EMPUSADA. 89' 



streak below ifc ; a j-ellow-brown fascia in lower end of cell extending 

 along vein 4 to near terraen with a yellowish-white streak above it ; 

 a slight white streak above terminal j^art of vein 6 ; three black 

 points in upper part of cell, a black point just beyond upper angle 

 and an obliquely-placed postmedial series on veins 3, 2, 1 ; a terminal 

 series. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area broadly and 

 irregularly suffused with fuscous brown. 



Hab. Basutoland, Maseru (CrawsJiay), 1 (^ ; Cape Colony,, 

 Kokstad {3£rs'. Pringle), 1 S . Exp. 44-46 millim. 



2182. Empusada biornata. 



CucuUia biornata, Fisch. d. Wald. Bull. Mosc. 1840, p. 83, pi. 3. f. 1 ; Fit. 

 Neue Beitr. iv. p. 352, f. 4; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Sehmett. ii.p. 317, Noct. 

 f. 197; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 215. 



Head whitish and fuscous, a white bar above frons ; thorax 

 ochreous white tinged with brown ; tegulse with black line near 

 base, two fine fuscous medial lines and one near tips ; abdomen 

 grey-white tinged with brown. Fore wing grey- white tinged with 

 brown ; a pale yellow fascia below the cell traversed by a fine black 

 streak in submedian fold to below origin of vein 2 ; a pale yellow 

 fascia from middle of cell to well beyond the cell, where it extends 

 from vein 5 to 7, the streaks on it being pale rufous ; antemedial 

 line indistinct, very highly dentate in the interspaces ; a fine streak 

 below end of cell between veins 2 and 4, bent upwards above vein 

 3 ; postmedial line indistinct, obsolete except from vein 2 to inner 

 margin, angled outwards at vein 1 ; the veins of terminal area dark 

 defined by fine white streaks and with fine white streaks in the 

 interspaces. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with 

 pale brown ; the underside with slight discoidal spot. 



Hab. S. EiJssiA, Zeller and Leech Colls ; W. Tukkestan, Ferghana,, 

 Issyk Kul ; W. Sibeeia, Altai ; E. Tukkestan, Hi. Eoi;p. 54 millim. 



2183. Empusada balsamitae. 



CucuUia hahamitcB, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 154 (1840) ; Frr. Neu© 

 Beitr. iv. pi. 358 (1841) ; Diip. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 77, pi. 57. f. 1 ; 

 Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Sehmett., Noct. f. 199 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 215. 



Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with pale brown ; frons 

 ■with dark bar ; tegula? with blackish line near base and two 

 fuscous medial lines ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged and irrorated 

 with brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey suffused and irroratsd 

 with brown, the veins with fine dark streaks ; a black streak on an 

 ill-defined yellow-brown fascia in submedian fold to the antemedial 

 line, which is indistinct, very highly angled outwards in the inter- 

 spaces, especially the submedian, and inwards on the veins ; the end 

 of cell and area beyond it pale yellowish brown ; some dark points 

 above median nervure ; a curved streak below end of cell repre- 

 senting the lower edge of reniform ; postmedial line obsolete except 

 from vein 2 to inner margin, where it is indistinct, angled inwards. 



