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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, 1886. " 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 Thundiani. " Common in April 

 and May ; two specimens in October." 



Family AmphipyriD/E. 



83. Amphipyra magna. (No. 45.) 



Amphipyra 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 m.onolitha, 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 hardly 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 



