PRESEIl^TED

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHAL^ENyE

BIUTISH MUSEUM

VOLUME V.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.

1905.

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€)? \ CATAT.OGUE

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NOCTUID^

IN THE

COLLECTION

OF THE

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■ AUG 1 1 1987

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PREFACE.

Thf, subject of Vol. V. of the 'Catalogue of Moths' is the

classification of the HadeniiKr, the second of the fifteen subfamilies

of the Noctiiiche, 940 species belonging to 78 genera being described

in it. The subfamily is characterised by its trifid neuration of

the hind wing combined with the hairy clothing of tho eyes, and

forms an extremely natural and well-marked group of species.

Sir George Hampson has again to thank all those who have

helped him with the earlier Volumes of the Catalogue, for the loan

of specimens, and assistance with the present Volume, and, in

addition, Dr. Wm, Barnes, of Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A., for the

gift of a very large number of species of N. American Noctaidcv,

new to the British Museum Collection, and Dr. A. G. Mayer, of the

Brooklyn Institute, has again sent drawings, made by Mr. H. B.

Judy, of types in the Neuraoegen Collection. Plate XCVI. will

appear with Vol. VI. of the Catalogue.

E. HAY LANK ESTER,

Director,

British T\riiseii!u (Natunil Historj),

February 24th, I'JUO.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Pam. NOCTUID.E

Subfam. Hadenin^

Tliyrestra, Hmpsn

1127. liyalophora, Hmpsn

Erana, ll'lk

1128. gTaminosa, JVlk. . .

Trichestra, I£inpsn

1129. nig-ropuncta (Druce)

1130. arbuticolens {Biitl.)

IL'il. anlliophila {Butl.)

Barathra, HiUm

1132. contigurata ( W7A;.)

1133. curialis [Smith) ,

1134. brassicfB (Linn.) .

Tiichorbiza, Hmpsn. . . .

1135. peterseni [Christ.)

Discestra, Hmpsn

1136. fioiida {Smith)...

1137. chartaria ( ^rVofe) .

1138. eremistis ( P»?j_i7. ) .

1139. arenaria, Hmjfsn.,

Craterestra, Hmpsn

1 140. lucina {I)ruce) . . .

1141. mYeo\nciA (Butl.)

1142. terranea (AVi/.) .

1143. media (Wlk.) . ..

1144. boplites (Stand.) .

1145. y&cuua. {Smitli) .

1140. bit'ascia, Hm/isn. .

1147. albicosta, Hmpsn.

114^. subterminata, Hinps

1149. seniifusca, Hmpsn

1150. subvflata [If'/k.) .

1151. detinions ( fl7/i.) .

Scotog;ramma, Smith . . .

1152. arniata (.S'te^/r/.) .

1153. dianthi (TauHh.).

1154. nana [Hiifn.) . . .

Pago

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15

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22

23

24

25

26

1155. isoloma {Pimg.) ....

1156. submedianata, Hmjjsn

1157. ptilodonta, [Grote)

1158. trifolJi {Eott.) . . .

1159. impolita (Morr.) .

1160. hadeuitbrmis [Smith)

1161. stigniosa [Christ.)

1162. agrotiformis (-Hm^wn

1163. sodaj {R)nbr.)

1164. defessa (Grote) . . . .

1165. repeiitiiia (Morr.)

116tj. orida [Smith) ....

1167. implexa [Hilbn.) . .

1168. peculiaris [Sfaud.)

1169. submarina [Grote)

1170. nieudosica Hmpsn.

Catepliiudes, Hmpsn

1171. ziielana (Schaus) . .

Anarta, Ochs

1172. trisema, Mab. . . .

1173. staudingeri, Avriv.

1174. richardsoni [Cart.)

1175. quadrilunata, Grote

1176. leucocycla, Staud.

1177. etacta, Smith ....

1178. membro.^a, Morr.. .

1179. myrtilli (Linn.) . .

1180. cordigera [Thnnb.)

1181. mimuli, Behr

1182. iuipingens, ll'lk. ..

1183. phaea, Hmpsn

1183 a. Jaeita, S/ni'h ....

1184. melanopa [Thimh.)

1185. mimida, Grote ....

1186. luaiisi, Pibif/

1 187. zemblica, Hnips)i. . .

Lasiestra, Hmpsn

1188. montaiia (Leech) . .

1189. siibdita [Mdschl.) . .

1189 a. albinuda (6';»j^/i)

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47

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602

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SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Laaiestra (con.). Page

1190. phoca (Mosrll.) 48

1191. promulsa (Morr.) .... 49

1192. unifonuis (<SWf/0 50

1193. dovrensis (Stuud.) .... 50

1194. elvesi, Hmpm 51

1195. deliciosa {Alph.) 51

1196. perplexa {Smith) 52

1197. persa (^/;_^7«.) 52

Lasionj'Cta, Avriv 53

1198. rainieri {Smith) 54

1199. inconcinna (Smith) .... 54

1200. conjugata (Smith) .... 55

1201. brvoptera (P««r/.) 55

1202. lurida (.4//^/(.) 56

120-"i. sci'a;lingia(//('?-r.-»S'c7ir7^.) 56

1204. subfuscula (Grote) .... 57

1205. sedilis (Smith) 57

1206. altaica (Ban</-Haas) . . 58

1207. arietis (Grote) 58

1208. ochracea {Riley) 59

Polia, Ochs GO

1209. culta (Moore) 60

1210. arscliaiiica (Alph.) .... 61

1211. subarschanica (Stand.) . 62

1212. parvula (Herr.-Schuf.) . 63

1213. cervina (Smith) 63

1214. lustralis (Grote) 64

1215. nfevia (Smith) 65

1215 «. biliuea ( Wi/em.) 603

1216. detracta (W/k.) 65

1217. neoterica {>S'?»/V//) .... 66

1218. discalis ( Grote) 67

1219. imbrifera ( Giieii.) 68

1220. nugatis (S?nitJ/) 68

1221. laiiguida (Smith) 69

1222. juncimacula (Smith) . . 69

1223. purpurissata (Grote) . . 70

1224. crotch i (Grote) 71

1225. proxima (Hilbn.) 73

1226. griseata (Smith] 74

1227. orientalis (Alph.) 75

1228. oriza (Druce) 75

1229. rubeus (Druce) 76

1230. lepidula (Smith) 77

1231. distincta (Hilhn.) 77

1232. literata (Fisch.) 78

1233. luteago (Sehiff.) 79

1234. canities, Ilmpsn 80

1235. discolor (Sinith) 80

1236. determinata (iS'm/;'//) .. 81

1237. Columbia (Smith) 81

1238. meditata (Grote) 82

1239. leucogramma (Grote) . . 82

1240. mohosa (Dofjn.) 83

1241. orizabena (Scham) .... 83

1242. bracbiola (Hctrv.) 84

1243. nwnhiaa. IImp,vi 85

1244. iiinbrosa (Smith) 85

1245. plicata (Smith) 86

124(5. gnata (Grote) 86

1247. selama (Strcck.) 87

1 248. tenebra, Hmpm 87

1249. pusilla (Fiim/.) 88

1250. serratilinea '( 7'rai!.) . . . . 88

1251. spalax (Alph.) 89

1252. insolens (Grote) 89

12.53. peregrina (yVeiV.) 92

1254. contigua (Schif.) 93

1255. grandis (5o/6y/.) 94

1256. w-latinum (Hiifn.) 95

1257. invalida (Smith) 96

1258. thalassina (Eott.) 96

1259. mh]nnct^ (Grote ^- Hob.) 97

1200. nevadse (Grote) 98

1261. altaica (Led.) 99

1262. 'siiasa (Schif.) 99

1263. aliena (Hiibu.) 100

1204. passa (Morr.) 101

1265. ptochica (Pibuf.) 102

1266. vau-orbicLilaris (Smith). 102

1267. consangiiis (Giien.) .... 102

1268. fuscirufa, Hmjmi 103

1269. venata, Hmpm 104

1270. luortua (Styr.) 104

1271. persicariaj (Linn.) .... 105

1272. glaucopis, linqmi 106

1273. cristifera ( JF/A-.) 106

1274. ruaniestrina (Butl.) .... 107

1275. ingravis (Smith) 108

1276. nagaensis (H}iipsn.) . . . . 108

1277. ferrisparsa (ifwp.w.) .. 109

1278. costigera (Muorei .... 109

1279. mongolica (Stand.) 110

1280. adveua (Schif.) 110

1281. tiucta (L'rahm) Ill

1282. latex (Guen.) 112

1283. rogenhoferi (J/o.sc/j/.) ..113

1284. nebulosa (Hiifn.) 114

1285. nimbosa (Guen.) 115

1286. nivstica (Smith) 115

1287. scotofhlora, Koll 116

1288. goliatli (Oljerth.) 116

1289. adjiincta (Boisd.) 117

1290. diiatata (Smith) 118

1291. variolata (Smith) ] 18

1292. glaciata (Grote) 119

1293. pennitarsis ( Wlk.) 119

1294. prtedita (Hiihn.) '. 126

1295. prndenitbrmis (-SW^/i). . 127

1296. fiircula (Stand.) 127

1297. eversiuanni (Stand.) .. 128

1298. scbiieideri (Stand) .... 129

6ISTEM.VTIC INDEX.

1209

1300

1301

1302

1303

1304,

1305.

1306.

1307.

1.308.

1309.

1310.

1311.

1312.

1313.

1314.

1315.

1316.

1317.

1318.

1319.

1320.

1321.

1322.

1323.

1324.

1.325.

1325

1326

1327,

1328,

1329

1330

1331

1332

1333

1334

1335

1336,

1337

1338

1339

1340

1341

1342

1343

1344

1345

1346

1347

1348

1.349,

1350

P.nge

pordentata (Ilinpsn.) . . 129

iarnhanii [Grate) 130

furca {Ev.) 131

siuivis {StauJ.) 131

liquida i^Grute) 132

a. iiuitata (Mssn.) 603

radix (JF/A-.) 132

atlantica (Grote) 133

. \iAivA (Stand.) 134

splendens (Hilhn.) .... 134

oleracea (Linn.) 135

pisi (Lmn.) 136, 603

tacoma (St reck.) 137

satanella (Alp/i.) 138

quadrata {Smith) 138

softa (Stmid.) 139

sutrina (G'roi'e) 139

dentina (/SV/i^j?:) 140

glauca (Kleem.) 141

gasiva (Schaus) 142

paranica {Sc/uins) .... 142

cuueata (Grote) 143

ano-uina (Grote) 144

vicina (Grote) 144

pensilis (Grote) 145

segregata (Smith) .... 146

cnivetti (Htnps7i.) .... 146

albomarginata (Druce) . 147

a. albifluviata (Druce) . . 603

h. hieroglyph era (Mssn.) 604

luista (Stand.) 147

mutilata (Smith) 148

beaiii (Grote) 148

legitima (6Vo^e) 149

AnAi (Smith). .'. 150

, lilaciua [Harv.) 150

, illoba (Butl.) 151

. dictyota (Loiver) 151

, calberlai [Stand.) .... 152

, gavisa [Scha?/s) 153

goodelli (Grote) 153

, sadales (Drnce) 154

. chalcia, Ilmp^tn 154

ectypa [Morr.) 1 55

noverca ( Grote) 155

bolteri (Smith) 156

mania (6'//vW>;.) 156

6\}scur& (Smith) 157

nioerons (lint I.) 157

. atrirena, llinpsii 158

as,sinjili.s (Marr.) 158

aya [Doyn. ) 159

nervina [Do'jn.) ICO

a. canosticta (Druce) . . ''i()5

panno.sa (Moore) 160

. diptorigidia (//«;/As».). . 161

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1351. xanthocosma (Turner) . 161

1352. mesoglauca (Hmpsn.) . . 162

1353. speyeri (Feld.) 162

1354. cuprescens, Hmpsn 163

1355. mesonielana (Hmpsn.) . 163

1.356. furviliiiea (Hmpsn.) . . 164

1-357. magellana (Mab.) 164

1.358. lebruni (MalK) 165

1359. densa (Smith) 165

1360. stretchi [H. Edw.) 166

1.361. palilis (Harv.) 166

1362. longiclava (Smith) .... 167

1363. doira (Strec/c.) 167

1364. stenotis, Hmpsn 168

1365. cappa (Hnlnt.) 168

1366. dysodea (Sehif.) 169

1367. maderaj (Baker) 170

1368. sereiia (Schiff.) 170

1369. olivocincta (Guen.) .... 171

1370. mare.\ (Schaus) 172

1371. subjecta ( Wlk.) 173

1372. coufiisa (Leech) 173

1373. ■psittacus (Herr.-Schilf.) 174

1374. pictula ( White) 174

1375. spiculo.sa (Grote) .... 175

1376. reuigera (Steph.) 176

1377. stricta ( Wlk.) 176

1378. ferrealis ((TrVo^'e) 177

1379. lorea (Guen.) 178

1.380. olivacea (Morr.) 178

1381. van-media [Smith) .... 180

1382. subpicta (Schaus) 180

1383. poliastis (7/w,/;.5?z.) .... 181

1384. laudabilis (Guen.) .... 181

1385. mnvmii^ii (Schaus) .... 182

1385 a. Iteta (Misn.) ........ 605

1386. quadrilineata (Grote) . . 183

1387. vittula (Grote) 183

1388. inciirva (Smi/h) 184

1389. inteutata (Smith) 184

1390. ciiiiva (Schans) l85

1391. hodeva (iJrwr) 185

1392. alboguttata (Grote) 186

1393. erecta (7T7/.-.) 1H(5

1394. datis (Druce) 187

1394rt. hwohu-Ui (Smith) 605

1395. rugosa (Morr.) 188

139(). marinitiiK-la (Harr.) . . 188

1397. mediana (Moore) 189

1398. fasciata (Leech) 189

1399. roseosuHusa (Smith) . . 189

1400. renisigna (Jilk.) ...... 190

1401. goniojihora (6t7t«i<s) .. 191

1402. rndh(U'lk.) 191

1403. esojii.s (Druce) 192

1404. boliemanni (.SY«H(/.).... 192

SVSTEMAnC INDEX.

Polia (co?i.).

1405. socedeus ( 1J7/:.) . . .

1400. cucubali (Schif.) . . .

1407. bicruris (Hiifn.) . . .

1408. carpophaga (L'oikJi.)

1409. lypra {Pun//.)

1410. niagno'ii (Boisd.). . .

1411. filigramma (^s/).)

1412. tei)hi()k'uca {lioisd.)

1413. pumila (Stand.) . . .

1414. albimacula (Borkh.)

1415. conspersa [Schiff.) .

1416. com pta (>Sc/«^;) ...

1417. gueiiei [Staud.) . . .

Piichetra, Gve7i

1418. leucophiBa {Schiff.) .

Odontestra, Hmp.m

1419. vittigera, Hmpsn. .

1420. albivitta, Ilmpsn. .

1421. siniilliina {Moore) .

1422. potanin: (A//>Ji.) '. ..

1423. siibmaiginalis [Wlk.)

Hadena, Sclirank

1424. groiiiinea (iSe/iaits) .

1425. prociiicta [Grofe). . .

1420. graminivora {Wlk.).

1426 ff. elrtjistis, Drnce . . ,

1426 6. wmai'is, Drnce ...

1427. iiieridioiialis, Ihnjisn

1428. di.ssecta ( Wlk.) . . .

1429. reticulata (J'il/.) . ..

1430. textiirata {A/ph.). . .

1431. uucifera (zl/.s.sw.) ...

1431a. calographa, Mssn..

1432. bul-eri {ludd.)

1433. niptilinea {Wlk.) .

Tliolera, Hillm

1434. popularis {Fabr.) . . .

1435. americana {Smith) .

1436. cespitis (.SWajf:) ...

Odoutelia, llnipsn

1437. margiaua {Pi'my.) .

Tbargelia, Pwkj

1438. distincta {Christ.) .

1439. fissilis (Christ.) ...

Ilvpobaratbra, Hmpsn. . . .

1440. icterias {Fr.)

1441. repetita (Bufl.) . . .

Onycbestra, Hmpm

1442. siccannruni (Stand.)

Proiiotestra, Hnip.s}!

1443. silenides (Stand.) .

Aglossestra, Hmpsn ;

1444. desei'ticoiti, Hmjisn. .

Epia, Ililhn

1445. pictuiMta (Alph.). . .

1446. in-egularis [Riifn.) .

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Piipje

1447. aberrans (Ed.) 229

1448. capsiilaris (Guen.) .... 229

1449. iniuorata {Smith) 230

1450. ectrapela {Smith) 230

1451. Bisus (Germ.) . 231

1452. circumvadis (Smith) . . 2-"5l

1453. mendax (Stand.) 232

1454. renati (O/w;-/*.) 233

1455. silenes (Iliibn.) 233

1456. christopbi (Miischl.) . . 234

Oardepia, Hmpsn 234

1457. iriisor ( Ersch.) 235

1458. nova (Smith) 235

Tricboclea, Grote 230

1459. U-scripta (Smith) 237

1460. artesta (Sinifh) 237

1461. albicolou (Scpp) 238

1462. atalantica, Hmpiv 239

1463. cbolica, Hmpsn 239

1464. fuscolutea (Smith) 239

1465. sociabilis (Grccs.) .... 240

1466. decepta, Grate 240

1467. deniotica (P'nng.) 241

1468. antica, Smith 241

1469. postica, Smith 242

1470. edvardsi (Smith) 242

Iladiila, Stand 243

1471. tancrei (Grres.) 243

1472. corgbos>i (Alph.) 244

1473. turpis {Stand.} 245

1474. oi^tima (Alph.) 245

1475. pra3cipua (Stand.) .... 246

1476. Inngicornis (Grccs.). . . . 246

1477. sabulorum (Alph.) .... 247

1478. insolita, Staud 248

1479. inipia (Pum/.) 248

1480. unica (Leech) 249

1481. incomnioda (Staud.) . . 249

Nephelistis, Hmpsn 250

1482. congeuitalis, J/w^;,-:?;. .. 250

1483. claiida (Schans) 251

1484. furva {Schan.s) 252

1485. differens (Drnce) 252

1486. velk'rea (Sehaus) 253

1486 «. couservulodes, X)r?/re . 608

Ilydra'ciodes, Hmpsn 253

1487. xautbina, Hmpsn 254

1488. pexa (Schans) 254

1489. alala (Drnce) 255

1490. azteca (Schans) 256

1491. cauta (Schans) 256

1492. leucopis, Hmpsn , 257

1493. leucogramma, Hmpsn. . 257

Tiracola, Moore 257

1494. pl.cigiata {Wlk.) 258

Chabuata, Wlk 259

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

1405. notata (Sfreck.) . ..

1490. signata ( Wlk.)

1497. fistula [Ilarv.)

1498. mutina (Scfiaus) . . .

1498 a. chipeta (Barnes) .

1499. iuconspicua {Grote).

loOO. carneago (Guen.). . .

1501. distincta (iMoore) . . .

1502. olDscura (Moore) . . .

1503. punctosa ( TF/A.) ...

1504. couigera (Schiff.) . . .

1505. angulifera (Moore) .

1506. vefutina {StnitJi) . . .

1507. albicosta (Moore) .

1508. fratema (Moore) . ..

1509. inauis (Oberth.) . ..

1510. ruiipeuiiis (Bull.). . .

1511. ociosa (Doyn.)

1512. amceba, Hrnpsn. . . .

1513. albimargo (Guen.) .

1514. dulcinea (Bufl.) . . .

1515. subsocia ( Wlk.) . . .

1616. albirena (Giie7i.) . . .

1517. ampla, Jf7Z;

1518. major (Guen.)

1519. rectilinea, Hmpsn. .

1520. uoctuiformis (Guen.)

1521. satellitioides (Guen.)

Lasianobia, Hmpsn

1522. lauta {Puny.)

1523. decreta (Pilny.) . . .

Manobia, Stand

1524. xena, Stand

1525. grisea (But I.)

Hyssia, Guen

1526. griseipennis (Feld.).

1527. inconstans (Bufl.) ,

1528. cucuUina (Gum.)

1529. moderata ( JFlk.) . . .

1530. siuinthistis, Hmpsn.

1531. millifera(W7/.-.) ...

1532. senatoria (Smith). . .

1533. gussata (Smith) . . .

1534. compsias (Meyr.)

1535. nipbadopa (Meyr.) .

1636. anthracias (Meyr.) .

1637. caveruosa (Er.) . . .

1538. violascens, Hmpsn. .

1539. mode.sta (Morr.) . . .

1540. di.sticLa (Morr.) . . .

1541. dilecta (7/. iV/w.) .

1642. fasciata (-S'»/////) . . .

1543. niveiguttata (Grote)

1544. orbiculata (Smith) .

1545. musciilina (StaiuJ.) .

Proteinania, Hmpsn

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1546. acbatioides (Guen.) 290

1547. vigasia (Schaus) 291

Evio^ygn, Guen 291

1548. crocosticta (Schaus). . . . 292

1549. fea (Druce) 293

1550. mulina (Schaus) 293

1551. tersa (Druce) 294

1552. baruna (Schau.s) 294

1553. mediorufa (Schaus) .... 295

1554. contempta {Schaus). . . . 295

1555. CLirtica (Smith) 296

1556. acaliis [Streck.) 296

1557. incincta (Morr.) 297

1558. perfusca, Hmpsn 297

1559. oviduca (Guen.) 298

1560. melanopis, Hmpsn 299

1561. orobia (Harv) 299

1562. utahensls (Smith) 300

1563. ochrota (Schaus) 300

1564. obtiisa (Smith) 300

1505. planalis {Grote) 301

1566. agrotiformis(G/-c)<e) . . . . 302

1567. perforata (Grote) 302

1568. rufula {Grote) 303

1509. reliqua {Smith) 303

1570. trifascia (Smith) 304

1571. culea (Guen.) 304

1572. consopita (Grote) .... 305

1573. diplogramma {<S'f7(rt«.y). . 305

1574. euryte (Druce) 305

1575. turca (Linn) 306

1576. grandis (But!) 307

1577. divergens (L'utJ.) 308

1578. curva'ta (Leech) 308

1578 a. fuliginosa ( Wilem.) . . 609

1579. rliodotricliia, Hmjjsn. . . 309

1580. pallescens {Schaus) 309

1581. fuscibarbata, Hmjjsn. . . 310

1582. vinobarbata, Hmpsn. . . 311

1583. melanogaster (Guen) . . 312

1584. secedens (Schaus) .... 312

1585. excaxata, Hmpsn 312

1586. lamptera (i>/-we) 313

1587. macrolepia (ILnpsn.) . . 314

1588. gigantea (Schaus) .... 315

1589. fiavigora (Guen) 315

1590. fulvida, Druce 31(5

1591. friburgensis ((?««;.) .. 316

1591 a. hueca (Bar7ies) 609

1592. carneigera (Guen.) .... 317

1693. lodebar (Druce) 317

1594. orbica, Hmpsu 318

1595. lanaris (Bull.) 319

169(). moderata (Wlk.) 319

1507. creniilata (ButI) 320

1598. jamaiconei?, Hmpsn. . . 321

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Eriopyya (c(»i.). Pupfe

1599. braehia, de Jotin 822

IGOO. rhadata (I)ruce) 322

1601. crista ( Wlk.) 323

1602. nicesta ( Wlk.) 324

1603. niveipuncta (Schaus) . . 325

1604. lindi<ii (Feld.) 325

1605. subolivacea, Hmpsn. . . 325

1606. melanosttcta, Hmpsn. . . 326

1607. purj)urigera (Guen.) . . 327

1608. nigripars (Sc/ians) .... 327

1609. ditissima ( Wlk.) 328

1610. janeira {Schaus) 329

1611. punctula (Guen.) 329

1612. nionilis [Guen.) 330

1613. glaucistis, Hmpsn 331

1614. azucara (Schaus) 331

1615. lobata, Hmpsn 332

1616. mesostiigata, Hmpsn. . . 333

1617. cynica (Guen.) 333

1618. curvirena {Guen.} .... 334

1619. intractata (Morr.) 335

1620. goniostigma (Schaus) . . 335

1621. albipuncta (Schaus) 336

1622. d^^schoroides (iS'c/<aMs) . . 337

1623. riibi'ipuncta (Schatts) . . 338

1(''24. conH liens (Druce) 3o8

1625. intirma (Guen.) 340

1626. violascens (Schaus). . . . 340

1627. ropilla (Doi/)i.) 341

1628. inorata (Smnh) 341

1629. virgula (Gro(e) 342

1630. pyropis, Hmjjsn 342

1631. ignescens (Schaus) .... 343

1632. iole (Schaus) 343

1633. veeors (Grnrn.) 344

1634. puerilis (Grate) 344

1635. rubor (Guen.) 345

1636. leucopera (Schaus) .... 345

1637. Diarginalis (Schaus) . . 346

1638. coiitrahens ( Wlk.) 347

1639. conar (Streck.) 348,610

1640. perbninnea (Grote) 348

1641. hyposcota, 7/?«7JS?? 349

1642. uiiiforinis (Smith) .... 349

1643. coiuniunis (l)i/ar) ..350,610

1644. iiufurata {(rrote) 350

1645. oroba (Druce) 351

1646. therm istis, Bruce 351

1647. polioti&, Hmpsn 352

1648. unicolora (3/8.W.) 352

1649. viuda (Doi/n.) 352

1650. terUilia (Dof/n.) 353

1651. adone;i (Druce) 353

Eriopyg'odes, Hmpsn 353

1652. imbecilla (Fabr.) 354

1653. iinpar (Staud.) 355

Piipe

1654. euclidias (Meijr.) 355

Neplielode.s, Guen 356

1655. asiatica (Alph.) 356

1656. infaiis (Alph.) 357

1657. tei'tialis, Smith 357

1658. pectinata (Smith) 358

1659. emmodonia (Cram.) . . 358

Poliodestra, Hmpsn 359, 610

1660. flavidentiila (Schaus) . . 360

1661. violasceus (Mssn.) .... 36l

1662. viola, Druce 361

Trichopolia, Grote 361

1663. ursina (Smith) 3(52

1664. deiitatella, Grute 362

1665. seri-iita, Smith 363, 610

Stretch ia, H. Ediv 363

1666. murieina (Grote) 363

1667. plu.siiieformis, H. Ediv. . . 364

1668. variabilis, Smith 365

1669. inferior (Smith) 365

1670. saxea (Leech) 366

Morrisouia, Grote 3(56

1671. plena (Wlk.) 367

1672. insignis ( Wlk.) 368

1673. niutans ( Wlk.) 369

1(;74. paracausta (Mei/r.) .... 370

1675. broniias (Meyr.) 370

1676. agorastis (Mei/r.) 371

1677. mucens (Hiihn.) 371

1678. sectilis (Guen.) 372

1679. bisulea (Grote) 373

1680. evicta (Grote) 374

1681. intidelis, Grote 375

1682. vitiosa (Butl.) 375

1683. infensa ( Wlk.) 375

1684. rubescens (Bull.) 376

1685. ustistriga ( Wlk.) 377

1686. lithias (Mei/r.) 378

1687. homoscia ( 3Ieij r.) .... 378

1688. stipata ( Wlk.) 379

1689. dotata ( H7/.-.) 380

1690. ociithistis (Mo/r.) 380

1691. tartaraia (Butl.) 3,81

1692. omoplaca (Jlet/r.) 382

1693. coufusa (Hiibn.) 382

1(;94. li^nana ( Wlk.) 383

1695. niorusa (Butl.) 384

1696. prionistis (Meyr.) .... 384

1697. temperata ( Wlk ) 385

1698. phricias (Meyr.) 395

Persectauia, Hmpsn 386

1699. evingi ( Westw.) 386

1700. aiilauias (Meyr.) 387

1701. steropastis (Aleyr.) .... 388

1702. atristriga ( Wlk.) 388

Xylonuiuia, Hmpsn o89

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

XIU

Tnge

1703. behrensiana (rV/o/c) .. 8!)0

1704. erytlirolita (drofe) 890

1705. hienialis {Grotc) 390

1700. pallidior {Smith) .'591

1707. peritali-s {Smith) ;392

1708. cojrnata {Smith) 392

1709. riibrica (Harv.) 393

1710. simplex { Wlk.) 394

1711. indurata {Smith) 395

1712. curialis {Grote) 395

1713. Candida {Smith) 390

1714. dolosa {Grote) 396

1715. perlubens {Grote) .... 397

1716. couspicillaris {Linn.) . . 398

1717. pulchella {Smith) 399

1718. bella {Butl.) 399

1719. alternans ( Wlk.) 400

1720. patalis {Grote) 400

1721. norma {Saalm.) 401

1722. natalensis {Butl.) 401

1723. v-album, Hinpsn 402

Periu-rapha, Led 403

1724. circumducta {Led.) 403

1725. I-ciucta {Schiff.) 404

1726. prima, Smith 404

1727. normalis (G.wte) 405

1728. pulchella {Harv.) 406

1729. terminata (Smith) .... 406

1730. pectinata {Smith) .... 407

1731. prgeses, Grote 407

1732. trauspareiLS, Grote .... 408

1733. ducinfieldi [Schuus) 408

Monima, Hilbn 409

1734. ca.rnipenni8 {Butl.) .... 410

1735. eriza {Sivinh.) 410

1736. rorida {Friv.) 410

1737. porosa {Er. ) 412

1738. fasciculata (Hmj)sn.) . . 413

1739. gothica {Linn.) 413

1740. castaneipeniiis (jff??j/jsM.) 4l5

1741. ferrcsticta {Unipsii.) . . 415

1742. numda {Schijf.) 416

1743. lizetta {Btdl.) 41(5

1744. popnleti {luibr.) 417

1745. miniosa {Schiff.) 418

1746. ferri'rera {Smith) 418

1747. stabilis [Schifl.) 419

1748. stenoptera (Stand.) 420

1749. rubrescens ( Wlk.) .... 420

1750. cruda {Svhif.) 420

1751. faiista (Zcrr//) 421

1752. tlaviannula (Smith) 422

1753. aunulimacula {<S'wi///<). , 422

1754. addenda {Smith) 422

1755. carminala (Smith) .... 423

1756. niys {LJi/ar) 423

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1757. odiosa {Bidl.) 424

1758. niprorenalis (Hmpsn.). . 425

1759. artlirolita (Harv.) 425

1760. revicta (3/on-.) 426

1761. garmani (Grote) 426

1762. incerta {Ililhn.) 427

1763. opima {Iliibn.) 428

1764. paromoea, ILmp.v/ 4^9

1765. pacifica (Harr.) 429

1766. aiurina {Smith) 430

1767. alia {GiieJi.) 430

1768. gracilis {Schif.) 431

1769. cinnamomea (Moore) . . 432

Palponima, LLmpsn 432

1770. orthosioides {Butl) 432

Clavipalpiila, Stcmd 433

1771. auraiias {Oberth.) 433

Perigonica, Smith 434

1772. fulminans, Smith 434

1773. tertia, Uyar 435

1774. angulata, Smith 436

Sideridis, Riihn 436

1775. limbata (Butl.) 437

1776. lithargyria (£^y).) 437

1777. albipiincta (Schiff.) 438

1778. vitellina {Hiibn.) 440

1779. rosea {Harv.) 440

1780. evidens (milm.) 441

1781. normani {Grote) 441

1782. congermana {Morr.) . . 442

1783. rubefacta (Morr.) 442

1784. cajsia (Schif.) 443

1785. exiiuia (Staud.) 444

Physetica, 3Iei/r 444

1786. cferiilea (Giieri.) 445

1787. \iudemialjs (Gue/i.). . . . 445

1788. miorasta [Mei/r.) 446

Ceramica, Guen 446

1789. picta {Harr.) 446

Brithys, Hiibn 447

1790. pancratii {Ci/r.) 447

1791. crini (Fabr.) 448

1702. encausta (Hiiln.) 449

Aspidifrontia, Hmpsn 450

1793. radiata, Hmj).m 450

1794. semipallida, //myw«. .. 451

1795. glance.'^cen^, Hmp.'^n. . . 451

1796. axylides, Hmpsn 452

1797. rufe.scens, Hmpsn 452

Melo])iora, Meyr 452

1798. sangiiinata {Luca.s) .... 453

Diaplione, Hiibn 453

1799. eumela (Sioll) 453

Polvtelodes, Hmpsn 454

18()0. fiorifera [Wlh.) 455

Polytela, Guen 456

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Polytela (co7i.). Page

1801. orientalis (Hmpsn.) .... 450

1802. p-loriosse {Fabr.) 457

1803. florigera, Gnen 458

1804. chrysospila, JVlk 458

Xanthopastis, Iliibn 458

1805. timais (Cram.) 45i)

Adaphajuura, Hmpsn 4(j0

1806. niinusciila {Bull.) .... 4U0

Panolis, Hiibn 4()1

1807. flammea {Schif.) 461

Cerapteryx, Curt 462

1808. graminis (Linn.) 4()2

1809. albiceps {Hmpsn.) 4(>3

Scriptania, Hmpsn 464

1810. syzygia, Hmpsn 464

1811. nordenscjoldi (<SYaw,/.). . 465

1812. michaelseni [Staud.) . . 465

Strigania, Hmpsn 466

1813. lithopliilus (Butl.) 466

1814. scripta (Mssn.) 467

1815. calligrapta (5m</.) 468

Graphania, Hmpsn 468

1816. disjungens {Wll-.) .... 469

1817. atavistis, Hmpsn 470

Tmetolopliota, Hmpsn 470

1818. propria ( Wlk.) 471

1819. polygona, Druce 471

Conisania, Hmpsn 472

1820. leiueri {Frr.) 472

Dasygaster, Gtien 473

1821. eugraplia, Tvrner .... 473

1822. ligniplena ( Wlk.) 474

1823. acontosema ( Turner) . . 475

1824. nephelistis, 7/-w;).w 475

1825. hollandi;B, Guen 476

1826. epundoides, Guen 477

1827. revevsa {Moore) 477

Cirpbis, Wlk 478

1828. eboriosa {Guen.) 479

1829. costal is, Wlk 479

1830. obusta [Guen.) 479

1831. pilipalpis (Grofe) 480

1832. pseudargyria {Gnen.) . . 481

1833. multiliut-a ( IVlk.) .... 482

1834. comuiiiides {Guen.) .... 482

1835. phragmilidicola (^Z !«'«.). 483

1836. roseola {Smith) 484

1837. farcta {Grote) 484

1838. fasciata {Moore) 485

1839. naiiiica {Moore) 486

1840. insularis {Bufl) 486

1841. promiueus ( rf//,-.) 487

1842. diah-ecta {Butl.) 488

1843. uda {Gueyi.) 488

1844. abdominalis ( 177/.-.). . . . 489

1845. adjnncta ( Wlk.) 4X9

Pae;e

1846. leucosta {Loiver) 490

1847. leucosplienia (Beth.-

Baher) 490

1848. lasiomera, Hmpsn 491

1849. ptvoDopbora, Hmjjsn. . . 491

1850. loreyi {Dup.) 492

1851. dasuta, Hmpsn 493

1852. pyrrhias (Mei/r.) 494

1853. macrosaris {lileyr.) 494

1854. typblodes {Mei/r.) 495

1855. amblycasis {Meyr.) .... 495

1856. laniata {Hmpsn.) 496

1857. inframicans (7/?/ip*7i.). . 497

1858. pryeri (Leech) 498

1859. hamifera ( Wlk.) 498

1860. crvptargyrea {Beth.-

Baker) 499

1861. decisissima ( If 77c.) 499

1862. nebulosa (Hmpsn.) 500

1863. congrua (Hubn.) 501

1864. usta (Hmpsn.) 501

1865. iufrargyrea {Saalm.) . . 502

1866. subsignata {Moore) .... 502

1867. simplex {Leech) 503

1868. proxima {Leech) 504

1869. 1-album {Linn.) 504

1870. albivenata (S^vinh.) .... 505

1871. rufipennis {Hmpsn.) . . 506

1872. duplicata {Bull.) 506

1873. albicosta (Moore) 507

1 874. polyrabda, Hmp.m 507

1875. micacea {Hnpsn.) .... 508

1876. circulus (Saalm.) 508

1877. flavostignia (i>'/T;H.). . . . 509

1878. inornata {Leech) 510

1879. tangala (Feld.) 510

1880. goniosigiiia, Hmpsn. . . 515

1881. dharma {Moore) 516

1882. rutistrigosa {Moore) . . 516

1883. salebrosa (Butl.) .. 517

1884. ignita, Hmpsn 517

1885. pvrastis, Hmpsn 518

1886. formosana (Butl.) 518

1887. clarescens (Moschl.) .. 519

1888. imperfecta {Smith) 519

1889. velutina (Ev.) 520

1890. comma {Linn.) 520

1891. insueta {Guen.) 521

1892. dia {Grote) 522

1893. diagramma(7)VM.-i>'rt7.-er) 522

1894. bi fasciata (J/ooiv) 523

1895. atrinota, Hmp.';n 523

1896. roseilinea { ll'lk.) 523

1897. polemusa (S)ri//h.) .... 524

1898. Fecta {Herr.-Srhiif.) . . 524

1899. albifasciata, Hmp.^n. . . 525

SYSTEMATIC IN'DEX.

Page

1900. abdomiiialis (Moon-) . . 'y2'i

1901. lineatipes {Moore) .... r>25

1902. anteroclara (/Swu'M). . . . 526

1903. oregona (Smith) 526

1904. polysticlia ( Turner) . . 527

1905. rivorum (Gucii.) 527

1900. sarcistis, Hmpsn 527

1907. calgai-iana {Smith) 528

1908. .sarcopbtea, Hvipsn 528

1909. jaliscana (Schans) .... 528

1910. polystrota, Hmpxn 529

1911. micros ticba, Hmpsn. . . 529

1912. palliseca {Sjiiith) 529

1918. bumidicola (Gmm.) .... 530

1914. insulieola {Guen.) .... 531

1915. compta {Moore) 531

1916. meoaproctis, Hinpsn. . . 532

1917. juncicola {Gum.) 532

1918. microgouia, Ilmpsn. . . 533

1919. riparia (Ramh.) 533

1920. deserticola (Bnrtel) 534

1921. insecuta ( Wlk. ) 534

1922. postica ( Wilem.) 535

1923. sinuosa {Mooi-e) 535

1924. andereggi (L'oisd.) 536

1925. lineata {Hv.) 536

1926. alboradiata, Rmp.m. . . 536

1927. pblebitis {l'iln<i) 5,37

1928. prdana (Bartel) 537

1929. "sicula {Treit.) 537

1930. alopecuri (Boit^d.) 538

1931. irregularis ( Wlk.) 538

1932. cinereicollis ( Wlk.) 539

1933. punctosa {Treit.) 539

1934. putrescens (Geyer) .... 540

1935. berricbi (Berr'.-SchUff.) 540

1936. plia?a {Hmpsn.) ...... 541

1937. leiicosticba, Hmpsn. . . 541

1938. latiuscula(//e;v.-.Sc/uV^:) 542

1939. tritonia, Hmpsn 542

1940. atriuiacula {Hmpsn.) . . 543

1941. albistigma (Moore) 543

1942. putrida (Stuud.) 544

1943. zeas (Dup.) 544

1944. scirpi {l)up.) 545

1945. ciliata (W/k.) 545

1946. fragilis (Bufl.) 546

1947. opaca (Stand.) 546

1948. crenulata, Hmpsn 546

1949. niesotrosta (I'unq.) .... 547

1950. unipuncta (Han\) 547

1951. corrugata {Hmpsn.) . . 549

1952. arcupuuctata (Ms.m.) . . 549

1953. denticula (7/jH/),s«.) 549

1954. pastea, Hmpsn 550

1955. yii {Guen.) 550

I'nge

1956. semiusta {Hmpsn.) .... 551

1957. modesta (Moore) 551

1958. metapbiea, Hmpsn 552

1959. placida (But I. ) 552

1960. hypopbaja, Hmps?i 553

1961. rubrisecta, Hmpsn 553

1902. brantsi {Snell.) 553

1963. iucoiispicua {Herr.-

Schiiff.) 554

1964. mocoides (iJiujn) 554

1965. falclandioa (yywi'/.) 554

1966. remota {Stand.) 555

1967. quadrannuLata (Murr.) . .5,55

Piorolia, Moore -556

1968. levini (Bntl) .556

1969. interciliata (Hmjtsn.) . . 557

1970. apparata ( Wihjrn.) .... 557

1971. ameus (Guen. ) 5.58

1972. rbabdopbora (Hm/xn.) . 5.58

1973. leiicogranima, Hmjisn. . 559

1974. albivitta {Hmpsn.) .... 559

1975. melianoides (.l/o.vr/,/.). . .562

1976. tacium (Feld.) 562

1977. rubrescens. Hmpsn 563

1978. operosa {Saahn.) 5()3

1979. citrinotata, Hmjisn 563

1980. melanostrota, Hmpsn. . ,5()4

1981. percussa {Butl) .504

1982. cruegeri {Thitl.) 565

1 983. stellata, Hmpsn 565

1984. radiata (Brem.) 566

1985. aspersa ( Snell.) 566

1986. liiiita {Guen.) 566

1987. veiialba {Moore) .567

1988. torrentiiim (Guen.) .... 567

1989. tincta {Wlk.) 568

1990. ineaiia {Siiell.) 568

1991. byssina (Sninh.) ,569

1992. acrapex, Hn)psn 569

1993. steniptera, Hmpsn 569

1994. sarcostriga, Hmpsn. . . 570

1995. nigrisparsa (Hmpsn.) . . 570

1996. extincta {Gnen.) 570

1997. rbodoptera, Hmpsn. . . 571

1998. flabilis {Grote) 571

1999. leucostigma (Snell.) 572

2000. pbaeocbroa, Hmp.'<n. . . 572

2001. fasciata, Moore 572

2002. ferrilinea {Leech) 573

2003. diopi>', Hmpsn 573

2004. persecta, Hmpsn 574

2005. melanopasta ( 7'H>7/rv) . . .574

2006. niicropis, Hmpsn 574

2607. cupveata, Hn,psn 575

2008. bilineata, Hmpsn 575

2009. .sesamiodes, Hmpsn. . . 575

SYSTEMATIC INDEX..

3Icliana, Curt fuV)

'2i)\0. poctiiiata, Hnqhm oTH

2011, nibripennis {Ovate S;

Roh.) 577

2012. flammea (Curt.) 578

20 lo. longipeiniis, Hmpsn. . . 578

2014. vana {Siviiih.) .''BO

2015. atrifura, Ihrqisn 580

201(5. exsul ( Wik.) 580

2017. vittata {Hmpsn.) 581

2018. sarca {Hmpm.) 581

2019. scotti (Butl.) 582

2020. curvilinea {Hmpsn.) . . 582

2021. uniformis (Moore) 583

2022. albilinea {Hiibn.) 583

2023. suffusa (Schaus) 584

2024. limitata (*;«/M) 585

2025. stolata (S^nith) 586

2026. patricia {Grote) 585

2027. bicolorata (Grate) 586

2028. bertha, Schaus 586

2029. rosea (Moschl.) 586

2030. niveicosta (Smith) 587

2031. tenebra, Hmpsn 587

2032. citronelk (/S'wjiV/0 588

2033. rubra, Hinpsn 588

PfinfO

2034. piviogracilis (Grotc) .... 588

Zostero])oda, Grote 588

2035. hiitipes, Grote 589

Leucania, Ochs 590

2036. ceraunias (Meyr.) 590

2037. dione (Hudson) 590

2038. toroueura, Mei/r 591

2039. iinica, Wlk 591

2040. dunedinensis (Butl.) . . 591

2041. seniivittata, W/k 592

2042. blenheimeiisis, Frdi/. . . 592

2043. sulcaua, Frdi/ 593

2044. littoralis, Curt 594

2045. f avicolor, Barrett 595

2046. rubripallons, Smith 595

2047. fuligiuosa (Haw.) 596

20-lS. oxjgalii (Grate) 597

2049. albiradiosa, Uv 597

2050. minorata, Smith 597

2051. straminea, Treit 598

2052. palleiis (Linn.) 598

2053. impuncta, Gium 599

2054. obsoleta (Hnhn.) 599

2055. pudovina (Schif) 600

2056. lanp-uida, Staud 601

2057. niveilinea (Schaus) .... 601

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHALiENiE.

Family NOCTUID^E.

Subfamily HADENIN^.

Proboscis usually well-developed, sometimes aborted ; palpi

usually short, upturned or porrect ; frons often with rounded

prominence with corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes

of various forms ; eyes hairy, sometimes overhung by long cilia ;

antennae usually ciliated, often pectinated or serrate ; thorax clothed

with hair and scales when there are usually crests on the pro- and

metathorax or a ridge-like dorsal crest, or clothed with hair only ;

tibise without spines, the fore tibia I'arely with terminal spine ; the

proximal joints of fore tarsi sometimes with curved claw-like

spines ; abdomen usually with series of dorsal crests or one crest at

base. Wings usually broad, the termen rounded or crenulate,

rarely slightly angled at middle ; fore wing with vein 1 a weak,

not anastomosing with 1 6, 1 c absent ; 2 from middle of cell ; 3

and 5 from near lower angle ; (5 from ujjper angle ; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, in Erana with 7, 8, 9

stalked ; 10 from cell. Hind wing with veins la & h present,

1 c absent ; 3, 4 from lower angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from or

from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or

shortly stalked ; 8 arising free, then bent down and touching the

cell, then again diverging.

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In several genera the males often have secondary sexual tufts of

hair or fans of scales on thorax, legs, or abdomen, and in the

genus Eriopyga patches of androconia on the wings of very diverse

forms ; in Cirphis the underside is sometimes clothed with silvery

metallic scales. The species of the genus Monima all appear in the

early spring.

Larva smooth, the warts with 1 hair; all the prolegs present,

the 12th somite with more or less developed dorsal hump. In the

ffarmodia -grou^ of Polia the larvae all feed on CaryophyUacece,

Silene, Lychnis, Dicmtlws, etc., mostly in the seed-pods, and the

females have the ovipositor long and exserted for penetrating the

tissues of the plants ; in Leucania and allied genera the larvae all

feed on Graminece.

Key to the Genera.

A. Eyes small, reniform.

a. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales ... Anakta, p. 37.

h. Thorax clothed with hair only Panolis, p. 461.

B. Eyes large, rounded.

a. Fore tibia with terminal claw.

a^. Frons with rounded prominence with corneous

plate below it Thargeua, p. 220.

b^. Frons without prominence.

a-. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Barathea, p. 11.

b-. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment

only Hypobarathka, p. 221.

b. Fore tibia without terminal claw.

a'. Fore tarsus with long curved claw-like spines

on outer side of 1st joint.

a^. Fore tibia with spine on outer side near

extremity Conisania, p. 472.

b^. Fore tibia without spine.

a^. Frons with truncate conical prominence

with vertical ridge at middle and corneous

plate below it Pronotestha, p. 224.

P. Frons with truncate conical prominence

with corneous plate below it.

a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Aglossestra, p. 225.

/)'. Proboscis fully developed.

a\ Frontal prominence occupying lower part

of frons Epia, p. 226.

6'. Frontal prominence reniform, in middle

of frons Cardepia, p. 234.

c'. Frons with rounded prominence with- cor-

neous plate below it TiucitocLEA, p. 236.

(P. Frons without prominence.

a'. Eyes overhung by long cilia Lasianobia, p. 274.

b2

KOCTUID^.

b*. Eyes not. overluiiig by cilia.

a^. Thorax clothed with hair aud hair-like

scales and with spreading crests Manobia, p. 276.

b^. Thorax clothed with hair only and without

crests Thysetica, p. 444.

!**. Fore tarsus with short thick claws on ] st three

joints ; frons with rounded prominence with

curved corneous plate below it from middle

of frons and a plate below frons produced to

lateral wings Omychestra, p. 223.

r^ Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer

side of Ist joint. ,

a^. Eyes overhung by long cilia.

a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Triciiopolia, p. 3(il.

b'^. Proboscis fully developed,

w*. Tegulie dorsally produced into a ridge.

«\ Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Pomodestra, p. 359.

6\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment

only.

«". Palpi fringed with long hair in front ... Stretchia, p. 363.

¥'. Palpi f ringed with short hair in front ... HvnKOiCioDES, p. 253.

b^. Tegulffi not produced into a ridge,

rt'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a". Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a^. Thorax with ridge-shaped dorsal crest. Tuyrestra, p. 6.

b'' . Thorax with spreading crests Tricuestra, p. 8.

b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales Lasionycta, p. 53.

c". Thorax clothed with hair only Lasiestra, p. 47.

¥. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment

only ScRiPTANiA, p. 404.

c\ Abdomen without dorsal crests Strigania, p. 466.

1r. Eyes not overhung by long cilia,

a'. Proboscis aborted, minute,

a*. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment,

a'. Frons with disk-shaped prominence with

central truncate prominence Aspidifrontia, p. 450.

i\ Fruns with rounded prominence with

corneous plate below it Odontei-ia, p. 219.

c'. Frons without prominence.

a'^. Pro- and metatliorax with spreading

crests TiioLERA, p. 216.

b*^. Pro- and metathorax without crests Britiiys, p. 447.

//. Abdomen without dorsal crest.

a\ Frons \\\\\\ disk-shaped prominence with

central truncate process Metopiora, p. 452.

i''. Frons with prominence with lateral walls

and roughened or convoluted centre Diaphone, p, 453.

c''. Frons with rounded roughened promi-

nence with corneous plate below it.

«". Head and thorax clothed chiefly with

scales PoEYTELonE.s, p. 454.

//. Head and thorax clothed with hair

only PoLYTEi/A, p. 456.

d''. Frons without prominence Xanthopasti.s, p. 458.

b^. Proboscis fully developed.

«'. Frons with truncate conical prominence.

a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

«". Frons with semilunar corneous promi-

nence Discestra, p. 14.

J", Frons with circular prominence Craterestua, p. 17.

HADENIN^. i

6'. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment

only,

a". Thorax clothed with liair and liair-like

scales ; palpi with the ord joint short . Grapiiania, p. 488.

6". Thorax clothed with hair onlj' ; palpi

with the 3rd joint long and dilated at

extremity Palponima, p. 432.

6*. Frons with rounded prominence excised

below above the corneous phite TuicnoRiiiZA, p. 13.

C*. Frons with sliglit rounded prominence

with corneous plate below it.

a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests,

a^. Head and thorax clothed chiefly with

scales.

a''. Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint long ... Catepiiiodbs, p. 36.

h''. Palpi oblique, the 3rd joint short Scotogeamma, p. 25.

b^. Head and thorax clothed with hair and

hair-like scales Dasygaster, p. 473.

i\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment

only.

a^. Thorax clotlied chiefly with scales.

a~. Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of

head Nbphelistis, p. 250.

b''. Palpi short, oblique Odontestra, p. 205.

b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

«'. Tegulae dorsally produced into a ridge. Peesbctania, p. 386.

b'^. TeguliE not dorsally produced into a

ridge Hadula, p. 243.

c'. Abdomen without dorsal crest Meliana, p. 576.

d^. Frons without prominence.

a\ Tegulte dorsally produced into a ridge.

a*^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ... Moertsonia, p. 336.

b''\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg-

ment only,

a^. Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest ... Perigrapiia, p. 403.

b''. Pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests Xylomania, p. 389.

c®. Abdomen without dorsal crest Monima, p. 409.

P. Tegulaj not produced into a ridge.

a^. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a'^. Fore wing narrow ; veins 7, 8, 9

stalked Erana, p. 7.

h'^. Fore wing broad, triangular ; vein 9

from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole Polia, p. GO.

6'. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg-

ment only Hahe-va, p. 20S.

i". Thorax clothed wicn hair and hair-like

scales, sometimes with a few scales on

upper edge of patagia.

cf. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests,

a**. Prothorax with triangular ridge-like

crest TiRACOLA, p. 257.

b"*. Prothorax with spreading crest PACnBTRA, p. 203.

b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg-

ment only,

a'*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and

porrect Proteinania, p. 290.

) NOCTUIDJi;.

6*. Palpi with the 3rd joint short,

a". Prothorax with dorsal ridge-likc

crest ., CnABUATA, p. 2')0.

6". Prothorax with spreading crest.

a^". Thorax clothed chielly with hair-

like scales Hyssia, p. 278.

i'". Thorax clothed almost entirely

with hair Cirphis, p. 478.

fp. Abdomen without dorsal orests.

a."*. Thorax clothed chiefly witli hair-like

scales; fore wing with the termen

erect, rounded Eriopyga, p. 291.

b^. Thorax clothed almost entirely with

hair ; fore wing with the termen

obliquely curved Bouolia, p. 555.

c". Thorax clothed with hair only,

a'^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

«■*. Pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests Nepiielodes, p. 356.

h'^. Pro- and metathorax without crests... ADAPiiyENUKA, p. 460.

b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg-

ment only,

o*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and

dilated at extremity Clavipalpula, p. 433.

J^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short,

a". Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest... Peeigonica, p. 434.

b". Prothorax with divided crest Tmetolophota, p. 470.

e". Prothorax with spreading crest Sideridis, p. 436.

d^. Thorax without distinct crests,

a'". Fore wing with the apex produced

and acute Ceeamica, p. 446.

a^°. Fore wing with the apex truncate . Cekapteryx, p. 462.

c''. Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a**. Palpi with the 3rd joint long Zosteeopoda, p. 588.

b'^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. ,

a^. Fore wing with the apex not produced,

the termen rounded Eriopygodes, p. 353.

i". Fore wing with the apex produced

and acute, the termen obliquely

curved Leucania. p. 590.

Genus THYRESTRA, nov.

Type, T, hyalopliora.

Proboscis i'uUy developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with hair in front, the

3rd joint porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round, overhung by long cilia ;

aatenna> of male almost simple; head and thorax clothed with rough scales,

the prothorax with ridge-like dorsal crest, the metathorax with crest ; abdomen

with dorsal series of crests, paired lateral tufts of very long white hair ])ro-

trusible from the lateral stigmata of male. Fore wing i-ather long and narrow,

the apex produced and the termen oblique ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only ; male with a patch of hyaline membrane in, below, and beyond cell.

1127. Thyrestra hyalopliora.

E^.iplcxia hyalopliora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. si. p. 442 (1897).

fS , liead and thorax olive-green mixed with rufous and dark

THYRESTRA. — ERANA. 7

brovrn ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen rufous, the crests and

anal tuft green, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with black.

Fore wing olive-green, the area just before the anteraedial line and

the medial area suffused with brown ; the subbasal line represented

by double black striic from costa and cell ; antomedial line double,

filled in with green, oblique from costa to vein 1, then incurved ;

claviform very indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reni-

form green, defined by white at sides, oblique oblong and almost

forming a V-shaped mark ; postraedial line double, filled in with

green, strongly bent outwards below costa, straight to vein 4, then

Fig. 2. — Thijresira Itijalophom, (^ . \,

oblique and bent outwards to inner margin, some violaceous beyond

it except towards costa and inner margin, followed by some brown

and slight black streaks on the veins and some pale points on costa ;

subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins

4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it suffused with

brown ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown inter-

sected with whitish. Hind wing brown, with a largo hyaline patch

in, below, and beyond lower part of cell ; cilia pale, with a brown

line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown ;

a black spot at upper angle of cell, a sinuous postmedial line

obsolete at middle, and some terminal lunules.

Hub. Assam, Khasis, 1 S type. Exp. 32 raillim.

Genus ERANA.

Type.

Erana, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857) graminosa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and fringed with hair;

frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenntc of male almost simple ; head and

thorax clothed with rough scales, pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests ;

tibiie fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on proximal segments and

lateral fringes of hair, the claspers of male large. Fore wing narrow, tlie

termen obliquely rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, vein .5

slender ; the upper discocellular absent ; 6 from upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 0

stalked; 10, 11 from cell ; male with a fringe of very long hair below basal

half of costa on underside. Hind wing of male very broad, tlie costal area

greatly expanded and lobcd ; veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; the disoocelhilars

and vein 5 almost obsolete ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with liie

coll near base only.

NOCTUID.T:.

1128. Erana graminosa.

Erana graminosa, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857).

Emna vigens, Wlk. xxxiii. 743 (1865).

d . Head and thorax golden green ; tegulae with rather darker

medial line ; tibise and tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen ochreous,

dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish, Foi'e wing golden

sap-green sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented

by double black strioe from costa and cell, the antemedial line by

double black strise from costa and from submedian fold to inner

margin ; claviform and orbicular absent : traces of a waved medial

line ; reniform pale greenish, slightly defined by black and with

brown spot on its lower part ; postmedial line double, bent out-

wards below costa, exourved to vein 4, then strongly angled

Pig. 3. — Erana graminosa, J' . \.

inwards in submedian fold and excurved again, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused, pale, oblique from

costa to vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in sub-

median fold ; a terminal series of pale and dark strite. Hind wino-

red suffused with fuscous brown, leaving the termen green from

costa to vein 2 ; a terminal series of brown striae ; the underside

with the basal half pale, an indistinct curved postmedial line.

5 . Hind wing witli less green on termen.

Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wall-er), 1 <S , Otago {Hidton), 1 J ,

Dunedin (Purdie), 1 J, Wellington {Churton, Oxleg), 2 J', type

and type vkiens. Exp. 34 millim.

Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, p. 28, pi. 3. f. 8.

Bright green, darker in front; dorsal, subdorsal', and lateral

white lines ; eight series of shining black warts, each Avith several

stout black bristles ; head yellowish brown, with some black dots.

After the last moult it is pale green marbled with dark green, often

with white lateral line and indistinct series of oblique green stripes ;

often pinkish brown, with two or three rows of pale spots. Food-

plant, Melicytus ramijioriis. 4-10.

Genus TRICHESTRA, nov.

Type, T. arhuticolens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair

in front, the 3rd moderate ; irons smooth ; eyes large, overhung by cilia ;

antenna ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and

TEICHESTKA. 9

uietatborax with spreading crests ; tibia' fringed with hair ; abdomen with

dorsal crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 Irom near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with black spot in discal fold beyond subterminal

line nig ropuncia.

B. Fore wing without black spot beyond subterminal line.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved from cell to

inner margin ; . . . arbuticolens.

b. Fore wing with the anlemedial line oblique, waved

throughout anthopMla.

1129. Trichestra nigropuncta.

CelcBna nigrojnmcta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479, pi. 93 f. 25

(1898).

S . Head and thorax pale purplish red-brown irrorated with

black ; sides of palpi and frons black ; antennae blackish ; patagia

olive-green on outer edge ; legs banded with black ; (abdomen

wanting). Fore wing rufous ; the basal area olive-green, the base

itself suffused with black ; stibbasal line ill-defiued, double, black

filled in with white, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform and orbicular

absent ; reniform a rather irregular white bar defined by black ; a

black medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

sinuous ; postmedial line double, the two parts widely separated,

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7, then

incurved, and with a verj^ prominent black lunule on its outer edge,

then excurved, approximated to termen, somewhat dentate and

defining the slight black terminal lunules ; cilia olive-green, mostly

black at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous M'ifh

a dark line through them ; the underside pale red-brown irrorated

with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (^Trujillo), 1 d type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Ex/). 26 millim.

1130. Trichestra arbuticolens. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 23.)

Celana arhiticolens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 121.

2 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black ; tarsi with

pale rings; abdomen grey with fuscous irroration. Fore wing red-

brown with some dark irroration ; the cell suffused with purple-

brown ; the veins with dark streaks and some white irroration ;

subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and

median nervure with an oblicjue ochreous striga across the cell just

beyond it ; antemedial line double, bent inwards in cell, then

10

NOCTUID.E.

excurved ; claviform small, obscurely defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform small, the former round with ochreous annulus, the

latter narrow with white annulus or sometimes obscured by fascous

suffusion ; traces of an oblique waved line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct,

with black and white points at the veins, bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique and somewhat sinuous

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

pale, with traces of dentate dark marks on its inner side, irregu-

larly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black points and a series of pale rufous points at

base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale, with a

fuscous line through them ; the underside pale, tinged with rufous

and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line,

Ilah. Chili (Edmonds), 3 5 type. Kvp. 26 millim.

1131, Trichestra anthophila.

Cclisna anthophila, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 122.

