316 NOCTTJIDJE. 



black, the cilia pale. Underside of fore wing yellow, with irregular 

 black markings ; hind wing with black cell-spot and postmedial 

 and sub marginal bands. 



Hab. Europe ; Turkestan ; Japan ; China ; Baluchistan ; Af- 

 ghanistan. Exp. 24 millim. 



2037. Tarache flavonigra, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 522, pi. 47, fig. 15 ; 



C. Sf S. no. 3026. 



Head and collar fuscous black ; thorax and abdomen ochreous. 

 Fore wing with the base pale ochreous ; a black spot at base of 

 costa ; the outer two-thirds of wings fuscous black. Hind wing 

 pale. 



In the Bombay specimen the distal part of the abdomen and 

 hind wing are dark fuscous. 



Hab. Aden; Sind; Bombay. Exp. 16-20 millim. . . 



Genus xAeTTHOPTERA. 



Xanthoptera, Ouen. Noct. ii, p. 240 (1852). 

 Phyllophila, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 254. 

 Bagada, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1753 (1858). 

 Hiccoda, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 134 (1882). 



Type, X. botyoides, Griien., from Brazil. 



Bange. Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental regions. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, and smoothly scaled ; 

 antennae minutely ciliated in male ; thorax and abdomen with out- 

 tufts. Pore wing rather short and broad, vein 8 given off from 7 

 and anastomosing with 9, which is given off from 10 to form the 

 areole. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from cell or on a very short 

 stalk. 



Larvae, with 4 pairs of abdominal prolegs. 



Sect. I. Pemale with antennae almost simple. 



2038. Xanthoptera marginata. Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1775; Hmpsn. 



III. Bet. viii, pi. 143, fig. 21. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing bright straw-yellow ; the last with 

 a marginal black band, bordered inwardly by a deep black slightly 

 waved line. Abdomen, hind wing, and underside fuscous or smoky 

 black. 



Hab. Dharmsala ; Mlgiris ; Java. Exp. 20 millim. 



2o3%° X.^USCitcTwAcVAcU H^5«". J -Bowk. Soc.x>^U(|B9&) SvkW"*. 



2039. Xanthoptera flavifrons, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. hi, p. 552, pi. 214, 



fig. 8 ; C.8f S. no. 2824. 



c? . Uniform brownish ochreous ; the head bright yellow ; an- 

 tennse and base of palpi fuscous ; the front of thorax tinged with 

 fuscous. Pore wing with a slight purplish tinge. 

 Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



