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NOCTUIDJE. 



<$ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing greyish rufous ; the 

 last with antemedial, medial, postmedial, and submarginal almost 

 straight oblique pale lines. Hind wing pale yellow, reddish 

 towards outer margin. 



Hab. Karachi 

 22 milllm. 



Mhow ; Mahableshwar ; Ganjam ; Ceylon. 



Genus TROCTOPTERA. 



Troctoptera, Hmpsn. Ill Het. ix, p. 99 (1893). 



Type, T. erubescens, Hmpsn. 



Range. Khasis ; Ceylon. 



Palpi slender and porrect ; antennae simple, the basal joint 

 thickened; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wing with 

 the inner margin somewhat lobed towards base ; vein 5 from above 

 angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with the costa excised 

 before apex ; veins 3 and 4 stalked ; 6 and 7 from upper angle 

 of cell. 



2134. Troctoptera erubescens, Hmpsn. III. Ilct. ix, p. 99, pi. 157, 

 fig. 16. 



d" . Pinkish white. Fore wing with the apical area nearly pure 

 white, the pinkish area tinged with brown outwardly; a black 



speck at centre of cell ; a short 

 reddish medial band between 

 vein 2 and inner margin, 

 traces of a curved submarginal 

 line with two minute black 

 specks on it at middle and 

 another above a black patch 

 on inner margin. Hind wing 

 whiter ; a rufous patch at 

 middle of costa, with a quad- 



Fig. 183. Troctoptera erubescens, rf. 



rate white spot on it and a yellowish patch beyond it on the 

 costa ; a diffused submarginal rufous line. 

 Hab. Khasis ; Ceylon. Rrp. 20 millim. 



Genus ZAGIRA. 



Zaglra, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1637 (1866). 

 Gyrognatha, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 134 (1893). 



Type, Z. acidaliaria, Wlk. 



Range. Japan ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Borneo ; 

 Australia. 



Differs from Eublemma in vein 8 of the fore wing being given 

 off from 7 and anastomosing with 9 to form the areole ; the legs 

 longer and more slender; palpi with the 3rd joint longer; abdo- 

 men with slight dorsal tufts. 



Larvw with two pairs of abdominal prolegs. 



