518 koctutd.t:. 



postmcdial line silvery-white defined on inner side by red-brown, 

 bent outwards below costa and slightly incurved below vein 5 ; 

 subteniiinal line chocolate-brown defined on outer side by whitish 

 towards costa and tonms, strongly angled inwards at discal fold 

 and angled outwards at vein 4 ; a slight dark terminal line delined 

 on inner side by whitish from below apex to vein 3. Hind wing 

 grev-brown with a cupreous gloss ; cilia whitish at tips ; the under- 

 side whitish tinged with brown, a rather diffused brown postmedial 

 line excurved below costa, and faint sulitennlnal shade. 



Jlah. E. SiRERTA, Ussun ; Japan, Tokio {Maries), 2 $ , Yoko- 

 hama {Jonas, Pri/rj'), 5 c? , 4 $; N. ClHNA {Fortune), 1 $ type; 

 Tibet. Exp. 30-34 millim. 



8345. Phytometra megaloba. (Plate CCXXXYIII. fig. 10.) 



Plusia 7negaloba, Hinpsn. J. Bomb. iVat. Hist. Sou. xxi. p. 1225 (1912). 



5 , Head, and tegulje at base fiery red, the rest of thorax red- 

 brown mixed with grey ; patagia with oblique whitish line across 

 them ; pectus and bind femora and tibia? whitish, the tarsi ringed 

 with whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the crests fiery 

 red. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with red-brown, the medial 

 area below the cell and the medial part of terminal area suffused 

 with metallic fierj^ red ; subbasal line represented by a golden striga 

 from costa defined on each side by cupreous red ; antemedial line 

 fine, golden, inwardly oblique and almost straight; orbicular Avith 

 slight golden annulus, round ; a brilliant silvery-white stigma below 

 the cell, formed by a small spot conjoined to a large rather conical 

 spot on its outer side ; reniform with slight silvery outline, its 

 outer edge strongly indented ; postmedial line red-brown slightly 

 defined on outer side by silver, bent outwards below costa, then 

 nearly erect and slightly sinuous, some white jjoints beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line indistinct, red-brown, excurved below^ 

 vein 7 and angled outwards below veins 4 and 3 ; cilia whiti.sh 

 tinged with red-brown. Hind wing piu'plish grey-brown with a 

 sligbt reddish gloss ; cilia whitish at tips. 



Hab. Assam {Badyley), 1 5 type. Exp. 26 millim. 



8340. Phytometra nigriluna. 



P/nsi'a viijrihnui, Wlk. xii. 9.')1 (1S.")7) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 70. pi. l.'>2. 

 fF. 2, 2a ; Ilinpsn. Moths Incl. ii. p. 569. 



Head and thorax dark Ijrown with a cupreous gloss, the tips of 

 teguhe, patagia, and nietatlionieic crest, and an oblique line aero.ss 

 patagia near base whitish; pectus behind whitish tinged with 

 l)rown ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish suft'used with 

 brown, the crests dark brown tij)ped with whitish. Fore wing 

 chocolate-brown with a leaden grey gk)ss, the basal costal area, the 

 medial area below the cell, and the terminal area suffused with 

 brilliant gold ; a curved subbasal silvery slriga from costa ; ante- 



