172 NOCTUID^. 



with the 2nd joint reaching above vertex of head, the 3rd long 

 and porrect ; a large porrectly pointed tuft of hair on vertex of head ; 

 thorax with the sharp crest behind the collar very long. Pore 

 wing with the cilia produced to long points at the veins ; hind wing 

 with the cilia deeply crenulate. 



1597. Elwesia diplostigma, n. sp. 



2 . Bright chestnut. Fore wing with short subbasal and straight 

 anternedial ochreous dark-edged lines ; the orbicular, reniform, 

 and claviform very large with ochreous outlines, the reniform with 

 a round fuscous ochreous-edged spot at centre ; the postmedial line 



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Fig. 111. — Elwesia diplostigma, 5- t» 



slightly excurved beyond cell, with a double series of dark specks 

 on the veins beyond it ; the submarginal line almost straight ; a 

 slight crenulate marginal line. Hind wing reddish fuscous ; the 

 outer margin and cilia tinged with ochreous. 



Hob. Sikhim, 10,000 feet (Ehves). Exp. 34 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



Genus PYRRHIA. 

 Pyrrhia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 233 (1818). 



Type, P. purpurites, Treitschke, from Europe. 



Bange. Europe ; Amur ; Japan ; Himalayas ; Na'ga Hills. 



Eyes naked ; proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, thickly 

 and evenly scaled, the 3rd joint very short ; no frontal tuft. 

 Thorax with a long sharp crest behind collar ; abdomen without 

 tufts ; mid and hind tibiae without spines. 



Sect. I. Male with antennae ciliated ; eyes without lashes. 



1598. Pyrrhia umbra, Hiifn. Berl Mag. iii, 294. 



Noctua marginata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 610 ; Kleem. Beitr. ii, pi. 7, 



figs. 6, 8 ; C. fy S. no. 1753. 

 Noctua rutilao-o, Schiff. Wien. Verz. 86, 4. 

 Noctua umbrago, Esp. Schmett. iv, pi. 185, figs. 7, 8. 

 Noctua conspicua, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv, p. 123, no. 50. 

 Noctua marginago, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 235 ; no. 217. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing brownish yellow, the last with a 



