collected in Southern Afghanistan. 351 



29. Plusia e.rtrahens. 



Plusia extraliena, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xii., 

 p. 929. 



Quetta, September. 



AMPHIPYRID^. 

 30. Axiopoena jiuviatUis, n. s. (PI. IX., fig. 7). 

 Allied to A. tnaura, Eicliw., A. Jcarellni, Menetr., En. Corp. An. 

 Mus. Imp., Lep., part iii., p. 160, pi. xvii., f. 5 (1863). Wings 

 more falcate ; colour of wings soot-brown ; red of the hind wings 

 covering less than the basal half; submarginal red markings 

 wanting ; anal portion and the entire under side of hind wings 

 differs widely in having the red almost obliterated, the colour only 

 being visible in the anal margin, and in a couple of basal streaks. 

 Expanse of wings, 4-|^ in. 



Quetta ; sent me by Capt. Yerbiiry. Date of capture 

 not recorded. Found on the water-courses. Captain 

 Yerbury states he has on several occasions found their 

 wings on the banks in the early morning. 



The only other example of this curious genus as yet 

 discovered was referred by Menetries to the family 

 Arctiidce, with which it certainly has no real connection, 

 it being a Noctiia and not a Bomhijx. It is nearest allied 

 to the Amphipyridce, but is also closely allied to the 

 Bendidce, and will hereafter most probably, on the 

 discovery of more species, find a place in a new family 

 yet to be founded. 



TOXOCAMPIDiE. 



31. Spintherops spectrum. 



Noctiui spectnun, Esp., Schmett., iv., 131, pi. 100, 

 f. 3, 4. 



Quetta, June. Common. 



32. ApopcHtcs j)]i(int(iHriia. 



SpinthcrojiH plidntdsiiui, Eversmani), Bull. Mosc, 1843, 

 p. 54C). 



Kandahar, May. 



