1 g. Exp. 26 millim.

*3521. Bryophila petricolor.

Bryophila petricolor, Led. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xii. p. 46, pl. 1. f. 9

(1870); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

last with the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing grey suffused with

fuscous and white; subbasal line double filled in with orange;

antemedial line double filled in with orange, slightly excurved below

the cell; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical ; a diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to

median neryure, then incurved ; postmedial line double filled in with

638 NOCIULD.E,

orange and defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by blackish,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey tinged with brown

especially towards termen, the underside wiih dark discoidal spot

and indistinct diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Armenia; Asta Minor, Pontus. vp. 26 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

3022. *Bryophila tabora.

Bryophila tabora, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 264, pl. 8. f. 7 (1891); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 166.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with pale brown; palpi

pale with dark patches on 2nd joint; legs greyish ochreous mixed

with fuscous; abdomen pale grey. Fore wing fuscous brown

mixed with pale brown ; subbasal line represented by double striz

from costa and cell filled in with pale brown; antemedial line

double filled in with pale brown, oblique, minutely waved ; clavi-

form pale defined by black, small; orbicular and reniform small,

with dark centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former

elliptical ; postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by pale

brown, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

pale, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine black terminal

line; cilia with fine whitish line at base and intersected with

whitish. lind wing pale grey, the terminal half suffused with

fuscous ; a dark discoidal spot ; cilia pale with a dark line through

them.

Hab, Syria, Aintab, Mardin. Kavp. 28 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

*3525. Bryophila distincta.

Bryophila distincta, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 62, pl. 3. f. 9 (1887) ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey. Fore wing greenish grey,

the medial area darker except towards costa; subbasal line repre-

sented by a striga from costa and double striga from cell; ante-

medial line very oblique and almost straight; reniform whitish

defined by black, an oblique dark striga from costa to it; postmedial

line bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, a paler

band beyond it bent outwards to apex and a pure white spot above

inner margin; subterminal line indistinct, pale, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing grey tinged with fuscous

especially towards termen.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Askabad. Hvp. 28 millim, This species

is unknown to me.

BRYOPIHILA. 639

3024. Bryophila galathea.

Bryophila galathea, Mill. Rey. Zool. 1874, p. 241; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr,

1875, p. 13, pl. 1. ff. 8,9; id. Mém. Soc. Cannes, 1879, p. 186, pl. 7.

f. 14; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with black and some brown ;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi banded with

fuscous; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the crests black.

Fore wing whitish suffused with reddish brown and thickly irrorated

with black ; subbasal line black defined by white on outer side,

waved, from costa to submedian fold, a blackish mark beyond it on

inner margin ; antemedial line black slightly defined by white on

inner side except at middle, erect, somewhat sinuous; claviform

slightly defined by blackish at extremity; orbicular defined by

black at sides, elliptical ; reniform defined by black on inner side,

hardly defined on outer; traces of a curved medial blackish line ;

postmedial line indistinct, blackish, defined by white on outer side

at costa and below submedian fold, bent outwards below costa, oblique

to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous, some white

points beyond it on costa; a white apical patch, the white sub-

terminal line arising from it, incurved at discal and submedian

folds, excurved to termen at middle; a terminal series of black

strie ; cilia fuscous and grey, intersected with white at base and

with dark medial line. Hind wing white tinged with red-brown ;

a dark terminal line; cilia white tinged with red-brown at base ;

the underside white slightly tinged with red-brown, a slight

discoidal lunule and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. 8.E. Francz, Alpes Maritimes, 1 ¢ ; Swirzeriayp, Valais;

N. Irary. Hap. 30 millim.

3525. Bryophila ravula.

Noctua ravula, Hiibn. Eur, Schmett., Noct. f. 461 (1818); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 166.

Noctua lupula, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 573 (1818); Dup. Lép. Fr.

vil. p. 367, pl. 122. f. 6, & Suppl. iv. pl. 69. f. 4; Frr. Neue Beitr.

pl. 170. ff. 4,5; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 86.

Bryophila ereptricula, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v (1) p. 66 (1825) ; Dup. Lép.

Fr vii. p. 239, pl. 115. f.4; Err. Beitr. pl. 84. ff. 1, 2, & pl. 129;

id, Neue Beitr. pl. 52. f. 2; Boisd. Icones, pl. 71. f. 5.

Bryophila troglodyta, Frr. Neue Beitr. i. p. 102, pl. 52. f. 1 (1833).

Bryophila vandalusie, Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iv. p. 405, pl. 82. f. 9 (1842) ;

Herr.-Schaff. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 569; Rmbr. Cat. Lep. 8. And. pl. 6.

ff. 1, 2.

Head and thorax greyish mixed with red-brown and fuscous ;

palpi blackish, white at base; frons with lateral black bars ; pectus

and legs whitish mixed with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the crests black.

Fore wing red-brown with some dark irroration; some whitish at

base of inner margin; the antemedial area and costal area to post-

medial line suffused with fuscous and irrorated with grey, some

whitish suffusion beyond postmedial line; subbasal line double,

640 NOCTUID&.

curved, from costa to vein 1, above which there is a whitish patch

beyond it; antemedial line double, somewhat inwardly oblique and

bent inwards to inner margin, the inner line slightly angled

inwards in submedian fold ; claviform represented by a slight brown

striga at extremity ; orbicular defined by black, elliptical ; reniform

with greyish centre slightly defined by black and whitish annulus

slightly detined by black, constricted at middle; an oblique dark

striga from middle of costa and faint incurved line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,

the outer line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

_ vein +, then incurved and slightly excurved at vein 1; the post-

medial costal area blackish with oblique outer edge and some grey

points on costa; an indistinct minutely waved brown subterminal

line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a black shade before

termen from below apex to vein 3; a fine black terminal line; cilia

grey and fuscous with a dark line through them. Hind wing

white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; cilia white

tinged with brown at apex and with slight brown marks at middle ;

the underside white, the costa and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated

with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. ereptricula. Fore wing darker, the basal area suffused

with white, the terminal area with diffused white spots towards

costa and tornus.

Ab. 2. vandalusie, Fore wing much greyer; hind wing white

in male.—Spain, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia.

Ab. 3. Similar, but fore wing with the antemedial area rufous.—-

Syria. ;

Hab. France, Sand and Leech Colls.; Germany, Zeller Coll. ;

Avusrria, Zeller and Leech Colls ; Hungary, Leech Coll.; Swirzsr-

Lanp, Frey Coll.; Spain, Galicia, Casayo (Chapman), Castille,

Andalusia, Aragon; Ivratry; Datmarra, Spalato, Zeller Coll. ;

AtceRIA; AstA Minor, Taurus Mts., 2 d, Amanus Mts, 1 9 ;

Syrra, Lebanon, 2 ¢, 1 9, Mardin; Mesororamia; Kasumtr,

Dana (McArthur), 1 3. Hvp. 24-30 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 160; Hffm, Raup. p. 77.

Blue with a black dorsal line and waved yellowish-red lateral

stripe defined below by black. Food-plants: Lichens on walls. 5-6.

3526. Bryophila mzonis.

Bryophila meonis, Led. Ann, Soc. Ent. Belg. 1865, pp. 63 & 78, pl. 3.

f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167.

Bryophila sordida, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 858 (1899).

Bryophila rubellina, Staud. Ivis, xii. p. 85J (1899).

Head and thorax whitish suffused with reddish and fuscous

brown; pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the tarsi banded

with fuscous; abdomen white with indistinct dorsal reddish brown

bands. Fore wing greyish suffused with reddish-brown and

irrorated with fuscous; the medial and terminal areas slightly

suffused with fuscous; an indistinct obliquely curved whitish

subbasal line defined on each side by fuscous marks; an indistinet

BRYOPHILA. 641

blackish antemedial line excurved to median nervure, angled inwards

just below cell, then again excurved; orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined by blackish, the former round, the latter con-

stricted at middle; postmedial line whitish with blackish marks on

inner side at costa, discal and submedian folds, strongly excurved

from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7

and at middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds; a

terminal series of minute black points; cilia with a whitish line at

base. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on terminal

area; cilia pure white; the underside white tinged with brown,

a small brown discoidal spot and faint curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. sordida. Fore wing darker, often almost uniform leaden

grey.

Ab. 2. rubellina. Fore wing pale reddish.

Hab, Cyprus (Miss Bate), 1 6, 19; Armenta; Asta Mrnor,

Sira I, Magnesia (Lederer), 6 36, 7 9; Pontus, Taurus; Persia ;

W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Schahkuh (Christof), 1 g, 1 9,

Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk Kul; Trser, Kuku-noor. wp.

22-26 millim.

“3527. Bryophila paulina. (Plate CXXII. fig. 26.)

Bryophila paulina, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 265 (1891); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167.

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous; palpi whitish ;

antenne ringed with black at base; tarsi slightly ringed with

fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with a few black scales,

the inner half of medial area more thickly irrorated ; subbasal line

blackish, excurved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line fine, black,

oblique, sinuous; claviform slightly defined by black, extending to

cell; orbicular defined by black except above and with its centre

defined by black, rather elliptical; reniform faintly defined and its

centre faintly defined by black scales, constricted at middle; a

medial black point on costa and a sinuous line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin; postmedial line with black point on costa,

then slight, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then

strongly incurved and sinuous, some dark points beyond it on costa:

subterminal line blackish, diffused and interrupted, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

white, the termen slightly tinged with red-brown; cilia white

the underside white with a faint yellowish tinge.

Hab, Syxia; Parestine, Jerusalem in Coll. Piingeler. vp,

26 millim.

_ 3528. Bryophila ochrota, n. sp. (Plate CX XII. fig. 27.)

Head and thorax white tinged with brown; 2nd joint of palpi

with blackish patch at sides; tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen

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642 NOCTUIDA.

ochreous white with dorsal brownish bands. Fore wing ochrecus

white mostly suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the

medial area rather darker; subbasal line indistinctly double filled

in with whitish and with some rufous scales on it, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish and with some rufous on outer line, bent inwards to costa,

then minutely waved ; claviform with its extremity faintly defined

by blackish; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and

slight whitish annul faintly defined by blackish, the former round,

the latter somewhat constricted at middle; traces of a waved

medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled

in with whitish with some rufous on the inner line, bent out-

wards below costa, strongly excurved to vein 4, then strongly

vcurved, some white points beyond it on costa; traces of a pale

minutely waved subterminal line incurved below vein 3; a terminal

series of minute dark lunules defined on inner side by slight pale

Janules: cilia with a slight whitish line through them. Hind wing

white faintly tinged with brown; cilia pure white; the underside

white faintly tinged with brown.

Hab. Kasuwir, Dras (Leech), 1 9; BeLoocutsran, Quetta (Nurse),

1 Stype. Hep. 26 millim.

#3529. Bryophila thamanwa. (Plate CXXII. fig. 28.)

Bryophila thamanea, Ping. ined.

3. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with black ; pectus

and legs ochreous white, the tarsi ringed with black; abdomen

ochreous white dorsally tinged with brown, the crests blackish.

Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with black especially on basal

and medial areas; subbasal line indistinct, whitish, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line brown with ochreous white band on

its inner edge, incurved at submedian fold; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform large, their centres defined by black, and

with faint pale annuli obscurely defined by black, the former round,

the latter figure-of-eight-shaped ; postmedial line double, strongly

bent outwards and acutely angled below costa, slightly incurved at

discal fold, then excurved, angled inwards in submedian fold and

again excurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa, and with

traces of another sinuous black line beyond it; subterminal line

ovscurely defined by blackish marks on its inner side, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black strive;

cilia whitish mixed with fuscous. Hind wing white faintly

tinged with brown and with traces of a discoidal point and

curved postmedial line; the underside white slightly tinged with

ochreous.

Hab. Prrsta, Schahkuh, type tT ¢ in Coll. Piingeler. wp.

30 millim.

BRYOPHILA. 643

3530. Bryophila semifascia. (Plate CX XII. fig. 29.)

Chytonyx semifascia, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 415 (1900);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 107.

Head, tegule, and patagia dark brown mixed with white, the

vertex of head whitish; thorax white with some brown scales ;

pectus whitish; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish

suffused with brown. Fore wing pale reddish brown irrorated

with white, the inner half suffused with fuscous; untemedial line

blackish defined by grey on inner side, oblique, sinuous; the

medial area with white patch from cell to inner margin; orbicular

and reniform with faint grey annuli slightly defined by brown,

the former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle;

traces of a medial line, oblique from costa to reniform and

represented by some dark scales on the white patch; postmedial

line blackish slightly defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and slightly angled

outwards at vein 1; subterminal line very indistinct on costal

half, excurved below vein 7 and angled inwards in discal fold and

with wedge-shaped brown patch beyond it from below apex to

discal fold, then represented by small white marks with dentate

black marks on their inner side and blackish streaks beyond them ;

a blackish terminal line with minute white streaks at extremities

of veins; cilia blackish mixed with some whitish. Hind wing

white, the veins and termen tinged with brown; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia with a slight brown line near base; the

underside with the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 irrorated

with brown, a small discoidal spot and traces of diffused post-

medial line oblique below vein 4.

Hab, U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ¢. Hvp. 32 millim.

#3531. Bryophila pineti.

Bryophila pineti, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1859, p. 212; Rmmbr. Cat. Lep.

S. And. pl. 11. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 165.

3. Head and thorax grey; abdomen whitish tinged with grey.

Fore wing grey tinged with rafous; reniform small, oblique,

yellowish defined by blackish on inner side; postmedial line

indistinct and excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly

incurved and defined by yellowish on outer side; subterminal line

faint, dark, excurved, angled inwards in submedian fold. Hind

wing grey-white suffused with fuscous especially towards termen.

Hab. Spain, Andalusia, Chiclana, Castille. Hwvp. 27 millim,

This species is unknown to me.

3532. Bryophila divisa.

Noctua divisa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 158. tf. 5, 6 (1791)

Noctua pomula, Borkh. Eur, Schmett. iv. p. 183 (1792).

Noctua raptricula, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 29 (1802); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pls. 179, f. 1, & 267. f. 2d-7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

raw a

644 NOOCTUIDH.

Noctua deceptricula, Wibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct., f. 830 (1802); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 179. f. 2; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 539, pl. 45. f. 5 a-6.

Noctua carbonis, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 102, pl. 544. f. 4 (1852).

Bryophila oxybiensis, Mill. Rev. d. Zool. 1874, p, 242; id. Ann. Soe. ent.

Fr. 1875, p. 18, pl. 1. ff. 10-12; id. Mém. Soc. Cannes, 1879, pl. vii.

ff. 9-11

Bryophila striata, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 366 (1879).

Bryophila eretina, Calb. Iris, i. p, 221, pl. 12. f. 3 (1888).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi fuscous, whitish

at base; pectus and legs whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi

brown with slight pale rings; abdomen grey suffused with brown.

Fore wing grey suffused with brown, the antemedial area from

costa to submedian fold and thence the lower part of cell and area

below it to submedian fold rufous to near termen, beyond the cell

extending up to vein 6; traces of a curved antemedial line with

dark striga from costa; orbicular small, round, slightly defined by

blackish ; reniform small, faintly defined by brown; traces of a

sinuous brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards

below costa, strongly excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved,

a black streak beyond it in submedian fold to near termen; an

ill-defined oblique greyish fascia from apex; faint traces of a

minutely waved subterminal line; cilia brown, whitish at base.

Hind wing white slightly suffused and irrorated with brown,

especially on the veins and terminal area; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. eretina. Palpi fringed with yellow hair in front.—C.

Italy. ©

Ab. 2. raptricula. Fore wing without the rufous medial fascia,

a white striga on postmedial line in submedian fold.

Ab. 3. carbonis. Fore wing darker.

Ab. 4. oaybiensis. Greyer; fore wing with the markings in-

distinct, sometimes almost obsolete.

Ab. 5. Grey-white; fore wing with or without rufous suffusion

on disk ef medial area.— Persia, Schahkuh in Coll. Pungeler.

Ab. 6. Grey-white; fore wing with the veins streaked with

black.—Palestine, Jerusalem in Coll. Pingeler.

Ab. 7. striata. Fore wing with black streak on medial area in

submedian fold.

Ab. 8. Like striata but fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines strong and black.—Tibet, Lob-noor in Coll. Piingeler.

Hab. Fraxcz, Sand, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Gurmany, Zeller

and Frey Colls.; Austria; Huneary, Zeller Coll. ; SWITZERLAND §

Spar, Aragon ; Tray ; ; Scanpinavia; Rossi, Sarepta, Zeller Coll.

Armenta; Asta Mrnor, Pontus, Amanus Mts., 1 9; Syria, Leech

Coll., 1 3d; Prrsta; W. Turxesran, Turcomania, Ferghana, Saisan,

Issyk Kul; W. Srperta, Altai; HE. Turkestan, Ili; E. Sipyrta,

Ussuri. Hap, 30-34 millim.

Larva. cle Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 160, pl. 34. f. 1; Hffm. Raup.

p. 76, pl. 22. f.

Blue-grey th two dorsal stripes spotted with yellow and black.

Food-plants: Sticta pulmonaria and Lichens. 7-8,

BRYOPHILA. 645

*3533. Bryophila dolopis. (Plate CX-XII. fig. 30.)

Bryopkila dolopis, Ping. ined.

Head and thorax fuscous tinged with grey, the vertex of head

grey ; palpi blackish, white at base; legs brown mixed with grey,

the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown,

the crests blackish at tips. Fore wing fuscous tinged with grey,

the antemedial area grey-white, some grey-white beyond the

postmedial line on costal and inner areas; subbasal line blackish,

produced outwards to a long tooth in cell and angled inwards on

vein 1; antemedial line obliquely excurved and slightly sinuous,

bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular indistinctly defined by

blackish, rather elliptical ; reniform represented by a small tuft of

blackish scales; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below

costa, then strongly excurved and slightly incurved at discal fold,

strongly incurved below vein 5, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, excurved below vein 7

aud at middle and incurved at submedian fold where it is crossed

by a slight black streak extending to termen; cilia with slight

whitish lines at base and middle and pale brownish tips. Hind

wing whitish uniformly suffused with red-brown ; cilia white with

a diffused red-brown line near base; the underside white, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a smail brown

discoidal spot.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Askabad, Kuschk, type t in Coll. Puingelcr.

Hep. 30-34 millim.

3534, Bryophila contristans. (Plate CXXII. fig. 31.)

Bryophila contristans, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1857, p. 92; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 165.

Head and thorax brown slightly mixed with grey; palpi at base,

pectus and legs whitish. the tibia partly suffused with brown ; the

tarsi brown with pale rings; abdomen orange fulvous, the crests

brownish, the ventral surface brownish grey. Fore wing brown

suffused with grey and tinged in parts with rufous; subbasal line

represented by a dark striga from costa; antemedial line double,

obsolescent on inner area, excurved to median nervure, then

oblique, waved; orbicular red-brown defined by blackish, small,

somewhat oblique elliptical, conjoined to the antemedial line;

reniform very small, narrow, and indistinct, with a slight oblique

dark striga above it from costa; postmedial line double, the outer

line very indistinct, forming a small spot at costa, oblique to vein 5,

then inwardly oblique to submedian fold and erect to inner margin,.

an oblique blackish spot beyond it below vein 2; traces of a

minutely waved subterminal line; a terminal series of slight black

points; cilia brown at base, greyish at tips. Hind wing :alvous

red, the terminal area suffused with brown; a fine brown terminal

line; cilia brown with pale line at base and whitish (:ps; the

646 NOCTUID®,

underside whitish suffused with fulvous, a small blackish discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

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

below median nervure extending obliquely to inner margin near base.

Hab. Greece; W. Kurorstan; Asta Minor, Taurus, D’ Emmick

Coll.; Syrra, Beirut, Zeller Coll. Hvp. 32 millim.

3035. Bryophila petrea.

Bryophi'a petrea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 25, pl. 3. f. 38 (1852); Rmbr. Cat. Lep.

S. And. pl. 7. f.3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 165.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish and

fuscous; palpi with some blackish on 2nd joint; pectus and legs

grey irrorated with brown; fore tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen pale red, the ventral surface grey irrorated with brown.

Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with

fuscous ; subbasal line black defined by grey on outer side, angled

outwards on subcostal and median nervures and inwards in cell,

ending at vein 1; antemedial line black defined by grey on inner

side, slightly angled inwards in submedian fold; orbicular defined

by black at sides, rather oblique elliptical; reniform defined by

btack on inner side, faintly defined on outer, constricted at middle ;

medial line represented by an oblique black bar from costa and a

faint waved line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line black

defined by grey on outer side, oblique to vein 6, inwardly oblique

from vein 5 to below 2, then erect to inner margin, some slight

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line greyish and

oblique towards costa, then black, angled inwards at discal and

submedian folds and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

small black spots slightly defined by grey on inner side; cilia

brown with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing pale red; a

fine dark terminal line; cilia brown with fine whitish line at base

and whitish tips; the underside pale, the costal half irrorated

with brown, the inner half tinged with red, a slight discoidal point

and curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2, the termen tinged

with brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab, Spain, Andalusia, 1 g. vp. 28 millim.

#3936. Bryophila felina.

Hadena felina, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1852, i. p. 156, & 1856, ii, pl. 2. f£.2 &

iii. p. 20: Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

Head and thorax pale ash-grey ; abdomen yellowish grey. Fore

wing with the ground-colour whitish to ash-grey irrorated with

dark scales, the basal and terminal areas blackish; subbasal line

pale, angled outwards below costa and ending at vein 1; ante-

medial line angled outwards below costa, then oblique; claviform

aud orbicular large and dark, the former extending to cell, the

BRYOPHILA. 647

latter elliptical; reniform with brown centre and whitish annulus

detined by black ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer

side below vein 2, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7

and at middle and angled inwards in discal and supmedian folds; a

terminal series of small dark Junules defined by whitish on inner

side ; cilia grey intersected with blackish. Hind wing fuscous, the

basal area paler; cilia grey.

Hab. Armenta; W. Turxestan, Ferghana. Hap. 30 millim.

This species is unknown to me.

3537. Bryophila granitalis. (Plate CX XII. fig. 32.)

Gerbatha granitalis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 194.

Bryophila glaueula, Staud, Rom. Mém. vi. p. 34, pl. v. £ 8 (1892); id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

Bryophila fraudatricula, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 188, nec Hubn,

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with grey; abdomen

red-brewn, the crests fuscous. Fore wing red-brown mixed with

grey and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line black,

oblique, trom costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, the inner

line indistinct, the outer strong, black, oblique to submedian fold,

then erect; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, rather

oblique elliptical; an indistinct, rather dittused, slightly curved

brown medial line; postmedial line double filled in with grey, the

inner line black, the euter indistinct, bent cutwards below costa,

obliquely excurved to vein 5, then obliquely bent inwards to

submedian told and erect to inner margin, some grey points beyond

it on costa and a black streak from it to termen below vein 2;

subterminal line faintly defined by black suffusion on inner side,

oblique to below vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in

discal and submedian folds; a rather diffused black terminal line ;

cilia fuscous and grey with a blackish line through them. Hind

wing red-brown, rather paler at base; cilia paler with a brownish

line through them; the underside whitish suffused with red-brown,

a dark disceidal spot and sinuous pestmedial line, bent eutwards

below costa and incurved below vein 3.

Hab. E. Sreeria, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 3 3,

Tokio (Maries), 1 ¢,1 Q type, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 5, 3 2;

Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 9; C. Carina, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 3,

1 9, Kivkiang (Pryer), 1 ¢. Hap. 30 millim.

3538. Bryophila palliola.

_ Noctwa palliola, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 184 (1792).

' Noctua fraudatricula, Hiibu. Eur. Svhmett., Noct. f. 28 (1802); Treit.

Schinett. Eur. (v)i. p. 70; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 170. ff. 2, 3; Boisd.

Tcones, pl. 71. f. 6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

648 NOCTUID ®.

Bryophila simulatricula, Guen. Noct. i. p. 26, pl. 8. f. 4 (1852); Oberth.

Et. Lép. Comp. i. p. 59, pl. iv. f. 52.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; tarsi

black ringed with grey ; abdomen grey-brown with the crests black.

Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with black; a

minutely waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line black defined by grey on inner side, minutely

waved, oblique from costa to submedian fuld; the medial area

with a black streak below submedian fold; orbicular and reniform

defined by blackish, the former irregularly rounded, the latter

constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure, a

pale patch between them in cell; an oblique black striga from

middle of costa and traces of a waved line on inner area; post-

medial line black defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and slightly angled

outwards on vein 1, some slight pale points beyond it on costa and

a black streak in submedian fold extending to termen; a faint

waved grey subterminal] line with slight black streaks beyond it on

the veins; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown

mixed with grey and with a brown line near base. Hind wing

pale red-brown with traces of discoidal spot and fine brown

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

grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and indistinct

postmedial line excurved to vein 5, then oblique.

Ab. 1. simulatricula. Smaller; fore wing greyish; hind wing

white, the terminal area suffused with brown.—Spain; C. Italy.

Hab. Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Auvsrria, Frey and

Leech Colls.; Hungary; Switzertanp; Sparn, Aragon, Castille ;

Itaty; Finuanp; Russia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. Hap. 28-34

millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 160; Hffm. Raup. p. 76.

Similar to B. divisa, but the lateral line entire.

Genus HARRISIMEMNA. ayes

Harrisimemna, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 293 (18738)... trisignata.

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

ahout to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short, frons

smooth; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male typically with very short

branches; thorax clothed entirely with scales, the prothorax without distinct

evest, the metathorax with immense crest of long spatulate scales; tibiea

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on each segment,

the crest on 4th segment extremely large and the crests on three following

sexments rather large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; veins 3and 5 trom near angle of cell; 6 from upper

anvle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind ‘wing with veins 3, 4 from “angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

HARRISIMEMNA. 649

Sncr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches.

3539. Harrisimemna trisignata.

Grammophora trisignata, Wik. ix. 29 (1856); Grote, Ill. Essay, 1882,

p. 49, pl. 1. f. 8; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 181; Sinith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 47.

Notodonta sexguitata, Harris, Ent. Corresp. 1869, p. 174, ff. 24-25.

