pallida. 
umbrina. 
glaucinans. 
glaucinantis. 
validula. 
atrosuffusa. 
antica. 
detersa. 
impar. 
eremochroa. 
vetusta. 
ruficolora. 
496 • CORTYTA. By M. Gaede. 
the reniform and the spot on costa remaining dark. Median area faintly grey. On hindwings the lines are inter- 
filled with white. pallida $ Hulst. is pale ochreous grey, costal spot and basal band are dark, but not as dark 
as usual. Transverse lines indistinct, paler, a black radial streak before postmedian line on submedian fold. 
P. umbrina On. hypophaea On., continua Wkr., plumipes Wkr.). As the species also occurs in palae- 
arctic Cashmir. it is already dealt with inVol. 3, p. 338 and illustrated as “ albicincta ” on pi. 62 d. It is distrib¬ 
uted over X. India. 
P. glaucinans On. (= ligilla On., infligens Wkr., solita Wkr.) (55 g). Forewings red-brown. Antemedian 
line indistinctly double, brown. Median area with 3 double brown lines (in the similar cruegeri there are 4). 
the third excurved behind the cell, all obliquely inwards. Reniform stigma with indistinct brown edge. Post¬ 
median line somewhat angulated outwards below costa and at vein 4. inwards behind the cell and below vein 4. 
The indistinct pale submarginal line parallel with the other lines. Hindwings fuscous, white at inner margin, 
with triple postmedian and numerous delicate lines. glaucinantis Strd. Reniform stigma with dark outline, 
a dark band behind the postmedian line from costa to centre of cell, continuing in dark spots. — validula Wkr. 
has pale ochreous brown wings. atrosuffusa Strd. Forewings black-brown, except at base and outer margin. 
antica Wkr. Median area white, except at costa and a patch at end of cell. 34—40 mm. India, Ceylon, Siam. 
Java. - The larva is green with broad yellow lateral stripes, the two first abdominal legs are stunted. It feeds 
on Leguminosae. Pupation among spun together leaves. 
P. detersa Wkr. (=- yendola Swh.) (55 g). Somewhat smaller. Forewings pale rufous, darker in basal 
area. Antemedian line dark, curved inwards, clistally a pale band. In median area a few indistinct dark lines 
and on costa a dark spot. A similar one at postmedian, but somewhat more distinct, impressed on submedian 
fold. Hindwings pale fuscous with numerous indistinct dark striations in median area. 30 mm. A pair is known 
from India. 
47. Genus: Cortyta Wkr. 
The second segment of palpi erect, the third short. Posteriorly on thorax a small tuft. Central tibiae 
of J with a cavity edged by thick scales, these tibiae have spurs. Antennae of A ciliate. Type: canescens Wkr. 
from Africa. The Genus is represented in south palaearctic, african and indian territories, in each of which 
several species are found. 
C. impar Hmps. (55 g). This and the following species, on account of the incurving of the postmedian 
line on submedian fold, resemble a small african Pericyma (for instance metaxantha Hmps., or balnearia Dist.). 
Forewings pale ochreous yellow, darker at base and before the postmedian line. Antemedian line double, dark, 
undulate, approximately vertical. Median line double, indistinct, dark, somewhat excurved in cell. Reniform 
stigma narrow, faint, with line from costa to inner margin. The double postmedian line somewhat more distinct, 
double, vertical, incurved between vein 4 and inner margin. Distally paler to the faint submarginal line. Hind¬ 
wings ochreous white. 22 mm. One J from the Punjab. 
C. eremochroa Hmps. (55 g). Forewings pale grey-brown, darker at base. Antemedian line vertical, 
excurved in centre. Reniform stigma small with black outline. Median and postmedian lines as in impar, 
slightly paler distally. Hindwings pale brown with a few dark lines beyond the centre. 22 mm. One $ from 
Bombay. - According to Warren eremochroa is identical with his fasciolata from Algeria. 
C. vetusta Wkr. was described from India, but is also found in X. Africa, Syria and Afghanistan. It was 
already dealt with in Yol. 3. p. 339. pi. 62 e. 
C. ruficolora Hmps. (55 g). This varies considerably in colouration and markings. Forewings grey- 
reddish with lilac sheen. Antemedian line dark red, finely dentate, somewhat inclining inwards. Reniform 
stigma also dark red, small, conjoined with a spot on costa, proximally thereof a vertical median line that is 
excurved in centre. Postmedian line indistinctly double, arched, somewhat inwards on submedian fold. Proxim¬ 
ally of the dentate submarginal line dark red. Hindwings whitish, narrowly lilac-red at margin. 30 mm. 
One d from Madras. 
Subfamily: Phytometrinae. 
I n t roductio n. 
By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 
The gold and silver spangled moths or Plusiidae form so homogeneous a group, that there is little to 
be added to what has already been said in the previous Volumes dealing with the fauna of other territories. 
The subfamily is generally comprised of easily recognisable species and is of cosmopolitan character. Up to now 
about 250 representatives are known, which are distributed about uniformly over the entire globe and even in 
