626 NOCTTJID^. 



1077. Triphaena semiherbida. 



Trifhana semiherbida, Wlk, xi. 743 (1857) ; Butl. 111. Het. vi. pi. 110. f. 1 ; 



Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 193. 

 Epilecta decorata, Butl. A. M. IS'. H. (5) iv. p. 361 (1S79). 



Head and tegulsB sap-green, frons whitish ; palpi black, white at 

 extremity ; antennae black ; thorax red-brown mixed with grey, 

 the tibiae and tarsi banded with white ; abdomen fuscous browu, 

 the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore wing red-brown, 

 suffused with sap-green on basal and costal areas, in submedian 

 fold, and on postmedial line ; a double, waved, subbasal line from 

 costa to vein 1, followed by a black point in cell ; a double, waved, 

 antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform with grey centres and annuli 

 and defined by black on inner and outer sides, the former round, the 

 latter well developed; a double, waved, postmedial line bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongh' incurved ; a minuteh- 

 waved greyish subterminal line, angled inwards in discal fold and 

 incurved below vein 3 and with a short black streak before it below 

 costa ; a crenulate black terminal line. Hind wing orange-yellow, 

 the basal, inner, and costal areas suffused with browu ; a large black 

 discoidal luuule ; a broad black terminal band expanding on apical 

 area and angled inwards below vein 2 ; the termen irregularly and 

 cilia yellow. Underside of fore wing with the inner area yellow, 

 the costal and terminal areas grey ; hind wing with the costal area 

 and termen grey. 



Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Pryej-), 1 J , 2 5 type, Oiwake (Pnjer), 

 '2 S , 1 $ , Toriitoge (Leiuis), 1 $ ; ^Y. China, Omei-shan, 1 c? , 

 Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? ; N.W, Himalayas, Kulu, Sultanpore 

 (Yoking), 1 2 5 {Reid) 1 S type, Simla {Harford), 2 S , Dharmsdla 

 (Hocl-iw/), 3 (5 , 1 2 ; Nepal, 1 $ ; Sikhim {Lidderdale), 2 J . 

 Exp. 44-50 millim. 



1078. Triphsena fimbria. 



Noctua fimhria, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 842 (1767) ; Esp. Scbmett. Eur. iv. 



pi. 103. f. 1 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 102 ; Herr.-Schaff. Sclnnett. 



Eur. ii. p. 328 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. pi. 60. ff. 1, 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., 



Haust. ii. p. 105; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 13.^. 

 Phalwna domiduca, Hlifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 404 (1767). 

 Noctua solani, Fabr. Maut. Ins. ii. p. 150 (1787). 



Head and thorax buff, rufous or greenish ; palpi and antennae 

 browu or partly white ; pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated 

 with brown and the tarsi ringed with brown ; abdomen deep orange, 

 the ventral surface white, rufous at extremity. Fore wing buff, 

 rufous, or greenish, with more or less pale or white suffusion on 

 medial and subterminal areas towards costa ; a subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold ; an oblique slightly curved antemedial line, 

 expanding at costa and defined by whitish on inner side towards 

 costa ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli approximated or 

 touching at lower extremities ; the postmedial line double, filled in 

 with white, oblique, and with a slight inward curve towards costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; a whitish subterminal line 



