180 NOCTUIDA. 



SECT II. Palpi shorter ; hind wing of male with veins 3 and 4 

 on a long stalk, 6 and 7 on a short stalk. 



1618. Chariclea dora, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 147. 



J . Head, thorax, and fore wing reddish ochreous ; the last 

 with an indistinct diffused dark patch on discocellulars and a 

 curved submarginal diffused fuscous band joined by an oblique 

 streak from the apex. Abdomen and hind wing yellowish white. 



2 with the fore wing unmarked. 



Hal. Khandala. Exp., <3 26, $ 30 millim. 



Genus RAGHUVA. 

 Raghuva, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 362. 



Type, R. confertissima, Wlk. 

 Range. Coimbatore. 



Differs from Chariclea in having the mid and hind tibiae armed 

 with spines. 



1619. Raghuva confertissima, Wlk. Cat. xxxii. p. 625; C. $ S 



no. 1724. 



c? . Head and thorax brownish ochreous. Fore wing brownish 

 ochreous, slightly suffused with ferruginous, especially along 



V 



Fig. 116. Raghuva confertissima, $ . |. 



median nervure ; a black spot at end of cell and prominent post- 

 medial and marginal series of black specks. Abdomen and 

 hind wing yellowish white. Underside of fore wing with the 

 black cell-spot prominent. 



Hob. Coimbatore. Exp. 30 millim. 



Genus AGROTIS. 



Agrotis, Ochs. Eur. Schmett. iv, p. 66 (1816). 

 Graphiphora, Ochs. Eur. Schmett. iv, p. 68. 

 Peridroma, Hiibn. Verz. p. 227 (1818). 

 Axylia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 242. 

 Chera, Hiibn. Verz. p. 211. 

 Amathes, Hiibn. Verz. p. 222. 

 Triphama, Hiibn. Verz. p. 221. 

 Spselotis, Boisd. Ind.Meth. p. 106 (1840). 



Type, A. segetis, Schiff. 

 Range. Universally distributed. 



