696 NOCTUIDiE. 



streaks beyond it above and below vein 5 and below vein 3 ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia dark brown and 

 greyish. JEind wing fuscous brown ; cilia whitish, tinged with 

 brown at base ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with dark 

 brown, the terminal area suffused with black-brown, a small dis- 

 coidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line. 



5 . Fore wing with the postmedial area white with grey patch 

 beyond the cell, the postmedial line more distinct. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Taveta {Rogers), 1 $ , Sabaki E. {Gregory), 

 2 $ ; Ceylon, Colombo {Ncitner), 8 J , 3 $, Puudaloya {Green), 

 1 (S type. E.qj. 22-26 millim. 



5892. Eustrotia opella. 



Aconiia opella. Swiah. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 456, pi. 27. f. 16 ; Hiupsn. Motbs 



Ind. ii. p. 317. 

 EuUenima orthopetes, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 375. 



S . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with red-brown ; palpi, 

 lower part of frons, pectus, and legs whitish, the last irrorated 

 with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen 

 ochreous white dorsally^ suffused with fuscous brown leaving pale 

 segmental lines. Fore wing greyish ochreous, the basal area irro- 

 rated with dark brown, the medial area with black-brown band, 

 the terminal area black-brown except towards apex ; the basal 

 costal area black-brown interrupted by a pale subbasal striga ; 

 antemedial line blackish, obliquely curved ; the medial dark band 

 with diffused streaks of silvery scales on the veins, bounded by 

 black lines, the inner line somewhat dentate, the outer excurved 

 from below costa to submedian fold ; a slight black discoidal bar ; 

 postmedial line dark brown defined on inner side by silvery scales, 

 excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved, defined on 

 outer side by a pale line followed by an olive-brown band with two 

 pale points on costa ; subterminal line silver defined on inner side 

 by black except towards costa, slightly excurved below vein 7 and 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia silvery grey 

 mixed with fuscous. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous 

 brown, a fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish at tips ; the under- 

 side greyish irrorated with fuscous, an indistinct discoidal spot and 

 diffused curved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal half, and the hind wing blacker. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing without the silvery markings, the postmedial 

 area more rufous, 



Ab. 3. Fore wing with the basal area paler and tinged with 

 rufous, 



Ab. 4. Fore wing with the medial dark band reduced to a small 

 black spot in cell on its outer edge. 



Hab. Mashon ALAND, Zambesi (Lo7igstaff), 1 § ; Punjab, Simla 

 (^Harford), 1 6, Cambellpur {Yerbury), 1 $ , Jubbulpur, 1 J, 



