264 NOCTtTID^, 



1502. Chaljuata obscura. 



Alefiaobsciira, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 97(1882) ; Hmpsn. MothsTud. ii. p. 277. 

 Aletia rvdis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 411 ; Bull. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 50, 



pi. 126. ff. 7, 8. 

 Lcucania nepos, Leech, Traus. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 124, 



Head and thorax grey, more or less stronglj' tinged with rufous 

 and irrorated with brown ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous, 

 the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing bright rufous or 

 grej'ish tinged with rufous, thickly striated with brown and irrorated 

 with black ; the median nervure usually with a slight pale streak ; 

 a white point at lower angle of cell, usually with some fuscous 

 beyond it ; postmedial line represented by a curved series of black 

 points on the veins ; subterrainal line sometimes obscurely defined 

 by the area beyond it being slightly darker, arising obliquely from 

 termen below apex and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards costa ; the 

 cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them. The under- 

 side in male with a slight golden gloss except towards costa of 

 fore wing which is tinged with rufous ; hind wing with small 

 discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial curved series of short streaks 

 on the veins and a terminal series ; of female pale, the costal and 

 terminal areas tinged with purplish and irrorated with black. 



Hah. W. China, Omcishan, 1 c? type nej)os ; Punjab, Kulu, 

 Sultanpur ((?. Yoimg), 1 S -, 1 $ ; Simla {Stvinhoe), 1 § , Dharmsala 

 ( Hocking), 1 c? , 3 $ , typo rudis ; Assam, Khasis, 1 c? type. 

 Ex}). 38-44 millim. 



1503. Chabuata punctosa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 16.) 



Cerastis punctosa, Wlk. x. 453 (1856). 



S . Grey mixed with brown ; frons with black bar above ; 

 tegular with traces of medial line ; patagia with some black scales 

 above ; spurs and tarsal joints towards extremity banded with 

 black ; (abdomen wanting). Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated 

 with brown ; subbasal line represented by black points on costa 

 and median nervure ; antemcdial line represented by black points 

 on costa, veins, and inner margin ; orbicular and reuiform small, 

 pale with some brown suffusion between and beyond them ; a 

 postmedial series of black points on the veins ; subterminal line 

 only defined by slight brown suffusion beyond it, somewhat waved 

 and excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia brown with pale tips. Hind wing ochreous white, the 

 terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown- 

 ])ink ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal 

 point and postmedial line with the area beyond it suffused with 

 fuscous brown. 



Hah. Ausxkalia, 1 J type. Exp. 36 millim. 



