266 NOCTUID>^. 



Head and thorax briglit rufous slightly mixed with 3'ellowish ; ab- 

 doiiion rufous, pale at base. Fore wiu<^ yellowish suffused and thickly 

 irrorated with rufous, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented 

 by a dark striga from costa ; antemedial line very oblique from 

 costa to submcdian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular and reniform 

 small, ill-dotined, the former round, the latter attenuate below and 

 with a prominent white spot on it more or less angled inwards on 

 median nervure ; postniedial line unusually near termen, slightly 

 ano-led outwards below costa, then oblique and excurved at middle ; 

 subtorminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex, 

 angled inwards in discnl fold and excurved at middle ; a fine 

 terminal line. Hind wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused 

 with rufous or fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal and 

 terminal areas tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal point and 

 sinuous postmedial line. 



Hab. Britain, Forres (S'alvar/e), England, Leech Coll. ; France ; 

 Gkumany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ; llussiA, 

 Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Lydia ; C. Asia ; 

 Siberia ; Japan, Oiwake {Pryer), 1 S • Exp. 36-38 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 171, pi. 205. f. 1. 



Ochreous or brown isli ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale yellow 

 or greyish edged with black ; lateral line pale yellow or greyish, 

 sometimes edged with black ; spiracular line blackish ; head 

 brownish, marked with black. Food-plant, grasses. 10-5. 



1505. Chabuata angulifera. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 12.) 



Aletia angulifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 333; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 2,(^. 



Head and thorax yellow largely mixed with bright rufous ; 

 abdomen yellow, tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing yellow, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated 

 with rufous or brown, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented 

 by a dark striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly sinuous, very 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular 

 and reniform rather small, yellowish, ill-defined, the former round, 

 the latter somewhat attenuate below and more or less angled 

 inwards on median nervure, and sometimes with slight whitish 

 streak on it ; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly 

 angled below costa, then oblique and slightly excurved at middle ; 

 subterrainal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex, 

 angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle ; a fine 

 terminal line. Hind wing yellow more or less strongly suffused 

 with fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal area slightly 

 irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal point and sinuous post- 

 medial line. 



Hah. Kashmir, Goorais Valley {Leech), 3 c?, 3 $ , type. Exp. 34- 

 38 millim. 



