THTTOMETRA. 551 



a similar large elliptical spot below it ; reniform pale golden yellow 

 with its centre defined by brown, constricted at middle ; postmedial 

 line pale golden yellow, slightly waved, its inner edge dentate 

 towards costa and at submedian fold, oblique, incm'ved at vein 1. 

 Hind wing brownish grey with a diffused dark postmedial shade. 



Hah. Madagascab. Ex^. 50 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



8388. Phytometra parabractea, n. sp. (Plate CCXXXIX. fig. 3.) 



(S . Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with 



grey, the palpi, teguljB, and dorsal crest in front tiery red, the tegulaj 



tipped with grey ; pectus, femora, and tibiae below fiery red ; 



abdomen yellow tinged with red-brown, the crests red-brown. Fore 



wing purplish pink suffused with red-brown and striated with dark 



brown, the medial area below the cell deeper red-brown ; a curved 



subbasal red-brown striga defined on outer side by whitish from 



costa ; antemedial line brown defined on inner side by silvery- white, 



angled outwards below costa, retracted in cell, then oblique; 



orbicular oblique elliptical, defined by a curved silvery streak below ; 



a large oblique golden stigma below the cell, rounded at exti-emity 



and with its inner edge indented at middle ; some dark suffusion in 



upjDcr end of cell ; reniform defined by dark brown • and with a 



silvery striga at lower inner extremity, oblique, its outer edge 



somewhat indented at middle ; a dark line from lower angle of ceil 



to inner margin, excurved round the stigma ; postmedial line double, 



red-brown, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, bent 



outwards below vein 2 ; subterminal line red-brown, excurved at 



vein 7 and slightly angled outwards below veins 4 and. 3 ; a rather 



diffused red-brown line before termen from ajDCx to vein 2 ; a fine 



brown terminal line. Hind wing yellowish suffused with red-brown, 



the veins and terminal area dark red-brown ; a dark postmedial fine ; 



cilia reddish brown. Underside reddish yellow irrorated with 



brown ; fore wing with the disk suffused with brown ; both wings 



with dark postmedial line and subterminal shade. 



Hab. W. China, Wa-shan {Pratt), 1 d , Pu-tsu-fang, 1 S 

 type. JExp. 44-48 millim. 



8389. Phytometra bractea. 



Noctua hractea, Scliiff. Wien. Verz. p. 314 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, 

 p. 161 (17S7); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 110. f. 1 ; Hiibn. Em-. Schinett., 

 Noct. f. 279 ; Diip. Lep. Fr. vii. 2. p. 26, pi. 134. f. 1 ; Frr. Neue Eeitr. 

 pi. 47. f. 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 106 ; John, Rev. Riiss. 

 Eut. viii. p. 215, ff. 1, 2 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 237. 



Noctua securii, Vill. Linn. Ent. pi. 5. f. 10 (1789). 



Head and thorax purplish red-brown, the tegulae tinged with 

 fiery red and with some grey at tips ; palpi fiery red ; abdomen 

 yellow tinged with fiery red, the crests red-brown. Fore wing 

 purplish red-brown striated with dark brown, the medial area 



