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81. PlUSIA NIGRISIGNA. (No. 43.) 



Plusia nigrisigna, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xii. p. 928. 

 Two males from Campbellpore, March 3, 188G. " Not uncom- 

 mon." 



Walker's types were from N. India. 



82. Plusia orichalcea. (No. 44.) 

 Noctua orichalcea, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 237. 



Six examples, all males, from TlmnUiani. " Common in April 

 and May ; two specimens in October." 



Family Amphipyrid^. 



83. Amphipyra magna. (No. 45.) 



Atnphipyra magna, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 868. 

 Three females and two males, Thundiani, August 1886. "The 

 commonest moth at sugar." 



84. Amphipyra monolitha. (No. 45.) 

 Amphipyra monolitha, Gn. Noct. ii. p. 414. 



Two males from Dumtanar and Nandar, dated September 2.^, and 

 October 11, 1886. Sent as supposed females of ^. magna. 

 Also from N. China and Silhet. 



8.5. Amphipyra flavicaudata, sp. n. (No 203.) 



Fore wings pale fawn-colour, with a slight olive tint ; crossed by 

 a succession of slightly darker lines and shades, the most conspi- 

 cuous of which are a straight, diffuse, central, and a curved, distinctly 

 margined, submarginal fascia. The basal area is hardi}' perceptibly 

 darker, but contains a short, transverse costal line, and is bordered 

 by a diffuse undulating line ; in the paler interval between this and 

 the central fascia a slender sinuous line is visible, and in the pale 

 space between the central fascia and the submarginal a curved, 

 slender, denticulated line ; the inner edge of the submarginal fascia 

 is evenly curved, the outer edge is jagged ; orbicular stigma very 

 indistinct, the margins only faintly expressed; reniform stigma largish, 

 and filled up with darker ; both are contiguous to the central fascia ; 

 on the costa before the apex are four or five minute light dots ; veins 

 towards the hind margin varied with dark and light scales ; fringes 

 concolorous, preceded by a series of thin fuscous lunules. Hind 

 wings fuscous with the veins darker ; the fringes and the costa 

 broadly ochreous yellow. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs conco- 

 lorous with the fore wings, the thorax slightly the darkest ; anal 

 tuft orange. Underside straw-colour ; each wing with a narrow dark 

 band, the hind wing with a central dark spot. 



Expanse of wings 54-60 millim. 



Eight females from Thundiani, all but one taken in October, and 

 stated to be " very common at sugar in that month, but not seen 

 before ; " the eighth, which is in much worse condition than the 

 rest, was taken in August, and was accompanied with the note " not 



