272 NOCTUID^. 



Ab. 1. J . Wings without grey striation, the lines hardly 

 traceable ; underside of hind wing with the costal half browner. 



Ab. 2. E-antiqua, 2 • l'''ore wing with the discoidal lunule in 

 the form of an old English capital E, its extremities defined by 

 white, its lower extremity much produced and with two white 

 points. 



Hab. Bombay, Deccan, 1 5 ; Madras, Malabar, 1 J , Nilgiris 

 (Hampson), 2 c? , 3 5 type E-antiqua ; Travancoee, Trevandrum 

 {Ferguson), 1 S ; Ceylon (Layard), 1 c? ty{)e, Colombo (Nietner), 

 1 $ type disparans, Kandy, {Meade-Waldo), 1 c? , 1 5 5 Kanthalai 

 {Yerhurij), 1 $ . Exp. 74-90 millim. 



7395. Agonista ciiiata. (Plate CCIV. fig. 6 j , 7 $ .) 



Lygniodes ciliaia, Moore, P. Z, S. 1867, p. 69 ; Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. 



■p. 464. 

 Agoiiista fuscesceiis. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 549. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen reddish brown. Eore wing fuscous 

 brown ; traces of a dark antemedial line, excurved below costa and 

 incurved at median nervure ; a white discoidal point and slight 

 striga beyond upper angle of cell ; an indistinct diffused dark 

 medial line, incurved below vein 3 ; cilia yellowish white. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown with faint oblique dark antemedial line ; cilia 

 yellowish white. Underside greyish brown ; fore wing with 

 indistinct rather maculate dark subterminal line defined on outer 

 side by faint whitish marks, excurved and with more prominent 

 white spot below vein 7, a series of slight dark marks defined 011 

 inner side by whitish lunules before termen ; hind wing with 

 slight discoidal lunule defined at sides by blackish, indistinct curved 

 medial line, maculate dark postmedial line defined on outer side by 

 white, and series of slight dark marks before termen defined on 

 ixmer side by whitish lunules, the termen greyer. 



2 . Pale reddish brown tinged with grej'-brown ; fore wing with 

 the lines more distinct, a pale discoidal lunulate patch extending to 

 below the cell, the medial line waved, a diffused dark postmedial 

 line excurved below costa, at middle, and at vein 1 ; a series of 

 slight dark marks defined on inner side by whitish bofoi'e termen ; 

 hind wing with diffused dark postmedial line defined on outer side 

 by ochreous, a series of faint dark and whitish marks before 

 termen ; the underside ochreous brown with a greyish tinge and 

 dark striation, the markings of fore wing more distinct than in 

 male. 



Hab. W. China, Chia-kou-ho {Pratt), 1 J , 2 5 ij])e fuscescens ; 

 SiKHiM {Lidderdale), 1 5 ; Assam, Khasis, 1 $ ; Peeak, Larut Hills 

 {Flower), 1 $ . Exp. 78-92 millim. 



