630 NOCTTIIDi^i:. 



4257. Hadjina palaestinensis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 18.) 



Segeiia palcestinensis, Staucl. Iris, -vii. p. 277 (1894) ; id. Iris, s. p. 285, 

 pi. 9. f. 16; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 170. 



(S . Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; palpi with the 

 2nd joint suffused with fuscous at sides ; abdomen grey suffused 

 with brown. JFore wing grey suffused with fuscous and brown 

 and irrorated with a few white scales ; subbasal line absent ; 

 autemedial liue very indistinct, double, oblique, waved; claviform 

 and orbicular absent ; reniform represented by a faint irregular 

 whitish lunule ; a faint diffused dark medial line, oblique from 

 costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinctly double 

 filled in with white, bent outwards and obsolescent below costa, 

 then oblique and slightly curved, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; a faint pale subterminal line slightly defined by brown 

 suffusion on inner side, somewhat waved ; a fine waved black 

 terminal line with white points at the extremities of the veins ; 

 cilia fuscous and grej', with fine whitish line at base and traces of 

 a whitish line near tips. Hind wing whitish, the veins, costal and 

 terminal areas suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish white ; 

 the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with 

 brown, a dark discoidai spot and traces of a postmedial line and 

 diffused subterminal band from costa to vein 2. 



2 . Hind wing more uniformlj- suffused with fuscous. 



Hub. Palestine, 1 d , 1 $ • Exj). 36 millim. 



4258. Hadjina poliastis. (Plate CXXXVI. fig. 19.) 



Amyna poliastis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 470 (1906). 



c? . Head pure white-; thorax greyish mixed with brown, the 

 pectus and legs white slightly irrorated with brown ; abdomen 

 white faintly tinged with ochreous, the crest at base brown. Fore 

 wing grey slightly suffused and irrorated with reddish brown, 

 especially on costal half to postmedial line ; subbasal line repre- 

 sented by a slight striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinct, 

 oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform absent ; 

 orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli slightly defined by 

 brown, constricted at middle ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, 

 defined by greyish on outer side and with dark points beyond it on 

 the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, 

 some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey slightly 

 defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then 

 straight, oblique ; a fine terminal brown line. Hind wing white 

 tinged with ochreous brown, especially on terminal area ; cilia pure 

 white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown on costal 

 and terminal areas. 



Hab. Punjab, Ferozpur {Nurse), 1 c? type. Exp. 24 millim. 



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