380 noctuiu.t:. 



the CL'll, spot below submediaii fold, and short streak ahove inner 

 luarg-in ; anteniedial line double, l)laek, the inner line much inter- 

 rupted, angled, outwards below cosfci, above and below submedian 

 fold and above inner margin ; orbicular a small l)lael<: annulus ; 

 reniform defined at sides by black bars and with short streaks 

 beyond its upper and lower extremities ; medial line black, obliquely 

 incurved from below costa to lower angle of cell, then oblique and 

 crenulate ; postmedial line double, black, the outer line strong 

 towards costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique and sinuous to 

 vein G, then strongly dentate, incurved below vein 4, some alter- 

 nating black and white marks beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 with oblique black bar from costa, bent outwards and obsolete at 

 vein 7, then represented by a series of dentate black marks slighter 

 between veins 4 and 2 ; the veins towards tennen with short black 

 streaks ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing with the 

 costal area to discal fold and the terminal area fuscous, the latter 

 narrowing to tornus, the rest of wing yellow ; a whitish postmedial 

 line from vein 6 to tomus with minute black streaks before it on 

 the veins and the veins beyond it streaked with black ; white stride 

 before termen except towards apex and tornus ; cilia chequered 

 black and white. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous, 

 some white marks on costa, the termen suffused with white scales ; 

 hind wing white, the inner area yellow, a small blackish discoidi\l 

 spot, medial and postmedial bars from costa, the latter obliquely 

 curved and giving rise to the postmedial line extending to vein 3, a 

 subterminal shade broad at costa, interrupted between veins 3 

 and 2 and ending on termen at submedian fold. 



JIab. Ceylos, Ohiya (Mackivood), 1 $ type. IJxj). 54 millim. 



8198. Moma ludifica. 



Noctua ludifica, Linn, Svst. Nat. ed. s. p. 614 (1758); Esp. Sclimett. iv. 

 pi. 120. £f. 1, 2 ; Hubn. Eur. Schuiett., Noct. ff. 23, 524, 580-1 ; Dup. 

 Lep. Fr. vi. pi. 85. f. 6; Frr. Beitr. pi. 63; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 130. 



J . Head white ; antenna black, the shaft white above towards 

 base and with black bar between their bases ; palpi black above 

 with white ring at extremity of 2nd joint, the lower part of frons 

 black ; thorax oehreous white, the teguke with black band, the 

 patagia with black spot near base, band near extremity and black 

 outer edge, the dorsum of thorax with four pairs of black spots 

 and the metathorax with black spots at sides ; pectus white ; legs 

 banded black and white ; abdomen oehreous white, the crests black 

 at base and the anal tuft with two black spots, the sides orange- 

 yellow, the ventral surface white with sublateral series of black 

 spots. Fore wing oehreous white ; a black spot at base of costa, 

 small subbasal s})ots in and below the cell and a lai'ger spot above 

 vein 1 ; antemedial line double, black, sinuous, strongly cxcurved 

 in submedian interspace and angled inwards at vein 1, the inner 

 line expanding into a spot in the cell, then interrupted ; orbicular 

 and renifo)-m white defined by black, the former small, round, the 



