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NOCTCIUJi. 



in front : nlxldnicn jmlc ochreous Kli^litly irrorated with brown. 

 I'oru wiiif; jtalf oc-lirt'ous Hli<;htly suduNt-d and irrorated with brown : 

 subbnsal line rcprosentod by a slifjht rufous striga from costa and 

 blackish strijja from crll ; antcmcdial line ])ale rufous, with l)lack 

 sfriff! on it in and below cell, slij^htly an^ded outwards below costa, 

 obli(]ue to just below vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin ; 

 elaviform alisent ; orbicular and renifurm with pale annuli, the 

 lormer round, the latter with sliglit fuscous marks on inner edge of 

 annuius ; jtostmcdial lino rufous, slightly excurvcd below costa and 

 incurved at discol fold, excurved at median nervules, then obliquely 

 incurveil, approximated to the subterminal line, which is faintly 

 defined by pale fuscous on inner side, somewhat angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia pale rufous. ]Iind wing 

 ochreous uniformly suffused with brown ; a dark terminal line ; 

 cilia ochreous ; underside whitish ; fore wing suffused with brown 

 except costal and terminal areas; hind wing with very faint 

 diffused subterminal band. 



$ . t^ides of jjaljti and frons and front of pectus slightly tinged 

 with brown ; fore wing with the markings less distinct, the lines 

 without the blackish stria?, the cilia not rufous : hind wing slightly 

 tinged with brown; underside of fore wing slightly tinged with 

 brown, the hind wing without subterminal liand. 



Hah. AioiKNiA ; Asia Mixoh, Tontus, Aniasia, in Coll. Piingeler. 

 Kt^p. 40 millim. 



Genus APOROPHYLA. 



Type. 



Aporophyla. Giion. Ann. See. Eiit. Fr. x. p. l!40 (,1841), nuu 



descr. ; id. Noct. p. 151 (1852) australis. 



Proboscis fully dovoloppd ; palpi obliquely porrect to just beyond frons, the 

 2nd joint fringed w illi liair below ; frons with rounded prominence rougliened in 

 front; eyes large, rounikd ; tliorax clotlieil witli hair and bair-like scales, tlie 

 teguhu produced to a slight dorsal ridge, tlie pro- and metatliomx witli spreading 

 CHists ; tibire fringed witli liair above ; abdomen witli some rough liair at base 

 and crest on busal segment. Fore wing ratber narrow, tbe apex roundotl ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (> I rem upper angle ; D f rosn 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form the areole: 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins .'1, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discoicllulars ; 6,7 

 shortly sudked or from cell ; 8 anastomosing with tlie cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male bipeclinato with long branches to apex. 



2384. Aporophyla inioleiica. 



Hadena viioleuca. Treit. Sebmett. Eur., SupnI. p. 43 (1835); Rmbr. Cat. 



Lep. And. pi. 12. f. 2; 8tnud. Cat. Lep. p;il. p. 178. 

 Folia chiolcuca, Herr.-Schair. Eur. >*^cllmelt. ii. p. 255, Noct. flF 76-78 



(1845). 

 Aporophyla corticosa, Ijcd. Noct. p. 224 (1857). 



S. ITcad and thorax fuscous mixed with white and tinged 

 with bluish grey and brown ; legs fuscous ringed with white ; 

 abdomen white slightly mixed with pale fuscous, the dorsal crest 



