508 noctuid.t:. 



abdominal tufts grey and blaclc. Fore wing grcy-whitc with a 

 slight purplish tinge ; a brown shade in and below cell and thence 

 obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by hue dark streaks, the 

 interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks, the median 

 nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more prominently 

 white ; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ; 

 the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed black points 

 below costa and in submedian fold, the postmedial line by some 

 points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an 

 oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it rather 

 browner ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with 

 white. Hind wing pure Avhite, the veins and termen slightly 

 tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated 

 with brown, a postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins and a 

 terminal series of points. 



llab. Natal, Estcourt {IJutcJtmson), 1 c? type. Exjy- 38 millim. 



1875. Cirphis micacea. 



Leiwania micacea, Hmpsn. 111. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 67, pi. 144. f. 8 (1S91) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279. 



Head and thorax grey-white with a slight purplish tinge : teguhe 

 Avith three brown lines; abdomen ochreous white mixed with 

 broAvn, the ventral tufts of male brownish and fuscous. Fore wing 

 whitish with a slight purplish tinge ; the veins white defined by 

 fine dark streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also with dark 

 streaks, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4. 3 more 

 prominently white ; an oblique dark streak above inner mai-gin 

 before middle ; the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed 

 black points below costa and in submedian fold and one nearer base 

 on vein 1, the postmedial line by some points bent outwards below 

 costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from ape.x 

 to vein 2, the area beyond it rather browner ; a terminal series of 

 black points, the cilia intersected with white. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the 

 underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, 

 a postmedial series of slight streaks and terminal series of points. . 



The Ceylon form has the thorax and fore wing more suHiised 

 with red-brown, the latter especially in and below cell and thence 

 obliquely to apex. 



Hah. Bombay, Mahableshwar (Sivinhoe), 1 5 ; Madras, Nilgiris 

 (llawjyson), 2 cf type; Ceylon, Dickoya {Green, Fairlie), 1 cf, 

 1 5 . Exp. 30 millim. 



*1S76. Cirphis circulus 



saalm. Ber. Senck. Ge.s. 1880, 

 5 . Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and with a few 



Leucania circulus, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ge.s. 1880, p. 268 ; id. Lep. Madag. 

 p. 260, f. 102. 



