2S 



noctuib.t;. 



with greyisli, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey- 

 brown with white segmental rings. Pore wing whitish mixed with 

 red-brown and dark brown, the outer half of medial area dark 

 purplish brown, the veins of terminal area streaked with dark 

 brown ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from 

 costa to suhmedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with 

 whitish, strongly waved, erect ; orbicular with whitish annulus 

 defined by dark brown, rather elongate elliptical ; reniform repre- 

 sented by a few pale scales on discocellulars ; a very indistinct 

 Avaved medial line bounding the dark area; postmedial line double 

 filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, 

 erect to vein 4, then slightly incurved, some pale points beyond it 

 on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by wedge- 

 shaped dark-brown marks and with dark streaks beyond it, dentate 

 to vein 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules 

 defined on inner side by whitish strise ; cilia red-brown mixed with 

 whitish and with, dark line through them. Hind wing cupreous 

 red, the costal area pale red-brown ; cilia tinged with red-brown 

 towards apex; the underside pale cupreous red, the costal area 

 irrorated with red-brown, a diffused postmedial line bent inwards 

 to costa, dark to discal fold, then obsolescent, the terminal area 

 irrorated with red-brown to vein 4. 



Hoh. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur {G . Young), 1 $ , Thundiani 

 (Yerhury), 5 5 , Dharmsala (Buciclei/, IJonie, Hocking), 3 J , 4 $ type. 

 Exp. 64-72 millim. 



2756. Amphipyra pyramidea. 



Nochm pt/ramidea, Linn. Syst. Kat. ed. x. p. 518 (1758); Esp. Schmett. 



iv. pi. "l71. ff. 1-3 ; Hilbii. Eur. Sohmett., Noct. f. 36 ; Godart, Lep. Fr. 



V. p. 136, pi. .56. f. 4 ; Donovan, Bi-it. Ins. vi. pi. 193; Steph. 111. Brit.. 



Ent., llaiist. ii. p. 164 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200. 

 Amyhi-pyra monolitha, Guen. IS^oct. ii. p. 414 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 



ii. p. 191. 

 Amphipyra surnia, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 112. f. 17 (1874). 

 Amphipyra obscura, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 85 (1889;. 

 Amphipyra obliquilimbata , Graes. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 352. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with ochreous ; tibia? 

 and tarsi black-brown ringed with ochreous while ; abdomen grey- 

 brown tinged with reddish at base, the sides black-brown with pale 

 bars, the ventral surface pale red-brown. Tore wing dark purplish 

 red-brown irrorated with ochreous white ; subbasal line indistinct, 

 double, waved, filled in with whitish at costa, ending at suhmedian 

 fold ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly dentate, 

 bent inwards to costa ; a diffused dark shade in and beyond cell ; 

 orbicular indicated by a very faint minute ochreous annulus ; reni- 

 form absent ; a diffused oblique dark medial shade ; postmedial line 

 double filled in with ochreous white, bent outwards below costa, 

 then dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, slightly 

 incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points beyond 

 i( on costa; suhfcrmiiial line foimcd of small ycllowish-A-^'liitc spot.s 



