292 NOCTUIDJE. 



greyish ochreous tinged with brown ; a brownish-white patch on 

 cost a from beyond middle to apex where it narrows to a point, 

 defined below by black-brown suffusion arising in end of cell before 

 the s-mall triangular whitish renifbrm stigma, the costa and veins 

 on this patch faintly streaked with brown ; subbasal line represented 

 by double dark striae from costa and cell ; an indistinct double ante- 

 medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; an indistinct 

 very oblique dentate line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 three indistinct minutely dentate oblique postmedial lines from 



Fig. 122.— Sphefi 'a apicalis, J. \. 



vein 5 to inner margin with dark points on the veins ; faint traces 

 of a pale subterminal line defined on each side by slight dark 

 marks; a terminal series of slight black lunules defined on inner 

 side by whitish ; cilia brown mixed with ochreous white. Hind 

 Aving uniform greyish brown ; the underside ochreous white tinged 

 with brown, a small discoidnl spot, two indistinct waved postmedial 

 lines, and a terminal series of small black lunules. 



$ . Fore wing more uniformly suffused with brown. 



Ab. 1. biocellata. Head, thorax, and abdomen much darker in 

 both sexes ; fore wing nearly uniform dark brown except the costal 

 patch, the postmedial lines reduced to black points or pale streaks 

 on the veins ; hind wing black-brown. 



Nab. Bombay (Leith), 1 $ type biocellata ; Cetlon, Kandy 

 (Templeton, Marjcwood), 1 3, 2 $ type; Bali (Doherty), 1 rf . 

 Exp. 6 40, $ 5(V80 millim. 



Genus ARCHANARA. 



Ivpe. 

 Archanara, Wlk. xxxv. 1737(1866) polita. 



Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, extending to extremity of the long 

 triangular corneous frontal pr< cess, bifid at extremity and concealed in hair ; 

 eyes large, round ; antennas of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; thorax 

 clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without distinct crests; tibia? 

 moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base and 

 slight basal crest. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, 

 the termen obliquely curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near 

 angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; ti from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form 

 the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 

 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars, 6, 7 from, upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



