ACIUPEX. N0NAGKIA. 321 



veins 6 to 1 ; an oblique diffused rufous fascia from termen below 

 apex to vein 3 ; a slight brown terminal line ; cilia yellowish white 

 with a faint brownish line through them. Hind wing white faintly 

 tinged with ochreous ; the underside white with the costal area 

 tinged with ochreous. 



Hah. Ceylon, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim. 



4749. Acrapex aenigma. 

 Epimecia (enigma, Fold. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 47 (1S74). 



Head ochreous white ; thorax pale pink ; pectus and legs 

 yellowish white ; abdomen white, the ventral surface yellowish. 

 Fore wing pale pink ; the costal edge white ; a white streak in 

 discal fold from middle of cell to before termen at vein 5 ; a white 

 streak in basal half of submedian fold; the veins of terminal half 

 slightly streaked with white. Hind wing pure white ; the under- 

 side with the costal area faintly tinged with pink. 



I/ah. Natal, Colenso (Janse), 1 J ; Bastjtoland, Masite (Cravi- 

 sJiay), 1 d 1 ; C. Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 d, 2 $. 

 Exp. 24-28 millim. 



Genus NONAGRIA. 



Type. 



Nonagria. Oehs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (1810), non descr. ; 



Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 309 ( 1825) maritima. 



Chilodes, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 2l26 (1845) maritima. 



Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd joint 

 reaching about to middle of frons, moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd 

 moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with small 

 spreading crests; build slender; tibire moderately fringed with hair; abdomen 

 long, with lateral fringes of hair but without crests. Fore wing narrow and 

 elongate, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen oblique from 

 vein 3 to tornus, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 9 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 

 middle of discocellulars : 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only. 



.A. Fore wing with the veins of costal area streaked with white... maritima. 

 B. Fore wing with the veins dark defined by slight pale streaks enervata. 



4750. Nonagria maritima. 



Noctua maritima, Tausch. Mem. Mosc. 1811, i. p. 178, pi. 13. f. 5 ; Stand, 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 188. 

 Tortrix bipunctana, Haw. Trans. Ent. Soc. i. p. 337 (1812). 

 Noctua ulvts, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett, Noct. ff. 635-6 & 666-8 (1818)' 



Herr.-Schaff. Eur Schmett., Noct. f. 397. 

 Melia sericea, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. p. 201 (1828); Steph. 111. Brit. Ent 



Tlnusl. iv. p. 298. 



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