5tG HOCTUID.E. 



sinuous below the cell ; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in 

 with white, bent outwards below costa, then ol)lique and slightly 

 sinuous ; subterniinal line white delined on inner side by rather 

 diffused dark brown, ^\'aved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle 

 and strongly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, a reddish 

 brown shade beyond it ; a teniiinal series of dark stria? defined on 

 inner side by white except towards apex and toriuis ; cilia chequered 

 white and red-brown. Hind wing whitish suffused \\'ith red -brown 

 with a golden gloss ; cilia white with a red-bro\vn line through 

 them ; the underside white ii-rorated with pale brown, diffused 

 oblique postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. W. TuRKESTAK, Tm-comania, Askhabad, 1 J , 1 $ . Exp., 

 6 30, $ 32 miUim. 



8380. Phytometra pasipliaeia. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 31.) 



Plns/a. pasipl/epia, Grote, T5nll. Butf. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 146, pi. iv. f. 1 

 (1873) ; Ottolengui, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. x. pi. ix. f. 14 ; SiniLh, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 2:S. 



Head and thorax yellomsh suffused ^vith nvfous, the tesrula? at 

 tips and ]:)atagia above edged with white ; the metathoracic crest 

 tipped with white ; pectus and legs whitish tinged with rufous ; 

 abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, the crests iiifovis and white 

 at tips. Fore wing whitish tinged and iiTorated with red-brown, 

 the medial area bright rufous below the cell, the terminal area 

 suft'used with rufous mth a golden gloss ; subbasal line represented 

 by a cm-ved whitish sti'iga fi-om costa; antemedial line silvery- 

 white, angled outwards below costa, incm'ved in cell, inwardly 

 oblique below the cell ; orbicular defined by whitish, narrow, oblicjue 

 elliptical ; an oblique silvery-white Y-shaped stigma below the cell, 

 its arms separating Avidely, its tail nan-ow ; reniform slightly 

 defined by whitish, its outer edge constricted at middle ; postmedial 

 line silvery-white slightly defined on outer side by red-brown with 

 a ^\■hitish shade beyond it, bent outwards below costa, then oblique 

 and almost straight, some whitish ]ioints beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 tenninal line indistinct, red-brown, excurved below veins 7, 4 and 3 

 and bent inwards at vein 2 , a narrow whitish band before the 

 .slight lunulate brown terminal line, the whitish forming a tri- 

 angular patch below vein 2. Hind mug yello^^■ish white tinged 

 with rufous, the tenninal area suffused with red-brown with a 

 cupreous gloss ; cilia white with a slight red-brown line through 

 them ; the underside yellow tinged with rufous especiallv on 

 terminal area. 



ILih. U.S.A., California, 2 d type {WaJsingham), 1 ?. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



*83S1. Phytometra sansoni. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 32.) 

 Autographa sansoiii, W. Dod, Cau. Ent. xlii. j). 349 (I91U), 



(5 . Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with dark brown and 

 jnirplish grey ; spurs and tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen 