2 • Brownish grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; some black scales

near tips of teguloe and upper edge of patagia ; tarsi banded with

black. Fore wing irrorated and partly suffused with fuscous ; a

waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct

Fig. 4. — Trichcstra anthopJiUa, $. \.

double waved antemedial line; claviform with its extremity slightly

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, very incompletely

defined by black and open above and below ; postmedial line rather

ill-defined, black, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,

strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond

it ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white and black

dentate marks, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

ochreous white with a dark line through them ; the underside

greyish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and diffused

curved postmedial line.

llab. Chili (Edmonds), 1 $ type. iiay>. 24 millim.

BAKATHRA. 11

Genus BARATHRA. ,„ ^

Type.

Barafhra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) brassicce.

Copimamestra, Grote, A. M.N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1881^) hransicce.

Proboscis fully develcpecl ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2ncl joint fringed

■with hair, the ^rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round, not ciliated;

anteniite of male minutely ciliated ; tibia; fringed with hair, the fore tibia with

long curved claw on outer side ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales,

the pro- and uietathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with doi'sal series of

crests, the one on basal segment large. Fore wing with the termen crenulate ;

veins 3, .5 from close to angle of cell ; (5 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line prominently defined by

whitish on inner side conjigurata.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined by whitish

on inner side.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct and ill-defined ... cvrialis.

b. Fore wing with the orbicular distinctly defined by black... brassies.

1132. Barathra configurata.

Mamestra configurata, Wlk. ix. 234 (1856) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.

i. p. 272, pi.' 26. f. 20.

Copimmmstra occidenta, Grote, A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1883) ; Smith,

Cat. JN'oct. N. Am. p. 113.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi with whitish

rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing

grey-brown irrorated with fuscous, the inner area and the area just

before subterminal line pale olive-brown; a small white-tipped dark

fan of scales at base ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antcmedial line double, waved, nearly erect ;

claviform rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

large, defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, with brown

centre and jjale annulus, the latter with brownish centre and white-

spotted annulus; postniedial line indistinct, double, minutely

dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold

and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line strong, wliite, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4, 3, some black stria; belbre it on the olive band,

especially between veins 3 and 1, the area beyond it with blackish

streaks in the interspaces; a terminal series of black lunulos ; cilia

blackish, with white line at base and intersected with white.

Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown ; a

dark terminal line ; cilia whitish, with brown line near base ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal spot.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 2 , Durango (Oslar), 1 d" ,

3 2 5 J^cw Mexico ; ]\Ikxico (Doiibledaij), 1 S type, Mexico City

(Hocge), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll, Kqi. 40-44 millim.

12

NOCTUID^.

1133, Barathra curialis.

(Plate XC. fig. 1.)

p. 470 (1887);

Coynmamestra curialis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus,

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 113.

2 . Dark fuscous. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas

tinged with reddish, also the discal fold iu medial area ; the ante-

medial inner area with a faint greenish tinge ; subbasal line

double, indistinct, interrupted ; antemedial line erect, hardly trace-

able ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular almost obsolete, very

faintly defined ; reniform moderate, white, with irregular dark

central lunule and black outline ; postmedial line single, black,

strongly dentate, bent outwards belosv costa and incurved below

vein 4 ; postmedial area paler than ground-colour, with dark

striation and irroration, darker towards costa ; subterminal line

whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ;

terminal area with pale irroration, a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing fuscous, darker towards termen ; the under-

side grey with darker irroration, a discoidal spot and postmedial

line.

Hah. Canada, Orilla (Btish), 1 $ ; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point,

New Hampshire, Franconia. Exj). 43 millim. ,

1134. Barathra brassicae.

Noctua brassies, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 516 (1758) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 88 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 37, pi. 102. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 194 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.

Nocfua albidilinea. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 191 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut.,

Haust. ii. p. 195.

Mamestra andalusica, Staud. Cat. p. 90 (1871).

Mamesfra decolorata, Staud. Stett. eut. Zeit. 1889, p. 34.

Mamestra scotochroma, Kober, Iris, i. p. 340, pi. 12. f. 13 (1884).

Mamestra straminea, Failla, Nat. Sic. x. p. 30, pi. 1. f. 5 (1890).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi black with

whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the dorsal crests darker.

Fig. 5. — Barathra hrassic(B, cf. \.

Fore wing dark brown irroratcd with grey, a rufous tinge in discal

and submedian folds and above inner margin before antemedial

line ; a small dark white-tipped fan of scales at base ; the sub-

basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the

BARATHRA, TP.ICHORniZA. 13

antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect ; claviform defined by

black, short ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the

former round, the latter with white spots on its inner and outer

sides, or wholly filled in with whitish ; a waved medial shade

angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and

produced to points on the veins, double towards costa, bent out-

wards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; siibterminal

line white, dentate outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, the area beyond it

rather darker ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

intersected with whitish. Hind wing brown, paler towards base ;

a slight whitish mark on vein 2 near termen ; cilia wliite, with

brown line through them ; the underside ochreous white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and

waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1, scotochroma. Melanic.

Ab. 2. andalusica. Paler, the fore wing yellowish grey and

without rufous tinge. — S. Europe.

Ab. 3. decoJoraia. Much paler, fore wing whitish grey. —

W. Turkestan.

JIah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Leech Coll. ; Germany, Zeller

and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain; Italy; Sicily;

NoRAVAY, Zeller Coll.; Kussia; Armenia; Asia Minor, Bithynia,

Pontus ; Persia ; W. Turkestan, Fergana, Issyk-kul ; Siberia ;

Amtjrland, Blagoveschensk, 6 J , Ussuri ; L^^pan, Hakodate, 1 cJ ,

Yokohama {Jonas, Fryer), G cj' , 1 $ , Tokio (Maries), 1 (^ , 1 2 ;

W. China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? , Wa-ssu-kou, 1 (^ , Pu-tsu-fang,

1 (S ; Kashmir, Xarkundah (McArthur), 2 S -, Nubra (McArthur),

1 d", Scind Valley (Leech), 1 §, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 .^ ;

Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 c? , Thundiani (Yerhury),

] c? > 2 2 , Simla (SwinJioe), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 1 § , Dharmsala

(Hoclinq), 2 cJ, 1 $; Tibet, Yatung (LJobson), 1 §. E.vj^.

40-52 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 8G ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 210, pi. 160. f. 2.

Brown to dull green, sometimes marked with blackish ;

dorsal line dark ; spiraeular line yellowish ; somite 1 1 dorsally

humped ; head yellowish brown with dark markings. Food-plants :

Lirassica, liumex, Che^iopodium, etc. 6-9.

Genus TRICHORHIZA, nov.

Type, T. peferseiii.

Proboscis liiUy developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with liair

in front ; t'rons with rounded prominence excised below, above the corneous

plate ; antenna; of n)ale ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiel3y w ith scales,

the prothorax with divided cres^t ; abdomen with dorsal series ot crests. Fore

wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (> Ironi u])per angle ; !• from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell, llind w'ing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; /> obsolescent from middle of discocellulurs ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell uear base only.

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noctcidj:.

1135. Trichorhiza peterseni.

Hhhogmmma peterseni, Clii-ist. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 76, pi. iv. f. 3 (1887) ;

Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 183.

S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulce brown at

tips ; abdomen grey irrorated Avith brown. Fore wing grey

irrorated with reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by brown

striag from costa and median nervure ; a black streak with slight

brown suffusion below it below the cell from base to the antcmedial

line, which is indistinct and angled outwards in submedian fold

and above inner margin ; claviform defined by a slight brown line

above ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by brown, the former

oblique elliptical ; postmedial line unusually near termen, very

minutely waved, double, slightly bent outwards below costa,

Fig. 6. — Trichorhua peterseni, J. f.

oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal line angled

outwards at vein 7, retracted to postmedial line at vein 5, dentate

to termen at veins 4, 3, then retracted to postmedial line at sub-

median fold, the area beyond it brown except at apex and inner

margin ; a lunulate terminal black line ; cilia intersected with

whitish, Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged

with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with brown, a postmedial series of points on the

Veins.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 c5' , Issyk-kul ; "W. Siberia,

Altai, 1 (5 ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 c? • J^^rp. 38 millim.

Genus DISCESTRA, nov.

Type, B. chart aria.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair

in front ; frons witb seiuilunate corneous prominence with raised edges ; a

corneous plate below frons; eyes large, rounded; antenna; of male ci hated ;

head and thorax clothed chiefly with seale.<, the pro- and nietathorax with

divided crests ; abdomen with doi-sal series of crests. Fore wing with

veins 3, f^ from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 ana.sto-

mosing with 8 to ibrin the areole ; 11 from cell. Hmd wing with veins 3, 4

from ano-le of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

di.scj:stka.

15

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish ; the claviform

large, filled in with brown.

a. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with yellowish florida.

b. Fore wing whitish, distinctly tinged with brown chartaria.

B. Fore wing tinged with ochreous ; the claviform small, not

filled in with brown.

a. Fore wing with the reniforni defined by black below .. eremislis.

b. Fore wing with the reniform not defined by black below ... arena-ria.

*l\m. Discestra florida. (Plate LXXXVI. tig. 1.)

Mamestra florida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 465 (1900) ; Dyar,

C&£. Lap. N. Am. p. 156.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, slightly irroratcd with

yellowish and fuscous scales. Fore wing white, slightly irrorated

with yellowish and fuscous scales ; subbasal line represented by

double black striae from costa to median nervnre ; antemedial line

double, black, angled outwards in submedian fold and excurved

below vein 1 ; claviform moderate, filled in with black ; orbicular

a very small black annulus ; reniform filled in with black, ill-

defined ; median shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell,

then less distinct ; postmedial line double, the inner dentate, the .

outer even, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-

terminal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side and with

blackish patches before it at costa and discal fold, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

blackish lunules. Hind wing white, a punctiform postmedial line,

difi'iised subterminal band, and terminal line fuscous.

Hah. U.S.A., Florida, Biscayne Bay. Exji. 32 millira. This

species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

1137. Discestra chartaria.

Mamestra chartaria, Grote, Bull. Buff". Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. liiS, pi. iv. f. 12

(1873) ; Smith, Cat. Nuct. N. Am. p. 122.

S . Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; tegitUx; with

black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ; tarsi

Fig. 7. — Disceaira chartaria, (^ . \.

with black bands ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally suffused with

brown. Fore wing white, more or less strongly irrorated and

suff'uscd with pale reddish brown and fuscous ; subbiisal line

double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line doulilo, waved.

10 KOCTUIDiE.

oblique; claviforra well developed, brown defined by black; or-

bicular and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical,

incompletely defined, the latter with its lower part or almost

entirely filled in with black ; a curved, waved, medial line ; postmedial

line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

white, defined by dark marks on inner side, dentate, angled

outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus, a dark patch

beyond it in discal fold ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

chequered ochreous and fuscous. Hind wing white ; the vjeins and

terminal area suff'used with fuscous brown ; a terminal series of

dark lunules ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial

series of stria) on the veins showing through to upperside.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, California, 2 c5' l^ype. Exp.

38 millim.

1138. Discestra eremistis. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 24.)

Mamestra eremistis, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix, p. 130 (1904).

c? . Grey-white tinged with brown and mixed with fuscous ;

patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

whitish, tinged with reddish brown and slightly irrorated with

black ; subbasal line represented by double black strise from costa

and cell ; antemedial line with double black striiE at costa, then

indistinct, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of a

minute claviform ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish, very

ill-defined, the former round, the latter prominently defined by

black below ; medial line represented by a dark striga from costa,

then indistinct, oblique ; postmedial line with double black strife at

costa, bent outwards below costa, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side

by minute dentate fuscous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, especially on the, veins and

terminal area ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line ; cilia white ;

the underside white slightly irrorated with black, a discoidal lunula

and some small lunules on termen.

Ab. 1. Whiter and less tinged with brown. — Hi.

JJab. W. Turkestan, Merv, type t in Coll. Piingeler, Transcaspia,

1 (5 ; E, Turkestan, Hi. Exjj. 32-38 millim.

1139. Discestra arenaria, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 25.)

Head whitish ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with pale

ochreous brown ; tarsi ringed with fuscous. Fore wing whitish,

tinged with pale ochreous brown and irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

CRATERESTEA. 17

orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres defined by-

black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line

dentate, bent outwards below costa, escurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

pale, slightly defined by fuscous, minutely waved, angled outwards

at vein 7, slightly dentate on veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to

tornus ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white,

the veins and termen tinged with brown ; some dark terminal

points : the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown, a small black discoidal spot.

Hah. SiND, Karachi (Swinhoe), 2 c? , 1 $ , type. Ex2). 30-32

miUim.

Genus CRATERESTRA, nov.

Type, C. hicina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair

in front, the 3rd moderate, oblique ; frons with truncate, conical, corneous

prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte

ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair, the pro- and meta-

thorax with spreading crests; tibijE fringed with rather long hair; abdomen

with dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins

3 and .'i from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper

angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground-

colour.

a. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area extending to inner

side of the postmedial line and obscuring the reniform . lucina.

h. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area not extending to

inner side of the postmedial line.

o}. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the stigmata.

d^. Fore wing with subterminal series of wliite points... niveopicta.

b"^. Fore wing without subterminal series of white

points terranea.

h^. Fore wing without whitish annuli to stigmata media.

B. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the

ground-colour.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique ; veins 4, 3 defined

by dentate whitish marks extending to near termen.

«'. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish ... hoplifes.

fA. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish yacima.

b. Fore wing with the orbicular round ; veins 4, 3 nut

defined by dentate white marks.

a'. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct.

a^. Fore wing with the costal area wiiiti.sh.

a^. Fore wing with the inner area whitish bifaxcia.

P. Fore wing with the inner area not whitish albicoata.

b'^. Fore wing with the costal area not whitisli subterminata.

h^. Fore wing with the orbicular well-defined.

a^. Fore wing without rufous streaks in discal and

submedian folds.

a*. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas

pale brown semifusca.

b^. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas

concolorous suhrelata.

h'^. Fore wing with rufous streaks in discal and sub-

median folds dejhiiens.

VOL. V. C

18 NOCTUIDJ;;.

1 140. Craterestra lucina.

Stibera lucina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 296, pi, 27. f.27 (1889).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen red-brown, dorsally suffused with black.

Foi'e wing pale grey-browu suffused in parts with purplish brown,

the area between the antemedial and medial lines strongly suffused ;

a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a

double antemedial line angled outwards below costa, then strongly

excurved ; claviform defined by black, very short and broad ;

orbicular and reniform with pale brownish centres and grey annuli,

the former defined by black, rather pointed above and dilated

below, the latter very indistinct ; a waved medial line ; postmedial

line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below

Fig. 8. — Cratcredra lucina, J. }•

costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on

costa beyond it ; subtermiual line pale, defined on inner side by a

series of slight dark marks, and with some fuscous suffusion beyond

it; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous

brown ; the underside ochreous whitish irrorated with dark brown,

the basal area suffused with fuscous except towards costa, a black

discoidal lunule, a diffused fuscous subterminal band.

Hah. Mexico, Tabasco, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 1 $, Teapa (FT. If.

Smith), 1 (3*, type, Godman-Salvin Coll. E.i'23., d 36, 2 40

millim.

1141. Craterestra niveopicta. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 26.)

Perigea niveopicta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 124, J.

Periffea florinda, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125, d".

Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with some black, some

of the scales tipped with grey ; tarsi black with whitish rings ;

abdomen brown, whitish at base. Fore wing brown irrorated with

black and grey, and with a purplish gloss ; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to vein 1, but interrupted in cell : antemedial

line double, irregularly waved, oblique ; claviform short and broad,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter open

above and below and with some blackish streaks from it to post-

medial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line defined

CRATERESTRA. 19

by grey on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented

by a series of minute black streaks with white points on them ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the

veins and terminal area broadly suffused with brown, in female

wholly suffused with brown ; cilia white with a brown line at

base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, in female uniformly irrorated, a black discoidal lunule

and minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Chili (Edmonds), 1 c5' , 2 5 , type and type florlnda. Exp.

32-36 millim.

1142. Craterestra terranea. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 27.)

Perigea terranea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 123.

(S . Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with black,

some of the scales tipped with grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi

black with pale rings ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing reddish

brown irrorated with black ; subbasal line double, waved, from

costa to vein 1, but interrupted at cell; a double, waved, oblique

antemedial line ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the

latter open above and below and with slight dark streaks from it to

postmedial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

arising from double black striae on costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate and defined by grey on outer side,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous

and black dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

whitish ; the veins and terminal areas suffused with brown with a

yellowish gloss ; cilia whitish, with a brown line at base ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a discoidal point and postmedial line on costal half.

IJah. Chili {Edmonds), 1 S type. Exj). 34 millim.

1143. Craterestra media. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 28.)

Hadena media, Wlk. xi. 7.^6 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 19i).

Apamea latlfasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 34.5.

Apamea viriata, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 450.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black or fnscous brown ;

tegulae with medial black line ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen

ochreous brown. Fore wing fuscous brown, the area below the

cell before the antemedial line and the postmedial area except

towards costa ochreous more or less tinged with l)rown ; a waved

subbasal line from costa to submediau fold ; antemedial line defined

by ochreous on inner side, waved, strongly angled outwards above

inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black and with some

c2

20 NOCTUID^.

blackish between it and postmedial line : orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct waved medial

line ; postmedial line dentate, indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal lino

pale, defined on inner side by a series of slight dentate rufous

marks, angled oiitwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the

area beyond it dark except at apex ; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia intersected with rufous. Hind wing white or

ochreous white, the veins and terminal area more or less tinged

with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of slight dark streaks on

the veins.

Hah. Mashon ALAND, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 S ; Punjab, Kulu,

Sultaupore {G. Young), 2 (5* , 2 $ , Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 $,

Jubbulpore, 2 5 , Manpuri, 1 5 » type latifasciata ; Bombay, Poena

(Sivinhoe)mi. 5 , type viriata ; Canaea ( Ward), 1 c? type ; Nilgiris

{Hampsonf, 4 c^ ; Burma, Mandalay (Bingham), 1 5 ■> Thayetmyo,

(Watson), 1 2 • ^^T- 34-36 millim.

1144. Craterestra hoplites. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 29.)

Mamestra hoplites, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160 (1901).

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black ;

frons with black bar ; tegulie and patagia edged with black, the

former with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing greyish, almost entirely suffused with

pale red-brown ; subbasal line represented by oblicjue black striae

from costa and cell, interrupting a black streak below base of cell ;

an oblique black streak from inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is double, very strongly angled inwards on median

nervure and vein ], and outwards in submedian fold and above

inner margin ; claviform defined by black, very large, and extending

to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open

above ; the terminal halves of median nervure and vein 1 above

and vein 3 on both sides defined by white streaks ; postmedial line

double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at

discal fold to the reniform, incurved below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa ; the veins of terminal area streaked with

black ; subterminal line represented by some whitish streaks on

each side of veins towards costa, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3,

and defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and

middle ; cilia brown, intersected with white. Hind wing pale

suffused with brown, the terminal half fuscous brown with a pale

mark above tornus ; the underside brownish white, a discoidal

point and waved postnaedial line.

Hah. Russia, Urals ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Tekke, 1 6 ,

1 $ . E.rp. 34 millim.

CRATERESTRA.

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1145. Craterestra yacima. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 30.)

Mamestra yakima. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4G4 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

^ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown and

black ; antennae ringed with white ; tegulas with ill-defined black

line near upper edge; patagia with black scales near upper edge;

tarsi ringed with wdiite ; abdomen whitish mixed with reddish

brown and black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with

fuscous ; an iU-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal

and antemedial lines represented by double black stri* from

costa ; elaviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform indistinctly defined by black, the former somewhat

oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part filled in with

fuscous ; postmedial line very indistinct, with slight black streaks

on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 5, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal

line very indistinct, whitish defined by obscure dentate dark marks

on inner side and the area beyond it darker, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing pure

white, the terminal area suff'used with fuscous from apex to vein 2 ;

the underside with terminal series of black lunules.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Utah, 1 d . Eccp. 34 millim.

1140. Craterestra bifascia.

Axylia bifascia, Hmpsn. 111. Ilet. B. M. ix. p. 91, pi. IGl. f. 6 (1893) ; id.

kothslud. ii. p. -ISl.

S . Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on

vertex of head and metathorax ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally

fuscons except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with

rufous, and slightly irrorated with brown ; a fuscous fascia extending

from discal to submedian fold and from base to termen, towards

which it expands to below apex ; the veins whitish except on the

dark area ; a small black discoidal spot and white point at lower

angle of cell ; the antemedial line represented by a striga at inner

margin ; a minutely waved postmedial line excurved from costa to

lower angle of cell, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing ochreoiis brown tinged with fuscous ; the underside

paler, irrorated with brown on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal

lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of black points.

llah. Ceylon, I'undaloya {Green), 3 S , type. Exp. 32 millim.

1147. Craterestra albicosta.

Axylia alhicosta, Hinpsii. 111. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 70, pi. 144. f. 20 (1891).

Leucania proleuca, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. '281 (1894).

Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on

vertex of head and base of tegulce ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally

U-: Js'OCTtTJTt.'K.

tinged with fuscous. Fore wing suffused with fuscous ; the costal

nrea ochreous whitish to middle of cell, narrowing towards apex ;

orbicular and reniform represented by small ill-defined black spots ;

a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line represented

by a series of black points excurved from costa to vein 4, then

oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

whitish suffused with fuscous except at base, the underside Avith

discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hah. ]\[adras, Nilgiris (Hamj^son), 2 c? , 4 $ , type ; Travancoke,

Pirmad (Fer(/usson), 1 c? . E^vp. 32-36 millim.

1148. Craterestra subterminata, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 31.)

5 . Head and thorax brownish grey ; tegulaj with black medial

line ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Pore

wing grey tinged with reddish brown ; the postmedial area except

towards costa, the area beloAV the cell from before middle, and the

inner margin from base suffused with fuscous ; an ill-defined black

streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by a blackish

mark below costa; antemedial line indistinct, dentate, oblique;

claviform absent ; orbicular very indistinct, ratlier elongate ; reni-

form with brown and fuscous centre and greyish annulus, somewhat

angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct,

double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub-

terminal line pale, diffused, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal series of points ; cilia whitish intersected

with browu. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the veins

and termen brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a

discoidal spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark stripe

on the veins, and some terminal lunules.

JIab. SiKKiM (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Ecqy. 34 millim.

1149. Craterestra semifusca, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 2.)

5 . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with pale grey-brown ;

abdomen pale grey-brown slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing

pale grey-brown, the costal area to subterminal line and the cell to

postmedial line suffused and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal

area fuscous except at apex ; the veins irrorated with fuscous ;

antemedial line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and cell

and inwards on median nervure and vein 1 : orbicular and reniform

moderate, with fuscous centres and pale brown annuli defined by

fuscous, the former rather elongate rounded ; postmedial line pro-

duced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; siibterminal line slightly

defined by rufous on inner side and by the fuscous suffusion beyond

it except at apex, somewhat excurved at middle ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a dark

CRATEKESTEA. 2'3

terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

fuscous, a discoidal point, and postmedial series of shght striae on

the veins.

Hah. Uganda, Ketoma, 5000 feet (Dor/gett), 1 ? typo. Ex2i.

32 millim.

1150. Craterestra subvelata. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 32.)

Apamca subvelata, Wlk. Melliss' St. Ilelena, Ins. p. 184 (1875).

Head and thorax dark rufous brown mixed with some grey;

tegulse with blackish medial line ; fore coxae of male clothed with

long ferruginous scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen greyish

brown, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown

tinged with greyish fuscous ; a waved black subbasal line from

costa to vein 1 with a point beyond it on costa ; a waved ante-

medial line ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, the former round and with greyish

annulus, in one specimen they are open and confluent above, some-

times with pale patches, between, beyond, and below them ; an

indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved,

with fuscous dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein

7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing dark reddish brown, rather paler towards

base; cilia pure white. Underside whitish, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous, the basal area suffused with ferruginous in

male ; fore wing with discoidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. St. Helena ( WoUaston), 2 c? , 1 ? . Exjp. 34-36 millim.

1151. Craterestra definiens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1.)

Heliothis definiens, Wlk. xi. 689 (1857).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and some black scales ;

tegula) with medial blackish line ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing

grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the discal and submedian folds

and inner margin with rufous streaks ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by double black stria3 from costa and cell ; the antemedial

line double at costa, then waved ; claviform small, defined by black;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, some-

times filled in with whitish, the latter with its lower part filled in

with fuscous ; an indistinct, waved, medial shade ; postmedial line

dentate and produced to grey and black points on the veins, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale

points on costa beyond it; subterminal line formed by a series of

pale and rufous dentate marks, with slight dark dentate marks

before them at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at

veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

24 KOCTtJIDiE,

pale ochreous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia

■whitish. Underside whitish with some brown irroration ; both

wings with discoidal spot, curved punctiform postmedial line, and

diffused fuscous subterminal band.

Hah. Namaquaiand, O'Okiep (Lightfoot), 1 d ; Cape Colony

(Dr. Smith), 1 $ type, Deelfontein {Col. Sloc/jett), 1 $, Rosmead,

1 J . £a'2). 36-38 millim.

Genus SCOTOGRAMMA, nov.

' Type.

Scoiogramma, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) aubmariua.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in

front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frous with rounded prominence with slight

vertical ridge and corneous plate below it ; ej-es large, rounded ; antennje of

male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and

nietathorax with spreading crests ; tibiee fringed with hair ; abdomen with

dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with vein 2 defined by a dentate pale mark on

medial area.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate to termen on

vein 6 armata.

h. Fore wing with the subterminal line not dentate at

vein 6.

a}. Fore wing with the inner medial area pale above and

below vein 1 dianthi.

h^. Fore wing with the inner medial area concolorous ... nana,

B. Fore wing with veins 4, 3, 2 defined by pale streaks isoloma.

C. Fore wing with vein 2 not defined by a dentate whitish

mark on medial area, or pale streaks.

a. Fore wing with black streak below cell.

a}. Fore wing with tlie claviform obsolete submedianata.

b^. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black . ptilodonta.

h. Fore wing without black streak below cell.

a^. Fore wing with distinct ^-mark on subterminal line

at veins 4, 3.

a^. Fore wing broad, triangular.

o^. Fore wing grey sufi'used in parts with brown or

fuscous trifolii.

P. Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused with

black impolifa.

b"^. Fore wing narrow, elongate hadeniformis,

6'. Fore wing without distinct ^-mark on subterminal

line.

a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

vein 4.

a^. Fore wing with the medial area whitish stigmosa.

b^. Fore wing with the medial area not whitish,

a*. Fore wing with whitish patch beyond the

claviform agrotiformis,

b*. Fore wing without whitish patch beyond the

claviform.

a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-

brown.

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a". Tegulaj with dark medial line &od<B.

b'\ Tegulaj without dark medial line defessa.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a^. Fore wing with the medial area luscous ... repentina.

b^. Fore wing with the medial area con-

colorous orida.

c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour ferru-

ginous, tlie stigmata defined by white implexa.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below

vein 4.

a"*. Fore wing with the lines defined by white pecuiiaris.

b^. Fore wing with the lines not defined by white.

ft*. Fore wing ochreous whitish suh7narina.

c*. Fore wing reddish brown mendosica.

*1152. Scotogramma armata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2.)

Mamestra armata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 15 ; id. Oat. Lep. pal.

p. 16U.

cJ . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; tegulae

with dark lines at middle and near tips ; patagia with some black

scales near upper edge ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen

reddish brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey mostly

suffused with brown, the medial and terminal areas with dark or

reddish brown ; the veins dark defined by whitish streaks, on base

of vein 2 forming a dentate mark ; subbasal line represented by

double oblique black stria3 from costa and cell ; a slight black streak

above inner margin before the antemedial line which is double,

angled outwards below costa, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous

to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform

elongate and acute at extremity, defined by black and with pale

streak at middle ; orbicular and reniform narrow with white

annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; post-

medial line double, filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved to vein 2 ; sub-

terminal line white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks

below costa and at middle, angled outwards to termen at veins 8,

7, 6, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, especially

on the veins and terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the veins streaked with

brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ; E. Tttrkest^^jn,

Kuldja, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim,

1153. Scotogramma dianthi.

Noctua dianthi, Tausch. Mem. Mosc. 1809, ii. p. 316, pi. 20. f. 2; Hiibn.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 587; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. pi. G5. f. G; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.

Hadena dentigera, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 35.

Uadena actinobola, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 38, & 185(;, ii. p. 32,

pi. 3. f. 6.

Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tcgulic

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with dark lines at middle and near tips ; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish tinned with fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous

mostly suffused with brown and tinged with purple ; subbasal line

represented by oblique double stria) from costa and cell ; the sub-

costal and median nervures defined by ochreous streaks in cell ; a

leaden-coloured patch in submedian fold before the double ante-

medial line which is angled outwards below costa and above inner

margin and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, brown defined by

black and Mith pale streak through it, a bidentate whitish patch

above and beyond it ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

whitish annuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical;

postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal

fold, below vein 4 oblique and minutely waved, some pale points on

costa beyond it ; subterminal line pale, with prominent dentate

black marks before it below costa and at middle, angled outwards

at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to

tornus, the area beyond it suffused with brown except at apex ; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown, the terminal area fuscous, with more or less whitish on

termen above tornus ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated

with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

JIab. Hungary; S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 <5 , 1 $ , Zeller & Leech

Colls. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, Turco-

mania, Ferghana, Saisan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi, Kuldja,

1 c? . Exp. 36 millim.

1154. Scotogramma nana.

Phal(Bm nana, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 398 (1767).

Nocttia viarmorosa, Bork. Eur. Schniett. iv. p. 424 (1792) ; Frey, Beitr. i.

pi. 4 ; Dup. L6p. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 193, pi. 18. f. .^) ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 65 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

Noctua odontites, Boisd. Inrl. Meth. p. 71 (1829).

Hadena tnicrndon, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 96 (1852).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; teguloe with black

medial line ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown.

Fore wing grey mostly suffused with brown ; a slight black streak

in-base of submedian fold ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform

moderate, tinged with fuscous and defined by black, a bidentate

pale mark beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and reniform with

fuscous centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former round

or oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then

dentate ; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards

below costa. oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side

by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to

near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia intersected with grey. Hind wing pale sufl'used

SCOTOGEAMMA. 27

with brown, the terminal area fuscous ; an indistinct pale line near

termen between veins 5 and 1 ; cilia ochreous white ; the under-

side grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Ab. mirrodoa. Much darker.

Hnh. France, Pyrenees ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. :

Austria, Styria, Leech Coll. ; Hungary ; Switzerland, Leech

Coll., Dombreson, Frey Coll. ; Spain, Aragon ; S.W. Russia ;

W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; E. Turkestan, Kashgar ; Mongolia,

Urga ; Tibet, Kuku-Nor. Exp. 30-36 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 225.

Dark bluish with two lateral yellow stripes. Food-plants, Hi^po-

cre^yis comosa and Coronilla tninima. 7.

*1155. Scotogramma isoloma. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 3.)

Mamestra isoloma, Piing. Iris, 1903, p. 286, pi. vi. f. 2.

(S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ;

tegul* with dark lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some

black scales near upper edge ; abdomen grey-brown mixed with

fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown, suffused with reddish brown

especially on medial and terminal areas, the costa darker ; the

veins with dark streaks ; the subbasal line represented bj- two very

oblique black strigte below cell ; an oblique black striga above

inner margin before the auteraedial lino which is obsolete on costal

area, then waved ; the median nervure and veins 4, 3, 2 defined by

Avhitish streaks from antemedial to subterminal line ; claviform

very elongate, brown defined by black and with pale streak in

middle ; orbicular and reniform small and very narrow, brown

with greyish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,

the latter bar-shaped ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent out-

wards below costa, incurved to upper angle of cell, angled outwards

at vein 5, and bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then erect, some

pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line prominent,

whitish, strongly defined on inner side by dentate blackish marks

below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate

to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a fine terminal lino and line through the

cilia. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown,

the cilia pale ; the underside pale, suffused and irrorated with

fuscous brown, especially on costal area and terminal half.

Jlab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, type t in Coll. Piingeler.

E.vp. 40 millim.

115(1 Scotogramma suhmedianata, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig, 4.)

5 . Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and with a few

black scales ; tegula; with medial black line ; melathoracic crest

fuscous ; abdomen brownish white, the basal crest blackish. Fore

28

NOCTTTir.T;.

wing ochreous whitish irrorated with brown ; a black streak below

basal half of cell ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved ;

orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by brown, the former

elongate elliptical ; traces of a carved medial shade ; postmedial

line very indistinct, produced to short streaks on the veins, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ;

subterminal line pale, defined by rich brown on inner side, the area

beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline

white, with fine brown terminal line except towards tornus ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown and with some

dark terminal points.

Hah. Br. E. Afkica, Machakos {Grawsliay), 1 $ type. Exp. 36

millim.

1157. Scotogramma ptilodonta. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 5.)

TrichopoUa ptilodonta, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 77 (1883) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 164.

c? . Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous, tarsi

banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale

brownish ochreous, thickly irrorated with brown and fuscous,; a

black streak below base of cell : subbasal line represented by two

black strife from costa; antemedial line represented by two black

striae from costa, then verj^ indistinct, oblique, waved ; clavifofm

large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous

in its lower part ; faint traces of a medial line with more distinct

striga at costa ; postmedial line indistinct, double, with prominent

dark striae from costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to black and white streaks on the veins, incurved at

discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line very

indistinct, pale, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle, defined on inner side by some dark dentate marks most

prominent at discal fold, the area beyond it suflused with fuscous ;

a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pure white, with some black striae on termen ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with

black, a small discoidal spot, and postmedial series of short black

streaks on the veins.

Hab. U.S.A.., Arizona, Phoenix, 1 S • Exp. 34 millim.

1158. Scotogramma trifolii.

Noctua frifulii, Eott. Naturf. ix. p. 131 (1776) ; Hiiipsn. Moths Iiid. ii.

p. 198;*Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158; Smitb.Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119.

Noctiia chcnopodii, Schifl. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins.

p. 156 (1787) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 181 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 86; Dup. Lep. Fr. tH. p. 31, pi. 102. f . 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 1*05.

Nodua vcrna, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117 a. ff. 5, 6 (\1S&).

SCOTOaRAMMA.

21)

Koctiia saiicia, Esp. Sclniietfc. iv. pi. 152. f. 5 (1786).

Hadena trcitschkii, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Linn. Paris, 18"27, p. Ill, pi. G. f. 2 ;

Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 40, pi. 103. f. I ; Herr.-Sehaff. Scbmett. Eur., Noct.

ff. 68, 69 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

I^'octua treitsckkei, Hubn. Eur. Sclmiett., Noct. f. 850 (1827).

NoctiM jn(<)na.r, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 726, 727 (1827).

Nocftca farkasii, Treit. Sclnnett. Eur. x. 2, p. 74 (1835).

Hadena intermissa, Wlk. xi. 587 (1857).

Apamea inquieta, Wlk. xi. 730 (18.57).

Hadena albifnsa, Wlk. xii. 753 (1857).

Apamea glaucovaria, Wlk. Can. Nat. & G-eol. v. p. 255 (1860).

Mamestra cancscens, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 233 (1878); id. 2nd

Yarkand Mission, p. 9, pi. 1. ('. 1.3.

Mamestra oregonica, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 230 (1881).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulfe with medial

black line, patagia edged by some black scales above ; tarsi banded

black and white ; abdomen pale ochreous mixed with brown.

Fore wing grey, suffused and irrorated with pale reddish

brown ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1 :

a double, oblique, waved antemedial line ; claviform small to

large, defined by black ; orbicular and rfniform defined by

Fig. 9. — Scotogramma frifolii, (j". '.

blackish, the former rounded or oblique elliptical, the latter ex-

tending to below cell and with its lower part suffused by fuscous ;

an indistinct irregular medial line oblique from costa to vein 2 :

postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, ex-

curved to vein 4, then incurved ; the veins of terminal area slightly

streaked with fuscous ; subterminal line defined by rufous on inner

side and usually witli some small dentate dark marks before it at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4,

3, the area bej'ond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish, the

veins and inner area tinged with pale reddish brown, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal luuulo and

postmedial series of striae on the veins.

Ab. 1. farcasi. Fore wing darker and more variegated.

Ab. 2. oref/onicct. Grej er ; fore wing more thickly irrorated

with pale brown.

Ab. [i. trtitschei. Fore wing with the medial part of subterminal

line defined by prominent dentate black marks on inner aide.

Ab. 4. aUnftisa. Fore wing tinged with rufous and with white

30 XOCTUIDiE.

suffusion on costal area and beyond postmedial line, the subterminal

line with prominent dentate black marks on inner side at middle.

Hah. Canada (Norman), 2 S ■, Nova Scotia (Eedman), 2 (5' , 1 2 ,

type alhifusa, Calgary ( Wolley Dod), 1 c? ; U.S.A., Massachusetts,

Beverly, 1 cJ , New York (Fuchs), 2 c?, 2 $ , Kansas, 2 § , Oregon

1 ^,3 $ type orego7uca, Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 2 (5,2 $,

Phoenix, 1 c? , Pinal Mts., 2 J , Globe, 1 $ ; Chili, 1 S type

intermissa; Britain, Leech Coll. ; Franc k ; Germany, Zeller & Frey

Colls. ; Spain ; Italy ; Greece, 2 (^ ; Algeria {Mrs. JS'icholl), 1 $ ;

Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, 1 S ; Syria, 1 5 ; W. Siberia,

Altai, 1 S ; W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 3 S ; Kashmir (PilcJier),

1 J , Scinde Valley (Ze^c7t), 1 cJ ; Punjab, Carapbollpur (J>/-i«r?/),

1 (S , Ferozpur (A'ttrae), 1 S ; hab. ign. 1 $ type inquieta ; Sikhim ;

Tibet. Yatung (Hobson), 1 c? ; Sokotra, Hadibu Plains (TF. E. 0.

Grant), 1 d" . Exp. 34-38 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 202, pi. 159. f. 2.

Head luteous, darker reticulate. Body green or brown, finely

blackish streaked ; dorsal line fine, pale yellow, dark-edged ; sub-

dorsal line broader, black-bordered above ; substigmatal line broad,

vellowish on the edges, red filled, dark-edged above. Feet green ;

spiracles white. Food-plants, Chenopodium and Atriplex. 7-9. —

H. G. D.

*1159. ? Scotogramma impolita.

Mamestra impolita, Morr. Pr. Bost. See. N. H. xvii. \). 140 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129.

c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, tegulie

grey with black medial line. Fore wing whitish, almost wholly

suffused except the stigmata and postmedial area by black and

fuscous shades ; the scaling rough ; the lines interrupted ; subbasal

line present ; antemedial line single, irregular, ol)solete below the

claviform, which is large, rounded, whitish defined by black ; orbi-

cular and reuiform large, whitish with grey centres and defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical ; medial shade blackish, suffused,

irregular; postmedial line single, dentate, bent outwards below

costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; postmedial area whitish,

especially below costa and before middle of subterminal line, which

is whitish defined by black shades before and beyond it, interrupted,

dentate on veins 4, 3 ; some white points on costa towards apex

and at base of cilia. Hind wing dark fuscous, paler towards base ;

cilia whitish ; the underside whitish, with discoidal point and post-

medial line.

Hah. Canada, Quebec. Exp. 36 millim. This species is un-

known to me.

*1160. ? Scotogramma hadeniformis. (Plate LXXXVL fig. 3.)

Mamestra hadcniformix. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 55, pi. t. f. 4

(1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale luteous grey irrorated with

SCOTOGRAMMA. 31

Wack ; tegulae with broad ill-defined luteoiis baud ; patagia with

blackish scales near edges. Fore wing pale yellowish grey irroraled

with black, a deeper ashen shade on inner margin and on terminal

area ; subbasal line double, filled in with paler colour, angled on

median nervure ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, exenrved

in interspaces ; claviforni rather short and broad, indistinctly defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with slight grey annuli in-

distinctly defined by black, the reniform with rather darker centre ;

a diffused medial shade ; post medial line double at costa and inner

margin, defined by whitish on outer side, crenulate, incurved below

vein 4 ; subterminal line white, angled outward at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a

fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white tinged with

fuscous, the veins and terminal area darker especially in female ;

cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and intercepted post-

medial line.

Uah. U.S.A., Colorado. Eap. 32 millim. This species is un-

known to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

1161. Scotogramma stigniosa.

Mamestra stigmosa, Christ. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 70, pi. o. f. 12 (1887) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale brown ;

tibise and tarsi banded with black. Uore wing white irrorated

with brown, the costa darker ; the subbasal line interrupted, waved

from costa, to submedian fold, the antemedial line rather ill-defined

and irregular, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner

margin, the claviform represented by some black scales on its outer

edge; orbicular and reniform brown incompletely defined by black ;

the former round, the latter rather constricted at middle ; traces

of a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; ])ost-

medial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and white

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, and incurved below

vein 4, the area beyond it rather darker ; the subterminal line

represented by a series of small whitish marks, defined on inner

side by a dark patch on costa and two slight dentate marks at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4,

3; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia chetiuercd brown

and white. Hind wing white ; the veins irroraterl with brown ; a

diffused brown subterminal band ; the underside witli the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule.

Hah. S. Russia, Sarepta, 1 S ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania,

Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Tokkkstan, Kashgar. Exp. 32 millim.

1102. Scotogramma agrotiformis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 0.)

Iladena arp-otiformis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 508 (189fi).

S . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white ; abdomen

32 NOCTUID^.

brownish grey, the dorsal crests blackish tipped with white. Fore

wing whitish suffused with fuscous and pale brown ; subbasal line

waved, from costa to submedian fold, with a slight black streak

beyond its extremity ; antemedial line waved ; claviform well-

developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by

black, the former round with pale annulus, the latter large, filled

in with fuscous ; postmedial line dentate and produced to wbite

points on the veins which are streaked with black beyond it, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct,

white, dentate, with slight dentate dark marks before it at middle ;

a terminal series of white points and small black lunules. Hind

wing white ; the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Ceylon, Putlam {J. Pole), 2 c? type. Exp. 30 millim.

1163. Scotogramma sodae.

Hadena sodcB, Embr. Ann. Sei. Obs. 1829, p. 250, pi. 6. f. 7 ; Geyer, Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 851 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 274, pi. 25. f. 4 ;

llerr-Schiiif. Schmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 60, 66-7 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 158.

Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; tegulaj with

black lines at middle and tips ; patagia edged with black above ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with

brown or fuscous. Fore wing grey, slightly irrorated with fuscous

and often tinged with rufous ; subbasal line indistinct, double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; claviform small or moderate,

fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former small, round, with fuscous centre, the latter filled in

with fuscous except above ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line

dentate and produced to black and white streaks on the veins, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner

side by a fuscous patch at costa and dentate marks at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, some fuscous suffusion

beyond ir except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia brownish intersected with fuscous. Hind wing grey suffused

with fuscous ; the terminal area fuscous with a pale patch on

termen at submedian fold ; cilia whitish or ochreous ; the under-

side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

a discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, and some lunules

on termen.

Hah. S. France, Leech & Zeller Colls. ; Spain ; Italy ; Greece ;

Algeria; ? Armenia ; ?W. Turkestan, Turcomania. Exp. 32-

3() millim.

SCOTOGRAMMA. OO

1104. Scotogramma defessa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 7.)

Mamesfra defessa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 88 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p.' 122.

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous with

slight dark irroration ; tarsi with dark bauds. Fore wing very-

pale brownish ochreous with slight dark irroration ; the subbasal

line represented by double brown striae from costa and cell ; the

antemedial line rather indistinct except at costa, double, waved,

oblique ; claviform small, defined by black, orbicular and reniform

incompletely defined by black, the former round, opeu above and

below, the latter with fuscous patch in lower part ; an indistinct

waved medial line angled on median nervure ; postmedial line

double at costa, then indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line represented by a series of somewhat dentate dark marks angled

outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins brownish ;

the terminal area suffused with brown narrowing to a point at

tornus ; a terminal series of dark lunules ; cilia white ; the under-

side wilh the costal and terminal areas irrorated with pale brown,

a dark discoidal lunule, and postmedial series of striaj on the veins.

Nab. IJ.S.A., California, Santa Clara (Osten Saden), 2 2 type.

Exp. 30-40 millim.

*1165. ? Scotogramma repentina.

Mamcstra re/pentma, Moi-r. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II. xviii. p. 118 (1875);

Siuith, Cat. Noct. N. Am p. 123.

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey ; tegulae with black

medial line ; patagia with black lines near edges. Fore wing pale

grey, the medial area fuscous ; subdorsal line double, filled in with

fuscous; antemedial line double, erect, waved; claviform obsolete;

orbicular large, pale, round ; reniform pale with a fuscous tinge,

ill-defined ; medial line strongly dentate ; postmedial line double,

waved, incurved below vein 4, with a dark shade beyond it indis-

tinct except at costa ; subterminal line yellowish fuscous, defined on

inner side by a dark shade, sinuous ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing fuscous, paler at

base ; the underside paler with the termen fuscous.

Hah. U.S.A., New Jersey, W. Hoboken. Exp. 33 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

*1166. Scotogramma orida. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 8.)

Mamcstra orida, Smitli, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 12 (1903).

Head and thorax white, thickly irrorated with black and dark

brown ; abdomen less thickly irrorated ; tarsi ringed with white.

Fore wing white, thickly irrorated with fuscous black ; the subbasal

VOL. v. i>

34 noctutd.t;.

line represented by slight striae from costa and cell ; traces of a

waved antemedial line with two more prominent points at costa;

clavitbrm slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with

fuscous centres and white annuli defined by fuscous, the former

small, round, the latter with fuscous patch in its lower ])art ; post-

medial line indistinct, dentate, with more prominent points at the

veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

the subterrainal line white, with a fuscous patch beyond it at middle,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with

fuscous ; a terminal fuscous-black band narrowing to tornus ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a diffused

Bubterminal band.

Ilah. U.S.A., Utah, Stockton, co-type t c? 2 in Coll. Eothschild.

Eay. 34 millim.

11 07. Scotogramma implexa.

Nocfuaimplexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 414(1827); Alph. Eom.

Mem. V. p. 233, pi. xii. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

Apameafaiiuv), Oberth. Et. Ent. i. p. 45, pi. 4. f. 2 (1876).

Head and thorax ferruginous red- brown mixed with a few white

scales; abdomen greyish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing

ferruginous red-brown irrorated with white scales, especially on

the costal area and veins ; an indistinct waved white subbasal

line ; antemedial line waved, white, somewhat oblique ; claviform

absent ; orbicular and reniform moderate, brown prominently

defined by white, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted

at middle ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line tine, waved, white, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a fine waved white terminal line. Hind wing

pale, suffused with reddish brown ; a curved whitish postmedial line

and a slight waved whitish terminal line ; the underside whitish

irrorated with red-brown.

Hah. HuNGAKY ; S. Ktjssia ; Algeria, tj^ie t faJIovi in Coll,

Oberthlir ; Armenia ; Syria ; Transcaucasia, Geok Te^je, 1 d .

Exji. 34 millim.

lirjS. Scotogramma peculiaris.

Mamesfra peculiaris, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. Ifi; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 159.

(^ . Fore wing grey-white mixed with some blackish ; frons

with blackish bar above : tegulas with black medial line and tips ;

patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen

oehreous white irrorated with yellow-brown. Fore wing whitish,

suffused with yellow-brown and irrorated with blackish ; subbasal

line double, filled in with white, Avaved and extending to vein 1 ;

an oblique black striga above inner margin near base; the ante-

SCOTOCRAMMA. 'Ao

medial liue double, filled in with white, angled outwards below

eosta, then oblique and waved ; claviform moderate, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter with

some black in its lower part ; an indistinct, curved, diffused medial

line ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, minutely

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal

line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of small black lunnles ; cilia intersected with white.

Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the

cilia white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot, slight sinuous postmedial line, and

diti'used subterminal band.

Hab. W. TuEKESTAN, Sarawschan, 1 J . Exp. 38 millim.

1109. Scotogramma submarina. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 10.)

Anarta submarina, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 4 (1883) ; Smith. Cat. Noet.

N. Am. p. 129.

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ; tarsi

with dark bands; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged witli

brown : the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white thickly

irrorated with brown ; a dentate subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; a waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1,

with two points at costa ; a slight medial shade ; reniform repre-

sented by a slight dark lunule ; postmedial line highly dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; faint traces of a subterminal line

angled outwards at vein 7 and e.xcurved at middle ; a terminal

series of slight dark lunnles ; cilia chequered brown and white.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the terminal area suffused

with brown ; a slight discoidal point and postmedial series of striae

on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, xirizona. Black Hills, 1 9 •

E.vp. 32 miliim.

1170. Scotogramma niendosica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 11.)

§ . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and a few flesh-

coloured scales ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen grey mixed with

dark brown and ochreous. Fore wing brownish tlcsh-colour thickly

irrorated with black ; the subbasal line represented by dark points

below costa and cell; the antemedial line indistinct, oblique from

costa to submedian fold, then erect ; claviform represented by a

slight dark spot ; orbicular and reniform obsolete ; traces of a dark

medial shade ; jjostmedial line indistinct, strongly dentate, slightly

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-

terminal line represented by an indistinct series of pale points

d2

8G

noctuid.t:.

defined by slight dentate dark marks on inner side, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

dark points ; a flesh-coloured line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale,

suffused with fuscous brown especially towards termen ; cilia pale,

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irroratod

with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved post-

medial line.

Hah. xiHGENXiNA, Aconcagua {Fitzgerald), 1 5 type. Exp.

36 millim.

Genus CATEPHIODES, nov.

Tjpe, C. zuelana.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi ujiturned, the 2nd joint nearly reaching

vertex of head and smoothly scaled in fronr, the ^rd obliqne, long ; f'rons with

slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes lai-ge, rounded;

antennte of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and

metathorax with spreading crests ; tibia slightly fringed with hair, the inner

spurs very long; abdomen with dorsal crests. Fore wing broad, ti-iangular,

the termen retracted towards toruus ; Teins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6

from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

1171. CatepModes zuelana.

Hadena zuelana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 143 (1898).

Mdia trinidadensis, Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 123, pi. T). f. 3.

2 . Head ochreous more or less tinged with rufous ; thorax red-

l)rown, with some black on extremity of patagia and metathorax ;

tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown, dorsally irrorated

with rufous, ventrally with grej- ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing dark brown suffused with rufous, the terminal half m.ore or

less suffused with whitish and with some bluish white below costa

and between veins 5 and 3 ; subbasal line represented by black

Fig. 10. — Catepliiodes suelnna, §.

stria? from costa and coll ; antemedial line black, irregularly sinuous,

inwardly oblique ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black,

the former round, the latter indistinctly defined except on inner

side ; a waved medial line or dark shade ; postmedial line minutely

and irregularly dentate, very strongly bent outwards below costa,

incur\ed at discal fold, below vein 4 incurved to below angle of

CATEI'HIODES. ANAKTA. 'A7

cell ; subterminal line slight, white defined bj black on inner side,

angled outwards at vein 7, bent inwards at discal fold, incurved

below vein 3 and defined by white on outer side ; a terminal series

of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costil

and terminal areas broadly and the inner area narrowly black -brown ;

some white marks on lower half of termen and a striga above

tornus ; cilia intersected with white ; the underside with the costal

and terminal areas suffused with grey, a small dark discoidal spot

aud postmedial line with dark striae on the veins.

Hab. Teinidad, Arima, 2 $ type trinidadensis ; Venezuela,

1 2 5 Aroa, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28-34: millim.

Genus ANARTA.

Type.

Anarta, Ochs. Schuiett. Eur. iv. p. 9U (ISKJ), non descr. ; Treit.

Schmett. Eur. v. (.3) p. 200(1826) miirtUli.

ISlagcllana, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaens. iv. p. 77 (1899) irhcina.

Probos<;is fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, fringed with iiair ; fVoiis

with slight rounded proiuinenc-e with small corneous plate below it; eyes small,

reniforin, not ciliated ; antenii£e of male typically minutely serrate and ciliated ;

thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, pro- aud metathorax with slight

spreading crests ; tibijE fringed with hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, a

dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with tlie

termen evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 i'rom near angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle

of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base.

Sect. I. {Magellana). Antenn;\? of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; fore

wing very narrow.

*n72. Anarta trisema.

Anarta trisema, Mab. Bull. Soc. Pliilom. (7) ix. p. 64 (1885) ; id. Miss.

Sci. Cap Horn, vi. p. 20, pi. 1. f. 9.

c? . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some dark red

hairs ; abdomen black above, with some grey hair at base on ventral

¥\g. 11. ^Anarta trisema, c^ . \.

surface. Fore wing grcy-whito irroratcd with black, blackish basal

marks on costa and below cell ; the medial area black irroratcd

with red, defined on inner side by the antemedial line, which is

oblifiue from costa to cell, where it is angled inwards, then angled

3S

xocTuin.T;.

outwards on vein 1 to near ])ostme(lial line and with a diffused

black and red patch before it on inner area ; clavit'orm an elongate

Avhite streak extending from near the antemedial to across the

postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform small, whiti.sh, the 1st

oblique oblong, the latter an oblique bar angled inwards on median

nervure ; postmedial line outwardly oblique from costa to discal

fold, where it is angled, then very oblique, a scries of short red and

black streaks beyond it -with a longer black streak on costa and on

veins 4, 'A, and 2 extending to termen ; some dentate black and red

marks on termen from below apex to middle ; cilia chequered black

and white. Hind wing grey, suffused with black on inner and

terminal areas.

Ilab. TiEERA DEL FtJEGO, type t (5 in Mus. Paris. Eaji. 20

millim.

Sect. II. Antenna? of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.

A. Hind wing wliite.

a. Fore wing with the subterniinal line angled inwards iu

disc-al fold ^taialiiigeri.

b. Fore wing with the subterniinal line not angled inwards

ill disi-al fold.

ft\ Foro wing with prominei t series of dentate black

marks before subterm inal line richardsoiiL

6'. Fore wing without series of dentate black marks

before subterniinal line qiiadrilunaia.

B. Iliud wing yellowish kncocycla.

C. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous.

a. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled with blue-grey... ctacfa.

h. Fore wing with the stiumata filled with blue-grev inemhrosa.

1173. Anarta staudingeri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 12.)

Aiiarfa staudingeri, Auriv. Nord. Fj;lr. p. 17'>(lSyi); Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 219.

Anarta mceschleri, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. "219 (1901).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; tarsi black

ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore

wing black-brown irrorated with white, and often with some olive-

yellow in submedian fold and on inner margin ; subbasal line

indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold, some whitish on

its outer edge: antemedial line oblique, waved, with some whitish

on its inner side ; claviform a small black mark ; orbicular and

reniform small, white defined by black, the former round ; post-

medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line \\bitish or yellow, defined by

a series of more or less conjoined black marks on outer side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white,

tlie basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous ; a dark diseoidal

lunulo ; a more or less prominent waved ])ostmedial line ; a broad

terminal band with difi'used inner edge; cilia white.

ANARTA.

;«

Ab. 1. moeschleri. Fore wing more distinctly marked with grey. —

Labrador.

Hah. Canada, Labrador, IJ d" , 1 $, Zeller & Fray Colls.; Nmc-

WAY, mountains, Lapland 3 c? , 2 5 , Zeller & Leech Coils. Kcj^).

28-30 millim.

1174. Anarta richardsoni.

Hadena richardsoni. Curt. Ross' Narr. 2nd Voy., App. p. 72, pi. A. f. 11

(1834); Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1890, p. 18, pi. 1. 1' 12 &

pi. 3. f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 ; Smith, Cat. ISoet. N. Auk p. 2U3.

Anarta aJ.gida, Let. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. v. p. 395, pi. x. f. 5 (1836) ; Diip.

Lep. Fr. iii. Suppl. pi. 49. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., JSoct. f. 4U0.

Anarta sept en tr ion is, Wlk. xi. 700 (1857).

Anarta lannginosa, Smith, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 492 (1900).

Anarta dovrensis, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901).

Anarta asiatica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey-white ;

tegulte white at base and tips; patagia with white fascia; t;iisi

black with white bands. Fore wing black-brown slightly irroniled

with white, and with some olive-yellow in discal and submedian

folds and on inner margin ; subbasal line black, waved from cosla

to submedian fold, strongly defined with white on outer side and

with a black spot beyond it below the cell; antemedial line black,

waved, interrupted, defined by white on inner side ; claviform

moderate, black, with yellow spot on it and a white spot beyond it ;

Fig. 12. — Anarta richardsoni, J. \.

orbicular and reniform white with some yellow on them, defined by

black and with some black at centre, the former small and rounded

or large and quadrate, open above and below : the postmedial lino

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white

points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it more or less strongly

suffused with grey; subterminal line white, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on inner side by a series

of dentate black marks, strongest at middle and submedian fold ;

a terminal scries of small black lunules ; cilia chequered white

and black-brown. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas

suffused with black : a black diseoidallunule ; a more or less visilib;

waved ]iostraedial line ; a broad terminal band with rather diffused

inner edge ; cilia white ; the underside with the terminal ])aiid

obsolescent.

40

NOCTUID.^?.

Ab. 1. dovrensis. Fore winsi: witli slight frrcy markings ; hind

wing almost whollj- suffused with fuscous. — Dovretcld.

Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing fuscous or grey-brown with slight

grey markings, sometimes almost imiform in colour. — E. Siberia.

Hah. Grinnell Land (Feilden), 1 J ; Gketinland, 1 $, Zeller

Coll. ; Canada, Hudson's l^ay, Eepulse Hay (Rea), 1 6 , shore of

Arctic Ocean (Sir T. RicIiardson\ 1 c^' > 2 5 , type septentrionh-,

Labrador, ZoUer & Frey Colls., 5 c? , 8 2 ; Alaska ; Scandinavia,

Dovreficld, Lapland, 1 J ; Novaya Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ ,

Grote Coll. E.iy. 34-38 millim.

1175. Anarta quadrilunata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 13.)

Anarta quadrilunata, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soc. xvi. p. 244 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293.

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with white, brown, and

blaclv hair : tarsi black ringed with white ; anal tuft yellow. Fore

wing whitish thickly irrorated with pale brown ; subbasal line

indistinct, dark, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled, then erect

and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ;

reniforra represented by a dark lunule ; postmedial line indistinct,

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then

strongly incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, more prominent

towards costa and angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of

dark spots. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused

with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule and broad terminal band

Avith sinuous inner edge ; cilia white.

Hob. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.

1176. Anarta leucocycla.

Anarta leucocycla. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 296 ; Moschl. Wien.

ent. Mon. 1860, p. 367, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Auriv. Bih. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Haiidl.

1890, p. 19, pi. 1. f. 11 & pi. 3. f. 3; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 219 ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi black

ringed with white ; abdomen grey-l)rown. Fore wing black-brown

sparsely irrorated with white ; an ill-defined waved white subbasal

line from costa to vein 1 ; an ill-defined waved white antemedial

line ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by white, the former

round ; postmedial line white, strongly dentate, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa

beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and

inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurvcd at middle ; a waved

white terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous white.

Hind wing yellowish irrorated with black-brown, the lower part of

cell and inner area suftused with black-brown ; a black discoidal

ANARTA. -11^

lunule ; the terminal aru;i broadly black-brown, narrowing to tornws ;

cilia yellowish white, brown at base ; underside similar, traces of a

curved postmedial line, the terminal band narrower and with waved

inner edge.

Uah. Greenland, 1 J , 1 $ • Exp. 28 millim.

*li77. Anarta etacta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 4.)

Atmrta etacta, Smith, Proe. Wasli. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 493 (1900) ; Dyar, C:it.

Lep. N. Am. p. 159.

