CALOPLL'SLi. 407 



8223. Caloplusia devergeus. 



Hoctua devergens, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Xoct. ff. 500-1 (1818) ; Diip. Lep. 

 Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 492, pi. 42. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 240. 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed -n-itli gi'ey ; tegulse witli 

 grey line at middle and grey tips ; patagia with gi'ey bar at middle 

 and grey tips ; abdomen dark brown, the crests tipped with gi'ey. 

 Fore Aving grey tinged Avith reddish brown and irrorated Avith 

 dark broAvn, the medial area below the cell suffused with dark 

 brown ; subbasal line Avhitish defined at sides by dark brown, 

 waved, fi-om costa to vein 1 ; antemedial Kne Avhitish defined at 

 sides by dark brown, cm-ved, inem-ved in cell; orbiciilar with 

 whitish annulus and its centre defined by dark brown, small, 

 obhque elliptical ; an oblique Avhite Y-shaped stigma below the 

 cell ; renifonn with Avhitish annulus and dark brown marks in its 

 upper extremity and lower part, constricted at middle and Avith 

 dark brown marks before and beyond it ; postmedial line white 

 defined at sides by dark brown, slightly waved, excurved to vein o, 

 then oblique, some minute white points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line dark broAvn defined on outer side by whitish, slightly 

 Avaved, excuiwed below A-eins 7 and 6 and angled outwards below 

 veins 4 and 8 ; a fine white Ime just before termen from apex to 

 vein 2 ; cUia chequered brown and gi'ey. Hind Aving orange- 

 yelloAv ; the base and inner margin dark broAvn ; a sKght broAvn 

 discoidal bar ; traces of a postmedial series of broAvn points on the 

 A^eins usually present ; a black-broAA-n terminal band, its inner 

 edge incurved at A^ein 2 ; cilia dark brown at base, chequered 

 brown and white at tips. TJndei'side yeUow, the fore Aving and 

 costal area of hind Aving slightly in-orated Avith brown, the terminal 

 areas suffused Avith broAvn : fore wing Avith small broAvn discoidal 

 spot, the hind Aving Avith discoidal sti-iga. 



Hah. ? LabejlDOE ; Switzeela^sD, Zeller. Frey, and Leech 

 Colls., Engadine, Frey Coll. ; Lapla^td, Leech Coll. ; T\'. TrEKlsTAJS-, 

 Kisii-Art, Ala Tau. Pamii's. JExp. 32 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt, k ilotlis Eur. p. 272: Hffiu. Eaup. p. 136. 



Dark AT.olet Avith pale grey lateral Hues. Food-plants : SiJene 

 acauUs, Viola, Geion. 7-8. 



8224. Caloplnsia alticola. (Plate CCXXXVI. fig. 2.) 

 Tlusia alticola, Wit. xli. 912 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Xoct. X. Am. p. 258, 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish broAvn mixed Avith grey. 

 Fore Aving grey suffused Avith red-broAvn and slightly iiTorated Avith 

 black, the medial area below the cell deep red-broAvn ; subbasal 

 line grcA-ish defined on each side by dark broAvn, curved, from 

 costa to submedian fold; antemedial line grey defined on each 

 side by dark brown, sti'ongly incurved in cell, then exem-ved ; 

 orbicular Avith Avhitish annulus and its centre defined by black, 

 small, oblique elliptical ; a small narroAv oblique V-shaped silvery- 



