AMPHIPXEA. — AUCHA. 193 



1661. Amphipyra himalayica, n. sp. 



$ . Differs from spectrum in being greyish ochreous -brown 

 without black irroration. Fore wing with the transverse lines 

 but slightly darker than the ground-colour and with ochreous 

 outlines ; the subbasal line absent ; the antemedial nearer the 

 base and minutely dentate ; the postmedial lunulate ; a submarginal 

 irregularly lunulate line; the reniform represented by a lunule 

 at end of cell. Underside with indistinct cell-spot and postmedial 

 pale line to both wings. 



Hab, Murree {Harford). Exp. 52 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus EPILECTA. 



Epilecta, Hilbn. Vert. p. 220 (1818). 



Type, E. linogrisea, Schiff., from Europe. 

 Range. Europe ; Japan ; Himalayas. 



Differs from Agrotis in the fore tibiae not being spined ; the 

 antennae ciliated. 



1662. Epilecta semiherbida, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 743; Butl. III. Set. 



vi, pi. 110, fig. 1 ; C.$ S. no. 2031. 

 Epilecta decorata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv, 1879, p. 361. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing variegated with green and brown 

 shades ; palpi black at sides ; abdomen fuscous brown. Eore 



Fig. 119. — Epilecta semiherbida, $. \. 



wing with the subbasal, ante- and postmedial double waved lines 

 distinct ; the two former with a black speck in the cell between 

 them ; the orbicular and reniform fuscous, their inner and outer 

 edges defined by black lines ; the claviform obsolete ; the waved 

 submarginal line with a black spot on it below the costa; a 

 marginal series of lunules. Hind wing bright yellow, with a large 

 black cell-spot ; a black fascia along the costa joining the broad 

 irregular submarginal black band. 



Hah. Japan ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim. Exp. 44 millim. 



Genus AUCHA. 



Aucha, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1137 (1857). 



Type, A. velans, Wlk. 



Range. Bombay ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Penang. 



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