k; 



NOCTUIDiE. 



strij^a from costa aiiil short streuk below the cell ; antcmeilial line 

 reproseiitotl bv a siiiall black spot on costa and oblitjiu' line from 

 cell to inner margin ; a ratlier conical silvery white patch in end 

 of cell from subcostal nervure defined bj' black at sides and below ; 

 an ol)li(]ne waved black line from lower anirle of cell to inner margin ; 

 postraedial linearising below costa, black sliglitly defined by whitish 

 on outer side, minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; some white 

 points on ])ostmedial part of costa w^ith slight blackish streaks 

 between them ; subterminal line only defined by the contrast 

 between the postmedial and terminal areas, excurved at middle and 

 incurved in submedian interspace ; a small black spot on termcn 

 below vein 7 ; cilia black at ti])s. Hind wing white, the base of 

 inner margin slightly tinged with brown ; a faint discoidal point 

 and sinuous postmedial line ; a black striga on termen at discal 

 fold ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irroratcd with 

 black and with diffused dark patches at base and middle, the 

 discoidal s])ot and postmedial line distinct. 



Hah. Colombia, type t 5 io Coll. Druce, San Antonio {Palmer), 

 c? , 1 ? . Exp. 28 millim. 



B. {Cyaihissa). Fore wing with vein 7 from before 10; 

 tibiic not so strongly fringed with scales. 

 a. Fore wing with the costal half of medial area suffused 

 with black. 



«'. Fore wing suffused in parts witli grey-green j)'''"'^'^^'^- 



A'. Fore wing suffused in parts with reddish oclireous... quadrate, 

 h. Fore wing with the patch at middle of costal area 

 slightly defined by black, 

 rt'. Fore wing suffused in parts witli reddish ochreous... ochracea. 

 b\ Fore wing eufl'used in parts with blue-grey ■pallida. 



4448. Emarginea percara. 



Bii/ophiIa percara, Morr. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 213 (1874) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 50. 



S . Head pure white ; palpi except at tips, sides of frons and 

 antennae except basal joint black ; thorax white tinged with 

 grey-green, the tegula) edged with black, the mctathoraeic crest 

 with paired black patches ; pectus and legs black and reddish 

 brown, the fore and mid tibiae with white patches, the hind tibiae 



Fig. 34. — Emarginea percara, J. }. 



with white ring at middle and tips, the fore and mid tarsi with the 

 1st and 3rd joints white, the hind tarsi with the 1st three joints 

 white tinged with rufous ; abdomen white suffused with yellowish 



