150 



NOCTUID^E. 



costa; the antemedial line double, filled in with oehreous, angled 

 outwards on subcostal nervure, inwards to base in cell and 

 moderately inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; 

 a slight black streak below base of cell : claviform small, slightly 

 defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniforn small, with fuscous 

 centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former round ; 

 a slight oblique shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; 

 postmedial line defined by oehreous on outer side, minutely dentate, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing yellowish white; 

 the underside with the costal area tinged with oehreous, a post- 

 medial series of points on the veins developed into a waved line 

 towards costa. 



Hah. Bastjtolaijd, Maseru {Crawshay\ 2 cj' , 1 5? Masite, 1 5; 

 Cape Colony, Anushaw {Miss F. Barrett), 2 c? , 1 $ type 

 Exp. 30 millim, 



264. Micragrotis axylides, n. sp. 



Head and thorax oehreous mixed with fuscous ; patagia with a 

 purplish tinge ; tarsi with black and pale rings ; abdomen oehreous 

 tinged with fuscous brown. Fore wing greyish oehreous suffused 

 with purplish brown ; the veins streaked with blackish ; two fine 

 pale streaks in base of cell ; the antemedial line double, the inn^r 

 line indistinct, dentate and angled strongly inwards on subcostal 

 and median nervures and vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform small, 

 with blackish centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former 



Fig. 56. — Micragrotis axylides, J . i. 



round, the cell between them and area above it suftused with 

 fuscous black ; traces of an oblique shade from lower angle of cell 

 to inner margin ; the postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, 

 and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white, the 

 costal area and termen slightly tinged Avith brown ; the underside 

 with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hab. Punjab, Mean Meer (Harford), 2 cT type ; Sind, Bhug 

 {Nurse), 1 $ . Exp., S 25, $ '.iO millim. 



2fi5. Micragrotis lacteata, n. sp. (Plate LIX. fig. 31.) 



Head and thorax grey mixed with ferruginous ; palpi with the 

 2ud joint blackish at .sides ; frons with blaclf bar above ; tegulte 



