KUXOA, • 809 



some white on basal half, followed by a blackish line, and the tips 

 black ; thorax blackish : abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with 

 fuscous, with lateral blackish lines and the ventral surface irrorated 

 with black. Fore wing pale ochreous, greyish towards costa, the 

 veins and interspaces with brown streaks ; the costa suffused with 

 fuscous ; a black streak in subraedian fold develo])ed into a pro- 

 minent fascia towards base ; orbicular and reniform very small, with 

 fuscous centres and grey annuli placed on a deep black fascia 

 extending to beyond the cell ; the subterminal line defined by the 

 area beyond it being blackish and by a fuscous patch before it on 

 costa, dentate at the veins, arising from apex, angled inwards in 

 discal and submedian folds and outwards to near termen at vein 4 ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale brown, with a dark line 

 at base. Hind wing pure white ; the costal area suffused with 

 fuscous : a tine dark terminal line. 



Ab. 1. Tegula) at tips and thorax ochreous and pale brown. 



Hah. Be. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe, 5 cS tvpe, Athi K., 2 $ , Eb 

 Ilrru {Betton), 4 5 . Exp. 2(5-32 millim. 



*55] . Euxoa lineifera. (Plate LXVI. fig. 82.) 

 Xoctua lineifera, Blanch. Gay's Fauu. Chile, Ins. p. 76 (1852). 



6 • Head and base of tegulae whitish, the latter at tips and thorax 

 black ; abdomen brownish Avhite. Pore wing fuscous brown ; the 

 costal area Avhitish to beyond middle ; the veins defined b}'' white 

 streaks ; lines and stigmata absent ; a black streak below base of 

 cell ; the subterminal line only defined by the dark streaks in 

 interspaces beyond cell stopping before termen, the white streaks 

 extending to rather nearer termen ; a dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown, whitish towards costa and inner margin, the 

 underside whitisli. 



Ua}>. Chili;, Coquimbo, type t <5 in bad condition in Mus. Paris. 

 Ea-ik 84 millim. 



.Sect. V. (Cliorisaijrotis). Autennse of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



A. Fore wing with the costal area distinctly paler than the 

 ground-colour. 

 a. Fore wing witli the ground-colour black, the base of 



costal ai'ea and stigmata white '. lidia. 



h. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour pur])lish brown to 

 grey-brown. 



a}. Fore wing witliout pale streak on median ncrvure ohcrthm'i. 



h\ Fore wing witli pale streak on median nervure aiuvi/eari.s. 



II. Fore wing with the costal area grey tinged with rufous in 



niale sorella. 



C. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous. 

 (/. Fore wing grey-brown. 



a'. Fore wing with tlie lines distinct ; claTif'orm pre.sent. 



((-. VwQ wing witli tlic anteniedial line strong, single ... halinitis. 



Ir. Fore wing with the antemedial line line, tloiible agrcstis. 



Ii. Fore wing dark fuscous brown. 



a'. Fore wing with Ihccell between tiie stigmata black ... icrrefdin. 



i'. Fore wing with the cell concolorous intracta. 



c. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous xanfhiodeg. 



