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NOCTUID^. — APAMIID^. 
lurmle at end of cell and well-marked antecilial line. Underside smoky brownish grey : 
fore wing witli short streak from costa two thirds from base ; the area beyond the submar- 
ginal band paler: hind wing with distinct lunule at end of cell and postmedial band : both 
wings with maculate antecilial line. 
Allied to R. renalis. 
NOCTUID^. 
Chera efflorescens. (Plate CXLV. fig. 7.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with pink ; numerous very indistinct waved 
transverse lines, the most distinct of which form a band beyond the cell, and another 
submarginal one ; reniform chestnut with an indistinct dark spot below it ; an indistinct dark 
patch on costa near the apex. Hind wing dusky nacreous. Cilia of both wings pinkish 
brown. Underside pale; costa of both wings pink; a dark striga from costa three fourths 
from base : hind wing with lunule at end of cell and postmedial band. Head and collar 
reddish grey ; palpi black at sides ; thorax and abdomen purple-grey. 
Chera erubescens. (Plate CXLV. fig 14.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing grey uniformly suffused with pink ; orbicular grey, outlined with 
black ; a large black spot below it in median interspace ; reniform grey, outlined with 
chestnut. Hing wing pale nacreous. Underside whitish : hind wing with indistinct lunule 
at end of cell and postmedial band. Head and abdomen ochreous grey ; thorax rosy grey ; 
palpi black at sides, 
APAMIIDiE. 
Dipterygia nocturna. (Plate CXLV. fig. 19.) 
Expanse 1^ inch. 
Male. Fore wing smoky black, slightly red-brown in places ; traces of an antemedial 
waved band ; a waved postmedial dark band, concave to first median nervule, then convex to 
inner margin, beyond which at outer angle is a large pale brown and white patch ; some 
white scales on inner margin at lobe ; the two discoidal and third median nervules streaked 
with black. Some specimens have a white spot below each discoidal nervule. Hind wing 
smoky. Underside smoky brown, albescent towards inner margins ; a lunule at end of cell 
of hind wing. 
Allied to the European D. pinastri and the Chinese D. caliginosa, the main difference 
being that in these species the stigmata are outlined in black. 
