326 NOCTUID m. 



Pale grey-brown. Fore wing with subbasal, antemedial, medial, 

 and postmedial waved dark lines arising from fuscous spots on the 

 costa ; the postmedial line indistinct ; the orbicular a speck ; reni- 

 f orm represented by parallel lines ; an indistinct dentate submarginal 

 line. Hind wing with the inner half irrorated with dark scales 

 and with traces of medial, postmedial, and submarginal dark lines 

 on it. 



Sab. Dharmsala; Ceylon. Exp. 21 millim. 



2068. Metachrostis fasciata, Hmpsn. Ill Net. viii, p. 91, pi. 147 

 fig. 10. 



Fuscous, suffused with grey. Pore wing with subbasal, ante- 

 medial, medial, and postmedial waved lines, the 1st short, the 3rd 

 excurved round cell, the last irregular; a dark mark on disco- 

 cellulars ; a crenulate submarginal line ; a series of marginal dark 

 specks. Hind wing with four indistinct waved black lines and a 

 marginal series of specks. 



The male has some pale red-brown on disk of fore wing and 

 submarginal line and cilia of both wings. 



Hob. Nilgiris. Exp., 3 30, 26 millim. 



B. Antennae almost simple in male. 



2069. Metachrostis quinaria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 371 ; C. & S. 



no. 1902. 



Differs from egemt in being less brown ; the costal spots of the 

 fore wing black ; the reniform ill-defined. 



Bab. N.W. Himalayas ; Punjab ; Karachi ; Mhow. Exp. 

 23 millim. 



2070. Metachrostis obliquisigna, n. sp. 



cJ. Fuscous grey, irrorated and suffused with black-brown. 

 Fore wing crossed by six indistinct waved lines ; an oblique black 

 band from costa to lower angle of cell. Hind wing crossed by five 

 indistinct waved lines ; both wings with marginal black line. 



Hob. Dharmsala (Hocking}. Exp. 19 millim. Type in B. M. 



2071. Metachrostis obscura, n. sp. 



cJ . Dark grey. Fore wing with very obscure darker lines and 

 bands, the most distinct of which are an oblique band from just 

 beyond the lower angle of cell to inner margin and a diffused 

 sinuous submarginal band. Vein 7 of the fore wing just touches 

 8 and 9, and forms a slight areole. 



Hob. Nagas, 6000 feet (Doherty). Exp. 26 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



