410 



NOCTT7IDJ5. 



fold, aiiplod inwards in cell ; an indistinct waved anteracdial line 

 anj^led inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniforru with very ill- 

 doHncd ])ak' aniiuli, the former rounded, the latter irregular, with 

 traces of whitish spots on its outer edges and somewhat angled 

 inwards on median nervure ; postmedial lino indistinct, bent out- 

 wards below costa, then dentate and j)roduced to dark points on the 

 veins, ohliijuc below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line only defined by a dark patch before it on costa and 

 the area beyond it being slightly darker, angled outwards at vein 7 

 aJid excurved at middle ; cilia chequered yellowish white and 

 fuscous. Hind wing yellowish white tinged Avitli fuscous esj)ecially 

 on termiiud area, in female uniformly suffused except costal area ; 

 cilia yellowish ; the underside whitish, with small discoidal spot and 

 diffused postmedial line. 



Hah. iSrKiA, Lebanon (Pratt), 1 $ ; Palestine, 1 <5 . Ea'p. 38 

 niillira. 



*2G03. Dasysternuni eristica. (Plate CV. fig, 31.) 



Dast/siernum cristicitm, Piing. Iris, xix. p. 94 (1906). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with greyish ; 

 palpi fuscous at sides ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing 

 greyish thickly irrorated and striated with red-brown ; subbasal 

 line represented by a black striga from costa defined by whitish on 

 outer side beyond which is some blackish suffusion ; antemedial line 

 represented by two blackish marks on costa with some whitish 

 between them and a slight oljlique striga above inner margin : 

 orbicular and reniforra small, pale, very indistinct and ill-defined, 

 the former somewhat oblique elli])tical ; postmedial line represented 

 by two blackish marks on costa with some Avhitish between them, 

 then very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then very oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line pale witli patch of brown suffusion before it on costa, 

 then hardly traceable, incurved below vein 3 ; a slight waved brown 

 terminal line ; cilia whitish intersected with brown and with slight 

 Itrowu line through them. Hind wing reddish brown with traces 

 of discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal 

 band ; cilia whitish tinged witli brown ; the underside pale tinged 

 with rufous ami irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunulc and 

 rather diffused curved postmedial line. 



llah. AloxGOMA, Aksu, type t 6 i" Coll. Piingeler. Kr^^. 34 

 millim. 



Sect. III. Antennie of male almost simple. 



2604. Dasysternum tibetana. 



Dasysternum tihctnnum, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 327, pi. 6. f. 9 (1895) ; id. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 180. 



Head and thorax blue-grey mixed Avith olive-brown ; aiifonna> 

 blackish; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen blue-grey mixed 



