564 NOCTUID^. 



5846. Xanthograpta trilatalis. 



Fyralis trilatalis, Wlk. xxxiv. 1237 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. 

 p. 307. 



Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen grey-brown, ochreous 

 at base. Pore wing with the basal area orange-yellow irrorated 

 with brown especially towards costa, the medial area fuscous with 

 a purplish grej^ gloss, the terminal area paler purplish grey ; 

 subbasal line represented by two slight dark striae from costa ; 

 antemedial line double filled in with yellow, excurved below costa, 

 then minutely waved ; postmedial line double filled in with yellow, 

 oblique from costa to vein 7, incurved and minutely waved below 

 vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 faint, whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled 



Fig. 156. — Xantliografta trilatalis, ^ . |. 



inwards at discal fold ; a terminal series of slight black striae. 

 Hind wing grey tinged with brown ; a terminal series of slight 

 dark striae ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia ; the underside 

 white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal striga and 

 rather diffused curved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and base of abdomen greyish irrorated with 

 fuscous ; fore wing with the basal area greyish ochreous irrorated 

 with fuscous, the medial and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous ; 

 both wings with terminal series o£ white points between the 

 striae. — Deesa. 



Hah. Punjab {Boys), 1 5 type, Simla (Harford), 1 c? , Dharm- 

 sala (RocJcing), 4 c? , 4 $ , Ivangra Valley (Dudgeon), 2 d , 1 $ , 

 J'ubbulpore, 1 $ ; Bombay, Deesa (Nurse), 2 $ , Exj). 14-18 

 millim. 



Genus HIMEROIS. 



Type. 



Rimerois, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 121 (1902) ... thiochroa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to 

 vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes 

 large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest 

 at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved 

 and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 

 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with the cell to near middle. 



