﻿moths 
  from 
  Southern 
  India. 
  145 
  

  

  that 
  species 
  ; 
  it 
  differs 
  chiefly 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  above, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  

   wings 
  below, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  spots 
  and 
  markings 
  below, 
  

   Z. 
  incitata 
  having 
  no 
  spot 
  above, 
  and 
  is 
  immaculate 
  

   below, 
  except 
  for 
  two 
  slight 
  reddish 
  marks 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  cells. 
  

  

  22, 
  Hi/poch7-osis 
  intexta, 
  n.sp. 
  (PI. 
  VIII., 
  fig. 
  11)- 
  

   3 
  . 
  Antennae 
  blackisli 
  brown, 
  plumes 
  white 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  ; 
  top 
  

   of 
  head 
  whitish 
  ; 
  body 
  and 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  brownish 
  grey 
  ; 
  

   wings 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  irrorations, 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  pale 
  choco- 
  

   late-brown 
  outwardly 
  oblique 
  bands, 
  fore 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  before 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  the 
  2nd 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  square 
  black 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa 
  ; 
  two 
  bands 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  one 
  discal 
  and 
  outwardly 
  

   dentated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  two 
  teeth, 
  the 
  other 
  marginal, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  inwardly 
  sinuous, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  mark 
  near 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  a 
  central 
  black 
  sinuous 
  line 
  from 
  a 
  smaller 
  black 
  patch 
  on 
  

   the 
  costa 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  terminating 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  

   two 
  pale 
  brown 
  marks 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  

   2nd 
  band 
  near 
  its 
  base, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  discal 
  and 
  marginal 
  bands 
  

   complete, 
  the 
  former 
  with 
  outer 
  border, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  with 
  inner 
  

   border, 
  dentated 
  and 
  edged 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  central 
  

   slightly 
  sinuous 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  abdominal 
  margin 
  near 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   towards 
  the 
  costal 
  third, 
  which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  ; 
  costal 
  portion 
  

   whitish. 
  Under 
  side 
  : 
  body, 
  legs, 
  and 
  wings 
  pale 
  chocolate-brown, 
  

   paler 
  than 
  above 
  ; 
  no 
  markings 
  except 
  the 
  two 
  brown 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings, 
  which 
  are 
  faintly 
  visible. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  

   wings, 
  1-j'o 
  in. 
  

  

  N. 
  Kanara 
  {Wise). 
  

  

  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  this 
  insect 
  has 
  any 
  near 
  

   resemblance 
  in 
  its 
  markings. 
  

  

  NOCTUES. 
  

  

  LEUCANIID^. 
  

   23. 
  Axylia 
  dispalata, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  ^. 
  Antennae, 
  palpi, 
  and 
  head 
  brown; 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  

   fore 
  wings 
  reddish 
  grey 
  ; 
  thorax 
  and 
  fore 
  wings 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   brown. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  prominent, 
  

   the 
  former 
  round 
  and 
  small, 
  the 
  latter 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  ear-shaped, 
  generally 
  pale, 
  sometimes 
  brown, 
  the 
  whole 
  wing 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  dotted 
  and 
  streaked 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  brown, 
  forming 
  a 
  

   fascia 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  reniform, 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  

   to 
  the 
  outer 
  margin, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  above 
  is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND, 
  1891. 
  PART 
  I. 
  (MARCH.) 
  L 
  

  

  