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2832. Parastichtis strigidisca. (Plate CX. fig. 3.) 



Apamea strigidisca, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 346, pi. 38. f. 9; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Tnd. ii. p. 210. 



2 ' Head and thorax greyish tinged with rufous and mixed with 

 some dark brown and black; tarsi blackish with pale rings; 

 abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous 

 and rufous, the basal half suffused with black except inner margin, 

 the terminal area blackish except at apex ; subbasal line double, 

 black filled in with rufous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line double indistinctly filled in with rufous, angled out- 

 wards below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; claviform large, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular 

 rufous defined by black at sides, oblique elliptical ; reniform ochreous 

 white, defined by black on inner side and below and slightly by brown 

 on outer, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure and with 

 irregular outer edge ; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa 

 to below cell ; the area beyond the reniform rufous to postmedial 

 line which is blackish defined by ochreous on outer side, slightly 

 bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, oblique to 

 vein 5, inwardly oblique to below angle of cell and sinuous to inner 

 margin ; postmedial area ochreous suffused with rufous and brown 

 on costal half, the veius with slight dark streaks, the costa with pale 

 points ; subterminal line ochreous defined on inner side by brown 

 sufi'usion, angled outwards to near termen at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia blackish with a fine 

 ochreous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous 

 white with a slight dark line through them. Underside of both 

 wings ochreous, the costal areas tinged with rufous to postmedial 

 line which is nearly straight on fore wing, minutely Avaved on hind 

 wing ; a broad fuscous subterminal band ; fore vving with small 

 discoidal lunule ; hind w-ing with small anuulus. 



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2833. Parastichtis suhmarginata. (Plate CX. fig. 4.) 



Xylophasia submarginata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 69. 



c? . Head and thorax rufous with a few white scales ; palpi 

 blackish at sides ; frons with lateral black bars ; tegulae with 

 blackish lines near base and tips ; tarsi black ringed with white ; 

 abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests and anal tuft rufous. Fore 

 wing red-brown with a slight purplish fuscous gloss ; a slight black 

 streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, angled 

 inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black and with 

 oblique blackish streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular defined 

 by black and with a few black scales in centre, oblique elliptical ; 

 reniform defined by black with some white points in centre and on 

 outer edge ; a waved medial line, oblique from costa to below cell ; 



