4G0 



NOCTUID.X. 



medial line whitish, excurved below costa and incuiwed in cell, then 

 silvc'iT-white and oLli(juo, a golden-brown mark before it at inner 

 margin ; orlncular with brownish centre and Avhitish annulus, 

 round; a U-shaped stigma below the cell slightly defined by 

 Avhitisli ; reniforni with bi'ownish centre and whitish annulus, 

 elliptical ; an oblique brownish line from lower angle of cell to 

 inner margin ; postmedial line brown filled in with ochreous white, 

 excurved below costii, then oblique, very slightly waved to dlscal 

 fold, a whiter shade beyond it and some white points on costa ; 

 subterminal line brown, rather diffused, excuiwed below costa and 

 strongly incurved below vein 6, then erect and defined on outer 

 side by whitish towards inner margin ; a white line just before 

 termen from apex to vein 3 ; cilia Avith a fine whitish line at base 

 and small dark spot at vein 4. Hind wing cupreous brown, the 

 interspaces of basal half whitish ; cilia Avhite with a brown line 

 through them ; the underside with the basal half brownish white, 

 the terminal half pale brown, the costal and temiinal areas irrorated 

 with dark brown. 



Sab. CoxGO {Cio'/'oi'), 1 2 type; Abtsso'ia, Atbara (Ger- 

 rard), 1 S ; Br. E. Africa, ISTdimu (Beffoii), 1 2 '■> Uganda, 

 Entebbe (MincJiin), 1 d , EuAvenzori ( WoUaston), 1 § ; Masiioxa- 

 LAXD, Salisburv {Marshall), 1 6 ; Natal, Dm-ban {LeUjli), 2 $ . 

 Ex^. 3G-tO millim. 



8283. Phytometra placida. 



Tluda ])Iacula, Moore, Lep. Ccjl. iii. p. 73, pi. 151. f. 10 (18S4); Ilmpsn. 



MoUis Ind. ii p. 574. 

 Plusia chillagocs, Lucas, Pr. Roy. Soc. Queensl. xr. p. 150 (1900). 



Head and thorax AA'hltish tinged AA'ith pale red-broAvn, the teguhe 





Fig. 120. — Pfri/fometra placida, J. 



pale rufous with Avhite tips; antenna; Avhite slightly tinged with 

 brown ; abdomen whitisli tinged Avith ved-bniwn, the basal crest 