2. Head white; palpi black with some white at base and at

extremity of 2nd joint; frons with black bar and black point

above, vertex of head with black bar; tegule white at base with

strong black line near base and large red-brown patches, the tips

white; patagia and thorax red-brown with a few black scales ;

pectus and legs white, the tibiz and tarsi banded with black;

abdomen white dorsally irrorated with black and with black

segmental lines, the erest on 4th segment red-brown. Fore wing

silvery white; some slight black marks at base and an oblique

streak from base of costa; a double waved black subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold with black spot below its extremity

and slight black markings on base of inner area, a round chocolate-

brown patch beyond it on costa; antemedial line black, double,

waved, angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1, the lines

Fig. 164.—Harrisimemna trisignata, G. 4.

rather widely separated; the medial area irrorated with black ;

orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by black and with

slight black centres, almost confluent, the former round; three

black striz from medial part of costa; postmedial line double,

the lines widely separated, waved, oblique from costa to vein 4,

angled outwards on veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved and angled

outwards on vein 1, a large round chocolate-brown patch beyond it

on costal area and another round patch below vein 8, and short

curved black streaks above and below vein 5 and submedian fold ;

subterminal line absent; a terminal black band, its inner edge

angled inwards at veins 5, 4, 3, and with a terminal series of

black lunules defined by white lunules; cilia chequered white and

black, Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown; a terminal

series of blackish lunules slightly defined by whitish; cilia white ;

the underside white slightly irrorated with red-brown, the base of

costal area suffused with red-brown, a rather diffused red-brown

antemedial line, blackish discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved to

600 NOCLUID.Z.

vein 4, then incurved, broad diffused subterminal brown band from

costa te submedian fold, and terminal series of black lunules.

Hab. Canapa, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 ¢ type; U.S.A.,

Massachusetts, New York, Long I., Rhode I., 2 9, Pennsylvania,

1 2, Wisconsin, Missouri. Haxp. 36-88 millim.

Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 183; Harr. Ent. Corresp.

1869, p. 174, f. 25.

Head shining black. Body compressed laterally, humped dor-

sally at joimts 5 and 6, very strongly so at joint 12. Brownish

black, washed with white on joints 3 and 4, 8 to 10, streaked with

white on the bases of the feet. ‘Tubercles black, bearing small

tufts of inconspicuous white hairs. The cast head-cases of the

previous stages remain attached by the hairs of the cervical

shield, terming a long string. Foed-plants: Lex, Lilae.—H.G.D,

Sect. Il. Antennz of male ciliated.

*3540. Harrisimemna marmorata.

Harrisimemna marmorata, South, ined.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown with an olive tinge; frons with

black bar and white band above it; tegule black at base edged

with white abeve; patagia black and white at tips; pectus brown

and white; legs white banded with black; abdomen brown mixed

with white especially at extremity and below. Fore wing white;

some black at base; subbasal line represented by two black strize

from costa.and one from cell with a short fascia from its extremity ;

a large round chocolate spot below costa before the black ante-

medial line which is excurved in interspaces and angled inwards on

Fig. 165.—Harrisimemna marmorata, 3. }.

vein 1; medial area variegated black and white and with an ill-

defined medial dentate line angled outwards at middle; postmedial

line with its costal part curved outwards round the inner side of a

large round chocolate patch on cesta before apex, then interrupted,

double, waved, incurved, its outer part curved round inner side of a

round chocolate subterminal patch between vein 3 and submedian

fold, the subapical patch with portions of the subterminal line at

costa and above vein 5 round its outer side; cilia chequered brown

and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown; cilia

chequered brown and white; the underside white with diffused

HARRISIMEMNA.—CBERMA, 65]

oblique sinuous antemedial line, discoidal point, minutely waved

postmedial line angled outwards below costa and excurved above

inner margin and apical patch.

Hab. TAP AN, Nikko, type in Coll. Wileman, also in Coll. Piingeler.

Exp. 32 millim.

Genus CERMA.

CermomubneVierz pa 20(i(US2T)ho srs sonssccssesscssecencmenecieseeneat cord,

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; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed entirely with scales,

the prothorax withvut crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibie

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest

on 4th segment very large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from

cell, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 oe ee trom just

below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the medial area bluish-white .................. cora,

B. Fore wing with the medial area not bluish-white.

a. Fore wing slightly tinged with green,

a, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform large

IGrOLavedmwithyeTreeM SCALES)... cs necicesclac/ossasescemeees MATING,

b', Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform represented

by a few black scales ............ sevisasessieweaci ovens searaee cuerva.

6. Fore wing not tinged with green.

a’, Fore wing irrorated with black .............sseeecssceeees galva,

6. Fore wing irrorated with black-brown mixed with

OranGe-nredienescsssens sees qo0a0086 Maseseerissiicceaeseeeieets .- olivacea,

3041. Cerma cora.

Cerma cora, Hiibn. Zutr. i. p. 14, ff. 59, 60 (1827); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.

Am. p. 47.

Chariptera festa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 57, pl. 7. f. 5 (1852).

Head white; palpi with black bands on 2nd and 8rd joints

frons with black bar; black patches between and behind antennz

Fig. 166.—Cerma cora, $. 3

T°

which are black ringed with white; thorax olive-brown tinged

with rufous, the tegulee edged in front and behind and the patagia

behind with black and Site scales, the pro- and mesothorax with

paired black spots; pectus white ; legs banded black and white;

652 NOCTUID.S.

abdomen white suffused with brown, the crests on basal segments

black, on 4th segment rufous. Fore wing olive-brown, the basal

area white, the medial area bluish white except inner half below

submedian fold: two small black spots at base; a double waved

subbasal black line, excurved at middle and interrupted at sub-

median fold, with another oblique waved line beyond it from

subcostal nervure to vein 1, the white extending to this outer line;

a double irregularly waved antemedial black line filled in with

white, the outer line interrupted in places; orbicular and reniform

white defined by black, the former round, the latter with black

lunule in centre; a double waved medial line, bent outwards in

cell where the outer line is interrupted; a double postmedial line

filled in with white, the inner line interrupted by the reniform,

slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold,

minutely dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, then incurved and angled

outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; an

irregularly dentate black subterminal line, angled outwards at

vein 7 and middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds, a few

white scales on its outer edge; a series of large terminal spots

with white lunules on them; cilia chequered brown and white.

Hind wing white usually tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown narrowing to tornus; an indistinct discoidal

spot and traces of postmedial line; a fine dark terminal line;

cilia white with » brown line near base from apex to vein 2; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial curved line, waved from

costa to vein 5.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., 13,3 9, Maine to Georgia. Haup. 34-

36 millim.

*3542. Cerma marina.

Cerma marina, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxviii. p. 226 (1906).

Head and thorax brownish grey irrorated with black and the

scales tipped with grey; patagia with some green; abdomen

whitish suffused with grey. Fore wing dark brownish grey

irrorated with black and amethystine scales, the medial area slightly

darker; subbasal line grey defined on each side by black scales,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line grey defined on

outer side by black scales, oblique, irregularly sinuous, interrupted ;

claviform moderate, suffused with blackish; orbicular and reniform

large, irrorated with green and incompletely defined by black, the

former round, the latter constricted at middle; a broad diffused

medial shade; postmedial line blackish detined by greyish on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, then irregularly dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line pale, punctiform,.

irregular ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia intersected with

grey. Hind wing dirty grey or whitish, truces of a subterminal

line towards tornus; cilia darker; the underside fuscous towards

base, a dark bar from middle of costa and postmedial line.

CERMA. 653

Hab, U.S.A., Arizona, Sta. Catalina Mts., Pinal Co. Exp. 26

millim, This species is unknown to me.

3543. Cerma cuerva. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 1.)

Cerma cuerva, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 10 (1907).

Head and thorax dark brown tinged with olive-green and

irrorated with black and white; palpi black, yellowish white at

tips; abdomen greyish fuscous. fore wing dark brown tinged

with olive-green and irrorated with black and white; subbasual

line black, dentate, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial area

paler; antemedial line black, dentate, erect; orbicular and reni-

form very faintly indicated by a few black scales ; postmedial line

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

ineurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line hardly traceable; cilia

chequered brown and white. Hind wing fuscous with dark dis-

coidal point and diffused postmedia! line.

Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, Victoria; U.S.A., California ( Wals-

ingham), 1 3, 192. Figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

W. Barnes.

*3544. Cerma galva.

Cerma galva, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 5 (1899); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 106.

; 6. White; tegule and patagia edged with black and irrorated

with black. Fore wing irrorated with black ; subbasal and ante-

medial lines black; orbicular and reniform strongly defined by

black ; postmedial and subterminal lines black; cilia chequered

black and white. Hind wing with greyish discoidal spot and

postmedial line, the terminal area tinged with grey; cilia white.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Clyde. Hap. 28 millim. This species

is unknown to me; it is stated to have a very strong superficial

resemblance to Acronycta fragilis, Guen.

3545. Cerma olivacea. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 2.

Cerma olivacea, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xviii. p. 103 (1891); id. Cat.

Noct. N. Ain. p. 48.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with black and some reddish

orange; palpi blackish except at tips; tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen whitish suffused and irrorated with dark brown.

Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with black-brown mixed with

some orange-red ; subbasal line represented by indistinct double

black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line black defined by

whitish on inner side, waved, slightly oblique, incurved in cell and

submedian interspace; orbicular with dark centre and whitish

annulus obscurely defined by blackish, round; reniform a narrow

654 NOCTUID 2.

whitish lunule obscurely defined by blackish ; traces of a waved

interrupted medial line; postmedial line black defined by whitish

on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then crenulate,

strongly incurved below vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; faint traces of a waved whitish subterminal line slightly

defined by blackish on inner side and angled outwards at vein 7 ;

a terminal series of black strize with obscure whitish spots on their

inner side; cilia chequered white and brown mixed with black.

Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown; an indistinct discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line; cilia white with an indistinct brownish line through them ;

the underside white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot,

curved minutely waved postmedial line, and terminal series of slight

lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 3, Cali-

fornia, Sierra Nevada. wp. 36 millim.

Genus IAMBIA. Type

Tambia, Wik. xxvii. 109 (1868) ............ MGacacbelssiet cease haus inferalis.

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 ; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales,

the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibiz

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen very slightly crenulate and

somewhat excised from vein 3 to tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to fori the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with two of the terminal points confluent and

forp ing a lunule at discal fold.

a. Fore wing with small wedge-shaped white marks before

subterminal line above and below vein 4 .................. nocturna.

b. Fore wing without small wedge-shaped white marks

before subterminal line.

a, Fore wing with pale streaks on veins 6 and 4 inter-

secting the dark postmedial patch .....................66. harmonica,

61, Fore wing without pale streaks on veins 6 and 4

intersecting the dark postmedial patch .................. thuaitesi.

B. Fore wing without terminal lunule at discal fold.

a. Fore wing whitish suffused with grey-brown.

al, Fore wing with the inner half of terminal area not

prominentlys whiter. ccsnaseseesececeatasces ease see neeeees transversa.

6. Fore wing with the inner half of terminal area

prominently white passa ssscccr erences etsese eee inferalis.

b, Fore wing with the ground-colour bright rufous............ rufescens.

3546. Iambia nocturna. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 3.)

Callopistria nocturna, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soe. xiv. p. 203 (1902).

2. Head and thorax silvery grey mixed with brown and black ;

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore

TAMBIA, Hdeo

wing fuscous brown irrorated with grey and blaek; subbasal line

represented by double black striz from costa filled in with grey

and a small black spot below cell; antemedial line indistinct,

double, black filled in with grey, waved, somewhat oblique, a small

black spot before it above inner margin; orbieular and reniform

with whitish annuli, the former small, elliptieal, the latter narrow,

angled inwards on median nervure and connected by a whitish

streak with the former; traces of an oblique waved blackish line

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

filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, slightly excarved at

discal fold, incurved and sinuous below vein 4; postmedial area

blackish from costa to vein 4, with some grey points on costa and

intersected by grey streaks above and below vein 6, with small

wedge-shaped white marks above and below vein 4; subterminal

line grey-white, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunutes slightly

defined on inner side by grey-white; cilia with a fine pale line at

base. Hind wing black-brown with a terminal series of black

strize interrupted by white points at the veins; cilia greyish with a

fine white line at base followed by a dark line; the underside grey

tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal

spot and diffused curved minutely waved postmedial line, the

terminal area fuscous.

Hab. Mapras, Cuddapah, Horseleykonda (Campbell), 2 Q type.

Exp. 32 millim,

3047. Iambia harmonica. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 4.)

Callopistria harmonica, Ampsn. J. Bomb. Soe. xiv. p. 203 (1902).

S. Head and thorax grey mixed with deep purplish red and

brown; palpi with purplish red patches on Ist and 2nd joints;

tegule purplish red with whitish stripes near dorsum and whitish

edges; pectus and legs whitish, the tibiz and tarsi banded with

purplish red ; abdomen grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

red. Fore wing pale olive-brown largely mixed with purplish grey

to postmedial line ; subbasal line represented by a blaek-brown spot

on costa followed by a striga and two small spots below the cell ;

black-brown spots in and below the cell before the antemedial line,

which is represented by double spots on costa, then deep red,

double, oblique, slightly sinuous; claviform represented by a few

black scales at extremity ; orbicular and reniform grey defined by

olive and white at sides, open above and below, a black-brown

patch between them in cell; two black-brown spots on middle of

costa and a deep red incurved line from cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line white defined on each side by deep red, bent out-

wards below costa and ineurved below vein 4, some greyish beyond

it before the olive-brown terminal area; postmedial area with

large black-brown patch from costa to vein 3 intersected by olive

streaks on veins 6 and 4 and bounded by the fine whitish sub-

656 NOCTUID.%. :

terminal line, which is incurved at discal and submedian folds and

with small red spots before it from vein 2 to inner margin; a

terminal series of small black-brown spots slightly defined on inner

side by white, the spot at discal fold bar-shaped and the one above

tornus obsolescent; cilia grey with fine white lines at base and

middle and red-brown patch at discal fold. Hind wing fuscous

brown with some slight dark lunules on termen between veins 7

and 2; cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the under-

side whitish irrorated with crimson and the costal and terminal

areas suffused with crimson, a black discoidal spot, indistinct waved

postmedial line excurved below costa, and terminal series of small

black lunules slightly defined by whitish.

Hab, Sixuim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 3 type. Exp. 30 millim,

3548. Iambia thuaitesi.

Methorasa thwaitest, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 61, pl. 151. f. 2 (1884);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 262.

Head and thorax dark cupreous brown mixed with grey-white ;

palpi whitish with black band on 2nd joint; frons whitish ; tibie

and tarsi banded white and brown; abdomen reddish brown, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing reddish brown mixed with

whitish, with a broad diffused blackish band on postmediai area

from costa to vein 4, then on inner side of postmedial line to inner

margin; subbasal line represented by a dark spot; antemedial

line very indistinct, waved, with a brownish mark before it on

costa; orbicular and reniform greyish indistinctly defined by dark

Sw e

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Fig. 167.—lambia thuaitesi, G. 4.

brown, the former round; postmedial line brown slightly defined

on each side by whitish and with a black mark before it on costa,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

traces of a waved whitish subterminal line with some blackish

dentate marks before it from costa to vein 4+; terminal area whiter

from vein + to tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules,

the pair at diseal fold confluent and forming a larger lunule.

Hind wing cupreous brown; cilia greyish mixed with brown and

with a darker line at middle; the underside whitish suffused and

irrorated with cupreous brown, a slight black discoidal lunule,

traces of a postmedial line detined by whitish on outer side, and

terminal series of small triangular black spots.

TAMBIA. 657

Hab. Nigeria, Borgu, Yelwa L. (Migeod), 1 2 ; Br. EB. Arrica

(Betton), 1 9 ; Bompay, N. Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 2 3 ; Cryton

(Thwartes, Lindesay), 2 3,1 2 type, N.W. Province (Green), 1 J,

Puttalam (Pole), 1 2. Hxp. 26-32 millim.

3549. Iambia transversa.

Tycracona transversa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 95, pl. 4. f. 5 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 262.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish, white

at base and extremity of 2nd joint; tibize and tarsi banded blackish

and white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with some white and black scales ;

subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold

where it has some whitish before it; antemedial line indistinct,

double, waved, with a black spot at costa and mark before it above

inner margin; orbicular and reniform with indistinct pale annuli,

the former round, the latter with straight inner edge and some

dark brown before it in cell; medial line with black point on costa

and oblique line from reniform to inner margin, with dark mark

beyond it in submedian interspace; postmedial line indistinctly

double, filled in with whitish towards costa and with small black

spots before it at costa and from vein 6 to inner margin, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish

defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks and a large

lunule above and below vein 5, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia with a blackish

line through them. Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia whitish

with a brown line through them; the underside whitish tinged

and irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot, rather diffused

postmedial line bent inwards to costa and excurved at middle, and

terminal series of points with whitish marks before them.

Hab. MasHonatanp, Umtali (Marshall), 1 3 ; C. Cotony, Ann-

shaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 Q ; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢ ;

C. Cuina, Ichang (Vrs. Pratt), 1 9 ; Srxnim (Dudgeon), 2 9 ;

Buurkn (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Manpras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 ¢ ;

Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 ¢. Hap. 28-382 millim.

3550. Iambia inferalis. (Plate (XXIII. fig. 5.)

Tambia inferalis, Wik. xxvii. 109 (1863).

Bryophila velutina, Feld. Reis. Nov, pl. 100. f. 14 (1874).

Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; palpi white

with black patch on side of 2nd joint ; trons with black bar; tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen brownish white irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing bluish white almost entirely suffused with

black-brown to pcestmedial line and above vein 5 to subterminal

line and at costa to apex; a diffused oblique black fascia from

VOL. VII. 20

658 NOCTUID &.

costa near base to antemedial line at submedian fold; antemedial

line indistinct, double filled in with whitish, oblique, waved, angled

inwards at vein 1; orbicular and reniform with their centres

defined by blackish and with faint incomplete white annuli, the

former round; postmedial line slightly defined by white on outer

side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

very oblique, some slight white points beyond it on costa; an in-

distinct, minutely dentate subterminal line, oblique below vein 4,

black streaks from it to termen above and below vein 5; a terminal

series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing fuscous brown

with fine lunulate black terminal line; cilia white mixed with

fuscous at tips; the underside white irrorated with black and some

red, a black discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line,

and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Narat, Durban (Gueinzius, Gooch), 1 6, 22. Exp. 32

milim. Typef Q velutina in Coll. Rothschild.

*3551. Iambia rufescens. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 6.)

Caradrina rufescens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 263 (1894).

do. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some whitish

and brown; palpi banded with brownish; antenne brown; pectus

whitish; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous

tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with black, the basal

crest rufous, Fore wing bright rufous; subbasal line represented

by slight blackish marks on costa and below cell; antemedial line

double, brownish, oblique, waved, with blackish spot on the outer

line at costa; orbicular small, faintly defined by brown, produced

to a slight point on outer side; reniform faintly defined by brown

and by black points except on outer side; medial line indistinct,

dark, oblique from costa to reniform and waved from lower angle

of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, double filled im

with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and

with minute black points on each side, slightly angled inwards at

discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner

side by a diffused blackish patch on costal area, then by blackish

points, minutely waved; a terminal series of black points; cilia

rufous mixed with dark brown. Hind wing reddish ochreous

suffused with brown; a slight discoidal spot; cilia whitish tinged

with rufous at apex and middle and with shght brown line near

base; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown,.a medial brown line from costa to lower angle of cell,

an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line with minute dark

streaks on the veins, a subterminal series of minute blackish streaks

on the veins.

Hab. Gansam, Berhampur (Minchin), type? do in Coll. Roth-

schild, Hap. 24 millim.

TAMBIODES. 659

Genus IAMBIODES, nov.

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

middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 38rd moderate; frons with

large prominence with raised corneous walls at extremity ; eyes large, round ;

antennee of female somewhat laminate; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the prothorax without crests, the mesothorax with small paired crests,

the metathorax with decumbent crest; tibie moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the termen evenly

curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

middle of disecocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

3552. Iambiodes anormalis.

Tarache anormalis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Soc. xvii. p. 474 (1906).

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black and

whitish scales, the mesothorax with pair of small rufous crests ;

palpi whitish in front; pectus whitish; tarsi fuscous ringed with

white ; abdomen fuscous mixed with some greyish, the basal crest

pale rufous, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown.

Fore wing with the basal area greyish red-brown irrorated with

some white-tipped black scales; an indistinct curved subbasal line

Fig. 168.—Jambiodes anormalis, 2.

from costa to submedian fold and with black point at costa; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved, with black spot at

costa and slight black marks before it above and below vein 1 ;

orbicular rather triangular, with fuscous centre and ochreous

annulus defined by black except below ; reniform bluish fuscous

with slight ochreous annulus incompletely detned by black; an

indistinct black medial line oblique from costa to reniform and

waved below the cell, reddish towards inner margin; the outer

halt of medial area suffused with bluish fuscous to submedian

fold ; postmedial line double, brown filled in with ochreous, white

with two black spots at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved below

vein 4, a blue-black patch beyond it on costal area with whitish

points on costa and black streaks on the veins, slight black streaks

above and below vein 5, an ochreous mark above vein 4, then

black points in the interspaces to inner margin; subterminal line

whitish, hardly traceable except towards costa, excurved below

2 2

G60 NOCTUID &.

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules

defined by a waved white line, with larger* lunule at discal fold ;

cilia rufous, blackish at middle and with fine waved white line

through them. Hind wing dark brown with indistinct discoidal

lunule and terminal series of slight lunules, cilia whitish tinged

with rufous and with brown line near base; the underside irrorated

with whitish, the discoidal lunule defined by whitish, an indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 Q type. Hap. 32 millim.

Genus PARIAMBIA, nov.

Type, P. aprepes.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd moderate; frons with rounded

prominence with vertical corneotis ridge down middle; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibiz: moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal

crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

3553. Pariambia aprepes, n. sp.

¢. Head pale rufous, the palpi blackish at tips; thorax fuscous

brown mixed with greyish; pectus and legs brownish white, the

tibise and tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen ochreous brown,

the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing brownish grey largely

suffused with fuscous, the terminal area paler; subbasal line

represented by a slight blackish striga from costa; antemedial

Fig. 169.—Pariambia aprepes, G. 3.

line indistinctly double filled in with whitish, angled outwards

below costa and in submedian fold; orbicular and reniform with

whitish annuli slightly defined by black scales, the former small,

round; an indistinct waved black medial line; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa,

slightly ineurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale,

defined on inner side by blackish and with blackish patch before it

on costal area, exeurved below vein 1 and at middle ; a terminal

PARIAMBIA.—AUCHA. 661

series of small black lunules, those above and below discal fold

conjoined; cilia blackish with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the alia whitish with a dark line through them ;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot,

traces of postmedial line and terminal series of striz.

Hab. Ceyton, Willawaya (Alston), 1 3 type. Hap. 32 millim.

Genus AUCHA. Type

Alnraioas, \Wylllis; Sati, TUS GUSIN())) con cansodonscousdacod poboaudorupooesnodsosbccas velans.

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

head and smoothly sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with large flattened

crest; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen with flattened dorsal crest at base

only. 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only,

A. Fore wing with white patches on medial area.

a. Fore wing with white fascia below base of cell and

patch on costa before postimedial line..................... varieqata.

6. Fore wing without white fascia below base of cell or

patch on costa before postmedial line..................... flavomaculata.

B. Fore wing without white patches on medial area.

a. Hind wing reddish ochreous, the costal and terminal

paxeus suffused with brown.

- Fore wing olive-brown .........65+...sessseeeeseenes seeese Lenehricosa.

a TENOFHE) TALC? (EFRENTAOTRONAD) GononpacoseuaquooBespanoBboRnoAacebS triphenoides,

b. Hind wing with orange patch below and beyond end

of cell.

a. Hind wing with the orange patch not bent upwards

beyond endhoticelli ee Mitek aise nme cchscesnccastest vest.

b', Hind wing with the orange patch bent upwards

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beyond end of cell.

a*. Fore wing with the ante- postmedial and terminal

areas strongly suffused with grey ..........:-...... nect ens.

6?, Fore wing uniform dark brown slightly suffused

WHOM MAREIZ. cocoons joboasHaauo sos GaducbnonE5cepodaoseq0ds velans.

c. Hind wing nearly uniform dark brown.

a, Fore wing with the*postmedial line oblique from

below costa: (50) MUVAVEVE THEREIN ~ sosagsodnaocecconbssoneoon villiana.

61, Fore wing with postmedial “line excurved from below

Costa tonverm 4) shemancurved.......ccsceeseceececses ares minor.

3054. Aucha variegata.

Acontia variegata, Oberth. Diag. Lép. Askold. p. 15 (1879); id. Et. Ent.

v. p. 81, pl. 3. f. 7 (1830); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 203.

@. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with red-brown ;

ap red-brown behind; antenne red-brown; tibize and _ tarsi

slightly banded with brown; abdomen yellow, with diffused brown

bands, the anal tuft tinged with rufous, the ventral surface whitish

662 NOCTUID ©.

banded with red-brown. Fore wing white, some brown and fuscous

suffusion above basal half of inner margin ; subbasal line oblique,

slightly waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial area

rufous, with some fuscous and grey irroration from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line blackish defined by white on inner

side, minutely waved, from costa to submedian fold; claviform

small, white defined by red-brown and fuscous: orbicular and reni-

form rufous slightly defined by fuscous and with some white in

centres, the former round with fuscous and rufous patch above it

on costa, the latter with rufous patch beyond lower angle of cell;

a rather ditfused curved brown medial line from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line rufous and fuscous, bent outwards below

costa, then erect and minutely waved, defined by white on outer

side except between veins 5and 3; postmedial area rufous irrorated

with fuscous, with two slight white striz from costa; an irregular

subterminal white patch from apex to vein 6, narrowing below and

followed by a series of lunulate white spots with small black spots

on their outer side between veins 6 and 2; terminal area rufous

and greyish; cilia rufous mixed with some fuscous, and with series

of small white spots from apex to vein 2. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the basal area yellowish, the terminal area darker; a

diffused brown medial band followed by two confluent pale yellow

patches between veins 4 and 1; cilia pale yellow; the underside

pale yellow, the costal area whitish, a broad brown terminal band

with white patch at apex and strongly sinuous inner edge, a

diffused medial band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing tinged with yellow, the dark areas brown

instead of rufous.

Hab. KE, Stperta, Amurland, 2 9, Blagoveschensk, 2 9; Ussuri.

Exp. 30 millim.

3555. Aucha flavomaculata.

Acontia flavomaculata, Oberth. Diag. Lép. Askold. p. 16 (1879); id. Et.

