496 N0CTUIDJ5. 



//■'. Abflomen of male not clothed with woolly hair and 

 without protrusible tufts from the stigmata. 

 a^. Underside of wings of aiale clothed with silvery 

 scales. 

 a''. Hind wing of male on underside witli tlie 

 exf,remity of veins 8 to 3 clothed with luug 

 downturned hair. 



1856. CirpMs laniata. 



Leucania laniata, Ilmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 444, pi. A. f. 22 



(1897). 



S . Head and thorax pinkish white mixed with some browu ; 

 tegulse with three brown lines ; patagia with some black scales near 

 upper edge ; abdomen pinkish white, dorsally tinged with fuscous, 

 the ventral tufts black. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with pink 



Fig. 156. — C ir phis laniata, ^ . \. 



and irrorated with black ; a slight black streak below base of coll ; 

 the veins defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces of terminal 

 half streaked with brown ; the extremity of median nervure with a 

 white streak ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; an indistinct 

 postmedial series of black points, bent outwards below eosta, 

 excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; an oblique brown shade from 

 termen just below apex, followed by a series of black points on 

 veins 5-1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, 

 tinged with brown except towards base, costa, and inner margin ; 

 cilia white, brownish at base from apex to vein 2. Underside of 

 both wings brilliant silver except costal area, which is pinkish 

 irrorated with black ; fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa 

 and terminal series of points ; hind wing with discoidal point, the 

 hair on apical area fuscous at base. 



Ilah. SiKHiM, 1800' {Dudgeon), 1 J type. Esp. 36 millim. 



li'. Hind wing of male on underside without 

 downcurved liair on \eins 8 to 2. 

 a®. Fore wing with dark streaks in inter- 

 spaces of terminal area. 

 a'. Fore wing with pale streak on ex- 

 tremity of median nervure, hooked 

 at lower angle of cell. 

 a^. Fore wing with tiie costal area 

 paler than ground-colour. 

 w*. Fore wing witli black streak 

 below base of coll. 

 a'°. Hind wiug of male on under- 

 side with the silver extending 

 to termen inframicans. 



