TARACHE. 315 



(5 . Differs from imbuta in the fore wing having the outer half 

 red-brown, suffused with purplish ; the reniforin purplish, with a 

 yellow centre ; a triangular postmedial spot on the costa, from 

 which arises an incurved dark dentate postmedial line ; an indis- 

 tinct dentate yellow submarginal line. Hind wing yellow, with a 

 broad irregular black-brown band. 



2 with the whole ground-colour of the fore wing purplish 

 red-brown ; a short yellow antemedial line from the costa ; quad- 

 rate medial and triangular postmedial costal spots. Hind wing 

 with the basal two-thirds bright orange. 



Hab. Simla ; Dharmsala ; Bombay ; Coimbatore. Exp. 22 

 millim. 



2034. Tarache nubilosa, n. sp. 



$ . Head reddish ; thorax greyish white ; abdomen pale fuscous. 

 Fore wing dull white ; the basal half of costa with conjoined dark 

 blotches ; medial area rufous and dark brown, bounded inwardly 

 by a waved black line ; the reniform black, with a grey line 

 excurved round end of cell beyond it ; marginal area clouded with 

 grev. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hab. Simla (Harford). Exp. 20 millim. Type in B. M. 



2035. Tarache fascialis, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler, with pale 

 segmental rings. Fore wing dark reddish brown ; the costal area 

 sulphur-yellow, sending a spur to beyond lower angle of cell ; 

 a sulphur fascia below median nervure from base to beyond middle ; 

 a sulphur band on outer margin. Hind wing reddish brown. 



$ . Dark olivaceous brown. Pore wing with slight grey suffu- 

 sion ; grey streaks at the two angles of cell, and a grey line on 

 outer margin. 



Hab. Sind and Gurais Valleys, Kashmir (Leech). Exp. 24 

 millim. Type in coll. Leech. 



L„ SvyV.iv.t 1 , -2. >\>- "£S~I . 



2036. Tarache sulphur alis, Berget. Ins. tiuec. i, p. 16; C. $ S. 



no. 1879. 

 Bombyx luguhris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii, 1, p. 467. 

 Pyralis trabealis. Scop. Ent. Cam. 610. 

 Noctua arabica, Berl. Mag. iii, 412. 

 Noctua sulphurea, Hilbn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 60, fig. 291. 



Head and throax black ; frons, collar, tegulae, and metathorax 

 marked with yellow ; abdomen fuscous, the segments ringed with 

 ochreous. Fore wing yellow, with broad black stripes along 

 median nervure and inner margin ; two pairs of obliquely placed 

 spots on costal area ; an irregular oblique postmedial band with a 

 leaden-coloured band on it ; a submarginal series of black spots 

 and marginal series of specks ; cilia brownish. Hind wing fuscous 



