562 noctuid^:. 



and irrorated with a few black scales ; the costal edge black ; a 

 small black spot at base of costa ; subbasal line represented by a 

 black striga from costa and a few scales below the cell, the ante- 

 medial line by a black striga from costa, then by a few scales, ex- 

 curved ; a black mark on costa before the postmedial line which is 



Fig. 158. — Cingalcsa strigicosta, 



slight, black, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved at 

 discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some small white spots beyond 

 it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, excurved below 

 vein 7 and to termen at middle, leaving a semicircular black patch 

 beyond it below apex and a black line towards tornus ; a terminal 

 series of whitish points : cilia black mixed with some grey. Hind 

 wing greyish wholly suffused with fuscous black, the cilia with a 

 slight pale line at base ; the underside paler irrorated with fuscous 

 brown, a dark discoidal striga and postmedial line. 



Hah. Ceylon, Pundaloya {Green), 1 § type. Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus NE0STR0TIA, nov. 



Type, N. malonia. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle 

 of frons and broadly sealed, the 3rd short ; irons smooth ; eyes large, round ; 

 antennas of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothoras 

 without crest, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibia; moderately fringed 

 with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the 

 termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas darker than the 



medial area nigripalpis. 



B. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas not darker than 



the medial area malonia. 



4305. Neostrotia nigripalpis. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 15.) 



ThaljMchares nigripcdpi, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 162(1904). 



J . Head white ; palpi and lower part of frons deep black ; 

 antennae rufous ; thorax yellow tinged with rufous and with a few 

 dark scales ; pectus except below wings and legs black, the tips of 

 spurs, base of hind tibiae and the tarsi white ; abdomen rufous, 

 yellowish white at base, the anal tuft and ventral surface black. 

 Fore wing with the basal area fuscous brown shading to rufous, 

 some whitish at base of inner margin, the medial area whitish 

 suffused with yellow and irrorated with brown, the postmedial area 



