ERYGIA. 445 



spreading tuft ; abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal seg- 

 ments ; male with a large ana] tuft ; tibiae without spines ; the 

 femora fringed with long hair, as also the fore tibiae ; the mid 

 tibiae with shorter hair ; the hind tibiae and tarsi with long hair. 

 Fore wing with the apex quadrate ; a tooth of scales at outer angle ; 

 the cilia crenulate. 



2371. Erygia apicalis, Guen. Nod. hi, p. 50 ; C. $ S. no. 2368. 

 Erygia usta, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 918. 

 Calicula exempta, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1808. 

 Calicula squamiplena, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1808. 

 Ansa filipalpis, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1731 ; Iimpsn. III. Het. ix, 



pi. 165, fig. 14; C.8f S. no. 2599. 

 Dianthoecia geometroides. Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 722. 



Head and thorax clothed with dark and red-brown scales ; 

 abdomen with the dorsal tufts red-brown ; male with the anal 

 tufts black. Fore wing dark and red-brown, with numerous 



Fig. 252. — Erygia apicalis, $ . \. 



indistinct waved lines, the subbasal, irregular antemedial, and 

 postmedial line excurved beyond the cell being the most conspicu- 

 ous ; a red-brown band inside the antemedial line from cell to 

 inner margin ; some red-brown marks near apex and outer angle ; 

 a crenulate marginal line. Hind wing fuscous, with a reddish patch 

 near centre of outer margin. 



Hah. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma; Java; Australia. 

 Exp. 42-46 millim. 



2372. Erygia reflectifascia, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 85, pi. 146, 

 fig. 18- 



Differs from apicalis in being pale grey-brown. Fore wing with 

 the irregular antemedial line more erect ; the postmedial line 

 recurved to lower angle of cell ; some subapical dark streaks ; no 

 rufous band on antemedial line or marks near apex and outer 

 angle. Hind wing whitish ; the outer area suffused with fuscous ; 

 a crenulate marginal line. 



Another specimen has the fore wing very pale, the inner area 

 with patches of fuscous suffusion. 



Hal. Sind ; Nilgiris. Exp. 40 millim. 



