Upper Side. Antennæ setaceous and yellow. Thorax and abdomen yellow. Wings deep straw-coloured, the anterior having a small black spot placed near the middle of the anterior edges. A small narrow line of a silverish colour runs along the external edges of these wings, beginning near the tips, and continuing along the edges of the posterior ones, ends at the abdominal corners.
Under Side. Breast, legs, and abdomen whiteish. Wings coloured as on the upper side, but dappled with minute reddish streaks. Margins of the wings entire.
NOCTUA (CALYPTRA) LUGUBRIS.
Plate [XXI]. fig. 5.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ.
Genus. Noctua, Auct. Subgenus: Calyptra, Ochs. Gonoptera, Latr.
Noctua (Calyptra) Lugubris. Alis anticis dentatis subfalcatis, brunneo-fuscis basi saturatioribus, maculis dentatis submarginalibus. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7½ lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) lugubris, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: Madras.
Upper Side. Antennæ brown and setaceous. Thorax ash-coloured. Abdomen and wings rusty iron, without marks, except the anterior, which have some faint blueish marks close to the external edges.