EMPUSADA. SO' 



streak below it ; a yellow-brown fascia in lower end of cell extending 

 along vein 4 to near terraen with a yellowish-white streak above it ; 

 a slight white streak above terminal part of vein 6 ; three black 

 points in upper part of cell, a black point just beyond upper angle 

 and an obliquely-placed postmedial series on veins 3, 2, 1 ; a terminal 

 series. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area broadly and 

 irregularly suffused with fuscous brown. 



Hab. Basutoland, Maseru (Crcnvshay), 1 J ; Cape Colony^ 

 Kokstad (Jlrs. Pringle), 1 S . Exp. 44-46 millim. 



2182. Empusada biornata. 



CuculUa hiornata, Fisch. d. Walcl.Bull. Mosc. 1840, p. 83, pi. 3. f. 1 ; Frr. 

 Neue Beitr. iv. p. 352, f. 4; Herr.-Sclmif. Eur. Schinett. ii.p. 317, Noct. 

 f. 197 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 215. 



Head whitish and fuscous, a white bar above frons ; thorax 

 ochreous white tinged with brown ; tegulae with black line near 

 base, two fine fuscous medial lines and one near tips ; abdomen 

 grey-white tinged with brown. Pore wing grey-white tinged with 

 brown ; a pale yellow fascia below the cell traversed by a fine black 

 streak in submedian fold to below origin of vein 2 ; a pale yellow 

 fascia from middle of cell to well beyond the cell, where it extends, 

 from vein 5 to 7, the streaks on it being pale rufous ; antemedial 

 line indistinct, verj' highly dentate in the interspaces ; a fine streak 

 below end of cell between veins 2 and 4, bent upwards above vein 

 3 ; postmedial line indistinct, obsolete except from vein 2 to inner 

 margin, angled outwards at vein 1 ; the veins of terminal area dark 

 defined by fine white streaks and with fine white streaks in the 

 interspaces. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with 

 pale brown ; the underside with slight discoidal spot. 



Hah. S. Russia, Zeller and Leech Colls ; W. Tukkestan, Ferghana, 

 Issyk Kul ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 54 millim. 



2183. Empusada balsamitae. 



CuculUa halsamifcs, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Metb. p. 154 (1840) ; Fit. Neu& 

 Beitr. iv. pi. 358 (1841) ; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 77, pi. 57. f. 1 ; 

 Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 199 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 215. 



Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with pale brown ; frons 

 with dark bar ; tegula? with blackish line near base and two. 

 fuscous medial lines ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged and irrorated 

 with brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey suffused and irrorated 

 with brown, the veins with fine dark streaks ; a black streak on an 

 ill-defined yellow-brown fascia in submedian fold to the antemedial 

 line, which is indistinct, very highly angled outwards in the inter- 

 spaces, especially the submedian, and inwards on the veins ; the end 

 of cell and area beyond it pale yellowish brown ; some dark points 

 above median nervure ; a curved streak below end of cell repre- 

 senting the lower edge of reniforra ; postmedial line obsolete except 

 from vein 2 to inner margin, where it is indistinct, angled inwards. 