5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish largely mixed with

fuscous ; tegulae whitish at base, then blackish and with grey tips ;

patagia with blackish line near margin. Fore wing grey mixed

with fuscous and irrorated with moss-green ; the lines white edged

with black scales and with double black spots at costa ; subbasal

line bideutate ; antemedial line oblique, somewhat dentate and bent

outwards above inner margin ; claviform well developed, defined by

pale moss-green ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined

by black, the former moderate, round, the latter large ; postmedial

line bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costs ; subterminal line somewhat dentate,

only defined by the fuscous shade on its inner side and by the area

beyond it being greenish ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

chequei-ed white and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with terminal

series of blackish lunules preceded by whitish ; the underside rather

paler, with small discoidal spot.

Uah. Alaska, Kukak Bay. Exp. 36 millim. This species is

unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.IS. Nat.

Mus.

*li78. Anarta nieml)rosa.

Anarta memhrosa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 101 (1875);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294.

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with grey ; tegular

grey, with a terminal black baud. Fore wing dark grey, with the

markings black ; the lines defined by clear blue-grey ; the subbasal

line strong, uneven, followed by a blue-grey tinge extending to

apex ; antemedial line distinct, strongly excurved in the inter-

spaces ; claviform represented b\' a dift'used black patch extending

to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform filled in with clear blue-

grey and defined by black, a black medial shade passing between

ihem; postmedial line fine, dentate, incurved below vein 4, dilated

into a spot at submcdian fold ; terminal area bluish grey with a

blackish patch on costa with three blue-grey points on it ; sub-

terminal line pale defined by blackish shades most prominent

towards costa, dentate on veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered black and

white. Hind wing fuscous with indistinct discoidal point and

42

UOCTUID-E.

curved postmedial line ; cilia black and white ; the underside with

discoidal spot and prominent waved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., New Kampsliire, White Mts. Exp. 33 millira.

This species is unknown to me.

Sect. III. (Anarta). Antennae of male ciliated.

A. Hind wing bright yellow.

a. Fore wing witli the ground-colour deep red mi/rtil'i.

b. Fore wing witli the ground-colour blackish.

a^. Fore wing with the reuiform filled in with whitish ... cordigera.

h^. Fore wing witli the reniform not filled in with white ... mimuli.

B. Hind wing yellowish, tinged with brown impingens.

C Hind wing uniform brown phaa.

D. Hnid wing white, sometimes completely sufi'used with fus-

cous on upperside.

a. Fore wing broad, triangular.

a^. Fore wing without whitish aimuli to the reniform onelanopa.

b^. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the reniform mimula.

h. Fore wing nari-ow, elongate.

«'. Fore wing pale olive-grey mausi.

b\ Fore wint; fuscous semblica.

1179. Anar t a my r tilli .

Noctua myrfilU, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 311 (1746); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pi. 165. fi". 1-3; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 98; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii.

p. 286. pi. 118. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit.Ent., Haust. iii. p. Ill ; Curt. Brit.

Ent. pi. 145 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218.

Anarta acadiensif, Beth. Tr. Nov. Soc. Ins. IN'at. Sci. ii. p. 84 (1869) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292.

Anarta alj^ina, Eaetzer, Mitth. Scliweiz. ent. Ges. viii. p. 224 (1890).

Head and thorax deep red, jialpi black at tips, lower part of

Irons, base of tegulae, middle and tips of patagia, and metathoracic

crest white, the vertex of head, tips of tegulaj, and greater part of

Fig. Vd.— Anarta my rtiUi, J.

thorax ochreous ; tarsi black banded with white ; abdomen black-

brown with ochreous segmental lines, the dorsal crest and anal

tuft red, the lateral hair ochreous, the ventral surface ochreous and

reel. Fore wing deep red, pale olive-brown in parts; the subbasal

line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, filled in with

white; the antemedial line double, oblique, waved, filled in with

olive-brown and white, the claviform a minute spur on its outer

side ; the medial area with more or less white suffusion and promi-

nent triangular spot on median nervure ; orbicular and reniform

AN ART A. 43

small, olive-brown dcfliunl by deep red, the former roniid ; an

indistinct medial line angled at median nervure ; postmedial line

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, angled outwards on vein 1, defined by olive-brown

on outer side, the veins beyond it more or less streaked with white,

some white points on costa ; subterminal line prominent, white,

angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and excurved to tornus ; a

tine dark terminal line ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing

orange-yellow, the base, costal area, and a broad terminal band

black-brown, a black fascia on vein 1 ; cilia yellowish white ; the

underside with the costal area red traversed by a black line at inner

edge of terminal band, a small black discoidal huiule.

Ah. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the red almost entirely

replaced by black. — Hyeres.

Ab. 2. alphia. Pore wing obscure red- brown with the markings

almost obsolete ; hind wing with the orange reduced. — Germany,

Switzerland, Spain.

Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; Bkixaix, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand

Coll., Hyeres {Yerhtiry); Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Switzer-

land ; Spain; Italy; Russia, Livonia. Exp. 24-28 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 226, pi. 251. f. 1.

Green, sometimes tinged with brown and with scattered pale

yellowish or whitish marks, and dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular

series of whitish spots. Food-plant, Erica. 8-9.

1180. Anarta cordigera.

Noctua cordiqera, Thiuib. Miis. Nat. Ac. Ups. Diss. p. 72, pi. vi. f. 4 (1788) '

Esp. Schniett. pi. 18!). f. 2; Diip. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 118. f. 2; Hiibn. ]^\\v-

Scbniett., Noct. ff. G74-5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218; Smith, Cat.

Nijct. N. Am. p. 292.

Isoctua alhirena, Hvibn. Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 99 (1827).

Anarta luteola, Grote & Rob. Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 493, pi. iii. ff'. 5, G

(1865).

Anarta cethiops., Lloff'm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 128.

Anarta svjfum, Tutt. Brit. Noct. iii. p. 130 (1892).

Anarta carhonaria, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92(1893); Alph. Eum. Mem. ix.

p. 219, pi. 14. r. lU.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown slightly irrorated with

grey. Fore wing black-brown, the basal and terminal areas suffused

with blue-grey, the median area slightly irrorated with grey ; a

slightly-waved black subdorsal line from costa to submedian fold ;

an oblique slightly-waved antemedial line; clavit'orm moderate,

defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black; the

former small, round, the latter large, filled in with white, and with

a dark lunule on its uj)per part; an indistinct medial shade; post-

medial line minutely dentate, bent outward below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal interrupted dentate black

lino, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of small black lunules ; cilia black intersected with grey.

Hind wing orange-yellow; the base with diffused black streaks;

the costal area black; a broad terminal black band; cilia whitish.

44 NOCTUIDJS.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, with large curved yellowish

discal patch.

Ab. 1. cethio/js. Fore wing almost entirely black except the

reniform stigma.

Ab. 2. carhonaria. Like cethiops, but the underside of fore wing

yellow with the marginal areas dark. — S.E. Siberia.

Huh. Canada, Labrador; U.S.A., Colorado ; Britain, Scotland,

Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Switzerland, Frey

Coll.; Spain, Aragon ; Norway, Zeller Coll.; Kussta, Finland,

Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ;

N.E, Siberia ; Amukland. Exp. 26-28 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 223, pi. 2.50. f. 3.

Purplish brown mixed with black ; dorsal line whitish ; sub-

dorsal line indistinct ; subspiracular line brownish ochreous marked

with red. Food-plant, Vaccininm. 7-8.

*1181. Anarta mimiili.

Anar/a mhnidi, Behr. Cal. Ac. Sci. 18S5, p. G2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Amer.

p. 2U5.

Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish. Fore wing blackish : the

lines indistinct and slightly defined by whitish ; the subterminal

line expanding into a spot at tornus. Hind wing yellow, with

prominent black terminal baud.

Hah, U.S.A., California. Exp. — ? Tliis si)eciesisunknowntome.

Larva. Similar to that of A. myrt'dli. Food-plants : Eunanus

tolmuei, Antirrliiniun Icingii, and MimuJus scropliularia.

1182. Anarta impingens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 14.)

Anarta impingens, Wlk. xi. 700 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294.

Mamestra carta, M(jrr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. % (187-5).

Anarta nivaria, Grote, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 107 (1875).

Orthosia perpura, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 6G.

c? . Head and thorax lilacine grey irrorated with fuscous ; abdo-

men reddish brown. Fore wing lilacine grey irrorated with brown ;

subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line rather oblique, waved, strongly excurved at sub-

median fold ; claviform represented by a slight blackish mark ;

orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined, the former round,

a strong diffused medial shade passing between them ; postmediul

line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, theu

strongly incurved ; sul)terminal line pale, defined on inner side by

a brown shade and an ill-defined series of small dentate dark marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of dark lunules. Hind wing yellowish, suffused with reddish

brown, and with a diffused terminal brown band broad at apex,

narrowing to tornus ; a dark discoidal lunule ; cilia yellowish ; the

underside yellower, the discoidal luuulc prominent, a terminal scri(.'s

of dark striffi.

2 . Much darker.

ANARTA. 45

Hah. Canada, S. Br. Columbia {Lord Derby), 2 S type ; U.S.A.,

Colorado, 2 (^ , 1 $ , type nivaria, Grote Coll. Ex^t., J 30, $ iJ-t

millim.

1183. Anarta phsea, u. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 15.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi

ringed wntli white. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey and

irrorated with white ; subbasal line represented by black striae from

costa and median nervure ; a slight black streak in base of sub-

median fold; traces of a waved antemedial line; claviform rather

small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, whitish,

incompletely defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line

indistinct, incomplete, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line represented by

whitish points with obscure dentate black marks on their inner

side. Hind wing pale brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia white,

brown at base ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,

a discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Ilab. Arctic America, Victoria Land, Cambridge Bay (CoIUnson),

1^,1$ type. Ea'2). 34 millim.

1184, Anarta melanopa.

Koctua 7nelanopa, Thunb. Diss. Ent. ii. p. 42 (1791) ; Herr.-Scliaff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. ff. 433-4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 292.

Noctun alpicola, Quens. Acerbi's Trav. N. Cape, ii. p. 253, pi. 1. ft". 5, G

(1802).

Nocfua vidua, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 403 (1827).

Noctua iristis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 44(5 (1827).

Noctua rupesiris, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 644-5 (1827).

Pyralis rupestralis, Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Pvr. f. 138 (1827).

Anarta uiyro-lunata. Pack. Proe. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 40 (1867).

Anarta wistrbmi, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 81.

Head and thorax black, clothed with grej' and olive-yellow hair ;

abdomen black, clothed with white hair, the dorsal crests olive-

yellow. Fore wing grey, irrorated with dark brown and largely

suffused with olive-yellow except on terminal area ; a waved black

subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line waved, nearly

erect, angled inwards in cell; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round or

rather irregular, the latter large ; traces of a medial shade ; post-

medial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by a series

of dentate dark marks on its inner side and a more prominent ])atch

with pale points on it at costa ; a terminal series of black stri;e ;

cilia white intersected with brown. Hind wing Avhite, the inner

half suffused with fuscous ; a large black-brown discoidal lunule

and a broad terminal band with sinnous inner edge ; cilia ])uro

white. Underside of fore wing white, with black discoidal lunule

and excurved postmedial line ; hind wing with the costal and inner

46 NOCTUTD.IC.

areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad

terminal band.

Ab. 1. vistroemi.' Fore ■\viug without grey irroration, the under-

side with dark terminal band.

Ab. 2. rupesiraUs. Hind wing entirely or almost entirely suffused

with fuscous.

Hah. Canatia, Labrador, Frey & Grote Colls., 4 J' , 4 2 ; U.S.A.,

New Hampshire, Mt. Washington (Dimmoch), 1 c? , Colorado, 1 c? ,

1 2 , Natt Canon (Oslar), 3 c? , 1 2 , B. Park, New Mexico, Taos

Peak, 2 c?, Grote Coll.; Britain, Shetland, Leech Coll., llannock

(Salvage) ; Switzerland. Frey Coll. ; Italy, Alps ; Norway, Bergen,

Zeller Coll., Dovrefield, Lapland, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Saveden.

Exp. 20-30 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 219, pi. 250. f. 2.

Rosy purple ; dorsal line ochreous-brown edged with dark grey

and marked with reddish spots; subdorsal lino yellowish, black-

edged, with series of black marks above and below it ; spiracular

line pale yellow marked with red. Food-plant, Vaccinium. 6-7.

*1185, Anarta mimula.

Anarta mimula, Grote, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1883) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 295.

(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing blackish

tinged with olive ; the lines blackish, interrupted ; orbicular a minute

annulus ; reniform with dark centre and yellowish-white annulus ; a

white mark in submedian fold before the postmedial line ; subterminal

line with interrupted white marks ; some white points on costa

towards apex ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous

with the cilia white, the discoidal spot and band of underside show-

ing through ; a terminal series of black points.

Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 25 millim. This specic« is

unknown to me.

11 80. Anarta maiisi. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1(5.)

Anarta mausi, Pi,ing. ined.

Head and thorax pale olive-grey ; abdomen black clothed with

white scales, dorsally tinged with olive. Fore wing pale olive-grey

slightly irrorated with fuscous : an indistinct olive-brown subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold : a strong waved antemedial line ;

reniform a small blackish lunule ; an indistinct antemedial line

angled inwards in submedian fold ; a minutely dentate postmedial

line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards

again above inner margin ; subterminal line diffused on inner side,

interrupted below vein 7, somewhat dentate, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a slightly darker waved olive

terminal line; cilia white, with a dark line through them. Hind

wing yellowish white; the inner area to middle of cell suffused

ANARTA. LAhilESTH A. 4 /

with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule ; a sinuous subterminal band

diffused to termen. Underside nearly pure white ; fore wing with

bliick streak in upper part of cell, large irregular discoidal spot,

subterminal band angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle, and waved terminal line from apex to above vein 4 ; hind

wing with small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line obso-

lescent except on costal half.

Hah. E. TtJKKKSTAN, Altyn Tag Mts., 2 ? . Exp. 24 millim.

Type t in Coll. Piingeler.

1187. Anarta zemblica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX, fig 17.)

5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black with some grey hairs.

Pore wing very narrow ; fuscous brown, with a greyish tinge and

rather thinly scaled ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; traces of a waved antemedial line with a small

black spot on it representing the claviform stigma ; orbicular repre-

sented by a black point, reniform by a small lunule ; faint traces of

a postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; the subterminal line represented by faint traces of

dark marks ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered

white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white ; the

underside with large white dark-irrorated patch extending on costa

from near base to near apex and down to vein 2 : a black discoidal

lunule.

Hah. XovAYA Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exp). 28

millim.

Genus LASIESTRA, nov.

Type, L. jyhoca.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint clothed with long

hair in front, tlie 3rd moderate ; Irons smooth ; e^es large, rounded, overhung

by long cilia; head and tliorax clothed with rough hair and without crests;

tibiiB fringed with rough hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.

Fore wing with the termen obliquely curved ; veins '6 and b from close to angle

of cell ; t) from upper angle ; '.) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

1 1 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent

from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Antenna; of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with the termen and cilia clicquered while and

black.

a. Hind wing with the termen white moniana.

h. Hind wing with the termen fuscous subdita.

]j. Fore wing witli the termeu and cilia not chequered white

and bhick.

«. Hiud wing with the cilia whitish phoca.

b. Hind wing with the cilia yellowish.

C(}. Fore wing with medial sliade, tlie pcjstniedial line

d(!ntate i^romulsa.

i'. Fore wing without medial sliade, tlio postmedial line

not dentate iinifortnis.

48

XOCTUinTE.

1188. Lasiestra montana. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 18.)

Folia montana. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 95.

S . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and a few orange

scales on thorax ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey with some

black, especially on dorsum. Fore wing black irrorated with bluish

grey, especially on basal area ; the markings rather deeper black,

slightly irrorated with orange scales ; an indistinct, double, waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian i'old : traces of a double, waved

antcmedial line ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform ill-defined, white irrorated with black, tho

former rounded, the latter with its lower edge indented ; traces of

a dentate postmcdial line bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; a subterminal

series of black and white lunulate marks slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused

with fuscous, leaving the termen whiter ; underside ochreous whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and diffused postmedial band.

Hah. W. China, Ta-Chien-lu (Pratt), 1 c? type. Exp. 36 millim.

*1189. Lasiestra subdita. (riate LXXIX. fig. 19.)

Bianlhcecia subdita, Moschl. Wien. ent. Men. iv. p. 363, pi. 9. f, 7 (1860) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

(5 . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black ; tegulse with

strong black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge ;

tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown.

Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black, the medial area

slightly tinged with brown in, below, and beyond cell; subbasal

line waved from costa to below cell ; a straight black line below

base of coll ; antemedial line strong, black, much excui'ved below

cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; hardly a trace of the clavi-

form ; orbicular and reniform very small, blue-white defined by

black, the former round ; medial line oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then incurved and parallel to postmedial line, which

is strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by slight black marks

before it towards costa and inner margin, and by the area beyond it

being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

the termen and cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark

fuscous brown with a slight white streak on termen towards tornus ;

cilia white with dark brown marks at base ; the underside grey

thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line.

Hah. Canada, Labrador, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim,

1190. Lasiestra phoca,

Dianfhitcia phoca, Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. viii. p. 197, pi. .o. f. 15 (1864) ;

Sniilh, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129; Stand. C:a. Lep. pal. p. 1G2.

LASIESTRA. 49 •

Scntoqramma luteola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 57, pi. 2. f. 10

(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.

Head and thorax clothed with dull brown and grey hairs mixed ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen yellowish brown mixed with grey.

Fore wing dull brown thickly irrorated with grey ; an indistinct

antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is

angled ; stigmata represented by very obscure grey marks with

Fig. 14. — Ladestra phoca, (^ . \.

darker marks between them; postmedial line somewhat dentate,

excurved from costa to vein 4, inwardly oblique to submedial

fold near antemedial line, then excurvcd ; faint traces of a sub-

terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and

submedian fold ; cilia grey with a brown line through them. Hind

wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge ; the cilia grey ; the

underside grey tinged with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line,

Ilah. Canada, Labrador, 1 cJ , Alberta, Calg,arj (WoUei/-Dod), 1 2 ,

Laggan, 2 5 . Ea-p. 34 millim.

1191. Lasiestra promulsa. (Plate LXXIX, fig. 20.)

Mamestra promulsa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 97 (1875);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129.

Scofogramma infuscata. Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vii. p. 42 (1899) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1.59.

5 . Head and thorax yellowish grey mixed with brown ; tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated with brown.

Fore wing brownish ochreous thickly irrorated with dark brown ;

traces of a waved, dark subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; an

indistinct, waved, dark antemedial line ; stigmata absent ; a very

indistinct diffused medial shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent

outwards below costa, cxcurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-

terminal line only defined by the dark shade on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered fuscous

and ochreous. Hind wing ochreous irrorated with brown, and the

terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous, with dark line at

base ; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

point and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ . Exp. 36 millim,

VOL. V. K

50

NOCTUIDiE,

1192. Lasiestra uniformis. (riatc LXXIX. fig. 21.)

Scof.oqramma unifonnis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 58, pi. ii. f. 12

(18'J4); Dyar,'Cat.. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.

Head and thorax dull brown mixed with greenish grey ; abdomen

brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dull brown tinged with greeni.sh

grey ; an indistinct waved autemedial line ; stigmata very obscurely

defined by brown and with rather darker marks between tbem ;

postmedial line slightly waved, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then

incurved and again excurved at vein 1 ; cilia rather paler, with a

dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish,

Avith a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey thickly irro-

rated with brown, a large discoidal lunule and curved postmedial

line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Laggan ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ,S • Exp.

40 millim.

Sect. II. Antenna; of male (uliatecl.

A. Fore wing with the grouud-colour bluish or purplish grey.

a. Fore wing without terminal series of small black spots dovrcnsis.

b. Fore wing with terminal series of small black spots.

a}. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey.

a?. Fore wing not tinged with olive clvrn.

b'^. Fore wing tinged wit h olive ddiciotta.

h^ . Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey fcrplcxa.

B. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-brown fcrsa.

1193. Lasiestra dovrensis.

Bianihcecia dovrcnsis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1804, p. 182; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. W\.

Dianthvecia (dtaica, Staud. Iris, v. p. 3G6 (1892).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi blackish,

ringed with white ; abdomen brown irrorated with gre}'. Fore

wing black-brown thickly irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line

Fig. 15. — Lasiestra dovrensis, (^ . }-.

defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to subraedian

fold ; anteraedial lino irregularly waved, defiiied by white on inner

side ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

small, defined by black, the former grey, round or produced to a point

on outer side, the latter dark ; postmedial lino highly dentate,

defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then obli<iue ; subterminal line grey, defined by dentate

LASIESTRA. 51

black marks on inner side, ang-led outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing black-

brown with traces of a whitish postmedial line ; the cilia white at

tips ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal point,

sinuous postmedial line, and terminal shade.

Ab. 1. altaica. Ilather larger ; fore wing with a very slight

yellowish tinge, the black marks before subterminal line larger.

Hah. NoEWAT, Saltdalen, Dovretjeld (Staudhifjer), 1 c? , 1 $ ,

(Ilamjma) 2d, 1 $ ; W. Siberia, Altai, 1 d. Kvp. 34-3G

millim.

Subsp. 1. centeana.

Bianthoecia Iccnieana, Stand. Iris, v. p. 366 (1892).

Dianthoecia monyoliea, Stand. Iris, is. p. 257 (1896).

Hind wiug white, with broad dark terminal baud ; underside of

both wings with broad dark terminal band.

Ab. 1. monrjolica. Underside of both wings without terminal

band.

JIab. Mongolia, Uliassutai ; S.E. Siberia, Kentei, 1 5 .

1194. Lasiestra elvesi. (Hate LXXIX. fig. 22.)

Hadcna chvrd, Ilmpsn. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 200 (1894).

Head and thorax violacous grey mixed with black ; tegular and

])atagia edged with black ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen

fuscous brown slightly irrorated with grey. Pore wing violaceous

grey, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with black ; subbasal

line represented by double striiB from costa and cell ; antemcdial

line double, waved ; claviform defined by black below and at

extremity ; orbicular and reniform greyish indistinctly defined

by black, the former rather quadrate, open above and below ;

postraedial lino indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight streaks

on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and obli([ue

below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa and at

middle and angled in^vards in discal and submedian folds ; a

terminal series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing dark

fuscous brown, with very indistinct greyish subterminal lino ; the

underside irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous

postnnedial line.

Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Yatung (Hobson), 1 $ ; Sikhijt, 10,000 ft.

( Elites), typo t in Coll. Elwcs ; Euulajt (Dud'jeoii), 1 J. E,vp.

36 millim.

1195. Lasiestra deliciosa.

Dinnthacia deliciosa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id.

Rom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.

Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some black ; teguhio

whitish, edged with black; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen

olive-grey. Fore wiug olive-grey irrorated with fuscous, the

markings blackish irrorated with yellowish scales ; subbasal line

52 KOCTUIBiE.

double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; aiitcmedial line double,

waved : claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former round or quadrate, open above and

below ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate, and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below cost a and

oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa

and at middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds ;

a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia whitish,

with a dark line through them. Hind wing dark fuscous, with

very indistinct greyish subterminal line ; cilia white, with dark

line through them ; the uuderside grey irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Tibet, Kuku-uoor, 1 S ■> Amdo ; Kashmir, Earra Larcha

(MacArthur), 1 c? , 2 $ , Kokser {MacArilmr), 2 J , 2 $ . Exp.

36-38 millim.

*1196. Lasiestra perplexa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 23.)

Scotogrmnma perplexa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129.

2 . Head and thorax black, the hairs tipped with bluish grey ;

tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark

brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous

black ; subbasal line black, angled inwards on median nervure,

from costa to submedian fold ; autemedial line waved, angled

inwards on the veins ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black and with blackish centres,

the former round ; a distinct, slightly curved medial shade ; post-

medial line minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the

veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line

ill-defined, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate

black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate

at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia

chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia

white at tips : the underside brownish white irrorated with dark

brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, British Columbia, in Coll. J. E. Smith ; U.S.A.,

Colorado. Exp. 30 millim.

*1197. Lasiestra persa. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 24.)

Maineiifra i^crsa, Alpb. Rom. Meui. ix. p. 212 (1897) ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. p"!.

p. 156.

(5 . Head and thorax clothed with grey and reddish-brown hair ;

tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the

dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-

broAvn and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker ;

subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and cell ;

LASIESTRA. — LA6I0NYCTA. 53

antemedial line double, slightly waved, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniforra greyish defined by black,

the former round ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

rather strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line yellowish white, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate

dark marks, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3,

and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small

dark lunules ; cilia yellowish, with a dark line through them.

Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia whitish

•with a brown line near base ; the underside pale brownish grey,

with traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hah. jN". Persia, Demavend, in Coll, Piingeler. E.ip. 36

millim.

Genus LASIONYCTA.

Type.

Lasionycta, Auriv. Ent. Tyd. xviii. p. 285 (1892) scnelinriia.

Proboscis fully developed .; palpi upturned, the 2ik1 joint clothed with long

rough hair; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long cilia;

antennteof male sernite and fascieubite ; head and thorax clothed with hair

and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen

with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and b from near angle of

cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

II from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell

uear base only.

A. Fore wing with the cell filled in with black between the

stigmata.

a. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground-

colour.

a}. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a

series of whitish lunules with dentate black marks

before them raiiiieri.

b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line ill-defined, grey,

with obscure dentate dark marks before it inconcinna.

b. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the

ground-colour coiijui/aia.

B. Fore wing with the cell not filled in with black between the

stigmata.

a. Fore wing olive-yellow mixed with grey and black bri/opfcra.

b. Fore wing brown suffused with olive-yellow ; hiud wing

yellow hirifla.

c. Fore wing fuscous irroratod with grey scr(e/uif/ia.

d. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a'. Fore wing with the orbicular grey with brownish

centre •"* n^'fimcida.

b^. Fore wing with the orbicular whitish firdilis.

e. Fore wing with the ground-cohnir whitish.

a}. Fore wing tinged with bhiish altaica.

b^. Fore wing tinged with yellow in parts.

a'^. Fore wing with the claviform minute arietis.

b'^. Fore wing with the claxiform well-developed ochmcca.

54 NOCTTJID^.

*1198. Lasionycta rainieri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2."5.)

Mamcdra Tainwrii, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat, Miis. xxii. p. 4G2 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

5 . Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with

■whitish rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing

blue-grey overlaying fuscous, the medial area darker ; subbasal line

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, waved;

claviform moderate, defined by black and with some grey beyond it ;

orbicular and reniforra grey, defined by black and with some black

before and between them in cell, the former irregularly rounded,

the latter rather small ; postmedial lino dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series

of grey lunules, defined on inner side by dentate black marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing

grey suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey irrorated with

fuscous, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington Terr., Mt. llainicr, in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Ex]^. 42 millim.

*1199. Lasionycta iaconcinna. (Plate LXXX. fig. 1.)

Scotogramma inconcinna. Smith, Pr. U.S.Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887); id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.

5 • Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulcc with

whitish tips ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown mixed

with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ;

the medial area suffused with black ; subbasal line defined by grey

on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on the

veins ; claviform moderate, grey defined by black, acute at extremity;

orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black and with

fuscous centres, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its

lower part obscured by black, the cell before and between them

filled in with blackish ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer

side, rather strongly dentate and produced to whitish points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some

white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, grey,

defined on inner side by obscure somewhat dentate dark marks,

angled outwards at vein 7, and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ;

traces of a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia brown and grey.

Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia

whitish at tips ; underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary, in Coll. Wolley-Dod ; U.S.A.,

Colorado. Exp. 40 millim.

LASIONTCTA. 55

*1200. Lasionycta conjugata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 26.)

Scofof/ratnma covjugafa, Smitb, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 41 (1899) ;

Djar, Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.

2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulas with

black medial band ; patagia with black line near upper edge ;

abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing bluish white mixed

with fuscous ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submediati

fold ; antemcdial line strong, oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, elongate

and extending to postmcdial line ; orbicular and reniforra grey

defined by black, the former elongate, acute at extremities and

open above and below, the cell between them filled in with black

conjoined to some black on costa ; postmedial line black, dentate,

with an inward curve from costa to vein 7, where it is angled

outwards, strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line only

defined by a dark patch before it on costa, and the area beyond it

slightly darker on costal half, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4, 3 ; an indistinct terminal series of lunules.

Hind wing grey sufi'uscd with fuscous ; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, in U.S. J^at. Mus. Ex^p. 40 miUim.

*1201. Lasionycta bryoptera. (Flate LXXIX. fig. 27.)

j^Jamcstra, hryopfera, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 292, pi. 9. f. 6 (1900) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 159.

Head and thorax olive-vcUow mixed with fuscous and grey ;

tarsi ringed black and yellow : abdomen ochreous grey mixed with

fuscous. Fore wing olive-yellow irrorated with black, the veins

streaked with grey ; subbasal line double, filled in with grey, waved

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with

grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly waved ;

claviform with its extremity slightly defined by black ; orbicular

and reniforra moderate, with blackish centres and grey and yellow

annuli defined by black at sides only, the former rather quadrate ;

postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate, bent

outAvards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyoiul it on costa; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined

by blackish suffusion on inner side, somewhat dentate, angled out-

wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal scries of black limules ; cilia yellow, with three black

lines through them. Hind wing greyish, uniformly suffused with

fuscous except the terminal area, which is yellowish ; a dark

terminal line; cilia yellow, with a dark line through them; the

underside yellow thickly irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hub. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type fin Coll. Piingeler. iS^rp. 38 miilira.

56 N0CTUI5.T:.

*1202. Lasionycta lurida.

DiantJicecia lurida, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id.

Eom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 1. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.

S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some

white ; tarsi ringed with yellowish white ; abdomen reddish brown,

the anal tuft ochreous. Eore wing brown suffused with greenish-

yellow scales, especially towards base ; subbasal line double filled in

with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform broad, defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly

angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial line, oblique

below cell ; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer

side, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; the veins of terminal

area with pale streaks ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner

side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

brown, with whitish lines through them. Hind wing pale yellow ;

traces of a sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal band,

the former more distinct on underside ; a fine brown terminal line ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot.

Hah. Tibet, Xuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo. Exp. 36

millim.

1203. Lasionycta scraelingia.

FJdogophora sJcrcBlhigia, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. vi. p. 57, Noct. f. 624

(1845) ; Auriv. Nord. Fjar. p. 131, f. 26 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal,

p. 159.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; tarsi with

pale rings; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey. Fore wing

blackish irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line black, angled

outwards on median nervure aud euding in submedian fold ; ante-

Fig. 16. — Lasionycta scrwlingia, cj . \.

medial line slightly defined by whitish on inner side, rather oblique,

waved ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

rather small, with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by

black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line

indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent

LASIONrCT.V. 57

outwards below costa, iucurved below vein 4 and touching lower

edge of reniform, some white poiuts beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of whitis^h lunules defined

by black marks before and beyond them, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black

striae ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia

greyish ; the underside grey thickly irroratcd with fuscous, a small

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line,

Ab. 1. alj^ncola. Bang Haas, ined.

Fore wing with patch of orange scales beyond lower extremity of

subbasal line ; clavii'orm large and extending to near postmedial

line. — Altai.

Hah. Sweden ; Lapland ; "W. Siberia, Altai, 1 $ . Exp. 36

miliim.

1204. Lasionycta subfuscula. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 28.)

Anarta subfuscida, Grote, Proc. Eost. Soe. N. H. xvi. p. 244 (1873) ; id.

Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. pi. 1. f. 7 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 204.

2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown; tarsi banded

with fuscous ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing

pale violaceous grey thickly irrorated with black-brown ; the sub-

basal line represented by indistinct dark spots below costa and in

and below cell ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side,

oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined

by blackish ; orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by blackish,

the former round, the latter with fuscous centre and grey annulus ;

a diffused medial shade; postmedial line defined by grey on outer

side, strongly dentate, and with a series of dark points beyond it

on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line formed by a series of strongly dentate brown marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

pale with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line.

Ilah. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, Colorado, 1 5 type. Exp. 34

millira.

1205. Lasionycta sedilis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 29.)

Scotogramma sedilis. Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 43 (18'J'J) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 150.

$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; antenna) ringed

with black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated

with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with black ; traces

of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line indistinctly double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform

58 NOCTTTIDJE.

indistinctly defined by black, elongate, acute at extremity ; orbicular

and renit'orm large, the former prominent, whitish defined by black,

the latter defined by black on inner side, very indistinctly on outer,

somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; medial shade pro-

minent, black, diff'used, occupying most of median area ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, dentate and produced to black and grey

streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal

fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by a series of

dentate black marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurvcd at middle, the area beyond it slightly whiter ; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and

whitish. Hind Aving fuscous brown with a slight reddish tinge ;

cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with dark

brown, a discoidal spot and somewhat dentate sinuous postmedial

line.

Ilal. U.S.A., rtah, Ogden (Snyder), 1 $ , Colorado. £".175. 38

millim.

120G. Lasionycta altaica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 30.)

Polia altaica, Bang Haas, ined. List, 47.

2 . Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black ; teguloe

with medial black line ; patagia and metathorax edged with

black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey mixed with

fuscous. Fore wing bluish grey-white irrorated with fuscous;

subbasal line double, waved, black, from costa to vein 1 ; ante-

medial line double, the inner line less distinct, waved, angled

inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short, defined

by black: orbicular and reniform white defined by black and Avith

fuscous centres, the former round, the latter constricted at middle;

an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell;

postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line white, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind

wing fuscous ; a whitish postmedial line from vein 2 to inner

margin ; some white on ternien towards tornus ; cilia white, with a

fuscous line through them; the imderside whitish irrorated with

fuscous, a slight dark streak in base of cell, discoidal lunule, curved

postmedial line, and traces of a diff'used subterminal band.

Eah. W. SiBUKiA, Altai, 1 $ , type. Exj}. 42 millim.

1207. Lasionycta arietis. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 31.)

JSIamcsfra arietis, Grote, EiiU. U.S. Geol. & Gcog. Surv. Terr. v. p. 207

(1871)); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.

c? . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous ; palpi

and sides of frons blackish ; teguho with slight blackish medial

line ; prothoracic crest blackish at base ; patagia outlined by black ;

tarsi with white rings : abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore

LASIONXCTA. 59

wing white suffused with pale purplish fuscous; a slight yellow

streak in submedian fold ; subbasal line double, black filled in with

Avhite, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemcdial line

black, prominently defined by white on inner side, irregularly

waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, slightly

defined by black : orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous

centres and white annuli incompletely defined by black ; post-

medial line black, prominently defined by white on outer side,

irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards

in discal fold, incurved below vein 4, and confluent witli lower

extremity of reniform ; subterminal line diffused, white, with series

of black points on yellowish marks on it, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and incurved in submedian fold ; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind

wing white suffused with brown ; a sinuous postmedial line defined

by whitish on outer side ; cilia white, with brownish line through

them ; the underside white irrorated with pale brown, a dark

discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

]Iah. U.S.A., California, Mendocino, 2 cJ , type. Exp. 3G-40

millim.

1208. Lasionycta ochracea. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 32.)

Xylomiges ochracea, Riley, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 75 (1892) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234.

$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale red-brown ; patagia

edged with brown ; tarsi with black rings ; abdomen whitish

tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish sparsely irrorated with

black; the medial area suffused with brown except on costal

and inner areas, leaving the veins whitish ; subbasal line black,

minutely dentate, curved, from costa to submedian fold, where

tliere is some yellow beyond it ; antemedial line black, interrupted,

angled outwards below costa, excurved below cell and angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, with whitish annulus defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with yellow and whitish

annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter extending to

well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ;

postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; the subterminal line only defined by dentate yellow

marks with black scales on them on inner side and the area beyond

it brownish, angled outwards on vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black luuules ; cilia brown intersected with white,

and with a dark line through them. Hind wiiig whitish suffused

with brown ; a small discoidsil spot; postmedial liiie defined by

whitish on outer side and angled inwards in discal fold ; a brown

terminal line and line through the cilia ; the underside whit©

with black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Cahforiua {Ikhi], 1 2 • ^'^'P- 3f millim.

60 NocTuiDJi;.

Genus POLIA.

Type,

Tolia, Oclis. Scbnielt. Eur. iv. p. 73 (181G), non clescr. ;

Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. f) (1825) cappa.

Mamestra, Ochs. Sclimctt. Eur. iv. p. 7t) (ISl*^), non descr. ;

Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 127 (182n) pi'^i.

Xan'hia, Ochs Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (ISKl), iioii descr.... liifc<i(jo.

Polymixis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 2(»5 (1827) fdhirdinma.

Harmodia, Hubn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) compta.

Melunchra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) perakaria.

Mthria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 218 (1827) serena.

Astra pet Is, Hiibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) denfiva.

Liataraxia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 219 (1827) splendens.

Bianthixcia, Boisd. Silberm. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 246 (1834) ... cucnhall.

Hecaiera. Guen. Noet. ii. p. 27 (18r)2) dysodea.

Aplccta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 74 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non

descr nehidoM.

Pasfona, Wlk. xv. 1754 (1858) rudis.

Maqu-a, Wlk. xxxiv. 1223 (1885) nidis.

Meferana, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 385 pictida.

Haderonia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 320 (1895) mhartichanica.

XanthaNa, Berg, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxviii. p. 395

(1894) bitcngo.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed

with long hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded;

Lead and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with

crests ; pectus and tibiae clothed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal series

of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars ; 5, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. {Haderonia). Antennas of male bipectinate, with long

branches, the apical part serrate.

A. Fore wing black-brown with a reddish tinge cuUa.

B. Fore wing grey-brown.

a. Fore wing with grey annuli to stigmata, a black lunule

in submedian fold on inner side of subterminal line... arschanica.

b. Fore wing with white annuli to stigmata, a dentate

black mark in submedian fold before subterminal line suharschanica.

1209. Polia culta.

Mamestra culta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 347; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 204.

Hadena subviolacea. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 55.

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;

tegula) with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

dull brown, the anal tuft more ochreous, the ventral surface

irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark red-brown thickly irrorated

•with purple-grey ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to

vein 1, prominently black and filled in with yellow scales below the

cell ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black at extremity and below

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and -wilh some yellow scales in it ; orbicular and reniform Iarj2;e,

defined by brown, the former oblique, elliptical, the latter with

some black and yellow in its lower extremity ; an indistinct medial

line, excurved to vein 2, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct,

double, higlJy dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line grey, with ])atche3 of

yellow scales on small dentate black marks, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black luuules.

Fig. ll.—ruliacidta, S. f-

Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of a pale subterminal line

towards tornus ; a fine pale line at base of cilia ; termen of both

wings crenulate ; the underside greyish thickly irrorated with

brown, a discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. subviolacea : with most of the patches of yellow scales

absent.

Bab. W. China, Omeishan, 1 (J type subviolaa'a, Pu-tsu-fang,

2 S, 1 $ ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 5 i Pcnjab,

Dalhousie, 1 2 ^J'P® ? Sikhim Tibet, Yatong {Biwjham, Hobson),

2 d , 4 ? . Exp. 46-56 miliim.

1210. Polia arschanica.

(Plate LXXX. fig. 2.)

Eoss, xvii. p. 78, pi. 2. f. 45

Hadena arschavica, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent

(1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 101.

S . Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulje

with dark medial line ; patagia with blackish patch with some

white on it: tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brownish grey. Fore

wing grey-brown with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line defined

by grey on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line double filled in with grey, slightly waved, and angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform large, grey defined by black, the former oblique

oblong, the latter with its centre defined by fuscous, a browner

shade in the cell before and between them ; traces of a waved medial

line ; postmedial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and

white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 4, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

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line p;rcy, deflnecl on inner side by blackish brown, becoming slight

dentate marks at middle and a more prominent patch at submedian

fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal scries of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

cilia ochreous, with dark medial line and whitish tips; the under-

side grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and rather

diffused postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins.

2 . Fore wing more uniform grey, with the dark markings

reduced.

Hah. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 S •, Issyk-kul, Ferghana;

E. TuiiKESTAN, Kuldja, 3 d" , 1 $ . Exjp. 38 millim.

1211. Polia subarschanica. (Plate LXXX. fig. 3.)

Hadcna subarschanica, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 3:20, pi. 6. f. li^ (1895); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 161.

(5' . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with whitish grey ;

tegula) with dark medial line ; patagia with whitisli patch ; tarsi

with white rings ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing brownish

grey ; a diffused, double, waved subbasal line filled in with white,

from costa to submedian fold, a yellowish and black mark below it

on inner margin ; a double, waved antemedial line angled inwards

on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reni-

form moderate, with whitish annuli defined by black and their

centres with fuscous, the former oblique elliptical, the latter rather

narrow ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double,

somewhat dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and

strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line white, lunulate, defined on inner side by small dentate

black marks, two below costa and one in submedian fold larger,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown,

with traces of a waved whitish subterminal line ; cilia whitish, with

fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 J , Amdo. Exp. 36 millim.

Sect. II. Antennjic of male bipectinate, with short brandies, the apical part

serrate.

A. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous -parvula.

B. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.

a. Fore wing with the middle area tinged with rufous.

a}. Fore wing without black on inner side of the white mark

on subteiniinal line in submedian fold ccrvina.

I?. Fore wing with the white mark on subterminal line in

Bubmediau fold defined by black on inner side hisfralis.

h. Fore wing with the medial area not tinged with rufous navia.

03

1212. Polia parvula. (riatc LXXX. fig. 4.)

Mamcstra parvula, Horr.-Sehuff. Corresp.-Elatt zool.-iuin. Ver. Eegensb

1868, p. 118.

Mamcstra distributa, Mciscbl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 4G (1886).

c? . Head and thorax grey strongly tinged with rufous ; palpi

black above towards base ; vertex of head and tips of teguloB tinged

with green ; tegulae with slight medial line ; patagia with black

lino near upper edge ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen palo

purplish fuscous, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface whitish.

Pore wing greyish suffused with rufous, strongly to postmedial line,

a slight greenish tinge at base ; a fine waved subbasal line from

costa to submcdian fold ; a black antemedial line excurved below

the cell, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and

inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, some-

times filled in with black, and reaching to or near postmedial line ;

orbicular and reniform large, with rufous centres and paler annuli

defined by black, the former round or slightly produced on outer

side, the latter rounded ; medial line represented by a striga from

costa ; postmedial lino angled inwards below costa, then bent out-

wards, dentate at veins 6 and 5, then strongly incurved, the veins

beyond it streaked with black, some pale points on costa ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of

small dentate rufous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal scries of small rufous lunules. Hind wing

white, the veins and marginal areas sufl^used with fuscous brown ;

the cilia white, with a fuscous line through them ; the underside

with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.

5 . More purplish grey and less rufous.

Hah. Jamaica (Kat/e), 1 $ ; Cuba, Santiago (ScJiaus), 4 J , 2 5 .

Exy. 30-32 millim.

1213. Polia cervina.

Mamestra cervina, Smith, Ent. News. Philad. 1898, p. 247 ; Djar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with white ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegula3 with blackish medial line ; abdomen grey

and brown. Fore wing blue-grey slightly tinged with brown ; a

few black scales below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by

an obscure dark mark on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, double,

waved ; claviform represented by a slight black streak on a ])iuk

fascia extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform

moderate, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black,

tlie former rounded, some pink between and beyond them ; traces

of a waved medial line obli(|ue from costa to below cell ; postmedial

lino dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey, with white spot in

G4 NOCTUIDiE.

submerlian fold and sometimes some pink scales on its medial part,

defined on inner side by a dark patch on costa and on outer by

some small black spots ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked

witli black, a terminal series of black strioB ; cilia dark brown and

Fig. 18. — VoUa cervina, (^ . \.

grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards inner margin ;

cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish

irrorated with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous post-

medial line.

Hah. Canada, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 3 S • Exp. 32 millim.

1214. Polia lustralis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 5.)

Dinnfhoecia lustralis, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 223(1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 11.^).

Tcpniocampa snfftisa, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 474 (1887); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with bluish white ; tarsi with

■white rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Pore wing red-brown,

suffused and irrorated with bluish white except on disk, the sub-

median fold rufous on medial area ; traces of a waved subbasal

line from costa to vein 1, defined by white on outer side ; antomedial

line oblique, waved, angled in wai'ds in cell and on vein 1, defined by

white on inner side ; claviform small, slightly defined by brown ;

orbicular and reniform rather small, bluish white defined by brown

and with a few brown scales at centre, the former round ; post-

medial line minutely dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line bluish white, defined

by brown beyond it in discal fold and on both sides in submedian

fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of dark strige ; cilia grey, with a dark line through them.

Hind wing brown, yellowish towards base ; cilia pale, with a

brown line through them ; the underside white, irrorated with brown

on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal point and slightly curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Canada; U.S.A., Eastern States to Virginia, 2 c?, New

York, Adirondacks, Wisconsin, 1 $ type, Colorado. E.vj). 3G millim.

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*1215. Polia naevia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 5.)

3famesira ncevia, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 248 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

(S . Dirty grey suffused with fuscous ; head blackish ; tegulae

yellowish grey at base and with medial black line ; patagia with

black line near edges. Fore wing with the subbasal line double,

ending at the short black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line

indistinct, double filled in with grey, excurved ; claviform small,

defined by black ; orbicular large, with whitish annulus defined by

black, oblique elliptical, and touching antemedial line ; reniform

large and touching postmedial line above and below, ill-defined ;

medial shade only visible at costa ; postmedial line double filled in

with grey, the inner line minutely waved, the outer even, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled

outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line pale, defined on each side by

lackish, most prominently towards inner margin, angled outwards

at vein 7, slightly excurved at middle, and angled inwards at sub-

median fold ; a terminal series of black strite ; cilia chequered

fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous, with darker terminal

line; cilia whitish at base; the underside grey with dark irroration,

a discoidal spot and waved postmedial line.

Bab. U.S.A., Colorado. Exj). 30 millim. This species is

unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

Sfx'T. III. Antennae of male with very short fasciculate branches ending iu a

bristle, the apical part serrate.

A. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black, no distinct

pale fascia from it to termen detracia.

B. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with black, a

distinct pale fascia from it to termen neoierica.

121G. Polia detracta. (Plate LXXX. fig. 6.)

Hadcna, ddmcta, Wlk. xi. 752 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116,

Mamestra claviplena, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 194 (1873).

(S . Head and thorax dark red-brown nnxed with grey ; tegulce

with black medial line ; patagia black at tips ; tarsi with pale rings;

abdomen brown, the dorsal crests black at tips, the ventral surface

irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey ; a

black streak below base of cell ; a double, waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold tilled in with grey ; antemedial line defined

by grey on inner side, waved, angled outwards below costa and

inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform moderate, filled in with

black ; orbicular and reniform fjrey defined by black and their

centres ])y brown, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line

double filled in with grey, dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurvi-d, some pule points beyond it ou

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costa ; subterminal line grey, defined on each side bj' some black

scales, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins

of terminal are;i with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black

stria; ; cilia brown and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the

underside pale irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal point and

sinuous postmedial line,

5 . Darker and much less suffused with grey.

Bah. Canada ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Trenton Falls

( DonhJer(ai/\ 1 c? type, Evans Centre (Grofe\ 2 c? , 1 $ , type

ehivipJma, New Jersey, "Wisconsin, Virginia, New Mexico. E.vj^.

34 millim.

Larva. Head brown, with dark brown reticulations and curved

vertical bands. Body narrower in front, joint 12 enlarged.

Eeddish brown, finely marbled on a luteous ground. Dorsal and

subdorsal lines pale, narrow, obscured. Cervical shield shining

brownish black, cut by dorsal and subdorsal distinct pale-yellow

lines, the part of the shield below the subdorsal line luteous.

Spiracles black ; feet of the colour of body, — H. G. D.

1217. Folia neoterica.

Mamestra neoterica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. 1898, p. 244 ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

(5 . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tegulae

with blackish medial lino ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen dark

brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with

black-brown ; a rather ill-defined black streak below base of cell ;

an indistinct waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold, defined by grey on outer side; antemedial line indistinct,

oblique, waved, defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate,

rather indistinctly defined by black, and with a brownish-white

fascia from it to subterminal line ; orbicular and reuiform with

Fig. Id.— Folia neoterica, c?. \.

brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, open above, the latter sometimes with ill-defined pale

fascia beyond it ; postmedial line rather indistinct, crcnulate, and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on cc'sta ; sub-

terminal line grey, defined on inner side by very indistinct black

POLTA. 67

marks and by a dark patch on eosta, angled outwards at vein 7 and

exciirved at middle, the area beyond it somewhat darker ; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia chequered brown and grey. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; cilia pale at tips ; the ui'derside grey irrorated

with brown, an indistinct discoidal point and sinuous postmedial

line.

Bah. Canada, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 3 c? . Eay. 32 millim.

Sect. IV. Auteimie of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Protlioras with divided crest.

«. Fore wing grey-white irrorated witli fuscous discalis.

h. Fore wing more or less strongly tinged with brown.

«.'. Fore wing whitish suifused and irrorated with

brown imhrijera.

h^. Fore wing purplish-grey suffused and irrorated with

browu.

a^. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown,

a''. Fore wing witb the reniforui angled inwards on

median nervure v lu/aHtf.

IP. Fore wing with the reniforni not angled in-

wards on median nervure lavguida.

1-. Hind wing entirely tinged with brown.

a^. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on

med ian nervure Jnnci macula.

h^. Fore wing with the reniiorm not angled in-

wards on median uei-vure ptirpurissata.

(^ , Fore wing grey-bro wu crotchi.

1218. Polia discalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 7.)

Mamesfra discalis, Grote, U.S. Bull. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iii. p. 707

(1877) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114.

Bluish white ; head, thorax, and abdomen with black mixed ;

tegulae with blackish medial line ; patagia tipped with blackish.

Fore wing thickly irrorated with black ; a double dentate subbasal

line from costa to vein 1 ; an antemedial line defined by white on

inner side and angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ;

elaviform small, defined by black or absent ; orbicular and reni-

form large, defined by blackish and with blackish suffusion between

them, the former round or elliptical, the latter constricted at middle

and extending to below cell ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely

dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 3 ;

subtcrrainal line represented by a series of whitish lunules with

small dentate dark marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing white, slightly irrorated with fuscous especially towards

tcrmen ; the veins brownish ; a fine dark terminal line ; the under-

side with postmedial series of points on the veins.

Bab. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( iVoUt'i/-Dod), 1 5 , Br. Columbia,

Sicamon's Junction (Mias Micardo), 2 $ ; U.S.A., Colorado, Clear

Creak Canon, 1 $ type, (J?n<cf) 1 $ , Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 J,

1-2

(J8 KOCTUID^.

2 5 , Xew 3Iexico, AlLiUjUerque (OJar), 1 J , 2 5- ^-W'

58 millim.

Larva (Original). — Head shining brown with dark brown reticu-

lations, the u])i)cr vertical band broad. Body cjiindrical, uniform,

dull brown, indefinitely shaded with blackish ; abroad diffuse dorsal

baud, faintly widened into quadrate patches on the segments,

containing a broken yellowish-white dorsal line; a narrow trans-

verse dusky bar on joint 12. Blackish oblicine stripes extend

upward and backward from the s])irack's, ill-defined. No shields.

A general feeder, adapted for concealment on the ground. —

H. G. D.

1219. Polia imbrifera. (Blate LXXX. fig. 8.)

Ai)lectaimhrifera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 76 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 114.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with

black medial line ; patagia with whitish patches ; tarsi banded

with black; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey,

largely or almost entirely suffused with brown and irrorated with

black; a double black subbasal line, interrupted at cell and connected

with base by a slight streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line defined

bv whitish on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inw^ards on median

nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short, broad, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform large, with brownish centres and whitish

anuuli defined by black, tlie former round ; an indistinct medial

line oblique from costa to median nervure, then dentate ; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; postmedial area whitish towards subterminal

line, Avhieh is whitish defined on inner side by an irregular series

of dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at

veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind v\ing whitish

suffused with dark brown especially on terminal area ; the some-

what dentate postmedial line defined by pale cohmr on outer side ;

cilia pale ; the underside paler, with dark discoidal luuule, curved

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Uah. Canaua ; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, Xew York,

Trenton Falls ( Donhleday), 2 c? , 1 $ ,type, Evans Centre, 2 c? , 2 $ ,

Colorado. Exp. 54 millim.

*1220. Polia nugatis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 9.)

Mamcstra nugatis, Smith, Ent. NewsPhikd. ix. p. 240 (18U8); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 15(i.

2 , Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ;

tegulte with medial black line ; patagia with some black scales

near uj)per edge ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base, greyish at

extremity. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, some

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ochreoa3 white in submedian fold from base to claviform and in

discal fold from i-eniform to near snbterminal line ; a bbick streak

below base of cell ; snbliasal line obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct,

waved, strongl}' angled outwards in submedian fold and above

inner margin, and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform elongate, defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter emitting a long spur inwards on median

nervure to helow former; a diffused blackish fascia in and below lower

end of cell from lower augle to subterminal line ; a whitish streak

from claviform to subterminal line and slight streaks above veins 2

and 3 ; postraedial line only traceable at costa and towards inner

margin, where it is dentate; subterminal line white, deHned by

fuscous brown marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, to

termen at veins 4, .'3, and inwards in discal and subterminal folds ;

a terminal series of black lunules ; a fine whitish, line at base of

cilia. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown ; a fine dark

terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown.

Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, ^Montana, Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 46 mi Him.

1221. Polia languida. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 6.)

Mamestra languida. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. See. xxi. p. 54, pi. ii. f. fi

(1894) ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. Ibb.

Head and thorax purple-grey with some blackish irroration ;

frons with black band ; tegula3 tipped with white ; abdomen pale

brownish grey. Eore wing purple-grey irrorated with fuscous ; a

dark shade on costal area and in cell to postmedial line, becoming

bright rufous beyond the cell; subba^^al and antemedial lines repre-

sented by blackish points on costa ; claviform very small, slightly

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with rather pale

centres defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line double,

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by

somewhat dentate black marks from below costa to vein 5 and

towards inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and strongly

dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale

line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area

tinged with brown; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish ; the under-

side white irrorated with black.

Ilah. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Odar), 1 d , 1 ?• Ei'p.

37 millim.

1222. Polia juncimacula. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.)

Mamestra juncimacula. Smith, Eull. J3rooklyn Ent. Soc. v. p. ('u (1882);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1.51.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tcgula; with medial

black line ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;

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'HOCTVIDJE.

abdomen ochreous mixed with red-brown. Fore wing purplish

grey suffused and irrorated with dark brown, and with some rufous

at base of costa and inner margin, in submedian fold, and in discal

fold from middle of cell to near siibterminal line ; a slight black

streak at base of rein 1 followed by others on subcostal and median

nervures and in submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, gre}"^,

strongly angled outwards below costa and in submedian fold,

inwards on subcostal and median nervures and vein 1 ; claviform

small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by

brown, the former irregularly obIi(]ue elliptical, with dark point at

centre, the latter a large narrow lunule, with brown line at centre

and with its lower edge angled inwards on median nervure to the

orbicular ; jjostmedial line very indistinct, dentate, with darker

points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by rufous, with irregular rather

dentate black marks, longest below veins 5 and 2, the line angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

series of black lunules. Hind wing white, with traces of diffused

subterminal band or wholly suffused and irrorated with brown ;

the underside with the costal and termiiial areas irrorated with

brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 $, Durango {Oslai-), 1 J.

Exjy. 54 millim.

1223. Polia purpurissata.

Eurois purpurissata, Grote, Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 82, pi. 1. f. 5

(1864) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114.

Mamestra crydina, Djar, Can. Eiit. 1904, p. 32.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; frons

Avitli two black bars ; teguhe with black medial line ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown. Fore wing

purplish grey irrorated with brown, and suffused with dark brown

Fig. 20. — Folia imrpurissata, (^ . \.

on costal area and in cell ; an indistinct ])ale subbasal line inter-

rupted at cell and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double

filled in Avith grey, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold

where it is angled, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards

POLIA, 71

above inner margin ; traces of a small claviform defined by rufous ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former moderate, round,

often with dark point in centre, the latter large, with its centre

defined by fuscous and with some rufous beyoud it ; an indistinct

medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved ;

l)ostmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line grey, defined

on inner side by somewhat dentate dark reddish-brown marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing reddish brown,

darker towards termen ; cilia white ; the underside whitish irro-

rated with brown, a dark discoidal point, punctiform postmedial

line, and diffused subterminal band,

Hab. Canada, Renfrew Co., (5 (^,3 $, Alberta, Calgary ( TFoZZ^y-

Dod), 1 (S ,Br. Columbia, Kaslo ; U.S.A., JN'.E. and Middle States,

Massachusetts, iJaffalo, 1 c5' , New York (Hill), 1 $ , Utah. Exp.

44-58 milim.

Larva (Original). — Head light brown, the usual darker reticu-

lations ill-defined but large and confluent. Body cylindrical,

uniform, dull brown, the markings faint and nearly obsolete.

Cervical shield and anal plate darker, not chitiuized. Dorsal and

lateral darker geminate lines, and a broad pale substigmatal band

with darker edges, are very faintly traceable. Spiracles black. A

general feeder on low plants. — H. G. D.

1224. Polia crotchi. (Plate LXXX. fig. 11.)

Mamesfra crofchii, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Eut. S(jc. iii. p. 29 (1880) ;

Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116.

Maineslra fuscidoita. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 213 (1891).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegulae with

medial black line ; patagia with some black scales above ;

abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown, the dorsal crests large.

Fore wing grey suffused with brown ; a slight black streak below

base of cell ; a subbasal black streak above inner margin ; ante-

medial line obsolete ; claviform defined by black, very elongate and

pointed at extremity, its lower edge running back towards base

and downcurved ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined

by black, the former elongate elliptical, open towards base or outer

side or both, the latter angled inwards on median nervure and

dilated below the cell, sometimes connected with former ; traces of

a minutely dentate ])0stmedial line, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate

on veins 4, 3, 1, defined by dentate black marks on inner side at

middle and by the area beyond it being darker except at apex ;

the veins streaked with black towards termen ; a terminal series of

black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal two-thirds paler; cilia white

72 XOCXUlDiE.

mixed with brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a

dark discoidal lunule.

Ab. l.fuxcuhnfa: darker.

Hab. U.S.A., Oregon (Crotch), 2 c? , 1 2 , type, Colorado, 1 c? ,

Glenwood Springs {Oslar), 2 c? , 2 § , California. Exp., (S 38,

2 42 millim.

B. Prothorax with spreading erest.

a. Fore wing witli black streak below base of cell.

a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line touching the lower

end of reniform.

«-. Fore wing with the elaviform large and elongate ... proxima.

b-. Fore wing with the elaviform short and broad griseaia.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line separate frona the

reui form orientalis.

b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a^. Fore wing with the jjostmedial line incurved below

yein 6 oriza.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

vein 5.

a'"^. Fore wing with the antemedial line straight in sub-

median interspace, the reniform angled inwards on

median uervure rubeiis.

b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved in sub-

median interspace, the reniform not angled inwards

on median nervure lepidula.

c^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved or oblique

below vein 4.

a-. Fore wing with the antemedial line obliquely curved, distincta.

b~. Fore wing with the antemedial line waved.

a^. Fore wing with naore or less distinct pale dentate

patch beyond the elaviform.

a*. Fore wing with distinct white patch on inner

area beyond the postmedial line litcrata.

b*. Fore wing without distinct white patch on inner

area beyond the postmedial line , lutcago.

b^. Fore wing without pale dentate patch beyond the

elaviform.

«'. Fore wing with the ground-colonr pale ochreous

brown.

«\ Fore wing not suffused with fuscous, the

markings indistinct canifics,

b"". Fiivf wing suffused with fuscous, the markings

blue k discolor.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colonr rufous or

pale reddish brown.

u^. Fore wing with the terminal area darker

than the ground-colour.

a°. Fore wing with the reniform concave on

inner side detcrminafa.

b". Fore wing with the reniform convex on

inner side.

n''. Fore wing pale rufous coltimhia.

b''. Fore wing rufous tinged with dark

brown mcditata.

b*. Fore wing with the medial area paler than

the ground-colour.

