786 NOCTTJIDiE. 



white irroration bej'ond them ; a terminal series of black striae 

 defined on inner side by white at middle ; cilia brown towards apex 

 and tornus, white at middle. Hind wing white with narrow 

 terminal fuscous band from apex to vein 2 or narrowing to tornus ; 

 cilia fuscous at apex ; the underside with blackish medial and post- 

 medial bars from costa and patch at apex. 



2 . Hind wing suffused with fuscous brown leaving some white 

 in lower part of cell and on inner area, a dark discoidal bar and 

 sinuous postmedial line slightly defined by white on outer side ; the 



Fig.210.~Tarac7iecafraria, S- ?• 



underside white with discoidal point, medial bar from costa, incom- 

 plete postmedial line, and terminal band with dentate inner edge, 



Ab. 1. 2 . Fore wing with the dark area extending to ante- 

 medial line ; hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous 

 brown. — Br. E. Africa. 



Hab. Br. E. Afkica, Kikuyu (Crmvsliaj/), 1 $ ; Transvaal, Piet 

 Retief (Crawshay), 2 (^ , Kranspan [Janse), 1 c? ; Zultiland, 

 Lr. Tugela {Reynolds), i J , 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 

 2 cf , Newcastle, 1 S , Durban {Boiuher, Leigh), 2 $ ; Cape Colont 

 {Sir A. Smith), 1 5, Knysna {Trimen), 1 c? , 1 $, Simonstown 

 {de la Garde), 1 d , 1 $ , Cape Town {Trimen), 1 c^ , 1 § . Exp. 32- 

 40 millim. 



6185. Tarache lucida. 



I^octua lucida, Hiifn. Be.rl. Mag. iii. p. 302 (1766); Hnipsn. Moths Ind. 



ii. p. 310 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 22.5. 

 Noctua Solaris, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 90 (1776) ; Esp. Sclinaett. iv. pi. 88. 



ff. 2, 3 (17ti8) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. .307, 308 ; Dup. Lep. 



Fr. Yii. pt. 1, p. 346, pi. 121. ff. 1, 2 ; Err. Neue Beitr. pi. 345. 

 Noctua albicollis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 218 (1781). 

 Ncciua rwpicola, Borkh. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (1792). 

 Koctua imolairix, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 684-.5 (1822). 

 Acontia titania, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 84, pi. 533 (1852), nee Esp. 

 Acontia triradiata, Wlk. xii. 794 (1857). 



Acontia triangulum, Costa, Atti Accad. Napoli, ix. (11) p. 39 (1882). 

 Acontia lugens, Alph. Rom. Mem. v. p. 182 (1889). 



Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with some white ; palpi 

 white except at tips ; pectus and legs white, the tibia3 with brown 



