476 NOCTUID^. 



nerviire, then oblique and sinuous ; orbicular defined by silvery- 

 white, narrow, oblique, constricted at middle ; an elongate oblique 

 V-shaped stigma defined by silvery-white below the cell, bent 

 outwards at middle ; reniform finely defined by silverj^'-white, 

 produced at extremities and its outer edge strongly angled inwards 

 at middle, an indistinct oblique brown line from it to inner margin ; 

 postmedial line fine, silvery-white, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique and slightly waved, angled inwards at submedian fold, 

 some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line silvery- 

 white slightly defined on inner side by brown, waved, incuiwed at 

 vein 5 and submedian fold, the interspaces beyond it with fine 

 silvery-white streaks ; a fine waved silvery- white line just before 

 termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown, 

 the interspaces of basal half whitish ; a terminal series of small 

 dark lunules slightly defined on inner side by white ; cilia brownish 

 white with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish 

 thickly irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal striga, diffused 

 waved postmedial line, and subterminal shade. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha {Hiomfrey), 1 S ; Congo {Gurror), 

 1 $ type spoUata ; Uganda, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 $ ; Mada- 

 GASCAE, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 <S , 1 $ ; Sikhim, 2 6 type 

 reticutala ; Madras, Nilgiris (Ham^^son), 1 $ ; Ceylon, Puudaloya 

 (Green), 1 ?; Selangor (Meade- Waldo), 1 $. ^a;j9. 32- 

 40 millim. 



8301. Phytometra violascens, n. sp. (Plate CCXXXVII. fig. 15.) 



c? . Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey- white ; 

 antennae ringed dark brown and white towards base ; tarsi brown 

 ringed with white ; abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown, the 

 crests dark brown and grey at tips, the lateral tirfts rvifous. Fore 

 wing chocolate-brown suffused with pm-ple and slightly irrorated 

 with dark brown, the veins with slight dark streaks ; subbasal line 

 brown slightly defined on outer side by silver, from costa to 

 vein 1 ; antemedial line brown slightly defined on inner side by 

 silver, incm-ved in cell, then oblique ; orbicular sHghtly defined 

 by silver, obliquely and slightly constricted at middle ; a short 

 broad V-shaped stigma slightly defined by silver below the cell, its 

 lower part bent outwards ; reniform slightly defined by silver and 

 strongly constricted at middle ; an oblique brown line from lower 

 angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line brown slightly 

 defined on outer side by silver, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique, slightly incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; sub- 

 terminal line brown, slightly excurved below vems 4 and 3 ; a 

 terminal series of smaU chocolate-brown lunules defined on inner 

 side by a fine waved silvery line. Hind wing with the basal half 

 whitish, the veins and inner area suffused with brown, the terminal 

 half dark brown ; cilia white with a brown line near base ; the 

 underside white irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, 

 diffused postmedial line, and subterminal shade. 



