EULOCASTHA. 623 



d9i'2. Eulocastra bipartita. 



Apamea hipariita, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 'ZSo, Xoct. f. 175 



(1845); Stand. Cat. Lpp. pal p. 230. 

 Xanthoptera onei-ozova, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. l.'^Ofi, p. 261, pi. x. f. 9. 

 Thalerastria mediana, Staud. Iris. x. p. 295, pi. 4. f. 2(3 (1897). 



5 (mesozona). Head and thorax ochreous white faintly tinged 

 with fulvous ; fore tibiae and tarsi blackish with pale rings ; 

 abdomen white with pale brown bands, the anal tult ochreous. 

 Fore wing ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with rufous; 

 a small triangular black mark at base of costa ; antemedial line 

 represented by two black points on costa ; a broad medial greyish 

 black band defined at sides by deep black lines, somewhat oblique 

 from costa to submedian fold ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial 

 line with black point on costa, then represented by a faint silvery 

 line excurved from below costa to vein 4 ; a black mark on costa 

 with a white point on it before the silvery subterminal line, which 

 is slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 termen and cilia black. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous 

 especially on terminal area ; the underside ochreous white, the 

 teririinal area suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2. 



The figure of bipartita from Sicily has the medial band of fore 

 wing slightly constricted below costa and strongly below the cell, 

 the termen and cilia not black ; it is probably a distinct species. 



Hab. Sicily ; Palbstine ; Aden (Terbury), 1 5 type mesozona. 

 Exp. 22 millim. 



5943. Eulocastra insignis. (Plate CLXYII. fig. 23.) 

 HydriUocles insigni?, Butl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 500. 



Head and thorax glossy black ; palpi greyish at base and 

 extremity of 2nd joint ; antennae slightly ringed with yellowish ; 

 pectus and legs yellowish, the fore tibia3 and the tarsi banded ^\'ith 

 black ; abdomen yellowish white, dorsally sufi'used with fuscous at 

 middle. Fore wing pale yellow, the terminal area suffused with 

 rufous ; the basal area black with somewhat oblique outer edge ; a 

 broad black medial band, its inner edge excurved, its outer oblique 

 from costa to vein 4, then incurved, defined by pale yellow on 

 outer side before the rufous area ; an oblique triangular post- 

 medial black spot on costa ; an apical black patch continued as a 

 narrow band on termen to vein 4 ; cilia black towards apex and 

 above tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner and terminal 

 areas suffused with brown ; the underside yellowish slightly tinged 

 with brown, an indistinct diffused curved postmedial line and 

 fuscous brown apical patch. 



Hab. Adex ( Terburi/X 5 d" , 3 $ type. Exp. 20-24 millim. 



