52 N0CTUIDJ5. 



3626. Craniopliora nigrivitta. 



Hyboma nigrivitta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 72, pi. 144. f. 19 (1891) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 242. 



(S . Head aud thorax browu mixed with some whitish ; palpi 

 with some blackish scales above ; frons with black bar ; tegulae 

 with medial black line with some blackish irroration before it ; 

 tibiae streaked with black ; tarsi banded black aud whitish ; 

 abdomen whitish suffused with brown and with some fuscous on 

 anal tuft. Pore wing greyish suffused with pale brown and slightly 

 irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by double black 

 striae from costa; a strong sinuous black streak in submedian fold, 

 curved downwards from just before antemedial line to outer edge 

 of claviform, then oblique to termcn and cilia ; antemedial line 

 double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and to inner 

 margin ; claviform defined by black except above, rounded and 

 extending to cell ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, 

 the former round, the latter with slight brown lunule in centre ; 

 an oblique black bar from costa to reniform ; postmedial line 

 vdouble, the outer line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below 

 costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, 

 excurved to vein 4, then oblique and angled iawards in' submedian 

 fold, a slight black streak in discal fold from it to tcrmen and some 

 black points on costa ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark 

 streaks ; an indistinct pale waved subterminal line defined on inner 

 side by brown forming somewhat dentate marks ; a terminal series 

 of small triangular black spots. Hind wing pale suffused with 

 ochreous brown; the veins brown; the terminal area suffused 

 with fuscous leaving a series of black points on termen defined by 

 slight greyish lunules ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside ochreous 

 white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a diffused 

 blackish subterminal band. 



Hah. Madras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 S type. Ea^. 36 millim. 



3627. Craniophora fasciata. 



Acronycta fasciata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 5, pi. 144. f. 4 (1884) ; Hrapsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 243. 

 Hyboma divisa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 409 ; Butl. III. Het. B. M. vii. 



p. 46, pi. 125. f. 7. 

 Acronycta nigrostriata, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xli. p. 128 (1889). 



Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown ; 2nd 

 joint of palpi with black band ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with 

 black lines near base and tips ; shoulders and outer edge of patagia 

 with black streaks ; tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi banded 

 with black ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish 

 except at extremity. Fore wing whitish irrorated with red-brown, 

 the terminal half suffused with red- brown except at inner margiu 

 and termen : subbasal line represented by double dark striae from 

 costa ; a black streak in submedian fold from base to the ante- 

 medial line with dark brown fascia below it and some black-brown 



