374 NOCTUin^, 



the veins, exciirved to vein 4, then incurvecl, some brown points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of 

 slight brown marks, with brown patch beyond it at discal fold ; a 

 terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia brown with a fine pale 

 line at base. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with brown especially 

 on terminal area ; a faint discoidal lanide ; cilia ochreous white 

 with a brown line through theia ; the underside whitish, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule, 

 ])Ostmedial line excurved below costa, then waved, and terminal 

 series of small black lunules. 



Bah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu {Pratt), 1 $ ; Bhutan (Dudgeon), 

 1 (S type ohliquifascia ; Assam, Khasis, 1 S • Exp. 28-32 millim. 

 Type + in Coll. liothschild. 



3194. Oligia ophiogramma. 



Nodua ofMogramma, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 182. f. 2 (1794) ; Hiibn. Eur. 

 Schmett., Noct. f. 355 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 135, pi. 109. f. 5 ; Frr. Neue 

 Beitr.i. pi. 75. f. 3; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 11 ; Snell. Tijd. 

 V. Ent. 1897, p. 301, pi. 12. f. 3; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164. 



I^octua biloba, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 209 (1809). 



Miana oyiwrens, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164 (1901). 



Head and thorax grey tinged with bright rufous especially on 

 vertex of latter, palpi with black scales in front of 2nd joint ; irons 

 and vertex of head with black bars ; teguise whitish at base and 

 with black medial line ; patagia with some black scales near upper 

 edge : pectus brown at sides and rufous in front; legs whitish and 

 brown; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the dorsal crests rufous, 

 a brown dorsal spot on anal segment. Pore wing grey tinged with 

 rufous, the basal costal area and the medial area to below cell dark 

 brown with a leaden gloss, the terminal area with dark patches at 

 middle and above tornus ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa 

 to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved, indistinct on the grey 

 area : claviform red-brown slightly defined by black, large and 

 extending to median nervure ; orbicular and reniform slightly 

 defined by black, the former round, the latter with dark brown on 

 inner edge ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double 

 at costa, then indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then reduced 

 to a double series of black points on the veins, incurved below 

 vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; siibterminal line 

 represented by a rufous shade on its inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7, then oblique ; the terminal area with the dark patch above 

 tornus emitting a streak in submedian fold to postmedial line ; a 

 terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia greyish fuscous with 

 a waved black line through them. Hind Aving grey tinged with 

 reddish brown ; a diff'used dark subterminal band ; a fine waved 

 dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; 

 the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with rufous, a dark 

 discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal 

 band. 