Ent. v. p. 82, pl. 3. f. 8 (1880) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 203.

o. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with white; abdomen

brown with pale yellow bands; anal tuft tinged with rufous, the

ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing yellowish

tinged with grey and thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal

area Wholly suffused with brown; a white mark at base of costa

bounded by the dark subbasal line defined by white on outer side,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

defined by whitish on inner side at costa and below submedial

fold, curved, slightly incurved above vein 1, a lunulate yellowish-

white patch beyond it above vein 1; claviform small, faintly defined

by brown; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, yellowish, faintly

defined by brown, the former round; postmedial line brown, defined

by white on outer side towards costa and below submedian fold,

and slightly by yellowish at middle, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved

AUCHA. 663

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line with two small white spots below costa and two above inner

margin, between those points brown, diffused, slightly waved; cilia

browa with yellowish line at base and series of white points.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal area greyish; traces of a

diffused dark medial band with two faint confluent greyish patches

beyond it between veins 4 and 1; cilia white, brownish at tips

from apex to vein 4; the underside with the basal half whitish

suffused with brown, the terminal half brown with white patch

at apex, a diffused whitish medial band expanding into a patch

between veins 4 and 2.

Hab. HK. Steerer, Amurland, 3 ¢, Ussuri. Hvp. 28 millim.

This is probably the ¢ of A. variegata.

*3556. Aucha tenebricosa.

Triphena tenebricosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 288, f. 174 (1891).

@. Head and thorax olive-brown; ablomen rufous. Fore wing

olive-brown with a greyish tinge; subbasal line double at costa,

then waved, extending to inner margin; antemedial line double,

waved, oblique; orbicular defined by brown and with dark point

in centre, small, round; reniform defined by dark brown; a waved

medial line ; postmedial line double, shghtly bent outwards below

costa, then oblique, dentate; subterminal line defined by brown

suffusion on inner side, dentate, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing reddish ochreous,

the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown; a brown

discoidal lunule ; cilia yellowish.

Hab. Mapagascar, Nossibé. Hap, 34 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

3557. Aucha triphenoides. (Plate CX XITI. fig. 7.)

Briarda triphenoides, W1k. xxxiii. 895 (1865).

Head and thorax grey-brown slightly irrorated with dark brown;

paipi whitish at base; pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown,

the fore tibie and tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen p:le dull

orange-red, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-brown

thickly irrorated and suffused with black; subbasal line repre-

sented by a minute V-shaped blackish mark in base of cell; antc-

medial line indistinct, double from costa to submedian fold ;

irregularly waved; orbicular slightly tinged with fulvous, indis-

tinctly defined by blackish and with blackish point in centre, small,

round; reniform narrow, faintly tinged with fuivous, slightly

defined by blackish on inner side and with two black points on

outer; an indistinct diffused sinuous medial line, oblique from costa

to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line

diffused towards costa, then double, waved, interrupted between

veins 5 and 2, then oblique; subterminal line greyish, defined on

inner side by fuscous suffusion, excurved at vein 7 and middle; a

664 NOCTUID®.

terminal series of smali blackish spots. Hind wing dull reddish

orange, the veins and costal area tinged with brown; a broad

fuscous terminal band with diffused sinuous inner edge, leaving the

termen narrowly orange, expanding into a patch in submedian

interspace; cilia whitish tinged with orange, dark at apex; the

underside whitish tinged with orange, a sight discoidal spot and

diffused fuscous subterminal band.

Hab, QuErnstanp, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 Q type, Brisbane

(Turner), 1 29; W. Ausrraria (Digyles), 1 6. Hep. 34 millim.

3058. Aucha vesta. (Plate CXXIIL. fig. 8.)

Aucha vesta, Swinh. A. M.N. . (7) vii. p. 493 (1901).

3g. Head and thorax reddish brown suffused with grey; shoulders

with dark stripes; a dark band across middle of thcrax; pectus

and legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi

with dark brown bands; abdomen orange-brown, the ventral sur-

face white tinged with ochreous at extremity. Fore wing reddish

brown suffused with grey, especially on basal and postmedial areas;

subbasal line represented by blackish points below costa and in

cell; antemedial line double, filled in with grey, the inner line

less distinct, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1

where there is some black suffusion before it; claviform represented

by a black lunule on the antemedial line; orbicular grey defined

by black and with black spot in centre, its outer part tinged with

rufous; reniform with rufous bar followed by two black spots on

its inner side and three black points on its outer ; a diffused black-

brown medial shade with slight rufous mark on it in cell; post-

medial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

dentate, the costa beyond it with slight whitish streaks; subterminal

line grey-white defined on inner side by black suffusion, dentate,

angled outwards below veins 7 and 4; a series of blackish points

on termen from apex to below vein 4. Hind wing black-brown,

the inner area suffused with orange except towards tornus; an

orange fascia in lower part of cell, expanding beyond the cell and

extending to near termen; a slight discoidal black lunule; cilia

orange; the underside with the orange and orange-suffused areas

pale yellow.

Hab. QuEENstand, Coomoo, 1 ¢ type. Hvp. 38 willim.

3509. Aucha nectens. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 9.)

Triphena nectens, Wik, xv. 1704 (1858); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 194.

Briarda latipennis, Wik. xxxiii. 894 (1865).

grey, the tegule and prothorax with faint irregular dark bands ;

pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi fuscous

ringed with whitish ; abdomen brown with an orange tinge, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey ;

AUCHA, 865

subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line very indistinct, doubie, waved, oblique from

costa to submedian fold; orbicular small, round, slightly defined

by dark brown; reniform indistinctly defined by dark brown on

inner side only; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa,

then waved, incurved below vein 4, some slight pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line greyish slightly defined by fuscous

suffasion on inner side, excurved below costa and at middle; a

terminal series of small blackish spots. Hind wing black-brown ;

an oblique orange band beyond the cell from vein 6 to 2, angled

inwards below end of cell; a slight orange streak on middle of

vein 1; some orange on termen in submedian interspace ; cilia

orange, with series of slight brown spots from apex to vein 2; the

underside with the costal area greyish, the cell and area below it

and the inner area tinged with orange, the terminal area fuscous.

Ab. 1. latipennis. Fore wing much greyer with a blackish patch

on costal area beyond the subbasal line, a diffused black medial

shade and prominent black suffusion before the subterminal line

from costa to vein 3. Hind wing with the band beyond the cell

narrower and tinged with rufous.

Hab. Inpia, 2 2 type; Bomar; Prnane (Lloyd), 1 Q type

latipennts. HKxp. 42-46 millim,

3560. Aucha velans.

Aucha velans, Wik. xiii. 1138 (1857); Hmpsn, Tl. Het. B. M. ix. p. 94,

pl. 162. f. 15; id. Moths Ind. p. 194.

Head and thorax dark brown slightly tinged with grey ; pectus

whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi fascous: ringed with white ;

abdomen dull red-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

dark brown suffused with grey and slightly irrorated with blackish;

subbasal line represented by slight double black striz from costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; claviform moderate,

black ; orbicular with faint dark outline and small black spot in

Fig. 170.—Aucha velans, $. 4.

centre, round; reniform represented by two blackish bars; a

medial shade from costa to reniform and oblique sinuous line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, bent

otitwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4

and with blackish mark before it in submedian fold, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, greyish,

666 NOCTUID!A.

defined on inner side by blackish suffusion, excurved below vein 7

and at middle where there are more distinct black marks before it;

a terminal series of small black spots with a slight greyish line

before them. Hind wing black-brown with a reddish tinge; an

oblique orange band beyond the cell between veins 6 and 2, slightly

angled inwards below the cell; some orange on termen in sub-

median interspace ; cilia chequered orange and fuscous to vein 2,

then orange, tipped with fuscous below submedian interspace ; the

underside grey-brown, the terminal area darker, a diffused discoidal

spot, some “yellowish below end of cell and on termen in submedian

interspace.

Ab. 1. Fore wing less suffused with grey ; hind wing with the

orange beyond the cell and on termen brighter.—Burma.

Hab, Cuyton (Templeton), 1 3 type, Trincomali (Yerbury), 1 3,

1 2; Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 ¢. Hup. 38 millim.

3561. Aucha villiana. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 10.)

Dinumma villiana, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 263 (1893) ; Semper,

Schmett. Phil. p. 526, pl. lx. f. 5.

Head and thorax dark brown tinged with greyish; pectus and

legs fuscons and grey, the tarsi fuscous ringed with grey; abdomen

dull reddish brown, the ventral surface sain suffused with brown

towards extremity. Fore wing dark brown sutfused with grey ;

subbasal line black, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, waved, angled outwards below costa;

orbicular defined by black and with black point in centre, small,

round; reniform defined by blackish and with black bar in centre,

elliptical ; a diffused black medial shade from costa to reniform and

oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then waved,

oblique below vein 4; subterminal line greyish defined on inner

side by black suffusion, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and

incurved at discal fold and below. vein 3: a terminal series of

small black spots. Hind wing red-brown with dark terminal band

with irregular diffused inner edge; cilia brownish grey; the

underside grey-brown with a reddish tinge, the terminal area

darker, a slight diffused discoidal spot and indistinct greyish post-

medial line excurved below costa.

Hab. Stneavore (Ridley), 4 6, 32, type; Bornro, Kuching

(Shelford), 1 $3; Puiniepines. Lvp. 38-44 millim.

3562. Aucha minor, n. sp. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 11.)

2. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey; pectus and

legs greyer, the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown with a reddish tinge. Fore wing dark chocolate-brown

largely suffused with grey; traces of a double curved sinuous ante-

medial line with an oblique dark brown shade beyond it from costa

to median nervure; orbicular and reniform absent; an indistinct

medial line, oblique from cel] to inner margin; postmedial line

AUCHA.—POLY PH ENIS. 667

indistinct, brown, dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly

angled inwards in discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a triangular

red-brown patch beyond it on costal area with some grey points

on the costa; an indistinct waved brown subterminal line; a

terminal series of slight brown spots. Hind wing red-brown with

the terminal area dark brown; cilia pale rufous with a red-brown

line near base; the underside greyish suffused with rufous except

on inner area to the indistinct curved postmedial line, a shght

discoidal lunule.

Hab. BomBay, 1 2, Karwar (7. R. Bell), 1 2 type. Lap.

26 millim.

Genus POLYPHENIS.

Type.

Polyphenis, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 128 (1840) ..... ec... eee eeeee sericata,

Lriphenopsis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 163 (1878) ..............- lucilla.

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

middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd typically

moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennex of male typically bipec-

tinate with short branches, the apical part serrate; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax with

divided crest; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

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

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell;

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

mosing with the cell near base only.

Scr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with rather long branches to apex.

3563. Polypheznis xanthochloris.

Polyphenis xanthochloris, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 128 (1840); Herr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 74, 75; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 184.

Noctua alliacea, Germ, Faun. Ins. Eur. xxii. pl. 20 (1842); Herr.-Schaff.

Eur, Schmett. ii. p. 257.

6. Head and thorax brown mixed with white, ochreous, red-

brown and black; palpi dark brown at sides; frons with lateral

dark brown bars ; tegule with dark tips; tarsi dark brown ringed

Fig. 171.—Polyphenis xanthochioris, $. 1.

with white ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown and with grey-

brown bands. Fore wing pale grey-green irrorated with some

668 NOCTULD A.

black, the postmedial area slightly suffused with fuscous ; subbasal

line represented by slight double black striz from costa; ante-

medial line double, erect, waved, obsolescert on costal half; orbi-

cular very small, defined by black, irregularly rounded ; reniform

dirty whitish defined by black, constricted at middle; a diffused

fuscous medial line oblique from costa to below cell, then in-

curved; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then ineurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish

grey, defined on inner side by dark suffusion at costa, a dentate brown

line at middle and dentate black marks below veins 3 and 2,

dentate at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1; a terminal series of small black

lunules; cilia chequered whitish and fuscous. Hind wing yellow,

with terminal fuscous brown band with waved inner edge, wide at

apex, narrowing to tornus; some yellow on termen in submedian

interspace ; cilia whitish with series of fuscous spots; the under-

side with the costal and terminal areas whitish irrorated with

brown, a diffused fuscous subterminal band.

Hab. Spain; Sicity, 1 ¢. vp. 50 millim.

Sucr. IT. (Polyphenis). Antenne of male bipectinate with very short branches,

the apical part serrate.

3564. Polyphenis sericata.

Noctua sericata, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 108. f. 4 (1787); Staud. Cat. Lep

pal. p. 184.

Noctua sericina, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 183 (1790); Mill. Icones, pl. 104. f. 2.

Noctua prospicua, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noet. f. 108 (1802); Dup. Lép.

Fy. vi. p. 398, pl. 97. f. 4; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 213.

Polyphenis nebulifera, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 246.

Polyphenis propinqua, Staud. Tris, viii. p. 298 (1895).

Polyphenis viridata, Ragusa, Nat. Sicil. xvii. p. 18, pl. i. f. 1 (1904).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and some fuscous ;

sides of palpi and frons black; vertex of head with black patch ;

antenne black; tegule with black line near tips; patagia with

Fig. 172.-—-Polyphenis sericata, 3.

black scales on. edges; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

grey-brown tinged with yellow, the crests fuscous, the anal tult

fulvous. Fore wing greyish suffused and thickly irrorated with

red-brown, the terminal area greyer, the basal area browner except

POLYPH ENIS. 669

at base of inner margin; subbasal line double, blackish, minutely

waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, minutely

waved, angled inwards above vein 1 and outwards above inner

margin; claviform large, defined by dark brown; orbicular and

reniform defined by dark brown, the former small, round, the latter

large ; medial line oplique, dark from costa to lower angle of cell,

then indistinct and waved ; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate and

produced to black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa, a diffused blackish

streak from it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line grey

defined on inner side by blackish except towards costa where the

blackish is bent outwards to apex, dentate, a slight black streak

from it to termen below vein 4; a terminal series of small black

lunules: cilia with a waved dark line through them. Hind wing

reddish orange ; a slight oblique brownish discoida] bar ; traces of

a minutely waved postmedial line; a blackish terminal band broad

towards costa where it becomes brownish and is diffused inwards,

narrowing to tornus; cilia white, tinged with yellow at base and

with series of brown lunules; the underside witb the costal area

irrorated with brown, the discoidal bar blackish, the postmedial

line rather more distinct.

Ab. 1. propinqua. Smaller, darker, and suffused with blackish.—

Taurus.

Ab. 2. Fore wing paler and suffused with olive-green instead of

brown, the lines filled in with white.

Ab. 3. viridata, Fore wing bright green, the lines filled in with

white.—Sicily.

Hab. France, Sand & Frey Colls.; Gurmany, Zeller Coll; Ausrrta ;

Houneary, Leech Coll.; Spaty, Bilbao; Ivaty; Sictry; Barkan

Srares; Russta, St. Petersburg, 1 2, Crimea; ARMENIA; Astra

Minor, Taurus; Pauestinn. Hwp. 42-44 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 220; Hffm. Raup. p. 100, pl. 28. f. 7.

Pale grey; dorsal line pale edged with blackish; ventral surface

dark brown. Food-plants: Honeysuckle, Privet. 10-5.

Secr. III. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate.

3565. Polyphenis subsericata.

Polyphenis subsericata, Herr.-Schaff. Neue Schmett. p. 26, f. 124 (1856) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 184.

6. Head and thorax white mixed with black and some olive-

brown; pectus white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

brown ringed with white, the ventral surface white slightly irrorated

with brown. Fore wing grey suffused with olive-brown and thickly

irrorated with black, the basal half of medial area paler; subbasal

line represented by grey striz from costa and cell; antemedial line

defined by grey on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then curved ; orbicular small, round, with olive centre defined by

670 NOCTUID &.

black; reniform grey-white, open above, its outer edge excised ;

an indistinct waved medial line, oblique from costa to below cell ;

postmedial line double filled in with grey, the outer line indistinct,

slightly hent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then in-

wardly oblique, some minute whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line grey defined by black on inner side, angled out-

wards at veins 7, 6,4,3,2; a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia

Fig. 173.—Polyphenis subsericata, $. .

fuscous and grey with a whitish line at base. Hind wing blood-

red with a black terminal band, broad at apex, narrowing to a point

at tornus, tie termen with slight reddish marks except towards apex ;

cilia white with a series of fuscous points ; the underside paler, the

costal area white irrorated with brown, some white on termen.

Hab. Ruopvss; Cyerus (Miss Bate), 1 gd; Asta Minor, Pontus,

Taurus. wp. 48 millim.

Sect. IV. (Zriphenopsis). Antennze of male ciliated.

A. Palpi-with the 3rd joint very long and porrect.

3566. Polyphenis pulcherrima.

Epilecta pulcherrima, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 54, pl. 6. f. 3; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 219. es

Polyphenis largetaui, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 19, pl. viii. f. 4 (1881).

Epilecta opulenta, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1888, p, 160,

Head and thorax brown tinged with grey and mixed with olive-

green; palpi brown irrorated with whitish, whitish at base;

tegulee and patagia with olive-green patches; pectus and legs grey

mixed with brown; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous leaving

slight pale segmental lines, the crests dark, the anal tuft reddish

ochreous with dark spot above. Fore wing black-brown mixed

with olive-green and some reddish ; subbasal lne black defined by

olive-green on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line black defined by green on inner side, oblique,

waved; orbicular green defined by black and with black centre,

small, round; reniform an ill-defined green patch, its centre tinged

with reddish ochreous and defined by black on inner side and below

a waved blackish medial line, oblique from costa to below cell ;

postmedial line black defined by green Innules on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then waved, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

POLYPH-ENIS. 671

line green defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks

and with black marks beyond it below veins 7 and 4, excurved

below vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold, dentate at middle and

incurved below vein 2; a terminal series of slight dark lunules ;

cilia fuscous brown with slight green lines at base and near tips.

Hind wing orange-yellow; the basal and inner areas brown with

Fig. 174.—Polyphenis pulcherrima, §. +

oblique outer edge; a broad terminal black band, its inner edge

angled inwards at discal fold, then strongly excurved, the termen

narrowly and cilia yellow, fuscous between veins 4 and 2. Under-

side of fore wing fuscous brown, the costa yellowish conjoined to a

large lunulate yellowish patch beyond the cell extending to below

vein 3, the terminal area with some grey suffusion; hind wing

yellow with the black terminal band as above.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the ochreous patch on reniform.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with ochreous patches beyond the reniform

and inner half of postmedial line.

Hab. W. Caina, Kouy-Tchéou ; Punsas, Dalhousie (Harford),

2 3,2 2, Dharmsala (Hocking), 5 $,3 2 type opulenta, Umballa,

1 9; Srxarm (Atkinson, Dudgeon), 3 3, 1 2 type; ? Mapras,

Nilgiris (Swinhoe), 1 Q. Hep. 44-58 millim.

B. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. .

a. Hind wing with the inner edge of the terminal black band

strongly incurved at discal fold.

a’, Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green........, oberthuri,

61, Fore wing brown with a slight orange tinge ............ confecta,

b, Hind wing with the inner edge of the terminal black band

not incurved at discal fold.

a', Hind wing orange.

a2, Hind wing with the orange extending to inner margin

MOOV WONT: cauaasdodoqocosbasoadatcsspoosbodargsApasoduoe subpulchra.

b2, Hind wing with the orange not extending to inner

TTA, MOORS WONG, Gos onqpapssdonucopsooa0upupeceqdccachd™ lucilla,

b'. Hind wing pale yellow.

a2, Hind wing with the inner area brown.

a3, Kore wing without white annulus to orbicular.

a+, Fore wing with the medial area not suffused

WitlablAacksmererscmacceteenaccere Ce eee tcee Cinerescens.

b*, Fore wing with the medial area suffused with

black.

a, Hind wing with dark discoidal striga, the

postmlediat lineyabsent an seneeneeeede eee se diminuta.

672 NOCTUID®.

65, Hind wing without discoidal striga, a slight

postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin. inept.

Fore wing with white annulus to orbicular ........ - postflava.

G7. ee wing with the inner area not brown,

a’*, Fore wing unifonmidark| brown t-csscesecssencceeenes indica.

6?. Fore wing with the terminal area grey ............... ditata.

3567. Polyphenis oberthuri.

Polyphenis pulcherrima, Oberth. Et. Ent, x. p. 22, pl. 2. f. 11 (nec Moore).

Polyphenis oberthuri, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 454 (1892): id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 184.

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with black; palpi black

irrorated with white, whitish at base ; tegulee with green patches ;

pectus and legs grey mixed with hrowal the tarsi black ringed

with white ; abdomen black-brown with slight orange segmental

bands, the ventral surface grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing

olive-green irrorated with black ; subbasal line double, black filled

in with pale green, minutely waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double filled in with green, waved, angled

inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin; claviform

elongate, very indistinctly defined by black scales; orbicular

defined by black and with brownish centre; reniform defined

by black on inner side and below, with some reddish ochreous in

centre and blackish mark below it; a black medial line oblique

from costa to vein 2, then waved; postmedial line double,

the two lines widely separated at costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved,

filled in with whitish at inner margin, some white points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line green defined on inner side by black

suffusion and by dentate black marks at middle, some black

beyond it at costa and discal fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and

inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hind wing orange, the inner area blackish brown with oblique

sinuous upper edge and orange fascia below vein 1; a broad black

terminal band with sinuous inner edge incurved at discal fold,

then strongly excurved; the termen arom ly and cilia yellow

with blackish patches between veins 4,3 and towards tornus, with

slight yellow points on them. avers of fore wing pale yel-

lowish with obliquely curved blackish band from below middle of

costa where it is broad, narrowing to the diffused subterminal band

below vein 2, the subterminal band expanding into a large patch

towards costa, the termen greyish; hind wing orange, the costal

area irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area as above.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with prominent white patch on and beyond

reniform and sometimes a white point in orbicular and some

whitish beyond inner half of postmedial line, some black suffusion

on inner half of medial area.

Hab, BE. Sierra, Ussuri; Corra, Gensan oe 22; W. Carina,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 2 s One aha 1 29, Washan (Pr ave) sae 3,

Chia kon: ho (Pratt), 2 3, Ya-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 ¢, Hou-kou,1¢.

Exp. 46-56 millim.

POLYPH ENIS. 675

3568. Polyphenis confecta.

Triphena confecta, Wik. xv. 1705 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 219.

Agrotis hyblea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 43 (1874).

Hliochrea curtipalpis, Butl. Il. Het. B. M. vii. p. 74, pl. 181. ff.7, 8 (1889).

Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with fuscous and grey; palpi

whitish at base, black and white at tips; patagia with some black

scales on upper edge; pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the

fore tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen black with yellow

rings, some brown hairs at base, the crests black, the ventral surface.

yellowish white irrorated with black towards extremity. Fore wing

olive-brown slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented

by black strize from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinctly

double, oblique, minutely waved ; claviform indicated by some black

scales on its edges; orbicular slightly defined by black and with a

dark point in centre, round; renitorm slightly defined by black on

inner side and below with a few black scales on outer edge and

black mark on lower edge of centre ; medial line represented by an

oblique black bar from costa to reniform and a slight oblique line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmediai line double,

bent outwards below costa, then waved, oblique to’ vein 4, then

incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

Fig. 175.—Polyphenis confecta, §. 3.

grey, defined on inner side by black spots below costa and at middle,

excurved at vein 7, excurved and waved, at middle and angled

inwards in discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small

black lunules; cilia with a dark line through them. Hind wing

orange-yellow ; the base and a broad fascia in submedian interspace

to beyond middle black-brown, the latter almost conjoined to the

black terminal band which is very broad at apex, its, inner edge

incurved at discal fold, then strongly excurved and angled inwards

in submedian fold; the termen narrowly and the cilia yellow inter-

rupted by a black patch between veins 4 and 2. Underside of fore

wing black-brown, the base of costa whitish, the basal half of cell

and inner area pale yellow, a pale yellow patch beyond the cell with

rather dentate outer edge extending to below vein 3; hind wing

with the costal area irrorated with black, a diffused black patch

below end of cell, the terminal band as above.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with more or less white irroration before and

beyond the postmedial line which is filled in with white.

Ab. 2. curtipalpis. Fore wing with large white patch on reni-

form, the postmedial line often filled in with white.

VOL. VII. FAS

674 NOCTvuiv x,

Hab. Punsas (Horne), 1 3, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 2,

Simla (Harford), 2 3,2 9, Dalhousie (Harford), 3 g, Dharmsiala

(Hocking), 2 2, type curtipalpis, Manpuri, 1d. Hap. 40-50 millim,

*3569. Polyphenis subpulchra.

Hadena subpulchra, A\pbh. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 173, pl. 12. £ 11 (1897).

®. Head and thorax brown suffused with grey ; abdomen red-

brown with pale segmental lines. Fore wing reddish brown, the

basal half suffused with grey; subterminal line represented by

double dark striz from costa filled in with whitish; antemedial

line double, waved, oblique to median nervure, then erect ; orbieular

slightly defined by blackish, round; reniform white defined by

black, rather constricted at middle; postmedial line defined by

greyish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,

then ineurved and dentate, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, exeurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing orange,

the base suffused with black-brown, extending as streaks along the

veins to beyond lower angle of cell and on vein 1; a broad terminal

black band leaving orange lunules on termen except at tornus, its

inner edge slightly angled inwards in submedian fold ; cilia orange.

Underside of fore wing blackish, the basal area, the reniform, a

postmedial patch on costa, and a striga on termen above tornus

orange.

Hab. Corza. Herp. 54 millim, This species is unknown to me.

3570. Polyphenis lucilla.

Triphenopsis tucilia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 163 (1878), & Ill. Het.

Ba Meni spy Zo pplade. tal.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey and fuscous,

the metathorax with yellowish patch ; palpi grey-white and black ;

pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white ; abdomen red-brown with some fuscous suffusion, the

crests blackish. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown and

with slight dark irroration, the inner area red-brown except at base,

the terminal area broadly fuscous with pale patch at apex; subbasal

line double, slightly waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, curved, waved ; claviform slightly defined by

black ; orbicular grey defined by black, rather oblique elliptical ;

reniform defined by black and with slight greyish annulus on inner

side and below and with four pale points on outer edge; a dark

medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then waved; postmedial

line double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa, subterminal line yellowish defined on inner side

by slight dentate blackish marks, excurved at vein 7, excurved and

waved at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;

POLYPH-ENIS. 675

a terminal series of slight blackish lunules; cilia brown with a fine

yellow line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown with broad oblique

yellow bands beyond the cell from costa to vein 2, its inner edge

angled inwards below the cell; some yellow on termen in submedian

interspace ; cilia yellow with fuscous spots between veins 4 and 2,

Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costal area to beyond middle

and terminal area grey, a pale yellow patch beyond the cell; hind

wing yellow, the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

lunule, a broad black subterminal band with sinuous inner edge

leaving some whitish on termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the points on outer edge of reuiform

white.

