EPisrLiA. 477 



submediau fold and outwards above inner margin ; the subterminal 

 line rufous, diffused on inner side, oblique from costa to vein 6 

 near postmedial line, then curved, angled inwards in submedian 

 fold and outwards above inner margin, the area beyond it rather 

 pinker with a fine dark terminal line ; cilia with a dark line 

 through them. Hind wing pale flesh-colour tinged with fuscous 

 except at termen ; cilia pinkish ; the- underside with the costal 

 area suffused with blood-red. 



Hah. TiBEr, Kuku-noor, 1 c? , Amdo. Exj^. 30 millim. 



819. Episilia postfusca. (Plate LXXII. fig. 22.) 



Agrotis 2)ostfiisca, Hmpsn. Moths Incl. iv. p. 508 (1893). 



S . Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with olive ; palpi 

 blcjckish at sides except at tips : frons and tegulne with some dark- 

 brown hair ; pectus and legs dark brown ; abdomen brown, the 

 anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing whitish, irrorated with fuscous 

 and tinged with olive-yellow towards costa and inner margin ; au 

 indistinct double, waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian 

 fold ; an obliiiue double, waved, antemedial line, strongly angled 

 inward on vein 1 and Avith blackish spot beyond it on costa ; 

 elaviform only marked by some black scales at its extremity ; 

 orbicular and reniform large, whitish, the former oblique rounded, 

 the cell before and between them black ; an indistinct oblique 

 waved medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the 

 area from end of cell to subterminal line black from costa to 

 vein 3 ; the postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the subterminal line 

 indistinct, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at- middle ; 

 a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia yellowish. Hind 

 wing deep fuscous ; the cilia yellowish and fuscous ; the underside 

 whitish, the costal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal 

 spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Ceylost, HadamuUa {Green), 1 <S type. Exj^. 34 millim. 



*S20. Episilia tibetana. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 1.) 

 Agrotis tibetana, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 306 (1825) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 137. 



(S . Head and thorax purplish brown, the hairs tipped with 

 grey ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen reddish brown with pale 

 segmental lines, the ventral surface darker. Pore wing brown 

 strongly suffused with purplish grey ; the subbasal line represented 

 by indistinct double stride from costa ; antemedial line double, the 

 inner line indistinct except at costa, angled outwards below costa 

 and slightly inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform large, with 

 fine Avhite annuli defined by black, the former V-shaped, open 

 above, the latter indistinctly defined except on inner side ; the 

 cell black-brown before and between the stigmata and below orbi- 

 cular, shading into diftused red-brown below the cell ; postmedial 