«'. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous ... leucogramma.

a*. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish

brow n juuhusa.

POI.TA. 73

c*. Fore \vin2; with the ground-coloui- dark grey.

a*. Foi'e wing tinged with purple.

a". Fore wing with white .spot oil reniforni ... orisabcna.

b°. Fore wing without white spot on reniform.

a''. Fore wing without red suffusion in discal

and subiuedian folds, reniform convex

on inner side h)-acMola.

b'. Fore wing with red suffusion in discal

and subnaedian folds, reniform concave

on inner side ruhrifusa.

h". Fore wing not tinged with purple.

a*^. Fore wing with the reniform angled in-

wards on median nervure lomhrosa.

b^. Fore wing with the reniform not angled

inwards on median nervure.

a?. Fore wing with the terminal area not

paler than the ground-colour.

d^. Fore wing without pale patch on inner

area before subterminal line plicafa.

6*. Fore wing with pale patch on inner

area before subterminal line gnaia.

b"^. Fore wing with the terminal area paler

than the ground-colour xclaina.

d^. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-

brown tcnehra.

e*. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale grey

or whitish.

w'. Fore wing with the orbicular minute, indis-

tinct ■piisilla.

i*. Fore wing with the orbicular large.

a°. Fore wing with white points on lower ex-

tremity of reniform.

a? . Fore wing with hardly any ochreous

tinge, and with distinct dentate fuscous

marks before subterminal line scrraiilinca.

b''. Fore wing with distinct ochreous tinge,

the dentate marks before subterminal

line indistinct ; size larger spalax.

b^. Fore wing without white points on lower

extremity of reniform insole its.

1225. Polia proxima.

Nociua proxima,-B.nhn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 409 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.

vi. p. 264, pi. 89. f. 5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

Haclena cana, Ev. Bull. Mo.sc. Soc. 1841, i. p. 29, pi. 3. ff. 7, 8 ; Herr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Koct. f. 82.

Hadena ochrostigma, Ev. Bull. Mosc. Soc. 1842, iii. p. 545 ; Herr.-Scluiff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 165, 166.

Noctua extensa, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 231 (1844).

Head and ttorax blue-grey mixed with black-brown ; tegulte

with medial blackish line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi with

whitish rings; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown

or dorsally suffused with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated

with brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; subbasal

line double, filled in with blne-grcy, waved from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line douljlo, excurved in interspaces, bent

inwards in cell and angled inwards on vein 1 \ chiviform defined

/4 KOCTUID^,

by black, largo and extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and

reniform with fuscous centres and whitish annuli defined by black,

open above, the former oblique elliptical, the latter large ; a

waved medial shade ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below

costa, inwardly oblique below vein 6 and touching reniform and

claviform, slightly angled outwards on vein 1, the veins beyond it

streaked Avith black and with a series of white points on them ;

subterminal line grey, slightly defined on each side by brown, with

a more prominent patch with white points on it on inner side at

costa, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and slightly waved at

middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown in-

tersected with white. Hind wing reddish brown, with fine dark

terminal line ; cilia pale brown, white at tips ; the underside white,

thecostal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot and slightly waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. ochrostigma. Fore wing with slight fulvous spots beyond

claviform and reniform.

Ab. 2. extensa. Fore wing with the medial area suffused wdth

black.

Ab. 3. cana. More uniform brownish grey, the markings less

distinct.

Ab. 4. vniformis. Fore wing obscure grey, almost uniform in

colour. — Ulliassutai.

Hub. Germany, Silesia, Bohemia, Saxony ; Switzkeland, Valais,

Zeller & Frey Colls, ; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll, ; Kussia,

Finland, Leech Coll,, Urals, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ;

W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai ; W. Siberia, Altai ;

E, Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Amurland. Exp. 32-40 millim.

*1226. Polia griseata, (Plate LXXXVI, fig, 7.)

Mamesfra griseata, Smith. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas, xxii. p. 467 (1900);

Dyar, Cat, Lep. N, Am. p. lot).

Head and thorax purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; head

"with blackish tuft between antennae ; tegulaB with blackish medial

line; patagia edged with black on outer side; abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous ; a brownish

shade on medial area and on outer part of postmedial and terminal

areas except at apex ; subbasal line double, blackish, interrupted ;

a sliglit black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line greyish,

not defined by black, excurved ; claviform defined by black, short,

broad, acute ; orbicular and reniform rather small, with grey

annuli defined hj black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial

line double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved to lower edge of reniform ; subterminal

line white, defined by the dark shading on each side of it, angled

outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold ; a fine dark

line at base of cilia, which are grey intersected with fuscous. Hind

w ing fuscous, paler at base ; the cilia whitish ; the underside paler

grey irroratcd with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and curved post-

medial baud.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Hall Valley. Exp., J 30, $ 23 millim.

This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from tjpe

iu U.S. Nat. Mus.

1227. Polia orientalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 12.)

Dianthtj:cia orientalis, Alph. Ilor. Soc. Eut. Eoss. xvii. p. 71, pi. 2. f. 52

(1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IGl.

Bianthxcia uniformis, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 256 (1896).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish except

at tips ; tegulse with two dark lines ; patagia edged witli black

above; tarsi with white rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown.

Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with bi'own ; a Avaved black streak

below base of cell ; subbasal line represented by black stria) from

costa and cell, defined by whitish on outer side ; antemcdial line

oblique, waver], defined by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

white anuuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical,

the area between and beyond them suffused with brown ; traces of

a curved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark

streaks interrupted by pale points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa and a ])ale oblique band arising from apex ;

subterminal line whitish, defined by slight somewhat dentate brown

marks on inner side and some fuscous on outer, angled outwards

at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins -1, 3 ; a terminal series

of black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the

underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. uniformis. Fore wing more uniform brownish grey.—

Mongolia.

JIab. W. Turkestan, Tura, 1 d , 3 $ , Ferghana, Issyk-kul ;

E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, Uliassutai Mts., Urga, 1 d • Exp.

34 millim.

1228. Polia oriza.

Cel(Bna ori::a, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 26. f. 28 (1889).

S • Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with white ;

tcgula) yellowish at base and tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen rufous mixed with white. Fore wing wliitish,

mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the medial area,

darker red-brown ; subbasal line from costa to submedian fold,

angled outwards at median nervure and defined by white on outer

side ; the antemedial line double filled in with white, strongly

angled outwards below costa, then very oblique and sinuous ;

orbicular white with rufous tinge iu centre, V-shaped, open above,

'6

jjoc'tuid.t:.

its lower extremity connected by a white fascia with the reniform,

which is U-shaped, open above, with brown centre and white

annulus ; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongljf

bent outwards below costa, incurved, oblique and slightly sinuous

below vein 6, joining the antemedial line above inner margin,

some diffused white on its outer edge and some white points on

costa ; subtermiual lino only defined by the area beyond it being

Fig. 21. — ToUa orha, cJ. \.

more purplish grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at

middle, joined by an oblique dark streak from termen below apex;

a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the costal and

terminal areas slightly tinged with red-brown, a rufous terminal

line ; the underside with tbe costal area irrorated with rufous, a

dark discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 (S type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Ea-j). 30 millim.

1229. Polia rubens.

Celana rubens, Druce, Eiol. Ceutr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 274, pi. 26. f. 25

(1889).

Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with a few white

scales ; tegulae with black line near tips ; jxitagia partly edged with

black ; abdomen dark purplish brown. Fore wing purple-brown

suffused with grey ; an olive-green streak in eubmedian fold to

postmedial line ; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with grey,

waved, from costa to subraedian fold, where it is connected with

base by a black streak ; antemedial line double filled in with grey,

strongly angled outwards below costa, then obliquely waved and

bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform more or less elongate,

strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with

white annuli slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,

the latter with yellowish centre, narrow, stronglj'^ angled inwards

on median nervure, slightly in female ; postmedial line double

filled in with grey, oblique from below costa to vein o, then strong!}-

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it

greyish, shading to rufous before the grey subtermiual line, which

is prominent, angled inwards below costa and in submedian fold,

outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle ; a terminal series of

black points ; a fine grey line at base of cilia. Hind wing while,

the costal area tinged with brown, the inner and terminal areas

rOT.TA.

also in female; a fine terminal brown line; the iindersifle with

the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and

trace.^ of a curved postmedial line.

If ah. Mexico city (Godman, Hoec/e), 1 c? , 1 $ , Jalapa (//^o^^ej,

1 (S tj'pe, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp., c? 28, $ 32 millim.

1230. Polia lepidula.

Maniestra kpidula, Smith, Proe. U.S. JN'at. Mus. x. p. 463 (1887); id.

Cat. Noct. N. Aui. p. 115.

Celcena perta, Druce, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 2G. f. 26 (1889).

5 . Head and thorax bright rufous, tegulae and patagia edged

with grey, the scales on vertex of bead and thorax tipped with

grey ; abdomen brown mixed with ochreous, the anal tuft rufous.

Fore wing ferruginous and bright chestnut; the costal area except

at base, the medial area except beyond the reniform and between

cell and submedian fold, and the terminal area darker brown ; a

nearly straight subbasal chestnut line from costa to submedian fold,

defined by grey on outer side ; the antemedialline defined by grey

on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform minute, defined by chestnut ; orbicular

grey, oblique obloi\g or elliptical ; reniform whitish, diffused above

and with small dark brown spot on it at lower angle of cell ;

postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below

tosta, excurvcd to vein 5, then incurved and sinuous ; subterminal

line whitish, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards

at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it dark brown ;

cilia chequered reddish brown and white. Hind wing whitish

suffused with reddish brown, the cilia yellowish white ; the under-

side white irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Texas, California, Los Angeles ; Mexico, Las

Vigas {Hoege), 1 § i)-]ie per ta, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim.

1231. Polia distincta.

Achatia (Listbwta, Hiibn. Saiiiml. Ex. Schmett. i. ))1. 194 (1827) ; Grote &

Eob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 107, pi. iii. f. 72 ; Suiith, Oat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 116.

Dicopis vith, French, Can. Eut. xi. p. 76 (1879).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ; palpi black at

sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulsB with black medial line and

dark tips ; patagia edged above with black scales : tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally irrorated with fuscous and

tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with pale

brown; subbasal line represented by double white stria; from costa

and cell ; antcincdial line double tilled in with white, angled

outwards below costa, then obliquely excurved, its inner [)art pale

78 NOCTtriDJE.

olive below the cell and also its outer part below vein 1 ; elaviform

short and broad, defined by black and with a black streak from it

to postraedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, grey tinged with

reddish brown and defined by black, the former rounded, open

above and below, the latter extending to below cell, the cell before

and between them and the area below it suffused with brown ;

traces of a medial line angled outwards below costa and on median

nervurc and inwards to antemedial line above vein 1 ; postmedial

line double filled in with white, somewhat dentate and ]troduced

to slight points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line irregularly dentate,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some sranll

dentate black marks defined by olive and fuscous suffusion beyond it

except at apex and toruus and by a patch before it between veins

3, 4 ; the veins towards termen streaked with black ; a terminal

series of small triangular black marks ; cilia chequered olive and

white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused

with brown ; the underside with dark discoidal point and curved

puuctiform postmedial line.

Hab. Canada ; U.S.A., E. States, 1 c? , 1 2 , Illinois, Central

States, Texas, Dallas {Boll), 2 (5 , Colorado. Exp. 40 millim.

Larva. Marten, Tr. Dept. Agr. 111. 18, app. 136 (1880).

Head green. Body green marked with greenish white; a faint

dorsal line edged with dark green, subdorsal line distinct, stigmatal

line faint.— H. G. D.

*1232. Polia literata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 13.)

Cucullia literata, Fisch. de Waldheim, Bull. Mosc. 1840, i. p. 86, pi. 3.

f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

$ . Head and thorax grey and dark broken mixed ; tegulae with

dark medial line ; abdomen ochreous mixed with dark brown.

Fore wing whitish, almost entirely suft'used with ochreous brown,

dark brown, and some grey, leaving patches of white below the cell

beyond subbasal line, as a dentate mark beyond the elaviform and

on inner area beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line double filled

in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique from costa to

below cell, then angled inwards on vein 1 : elaviform defined by

black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, defined

by black, the former white, rather quadrate, the latter with brown

centre and white annulus ; postmedial line black defined by white,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale defined by

brown on inner side, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate on

veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, towards which it is slightly

defined by black, the area beyond it greyer ; a terminal series of

black lunules : cilia \\ ith a black line at base. Hind wing reddish

POLIA.

79

brown irrorated with grey ; cilia whitish, with a brown line tlirough

them ; the underside grey thickly irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. S. llussrA, Sarepta, in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 46 millim.

1233. Folia luteago.

Nocfua luteago, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 8() (1777) ; Hiibn. Samnil. Eur.

Sclimett., Noct. f. 184 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 24(>, pi. 23. ff. 3, 4 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

Noctua brunneago, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 106. ff. 2, .3 (1796).

Kodua argillacea, Hiibn. Sainml. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. .590 (1827).

Noctuo^ olhicna, Geyer, Satuml. Eur. Scbiuett., Noct. ff. 829, 830 (1834).

Dianfh(ecia harrdtii, H. Doubl. Ent. Ann. 1864, p. 124, f. 3.

Diantha-cia andalusica, Staud. Stelt. ent. Zeit. 1859, ji. 214 ; Eamb. Cat.

Lep. S. And. pi. xi. f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

Head and thorax yellow mixed with fulvous ; abdomen fulvous

yellow. Fore wing yellow, suffused in part with fulvous, especially

on costal and medial areas; subbasal line pale, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, the inner line

Fig. 22.— Folia luteago, c? . \.

indistinct ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by rufous,

with more or less distinct pale dentate patch beyond it below the

cell ; orbicular and reniforra well-developed, yellow defined by

rufous and with slight brownish centres, the former rounded ; an

indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double,

dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;

some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area

beyoud it rather darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small

dark luruiles ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous. Hind wing

yellow suft'used with fuscous brown ; the underside yellow irrorated

with brown ; a discoidal lunule and ctirved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. arf/i.llacea. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown

mixed with grey ; fore wing grey suffused with dark brown,

especially on medial area ; the markings black ; a black mark below

base of cell bisected by the subbasal line ; claviform connected

with postmedial line by a dark streak ; orbicular, rcniform, and a

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patch on base of vein 2 gvej : hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

ochreous white.

Hah. Bkitain, Ireland, Leech Coll.; Guernsei {F. E. Lowe);

France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Austria, Zeller &

Leech Colls. ; Spain, Andalusia, Castille; Corsica; Lxalt ; Algeria ;

Russia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ;

Mesopotamia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia,

Altai. Exp. 34-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 2()1, pi. 165. f. 2.

Pale ochreous with a slight pinkish tinge ; dorsal line indistinct,

fuscous ; head reddish pink with blackish markings. Food-plants :

roots of Silene muritima and injlata. 7-9.

1234. Polia canities, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig. 14.)

cJ . Head and thorax pale brownish white irrorated with dark

brown ; pal}»i banded with fuscous ; abdomen brownish ochreous

irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous brown

sparsely irrorated with white ; traces of a double subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique,

waved ; claviform faintly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform

almost obsolete, defined by a few yellow and dark scales, the former

round ; postmedial line very indistinct, dentate and produced to

white points on the veins, bent oittwards below costa, excurvcd to

vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line formed by a series of very obscure yellowish and dark

lunules, angled outwards at vein 7 and escurved at middle ; fine

pale lines at base and through middle of cilia. Hind wing whitish

irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ;

cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the underside with

discoidal point, curved postmedial line, and terminal fuscous band.

Uah. U.S.A., California, 1 S • Exj_^. 32 millim.

1235. Polia discolor. (Plate LXXX. fig. 15.)

Scotoijramma discolor. Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. \ii. p. 42 (1899) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159.

cJ . Head and thorax clothed with pale reddish broAvn and black

scales and hairs ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown

mixed with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous, almost entirely

irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line repre-

sented by an oblique scries of three groups of black scales ; ante-

medial line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very obscurely defined by

black ; orbicular round, very indistinct, with pale annulus ; reniform

represented by an obscure X-shaped black mark ; postmedial line

irregularly dentate and formed by a series of black lunules, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of somewhat dentate black

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marks, angled outwards afc vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the

underside paler, irro rated with brown and black, a black discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 S • Exp. 30 millim.

1236. Polia determinata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.)

Mamestra determinata, Smith, Proc. U.S.Nat. Miis. xiv. p. 209(1891);

id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.

(S . Head and thorax reddish brown and grey, the scales tipped

with grey ; abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing ochreous

whitish, suffused and irrorated with rufous, most strongly on

medial area; the median nervure, the costal area beyond antemedial

line, and the terminal area dark brown irrorated with white ;

subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line single, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular

and reniform with rufous centres and whitish annuli defined by

black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter concave towards

base and with fuscous spot in its lower extremity ; traces of a

waved medial lino ; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being darker,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with

reddish brown, paler towards base and inner margin ; cilia white,

with a strong brown line through them; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal

lunule.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 c? , foothills (Brace), in Coll. Schaus.

Eap. 34 millim.

1237. Polia Columbia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 17.)

T(/>niocampa Columbia, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 472 (1887) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.

S . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ;

abdomen reddish ochreous, sometimes darker, with the anal tuft

redder, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore wing bright

rufous irrorated with grey ; the lines rather indistinct, the veins

with brownish streaks ; traces of a subbasal lino from costa to

submedian fold ; the antemedial line oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then waved ; orbicular and reniform moderate,

greyisli defined by rufous, the former round, the lat(er with some

fuscous in lower part; a medial rufous shade, oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, bent

outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

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below vein 4 ; some grey points on costa towards apex ; subterminal

line pale, defined by the area beyond it being greyer, excurved at

vein 7 and middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds.

Hind wing brownish ochreous, browner towards termen ; the cilia

ochreoua at base, then with brown line and whitish tips ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with

brown, a disooidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( WoUey~Dod), 5 S , K^.W. Br.

Columbia. Ea-2J. 34 millim.

1238. Polia meditata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 18.)

Dianfhoecia meditata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 104 (1873) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.

Head and thorax dark red-brown more or less strongly irrorated

with grey ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft of male paler.

Pore wing red-brown, sufiuscd with fuscous and slightly irrorated

with grey ; traces of a waved grey subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with

grey, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular

and reniform moderate, with greyish annuli incompletely defined by

brown, the former rather obliijue elliptical ; postmedial line dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by the area

beyond it being somewhat darker and suffused with grey, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of

terminal area dark ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark

brown, sometimes yellowish towards base ; cilia with fine pale line

at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, the costal area sometimes tinged with rufous, a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada (Norman), 1 J; U.S.A., Eastern States to Vir-

ginia and Mississippi, 1 c? , 1 $ , type, Kansas. Exp. 34 millim.

Larva. Head brown, with broad curved black bands in front

and black reticulations. Body sordid reddish brown, dorsal space

broadlv paler, enclosing dorsal rounded lozenge-sliaped dark patches ;

sides dark ; lines obscurely indicated, the substigraatal broad,

scarcely paler than ground-colour. Cervical shield shining black,

luteous-dotted centrally and cut by distinct dorsal and more diffuse

subdorsal orange lines. Feet black. Tubercles minute. — H. G. D.

1239. Polia leucogramma. (Plate LXXX. fig. 19.)

Dianthoecia leucogramma, Grote. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. liO (1873) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.

(S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen

reddish brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown

irrorated with black ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to

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submedian fold filled in with grey; antemedial line double filled

in with grey, waved and angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 ;

cla\iform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small,

defined by black and with some grey in centres, the former round ;

a medial black shade darkening the cell between the stigmata ; jiost-

medial line double filled in with whitish, minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4,

some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white,

defined on inner side by some small dentate dark marks between

veins 5 and 1, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

some white suffusion on terminal area ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing

brown, darker towards termen ; cilia white, with brown line at

base ; the underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial

line.

Hah. U.S.A., California, 1 c^ , Grote Coll. Exp. 32 millim.

*1240. Polia mohosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 20.)

Hecatera mohosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 412 (1897).

J . Head and thorax clothed with pale brown, black, and white

scales ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi banded black and white ;

abdomen grey-brown, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing

whitish, largely suffused with rufous and in parts with fuscous ;

the veins streaked with fuscous and white ; a double, waved, black

Bubbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved

antemedial line angled outwards below costa and excurved above

inner margin ; claviforra black ; orbicular with ruibus centre and

white anuulus defined by black, rather small, rounded ; reniform

with white centre defined by brown and white annulus defined by

black, angled inwards on median nervure ; the postmedial lino

dentate and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent out-

wards below costa and inwards below vein 4, then defined by

whitish on outer side; some white points on costa towards apex;

the subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, the area beyond it grey irrorated with fuscous ; a ter-

minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused

with brown, especially on terminal half; the cilia whitish: the

underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and

curved postmedial line.

Jfab. EcuADOK, Loja, typefc? in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 20 millim.

*1241. Polia orizabena. (Plate LXXX. fig. 21.)

JJa/Jena orisabena, Scliau.s, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) : Druce,

Biol. Centj.-Am., Het. ii. p. 5G8.

J . Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with purplish

G 2

8-1 ^•oc•TUID.E.

fuscous ; tarsi -with pale pinkish rings ; abdomen purplish pink,

brown towards extremity, the basal crest dark. Fore wing black-

brown suffused with puplish pink and with a grey gloss ; an in-

distinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double filled in with paler colour, angled outwards

below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then recurved to inner

margin ; the medial area rather darker ; the claviform very ob-

scurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, the former

greyish, the latter rather concave towards base, with pinkish an-

nulus and ])rominent white spot on its outer edge ; the postuiedial

line indistinctly double tilled in with pinkish, bent outwards below

costa, and incurved below vein 4 to near antemedial line, some pale

points beyond it on costa : the subterminal line represented by

whitish points on black streaks extending to termen, the terminal

area rather darker; some pinkish points at base of cilia. Hind

wing ochreous white suffiised with brown, the area below the cell

whiter ; a terminal series of dark strite ; the underside with the

costal area tinged with pink, a black discoidal spot and waved

postmedial lide.

Hab. Mexico. Orizaba, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30

millim.

1242. Polia brachiola. (Plate LXXX. fig. 22.)

Mamestra hrachiolum, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 6 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. i. p. 123.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey ;

tegulse with slight black medial line. Fore Aving grey suffused and

irroratc'd witli black-brown and with a slight purplish tinge ; a waved

subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey

on outer side ; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, angled

inwards in cell and tilled in with grey ; claviform very small,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, incom-

pletely above, the former small or moderate, rounded ; an indistinct

waved medial line, angled outwards to lower angle of cell ; post-

medial line double, dentate, filled in with grey, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the postmedial area

grey except at costa ; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at

vein 7, excurved at middle, and bent outwards to tornus, with some

black marks on inner side from vein 5 to inner margin, slightly

defined by black on outer side ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards

base in male ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal

area suffused with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial

line.

Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 cJ , 1 $ , type, xirizona. Exp. 34 millim.

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1243. Polia rubrifusa, u. sp. (Plate LXXX. tig. 23.)

(5'. Head aud thorax fuscous mixed with some black, the

scales tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

brown mixed with grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing

dark grey thickly irrorated and suffused with black and with

a slight purplish tinge ; the inner and postmedial areas tinged

with vinous red, tlie discal and subraedian folds on medial

area suffused with deep red ; subbasal line indistinct, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line double, the

inner line indistinct, angled outwards below costa, then oblique,

waved ; clavifbrm absent ; orbicular aud reniform small, reddish

with slight white annuli defined by black, the former round, the

latter concave on inner side and with some fuscous in its lower

part ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line defined by

whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to veiu 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa on a fuscous patch extending to subterminal line, which is

pale reddish defined on inner side by minute dentate brown marks

and by some fuscous on outer, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle ; a fine terminal black line ; cilia dark

brown. Hind wing pale suffixsed with brown, the terminal half

dark brown ; the cilia brown at base, whitish at tii)s ; the under-

side white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal luuule

and curved postmedial line.

I/ab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Bculah, 1 c5' . -Et^J. 34 millim.

*1244. Polia umbrosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 24.)

Seotograynma umhrosa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 470(1887) ; id. Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p, l;30.

5 . Head and thorax blackish mixed with grey ; frons with

black bar ; teguke with ill-defined dark medial line ; tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen fuscous brown nuxed with grey. Fore wing

grey mostly suft'used and irrorated with fuscous brown, the medial

area rather daiker ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double tilled

in with whitish, waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; clavitorni

moderate, indistinctly defined by black and with some pale reddish

brown beyond its extremity : orbicular and reniform with indistinct

greyish annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter

slightly angled inwards on median nervure aud with a faint reddish

tinge before and beyond it ; traces of a waved medial line ; post-

medial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely dentate and

produced to whitish points on the veins,, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some wbite points beyond it

on costa ; subtermiiud lino wliite, hardly defined on imuT side.

86 NOCTUIDiE.

minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

cilia whitish mixed with brown and with a brown line through

them. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous, especiiilly on the veins

and terminal area ; cilia white with a dark line through them ;

the underside white, the costal and termiual areas irrorated with

fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 34

millim.

1245. Polia plicata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 25.)

Mamestra plicata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 243 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 155.

Mamestra negvssa, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 219 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 156.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark brown. Fore

wing gvey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown ; the cell and area

just beyond and below it tinged with rufous ; the veins with some-

what darker streaks ; an indistinct subbasal line defined hy grey on

outer side, angled outwards in cell and extending to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey ; claviform

small, grey indistinctly defined by brown, or rather larger and better

defined ; orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ;

traces of an oblique waved medial line from cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points

on costa towards apex ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing grey-brown with

fine dark terminal line ; the underside grey irrorated with brown,

a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {WoUey-Dod), 1 J , 1 5 ; U.S.A.,

Colorado in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 40 millim.

*1246. Polia gnata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 8.)

Mamestra gnata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smitl^, Cat. Noct.

N.Am. p. 116.

S ■ Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulte with

black medial line ; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing dark

grey suffused with yellowish brown ; the lines double ; subbasal

line indistinct ; antemedial line minutely waved, oblique from

costa to median nervure ; claviform defined by black, small ; orbi-

cular and reniform well developed, with pale annuli defined by

black, the former rather oblique elliptical ; a slight medial shade

from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely

waved, l)enl outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the

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area beyond it grej'er, with a prominent pale patch on inner area

before subterniinal line, which is pale defined by the area beyond

it being darker, incurved at discal and submcdian folds. Hind

wing white, the veins and termeu tinged with brown ; the under-

side with dark irroration.

Huh. U.S.A., New Mexico, Arizona. E.rp. 32 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in

Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

*1247. Polia selama.

Mamestra selama, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous tinged with grey. Fore

wing fuscous irrorated with grey and with a silky texture ; the

markings black defined by grey ; no black streak below base of

cell ; claviform absent ; terminal area grey ; an indistinct black

terminal line ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ;

cilia whitish, with a dark line through them.

Bab. U.S.A., Texas. Exj). 28 millim. This species is unknown

to me.

1248. Polia tenebra, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig, 26.)

J' . Read and thorax brown mixed with white and black scales ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing fuscous

brown mixed with grey and slightly tinged in parts with dull

olive; subbasal line double, waved, interrupted at middle, from

costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line irregularly waved, oblique, defined

by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round,

with white annulus, the latter indistinct, irregular ; an indistinct

waved medial line ; postmcdial line defined by whitish on outer

side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

whitish, defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black

marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish and fuscous

with a black line at base. Hind wing pale suffused with brown,

the terminal area darkest, a slight discoidal spot, sinuous postmcdial

line, and some terminal lunules ; cilia whitish with a dark line near

base ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.

Hab. Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 d type. Exi>. 30 millim.

88 NocTTJin^T:.

*1249. Polia pusilla. (Plate LXXX. fig. 28.)

Thargelia ptisilla, Piinj?. Iris, xiii. p. 118, pi. iv. f. 10 (1000); Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 254, add.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grej'-white mixed with pale

olive-brown and black ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey-

white snfFused with olive-brown and irrorated Avith fuscous ; the

subbasal line represented by an obscure striga from costa and two

from cell ; antomedial line very oblique and rather irregular from

costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards to

the postmedial line above inner margin, defined by whitish on inner

side ; claviform an ill-defined whitish mark ; orbicular a small ill-

defined whitish mark with dark point at centre ; reniform whitish,

ill-defined except on inner side, where its centre and circumference

are defined by black ; postmedial line double filled in with white,

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4,

then oblique ; subterminal line formed by a series of whitish and

dark dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to

termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing whitish, uniformly

suffused with fuscous : cilia white with a brown line through them ;

the underside white irrorated w ith brown, a discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Tkanscaspia, Askhabad, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36 millim.

1250. Polia serratilinea.

Mamestra serratHinea, Ti-eit. Schniett. Eur. v. 2, p. 38 (182.'i); Dup. Lep.

Fr. vi. p. 430, pi. 99. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 395 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155.

Mamestra polyoclon, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 365 (1827), nee Clerck.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey ;

tarsi fuscous with" pale rings. Fore wing grey irrorated and suff'used

with ochreous brown ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line defined by grey on inner

side ; claviform defined by brown and often filled in with brown ;

orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly defined by brown,

the former irregularly rounded, the latter with two white points

on outer side at lower extremity and one on inner ; a curved waved

medial line approximated below the cell to the postmedial Hue,

which is strongly dentate and produced to grey points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

])ale points beyond it on costa ; a dentate whitish subterminal line

defined by somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

small black lunules ; a series of whitish points at base of cilia.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on the veins and

terminal area ; cilia ochreous white with a brow-n line through

them ; the underside wliitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly

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irrorated with browu, a slight discoidal liimile and curved post-

medial line.

Hah. Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Austria,

Zeller Coll. ; Hungaet, Frcy Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai,

Leech Coll. Exp. 46-56 millim.

Larva. Grey with a dark head. On low-growing plants in

spring.

1251. Polia spalax.

jSIamestra, spalax, Alph. Slett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 168 ; id. Eom. Mem. v.

p. 144, pi. 6. f. 5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155.

5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with yellowish or dark brown ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with browia. Fore

wing grey, more or less tinged with ochreous and thicklj' irrorated

with fuscous brown ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;

claviform moderate, defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform

large, defined by fuscous, the former irregularly rounded, with slight

whitish annulus, the latter irregular with whitish points on edges,

somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; traces of a waved

medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to a

double series of points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish dentate

marks slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of fuscous lunulcs ; cilia with

ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line, the tips whitish and

fuscous. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown with a slight

reddish tinge ; the cilia with ochreous and fuscous lines at base

and white tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line with darker streaks at

the veins.

Hab. B-trssiA, Urals ; Persia, Mesopotamia ; W. Turkestan,

2 § , Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul, Ala Tan ; W. Siberia,

Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 34-36 millim.

1252. Polia insolens.

Dianthctcia, insolens, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. ii. p. G5 (1874) ;

Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115.

TeniocaJnpa carina, Morr. Pi-oc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 158 (1874).

Head and thorax clothed with whitish and pale brown hair ;

abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish or

luteous, suffused and irrorated with dark brown or nearly uniform

pale d>dl brown ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled out-

wards below costa; claviform very indistinctly defined l)y brown;

orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish or ochreous, the

former round : postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below c^sta,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line almost evenlv

90 NOCTUID.E.

curved, defined on inner side by a series of dentate fuscous marks

and by the area beyond it being rather darlcer ; a terminal series of

small dark lunules ; cilia wbitish, with a dark line through them.

Hind "wing whitish suffused with brown ; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, a brown dJscoidal point and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., California, 3 $ type, San Francisco (Stretch), 3 S ,

1 ? . Exp., J 40-44, ? 46-52 miUim.

Sect. V. Antennae of male cihated.

A. Prothorax with divided crest.

a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

a'. Fore wing with the sublerminal line dentate ou

veins 4, 8, and forming a distinct ^-va&rk.

c^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

conjoined by a black streak in subinedian fold.

c?. Fore wing with pale dentate mark beyond the

clavifonn.

a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous

white 'peregrina.

i*. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish

grey con tigua.

P. Fore wing without pale dentate mark beyond

the claviform.

(iK Fore wing with the postmedial area dis-

tinctly paler tban the medial area.

a^. Fore wing with the basal streak broad... grandis.

¥. Fore wing with the basal streak narrow, w-latinum.

b*. Fure wing with the postmedial area hardly

paler than the medial area,

fl*. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red . invalida.

P. Fore wing tinged with purplish red.

a". Fore wing with the snbterminal line

wliite thalassina.

P. Fore wing with the subterminal line

grey suhjuncta.

b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

not conjoined by a black streak in submedian

fold.

a^. Fore wing with the areas at base of costa,

beyond the reniform, and the postmedial

area bright rufous nevadm.

P. Fore wing more uniform brown.

a*. Fore wing with whitish annuli to stigmata, altaica.

P. Fore wing without whitish auuuli to stig-

mata,

a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line

wliite suasa.

P. Fore wing with the subterminal line

grey aliena.

c^. Fore wing ochreous grey consanguis, \a.r.

b^. Fore wing without distinct ^-mark on subterminal

line.

a^. Fore wing with the terminal area not darker

than the ground-colour passa.

b-. Fore wing with the terminal area darker than

the ground-colour , ptochica.

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b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a}. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or

greyish ochreous.

a^ Fore wing witli the orbicular V-shaped vau-orbicidans.

h'\ Fore wing with the orbicular rounded consanc/uis.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour red-browu.

a^. Fore wn)g without pale streaks on the veins ... fuscimfa.

6^. Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins venata.

c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour blackish.

a?. Fore wing without ochreous points on subtor-

minal line •••■• mortua.

' h-. Fore wing with ochreous points on subtermiual

line persicarice.

d}. Fore wing with the ground-colour dark purplish

grey more or less completely sufl'used with

fuscous.

a^. Fore wing with pale postmedial patch in sub-

median interspace.

a^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform and

the subterminal line flesli-colour glaucopis.

b^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform

and the s'ubterininal line white cristifera.

b^. Fore wing with the whole postmedial area pur-

plish grey.

a^. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous.

a*. Fore wing with the inner area concolorous.

rj?. Fore wing with the reniform large,

■whitish mamestrina.

¥. Fore wing with the reniform smaller,

grey ingravis.

b^. Fore wing with ochreous-brown fascia on

inner margin nagaensis.

h^. Fore wing with grey streak below costa fcrrispara.

c^. Fore wing with the costal area pinkish

ochreous •••• eostigera.

e\ Fore wing with the ground-colour pale purplish

grey more or less suffused with red-brown.

a^. Fore wing without distinct diirk mark on sub-

terminal fold mongolica.

6^. Fore wing with angulate dark mark on sub-

terminal line in snbmedian fold formed of two

spots advena.

c^. Fore wing with lunulate dark mark on sub-

terminal line in snbmedian fold tincta.

p. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour whitish grey.

a^. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax not varie-

gated with white.

a^. Fore wing with prominent oblique dark

medial shade on costal half,

a*. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled

inwards in discal fold, and witli prominent

black streaks between it and termen latex.

b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not

angled inwards Iti discal f ild, and with-

out black streaks between it and termen... rogenhoferi.

b^. Fore wing with the medial shade waved,

indistinct.

a*. Fore wing tinged and irrorated with brown.

a'\ Fore wing with the upper subterminal

black spot in submedian interspace

elongate nchidosa.

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NOCTUIDiE.

h". Fore wing with the upper subterminal

black spot in submedian interspace short, nimhosa.

h*. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous... mystica.

'■. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax variegated

with white.

a^. Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform

broken up into small spots,

«■*. F^ore wing with white annulus to reniform

on inner side; subterminalline notstrongly

defined by black scotochlora.

b*. Fore wing with the white annulus to reni-

form obscured by a black hniule on iuner

side ; subterminal line very strongly

defined by black goliath.

P. Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform

entire,

a'. Foi'e wing without white sjDOt beyond the

claviform.

a°. Fore wing with the orbicular moderate,

with brown centre adjuncia.

h^. Fore wing with the orbicular small,

with white centre dilatata.

6'. Fore wing with white spot beyond the

claviform.

a'. Fore wing without brown centre to

orbicvdar variolata.

b'. Fore wing with brown centre to orbicular, glaciata.

1253. Polia peregrina.

Hadena peregrina, Treitsch. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 330 (1825) ; Frr. Beitr.

Eur. Schmett. pi. 70. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

Koctua bUnna, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 706 (1827).

Isocf.ua trimenda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 789-791 (1827).

Noctua contribuUs, Bois. Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 357, pi. 122. f. 1 (1827).

Hadena salsolce, Embr. Ann. Soc. Obs. 1829, p. 258, pi. 6. f. 1.

Head and thorax ochreous-white mixed with pale rufous ; tegular

with medial black line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomeu ochreous

tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous-white suffused with pale

reddish brown ; a slight black stieak below base of cell ; subbasal

line represented by double black striae filled in with whitish from

costa and cell, intersecting the black streak ; antemedial line

double filled in with whitish, waved, angled outwards in submedian

fold and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, incompletely defined

by black, a whitish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 often defined by

black below ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined

by black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line defined by

whitish on outer side, dentate, the veins beyond it slightly streaked

with black, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

ochreous, with dentate black marks on its inner side at middle,

angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and

excurved to tornus, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous except

POLIA. 93

at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

ochreous-white, the veins and termiual area more or less tinged

with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal lunula and curved postmedial series of

points on the veins.

Hah. Britain, I. of Wight ; S. France {Zdler), Frey & Leech

Colls. ; jS". Italy ; Dalmatia ; Turkey ; S. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller

Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia. Exp. 36-40

millira.

Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 180.

Yellow, with numerous small brown annuli most prominent on

dorsal area, some of them I'orming the dorsal and subdorsal lines ;

lateral and stigmatal lines yellow, the former edged by brown striae

above ; head reddish brown with yellowish points. Food-plants :

Chenopodium, Salsola, and Mesemhr)jantJiemum.

1254. Polia contigua.

Nociua contiqua, Scliiif. Wien. Verz p. 82 (1776) ; Ginel. ed. Syst. Nat. i.

5, p. 2543 (1788); Vill. Linn. Eut. iv. p. 468 (1789); Hiibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. ff. 85, 609 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 289, pi. 91. f. 2; Frey,

Beitr. i. pi. 16; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. ii. p. 184; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 157.

Noctua arite, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 160. f. 8 (1786).

Noctiia s-partii, Bralim, Ins. ii. p. 32.3 (1791).

Mamestra subcoiit ig iia, £v. Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 155; 1856, ii. pi. 2. f. 1,

iii. p. 19.

Head and thorax purplish-red mixed with grey and black ; frons

with black bar, teguhe with black medial line ; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the anal tuft sometimes

ochreous. Fore wing grey mixed with brown and fuscous, the

medial area tinged with rufous, an olive shade beyond the reniforra,

the postmedial area greyer ; a sinuous black streak below base of

cell ; a whitish patch at base of costa with the waved subbasal line

on it, from costa to submedian fold; a double, waved antemedial

line filled in with grey and strongly excurved below the cell ;

claviform defined by black and with black streak from it to post-

medial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

round or oblique elliptical, white and with whitish patch below it,

the latter with brown centre and greyish annulus often more or loss

angled inwards on median ncrvure ; traces of a waved medial line ;

l)Ostmcdial line double, the outer line indistinct, minutely dentate

and with slight black streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it

on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly defined by brown on inner

side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3,

where there are small dentate black marks on its inner side, the

area beyond it brown except at apex ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia intersected with i)inkish white. Hind wing

white tinged with fuscous brown, especially on the veins and terminal

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NOCTUID^,

area ; a fine terminal dark line ; the cilia white ; the underside

with the costal area irrorated with hrown, a small discoidal spot

and sinuous postmedial line.

Ah. 1, suhcontigua. Darker. — Urals, Ipask.

Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Fe.\nce, Leech

Coll. ; Germany, Zoller & Frey Colls. ; N". Spain ; N. Italy ;

Russia, Urals ; Armenia ; Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan (Pryer), 1 c? •

Exj). 40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83 ; Barrett, Le]5. Brit. iv. p. 170, pi. 156. f. 1.

Dull yellowish green, suffused with orauge-ochreous and mottled

with reddish brown, above forming dorsal series of V-shaped

marks ; spiracular line reddish brown. Food-plants : Oak, Birch,

Solidago, etc. 8-9.

1255. Polia grandis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 30.)

Hadena grandis, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 120 (1840) ; Gueu. Noct. ii.

p. 105, pi. 8. f. 10 ; Sinitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118.

Xylophania libera, Wlk. ix. 179 (1856).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; frons

with blackish bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale

reddish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tijts,

the anal tuft with a fulvous tinge. Fore wing purplish grey largely

suffused with bright rufous and dark brown ; a sinuous black lino

below base of cell ; traces of a pale curved subbasal line from costa ;

antemedial line double, oblique, waved ; claviform short and broad,

defined by black and with black streak from below it to postmedial

line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey aniiuli

defined by black, the former round or elliptiLal, the latter extending

to below cell ; an indistinct irregularly waved medial line, oblique

from costa to below cell where it is angled ; postmedial lino double,

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, the area beyond it lilacine grey ; subtermimil line

white, defined on inner side by some rufous, with straight inner

edge from below costa, some small dentate black marks before it at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate nearly to termen on

veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with black ; a terminal series

of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a yellowish

tinge : the cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with reddish brown, a dark

discoidal spot, slightly waved postmedial line, and diffused subter-

minal band.

Hah. Greenland ; Canada ; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States,

Maine, New York, Trenton Falls (Douhh'day), 2 J , 1 $ , type libera,

Evans Centre ( Grote), 1 <S , 1 $ , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois,

Minnesota, Colorado. E.rji. 48 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head shining red-brown, the reticulations and

bands darker, but narrow and broken. Body grey-brown, peppered

with black on a whitish and reddish ground, all the markings

POLTA. 95

obsolete. The substigmatal band shows fainth', broad, pale, its edges

■whitish ; subventral region and feet pale, without the dark dots.

Tubercles blackish. Cervical shield darkened, not chitinized.

A general feeder, hiding on the ground. — H. G. D.

1256. Polia w-latinum.

Noctua w-latinum, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 492 (1767); Esp. Schinett. iv.

pi. 1.36. f. 2.

Kodiia genistcB, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. .355 (1792); Scriba, Beitr. iii.

p. 241, pi. 15. ff. 13, 14 (1793); Hiibn.Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 611, 612;

Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 285, pi. 91. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. ii.

p. 183; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157.

Fhala-na dives, Donov. Brit. Iiis. x. p. 71, pi. 352 (1801).

Noctua rectilinea. Hew. Lep. Brit. p. 189 (1809).

Head and thorax grey mixed with purplish brown ; frons

with black bar; teguloe with black medial line; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark

tips, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white with

slight brown irroration ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell

with some rufous below it ; subbasal line represented by two dark

striae from costa ; the antemedial line double, waved, strongly

excurved below cell ; the medial area suffused with bright rufous

from costa to submedian fold ; the claviform broad, defined by black

and with black streak from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and

reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round, the

latter with some brown in its lower part ; an indistinct irregular

medial line oblique from costa to vein 2 ; postmedial line double, the

outer line indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight black streaks

interrupted by white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa

and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line white, slightly defined by rufous on inner side,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, where

there are two small dentate black marks on its inner side, the area

beyond it brown except at apex, with black streaks in the inter-

spaces ending in terminal lunules; cilia intersected with white,

llind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially towards

termen ; the cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them ;

the underside wnth the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown and the apex tinged with purplish, a small discoidal spot

and sinuous postmedial and subterminal more or less prominent

lines.

I lab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zcller

& Frey Colls. ; Spain; Italy; Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll.;

Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta,Zeller Coll. ; Armenia; Persia ;

W. SiBKRiA, Altai; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai, Issyk-kul; E. Tur-

kestan, Hi'; E. Siberia. Exp. 44-46 millini.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 190, pi. 158. f. 2.

Hull brown, sometimes greenish or purple-tinged, dorsal and sub-

96 XOCTUIBiE.

dorsal lines dark-edged, indistinct : a dorsal series of darker diamond-

and wedge-shaped marks; head marked with black. Food- plants :

Genuta, Polygonum, Stellarta, etc. 7-9.

1257. Polia invalida. (Plate LXXX. fig. 31.)

Mamesfra invalida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 225 (1900) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119.

2 . Head and thorax grey- white mixed with black ; tegulse with

medial black line ; patagia with black line near upper edge : tarsi black

with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with black. Fore wing grey-

white, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with fuscous ; a rather

ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line very indis-

tinct, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ;

claviform very large and broad, defined by black and with black streak

from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, with white

annuli defined by black, the former round ; a dilfused medial line ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it

on costa and a whitish patch in submedian interspace ; subterminal

line white, defined on inner side by long dentate black marks and

on outer by black streaks in the interspaces, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind

wing white nearly evenly suftused with brown, the cilia white ; the

underside white irrorated with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot

and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 2 ,

California, Placer Co., Sierra Nevada. Eaj). 42 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head pale luteous, the reticulations and vertical

bands broad, dull brown, concolorous. Body rich red-brown, heavily

reticulated on a lighter ground. Dorsal, subdorsal, and broad sub-

stigmatal lines pale, whitish, darker-edged, not cut by the heavy

oblique subdorsal shades of blackish brown. Of these, the pair on

joint 1 2 are not confluent, being cut by the dorsal line and their

square posterior termination is narrow. Cervical shield and anal

plate darkened, not chitinized, cut by the pale subdorsal line, but

only narrowly so by the dorsal line.

A general feeder. — H. G. D.

1258. Polia thalassina.

Noctua thcdaRnna, Rott. Naturf. ix. p. 1 19 (1775) ; Diip. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 292,

pi. 91. f. 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. ii. p. 182; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 157.

Nochia humeralis^. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190(1809).

I^octua gcmina, Hiibn. Eur. Schniett., Noct. f. 483 (nee 482).

Noctua achates, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 610 (1827).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at

sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with medial black line ;

abdomen yellowish mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark

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tips, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous

grey largely suffused with rufous ; a sinuous black streak below

base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by double black striae

from costa ; a double irregularly-waved autemedial line filled in

with grey ; claviform prominent, defined by black and with a

blackish streak from it to poatmedial line ; orbicular and reniform

with brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former

rounded ; an indistinct waved rufous medial line ; postmedial line

indistinct on costal half, minutely dentate and produced to short

black streaks with grey points on them on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner side

by dentate black marks except towards costa and with some black

points on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to

termen at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

fuscous brown ; a dark terminal line ; the cilia yellow ; the under-

side greyish, the costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal

lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. achates. Fore wing more uniform rufous.

Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ;

Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Spain, Catalonia ; Italy ; Dalmatia ;

Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Finland, Leech Coll. ; Russia,

Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ;

W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ;

E. Siberia, Kentei, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 173, pi. 156. f. 2.

Pale pinkish brown freckled with dark brown ; a double dorsal

series of oblique dark marks ; dorsal line indistinct ; spiracuiar line

pale, edged above by white or black, or wholly black. Food-plants :

Birch, Lonicera, Polygonum, etc. 7-8.

1259. Polia subjimcta. (Plate LXXX. fig. 32.)

Hadena suhjuncta, Grote & Bob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 198, pi. 3. f. 71

(1868); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118.

Head and thorax purpHsh grey mixed with dark brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; frons with black band ; tegulse with black medial

line ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tips. Foi'e

wing grey-brown with a slight purplish tinge ; a sinuous black

streak below base of cell with some rufons suffusion above it ; ante-

medial line black, oblique, waved ; claviform large, defined by black

and with some rufous suffusion below it ; orbicular and reniform

large, grey, the former round, defined by black except above, the

latter defined on inner side and below, its lower part suffused with

fuscous, the area beyond it suffused with rufous to apex ; postmedial

lino bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4 and indistinct,

then black, dentate and incurved ; subterminal line pale, with some

dentate black marks before it at middle, the one above vein 3 elon-

gate, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen oi* veins 4, 3,

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98 NOCTUID^.

the area beyond it rather darker with black streaks in the inter-

spaces. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown, nearly uniformly suffused in

female ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the under-

side white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a

dark discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line.

Ilah. Canada ; U.S.A., N., E., & Middle States, 2 S , Xew York,

Albany (Br. Bailey), 2 2 ? Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado,

Durango {Oslar), 2 c? , 2 5 , New Mexico. Exp. 40-44 millim.

Larva. Head brown, faintly reticulate, the sutures pale. Body

greenish, finely marked in brown, forming faint oblique dark sub-

dorsal shades and a short transverse bar on joint 12. Lines obsolete

except the substigmatal, which is broad, yellow-edged above, red-

filled and diffuse below. Feet pale ; spiracles white. — H. G. D.

1260. Polia nevadae. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 1.)

Mamestra nevadce, Grote, Bull. Euff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 84 (1870) ; Smith,

Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 118.

Mamestra canadensis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 4G4 (1887); id. Cat.

Noct. N.Am. p. 118.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulre

with black medial line. Fore wing dark brown with a purplish

tinge, some whitish irroration on costa and inner margin ; the

base of costal area ochreous-white doAvn to the sinuous black streak

below base of cell ; some rufous suffusion in submedian fold and in

discal fold from middle of cell to subtcrminal line ; antemedial line

indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by whitish on inner side ; clavi-

form small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, the

former moderate, oblique elliptical, defined by black except above,

the latter defined by black on inner side, extending to below cell, its

lower part suffused with fuscous; postmedial line almost obsolete,

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved ; subtcrminal line white, with small dentate dark marks

before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen

on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish with a dark line through them ;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.

Hah. Canada, New Brunswick, Ottawa, 1 6 , Calgary {Wolleij-

Dod), 1 J ; U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, 1 cS type. Exjy.

40 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head reddish luteous, reticulations narrow, not

prominent, the vertical bands distinct. Body dark brown, reddish-

tinted, mottled ; subdorsal oblique shades join the broad dark dorsal

band, which is widened into an ill-defined open lattice. The pair

on joint 12 are confluent, truncate behind. Dorsal and subdorsal

lines whitish, broken, the latter reddish-edged below. Substigmatal

band broad, white, partly red-filled. Cervical shield and anal jjlato

darkened, not chitinized, the former trilineate in pale.

A general feeder. — H. G. D.

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99

1261. Polia altaica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 2.)

Hadena altaica. Led. Verb., zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, 1853, pi. 2. f. 6; Stand.

Cat. Lap. pal. p. 156.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with slight

dark medial line ; tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown.

Fore wing grey, more or less strongly suffused and irrorated with

brown ; a slight blackish streak below base of cell ; subbasal line

defined by whitish on outer side, curved from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey : claviform

well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,

grey detiiied by black, the former round, with brownish centre, the

latter with grey lunule on brown centre ; an indistiuct curved

medial shade ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line

white defined by fuscous marks on inner side at discal and sub-

median folds, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and nearly to

termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown,

the terminal area darker with a pale patch on termen near tornus ;

a dark terminal liue ; cilia white ; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hah. W. Siberia, Altai, 1 c? , 1 $ ; W. TxjrkestajST, Ferghana,

Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi; Mongolia; S.E. Siberia, Kentei.

Eay. 46 millim.

1262. Polia suasa.

Noctua masa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 83 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,Noct.

f. 426; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 101. f. 7.

Noctua dissimilis, Xnoch, Beitr. i. pi. 4. ff. 1-4 (1781); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 157.

Noctua w-latinum, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 136. f. 3 (1786), nee Hiifn.

NoctxM leiicographa, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 150. f. 3 (1786).

Noctua dens-canis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190 (1809).

Noctua per mixta, Geyer, Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 803 (1837).

Ma'/nentra aliena, Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 323, pi. 30. f. i. (1836).

Mamcdra conjlucns, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 245 (1844).

Hadeiia pavida , Guen. Noct. ii. p. 101 (1852), nee Boisd.

Mamestra extincta, Staud. Eoiu. Mem. vi. p. 425 (1892).

(S . Head and thorax brownish grey with a purplish tinge ; frons

with black bar ; tegular with black medial line ; palpi blackish ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous or greyish at base,

dark brown towards extremity. Fore wing ochreous or grey-

brown ; a black streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line

represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line indis-

tinct, double filled in with grey, excurved in interspaces and

angled inwards on the veins ; claviform large, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rounded or

quadrate, open above ; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct,

n2

100 HOCTUID^.

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, the veins beyond it with slight black streaks and pale

points ; subterminal line white or yellowish, indistinct towards

costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3,

some dentate dark marks before it at middle and the area beyond it

dark except at apex ; a terminal series of blackish lunules ; cilia

intersected by pale colour. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

brown, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside

with the costal area darker, a dark discoidal spot, minutely waved

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line.

2 . Darker and more uniformly coloured.

Ab. 1. conjiuens. Fore wing dark and nearly uniform in colour.

Ab. 2. extincta. Dark ; fore wing with yellow marks.

Hah. Beitain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Feance, Frey

Coll, ; Geemanx, Zeller Coll. ; Austeia, Frey Coll. ; N. Italy ;

Scandinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Russia, Livonia, Sarepta, Zeller

Coll. ; Tueket; E. Sibeeia, Amurland, IJssuri. Exp. 40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 177, pi. 157. f. 1.

Green or brown dotted with white and freckled with dark grey ;

dorsal and subdorsal lines darker, variable; spiracular line ochreous

yellow edged above with brown or black, below with light reddish.

Food-plants : Rumex, Chenopodium, Plantago, etc. 7-8.

1263. Polia aliena.

Kocfua aliena, Ilubn. Eur. Scbmett., IS'oct. f.441 (1827); Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 157.

Mamestra amurensis, Staud. Kom. Mem. vi. p. 421 (1892).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish ; frons with

dark bar ; tegula3 with black medial line; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly suffused

with rufous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double, waved, more strongly excurved in submedian interspace, the

outer line blackish; claviform slightly defined by black, with a

pale patch beyond it before the indistinct waved medial line ;

orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and greyish annuli, the

former round, defined by black, the latter defined on inner side

only ; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line grey, angled outwards

at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; the terminal

area rather darker ; the veins towards termen streaked with black ;

a terminal scries of small black lunules ; a fine grey line at base of

cilia, which are intersected with grey. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with fuscous brown ; the inner area paler ; the cilia ochreous with

a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey irrorated with

brown, and the terminal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial line.

I] ah. Fe4nce, Sand Coll. ; Belgium ; Geemany, Zeller Coll, ;

POLIA. 101

Austria, Frey.Coll. ; Switzerland; N. iTALr; Russia, St. Peters-

burg ; Armenia ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ;

E. Turkestan, Hi; E, Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake

{Pnjer), 1 (S . Exp. 46 millim.

Ab. 1. amurensis. Much darker. — E. Siberia, Japan.

Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 227.

Brownish grey, marbled, the ventral surface greenish yellow,

dorsal and subdorsal lines pale. Food-plants : Trifolium. montanum,

Cytisus nigricans, Anthyllis vulneraria, etc. 7-9.

*1264. Polia passa.

Mamestra 2MSsa, Morr. Proc. Bost, Soc, N. H. xvii. p. 139 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122.

2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with reddish and

irrorated with fuscous ; tegulfe with black medial line ; abdomen

greyish. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated

with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell; the lines indistinct;

subbasal line traceable ; antemedial line double, curved, waved ;

claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, pale,

incompletely defined by black, the former somewhat oblique ellip-

tical, open above, the latter ill-defined below, the area beyond it

tinged with reddish ; postmedial line almost obsolete on costal half,

incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it strongly irrorated with

white ; subtermiual line white, very even, defined on inner side by

fuscous, especially towards inner margin. Hind wing fuscous ; the

underside dull fuscous with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule

and curved postmedial line.

I/ab. U.S.A., California. Exp. 34 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

1265. Polia ptochica. (Plate LXXXI. tig. 3.)

Mamesfra ptochica, Fung. Iris, xii. p. 104 (1899) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 158.

<S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous ; palpi

with the second joint fuscous at sides; tarsi with blackish bands.

Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line repre-

sented by a black striga from costa and two prominent oblique

black stritc from cell met by a streak in submedian fold; antemedial

line waved ; claviform brownish defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform small, grey defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, the cell before and between them and the area beyond

the reniform brownish ; traces of an oblique medial lino from cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line defined by fuscous on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in

submedian fold ; a lunulatc terminal black line. Hind wing white

102 NOCTTTID^.

suiFused with brown especially on terminal area; 'the underside

with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot.

Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Transcaspia, 3 c? ; E. Tuekestan, Kungess,

1 (S , Hi, type t in Coll. Piingeler. ^.r^j. 32 millim.

*1266. Polia vau-orbicularis.

Mamestra vau-orbicularis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 42 (1902) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

c? . Greyish ochreous-brown with fuscous and black suffusion and

irroration ; head with the vertex rather darker ; tegulae with a

broad medial band ; abdomen rather paler. Fore wing with the

_ lines indistinct ; subbasal line double, angled outwards on subcostal

nervure, an oblique striga just beyond it from cell to vein 1 ; ante-

medial line double, oblique, nearly even, the outer part with a more

prominent spot at costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, open

above and defined by a prominent black V-shaped mark ; reniform

with yellowish annulus defined by black but open above and below,

narrow ; medial shade broad, diffused, angled at lower angle of cell ;

postmedial line double, with a series of yellowish points beyond it on

the veins, minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner

side by a series of black spots, angled outwards at vein 7, then even ;

a terminal series of small black lunulas ; cilia yellowish with a

fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous, rather paler at

base ; the underside yellowish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal

spot and postmedial line.

IJab. U.S.A.. Oregon, Corvallis. Exj). 35 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

1267. Polia consanguis.

Hadena consanguis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 97 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii.

p. 199 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

Apamea unchclUa, Wlk. ix. 251 (1856).

Hadena languida, Wlk. xv. 1728 (1858).

Mamestra zachii, Bhtsch. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 406.

Hecatara impura, Snell. Midden-Sutuatra, Lep. p. 43, pi. 50. f. 5 (1880).

Hadena stolida, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 509, pi. 4. f. 2.

Apamea cana, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 79, pi. 165. f. 8 (1891).

Mamestra ahbas, Baker, Trans. Eut. Soc. 1894, p. 40, pi. 1. f. 8.

Head and tegulae grey mixed with rufous ; thorax purplish red-

brown largely mixed with black ; tegulae with medial black line ;

tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore Aving

pale ochrcous brown thickly irrorated with rufous, the cell and area

below and beyond it suffused with fuscous on medial area ; the

subbasal line represented by black stria; from costa and cell ; the

antemedial line double, irregularly waved; claviform small, defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with fuscous centres and

pale brownish annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter

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slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line defined

by ochreous on outer side, lanulate, bent outwards below costa,

incurved below vein 4, and angled outwards on vein 1, some pale

Fig. 23. — Folia consangiiis, ^. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.)

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, angled outwards

at veins 7 and 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

semibyaline whitish, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot, a curved postmedial series of short

dark streaks on the veins, the area beyond it suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. languida. Fore wing browner, uniformly irrorated with

black.

Ab. 2. undicilia. Fore wing brown irrorated with black, the

medial area suffused with black.

Hah. Congo (Curror), 1 $ type combinata ; Egypt; Sokotea,

Homhil, 1 $, Adho Dimellus, 1 c5' (Grant); Bpv. E. Africa,

Machakos (Crawshay), 1 $, Naitolia (Betton), 1 d, Mwani

(Betton), 1 d" ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 d ; JN'ATAt,

(Gi(cinzius), 1 cS fjpe languida, Estcourt (Bidchinson), 1 d,

Durban {Leigh), 1 5 ; Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett),

1 S ; Maukitius, Cuepipo {Tidlock), 1 (S ; Syria; Japan, Yoko-

hama {Pn/a; Manley), 5 (^,3 §, type stolida; W. China,

Chang-yang {Pratt), Ic?; Punjab, Sultanpur {G. Young), 3 d",

1 $, Simla {Harford), 4 (S , 2 g, Dharmsala {Hocking), 8 d ,

5 2 ; SiKiiiJi {DuOgeon), 2 c? ; Nilgiris {Hamj)Son), 2 S type

cana; Ceylon {Templeton, Green), 2 c? tyP^ undicilia \ Sumatra;

Queensland, Brisbane {Turner), 2 S , 1 $ ; N. S. Wales, Sydney

{Eaynor), 2 d , 1 $ . Ex2). 30-40 millim.

