AMPHIPTEA. 191 



Sect. I. (Amphipyra), Palpi with the 2nd joint smoothly scaled. 



1655. Amphipyra monolitha, Gum. Noct. ii, p. 414 ; C. $ S. no. 2258. 

 Amphipyra surnia, Feld. JReis. Nov. pi. 112, fig. 17. 



Head and thorax dark chocolate ; abdomen fuscous. Pore wing 

 with the waved subbasal and antemedial double lines filled in with 



Fig. 118. — Amphipyra monolitha, J. \. 



silvery grey ; the orbicular small and silvery ; the postmedial 

 waved line bent inwards below the costa, and with diffused silvery 

 grey on its outer edge ; a submarginal series of ill-defined silvery- 

 grey lunules, those towards the costa having black streaks inside 

 them and joined by grey streaks to a marginal series of specks. 

 Hind wing coppery red, the costal area suffused with red-brown ; 

 underside with cell-spot and broad marginal band. The silvery 

 grey of fore wing may be replaced by pale brown. 



Hah. Japan; N.China; Dharmsala ; Sikhim. Exp. 66 millim. 



1656. Amphipyra magna, Wlh. Cat. xxxiii,p. 868 ; C. $. 8. no. 2257. 

 Amphipyra chalcoptera, Feld. JReis. Nov. pi. 112, fig. 18 ; C. fy 8. 



no. 2254. 



Differs from monolitha in the head, thorax, and fore wing being 

 pale red-brown irrorated with black scales, the last with a broad 

 medial black-brown band ; the subbasal and postmedial lines more 

 prominent and waved ; the orbicular larger ; the submarginal dark 

 and pale lunules more prominent and joined to the marginal specks 

 by dark streaks. Underside of both wings with postmedial 

 diffused band. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas ; Punjab. Exp. 70 millim. 



1657. Amphipyra livida, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 85. 



Amphipyra corvina, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix, i, 



p. 194 (1866) 

 Amphipyra corvus, C. fy 8. no. 2255. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing dark shining purplish fuscous ; the 

 vertex of head sometimes pale reddish ; abdomen fuscous. Hind 

 wing pale, suffused with coppery red, the apical area with fuscous. 



Hah. Europe ; Japan ; China ; Khasis. Exp. 48-52 millim. 



