394 NOCTUIDiE. 



exeurved at middle and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wing fuscous brown with a gi'C} ish tinge ; a 

 terminal series of black points ; the underside greyish tinged with 

 rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule, ante- 

 and postmedial lines, the latter waved towards costa, and diffused 

 subterminal band. 



Bab. Cetlon (Green), 1 $ type. E,vj). 30 millim. 



5597. OzarlDa destituta. 



Tarache destituta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 48, pi. 150. f. 6 (1884) ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 327- 

 Osarbafusca, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. is. p. 97, pi. 162. f. 9 (1893) ; id. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 331. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous slightly irrorated with 

 fuscous ; palpi with some black at sides ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibiae and 

 the tarsi black ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale rufous slightly 

 irrorated with brown ; subbasal line double, sinuous, from costa to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line irregularly sinuous and somewhat 

 oblique, double from costa to median nervure and with dark band 

 between it and the subbasal line ; a slight black point in middle of 

 cell ; reniform whitish defined by black and with some brown in 



Fig. V2Q.— 0zarba destituta, S- I- 



centre, narrow, oblique elliptical, its lower extremity constricted to 

 a miuute lobe ; medial line black, with some dark suffusion beyond 

 it, oblique from costa to median nervure, then sinuous ; postmedial 

 line double, oblique to vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, 

 incurved and slightly sinuous below vein 4, a blackish patch beyond 

 it on costal area with some pale points on costa and a black spot 

 below costa before the subterminal line, which is very indistinct, 

 pale defined on inner side by slight black points and angled inwards 

 in submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; cilia with 

 some fuscous at tips at apex, middle, and above tornus. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown, the cilia paler ; the underside ochreous white 

 irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and minutely waved 

 postmedial, subterminal, and terminal lines. 



Ab. L.Fore wing with the whole medial area suffused with 

 fuscous. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the dark suffusion beyond subbasal and 

 medial lines obsolete. 



Hah. Madras, Nilgiris (Cardeiv, Hampson), 3 S , Palnis {Camp- 

 hell), 1 $; QiV.xJjO-^ {Tempi eton, Nietner),'d S type, Puttalam (PoZej, 

 19, Fund aloya (G^r ecu), 1 $ typc/wsca. Exp. 22-24 millim. 



