326 Nocxrrn.K 



subbasal line slight., defined by whitish on outer side, from costa to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line slight, black, with white point 

 before it at costa, oblique, waved ; orbicular a minute white point ; 

 reniform a small round white spot with point above it and two 

 below it ; traces of a sinuous medial line, oblique from costa to 

 lower angle of cell; postmedial line slight, black, with white point 

 at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and 

 produced to points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; sub- 

 terminal line faintly defined by brown on inner side, excurved 

 below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points with 

 white points on their inner side. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 red-brown especially on the veins and terminal area ; cilia white, 

 brown at apex and at base to vein 2 ; the underside white, the 

 costal a.rea irrorated with red-brown, the apical area suffused with 

 red-brown to discal fold, a slight discoidal spot. 



Hah. Mozambique, Delagoa Bay (Junort), 1 9 5 Natal, Victoria 

 Distr. (Gooch), 1 $ type, Durban (Bowker, Leigh), 1 J, 2 $. 

 Kcp. 30-34 millim. 



3950. Athetis conformis. (Plate CXX1X. fig. 31.) 



Caradrina conform it, Wlk. x. 298 (1S56). 



2 • Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with white, the 

 head whiter ; palpi fuscous brown, whitish at tips ; tarsi fuscous 

 ringed with whitish ; abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore, 

 wing pale brown irrorated with white and a few dark brown 

 scales ; subbasal line dark, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line dark, oblique, slightly angled outwards below 

 costa and inwards on vein 1: orbicular a minute black point; 

 reniform only defined by faint white points ; a rather diffused 

 dark medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then 

 erect; postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly bent outwards 

 below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined by dark brown on 

 inner side, very slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle. 

 Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; the underside whitisli 

 tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with 

 brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial 

 liue. 



Hah. ignotus, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 



3951. Athetis pulmonaris. 



Noctua ptdmonaris, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 1.31. f. 5 (1790); Fit. Xeue Beitr. 



pi. 235; Stand. Cat, Lep. pal. p. lt>8. 

 Noctua fuscago, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 176. ff. 5, 6 (1791). 

 Noctua puhnonaris, Hubn. Eur. Schmett,, Noot. f. 98 (1802). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow mixed with rufous ; palpi 



