124 NOCTUID^. 



Hind wing rounded ; the costal free from the subcostal ; the two subcostals stalked ; the 

 radial from near the lower end of the cell ; the second and third medians stalked ; the first 

 median from before the end ; submedian and internal nervures. 



Ptyophora ochreistigma. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 25.) 



Expanse r? f inch. 



Male. Fore wing dark shining purplish grey, crossed by subbasal, antemedial, postmedial, 

 and submarginal waved black lines, the last two with white specks above them on the costa, 

 and the last with some white specks on the undulations ; orbicular represented by an ochreous 

 speck ; reniform ochreous with some black on it ; a series of marginal black specks ; the fan 

 of hairs on the costa pale yellow. Hiud wing fuscous, with traces of medial, postmedial, and 

 submarginal waved dark lines. Underside of hind wing with a cell-spot, and the lines more 

 distinct. 



TOXOPHLEPS, g. n. 



Male. Antennae minutely cihated ; palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled on 

 outside. Fore wing with the apex much rounded ; a costal nervure ; the first subcostal 

 given oft' at half the length of the cell, from which point the subcostal nervure is bowed 

 down towards the inner margin, then upwards, and, as the third subcostal, reaches the costa 

 at the same point as the first, giving oft' the fourth and fifth ; thus the second subcostal and 

 accessory cell are entirely wanting; the upper radial from just below the end of the cell; the 

 lower radial and second and third medians from close to the lower end ; the first from before 

 the end ; the submedian straight. Hind wing with the costal free from the subcostal; the 

 two subcostals stalked ; the radial from the middle of the discocellulars ; two medians from 

 the lower end of the cell, the first from before the end ; submedian and internal ner^'urGs. 



Type T. [Tarache) optiva, Swinh. 



Toxophleps optiva, Swinh. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 26.) 

 Tarache optiva, Swhih. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 224. 



Expanse ^^o inch. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey. Fore wing dark grey, slightly sufl"used with 

 purplish ; ochreous or orange ante- and postmedial lunulate lines ; an indistinct dark sub- 

 marginal band. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Chusaris punctilinealis, ll'Ik. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 27.) 



Chusaris punctiliui^alis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv. p. 1175. 



I'lxpansc '^ inch. 



Ochreous sufl'uscd with ferruginous, and irrorated with dark scales. Fore wing with 



