538 NOCTUID.'E. 



terminal area. Underside of fore wiug with some fuscous suffusion 

 on disc ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. uJbivemi. Fore wing Mith i)ostmedial series of black 

 points. 



Ab. 2. cyperi. Fore wing without the dark streaks. 



Hah. Bklgidm; S.W. Fkancr ; Sardinia; Italy, Central and 

 8outh, Capri (C. S. Browne), Sicily, Zeller Coll. Exp. 32-34 

 milliiu. 



1930. Cirphis alopecuri. 



Lcucania alopecuri, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth.p. 132 (1840) ; Herr.-Schaff. 

 Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 369; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191. 



(S . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown ; abdo- 

 men whitisli slightly tinged with brown, the dorsal crest at base 

 tipped with blackish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown, 

 tending to form diffused streaks defining the whitish veins ; a white 

 point at lower angle of cell and black point in angle ; traces of a 

 curved postmedial series of points sometimes present; a terminal 

 series of points. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less 

 tinged with ochreous brown ; the underside white, the costal area 

 slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fnscous, some black 

 points on apical part of termen. 



Hah. S. ilussiA, Sarepta {Christopli), Zeller Coll.; ?E. Siberia. 

 Erp. 30-32 millim. 



1931. Cirphis irregularis. 



Nonagria irregularis, Wlk. xi. 712 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 281. 

 Leucania ccenom, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 24, pi. 2. f. 13 (1877). 

 Axylia ab&travta, Swinli. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 221, pi. vii. f. 13. 

 Leucania sepidchralis, Lucas, P. Eoy. Soc. Queer.sl. xv. p. 149 (1900). 



Head and thorax brown, more or less completely suffused with 

 fuscous ; abdomen brownish grey, the basal crest dark. Fore wing 

 ochreous brown, more or less completely suffused with fuscous ; a 

 black streak below base of cell ; a fuscous fascia along median 

 nervure, expanding beyond the cell to termen below ape.x and 

 tornus ; some blackish streaks in the interspaces beyond upper angle 

 of cell ; a white j^oint at lower angle of cell ; traces of a waved 

 postmedial line usually present, incurved below vein 4 and with 

 series of black points beyond it on the vcius ; an oblique black 

 streak from apex bounding the dark area above ; a terminal series 

 of l)lack points usually present. Hind wing ochreous white, the 

 terminal area tinged with brown or fuscous ; the underside with 

 the costal area and termen tinged with fuscous. 



Hah. i'crjsfJAB, Kangra, 1 (S ; ]3urma, Moulmein (Clerck), 1 2 

 type, llangoon, 1 c? , Thayetmyo (Cory), 1 5, Ehamo, 1 $ type 

 abstracta ; Prov. Wellkslky {Ridley), 1 c? ; Sin(;ai'ore (Ridley), 

 1 (5,2 5; lioRNEo, 1 c? ; Java; Queensland, lirisbano (Tamer), 

 1 d , I ? . Exjp. 26-38 millim. 



