260 noctuld^. 



marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing semihyaline opalescent 

 white ; the veins and outer margin tinged with fuscous. 



The form cilium from Java has rather shorter wings. 



Hab. Europe ; S. Africa ; N. and S. America ; throughout the 

 Oriental region ; Honolulu. Exp. 26-32 millim. 



1856. Caradrina kadenii, Freyer, Beitr. Schmett. ii, p. 147, pi. 186 



(1836). 

 Caradrina hima^dca, Koll. HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 479. 

 Caradrina flavirena, Guen. Noct. i, p. 250. 

 Caradrina proxima, Pambur, Lep. And. pi. 18, fig. 7. 

 Caradrina arenacea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 349 ; C. $ S. no. 2105. 

 Caradrina farinacea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 411 j C. $ S. 



no. 2110 b. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing grey, the last crossed by six evenly 

 waved indistinct lines ; three black specks on middle of costa ; 

 reniform prominent and fuscous or brownish ; the submarginal 

 line with a brown and ochreous tinge. Hind wing pure white or 

 with a fuscous tinge. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Umballa. Exp. 34 millim. 



1857. Caradrina bremusa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 451 ; C. Sj- S. 



no. 2107. 



Differs from kadenii in the subbasal and antemedial lines of fore 

 wing being dark ; the reniform smaller, less prominent, and 

 indented on inner edge ; the postmedial line reduced to a series of 

 specks ; the outer area more suffused ; the submarginal line not 

 brown and ochreous. Hind wing fuscous white. 



Hab. Poona; Nilgiris. Exp. 30 millim. 

 IS5-Y*. C.terv*'tv«».tc» Hwv|>;r. J. BavwV .Set . yi,ULUl*?9) £kut*v>. 



1858. Caradrina coruscantis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1885, p. 348, 



pi. 9, fig. 3 j C.fy S. no. 2004. 



2 . Differs from kadenii in being browner ochreous. Fore 

 wing irrorated with dark specks, the lines very indistinct ; the reni- 

 form obsolete ; series of dark specks on costa and outer margin ; 

 the submarginal line dark and diffused. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, with traces of a postmedial line ; the outer area suffused 

 with fuscous. 



Hab. Chaman, S. Afghanistan. Exp. 33 millim, 



1859. Caradrina quadripunctata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 594; C. fy S. 



no. 2108. 

 Noctua grisea, Pott. Natiirf. ix, p. 138. 

 Phalsena clavipalpis, Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 213. 

 Noctua cubicularis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 72. 

 Noctiia segetum, Esp. Eur. Schmett. iv, pi. 1 50, figs. 4, 5. 

 Caradrina laciniosa, Donz. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1847, p. 529, pi. 8, 



fig. 4. 

 Caradrina grisea, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1848, ii, p. 215. 

 Caradrina congesta, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien, 1853, p. 372. 

 Caradrina menetriesii, Eretschmar, Bed. ent. Zeils. 1863, p. 432. 

 Caradrina cubicularis, var. cinerascens, Tengstrom, Cat. p. 309. 



