Genera and Species o/'Noctuida;. .^87 



ati»l rciiil\)rm witli wliitisli aiiimli ddiiu'd by Mack, the 

 foriiuT round ; |)(>Ntmcdi;il line hlack, li^^iit outwards below 

 costu, then dentate, cxcnrved lo vein !•, then ol)bque, defined 

 on outer side by grey tinj^ed witli olive-fjreeii, some white 

 points l)eyond it on costa with sbj;lit dark streaks between 

 them ; subterniinal line re|)resented by a series of dentate 

 brownish marks with (U'utate pale obve-f^reen marks ])eyon(l 

 tliem on termen ; eiba l)rown with a si-ries of whitish points 

 at base. Hind winj^j {greyish sulTused with brown ; an in- 

 distinet dark postmedial hue ; cilia \vitli a series of whitish 

 points at base ; the underside grey-white irrorated witli 

 brown, a diU'used brown diseoidal sjjot and postmedial line. 

 JI((/t. K AsuMiH, 1 o type. Exp. 'SO mm. 



2474: a. Meganephria araucanlca, sj). n. 



6 . Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black ; 

 ])alpi blackish except at tips ; frons with black bars at middle 

 and above; tegulit with l)lack line near tips ; pectus black- 

 brown ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown 

 mixed with some white scales. Fore wing violaceous white 

 sutl'used in parts with rufous, especially in and below cell on 

 medial area and on terminal part of submedian interspace ; 

 a sinuous black streak below l)asc of cell, extending to antc- 

 nicdial line, with some golden scales on it at middle and 

 white streaks above it; subbasal line repres iited by (loul)lo 

 oblique black striie from costa ; antt.'mcdial line black difincd 

 by white on inner side, angled outwards ])elow costa, then 

 oblique sinuous ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular 

 and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, the 

 latter open above, very broad, expanding to below cell and 

 with white patch in outer part ; postmedial line black defined 

 l)y white on outer side, double at costa, bent outwards below 

 costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, 

 slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some 

 whitish points beyond it on costa and black streaks above 

 and below submedian fold, the former sinuous and extending 

 to termen ; suljterminal line white slightly defined on each 

 side by rufous, dentate to termen at veins 1, .S, 2, and angled 

 inwards in submedian fold ; the veins beyond it and the 

 interspaces below veins 4, 3, 2 M'ith black streaks ; cilia 

 white with rufous hmules at base and tips. Hind wing 

 ochrcous white irrorated with brown, a large brown diseoidal 

 spot, minutely waved postmedial line, diil'used dentate sub- 

 terminal and terminal bands from apex to vein 2, and spot 