12G8. Polia fuscirufa, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 4.)

Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey and

sometimes with some black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen groy-

brown. Pore wing dull or bright red-brown, striated with fuscous

and irrorated with black ; an indistinct double, waved subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold; a waved antemcdial lino; clanform

sometimes sliglitly defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined

by black, the former round, tlic latter with slight pale annulus ;

postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below

104 IfOCTUlD^.

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa

beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, the area beyond it

somewhat darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; a fine pale

line at base of cilia. Hind Aving fuscous brown, the interspaces of

basal half pale ; the cilia ochreous white, with dark line near base ;

the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Bk. E.Aprica, Athi-ya-Mawe (iiei/on), 1 c? , Kikuyu (Craw-

sJiay), 1 $ , Machakos (Cratvshaij), 1 $ type, Quaso (Betton), 1 $ ,

Eb Urru {Betton), 1 $ ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 $ .

Exj). 36-38 millim.

1269. Polia venata, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 5.)

2 . Head and thorax bright purplish red mixed with black ;

tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface

and anal tuft mixed with ochreous and rufous. Fore wing bright

purplish red mixed with some ochreous and irrorated with black ;

veins streaked with white ; subbasal line defined by ochreous on

outer side, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

defined by ochreous on inner side, oblique, and angled outwards

below costa and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform ochreous defined by black with some brown

irroration in centre, the former round, the latter with blackish

centre and white annulus to lower part; an obscure waved medial

line angled at lower angle ol cell ; postmedial line defined by

ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it

on costa ; subterminal lines formed of ochreous lunules with diffused

black marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly

excurved at middle, a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

fuscous with ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing fuscous,

the interspaces of basal half ochreous white ; cilia ochreous with a

fuscous line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with ochreous and thickly irrorated witli

fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and difi'used

subterminal band.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Lari {Betton), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.

1270. Polia mortua.

Mamesfra moritia, Stgr. Stetfc. ent. Zeit. 1S88, p. 249 ; id. Eom. Mem. vi.

p. 426, pi. 8. f. 1 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.

Mamestra afra, Grses. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 326.

Mamesfra nigerrima, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 302 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 202.

Hadena kala, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 17 (1900).

Head and thorax black-brown : tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

fuscous ; the dorsal crests black ; the anal tuft of male ochreous.

Fore wing black-brown suffused with purplish grey and irrorated

roLiA. 105

with a few black scales ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold ; an obliiiue blackish streak above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is double, waved, and angled

outwards above inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by

black ; orbicular and rcniform defined by black, the former round,

the latter with ochreous spot on its outer edge at middle and two

white points at lower extremity ; a medial line oblique from costa

to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double towards costa,

strongly dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some whitish points beyond it at costa ; subterminal

line indistinct, greyish, with some obscure dentate dark marks

before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish,

suffused with brown, darker on inner area and terminal half ; a pale

line at base of cilia ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and

terminal areas suffused and irroratcd with fuscous, a slight discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Amueland, Ussuri, 1 d , 1 $ ; W. China, Chia-kou-ho

(Pratt), 1 c? , Washau {Pratt), 1 J , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 c? , Kwei-

chou, 1 (S ; Punjab, Simla, 1 § , Murree (Harford), 1 § ,

Thandiani (Yerhury),4: c? , 2 $ , type nir/errima ; Tibet, Yatung

(Hohson), 1 J , 2 $ ; Sikhim. Exp. 46 millim.

1271. Polia persicariaB.

Noctua pcrsicarics, Linn. Faun, Suec. p. 3f9 (1761); Esp. Schniett. iv.

pi. 121). ff. 1, 2 ; Eiibn. Samml. Eur.'Schnaett., Noct, f. 64; Dup. Lep.

Fr. vii. pi. 102. f. 4 ; Steph. Ill, Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 196 ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.

Noctua acci])trina, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 129. f. 4 (1788).

Mamestra unicolor, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 91 (1871).

Head and thorax black slightly mixed with brown ; tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey, the dorsal crests

blackish except the basal one which is rufous. Fore wing black

slightly irroratcd with brown ; the lines double fillod in with

brownish ; the subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

the antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform moderate, defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

round, with black point at centre, the latter filled in with white and

with some rufous at centre ; an indistinct waved, curved medial line ;

postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

tei'minal line represented by a series of dentate black marks with

small ochreous spots on them, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with

a series of white points at base. Hind wing white, the veins and

terminal half fuscous ; an indistinct pale subterminal line towards

tornus. Underside with the costal and terminal areas of both

wings tinged with rufous, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line with fuscous band beyond it.

106 NOCTUID^.

Ab. 1. acciptrina. Fore wing Avitb the reniform not filled in

with white.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller

and Fray Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ;

Turkey, Leech Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ;

E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate (Andretvs),

1 S, Tokio (Fenfon), 1 d, 1 ?, Oiwake {Pnjer), 1 $ ; W. China,

Kwei-chow, 1 J , Wa-shan {Pratt), 1 S , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 c^ ,

Ni-tou, 1 (5* , Wa-ssu-kow, 1 $ , Omei-shan, 2 $ , Chia-kou-ho

(Pratt), 1 2 • Exp. 40-54 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 8(5 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 214, pi. 160. f. 3.

Green to brown ; dorsal line whitish, traversing a double series

of oblique dark marks, darkest on somites 4 and 5 ; spiracular line

whitish, sometimes edged above with oblique dark marks ; 11th

somite dorsally humped. Food-plants : liumex, Pteris, Chrysan-

themum, etc. 8-9.

1272. Polia glaucopis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 6.)

$ . Head and thorax black-brown ; teguloe with slight black

medial line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the

dorsal crests largo and dark. Fore wing purplish grey, sufi'used

and thickly irrorated with black ; a double black subbasal line from

costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, slightly waved, and with

prominent rufous patch before it on inner area ; claviform defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and defined

by black, the former round with greyish annulus, the latter with

j'ellowish annulus ; an indistinct slightly waved medial line ; post-

medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, the area beyond it purplish grey with whitish patch

on inner area ; subtcrrainal line whitish, defined on inner side by

rufous, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and tornus ;

a sinuous black terminal line. Hind wing yellowish suffused with

fascous ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside whitish tinged with

brown, a slight discoidal spot and waved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. (/. J. Walker), 2 $ , type. Ex]^.

40-44 millim.

1273. Polia cristifera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 7.)

Acronycta cristifera, Wlk. xv. 1654 (1858) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 121.

Mamestra luhcns, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 113 (1875).

Mamesira rufida, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 62.

Head and thorax black -brown mixed witli white ; tegular with

black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests large and dark.

Fore wing purplish grey, more or less strongly suffused with black

and irrorated with white especially on costal area; a waved black

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, defined by whitish on

POLIA.

107

outer side; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique,

waved ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and

reniform with fuscous centres and grey anuuli defined by black,

the former round ; a curved, irregularly waved, medial line ; post-

medial line strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then iucurved, with a grey patch before it in submedian

interspace and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line

represented by a series of small white lunules with dentate black

marks on their inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

pale ochreous suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white ; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal

spot and minutely waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. luhens. Fore wing with some rufous on inner area

before antemedial line ; reniform with white annulus ; the post-

medial area greyer ; the subterminal line continuous and defined by

rufous on inner side.

Hah. Caitada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Barmtmi), 1 d"

type ; U.S.A., Maine, New York (Bailey), 1 c5' , 2 $ , type luhens,

Washington, 1 § , Oregon, Colorado. Kvp. 46-50 millira.

1274. Polia mamestrina.

Epunda mamestmia, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. yii. p. 59, pi. 128. f. 5 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204.

c? . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey ;

antennae and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown

mixed with grey. Fore wing dark grey with a purplish tinge, some

pale grey at base ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein

1, where it has some yellow scales on it; antemedial line double,

irregularly waved ; claviform short, broad, defined by black and a

few yellow scales ; orbicular and reniform large, irregular, defined

by black, the former rounded, with fuscous centre and grey

annulus, the latter filled in with grey-white except on inner side;

an irregularly dentate medial line ; postmedial line dentate and

produced to streaks on the veins, indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of

black and white dentate marks and a prominent curved while mark

in submedian fold and produced to termen as streaks in the inter-

spaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia black, with tine

whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish suftiised with fuscous

brown ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them ; the under-

side white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal luuule and

sinuous postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins.

Bah. Punjab, Dharmsala {lloclcing), 2 S, type. Exii. 52

millim.

108 NOCTUlB^.

1275. Polia ingravis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 8.)

Mamestra ingravis, Smith, Ent. News PLilad. vi. p. 337, pi. xv. f. 10

(1895).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with bluish grey ; tegulae

with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown, the

dorsal crests with black tips, the ventral surface often tinged with

rufous. Fore wing fuscous suffused and irrorated with purplish

grey ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by

grey on inner side, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform

weU-developed, greyish defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

large, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rounded or

elliptical ; an indistinct difi'used medial line ; postmedial line some-

what dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it

purplish grey, the costa brownish with some pale points on it ;

subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some dentate black

marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins

4, 3, the area beyond it darker except at apex ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia chequered pale and black. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the terminal area blackish, the cilia pinkish, white

at tips ; the underside pinkish white thickly irrorated with dark

scales, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Calgary ( WoUey-Dod), 6 c? , 2 § , Br. Columbia,

Fraser R. {St. John), 1 $ . Exp. 38 mimm.

*1276. Polia nagaensis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 9.)

Hadena nagaensis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894).

5 . Head and thorax dark purplish grey ; tarsi with pale rings ;

abdomen dull brown. Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown tinged

in parts with fuscous ; the costal area tinged with red from ante-

medial line to near apex ; the inner margin with pale ochreous-

brown fascia from near base to tornus ; subbasal line double, black

filled in with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold, where

there is some black suifusion on each side of it ; antemedial line

double filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 4, then incurved and obsolete below vein 1 ; claviform large,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform dark grey, with slight

ochreous annuli defined by black, the former rather pear-shaped,

the latter large and strongly angled inwards on median nervure,

the cell before and between them and the area beyond the reniform

suffused with black ; postmedial line double at costa, below which

it is bent outwards, then indistinct, strongly dentate and oblitiue

below vein 2 ; subterminal line ochreous, with some ill-defined

dentate black marks before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and

slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing brown with a

reddish tinge ; cilia white at tips ; the underside greyish suffused

POLIA. 109

•with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial

Hue.

Hah. Assam, Naga Hills, 6000 feet {Boherty), typef ? iu Coll.

Elwes. Exp. 40 millim.

1277. Polia ferrisparsa. (Plate LXXXT. fig. 10.)

Hadena fcrris2)arsa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; tegulse with blackish

medial line; patagia edged with black scales above; tarsi black, riuged

with grey ; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crests mixed with

black. Fore wing brownish grey, irrorated with black and suffused

in parts with fuscous ; a pale grey fascia on subcostal nervure from

base to postmedial line, the median nervure and base of veins arising

from it streaked wdth grey ; subbasal line represented by black striae

from costa and cell, defined by grey on outer side and with slight

black streaks below it towards inner margin ; antemedial line

double filled in with grey, the outer line strong, the inner

indistinct, waved ; claviform with its extremity defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and ochreous-white

annuli defined by black, the former small, rounded, the latter

narrow, the cell between them and the area beyond the reniform

suffused with black ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial

line dentate and produced to white and black points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white

points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line ochreous white, even,

prominent, defined on inner side by irregular, diffused, dentate

black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected

with whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base ;

the cilia whitish, with fuscous line at base ; the underside pale, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal luuule

and diffused postmedial band.

Hab. Punjab, Kulu Sultanpur ((?. Young), 1 S , Simla (Harford),

2 6,22, type, (Nurse) 1 $ , Dalhousie (Harford), 2 $ . Exj). 42

millim.

1278. Polia costigera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 11.)

Arp-otis costigera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350; Hmpsn. Moths Iiul. ii.

■p. 200.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish at

sides ; tegula3 with medial black lino ; patagia edged with some

black scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore

wing purplish grey irrorated with black ; the costal area pinkish

ochreous to the postmedial line ; subbasal line represented by a

black striga from costa and two from cell ; antemedial line doubh%

waved, oblicjue, obsolescent on costal area except for a dark point;

claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate,

110 NOCTUID.I;.

with grej' centres and ochroous annuli defined by black, tlie

former round, the latter almost V-shaped ; an indistinct waved

medial shade except on costal area ; postmedial line dentate, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below

vein 4, some pale points beyond it ou costa ; subterminal line

ochreous, defined on inner side by brown patches on each side of

veins 5 and 2 and usually rufous marks above veins 6 and 3,

angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black lunules; cilia with black line through them

and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white, the

veins and terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G^. loMnr/), 1 o, Simla (Beid),

1 2 type, Dharmsala {Hocking), 2 ,5 , 6 5 ; Assam, Khiisis. Ex_p.

38-42 millim.

1279. Polia mongolica.

Mamestra adjiincta, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18-^8, p. 249 ; id. Eom. M6m.

vi. p. 423, pi. 6. f. 8 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1.5.5 (nee Boisd.).

Mamestra mongolica, Staud. Iris, is. p. 253 (18915)

(adjuncta.) Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with

grey; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused

with purplish grey, leaving the cell and area beyond and below it

, redder ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved from costa to

submedian . fold ; antemedial line doable, waved, oblique, bent

inwards to inner margin ; claviform minute, defined by brown, or

obsolete ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish, the former round,

the latter constricted at middle ; an obscure medial shade, oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double filled in

with greyish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub-

terminal line grey, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side

and with the area beyond it rather darker, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian

fold. Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area rather darker ;

cilia white at tips ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated

with brown, a diffused dark subterminal band.

Ab. 1. monfjolica. Rather greyer, with the lower part of reniform

defined by whitish on outer side.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi : Mongolia,

Uliassutai, Urga, 1 d ; Tibet, Amdo ; Amurland, Ussuri, 2 J , 3 $ ,

Kentei, 1 d" ; Japan, Oiwake (Pnjer), 4 J ; Corea ; CniXA, Shanghai

{Pri/er), 1 ? , Chang-yang, 1 c? . Ex^). 46-56 millim.

1280. Polia advena.

Noctua advena, SchifT. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776) : Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 178.

ff. 4, 5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 81 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 392,

pi. 96. f. 4 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. iii. p. 28 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 155.

VOtlA . 1M

Kocfua nitens, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 188 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut., Ilaust.

iii. p. 28.

Nodua unicolor, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 71 (1892).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; tegulse with black

medial line ; patagia with some dark scales near upper edge ; tar.si

with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing red-

brown, more or less completely suffused with purplish grey, leaving

some red in and beyond end of cell ; subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to siibmedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ;

claviform minuta or well-developed, defined by brown ; orbicular

and reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round,

the latter more or le.ss angled inwards on median nervure and Avith

some whitish on lower part of annulus ; medial line indistinct,

waved, angled outwards to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line

double, dentate, and produced to grey and black points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line pale, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side,

sometimes forming dentate marks especially in submedian fold,

angled outwards at vein 7, slightlj'- dentate at veins 4, 3, and

strongly angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous brown towards base,

the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish ; the under-

side pale, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a

small discoidal spot and diffused subterminal band.

Ab. 1. unicolor. Uniform reddish.

liab. Britain, Leech Coll ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller & Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.,

Urals; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan,

Hi ; Siberia ; Amurland. Exj^. 46-64 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. lofi, pi. 154. f. 1.

Pale brown; sides darker, freckled with grey ; dorsal line pale,

brown-edged ; spiracles bright red-brown, black-edged. Food-

plants : Sonchus, Achillea, Pohjgonum, etc. 8-4.

1281. Polia tincta.

Noctua tincta, Brabm, Ins. Xal. ii. p. 393 (1791) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 389,

pi. 96. f. 3 ; Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 29 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 155.

Koctua irimacidosa, Esp. Schmett. ir. pi. 131. f. 5 (1788).

Noctua argentina, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 186 (1809).

N(xtiia hepatica, Iliibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 77 (1827).

Mamestra ohscurata, Staud. Iris, x. p. 335 (1897).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown, thorax with some

rufous on dorsum; frons with black bar; tegukc with black line

at tips ; patagia edged with black; tarsi black ringed Avitli white ;

abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing silvery grey

suffused wath purplish brown especially on medial area ; the lines

double, filled in with whitish ; the subbasal line waved from costa to

112 NOCTUlDJi;.

vein 1 ; antemedial line waved ; claviform well-develo])ed, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former

grey, rather quadrate, the latter with brown centre and grey

annulus ; a diffused, slightly waved medial line ; postmedial line

dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa aud incurved below vein 4, some white

points on costa bcj'ond it ; subtenuiual line whitish, defined on

inner side by dark marks below costa at middle and inner margin,

angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing almost uniformly

suffused with reddish brown, leaving slight white spots on termen

at vein 2 aud submedian fold ; cilia white ; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line and

diffused postmedial band.

Ab. 1. ohscurata. Smaller and darker. — Amurland.

Hah. Bkitain^, Leech Coll. ; Feance, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller and Frey Colls.; Atjsteia, Frey Coll.; N. Italy; Eussia,

Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Urga ;

E. Siberia, Kentei, Amurland. Exjy. 48-52 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 160, pi. 154. f. 2.

Pale reddish brown, finely freckled with black and white ; dorsal

line slender, whitish, black-edged ; head brown. Food-plants :

Birch, Vaccinium, grasses, etc. 9-5.

1282. Polia latex. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 12.)

Apkda latex, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 78 (1852) ; Siiiitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 121.

Apamea demissa, Wlk. si. 728 (1857).

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and black; frons

with black band ; tegulse with black medial line ; dorsal crest

blackish ; tarsi with blackish rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with

brown, the dorsal crests small and dark. Fore wing grey-white

irrorated with brown and black, the veins streaked in places with

black ; an indistinct waved subbasal line, bent inwards above vein

1, a patch of black suffusion beyond it from costa to median

nervure ; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, the inner line

indistinct ; claviform well-developed, rather indistinctly defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform large, rather ii: completely defined by

black, the former rather oblique elliptical, and approximated to the

latter, which has its centre defined by brown and is tinged with

blood-red on inner side and suffused by a brown shade on inner

side of postmedial line, running obliquely from middle of costa to

postmedial line at vein 2 ; an indistinct, oblique, waved medial line

from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather indistinctly

double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

defined by the area beyond it being rather darker, angled inwards

at discal aud submedian folds, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at

roLiA. 113

mifldle, and with black streaks beyond it above veins 1, 5, and 6 ; a

terminal series of small black lanules. Hind wing whitish

suffnsed Avith brown, a waved blackish terminal line ; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and indistinct

waved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 c? , Orilla (Bush), 1 c? type demisf^a ;

U.S.A., N. & E. States, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 c? , New York

(Douhledajf), 1 (^ type, Evan's Centre (Grute), 1 c? , 2 2- ^•'7'.

42-50 millim.

Larva. Head pale brown, the usual reticulations and vertical

bands, besides a large blotch on the face of each lobe, dark brown.

Eody dead-leaf brown, dotted with darker ; joint 2 darkly shaded ;

intersegmental dorsal dots, slight spots above the sul)basal line,

which become heavy on joints 12 and 13, of the same dark colour.

Subdorsal line obscure, showing a yellowish speck below tubercle ii.

A narrow dark brown snprastigmatnl line ; a narrow dorsal bar on

joint 12. Feet coloured like the body. — H. G. D.

*1283. Polia rogenhoferi. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 13.)

Mamesfra rcgenhoferi, Moschl. Stet.t. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 269 (1870); Smith,

Cat. Xocl. N. Am. p. 114 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.

cJ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and

black ; tegulse with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen fuscous and grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing

grey-white, slightly tinged with fuscous and thickly irrorated with

black, the scaling rough ; subbasal line represented by double black

strife filled in with white from costa and median nervure ; ante-

medial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards

below costa, bent inwards in cell, then waved; claviform small,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish defined by

black, the former round, the latter with white point on its inner

side at lower angle of cell ; medial shade strong, oblique from costa

to median nervure, then indistinct, waved ; postmedial line strongly

dentate and produced to black streaks with white points on them

on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

represented by a series of black and white dentate marks, those

above and below vein 5 stronger, slightly angled outwards at vein

7 and excurved at middle, connected by diHused fuscous with the

terminal series of l)lack lunules. Hind wing whitish irrorated

with fuscous brown ; a diffused irregular subterminal band and

terminal series of black striae ; the underside with black discoidal

lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside.

Hah. Canada, Labrador, W. 2tlanitoba, in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp.

40 millim.

114 NOCTUIDJK.

12S4. Polia neljulosa.

Noctua nehnlom,'S.'i\in. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 418(1707); Frr. Eeitr. pi. 52;

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.

JS^ocfua bimaculosa, Esp. Schraett. iv. pi. 132. ff. 1, 2 (1788); Steph. Ill,

Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 28.

Koctua tJ/apsi, Brahm, Ins. ii. p. 135 (1791).

Noctua grandis, Donov. Brit. Ins. x. pi. 34. f. 1 (1801).

Noctua ■pleheia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 78 (1827).

Aplecta asJcolda, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 79 (1890).

Aplecta robsoni, Collins, Ent. Rec. ii. p. 264 (1891).

Mamestra lama, Stand. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896).

Mamestra asiatica, Staud. Iris, x. p. 334 (1897).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; palpi with blackish

patch at sides; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia edged with

blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-brown, the

dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing whitish, irrorated and more or

less tinged with brown; subbasal line 'double, waved, strongly

angled inwards in cell, from costa to vein 1, above which there is a

slight black streak before it ; antemedial line double, irregularly

waved, oblique ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and

reniform very large, defined by black, the former rather quadrate,

the latter with its inner side rather irregular and its centre

defined by brown ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

double, dentate, and produced to dark points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side

by a series of dentate dark marks, the one in submedian fold

prominent, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown, especially on terminal area, usually leaving some whitish on

termen between veins 6 and 1 ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white ;

the underside whitish, the costal and terminal ureas irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Ab. 1. robsoni. Fore wing uniform glossy black.

Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing dull grey, size somewhat smaller. —

C. Asia.

Ab. 3. ascolda. Rather browuei', a large form. — E. Siberia,

Japan.

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Geemanv,

Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Turkey ; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller

Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk-kul, Ala

Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, Uliassutai

Mts. ; Tibet, Amdo ; E. Siberia, Kentei, Ussuri ; Japan, Yokohama

(Manley), 2 d, 1 ? , Oiwake {Pnjer), 3 d , 1 $ ; Corea, Korniroff

{Fletcher), 1 $ . Exp. 54-60 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 165, pi. 155. f. 1.

Light brown, darker at sides ; dorsal line pale, traversing a series

of dark diamond-shaped marks ; supraspiracular line indistinct,

darK.. Food-plants : Birch, willow, elm, etc. 9-5.

ror.iA. 1 lo

1285. Polia nimbosa. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 14.)

Aplecfa nimbosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 77 (1852) ; Smith. , Cat. Noct. N. Am .

p. 114.

Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and black ;

palpi black towards tips ; frons with black bar ; tegulse with black

line near tips ; patagia edged with black on outer side ; tarsi black

above towards extremity ; abdom(>n whitish, dorsally tinged with

brown or fuscous. Eore wing white irrorated with fuscous and

black ; an ill-defined waved subbasal line angled inwards in cell and

ending at vein 1, the costal area and cell from it to subterminal

line tinged with fuscous ; antemedial line defined by whitish on

inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on median nervure and

vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular and

reniform large, defined by black, their centres obscurely defined by

fuscous, the former round ; postmedial line defined by white on

outer side, strongly dentate, double at costa, bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined by an irregularly dentate

black line on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown, leaving the area beyond the sinuous post-

medial line paler ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white; the underside

white, with dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial, line, and

diffused subterminal band.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia ; U.S.A., X., E., and Middle States,

Trenton Falls {Doiibledaij\ 5 J , 1 $ , type, Colorado. Exp. 58-62

millim.

1286. Polia mystica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 15.)

Mamcstra mystica. Smith, Ent. News Philad. is. p. 242 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with black ;

frons with black bar; tegulse with black medial line ; patagia edged

with black on outer side ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing

grey-white, thickly irrorated with black ; a rather indistinct waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an irregularly waved

antemedial line bent inwards in cell ; claviform indistinctly defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black, the

former elliptical, somewhat oblique, the latter strongly constricted

at middle ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

the subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate blackish marks on

inner side at costa, discal and submedian folds, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of prominent

black lunules. Hind wing grey, irrorated and sufiused with fuscous :

a postmedial fuscous band and the terminal area darker ; the cilia

white, with a fuscous postmedial line through them ; the underside

whiter, with fuscous postmedial line and subterminal series of

diffused patches.

IIG >'ocTnD.T;.

Ilah. Canada, Maiiitobn, Winnipeg (Cctriivrit/Jil), 1 (S , 1 5,

Alberta, Calgary (WoUey-Dod), 1 c? • J^-rj^- 50 millim.

1287. Polia scotochlora. (Plate LXXXI. fig. IG.)

Polia scotochlora, K!oll. Hugel's Kasclimir, iv. p. 482 (1848) ; Ilinpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 203.

Polia sfevensii, Gucn. Noct. ii. p. 38 (1852).

Head and thorax clothed with black and white scales ; antenna)

and tardi black, ringed with white ; abdomen brownish grey and

fuscous, Fore wing grey-white, irrorated with black and tinged

with olive-f ascous, especially on medial and. terminal areas ; sub-

basal line double, waved, interrupted, from costa to vein 1 ; aute-

medial line double, waved, bent inwards in cell ; claviform defined

bv black, its extremity usually indented ; orbicular and reniform

white defined by black and with some fuscous at centre, both large

and with irregular edges, the former somewhat quadrate ; a dentate

medial line angled outwards on median nervure ; postmcdial line

double filled in with white, dentate, bent outwards bclov\^ costa and

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line white, dentate, defined by dentate black marks on

inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen

on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark ; a terminal series of small

quadrate black spots defined by white ; cilia chequered black and

white. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous brown leaving a

white patch on termen above tornus ; cilia white, with a dark line

through them ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line,

Hab. Kashmir; Punjab, Murree (Harfoi-d), 1 c? , 2 §, Simla,

1 2 , Dalhousie, 1 $ , Thuudiani (Terburi/), 1 c? , 2 $ ; SiKnur Tibet,

Yatong {Blnrjliam), 1 5 , Exp. 50-56 millim.

] 288. Polia goliath.

Dichona gnlia/k, Obertlj. Et. Ent. v. j). C>S, pi. C. f. 7 (1880); Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 156.

Head and thorax white ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides ;

frons with black bar ; vertex of head with black marks ; tegukie

with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; pro-, meso-, and

metathorax with black marks ; tibia} and tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen white, dorsally sufiused with fuscous, forming more or less

distinct segmental bands, the dorsal crests tipped with black, the

anal segment edged Avith black before the anal tuft. Fore wing

white, variegated with pale olive irrorated with black ; a black

striga from near base of costa and black streak above base of inner

margin; subbasai line double, from costa to vein 1, the two parts

widely separated, especially in cell, where the inner is angled in-

wards and the outer outwards ; antemedial line double, oblique,

angled outwards below costa, then irregularly waved and angled

inwards ou vein 1 ; claviform with bhicki.<h centre and whitish

animlus more or less coiii])lett'ly dciiiied by black ; orbicular and

rcniforin large, defined by black, the former with small black spot

at centre and incompletely defined above, the latter with large black

lunule on inner side and white annulus broken up into small spots

below by the veins ; a medial black shade on costal area and in cell,

then an oblique dentate line ; postmedial line double, dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

incui'ved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line whitish, irregularly waved, defined on inner side by a

prominent irregularly dentate black line forming dentate marks

below costa and at middle and a double spot in submedian inter-

space ; a terminal series of small black spots and a fine waved line ;

cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, more or less

tinged with fuscous ; slight black streaks on veins 4, 3, 2 beyond

middle ; a dift'used terminal band leaving some white on termen

towards tornus ; a black terminal line, the cilia white; the under-

side with the basal half of costal area suffused with fuscous, a large

discoidal lunule and slightly waved postmedial line somewhat angled

at vein 6.

JIah. E. SiBEKiA, Ussuri ; Japatt (Pn/er), 1 c? ; Corea, Gensan

(Ifo), 1 c? ; W. China, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 c?, 2 5 , Omei-shan,

2 2 ■ Exj). 60-70 miliim.

1289. Polia adjuncta. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 17.)

Chariptera adjuncta, Boisd. Ann. Soe. Enf. Fr. x. p. 243 (1841), non descr.

Guen. Noct. i- p. U)9 (185-2) ; Smitb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with pale brown; palpi

blackish ; frons with black band ; tegular with black medial line ;

patagia and vertex of thorax with white patches ; tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen brown tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests large

and dark. Pore wing olive-grey, the basal, medial, and terminal

areas suffused with black ; a waved black subbasal line on a white

patch and curved inwards above vein 1 ; a double, oblique, waved

antemcdial line partly filled in with white ; claviform moderate,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform white, with olive-brown

centres and rather irregular black outlines, the former somewhat

quadrate ; a curved dentate medial line ; postmedial line double,

dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line dentate, white defined by

black on inner side, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds,

outwards at vein 7, and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

small black lunules with white before them ; cilia chequered black

and white. Hind wing yellowish white, more or less strongly

suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area, a dark

luuulate terminal line ; the underside white irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., X., E., and Middle States, 2 d , 3 ? , typo

118 KOCTtJlDJE.

Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, 1 J {Snow). Exp. 40-4-4

millim.

Larva. Head luteous, reticulate and banded with brown. Body

robust, joint 12 enlarged ; soft olivaceous green, dorsal and sub-

dorsal lines pale, obscure ; dark green oblique patches on joints 5,

B, and 12, on the latter broadening below over subdorsal region.

Oblique lines indicated on the other segments. Faint reversed dark

shades subventrally, forming a baud on thorax, edged above by the

elsewhere obsolete white substigmatal line. Cervical shield dark,

with three white lines. — H. G. D.

*1290. Polia dilatata. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 9.)

Mamestra dilatata, Smitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 4G4 (1900) ; Pyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

5 . Head yellowish, with grey tuft between antennte ; tegulse

white, with broad black medial line and fuscous tips ; patagia white,

mixed with black and olive scales and edged with black ; abdomen

brownish grey. Fore wing white, mixed with fuscous, yellowish,

olive, and black scales ; the costal half of basal area white, the

inner half grey ; subbasal line double, black, interrupted in cell, its

outer side below the cell forming an oblique mark defining the

white area ; antemedial line double, black filled in with white,

oblique towards costa and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform

small, with white centre defined by black ; orbicular small, round,

with white centre defined by black ; reniform well developed, Avith

grey centre and white annulus defined by black ; medial shade only

traceable at costa and inner margin ; post medial line double, black

filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line white, interrupted,

irregular, defined on inner side by a fuscous patch at costa and

somewhat dentate marks at middle, and by some fuscous on outer

side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia

white, with series of black lunules at base and olive lunules at tips.

Hind wing fuscous brown, paler at base ; cilia white, with fuscous

line through them on costal half ; the underside whitish, the costal

area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad post-

medial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 30 millim. This species is

unknown to mo ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

*1291. Polia variolata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 10.)

Mamestra variolata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467(1887); id. Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 122.

S . Head and thorax yellowish tinged with olive, the patagia

and thorax with white blotches, the tegulse with black medial line ;

abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey, tinged with ochreous

and olive-brown ; costal half of basal area with the basal half

white, the outer black, the white area traversed by the dark

roLiA. 119

double subbasal line ; antemedial line double filled in with white,

irregularly waved ; claviform iudistinctl)' defined, with a white

patch beyond it at base of vein 2 ; orbicular large, white, irregular ;

reniform narrow, with ochreous centre and white annulus defined

by black ; medial shade represented by two black lunules on inner

area ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white,

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a

dark patch at costa and some spots at middle, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black Innules ;

cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside

with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule and broad postmedial

line.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington. Exp. 30 millim. This species is

unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

*1292. Polia glaciata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 11.)

Mamestra glaciafa, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 122.

S . Head and thorax fuscous brown mottled with white ; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing grey, suffused with fuscous and olive-brown

and irrorated with white ; the lines distinct, double filled in with

white ; subbasal line represented by double striae from costa and

median nervure ; antemedial line rather oblique, waved, angled

outwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black and followed by a

white spot ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former somewhat elliptical ; a

distinct waved medial line ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled

outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line white, defined on each side

by blackish, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at

veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia chequered

fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, with dark ter-

minal line ; the underside pale irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal

lunule and broad postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona. Erp. 30 millim. This species

is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing irom type in Brooklyn

Inst. Arts and Sciences.

B. Protliorax with spreading crcat.

a. Abdomen of female with the extremity blunt, the ovipositor

not exserted.

a^. Fore legs of male with tiiick tufts of long hair, the tarsal

.joints fringed with long scales.

1293. Polia pennitarsis.

Hadena pennitarsis,Vi\k. xv. 172G (18.^8).

d . Head and thorax clothed with red-brown, sap-green, and black

120

XOCTUID^.

scales; pectus rufous; legs blackish, the tarsi with wliite rings;

abflomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown, suffused in parts with sap-

green ; the base green ; subbasal line double filled in with green,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled

in with green, incurved in cell and angled outwards above inner

margin ; claviform short and broad, dark brown defined by black ;

orbicular and reuiform with brown centres and green annuli defined

by black, the former round, the latter constricted at middle and

expanding below ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, slightly bent

.y

Fig. 2-f. — Tolia 'pcnmiarsis, <^ . \.

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

o-reen points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line green, defined by

dark brown suffusion on inner side and narrowly edged by black on

outer, minutely and irregularly waved, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia green and brown. Hind wing with the basal half brownish

white, the terminal half dark reddish brown ; cilia ochreous white,

with a fuscous line through them ; the underside with the basal

area pale irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area red-brown, a

dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 J . Exp. 36 millim. Type t J in

Mus. Oxon.

i\ Legs of male uormal.

ci'^. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate on

■veins 4, '6 and forming a distinct ^-mark.

a^. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2.

(7*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

(fi. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled

outwards above inner margin 'praclita.

If. Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly

angled outwards above inner margin prodcniformis.

I'oi.iA. 1:^1

b*. Fore wing without black sh'cak below bnse of fell.

a'. Fure wing with the po»tmeclial line incurved

between veins 5 and 2.

a". Fore wing with the orbicular small, narrow,

oblique elliptical furcnla.

¥'. Fore wing with the orbicular well-developed.

(0 . Fore wing with tlie orbicular rounded emrsmanni.

b' . Fore wing with tlie orbicular oblique elliptical, schncideri.

b'. Fore wing with the postuiedial line oblique waved

below vein 5.

a^. Fore wing with the postmedial area tinged with

purplish.

a'. Fore wing with the anteinedial line very

strongly angled outwards above inner niart;in. ■perdeiitota.

I'. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

angled outwards above inner margin.

(fi. Fore wing with white annidiis to orbicular,

a". Fore wing strongly tinged with purplish

I'ed farnhamL

h^. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red ftirca.

i"*. Fore wine: with the orbicular pinkish suavis.

h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area whitish ... liquida.

Ii\ Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of

vein 2.

a*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

a'\ Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown radix.

i■^ Fore wing pale pur])lish grey-brown allantica.

f 3. Fore wing grey largely suffused with dark brown, vklva.

d'. Fore wing purplish grey splendens.

f>K Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

«■'. Fore wing purplish red.

a^. Fore wing without dentate white mark on stib-

terminal line above tornus olcracca.

b''\ Fore wing with dentate white mark on subter-

minal line above torn us jjisi.

h'. Fore wing purplish grey witii some red suffusion, tacoma.

c\ Fore wing fuscous brown.

a". Fore wing with llie orbicular and reniform pro-

minently defined by black, the postmedial line

dentate below vein 4 satancUa.

b^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform ill-

defined, the postmedial line strongly incurved

and not dentate below vein 4 quadrata.

d'. Fore wing ochreous grey tingcfl with rufous sofl.u.

b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not forming a

distinct ^''^f^'k.

a^. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-shaped.

a*. Abdomen without pink lateral stripes.

a\ Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey.

a". Fore wing with the ante- and ))ostmedial lines

connected by a more or less prominent black

streak in submedian fold.

a". Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of

vein 2.

o^. Fore wing strongly irrorated with brown ... gufriiia.

/'". Fore wing not strongly irrorated wit li brown, dentina.

b''. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base

of vein 2.

r/'*. Head and tegulie not white,

a". Fore wing with the claviform defined by

black.

122 NOCTTID-K.

«'". Fore wing williout black stre'ik in >ub-

niedian fold Ironi subterminal line to

terinen.

«". Fore wing without lilnok stre;ik in suu-

itiedian fold between postinedial and

subterminal lines.

a^-. Fore wing with dentate black marks

before subterminal line glauca.

//'-. Fore wing without dentate black marks

before subterminal line f/asiva.

h^ ' . Fore wing with blaok streak in submedian

fold between postmedial and subterminal

lines paranica.

I/". Fore wing with black streak in submedian

fold i'rom subterminal line to ternicn.

«'^. lliud wing of male wholly tinged with

brown cuneata.

h^'^. Hind wing of male white, the terminal

area suffused with brown.

ft'-. Fore wing without dentate black marks

before subterminal line caujuina.

b^-. Fore wing with dentate black marks

before subterminal line.

a^\ Fore wing moderately broad ; renifurin

extending well below cell vidua.

b^^. Fore wing narrow ; reniform extending

slightly below cell pensilis.

b^. Fore wing with the claviform forming part

of the black streak spgrcgafa.

//. Head and tegulre white cnivdti.

¥'. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

not connected by a black streak in submedian

fold.

«". Fore wing with lunulate white mark beyond

the claviform albomarginafa.

b''. Fore wing without lunulate white mark beyond

the claTiform.

ci^. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of

vein 2 mista.

b^. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base

of vein 2.

0^. Fore wing with some yellowish in submedian

fold at base and beyond claviform muiilata.

b'\ Fore wing without yellowish in submedian

fold,

a'". Fore wing with the claviform small, acute

at extremity,

a". Fore wing wholly suffused with red-

brown bcani.

i". Fore wing with the costal area, cell, and

terminal area suffused with red-brown.

a'^. Fore wing with the orbicular large Icgitima.

6'-. Fore wing with the orbicular small dodi.

b^°. Fore wing with the claviform large, rounded

at extremity.

a^K Fore wing without prominent white

annuli to stigmata.

a}-. Fore wing with the claviform not filled

in with blackish lilacina.

b^'^. Fore wing with the claviform filled in

with blackish illoba.

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b^K Fore wing with prominent white nnnuli

to stigmata didyota.

. Fore wing with the ground-colour dull brown to

black or reddish brown.

i^. Hind wing more or less completely tinged with

brown.

«'. Fore wing with the medial area concoloroiis

or slightly darker.

cC^. Fore wing with tJie inner postmedial area

concolorous.

a'. Fore wing without pale patch on sub-

terminal line in submedian fold.

«'°. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled in

with black,

fl^^. Fore wing with the claviform present.

a}'-^. Fore wing with the reniform angled

inwards on median nervure calbertai.

b^~. Fore wing with the renii'orm concave

towards base yavisa.

c^-. Fore wing with the reniform convex

towards base.

«". Fore wing with the subterminal line

greyish, indistinct.

a}^. Hind wing not reddish brown.

a^". Fore wing dull grey-brown goodelli.

b^". Fore wing black-brown sadales.

h^K Hind wing reddisli brown chalcia.

¥'\ Fore wing with the subterminal line

prominent, wliite cctypa.

//". Fore wing with the claviform absent,

a'-. Fore wing dull brown.

u}''\ Fore wing with the reniform pale,

witliout white points on its lower edge.

a}*. Fore wing with dentate black marks

before subterminal line iioverca.

i'*. Fore wing without dentate black

marks before subterminal line boUeri.

b^^. Fore wing with the reniform fuscous

with pale points on its outer edge ... mania.

b^^. Fore wing black-browu.

a^^. Fore wing with the subterminal line

white, interrupted obscura.

6". Fore wing with the subterminal line

ochreous, concolorous r/wrcns.

b'". Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with

black atrircna.

//". Fore wing with pale patch on subterminal

line in submedian fold.

«'". Fore wing with the patch on subterminal

line white assunilu.

b^". Fore wing with the patch on subterminal

line ochreous.

«^'. Fore wing witli white points on outer

edge of reniform ai/a.

'>". Fore wing with white lunule on outer

edge of reniform nervina.

b^. Fore wing with more or less distinct pale

patch on inner postmedial area,

a". Fore wing with tiie orbicular round.

a"\ Fore wing witli grey annuli to the

stigmata pannosa.

124 NocTriii.r..

/;'". Fore wing wilhout gri'v aiiiiuli to tlic

stigmata dipicn/ffidia.

P. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by

a slight ochreous s-treak '. xanihocn^ma.

h''. Fore wing with the medial area whitisli mc-^of/fawa.

b^. Hind wing pure white, the teniiinnl area more

or less tinged with fuscons in female.

a~. Fore wing with the renil'orm filled in with

wliite .' spn/n-i.

L~' . Fore wing with the renil'orm not Ulled in with

white.

«". Fore wing with the subterminal line incurved

at discul fold.

f/^. Fore wing not striated with fnscou-; riipresceiTs.

Ifi. Fore wing striated with fuscous iiiesomelana.

//**. Fore wing with the subterminal line nut

incurved at diseal fold ftircilinca.

<■'. Fore wing with the groimd-colour oolireous

brown.

(('\ Fore wing with dentate black marks bcfure

subterminal line.

ci'. F^ore wing with dark marks on terminal aroa,

beyond subterminal line 'iiiagdlana.

h' . Fore wing with the terminal area pale, without

dark marks bej'oud subterminal line Ichnmi.

h'\ Fore wing without dentate black marks before

subterminal line.

«". F'ore wing witli slight pale streaks in diseal

and submedian folds den fa.

h~. F'ore wing without pale streaks in diseal and

submedian folds iflrcfehi.

d\ Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish.

a^. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused

viith fuscous.

a'^ . Fore wing not suffused with green.

(1^. F'ore wing with diffused medial shade ^x//i7/.s-.

IP. Fore wing with the medial area from costa

to median nervnre darker than ground-

colour Imirjiclara.

c^. Fore wing with tiie whole medial area darker

than ground-colour.

a^. F'ore wing with the ground-colour almost

pure white,

ft^". Fore wing without medial line.

a}^. Fore wing with prominent white streak

above vein 5, arising from reniform doira.

/;". Fore wing without prominent white

streak above vein 5 arising from reni-

form sfcnof IS.

ft'". Fore wing with waved medial line cappa.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-

white.

a^". Fore wing witli yellow mai'kings on reni-

form and subterminal line dj/sodca.

b^". Fore wing without yellow markings on

reniform and subterminal line.

fi'^'^. Fore wing with the elaviform elongate... maderce.

h^^. Fore wing with the clavifurm short serena.

U . Fore wing largely suffused with green.

cfl. Fore wing with the medial area not darker

than the ground-colour.

125

a^. Fore wing with the stigmata not defined by

black olivocincta.

b^. Fore wing witli the stigmata defined by

bhick marea.

b'^. Fore wing witli the medial area darker llian

the ground-eoh)ii r ^uhjecta.

b^. Hind wing wholly I'nscous coi/Jusa.

e^. Fore wing with the ground-colour green psittacita.

/;'. Abdomen with pink lateral stripes ■pictula.

VK Fore wing with the reniforni ?mall, narrow, and

usually more or less angled inwards on median

nervure, rarely absent or represented by a black

lunule.

«■*. Hind wing not bright yellow.

rt'. Fore wing with the postinedial line incurved or

oblique from vein 5 to inner margin.

a!^. Fore wing with the extremity of median

nervure streaked with white spiciilosa.

ft". Fore wing with the extremity of median

nervure net streaked with white.

((^ . Hind wing of male white, the terminal area

suflused with liiscous rcnicjtra.

b~. Hind wing of male wholly tinged with

fuscous.

a^. Fore wing reddish brown, the postmedial

area pale rufous.

ifi. Fore wing wilh promment white annulus to

reniform.

rt'". P'ore wing pale rufous to fuscous brown... sfric/a.

fti". Fore wing bright brown ferrcalix.

//. Fore wing without white annulus to reui-

form larea.

ft". Fore wing grey more or less suffused with

fuscous black, especially on medial area.

a^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines separate at inner margin ; stigmata

well developed olivacea.

h^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines almost touching at inner margin ;

stigniata almost obsolete vau-mpflia.

r~*. Fore wing fuscous brown with some ochreous

on postmedial area subpicta.

h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line iiu'urved or

oblique from vein 4 to inner margin.

cfi. Hind wing white, the termen more or less tinged

with fuscous. es])ecially in female.

a' . Fore wing with the grouud-colour white tinged

with green or ochreous.

«■*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by

a black lunule poUrt^/i,-;.

ft**. Fore wing witli tiie reniforni white lau(labili,-<.

h''. Fore wing with the ground-colour white not

tinged with green or oclireous mnnnica.

c'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-

white,

a"*. Fore wing with tlie ante- and postmedial lines

approximated on inner margin,

a". Fore wing with the antemedial line very

oblique quadrilincn/a.

P. Fore wing with tiie aniemedial line neai-ly

erect viffufn.

126 NOCTtriDiB,

J/. Fore wing witli the ante- and postniedial lines

not approximated on iinier margin.

aP. Fore wing not suffused with black.

rt^". Fore wing with the lines double.

a}^. Fore wing tinged with olive and with

black streak above tornus incurra.

b^^. Fore wing not tinged with olive and

without black streak above tornus inteiitata.

h^°. Fore wing witli the lines single ciiiica.

h^. Fore wing suffused with black on medial

area hodcva.

r^. Fore wing almost wholl3- suffused with

black alhofjuifafa.

d~ . Fore wing witii the ground-colour reddish

brown mixed with grey crecta.

e' . Fore wing with the ground colour fuscous grey

with yellow streaks in discal and submedian

folds da'h.

i". Hind wing yellowish, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous riujosa.

c^. Hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.

a'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey more

or less tinged with green mririnitiiicta.

V . Fore wing grey, the medial area brown,

er**. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforin

present mediana.

//. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

absent fasciafa.

c' . Fore wing whitish suffused with rosy pink ... roseosaffusa.

d'. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish or

dark brown renisi.gna.

c". Fore wing fuscous brown with white spots.

cC^. Fore wing tinged with green; the reniform

angled inwards on median nervure goniophara.

b". Fore wing not tinged with green, the reni-

form not angled inwards on median nervure. rudis.

e'. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

vein 13 to inner margin esnpis.

b^. Hind wing bright yellow.

a'. Hind wing with the terminal band rather narrow

and not expanding on apical area bohcmanni.

I?. Hind wing with the terminal band broad and

expanding on apical area i^ecrdcns.

1294. Polia praedita.

Koctua frec'dda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. r)9.5 (1S27) ; Led. Ann. Soc.

Ent. Eelge, xiii. pi. 1. f. 11 (1870); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with fuscous.

Fore wing grey, the antemedial and medial areas tinged with

fuscous except towards costa and inner margin ; a black streak

below base of cell ; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line defined

by white on outer side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

nearly erect ; claviform almost obsolete, a dentate whitish mark

beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform with brownish

centres and white annnli defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, open above; the median nervure and veins rising from it

POLIA. 127

defined bj- fine white streaks ; terminal area brown except at apex,

extending to inner side of the subterrainal line which is white,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous punctiforra

postmedial lino.

Hab. S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 d" , Zellcr Coll. ; Akmenia : W. Tur-

kestan-, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkbstan, Khashgar ; Kasemir,

Nubra (McArtliur), 2 S . E.vp. 34: millim.

*1295. Folia prodeniformis. (Plate LXXXL fig. 18.)

Mamesti-a prodeniformis. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 404 (1887) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117.

§ . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grej- and black ;

teguloe with black medial line ; abdomen reddiwh brown, the ventral

surface whitish irrorated with brown. Pore wing whitish with a

slight violaceous tinge, suff'used in parts with reddish brown and

fuscous, especiall}' on medial area and costal area before subterminal

line ; a black streak below base of cell interru])ted by the black-

edged white striga representing the subbasal line, with a whitish

patch beyond it outwardly edged by black ; antemedial line double,

black filled in with white, obsolete on costal area, angled inwards

on vein 1, then very strongly outward above inner margin ;

claviform large, defined by black, a dentate whitish mark beyond

it on vein 2 ; orbicular and rcniform with white annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above and forming a

U-shaped mark with its arms ])roduced outwards above, the latter

with its outer part tinged with pale rufous and its lower with

black ; an indistinct medial line obliquely incurved from costa to

below end of cell, then dentate ; postmedial line indistinctly double,

bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 5,

slightly excurved below vein 2 ; subterrainal line white, defined on

inner side by irregular dentate black marks, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it

suffused with black except at apex ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia fuscous and whitish. Hind wing white, the veins

and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.

I/ah. U.S.A., Xew Mexico, Hot Springs, in coll. J. ]i. Smith.

E.vp. 34 millim.

129G. Polia furcula. (riate LXXXT. fig. 19.)

Mametitra furcula, Stand. Stett. cnt. Zeit. 188'J, p. 36; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. Ifil).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ; tegute

with two more or less prominent black lines ; patagia with some

128 xocTuiD.r..

black scales on upper edge ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous.

Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge and slight brown suffusion,

the medial area brown except towards costa and inner margin ;

subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell

filled in with white ; anteraedial line double filled in witli Avhite,

waved from costa to vein 1, then strongly angled outwards, some-

times almost to postmedial line ; claviform large, brown defined by

black, acute at extremity, a bidentate white mark above it on

vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, white with slight brown centre, the latter brown

with slight white annulns ; postmedial line defined by white on

outer side, angled outwards below costa and sharply at vein 5, then

incurved and angled on veins 2 and 1 ; subterminal line white,

defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at

veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with brown ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing

white ; the veins, base, and inner area suffused with brown ; a

broad terminal fuscous-brown band ; cilia white ; the underside

sparsel}' irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule, crenulate

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Bah. W. TuRKESiiN, Issyk-kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan, Hi;

Kashmir, Kardong, 14,000' \McArtJmr), 4 J, Digha Pass, 15,000'

(JllcArthur), 4 c? . Ex^y. 30 millim.

*1297. Polia eversmanni. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 20.)

Mamestra eversmanni, Staucl. Iris, xii. p. 367, pi. 6. f. 14 (1900); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. IGO.

2 . Head and thorax grey tinged with fulvous and mixed with

some black scales ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen whitish

tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft with ochreous. Pore wing grey,

tinged with purplish and suffused with brown, especially on medial

and terminal areas; subbasal line double, dentate, from costa to

vein 1 ; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, from costa to

submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and more strongly out-

wards above inner margin ; claviform large, fuscous brown defined

by black, acute at extremity, a prominent bidentate whitish mark

beyond it on base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform moderate,

defined by black, the former rounded, whitish with brown centre,

the latter greyish with whitish annulus ; a medial line oblique from

costa to vein 2, then dentate; a double postmedial line, bent out-

wards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved between veins

5 and 2 and at inner margin ; subterminal line yellowish white,

defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3,

and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black lunules :

cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, -the

reins, basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous; the terminal

POLIA, lli9

area black; the cilia white; underside white, the costal area

irrorated with black, a discoidal point, the terminal area black.

Hub. E. Turkestan, Korla, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim.

1208. Polia schneideri. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 21.)

Mamestra Kchiieidcri, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 368 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 160.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tegulae with

black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey-hrovvn ;

subbasal lino represented by double black striiB from costa and cell ;

a double black streak above inner margin before the antemedial

line, which is double, filled in with grey, angled outwards below

costa and strongly above inner margin, slightly excurved between

those points ; claviform brown defined by black, acute at extremity,

a bidentate whitish mark above it on vein 2 ; orbicular oblique

elliptical, with brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black ;

reniform rather narrow, fuscous grey defined by black ; an indistinct

medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial

line double, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved

to vein 4, then bisinuate, the area beyond it paler with some

whitish points on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner

side by black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle,

anoled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the

area beyond it suff'used with black ; a terminal series of black

lunules ; cilia pale brown, with darker lino through them and inter-

sected with ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the base tinged with

brown, the veins, discoidal lunule, and terminal half brown; cilia

white ; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with brown, a

discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and broad sub-

terminal band.

Hdh. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Korla,

Kuldja, 1 $ ; Kashmir, Deosai Plains {Leech), 1 J . Exp. 40-44

millim.

1299. Polia perdentata. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 22.)

Hadena perdentata. ITmpsn. Motlis Ir.d. ii. p. 198 (1894).

Mamestra bifida, Puug. Iris, xv. p. 149, pi. 5. f. 3 (1902).

Head and thorax purplish brown slightly mixed with grey;

tegulae with two black lines near upper edge ; patagia edged with

black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous mixed with ochreous.

Fore wing dark purplish grey suffused in parts with brown ; sub-

basal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell

filled in with grey ; a dentate black mark on inner area before the

antemedial. line, which is double and filled in with grey, angled

outwards below costa and strongly above inner margin, waved

between those points ; claviform largo, defined by black, a pale

bidentate mark above and beyond it on vein 2 ; orbicular small,

obli(jue elliptical, with brown centre and ochreous annulus defined

VOL. V. K

130 xoCTUiDJi:.

by black; reniform large, fuscous grey defined by black, with brown,

and ochreous line on inner side; an indistinct medial line, oblique

from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double filled in

"with grey, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5, then

oblique and minutely waved, augled inwards above inner margin,

the area beyond it rather paler except at costa, on which are some

pale points ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on inner side by

black streaks below costa and dentate marks at middle, the area

beyond it rather darker except at apex, angled outwards to termen

at veins 7, 4, 3, a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia grey, with

blackish line through them and intersected with ochreous. Hind

wing fuscous brown with darker terminal line, the cilia pale with

brown line through them ; the underside pale thickly irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. W. TuRKKSTAN, Alexander Mts., typef hifida J $ in Coll.

Piingeler ; Kashmir, Kokser (McArthur), 1 $ type ; Punjab, Kulu,

1 c? . Exp. 42 millim.

1300. Polia farnhami. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 23.)

Mamesira farnhami, Grote, EuU. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 103, pi. 3. f. 2

(1873); Smith, Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 116.

Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey ;

teguhe with medial black line and some black scales at tips ;

patagiawith some black on upper edge ; abdomen yellowish brown,

trie dorsal crests darker. Eore wing purplish, the veins with dark

screaks ; the subbasal line represented by double black stria) filled

in with grey from costa and cell, and^with some brown beyond it

above vein 1 ; anttmcdial line double, black filled in with pale

brown, waved and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform

large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform narrow, defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical with rufous centre and whitish

annulus, the latter with whitish line on inner side, followed by

rufous, then purplish ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2,

then dentate, with a whitish mark before it below the orbicular,

bidentate on vein 2 and subniedian fold ; the medial area from

subcostal nervure to submedian fold browner ; postmedial line

double, black filled in with pale brown, bent outwards below costa,

incurved to vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then oblique and

dentate, somo whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

whitish, interrupted by an oblique whitish fascia from apex, angled

outwards to termen at vein 7, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and

bent outwards to tornus, defined on inner side by a series of dentate

black marks, the area beyond it rather browner ; cilia intersected

with whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins

and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white ; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule,

sinuous postmedial line and terminal series of small lunules.

Hah. Canada, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 2 $ ; U.S.A., Colorado,

1 c? type, {Coclcerell) 1 ? , Glenwo )d Springs. Exp. 44 millim.

131

1301. Polia furca.

Mamesfra furca, Ev. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 154; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.

Schiiiett., Koct. f. 628; SUud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.

Bianthmcia coUeti, Sparre-Schneider, Sieb. Euum. iii. p. 56 (1876).

d" . Head and thorax grey mixed with some red-brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegulae with two black lines near upper edge;

patagia edged with black above ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal

tufr and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore wiug grey

suffused with pale purplish ; the subbasal line represented by double

black strife from costa and cell filled in with whitish ; a blackish

shade on inner area before the double antemedial line, which is

filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and above inner

margin and waved between those points ; claviforni large, dark

brown defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular small, ellip-

tical, white defined by black and with slight brown centre, a whitish

line on its outer edge confluent with the bidentato white mark on

vein 2 before the medial line, which is oblique from costa to vein 2,

then dentate ; renifoim with grey centre and whitish annulus de-

fined by black, rather narrow ; postmedial line double filled in

with whitish, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 5, then

oblique and minutely waved, the area beyond it purplish grey

with some white points on costa ; subterminal line whitisli defined

on inner side by some black streaks below costa and dentate marks

at middle, the area beyond it blackish except at apex, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia with white line at base and intersected

with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal

half whitish; cilia white, with a brown line through them; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, waved

postmedial line and slight diffused subterminal band.

Huh. Noeway; W. Tuekestan, Saisan, lssyk-kul,Kuruk Tag, 1 S ,

Alexander Mts., 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Tuekestan, Hi, Korla ; Mongolia,

Uliassutai ; Tibet, Xuku-noor ; E. Siberia. Exp. 42 millim.

1302. Polia suavis.

Mamestra suavis, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 428, pi. 7. f. 4 (1892) ; id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 169.

S • Head and thorax greyish mixed with brown ; tegulae with

medial dark line ; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ;

tarsi with whiti:^h rings ; abdomen grey tinged with pale reddish

brown. Fore wing purplish pink suffused and irrorated with

blackish, leaving the postmedial area and an apical patch purplish ;

subbasal line double, black filled in with purplish pink, slightly

waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, filled

in with pink, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by black, a dentate

pinkish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform

large, defined by black, the former pinkish, oblique elliptical, the

K ill

132 xoctthd^ii.

latter purplish grey, its centre defined by fuscous, slightly angled

inwards on median ncrvure and almost touching former ; an in-

distinct medial line, oblique t'rom costa to below cell ; postmedial

line double, filled in with purplish, dentate, bent outwards below

costa, and obliqne below vein 5, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterrainal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side,

forming somewhat dentate marks below costa and at middle, angled

•outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of small dentate black marks; a whitish line at base

of cilia. Hind wing whitish sufFased with brown ; cilia whitish ;

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, dentate

postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band.

Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor ; E. Siberia, Ussuri, 1 S • Exp.

38 millim.

1303. Polia liqnida. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 24.)

Mamestra liquida, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 58 (1S81); Smith, Cat. Noet. N.

Am. p. 116.

Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with red-brown ; tegulas with

dark brown medial line followed by rufous ; patagia with some

black scales above ; abdomen grey, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing blue-grey ; the subbasal line represented by black spots below

costa and cell, defined by blue-grey on outer side, the costal area

beyond it suffused with red-brown to subterminal line, on medial

area extending to submedian fold or vein 1 ; antemedial line double

filled in with blue-grej', angled outwards below costa, then oblique

waved ; claviform well developed, defined by black and filled in

with fuscous ; orbicular and reniform rather narrow, with brownish

centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, with a grey streak below it on vein 2, often developed

into a prominent wedge-shaped mark ; postmedial line double,

filled in with blue-grey, minutely dentate and produced to black

points on the veins, bent ou' wards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it blue-grey

except towards costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal

line white, defined by a red-brown line on its inner side and by the

area beyond it being red-brown except at apex, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of

minute black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing

white suffused with brown, leaving an ill-defined whitish postmedial

band ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal point.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington, ] c? , 2 $ type, Oregon, Colorado,

Exp. 40-44 millim.

1304. Polia radix. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 25.)

Agrofis radix, Wlk. x. 3.32 (]8r)6) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1 17.

Mamestra dimmocki, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 187.^. p. 4"20.