Ab. 2. The type. Fore wing with large white patch on outer

part of reniform, the postmedial area suffused with whitish except

on costal area.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 1 $, 5 Q type. Exp.

40-50 millim.

3571. Polyphenis cinerescens. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 12.)

Triphenopsis cinerescens, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 1383 (1885).

3. Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with grey; palpi white

and brown, the 2nd joint blackish at sides; frons with lateral black

bars; antenne blackish; pectus and legs white tinged with brown,

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale red-brown, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale red-brown tinged with

grey and with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line double, the outer

line indistinct except at costa, shghtly waved, from costa to sub-

median fold, in which there is a black point beyond it; antemedial

line double, the inner line indistinct except at costa, oblique, waved,

angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; clavi-

form slightly defined by brown; orbicular defined by fuscous, rather

oblique elliptical; reniform defined by fuscous on inner side, a

white patch in centre and on outer part and extending to costa, its

outer edge waved and its centre defined by fuscous; a brown medial

line oblique from costa to below cell, then waved ; postmedial line

double towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black points on the veins, oblique to vein 5, then

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

very indistinct, greyish, slightly defined by brown on inner side,

excurved at vein 7, excurved and waved at widdle; a terminal

series of small blackish lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a

reddish tinge; a broad oblique pale yellow band beyond the cell

from costa to vein 2, its inner edge angled inwards below the cell ;

some pale yellow on termen at submedian interspace; cilia yellow

intersected with brown at apex and middie. Underside of tore wing

whitish suffused with brown except on costal and terminal areas

and a patch beyond the cell; hind wing whitish, the costal area

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, curved punctiform

2x2

676 NOCTUIDR.

postmedial line, and broad subterminal band not reaching inner

margin.

and the terminal area more or less strongly suffused with grey-

white.

Hab. Japan, Yezo (Pryer), 1 3, 1 2, Hakodaté (Leech), 2-3,

Fujisan (Pryer), 1 9 type. Eap. 36-46 millim.

3572. Polyphenis diminuta.

Triphenopsis diminuta, Butl. Ml. Het. B. M. vii. p. 55, pl. 127. ff. 8, 9

(1889) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 219.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown and fuscous; palpi

fuscous and grey; tegule with lateral black spots; pectus white ;

tibize brownish; tarsi rufous.rivged with white; abdomen brownish

grey dorsally suffused with fuscous, leaving pale segmental lines,

the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing fuscous brown with a greyish

tinge, the basal half suffused and irrorated with black ; subbasal

line double, from costa to submedian fold, with a black mark beyond

it above vein | ; antemedial line double, oblique, angled outwards

below costa and above inner margin; claviform defined by black

except above; orbicular defined by black except above, oblique:

elliptical; reniform slightly defined by black on inner side and

below, extending to well below cell; a diffused black medial shade,

oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line indistinctly double,

bent outwaids below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line grey, defined on inner side by slight dentate black

marks at middle, excurved below vein 7, excurved and waved at

middle ; a terminal series of small triangular black spots ; cilia with

a fine grey line at base. Hind wing fuscous black with broad

oblique pale yellow band beyond the cell from costa to vein 2, its

inner edge irregular; some pale yellow on termen in submedian

interspace; cilia yellow with two fuscous marks at middle. Under-

side of fore wing fuscous, the costal area yellowish white to beyond

middle, a white patch beyond the cell, the terminal area whitish ;

hind wing with the costal area and disk pale yellow, the former

slightly irrorated with fuscous, the cell and inner area white, a

black discoidal luuule and broad black subterminal band leaving

some white on termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with four white points on outer edge of

reniform.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with large white patch on outer part of

reniform.

Hab. Punsss, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 5 5,39 type. Eup. 34—-

38 millim.

POLYPH ENIS8. 677

35/3. Polyphenis inepta.

Triphenopsis inepta, But), Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 55, pl. 127. ff 6,7 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 218.

$. Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-brown and mixed

with fusceus; palpi blackish ; tegulee with black medial line; pectus

whitish; tarsi black ringed with white; abdemen whitish, dorsally

suffused with fuscous, the crests blackish, the anal tuft pale rufous.

Fore wing with the basal half red-brown suffused with black, the

terminal half ochreous grey tinged with rufous, the terminal area

fuscous grey except at apex; a wedge-shaped black mark above

base of vein 1; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line slightly defined by rufous on inner

side, double at costa, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa;

the medial area with diffused black streak above vein 1; claviform

defined by black; orbicular with slight pale annulus defined by

black, oblique elliptical; reniferm whitish tinged with rufous,

defined by black on inner edge and its centre by rufous, its outer

edge waved ; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to below

cell, then waved; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line pale slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved

ati vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with a fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing fuscous with

broad oblique yellowish-white band beyond the cell from costa to

vein 2, its inner edge slightly angled inwards below the cell; a

slight sinuous postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side ;

some yellow on termen at submedian interspace ; cilia yellow with

slight fuscous striz at middle. Underside of fore wing greyish

fuscous, the basal area whitish, a whitish patch beyond the cell,

postmedial line whitish, terminal area whitish except at apex;

hind wing yellowish white, the costal area yellow irrorated with

brown, a fuscous discoidal lunule, waved pestmedial line, and broad

subterminal band not reaching tornus.

@. Fore wing with the reniform entirely filled in with white.

Hab. Ponsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 5, 192 type. Hp. 46

millim.

3074. Polyphenis postflava. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 13.)

Agrotis postflava, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1960, p. 31.

Head and thorax white mixed with some red-brown; palpi

mostly brown at sides; tegule with lateral black patches; patagia

with some black scales on upper edge; tarsi brown with whitish

rings; abdomen yellowish suffused with brown, the crests blackish.

Fore wing yellowish white almost wholly suffused with brown and

irrorated with black, the medial area rather darker ; subbasal line

double, black, slightly waved, from costa to submedian fold, a

blackish patch beyond it above vein 1; antemedial line double,

filled in with greyish, the inner line indistinct, oblique, angled

678 NOCTUIDAE.

outwards below costa and above inner margin, a dark patch before

it on inner half; claviform large, defined by black, extending to

cell; orbicular and reniform white defined by black, the former

with brown centre, oblique elliptical, the latter with some brown

in lower part, the cell before and between them suffused with black ;

an indistinct sinuous dark line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with greyish,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by dentate blackish marks

ut middle, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal

series of small blackish lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with

broad oblique pale yellow band from costa beyond middle to

vein 3; some yellow on termen at submedian fold; cilia pale

yellow. Underside of fore wing brown with yellowish-white

patch beyond the cell; hind wing yellowish white, the costal

area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and broad

terminal band.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Manley), 1 ¢ type; Corna, Gensan

(Leech), 19. Exp. gf 36, 2 40 millim.

3575. Polyphenis indica. (Plate CXXIIT. fig. 14.)

Thalpophila indica, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 344; Hinpsn. Moths ind. 11.

p. 219.

3g. Head and thorax dark red-brown; pectus and legs yellowish

mixed with brown, the tarsi ringed with yellowish; abdomen pale

red-brown with the crests darker. Fcre wing dark brown with a

greyish gloss and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line

double, minutely waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line double, oblique, waved; claviform defined by black; orbicular

and reniform defined by black and with some fuscous in centres,

the former oblique elliptical; an indistinct waved medial line,

oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line double, the

outer line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, oblique to vein 5, then incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line pale rufous defined on inner side by

slight diffused blackish marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia with a fine

pale line at base. Hind wing pale yellow with broad tuscous brown

terminal band; cilia yellow with some brown marks at tips at

middle ; the underside with brown discoidal lunule, diffused sub-

terminal band, and fine waved terminal line.

Hab. Punsas, Masuri, 1 ¢ type. Hep. 46 millim,

*3576. Polyphenis ditata. (Plate CXXILI. fig. 15.)

Luperina ditata, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc, N.S.W, (2) vii. p. 204 (1892).

2. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; abdomen grey

dorsally tinged with 1ufous. Fore wing grey suffused with brown

POLYPH ENIS.—THALPOPHILA. 679

extept on terminal area ; an indistinct double waved subbasal line

from cesta to submedian fold; a double waved antemedial line;

orbicular and reniform obscurely outlined in black, the former rather

8-shaped, oblique, and extending below the cell; an indistinct

eblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; the

postmedial line double, the inner line strong, black, minutely waved,

oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved te vein 3, then inwardly

eblique; @ waved whitish subterminal line with diffused black patch

on its inner edge at costa, black spot between it and postmedial line

at vein 5 and smaller spots at veins 2 and 1; some dark points on

termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing pale yellow, the terminal

half fuscous brown.

Hab. QuEENsLAND, Brisbane, in Coll. Turner. Exp, 38 miliim.

Genus THALPOPHILA.

Type.

Thalpophila, Hiibu. Verz. p. 208 (1827) ..........0....s00e0eeen ene teas matura,

Cerigo, Steph. Il. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 106 (1829)..............0... matura.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint broadly fringed

with hair in front and reaching about to middle of frons, the 3rd short; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antenn of male serrate and fasciculate; thorax

clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest, the

metathorax with divided crest; tibie broadly fringed with hair; abdomen

with lateral tufts of hair and some rough hair at base, 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 arecle; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 cbsolescent frem middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing with broad terminal brown band ..............0.00... HUAtUr a,

B. Hind wing with fine terminal brewn line .................0. ccc eee vetalha,

3577. Thalpophila matura.

Phalena mature, Hifn. Berl. Mag. ili. p. 414 (1767); Staud. Cat. Lep pal.

. 169,

ee texta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 108. ff. 5, 6 (1787).

Noctua cytherec, Fabr. Ent, Syst. ii. 2. p. 57 (1794) ; Godart, Lép. Fr. vy,

eae pls. tak

Noctua connexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 109, 547 (1802),

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish and fuscous ;

palpi yellowish white at base; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

yellowish white tinged with brown, the anal tuft mixed with black ;

dark brown lateral stripes. Fore wing red-brown suffused with

greyish; the base of imner margin grey ; subbasal line indistinctly

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, below which there is

a blackish mark beyond it and another above inner margin before

the antemedial line which is double filled in with whitish, the inner

line indistinct, waved, angled outwards above inner margin; clavi-

form elongate, defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and

reniform with pale annuli defined by black, the former round; an

indistinct diffused brown medial line, oblique from costa to lower

680 NOCLUIDA.

angle of cell, then waved; postmedial line double filled in with

white, bent outwards below costa, then waved, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish, defined on inner side at middle by wedge-shaped black

streaks, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and waved at middle

Fig. 176.—Thalpophila matura, 6. }.

an] angled inwards in submedian fold; a waved black terminal line

slightly defined by whitish on inner side. Hind wing very pale

yellow with brown terminal band, broad at apex, narrowing to a

point at tornus; cilia white, pale brown at base from apex to vein 2;

the underside with the costal area suffused with red-brown, a slight

discoidal point and traces of a postmedial line on costal area,

Hab. Brivaty, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller

& Frey Colls.; Austria; Huneary; SwitzERLAND; Irary; Damarta,

Leech Coll.; Scanpinavia; 8. Russta; ARmENIA; Asta Minor, Pontus.

Exp. 38-48 millim.

Larva. Meyyr. Brit. Lep. p.124; Barrett, Lep. Brit, iv. p. 342, pl. 174. f. 3.

Pale brownish ochreous or brownish; a dorsal series of paired

dark fuscous longitudinal marks, subdorsal and lateral lines edged

with brown; subspiracular line paler or whitish ochreous edged

with brown above ; head pale ochreous or brownish. Food-plants :

Grasses 9-4.

35.8. Thalpophila vitalba.

Noctua vitalba, Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 124. ff. 3, 4 (1884) ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 169.

Hadena vittalba, Treit. Schmett. Eur. Suppl. x. 2. p. 40 (1835); Boisd.

Icones, pl. 73. ff. 4-6; Herr.-Schaff. Kur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 84-6.

Cerigo amathusia, Rmbr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr, 1871, p. 319; Mab. Ann. Soe.

Ei.t. Fr. 1872, pl. 15. £. 8.

¢. Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with some white and

black ; Ynd joint of palpi fuscous ; antennz with the shaft white

at base; tegule with some blackish near tips which are white ;

patagia with black streaks near edges; fore and’mid tibie and tarsi

suffused with fuscous in front; abdomen greyish white with slight

ochreous rings. Fore wing greyish suffused with pale red-brown,

the veins streaked with white; a black streak below base of cell ;

antemedial line obsolete on costal half, angled outwards in sub-

median interspace and forming a wedge-shaped blackish mark

above inner margin; claviform very large, defined by black and

extending almost to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with

THALPOPHILA.—NEOPH ENIS. 681

fuscous-brown centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former

elongate and confluent with the latter, some blackish before it in

cell; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side,

excurved from costa to vein 5, then oblique, bent outwards to inner

margin and with a black streak before it below vein]; subterminal

line represented by a series of whitish points in the interspaces

with wedge-shaped black streaks before thom and slight black

streaks from them to termen; a terminal series of slight black

lunuies ; cilia white tinged with fuscous at tips. Hind wing white,

the terminal area faintly tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal

line ; the underside with the costal area slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. 8.W. France; Spain, Catalonia, Bilbao; Sicrzty, 1 dg;

Anegpria. rp. 42 millim.

Genus NEOPHANIS, nov.

Type, WV. respondens.

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

middle of frons and smoothly scaied, ‘the scales at extremity produced toa

slight point in front, the 3rd joint porrect, typically short ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennz of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; build slender; fore tibiz fringed with

hair, the mid and hind tibiw smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crests on

basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and hardly crenulate; veins 5 and 45 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell,

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

PAPam LINC ayn KORADO Cate per eicaaeonaee sec secmisseerae vite da awa s casei: respondens.

B. Hind wing deep blood-red.

a. Hind wing not tinged with grey.

a. Fore wing bright emerald-green not irrorated with

[over hci aliasiases Geter eee role MERIAL peer se A A Srauenfeldi,

o1, Fore wing deep emerald-green strongly irrorated with

DEKE er al ceencnatidon daacuaat matic cecGan Sern enee Hane anes RRE ana meterythra.

Omebtiniclawanvostinee diswathw ore terre see eckisesen ae tecsei er cers re psittacea,

3079. Neophenis respondens.

Polyphlenis respondens, Wik. xv. 1720 (1858); Druce, Biol. Cent.-Am.,

Het. i. p. 293) pl. 27. f. 24.

Polyphienis oehraceata, Wik. xxxii. 724 (1865).

Polyphenis aurea, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 110 (1898).

Head and thorax bright emerald-green mixed with blackish and

some white; palpi white, the 2nd joint black above aud at ex-

tremity ; frons with lateral black points ; pectus and legs white,

the fore tibiz and tarsi blackish ringed with white; eindlennen

yellowish white dorsally suffused with brown, the crests green

tipped with black. Fore wing bright emerald-green irrorated with

white ; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa,

a diffused mark in cell and oblique striga above vein 1; antemedial

line double, waved, oblique from costa to above vein 1; claviform

682 NOCTUIDH.

defined by black, short and broad with a diffused black streak from

its lower edge to medial line; orbicular and reniform very large,

defined by black, the former with blackish centre, round, the latter

with its centre defined by blackish, elliptical and extending to well

below cell, some black suffusion between them above median

nervure and beyond lower angle of cell; medial line represented by

a black striga from costa and waved line from cell to inner margin 5

postmedial line double at costa and below vein 5, bent outwards

below costa, oblique te discal fold, then waved, incurved below

vein 4, some black points with white streaks between them beyond

it en costa and a black streak from it to termen in discal fold; a

Fig. 177.—Neophenis respondens, $. }.

waved maculate blackish subterminal line, angled inwards at veins

5 and 2 and with a diffused dentate line beyond it from costa to

vein 5: aterminal series of black lunules; cilia blackish with a fine

white line at base. Hind wing orange tinged with red; a large

black-brown apical patch with diffused irregular band from it to

near tornus, towards which it narrows, leaving some orange before

the waved black terminal line which ends at submedian fold ; cilia

yellowish white with shght fuscous marks at tips towards apex and

at middle. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown, except

costal area to beyond middle and inner area which are yellowish

white ; hind wing yellow, the apical patch and subterminal band

obsolescent.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black markings obsolescent except on

costal area; hind wing with the subterminal band not extending

below vein 3.—Trinidad.

Ab. 2. aurea. Fore wing with dark patch on inner medial area;

hind wing with apical patch only.-—Venezuela.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 4 $, Mexico City (Hoege), 1 3,

Godman-Salvin Coll.; Honpuras (Dyson), 1 9; Trrntpan (Urich),

1g; Venezueta, Aroa,2¢; Brazit, 1d type. Hap. 42-54 millim.

3580. Neophenis frauenfeldi.

Polyphenis frauenfeldi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 14 (1874).

2. Head and.thorax emerald-green mixed with fuscous brown

and grey, the vertex of thorax entirely fuscous brown and grey ;

palpi white mixed with black ; frons with lateral black bars; pectus

NEOPH ENIS. 683

and legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibize and tarsi banded

black and white; abdomen grey-brown with a reddish tinge, the

base dorsally green, the crest on 3rd segment tipped with silvery

scales. Fore wing bright emerald-green with patches of white

irroration especially on medial area, the median nervure and veins

arising from it to postmedial line and vein 1 streaked with white ;

subbasal line indistinct, double, black, waved, from costa to median

nervure ; antemedial line double, waved, bent outwards and obso-

lescent below median nervure ; claviform with small black spots on

its upper and lower edges, otherwise undefined; orbicular with

white annulus very incompletely defined by black and with two

black points in centre, elliptical; reniform with its centre and outer

edge incompletely defined by black and with some white points on

outer edge, extending to well below cell, a black patch in cell

between the stigmata; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent out-

wards below costa, then obliquely waved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points with black streaks between them beyond it on

costa; a black-brown apical patch with an oblique green subter-

minal line on it from costa to vein 6, with black band from it

angled inwards to postmedial line at vein 6 and oblique to termen

below vein 2; small black-brown spots before termen on veins 4, 3;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia black-brown, chequered

with green towards tornus. Hind wing deep cupreous red, the

basal half suffused with brown; a broad diffused dark subterminal

band with some whitish beyond it on middle of termen; a fine

waved black terminal line from apex to vein 2; cilia ochreous and

brown. Underside of fore wing dark reddish brown with some

yellowish on costal area to beyond middle and on inner area; hind

wing reddish ochreous with red discoidal lunule and bar above it,

from costa, a diffused curved postmedial line and broad terminal

band. Palpi with the 3rd joint long.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Omai (Schaus), 1 9; Brazit, Rio Janeiro.

Evp. 52 millim.

3581. Neophenis meterythra, n. sp. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 16.)

3. Head and thorax light green mixed with red-brown and

black ; frons with slight lateral black bars ; pectus and legs red-

brown, the fore tibie fringed with green; abdomen dark red-brown,

the crests with some green and black, the ventral surface paler.

Fore wing deep emerald-green largely suffused and irrorated with

dark red-brown; subbasal line represented by oblique blackish

striz from and below costa and points on median nervure and above

vein 1; antemedial line very indistinct, double, incurved in cell

and excurved below it; claviform slightly defined by black at

extremity; orbicular with faint pale annulus defined by black at

sides, round ; reniform with dark red-brown centre defined by black,

extending to below cell and angled inwards below median nervure,

a black patch in cell between the stigmata; an indistinct diffused

medial black line; postmedial line black defined by green on inner

684 NOCTUID Al.

side, slightly bent outwards below vein 7, oblique to vein 5, then

slightly dentate, inwardly oblique to below vein 3 and erect to inner

margin ; subterminal line green and obliquely curved from costa to

below vein 6, a wedge-shaped green patch on middle of termen and

a patch with a brown mark on it towards tornus; a terminal waved

black line and a small spot below vein 5; cilia fuscous brown with

a slight green line at base. Hind wing deep cupreous red with a

dark terminal band wide at apex, narrowing to tornus, leaving

some irregular red marks on termen between veins 6 and 2; cilia

red-brown with a slight pale line at base. Underside of fore wing

red suffused with fuscous except on inner area, some whitish marks

on termen and a larger patch below vein 5; hind wing red with

darker suffusion on terminal half of costal area and terminal area,

with some pale marks on middle of termen.

2. Fore wing with the basal and costal areas and the inner half

of postmedial area more or less irrorated with brownish-while

scales.

Hab. Sr. Lucta (Cowie), 23, 1 2 type; Guaparourr, 1 9.

Eep. 44-46 millim.

3582. Neophenis psittacea. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 17.)

Polyphenis psittacea, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 110 (1898); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 567.

2. Head and thorax bright emerald-green mixed with white

and some black; palpi white irrorated with black and with black

streak on 2nd joint; frons white with two black lateral bars ;

tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black at base ;

pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the fore tibie and tarsi

banded black and white and the tibia fringed with green; abdomen

pale reddish brown, the base green with the crests black mixed with

silvery scales, the ventral surface white. Fore wing bright emerald-

green slightly irrorated with biack, the costal edge white; subbasal

line black, double ab costa, with black streak before it on subcostal

nervure, from costa to submedian fold, a black spot beyond it above

vein 1; antemedial line double, incurved in cell, then excurved ;

claviform defined by diffused black at extremity ; orbicular defined

by black at sides only and with some white on outer edge; reniform

large, incompletely defined by black and its centre defined by dif-

fused black, extending to well below cell, with black streak from it

to orbicular above median nervure and white striga at its lower

extremity with black patch beyond it; a minutely waved line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, bent

outwards and interrupted below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4+, then incurved, some black points with white

streaks between them beyond it on costa; an irregular diffused

subterminal black line, angled inwards to postmedial line at discal

fold and ineurved below vein 2, with minute white streaks beyond

it on the veins ; some black suffusion at apex and a: spot before

termen aboye vein 5; a wayed black terminal line and a spot below

NEOPH ZNIS.—-ECCLETA. 685

vein 4; cilia fuscous with fine green line at base and green patches

at middle and tornus. Hind wing deep red suffused with greyish,

the terminal area with fuscous ; traces of a discoidal bar and dif-

fused postmedial line; a waved dark terminal line from apex to

vein 2 with some whitish before it and a small white spot on vein 1

Underside of fore wing red, the inner area whitish, some slight

white marks on costa towards apex and on termen; hind wing

whitish tinged with red, the terminal area red, a red discoidal bar

with patch above it on costa and diffused minutely waved post-

medial line.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus), 19; Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-

Tyler), 1 9; Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Roberts), 1 2. Hap. 338-42

raillim.

Genus ECCLETA.

ecleta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 86 (1902);

ile Meee SOC S eAUSth XXX. rr UZOIGIOOG) aetercsectesceeesace xuthophanes.

Type.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 5rd rather long; frons smooth with

tuft of hair, a projecting corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennse

of male bipeetinate with long branches, the apex ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly

with scales and with dorsal ridge-like crest ; build rather slender; mid and

hind tibiz with tufts of hair at middle and extremity ; abdomen without crests,

long. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from eell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the eell near base only.

3983. Eccleta xuthophanes.

Eecleta xuthophanes, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 87 (1902).

3. Head and thorax rufous mixed with blackish; palpi blackish;

tibiz and tarsi blackish banded with grey ; abdomen pale orange-

red at base, brownish at extremity and on ventral surface. Fore

wing grey, largely irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown, the

discal and submedian folds tinged with reddish; subbasal line

Fig. 178.—Eecleta xuthophanes, G. }.

represented by double dark striz from costa; antemedial line indis-

tinct, double, slightly waved and oblique; orbicular and reniform

minute, defined by black, the former round with grey point in

686 NOCLUID 2%.

centre, the latter with grey points in upper and lower parts; medial

line indistinct, dark, diffused, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points

beyond it on costa; postmedial area with some reddish in the

interspaces between veins 6 and 1; subterminal line whitish

defined by blackish marks on inner side, minutely waved and angled

inwards in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black

strie. Hind wing orange-red with brown terminal band rather

diffused on inner side; cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the

underside ochreous, the costal area suffused with brown, a small

discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, the terminal band

broken up into diffused patches.

Ha}. Qunenstanp (Turner), 1 3S, Townsville, Stradbroke I.

Exp. 30 millim,

Genus BRYOLEUCA, nov.

Type, B. trilinea.,

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd joint moderate; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennx of male minutely serrate with fascicles of

cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibia

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore

wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen' slightly excised below

apex, then curved; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shorily stalked ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anatomosing with the cell near base only.

3584. Bryoleuca trilinea.

Miana trilinea, Beth.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 41; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 165.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with ochreous ;

antenne brownish ; fore tarsi slightly banded with brownish above.

Fore wing creamy white faintly irrorated with pale brown except

on antemedial area and from end of cell to postmedial line; ante-

medial line represented by slight black strize from costa and cell ;

orbicular hardly traceable, finely defined by fuscous and constricted

toy

Fig. 179.—Bryoleuca trilinea, 3. 3.

at middle; reniform a faint dark lunule ; postmedial line indistinct,

formed by black scales and interrupted in places, erect from costa

to vein 4, then incurved ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing

MEROLEUCA. 687

white, the terminal area faintly tinged with brown ; the underside

white with the costal and inner areas slightly tinged with

ochreous.

Hab, Keyrt, Alexandria, 1 g, Cairo (Graves), 1 9. Hap. 24

millim. Type f 3 in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Genus MEROLEUCA, nov.

Type, M. microglossa.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, extending about the length of

head and moderately fringed with scales below, the 3rd joint short; frons .

with large rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes large,

round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests ; build slender ; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent, from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3585. Meroleuca microglossa.

Pecilia microglossa, Rmbr. Lép. 8. And. pl. 7. ff. 1, 2 & pl. 22. ff 1, 2

(1858) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 165.

6. Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale rufous; palpi

with black-brown patches on 2nd and 3rd joints; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing whitish

suffused with pale red-brown, the ante- and postmedial areas except

towards costa and tornus whiter ; subbasal line black, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial liue black, minutely waved, oblique ;

claviform, orbicular, and reniform blackish with some grey scales

and defined by black, the first moderate, the second irregularly

rounded, the last somewhat constricted at middle and angled

inwards on median nervure; an oblique fuscous shade from

middle of costa and incurved minutely waved line from cell to

Fig. 180.—WMeroleuca microglossa, 3. 3

inner margin; postmedial line black, oblique towards costa,

then forming the outer edge of reniform, then incurved and

slightly peeeived at vein 1; ‘Guinean lige only defined by the

brown suffusion on its inner side and with brown patch before it

on costa with two white points on it, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a

688 NOCIUID®,

terminal series of minute black lunules defined on inner side hy

slight white lunules ; cilia pale rufous. Hind wing whitish tinged

with pale rufous especially on inner area; a slight discoidal point,

curved postmedia! line, and diffused subterminal band ; the underside

with small discoidal spot, curved diffused postmedial line, and fine

terminal line.

