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2865. Trachea liastata. (Plate CX. fig. 25.) 



Hadena hastata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 130, pi. 4. f. 20 (1881) ; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 199. 



S . Head and thoras purplish red-brown mixed with some pale 

 ochreous ; palpi with the 2ud joint black at sides ; tegnlae black in 

 front; metathoracic crest black ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; 

 abdomen brownish grej' irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing purple- 

 brown tinged with fuscous in places ; subbasal line black defined by 

 greyish on outer side, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; an 

 irregular oblique green band from below median nervuro before 

 antemedial line to inner margin ; antemedial line black defined by 

 greyish on inner side, curved, minutely waved ; claviform suff'used 

 with black and defined by black towards extremity which is acute; 

 orbicular and reniform with brown centres and pale rufous annuli 

 incompletely defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical ; 

 an oblique black striga from costa to reniform and indistinct in- 

 carved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial 

 line double, filled in with green at costa and below vein 2, bent 

 outwards below costa, then rainutel)' waved, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal 

 line green slightly defined on each side by blackish, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and expanding into a patch on 

 inner area ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia dark 

 brown with pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suff'used with 

 brown ; a dark discoidal lunule and fine dark terminal line ; cilia 

 white with dark line through them and dark tips ; the underside 

 whitish irrorated with fuscous, the apical area tinged with purplish 

 red, a large black discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial 

 line, and terminal series of small lunules. 



Hah. SiKHiii ; Assam, Khasis, 1 S • -E^vjy. 30 millim. 



2866. Trachea repetita. (Plate CX. fig. 26.) 



Apamea repetita, Burl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 133 (1885). 

 Agrotis conjimcta. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 32. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some rufous. 

 Fore wing white suff'used in parts with rufous especially on basal 

 half; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold : antemedial line angled outwards below costa, 

 then waved and somewhat oblique ; claviform defined by blackish 

 and with black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and 

 reniform white defined by black, the former round or rather oblique, 

 open above, the latter defined on inner side only ; a slight dentate 

 medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, red-brown, bent outwards 

 below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then in- 

 curved, some white points beyond it on costa ; the postmedial area 



