486 



NOCTUID^. 



Skct. I. Retinaculuiu of male a tuft of hair from below iiiedi:ui iiervure ; hind 

 wing Avitli the costa lobed near base, vein 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell to beyond middle. 



6833. Ariolica triangulifera. 



CMonomera triangulifera, Mooi-e, Lep. Atk. p. 285 (1888) ; Ilmpsii. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 1:;9 , Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 28i. 



(S . Head blood-red mixed with fuscous, a white bar above frons, 

 the basal joint of antennoo white behind ; palpi white at base ; 

 thorax silvery white, the tegxilae red and fuscous at base, a large 

 yellow patch on meso- and metathorax edged with red and black ; 

 pectus and legs white, the fore tibiae and tarsi blood-red and 

 fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing 

 yellow suffused with green scales ; a silvery white patch at base 

 from below costa to inner margin, defined by black and crimson ; 

 the costa brown with crimson and black scales below it to near 

 middle where the crimson and black scales define a small white 



Fig. 182. — Ariolica triangulifera, (^ . \, 



spot below costa ; a crimson point at upper angle of cell ; the 

 terminal area purple suff"used with black and turning to crimson 

 near the white and black marks on termen, this area oblique 

 from apex to vein 7 where it is produced to a slight point towards 

 costa and with an oblique crimson striga beyond it, then the area 

 defined on inuer side by blackish and slightly angled inwards in 

 submedian fold ; three white spots defined by black before apical 

 part of termen, then a triangular white patch, extending from vein 

 5 to 2 with a small spot below it ; cilia pale rufous with some 

 black and crimson scales. Hind wing white, the inner and terminal 

 areas faintly tinged Avith brown. Underside of fore wing white, 

 the costal edge and terminal area brown. 



Hab. Assam, Xhasis, 2 S . Exjp. 30 millim. Type f in Mus. 

 Berlin. 



Sect. II. Eetinaculum of male bar-shaped, from subcostal nervure ; hind 

 wing with the costa not lobed at base, vein 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing greenish yellow with fine white lines lineolata. 



B. Fore wing with silvery white band and patches. 



«. Fore wing with yellow markings strongly tinged with green pulckella. 



