522 NOCTUIDJE. 



of specks. Hind wing with two antemedial lines ; a medial out- 

 wardly diffused line and submarginal line; a series of marginal 

 specks. 



2 paler ; the palpi and pectus but slightly chestnut-coloured ; 

 the fore legs brown. Wings with the lines more prominent ; the 

 fore wing with an ochreous line inside the postmedial oblique 

 line. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Nilgiris. Exp., rf 28, $ 30 millim. 



2558. Acantholipes notatus, Hmpm. III. Het. viii, p. 84, pi. 146, fig. 3. 



$ . Differs from similis in the palpi and pectus being black ; 

 the fore legs black, with the tibiae and tarsi white. Fore wing 

 with the lines very indistinct and more oblique ; the postmedial 

 line with a black subapical spot and a speck above it, a similar 

 spot with a speck below it towards inner margin. 



2 paler. 



Hah. Nilgiris. Exp. 28 millim. 



2559. Acantholipes inscitius, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 473 : C. $ S. 



no. 3035. 



Differs from notatus in the fore wing having a black spot at 

 centre of cell and a black lunule at end of it. 

 Hah. Bombay ; Poona. Exp. 24 millim. 



2560. Acantholipes miser, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 166 : C. $ S. 



no. 2944. 



Purple-grey. Pore wing with traces of two antemedial and one 

 medial waved line from median nervure to inner margin ; a black 

 lunule on discocellulars ; a rufous-brown submarginal sinuous 

 band ; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing with traces of 

 medial and postmedial lines. 



Hah. Simla ; Mhow ; Asirgarh. Exp. 22 millim. 



*2561. Acantholipes fasciosus, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 174, pi. 6, fig. 6; 

 C. &f S. no. 2323. 



2 . Differs from similis in being greyer. Pore wing with six 

 indistinct lines between the base and postmedial line ; hind wing 

 with eight indistinct lines. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 45 millim. 



2562. Acantholipes dissimilis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 174; C. $ S. 

 no. 2322. 



Differs from similis in the fore wing having the markiugs 

 indistinct, except the oblique ochreous dark-bordered line from 

 apex. Hind wing with the markings indistinct, except the sub- 

 marginal diffused fuscous band, which is bent outwards towards 

 the apex, but does not reach it. Underside yellower, with diffused 

 fuscous submarginal oblique bands. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 34 millim. 



