4G4 NOCTUIDiE. 



2 . Alxlomen greyer ; hind wing darker. 



Ilfth. MAJ)A(iAscAi{, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 c?, 1 $ ^yv^- Exp., 

 6 44, $ 40 mi Him. 



8285. Pliytoiuetra cupreomicans. 



riiisia civpreoinicans, Ilinpsn. Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 112, jil. iv. f. 10 

 (I'JO'J). 



Head and thorax whlti-sh suffused Avith red-brown ; abdomen 

 white tinged with red-brown, the crests darker at tips. Fore wing 

 r«?d-brown ahnost entirely suffused with l)rllliant cupreous gold ; 

 subbasal line double, brown filled in with gold, from costa to 

 vein 1 ; antemcdial line dovible, brown filled in with gold, waved ; an 

 oblique elliptical silvery stigma in and below middle of cell with a 

 small rotmd spot beyond its lower extremity, both defined by brown 

 and Avith some gold in centres ; reniform slighth^ defined by brown 

 and with silvery points at lower extremities ; postmedial line 

 double, broAvn filled in Avith gold, slightly excurved beloAv costa 

 and incurved at discal fold, excurA'cd at middle, then oblique and 

 slightly excm'ved aboA^e inner margin ; subterminal line brown, 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; cilia with fine Avhitish line 

 at base and AA'hltish tips. Hind Aving Avhitish suffused with 

 cupreous red-broAvn, especially on terminal half; cilia Avith fine 

 Avhitish line at base and Avhite tips ; the underside Avhite tinged 

 Avith rufous, the terminal half suffused with broAvn, a slight curved 

 brown postmedial line. 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 $ ; Ugaxda, 

 Ruwenzori, Semliki Valley {Wollaston), 1 $ type ; N. Rhodesia, 

 Liumgwa 11. {Neave), 1 d . Exp. 32-36 millim. 



82SG. Phytometra clialcedona, (Plate CCXXXYII. fig. G.) 



Pliisia clialcedona, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 34G (1902). 



Head and thorax red-broAvn mixed with some grey, the teguhe 

 fiery red at middle, the patagia tipped Avith grey ; tarsi ringi'd 

 Avith Avhitish ; abdomen pale red-brown, the crests at tips and 

 ventral suii'ace deeper red-brown. Fore vnn^ purple-grey suffused 

 Avith red-brown and almost entirely glossed Avith gold; sub1)asal 

 linesliglit, sih-ery-Avhite, from costa to submedian fold, a red-brown 

 and golden patch beyond it below the cell; antemedial line silvery, 

 obsolescent, angled outwards beloAv costa and inwards in cell, then 

 oblique and slightly sinuous ; a silvery stigma below the cell con- 

 sisting of a small oblicjue U-shaped mark Avith minute crescent 

 above it in the cell and elliptical spot beyond its lower extremity ; 

 postmedial line broAvn, slightly defined on outer side by silvery- 

 white from costa to vein 3, oblique, sti-aight ; subterminal line 

 indistinct, brown, almost straight; a slight silvery-Avhite line 

 before middle of termen ; cilia grey at base, broAvn at tips. Hind 

 Aving Avhitish suft'used with cupreous brown, the terminal area 

 cupreous browu ; cilia Avhite at base, brown at tips ; the underside 