Hab. Spatn, Andalusia, 1 ¢; Syria. wp. 28 millim.

Genus ARAA, nov.

Type, A. attenuata.

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

about to vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

short ; frons smooth’; eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male minutely ciliated ;

build slender ; head and thorax roughly clothed with hair and scales mixed,

the pro- and metathorax with loose spreading crests; tibie fringed with rather

long hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests, the

female with long exserted ovipositor. Fore wing narrow and elongate, the

apex rounded, the termen obliquely 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 veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell ............... attenuata.

B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell............ indecora.

3086. Area attenuata, n. sp.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi black

except in front, frons with lateral black bars; tarsi black with pale

rings; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey tinged with brown

and irrorated with black; subbasal line black, somewhat dentate, from

costa to submedian fold ; a black streak below the cell confluent with

the lower edge of claviform which is narrow and acuminate ; ante-

nmiedial line strong, black, slightly angled outwards below costa, then

Fig. 181.— Area attenuata, 3. +F-

minutely waved; orbicular and reniform grey irrorated with brown

and strongly defined by black, the former round or oblique elliptical,

open above; the discal and postmedial areas more strongly suffused

with brown; postmedial line strong, black, defined by whitish on

outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly

excurved to vein 4, then very oblique, some white points beyond it

AR#A.—-POLYGRAMMATA, 689

on costa; subterminal line diffused, white, angled outwards at vein

7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, at former to post-

medial line, with short black streaks beyond it above and below

vein 5; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered

brown and whitish with a brown line through them. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, a slight brown terminal line ; cilia

white with brownish line through them except towards tornus; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Kasumrr, Scinde Valley, 8000' (Leech), 1 3 type, Goorais

Valley, 7000! (Leech), 1 Q. Exp. 34 millim.

*3587. Area indecora.

Dyschorista indecora, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 1 (1874).

3. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale rufous and a few

blackish scales; palpi blackish above; tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing

whitish tinged with red-brown, the veins with slight dark streaks ;

subbasal line represented by double oblique black strie from costa

and a curved black streak below the cell; antemedial line double,

waved, oblique, strongly incurved at vein 1; claviform defined by

black, acute at extremity and with whitish patch beyond ic;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former with white

centre, oblique and produced to a point below; the latter with

brown centre and white annulus; a black striga from middle of

costa, postmedial line double and filled in with white at costa,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly

defined by white on outer side, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal line absent ;

an oblique dark shade from termen just below apex; a terminal

series of prominent black points; cilia chequered fuscous and

whitish. Hind wing white, the termen suffused with brown from

apex to vein 2; cilia white ; the underside white, the costal area and

terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal

lunule and indistinct diffused curved postmedial line from costa to

vein 3.

Hab. C. Cotony, Capetown, Wynberg, type t ¢ in Coll.

Rothschild. Hap. 30 millim.

Genus POLYGRAMMATA.

Type.

Polygrammate, Hubn. Verz. p. 203 (1827)......-......0ecceceeeeseeeces hebraica.

Grammophora, Guen. Noct. i. p. 80 (1802) 20... 1.02. ce seeeeee ec eeenee hebraica.

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

reaching to about middle of frons, the 3rd rather long; frons with transverse

ridge at middle with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round: antenne of

male almost simple; thorax elothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests ; build slender; tibiew slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal

VOU, VII. DEY.

690 NOCTUID®.

crest at base only. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6

from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

well below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

3588. Poiygrammata hebraica.

Polygrammate hebreicum, Hiibn. Zutr. i. 10, ff. 25,26 (1827); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 48.

Grammophora hebrea, Guen. Noct.i. p. 51, pl. 3. f. 5 (1852),

Head and thorax silvery white, the pro-, meso- and metathorax

with paired black spots; palpi black towards tips with white rings

at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints ; antennz black except at base ;

fore and mid tibiwe black above, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white with the basal crest black. Fore wing

silvery white; a black point at base; subbasal line strong, black,

acutely angled outwards on subcostal nervure and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line strong, black, interrupted in cell,

slightly angled inwards below costa and strongly incurved at vein

L; orbicular a minute black annulus; reniform defined by black

except above; medial line black, oblique from just below costa to

median nervure and acutely angled inwards below submedian fold,

Fig. 182.—Polygrammata hebraica, 3. 3.

a triangular black-defined mark beyond it on costa; postmedial line

black, angled inwards at vein 7, oblique to vein 5, then inter-

rupted, incurved and maculate below vein 3; an oblique series of

small black spots from apex to vein 7 just beyond the postmedial

line ; an oblique black streak from postmedial line at submedian fold

to termen above tornus; a terminal series of black spots with

double series of small spots beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing

uchreous white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with

brown; cilia white with brownish striae near base; the underside

with brown bar from middle of costa with two spots beyond it, a

discoidal point, three subterminal spots from costa to vein 5, a patch

at apex with spot below it, and three small spots on the cilia.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, 1 ¢, 1 9, Distr. of

Columbia, Florida, Texas. wp. 30 millim.

Larva. Head small, green. Body flattened; green, or red, a

narrow yellowish subdorsal line, and many yellow dots over the

body. Food-plant: Sour gum (Nyssa sulvatica).—H. G. D.

MELAGRANMMA. 691

Genus MELAGRAMMA, nov.

Type, M. expetita,

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

head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennz of male serrate with fasciculate cilia and long

bristles ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests; build slender ;

tibiee moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with

the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from just below upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco-

cellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

3589. Melagramma expetita.

Bryophila expetita, Wk. xv. 1647 (1858).

6. Head and thorax white irrorated with black ; sides of palpi,

except 3rd joint, and of frons black; patagia black at base ; fore

and mid tibiz with black marks, the fore tarsi black; abdomen

ochreous. Fore wing white irrorated with black and dark brown,

especially on postmedial costal area and terminal area towards

apex; subbasal line black, acutely angled outwards in cell and

Fig. 183.--Melagramma expetita, 6. 4.

ending in submedian fold; antemedial line oblique from costa to

median nervure, incurved in submedian interspace and oblique to

inner margin; a black point in middle of cell and curved discoidal

bar; an oblique black striga from middle of costa; postmedial line

arising from vein 7, excurved to vein 4, then bent inwards to below

end of cell and sinuous to inner margin ; postmedial area with some

small white spots on costa; a diffused oblique fuscous fascia from

apex to just beyond postmedial line and thence as a slightly

excurved band to vein 3 on inner side of the faint whitish sub-

terminal line ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

ochreous, the terminal area tinged and irrorated with fuscous excent

towards tornus; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with fuscous.

. Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro; Ar@rntina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia

(Wagner), 1 S$. Hep. 30 millim.

692 NOCTUID.

Genus AGROTISIA, nov.

Type, A. subhyalina. we

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

middle of frons, the scales at extremity produced to a point in front, the 3rd

short, broadly scaled; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male

ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without distinct crests ;

tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing

rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not

crenulate ; veins 38 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell, Hind wing with

veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3590. Agrotisia subhyalina, n. sp.

3g. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi above

and sides of frons blackish; tarsi blackish with pale rings ;

abdomen ochreous, the anal tuft tinged with fulvous. Fore wing

Fig. 184.—Agrotisia subhyalina, $. 1.

ochreous irrorated with brown, the interspaces of discal area

semi-hyaline; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from

costa; antemedial line blackish, oblique, waved, interrupted ;

orbicular represented by a blackish point; reniform a rather

diffused fuscous lunulate mark ; traces of a medial line diffused at

costa and inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly defined

on outer side by ochreous, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; the

terminal area somewhat darker with faint traces of a curved dentate

subterminal line; a terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia

ochreous with a dark line through them. Hind wing hyaline white,

he veins and a fine terminal line brown ; cilia white.

Hab. Peru, Callao (J. J. Walker), 1 3 type; ARGENTINA,

Mendoza, La Paz (Bayne), 2d. Hp. 44 millim.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

abbreviata (Noctua), 379.

abida (Hadena), 321.

abida (Perigea), 321.

abjecta (Mamestra), 446.

aljecta (Noctua), 208.

abstemia (Perigea), 346.

accurata (Cobaliodes),

506.

accurata (Plusia), 506,

Achatia, 118.

Acherdoa, 591.

Acronyctine, 1.

adamantina (Euplexia),

247.

adnixva (Hadena), 187.

adnixa (Trachea), 187.

enyra (Lepidodes), 257.

zenyra (Speocropia), 257.

erata (Noctua), 381.

ethiops (Callopistria),

537.

eetliiops (Eriopus), 537.

aethiops (Hadena), 90.

ethiops (Noctua), 381.

atricana (Perigea), 319,

Agabra, 531.

agalla (Celerena), 340.

agalla (Perigea), 340.

agnata (Dryobota), 337.

agnonia (Kuplexia), 340.

agnonia (Perigea), 343.

Agroperina, 398.

Agrostisia, 692.

alberta (Hadena), 199.

albertina (Hremobia),

413.

albicilia (Amphipyra),

albicilia (Syntomopus),

22.

albiclava

622.

(Bryophila),

albidisca (Hadena), 141.

albidisca (Trachea), 141.

albiflecura (Mamestra),

514.

albiflexura (Oroplexia),

514,

albifusa (Trachea), 140.

albigera (Perigea), 328.

albigeroides (Perigea),

322,

albiluna (Atrephes), 284.

albina (Hadena), 103.

albina (Parastichtis),

108.

albinota (Hadena), 144.

albinota (Trachea), 144.

albiorbis (Erastria), 370.

albiplaga (Kuplexia),

) Pz

albipuncta (Bryophila),

613.

albipuncta (Chytonix),

613.

albipuncta (Hetero-

chroma), 276.

albirivula (Oligia), 375.

albistriga (Hriopus),

538.

albolabes (Perigea), 321.

albolineola (Hriopus),

547.

albomacula ( Callopistria),

553.

albomacula

553.

albomaculata (Huplexia),

324,

albomaculata (Mamestra),

316.

albomaculata (Perigea),

316.

albonota (Euplexia), 237.

(EHriopus),

albonotata (Bryophila),

610.

albonotata (Chytonix),

610.

albopicta (Anthophila),

300.

albopicta (Microplexia),

355.

albovittata (Euplexia),

226.

aleuca (Cropia), 267.

algee (Bryophila), 635.

alge (Noctua), 635.

algoa (Hadena), 427.

algoa (Hypoplexia), 427.

aliena (Noctua), 207.

allecto (Hadena), 173.

allecto (Trachea), 173.

alliacea (Noctua), 667.

alopecurus (Noctua), 97.

alpheraci (Amphipyra),

39.

alpherakiz (Acosmetia),

alpigena (Hremobia),

418.

alpigena (Hadena), 418.

alticola (Hremobia), 421.

alticola (Xylophasia),

421.

aluensis

569.

aluensis (Hriopus), 569.

amanda (Hadena), 398.

amaranta (Huplexia),

234.

amathuria (Cerigo), 680.

ambigua (Hadena), 383.

ambigua (Oligia), 383.

amentata (Noctua), 471.

amethystina (Noctua),

588. ‘

(Dissolophus),

694

amethystina (Telesilla),

538.

amica (Hadena), 105.

amoena (Hremobia), 408.

amana (Nonagria), 593.

amoenita (Argyrostrotis),

Syl).

amenita (Noctua), 519.

amenus (Phebophilus),

408.

amphion (Dargida), 277.

ainphion (Hetero-

ehroma), 277.

Amphipyra, 26.

amputairiz (idadena),

105.

ansemica (Ancara), 253.

Aneara, 249,

anceps (Noctua),

207.

anceps (Trachea), 207.

angelica (Cobaliodes),

507.

angelicus (Cobalos), 507.

anguliplaga (Trachea),

154.

180,

anguliplaga (Valeria),

54.

angusta (Gerhatha), 369.

angusta (Oligia), 369.

angustipennis (Laphyg-

mda), 59.

anilis (Hadenw), 419.

anodonta (Conservula),

500.

_anodonta (Phlogophora),

500.

anormalis (lambiodes),

659.

anormalis

659.

antennata (Farastichtis),

antennata (Aylophasia),

88.

(Tarache),

apameoides (Perigea),

298, 332.

apamiformis — (Para-

stichtis), 99.

apamiformis

phasia), 99.

Appana, 499.

aprepes (Pariaimbia),

660.

aquila (Apamea), 97.

arabs (Haden), 85.

arabs (Parastichtis), 85.

Arma, 688. eg

Arboricornis, 358.

Arhoricornus, 858.

wurela (Huadena), 886.

(Xylo-

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

arcta (Miana), 887.

arcta (Oligia) , 386.

aretica (Hadena), 105.

arctica (Parastichtis),

105.

arctides (Hadena), 387.

arctides (Oligia), 387.

arcuata (Aylophasia),

171.

argentata (Eriopus), 551.

aryentilinea ( Cullo-

pmstria), O19.

argentilinea (Hriopus),

579.

argyrosticta (Hriopus),

dO].

argyrosticta (Perigea),

ole

Argyrostrotis, 517.

armata (Hadena), 465.

armata (Pseudohadena),

465,

aroa (Data), 528.

aroa (Thyria), 528.

aroana (Perigea), 33).

arvicola (Agrotis), 463.

arvicola (Pseudohadena),

463.

ascoldis (Trachea), 213.

askoldis (Apamea), 218.

assimilis (Hadena), 424.

assueta (Dipterygia), 74.

assuetus (Prometopus),

Atrephes, 284.

atricuprea (Perigea),

316.

otriplicis (Noctua), 150.

atriplicis (Trachea), 150.

atritornea’ (Trachea),

124.

atronitens (Amphipyra),

ol.

atronitens

bl.

atrovirens (Hadena), 147.

atrovirens (Trachea),

147.

attenuata (Area), 688.

Aucha, 661.

augens (Euplexia), 258.

aurantiaca (Hrastria),

356.

aurantiaca

142.

aurantiaca (Microplexia),

306,

aurantiaca

142

auranticolora (Hadena),

a7.

(Glottula),

(Euplexia),

(Trachea),

auranticolora

stichtis), 87.

aurea (Polyphenis), 681.

aureopuncta (Huplexia),

2438.

aurifundens

strotis), 524.

aurifundens (Thyria),

D4.

(Para-

(Argyro-

aurigera (Berrhea), 148.

aurigera (Trachea), 148.

auriplena (Hwrois), 151.

Lol. ®

auroviridis (Hadena),

142, ° é

auroviridis (Trachea),

azyga (Euplexia), 242,

babooni (Dipterygia), 65.

Bagada, 292.

bahamica (Perigea), 340.

baliola (Orthosia), 597.

barnesi (Trachea), 169.

barnesii (Hadena), 169.

basalis (Apamea), 93.

basilinea (Noctua), 183.

basilinea (Trachea), 1&3.

basistriga (Hadena), 1&3.

bayni (Callargyra), 5'6.

beatrix (Chutapha), 40-4.

beatriz (Phlogophor«.,

494,

belangert (Orthosia),

404

bella " (Lamprosticta),

117

belia (Trachea), 117.

bellinita (Argyrostrotis),

520.

bellinita (Thyria), 520.

bellona (Heterochroma),

274.

bellona (Phlegetonia),

274.

berinda (Perigea), 73,

328, 388.

Berrhea, 118.

berylloides (Hetero-

chroma), 283.

beryllus (Heterochroma),

282.

beryllus (Valeria), 282.

bicoloria (Noctua), 393.

bidens (Hadena), 166.

biloba (Noctua), 374.

binotata (Mamestra),

186.

binotata (Trachea), 186.

hirnata (Haden), 481.

birnata (Luperina), 481.

bischoffi (Eremobia),

421.

bischoffi (Polia), 421.

Bityla, 41.

bleonnensis (Luperina),

423.

bogotica (Bryophila),

614.

bogotica (Chytonix), 614.

boopis (Parastichtis),

102.

Borbotana, 584.

borea (Hadena), 423.

borealis (Hadena), 400.

bowreyt (Decelea), 269.

bremeri (Agrotis), 442.

breviuscula (Trachea),

129.

breviuscula (Xylina), 129.

bridghami (Mamestra),

376.

bridghami (Oligia), 376.

Brotolomia, 486.

brunnea (Huplexia), 210.

brunnea (Trachea), 210.

bryochlora (Hadena),

139.

bryochlora (Trachea),

139.

Bryoleuca, 656.

Bryomeea, 615.

Bryomota, 615. .

Bryophila, 618.

bultata (Hadena), 193.

burgesst (Lucerina), 469.

burgessi (Luperina), 469.

calamistrata (Dianthe-

cia), 230.

calamistrata (Euplexia),

230.

calida (Xylina), 62.

calidipes (Mamestra),

440,

calidipes (Sidemia), 440.

caliginosa (Dipterygia),

67.

caliginosa (Hadena), 67.

Callargyra, 515.

calligrapha (Noctua),

€35.

callisina (Euplexia), 248.

Callixena, 5d.

Callogonia, 589.

Ca allopistré ta, O31.

callopistrioides (Data),

+528.

callopistrioides (Thalpo-

phila), 528.

calma (Periyea), 512.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Calpiformis, 504.

caltheago (Cosmia), 474.

cana (Miana), 378.

canaria (Bryophila), 632.

canorufa (Perigea), 332.

capensis (Apamea), 332.

capensis (Perigea), 332.

captiuncula (Apamea),

394.

captiuncula (Oligia),

394,

carbonis (Noctua), 644.

carcoma (Perigea), 329.

cariosa (Parastichtis),

82.

cariosa (Xylophasia), 82.

carnitincta (Cropia), 266.

castanea (Diparopsis),

510.

castanea (Hadena), 104.

castanea (Parastichtis),

104,

catalina (Hadena), 189.

catalina (Trachea), 189.

catephiodes (Huplexia),

219.

cebea (Ancara), 250.

cebese (Borbotana), 585.

cebeze (Dipterygia), 64.

ce (Stenopterygia),

cedica (Cropia), 263.

cedica (Noctua), 263.

cenola (Perigea), 355.

centralis (Perigea), 330,

300.

centralis (Trachea), 167.

centralis (Xylophasia),

Centropodia, 452.

Centropus, 452.

Cerigo, 679.

cerivana (Hadena), 182.

cerivana (Trachea), 182.

Cerma, 651.

cervina (Noctua), 423.

cervina (Perigea), 331.

chaleivena (Celena), 212.

chalcirena (Trachea),

212.

chalcochlora (Eurois),

chalcochlora (Trachea),

146.

Fences a (Aimphipyra),

ae (Hurois), 484.

chalybeata (Lasiplexia),

485.

chalybeata

A805.

(Mamestra),

695

chalybeata (Nenia), 217.

chalybeata(Paratrachea),

217.

chalybsa

2309.

Ghandata, 1s}

characta (Hadena), 190.

characta (Trachea), 190.

characterea (Noctua), 95.

chasiana (Oligia), 573.

Checupa, 111.

chenopodiphaga (Mames-

tra), 458,

chenopodiphaga (Pseudo-

hadena), 458.

chinensis (Parastichtis),

(Euplexia),

chinensis

94.

chloegrapha (Hetero-

chroma), 271.

chloeropis (Pheeopyra),

20.

(Xylophasia),

eborethte (Euplexia),

231.

chloris (Noctua), 653.

cehloriza (Hriopus), 559.

chlorocroa (Hriopus),

583,

chlorogrammata (Hu-

plexia), 156.

chlorogrammata (Tra-

chea), 156,

chlorographa (Hetero-

chroma), 281.

chlorophila (Chytonix),

605.

chlorostigma (Chytonix),

608.

chlorostiqma

608.

choéropis (Euplexta), 20.

Choluata, 584.

christophi (Hadena), 388,

435

(Hadena),

christophi (Sidemia),

435.

chromatica (Speocropia)

259.

chrysochlora (Trachea),

143.

chrysopepla

cornis), 359.

chucha (Chytonix), 603.

chucha (Lpimorpha), 608.

Chutapha, 491.

Chytonix, 600.

cilix (Drobeta), 593.

cilix (Phuphena), 593.

cinefacta (Hadena), 166.

cinefacta (Trachea), 166.

(Arbori-

696

cinerescens(Polyphenis’,

675.

cinerescens

sis), 675.

cingalesa (Appana), 502.

cini facta (Hadena), 183.

cinisigna (Conservula),

504.

cinnamomea (Noctua), 23.

cinnamomea (Syntomo-

pus), 23.

eircuita (Perigea), 327.

citima ( Orthosia), 402.

clundestina (Polta), 422.

claudens (Hremobia),

414.

claudens (Hadena), 414.

claufacta (Xylina), 331.

clava (Apamea), d8%.

clava (Eriopus), 582.

cluna (Hadena), 82.

Cobaliodes, 505.

Cohalos, 505.

celisigna (Callopistria),

557.

ccelisigna (Eriopus), 557.

( Triphenop-

cogitata (Agroperina),

99.

cogitata (Xylophasia),

399.

colorata (Bryophila),

408.

colutee (Luperina), 464.

colutez: (Pseudohadena),

464.

combusta (Noctua), 97.

commixta _—_ (‘'rachea),

178.

commixta (Xylophasia),

178.

commoda (Pseudo-

hadena), 459,

commoda (Rhiza), 459.

commoda (Trachea),

199.

commoda (Xylina), 199.

cowplicata (Hriopus),

576.

complicata. (Methorasa),

576.

conciliata (Apamea),

HOU

conciliata (Trachea),

Wee

concisa (Laphygma), 330.

concisa (Perigea), 330.

Condica, 292.

conducta (Caradrina),

929 .

og,

conrecta (Polyphenis),

673.

ALPHABETICAL [NDEX.

confecta

675.

confederata (Hadena),

805.

(Triphena),

confluens (Perigea),

317.

confuctt (Bryophila),

630.

confundens (Hadena),

201.

confundens (Mamestra),

confundens

331.

conica (Noctua), 25.

conjuncta (Agrotis), 119.

conjuncta (Hypoplexia),

426.

connecta (Chytonix), 267.

connecta (Cropia), 267.

connexa (Gerbatha), 368.

connexa (Noctua), 172,

679.

connivens (Apamea), 203.

connivens (Trachea),

203.

conradi (Agroperina),

402

(Perigea),

conradi( Orthosia), 402.

Conservula, 499.

conservuloides

pha), 495

conservuloides (Huplexia),

493.

CONSOCLA

330.

conspersa (Amphipyra),

(Chuta-

(Caradrina),

conspicua (Luceria), 480.

constellata (Hadena),

106.

consummata (Hadena),

consummata (Trachea),

»)

contectu (Dyschorista),

438

contecta (Sidemia), 458.

contenta (Hadena), 99.

contenta (Mamestra),

446.

contigua (Noctua), 207.

contigua (Perigea), 314.

contiqua (Prospalta),

314.

contradicta (Hadena),

482.

contradicta (Tricho-

plexia), 482.

contristans (Bryophila),

645.

contumax (Namangana),

465.

coutumax (Pseudo

hadena), 465.

cora (Cerma), 651.

cordata (Bombyx), 578.

cordata (Eriopus), 578.

corticea (Noctua), 445.

corvina (Amphipyra), 31.

Corythurus, 360.

costalis | (Chutapha),

495.

Cotanda, 531.

crassipuncta (Pseudo-

hadena), 461.

craushayi (Calpiformis),

504

craushayt (Conserrula),

dO.

crispina ( Orthagonia),

47.

cristata (Hadena), 59.

cristata (Parastichtis),

cristifera (Dipterygia),

70.

cresita (Thyria), 518.

Cropia, 260.

Crymodes, 408.

Cryphia, 618.

cuculliformis (Hadena),

aye

cuculliformis (Parastich-

tis), 79.

cuerva (Cerma), 653.

cuneata (Mamestra),

196.

cuneata (Trachea), 196.

cupentia (Perigea), 505.

cupentia (Phaltena), 305.

cuprea (Huplexia), 241.

cuprea (Lhalpophila),

529.

cupreipennis (Amphi

pyra), 30.

cuprina (Apamea). 484.

cuprina = (Juasiplexia),

484.

curot (Hadena), 422.

curtipalpis (Eliochrea),

673.

curvata (Hadena), 186.

cyanea (Lasiplexia), 486.

cyanelinea (Huplexia),

15.

cyanelinea (Trachea),

cyclica (Perigea), 315.

cyclopis (Eriopus), 547.

cymosa (Hadena), 104.

cytherea (Noctua), 679.

Data, 526.

datanidia

593.

datanidia (Nephelodes),

D3:

dayensis

474.

dehilis (Bryophila), 682.

debilis (Kuplexia), 238.

deccerti (Hremobia),

411.

Decelea, 260.

decens (Perigea), 327.

deceptricula (Noctua),

644.

deceptura (Bryophila),

623.

(Fagitana),

(Luperina),

deceptura (Diphtera),

623.

decipiens (Hremobia),

412.

decipiens (Hadena), 412.

deckerti (Hadena), 411.

deevrata (Euplexia), 228.

decorata (Karana), 228.

decoratu (Mamestra),

all.

decorata (Oroplexia),

dll

decumana (Argyro-

strotis), 525.

decumana (Hriopus), 525.

defigurata (Bityta), 41.

defiyurata (Xylina), 41.

degener (Noctua), 635.

deticata (Hadena), 153.

delicata (Trachea), 153.

delineata (Thalpophila),

pao).

demiticns

337.

denticulosa (Apamea), 93.

dentistrigata (Mamestra),

(Mamestra),

dentistrigata (Perigea),

326.

depravata (Agrotis), 437.

depravata (Sidemia),

437.

desyllesi (Luperina), 472.

detrecta (Xylina), 331,

338

devastator (Phalena),

446.

devastatrix (Sidemia),

446.

diadela (Bryophila), 406.

diadela § (Cideremia),

406.

diagona (Phuphena),

90.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

didyma (Noctua), 211.

difflua (Exariis), 425,

dilara (Trachea), 193.

dilara (Hadena), 193.

diminuta (Polypheenis),

676.

diminuta (Triphenopsis),

676.

dinava

557.

dinava (Oligia), 380.

dinava (Perigea), 325.

dinava (Trachea), 147.

dinavana (Trachea), 203.

dinawa (Bagada), 349.

dinawa (Borbotana),

587.

dinawa (EHuplexia), 147.

dinawa (Hurois), 203.

dinawa (Exyra), 380.

dinawa (Perigea), 325.

dinawa (Xunthoptera),

349,

dionea (Hadena), 91.

dionea (Parastichtis), 91.

