1^06 NOCTtriD^. 



surface pale rufous. Fore wing rufous, sparsely irrorated with 

 black, and the costal area suffused with whitish ; the veins streaked 

 with white and on costal area defined by dark streaks ; traces of a 

 whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct 

 antemedial line oblique from costa to subcostal nervure, then 

 waved ; orbicular with minute ferruginous centre and ill-defined 

 whitish annulus ; the reniform constricted at middle, with ferruginous 

 annulus slightly marked with black above and strongly below ; a 

 diffused medial fuscous line angled at median nervure ; the post- 

 medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins, 

 very oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is met by an interrupted 

 oblique streak from ai)ex, then inwardly oblique and with a 

 fuscous shade on outer side, some dark points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line represented by faint traces of a series of black 

 points ; a terminal series of black points ; the apex somewhat 

 produced and acute. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous ; 

 the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal 

 spot, curved postmedial line, with series of short streaks on the veins 

 and terminal series of points. 



Bab. Costa Eica, Irazn (Ror/ers), 1 c? , 1 $ , type Godman-Salvin 

 Coll. ; Brazil, Castro Paraiia, Sao Paulo. Exp. 32 raillim. 



Sect. III. AntenniB of male ciliated. 



A. Femora and tibire of male fringed with long pink hair ; fore wing on 

 underside with the cell clothed with silky downturned hair ; hind 

 wing on underside clothed with downturned hair from costa to median 

 nervure. 

 a. Fore and hind wings of male with the silky hair not extending beyond 

 the cell ; palpi with the 3rd joint rather short. 

 a^. Hind tibise of male with the fringes of hair greatly developed. 



1575. Eriopyga turca. 



Mcttta turca, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 322 (1761) ; E.<!p. Schmett. iv. pi. 122. 

 figs. 6, 6 ; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 218 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 56, 

 pi. 104. fig. 1; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 150; Stand. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 193. 



Phalcena volupia, Eott. Naturf. ix. p. 123 (1776). 



Mythimnu limhata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 173. 



Leucania turceUa, Staud. Iris, x. p. 338 (1897). 



Head and thorax bright rufous to red-brown tinged with purplish ; 

 antennee whitish ; pectus and legs purple-red in male ; abdomen 

 rufous, the ventral surface purple-red in male. Fore wing pale 

 rufous or brown, thickly striated with dark rufous or purple-brown 

 and sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by a 

 dark striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly sinuous, oblique 

 from costa to median nervure ; claviform and orbicular absent ; 

 reniform a more or less prominent oblique white bar defined by 

 fuscous ; postmedial line oblique, slightly sinuous, sometimes 

 produced to short streaks on the veins ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing purplish red, the discal area suffused with 



