460 NOCTUID^. 



B. Foi'e tibiaj and tarsi of male not fringed with long hair. 



a. (Alpesa). Fore wing of male with fringe of very long hair from costa 

 on upper side, except towards base and apex and recurved over the 

 wing where it reaches to median nervure. 



4156. Monodes villicosta. 



Alpcsa viUicosta, Wlk. xv. 1663 (1858). 



S . Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with brown ; sides of 

 palpi and frons fuscous ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen 

 pale rufous. Fore wing glossjr greyish rufous irrorated Avith silvery 

 scales ; antemedial line represented by a dark point on costa and in- 

 distinct oblique waved line from the fringe of hair to inner margin ; 

 a pale point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line represented by a 

 dark point on costa and indistinct minutely waved line produced to 

 black points on the veins from the fringe of hair to the inner margin, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a faint dark subterminal line with 

 series of black points on it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; 

 a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing white, the 



Fig. 133. — Monodes villicosta, (^ . \. 



costal area suffused with rufous ; a fine dark waved terminal line 

 from apex to below vein 2 ; cilia rufous at apex ; the underside 

 with the costal area suffused Avith rufous, a black discoidal point, 

 curved postmedial series of points on the veins, and a terminal series 

 from apex to vein 2. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing brighter rufous, the last with 

 the lines entire, an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa 

 to subraedian fold, pale discoidal spot with some greyish suffusion 

 before it, and fine pale line at base of cilia. 



Hah. Panajma, La Chorerra {Dolby -Tyler), 1 § ; Brazil, Espiritu 

 Santo, 1 S , Petropolis {Doer), 1 S , Organ Mts., Tijuca ( Wagner), 

 4 J, Rio Janeiro ( Wilso7i), 2 c5' • K^y. 32-36 millim. 



b. Underside of fore wing oP male clothed with rufous hau'- 

 like scales except on inner area, downturned below 

 costa and upturned above submedian fold, with tufts of 

 hair below base of costa and a fold in and beyond end of 

 cell, 

 a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly bent out- 

 wards on inner area, the orbicular in male a curved 



black mark dcvara. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly bent 

 outwards on inner area, the orbicular in male a black 

 streak barbarossa. 