Mamcsfra desperata, Smith, J'roc. I^.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 221 (1891).

MLii. , 133

Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey ;

palpi blackish at sides ; tegula3 with black medial line ; abdomen

pale red-brown. Fore wing deep red-brown slightly suffused with

grey ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a double, waved

subbusal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, oblique,

waved antemedial line; claviform slightly defined by black ; orbi-

cular and reniform large, slightly defined by black, the former

irregularly elliptical, the latter extending to below coll ; an irregular

medial line angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line

dcfineil by greyish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish,

defined by somewhat dentate red-brown marks on inner side,

angled outwards below cotta and dentate nearly to tcrmen on

veins 4, 3. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish ; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Barnston), 1 cJ

type, Nova Scotia (Redman), i 5 , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 (^ , 2 J ;

U.S.A., Maine, 1 $, New Hampshire, White Mts. (VimmocJc), 1 2

type dimmocJci, Colorado, California, Sierra Nevada. Exp. 40 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head heavily reticulate with black, the pale

luteous ground appearing in small dotted patches. Body light

grey-brown, the tubercles, a series ot cuneiform subdorsal patches,

and a stigmatal shade blackish. The subdorsal patches are a little

oblique, sharply terminated behind, and the pair on joint 12 are

confluent. Faint yellowish dorsal and subdorsal lines. Cervical

shield and anal plate darkened. Snbstigmatal band broad, slightlj'

paler than the ground-colour.

A general feeder. — H. G. D.

1305. Polia atlantica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 26.)

Hade7ia w-latinum, Guen. Noct. ii. p, J04 (part.), nee Iliifu.

Mamestra atlaniica, Grote, Bull. Bufi'. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 12 (1874);

Sniitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117.

Mameitra discolor, Spejer, Slett. ent. Zeit. xxxvi. p. 142 (1875).

cj . Head and thorax grey-browu with a reddish tinge ; palpi

blackish at sides, frons with black bar ; tepulae with black medial

line ; abdomen grey-brown tinged with reddish. Fore wing grey-

brown sutt'used with rufous, except the costal area to beyond middle;

a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; a subbasal black striga

from costa ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, angled

outwards below costa and inwards on subcostal and median nervures

and vein 1, excurved below cell ; claviform moderate, defined by

black and filled in wilh brown ; orbicular and renifurra with greyish

annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above,

the latter extending to below cell ; a dark shade beyond lower

angle of cell ; some pide points on costa towards the subterminal

line, which is yellowish white, angled outwards at vein 7, and

dentate to terraen on veins 4, 3, some dentate black marks before it

134 TfOCIVIDM.

at middle and the area beyond it darker ; a terminal series of

email black lunules; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, darker on terminal area ; cilia

yellowish white ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Uab. Canada (Norman), 1 c? , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 d , 1 $ ;

U.S.A., E. States, 2 S type, Massachusetts, 2 S, Wisconsin,

Yirginia. Exp. 36 millim.

1306. Polia vidua. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 27.)

Mamestra vidua, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 17; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 159.

c5' . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; frons with black

bar above ; tcgulae with black line near lips ; tarsi with white

rings ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey suffused and

irrorated with dark brown, the medial area more strongly suffused

with brown except on costal area ; subbasal line black, slightly

angled outwards on median nervure, ending on the rather wedge-

shaped black streak below base of cell ; autemedial line black

defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then

waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform largo, m ith brownish centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, its

lower extremity nearly touching the latter, which is somewhat

concave on inner side ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial

line black, defined by whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subtcrminal line white with slight

dentate brown marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it rather

darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Eah. W. TuKKESTAN, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, 1 S . Exj). 30 miUim.

1307. Polia splendens.

Noctua splendens, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 400 (1827) ; Herr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 396; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157.

Head and thorax bright purplish red to pale dull rufous ; tegulae

with slight medial line ; abdomen ochreous tinged with purplish

red or rufous. Fore wing bright purplish red to pale rufous, the

veins and costal area irrorated with white ; a dark rufous streak

below base of cell; subbasal line indistinct, white, waved, from

costa to submediau fold: antemedial line waved ; claviform small

to moderate, defined by rufous ; orbicular and reniform irrorated

with white and with fine white annuli defined by ruibus, the former

oblique, irregularly elliptical, a sinuous medial shade oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial line

POLIA. 135

slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique, minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the

veins, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fino,

white, defined on inner side by a prominent dark rufous shade

except towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate oa

veins 4, 3. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, the

basal and inner areas paler ; the cilia ochreous, sometimes tinged

with purplish pink ; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas suffused with red, a small discoidal lunule and carved post-

medial line.

Uah. Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; IIussia, Livonia,

Zeller Coll. ; Rumelia ; E. Siberia, Amurland, 1 $ , Ussuri ; Corba,.

Exp. 36-40 miUim.

Larva. Streckfuss, Ent. Nachr. vi. p. 279.

Gi'ound-colour very variable, pale brassy or yellowish green to

blackish or dark olive-green, thickly irrorated with white points;

dorsal and subdorsal lines formed of larger white dots ; lateral line

yellow or white, with the black-edged white spiracles on it ; the

ground-colour darker above lateral line and on each side of sub-

dorsal line ; each somite with four dorsal black dots, forming straight

lines on thoracic somites, on medial somites triangular marks, and

on terminal somite a quadrate mark, each somite also with two

dots above and below lateral line ; head brownish or yellowish.

Food-i»lants : grass, litimex, PhoiUtijo. Differs from M. oleracea in

the lateral stripe being broader, sharply defined below, and usually

more yellow ; the cervical shield without the four black dots.

1308. Polia oleracea.

Nocfua oleracea, Linn. Svst. Nat. x. p. 517 (1858); Esp. Schraett. iv.

pi. 165, tf. 4-8 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 20, pi. 101. f. 6 ; Steph. 111. Brit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 193 ; 8taud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157.

Noctua spinaci(B, Bork. Eur. S(-liinett. iv. p. 454 (1792).

Mamestra variegata, Aust. Le Nat. iii. p. 142 (1885).

Head and thorax rather dull red-brown slightly irrorated with

white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous sufi'used with

brown. Fore wing rather dull red-brown ; the veins and costal

area irrorated with white ; a small white tuft at base ; faint traces

of a waved white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an

indistinct antemedial line excurved in interspaces and angled in-

wards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform slightly defined by

rufous ; orbicular small, irregularly rounded, with whitish annulus ;

reniform indistinctly defined by brown, open above, with an orange

spot in its upper part ; traces of an oblique medial line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate,

often i)roduced to a series of white points on the veins, bent out-

wards below co.sta, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some \vhite

points beyond it on costa subterminal line white, indistinct towards

costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish white.

136

>'OGTUID.y.

slightly tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused

■with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with brown and tinged with purplish pink, a

small diicoidal spot and curved postmedial series of strise on the

veins.

Ab. 1. varier/ata. Much paler. — Morocco.

Bab. Britain, Scotland, England, Lcecli Coll., Ireland ; France;

Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Algiers, Leech

Coll.; Morocco, Tangier (Meade-Waldo), 1 $ ; Eussia, Livonia,

Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia: Syria;

W. Tdrkestan, Tura, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai Mts. ; E. Turkestan,

Hi. E.vjy. 42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 186, pi. 158. f. 1.

Green or brown, white-dotted ; warts black ; spiracular line

yellow, edged above with dark grey. Food-plants : Urtica, Rumex,

Elm, Brassica, etc. 7-9.

1309. Poliapisi.

NocUia pisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 517 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 167.

ff. 1-5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 429 : Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 17,

pi. 101. f. 5 ; Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 192 ; Staud. Oat. Lep.

pal. p. 167.

Mamestra splendevs. Stepli, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 192 (1828).

Mamestra pollens, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 35.

Mamestra riokavaarce, Hoffm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 127.

Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ;

abdomen rufous, the anal tuft often ochreous. Fore wing bright

purplish rufous, sometimes partly tinged with yellow, a waved

Fig. 25. — Poliapisi, ^j". }.

greyish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved

antemedial line, incurved in cell ; claviform slightly outlined with

brown ; orbicular and reniforni large, incompletely defined by brown,

the former round, the dark medial shade passing between them ;

postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely waved,

bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line yellowish white, prominent, especially in discal and submedian

folds, where it has dark marks on its inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; cilia with two pale

lines through them. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with

POLIA. 137

brown, the veins and terminal area brown ; cilia white with a

brown line through them ; the underside with the costal area

suffused with rufous, a dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line,

and traces of a pale subterminal line.

Ab. 1. racavaarce. Dark purplish grey-brown instead of rufous.

— Finland, Lapland, E. Siberia.

Ab. 2. pallens. Fore wing pale brown with a yellowish tinge,

the markings less prominent. — Iceland ; W. Turkestan.

Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; Feaxce, Sand

Coll.; Gkrmant, Zeller and Frey Culls. ; LrALY ; Iceland; Scandi-

navia, Zeller Coll. ; Uussia, Finland, Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller

Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul ; Mongolia, Urga ; S.E.

Siberia, Dauria, Ussuri. Exp. 36-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 183, pi. 157. f. 2.

Green or purple-brown with black dots ; subdorsal line yellow,

black-edged ; spiracular line yellow or pale greenish, black-edged

above ; head pale green or pinkish ochreous ; legs sometimes

pinkish. Food-plants : Fteris, Cytisus, Scahlosa, etc. 8-10.

1310. Polia tacoma. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 28.)

Mamestra tacoma, fUrack. Lep. Ehop. & Het, Suppl. 3, p. 31 (1900);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with rufous ; palpi,

patagia, pectus, and legs mostly rufous ; tegulae with rufous medial

line and tips ; abdomen grey tinj;ed with rufous, the anal tuft

rufous, the ventral surface rufous irrorated with grey. Fore wing

violaceous grey ; the costal area sufliised with rufous except at

apex, before postmedial line extending to median nervure and before

antemedial line to submedian fold ; subbasal line double filled in

with grey, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double

filled in with grey, oblique and slightly Avaved ; claviform moderate,

rufous strongly defined by black ; orbicular large, grey defined by

black, open above and confluent with a grey patch on costa, some-

what oblique elliptical; reniform rufous, with grey annulus defined

by black, the cell before and between the stigmata and the base of

interspaces above veins 2, 3 tinged with black, leaving the veins

streaked with grey; a waved medial line from cell to inner margin

approximated to the postmedial line, which is double, dentate and

produced to streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points on costa towards apex ;

subterminal line whitish, obsolete towards costa, then slightly de-

fined by rufous on inner side, the area beyond it rufous except at

apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3. Hind

wing oclireous whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area brown

except at submedian fold ; cilia ochreous white, with a dark line

through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with rufous, a discoidal lunulo and curved postmedial

line.

lo3 :«ocxuiD^.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 ^ , 1 $; U.S.A.,

1 (S , Washington. Exp. 40 millim.

Larva. (Original.) ]lead pale, shaded with brownish over the

vertex. Bodj' soft light green, occasionally shaded in brown ; dorsal,

subdorsal, and broad substigmatal lines paler, yellowish, defined by

darker edges. Spiracles white, in black rings. No shields.

Food-plant : Thimbleberry (Rubus) and probably other low

plants.— H. G. D.

1311. Folia satanella.

Mamestra satanella, A.\T^h. B.or. Soc. Ent. Mosc. xxvi. p 445(1892); id.

Kom. Mem. ix. p. 16, pi. 2. f. 14 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown mixed with dark

brown; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey-brown, the basal

half suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line re^jresented by two

dark striae from costa ; antemedial line double, the outer strong,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and

outwards above inner margin ; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular and rcnitorm defined by black, the former small, round,

the latter constricted at middle and suffused with fuscous ; a curved

medial shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa

and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line pale brown, defined by a dark patch before it on

costa, the area beyond it dark except at apex, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; some minute terminal black

lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing brown ; the

cilia pale, with a brow^i line through them : the underside pale, the

costal and terminal areas suttused and irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 cJ , Amdo. Exp. 34 millim.

*1312. Polia quadrata. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 29.)

Mamestra quadrafa. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p..248 (1891) ; id. Cat.

Koct. N. Am. p. 124.

cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with

grey ; tegulse with medial black line ; tarsi ringed with white.

Fore wing dark reddish brown with some pale irroration, the post-

medial area ])aler and redder towards inner margin ; subbasal line

defined by whitish on outer side, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; ante-

medial line defined by whitish on inner side, waved and oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then slightly angled inwards on

vein 1 ; claviform defined by black at extremity ; orbicular and

reniform slightly paler than ground-colour, very obscurely defined

by black, the former somewhat elliptical ; postmedial line defined

by whitish on outer side and produced to black streaks with pale

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved below

vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line pale,

POLIA. 139

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks at middle,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3;

a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing uniform reddish brown ;

the cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside grey,

irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot

and curved postraedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., California, in U.S. Xat. Mus. Exp. 36 millira.

Larva. Head lutcous with brown reticulations and bands. Body

brown, reticulate and dotted on a yellowish-brown ground. Faint

brown shades form an obscure dorsal lattice marking. Ordinary

lines faintly indicated, pale, the dorsal and subdorsal narrow, the

substigmatal broad. Feet pale. — H. G. D.

1313. Polia softa. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 30.)

Mamestra softa, Staud. Iris, x. p. 275, pi. 4. f. 15 (1897) ; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 15y.

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and fuscous ;

tegulas edged with blackish above ; tarsi with blackish bands ;

abdomen whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey, tinned

with pale red-brown and irrorated with fuscous and black ; sub-

basal line obsolete ; an oblicjue pale streak below the cell before

the antemedial line, which is indistinct, double, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by brown;

orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined hj brown, the former

small, round, or oblique elliptical, open above, the latter with some

fuscous in its lower part ; postmedial line defined by whitish on

outer side, minutely dentate and produced to short dark streaks on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

whitish, defined by reddish brown on inner side and the area beyond

it darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pure white, the

veins slightly irrorated with black ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Morocco ; Palestine, 1 cJ , 1 $ . Exp., J 38, $ 40 millim.

1314. Polia sutrina. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 31.)

Mamestra sutrina, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 5 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

i. p. 127.

S . Head and thorax grey mixed with some black, and tinged

with ochreous except i)atagia; tegular with black medial line;

patagia edged with black on outer side ; tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests tipped with black. Fore

wing bluish white irrorated and suff'used with dark brown, the

medial area slightly darker ; a black streak in submedian fold to

postmedial line, interrupted by the lines ; subbasal line represented

140 KOCTUID^.

by black spots below costa and cell defined by whihe on outer side

and a white striga on the black streak ; anteniedial line oblique,

waved, defined by white on inner side ; claviform moderate, defined

by black ; orhicuhir and reniform large, with brown centres and

white annuli incompletely defined by black, the former round ;

traces of a waved medial line on inner area ; postmedial line de-

fined by white on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subtermiual line white, defined

on inner side by a dark mark at costa and dentate black marks

from discal fold to inner margin, irregular, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it browner at

middle and tcrmen, a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

grey, with a dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

cilia grej^ with a fuscous line through them ; the underside grey

thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 c? type.

Exp. 34 millim.

1315. Polia dentina.

Noctua dentina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776) ; Esp. Schmett iv. pi. 127.

f. 3 (1789); Hiibu. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 408; Dup. Lep. Ft. vi.

p. 269, pi. 89. f. 6; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. lo9.

mctua pleheia, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 19^ (1809); Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 185.

Noctua leucostigma, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 198 (1809); Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 186.

Noctua proxima, Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. ii. pi. 104. f. 2 (1836), nee

Hiibn.

Hadcna latenai, Pierret, Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr. 1837, p. 177, pi. 8. f. 3.

Noctua hiiaris, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 938 (1840).

Head and thorax grey raised with black ; tegulaj with black

medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen greyish fuscous.

Tore wing violaceous grey irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area

suffused with fuscous brown ; a black streak in base of submedian

fold ; subliasal line represented by double striaj from costa and cell ;

some yellow on inner margin near base usually present ; antemediul

line double, waved, oblique ; claviform moderate, defined by black,

a bidentate whitish patch beyond it below the cell ; orbicular and

reniform grey defined by black and with more or le*s developed

fuscous centres, the former round ; an indistinct waved medial line;

postmedial line double, dentate and produced to short streaks on

the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,

often tinged wdth yellow, defined on inner side by small dentate

black marks and with some black beyond it at discal fold, angled

outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with white.

Hind wing fuscous brown, rather darker on terminal area ; cilia

yellowish at base, with brown line through them and white tips ;

rui.JA. 141

the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot,

curved postmedial line, and subterminal band.

Ab. laienai. ITuch darker, the fore wing wholly suffused with

fuscous.

H(th. Britain, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; France, Pyrenees,

Gavarnie {Mrs. NicTioll) ; German r. Zellcr & Leech Colls. ; Austria ;

Switzerland, Zeller, Frey. & Leech Colls.; Spain, Canales {Chap-

man)-^ N. Italy; Kussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg,

Zeller Coll.; Armknia; Asia Minor, Bithynia; W. Tukkestan,

Issyk-kul; W. Siberia, Altai; E. Tdrkestan, Hi; Kashmir,

Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 ^ . Exp. 32-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 197, pi. LIO. f. 1.

Pale grey-brown ; a dorsal series of conjoined blackish spots

edged with white ; spiracular line darker ; lateral and subspiracular

lines less distinct. Food-plant, roots of Taraxacum. 5.

1316. Polia glauca.

Nocfita glauca, Kleem. Beitr. Ins. i. p!. 48. ff. 1-7 (1792); Hiibn. Eur.

Schmett, Noct. f. 410; Diip Lep. Fr. vi. p. 322, pi. 92. f. 7 ; Steph.

111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. ii. p. 185; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1-58.

Noctua aperta, Geyer, Eur. Solimett., Noct. f. 800 (1827).

Noctua lappa, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 255, pi. 110. f. '6 (1827).

Hadena qiiadriposita, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 939 (1840).

Hadcna farhadi, Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 390 (1845), iioo

Troit.

Mamedra taunensis, Fuchs, Jhrb. Nas.^. lii. p. 133 (18991.

Hadena poliostig ma, Hmpsa. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894).

Head and thorax grey, more or less mixed with black-brown ;

teguliE with medial black line ; frons with Idack bar ; tarsi ringed

with black ; abdomen dark brown slightly mixed with grey, the

dorsal crests black. Fore wing purplish grey, more or less com-

pletely suffused with brown and blacl< ; subbasal line black, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on cuter side ;

anteraedial line double, waved ; claviform well developed, whitish

defined by black and with two black streaks from it to postmedial

line ; orbicular and reniform whitish, with fuscous centres and

defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line defined by

white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then lunulate,

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line white defined by black on inner side and by dentate

black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal scries of small black lunules ;

cilia intersected with white. Hind wing uniform dull reddi.sh

brown or with the interspaces of basal half whitish ; the cilia

white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. aperta. Darker.

Ab. 2. tiunensis. Fore wing suffused with black.

Ab. 3. quadripositn. Much greyer.

Hah. Britain, Scotland, England, Ireland, Leech Coll.; E, France;

142 xocrtii>.K,

Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Zeller & Frey

Colls. ; Norway, Rorasdal, Frey Coll, ; IltJssiA, Livouia, Zeller Coll. ;

W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Amurland ; Kam-

SCHATGA ; Kashmir, Scinde Valley {Leech), 1 5 type poUostiyma.

Exp. 32-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Erit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lop. Brit. iv. p. 193, pi. 158. f. 3.

IJrown with darker freckles ; dorsal line narrow, dark ; a sub-

dorsal series of oblique dark and light markings ; spiracular line

whitish ; head pale brown with darker freckles. Food-plants :

Salix, Tussilago. 7-8.

*]317. Polia gasiva. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 32.)

Amathcs gasiva, Sohaus, J. N. Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 108 (1898).

(S . Head and thorax grey and dark brown ; abdomen grey-

brown, with the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing grey strongly

irrorated with dark brown, suffused in parts with black-brown,

especially on medial area, and slightly with red-broAvn ; a waved

subbasal black line from costa to vein 1 ; a waved antemedial line

oblique from costa to below cell where it is obtusely angled ; clavi-

forra small, outlined with black ; orbicular and reniform grey

defined by black, the diffused medial dark shade passing between

them, the orbicular large, round, the reniform with black point

above it on costa ; the black postmedial line dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the subterminal

line grey defined on each side by dark brown, excurved at vein 7

and at middle and slightly angled inwards at veins 5 and 2 ; the

veins of terminal area streaked with black. Hind wing whitish

strongly tinged with brown especially towards termen : cilia whitish,

with a brown line near base ; the underside grey irrorated with

brown ; a dark discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial

line.

Hah. Mexico, Las Vigas, type f c? in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28

millim.

*1318. Folia paranica. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 1.)

Mamestra paranica, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 231 (1903).

5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with black and brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen grey

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing violaceous grey, irrorated and

in places suffused with black ; subbasal line double, black filled in

with white, waved, from costa to vein 1, the area beyond it olive-

green to the oblique waved antemedial line, defined by white on

inner side and connected with postmedial line by a blackish streak

in submedian fold ; medial area with the interspaces olive-green ;

orbicular small, round, white with olive-green centre and some

white above it on costa and below it; reniform rather ill-defined,

roi.iA. 143

grey partly suffused with olive-green, its centre defined by black ;

an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line black, defined by

white on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line prominent, white, waved, angled outwards

at vein 7, inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at

middle, with a band of olive-green before it, some green spots

beyond it in the interspaces, and some black in discal and sub-

median folds ; a terminal series of small black lanules ; cilia olive-

green with some black, the tips white. Hind wing ochreous white,

the terminal half and costal and inner areas suffused with fuscous ;

cilia yellowish white; the underside yellowisli wliite, the costal area

irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, indistinct curved post-

medial lino and diffused subterminal band.

Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp.

40 millim.

1319. Polia cuneata. (riate LXXXII. fig. 2.)

Mamestra cuneata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p. 130, pi. 4. f. 9

(1873); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 127.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grej^ ; frons with

black bar; tegulte with black medial line; patagia with white

patch edged with blackish ; abdomen brown and grey, the dorsal

crests tipped with black, the genital tuft yellowish. Pore wing

grey irrorated and suffused with black-brown, the medial area

darker ; subbasal line double, black filled in with grey, waved and

angled outwards at median nervure, ending at vein 1 ; antemedial

line double, filled in with grey, obliquely waved and angled inwards

on vein 1 ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform with greyish annuli defined by black, the former

rather obli(iue elliptical; postmedial line defined by grey on outer

side, dentate and produced to grey and black streaks on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined

on inner side by sligtit black and yellow dentate marks at middle

and more prominent spot in submedian fold, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it rather darker ; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

cilia pale, with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish,

thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and sinuous post-

medial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal area tinged with red, the

stigmata and terminal area whiter.

Ab. 2. Fore wing almost entirely tinged with red.

Bob. Canada, Vancouver I. ; U.S.A., Washington, 2 5 , Oregon,

California, 3 d, 2 2 type, (Wahinc/ham) 2 c? , 1 $, Mendocino,

1 9 • E.v2^. 34 millim.

144

xocTuiii.t;.

1320. Polia anguina. (Plate LXXXll. fig. 3.)

Mamestra anquina, Grote, Can. Eut. siii. p. 129 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N.Am. p. "lis.

Mameatra /arMM, Smith, Ent. News Philad. vi. p. 338, pi. xv. f. 11 (1895);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 152.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white : frons with

blackish bar ; tegulae with strong medial black line ; tarsi banded

black aud white; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated with reddish

brown, the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing blue-grey

irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown, the medial area darker;

a fine black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, and with an obli(]ue striga beyond it

from subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,

curved, hardly waved ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform large, with brown centres and grey annuli defined by

black ; postmedial line double, the outer line strong, crenulate and

produced to streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and touching reniform and clavi-

form, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey

slightly defined by brown, anr] with a dark patch before it on costa,

excurved at vein 7 and middle, angled inwards at submedian fold,

where it is crossed by a black streak extending to termen ; a fine

dark terminal line; cilia chequered gre)'- and fuscous. Hind wing

white, the veins brownish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with

brown, nearly uniformly sufl'used with fuscous in female ; cilia

white, with a dark line through them ; the underside with dark

irroration on costal area, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. C.\NAUA, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolhy-Dod\ 3 c? , 3 2 ; U.S.A.,

Maine, New Jersey, Illinois, 1 (S type, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona,

Prescott {Kunze), 1 S ,2 § . Exy. 32 millim.

1321. Polia vicina. (Plato LXXXll. fig. 4.)

Mamestra viciva, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 156 (1874);

Smith, Ciit. Noct. N. Airi. p. 128.

Ma7nesira telicjera, Morr. I'roc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 215 (1874).

Mamestra acutipennis, Grote, Ciin. Ent. xii. p. 214 (1880).

Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey scales ;

palpi black at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulae with black

medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the dorsal crests dark at lips.

Fore wing whiti-sh, suffused and irrorated with fuscous; a sinuous

black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line indistinct, double,

angled outwards in cell and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial

line double, nearly even, oblique from costa to submedian fold

where it is angled ; claviform usually narrow and acute, often filled

in with black, and with a rufous streak above it; orbicular and

reniform with slight whitish annuli defined by black, the former

obliciue elliptical; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side.

POLIA. 145

somewhat dentate and prodnocd to points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, touching the reniform

and claviform, some gre)* points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal

line grey, defined on inner side by a dark mark on costa and by a

series of dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold, where it

is developed into a black and white spot, the area beyond it tinged

with fuscous ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

white, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous, strongly so

in female ; cilia white, with a brown line through them : the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

point and sinuous postraedial line or series of striae on the veins.

Ab. 1. acutipennis. More blue-grey and strongly irrorated

with black ; fore wing with the medial area suffused with black

except towards inner margin.

Hub. U.S.A., E. States, 1^,32 type, Maine, Xew York,

Evan's Centre, 1 <S , Texas, Nevada, 1 $ type acutijjennis, California,

Shasta, 1 $ . E.vp. ^54-36 millim.

1322. Polia pensilis. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 5.)

Dianthoecia pensilis, Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 199 ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 128.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; frons with

black bar ; tegulse with strong medial black line ; abdomen grey

mixed with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated and suffused with

brown ; a black streak below base of cell with a red-brown tinge

above it ; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, angled out-

wards in cell and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double,

nearly even, oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards

on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, acute and reaching post-

medial line, filled in with rufous and with rufous streak above it ;

orbicular and reniform rather small, with grey annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical ; the cell and the area beyond

it more or less tinged with rufous ; postmedial line defined by

white on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal

line formed of a scries of yellowish-white lunules except towards

costa, defined by dentate black marks on inner side and with a

more prominent spot in submedian fold, excurved at vein 7 and

middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, more

strongly in female ; cilia white, with a brown line through them ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial

line.

Ab. 1. The markings indistinct.

Jlab. C.iN.vDA, Renfrew Co., 4 c? , 1 $ , Calgary (Wolhi/-Dod),

1 J , 1 2 , Vancouver I., 1 J , 1 $ type, (J. J. Walker) 2 2 ;

VOL. V. L

14G NorTuro/'K.

U.S.A., Texas, Wasbirifrton, Colorado, Durango (O.flnr), 2 cJ , 2 2 i

California, Sanzalito, 1 <^ , 1 $, {Walsinqham) 4 $, Arizona,

Prescott {Kunze), 2 d , 2 $ . Ea-p. 30-34 raillim.

1323. Polia segregata. (riate LXXXII. fig. G.)

Mamestra segregata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. iv. p. 100, pi. vi. f. 11

(1803).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with gre}-. Fore

"wing clothed with dark brown scales edged with grey and suffused

with shining purplish ; subbasal line black, curved from costa to

submedian fold, then bent inwards to base above vein 1 ; ante-

medial line black, defined b}' grey on inner side, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then waved and with a black fascia in submedian

fold from it to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform well-developed,

defined by black, the former greyish, open above and below, the

latter open above, with greyish annulus and with some rufous

beyond it ; postmedial line sinuous, bent outwai'ds below costa and

strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line white defined by

slight black marks on each side of it, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing ^rey-

brown with fine dark terminal line, the underside grey irrorated

■with brown.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoJley-Dod), 1 $, Laggan,

British Columbia, Roselaud (Danhif), 1 cJ . E.vjj. 38 millim.

*]324. Polia cnivetti. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 7.)

Hadcna hiyvetti, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 203 (1894).

5 . Head and tegu]<© white ; palpi and lower part of frons mostly

black, the vertex with some black scales ; antennae black, tegulse

slightly tinged with brown except at tips ; thorax purplish black

mixed with deep black and a few red-brown scales : tibiae and tarsi

banded with white ; abdomen dorsally whitish, the crests and

segmental lines fuscous, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface

black. Fore wing dark purplish grey, with patches of white and

difi'used white markings ; a white patch near base between sub-

costal nervure and vein 1, crossed by the waved black subbasal line

which is bent inwards above vein 1, and with black markings with

some white on them beyond it; antemedial line black defined by

white on inner side, oblique, slightly sinuous ; claviform defined

by black and with black fascia from it to postmedial line; orbicular

and reniform large, defined by black, the former white, open above

and connected with a white costal patch, the latter purple-grey

with incomplete whitish annulus, angled inwards on median

nervure, the cell before and between them suffused with black,

some white beyond the reniform ; postmedial line black slightly

defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved

and sinuous below vein 4, bent outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal

POLIA. 147

line strong, "white defined by blackish on inner side and with

dentate black marks between it and termen, expanding; into white

patches at apex and betvreen veins 4, 3 extending to termen ; cilia

with a fitie white line at base. Hind wing white slightly tinged

with brown, the veins and a fine terminal line browner ; the

underside with a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmcdial line.

I] ah. SiKKiM {Knyvett), typef $ in Coll. Elwes. Exj). 42

millim.

1325. Polia albomarginata.

CclcBna alhomarginata, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. 478, pi. 03.

f. 23 (1898).

5 . Head and thorax white mixed with purple-black ; palpi

black at sides ; legs banded black and white ; abdomen fuscous

black. Fore wing purplish grey suffused in parts with black, the

medial area black, the terminal area yellowish white sparsely

irrorated with black ; a black point on costa at base ; subbasal line

double, black filled in with white, angled inwards and interrupted

in cell, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line fine, white

defined by black, angled outwards below costa where it is developed

into a pinkish-white spot, then oblique, sinuous, and excurved

above inner margin ; claviforra only defined by having a lunulate

white spot beyond it ; orbicnlar and reniform well-developed,

pinkish with slight white aunuli and connected by a pinkish fascia

on median nervure, beyond the cell bent downwards and ending on

subterminal line at vein 3; the orbicular oblique elliptical and

connected with a pinkish spot on costa; postmedial line whitish

defined on each side by black, arising from a pinkish sjwt on costa,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and

sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

only defined by the contrast between the white and purple areas,

and by black patches on its inner side at costa and inner, margin,

somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, where it is defined by slight

pinkish lunules on outer side ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia

intersected by black. Hind wing black-brown ; cilia white, black

at apex and chequered with black at middle ; the underside with

the basal half of costal area irrorated with white, whitish towards

inner margin, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Costa Eica, Candelaria Mts. (Underivood), 1 $ type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. E-vj^. 32 millim.

1326. Polia mista. (riate LXXXII. fig. 8.)

Mameatra mista, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 35; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 158.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some dark brown ;

palpi ])lackish at sides ; frons with dark bar above ; patagia with

some black scales on upper edge ; aljdomen grey irrorated with

brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with golden brown ; the cell

' l2

148 NOCTUIT).!:,

and area between it and postmcdial line, the area between sub-

median fold and vein 1 and the terminal area more or less completely

suffused with golden brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of

cell ; subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa

and cell ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform large, golden

brown defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with

brown centres and white annuli defined by black ; an indistinct

waved medial line angled at lower angle of cell ; the base of inter-

spaces above veins 2, 3 tinged with black ; the postmedial line

defined bj' white on outer side, strongly dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some white points

on costa towards apex ; subterminal line prominent, white, angled

outwards at vein 7 and more or less strongly dentate at veins 4, 3 ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with

white. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous, more strongly in female ; the underside

whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot, slight curved postmedial line, and some obscure subterminal

patches.

Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Isp\k-kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan,

Khashgar, Hi. Exp. 4U millim.

*1327. Polia mutilata. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 9.)

Mamestra mutilata. Smith, Ent. News, ix. p. 246 (1898) ; Djar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 156.

Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey hair and

scales ; tarsi with whitish rings ; abdomen brown and grey. Fore

wing fuscous brown mostly overlaid with purplish-grey scales,

some yellowish in base of submedian fold and beyond the claviform ;

subbasal line waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line oblique,

waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black, incompletely above ;

orbicular and reniform moderate, whitish defined by black, the

former round ; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved at vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line pale, defined on inner side by very slight, minute dentate

blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

traces of a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing uniform

fuscous brown ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

llah. Canada, British Columbia, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 36

millim.

1328. Polia beani. (riate LXXXII. fig. 10.)

Mamestra heanii, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 87 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 123.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown and red-

brown ; tegulai wnth black medial line ; tarsi blackish with pale

rings ; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey suftused

POLIA. 149

with fuscous and ferruginous red ; a waved black subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold slightlj* defiued by grey on outer side ;

an oblique, waved, black antemedial line, angled inwards on the

veins and defiued by grey on inner side ; claviform small, defiued

by black ; oi-bicular and reuiform large with brown-defined centres

and grey annuli defined by black, rather incompletely above, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter with black patch in lower part ;

an indistinct, curved, waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate

and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, defiued by grey on outer side, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fine, grey defined by

rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at

veins 4, 3 ; a terminal scries of brown lunules. Hind wing dark

brown, the terminal area sufl^'used with fuscous ; cilia white, with a

browuish lino through them : the underside whitish irrorated with

red-brown, especially on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal spot

and traces of jjostmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, Texas, Colorado, 1 J > 1 $ type. Exi).

44-48 millim.

1329. Polia legitima. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 11.)

Apamea legitima, Grote, Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 82, pi. 2. f. 4 (1864) ;

Smith, Cat. Koct. N. Am. p. 123.

Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with red-brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; frons with blackish bar ; teguloe with medial

black line ; patagia with some black scales above ; pectus more

rufous in male ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft tinged with

rufous. Fore wing purple-grey ; the costal area suffused with

rufous to subterminal line, extending over the whole cell and some-

times ditt'uscdly to vein 1 ; a waved black subbasal line from costa

to vein 1 defined by grey on outer side ; an oblique, double, waved

antemedial line, the inner rufous and indistinct, the outer black ;

claviform small or moderate, defined by black and often filled in

with black ; orbicular and renitorm large, defined by black, the

former grey, oblique elliptical, open above, the latter rufous with

pale annulus, its lower part filled in with fuscous ; an •.ndistinct

curved, waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and i/roduced to

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino

waved, grey defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurvcd at middle, the area beyond it tinged with

fuscous or rufous ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown and the terminal area with fuscous ;

cilia white, brown at base : the underside irrorated with red-brown,

especially on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal spot and traces

of postmedial line and subterminal band.

Hah. Canada, Xova Scotia (Itedman), 2 J , 1 § ; U.S.A., N., E.,

& Middle States, 1 J , 2 $, New York, 1 $, Oregon, Portland.

E.rp. 42 millim.

150 NOCTUIDiE.

Larva. Head light rod. Body violaceous browu ; subdorsal and

substigraatal lines broad, pale yellow, the subdorsal narrowly, the

substigmatal broadly black-edged above ; a yellow dorsal stripe on

joint 2, vanishing on joint 3, the ground-colour of joint 2 dark ; an

irregular browu lower edge to the substigmatal baud on thorax

only. Feet pale. — H. G. D.

1330. Polia dodi. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 12.)

Mamestra dodii, Smith, ined.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with rufous ; tegulae with

dark medial line ; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous, the anal

tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing blue-grey, the costal area

suffused with rufous, on basal area extending to vein 1, and on

medial area to median nervure ; subbasal line defined by grey on

outer side, angled butwards below costa and cell and extending to

vein 1 ; antemedial line double tilled in with grey, angled outwards

below costa and excurved below cell and above inner margin ;

claviform small, acute at extremity, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform grey, their centres slightly defined by brown, the

former narrow, oblique elliptical, tinged with rufous above, the latter

suffused with rufous above and fuscous below ; postmedial line

defined by grey on outer side, dentate and produced to points on

outer side, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;

subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and minutely

dentate at veins 4, 3, defined by rufous on inner side forming some-

what dentate marks at middle, the area beyond it dark except at

apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous

white tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area fuscous;

cilia whitish ; the underside whitish with a slight reddish tinge

and some black irroration, a slight discoidal lunule and diffused

subterminal band.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 1 J, 1 $. Exp.

34 millim.

1331. Polia lilacina. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 13.)

Mamestra lilacwa. Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 123.

Mamestra illahefacta, Mui-r. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 141 (1874).

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; tegulae with

slight blackish medial line ; abdomen grey mixed with reddish

brown. Fore wing purplish grey, mostly suff'used with brown and

irrorated with dark brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; an oblique, waved, antemedial line defined

by grey on inner side ; claviform moderate to large, defined by

black; orbicular and reniform large, with fuscous centres and

greyish annuli defined by blackish, the former oblique elliptical ;

an indistinct waved medial line angled outwards to low^er angle of

cell ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate

roM.v. 151

and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line grey, defined by brown on inner side, the

area beyond it dai'k excej^t at costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darker ;

cilia white and brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

a brown discoidal spot.

Hah. Canada, Alberta (TFo%-DotZ), 2^,2$; U.S.A., N., E.,

Middle & Central States, 1 5 type, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 5

type iUahefacta, New York, Evan's Centre, 1 <S , Colorado, New

Mexico. Kvj). 36 millim,

1332. Polia illoba.

Agrotis illoha, Bud, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 162 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B.M. iii

pi. 44. f. 7 ; Staud. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 157.

Grapkipkora pacifica. Ball. A. M. JSf. H. (5) i. p. 165 (1878) ; id. III. Het.

B.M. ii. pi. 30. f. ±

Mamestra decUnans, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 250 ; id. Rom. Mem.

vi. p. 427, pi. 8. f. 2.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dull brown ; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing purplish grey

irrorated and suffused with dull reddish brown : an indistinct, pale,

waved subbasal line from costa tosubmedian fold ; antemedial line

indistinct, double, oblique, waved ; claviform defined by black and

filled in with blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, with brownish

centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former somewhat

obli(jue elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in lower part ; a

slight medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; post-

medial line slightly waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line whitish, defined by red-brown

on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.

Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown

or wholly suffused with brown ; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. declinans. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with

briglit rufous.

Udh. K.Siberia, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodate, 1 cS type, Yokohama

{Jonas, Frijer, Manley), 7 cT , 7 $ , type ;>rtcj/ir«, Tokio ( J/a/'ies),

1 cJ, 1 ?, Oiwake {'Pnjer), \ 6 , 1 $, Chiuzenji {Leivis), 1 2 ;

CoREA, Gensan (Ito), 1 d" j 1 § 5 ^- China, Iviukiang {Pratt), 1 § ,

Exp. 44-4G millim.

*1333. Polia dictyota. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 14.)

Mamedra dictyota, Lower, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 11)01, p. 643.

9 . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; some black

on vertex of head and extremity of tegulaj ; tarsi black with -^tly

152 NOCXUID^.

rings ; abdomen brown. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and

irrorated with black ; the suubasal and antemedial lines waved,

whitish defined on each side with black, the former from costa to

submedian fold, the latter oblique ; claviform large, pale brownish

with white outline ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres

and whitish annuli, the former round, the latter moderate, the cell

between them blackish ; postmedial line whitish defined on each

side by black, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 3, then oblique ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards

slightly at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a series of dentate

black marks on its inner side ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing brown ; the cilia whitish at tips ; the underside whitish

with slight discoidal spot ; the terminal area suffused with fuscous

from costa to vein 2.

Hah, ViciOEiA, Melbourne, type t $ in Coll. Lower. Exp. 32

millim.

1334. Polia calberlai. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 15.)

Hadena calberlai, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1883, p. 181 ; Calb. Ins, i. p. 182,

pi. 12. f. 9 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown mixed with

black ; tegulae with ill-defined blackish medial line, patagia edged

with blackish. Fore wing i)ale greyish brown suftused and irrorated

with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker; subbasal line black,

angled outwards below costa and ending on the rather wedge-

shaped black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line indistinctly

double, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, large, acute at

extremity and extending to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform

with pale annuli, defined by black and with more or less black

suffusion in cell before and between them, the former rounded, the

latter angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct difiused

medial line ; postmedial line double, the inner line black, the outer

indistinct, very minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some jjale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line pale, defined by fuscous on inner side and

with slight black streaks before it above and below vein 5, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it

suffused with fuscous except at apex, a terminal series of slight

black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with an

ochreous-white line at base ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot and difi'used curved postmedial

line.

Hah. Austria, S. Tirol, 1 d , 1 $ ; Iialy. Eicp. 36 millim.

Larva on Clematis vitalba.

POIJA. l'">3

1335. Polia gavisa. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 16.)

Mamestra gavisa, Schaus, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142(1898) ; Druce,

Biol. Ceutr.-Am. , Het. ii. p. 567.

S . Head and thorax red-brown with a purplish tinge, the scales

with pale tips ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi banded blacl\ and

pinkish ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface more rufous.

Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey and tinged with purplish

red ; a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold ; subbasal

line indistinctly double, filled in with greyish, waved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with greyish,

waved, somewhat oblique ; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round,

the latter concave towards base and with white line on its outer

edge ; traces of a medial line, approximated below the cell to the

postmedial line which is double filled in with grey and with some

short black streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small black

and grey dentate marks defined by red-brown on inner side, the

area beyond them fuscous except at apex, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia

blackish, with fiue pale lines at base and middle. Bind wing

fuscous brown, pale on basal and inner areas ; cilia pale with a

brown line through them ; the underside pale irrorated with dark

brown, the costal area tinged with purplish pink, a black discoidal

spot, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal waved line interruj)ted

at the veins.

Hah. Mexico, Las Yigas, 1 S , type t J in Coll. Schaus. Exp,

36 millim.

1336. Polia goodelli. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 17.)

Mamestra gooJcUt, Grote, Can. Ent. yii. p. 223 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 124.

Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with red-brown

and grey ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown. Pore

wing dark brown tinged with red-brown and slightly mixed with

grey ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, curved from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line rather indistinct, double filled

in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform small, strongly defined by

black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former nearly

round, the latter whitish, its centre defined by fuscous ; an indis-

tinct waved medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line dentate and produced to white points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line interrupted, grey,

dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with

some small dentate black marks on its inner side ; a tcmiinul

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series of small black lunules ; a series of pale points at base of

cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, with dark terminal line and fine

pale line at base of cilia ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, thickly on costal and terminal areas, a dark discoidal point

and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., N., E., and Middle States, New York,

Evan's Centre {Grote}, 4 J , 2 $ , type, Nebraska. E.q). 3(i millim.

1337, Polia sadales.

Manuafra mdales, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477, pi. 93. fig. 19

(1898).

2 . Head and thorax black -brown slightly mixed with grey ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen black-brown slightly mixed with

oohreous. Fore wing black, suffused with purplish grey and

slightly irrorated with white and black ; a double, waved subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold ; a double antemedial line angled

outwards below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then waved ;

claviforra rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former round, the latter indistinct and with

white point on its upper edge ; a double, waved postmedial line

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series

of small brownish spots with somewhat dentate black marks on

their inner side, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal seiies of small black lunules ; a fine white

line at base of cilia. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous brown

except the cell and interspaces below arid beyond it of basal two-

thirds ; the underside with discoidal lunule and irregularly dentate

postmedial line.

JIab. Mexico, Guerrero {H. If. Smith), 1 5 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. Ewjy. 40 millim.

1338. PoUa chalcia, n. sp. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 18.)

2 . Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface

fuscous irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown, suffused

with dark brown and iirorated with silvery purple, especially on

the veins ; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; a rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved antemedial line ;

claviform short, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform indis-

tinctly defined by black, the former rather small, oblique elliptical,

the latter a narrow lunule with ochreous-white point on its outer

edge ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line rather

ill-defined, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal

line pale reddish, defined by black-brown on inner side except

between veins 4 and 2, somewhat dentate, angled outwards at

I'OLIA. 155

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black

spots ; cilia with a whitish lino at base. Hind wing dark reddish

brown ; cilia dark brown with a whitish line at base ; the under-

side brown irrorated with white, a small black discoidal lunule and

irregular dentate brown postmedial line.

Jlah. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Champion), 1 5 tj^pe,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 40 millim.

1339. Polia ectypa. (Plate LXXXIL fig. 19.)

Mamestra ccti/pa, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. sviii. p. 118(1875) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct.'N. Am. p. 124.

Mamestra bella, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 30 (1883).

S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulte

with black medial line and white tips, patagia with some black

scales near upper edge ; tarsi ringed with A\bite ; abdomen grey-

brown, the segments slightly edged with grey, the anal tuft tinged

with ochreous. Fore wing grey, irrorated and suffused with fuscous

and tinged with violaceous brown before and beyond the postmedial

line ; subbasal line represented by double black stria3 from costa and

median nervure, with slight black marks just beyond it above vein

1 and on inner margin ; antemedial line represented by a black

spot below costa, then bent inwards, double, oblique to vein 1 and

angled ontwards above inner margin ; claviform rather large,

euffused with and defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with

brownish centres and white aunuli defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter large ; postmedial line double, dentate,

filled in with white towards costa and inner margin, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on

inner side by dentate dark marks below costa and from vein 5 to

inner margin, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and

waved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia slightly

intersected with white. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with

fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with brown line through them ;

the underside irrorated with fuscous, the costal and terminal areas

suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

IJah. U.S.A., Delaware, Dover, 1 J; New Jersey, West Virginia.

Exp. 34 millim.

1340. Folia novevca. (I'late LXXXII. fig. 20.)

Mamestra noverca, Grote, Can. Ent. x. p. 236 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 124.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown ; palpi blackish

at sides ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish

irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line waved, black, defined by

greyish on outer side and with a slight black streak beyond its

156 KOCTTJID.E.

extremity in submedian fold ; aniemedial lino indistinct, waved,

oblique, defined by greyish on inner side ; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former U-shaped, strongly defined, the latter

whitish, open above and with its centre slightly defined by brown ;

a medial shade oblique from costa to median ncrvure where it is

angled ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely

dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fine, pale, interrupted, dentate,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some

rather dentate black streaks before it extending beyond it to termen

in interspaces above veins 4 to 6 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing whitish

tinged with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ;

the underside paler irrorated with red-brown, a dark discoidal point

and indistinct sinuous postmedial liue.

Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, 1 6 type. Colorado {Bmce), 2 $ , Glen-

wood Springs, California, Knight Valley, 1 $ , Arizona, Nogalea

{Oslar), 1 c? . Exp. 36 millim.

*1341. Polia bolteri. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 21.)

Mamestra. holteri. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 463(1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

$ . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tarsi

with pale I'ings ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous

brown, irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; subbasal and ante-

medial lines indistinctly double, waved, the former from costa to

submedian fold, the latter slightly oblique; claviform absent;

orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by blackish, the former

round ; a prominent diffused medial shade, oblique from costa to

median ncrvure ; postmedial line indistinct, defined by ochreous on

outer side and with some pale points beyond it on the veins, bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some ])n.\fi points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line greyish slightly defined by

fuscous on each side and with a more prominent patch before it on.

costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then minutely waved ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with brown, the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous

white irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Xew IJexico, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 42 millim.

1342. Polia mania. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 22.)

Mamestra mania, Streck. Lep. Rbop. & Het., Siippl. 2, p. 5 (1899) ; Dvur,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 15(i.

5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with fuscous ;

abdomen ochreous greyish, dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally

FOLIA, 157

irrorated with brown ; tarsi fuscous with ochreous rings. Fore

wing pale reddish brown irrorated and suffused with fuscous, the

medial and terminal areas darker ; the veins slightly irrorated with

white ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian

fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line defined by pale reddish on

inner side ; claviform absent ; orbicular pale reddish incompletely

defined by black, round ; reniform fuscous, with pale reddish

annulus except below, where it has some whitish points on its edge

and is slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct

waved medial line, excurved at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line

dentate, produced to short streaks ending in white points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale reddish,

angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian

folds, excurved at middle, some small dentate black marks before it

at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale reddish,

with a fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia

ochreous with a fuscous line through them ; the underside pale,

irrorated and the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a small

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona (PoUnj), 1 $ . Exji. 36 millim,

13-13. Polia obscura. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 23.)

Mamcstra obscum, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 468(18111); id. Cat,

Noct, N. Am, p. 124.

cJ . Head and thorax black-brown slightly tinged with grey;

tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing black-

brown, with a reddish tinge on inner area and slightly irrorated

with grey ; hardly a trace of subbasal line ; antemedial line indis-

tinct, waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the

former U-shaped, the latter gi-eyish ; an indistinct waved medial

line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly

defined by brown on outer side, dentate and produced to points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

represented by a series of small grey and black dentate marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing

pale fuscous brown, the cilia rather paler ; the underside greyish

thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and sinuous

postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Calgarv ( Wolley-Dod), 5 <S ; U.S. A,, Wisconsiji,

? Arizona. Ex^y. 30 millim.

1344. Polia mcerens, (Plate LXXXII. fig. 24.)

Caradrma mrercna, Bull. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1882, p. 125.

$ . Head and tliorax black-brown, many of the scales tipped

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with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous irrorated

with grey. Fore wing pale olive-brown, almost entirely irrorated

and suffused with fuscous ; faint traces of a waved subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double,

waved ; orbicular and reniform fuscous with slight pale annuli, the

former round ; traces of a medial line angled outwards on median

nervure ; postmedial line slightly defined by pale brown on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

with a series of black and white points beyond it on the veins and

some white points on costa ; subterminal line prominent, ochreous,

slightly defined by black on inner side, somewhat angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points

defined by slight ochreous lunules on inner side. Hind wing

fuscous brown, pale at base ; cilia grey with a fuscous line through

them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small

discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line.

Hah. Chili {Edmonds), 2 5 type. E.vp. 38 millim.

1345. Polia atrirena, n. sp. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 25.)

2 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black, the scales

tipped with grey ; the tegulae edged with white ; froiis with black

bar ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface purplish red

irrorated with black. Pore wing red-brown with a purplish tinge,

and sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line indistinct, black,

curved from costa to submedian fold : antemedial line double, ill-

defined and interrupted, slightly waved ; claviform represented by

a few black scales ; orbicular and reniform with black centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter

large ; postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some grey points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line a faint fuscous shade, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces

of basal half whitish ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown and black, a black discoidal lunule and

rather strong postmedial line.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Lagari (Betton), 1 5 , Xdimu (Deiton),

1 2 type. Ex2}. 40 millim.

1346. Polia assimilis. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 26.)

Mamestra assimilis, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 121.

Mamestra ■pidverulenia. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 468 (1887).

Head and thorax black-brown ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

ochreous suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing black with a

slight fuscous gloss ; a pale rufous streak on base of inner margin ;

a slight black streak below base of cell; antemedial line somewhat

roT.TA. ] 59

oblique and slightly siimous : claviform defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform defined by black, the former large and touching ante-

medial line, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ;

traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line somewhat dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

subtermin.al line represented by a series of small, somewhat dentate

black and white marks, stronger below apex and with prominent

white patch above tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and ex'curved

at middle ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing yellowish

white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with fuscous ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

fuscous, the former and costal area of fore wing tinged Avith red, a

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. pnlvendenta. Fore wing more or less strongly irrorated

with grey ; the underside without red on costal area.

Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. (./. J". Walher), Id: U.S.A., N. &

E. States, Massachusetts, Buffalo (KeUicott), 1 $ , New York.

Exp. 40-42 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head light red, paler in the sutures. Body

uniform, black or dark green ; subdorsal and substigmatal stripes

broad, pale yellow, strongly contrasted. Subventral region and feet

shaded in dark red, venter pale, spiracles white,

JFood-plants : Brake {Pteris) and other low plants. — H. G. J).

1347. Polia aya. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 27.)

Agrotis aya, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 412 (1897).

Mamestra sobira, Schaus, J. N. Y. Eut. See. vi. p. 110 (1898).

c? . Head and thorax dark red-brown irrorated with a few white

scales ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen greyish fuscous. Fore

wing dark purple-brown, a streak in base of submedian interspace

and the costal area towards apex redder ; subbasal line represented

by an ochreous striga from costa ; antemedial line ill-defined, black,

with patches of ochreous on its inner side ; claviform small, black ;

orbicular and reniform with ochreous annuli defined by black, the

former rounded, open above, the latter with its centre defined by

black and with some white points on its outer side ; postmedial line

defined by ochreous on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points bevond

it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small rcddish-

ochreous spots angled outwards at vein 7 and cxcurved at middle,

Avith a larger spot at tornus ; a terminal series of white points.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and marginal areas fuscous

brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with the costal area and

termen down to vein 2 brown irrorated with white, a small dark

discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line.

Hah. Mkxico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 1 d", Godman-Salvin Coll.;

Ecuador, type f in Coll. Dognin. Typo t (S zobira in Coll, Schaus.

E.rp. 32 millim.

160 NOCTUIDJE.

*1348. Polia nervina. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 28.)

Apamea nervina, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 408 (1897).

c? . Head and thorax black-brown ; tarsi ringed with whitish ;

abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irroraled

and suffused with black ; an indistinct, double, waved subbasal lino

from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved antemedial line

angled outwards above inner margin ; clavit'orm small, obscurely

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fascous centres and

yellow-brown annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter

with a small white lunule on its outer edge and a white point at

lower extremity ; an indistinct oblique medial shade from lower

angle of cell to inner margin ; the posttnedial line indistinct, double,

waved, beut outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;

the subterminal line ochreous defined by black suffusion on inner

side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, diffused to

tcrmen towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing with the basal half whitish, the terminal half fuscous brown ;

cilia whitish at tips towards tornus ; the underside irrorated with

white, the inner half whitish to postmedial line, a black discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial line.

llah. Ecuador, Zamora, type t J in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 28

millira.

1349. Polia pannosa.

Apamea pamiosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3-45 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 27,

pi, 147. f. 1 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with black and grey ; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft tinged with rufous.

Fore wing purplish red-brown more or less completely suffused

with black, leaving pale ochreous patches before the antemedial line

below the cell, beyond the postmedial line between vein 2 and inner

margin, and a whitish apical patch ; the subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line double filled

in with ochreous, waved, angled outwards below costa and above

inner margin and inwards on median nervure ; claviform small,

indistinctly defined by black; orbicular and reniform with pale

annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter narrow ;

traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line black defined by

ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line represented by some pale spots with very

indistinct blackish dentate marks before them, angled outwards at

vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, the apical white patch

indented by the angle at vein 7 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous, sometimes

whitish towards base ; cilia with pale tips ; the underside whitish,

the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line, the terminal area suffused with fuscous.

roLiA. IGl

Ilah. NiLGiRis {Lindsay, Ilainpson), 2 cJ , 5 $ ; Ceylon, 5 § type.

Exp., c? 40, 2 48 millim.

Hubsp. sichima. Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 109 (1882).

Fore wing much more uniform pale rufous, with less black

suftusion and the pale patches almost obsolete.

Jlib. Punjab, Kasauli, 1 (S ; Sikhiji {Russell), I5 type.

1350. Polia dipterigidia. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 29.)

Mamestra dipterigidia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 267 (1902).

Head and thorax dark rufous ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen

fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Pore wing dark

rufous suffused with fuscous, the inner area with some yellowish,

becoming a prominent patch beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line

represented by black striie from costa and cell; an indistinct waved

antemedial line ; claviforra, orbicular, and reniform indistinctly

defined by black, the orbicular round : traces of a dark medial

shade ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by indistinct ochreous points on black

streaks ; a terminal scries of black points ; a fine ochreous line at

base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal

half with an ochreous tinge ; the underside ochreous, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and post-

medial strigifurm line.

Hah. Cape Colony, Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 cj" , 1 § type,

Exp. 42 millira.

*1351. Polia xanthocosma. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 30.)

Mamestra xanthocosma, Turner, Trans. Roj-. Soc. S. Austr. 1903, p. 3.

$ . Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen grey. Fore wing

reddish brown ; the subbasal line represented by ochreous strigae

from costa and cell, defined on inner side by black and with an

ochreous fascia in submcdian fold from it to the antemedial line,

which is ochreous defined on each side by black and slightly sinuous,

with a black mark before it above inner margin ; ciaviform short,

black ; orbicular absent ; a slight ochreous streak in end of cell

before the reniform, which is ochreous defined by black, with a

black spot on its lower part and constricted at middle ; postmedial

line black, defined on outer side by ochreous and with an ochreous

patch beyond it from vein 2 to inner margin, minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal

line ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,

the area beyond it dark brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown, especially towards costa and terinen ; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with brown and with traces of a postmedial

line on it.

Hah. ? Queensland, type t $ in Coll. Turner. Exp. 28 millim.

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1352. Polia mesoglauca. (Plate LXXXII. fig. 31.)

Mamestra mesoglauca, Huipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 267 (1902).

5 . Head and thorax dark purple-brown mixed with black and

white scales ; tegulse with medial black line : tarsi with ochreous

rings ; abdomen grey-brown, purplish red on terminal half and

ventral surface. Eore wing dark purplish brown mixed with grey

and black scales, the medial area suffused with white ; the sub-

basal line represented by black stri;e from costa and cell ; a black

streak below the cell to the antemedial line which is defined by

white on inner side, interrupted, waved ; claviform small, defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, white defined by black

and with slight dark centres, the cell between them blackish or

rufous ; postraedial line minutely waved and produced to blackish

streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line oclireous, defined on inner side by irregular

diffused dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate

at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it greyish fuscous leaving an

ochreous apical patch ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

fuscous with a series of ochreous points at base. Hind wing fuscous,

the interspaces of basal half whitish ; cilia ochreous with a brown

line through them ; the underside whitish, with the costal and

terminal areas irrorated and suffused with brown.

Hab. Natal, Durban (Lines, QuecJcett), 2 $ : Cape Colony,

Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett)^ 1 5 type. Exp. 36 millim.

1353. Polia speyeri.

Trigonophora speyeri, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 110. fig. 15 (1874).

Head and thorax purplish fuscous, a few of the scales tipped with

grey ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with whitish rings ;

abdomen white tinged with fuscous towards extremity, uniformly

tinged in female. Pore wing with the basal area and costal half

purplish fuscous, the rest of wing pale ochreous brown suffused

with fnscous towards termen ; the veins with dark streaks ; sub-

basal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, waved, very strongly angled inwards on

vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; claviform large, defined

by or filled in with black ; orbicular rather small, defined by black,

somewhat elongate elliptical ; reniform large, narrow, cream-colour

defined by black and with red-brown annulus at middle placed on

a blackish ])atch ; an indistinct dentate medial line ; postmedialline

double, the outer line indistinct, dentate, oblique from costa to vein

5, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line ochreous, with some-

what dentate blackish marks before it at middle, dentate outwards

at veins 7, 4, and 3, the area beyond it purplish fuscous ; termen

crenulate with black line and series of small wedge-shaped black

puLiA. ]()'.^

marks before it. Hind wing pure white ; the apex tinged with

fuscons ; in female the extremity of veins and a waved termin;il

line fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown.

Hub. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 c? , Durban (Leiyh), 1 $;

Cape Colony, Queenstown. Exy., c? -i-, 2 ^^8 milliai.

1354. Polia cuprescens, n. sp. (Plate LXXXII, fig. 32.)

c? . Head and thorax cupreous red mixed with black ; teguhe

with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen greyish

mixed with fuscous, the basal crest and anal tuft rufous. Fore

wing cupreous red-brown mixed with fuscous, the medial area

mostly suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line black from costa to

a short black streak in base of submedian fold ; antemedial line

obliciue, waved ; claviform defined V)y black and with black streak

from it to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform cupreous defined

by black and with slight fuscous centres, the former round ; an

indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line minutely waved,

bent outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards in discal fold,

incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line cupreous red, defined on

inner side by a series of small dentate fuscous marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with cupreous red.

