Genera and Sj^eci'es oj Noctuichu. 37.5 



costa ami cell ; antoiucdiiil line double filled ia with greyish, 

 sli^^htly anj!:led outwards below eosta, then waved ; clavifona 

 .sin:dl, slightly defined by blaek ; orbienlar and renifonn 

 di'lincd by blaek, the former ol)li(jue elliptieal, the latter 

 with whitish line on inner ed;;e and white spot with one 

 point above it and two below it on outer ; an indistinct 

 sinuous dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct and with 

 series of dark points on it, a white point at eosta, bent out- 

 wards below costa, slightly inenrved at discvd fold and incurved 

 below vein 4, some white points bi-yond it on costa; sub- 

 terminal line greyish, defined on each side by slight black 

 marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at 

 middle ; the terminal area rather darker, with white points 

 at the extremities of the veins. Hind wing whitish suffused 

 with brown, tlie terminal area darker; cilia ochreous white 

 niixed with brown and with dark line through them ; the 

 underside white irrorated with ijlack, the costal and terminal 

 areas suffused with brown, a small black discoidal spot, and 

 rather diffused sinuous postmedial line. 



Hal). S.E. Peru, Lirabani {Ockenden), 2 ^ type. Exp. 

 22-x>8 mm. 



1131 c. Trichestra melunoclira, sp. n. 



Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous ; palpi 

 blai'k ; f rons with lateral black bars ; antenna* black ; teguhe 

 with black patch at tips ; pectns and legs fuscous mixed with 

 grey, the tarsi blaek ringed with ochreous white; abdomen 

 fuscous mixed with grey, the crests black tipped with white, 

 the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing 

 black, the antemedial area from below costa to vein 1 and 

 the postmedial area except at eosta ochreous white tinged 

 with rufous; subbasal line double, black filled in with 

 ochreous white, expanding into a spot below costa and ending 

 at vein 1 ; antemedial line double, black filled in witli 

 white, waved; claviform deep black; orbicular and reni- 

 forra ochreous white, defined by black, the former with rufous 

 centre, small, oblique elliptieal, the latter with its centre 

 defined by some black scales ; traces of a waved medial line; 

 postmedial line double filled in with ochrtous white, the 

 outer line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, slightly 

 incurved at discal fold, touching lower extremity of reni- 

 form, then oblique and slightly waved ; some whitish points 

 beyond it on costa ; subtcrminal line ochreous white, slightly 

 incurved below costa, then minutely waved ; a terminal 



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