414 NOCTUID^. 



Sect. I. {Lagopiei-a.) Hind wing of male with a fringe of hair on vein 1 on 

 underside ; tegulse without tufts of scales at tips. 



A. Fore wing with the medial line exeuryed beyond the cell, 



then oblique honesia. 



B. Fore wing with the medial line incurved throughout. 



a. Hind wing with large black subterminal patch from costa 



to vein 5 regia. 



b. Hind wing with subterminal black patch at discal fold 



and diffused s treaks on the veins miniacca. 



7525, Lagoptera honesta. 



Thyas honesta. Hiibn. Samml. £xot. Schmett. ii. Index, p. 4, pi. 203. 

 ff. 1, 2 (1806) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 158, pi. 167. f. 2; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 504 ; Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 559. 



Head and thorax bright rufous ; palpi scarlet in front and 

 behind, the 3rd joint blackish ; pectus and legs scarlet, the fore 

 tibiae and the tarsi blackish ; abdomen scarlet. Eore wing bright 



Fig. 96. — Lagoptera honesta, t^ . 



rufous mixed with fulvous and slightly irrorated with black ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, rufous, oblique, sinuous, sometimes defined 

 on outer side by white points on the veins ; a slight white or pale 



