518 KOCTUTDJE. 



postraeclial line silvery-white defined on inner side by red-brown, 

 bent outAvards below costa and slightly incurved below vein 5 ; 

 subterminal line chocolate-brown defined on outer side by whitish 

 towards costa and tornus, strongly angled inwards at discal fold 

 and angled outwards at vein 4 ; a slight dark terminal line defined 

 on inner side by whitish from below apex to vein 3. Hind wing 

 grev-brown with a cupreous gloss ; cilia whitish at tips ; the under- 

 side whitish tinged with brown, a rather diffused brown postmedial 

 line excuiwed below costa, and faint subterminal shade. 



Hal. E. Siberia, TJssui-i ; Japan, Toldo {Maries), 2 $ , Yoko- 

 hama {Jonas, Fryer), 5 c? , 4 $; N. China {Fortune), 1 $ type; 

 Tibet. Exp. 30-34 millim. 



8345. Phytometra megaloba. (Plate CCXXXVIIT. fig. 10.) 

 Plusia rnegcdoha, Hinpsn. J. Bomb. I^at. Hist. Soc. xxi. p. 1225 (1912). 



5 . Head and tegulas at base fiery red, the rest of thorax red- 

 brown mixed with grey ; patagia with oblique whitish line across 

 them ; pectus and hind femora and tibiae whitish, the tarsi ringed 

 with whitish ; abdomen grey suffused Avith brown, the crests fiery 

 red. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with red-brown, the medial 

 area below the cell and the medial part of terminal area suffused 

 ■with metallic fiery red ; subbasal line represented by a golden striga 

 from costa defined on each side by cupreous red ; antemedial line 

 fine, golden, inwardly oblique and almost straight ; orbicular Avith 

 slight golden annulus, round ; a brilliant silvery-white stigma below 

 the cell, formed by a small spot conjoined to a large rather conical 

 spot on its outer side ; reniform with slight silvery outline, its 

 outer edge strongly indented ; postmedial line red-browm slightly 

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

 nearly erect and shghtly sinuous, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line indistinct, red-browai, excurved below 

 vein 7 and angled outwards below^ veins 4 and 3 ; cilia whitish 

 tinged with red-brown. Hind wing purplish grey-brown with a 

 slight reddish gloss ; cilia whitish at tips. 



Hah. Assam {Bade/ley), 1 $ type. Exp. 26 millim. 



8346. Phytometra nigriluna. 



Plusia vigriluna, Wlk. xii. 931 (1857) ; Moore, Lep. Oeyl. iii. p. 70, pi. 152. 

 ff. 2, 2a ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 569. 



Head and thorax dark brown with a cupreous gloss, the tips of 

 tegulse, patagia, and metathoracic crest, and an oblique line across 

 patagia near base whitish ; pectus behind whitish tinged wdth 

 brown ; tarsi ringed with wdiite ; abdomen whitish suffused with 

 brown, the crests dark brown tipped with whitish. Fore wing 

 chocolate-brown with a leaden grey gloss, the basal costal area, the 

 medial area below the cell, and the terminal area suffused Avith 

 brilliant gold ; a curved subbasal silvery striga from costa ; ante- 



