﻿Genevd 
  and 
  Species 
  (t/ 
  Noctuklse. 
  217 
  

  

  blue-grey 
  and 
  olive-green 
  patch 
  on 
  costa 
  between 
  its 
  arms 
  ; 
  

   the 
  terminal 
  area 
  olive-green 
  sbading 
  to 
  purplish 
  grey 
  and 
  

   to 
  red 
  at 
  apex, 
  its 
  inner 
  edge 
  obliquely 
  incurvefl 
  to 
  middle 
  

   of 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  double 
  slightly 
  waved 
  pur- 
  

   plish-l)rown 
  postmedial 
  line, 
  arising 
  below 
  costa, 
  excurved 
  

   to 
  vein 
  4, 
  then 
  incurved, 
  some 
  blue-grey 
  before 
  it 
  towards 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  terminal 
  series 
  of 
  purplish 
  lunules 
  defined 
  

   on 
  inner 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  crenulate 
  white 
  line, 
  the 
  lunule 
  below 
  

   vein 
  2 
  blackish 
  ; 
  some 
  red 
  at 
  tornus 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white 
  with 
  an 
  

   olive 
  line 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  purplish 
  lines 
  at 
  middle 
  and 
  tips. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  white, 
  the 
  veins, 
  costal 
  area, 
  

   and 
  terminal 
  half 
  fuscous 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  purplish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  

   cilia 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  line 
  through 
  them 
  towards 
  apex. 
  

   Underside 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  fuscous 
  brown, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  inner 
  

   area 
  to 
  beyond 
  middle 
  white 
  ; 
  hind 
  wing 
  with 
  some 
  brown 
  

   irroration 
  and 
  a 
  brownish 
  patch 
  at 
  middle 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  

   costal 
  area. 
  

  

  Ab. 
  1. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  dark 
  basal 
  patch 
  not 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  postmedial 
  area 
  by 
  olive-green 
  suffusion. 
  Canara. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  Minna 
  (Macfie), 
  1 
  ? 
  type 
  ; 
  Bombay, 
  

   Canara 
  ( 
  Ward), 
  1 
  ? 
  . 
  Exp. 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  6192 
  a. 
  Tarache 
  sphcerophora, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  white 
  irrorated 
  with 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  

   patagia 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  thorax 
  white 
  mixed 
  with 
  rufous; 
  pect\is 
  

   find 
  legs 
  ochreous 
  white, 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  blackish 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  

   tarsi 
  black 
  ringed 
  with 
  white; 
  abdomen 
  ochreous 
  white 
  

   suffused 
  Avith 
  brown. 
  YX)ve 
  wing 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  tiriged 
  with 
  

   red-brown, 
  the 
  termen 
  white 
  slightly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  brown 
  

   except 
  towards 
  tornus 
  ; 
  a 
  slight 
  curved 
  brown 
  subbasal 
  line 
  

   extending 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  antemedial 
  line 
  double, 
  black, 
  

   oblique 
  and 
  slightly 
  downcurved 
  to 
  submedian 
  fold, 
  the 
  

   inner 
  line 
  stronger 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  slightly 
  angled 
  outwards 
  

   below 
  costa, 
  below 
  submedian 
  fold 
  iucurved, 
  and 
  almost 
  

   obsolete 
  below 
  vein 
  1 
  ; 
  a 
  round 
  whitish 
  patch 
  in 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   end 
  of 
  cell 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  brown 
  s])Ot 
  in 
  middle, 
  some 
  black 
  

   on 
  its 
  lower 
  and 
  outer 
  edge; 
  a 
  hue 
  double 
  highly 
  curved 
  

   postmedial 
  line, 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  slightly 
  waved 
  exce[)t 
  towards 
  

   costa, 
  followed 
  by 
  another 
  highly 
  curved 
  line 
  which 
  is 
  strong 
  

   jind 
  black 
  to 
  vein 
  1, 
  then 
  tine 
  and 
  brown, 
  this 
  again 
  is 
  

   iollowed 
  by 
  fine 
  double 
  brown 
  highly 
  curved 
  line, 
  making 
  

   hve 
  highly 
  curved 
  lines 
  beyond 
  the 
  discal 
  patch, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   one 
  strong 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  fine 
  waved 
  black 
  terminal 
  line. 
  

   Hind 
  wing 
  white 
  suffused 
  with 
  cupreous 
  brown 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white 
  

   mixed 
  Avith 
  some 
  browu 
  j 
  the 
  underside 
  white 
  irrorated 
  with 
  

  

  