Hind wing white, the veins towards termen fuscous ; a fuscous

terminal line; the cilia tinged with ochreous ; underside with the

costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous and irrorated with

fuscous, a discoidal spot and postmedial line on costal half.

Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury {MarshaU), 2 (S type. Exp.

34 millim.

1355. Polia mesomelana. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 1.)

Agrotis mesomelana, Hmpsu. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 263 (1902).

Head and thorax reddish, almost entirely suffused with black ;

tegulse with medial black line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

ochreous tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale thickly striated

with rufous, the costa, medial area except towards inner margin,

and terminal area suffused with black ; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct,

double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular

and rcniform large, fuscous defined by black, the former round,

open above; postmedial line dentate and produced to short streaks

on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it; siibterminal line

only defined by the area beyond it being dark, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner area tinged with

ochreous ; in female nearly the whole wing tinged with fuscous ;

M 2

164 NOCTriDiE.

the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 1 cS ; Natal, Estcourt

(Rutcliinson), 2 c? type. Ea-j). 32 millim.

135G. Polia fiirvilinea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 2.)

Mamestra furvilinca, Hinpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 2G8 (1902).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; abdomen greyish

chreous irrorated with brown, the anal tuft more ochreous. Fore

wing red-brown thickly irrorated with grey, the veins streaked with

grey ; subbasal line represented by an indistinct striga from costa ;

antemedial line obliquely curved, brown defined by grey on inner

side ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform rather oblique, V-

shaped, open above, with grey annuli defined by brown ; postmedial

line indistinct, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4;

subterminal line whitish defined by rufous on inner side, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind Aving white, the veins beyond middle

and terminal area tinged with brown especially in female : cilia

with brown line near base ; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown.

Hah. Mashonaland, Salisburj- {MarsliaU), 2 S ; Cape Colont,

Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 2 $ type. E^cp. 38 millim.

*1357. Polia magellaiia. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 3.)

Dianthoecia mageUcnm, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. p. 64 (1885); id.

N. Arch. Mus. (3) i. p. 152, pi. xi. f. 0.

S . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with black and some

red, especially on patagia, which are somewhat irrorated with black :

abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing grey-brown irrorated with black and slightly with pale

rufous ; subbasal line double, black filled in with grey, and slightly

waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,

black filled in with grey, nearly straight but incurved to inner

margin ; claviform short, rounded, bro\Mi defined by black ; orbi-

cular and reniform with rufous centres and grey annuli defined by

black, the former round ; a waved blackish medial shade ; post-

medial line double, black filled in with grey, minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ;

subterminal line white defined b)" black marks before and beyond

it, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

series of black points; cilia chequered brown and black. Hind

wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscons ;

the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal

point.

Hab. Patagonia, Santa Cruz, type t 6 in Mus. Paris. Exp.

34 millim.

rOLIA.

*13.58. Polia lebruni.

1G5

Apamca hhnmi, Mab. Bull. Soc. Pbilom. (7) ix. p. 03 (1885) ; id. N. Arch.

Mus. (3) i. p. 150, pi. X. f. 10.

S . Head and thorax pale reddish brown slightly mixed with

fuscous ; teguhe with black medial line ; patagia edged with black

above ; thorax with dorsal black streak ; abdomen pale reddish

brown. Fore wiug pale yellowish brown, irrorated and suffused

•with fuscous except on inner margin and terminal area ; the sub-

basal line double, black filled in with grey, waved, from costa to

submedian fold ; anteinedial line black, defined by grey on inner

side, obsolete towards costa, obliquely excurved from subcostal

nervure to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly

outwards above inner margin ; claviform short, rounded, brown

defined by black : orbicular and reniform with brownish centres

and grey annuli defined by black, the former small, elliptical, the

latter connected by black streaks with the postinedial lino, which

is minutely dentate and defined by greyish on outer side, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the sub-

terminal line defined by slight dentate black marks on its inner

side and by the pale area beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and

incurved below vein 3; cilia with two brown lines through them.

Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown ; a

diffused waved black subterrainal band ; the underside irrorated

with brown and with brown discoidal point.

Hah. Patagonia, Santa Cruz, type f ci' in Mus. Paris. Exp.

32 millim.

*1359. Polia densa. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 4.)

Scotof/ramma densa, Smith, lus. Life, v. p. 329(1893); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 159.

Scofogramnia mo'gcra,, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 44 (1899).

$ . Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; antenrife ringed

•with white ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey irro-

rated with brown, the ventral surface browner. Fore wing grey,

tinged w'ith ochreous and thickly irrorated with dark brown ; slight

pale streaks iu discal and submedian folds ; subbasal line repre-

sented by black striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line rather

ill-defined, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform

a small blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform incompletely

defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct medial line

oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line rather

ill-defined, dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent

outwards below cogta, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined

by fuscous on inner side, angled outw^ards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal scries of black points ; cilia ochreous white

and broAvn, with a Ijrown line through them. Hind wing whitish

irrorated with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused witli

166" XOCTUID^.

brown ; cilia whitish and brown ; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and curved waved postmedial line.

Eah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, Argus Mts., in Coll. J. B. Smith.

Exp. 36 millim.

*1360. Polia stretchi. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 5.)

Scotogramma stretchii, H. Edw. Can. Ent. xix. p. 146 (1887) ; Smith, Oat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 130.

S • Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with gre)- ; tarsi

fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing pale gre3ish thickly irrorated

with dark brown and black ; traces of a subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line rather indistinct, oblique, waved,

angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform represented by a small blackish

mark ; orbicular and reniform rather indistinctly defined by black,

the former round ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line represented by a series of slight dark

marks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small black spots.

Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suff'used

with brown ; the underside whiter, with small discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado desert, in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. '32

millim.

1361. Polia palilis. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 6.)

Dianthcecia palilis, Harv. Bull. BuflP. Soc. Kat. Sci. ii. p. 273 (1875) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.

S . Head and thorax white with a slight brown tinge ; sides of

palpi and frons black ; patagia with some black scales above ; tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing white,

tinged in places wdth ochreous and irrorated with some large

fuscous scales, the terminal area slightly tinged with fuscous

narrowing to above tornus ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, erect ;

orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined, with some fuscous

scales at centre, the former small, round : a diffused medial fuscous

shade expanding into a patch in cell between the stigmata ; post-

medial line rather indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, defined by fuscous

marks on innei side at costa and below vein 2 and on outer side in

discal fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing pure white ;

the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a

black discoidal point.

$ . Head and thorax tinged with fuscous ; fore wing much more

sufi'uscd with fuscous, especially on antemedial, medial, and terminal

areas ; hind wing sufi'uscd with fuscous.

Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1^,1? type. Exp. 30-32 millim.

1()7

*1362. Polia longiclava. (Plate LXXXTII. fig. 7.)

Mamestra longiclava, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 265 ; id. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. J 28.

S . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous and some

brown ; tegulse with blackish line near tips ; patagia edged with

blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey tinged with pale

reddish brown. Fore wing narrow, grey-white irrorated with

fuscous : the costal area from subbasal to postmedial line and

to median nervure suffused with fuscous ; a black streak below

base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by a black striga from

costa ; the antemedial line very indistinct, excurved below cell ;

claviform defined by blackish above and at extremity, elongate and

extending nearly to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with

brown centres and white annuli, the former oblique elliptical,

defined by black, the latter defined on inner side only ; postmedial

line represented by a black striga from costa and slight streaks on

the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, the

costa beyond it dark with white points ; subterminal line whitish,

defined on inner side by slight dentate brown marks, the area

beyond it darker with black streaks on the veins and in submedian

fold, angled outwards at vein 7, incurved at discal and submedian

folds and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered brown and grey.

Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ;

cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal

point.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exy. 30 millim.

*1363. Polia doira.

Mamestra doira, Strec-k. Li'p. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

Head and thorax pale grey ; tegulae and patagia with slightly

darker edges ; abdomen white. Fore wing pale grey, the band on

costa whitish ; a subbasal line ending on the short streak below

cell ; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with white ; orbi-

cular and reniform with white annuli ; postmedial line indistinct,

double filled in with white ; subterminal line white defined by

fuscous ; a prominent white streak from reniform above vein 5 to

the oblique whitish shade from apex ; a large oval white spot

before tornus between veins 1 and 2 ; the veins on postmedial

area streaked with brown or black; a fine black terminal line;

cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, the veins

and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the female with traces of

discoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Utah. Exp. 27 millim. This species is unknown

to me.

108 jjoctuid.t:.

13G4. Folia steiiotis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 8.)

S . Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tarsi banded with black ; •

abdomen white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing narrow, white irrorated with black-brown, the medial

area siiftiiscd with black-brown ; the siibbasal line represented by

double black striae from costa and median nervure joined bj- a

short black streak in submedian fold ; antemedial line double,

oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform short and

broad, defined by black; orbicular and reuiform moderate, white

slightly irrorated with brown and defined by black, the former

round ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, somewhat

dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,

below vein 4 incurved to below end of cell, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by a very obscure

series of small dentate dark marks on iuner side and by the area

beyond it being' sufi'used with fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved to near termen at middle ; cilia chequered brown and

white. Hind wing white, the termen more or less strongly tinged

with fuscous.

Hah. U.S.A., California (WaJsvujJunn), 5 6 type. Exp. 34

milliin,

1365. Polia cappa.

Noctua cappa. Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noet. f. 447 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.

pi. 99. f. 5 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.

Head and thorax white with a few dark scales ; antennae and

tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged

with fuscous except at base and extremity. Fore wing white,

the medial area tinged witli fuscous except towards inner margin ;

the base slightly tinged with fuscous ; subbasal line black, w aved,

from costa to submedian fold, where there is a small luiiule beyond

it ; a curved mark above inner margin near base ; antemedial line

double, waved, the inner line indistinct ; claviform defined by

black, incomplete above; orbicular and reniform white defined

by black, incompletely above, the former round, the latter rather

irregular and with slight brownish centre ; a dentate black medial

line ; postmedial line double, the inner black, dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, the costa beyond it

black with white points ; subterminal line slightly defined on each side

by fuscous, some small dentate black marks on inner side below costa

and at middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle • a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered

fuscous and white. Hind wing white; the veins tinged Avith

fuscous • traces of a postmedial line, a diffused subterminal band,

and a waved line from apex to vein 2; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous.

Jlab. Fi;.v>cK, Zcllcr, Frey, and !Sand Colls. ; Hlxuakv, Leech

roLiA. 169

Coll.; Italy; Dalmatia, Leech Coll. ; Crete; "Rvssix (CJiristopJi) ;

Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Eithynia ; W. Siberia, Altai.

E.vj). 34-38 millim.

Lca-va. Mill. Icones, i. p. 303, i.l. 48. fF. 3-6.

Dorsal area pale brown, ventral area pale ochreous ; dorsal and

lateral lines rufous ; subdorsal line double, almost obsolete; stigmata

white ringed with l)lack. Food-plants : Delphinium ajacis and

D. staphysagria. 6-8.

1366. Polia dysodea.

Noctua dysodea, Sebiff. Wien. Verz. p. 72 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sohmett.,

Noct. f . 47 ; Dap. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 404, pi. 98. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 32.

Noctua spinacicB, View. Tab. Verz. Brandenburg, p. 70 (1789).

Noctua Jiavicincta minor, Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 153. fF. 6, 7 (1790).

Noctua chrysozona, Borkh. Eur. Scbmett. iv. p. 264 (1792) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 160.

Noctua ramcneulma, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 183 (1809).

Mamestra caduca, Herr.-Scbaif. Eur. ' Sehmett. ii. p. 2G6, Noct. f. 484

(1845).

Mamestra innoccns, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. vii. p. 123, pi. 1. f. JO'

(1870).

Hecatcra ka'ckliiii, Tb. Mieg. Le Nat. xi. p. 181 (1889).

Mamestra turhida, Hiif'm. Jbrb. Karnt. xxiv. p. 174 (1897).

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly

irrorated with dark brown, tbe medial area rather darker ; some

orange -yellow in submedian fold ; subbasal line with yellow marks

on it and defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by white

on inner side and witb yellow marks on it ; claviform moderate,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and

with some yellow at sides, the former round ; an irregularly waved

medial line ; postmedial line defined by "white on outer side, dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterrainal line represented by

yellow spots on inner side of irregular brown marks ; a terminal

series of slight dark lunules : cilia chequered ochreous and brown.

Hind wing pale tinged with brown, the terminal area dark brown ;

slight greyish streaks on extremities of veins 2 and 1 ; cilia pale,

with a brown line near base ; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. caduca. Fore wing whitish grey without the yellow

markings.

Ab. 2. innoccns. Fore wing whitish grey with slight yelh)w

markings, the medial area more prominently dark. — S. Europe,

W. & C. Asia.

Ab. 3. Darker, especially the medial area of foro wing. —

Kaslimir.

170 NOCTUIDi.

!J<(h. Bkjtain, Leech Coll. ; I'kauck, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller and JFrey Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Sicily, Zeller

Coll. : Greece, Leech Coll. ; Crete ; S. Sweden ; Asia Minor,

Pontus, Brussa, Zeller Coll. ; Syria, Leech Coll. ; Persia ; W.

Turkestan, Turcomania, Saisan, Issyk-kul, Ferghana, Sarawschan ;

China, 1 (S , Leech Coll. ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley {Leech) 1 S ,

(Filcher) 1 ? . Ex2). 32-36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 218, pi. 161. f. 1.

Pale dull green or yellowish irrorated with brown ; dorsal line

pale with dark edges ; lateral line dark, indistinct ; spiracles black ;

head ochreous brown or dull greenish. Food-plants; flowers of

Sonchiis and Lactuca. 7-8.

1367. Polia maderse. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 9.)

Mamedra maderie, Baker, Trans. Ent. See. 1891, p, 205, pi. 12. f. 3;

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.

J . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and

black ; palpi blackish with some white ; antennae and tarsi black

ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with dark brown. Fore

wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area suffused

with brown except towards costa and inner margin ; subbasal line

double, black filled in with white, waved and angled inwards below

cell and on vein 1 ; claviform large, whitish defined by black except

above ; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black, the former

round, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; a

waved medial line oblique below the cell ; postmedial line defined

by white on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ;

subterminal line whitish defined by small dentate black marks

on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ;

a terminal series of Idack points ; cilia fuscous intersected with

grey. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and

terminal area fuscous ; slight greyish marks on termen towards

tornus ; cilia grey with a brown line through them ; the underside

white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule and waved postmedial line.

Hah. Madeira (Wollaston), 1 J type. Krj^. 36 millim.

1368. Polia serena.

KocitM serena, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776) ; Esp. Sclimett. iv. pi. 166.

f. 4; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 64; Dup. Lep. Fr. Vu pi. 98. f. 3;

Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. iii. p. ;{3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160.

Nocfiia placida, Esp. Schmett. pi. 166. ff. b, 6 (1789).

Nocfua hieracii, Scriba, Beitr. Ins. p. 195, pi. 13. ff. 1, 2 (1793).

Mamestra monficola, Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 315, pi. 92. f. 4 (1826).

Polia Corsica, Eambr. A?in. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 279, pi. 9. f. 3.

Polia leuconota, Ev. Bull. Mcsc. See. 1837, p. 39.

Mamestra hicolorafa. Led. Noct. p. 32 (1857).

Hecatera intermedin, Wlk. xv. 17H) (1858\

Mamestra ohsrura. Stand. Cat. cd. 1, p. 40 (1S61).

FOLIA. 1 71

Head aud thorax bluish white with some dark scales ; tarsi with

dark rings ; abdomen white tinged with brown except at base.

Fore wing bluish white, the medial area suffused with fuscous

brown ; subbasal line double, waved, from csota to submedian

fold : antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform moderate,

indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous

centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former round, the

latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; an irregularly

waved medial line ; postmedial line double, filled in with white and

slightly defined by fuscous on outer side, dentate, bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4, the costal area be5^ond it

blackish with some white points on it ; subterminal line indistinct,

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks at middle,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the

area boj'ond it irrorated with fuscous ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish

irrorated with brown, the veins aud terminal area suffused with

brown ; cilia white with a brownish line through them ; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunula and curved

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. leuconota. Ground-colour of head, thorax, and fore wing

pure white.

Ab. 2. ohscura. Darker and more uniform in colour.

Ab. 3. Corsica. Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish grey,

the medial area hardly darker. — Andalusia, Corsica, Sardinia.

Bab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, 8and Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Spain,

Andalusia; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy, Capri (C. S. Broivne) \

Scandinavia; Finland. Helsingfors, Zeller Coll.; Russia, Urals;

Armenia ; Asia Minor ; Syria, Leech Coll. : W. Siberia, Altai ;

E. Siberia, Amurland. Hab. ignotus, 1 (S type intermedia. Exp.

30-38 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 222, pi. 161. f. 2.

Dull jellowish green with dark grey irroration forming obscure

blotches ; spiracular line yellower, well-marked ; head greenish

ochreous. Food-plants : flowers of Sonchus and Lactuca. 7-8.

1369. Polia olivocincta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 10.)

Hecatera olivocincta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 30 (1852).

Mamestra folia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894).

S . Head and thorax white mixed with pale olive-green ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen pale

ochreous. Fore wing white irrorated with purplish grey, the

antemedial and medial areas suffused with olive-green; subbasal

line waved, black, interrupted, defined by white on outer side ;

antemedial line black defined by wdiite on inner side, oblique

and slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; the claviform represented

by a narrow black patch on its outer side and with a black streak

172 noctcid.t;.

from it to postmeclial line ; orbicular a white aiinulus with, small

green centre ; reniform a small white lunule with black bar before

it ; a rather ill-defined and irregular black medial line somewhat

angled outwards at median nervure : postmedial line double, the

outer indistinct, dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line

minutely waved, white defined by olive-green on inner side, ex-

curved at vein 7 and middle and angled inwards in submedian

fold, olive-green patches with blackish marks on them on its 'outer

side at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia olive-green intersected with white. Hind wing pale

yellowish, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia olive at

base, white at tips ; the underside with the costal and apical areas

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point.

Hah. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1 (S •, Castro Paraiia, type t 6 folia

in Coll. Schaus. Exjj. 34 millim.

1370. Polia marea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 11.)

Mamestra marea , Sc-liaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894); Druce,

Biol. Centi-.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476.

Head ochreous mixed with a few black hairs, the palpi black at

sides ; thorax purplish rufous, some of the scales tipped with black

and white ; the tegulfe black at base ; tarsi black ringed with

white ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the dorsal

crests tipped with black, the hair at sides and anal tuft rufous.

Pore wing whitish, the basal half suffused with, reddish brown

with pale blue-green fasciae on costal area, in submedian fold, and

on inner margin, the antemedial area with some rough white-

tipped scales ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform green, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round,

green with some dark irroration and green above it on costa, the

latter constricted at middle, with black centre and incomplete

green annulus strongly defined by black ; postmedial line miuutely

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some fuscous beyond it from vein 4 to inner margin

and some white points on costa ; subterminal line defined by

ferruginous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, the area beyond it green except towards apex and with

diflfuscd black streaks on the veins, which have white points at,

their extremities ; cilia red-brown intersected by fuscous. Hind

wing white, the veins and terminal area suftused with fuscous ;

cilia white, with a brown line on apical half; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 $ ; Costa Kica, type f d in Coll. Schaus.

Exp. 34 millim.

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1371. Polia subjecta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 12.)

Hadena siibjecia, Wlk. xi. 588 (1857).

Mamestra viriditincta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 230 (1903).

c? • Head and thorax whitish mixed with ochreous, olive-green,

and black ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi

banded with black. Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused in parts

with olive-green and with pale pinkish beyond the cell ; the medial

area rather darker ; a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; a black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line,

which is oblique from costa to below the cell, where it is angled

outwards, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly outwards alaove

inner margin ; orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and

ochreous annuli incompletely defined by black, the former round,

open above ; an ill-defined irregular black medial shade ; post-

medial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,

where it is acutely angled, then oblique and with short black streaks

beyond it on the veins, some black points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line only defined by the area beyond it being more suffused

with olive except at apex and with black streaks on the veins and a

short black streak before- it above vein 4, somewhat angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia chequered fuscous and green. Hind wing ochreous white, the

veins of terminal half and termcn tinged with fuscous ; the under-

side with the costal area and termen irrorated with brown, a

discoidal point and slight postmedial series.

Hah. Cuba (Schaus), type t viriditincta ^ in Coll. Schaus ;

Colombia, Popayan, 2 c5' : Prazu,, Castro Paraiia, 1 S ■ Exi^. 34

millim. Type t cj" in Mus. Oxon.

1372, Polia confu«a. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 13.)

Hccafera confasa. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 96.

5 . Head and thorax white mixed with black ; palpi black,

whitish at tips ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous.

Pore wing white irrorated with black and in parts suffused with

fuscous; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line nearly

straight, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique,

waved, the costal area before it and the area beyond it clouded

with fuscous ; claviform represented by a black spot at its extremity,

with a small triangular white spot beyond it ; orbicular and reni-

form white defined by black, oj)en above, the former small, rounded;

a waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to a

series of black and white points on the veins, slightly bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by a

dentate black line before it and some fuscous suffusion beyond it,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a" waved

terminal black line expanding into spots in the intervspaces ; cilia

chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, with a

174 >-UCTL'IDJE.

whitish subterrainal striga above tornus ; cilia fuscous at base,

white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated thickly with brown,

a discoidal spot, sinuous postraedial line, and some terminal lunules.

Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp. 34

millim,

1373. Polia psittacus.

Mamestra psittacus, Herr.-Schiiff. Aiissereur. Schmett. p. 80, f. 216

(1850) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 293.

VaUeria jocom, Scliaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. x.xi. p. 230 (1894) ; Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 487.

Head and thorax bright moss-green with a few brown scales;

palpi blackish at side ; pectus and legs ochreous, the latter banded

with black ; abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

ochreous white. Fore wing bright golden green ; some of the veins

with purplish streaks ; the subbasal line represented by double

black strioe from ensta, and a green striga below cell on a black-

brown patch which emits a spur above inner margin ; the ante-

medial line represented by double black striae from costa, then

single, oblique, irregularly waved, and angled inwards on vein 1 ;

the medial area suffused with black from subcostal nervure to vein

1 ; the orbicular and reniform green, the former small, round, with

blackish centre, the latter with its centre slightly defined by

blackish ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and strongly angled outwards

on vein 1, the costa beyond it black with pale points ; the suh-

terminal line consisting of a series of black lunules which are

small except those below costa and in discal and submedian folds,

somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black lunules, the cilia intersected with black.

Hind wing dark reddish brown ; the cilia ochreous, with a fuscous

line through them ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated

with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and dentate postmedial line

with the area beyond it irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo, Boe<je), 1 J , 2 $ ; Guatemala,

S. Geronimo ( Champion), 1 (S ; Costa IIica, Irazu ( Ror/ers), 1 cJ ,

Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela. Exj). 30-34 millim. Type t

jocosa in Coll. Schaus.

1374. Polia pictula.

Bianthmcia pictula. White, Taylor's New Zealand, pi. i. f. 3 (1855);

Hudson, New Zealand Motbs and Butterflies, p. 19 pi. 4. f. 37.

Mamestra rhadopleuru , Meyr. Trans. N. Z. Inst, xix. p. 19 (1886).

S . Head and thorax black, the scales tipped with grey ; vertex

of head, basal joint of antennae, lines near extremity of tegulae, and

upper edge of patagia and the dorsal ridge of thorax golden yellow;

pectus with some pink hair ; tibiae banded with yellow ; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen black, the hairs tipped with grey, the dorsal

crests yellow, broad subdorsal pink stripes except on terminal

segment. Fore wing black suffused with leaden grey or rarely with

H'OLIA. 175

pale brown, and irrorated with golden yellow ; subbasal line black

defined by yellow on outer side, waved, from costa to subraedian

fold, some patches of black and yellow scales between it and the

oblique waved antemedial line, which is defined by yellow on inner

side ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,

with yellow annuli defined by black ; the former irregularly

rounded, the latter irregular and sometimes with a white patch on

outer side ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line formed

by a series of black and yellow lunules, bent outwards below costa

and incurved below vein 4, some yellow points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal lino formed by a series of yellow lunules on black

spots, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of black and yellow lunules ; cilia intersected

with yellow. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia of inner margin

yellow, some grey near toriius and on apical half of cilia. Under-

side of fore wing with the base of costa pink ; hind wing pink,

with some brown on termen, becoming a large patch on apical area,

a discoidal spot and postmedial line on costal area,

5 . Hind wing with the upperside pink from inner margin to

discal fold and vein 6 except on terminal area.

Hah. New Zealand, Auckland {Bolton^ Eni/s, J. J. Walker), 8 c? ,

I 2 type. Lake Coleridge, Napier, Wellington. Exj). 40 niillim.

1375. Polia spiculosa. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 14.)

Mamestra spiculosa, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 28 (1883); Smith, Cat. Nocfc.

N. Am, p. 125.

Head and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with grey ; tarsi

ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown irrorated with grey,

the ventral surface tinged with purple. Fore wing brownish,

suffused with purple and slightly irrorated with grey, some

ochreous in submedian fold ; subbasal line double filled in with

whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double, filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and

excurved from cell to inner margin ; claviform rather large,

blackish ; orbicular and reniform small, with whitish annuli slightly

defined by blackish; the former oblique, pointed above, the latter

very narrow, slightly angled inwards on median nervure and placed

on a blackish patch which extends to postmedial line, which is

double filled in with grey, slightly bent outwards below costa,

angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved, the area beyond it paler

and redder, with some whitish points on costa ; subterminal line pale,

aiigk'd outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and angled inwards

in submedian fold, the area beyond it darker ; a pale line at base

of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and costal area slightly tinged

with brown ; the underside with the costal area suffused with

purplish and irrorated with bro«'n, a black discoidal lunule and

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Nevada, 1 $ , Arizona (Kunze), 1 J , 2 $ . Kr/).

30 millim.

176 NOCTUIDiE.

137G. Polia renigera. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 15.)

Celmna renigera, Steph.'lll. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 16. pi. xxv. f. 2 (1829) ;

Riley, 1st Eep. Ins. Mo. p. 86, f. 31 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 124.

Celmna herhimacula, Gueii. Noct. i. p. 223 (1852).

Celmna infecta, Wlk. x. 2G3 (1856).

Head aud thorax purple-brown mixed with grey ; tarsi with

white rings ; abdonieu fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore

wiug purple ; a black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold,

angled outward at median nervure, with an oblique striga beyond

it in submedian interspace and a golden-green patch extending to

antemedial line ; a black patch above inner margin before middle ;

antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by some pale scales on inner

side ; claviform moderate, filled in with black ; orbicular small,

defined by black, incompletely above and below ; reniform narrow,

oblong, with green centre partly defined by black and white annulus

defined by black, the end of cell and area beyond and below it

suffused with black ; an indistinct medial line angled outwards

below cell ; postmedial line black, define'] on outer side by pale and

green scales, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, angled

outwards at vein 5, then incurved, a green patch beyond it in

submedian interspace and some pale points on costa ; subtormiual

line formed of slight black marks with green and pale scales on

them, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area

beyond it blackish ; a series of pale points at base of cilia. Hind

wing white, the costal and terminal areas down to vein 2 tinged

with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas to

vein 2 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point.

Hah. Canada {Norman), 2 S , Kenfrew Co., 8 d" ; U.8.A.,

E. States, Massachusetts, Beverley, 6 (^ , 'New York, Trenton Falls

(Doubledap), 3 c? , 1 2 type herhimacula and infecta, Evan's Centre

(Grote), 2 (S , Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, Missouri, 1 5,

Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 2 <? , 1 $ . ^Irp. 26-32 millim.

Larva. Head small, shagreened, nearly black, the paler ground

showing only in small spots. Body robust, pale sordid brown ; dorsal

space luteous including a faint brown segmentary lozenge-shaped

marking, obscurely cut by dorsal and addorsal lines. A narrow

pale obscure subdorsal and lateral line, the lower half of lateral

space black-shaded. Substigmatal line broad, pale. Tubercles rather

large, brownish black. Cervical shield black-shaded, cut by three

pale lines. Leg-plates blackish. — H. G. D.

1377. Polia stricta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 18.)

Hadena stricta, Wlk. xxxiii. 728 (1865) ; Smith, Cut. Noct. N. Am.

p. 125.

Maniedra cinnaharina, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 241

(1874) ; Grote, Ccin. Ent. vii. p. 25 (1875).

Mameslra ferrea, Grote, Can. Eut. xiii. p. loO (1881).

Mamedra circumcincta. Smith, I'roc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 253 (1891);

id. Cat. Noct, N. Am. p. 125.

roLiA. 177

Head and thorax ferrugiaous red mixed with grey; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous, with the dorsal crests rather

darker. Fore wing bright rufous ; a waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold defined by pale colour on outer side ; ante-

medial line oblique, waved, defined by pale colour on inner side ;

claviform moderate defined by blackish, sometimes at extremity

only ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by blackish, tho former

oblique elliptical, with pale annulus, the latter narrow with pure

white annulus, its lower extremity slightly angled inwards on

median nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa

to below cell; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, angled

outwards at vein 5, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond

it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by the area beyond it

being dark brown, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle

and to tornus ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing

yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish white with

a brown line through them : the underside pale reddish irrorated

with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. cinnabarina. Dark brown instead of rufous ; fore wing

with a purplish tinge, the postmedial area pale rufous except

towards costa.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Sicamons Junction, 1 J , Coldstream

Ranch, 1 c? (Miss llicardo), Vancouver I., 1 cT , 2 $ , type ferrea,

(Haicl-ins) 1 S type, (J. J. Walker) 2 c^ ; U.S.A.., Washington,

1 c? , 2 5 5 Oregon, California, 3 c5' type cinnahar'uia. Exp. 30

millim.

*1378. Polia ferrealis.

Mmnestra ferrealis, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 29 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 128.

Bright brown, thorax rather pale, the teguloe and patagia with

black lines. Fore wing with the antemedial and postmedial costal

areas and inner medial area darker ; the subbasal line white ;

antemedial line oblicjue, waved ; claviform small ; orbicular small,

round, with dark dot in centre and defined by black ; reniform

slightly constricted at middle, with two dark spots in centre and

whitish annulus defined by black ; a blackish medial shade ; post-

medial line double, black filled in with white, bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 5 ; postmedial area suffused with

whitish except at costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner

side by a brown shade and on outer by the terminal area being

fuscous except at apex, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous; the underside with post-

medial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Montana. Exp. ? about 32 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

178 NOCXUID^.

1379. Polia lorea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 17.)

Hydrcecia lorea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 126 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 127.

Hildrcecia ligata, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 253 (1860).

Mamestra dodgei, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 90 (1875).

Head and thorax rufous with some dark brown scales ; abdomen

pale rufous irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated

with darker rufous, the medial area suffused with deep rufous

except towards costa and inner margin ; the veins streaked with

brown ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line waved, angled outwards below costa, oblique

to submedian fold, then erect ; claviform small, with very indistinct

dark outline ; orbicular and reniforra with greyish annuli defined

by dark brown, the former rather oblique, elliptical, the latter with

some fuscous in its lower part ; an indistinct waved medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, oblique and very slightly

sinuous below vein 5 ; subterminal line indistinct, pale slightly

defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing fuscous

brown with a yellowish tinge ; the cilia yellow ; the underside

yellow irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 S , Renfrew Co., 4 cT , 1 § , Calgary

(Wolhif-Bod), 1 d", 1 $; U.S.A., E., Middle, and Central States

(Doubleday), 2 c? type, Massachusetts, Beverly, 2 d" , Buffalo, 1 c? ,

New York, Evan's Centre, 1 $ , Nebraska, Kansas (Snow), 1 c? »

1 2 , Colorado. Exj}. 32-36 millim.

Larva. Beuten, Cau. Ent. xxii. p. 16.

Head black with sordid whitish markings ; body sordid creamy

brown, the thorax blackish ; dorsum with a series of lozenge-shaped

segmentary blackish patches and ill-defined oblique stripes on the

sides ; vertex whitish ; tubercles minute ; thoracic feet brown. —

H. G. D.

1380. Polia olivacea. (Plate LXXXIII. fig, 18.)

Mamestra olivacea, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 143 (1874);

Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. iii. p. 797 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 125.

Mamestra comis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 130 (1881).

Mamestra obscurior, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 465 (1887).

Mamestra rectilinea, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 465 (1887) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 125.

Celana hamara, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pi. 26. f. 27

(1889).

Mamestra luciiia, Smith, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 236 (1901).

Mamestra altua, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 236 (1901).

Mamestra mvgarena. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. j). 236 (1901).

Mamestra davena, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 237 (1901).

Mamestra ohnigra. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 238 (1901).

Mamestra fetiia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 239 (1901).

Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with grey and black ;

I

roLiA. 179

abdomen dark brown and greyish. Fore wing grey tinged with

olive-green and thickly irrorated and suffused with black especially

on medial area ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold defined by greyish on outer side ; antemedial line

double, nearly evenly excurved from below costa to inner margin

and with a dark patch before it on vein 1 ; claviform moderate,

slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reiiiform small, with olive

and black centres and grey annuli defined by black ; the former

oblique elliptical, a rufous spot between them in cell ; a dentate

medial line oblique from costa to below cell ; postmedial line bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved ; the post-

medial area paler except at costa, on which there are some pale

points ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with a rufous patch before

it in submedian interspace, the area beyond it darker except at

apex, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus ;

the veins streaked with black towards termen. Hind wing whitish

tinged with fuscous, especially on veins and terminal area ; the

underside white with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. ohscurior. Fore wing much more thickly and evenly

irrorated with black.

Ab. 2. comis. Fore wing with the reniform and postmedial area

whitish.

Ab. 3. rc'ctiUnea. Fore wing with the postmedial line more

oblique and less incurved below vein 5.

Jlab, Canada (Norman), 2 c? , Renfrew Co., 1 c? , Manitoba,

Winnipeg, 1 cS » Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 d" , 1 2 , Van-

couver I., 1 d" , 4 2 ; U.S.A., throughout the Northern, Eastern,

and Middle States to Florida, 1 c? , 1 $ , Washington, 1 c? , 2 $ ,

Oregon, Corvallis, 1 5» Colorado (Cpclcerell), 1 c?, Glenwood

Springs (Barnes), 1 d" , Hall Valley, 1 5, Durango (Oslar), 1 d' ,

3 2 5 California ( Walsingham), 1 <5 ■, 2 $ ; Mexico, Coatapec

(Brook), 1 (S type Jiamara, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 25-30

millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head small, shagreened, dotted, reticulate in

black with a black patch at the vertex of each lobe. Body robust,

with spicular granules, the seta) swollen. Pale grey-brown ; dorsal

and subdorsal lines pale, the latter edged below by a series of black

segmentary triangular patches. Dorsal diamond-shaped marks

grey, faint. Subventral markings obsolete ; spiracles black. On

joint 12 the subdorsal band is widened by a diffuse ochraceous patch.

A general feeder, hiding in the earth which adheres to the rough

skin.— H. G. D.

Larva. Var. comis. (Original.) Head small, shagreened, re-

ticulations and vertical bands black. Body as in olivacea, but with

a more pinkish tint ; the dorsal diamond-shaped markings much

darker, distinct, cut by the pale dorsal line. Substiginatal band

broad, pale, reddish filled, fairly well contrasted, its upper edge

curved upward in the segmental incisures. The seta) are swollen

and the skin rough as in olivacea. Spiracles black. A general

feeder, hiding in the earth. — H. G. 1).

n2

180 >'ocjuiDj!:,

*13S1. Polia vau-media.

Mamestra vau-media, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 466 (1887) ; id. Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 126.

(S . Head and thorax grey largely mixed with fuscous ; abdomen

fuscous grey. Fore wing dark fuscous grey, the postmedial area

paler, tinged Avith reddish ; subbasal line indistinct ; antemedial

line double, remote from base, even, obliquely curved ; claviform

represented by a blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform small,

almost obsolete; postmedial line indistinctly double, slightly curved,

incurved below vein 5 and almost touching antemedial line at inner

margin ; subterminal line pale, irregular, indistinct ; a pale spot

near tornus. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; the underside grey

with darker irroration.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado. Exp. 23 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

1382. Polia subpicta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 19.)

Mamestra suhpict a, Scbaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. tI. p. Ill (1898); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 567.

S . Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some pale

brown ; tarsi with pale rufous rings, the terminal part of hind

tibiae and the tarsi rufous ; abdomen black irrorated with grey, the

crests rufous at tips, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore

wing leaden black slightly irrorated with grey, the ante- and post-

medial areas mostly pale brown irrorated with black ; an indistinct

waved whitish subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; a double, waved

antemedial line filled in with pale brownish, angled inwards in cell

and with the minute claviform on its outer edge ; orbicular and

reniform small, brownish defined by black, the former round ; an

indistinct oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, with short black streaks beyond it on the veins crossing

the pale brown area and some pale points on costa ; subterminal

line represented by an ill-deiined series of black and pale brownish

dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a series of small black spots before termen ; cilia slightly

chequered with pale brown. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia

yellow at ti})s except at apex. The underside whitish, suffused and

irrorated in parts with pink and fuscous : fore wing with black

striga from middle of costa, blackish reniform and sinuous post-

medial line, the apical half of terminal area black ; hind wing with

black medial band from costa to mediai] nervure angled inwards in

cell, a deep black discoidal spot and indistinct minutely waved

postmedial line.

IJab. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 J , type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp.

24 millim.

POLI.V.

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1383. Polia poliastis. (Plalc LXXXIII. fig. 20.)

Mamestra poUastis, Hiiipsn. Ann. S. Al'r. Mus. ii. p. 268 (1902).

Head and thorax white with a slight greenish tinge and with a

few black scales ; palpi black, pale at tips ; tegulaj sometimes with

black line near tips ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen

whitish, dorsally tinged with fuscous and with pale segmental lines.

Fore wing white tinged with olive-green and more or less thickly

striated with black ; subbasal line black, waved from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line black, obliquely waved ; medial area

often tinged with black towards inner margin ; claviform and

orbicular absent ; reniforra represented l)y a black luuule : post-

medial line more or less interrupted, dentate and produced to short

streaks on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and strongly

incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line sometimes represented by

ill-defined black marks at veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black

spots; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white, the

terminal area tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2, in female

wholly tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused

with fuscous ; the underside usually with slight discoidal lunule

and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos {Crawshay), 1 S type, Eb Urru

(Betton), 2 $ , Nairobi (Betton), 1 $ , Kui (Betion), 1 $ . Exji. 28-

3o millim.

Subsp. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with pale brown

instead of green.

Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $ ; Cape Colony,

Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ .

1384. Polia laud abilis. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 21.)

Hecatera laudabilis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 30, pi. 8. f. 4 (1852) ; Drnce, Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 291 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 12(;.

Hapalia indicans, Wlk. x. 359 (1856).

Hecatera strigicollis, Wllgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 170 (18riU).

MaTnestra iUaudabiUs, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 27 (1875).

Head and thorax white mixed with pale green ; palpi and frons

blackish at sides ; teguUc with slight medial blackish line ; patagia

blackish on outer side ; tarsi with black bands ; abdomen fuscous,

whitish at base, the underside white irroratcd with black. Fore

wing pale green ; a double, waved, black subbasal line filled in with

white and interrupted in cell, its lower extremity connected with

base by a black streak ; antemedial line black defined by white on

inner side, oblique, waved ; medial area tinged with black from

subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; the claviform green defined

by black ; the orbicular and reniform with green centres and white

annuli defined by black, the former small, round, open above;

an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell ;

a bright red spot between the stigmata and some red beyond

olavit'orni : postmedial line black defined by white on outer side,

1S2 xoctuid.t:.

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, the costa beyond it with black and white points ; sub-

terminal line whitish, defined oji inner side by an oblique black

shade from costa, then by some more or less obsolescent dentate

marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and

white. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costal area and terraea

tinged with fuscous ; cilia with a fuscous line through them ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous.

Ab. ] . Fore wing with the whole medial area suffused with

black and without the red marks ; orbicular entire.

Ab. 2. illaudabilis. The green tinge almost entirely replaced by

white.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the ground-colour white irrorated and

suffused with pale rufous.

Hah. U.S.A., New Jersey, Alabama, 1 S , Florida, 5^,1$ type

mdkans, Texas, Dallas {Boll), 1 $ , Colorado, Manitou, 2 J ,

(Bruce) 1 c? , 1 $ , California, 3 d" , 2 $ type illavdahilis ; Mexico,

Jalapa (Hoer/e, Trujillo), 3 d , 3 $ , Cordova {R'umcU), 1 c^ ;

Guatemala {Champion), Id, 2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Eaj^.

26-38 millim.

Larva. Head small, shagreened, dark reticulate, the vertical

bands broad and black. Body sordid and brown, skin pointed

granular ; dorsal dark diamond-shaped markings ; dorsal and sub-

dorsal lines narrow, pale, the latter edged below by triangular

black segmentary marks ; an indistinct pale waved stigmatal line ;

substigmatal line broad, pale, ill-defined above. Thoracic feet black-

ringed. Spiracles black. — H. G. D.

*1385. Polia marmica. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 22.)

Hecatera marmica, Sehaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. See. vi. p. 112 (1898) ; Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 567.

5 . Head and thorax white mixed with black, the head and

tegulae tinged with ochreous; tarsi ringed black and white; abdo-

men dorsally grey-brown, ventrally white irrorated with brown.

Fore wing white, almost wholly suffused with fuscous and irrorated

with black, leaving a white patch beyond the subbasal line, which is

angled at median nervure and recurved to base above vein 1 and

with traces of a similar line beyond it ; antemedial line oblique,

waved, angled inwards on vein 1 : claviform with its extremity

slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous

centres and greyish annuli defined by black, the former small,

oblique ; 'postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a white patch beyond it from

vein 2 to inner margin extending to tornus ; subterminal line

represented by some small dark dentate marks at middle defined

by white on outer side, connected with an apical white patch

leaving the medial part of termen fuscous; a terminal series of

small l»hick lunulct- ; cilia clic(iuercd black and wliitc. Hind wing

POLIA. 183

semihyaline white, the veins, costal area, and termen down to vein

2 brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,

a discoidal point and some postmedial points on costal half.

Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, type f $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 32

millim.

1386. Polia quadrilineata. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 23.)

Mamestra quadrilineata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 140, pi. 4.

f. 15 (1873); Smith, Cat. NocL. N. Am. p. 126.

Head and thorax white more or less strongly mixed with dark

brown and black ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ;

teguhe with medial black line ; patagia edged with black ; abdomen

whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing bluish white irrorated

with pale brown, the medial area and the basal area also in female

suffused with black ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal

line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double, the inner not prominent except at costa and inner margin,

oblique, minutely waved and slightly angled inwards below costa

and at vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and

reniform small, with brownish centres and white annuli defined by

black, the former round, the cell before and between them often

suffused with rufous ; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from

costa to below cell ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points

on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4,

defined by white on outer side and with a more prominent patch

in submedian interspace, the area beyond it blackish with some

white points ; the veins of terminal area blackish, with a more

prominent fascia on vein 2 ; subterminal line indistinct, dentate,

slightly defined by rufous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the termen tinged with brown especially

at apex ; a dark streak on extremity of vein 2 ; the underside with

brown irroration on costal area and dark discoidal point.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the ground-colour grey-

green.

Hah. U.S.A., California, 4 d" , 2 $ type, (Walsuigham) 1 $.

Krp. 30 millim.

Larva. Head sordid brown, heavily dark-banded and reticulate.

Body sordid brown, skin pointed granular ; markings much as in

landahilis^ sordid, obscured, the granules marked. Spiracles black.

Thoracic feet brown. Setae stiff, pale, distinct. — H. G. D.

*13S7. Polia vittula. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 13.)

M(nnesfra vittula, Grote, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1882) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117.

^ . Head and tliorax grey mi.\ed with fuscous ; tegulse black at

tips ; abdomen pale grey. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated

184 KOCTTTID^.

with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line

represented by double black strite filled in with pale colour from

costa and median nervure ; antemedial line double, filled in with

pale colour, nearly erect, obsolescent on costal half; medial area

darker ; claviform short, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

small, with greyish annuli defined by black, the former round, the

latter narrow ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line

indistinctly double, filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below

costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; postmedial area paler

except at costa, on which are some white points ; subterminal line

pale, defined by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards

at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at

middle, defined by black towards inner margin and with a black

streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; a terminal series

of black striae. Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly

tinged with brown.

Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, Las Vigas, Hot Springs. Exp. '24

millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing

from type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci.

*1388. Polia incurva. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 14.)

Mamestra incurva, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 466 (1887) ; id. Cat.

Noct. N, Am. p. 126.

Head and thorax dark grey ; tegulse with black line ; abdomen

brownish grey. Fore wing dark grey, irrorated with fuscous and

slightly tinged with olive, the medial area rather darker ; subbasal

line double, ending in a slight black streak ; antemedial line double,

slightly excurved in interspaces; claviform small, defined by black:

orbicular and reniform small, with obscure pale annuli defined by

black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter narrow ; post-

medial line double, filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, strongly below vein 4 and

becoming confluent with lower edge of reniform ; subterminal

line pale, slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and

slightly excurved at middle, in submedian fold interrupting a short

black streak extending to termen. Hind wing white ; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Las Vigas, Arizona.

Ea-^y. 25 millim. This species is unknown to me ; figured from a

drawing from type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci.

*1389. Polia intentata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 15.)

Mamestra intcnfata, Smith, Ent. News, is. p. 245 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 1.56.

Head and thorax pale to dark fuscous grey irrorated with black ;

tegulse with indistinct medial line and daik tips; patagia with

dark edges ; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing pale

to dark fuscous grev irrorated with black : the medial area with a

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yellowish tinge, most prominent below cell ; siibbasal line double

filled in with white or yellowish, ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line

double filled in with white or yellowish, interrupted, waved, some-

what oblique ; claviform large, defined by blackish ; orbicular and

reuiform with fuscous centres and whitish aunuli defined by black,

the former small, round, the latter moderate and somewhat con-

stricted at middle; postmedial line double filled in with yellowish

or reddish, minutely waved and produced to white points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;

subtermiual line whitish, defined on each side by fuscous, irregular ;

a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale intersected with fuscous.

Hind wing white, the veins and fine terminal line fuscous, in female

almost wholly tinged with fuscous, darker on terminal area ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, the female

with postm-.'dial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Estes Park. Exj^. 29-33 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type iu

U.S. Nat. Mus.

*1390. Polia ciniva. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 24.)

Mamestra ciniva, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) ; Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Het. ii. p. 567.

5 . Head and thorax mixed black, brown, and white ; teguhe

with strong black line near tips ; tarsi banded black and white ;

abdomen brown irrorated with grey, dorsally white irrorated with

brown. Pore wing bluish white, thickly irrorated with black and

suflused in parts with grey ; antemedial line double at costa, then

single, oblique to submedian fold and angled inwards on vein 1 ;

claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined

by black, the former small, round ; postmedial line rather indistinct,

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line ill-defined, irregular, with a blackish

patch beyond it above tornus wdth two white points on it; cilia

white with fuscous lines through them. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the veins and marginal areas tinged with fuscous ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

a small discoidal spot.

Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, typef $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 24 millim.

1391. Polia hodeva.

Hccatera hodeva, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiu., Ilet. i. i). L"J1, pi. 27. f. 21

(1889).

2 . Head and thorax clothed with pale brown, white, and black

scales; tarsi banded with black; abdomen i)ale brown, the ventral

surface white irrorated with black. Fore wing white, tinged in

parts with pale brown and thickly irrorated with black, the medial

area suffused with black except on inner area; a black fascia below

186

NOCTTriDJi;.

base of cell ; a waved subbasal lino from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double filled in with white, oblique, waved : clavi-

form with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

with fuscous-brown centres and whitish aunuli detined by black, the

former small, round ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer

side, dentate, indistinctly double towards inner margin, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line very ill-defined, whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, with blackish patches beyond it at discal and submedian

folds ; a fine waved terminal line ; cilia chequered black and white.

Hind wing semiliyaliue white, the apical area and termen to vein 2

tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area slightly

irrorated with brown.

Ilab. Guatemala, S. (leronimo {Champion)^ 1 § type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. Exy. 28 millim.

1392. Polia alboguttata. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 25.)

Mamestra alboguttata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 85 (1877) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 126.

$ . Head and thorax black mixed with white, the head mostly

Avhite, the patagia and metathorax with white patches; abdomen

fuscous brown, with whitish segmental rings ; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white irrorated with brown.

Pore wing black, suffused with silvery blue on veins of inner half

and on antemedial and postmedial areas ; subbasal line black, defined

by white on outer side, angled outwards at median nervure and

ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by white on

outer side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform

obscurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former small, round, the latter with brownish centre and white

annulus ; postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish and

some rufous at submedian fold, dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some dentate

black marks at middle, angled outwards at v<;in 7, excurved at

middle and to tornus ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia

chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, the veins, costal

and terminal areas tinged with fuscous ; the underside irrorated

and the terminal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot.

Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, 1 $ type, California, New Mexico. Exp.

32 millim.

1393. Polia erecta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 26.)

Celmna erecta, Wlk. x. 264 (1856) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 127.

Perif/m const ipata, Wlk. xi. 734 (1857).

Ferigmphn inne.ra, Grote, Bull. Buff. See. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 123 (1874).

Anthophita erecta. Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 499 (nee Wlk.).

Head and thorax reddish brown, the scales tipped with white ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irrorated

VOUA. 187

wilh purplish grey ; sul)liasiil line grej', from costa to sultmediau

fold ; aiitemediiil lino rletined by grey on inner side, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then excurved ; claviform obt^olete ;

orbicular and reniform defined by grey, the former elliptical, the

latter constricted at middle ; an oblique dark line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer

side, bent; outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white with some grey

suffusion on inner side, excurved below costa and at middle ; a fine

dark terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and

marginal areas tinged with reddish brown ; cilia white with a brown

line through them ; the underside with the costal area irrorated

Avith red-brown.

Ilab. U.S.A., E. Florida (Doubleday), 1 J type, Texas, ] J ,

1 $ , types coiistipata and inneoca; Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 2 $ ;

Guatemala {Rodriguez), 1 J Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim.

1394. Poliadatis.

Celana datis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (B) xiii. p. 359 (1894) ; id. Biol. Ceuti-.-

Ain., Het. ii. p. 478, pi. 93. f. 13.

Hctfh'na /PTjecre, Scbaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 1228 (1894); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 487.

Mamestra seminaria, Schaiis, Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc, xxi. p. 227 (1894) ;

Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. ii. p. 476.

Haihna vii/as, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 229 (1894) ; Druce,

Biol. Ceiitr.-Aui., Het. ii. p. 488.

Ccfceiia quadrUincafa, Drnce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479 (nee Grote).

S . Head and thorax orange-red mixed with black : tegulae with

medial black line ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous.

Fore wing orange-red irrorated with black, the veins streaked with

blackish ; subbasal line double, black, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold where it emits a streak to base and a slight sjHir on

outer side ; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, obli(]uc

from costa to submedian fold and slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ;

claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small,

indistinctly defined by black and with brownish centres, the former

round; an obscure medial shade angled outwards on median nervure;

postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa and oljlique

below vein 4, defined by whitish on outer side towards inner

margin ; siibterminal line only defined by a blackish patch beyond

it on costa; a black streak in terminal part of submedian fold ; cilia

fuscous, with a whitish line through them. Hind wing white, the

costa andtermen tinged with fuscous ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial series of

short streaks on the veins.

5 . Thorax grey and brown; fore wing grey suffused with fuscous

brown, some orange-red at base and in discal and submedian folds.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trvjillo), 4 c? , 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin

Coll., typest frprca and I'emhwna in Coll. Schaus, Las Yigas, type -f S

vvjas in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 'lb millim.

188

NOCTUID^f;.

l;395. Polia rugosa. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. -27.)

Mamestra ritgosa, Morr. Prop. Bost. Soe, Nat. Hist, xviii. n. 110 (1875) ;

Smith, Ciit. Noct. N. Am. p. 128.

$ . Head and thorax whitish with a few black-hrowu hairs and

scales ; abdomen clothed with dark brown and whitish scales. Fore

wing whitish, slightly suffused and irrorated with dark brown ;

the area below base of cell irrorated with some large black scales ;

subbasal and antemedial lines obsolete ; claviform moderate,

incompletclj' defined by black ; orbicular and reniform white with

brownish centres, defined by the cell before and between them being

black, the former obli(|ue oblong, open above and below, the latter

oblong, its lower extremity angled inwards on median nervure and

confluent with former ; postmedial line indistinct, pale, minutely

waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, the

area before it below the cell suffused with black ; subterminal line

pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on

inner side by dentate black spots except towards costa, the area

beyond it suffused with dark brown : a terminal series of small

black Innules. Hind wing pale suffused with red-brown, the

terminal area tinged with fuscous ; the underside paler, a dark

diseoidal lunule and diffused subterminal band.

Hah. U.S.A., Maine, 1 $ . Ex^). 'SI millim,

1396. Polia marinitincta. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 'IS.)

Mamestra viarbiitinda, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. '278 (1875) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 126.

Head and thorax white mixed with some blackish scales, the

latter tinged with blue-green ; palpi and frons black at sides ;

tegula) with medial black line, patagia edged with black ; tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing whitish or pale

brownish grey more or less tinged with green and the medial area

with black ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell : subbasal

line black defined by whitish on outer side, angled outwards on

median nervure, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled

in with whitish, the outer line strong, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, angled slightly outwards below costa and strongly on

vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

small, whitish defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical ;

an indistict waved medial line obliijue from costa to below cell ;

postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, a blackish streak beyond it on vein 2 and

some white points on costa ; subterminal line represented by a

series of more or less developed dentate black and white marks,

defined on inner side by an oblique black shade from costa, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and white.

Hind wing fuscous black ; cilia white with a dark line through

POLIA, V 189

thera ; the underside whitish irroratod with blaclf, a small discoidal

luuule and indistinct sinuous ])ostmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 3 d" , 2 $ , type. Exp. 30 millim.

1397. Polia mediana. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 29.)

Bry&phila mediana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1S81, p. 332; Hmpsii. Moths Ind. ii.

p. -im.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown, the patagia

sometimes with a few black scales ; abdomen grey suffused with

brown. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with dark brown;

subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line oblique, waved, angled outwards in cell and above inner

margin; medial area dull reddish brown ; claviform absent ; orbicular

and reniform small, conjoined below, usually with brownish centres,

the former oblique elliptical ; postmodial line dentate, represented

by black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved

at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line only

defined by the area beyond it being clouded with brown, angled

outwards at veins 7 and 4 and inwards at discal and submedian

folds ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

the underside grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and

curved postmedial line with black points at the veins.

Hah. Punjab, Knlu, Sultanpur (G'. Young, Pllcher), 2 (S ., 6 5)

Simla {Reed), 2 $ type, Subathu {Harford), 1 $ . Exp. 30-

34 millim.

1398. Polia fasciata. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 30.)

Hecatera fccsciata. Leech, Trans. Ent. See. 1889, p. 134, pi. ix. f. 8.

5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with dull brown ; abdomen

grey suffused with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with

dark brown : the subbasal line represented by a patch on costa

and spot below cell ; the ante- and postmedial lines only defined by

the medial areas being fuscous brown, the former oblique, waved,

angled outwards in cell and above inner margin, the latter some-

what dentate, angled outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold

and strongly below vein 4 ; stigmata absent ; subterminal line only

defined by the area beyond it being dark brown, angled outwards

at veins 7 and 4 and inwards in discal and submedian folds. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; the underside grey irrorated with brown ; a

small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Centr. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 $ type. Ex2^.

34 millim.

*1399. Polia roseosuffusa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 12.)

Mrniirsfra roxcomffusa, Sinitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4()() (19U0);

Dvar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. ir)G.

J. Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey and tinged with

190 NOCTUIDyE.

rosy pink ; aLdoraen yellowish fuscous. Fore wing whitish suffused

with rosy pink and tinged with fuscous to the medial shade, on

postmedial area at costa, middle and inner margin, and on terminal

area except at apex ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,

waved ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique,

waved ; claviform hardly traceable ; orbicular small, very indistinct,

with whitish annulus ; renitbrm represented by a little dark shading;

a fuscous medial shade ; postmedial line fine, single, crenulate,

slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;

subterminal line whitish, defined by tbe dark patches before it and

terminal area, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of dark points ; cilia chequered pale and

fuscous. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown : the underside

pale yellowish.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona. Exp. 28 millim. This species is unknown

to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

1400. Polia renisigna. (Plate LXXXIII. fig. 31.)

Celmna renisigna, Wlk. x. 267 (1856).

Dianthoecia prcBtermissa, Wlk. xi. 506 (1857).

Hadena depulsa, Wlk. xi. 590 (1857).

Hadema inculta, Wlk. Trans. Eot. Soc. (3) i. p. 88 (1862).

Hadena ficita, Wlk. xxxiii. 734 (1865).

Hadena contracfa, Wlk. xxxiii. 735 (1865).

Hadena servilis, Wlk. xxxiii. 736 (1865).

Head and thorax purplish red-brown more or less strongly mixed

with grey and black ; tegulse with medial black line ; tarsi with

ochreous rings ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore

wing purplish red-brown to purplish fuscous mixed with grey; sub-

basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line defined by pale colour on inner side, angled outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 1 , then bent inwards ; claviform moderate or

small, defined or filled in with black ; orbicular and reniforui defined

by black, small, the former round, oblique elliptical, or oblique

V-shaped, sometimes filled in with white, the latter narrow with

brown centre and pale annulus, becoming white below, angled

inwards on median nervure ; traces of a medial line oblique to

median nervure ; a blackish patch between reniform and postmedial

line, which is bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,

somewhat dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, ending

in pale points, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal

line formed by a series of small whitish and black marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it

rather darker ; a fine terminal black line : a series of pale points

at base of cilia. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown, or the basal

half more or less whitish ; cilia white at tips ; the underside

whitish or reddish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

POLIA. 191

Hah. Br. E, Africa, Nairobi (Betton), 2 $ , Kikuyu {Crcavshay,

Betion), 3 d* , 3 $ , Neugia (Crawshai/), 1 $ , Ndimu {Bet ton), 3 j ,

Morendat (Betton) 1 d' , Nairowa (ZJciion), 1 $ , Kilima-njaro (7/«w-

nimjton), 1 $ ; Delagoa Bat (Junod), 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Transvaal, Piet

Retief (Crciwshay), 3 J; Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 6^,15,

Howick, 1 $, Durban {Leigh), 'S 2; Basutoland, Maseru {Craw-

shaij), 3 (5 ; Cape Colony, Kenilworth, 1 (S {Dr. Smith), 6 2 > type

and types prcelennissa and depulsa, Knysna {Trimen), 1 (5,2 $ ,

type contractn, Aunsbaw {31iss F. Barrett), 1 c? , Cape Town

{Trimen, Lightfoot), 1 J, 1 5, type ^ciia. -S/a'^^. 26-36 millim.

Types t inculta and servilis in Mus. Oxon.

*1401. Polia goniophora. (Plate LXXXIIT. fig. 32.)

Alamestra ffoniaphura, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 231 (1903).

(S . Head and thorax olive-green, some of the scales tipped with

white ; palpi blackish at sides ; legs mixed with black and white •

abdomen whitish, pale brown, and black. Fore wing olive-green

the disk suffused with brown ; a white subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold, dentate outwards in cell ; antemedial line repre-

sented by white spots on costa and inner margin, then by an obscure

dark line with an oblique striga below costa and point on median

nervure ; orbicular a small round white spot, reniform an oblique

white bar, angled inwards in lower end of cell; postmedial line

obscure, dark, dentate, with white spots at costa and inner margin

some white points on the portion bent outwards below costa and

white points at extremity of teeth on veins 4, 3, 2 ; subterrainal

line indistinct, dark, irregular, with white spots on it towards apex,

a white spot at inner margin and three white spots beyond it on

middle of termen. Hind wing fuscous brown, with some obscure

white spots on termen ; the cilia ochreous ; underside whitish

irrorated with large black scales, a black discoidal lunule on a

rather indistinct medial line, a sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t <S in Coll. Schaus. Kvp

28 millim.

