a 1 111 r-is. 



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3983. Athetis placida. 



Hadinacra placida,' Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 30, pi. 147. f. 4 (1884); 

 Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 261. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with greyish ; palpi 

 black, white at tips : antennae black ; tarsi black ringed with white. 

 Pore wing greyish suffused with rufous and with slight dark 

 irroration ; subbasal line slight, dark, curved, from costa to sub- 

 median fold; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, sinuous; 

 orbicular a black point; reniform indistinct, diffused, blackish, 

 constricted at middle, with an ochreous point on its outer edge 

 and slight whitish points round it ; traces of a dark medial line, 

 oblique from costa to reniform and sinuous below the cell ; post- 

 medial line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line defined 

 by blackish suffusion on inner side, minutely dentate, excurved 

 below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black striae. 

 Hind wing white, the apex slightly tinged with brown ; the under- 

 side with the costal area tinged with ochreous, a dark discoidal 

 point and postmedial points on the veins from costa to vein 4. 



Nab. Ceylon, 3 d , 1 $ type. Exp. 26-30 millim. 



39^4. Athetis cognata. (Plate CXXX. fig. 16.) 



Graphiphora eoqnata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 119 (1882); Hmpsn. Moiha 

 Ind. ii. p. 259. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; palpi black at 

 sides, whitish in front aad at tips ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white : 

 abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with 

 ochreous and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with 

 fuscous; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line black, excurved below costa and slightly incurved 

 below submedian fold; orbicular a black point; reniform a minute 

 yellow spot with white point above it ; medial line fuscous, oblique 

 from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line 

 black, oblique from costa to vein 7, then produced to slight streaks 

 on the veins, incurved below vein 4 and bent outwards above inner 

 margin, traces of a curved line beyond it and some pale points on 

 costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a slight black terminal line 

 and slight pale lines at base and middle of cilia. Hind wing white, 

 the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with brown; a fine 

 brown terminal line : cilia white with a brown line through them ; 

 the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight 

 discoidal spot and postmedial series of points on the veins from 

 costa to vein 3. 



Nah. Punjab, Jubbulpore. 1 $ ; Sikhim (Atkinson, Dnrhjeoti), 

 1 d,l 2 type; Bombay (Sw i nhoe), 5 £ ; Madkas, TBellary, Kaman 

 drug {Campbell), 1 d , Nilgiris (Nampson), 1 d ■ Exp, 22 millim. 



