262 NOCTTJID^E. 



at sides ; abdomen fuscous ; tarsi black, tinged with white. Fore 

 wing grey, irrorated with black ; the subbasal and antemedial lines 

 single, oblique, and arising from black patches on costa ; the orbi- 

 cular and reniforin small black spots ; a broad diffused medial black 

 band angled on median nervure ; the postmedial line minutely 

 dentate ; the submarginal irregularly waved line arising from a 

 large blackish patch on costa ; a series of marginal black specks. 

 Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and outer margin tinged 

 with fuscous. 



Hah. Nilgiris. Exj>. 35-38 millim. 



1865. Caradrina bicornis, Hmpm. Ill Set. viii, p. 77, pi. 145, fig. 18. 



Silvery grey. Fore wing with the subbasal, ante- and post- 

 medial lines very indistinct ; the orbicular and reniform taking the 

 shape of black lunules, the former turned towards the costa, the 

 latter towards outer margin and sometimes with dark specks above 

 them on the costa ; the orbicular sometimes obsolete ; a nearly 

 straight pale submarginal line. Hind wing opalescent white, with 

 more or less fuscous on outer margin. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau. Ex-p. 30 millim. 



1866. Caradrina thwaitesi, Moore, Lep. Cei/l iii, p. 61, pi. 151, fig. 2 ; 



C. $ S. no. 2227. 



Pale brown ; head and thorax marked with black. Fore wing 

 pale brown, irrorated and blotched with black ; the subbasal line 

 obscured by black blotches ; the ante- and postmedial double lines 

 reduced to series of striae, the latter with diffused black inside it ; 

 reniform black and ill-defined ; a broad submarginal waved black 

 band from costa to vein 4 ; a marginal series of prominent black 

 spots. Hind wing dark fuscous. Underside of hind wing with 

 cell-spot and postmedial line. 



Some specimens have the fore wing more variegated with chest- 

 nut and dark brown ; the orbicular and reniform fuscous ; the 

 apical part of the submarginal band forming a prominent black 

 patch. 



Hob. Ganjam ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



1867. Caradrina transversa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 95, pi. 4, fig. 5 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 1648. 



c? . Head and thorax clothed with black-brown and white scales ; 

 abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing clothed with black-brown 

 and white scales ; traces of dark double ante- and postmedial lines, 

 the latter excurved beyond the cell ; the orbicular and reniform 

 very indistinct, a submarginal band formed of ill-defined black- 

 brown streaks and blotches. Hind wing fuscous brown. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Nagas. Escp. 32 millim. 



