Genus. Odonestis? Germar. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.

Odonestis? Servula. Alis luteis, maculâ parva discoidali marginibusque externis tenuè fuscis. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.)

Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Servula. Drury, Append. vol. 2.

Habitat: Madras.

Upper Side. Antennæ slightly pectinated. Tongue short. Head, thorax, and abdomen light yellowish sand-coloured. Wings yellow buff-coloured; the anterior having a small brown spot in the middle of each, and the external edges margined with brown. Posterior wings having a brown patch in the middle of each, with the external edges of the same colour.

Under Side. Breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff-coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire.

PLATE XII.

NOCTUA ANILIS.

Plate [XII]. fig. 3.