Diparopsis, 509. ,

Dipterygia, 64.

discidens (Magusa), 59.

discincta (Mucrocelia),

312.

discincta (Perigea), 312.

discisignata (Huplexia),

239

ave

(Borbotana),

discivaria (Bryophila),

430.

discivaria (Tzeniosea),

430.

discors (Hadena), 469.

discrepans (Hadena), 95.

discrepans (Heliophobus),

451.

discrepans (Margelana),

451.

discreta (Anthophila),

358.

discreta (Microplexia),

358.

Dissolophus, 531.

distans ({Hadena), 126.

distans (Trachea), 126.

distincta (Bryophila),

638,

distorta (Euplexia), 121.

distorta (Trachea), 121.

ditata (Luperina), 678.

ditata (Polyphenis),

678.

ditissima (Argyrostrotis),

518.

ditissima (Thyria), 518,

519, 524.

697

divaricata (Stictoptera),

Ye)

diversa (Apamea), 472.

diversicolor (Demas),

388.

diversicolora (Oligia),

388.

divesta (Hadena), 181.

divesta (Trachea), 181.

divida ( Laphugma), 59.

divisa (Bryophila), 648.

divisa (Noctua), 643.

doerriest (Hadena), 388.

doleschalli (KHriopus),

540.

dolopis

645.

dolorosa

324.

dolorosa (Perigea), 324.

dubiosa (Cobaliodes),

506.

dubiosa (Nyssocnemis),

506

(Bryophila),

(Mamestra),

dubitans (Agroperina),

398.

dubitans (Mamestra),

398.

dumerili

471.

dumertlit (Noctua), 471.

dumetorum (Eremobia),

428,

dumetorum (Noctua),

(Luperina),

duplicans (Callopistria),

556.

duplicans (Hriopus),

596.

duplicilinea (Plusia),

539.

Dypterygia, 64.

eburneifera (Choluata),

584.

Eebolemia, 448.

Ecceleta, 685.

eceicei (Borbotana), 586.

effusa (Amphipyra), 24.

Suge (Syntomopus),

effusvides (Amphipyra),

459.

effusoides

439.

egens (Celena), 377.

egens (Oligia), 377.

ekeihet (Borbotana),

586.

elxastis (Eriopus), 570.

elegans (Erastria), 854.

(Sideniia),

698

elegans (Microplexia),

« 4.

elegantulus (Hriopus),

548.

elota (Noctua), 172.

engelhardtii (fHadena),

207.

enigra (Trachea), 199.

enigra ( Xylophasia), 199.

enwva ( Perigea), 346.

Epa, 118.

ep altes (Gracilipalpus),

43.

ephialtes (Noctua), 43.

epomidion (Noctua), 95.

epopea (Noctua), 300.

erebina (Amphipyra),

33.

Eremobia, 408.

ereptricula (Bryophita),

639.

cretina (Bryophila), 644.

erica (Hadena), 191.

erica (Trachea), 191.

eriopioides _— (Hetero-

chroma), 279.

eriopoda (Hudena), 299.

eriopoda (Perigea), 299.

Eriopus, 531,

erratricula (Miana), 378.

erratricula (Noctua),

389, 393.

erubescens (Pseudo-

hadena), 458.

erupta (Noctua), 395

erythriris (Euplexia),

246,

espumosa (Hurois), 200.

espumosa (Trachea),

200.

ethela (Chytonix), 602,

ethela (Ipimorpha), 602.

ethiopica (Perigea), 347.

ethnica (Hadena), 198.

ethnica (Trachea), 198.

eubotes (Argyrostrotis),

25.

eubotes (Thyria), 525.

Hucarta, 587.

Eucropia, 286.

eucta (Bryophila), 651.

Hudipna, 260.

eugrapha (Speocropia),

260

eugrapha (Trachea), 160.

Euherrichia, 531,

Hulepa, 531.

Euplexia, 219.

Euplexidia, 110.

Kurabila, 109.

Euromeea, 420.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Euromoia, 425,

Kuthales, 618.

excurvata (Bryophila),

613.

excurvata (Chytonix),

61: . ‘

exhausta (Hadena), 384.

exhausta (Oligia), 384.

exornata (Hadena), 483.

exornata (Trichoplexia),

463. -

exotica (Hriopus), 555.

expallescens (Hadena),

400.

expetita (Bryophila),

GOL.

expetita (Melagramima),

691.

expolita (Miana), 304

exsiccata (Hama), 385.

exstincta (Hadena), 97.

extensa (Luperina), 480.

externa (Hadena), 428.

externa (Hypoplexia),

428.

eatersa (Hadena), 186.

exulis (Hadena), 428.

Jabrefacta (Segetia), 331

Fagitana, 592.

farinulenta (Hadena),

422.

fascia (Bryophila), 627.

fascia (Cerma), 627.

fasciata (Euplexia), 226.

Jusctata (Raphia), 386.

fasciata (Trachea), 204.

Jasciata (Xylophasia),

204.

fasciculata (Apamea),

118.

fasciculata (Trachea),

118.

fasciuncula (Noctua),

377.

fasciuncula (Oligia), 377

Jeisthamelii (Hadena),

205.

felina (Bryophila), 646.

Selina (Hadena), 646.

ferens (Trachea), 175.

Jerens (Xylophasia),

175,

ferrago (Luperina), 47+.

Jferrago (Xanthia), 474.

ferraria (Acherdoa),

BS)

ferrea (remobia), 419.

JSerrea (Hadena), 419.

ferrea (Microplexia),

arr

vl.

ferruginea (Eriopus),

540,

Serruginea (Rusina), 44.

fervida (Agroperina),

402.

Sesta (Chariptera), 651.

Jfibulata (Dryobota), 414.

jidelia (Perigea), 337.

jinitima (Apamea}, 183.

finitima (Trachea), 188.

firina (Acontia), 348.

Jissipuncta (Noctua),

445,

fissipuncta (Sidemia),

445,

flavistigma

stichtis), 93.

Havistigma (Xylophasia),

93.

(Para-

flavomaculata (Acontia),

662.

flavomaculata (Aucha),

662.

floridensis

548.

fodinee (Chytonix), 612.

Jodine (Miana), 612.

Sormosissimalis (Pyralis),

543.

fortissima (Checupa),

112.

Fracara, 600.

fractilinca (Hadena),

380.

fractilinea (Oligia), 380.

franciscana (Cobaliodes),

508.

Jranciscanus

508.

fra menial (Neopheenis),

(Eriopus),

(Cobalus),

jr svuen feldi (Polyphenis),

682.

fraudatricula

phila), 647.

fraudairicula (Noctua),

lee

(Lryo-

Jraudulenta (Hadena),

Wiig

fraudulenta (Trachea),

hit

Freyert (Noctua), 206.

fribolus (Luperina),

208.

Srivaldskyi (Amphi-

pyra), 7.

Sulgida (Thyria), 518.

Suliginosa (Caradrina),

336.

fuliginosa

(Perigea),

306.

fumeola (Trachea), 186.

Jumosa (Hadena), 185.

fumosa (Trachea), 185.

Sunerea (Hadena), 101.

funerea (Parastichtis),

101.

Junesta (Hadena), 338.

Jurca (Noctua), 211.

Juruncula (Noctua), 393.

furuncula (Oligia), 303.

Jurva (Noctua), 206.

furva (Trachea), 206.

fusca (Hrastria), 370.

Juscomarginata (Phlogo-

phora), 489.

fuscomarginata

nophora), 489.

Juscostrigata (Bagada),

289.

(Trigo-

fusipennis (Phuphena),

ov,

galathea (Bryophila),

639.

galaxia (Perigea), 324.

galva (Cerma), 653,

Gaphara, 292.

gelata (Hadena), 423.

gelida ( Crymodes), 424.

gemina (Apamea), 177.

gemina (Noctua), 179.

geminimacula (Hadena),

209.

geminimacula (Trachea),

gemmifera (Kuplexia),

229.

gemmifera (Plusia), 229.

gemmosa (Hadena), 206.

genetrix (Hadena). 193.

genetrix (Trachea), 193,

genialis (Hadena), 94.

genialis (Parastichtis),

G4.

gentilis (Teniosea), 430.

glabella (Amphipyra),

glabella (Pyrophila), 89.

glandifera (Noctua), 624.

glaucescens (Chytonix),

604.

glaucescens (Chytonyx),

604

glaucescens (Daxata),

370

glaucescens (Oligia),

370.

glaucochlora (Ancara),

253.

glaucoptera (Agrotis),

ONCE

DOO.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

glaucoptera (Perigea),

309.

glaucostigna (Bryo-

phila), 371.

glaucostigma (Olgia),

371.

glaucula (Bryophica),

647.

Gnamptocera, 531.

gnoma (Hadena), 150.

Gracilipalpus, 42.

greseri (Euplexia), 117.

Grammophora, 689.

grandirena (Perigea),

310.

grandirena

ptera), 310.

granitalis (Bryophila),

647.

grantalis (Gerbatha),

647

(Xantho-

grisea ( Orthogonia), 49.

grisea (Orthogonica), 49.

griseata (Bryophila), 336.

griseata (Perigea), 536.

griseimarginata (Kurots),

434,

griselmarginata (Rhyn-

choplesia), 434.

griseirena (Perigea), 306.

griseola (Ancara), 250,

griscola (Ancarorcdes),

OF,

griseorufa (Chytonix),

606.

grisescens (Hadena), 188.

grenlandica (Hadena),

423.

Gryphadena, 454.

guencet (Luperina), 471.

guttulalis ( Cailopistria),

O71

suttulalis (Eriopus), 571.

habilis (Huplexia), 238.

Habryntis, 498.

hadenoides (Cropia),

265.

hadenoides (Hetero-

chroma), 2&0.

haelsseni (Hadena), 107.

halimi (Mamestra), 462.

Hama, 113.

hammoniensis (Hadena),

379.

Haploolophus, 531.

harfordi (Ancara), 245.

harfordi (Kuplexia), 245.

harmonica (Callopistria),

608.

699

harmonica (Iambia), 655.

Harrisimemna, 648.

hastata (Hadena), 119.

hastata (Trachea), 119.

hausta (Hadena), 390.

havorthi (Oligia), 395.

haworthtti (Apamea), 395.

hypatia (Heterochroma),

278.

hebrea (Grammophora),

690.

hebreicum (Polygram-

mate), 690.

hebraica —(Polygram-

mata), 690.

hedent (Hadena), 476.

hedeni (Luperina), 476.

helva (Agroperina), 403.

helva (Orthosia), 403.

Hemipachycera, 53}.

hepatica (Noctua), 95.

hepatica (Parastichtis),

v5,

Herma, 429.

hercynie (Hadena), 205.

Herrichia, 531.

Heterochroma, 271.

Fleterographa, 408.

hibernica (Celena), 895.

hilli (Eremobia), 413.

hillit (Hadena), 418.

hipparion (Mamestra),

440.

hipparion (Sidemia),

40.

hippia (Perigea), 311.

hodita (Bombycta), 204.

hulstit (Hadena), 405.

humeralis (Noctua), 393.

hypatia (Thyatira), 278.

Hyperdasys, 531.

hypocritica (Perigea),

317.

Hypoplexia, 426.

hypothermes (Oligia),

362.

Tambia, 654.

Iambiodes, 659.

taspis (Apamea),

608.

icole (Perigea), 293.

idonea (Hadena), 82.

idumeea (Pseudohadena),

457.

ignitincta (Hadena), 352.

ignitincta (Perigea), 352.

Llarus, 408.

allecta (Perigea), 332.

illocata (Hadena), 115.

312,

700

illocata (Trachea), 115,

illustra (Agroperina),

401.

illustra (Xylophasia),

Ol.

illustrata (Huplexia),

225.

allyria (Noctua), 171.

illyrica (Trachea), 171.

imbella (Perigea), 330.

imbellis (Luperina), 472.

imbellis (Mythimna), 472.

imitata (Myrtale), 296.

imitata (Perigea), 296,

immunda (Agrotis), 462.

immunda_ (Pseudoha-

dena), 462.

immunis (Luperina), 462.

immunis _(Pseudoha-

dena), 462.

empar (Bryophila), 624.

implexa (Noctua), 99.

impulsa (Mamestra),

210.

impulsa (Trachea), 210.

incallida ( Agrotis), 480.

inclinata (Celena), 298.

includens (Hydrelia),

396.

includens (Oligia), 396.

enconspicua (Hadena),

188.

indecisa (Perigea), 331.

indecora (Area), 689.

indecora (Dyschorista),

689,

indica (Appana), 501.

indica (Conservula), 502.

indica ( Cotanda), 536.

indica (Dipterygia), 69.

indica (Hriopus), 536,

indica (Phlogophora),

5038.

indica (Polyphenis), 678.

indica ( Thalpophila), 678.

indigna (Agrotis), 464.

indigna (Cropia), 261,

indigna (Decelea), 261.

indigna (Pseudohadena),

464.

indirecta (Hadena), 188.

indirecta (Trachea), 188.

indistans (Hadena), 127.

indistans (Trachea, 127.

indocilis (Trachea), 179.

indocilis (Xylophasia),

179.

inepta (Polypheenis),

677.

inepta (Triphenopsis),

677.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

inexacta.( Perigea), 332.

inextricans (Hadena),

201.

Hate (Perigea), 214,

es (lambia), 657.

infernalis (Mamestra),

206,

infesta (Apamea), 207.

inficita (Agroperina),

Aas er

inficita (Graphiphora),

404.

infusa (Cropia), 269.

infusa (Decelea), 269.

infuscata (Hadena), 90.

I-niger (Noctua), 211.

innota (Luperina), 478,

inordinata (Hadenca),

165.

inordinata (Trachea),

165.

inornata (Amphipyra),

inquinata (Centropodia),

453.

inquinata (Hadena), 453.

insignata (Apamea), 398,

399.

insignis (Hadena), 276.

insignis (H eterochroma),

276.

instructa (Hadena), 882.

instructa (Oligia), 382.

insularis (Callopistria),

597.

insularis (Eriopus), 557,

insulicola (Miana), 393.

intermedia (Apamea),

196.

intermedia (Trachea),

196.

intermittens (Apamea),

328.

intermixta (Apamea),

197.

intermixta (Trachea),

197.

interna (Hadena), 153.

interrupta (Brotolomia),

492,

interrupta (Chutapha),

492.

inutilis (Luperina), 436.

inutilis (Sidemia), 436.

invisa (Miana), $81.

torrhoa (Hadena), 128.

iorrhoa (Trachea), 128.

iris (Phlogophora), 488.

iris (Trogonophora),

488.

jamaicensis (Eriopus),

32.

jamaicensis (Listonia),

jancousci (Amphipyra),

32.

jancousci (Trachea), 161.

jankowskii (Amphipyra),

32.

jankowskti (Hadena),

161.

(Dipterygia),

Jaspidea, 618.

jelsci (Luperina), 467.

jelskit (Polia), 467.

jocasta (Hadena), 190.

jocasta (Trachea), 190.

jordana (Orthosia), 466.

jordana (Pseudohadena),

466,

Juba (Dyops), 265, 267.

judaica (Apamea), 444,

Judaica (Sidemia), 444.

juventina (Eriopus), 543.

Jjuventina (Noctua), 543.

Japonica

68.

kalma (Chytonyx), 312.

Karana, 219.

kebea ( Ancaroides), 250.

kebee (Alibama), 68.

kebee | Borbotana), 585.

kebee (Dipterygia), 64.

khasiana (Bryophila),

373.

kosakka (Hadena), 149.

labecula (Bryophila),

37.

laches (Paratrachea),

laches (Valeria), 216.

laciniosa (Chloantha),

455,

laciniosa (Pseudohade-

a), 458.

lacruma (Alibama), 215.

lacruma (Trachea), 215.

letevirens (Diphtera),

227.

letevirens (Euplexia),

227.

levigata (Hadenella),

levigata (Oligia), 392.

lagopus (Noctua), 543.

lamda (Noctua), 211.

lancea (Celena), 398.

lancea (Noctua), 211.

larentica (Amyna), 615.

larentica (Pseuderastria),

615.

see: (Polyphenis),

670.

laphygmoides (Cara

drina), 330.

Lasiosceles, 526.

Lasiplexia, 483.

lateritia (Agroperina),

400.

lateritia (Phalena), 400.

laticlava (Chytonix), 611.

latipennis (Briarda), 664.

latireptana (Hrastria),

390.

_latreillei (Eriopus), 575.

latreillet (Noctua), 575.

latruncula (Noctua), 381.

lemur (Phalena), 50.

lenis (Margelana), 450.

lenis (Phebophilus), 450.

leonina (Hadena), 332.

leprosa (Perigea), 307.

leprosa (Polydesma), 307.

leucanioides (Perigea),

344.

leucobasis (Eriopus), 581.

leucobasis (Huplexia),

432.

leucobasis (Monoptya),

432.

Zeucodon (Hadena), 166.

jeucodon (Trachea), 166.

leucodonta (Trachea),

152:

leucographa (Hetero-

chroma), 584.

leucomelzena(Bryophila),

leuconephra (Miana), 389.

leuconephra (Oligia), 389.

leucopera (Trachea), 138.

leucopis (Perigea), 351.

leucoptya (Perigea), 292.

leucorina (Magusa), 57.

leucoscelis (Polia), 414.

jeucospila (Perigea), 515.

leucospila (Prospalta),

315.

leucosticta (Speocropia),

leucostigma (Huploxia),

249.

leucostigma (Noctua), 211.

leucostigma (Parastich-

tis), 106.

leucostigma (Xylophasia),

106.

lencostrota

310.

(Perigea),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

leucotoma (Hriopus), 554.

lichenea

628.

(Bryophila),

lichenea (Mionides), 617.

lichenes (Noctua), 624.

lignaris (Dipterygia), 74.

lignaris (Hadena), 74.

lignea (Eurabila), 109.

lignicolora (Parastichtis),

lignicolora (Xylophasia),

hae (Perigeodes),

“288.

lignigera (Rusicada), 288.

henosa (Perinenia), 21.

liguris (Bryophila), 624.

lineata (Dargida), 283.

lineata (Perigea), 334.

lineata (Heterochroma),

283.

lineata (Teniocampa),

334

Listonia, 260.

literata (Bryophila), 628.

literata (Dianthecia),

145.

literata (Trachea), 145.

literosa (Noctua), 389.

literosa (Oligia), 389.

lithoplasta (Bryophila),

406.

lithoplasta (Cideremia),

406

ieee. (Noctua), 83.

lithoxylea (Parastichtis),

33.

littera (Fagitana), 592.

livida (Amphipyra), 31.

livida (Noctua), 31.

loculata (Luceria), 480.

lona (Hadena), 170.

lona (Trachea), 170.

longula ( Hadena), 443.

longula (Sidemia) 443.

lucetta (Perigea), 323.

lucia (Hadena), 151, 157.

lucia (Trachea), 157.

lucilla (Polypheenis). 674.

lucilla

674.

luciola (Noctua), 35.

lucipara (Huplexia), 240.

lucipara (Noctua), 240.

luculenta (Noctua), 97.

lugens (Noctua), 211.

luma (Dargida), 281.

luma (Heterochroma),

281.

( Tripkenopsis),

lunato-strigata (Noctua),

Ale

TOL

lunitina (Noctua), 208.

Luperina, 466.

lupula (Noctua), 3659.

luteifrons (Dianthecia),

513.

luteifrons (Oroplexia),

513.

luteocinerea (Hadena),

192.

luteocinerea (Trachea),

192.

lutescens (Bryophila), 625.

lutosa (Agroperina), 403.

lutosa (Orthosia), 403.

lua (Perigec), 333.

macerata (Hadena), 164.

macerata (Trachea), 164.

Macronoctua, 431.

mactata ( Apamea), 174.

mactata (Trachea), 174.

maderensis (Bryophila),

632.

mzonis (Bryophila), 640.

merens (Miana), 374.

magna (Amphipyra), 27

magna (Perigeodes), 289.

magna (Xanthoptera),

289

magniclavis (Dipterygia),

24k.

magniclayis (Huplexia),

244.

Magusa, 58.

maillardi (Eremobia),

423.

maillardi (Eriopus), 551.

maillardi (Noctua), 423.

malayica (Orthogonia),

290.

malayica (Perigeodes),

290.

malezieuxi

154.

malezieuxt (Valeria), 154.

mandschurica (Hadena),

107.

mandschurica (Herma),

429.

mandschurica (Pach -

nobia), 429.

Mania, 49.

manifesta (Rhi2a), 459.

manta (Hriopus), 581.

manta (Methorasa), 581.

Margelana, 449.

marginelota (Bryophila),

633.

(Trachea),

marie (Hustrotia), 396.

marina (Ceria), 652.

702

marina (Hadena), 162.

marina (Trachea), 162.

marmorata (LHadena),

423.

marmorata (Harrisi-

memna), 690.

marshallana (Agrotis),

446.

matura (Phalena), 679.

matura (Thalpophila),

679.

maura (Mania), 50.

maura (Noctua), 50.

medialis (Cideremia),

407.

megastiqgma (HHadena),

148.

meissoniert ( Hadena),

melachlora (Bryomcea),

616.

melachlora (Bryomoia),

616.

Melagramma, 691.

melanistis (Huplexia),

243.

melanobasis (Huplexia),

123.

melanobasis (Trachea),

128.

melanochlora (Bryophila),

607.

melanochlora (Chytonix),

607. ‘

melanocycla (Euplexia),

239.

melanodonta (Oligia),

362.

melanodonta (Trachea),

122.

melanoleuca (Bryophila),

122.

melanoleuca (Huplecia),

melanoleuca (Trachea),

melanospila (Trachea),

149.

meleagris (Perigea), 333.

mendacula (Noctua), 635.

meres (Argyrostrotis),

521.

meres ( Thyria), 521.

meretricula (Noctua), 381.

Meroleuca, 687.

Mesolomia, 486.

mesophaa (Cdiplexia),

218.

Metachrostis, 618.

metallica (Huplexia), 245.

gretallica (Hadena), 274.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

metallica (Mamestra),

245.

metarhoda (Perigea), 349.

meterythra (Neophwnis),

683.

Methorasa, 531.

meticulosa (Noctua), 487.

meticulosa (Trigono-

phora), 487.

mexicana (Callopistria),

DOs

mexicana (Hriopus), 564.

Miana, 361.

micans (Amphipyra), 7.

microglossa (Meroleuca),

687.

microglossa (Pecilia),

687.

Micromania, 42.

Microplexia, 354.

microptera (Hriopus),

5TH.

microspila (Trachea),

149.

miltuphea (Bryophila),

29.

mimica (Perigea), 297.

minor (Aucha), 666.

minor (Callopistria), 566.

minor (Conservula), 503.

minor (Hriopus), 566.

minorata (Dipterygia),

minthe (Cropia), 270.

minthe (Dyops), 263, 270.

minuscula (Oligia), 385.

minuscula (Orthosia),

388.

minuta (Callopistria),

565.

minuta (Hriopus), 565.

minuta (Pseudohadena),

460.

Mionides, 616.

mira (Luperina), 417.

miranda (Eriopus), 571.

miscellus (Hadena), 163.

meiselioides (Hadena), 163.

miselioides (Trachea),

163.

misella (Hebolemia), 448.

misella (Margelana), 448.

misera (Hadena), 385.

misera (Oligia), 385.

mixta (Huromcea), 425,

miata (Huromoia), 425.

miata (Hadena), 210,

mniochlora (Haden),

138.

mniochlora (Trachea),

138.

mniochroa (Chytonix),

607.

mobilis (Perigea), 293.

moderata (Apamea), 211.

modesta (Bryophila),

630,

modica (Apamea), 14.

modica (Trachea), 194.

modiola (Hadena), 195.

modiola (Trachea), 195.

mollissima (Hriopus),

568.

molochina (Noctua), 400.

:olybdea (Amphipyra),

33.

monetifera (Hriopus),

577.

monoglypha (Noctua), 90.

monoglypha (Parastich-

tis), 90.

monolitha (Amphipyra),

28.

Monoptya, 482.

monostigma (Opigena),

62.

montana (Eremobia),

420.

montana (Polia), 420.

montuna (Xylophasia),

165.

morio (Gortyna), 395.

Mormo, 49.

mora (Agroperina),

405.

morna (Hadena), 405.

multicolor (Hadena),

100.

muticolora(Parastichtis),

100.

multipunctata (Perigea),

353.

muralis (Bryophila), 624.

muralis (Noctua), 624.

muscivirens (Mania), 51.

muscivirens (Mormo), 51.

muscosa (Chytonix), 601.

muscosa (Cyrima), 601.

muscosa (Lrastria), 3856.

muscosa (Microplexia),

356.

muscosa (Nenia), 161.

musicalis (Noctua), 83.

musicalis (Xylophasia),

mustelina (Hadena), 195,

mustelina (Trachea),

195.

mustia (Perigea), 339

mutica (Hremobia), 420,

mutica (Luperina), 420,

Myrtale, 292.

nadeani (Oligia), 364.

nadgani (Selepa), 364.

naolina (Perigea), 352.

naolina (Leniocampa),

352.

natalensis (Eriopus), 567.

nehulifera (Polyphenis),

668.

nebulosa (Noctua), 183.

nectens (Aucha), 664.

nectens (Triphena), 664.

Neophenis, 681.

Neopistria, 530.

nephelea (Microplexia),

307.

nephelea (Naranga), 357.

nephrosticta (Hriopus),

niceerli (Luperina), 469.

nicea (Dipterygia), 79.

nicea (Xanthoptera), 75.

nickerlit (Apamea), 469.

nictitans (Noctua), 211.

nigribarbata (Trachea),

129.

nigribasalis (Chytonix),

611.

nigricans (Noctua), 208.

nigvicostata (Para-

stichtis), 79.

nigridia (Xanthoptera),

290.

nigrior (Parastichtis), 81.

nigrior (Xylophasia), 81.

nigrostrigata (Bagada),

113.

nigrostrigata (Checupa),

nilgiria (Bryophila),

621.

nitens (Spelotis), 161.

nitens (Trachea), 161.

nivalis (Apamea), 215.

niveicostatus (Pseudo-

limacodes), 592.

niveigutta (Hriopus),

583.

niveigutta (Kulepa), 583.

niveiplaga (Hadena) 204.

niveiplaga (Trachea),

204.

néiveopicta (Ochria), 317.

nivescens (Dianthecia),

141.

nivifascia (Borbotana),

584.

