310 NOCTTJIDiE. 



5472. Corgatha argenticosta, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 9.) 



5 . Head and tegulfe red-brown ; antennae with the shaft ringed 

 with white towards base and with a white bar between their bases ; 

 thorax and abdomen pale rufous ; pectus, hind legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing rufous sparsely irrorated 

 with black, the costa black suifused with silver to near apex : 

 traces of a sinuous dark antemedial line ; a black discoidal point ; 

 postmedial line blackish with slight black points on the veins and 

 faintly defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein 

 6 and excurved below vein 4 ; a faint pale subterminal line slightly 

 defined on outer side by fuscous, dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing rufous irrorated with blackish ; 

 a black discoidal point, punctiforra postmedial line, faint pale sub- 

 terminal line and terminal series of black points ; the underside 

 white tinged with brown, a black discoidal point and curved 

 brownish postmedial line. 



Hah. Bhutan, 2,500' {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim. 



5473. Corgatha ruhra. 



Mesfleta rwbra, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 92, pi. 147. f. 16 (1891) ; 

 id. Moths Incl. ii. p. 347. 



2 . Head dark brown ; antennae with the shaft ringed with 

 white towards base and white bar between their bases ; thorax 

 and abdomen rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 Avhitish. Eore wing rufous with slight dark irroration, the costa 

 dark brown ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line brown 

 defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein 7, 

 then inwardly oblique, straight ; a slight white mark on costa 

 at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing rufous 

 with slight dark irroration ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial 

 line brown defined on outer side by whitish, straight ; a terminal 

 series of black points ; the underside white tinged and irrorated 

 with brown, a black discoidal point and diffused brown postmedial 

 line. 



Hab. Madras, Nilgiris (j^a???pson), 2 $ type ; Ceylon, Pundaloya 

 (Green), 1 § . Exj). 20-24 millim. 



5474. Corgatha castanea. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 10.) 



Corgatha castanea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 519 (1896). 

 Corgatha hipunctata, Beth. -Baker, Not. Zool. xiii. p. 213 (1906). 

 Capnodes griseiplaga, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 202 (1908). 



2 . Head blackish with some rufous on vertex ; thorax and 

 abdomen rufous slightly irrorated with black, the latter with 

 dorsal black segmental lines except towards base ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, the 

 tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing rufous, the basal area 

 and costal area to postmedial line sparsely irrorated with black ; 

 the costal edge black on basal half ; slight antemedial white points 

 on costa and vein 1 ; a slight black discoidal point ; postmedial 



