456 



NOC'TUID^. 



hair ; tibiae but slightly hairy, the mid tibiae spined. Fore wing 

 with the costa arched towards apex ; the cilia crenulate. Hind 

 wing with the cilia crenulate ; the cell short ; vein 5 from lower 

 angle of cell. 



SECT. I. Pore wing produced at apex, the outer margin oblique ; 

 hind wing with veins 6 and 7 on a long stalk in male, a short 

 stalk in female. 



2396. Anisoneura hypocyanea, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 162; C. # S. 

 no. 2530. 



c? . Dark red brown, suffused with fuscous ; the head and collar 

 black ; two black bars on thorax. Fore wing with a short irregu- 

 larly dentate subbasal line ; a very irregularly dentate antemedial 

 line, oblique and prominent below the cell ; a dark patch in end of 

 cell ; patches of yellow and black scales beyond and below end of 

 cell ; a highly crenulate postmedial oblique line ; an indistinct 

 double crenulate submarginal line ; a lunulate black line near the 

 margin. Hind wing with two indistinct antemedial lines ; a crenu- 

 late medial black line ; a nearly straight postmedial line, with an 



Fig. 257. Anisoneura hypocyanea, $ . \. 



indistinct line beyond it; a slightly sinuous submarginal line. 

 Underside of fore wing with crenulate postmedial line ; the outer 

 area suffused with purple; hind wing suffused with purple and 

 with some white on the veins ; crenulate antemedial and medial 

 lines. 



$ paler ; the thorax and costa of fore wing as far as the post- 

 medial line grey. 



Hal. N.W.Himalayas; Sikhim; Assam. Eocp. 90-124 milliin. 



