574 IfOCTUIDiE. 



then erect ; subterminal line very Indistinct, dark, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle and incurved below vein 3 ; a narrow pale 

 terminal band beyond the cupreous suffusion except at apex. Hind 

 wing greyish suffused with red-brown, the terminal area darker ; 

 cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the underside grey irrorated 

 with brown, a brown discoidal striga and diffused jTOstmedial and 

 subterminal lines with a brown band between them except towards 

 costa, the subterminal line angled outwards at vein 5. 



Hab. E. SiBEMA, Ussuri, type f $ fmnifera in Coll. Piingeler ; 

 Japan, Tokio {Maries), 1 § , Yokohama {Jonas, Fryer), 1 J , 

 3 5 , Kiushiu, 1 6 ; Sikhim ; Assam {Badgley), 1 S ; Bengal, 

 Pusa {Lefroy), 1 6 ; Bombay, Kanara {Ward), 1 c? ; Ceylois" 

 {Templeton), 1 S ; AiSTDAMAisrs, 1 c? ; Java {Horsjteld^, 4 <3 , 

 3 2 ty|)e agramma ; Queensland, Moreton Bay {Daniel, Diygles), 

 2 2 type inchoata. ^icj). 42-52 millim. 



Larva green with lateral black spots, some short pointed black 

 dorsal spines, stoutest on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 11th somites ; a 

 prominent white subdorsal and waved lateral line. Food-plants, 

 CuGurhitacece. 



8423. Phytometra hebetata. 



Tlusia hebeiata, Bufl. 111. Het. B.M. yii. p. 71, pi. 131. f. 1 ( 

 Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p, 574. 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with violaceous grey, the tegulae 

 with whitish tips ; abdomen grey tinged with rufous, the crests 

 rufous tipped with grey. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused with 

 rufous, the terminal area with a cupreous tinge except towards apex 

 and tornus ; a slight subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with 

 a red-brown shade beyond it ; antemedial line slight, red-brown 

 defined on each side by violaceous grey, inwardly oblique, slightly 

 bent outwards at median nervure, a red-brown shade beyond it ; 

 orbicular with faint whitish annulus, elliptical; reniform faintly 

 defined by brown, its annulus represented by some white scales, its 

 outer edge indented at middle ; a diffused medial red-brown line, 

 oblique to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; postmedial line brown 

 with a red-brown shade before it, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique and sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line red-brown, defined on outer side by some whitish 

 scales below vein 3, excurved below vein 7 and angled outwards 

 below veins 4 and 3 ; traces of a white line before termen from 

 apex to vein 2. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown, an 

 indistinct postmedial line and fine pale line at base of cilia ; the 

 underside white tinged with brown, a brownish bar from middle of 

 costa and diffused postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. Japan, Tokio {Maries), 1 6 ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur 

 {G. Young, Hocking), 2 d* , 2 $ type, Simla {Swinhoe), 1 c? . 

 Exp. 40-52 millim. 



