APAMEA.— CAEADEINA. 79 



Apamea cana. (Plate CLXV. fig. 8.) 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Male. Pale chestnut or ochreous -white. Fore wing with some darker transverse 

 markings and striga; on the costa ; orbicular pale ; reniform situated on a dark grey patch; 

 two triangular grey patches on outer margin below the apex and above outer angle ; a series 

 of indistinct submargiual specks on the veins. Hind wing pale, smoky externally. Cilia 

 chestnut or ochreous white. Underside ochreous white ; costa and outer margin of both 

 wings ruddy ; a prominent postmedial dark band on both wings ; a luuule at end of cell of 

 hind wing. 



Nearest to A. consanguis, but of a much redder tint, with fainter markings. 



Caradrina obtusa. (Plate CXLV. fig. 6.) 



Expanse |.'>-1 1'j inch. 



Male and female. Pale ochreous brown. Fore wing with indistinct subbasal^ antemedial^ 

 postmedial, and submarginal dark waved bands ; reniform grey, indistinctly outlined with 

 brown. Hind wing and underside white ; costa of both wings ochreous white on underside ; 

 fore wing with postmedial band well-marked towards the costa ; hind wing with speck at end 

 of cell, and indistinct postmedial band fi'om costa to second subcostal nervule. 



Nearest to C. belucha, the fore wing squarer, with ground-colour darker and markings 

 much less distinct. 



Caradrina euthusa. (Plate CXLV. fig. 1.) 



Expanse, (J 1^, $ 1^ inch. 



Male and female. Pale ochreous brown. Fore wing indistinctly mottled with brown; 

 crossed by a narrow concave dark band at end of cell ; a distinct ochrcous-white postmedial 

 band ; a very indistinct waved submarginal band. Hind wing pale, with the veins darker. 

 Underside white ; a yellow patch at base of fore wing ; a streak from costa three fourths 

 from base ; au indistinct lunule at end of cell of each wing. 



Caradrina melanosticta. (Plate CXLV. fig. 13.) 



Expanse 1 j-'., inch. 



Male. Fore wing purplish brown ; two dark waved bands near the base ; a spot at end 

 of cell ; a highly concave postmedial band, bent inwards below the median nervure ; a black 

 spot beyond it on submcdian nervure ; three subapical black spots, and a series of antecilial 



