CONSERVULA. PBODENIA. 247 



a submarginal slightly curved pale line ; cilia dark chestnut. 

 Hind wing reddish fuscous. Underside of both wings with 



Fig. 138. Conservula indica, <$ . } 



indistinct dark mark on discocellulars and postmedial and sub- 

 rnar^inal lines. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 38 millim. 



1828. Conservula V-brunneum, Guen. Notf.ii, p. 62 ; C. $ S. no. 1979. 

 Appana cingalesa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. in, p. 548, pi. 214, fig. 6 ; 



C. # S. no. 1975 A. 



Differs from indica in being much greyer and less chestnut in 

 colour ; the collar and patagia without the pale lines. Fore wing 

 with the submarginal line straight and dark. Hind wing whitish, 

 with the cilia chestnut. 



Hab. Nilgiris ; ? Pondicherry ; Ceylon. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus PRODENIA. 

 Prodenia, Guen. Noct. i, p. 159 (1852). 



Type, P. littoralis, Boisd. 



Range. Nearctic region; Mediterranean subregion and through- 

 out the tropical and subtropical zones. 



Differs from Euplexia in having no tuft behind collar, but only 

 the tufts on metathorax ; the scaling much smoother; the legs less 

 hairy ; abdominal tufts slight ; antennae ciliated in male. 



1829. Prodenia littoralis, Boisd. Faun Ent. Madag., Lep. p. 91, pi. 13, 



fig. 8 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. in, pi. 146, figs. 1 a, b (larva) ; C. fy S. 



no. 2120. 



Prodenia ciligera, Guen. Noct. i, p. 164. 

 Prodenia testaeeoides, Guen. Noct. i, p. 165. 

 Prodenia glaucistriga, Wlk. Cat. ix, p. 197. 

 Prodenia subterminalis, Wlk. Cat. ix, p. 196. 

 Prodenia declinata, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 723. 

 Neuria retina, Freyer, Beitr. Schmett. v, p. 161. 



Pale ochreous, much suffused with dark brown ; abdomen paler. 

 Fore wing with some ochreous streaks at base ; an angled and 

 oblique subbasal line ; a waved and curved antemedial line ; the 

 orbicular oblique, with fuscous centre and black edges; the reniform 

 an oblique ' arrow-head ' mark ; the outer half of median nervure 

 and bases of veins 2, 3, 4, and discocellulars prominently pale ; 



