384 NOCTUIDiE. 



whitish above and on outer side, sli;j;htly angled inwards on median 

 nervure ; ])ostmedial Hne with two Ithick spots at costa, then 

 single, indistinct, strongly l)ent outwards Ijclow costa, then minutely 

 dentate to vein 4, then strongly incurved to lower edge of reniform, 

 some wliito ])oints Avith black streaks between them on costa; 

 subtcrminal lino whitish strongly detined by black on inner side, 



Fig. 12G. — Bri/uti/pc mcsomelana, (£ . \. 



cxcurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved, a fine waved 

 black terminal line and line through the cilia. Hind wing pale, 

 uniformly suffused with reddish brown ; cilia white with fine 

 brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal 

 and terminal areas irroratcd with brown, a black discoidal spot 

 and sinuous postniedial line. 



Hah. PuifJAB, Simla {Pilclier), 1 6 type. Exp. 36 millim. 



Genus HYPOTYPE, nov. 



Type, H. scofomisfo. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in 

 front, the 3rd joint sliort : frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna* of 

 male typically minutely ciliated ; head and thorax clothed almost entirely 

 with scales and without crests ; pectus clothed with long hair ; abdomeu 

 with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved ; 

 veins 3 and ."> from near angle of cell; G from upper angle; from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 reins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of 

 discocellulars; 6, 7 Portly stalked or from angle; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennic of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



*2564. Hypotype plumhea. 



Polia plumhca, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 27G (1894); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 180. 



S . Head and thorax pale grey largely mixed with black ; palpi 

 and lower part of frons whitish, the former black above, the latter 

 with black lateral bars ; pectus white with some fuscous hairs ; 

 tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen white tinged with fuscous, 

 the dorsal crest mixed with black. Fore wing pale grey ver}' 

 thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line whitish, waved, from 

 costa to submcdian fold ; antomcdial line wliitish, Avaved, obliiiue ; 

 orbicular and reniform with wlntish annuli, the former small, round, 

 the latter indistinctly defined with a white point on inner lower 

 edge; postmedial line whitish, indistinct, bent outwards below 



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