ANCHOCELIS.— XESTIA. 07 



ANCHOCELIS, Gum. 



Ancliocelis tenuis. (Flute CXXVII. fif;. 1:2.) 



Colouring of A. curneugo : in'imaries cofl'ce-colourcd, waslicd with sericeous pinky 

 lilacine excepting between the discoidal spots, where there is a darker dull patch of coffee- 

 colour; the discoidal spots themselves quite normal in form, of the same colour as the firouiul- 

 tint ; lines of the central belt ill-defined ; submarginal line macular, well marked from the 

 costa to the third median branch ; fringe dull cofFce-coloured : secondaries pink with a pale 

 golden gloss ; fringe foxy red, with pale basal line : thorax dull chocolate-coloured ; antennte 

 with whitish shank ; abdomen pale brown, with foxy-red lateral and terminal tufts. Wings 

 below w ith foxy-red borders ; remainder of primaries grey with cupreous gloss, of secondaries 

 whitish with golden gloss ; indications of two discal lines ; secondaries with a dusky disco- 

 cellular dot : body below foxy red. Expanse of wings 38 millim. 



Laka ; taken at liirht in June. 



XESTIA, Iluhn. 



Xestia melonina. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 7.) 



Primaries above bright ochreous, crossed by seven slender dark rufous-brown lines; the 

 first four in pairs across the basal third, the fifth moi'C sti-ongly defined, almost central, tri- 

 sinuated, with the middle sinuation deepest, the sixth and seventh subangulated, almost 

 parallel, crossing the disc, bounded externally by pale lunidated stripes ; discoidal spots pale ; 

 a brownish-ferruginous spot between them bounded by the central line; an ill-defined 

 ferruginous band bounded externally by each of the discal lines and a less-defined squamose 

 submarginal streak ; a dark brown undulated marginal line ; fringe tipped with ferruginous • 

 secondaries paler and more sericeous than the primaries, the costa silvery ; an abbreviated 

 purplish-brown central line from median vein to abdominal margin ; a streak above the latter 

 and a second submarginal streak ; fringe darker ochreous : thorax deep ochreous, with the 

 shoulders and a stripe across tlic back of the tegulje purplish brown ; abdomen paler, sprinkled 

 with brown scales ; anal tuft bright ochreous. Under surface uniform pale shining ochreous ; 

 wings crossed by three more or less interrupted irregular brown lines; pectus deep ochreous 

 in front. Expanse of wings 43-18 millim. 



Dharmsala ; taken at sugar. 



More nearly allied to A', ochreago than to any other species ; but in colouring much 

 more like Xanthia citrago. 



