298 noctuid^;. 



1976. Bryophila nilgiria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 332 ; C. 8? S. 



no. 1778. 



Head white ; thorax and abdomen white suffused with fuscous. 

 Eore wing white, more or less suffused with black ; subbasal and 

 antemedial waved black lines, in some specimens with blackish 

 marks between them ; the orbicular a prominent black-ringed 

 white speck ; reniform with indistinct outline ; claviform a curved 

 line ; the area round the stigmata sometimes suffused with black ; 

 a postmedial waved line highly excurved beyond cell and with 

 some more or less prominent diffused marks beyond it ; some 

 black spots on costa. Hind wing suffused with black ; cilia of 

 both wings chequered black aud white. Underside of fore wing 

 black, with a white postmedial mark on costa ; hind wing white, 

 with black postmedial line. 



Hob, Nilgiri plateau. Exp. 34 millim. 



1977. Bryophila muscosa, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii. p. 72, pi. 144, 



fig. 15. 



$ . Differs from nilgiria in the vertex of head being black ; 

 the thorax and fore wing slightly suffused with olive-green ; the 

 subbasal and antemedial lines replaced by ill-defined black patches ; 

 orbicular and reniform prominent, the latter with black centre; 

 claviform a prominent black-ringed white spot; the postmedial 

 line obsolescent ; a prominent diffused and broken submarginal 

 band ; cilia less prominently chequered, those of hind wing fuscous. 

 Underside of both wings black with irregular patches of white. 



Hab. "Nllgiri lower slopes. Exp. 38 millim. 



1978. Bryophila postochrea, Hmpsn. III. Ilet. ix, p. 95, pi. 161, fig. 8. 



2 . Head white ; palpi black at sides ; thorax white, with black 

 markings ; abdomen ochreous fuscous. Fore wing white, with 

 some black markings at base ; a black band from costa to median 

 nervure ; a waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform white 

 with black outline, the latter formed like the letter E ; a very 

 broad blackish postmedial band extending on inner margin to the 

 antemedial line ; a double lunulate submarginal line ; a prominent 

 black mark above outer angle and less prominent marks towards 

 apex. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous ; a blackish 

 postmedial line and broad marginal band ; cilia white. Underside 

 grey suffused with fuscous ; fore wing with medial black spot on 

 costa and postmedial line ; hind wing with cell-spot and postmedial 

 line. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 28 millim. 



1979. Bryophila nadgani, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 87, pi. 146, fig. 6. 

 Eed-brown ; abdomen with the dorsal tufts black. Eore wing 



