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white spot at lower end of the cell : hind wing golden-yellow, with 

 broad cupreous-brown marginal band. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs 

 above dark rufous-brown ; abdomen golden-yellow, with brownish 

 tip. 



Expanse IJ inch. 



Hab. N. India. In coll. F, Moore. 



Genus Apamea, Ochs. 

 Apamea cupRiNA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.) 



Allied to A. leucostigma. Fore wing dark cupreous-brown, with 

 indistinct grey transverse sinuous fasciae ; costal and median veins 

 grey-speckled ; orbicular and reniform marks grey, the latter also 

 black-speckled : hind wing pale cupreous-brown. Thorax, palpi, 

 and legs above dark brown ; abdomen ochreous-brown. 



Expanse \^q inch. 



Hab. Sikkim {Blanford, 1870). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Apamea pannosa, n. sp. 



Fore wing dark ferruginous-brown, with a pale whitish-ochreous 

 sinuous patch at the apex and diffused patches along the po.sterior 

 border ; a transverse subbasal, antemedian, and a postmedian, pale- 

 ochreous centred, black, double sinuous lines ; orbicular and reniform 

 spots black-lined with pale inner border and ferruginous centre ; an 

 indistict submargiual pale sinuous line with black points : hind win"- 

 and abdomen cinereous-brown, darkest externally. Thorax, palpi, 

 and legs above dark ferruginous, legs with black bands. 



Expanse ly'^ inch. 



Hab. Nilgiris, S. India ; Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. 



Apamea latifasciata, n. sp. 



Fore wing dark ferruginous greyish brown, with the discal area 

 and posterior margin broadly pale ochreous ; a transverse antemedian 

 and postmedian sharply-sinuous black lines bordering the dark ferru- 

 ginous and forming a median band ; orbicular and reniform spots 

 pale-centred : hind wing pale cinereous. Body ferruginous ; thorax, 

 palpi, and legs dusky ferruginous, legs with black bands. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Manpuri, N.W. India {Home). In coll. F Moore. 



Apamea mucronata, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 8.) 



Male and Female. Fore wing pale ferruginous, with a broad medial 

 transverse darker ferruginous band bordered by an antemedian and a 

 postmedian double black sinuous lines, the latter with^very long outer 

 discal points ; orbicular and reniform spots black-lined and pale- 

 centred ; a ferruginous black-speckled spot and some contiguous 

 streaks at base of the wing ; some streaks on costal border, and a 

 marginal irregular fascia bordered by the black lunular points with 

 pale tips : hind wing and abdomen pale pinkish brown. Thorax, 



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