524 NOCTUIDJE. 



fore wing at middle, and another above inner margin ; rubicundula 

 has the ground-colour of fore wing ochreous as far as the sub- 

 marginal line, and nigrofusca has the colour between the ante- and 

 postmedial lines fuscous black. 



Bab. Bombay ; Poona ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 22-24 millim. 



2566. Acantholipes gemma, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 469 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2825. 



2 . Brownish ochreous. Fore wing with the outer half suffused 

 with fuscous brown ; an obscure antemedial line ; an orange- 

 yellow spot on discocellulars ; waved postmedial and submarginal 

 lines, the latter diffused inwards. 



Bab. Poona. Exp. 20 millim. 



Sect. IV. (Bemipsectra). Antennae of male pectinated to middle 

 on the outer side, with bristles on the inner side. 



2567. Acantholipes plumipars, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 84, pi. 147, 



tig. 23. 



S • Pale brown, with a slight reddish tinge ; palpi black at 

 sides. Pore wing with two black specks at base, the upper one 

 on the costa ; an antemedial interrupted curved line arising from 

 a black speck on the costa ; a similar postmedial line excurved 

 from the costa to below vein 2 ; a marginal series of specks. 



The specimen from Gran jam has a chestnut tinge. 



Bob. Granjam ; Nilgiris. Exp. 24-30 millim. 



Sect. V. (Dragana). Antennae of male bipectinated, 

 the branches short. 



2568. Acantholipes pansalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 200 ; Hmpsn. III. Het. 



ix, pi. 167, fig. 3 ; C.fy. S. no. 2941. 

 Apphadana evulsalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1213. 

 Poaphila concors, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1969. 



Ochreous or reddish brown. Pore wing slightly irrorated with 

 black scales ; very indistinct antemedial, two waved medial, and 

 more prominent postmedial line, with the area beyond it darker 

 and often with obscure fuscous patches beyond it at centre and 

 inner margin; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wing 

 with sinuous postmedial line ; the area beyond it darker and with 

 traces of a submarginal line. 



Hah. Formosa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Anda- 

 mans; Singapore. Exp., <5 22, $ 24 millim. 



2569. Acantholipes fuscicosta, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 101, pi. 148, 



fig. 15. [hv\) 



Pale reddish brown ; the head and collar smoky black. Pore 

 wing with the costa black ; an antemedial line ; a speck at end of 

 cell : the outer area suffused with fuscous, with waved postmedial 



