714 NOCTTJIDiE. 



6079. Hoplotarache costalis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 27.) 



Acontia costalis, Wlk. xxxiii. 784 (1865). 



Tarache binominata, Butl. Entom. xxv. p. 64 (1892) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 

 ii. p. 313. 



Head and tegulse white sometimes slightly tinged with hrown ; 

 thorax brown ; palpi at tips and antennae brownish ; pectus and 

 legs white, the fore tibiae brownish ringed with w^hite ; abdomen 

 brown, ventrally white. Fore wing brown slightly irrorated with 

 grey, the costal area white, its lower edge expanding at middle of 

 cell and triangularly beyond the cell ; the costa itself more or less 

 tinged with brown ; faint traces of an obliquely curved antemedial 

 line ; postmedial line indistinct, arising from the white area at the 

 angle at vein 6, incurved below vein 4 ; traces of a subterminal 

 line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; cilia with a darker 

 patch above tornus. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal 

 areas suffused with brown, in female uniformly suffused ; cilia 

 white with a slight brown line near base; the underside white 

 slightly tinged with brown. 



Hah. PuN'JAB, Cambellpur, Mean Meer {Harford)^ 1 5 ; Sind, 

 Karachi ; Bombay, 2 $ , Kutch, 4 § , Deesa (Nurse), 1 $ ; Madeas, 

 Coimbatore {Walliouse), 1 c? tjT^* Exp. 16-20 millim. 



6080. Hoplotarache carachiensis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 2S.) 



Acontia karacJiiensis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 410 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 

 ii. p. 313. 



c? . Head and tegulae pure white ; thorax white slightly tinged 

 with brown ; fore tarsi brownish ringed with white ; abdomen 

 W'hite dorsally tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wdng with the 

 basal half and costal area white, the latter narrowing to a point at 

 apex and with its lower edge curved downwards below the cell, the 

 costa and inner margin faintly tinged with brown ; the terminal 

 area suffused with rufous and grey ; an oblique medial line with 

 some difPused rufous beyond it from cell to inner margin ; post- 

 medial line represented by a black point on costa towards apex and 

 three black points beyond the cell, then very indistinct and in- 

 curved ; subterminal line faintly indicated by white scales, excurved 

 at middle and inciirved in submedian interspace; a terminal series 

 of black points with some white before them below apex and at 

 middle ; cilia rufous and grey with white patches below apex and 

 at middle. Hind wing white, the costal area and termen tinged 

 with rufous ; cilia white with a rufous line near base from apex to 

 vein 2. 



5 . Head and tegulae tinged with brown ; fore wing grey with 

 diffused subcostal white fascia, the outer half of medial area except 

 towards costa and the terminal area tinged with rufous, traces of a 

 sinuous antemedial line with rufous point on median nervure ; 

 hind wing wholly tinged with rufous. 