Noctuids, 1.

noetuiformis (Euplex-

idia), 110.

nocturna (Callopistria),

G54.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

nocturna (Corythurus),

360.

nocturna (Dipterygia),.

nociurna (Iambia), 654.

nocturnus (Corythurus),

360.

norma (Hadena), 396.

notabilis (Panolis), 508.

notabilis (Syrrusis), 508.

noveeguinese (Huplexia),

noveguinee (Yula), 22.

novaguinensis (Pheeo-

pyra), 20.

novaguinensis (Prota-

grotis), 20.

nubila (Apamea), 486.

nubila (Hrastria), 370.

nubila (Lasiplexia), 486.

nubilaris (Ophiusa), 43.

nunatrum (Noctua), 445.

nyctichroa (Mania), 53.

nyctichroa (Oligia), 397.

Obana, 531.

oberthuri (Palypheenis),

672.

obliqua (Fagitana), 599.

obliqua (Phuphena), 599.

obliquifascia (Bryophila),

373.

obliquilimbata (Amphi-

pyra), 28.

obliquiorbis (Apamea), 96.

obliterans (Ancara), 252.

obliviosa (Mamestra),

400.

oblonga (Noctua), 208.

oblonga (Trachea), 208.

obscura (Amphipyra), 28.

obscura (Bryophila), 624.

obscura (Callopistri),

543,

obscura (Hadena), 90.

obscura (Noctua), 179.

obscura (Trachea), 179.

obtusa (Helotropha), 396.

obtusa (Oligia), 396:

occidens (Hriopus), 561.

occidens (Hadena), 103.

occidens (Parastichtis),

103.

ochraceata (Polyphlenis),

681.

ochraceus (Dissolophus),

569.

ochrolenca

409

(Hremobia),

ochroleuca (Noctua), 409.

703

ochrophea (Bryophila),

631.

ochrota (Bryophila), 641.

octophora (Perigea), 350.

oculea (Noctua), 211.

C&dereinia, 405.

Cidiplexia, 218.

cenistis (Magusa), 56.

oleracea (Phalena), 423.

Oligia, 361.

olivacea (Berrhea), 144.

olivacea (Cerma), 653.

olivacea (Chutapha), 496.

olivacea (Kuplexia), 496.

olivacea (Trachea), 144.

olivaria (Magusa), 55.

olivescaria (Ancara), 54.

olivescaria (Mania), 54.

onusta (Macronoctua),

431,

onychina (Apamea), 389.

ophiogramma (Noctua),

ov.

ophiogramma (Oligia),

374.

opposita (Mamestra), 200.

opposita (Trachea), 200.

opulenta (Epilecta), 670.

orbifera (Magusa), 59.

orbifera (Xylina), 59.

ordinaria (Dipterygia),

73.

ordinaria

446,

ordinarius (Prometopus),

13,14:

orenburghensis

vista), 445,

ornata (Varina), 591.

orophora (Huplexia), 139.

Oroplexia, 510.

Orthogonica, +5.

otiosa (Perigea), 331.

oxybiensis (Bryophila),

644,

oxydaia (Huplexia), 106.

(Mamestra),

(Dyscho-

pabulatricula (Noctua),

pabulatricula (Trachea),

172

pagetolophus (Perigea).

318

pailens( Phlogophora),49 4

palliatricula (Bryophila),

608.

palliatricula (Chytonix),

608.

pallida (Amphipyra), 34.

pallida (Bityla), 42.

pulida (Bryophila), 636.

704

pallida (Dipterygia), 72.

pallida (Hadena), 90.

pallida (Orthosia), 42.

pallidior (Hadena), 393.

pallidisca (Hrastria),

370.

pallidisca (Oligia), 370.

pulliola (Bryophila), 647.

palliola (Noctua), 647.

pallirena (EKucropia),

286.

pallirena (Hadena), 286.

palpalis (Condica), 305.

panamensis (Argyros-

trotis), 526.

panamensis (Caliopistria),

526.

par (Noctua), 624.

paralella (Hagitana),

598.

paralella (Phuphena),

598.

Parastichtis, 76.

parastichtoides (Perigea),

344.

Paratrachea, 216.

parcata (Hadena), 198.

pareata (Trachea), 198.

Pariambia, 660.

parietum (Miana), 386.

partita (Chandata), 114.

partita (Trachea), 114.

parva (Perigea), 320.

parva (Prospaita), 320.

parvimacula (Chytonix),

609.

passer (Luperina), 480.

passer (Mamestra), 480.

patina (Dipterygia), 71.

patina (Hadena), 71.

patula (Bryophita), 617.

patula (Poliobrya), 617.

paulina (Bryophila), 641.

paupera (Craniophora),

368.

paupera (Oligia), 368.

paupera (Perigea), 331.

pauperata (Hadena), 332.

pausis (Hadena), 192.

pausis (lrachea), 192. °

pavie (Teniocampa),

188.

p viz (Trachea), 188.

pectinata (Euplexia), 221.

penita (Lithacodia), 396.

perbellis (Teniosea), 450.

perflua (Amphipyra), 34.

perflua (Noctua), 34.

per fusa (Noctua), 25.

periculosa (Brotolomia),

492

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

pericnlosa (Chutapha),

497.

periculosa (Phlogophora),

497.

Perigea, 292.

Perigeodes, 287.

Perineznia, 21.

Peripyra, 25.

perla (Bryophila), 625.

perla (Noctua), 625.

perlina (Bryophila), 625.

perloides (Bryophila),

624.

pernia (Noctua), 422.

perparvula (Perigea),

347.

perpenoa (Hadena), 176.

perpenoa (Trachea), 176.

perstriata (Parastichtis),

89.

petrea (Bryophila), 646.

petricolor (Bryophila),

637.

petrouna (Leptina), 597.

petrovna (Phuphena),

pexa (Luperina), 463.

pexa (Pseudohadena),

463.

Phebophilus, 408.

phaochroa (Mania), 53.

pheeogona (Hriopus), 535,

Pheeopyra, 19.

phila (Cropia), 264.

phila (Dyops), 264.

Philopyri, 26.

phocea (Atrephes), 235.

Phosphila, 1138.

Photedes, 361.

phraortes(Argyrostrotis),

522

phraortes (Thyria), 522.

Phuphena, 593.

phytolacea (Hetero-

chroma), 273.

phytolacca (Noctua), 273.

picturata (Agrotis), 231.

picturata (Huplexia),

Pails

pinastri (Noctua), 66.

pineti (Bryophila), 643,

placida (Agrotis), 203,

Placodes, 537.

placodoides (Hriopus),

540.

plagiata (Celena), 293.

plana (Orthogonia), 46.

plana (Orthogonica), 46,

platinea (Eremobia), 418.

platinea (Polia), 418.

Platydasys, 581.

plebeja (Dyschorista), 445

plebeja (Sidemia), £45.

pluimbago (Perigea), 330.

plumbeola (Bryophila),

630.

plumbeola (Huplexia),

3).

plumbeomarginata (Hu-

plexia), 224.

plumbicincta (Cropia),

264,

plumbinotata (Orthogo-

nica), 46.

Plusilla, 599.

plutonia (Hadena), 100.

plutonia (Parastichtis),

100.

pluviosa (Hurois), 105.

Pecilia, 618.

poli ( Crymodes), 424.

Poliobrya, 617.

poliochroa (Kuplexia),

237.

poliomera (Cropia), 268.

poliomera (Perigeodes),

287.

poliopasta (Perigea), 308.

Bones (Bryophila),

529

polyehroa (Trachea), 214.

pulyemeta (Huplexia),

2A8.

polyglypha (Hadena), 90.

Polygrammata, 689.

polyodon (Noctua), 90.

Polypheenis, 667.

pomula (Noctua), 643.

popofensis (Luperina),

479.

popofensis (Ommatostola),

475.

porphyra (Dargida), 279.

postflava (Agrotis), 677.

postflava (Polyphznis),

677.

postica (Hadena), 62.

posticata (Luperina),

470.

posticatau (Orthosia). 470.

postochiea (Bryophita),

623.

precellens (Hadena), 326,

predunculata (Noctua),

381.

pratti (Data), 527,

pratt (Epa), 157.

pratti (Lasiosceles), 527.

pratti (Lrachea), 157.

prodita (Mamestra), 332.

prolirera (Celena), 327.

prolifera (Huplexia), 244,

pr oe a (Mamestra),

pr ae (Polyphenis),

668.

Prospalia, 292.

prospicua (Noctua), 668.

pryeri (Eriopus), 534,

pryert (Platydasys), 533,

534.

Pseuderastri ia, 614.

paaudodyons (Ger batha),

372

Pseudohadena, 454.

Pseudolimacodes, 592.

psittacea ‘Neopheenis),

684.

psittacea (Polyphenis),

684.

pteridis (Noctua), 548.

ptyophora (Oligia), 363,

pugnax (Pseudohadena),

460.

pulcherrima (Epilecta),

670.

pulcherrima (Polyphe-

nis), 670, 672

pulchrilinea (Eriopus),

542,

pulchrilinea (Obana), 542.

punetifera (Celena), 341.

punctifera (Perigea), 341.

punctiplaga (Ancara),

252.

punctirena (Hadena),

26.

punetirena (Perigea),

326.

punctosa (Perigea), 327.

pungeleri (Eremobia),

416.

pungeleri (Heterogra-

pha), 416.

pupulla (Hadena), 327

purpurea (Perigea), 519,

purpurevfasciata (Noc-

tua), 548.

purpurina (Huplexia),

106.

purpurina (Parastichtis),

106.

purpuripennis (Apamec),

597

putris (Noctua), 97.

pyramidea (Amphipyra),

28.

pyramidea (Noctua), 28.

pyramidina (Noctua), 34.

pyramidoides (Amphi-

pyra), 29.

pyrenea (Bryophila),

625.

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

pyrochroma (Bagada),

348.

Pyrois, 26.

Pyrophila, 26.

pyrosticta (Perigea), 351.

pyrostigma (Perigea),

300.

quadrimaculata (Eras-

tria), 308.

quadrimaculata (Peri-

gea), 308.

quadrinotata (Eriopus),

541

quadrinotata (Penicil-

lar 2a), 541.

quadre wsigna (Agrotis),

203.

quesita (Hadena), 88.

guieta (Eriopus), 575.

radicea (Noctua), 90.

radicosa (Hadena), 478.

radicosa (Luperina), 475.

randa (Nenia), 258.

randa (Speocropia), 258.

raptricula (Noctua), 643.

rava (Noctua), 211

ravula (Bryophila), 639.

ravula (Noctua), 689.

receptricula (Bryophila),

36.

receptricula (Noctua),

636.

rectivitta (Orthosia), 291.

rectivitta (Perigeodes),

291.

recurvata (Callopistria),

Hole

relicina (Hadena), 82.

relicina (Parastichtis),

82.

remissa (Apamea), 337.

remissa (Noctua), 179,

renardit (Luperina), 207.

repetita (Apamea), 119.

repetita (Euplexia), 373.

repetita (Trachea), 119.

repleta (Callopistria),

562.

repleta (Eriopus), 562.

replicans (Ancara), 251.

repressus (Agrotis), 39.

respondens (Neopheenis),

681.

respondens (Polyphlenis),

681

reticulata (Eriopus), 558.

retrahens (Hadena), 612.

retrahens (Oroplexia),

512.

705

rhadama (Orthosia), 423.

Rhiza, 454,

rhoda (Huplexia), 233,

Rhoptrotrichia, 531.

rhusia (Apamea), 473.

Rhynchoplexia, 433.

rivalis (Mamestra), 422

rivularis (Callopistria),

546, 547, 558.

rivularis (Eriopus), 546.

rivulosa (Heterochroma),

263.

rorulenta (Parastichtis),

108.

rorulenta (Xylophasia),

103.

rosacea (Appana), 501.

rosacea (Conservula),

501.

rosalia (Plusilla), 590.

roseitelum (Hrastria),

575,

roseola (Euplexia), 239.

roseonitens (Mamestra),

461.

roseonitens (Pseudo-

hadena), 461.

rozana (Mamestra), 323.

roxana (Perigea), 323.

rubella (Luperina), 473.

rubella (Orthosia), 473.

rubellina (Bryophita),

640.

ruber (Arboricornus), 359.

rubeuncula (Apamec),

377.

rubicunda (Erastria),

568

rubra (Ancara), 433.

rubra(Arboricornis), 359,

rubra (Rhynchoplexia),

4338.

rubrescens (Hadena), 382.

rubrifusa (Perigea), 343.

rubrirena (Mamestra),

205.

rubrirena (Trachea), 205.

rufescens (Caradrina),

658.

rufescens

601.

rufescens (Iambia), 658.

rufuncula (Noctua), 393.

runata (Hadena), \70.

rurea (Noctua), 97.

rurea (Parastichtis), 97.

(Chytonix),

sabrella (Nenia), 257.

sajanus (Phebophilus),

412.

saldanha (Euplexia), 286,

706

samula (Mamestra), 338.

sancta (Apamea), 472.

sanguinipuncta (Amphi-

pyra), 20.

sanguinipuncta (Peri-

pyra), 25.

sarepta (Bryophila), 626.

sarepta (Cerma), 626.

sarepta (Dargida), 278.

sarepta (Heterochroma),

278.

sarepte (Perigea), 299.

sarpida (Magusa), 59.

Sasunaga, 59.

satana ( Thyria), 525.

satina (Hadena), 400.

seabriuscula (Diptery-

gia), 66.

scabriuscula (Noctua), 66.

schildei (Hadena), 424.

schlumbergeri (Pseudo-

hadena), 457.

chrenci (Amphipyra),

26.

schrenchii

36.

seiaphila “(Amphipyra),

(Anphipyra),

scione (Argyrostrotis),

528.

scione (Thyria), 525.

scita (Habryntis), 498.

scita (Noctua), 498.

scolopacina ‘(Noetua),

379.

scolopacina (Oligia), 379,

scortea (Hadena), 171,

184.

Scotophila, 26.

scotophila (Noctua), 31.

scriptiplena(Dianthecia),

535.

scriptiplena (Hriopus),

535.

scriptura (Hadena), 256.

criptura (Speocropia),

256.

scripturosa

podia), 453.

scripturosa (.Xylina),

453.

secalina (Noctua), 211.

secalis (Noctua), 211.

secalis (Trachea), 211.

secorva (Perigea), 342.

Selambina, 516.

selenosa (Perigea), 337.

semicana (Mana), 890.

semicana (Oligia), 390.

semicretacea (Miana),

(Ceutro-

209

393.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

semifascia

643.

semifascia (Chytonyx),

645

(Bryophila),

semifascia (Huplexia),

semifascia (Hadena), 241.

semifurca (Celena), 841.

semilunata (Hadena),

164.

semilunata (Trachea),

164.

semiwmbrosa (Hadena),

295.

semiumbrosa_ (Perigea),

296.

sensilis (Chytonix), 610.

sensilis (Chytonyx), 610.

separans (Hadena), 175.

separans (Trachea), 175.

separata (Neuria), 5138.

separata (Oroplexia),

13.

Septis, 76.

sera (Orthogonia), 47.

sera (Orthogonica), 47.

senget (Acosmetia), 40.

sergia (Pseudohadena),

456.

sergil (Amphipyra), 40.

sericata (Noctua), 668.

sericata (Polypheenis),

668.

sericea (Bityla), 41.

sericina (Noctua), 668.

serva (Celena), 332.

sexguttata (Notodonta),

649.

Sidemia, 435.

siderea (Perigea), 313.

siderea (Prospalta), 318.

siderifera (Hadena), 202.

siderifera (Trachea),

202.

signata (Euplexia), 247.

sikkima (Dipterygia), 62.

similis (Karana), 229.

similis (Trachea), 150.

simonyi | (Bryophila),

632.

simulatricula(Bryophila),

647.

simulatrix (Perigea), 298.

sinensis (Conservula),

501,

singularis (Dargida), 273,

sinuata (Euplexia), 220,

siri (Mamestra), 459.

siri (Pseudohadena), 459.

smaragdina (uplecia),

of)

Ot.

smaragdina (Hadena),

smaragdina (Trachea),

159,

smaragdistis (Trachea),

137,

snelleni (Sidemia), 442.

sobria (Gaphara), 335.

sodalis (Parastichtis), 96.

sodalis (Xylophasia), 90.

Solenoptera, 486.

sora (Hadena), 169.

sora (Trachea), 169.

sordida (Bryophila), 640,

sordida ‘Glottula), 372.

sordida (Noctua), 207.

sordida (Oligia), 372.

spargens (Hadena), 333.

speciosa ( Noctua), 442.

speciosa (Sidemia), 442.

spectabilis (Hadena), 217.

spencet (Placodes), 589.

Speocropia, 255,

spicea (Perigea), 348.

spedopierodes (Sidemia)

spoltatricula (Noctua)

635.

sputator (Hadena), 398.

sputatrix (Hadena), 898.

standfussi (Luperina),

447.

standfussi (Sidemia), 447.

stellata (Perigia), 314.

stellata (Prospalta’, 314.

stellifera (Dianthecia),

125.

stellifera (Trachea), 125.

stelligera (Perigea), 318.

Stenopterygia, 61.

stictica-(Bryophila), 634,

stictica (Microphysa), 68-4.

stigmata (Dryobota), 115.

stipata (Hadena), 468.

stipata (Luperina), 468.

stia (Amphipyra), 36.

stoliezex (Trachea), 120.

stolicche (Mamesira),

120.

striata (Bryophila), 644.

striata (Dyops), 207.

striatovirens (Euplexia),

233.

strigidisca (Apamea), 92. ,

strigidisca (Parastichtis),

92:

strigifera (Magusa), 59.

strigilineata ( Callopi-

stria), 572.

strigilineata (EHriopus),

Jia.

strigilis (Noctua), 381.

strigilis (Oligia), 381.

striqula (Noctua), 639,

636.

struvet (Hadena), 211.

Stygiostola, 44.

styx (Amphipyra), 36.

subapicalis (Cropia), 261.

subapicalis (Decelea), 261.

suhapicalis (Hadena), 279.

subaquila (Hadena), 477.

subaquila (Luperina),

vile

subarcta (Hadena), 389.

subaurata (Perigea), 293.

subaurea (Perigia), 293,

294.

swheedens (Celena), 194.

subcurva (Hadena), 62.

subcurva (Stenopterygia),

62.

subfasciata

612.

subhyalina (Agrotisia),

692.

(Gerbatha),

subjuncta (Hadcenella),

391.

subjuncta (Oligia), 591.

sublustris (Noctua), 88.

sublustris (Parastichtis),

submarginata (Para-

stichtis), 92.

submarginata (Xylo-

phasia), 92.

submissa (Noctua), 180.

subornata (Hadena), 443.

subornata (Perigea), 317.

subornata (Sidemia), 443.

subpulchra (Hadena),

subpulehra (Poly-

pheenis), 674.

subpurpured

phora), 490.

subpurpurea (Trigono-

phora), 490.

subrigua (Amphipyra),

Ble

subsericata (Polyphzuis),

669.

subviridis (Plataplecta),

116.

subviridis (Trachea),

116.

sufficiens (Perigea), 329.

suffuruncula { Apumea),

3889, 393.

suffusa (Bryophila), 625.

suffusa (Mamestra), 485.

suffusca (Hadena), 108.

(Phlogo-

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

suffusca (Parastichtis),

108.

surnia (Amphipyra),

sutor (Perigea), 351,

Syntomopus, 22

Syrrusis, 508.

oS tS

28.

tabora (Bryophila), 638.

Teeniosea, 430.

tapeta (Hadena), 378.

tapeta (Oligia), 378.

taprobane (Hadena),

324.

Telesilla, 587.

temera (Noctua), 9d.

templada (Cropia), ee

templada (Hudipna), 2

tenebricosa Cee

663.

tenebricosa (Lriuphenc),

663.

tenebrosa (Hadena), 58.

tenebrosa (Magusa), 58.

tenebrosa (Noctua), 44.

tenebrosa (Steno-

pterygia), 61.

tenera (Hremobia), 415.

teneru (Hadena), 415.

terminalis (Noctua), 393.

terrago (Hadena), 477.

terrago (Luperina), 477.

terranea (Mamestra),

204.

testacea (Luperina), 471.

testacea (Noctua), 471.

tetera (Celena), 330.

tetera (Perigea), 335.

tetra (Amphipyra), 84.

tetra (Noctua), 34.

texta (Noctic), 679.

Thalpophila, 679.

thalpophiloides (Data),

529.

cian (Bryophila),

642.

thermida (Hetero-

chroma), 275.

thoracica (Bityla), 41.

thoracica (Mamestra),

201.

thuaitesi (Iambia), 656.

thula (Eremobia), 410.

thula (Hadena), 410.

thwaitest (Methorasa),

656.

Thyria, 517.

tincta (Miana), 394.

tociensis (Trachea), 156,

tokiensis (Hadena), 156.

tonsa (Hadena), 392.

aod

(0%

tonsa (Oligia), 392.

toxaridia (Hadena), 124.

toxaridia (Trachea), 12+.

Trachea, 115.

trajiciens (Selambina),

516.

epg epee ie (Am phi-

pyra), 35,

tragopog ines (Noctua),

30.

trans fr ons

377.

transversa (Lambia), 657.

transversa (Perigea), 596.

transversa (Phuphena),

596.

transversa (Tycracona),

657.

transversalis

256.

Trichoplexia, 482.

trichroma (Hadena), 139,

256.

trichroma (Speocropia),

256.

trichroma

139.

tricycla (Perigea), 289.

tricycla (Perigzeodes),

289,

trigona (Luperina), 478

‘Trigonophora, 486,

trilinea (Bryoleuca),

686.

trilinea (Miana), 686.

tritinea (Perigea), 594.

trilineata (Agabra), 539.

(Hadena),

(Xyline),

(Trachea),

trilineata (Callopistria),

538.

trilineata (Hriopus), 559.

trilineata (Mameséra),

25.

trinitensis (Eriopus),

550.

tripartita (Amphipyra),

32.

tripartita (Apwmea), 514,

tripartita (Oroplexia),

ol4,

triphenoides (Aucha),

663.

triphenoides (Briarda),

663.

Triphenopsis, 637.

triplaga (Dianthecia),

239.

triplaga (Huplexia), re

tripterygia (Noctua), 66

tripuncta (Apamea), 399.

trisignata (Gramio-

phora), 649.

708

trisignata (Harrisi-

memna), 649.

trita (Hadena), 346.

troglodyta (Bryophila),

639.

tulipifera (Hadena), 201.

tura (Dianthecia), 598.

tura (Phuphena), 598.

turbulenta (Phosphila),

171.

turbulenta (Trachea),

ARg/Al

turcomana (Amphipyra),

Bd.

turcomanica (Gracili-

palpus), 43.

turcomanica

mania), +3.

turpis (Perigea), 331.

tusa (Hadenu), 181.

tusa (Trachea), 151.

tychoona (Xylophasia),

178.

(Micro-

u-alba (Phuphena), 597.

u-album (Ceramica), 597.

ulmea (Noctua), 34.

umbratica (Noctua), 44.

umbratica (Stygiostola),

umbrifera (Dipterygia),

umbrifera (Hyboma), 71.

umovi (Gideremia), 408.

umovi (Bryophila), 408.

una (Hadena), 385.

una (Oligia), 285.

unanimis (Noctua), 184.

unauimis (‘J'rachea),

184.

unca (Noctua), 471.

undara (Anophia), 870.

unica (Noctua), 394.

unicincta (Hremeobia),

415.

unicineta (Hadena), 4165.

uniformata (Hadena),

unita (Trachea), 168.

unita (Xylophasia), 168.

useana (J'rachea), 15d.

uscana (Valeria), 155.

vacillans (Hadena), 337.

vacillans (Perigea), 357.

vagivitta (Dipterygia),.

69.

vandaluste

639.

(Bryophila),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

variegata (Acontia),

661.

variegata (Aucha), 661.

variegata (Hriopus),

579.

variegata (Hadena),

208.

variegata (Methorasa),

579.

variegata (Segetia), 372.

Varina, 591.

vyau-aurea (Argyrostro-

tis), 522.

y-brunnea (Conseryula),

502.

v-brunneuwm

502.

v-brunneum (Trigono-

phora), 497.

vecors (Perigea), 337.

velans (Aucha), 665.

(Charidea),

velutina (Bryophila),

657.

venata (Callopistria),

573.

venata (Eriopus), 573.

venata (Mania), 52.

venosa (Cosnria), 4795.

venosa (Dianthecia),

145.

venosa (Luperina), 475.

venosa (Trachea), 145.

venus (Hriopus), 051.

verbascoides (Para-

stichtis), 80.

verbascoides (Xylophasia),

versicolor (Margelana),

449,

versicolora (Callixena),

57.

versicolora (Magusa),

57.

versicolora (Margelana),

449,

vesta (Aucha), 664.

veterata (Periyea), 470.

veterina (Hadena), 107.

veterina (Parastichtis),

107.

veternosa (Margelana),

45].

vicaria (Hadena), 479.

vicaria (Luperina), 479.

vilis (Bryophila), 632.

vilis (Parastichtis), 211.

villiana (Aucha), 666.

villiana (Dinumma),

666.

vinetuncula (Noctua),

BU0.

violacea (Hadena), 375.

violacea (Hypernenia),

402.

violacea (Oligia), 375.

virescens (Bryophila),

38.

Virgo, 592.

virgo (Abrostola), 589.

virgo (Callogonia), 589.

virguncula (Hudena),

479.

virguncula (Luperina),

479.

viridacea (Huplexia),

138.

viridata (Fracara), 600.

viridata (Noctua), 600.

viridata (Polyphenis),

668.

viridimicans (Cropia),

viridimusca

159.

viridimusca (Trachea),

(Hadena),

viridinotata (Neopistria),

530.

viridinotata (Perciana),

530.

viridipicta

254.

viridis (Celena), 158.

viridis (Hadena), 282.

viridis (Trachea), 158.

vitalba (Noctua), 680.

vitalba (Thalpophila),

680.

vittalha (Hadena), 680.

vollastoni (Chutapha),

492.

vulgaris (Oligia), 372.

vulgaris (Parastichtis),

(Ancara),

vulgaris (Polydesma),

372.

vulgaris (Xylophasia),

vulgivaga (Hadena),

380.

vulnerata (Miana), 888.

vulnerata (Oligia), 388.

vultuosa (Hadena), 98.

vultuosa (Parastichtis),

98.

wallacii (Eriopus), 583.

wollastont (Phlogophora),

492,

xanthioides (Perigea),

") .

xanthochloris

phenis), 667.

xanthoptera (Eriopus),

545.

x-notata (Noctwa), 471.

xuthophanes (Hccleta),

685.

