THE MOTSS of INDIA. Ill 



h , Ground-colour without grey, 



a^. Forewing with the postmedial line 



continuous, dentate. Exp. 36 mm. 1535 argentalis. 

 b"'. Forewing with the postmedial line 



punctiform. Exp.24:mia , melanota. 



b^. Forewing with the blackish patches 

 subtriangular, smaller. 

 a*. Forewing without black spot on inner 



margin at postmedial line 1533. distributa. 



6*. Forewing with black spot on inner 



margin at postmedial line tristicta. 



6^. Forewing without blackish patches on 



costa 1534&. microphasma. 



1534/j. NOLA LOXOSCiA, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., II. p., 33, pi., 18, f. 

 33(1900). 



Head and thorax pale reddish-brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegute 

 and metathorax with black bands ; metathorax with black patch ; abdomen 

 fuscous with dark dorsal tuft at base, Forewing pale suffused with red- 

 brown to the postmedial line ; small tufts of scales near base and at middle 

 and end of cell ; the subcostal and median nervures and bases of veins 3*4 

 streaked with black ; an oblique black shade from vein 2 to inner margin 

 before middle ; the postmedial line reduced to a curved series of black points ; 

 an interrupted irregularly sinuous subterminal line strongly retracted to 

 costa ; the termen rufous. Hindwing whitish suffused with fuscous towards 

 termen, especially in female. 

 Habitat.— ^ikhim, 7000', Ex2j. 22 mill. 



1533a. NoLA phcea, Hmpsn,, Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., II., p. 35, pi. XIX, f. 2 

 (1900). 



9 Greyish fuscous irrorated with black. Forewing with blackish patch at 

 base of costa ; traces of a curved antemedial line ; are ill-defined subtriangular 

 blackish patch on middle of costa ; an indistinct oblique postmedial line, 

 dentate between veins 5 and 2 ; traces of a sinuous subterminal line. 

 Habitat.— Ghind., Ichang ; N, W, Himalayas, Kulu, Exp. 20-24 mill. 

 1535a. NoLA melanota, Hmpsn,, Cat, Lep.: Phal. B. M., II,, p. 35, pi. 19, 

 f . 3 (1900). 



Head and thorax white, palpi blackish at sides, meso- and meta-thorax 

 with black patches ; abodmen tinged with fuscous, Forewing greyish- 

 white irrorated with some silvery scales, the medial area tinged with brown; 

 small tufts of black scales near base and at middle and upper angle of cell ; 

 large blackish patches on costa near base and at middle and on inner margin 

 at the postmedial line ; a minutely dentate antemedial black line angled 

 inwards on vein 1 ; the postmedial line punctiform, curved, angled inwards 

 on Bubmedian fold, then with obscure line parallel to its Inner edge ; an 



