102 noctuid.t:. 



points in and boyond lower ani^le ot" coll ; traces of a double 

 sinuous dark medial line ; postniedial line slii^ht, black, sinuous, a 

 sliu;bt blackish shade beyond it ; subterniinal line black, obsolescent 

 towards eosta, slightly auLjled outwards at discal fold, then some- 

 wliat sinuous ; a series of minute black lunules before termen 

 defined on inner side by whitish ; a fine waved black terminal line 

 and pale line at base of cilia ; the underside whitish irrorated with 

 brown, a discoidal lunule defined by blackish, double minutely 

 waved medial line, minutely waved postuiedial line, subterniinal 

 shade, and series of small black spots before tei-men. 



Ab. 1. Fore w'ing with large black patch on inner half of medial 

 area. — Grenada. 



Hah. Paxama, La Chorrera {Dolbi/- Ti/ler), 1 d , 2 $ ; Grex.vda 

 (II. H. Smith), 1 5 ; Fu. GuiANA, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), 1 $ . 

 HJ.rp. 30— is milliiu. 



7983. Safia albidiscata. (Plate CCXXVII. fig. 19.) 



Yrias albidiscata, Schaus, A. M, N. H. (7) viii. p. 49 (1901). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed Avith dark 

 brown and grey, the last witli the crests blackish ; palpi with the 3rd 

 joint black, white at base and extremity ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen grey mixed Avith dark bi'own, the fore and mid 

 tibise rins'ed with white, tlie tarsi lilack rino-ed with white. Fore wing 

 arrev suffused and irrorat:_'d with dark brown and faintlv tinared with 

 1-eddish ; subbasal line black slightly defined on each side by white, 

 sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black 

 slightly defined on each side by white, minutely waved, excurved to 

 submedian fold ; an indistinct double sinuous dark medial line ; 

 reniform with its centre defined by blackish, its inner side with white 

 points above and below, its outer with white bar and two points at 

 lower extremity, connected with the costa by a white bar ; a 

 blackish patch on costa before the postmedial line, which is black, 

 defined on outer side by white towards costa, dentate to vein 3, 

 then angled inwards to below end of cell, then excurved and 

 .sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 blackish, defined on outer side by white towards costa, obliipie, 

 siiuious, angled outwards below veins 7 and 4; a series of minute 

 black lunules with white points before them before termen ; a 

 waved black terminal line and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing reddish l)rown tinged witli grey and with slight dark iiToration ; 

 a u^inute white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line faint, 

 blackish, minutely waved ; subterminal line slight, black, waved, 

 obsolescent towards eosta ; a series of minute black lunules with 

 white points before them before termen ; a fine waved black 

 terminal line ; the underside bluish grey irrorated with brown, a 

 slight dark diseoidal lunule defined on outer .side by whitish jdaced 

 on a faint dift'used medial line, a diffused sinuous postmedial line, 

 subtermiiuil shade, and series of dark striie before tei'men. 



