1889.] INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 411 



a very indistinct grey mark at the end of the cell ; marginal line 

 brown, fringe the same colour as the wing ; abdomen greyish brown. 



Underside : wings same colour as the hind wings above ; fore 

 wings suffused with brown on the costal and apical portions ; hind 

 wings also slightly suffused with pale brownish on the costal 

 portion, with an indistinct grey mark at the end of the cell ; body 

 and legs grey ; tarsi with yellowish bands. 



Expanse of wings y-Jj inch. 



Hab. Hydrabad and Kipra, Lower Sind. Four examples taken. 



Unlike any previously described species. 



NOCTUID^. 



Sp(elotis sincera, n. sp. 



Male and female. Antennae brownish ; palpi pale sandy grey, 

 black at the sides ; top of head whitish ; body and fore wings of a 

 bright sandy fawn-colour ; the divisions of the collar, tegulae, &c. on 

 the thorax are very prominent ; the male is smaller than the female, 

 and the whole of the thorax is more whitish, whereas in the female 

 the whitish is only on the top of the head, otherwise they are 

 identical ; fore wings very minutely irrorated with brownish-grey 

 atoms, orbicular and reniform minute, greyish, claviform larger, 

 ringed with grey, but all very indistinct ; three transverse very 

 indistinct greyish sinuous lines, first subbasal, hardly visible, second 

 and third more distinct ; antemedial and postmedial well separated ; 

 fringe interlined. 



Hind wings whitish, sandy grey on the outer borders. 



Underside : wings much the same shade of colour as they are 

 above, shining, the fore wing has a discal mark and some indistinct 

 streaks towards the outer border, otherwise they are unmarked ; 

 body and legs pale sandy fawn-colour. 



Expanse of wings, S lyV' $ lyxri"'^^- 



Hab. Solun (Simla). One pair in excellent condition from the 

 late Captain Reed's collection. 



From the allied S. fraterna this species differs in the much 

 browner colour of the fore wings, the ante- and postmedial sinuous 

 lines being much less defined, the outer line being disposed nearer to 

 the end of the cell than in S. fraterna ; the spot at end of the cell is 

 also less defined and has no white border to it. 



OCHROPX.EURA IGNOTA, U. Sp. = ^.^ft^Sl VW^. •^ ■ 



Palpi, antennae, thorax, and fore wings chocolate-brown; palpi 

 grey in front and at the tips ; top of head grey, collar dull ochreous, 

 abdomen dull ochreous grey ; fore wings with the colour paling 

 slightly towards the outer margin, with a broad grey stripe on the 

 costa from the base along two thirds of its length, touching the 

 upper portions of the orbicular and reniform marks, which are 

 formed of prominent grey ringlets ; the orbicular round, the reni- 

 form oblong, excavated on the outside, almost ear-shaped ; the rest 

 of the costal border to the apex marked with five or six yellow 



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