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NOCTUIDjE. 



tibite and tarsi rufous; abdomen rufous with the ventral surface 

 white. Fore Aving bright yellow, the terminal area rufous, the 

 costal edge linged with rufous ; antemedial line pale greeiiisli, 

 oblique, slightly sinuous ; an ellii)tical discoidal spot with flesh- 

 coloured centre and rufous aunulus ; postmedial line pale greenish, 

 excurved below costa, then rather obliqiie ; the rufous terminal 

 area defined on inner side by the dark somewhat punctiform sub- 

 terminal line, angled outwards below vein 7 and inwards at discal 



Fig. 201. — VsciuUhjdna rufoflava, cJ. \. 



and submedian folds, bent outwards to tornus ; the veins of terminal 

 area with slight dark streaks ; a fine dark terminal line : cilia with 

 some dark scales at tips. Hind wing fiery red, the interspaces 

 somewhat somihyaline to beyond middle ; cilia whitish at tips. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing apple-green. 



Ab. 2. diurna. Head, thorax, and fore wing rufous. 



Hah. Punjab, Almorah {Boys), 1 d" , 1 $ type ; Bombay, 

 Kanara {Wise), 1 5 type diurna; Madras, Belgaum {T. It. Bell), 

 2 c? , 2 $ . Exj). 38-40 millim. 



Genus SPHINGIFORMA. 



Spiling if orma, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 241 (1006) 



Type. 



pratti. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturneci, tbe 2nd joint reaching to just 

 above vertex of head, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons 

 smooth ; eyes la'-ge, round ; antenn£e of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with 

 hair and hair-like scales and with slight ridge-like cresL ; fore and mid tibiae 

 slightly fringed with hair, the hind tibia;, spurs and first two joints of tarsus 

 fringed with very long hair on both sides; abdomen vei-y long, clothed with 

 rough hair and without crests, with lateral fringes of Lair curved over on 

 ventral surface, the claspers very long and tufted with hair. Fore wing very 

 long and narrow ; the costa arched near base, the apex rounded, the termen 

 very obliquely curved and not crenulate, the inner margin lobed at middle; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from the areole which is formed by 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen 

 excised before tornus which is lobed ; the discocellulars strongly incurved and 

 the angles of cell very much produced ; veins 3, 4, 5 from lower angle and 6, 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



