263 NOCTUID^. 



with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of slight streaks on 

 the veins and terminal series of points. 



Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu {Pratt), 1 c^ , Chia-kou-ho {Pratt), 

 1 c?, 1 $ ; Punjab, KuIu, Sultaupur {G. Youmj), IS, 1 $ » 

 Simla {Harford), 1 $ , Dharmsala {HocUnrj), 2S , 5 $ ; Sikhim ; 

 Ceylon, Pundaloya {Green), 1 2 . Ex^y. 40-J8 millim. 



1508. Chabuata fraterna. 



Metia fraterna, Moore. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii, 

 p. 50, pi. 126. f. 9 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276. 



c? . Head and thorax purplish red, tho hairs slightly tipped with- 

 grey ; abdomen purplish red. Fore wing purplish red ; the costal 

 edge whitish ; the veins finely streaked with whitish ; no distinct 

 white point at lower angle of cell ; stigmata and postmedial scries- 

 of points absent. Hind wing pale purplish red slightly tinged 

 with fuscous except towards inner margin ; cilia white at tips. 

 Underside of both wings purplish red irrorated with fuscous, a 

 discoidal spot and postmedial spot on costa of fore wing. 



Hah. Punjab, Dharmsala {HMlcing), 1 d type. Exp. 46 millim.. 



*1509. Chabuata inanis. 



Leucania inanis, Oberth. tt. Ent. v. p. 70, pi. iii. f. 4 (1880) ; Staud. Oat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 193. 



2 . Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish red and mixed 

 with brown ; abdomen greyish tinged with purplish brown. Fore 

 wing greyish, suffused with purplish red and irrorated wi1:h dark 

 brown ; the veins streaked with white ; a dark antemedial line 

 oblique from costa to median nervure, then erect and slightly 

 sinuous ; a whitish mark on lower discocellulars : postmedial line 

 dark, very minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; subterrainal line only defined by the area 

 beyond it being very slightly darker, arising from apex, incurved 

 at discal and submediau folds, excurved at middle; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with 

 brown ; cilia pale tinged with purplish pink ; the underside grey 

 tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal 

 spot and some points on termen. 



Hah. E. Siberia, Ussuri, Askold I. ; Japan, Nikko in Coll. 

 Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim. 



1510. Chabuata rufipennis. 



Mythimna rufipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p, 79 (1878); id. 111. Het. 



B. M. ii. p. 21, pi. 28. f. 6 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 194. 

 Leucania semicircula, Graes. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 340. 



Head and thorax purplish red mixed with grey ; abdomen pale 

 rufous, tinged with purplish red towards extremity and on ventral 

 surface. Fore wing pale rufous, thickly striated with purplish red 



