ciRrms. 485 



ITah. U.S.A., California, 1 d" type {Walsinijham), 2 $. Ex2y. 

 42-46 millim. 



Larva. Like phragmlthlicola, but paler, straw-yellow, the dark 

 shade between lateral and stigmatal lines pronounced. — -H. G. 1). 



h. Mid tibiae of male with thick fj-inges ofhing liair and scales 

 on underside ; abdomen not clothed with woolly hair, 

 a'. Fore coxa, femora, and tibise of male with thick fringes 

 of hair and scales. 

 or. Fore wing with black spot above median nervuro 



towards end of cell fasciata. 



h'. Fore wing without black spot above median nervure 



towards end of cell naiiiica. 



1838. CirpMs fasciata. 



Axylia Jasciata, Moore, P. Z S. 18SI, p. 311 ; 



pi. 144. f. 6; Ilmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 280. 

 Leucania nigrUinea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 482, 



id. Lep. Cejl. iii. p. 7, 

 pi. 50. f. 8. 



Head and thorax oehreous with a slij^ht rufous tiuge ; tegulaB 

 grey with three black lines ; prothoracic crest grey aud black ; 

 patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen brownish 

 grey tinged with fuscous, pore wing oehreous, tinged with rufous 



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Fig. 149. — Cirphis fasciata, c?. \, 



and irroratcd with a few black scales, the veins pale deflned by fine 

 brown streaks ; vein 4 white ; some black streaks in interspaces of 

 terminal area ; a black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ; 

 a fuscous fascia on median nervure expanding beyond lower angle of 

 cell into a wedge-shaped patch extending on termen to just below 

 apex ; smijll wliitisli spots with small black spots between them 

 above median nervuro and in and beyond lower angle of cell ; a 

 grey patch below vein 3 ; traces of a dentate postmedial line bent 

 outwards below costa and obli([ue below vein 4 ; cilia fuscous, with 

 a fine pale lino at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, 

 especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside with some 

 dark irroration on costal area. 



Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er^, 2 (^ , 4 $ , type nigrilinea ; 

 Punjab, li.\x\\x{Ilochin(j), 1 (S , Simla (Heed), typo; Ckylojt, Tundaloya 

 (Green), 1 c?> ^^ $ • ^a-^J. 34 millim. 



