268 



NOCTUID.E. 



met at vein 5 by a slight dai-k sliade from termen below a])ex ; the 

 veins and interspaees of teniiinal area with slight tlark streaks, a 

 stronger streak above middle of vein 5, not reaching termen ; cilia 

 intersected l)_v dark streaks. Hind wing oninge-3'ellow with broad 

 black terminal band slightly interrupted at submedian fold ; cilia 

 ^\■hite intersected with black from below apex to vein 2. Underside 

 white ; fore wing with oblique fuscous band from upper angle of 

 cell to above inner margin and fuscous terminal band narrowing to 

 tornus and suffused with grey at costa and termen ; hind wing with 

 the inner area tinged with yellow, the terminal band partially 

 interrupted at sul)median fold and with some white on it at apex. 



JLih. Tl'xis, Zarcine, type f in Coll. D. Lucas. Exp. "60 

 millini. 



Genus CEROCALA. 

 Cerocala, Boisd. Ind. Metli. p. 171 (181U) 



Type. 



scapulosa. 



Proboscis Cully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint oblique, reaching 

 to well above vertex of Lead and moderately scaled, the 3rd very long and 

 somewhat dilated at extreuiity; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes 

 large, round ; antenna* of male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex; 

 thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibia? smoothly 

 scaled, all the tibi;\i strongly sjnned, the fore tibiie sliort and with claw-like 

 spines at extremity ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing 

 with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 

 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli the cell about one-third 

 length of wing ; veins 3 and 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Skct. I. AnteunjB bipectiuate in both sexes. 



8074. Cerocala caelata. 



Cerocala ceelafa, Karsch, Ent. Naclir. xxii. p. 235 (1896). 



Head whitish, the palpi, frons, and branches of antenna} brown ; 

 thorax dark brown, the tegului whitish except at sides ; pectus and 



Fig. G5. — Cerocala calato, $ , 



legs white and fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen 

 grey-brown with scgmcntitl white lines. Fore wing pm-plish grey 



