. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 184 NOCTUID^E. brown irroratcd with bluc-grcy to postmcdial line, extending to median nervure and vein 2, the submedian fold except at base, the postmedial area and apex deep coppery red, the inner area pale rufous irroratcd with blue-grey ; the terminal area blue-grey ; sub- basal line absent; antemedial line indistinct, deep red, very oblique from costa to submedian fold, then obsolete ; claviform absent; orbicular with red centre and blue-grey annulus, very narrow and extremely oblique: reniform very indistinct, its centre
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 184 NOCTUID^E. brown irroratcd with bluc-grcy to postmcdial line, extending to median nervure and vein 2, the submedian fold except at base, the postmedial area and apex deep coppery red, the inner area pale rufous irroratcd with blue-grey ; the terminal area blue-grey ; sub- basal line absent; antemedial line indistinct, deep red, very oblique from costa to submedian fold, then obsolete ; claviform absent; orbicular with red centre and blue-grey annulus, very narrow and extremely oblique: reniform very indistinct, its centre defined by brown and with faint blue-grey annulus ; postmedial. Fig. &1 .—Nicara castanea, J', x- line strong, black-brown, oblique from to vein 6, tlien excurved to vein 2 where it terminates, emitting towards cell above and below veins 5 and 2, a patch of blue-grey irroration beyond it on costa; subterminal line blue-grey defined on each side by pale rufous, evenly curved and obsolete on costal and inner areas ; cilia rufous. Hind wing very dark brown, the cilia grey at tips; the underside blue-grey thickly irroratcd with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line. Hah. SiKHiM (Pilcher), 2 cJ. Uxj). 40 millim. Genus APOCALYMNIA, nov. Type, A. icnthro^a. Proboscis fiilly developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ncl joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with large corneous process with raised edges ; eyes large, rounded; antenna? ot female laminate; head and thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothoras witlioiit crest, the metathorax with slight crest; tibijB moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. P^ore wing with the apex rounded, the termen sliglitly waved and somewhat excised towards tornus; veins o and .5 from near angle of cell ; (i from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 fr
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