AMPHIPTEA. ATTCHA. 193 



1661. Amphipyra himalayica, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from spectrum in being greyish ochreous-brown 

 without black irroration. Fore wing with the transverse lines 

 but slightly darker than the ground-colour and with ochreous 

 outlines ; the subbasal line absent ; the antemedial nearer the 

 base and minutely dentate ; the postmedial lunulate ; a submarginal 

 irregularly lunulate line; the reniform represented by a lunule 

 at end of cell. Underside with indistinct cell-spot and postmedial 

 pale line to both wings. 



Hob, Murree (HarforcT). Exp. 52 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus EPILECTA. 

 Epilecta, Hiibn. Verz. p. 220 (1818). 



Type, E. linogrisea, Schiff., from Europe. 

 Range. Europe ; Japan ; Himalayas. 



Differs from Agrotis in the fore tibias not being spined ; the 

 antennae ciliated. 



1662. Epilecta semiherbida, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 743; Butl III. Het. 



vi, pi. 110, fig. 1 ; C.$8. no. 2031. 

 Epilecta decorata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv, 1 879, p. 361. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing variegated with green and brown 

 shades ; palpi black at sides ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore 



Fig. 119. Epilecta semiherbida, <$. {. 



wing with the subbasal, ante- and postmedial double waved lines 

 distinct ; the two former with a black speck in the cell between 

 them ; the orbicular and reniform fuscous, their inner and outer 

 edges denned by black lines ; the claviform obsolete ; the waved 

 submarginal line with a black spot on it below the costa; a 

 marginal series of lunules. Hind wing bright yellow, with a large 

 black cell-spot ; a black fascia along the costa joining the broad 

 irregular submarginal black band. 



Hob. Japan ; Dharmstila ; Sikhim. Exp. 44 milliin. 



Genus AUCHA. 

 Aucha, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1137 (1857). 



Type, A. velans, Wlk. 



llanye. Bombay ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Penang. 



YOL. II. 



