ATniriis. 347 



3983. Athetis placida. 



Bttdinacra placida^ Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 30, pi. 147. f. 4 (1884) ; 

 Hmpsii. Moths Ind. ii. p. 261. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with greyish ; palpi 

 hlack, white at tips ; antennae black ; tarsi black ringed with white. 

 J'"ore wing greyish suffused with rufons and with slight dark 

 irroration ; subbasal line slight, dark, curved, from costa to sub- 

 median fold; aniemedial line very indistinct, oblique, sinuous; 

 orbii-ular a black point ; reniform indistinct, diffused, blackish, 

 constricted at middle, with an ochreous point on its outer edge 

 and slight whitish points round it ; traces of a dark medial line, 

 oblique from costa to reniform and sinuous below the cell ; post- 

 medial line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutel}- dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line defined 

 by blackish suffusion on inner side, minutely dentate, excurved 

 I'clow vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black striae. 

 Hind wing whif e, the apex slightly tinged with brown ; the under- 

 side with the costal area tinged with ochreous, a dark discoidal 

 point and postmedial points on the veins from costa to vein 4. 



Hah. Ceylon, 3 cj- , 1 $ type. Exp. 26-30 millim. 



3984. Athetis cognata. (Plate CXXX. fig. 16.) 



Gmplnphora cognata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 119 (1882); Hiupsn. Mollis 

 Ind. ii. p. 259. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; palpi black at 

 sides, whitish in front aad at tips ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; 

 abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with 

 ochreous and irrorated wdth brown, the terminal area suffused with 

 fuscous ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line black, excurved below costa and slightly incurved 

 below submedian fold ; orbicular a black point ; reniform a minute 

 yellow spot with white point above it; medial line fuscous, oblique 

 from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line 

 black, oblique from costa to vein 7, then produced to slight streaks 

 on the veins, incurved below vein 4 and bent outwards above inner 

 margin, traces of a curved line beyond it and some pale points on 

 costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a slight black terminal line 

 and slight pale lines at base and middle of cilia. Hind wing white, 

 the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with brown ; a fine 

 brown terminal line ; cilia white with a brown line through them ; 

 the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight 

 discoidal spot and postmedial series of points on the veins from 

 costa to vein 3. 



Hah. Punjab, Jubbulpore, 1 5 ; Sikhim {AtMnson, Dudgeon), 

 1 J , 1 2 fype ; EoMBAY (SivirJwe), 5 $ ; Madras, Bellary, Raman 

 drug (Ca})i_[)bdl). 1 d" , Xilgiris {Hampson), 1 J. Exp. 22 millim. 



