5 i^ NOCTUID J5. 



creamy- wlutofollo'.ve I by rat'()us, the c.v.unv- white foviuing a patch 

 in submeJian interspace, tlie line excurverl below costa and crenu- 

 late below vein 4 ; a tenuinal series of slight black lunules ; cilia 

 with a waved dark line near base, the ti]>s chefjiiered bro\vn and 

 whitisli. Hind winu^ orange, the terminal area black-l)rown ; cilia 

 orange with a I'ather maculate black-brown line through them. 

 Undei*siile of fore wing brown with some orange in, below, and 

 bevoud the cell ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with l)rown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the stigma below the cell filled in with 

 Avhite and its whole outer edge confluent with the spot. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the orbicular also tilled in with white. 



Sah. TuAXSVAAL, Pretoria (D/'sfr/iif), 1 c? , Johannesburg 

 (Crccfoe), 1 d", 1 $ ; Natal, Newcastle, 1 d", Northdene, 1 6 ; 

 Easftola>'d, Maseru (CraivsJiaj/), 1 c? ; Oraxoe R. Cot.oxt, 

 Bloemfontein {Eclcrrslej/), 1 $ ; Cape Coloxv, Transkei {Miss 

 F. Bfin-eff), 1 d", 9 ? ; Balfchistax, Quetta {Nurse), 1 $. 

 Ex2). 34-40 niillim. 



8383. Phytometra S3inlvitta. 



Vlusia semiviUa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 03, pi. 6. f. 13. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen gi'ev mixed Avith red-broAvn, the 

 teguhc red-brown before the tips which are grey, the patagia with 

 oblifjue red-brown shade. Fore wing grey thickly iiTorated with 

 red-l»rown, the medial area below the cell suffused with red-brown ; 

 antemelial line red-brown defined on inner side by Avhitish, angle 1 

 outwards lielow costa, olisolete in cell, inwardly oblique below the 

 cell ; an oblique red-brown shade across end of cell ; an elongate 

 very oblique silvery stigma below the cell, angled inwards on 

 median nervm*e to the antemedial line, somewnat constricted at 

 middle and pointed at extremity ; postmedial line red-bro^\^l defined 

 on outer side by whitish, arising just below costa, oblique, very 

 slightly incurved below vein 4 ; an oblique red-brown shade from 

 apex to vein 4 just beyond the postmedial line ; subterminal line 

 Avhitish defined on inner side l\v red-bro^\^^, from vein 4 to inner 

 margin ; a whitish line defined on inner side by red-brv)A\Ti marks 

 before termen from below apex to A'ein 3. Hind wing whitish 

 suffused with red-brown, the terminal area red-brown ; a slight 

 sinuous postmedial line ; cilia whitish with a brown line through 

 them ; the underside white thickly irrorated Avith red-bro\\m, the 

 postmedial line distinct. 



Hall. SiKiiTM (Jl'dllrr), 2^.2$ type; Assam {BaJglcy), 

 1 ? , Naga Hills {Doherfi/), 1 $ . ^.r^;' 315 millim. 



8384. Phytometra purissima. (Plate CCXXXIX. fig. 1.) 

 Plusia purissima, Butl. i. M. N. H. (.">) i. p. '202 (1878). 



Head and thorax grey-Avhite mixed Avith red-bro«m, the teguhe 

 Avith ivd-brown line near tips, the patagia with oblique red-broAvn 



