204 NocrrTD.r,. 



postmedial line with double black spots at costa, then indistinct, 

 bent outwards below costa, then waved with white points on the 

 veins, oblique to vein 3, there incurved, some Avhitish points beyond 

 it on costa and a black fascia below vein 3 from it to termen ; 

 subterminal line hardly traceable, pale, defined on inner side by two 

 minute V-shaped marks at middle, excurved below vein 7, and Avith 

 slight black streaks from it to termen in the interspaces. Hind 

 wing whitish suffused with pale rufous ; a faint sinuous postmedial 

 line and diffused subterminal shade; the underside -wliite tinged 

 with rnfous, a small discoidal lunule aud very indistinct curved 

 postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins. 



Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pra«), type t d in Coll. Bethune- 

 Baker. Exj>. 44 millim. 



2978. Trachea niveiplaga. 



Hadetia niveiplaga, Wlk. xi. 593 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 2()S. 

 Mamestra terranea, Butl. IJl. Het. B. M. vii. p. 53, pi. 127. 1'. 10 (1889). 

 Bombycia hodita, Swii.li. A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 6 (1895). 



{terranea). Head and thorax dull red-brown ; palpi blackish at 

 sides ; frons with lateral black bars ; tarsi black with pale rings ; 

 abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing dull 

 reddish brown ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform 

 small, defined by black ; orbicular incompletely defined by black, 

 round; reniform defined by black on inner side and below and slightly 

 on outer, with two whitish points at lower extremity ; a waved medial 

 line, oblique from costa to below cell ; postmedial line indistinctly 

 double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with 

 black and white points beyond it on the veins, somewhat angled 

 inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 5, some pale points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, defined on 

 inner side by slight dentate black marks and with slight black spots 

 beyond it at mi idle, somewhat angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing deep fuscous ; 

 the cilia whitish Avith a dark line through them ; the underside grey 

 slightly tinged with rnfous aud thickly irrorated with fuscous, a 

 blackish discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. niveiplar/a. Slightly greyer; fore wing with the medial 

 area suifused with black except towards costa and inner margin, 

 reniform with large pure white lunule on outer edge. 



Hah. Punjab, Kulu (ffocJcing), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 1 $, Simla 

 (Harford), 1 (S , Dharmsala (HocJcing), 5 c? , 3 $ type terranea, 

 Murree, 1 $ type hodita. Exp. 40-42 millim. Type f in Mus. Oxen. 



2979. Trachea fasciata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 17.) 



Xylophasia fasciata, Leech, Trans. Ent. See. 1900, p. fi8. 

 Head and thorax bright red-brown, the metathoracic crest Avith 

 some white scales ; sides of palpi blackish ; frons with lateral black 



