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marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing semihyaline opalescent 

 white ; the veins and outer margin tinged with fuscous. 



The form cilium from Java has rather shorter wings. 



Hob. Europe ; S. Africa ; N. and S. America ; throughout the 

 Oriental region ; Honolulu. Exp. 26-32 millim. 



1856. Caradrina kadenii, Freyer, Beitr. Schmett. ii, p. 147, pi. 186 



(1836). 



Caradrina himaleyica, Kott. HugeTs Kaschmir, iv, p. 479. 

 Caradrina flavirena, Guen. Noct. i, p. 250. 

 Caradrina proxima, Rambur, Lep. And. pi. 18, fig. 7. 

 Caradrina arenacea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 349 ; C. $ S. no. 2105. 

 Caradrina farinacea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 411 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2110 B. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing grey, the last crossed by six evenly 

 waved indistinct lines ; three black specks on middle of costa ; 

 reniform prominent and fuscous or brownish ; the submarginal 

 line with a brown and ochreous tinge. Hind wing pure white or 

 with a fuscous tinge. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Urnballa. Exp. 34 millim. 



1857. Caradrina bremusa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 451 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2107. 



Differs from Tcadenii in the subbasal and antemedial lines of fore 

 wing being dark ; the reniform smaller, less prominent, and 

 indented on inner edge ; the postmedial line reduced to a series of 

 specks ; the outer area more suffused ; the submarginal line not 

 brown and ochreous. Hind wing fuscous white. 



Hob. Poona; Nilgiris. Exp. 30 millim. 



1858. Caradrina comscantis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1885, p. 348, 



pi. 9, fig. 3 j C. 8f S. no. 2004. 



5 . Differs from kaclenii in being browner ochreous. Fore 

 wing irrorated with dark specks, the lines very indistinct ; the reni- 

 form obsolete ; series of dark specks on costa and outer margin ; 

 the submarginal line dark and diffused. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, with traces of a postmedial line ; the outer area suffused 

 with fuscous. 



Hob. Chaman, S. Afghanistan. Exp. 33 millim, 



1859. Caradrina quadripunctata, Fair. Syst. Ent. p. 594 ; C. # S. 



no. 2108. 



Noctua grisea, Rott. Naturf. ix, p. 138. 

 Phaleena clavipalpis, Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 213. 

 Noctua cubicularis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 72. 

 Noctua segetum, Esp. Eur. Schmett. iv, pi. 1 50, figs. 4, 5. 

 Caradrina laciniosa, Donz. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847, p. 529, pi. 8, 



fig. 4. 



Caradrina grisea, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1848, ii, p. 215. 

 Caradrina congesta, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ver. Wien, 1853, p. 372. 

 Caradrina menetriesii, Kretschmar, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1863, p. 432. 

 Caradrina cubicularis, var. cinerascens, Tengstrom, Cat. p. 309. 



