442 



NOCTUID^E. 



oblique ; a small postrnedial black spot on costa followed by a series 

 of slight stria;, oblique below vein 4 : subterminal line grey defined 

 on inner side by deep red-brown and with some black before it 

 below costa, angled outwards below vein 7 and at middle and in- 

 wards at discal fold ; a yellowish line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 grey suffused with brown, the terminal half fuscous; cilia pale 

 brown with a yellowish line at base. Underside grey, the terminal 

 area suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur ((7. Younrj), 2 $ , Simla (Swinhoe), 

 2 2 type. Exj}. 44-54 millim. 



7561. Anna triphsBiioides. (Plate CCXV, fig. 2.) 



Ophiodcs tri^jhcBnoides, Wlk. xiv. 1358 (1858), J; Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. 



p. 605. 

 Ophiodcs cuprea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1SG7, p. 74, 5 5 Hiupsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 497. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous, the head slightly tinged with 

 rufous ; palpi grey-brown, whitish in front ; frons grey-brown ; 

 antennse brown ; fore and mid tibiae and the tarsi grej'-brown ; 

 abdomen ochreous tinged with brown, the ventral surface ochreous 

 white. Pore wing ochreous slightly irrorated with brown ; traces 

 of an oblique slightly sinuous pale antemedial line ; a black point 

 in middle of cell ; reniform brownish defined by blackish and with 

 some blackish in centre, narrow, constricted at middle ; postrnedial 

 line with small black spot at costa, then indistinct, pale faintly 

 defined on outer side by brown, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; 

 subterminal line pale with black spots before it above and below 

 vein 7, then defined on inner side by brown strite and on outer by 

 slight brown spots, excurved below vein 7, then incurved and 

 slightly sinuous ; the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a 

 series of dark points just before termen ; a fine pale line at base of 

 cilia. Hind wing whitish, the inner area suffused with ochreous ; 

 the terminal area fuscous, narrov/ing to tornus ; cilia whitish, 

 broAvn at tips at middle. Underside ochreous w^hite, the terminal 

 area of fore wing and of hind wing to vein 2 suffused with fuscous 

 brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing more suffused with purplish grey-brown and 

 irrorated with blackish. 



Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing whiter. 

 5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing darker ; hind wing more 

 suffused with brown. 



Hah. Formosa, Takow (Hohson), 2 (5 , 2 2 ; Hongkong (J. J. 

 Walker), 1 $ ; Centk, China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 c? , 2 $ , Ship- 

 y-Shan, 1 cJ; Punjab, 1 c? , 1 $ type cuprea, Kulu, Sultanpur 

 {g. Young), 1 J , 1 $ , Simla {Harford), 1 c? , 1 $ , Dharmsala 

 {Hockivg), 4 c?, 5 $ , Wuzeerabad {Hearsey), 1 c^ type, Umballa, 

 1 2 ) Moghal Sarai {Betton), 1 J , Fatehpur {Iktton), 1 § ; Sikhim 



