360 noctuidjE. 



silvery sinuous line beyond the cell, with silvery suffusion between 

 it and the discocellulars ; traces of a curved submarginal line. 

 Hind wing fuscous. 



tHab. Nilgiris. Exp. 34 millirn. 

 Genus NAGASENA. 



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Nagasena, JKbore, Zep. Ath. p. 151 (1882). 



Type, N. albescens, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim ; Assam ; Ceylon ; Andamans. 



Palpi slender and naked, the 3rd joint reaching above vertex of 

 head ; antennae with long cilia in male ; thorax and abdomen 

 smoothly scaled, except for a slight tuft on 1st segment of latter; 

 tibiae moderately hairy. Pore wing with the apex somewhat 

 rounded ; the inner margin lobed near base ; the retinaculum bar- 

 shaped in male. Hind wing with vein 5 from lower angle of 

 cell. 



2181. Nagasena albescens, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 152 ; C.fyS. no. 2152. 



Head and collar white ; thorax 



and abdomen brownish. Fore 



wing whitish, suffused and ir- 



rorated with brown ; a minute 



rufous speck at upper angle of 



cell ; a curved rufous line from 



Fig. 193. apex to inner margin near base ; 



Nagasena albescens, tf. \. traceg of a su b marg inal series of 



specks. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Margharita, Assam. Exp. 30 millim. 



2182. Nagasena dentilinealis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 613, pi. 60, 



fig. 7'j C$8. no. 2871. 



c? • Differs from albescens in being whiter ; a dark speck at end of 

 cell of fore wing; the line from apex brown, waved, and reaching 

 centre of inner margin. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hab. Andamans. Exp. 28 millim. 



2183. Nagasena trapezata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 547. 



2 • Pale brownish ochreous. Pore wing with very oblique 

 antemedial brown line ; an obliquely curved medial line, sending a 

 streak from end of cell to outer margin below apex, crossing an 

 angulated submarginal line. Hind wing semihyaline, slightly 

 suffused with fuscous towards outer margin. 

 Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 34 millim. 



