364 noctuid.t:. 





554. Chalenata ustata. (Plate CLIX. fig. 24.) 

 Chalenata ustota, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 461 (1909). 



cJ . Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown ; abdo- 

 men ochreous suffused with fuscous, the hind legs and ventral 

 surface of abdomen without dark suffusion. Pore wing with the 

 basal area rufous irrorated with dark brown, the costa suffused 

 with black-brown, the medial area suffused with black-brown, the 

 terminal area ochreous white with some dark brown suffusion on 

 costa to subterminal line; a faint dark subbasal line from costa to 

 median nervure; antemedial line dark, waved; a diffused dark 

 discoidal spot ; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous, 

 excurved below costa and at middle, then incurved and sinuous, 

 some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented 

 by slight brown suffusion on its inner side, slightly excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; 

 cilia dark brown at tip3. Hind wing ochreous white irrorated with 

 brown, thickly on basal half ; a terminal series of dark brown 

 stria? ; the underside ochreous slightly irrorated with brown. 



Huh. Colombia, Magdalena, Minca (H. H. Smith), type t d" in 

 Coll. Druce. Exp. 24 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennas of male serrate and fasciculate. 



A. Fore wing not irrorated with silvery blue scales. 



a. Fore win",- with the postmedial line defined on outer side 



by white fumosa. 



b. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined on outer 



side by white. 

 a 1 . Fore wing strongly irrorated with dark brown, the 



postmedial line not bent outwards beyond the cell ... hilinea. 

 b l . Fore wing slightly irrorated with purplish brown, the 



postmedial line bent outwards beyond the cell lilaciua. 



B. Fore wing irrorated with silvery blue scales niicaceella. 



5555. Chalenata fumosa. (Plate CLIX. fig. 25.) 

 Mierophysa fumosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 28. 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with 

 greyish ochreous ; antenna? fuscous. Fore wing greyish ochreous 

 thickly irrorated with dark brown, the outer half of medial area 

 and the costal and terminal areas rather darker ; an indistinct 

 dark sinuous antemedial Hue ; an ill-defined dark discoidal spot ; 

 postmedial line rather diffused, dark, defined on outer side by 

 whitish except towards costa, oblique from costa to vein 7, then 

 inwardly oblique and minutely waved, some slight whitish points 

 >nd it on costa; faint traces of a pale subterminal line; a 

 terminal series of dark stria?. Hind wing whitish suffused with 

 reddish brown ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia with a series of dark 

 points at base ; the underside white tinged with rufous and slightly 



