132 NOCTUIDiE. 



black, strongly sinuous, from costa to vein 1, a straighter line just 

 bej'ond it ; antemedial line double, black, oblique, sinuous, defined 

 on outer side by whitish ; reniform defined by black and irrorated 

 Avith whitish, extending to the costa ; a large spot below end of 

 cell, defined by black, its centre brown edged b)' whitish ; post- 

 medial line black defined on inner side by a white striga at costa, 

 bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved to below 

 vein 6, then oblique and strongly dentate, defined on outer side 

 by reddish ; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by 

 black, strongly dentate and confluent with the series of black 

 points defined on outer side by whitish before termen ; cilia brown 

 intersected by whitish. Hind wing ochreous yellow ; the inner 

 area suffused with brown to the medial black band, which is 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards and 

 ending at vein 1, its outer edge angled outwards at vein. 5; 

 terminal area broadly black, its inner edge sinuous, leaving some 

 yellow at apex ; cilia yellowish white chequered with brown at 

 veins 6 to 2. Underside pale ochreous yellow ; fore wing witli 

 oblique brown shade from costa before middle to inner margin 

 where it joins the obliquely curved black postmedial band, terminal 

 area black, broad at costa ; hind wing as above. 



Hah. Tibet, Moupin {Bavid). Exp. 74 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Mus. 

 Paris. 



*7250. Catocala abacta. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 10.) 



Catocala ahacta, Staud. Iris, xiii. p. 113, pi. vi. f. o (1900) ; id. Gat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 249. 



<S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white and blackish, 

 the vertex of head whitish ; abdomen yellow suffused with red- 

 brown. Fore wing grey tinged with ochreous and irrorated with 

 bi'own, the terminal area browner ; a subbasal white striga from 

 costa ; antemedial line double, black filled in with whitish, irre- 

 gularly waved, bent inwards to costa ; reniform an obscure broAvn 

 mark defined on outer side by whitish and confluent with a brown 

 mark on costa ; a dark patch beyond lower angle of cell between 

 veins 4 and 2 ; postmedial line black, slightly bent outwards below 

 costa where it is defined on outer side by white, then oblique to 

 vein 6, then inwardly oblique and dentate, a greyish tinge beyond 

 it before the indistinct dark slightly waved subterminal line ; a 

 waved blackish line before termen with yellow spots beyond it in 

 the interspaces ; cilia chequered brown and yellow. Hind wing 

 yellow, the inner area slightly tinged with brown ; medial band 

 blackish, reduced to a line, oblique to submedian fold, then bent 

 inwards to inner margin ; terminal area broadly black-brown ; the 

 termen narrowly yellow towards apex, with yellow spots in the 

 interspaces between veins 6 and 2, and with a yellow lunule in 

 submedian interspace; cilia white, brown at base except towards 



