NOCTUA MYRTÆA. Testacea, alis strigis nonnullis undatis fuscis. (Expans.
Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Myrtæa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Madras.
{4}_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Palpi, head, neck, thorax,
abdomen, and wings reddish flesh-coloured; the latter having some very
faint waved lines crossing them. Cilia dark brown.
_Under Side._ Breast, sides, legs, and abdomen coloured as on the upper
side. Wings yellowish, with many small narrow streaks. On the external
edges of the anterior wings is a dark brown patch, near the tips. Cilia
dark brown.
I do not know to which of the modern genera of Noctuidæ this insect
belongs.