Xylena, 76.

Xylophasia, 76.

(Poly-

xylophasioides (Perigea),

345.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

xylophila (Hadena), 214.

xylophila (Trachea), 214.

yerburt (Callopistria),

560.

yerburi (Eriopus), 560.

ypstlon (Gerbatha), 368.

ypsilon (Noctua), 445.

ypsilon (Oligia), 368.

Yula, 219.

709

zelleri (Hremobia),

417.

zellert (Mamestra),

417.

zeta (Hremobia), 422.

zeta (Polia), 422.

zetina (Hadena), 422.

zollicoferi (Sidemia),

448,

zollikofert (Noctua),

448,

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G. EK. Shelley. Pp. xii. 484: 13 coloured Plates,

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,

Svo. Ll. 5s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). q

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Vol. XX. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By 7. Salvadori.

Pp. xvii., 658. -Woodeuts and 18 coloured Plates.

[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891.

8vo. 17. 10s.

Vol. XXI. Catalogue of the Columba, or Pigeons, in

the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadorf

Pp. xvii., 676. 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, Svo. 1d. 10s.

Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Plerocleces,

Galline, Opisihocomi, 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. 1/. 6s.

Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicariz (Rallidz and

Heliornithide) and Alectorides (Aramide, Hurypy-

gide, Mesitide, Rhinochetide, Gruide, Psophiide,

and Otidide) in the Collection of the British Museum.

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1894, 8vo. 20s.

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

Se a and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.

1. 58.

Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gavie and Tubinares in

the Collection of the British Museum. Gavie (Terns,

Gulls, and Skuas), by Howard Saunders. ‘Tubinares

(Petrels and Albatrosses), by Osbert Salvin. Pp. xv.,

475. Woodcuts and 8 coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo. 1d. 1s.

Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Platalex, Herodiones,

Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcze, and Impennes in the

Collection of the British Museum. Platalez (Ibises

and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks),

by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Steganopodes (Cormorants,

Gannets, Frigate-birds, Tropic-birds, and Pelicans),

Pygopodes (Divers and Grebes), Alcze (Auks), and im-

pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii.,

687. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys-

tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, 8vo. IJ. ds.

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.

Li. 12s.

8 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen-

clator Avium tum Fossilium tum Viventium.] By R.

Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. :—

Vol. I. Pp. xxi. 303. [With Systematic Index.]

1899, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. II. Pp. xv., 312. [With Systematic Index, and

an Alphabetical Index to Vols. I. and II.] 1900,

8vo. 10s.

Vol. IIL Pp. xii, 367. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. IV. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 10s.

List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the

British Museum. By George Robert Gray :—

Part III., Sections II1].and IV. Capitonide and Picide.

Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. Is. 6d.

Part IV. Columbe. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856,

12mo. 1s. 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.8., &. Pp. 72. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs in the British

Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. Ratite. Carinate (Tinamiformes—Lariformes).

By Hugene W. Oates. Pp. xxiii., 252. 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1901, 8vo. 30s.

Vol. II. Carinatz (Charadriiformes—Strigiformes). By

Eugene W. Oates. Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902,

svo. 30s.

Vol. III. Carinatee (Psittaciformes — Passeriformes).

By Eugene W. Oates and Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xxiii., 849. 10 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 25s.

Vol. IV. Carinate (Passeriformes continued). By

Eugene W. Oates, assisted by Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xviii., 352. 14 Coloured Plates, [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 30s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 9

REPTILES.

Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbzenians

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 80. [With an Alphabetical

Index.] 1844, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British

Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &¢.:—

Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872, 4to. 2s. 6d.

Part II. HEmydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia,and Amphis-

benians. Pp. vi, 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, Ato.

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., &e.

Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873,

8vo. 4s.

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and

Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).

New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311.

73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15s.

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-

tory). Second Edition. By George Albert Boulenger :—

Vol. I. Geckonide, Kublepharide, Uroplatide, Pygo-

podide, Agamide. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s.

Vol. II. Iguanide, Xenosauride, Zonuride, Anguide

Anniellide, Helodermatide, Varanidw, Xantusiidz

Teiide, Amphisbenide. Pp. xiii, 497. 24 Plates

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885,

Svo. 20s.

Vol. III. Lacertide, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytro-

pide, Dibamide, Chameeleontide. Pp. xii., 575. 40

Plates. [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical

Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. 11. 6s.

Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &c, :—

- Vol. 1., containing the families Typhlopide, Glauconiide,

Boide, Ilysiide, Uropeltide, Xenopeltide, and Colu-

bride aglyphe (part). Pp. xiii., 448: 26 Woodcuts

and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1. 1s.

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Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museuam—continued.

Vol. IL, 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. IIL, containing the Colubride (Opisthoglyphe and

Proteroglyph), Amblycephalide, and Viperide.

Pp. xiv., 727: 37 Woodcuts and 25 Plates. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3

volumes.] 1896, 8vo. 1i. 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,

Percide, and Serranide (part). By George Alibert

Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix., 394. Woodeuts and 15 Plates.

[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.

15s.

Catalogue of Fish collected and described by Laurence

Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. Pp. vii.,

196. [With a Systematic Index.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the

British Museum. By J.J. Kaup, Ph.D., &c. Pp. iv., 80.

4 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s.

MOLLUSCA.

Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mcilusca in the -

British Museum. Part I. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D.,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857, 8vo. 9s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 11

Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British

Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by

Philip P. Carpenter. Pp. xvi., 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s.

Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 192. Woodcuts, 1855, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Auriculide, Proserpinida, and Truncatellide

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp.iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. Is. 9d.

List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum.

By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &. :-—

Part II. Olivide. Pp.41. 1865, 12mo. 1s.

Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes :—

Part I. Veneridse, Cyprinide, Glauconomide, and

Petricolade. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s.

Part JT. Petricoladze (concluded); Corbiculadz. Pp.

217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two

parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d.

BRACHIOPODA.

Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancylopoda or Lamp Shells in the

Collection of the British Museum. [Jssued 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. Cyclostomata. By George Busk,

F.R.S. Pp. viii, 39. 88 Plates. [With a Systematic

Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s.

CRUSTACEA.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in

the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha-

betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 1l. 5s.

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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, 8vo. 3s.

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. [With Topo-

graphical and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1864, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of Halticide in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.

Physapodes and (#dipodes. Part J. Pp. xii, 301.

Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of Hispide in the Collection of the British

Museum. By Joseph 8. Baly, M.E.S.,&c. Part I. Pp.x.,

172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858,

Svo. 6s.

Hymenopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo,:—

Part I. Andrenids and Apide. Pp. 197. 6 Plates.

1853, 2s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 13

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the British

Museum—continued.

Part II. Apide. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s.

Part IIT. Mutillide and Pompilide. Pp.206. 6 Plates.

1855. 6s.

Part IV. Sphegide, Larridee, and Crabronide. Pp. 207-

497. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856.

6s.

Part V. Vespide. Pp.147. 6 Plates. [With an Alpha-

betical Index.] 1857. 6s.

Part VI. Formicide. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858. 6s.

Part VII. Dorylide and Thynnide. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.

[ With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s.

List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the

Typical Specimens in the British Museum. Vol. L,

Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby.

Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.} 1882, 8vo. 1l. 18s.

Dipterous Insects.

A Monograph of the Culicidz, or Mosquitoes. Mainly com-

piled from the Collections received at the British Museum

from various parts of the world in connection with the

Investigation into the cause of Malaria conducted by the

Colonial Office and the Royal Society. By Fred. V.

Theobald, M.A., &c. :—

Vol. III. - Pp. xvii., 359: 17 plates, 1 diagram, and 193

illustrations in text. 1903, 8vo. 17. Is.

Vol. IV. Pp. xix., 639: 16 plates and 297 text-figures.

[ With Index.] 1907, 8vo. Il. 12s. 6d,

A Monograph of the Tsetse-Flies (Genus Glossina, Westwood),

based on the Collection in the British Museum. By

Ernest Kdward Austen. With a chapter on Mouth-parts

by H. J. Hansen, Phil. Doc. Pp. ix., 319: 9 plates

(7 coloured), 16 woodcuts, 1 map. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 15s.

14 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Lepidopterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalene in the British

Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. :—

Vol. I. Catalogue of the Syntomidee 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, 8vo. 15s.

Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Nolinz, 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.), Svo. 15s.

Vol. III. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Arctiane) and

Agaristide in the Collection of the British Museum.

Pp. xix. 690: 294 woodcuts. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 15s.

Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi-liv.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Agrotine]. Pp.

xx., 689: 125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical.Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (lv.—Ixxvii), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. V. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Hadenine]. Pp.

xvi., 634: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 15s. _

—-Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (1xxviii—xev.), 8vo. 15s.

Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Noctuids [Cucullianz]. Pp.

xiv., 5382: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 12 Coloured Plates (xcvi—cvii.), 8vo. 10s.

lllustrations 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 aSystematic Index. ]

1886, 4to. 2/. 4s.

Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124.

121-138 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List. |

1889, 4to: 20.

Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri

District. By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144.

139-156 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List. ]

1891, 4to. 27.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 15

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidopterx Heterocera

in the Collection of the British Museum—continued.

Part IX. The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon.

By George Francis Hampson. Pp. v., 182. 157-176

Coloured Plates. [With a General Systematic List of

pecciss collected in, or recorded from, Ceylon.] 1893

to. 20. 2s.

Catalogue of the Collection of Palearctic Butterflies formed

by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the

Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza

Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured

Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.

Leech. 1902, 4to. 11.

Calalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner

Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 303. 3 Plates. 1869, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

List. of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.

12mo. :—

Part XXIII. Geometrites. Pp. 756-1020. 1861. 3s. 6d.

Part XXV. -—————— _ Pp. 1281-1477. 1862. 3s.

Part XX VI. —————— Pp. 1478-1796. [With an

Alphabetical Index to Parts XX.-XXVI.] 1862. 4s. 6d.

Part XX VII. Crambites and Tortricites. Pp. 1-286.

1863. 4s.

Part XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561.

1863. 4s.

Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864. 4s.

>) Part XOxGX: Pp. 836-1096. [With an Alpha-

betical Index to Parts XXVII.-XXX.] 1864. 4s.

Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-821. 1864. 5s.

Part XXXII.—— _ Part 2. Pp. 322-706.

1865. 5s.

Part XXXIII.——_—— Part 3. Pp. 707-1120.

1865. 6s.

Part XXXIV.————-—— Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533.

1865. 5s. 6d.

Part XXXY. Part 5. Pp. 1584-2040.

[With an Alphabetical Index to Parts XXXI-

XXXV.|] 1866. 7s.

Neuropterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen.

Part I. Termitina. Pp. 34. 1858, 12mo. 6d.

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Orthopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. Part I. Phasmide. By John Obadiah

Westwood, F.L.8., &. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 3/.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariz in the Collection of

the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c.

Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. 5s. 6d.

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 ITI. Locustidee (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

Blattariz.—Supplement tothe Catalogue of Dermaptera

Saltatoria (with remarks on the Geographical Distri-

bution of Dermaptera). Pp. 811-850; 43; 116.

[ With Alphabetical Indexes.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. By W. F. Kirby :—

Vol. I. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gres-

soria. (Forficulide, Hemimeride, Blattide, Mantide,

Phasmide.) Pp. x., 501. [With Index.] 1904,

Svo. 10s.

Vol. Il. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. | (Achetida et

Phasgonuride.) Pp. viii., 562. [With Index.] 1906,

8vo. lds.

Hemipterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,

F.L.S., &c. 8vo. :—

PartIV. Pp. 211. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1871. 6s.

Part V. Pp. 202. [With Alphabetical Index. ] 1872. 5s.

Part VI. Pp. 210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s.

Part Vil. Pp. 213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 6s.

Part VIII. Pp. 220. [With Alphabetical Index. ] 1873.

[6s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 7

Homopterous Insects.

A Synonymic Catalogue of Homoptera. Part I. Cicadide.

By W. L. Distant. Pp. 207. [Index.] 1906, 8vo. 5s.

VERMES.

Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worms,

contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 2 Plates. [With an Index of

the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the

Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and

Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.

ANTHOZOA.

Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariidz in the Collection of

the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv.,

40. 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection

of the British Museum. By J. HE. Gray, F.R.S., &e.

Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British

Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook.

Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes, and Explanation of the

Plates.] 1893, 4to. 1/. 4s.

Vol. II. The Genus Turbinaria; the Genus Astraeopora.

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. Ill. The Genus Montipora; the Genus Anacro-

pora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A., &. Pp. vii., 192.

30 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With Syste-

matic Index, Index of Generic and Specific Names,

and Explanation of the Plates.| 1897, 4to. 17. 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. 17.

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.

33882 B

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Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British

Museum—continued,

Vol. VI. The Family Poritide. I1.—The Genus Porites.

Part II.—-Porites of the Atlantic and West Indies, with

the European Fossil Forms. The Genus Goniopora,

a supplement to Vol.TV. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A.

Pp. vi., 173. 16 Collotype and 1 Lithographic Plates.

[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and

Explanation of the Plates.] 1906, 4to. £1.

BRITISH ANIMALS.

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British

Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e.

Pp. xii., 248. [Witha List of Species.] 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the

British Museum. Second edition. Part I. Andrenidee

and Apide. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. New Issue.

Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s. :

Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicide, and

Vespide in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Frederick Smith, V.P.E.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.

Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Fiies, with notes by

Ernest Edward Austen, Assistant, Department of Zoology

British Museum (N.H.). Pp. 74. 34 Coloured Plates,

1906, roy. 8vo. £1 5s.

A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the

Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston,

M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L., Ed., Lu.D., Marischal Coll., Aber-.

deen, &c. Pp. 365. Woodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1865, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of the British Nchinoderms in the British Museum

- (Natural History). By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. Pp. xvii., 202.

Woodcuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of

Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index,

Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection

of the British Museum; with Synonyma and References

to figures. 12mo.:—

Part V. Lepidoptera. By J. F. Stephens. 2nd Hdition.

_ Revised by H. T. Stainton and HE. Shepherd. Pp. iv.,

224, 1856. 1s. 9d.

Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F. Smith, Pp.134. 1851. 2s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19

List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection

- of the British Museum—continued.

Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By

Dr: J. H: Gray. Pp: iv., L6%2 > Leola 3ss6d:

Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii., 164.

(With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d.

Part IX. Eggs of British Birds. By George Robert

Gray. Pp. 148. 1852. 2s. 6d.

Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny.

Epsive, OL. 1852. Is.

Part XII. Lepidoptera (continued), By James F,

Stephens. Pp. iv.,54. 1852. 9d.

Part XIII. Nomenclature of Hymenoptera. By

Frederick Smith. Pp.iv., 74. 1853, 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 Austrahan Plants coilecied in 1770 during

Captain Cook’s Voyage round the World in H.M.S.

“Endeavour.” 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. ¥. Miller, and John Cleveley.] With Introduc-

tion and Determinations by James Britten, F.L.S., Senior

Assistant, Department of Botany, British Museum :—

Part I.—101 Plates, with 31 pages of descriptive text.

1900, fol. £1 5s.

Part Il.—142 Plates (pls. 101-243), with 41 pages of

descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901, fol. £1 15s.

Part II1.—77 Plates (pls. 244-318, 454, and 122), with

26 pages of descriptive text, including Index to the

whole work (pp. 77-102), and 3maps. 1905, fol. £1 5s.

Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich

Welwitsch in 1853-61 :—

Vo.I. Dicotyledons. By William Philip Hiern, M.A.,

F.LS., &¢. :—

Part I. [Ranunculacee to Rhizophoracexe.] Pp.

xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.

Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera. ]

1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

20 | LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich

Welwitsch in 1853-61—continued.

Vol. I—continued.

Part II. Combretacez to Rubiaces. Pp. 337-510.

[With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 4s.

Part III. Dipsacez to Scrophulariacee. Pp. 511-

784, [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s.

Part IV. Lentibulariaces to Ceratophyllex. Pp. 785-

1035. [With Index.] 1900, 8vo. 5s.

Vol. II. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto-

zams :—

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.

Vascular cpioeeme ... By William Carruthers, F.R.S.

. Mosses .- ,, Antony Gepp, M.A., F.LS.

Hepaiics . 5 &. Stephani.

- 5, Sthel S. Barton.

. 5 W. West, F.L.S., and G. S.

Marine Algze

Freshwater Alge ...

West, B.A

Diatomacez .-- »; Thomas Comber, F.L.S.

Lichenes... wide «» 5, WW. A. Wainio,

Fungi ae re .-- ,», Annie Lorrain Smith.

Mycetozoa ... Sci .. . Arthur Lister, F.R.S.

Synopsis of the British puneenes a Descriptive

Catalogue of the Drawings and Specimens in the Depart-

ment of Botany, British Museum. By Worthington George

Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 531. 5 Plates and 145 Figures in

Text. [With Index.] 1908, 8vo. 10s.

A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain : being a Descrip-

tive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the

British Museum. By the Rev. James M. Crombie, M.A.,

F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. Part I. Pp. viii., 519 : 74 Woodcuits.

[With Glossary, Synopsis, Tabular Conspectus, and Index. ]

1894, 8vo. 16s.

List of British Diatomaceze in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &e. Pp. iv., 55.

1859, 12mo. Is.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 21

FOSSILS.

Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum

(Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.8.:—

Part I. Containing the Orders Primates, Chiroptera,

Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. Pp. xxx., 268.

33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s.

Part IJ. 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 Woodeuis. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 5s.

Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders

Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,

and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 55 Woodcuts.

[ With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Generaand Species, including Synonyms. | 1887, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368.

7) Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891,

Svo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,

B.G.S. :—

PartI. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,

Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Pro-

terosauria. Pp. xxviii, 509. 69 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 7s. 6:2.

Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and

Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi. 307. 85 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part III. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii.,

239. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and

Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including

Synonyms.| 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

33882 C-

22 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum—continued.

Part IV. Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata,

Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia; and Supplement.

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.

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.,

£.G.8., &¢. -—

Part I. Containing the Hlasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,

474, 13 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

1889, 8vo. 21s.

Part II. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii),

Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,

and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean

Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuts and

15 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic

Index of Generaand Species.] 1891, Svo. 2is.

Part IIl. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi

of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli,

Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii.,

544. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

1895, 8vo. 21s.

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,

Svo. 21s.

A descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the

Fayim, Kgypt. Based on the Collection of the Egyptian

Government in the Geological Museum, Cairo, and on the

Collection in the British Museum (Natural History),

London. By C. W. Andrews, D.Sc. Pp. xxxvii., 324:

98 Text Figures and 26 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.| 1906, 4to. 1/. 15s.

Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of British Oligocene

and Kocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural

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.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 23

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., &e.

Pp. xxvi., 407. 8 Plates. [With Table of Families, Genera,

and Sub-Genera, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum

(Natural History) :—

Part I. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con-

sisting of the families Orthoceratide, Endoceratide,

Poterioceratide, Cyrtoceratide, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxxi., 344. 51 Woodcuts.

| With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888,

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder

Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitide,

Trochoceratide, Nautilide, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.8. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-

cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. |

1891, 8vo. 15s.

Part 111. Containing the Bactritide, and part of the

Suborder Ammonoidea. By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D.,

F.G.8., and George Charles Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S.

Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index of Genera and Species, and Alphabetical Index. ]

1897, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

List of theTypes and Figured Specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda

in the British Museum (Natural History). By G. C. Crick,

F.G.S. Pp. 103. [With Index.] 1898, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyms

and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By

Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Pp. xii, 155. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s.

Oatalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of

Geology, British Museum (Natural History) :—

The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.G.S.,

F.Z.8. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates.

[ With List of Species and Distribution, Bibliography,

Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s.

The Cretaceous Bryozoa. Vol.I. By J. W. Gregory,

D.Se., F.G.S., F.Z.S. Pp. xiv., 457: 64 Woodcuts

and 17 Plates. [With Index and Explanation of

Plates.] 1899, 8vo. 16s. :

24 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of

the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of

the morphology and systematic position of the group, and

a revision of the genera and species. By Robert Etheridge,

jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum

(Natural History), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc., F.R.S.,

¥.L.S. (of Eton College). Pp. xv.,322. 20 Plates. [With

Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General

Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1886 4to. 25s.

The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the

Specimens in the Britis: Museum (Natural History). By

KF. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geological Department.

Pp. x., 70. 1 Woodcut. 1899, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Paleozoic Plants in the Department of

Geology and Palzontology, British Museum (Natural

History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.S. Pp. viii. 288.

ae a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886

VO. OS.

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 [J. The Wealden Flora. Part II. Gymnosperme.

Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [With

Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c. ]

1895, 8vo. 15s.

Part II]. 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. 20s.

Part IV. The Jurassic Flora. Part IJ. Liassic and

Oolitic Floras of Hngland (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 EH. A.

Newell Arber, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.8. Pp. Ixxiv., 255: 51

Text Figures and 8 Plates. [With Bibliography and

Alphabetical Index.] 1905, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 25

GUIDE-BOOKS, Etc.

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History),

Cromwell Road, London, 8.W. Illth Edition. With

58 woodcuts, 2 plans, 2 views of the building, and an

illustrated cover. Pp. 125. 1906, 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). 8th 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 (Naturai History). Pp.

93. 953 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 (Hquide)

exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum

(Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Pp. 42.

26 Figures. 1907, 8vo. Is.

Guide to the Domesticated Animals (other than Horses)

exhibited in the Central and North Hails 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.

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology

of the British Museum (Natural History). [By W. R.

Ogilvie Grant.] Pp. iv., 228. 24 Plates, and 7 Illustra-

tions in text. With Index. 1905, roy. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). Part I. General

Series. [By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.] Pp. 149. With Index.

1905, roy. 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Nesting Series of British Birds. Being

Part Il. of the Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the

Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).

[By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.] Pp. 62. 4 Plates. Index.

1905, roy. 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia and Amphibia in the

Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural

History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R8.] Illustrated by

76 text and other Figures. Pp. iv., 75. [With Table of

Contents.] 1906, 8vo. 6d.

26 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology

of the British Museum (Natural History). [By Dr. W. G.

Ridewood.] Illustrated by 96 Figures. Pp. v., 209.

[With Preface by Sir EH. Ray lLankester, Table of

Classification, and Index.] 1908, 8vo. Ls.

Guide to the exhibited Series of Insects, Zoological Depart-

ment (Insect Section), British Museum (Natural History).

By C. O. Waterhouse. Pp. 57: 62 text and full-page

Illustrations. [With Table of Contents and Index.]

1908, 8vo. Is.

Guide to the Sheli and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,

Brachiopoda,. Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms).

Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History),

Fifth Edition. Pp. iv., 133. 125 Woodcuts, Plan and

Indexes. 1908, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protoza, Porifera or Sponges,

Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Department of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition.

Pp. [iv. 8] 73. 90 Illustrations, Plan and Index.

1907, 8vo. 1s.

A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department

of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum

(Natural History). 8th Edition. [By A. 8. Woodward,

LED cE RSs) epsevi.; 10057 6) Plates. 58 Woodcuts,

[With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and

Index.] 1904, 8vo. 6d.

A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes in

the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the

British Museum (Natural History). 8th Edition. [By

A.S. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xviii., 110. 8 Plates

and 116 Text-Figures. [With List of Illustrations, Geo-

logical Time-Scale and Index.] 1905, 8vo. 6d.

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.Se.] Pp. ix.,

182. 7 Plates and 96 Text-Figures. [With List of

Illustrations, Geological Time-scale, and Index.] 1907,

Svo. ls.

List of British Seed-plants and Ferns exhibited in the

Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History).

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. 83. 91 Woodcuts. With Table of Diagnostic Characters,

Glossary, and Index. 1908, 8vo. 4a.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 27

Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department

of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur

Lister, F.R.S. Second Edition, revised. Pp. 48. 45

Woodcuts. Index. 1905, 8vo. 3d.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum

(Natural History). 10th Edition. [By L. Fletcher, M.A.,

ike) Epyoc. Plan.) 1908, Svomla:

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British

Museum (Natural History). 23rd Edition. [By L. Fletcher,

M.A., F.R.S.] Pp. 36. With a Plan ot the Mineral

Gallery. 1908, 8vo. 2d.

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. 12th Edition.

Pp. 123. 41 Woodcuts. With Plan of the Mineral

Gallery and Index. 1908, 8vo. 6d.

An introduction to the Study of Rocks. L. Fletcher, M.A.,

E.R.S. Pp. 118. [With Plan of the Mineral Gallery, Table

of Contents, and Index.] 1898, 8vo. 6d.

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. bd.

SPECIAL GUIDES.

No. 1.—Guide to an Exhibition of Old Natural History Books,

illustrating the origin and progress of the Study of

Natural History up to the time of Linneus. [By B. B.

Woodward.| Pp. 27. 1905, 8vo. 3d.

No. 2.—Books and Portraits illustrating the History of Plant

Classification exhibited in the Department of Botany. [By

A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Se.] Pp.19. 4 Plates. 1906, 8vo.4d.

No. 3.—Memorials of Linnzus: a collection of Portraits,

Manuscripts, Specimens, and Books exhibited to com-

memorate the Bicentenary of his Birth. [By A. B.

Rendle, M.A., D.Sc.] Pp. 16. 2 Plates. 1907, 8vo. 3d.

28 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS &C. (NATURAL HISTORY).

Handbook of Instructions for Collectors, issued by the

British Museum (Natural History). With Illustrations.

Third Edition. Pp. 144. Index. 1906, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Instructions for Collectors :—

No. 1.—Mammals. 3rd Edition. Pp. 12. Text illust.

1905, 8vo. 3d.

No. 2.—Birds. 4th Edition. Pp. 10. 5 figures in text.

1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 3.—Reptiles, Batrachinians, and Fishes. [3rd Edition. ]

Pp. 12. 1903, &vo. 4d.

No. 4.—Insects. 4th Edition. Pp. 11. Text illust.

1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. >.—Diptera (T'wo-winged Flies). 3rd Edition. Pp 16.

Text illust. 1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 6.—Mosquitoes (Culicide). [8rd Hdition.] Pp. 8.

1 Plate, 1 figure in text. 1904, 8vo. 3d.

No. 7.—Blood-sucking Flies, Ticks, &c. By E. E. Austen.

3rd Edition. Pp. 24: 13 figures in text. 1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. 8.—Spiders, Centipedes, &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. 4.

1906, Svo. 3d.

No. 9—Soft-bodied Invertebrate Animals; Shells of

Molluses. [2nd Edition.] Pp. 15. 1902, 8vo. 4d.

No. 10.—Plants. [8rd Edition.] Pp. 8: 2 figures in text.

1903, 8vo. 4d.

No. 11.—Fossils and Minerals. 3rd Edition. Pp. 8.

1906, 8vo. 3d.

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