564 noctuid^;. 



5S43. Xanthograpta trilatalis. 



Pyralis trilatalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1237 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii 

 p. 307. 



Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen grey-brown, ochreous 

 at base. Fore wing with the basal area orange-yellow irrorated 

 with brown especially towards costa, the medial area fuscous with 

 a purplish grey gloss, the terminal area paler purplish grey ; 

 subbasal Hue represented by two slight, dark stria? from costa ; 

 antemedial line double filled in with yellow, excurved below costa, 

 then minutely waved ; postniedial line double filled in with yellow, 

 oblique from costa to vein 7, incurved and minutely waved below 

 vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line, 

 faint, whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled 





Fig. 156. — Xanthograpta trilatalis, J. §. 



inwards at discal fold ; a terminal series of slight black striae. 

 Hind wing grey tinged with brown ; a terminal series of slight 

 dark stria? ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia ; the underside 

 white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal striga and 

 rather diffused curved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and base of abdomen greyish irrorated with 

 fuscous ; fore wing with the basal area greyish ochreous irrorated 

 with fuscous, the medial and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous; 

 both wings with terminal series of white points between the 

 stria?. — -Deesa. 



Hah. Punjab (Boys), 1 $ type, Simla (Harford), 1 $ , Dharm- 

 sala (Hocking), 4 J , 4 $ , Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 2 c? , 1 ?• 

 Jubbulpore, 1 $ ; Bombay, Deesa (Nurse), 2 $ . Exp. 14-18 

 millim. 



Genus HIMEROIS. 



Ivpe. 



Himerois, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 121 (1902) ... thiochroa. 



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

 vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes 

 large, round ; antennas of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales and without crests ; tibia? smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest 

 at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the tennen 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 shortly stalked ; 

 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto 

 mosing with the cell to near middle. 