*1402. Polia rudis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 1.)

Pasfona rudis, Wlk. xv. 1754{18.n8).

Maguza aUmjidtulis, Wlk. xxxiv. J 224 (1865).

c? . Head and thorax olive-brown, the hairs pale at base, the

scales tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark brown irrorated

with black and slightly with wliite ; a white spot at base ; a waved

white sul)basal line from costa to submedian fold ; an interrupted

waved white antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform white, the former

small, round, the latter elliptical ; postmedial line represented by a

series of wbitc points, bent outwards below costa and obli(iue l)elow

vein 4, with larger spots displaced inwards at discal and submedian

folds, Hoine white points beyond it on costa; subterniiiuil line

192 NOCTUIDiE.

represented by a series of small white spots, angled outwards at

vein 7, inwards at discal and submedian folds, and excurved at

middle. Hind wing dark brown, with a series of rather ill-defined

white spots just before termen ; the underside brownish white

irrorated with some large black scales on basal half, a discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line.

llah. Bkazil, Theresopolis. Exp. 30 millim.

1403. Polia esopis.

Celana eso]ns,T>ruce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. i. p. 275, pi. xxvii. f. 1 (1889).

c? . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark brown ; tarsi

with yellow rings ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing reddish brown

suffused in parts with black ; a waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold defined by ochreous on outer side ; antemedial line

double, irregularly waved, filled in with ochreous ; claviform repre-

sented by a slight black mark ; orbicular a small black annulus ;

reniform ochreous, incompletely defined by black ; an indistinct

waved medial line with the area between it and postmedial line

dark brown ; i)ostmedial line defined by ochreous white on outer

side, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 5 and

retracted to inner margin, the veins beyond it slightly streaked

with white and some pale points on costa ; the subterminal line

somewhat dentate, whitish towards costa, defined on inner side by a

dark patch at costa and by a slight dark shade from middle to inner

margin, the area beyond it dark brown with patches of white

suffusion at apex and between veins 4 and 2 ; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous. Hind wing

dark brown ; the cilia ochreous with a dark line at base ; the

underside paler brown, the costal area irrorated with large whitish

scales extending to vein 5 beyond the cell, a dark discoidal spot

and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Guatemala, Totonicapam [Champion), 1 c? type, Godman-

Sahdn Coll. Eap. 28 millim.

1404. Polia bohemanni.

Anarta hohcmanni, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1861, p. 370; Mill. Te. i. pi. 39.

f. 6 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218.

J . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown slightly mixed with

grey. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey ; subbasal line

represented by dark marks below costa and cell, defined by grey

on outer side ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, curved

and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform indistinctly defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform small, with greyish annuli defined

by black, the former round ; a dark medial shade ; postmedial line

somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; subterminal line very indistinct, grey, dentate; cilia

chequered brown and yellowish. Hind wing orange-yellow ; a

POLIA. 193

brown discoidal point and rathe^ broad terminal band ; cilia

chequered brown and yellow ; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas suffused with brown, a discoidal lunule.

Hah. Scandinavia, Lapland, 1 ^S '■> Arctic llussiA; N.E.Siberia.

Exp. 32 niillim.

1405. Polia secedens. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 2.)

Phisia secedens, Wlk. xii. 913 (1857) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294.

S . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white scales and

hairs ; abdomen dark brown with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore

wing dark brown slightly irrorated with white; an indistinct waved

black subbasal line from eosta to submedian fold ; an oblique

slightly waved antemedial line ; claviform with its extremity

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform rather small, the former

round, the latter open above and below ; postmedial line somewhat

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate black

marks defined by white scales on inner side ; cilia intersected

with white. Hind wing bright yellow, the costal and terminal

areas dark brown with diffused edges ; cilia yellow at tips ; the

underside with brown discoidal lunule conjoined to the costal

area.

Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls (Dr. Barnston)^

1 (5 type. Exp. 32 millim.

b. {Hm-modia.) Abdomen of female with the extremity

produced and conical, the ovipositor exserted.

a\ Fore wing with the subterminal line strongly dentate

on veins 4, 3 and forming a distinct ^-mark.

a}. Fore wing with the reniform strongly angled inwards

on median nervure and connected with the orbi-

cular or nearly so cucubali.

b"^. Fore wing with the reniform well separated from tlie

orbicular.

a^. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique elliptical ... bicruris.

b^. Fore wing with the orbicular rounded.

a'. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique,

double carpu'phaga.

6'. Fore wing with the antemedial line erect, single, lijpru.

b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line not forming a

^-niark on veins 4, 3.

a^. Fore wing without white patch on medial area.

a^. Fore wing with the groimd-colour olive-brown ... maynolii.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey and dark

brown,

a'*. Fore wing with orange fulvous on ante- and

postmedial areas Jiligramma.

i'. Fore wing without orange fulvous on ante- and

postmedial areas.

fl°. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

below vein 4 tephrolenca.

¥. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

below vein 4 pvmihi.

VOL. V. 0

194 X0CTUIDJ5.

b^. Fore wing with white patch on medial area.

a^. Fore wing witli the wfiite patch not extending

below submedian fold.

a*. Fore wing olive-brown not suffused with

fuscous albimacula.

h*. Fore wing olive-brown suffused with fuscous . . . conspersa.

h^. Fore wing with the white patch extending to inner

margin.

a*. Fore wing with the claviform large, forming

part of the dark area compta.

6*. Fore wing with the claviform absent guenei.

1406. Polia cucubali.

Koctua cucubali, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776); Esp. Schraett. iv.

pi. 173. f. 6; Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 56; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.

p. 331, pi. 93. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 187 ; Curt. Brit.

Ent. p. 308; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163.

Noctua rivularis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 234 (1781).

Nochia rivosa, Strom. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skr. p. 77 (1783).

Noctua behensis, Frr. Beitr. v. p. 142, ^\. 467. f. 4 (1831).

Dianthxeia mandarina, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 51.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purple, grey, and dark

scales; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing

red-brown, irrorated with fuscous and suffused with violaceous

especially near the lines ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to

mm ^s=^ ^^

Fig. 26. — Volia cucubali, ? . } .

submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform large,

suffused with and defined by black : orbicular and reniform with

brown centres and yellow annuli defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, usually conjoined to the latter, which is more or

less angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct waved medial

line ; postmedial line double, the inner crenulate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellow, defined on

inner side by diffused blackish, somewhat dentate marks and some

difli'used black on outer, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at

veins 4, 3, and excurved to tornus ; a terminal series of small blaclc

lunules. Hind wing pale, suffused with reddish brown especially

on terminal area and in female; the underside pale irrorated with

red-brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines.

Ab. 1. mandarina. Darker, browner, and without the violaceous

iinge; the annuli of stigmata and subterminal line whiter. — Japan,

China.

POLIA. 195

Hah. Beitain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller,

Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia

Minor, Pontus ; Kurdistan ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; Amur-

land, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate {Andrexvs), 7 c?, 1 $» Yokohama

{Manley, Jonas), 1 c?, 1 $ , Tokio (Maries), 1 d" , Oivvake (Pryer),

1 S , Tsuniga (Leech), 1 $ ; China, Chusan (J. J. Walker), 1 c? ,

Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 c? , Psu-tu-fang, 1 c? type. Exj). 32-

36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 79; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 238, pi. 163. f. 1.

Greenish grey tinged with orange and with numerous white dots ;

dorsal line brown ; a subdorsal series of oblique brown marks ;

head with dark markings. Food-plants : leaves and seed-capsules

of Silene and Lychnis. 7-8.

1407. Polia bicruris.

Phalfsna bicruris, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. 3, p. 302 (1766).

Noctua capsincola, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776); Esp. Schrnett. iv.

pi. 173. f. 5; Hlibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 57; Diip. Lep. Fr vi.

p. 334, pi. 93. f. 6; Stepb. 111. Brit. Eut., Haust. ii. p. 188 ; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 163.

Noctua impressa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 152. f. 3 (1788).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and some

blackish scales ; tegulne with dark medial line ; tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown

irrorated with black and some white scales ; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; some dark scales above inner

margin near base ; antemedial line double, waved, angled outwards

above inner margin ; claviform large, suffused with black and

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former rather irregularly oblique

elliptical ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double,

crenulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line white, with some diffused fuscous, somewhat dentate

marks on its inner side, strongest in submedian fold, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 : a terminal series of

small black lunules defined by whitish ; cilia intersected with

white. Hind wing whitish snffused with brown, deepest on

terminal area; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them;

the underside wliitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal s])ot and

curved postmedial and subterrainal lines.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Germany, Zeller and Leech

Colls. ; Austria ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy ; Scan-

dinavia ; KussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Crimea; Armenia; W.

Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 30-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 79 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 242, pi. 163. f. 2.

Light brownish ochreous irrorated with brown ; dorsal line pale,

indistinct, traversing a series of dark V-shaped marks ; head with

dark markings. Food-plants : seed-capsules of Silene and Lychnis,

7-9.

o2

19G NOCTUIDiE.

1408. Polia carpophaga.

^octua carpophaga, Borkli. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 4'22 (1792) ; Dup. Lep.

Fr. vi. p. yU5, pi. 92. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 103.

Noctua ochracea, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 199 (18U9j.

Noctua perplexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 89 (1827).

Dia7ii kacia capsophila, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 125 (1840); Dup. Lep. Fr.,

Suppl. iv. p. 100, pi. 68. f. 8 (1842).

Dianthaecia nisus, Herr.-SchaiF. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 249, pi. 90. f. 461

(1845), nee Germ.

Opigena repanda, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 330, Noct. f. Gl

(1845).

Dianthoecia capsophoha, Embr. Oat. Lep. S. And. pi. 9. f. 2 (1858).

Bianthoecia pallida, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 30 (1892).

Head and thorax dull red-brown mixed with some grey and

black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore

wing dull reddish brown slightly irrorated with black, the lines

usually filled in with greyish ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedian fold ; a curved black mark above inner margin near

base ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform moderate,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and

white annuli defined by black, the former round ; a waved medial

line ; postmedial line double, the inner lunulate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side

by some dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate

at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of small black

lunulas defined by whitish ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind

wing pale suffused with reddish brown, especially on terminal area ;

cilia pale, with a rufous line through them ; the underside whitish

irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal lunula, sinuous post-

medial line, and diffused subterminal liiie.

Ab. 1. ochracea. Ground-colour ochreous to pale reddish bi'own.

Ab. 2. capsophila. Ground-colour dark brown, the thorax and

fore wing more variegated with grey.

Hab. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., I. of Man (Grer/son),

England (Doubledaij), Ireland, Leech Coll. ; Eeance, Sand Coll. ;

Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Corsica ;

Spain ; Italy, Capri ( C S. Browne) ; Dalmatia, Frey and Leech

Colls. ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Crimea ; Armenia ; Asia

Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Mardin ; Syria ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana,

Askabad; E. Turkestan, Hi ; W. Siberia, Altai. £'a^:». 26-34 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 79; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 23.3, pi. 102.

Pale greyish ochreous or brownish ochreous ; dorsal, subdorsal,

and spiracular lines p.ile ; head light brown with darker markings.

Food-plants : seed-capsulos of Silene infiata and S. maritima. 7-8.

*1409. Polia lypra. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 3.)

Lianthmcia lypra, Piing. Iris, xvi. p. 287, pi. vi. f. 3 (1904).

$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with olive-brown

POLIA. 1 97

and mixed with fuscous ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing

brownish grey, almost entirely suti'uscd with pale olive-browu ;

subbasal line black, waved from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line minutely waved, erect, stronger in submedian fold ;

claviform represented by a V-shaped black mark at its extremity ;

orbicular and reniform moderate, whitish, incompletely defined by

black, the former round ; postmedial line dentate, strongly bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, thickened in

submedian fold, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal

line pale, defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks below

costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3

and forming a rather obscure ^-mark ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia ochreous grey mixed with fuscous. Hind wing-

pale with an ochreous tinge and almost uniformly suffused with

fuscous ; cilia ochreous, with an obscure fuscous line near base ;

underside grey-white slightly irrorated with fuscous, a small

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line, the area beyond it

suffused with fuscous.

Hah. W. Turkestan, Askabad, type f in Coll, Piiugeler. Exp.

32 millim.

1410, Polia magnolii.

Bianthcecia inax/noUi, Boisd. lud. Meth. p. 125 (1829) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.,

Suppl. iii. p. 241, pi. 22. f. 4 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 71 ;

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.

Mi&elia nimvuo&a, Ev. Faun. Volg. Ur. p. 232 (1844) ; Frr. Beitr. iv.

pi. 351. f. 6.

Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with white and black ; tarsi

ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing olive-brown

with a reddish tinge, sparsel}' irrorated with white, chietiy on the

veins, and slightly suffused with black ; a whitish patch at base of

costa traversed by the double, waved, black subbasal line from costa

t'l submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with

white ; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

Avith brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former

round, the latter rather irregular and with its outer edge indented ;

a medial shade, oblique to median nervure, then somewhat dentate ;

postmedial line defined by white on outer side, strongly dentate,

bent outwards below costa and stroiigly incurved below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white,

defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ;

a terminal series of small black lunules defined by white ; cilia

intersected with white. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated

with brown, the veins and marginal areas strongly suffused with

brown; cilia with a brown line near base; the underside with

discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subtermiiuil

band.

Hah. Fkance, Sand Coll.; Switzerland, ZcUer, Frey, and Leech

Colls.: Austria; Italy, Capri (C. /S'. i?>-oiwe) ; Dalmatia ; Russia,

198

NOCTtJID^.

Sarepta; Aemenia ; Asia Mikok, Pontus, Autioch, Mardin ; W.

TuEKESTAN, Ferghana. Exp. 36-40 millim.

Subs]), conspunuta. Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. v. p. 82, pi. 430. f. 3

(184.n); Ilerr.-Sclmfl'. Eur. Schmett., JS'oct. ff. 463, 470; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 162.

Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-brown without tlie rufous

tinge, the last with the elaviform reduced to a small black mark,

the orbicular oblique elliptical, the reniform slightly angled inwards

on median ncrvure but not on subcostal nervure.

Hah. C. and S. Russia, Urals ; W. Siberia, Altai ; ? E. Siberia ;

Punjab, Hunza {Sir M. Conivay), 1 d •

Larva. WuUscblegel, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 406.

Pale reddish grey with a dark maculate dorsal stripe, oblique

subdorsal marks, and pale lateral lino. Food-plant : Sihne nutans.

8-9.

1411, Polia filigramma.

Nod ua fili gramma, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. o9(i, pi. 130. f. 4 (1788) ; Dup. Lep.

Fr. vi. p. 413, pi. 98. f. 5; Herr.-Schaft'. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 465;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.

Koctua polymifa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 48 (1827), nee Linn.

Noduafiavivibica, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Text, p. 171 (1827).

Koctua xanthocyanea, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. fF. 640-1 (1827).

Diaiithoecia lutencincta, Embr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 382, pi. 8. f . 1 ;

Mill. Ann. Soc. Cannes, 1878, pi. 3. f. 10.

Bicnithoecia xa.nthofusca, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 243.

Licmthoecia melanochroa, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 273 (1891).

Head and thorax reddish ochreous mixed with fuscous brown ;

tarsi witli whitish rings ; abdomen grey- brown. Fore wing pale

brown, more or less strongly suffused and irrorated with fuscous ;

some rufous below base of costa, in base of submedian fold, and

above inner margin ; subbasal line ill-defined, double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line waved ; elaviform short,

filled in with rufous ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres

and rufous annuli defined by black, the former round ; medial line

oblique to median nervure, then dentate ; postmedial line strongly

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some ])ale points beyond it on costa : subterminal line

pale, defined by diffuse dentate rufous marks on inner side, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the ter-

minal area darker ; cilia ochreous white, with a brown line through

them ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas sufiused

with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. c^antliocyanea. Head, thorax, and fore wing irrorated

wit! 7, ::ite, the ground-colour fuscous and grey without the reddish-

brown tinge.

Ab. 2. luteocincta. Paler and more mixed with white, especially

on medial and terminal areas of fore wing.

Ah. '3. melanochroa. Smaller and darker ; fore wing slightly

mixed with white and rufous. — Asia Minor ; W. Turkestan.

Hah. France, Sand Coll. : Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ;

POLIA. 199

Austria, Zeller Coll. ; Hungaky, Zeller and D'Emmick Colls. ; Swit-

zerland, Frey Coll. ; Italy ; Dalmatia ; Scandinavia ; Lapland,

Leech Coll. ; Russia, Sarepta, Zeller and Fray Colls., Urals ; Armenia ;

Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus ; Syria, 1 c3" ; Persia; W.Turkestan,

Turcomania, Saisau, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, Ala-Tau ; W. Siberia,

Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 30-40 millim.

Larva. Feeds on Si.lene rudans. 7-8.

1412. Polia tephroleuca.

Bianthoecia tephroleuca, Boiscl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 374, pi. 14.

f. 4 ; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 244, pi. 22. f. 5 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. fP. 140, 469 ; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 162.

c? . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; tegulse

with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-

brown. Fore wing grey-white suftused and irrorated with fuscous

brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submediau fold;

antemedial line double, waved, filled in with whitish ; claviform

very small, defined by Ijlack ; orbicular and reniform small, with

brown centres and grey-white annuli defined by black, the former

round ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmediai line dentate,

defined on outer side by grey-white lunules, bent outwards below

costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey-white, defined on inner

side by small dentate blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown,

the terminal area darker; cilia whitish, with a brown line through

them ; the underside pale suffused with brown, a slight discoidal

spot and curved postmediai line, a diffused subterminal band.

Hah. Switzerland {Gerhard), 1 6 . Exp. 32 millim.

1413. Polia pumila. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 4.)

Dianthcecia ■pumila, Stand. Ilor. Soc. Eut. Ross. xiv. p. 378 (1879) ; id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; tegulae

with black medial line ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Foro

wing whitish, largely suffused and irrorated with brown ; subbasal

line double, waved, filled in with whitish, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line indistinctly dou])le, filled in with whitish,

waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform short or moderate,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, with brown centre

and defined by black, the former rounded, tlie latter slightly concave

on inner side ; traces of a medial line ; postmediai line double filled

in with whitish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate black

marks below costa and at middle, excurved at vein 7 and at veins

4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

200 NOCTUID^.

whitish suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area,

more uniformly in female ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a fine dark terminal line.

Hah. Asia Minor, Pontus, 1 (5,1 $ , Taurus ; Syria, Mardin.

Exp., 6 2Q, $ 28 millim.

1414. Polia albimacula.

Nnctita albimacula, Borkh. Eur. Sclimett. iv. p. 149 (1792) ; Steph. 111.

Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 137, pi. 19. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162.

Noctiia coinpta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117 a. f. 7 (1790), nee Schiff.

Noctua concinna, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 51 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.

Ti. p. 359, pi. 95. f. 3.

Head and thorax reddish olive-brown with white markings ;

tegular with white and black medial line ; patagia with white

patch edged with black ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brown.

Fore wing reddish olive- brown ; a white patch on base of costa

traversed by the double, waved, black subbasal line and ending at

submedian fold, where there is a black lunule beyond it followed by

a curved mark above inner margin ; an irregularly waved black

antemedial line defined by white on inner side ; claviform incom-

pletely defined by black, and with a bidentate white patch beyond

it on base of vein 2, extending into the cell on outer side of the

orbicular, which is round, white defined by black and with brown

centre, and with white mark above it on costa ; reniform with

brown centre and white annulus defined by black ; a waved medial

line ; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side, dentate,

bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4,

some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white,

defined by small dentate black marks on inner side and some black

beyond it in discal fold, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and

somewhat dentate at middle ; a terminal series of small black

lunules defined by white ; cilia brown intersected with white.

Hind wing pale suffused with reddish brown, especiallj' on terminal

area ; a white spot on vein 2 near termen ; cilia white with brown

line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated

with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a small

discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; Hungary, Leech

Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor,

Pontus ; Persia ; W. Siberia, Altai. E,vp. 28-38 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 77 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 245, pi. 103. f. 3.

Pale brownish ochrcous ; dorsal line fine, indistinctly pale,

traversing a series of blackish spots connected with indistinct

V-shaped marks ; supra-spiracular line waved, fuscous, indistinct ;

head brown-streaked. Food-plant : seed-capsules of Silene nutans.

7-8.

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201

1415. Polia conspersa.

Nodua nana, Kott. Naturf. ix. p. 132 (ITTC)), nee Hiifn. ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 1G2.

Noctua cojispersa, SchifT. Wien. Verz. p. 71 (1776) ; Esp. Schmet.t. iv.

pi. Ill), f. 5; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 52; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.

p. 3.U pl. 95. f. 1.

Bomhi/x annulata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 204 (1781).

Lianthoecia ochrea, Gregson, Ent. Eec. ii. p. 306 (1891).

Dianthoecia dealbafa, Staud. Iris, v. p. 365 (1892).

Dianthofcia hethlandica, Staud. Iris, v. p. 366 (1892).

Head and thorax white with black markings ; tegulae and patagia

edged with black, the former with black medial line ; tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing olive-grey suffused

in part witli black and with white patches tinged in part with

yellow ; a basal white patch on costa traversed by the double,

waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double,

waved, antemedial line traversing a white patch on inner margin ;

claviform defined by black, with a bidentate white patch beyond it

on base of vein 2 extending into the cell on outer side of the

orbicular, which is round, white defined by black, and with some

white marks on costa above it ; reniform white defined by black

and with olive centre ; postmedial line double, lunulate, filled in

with white towards costa and inner margin, bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa, and a white patch

on inner area ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side

by some dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it more or less

suffused with white and with a white apical patch; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the interspaces rather paler towards base ; cilia

white at tips ; the underside greyish thickly irrorated with fuscous,

a discoidal spot and curved postmedial and subterminal bands.

Ab. 1. ochrea. Fore wing with the markings ochreous instead

of white.

Ab. 2. hethlandica. Fore wing much darker, often almost

uniform fuscous, the cilia without white. — Shetland Is.

Ab. 3. deaJbata. Fore wing with the white markings reduced,

the apical patch absent. — Armenia ; W. Turkestan ; E. Siberia.

llah. Britain, Shetland, Orkneys, Hebrides (McArthur), England,

Ireland, Leech Coll. ; Fk^nce, Sand Coll. ; Gkrmany, Zeller and Frey

Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Zeller Coll. ; Algeria,

Eone (Lewis), 1 (5' ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia ;

W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Uliassutai,

1 c?, Urga ; Tibet, Amdo ; S.E. Siberia, Dahuria, Ussuri. E.vp.

36 millim.

Lnrra. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 77 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 252, pl. 1G4.

Pale brownish ochreous ; dorsal line pale, traversing a series of

dark V-shaped marks ; two lateral pale brownish lines ; apiracular

line whitish; spiracles pink; head p;ile brownish with four dark

streaks. Food-plants : seed-capsules of Lychnis and Silene. 7-9.

202

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1416. Polia compta.

Noctua cornpia, Sohiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.

p. 169 (1787); Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 119. f. 6; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct, f. 53; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 356, pi. 95. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 163.

Dianthcecia viscarice, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 26 (1852).

JDianthoecia armerice, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 26 (1852) ; Mill. Ann. Soe. Cannes,

1878, p. 9, pi. 3. f. 9.

Mamestra huviilis, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92 (1893).

Head and thorax brown mixed with black and white; tegulse

Avith black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-

brown with whitish segmental lines. Fore wing fuscous black

suffused in parts with purplish ; a whitish patch on base of costa

traversed by the double, waved subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold, in which there is often a yellow streak ; antemedial line

double, waved, filled in with white towards costa and inner margin ;

claviform defined by black ; a white medial band, its outer edge

defined by the waved medial line ; orbicular and reniform white

defined by black, the former round, the latter with brown centre ;

postmedial line double, dentate and produced to white spots on the

veins, filled in with white towards costa and inner margin, bent

outwards below costa, and strongly incurved below vein 4, some

white points bej-ond it on costa; subterminal line white, defined on

inner side by a series of small dentate black marks often placed on

yellow patches, some black beyond it in discal fold, angled outwards

at vein 7, excurvcd and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

series of small black lunules slightly defined by white : cilia inter-

sected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler towards

base; a small whitish spot on vein 2 near termen ; cilia white at

tips ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with fuscous,

the terminal area suff"used with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. viscaricf. Fore wing with the medial band suflfused with

yellow or brown.

Ab. 2. Inmiilis. Fore wing dull greyish, the medial white band

dirty white, obsolescent and almost reduced to a spot. — Armenia ;

Taurus ; W. Turkestan.

Ab. 3. armerio'. Fore wing dull grey-black, the lines obsolete,

the medial white band broad. — S. Russia.

Hah. Britain, Ireland ; Feance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and

Frey Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll.

Sweden ; Rdssia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus, Bithynia

Persia ; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; W. Siberia, Altai

E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts. ; S.E. Siisehia, Amurland, 1 $

Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 2 J , 2 $ , Hakodate, 1 J , Tokio (Maries),

1 d . Exj). 28-3(3 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 221.

lleddish grey, with a reddish-brown dorsal stripe intersected

with white and expanding into segmental spots ; a yellowish -grey

lateral stripe. Food-plauts : seed-capsules of Silenc and DiauiJuis.

7-9.

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1417. Polia guenei. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 5.)

DiantluBcia gueneei. Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163 (1901).

Head and thorax black irrorated with white and slightly with

ochreous ; pectus ochrcous, legs ochreous and fuscous, the tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen ochreous irrorated Avith fuscous.

Fore wing black irrorated with white and some ochreous, especially

at base ; the medial area yellowish white except at middle of costa

and beyond the reniform ; subbasal line defined by white on outer

side, waved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double

filled in with whitish, waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and

reniform moderate, incompletely defined by black, the former

round, the latter with irregular outline and ill-defined whitish

annulus ; a medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then

dentate ; postmedial line lunulate, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line ill-defined, whitish tinged with ochreous and with

traces of dentate black marks before it at middle, excurved at vein 7

and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small

black luuules ; cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing

white tinged with ochreous, the veins and terminal area fuscous ;

cilia ochreous white mixed with fuscous ; underside white, the

costal area irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal point, sinuous

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hah. Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Taurus ; Sxeia, 1 5 , Antioch,

Mardin ; Cyprus. Exp. 40 millim.

Genus PACHETRA.

Type.

Pac^e^rff, Guen. Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 241, non descr. ;

id. Noct. i. p. 177 (1852) huco'phma.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, frinn;cd witli hsiir in front; frons

smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenn;e of male bipoctinate with long branches

to near apex ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales,

the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with dorsal series of

crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and .5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulars ; (5, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

1418. Pachetra leucophaea.

Noctua leucophaa, Schiff. Wien. Vorz. p. 82 (1760) ; View. Tab. Verz. v.

2, p. 23 (.1790); Iliibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett, Noct. f. 80; Dup. Lep.

Fr. vi. p. 282, pi. 90. f. 6; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. ii. p. 190;

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. l.')5.

Bomhyx fulminea, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 205 (1781).

lldmhijx matigialu, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 53. ff. 4, 5 (1785).

:Socfua ravidii, Esp. Schmett. iv. {d. 145. f. 1 (1789).

Hadeva homhijciva, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1847, ii. p. 78, pi. 6. ff. 1, 2.

Mamesira incana. Mill. Cat. rais. Suppl. ii. p. 17 (1875).

Pnchetra pyrenaica, Oberth. "ki. Ent. viii. p. .50 (1884) ; id. ix. pi. 3. f. 10.

Head and lliorax whitish mixed with red-brown and black ;

204

NOCTUIDiE.

tegulae with black medial line ; patagia edged with hlack ; tarsi

ringed with white ; abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore

wing Avhitish suffused with pale yellowish and dark brown and

irrorated with black, the veins streaked with whitish ; subbasal line

represented by a striga from costa and double striga from cell ;

a slight black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line double,

minutely waved, angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform

well-developed, defined by and suffused with black, its edges often

continued to the basal black streak ; orbicular and reuiform large,

with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former

round ; some black suffusion often present in and below cell ; traces

of a diffused medial line ; postmedial line double, bent outwards

Fig. 27. — Pacheira leucoj}h(ea, (^ . \.

below costa, then oblique and acutely dentate on veins 5 to 2,

some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line whitish,

defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and indented at veins 4, '3 by dentate whitish

streaks defining the veins ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia

brown at base, white at tips ; the underside whitish, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. hombycina. Fore wing with the markings more prominent.

— Urals, Centr. Asia.

Ab. 2. 2^iirenaica. Fore wing more or less suffused with fuscous.

— Pyrenees, Spain, Asia Minor.

^b. 3. Hind wing white, the veins only tinged with brown.

— Syria.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Zeller and Frey Colls. ;

N. Italy ; S. Sweden ; Finland ; Russia, Livonia, Urals ; Asia

Minor, Bithynia, Pontus ; Syria, Leech Coll. ; W. Turkestan,

Tarbagatai Mts., Ala Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi.

Eap. 44-52 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 147, pi. 153. f. 1.

Ochreous or brownish ochreous ; dorsal line pale, traversing a

series of oblique blackish marks ; subdojsal line indistinct, s])ira-

cular line pale, edged with blackish marks above. Food- plants :

Grasses. 6-4.

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205

Genus ODONTESTRA, uov.

Type, 0. vittigera.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi sboi't, oblique, fringed with hair in front ;

frons with rounded prominence with small corneous plate below it ; eyes

large, rounded ; antennne of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with

dorsal crest on Ist segment only. Fore wing rather short and broad, the

ternien evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; b obsolescent from middle of disco-

cellulars, B, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

A. Fore wing without whitish streak below vein 2 vittigcra.

B. Fore wing with whitish streak below vein 2.

a. Fore wing without M'hitish fascia on inner margin albivitta.

b. Fore wing with whitisli fascia on inner margin.

a? . Fore wing with the subteruiinal line narrow, whitish.

«'-. Hind wing white, the terminal area suflused with

fuscous simiUima.

/*-. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous potanini.

i'. Fore wing with the subterminal line broader,

yellowish submargincdls.

1419. Odontestra vittigera.

Mamestra vitfigera, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 266 (1902).

c5' . Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with grey and red ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface dark

brown. Fore wing purplish fuscous, the medial area more or less

tinged with purplish pink ; subbasal line represented by pink striae

from costa and cell, with diffused black on each side of them ; ante-

medial line double, filled in by brown, curved; claviform large,

Fig. 28. — Odontestra vittigera, (^ . \.

filled in with black ; orbicular usually obsolete, sometimes a small

round ochreous spot ; reniform large, ochreous white defined by

black and with rufous centre, some blackish suftusion before ajid

beyond it ; an ochreous-whitc fascia on medial part of inner margin ;

postmedial line double, filled in with ochreous, minutely dentate,

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; suhtcrininal

line ochreotxs, defined by dentate black marks on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; an apical ochreous

patch ; a terminal scries of small black lunulos ; cilia intersected

206 XOCTUIDJE.

with ochrcous. Hind wing pure white, the costal area tinged with

fuscous ; the underside with discoidal point and postmedial series

of short streaks on the veins.

5 . Hind wing dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous at base from apex to

vein 2.

Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Dobbie), 1 $ ; Zulttland, Lower

Tugela (Reynolds), 4 c?; Natal, Victoria District (GoocJt), 1 d type,

Northdene, 1 $ , Durban (Leigh), 1 5 . Kvp. 30-34 millim.

1420. Odontestra alhivitta, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 6.)

c? . Head and thorax purplish fuscous, the hairs tipped with

grey, the patagia with rufous patches ; tarsi with ochreous rings ;

abdomen ochreous, ventrally fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous,

■subbasal line represented by black striae on reddish marks from

costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct, slightly deiined by

ochreous on inner side, angled outwards in cell, then incurved ;

claviform large, filled in with black, a whitish fascia above it, above

and below median nervure and vein 2 to near subterminal line ;

orbicular a small ochreous-white spot or obsolete ; reniform with

rufous centre and ochreous annulus, slightly angled inwards on

median nervure, black patches before and beyond it ; postmedial

line slightly defined by rufous on outer side, dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series

of ochreous spots with dentate black marks before them, angled

outwards at vein 7, the area beyond it reddish ; cilia pale rufous,

with two brown lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white,

with diffused fuscous subterminal band; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of short

streaks on the veins.

Hab. Er. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 J , Kikuyu

(Craivshai/), 1 cJ type. Exp. 32 millim.

1421. Odontestra simillima. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 7.)

Keuria simillima. Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 344 ; Hrapsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 201.

Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with black ; tarsi with

pale . rings ; abdomen brownish ochreous, dorsally tinged with

fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous mixed with some red-brown ;

an ochrcous-white fascia on inner margin from near base to tornus,

with some red-brown above it on medial area : subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to submcdian fold ; antemedial line double, waved,

obsolete below vein I ; claviform large, defined by and suffused with

black ; vein 2 defined by a dentate white streak to postmedial line ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former somewhat

elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median nervure, with whitish

annulus and rufous patch on outer side ; postmedial lino double,

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

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207

obsolete below vein 1 ; subteriniual line white, slightly waved,

angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold, defined

on inner side by dentate black marks ; a terminal series of small

black lunules. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas

tinged with fuscous.

Hah. Punjab, Simla {Reed, Swinhoe, Harford), 1 d', 2 ^ type;

SiKHiM. Exp. 36 millim.

1422. Odontestra potanini.

Mamestra pofnnini, Alph. Iris, viii. p. 192 (1895); id. Eom. Mem. ix.

p. 137, pi. ix. f. 10(1897).

Head and thorax irroratcd with grey ; tegulae with black medial

line ; patagia edged with black above ; tarsi with pale rings :

abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing purple-grey ; the costal area

suffused with purplish red except towards base ; the inner margin

with ochreous-white fascia from near base to tornus ; subbasal line

represented by double striae from costa and a^black patch below the

cell crossed by an oblique ochreous striga ; antemedial line double,

dentate towards costa, usually filled in with ochreous in submedian

interspace, obsolete below vein 1 ; claviform very large, filled in

with black ; vein 2 defined by an ochreous-white fascia below or on

both sides to just beyond postmedial line; orbicular and reniform

with ochreous annuli defined by black, the former very small,

round, or oblique elliptical, the latter with ochreous centre and

bent inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line double, dentate

and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, obsolete below vein 1, some pale

points beyond it on costa often present ; subterminal line ochreous

white, defined on inner side by prominent dentate black marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold, some

red-brown suffusion beyond it, the apex usually ochreous ; a terminal

series of small black lunules ; cilia grey, with black lines through

them. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia ])ale, with a brown line near

base ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas thickly

irroratcd with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial

line.

Hah. W. China, Wa-ssu-kow, 2 d" , 1 $ . Chow-pin-sa, 1 6 ,

Omei-shan, 1 $; Punjab, Simla (Harford), 1 c? , 1 $, Dalhousie,

1 c? , Dharmsiila (Hocking), 1 2 • Exj). 44 millim.

1423. Odontestra submarginalis.

Heliophobus submarginalis, Wlk. Cliar. Undcecr. Ilet. p. 32 (1809).

Neuria wcisa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 344 ; Ilmpsn. Mollis Ind. ii. p. 201.

Xeuria auripicta, Butl. III. Het. B. M. vii. p. 53, pi. 127. f. 3 (1889).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brownish ochreous and black ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous. Fore

wing purplish grey irroratcd and suffused with black, some yellow

scaling in base of cell and on medial area below the cell ; an

208 NOCTUID^.

ochrcoiis-white fascia on inner margin from near base to tomus ;

snbbasal line double filled in with white, angled inwards in cell,

from costa to vein 1 ; antemcdial line double filled in with whitish,

angled outwards below costa and inwards on subcostal nervure and

on vein 1 ; claviform large, filled in with black ; vein 2 defined

below bj- a \\ bite fascia to just beyond postmedial line ; orbicular

and reniform with ochreous-white annuli defined by black, the

former small, oblique elliptical, the latter dilated below ; postmedial

line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white shading into yellow

on outer side, defined on inner side by prominent dentate black

marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold ;

an apical ochreous patch ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing suffused with fuscous ;

cilia whitish at tips ; the underside pale suffused with fuscous, a

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line,

IJah. Punjab, Kulu, 1 S , Dharmsala (HocHng), 9 c? , 5 $ , type

and types incisa and auripicta. Exp. 42-46 millim.

Genus HADENA. ^

Type.

Hadeva, Schrank, Faun. Boiea, ii. (2) p. 158 (1802) reticulata.

Nettria, Guen. Noct. i. p. 166 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non

clescr reticulata.

Bargida, Wlk. ix. 201 (1856) graminivora.

Eupsephopaetes, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Kat. Sci. i. p. 137

(1873) procincta.

Proboscis fully cleveloped ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair in front, t lie 3rd short ; irons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae

of male ciliated ; thorax quadrately clothed with hair and scales, prothorax

typically with divided crest; pectus clothed with long hair; tibise fringed with

long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment, clothed with woolly

liair at base and with lateral fringes of hair towards extremity. Fore wing

rather narrow, the apex produced and the termen obliquely curved, the cilia

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 Ironi angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.

Sect. I. Thorax with divided ridge-like crest.

A. Fore wing with white fascia below median nervure and

vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines confluent

on vein 1.

a^. Hind wing pure white gramiiiea.

h^. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area brown procincta.

h. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not con-

fluent on vein 1.

a\ Fore wing with short white streak above extremity of

claviform ; orbicular very oblique, narrow graminivora.

b\ Fore wing without short white streak above extremity

of clavifcrin ; orbicular oblique, quadrate meridionalis.

HADENA. 209

B. Fore wing with the veins narrowly streaked with white.

a. Fore wing with the postinedial Une strongly excurved

from below eosta to vein 4. then oblique dissecta.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line raoderaiely excurved

from below costa to vein 4, then incurved.

a^. Fore wing with the veins defined by pale streaks on

postmedial area reticulata.

i\ Fore wing with the veins not defined by pale streaks

on postmedial area texturata.

C. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with white, the

terminal area whitish uimfera.

1424. Hadena graminea. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 8.)

Dargida graminea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 231 (1894).

c5' . Head and thorax pinkish white ; palpi rufous ; frons with

rufous bar above ; tegulae with three rufous lines ; patagia edged

with rufous and black above ; pectus rufous ; abdomen ochreous

white, the dorsal crest rufous, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral

surface suffused with rufous. Fore wing yellowish white largely

suffused with purplish pink, and with patches of red-brown between

the markings except on costal and inner areas; subbasal line re-

presented by an oblique striga from costa slightly defined by black,

and a very oblique striga from cell to vein 1 strongly defined hy

black ; antemedial line indistinct on costal area, angled inwards on

medial nervure, then white, very oblique to middle of vein 1 where

it meets the postmedial line, a white streak below median nervure

and vein 4 from it to subterminal line ; orbicular and reniform very

narrow, with rufous centres and white annuli defined by black, the

former very oblique, open above and below, the latter inwardly

oblique, pointed above and open below ; postmedial line white, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique to

join the antemedial line at vein 1, some white points beyond it on

costa ; an oblique white band from apes, at vein 5 joining the

postmedial line ; a fine sinuous white subterminal line angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; termen white, with a fine

pink terminal line ; cilia whitish, with a strong brown line through

them. Hind wing yellowish white.

Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 S , type t S in Coll. Schaus.

Exp. 34 millim.

1425. Hadena procincta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 9.)

Eupsephopactes prorinctus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 13S, pi. iv.

f. G (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 170.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale purplish red-brown ;

frons with blackish bars ; tegulae with black and white lines ;

patagia whitish edged by black and purplish brown ; tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal and lateral

tufts with a rufous tinge. Fore wing brown, the marginal areas

greyish i)urple, the inner margin fawn ; the veins dark defined by

VOL. V. p

210 KocxTJiD.f;.

jrrej'-purple ; the median nervure with creamy-white fascia forkinf^

between veins 3, 4 ; the subbasal line represented by a very oblique

whitish striga from costa, defined on each side by black and by an

inwardly oblique striga from median nervure with some black on

each side of it ; the antemedial line double, black filled in with

creamy white, angled outwards below costa, then strongly inwards

on median nervure and very strongly outwards to postmcdial line

on vein 1, its inner side defined below the cell by purjilish grey, at

median nervure ang]ed back below the subbasal striga ; claviform

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very narrow and oblique,

with pale brown centres defined by dark brown and creamy-white

annuli defined by black, the former confluent with the antemedial

line above and open above and below; postmedial line creamy

white, pai'tially defined on inner side by black, angled inwards

below costa, then very oblique to vein 4, where it is joined by a

creamy-white fascia with slight dark line on it from apex, then

very oblique to vein 1 near middle, then angled outwards to inner

margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line re-

presented by a series of creamy-white lunules with strong dentate

black marks before them and some black on their outer edges ; a

fine black terminal line ; cilia pale brown, with two black lines

through them. Hind wing whitish, the veins brown ; the marginal

areas broadly brown ; cilia whitish, with brown line near base ; the

underside with black discoidal point.

Hah. Canada, Calgary {WoJIeif-Dod), 2 §, Vancouver I., 1 J;

U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, California (Behr, Walsingliam),

3 d" , 1 $ ; Costa Rica, Irazu {Rogers), 1 S, Candalaria Mts.

(^Underwood), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 48-54 millira.

Larva. Head rounded, pale brown, reticulate with dark brown,

vertical lines obsolete. Body thickly shaded in brown, leaving

little pale strigae only. Dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and substigmatal

lines broad, straight, pale. Dorsal space dark, the dorsal line

reddish strigose, an elongate, black segmentary shade edging sub-

dorsal line above. Subdorsal line yellowish white, strigose ; lateral

line fainter; substigmatal line broadly red-filled. Spiracles white,

in patches of dark shading. Shields concolorous, weakly chitinized,

the anal plate pale, but cut by the subdorsal line. Feet pale. —

H. G. D.

1426. Hadena graminivora. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 10.)

Barqida qranunivora, Wlk. is. 202 (1856) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.

i.'p. 270.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with ochreous and red-

brown ; tegulae with blaclf medial line ; patagia edged with black ;

abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft and ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing black, the marginal areas suffused with purplish

grey, the inner margin ochreous brown, the veins black defined by

purplish grey, the median nervure streaked with ochreous white

forking between veins 4 and 3 : the subbasal line ochreous white.

HADKNA.. 211

defined on each side by blaclv, angled at cell and ending at sub-

median fold ; the antemedial line double, black filled in with

ochreous white, angled outwards below costa, inwards on median

nervure, strongly outwazxls just below vein 1 and retracted above

inner margin ; claviform defined by black and with an oblique

ochreous striga above its extremity ; orbicular and reniform very

oblique, narrow, brown with ochreous annuli defined by black, the

former open above and confluent with the antemedial line, the latter

open above and below ; postmedial line double, black filled in with

ochreous, slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 4,

where it is joined by an oblique ochreous band from apes, then

very oblique to inner margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by a series of ochreous points on

dentate black marks ; cilia brownish with two black lines through

them, an ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous.

Hind wing white ; the veins brown ; the costal and inner areas

suffused with brown ; the terminal area broadly brown with rather

diffused inner edge ; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, the former tinged with reddish, a dark

discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. ^Mexico, Milpas (Forrer), 2 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Venezuela, 4 d > 3 5 » type. Exj). 46 millim.

1427. Hadena meridionalis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 11.)

5. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white; tegute with

black medial line ; patagia edged with black above ; abdomen

brownish grey. Fore wing black-brown, the marginal areas

suffused with purplish grey, the inner margin brownish ochreous ;

the median nervure streaked with white extending along vein 4 to

termen ; subbasal line white defined on each side by black, angled

at cell and ending at vein 1 ; the antemedial line double, black

filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, inwards on

median nervure, then strongly outwards just below vein 1 and

retracted above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by

black, the former oblique quadrate, open above and below, the

latter oblique elliptical ; the postmedial line double, black filled in

with white, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4

where it is joined by an oblique white band from apex, then oblique

to inner margin ; subterminal line represented by a series of small

ochreous lunules on dentate black marks ; a terminal series of black

lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins brown ; the costal and inner

areas suffused with brown ; a broad terminal brown band with

diffused inner edge ; the underside with black discoidal point.

Uab. Bkazil, Tvio Janeiro, 1 $ type, Exp. 42 millim.

212 NocxriD^.

1428, Hadena dissecta.

' HcliopJiohHS dissecfus, Wlk. xxxii. 656 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 22,

pi. 146. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 200.

Mamedra cmcifer, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 30 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown irrorated with black ; teo^ulae with

black medial line defined by whitish above and with whitish tips ;

abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing golden

brown suffused and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with

ochreous ; subbasal line black, defined by ochreous on outer side,

excurved from costa to base at vein 1, an oblique ochreous striga

beyond it across the cell ; antemedial line black on a narrow

ochreous band, angled outwards below costa, then incurved to above

inner margin, where it is angled ; claviform obscurely defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform with ochreous annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter oblique

oblong ; postmedial line black on a narrow ochreous band, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique to vein 6, where it is joined by an

oblique ochreous band from apex, then very oblique to above inner

margin, where it is angled inwards; subterminal lino ochreous,

interrupted at the veins, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with

ochreous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces

of basal area whitish, especially in male ; cilia ochreous with a

brown line through them ; the underside paler, the costal and ter-

minal areas irrorated with brown, the former tinged with rufous, a

dark discoidal point and waved postmedial line.

Hab. Japan, Nikko (Leech), 1 cj' ; W.China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),

1 $ ; SiKHiM (Lidderdale, Mbller), 1 d" , 3 § , type ; Ceylon, 1 c? ;

Philipptnes. Exp. 50-52 millim.

1429, Hadena reticulata.

Noctua reticulata, Vill. Linn. Ent. ii. p. 254 (1789) ; Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 159.

Nortua calcatrip'pa, View. Schmett. p. 71 (1790).

Noctua saponaria, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 198. ff. 3, 4 (1790) ; Dup. Lep. Fr,

vi. p. 272, pi. 90. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 188.

Noctua marqinosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 195 (1803).

Noctua typica, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 58 (1827).

Mamesfra unicolor, Alph. Rom. Mem. v. p. 147 (1889).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and black ;

tarsi blackish with pale bands ; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated

with dark brown, Fore wing dark brown, suffused with violaceous

before the antemedial line, beyond the claviform and on postmedial

area ; the veins streaked with white except on postmedial area,

where they are black ; the subbasal line represented by double

oblique black striae filled in with white from costa and cell, a very

oblique white striga across the cell just beyond it ; the antemedial

line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below

costa and above inner margin, incurved between those points ;

KADENA. 213

claviform large, defined by black and with pale streak at centre ;

orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter narrow and with

white lunule at centre; a fine black medial liue obliqne from costa

to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double, biack filled in with

white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved and angled inwards above inner margin, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, with a

Fig. 2'd.—Hudena reticulata, c?. \.

series of dentate black marks on its inner side ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base and inter-

sected with white. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown,

the veins and terminal area brown ; cilia ochreous white with a

fine brown line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. unicolor. Fore wing without violaceous tiTige.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller

and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland; Italy, ISorth and Central; Austria;

Hungary ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; W. Siberia,

Altai, 1 d , 1 $ ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ;

E. Turkestan, Thian Shan ; Mongolia, Uliassutai, Urga ; Kashmir,

Nubra {Mc Arthur), 1 2, Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 ^ . Exp. 40-

44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 153, pi. lf)3. f. 2.

Tale greenish ochreous or pinkish ochreous with darker irroration;

dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and spiracular lines faintly paler ; head

pale brownish. Food-plants : SUene, Rumex, Primula, etc. 8-4.

1430. Hadena texturata.

Mamestra texturata, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ro.sa. xxvi. p. 44(i (1892) ; id.

Roui. Mem. ix. p. 14, pi. 3. f. 2 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IS'J.

Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with some grey ; tegulae

and patagia edged with grey, dorsal crests tipped with grey ; tarsi

black with pale rings ; abdomen brown mixed with greyish. Fore

wing deep purplish red-brown slightly suffused with fuscous, tho

veins white to just beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line double.

214 NOCTUID^.

black filled in with white and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line

double filled in with white, angled outwards below costa and bent

inwards to inner margin ; claviform large, defined by black ;'

orbicular and renitbrm with brown centres and ])ure white annuli

defined by black,^the former irregularly oblique elliptical, the latter

constricted at middle and with its lower edge excised ; an indistinct

medial line angled on median nervure ; postmedial line double

filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique and slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by diffused

dentate black marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

brown with blackish line at base. Hind wing brown, pale at base ;

cilia white at tips ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a

discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Eah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, Amdo, 1 J , 1 $ . Exp. 42 millim.

1431. Hadena uncifera. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 12.)

Prodenia uncifera, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 140, pi. vi. f. 11 (1890).

Head and thorax mixed grey, ochreous, rufous, and black ; tarsi

blackish with ochreous rings; abdomen fuscous, sufi'used with

purplish red especially towards extremity. Fore wing dark

purplish grey largely suffused with fuscous, the terminal area pale

reddish-grey, the medial area suffused with red-brown except

towards costa and inner margin ; a double, waved, black subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black

filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 1,

then excurved and retracted to inner margin; claviform broad,

black defined by a prominent dentate yellowish-white mark ;

orbicular and reniform rufous with yellowish annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter angled

inwards on median nervure ; some rufous and grey streaks on the

veins beyond lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double, black

filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved and

lunulate to vein 4, then oblique, some yellowish points beyond it

on costa ; subterminal line formed of yellowish points, defined on

inner side )jy dentate black marks and slightly defined on outer

side by black before the pale terminal area, somewhat excurved

from below costa to below vein 3 and bent outwards to tornus ; a

series of blackish points just before termen ; cilia grey with a

brown line at base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal

areas suffused with brown ; cilia white with a brown line through

them ; the underside with the marginal areas irrorated with fuscous

and the costal area suffused with brown, a short black streak in

cell and black discoidal spot, a sinuous postmedial line.

Huh. Colombia, 1 5 , Chiles ; Eccadok, Pichincha, Mojanda.

Exp. 40 millim.

HADE.VA. 215

Sect. II. Thorax with spreading crest.

A. Fore wing with the basal area blackish bidgeri.

B. Fore wing with the basal area not blackish ruptillnea.

1432. Hadena bulgeri.

Mamcstra bulgeri, Feld. Keis. Nov. pi. 110. f. 18 (1874).

Head and thorax purplish fuscous, slightly mixed with brown

and grey ; tegul* with slight dark medial line ; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen white more or less tinged with brownish ochreous,

the anal tuft brown. Fore wing brown and ochieous, the basal

and postmedial areas almost entirely suffused with leaden fuscous,

the veins of medial area streaked with ochreous ; subbasal line

indistinct, waved from costa to submediau fold; autemedial line

double, waved ; claviform small, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular

and reuiform small, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined

by black, the former elliptical, nearly erect, the latter with the

discocellulars whitish and more or less angled inwards on median

nervure, the cell before and between the stigmata and the area

Fig. 30. — Hadenabalyerl, c?. \.

beyond the reniform darker ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line

double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein -1, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of rather

large brown and black dentate marks, angled outwards on vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ;

cilia with fine ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing pure

white, with brown terminal line from apex to vein 2, in female the

terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunulo and postmedial

series of short streaks on the veins.

Hah. Ek. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Bettou), 1 $ , Eb Urru

(Betton), 1 c? ; Natal, Estcourt (//utchinson), 3 c?, 2 $ ; Cape

Colony, Transkci {Miss F. Barrett), 7 6, 1 $• Fa-p. 32-40

millim.

1433. Hadena ruptillnea. (Plato LXXXIV. fig. 13.)

Dianthoscia ruptilinea, Wlk. xi. 507 (1857).

Head and thorax grey, reddish brown, and black mixed ; tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen pale brown. Eore wing pale red-

brown irrorated with black ; the veins streaked with white ; the

costal and inner areas suffused with white; subbasal line black

216 uocTuiD-aE.

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, bent outwards

at median nervure, then waved and with a blackish spot before it

above vein 1 ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

with blackish centres and white aunuli, both rather triangular, the

latter with dark shade from it to postmedial line, which is defined

by pale brown on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

white, defined by a fuscous patch before it at costa and the area

beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of black lunules defined by white ; cilia purplish

grey, with black line through them and intersected by white.

Hind wing white with a slight ochreous tinge ; a terminal series of

black striaj, in female the terminal area tinged with brown ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with black, a black

discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins.

Hah. Natal, Durban {Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 cJ , 1 $ type. Exj).

36-38 millim.

Genus THOLERA.

Type.

Tholera, Hiibn. Verz. p. 214 (1827) ces2ntis.

JS'euronia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 215 (1837), nee Leach, Neiir. 1815 ... popularis.

Charaas, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 108 (1829) cespitis.

Epineuronia, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (1901) fopularis.

Proboscis weak, non-functional ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint

fringed witb long hair, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth, not prominent ;

eyes not ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax

with spreading crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen clothed

with rough hair at base and with dorsal crests on 1st segment. Fore wing

with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.

Sect. I. (Neurcmia). Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches to

apex.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour brown popularis.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey americana,

1434. Tholera popularis.

Bomhyx popularis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 577 (1775) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.

p. 279 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 189 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 155.

Nocfua fframims, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Hiibn. Samml. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 59.

Bomhyx lolii, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 48. ff. 1-5 (1785) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.

pl."90. f. 5.

Epineuronia hilaris, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (1901).

Head and thorax clothed with red-brown and white scales and

hair ; ])atagia with some black scales at edges ; abdomen ochreous

white tirieed with red-brown and fuscous. Fore wing brownish

grey slightly irrorated with black, the veins streaked with white ;

the subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and

cell ; the antemedial line double, excurved below costa and strongly

THOLERA.

217

angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform large, defined by

black and with white streak in centre ; orbicular and reniform

with red-brown centre and ochreous annuli defined by black, the

former rather small round, the latter, angled inwards on median

nervure and with white discocellular line ; postmedial line double,

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

Fig. 31. — Tholcra poptdaris, (^

then incurved ; subterminal line represented by a series of pale

lunules with dentate black marks on their inner side, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved

terminal black line ; cilia ochreous, with brown line through them

and brown at tips. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown,

the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal point and sinuous

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. hilaris. Paler ; hind wing of male almost entirely white.

— S.E, Russia, Armenia, Asia Minor,

Ilab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Leech Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller and Frey Colls.; IS", and C. Italy; Norway, ZellerColl. ;

Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Sarepta,

Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; Siberia. Ea;p. 38-50

millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 76; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 135, pi. 152. f. 1.

Bronze-brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and subspiracular lines

■pale ochreous edged with blackish ; head brownish marked with

black. Food-plant : Grasses. 4-6.

1435. Tholera americana. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 14.)

Neuronia americana. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 59, pi. iii. f. 3

(1894).

S . Head and thorax white mixed with ochreous brown ; tegula?

pale at base and tips ; patagia witli blackish line near upjjcr edge ;

tarsi with white rings ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing

ochreous suffused with grey and irrorated Avith black ; the veins

prominently streaked with white except on terminal area, where

they are blackish defined by white ; subbasal line indistinct,

represented by double, oblique dark striae from costa and median

ncrvuro filled in with whitish ; antomedial line indistinct, e.\curved

in interspaces and angled inwards in cell ; claviform elongate,

218

NOCXUIDj;.

(letinccl by blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly

defined by blackish, the former round "wil h darkish centre : post-

medial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, with series of

dentate fuscous marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a dark terminal line ; cilia intersected with

white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused

with fuscous ; cilia pure white ; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 1 S ; U.S.A.

Montana, Boulder, "Wyoming, Yellowstone Park. Exp. 34 millim.

Sect. II. {'Tholera). Antennae of male with very short branches, the apex

serrate.

1436. Tholera cespitis.

Nochia cespitis, ^chi&. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Hiibn. Samml. Eur.

Schniett., Noct. f. 428 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 26, pi. 102. f. 1 ; Steph.

111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 109 ; Schultz, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 15

(ab. 2) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155.

I^'odua hordei, Sehrank, Faun. Boica, ii. 1, p. 351 (1802).

Acjrotis autumnalis, Curt. Brit. Ent. p. I(i5 (1825;.

Charaas conjinis, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 109 (1827).

Apamea chloris, Mill. Ann. See. Linn. Lyon, 1883, p. 172, pi. 4. ff. 1, 2.

^euronia ferruginea, Kofni. Soe. Ent. ii. p. 121 (1887).

Neuronia decolor, Sobn, Soc. Ent. xi. p. 115 (1896).

Head and thorax black-brown with some red-brown scales ;

abdomen brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing reddish brown

y

Fig. 32. — Tholera cespitis, ^J. \.

suffused with black and irrorated with a few ochreous scales ;

subbasal line waved, black, defined by pale rufous on outer side,

from costa to submcdian fold ; antemedial line black, defined by

palo rufous on inner side, slightly angled outwards below costa and

cell and above inner margin ; claviform rather small, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and ochreous

annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly

angled inwards on median ncrvure ; postmedial line black, defiued

by pale rufous on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, theu incurved,

some pale points beyond it on costa ; faubtcrminal line ochreous

TllOLERA. — ODONTELIA.

219

white, waved, and dentate at veins 7, 4, 3, defined on inner side

by a series of dentate black marks ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia with ochreous line at base. Hind wing

ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with brown, more strongly

in female ; the underside with the costa irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line,

Ab. 1. ferrwjinea. Much paler. — Tyrol, Carinthia.

Ab. 2. Right hind wing with the colour and markings of fore

wing except on costal area.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; P'rance ; Germany, Zeller and Frey

Colls. ; SwiTZEEi-AND, Frcy Coll. ; N. and C. Italy ; Austria, Hungary,

Leech Coll., Dalmatia ; Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ;

W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 38-40 milim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 139, pi. 152. _f. 2.

Bronzy olive-brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines

whitish with dark edges ; lateral line hardly paler, with dark edges ;

head brownish. Food-plant : Grasses. 4-0.

Genus ODONTELIA, nov.

Type, 0. margiana.

Proboscis absent in male, rather slender in female ; palpi oblique, fringed

with long hair in front ; frons with rounded prominence, with corneous plate

below it ; eyes large, rounded ; anteunai of male bipectinate, with rather long

stiff branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair and without

distinct crests ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and lateral fringes of hair.

Fore wing rather long and narrow ; veins o and 5 from the angle of cell ; 6

from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

1437. Odontelia margiana.

Thargdia margiana, Piing. Iris, xiv. p. 182, pi. ii. f. 1-4 (1904).

6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous.

Fore wing grey-white, slightly tinged with ochreous in places and

Fig. 33. — Odontelia margiana, ,^. }.

Ihickly irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by very ill-

defined double stria; from costa and cell ; hardly a trace of the

antcmedial line; claviform elongate, defined bv black; orbicular

220 NOCTUID.I:.

and reniform "whitish defined by black, the former very narrow and

elongate, the latter with some fuscous in upper part, angled inwards

on median nervure and its lower extremity produced ; postmedial line

represented by a striga irom costa ; traces of a dentate subterminal

line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins

of terminal area with dark streaks ; cilia chequered brown and

white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half streaked

with fuscous ; cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with

fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short

streaks on the veins.

5 . Fore wing more ochreous, more or less developed black

streaks before and beyond the claviform; the antemedial line

sometimes more developed on inner area and strongly angled

inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular confluent or nearly confluent with

reniform, which is bidentate at lower extremity ; subterminal line

more distinct, dentate, with some black streaks beyond it in the

interspaces.

Hah. W. TxjEKESTAN, Merv, type t in Coll. Pungiiler, Tedschen

oasis (Haiiser), 2 $ . E.V2^. 48 millim.

Genus THARGELIA. ^

Thargelia, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 104 (1899) distincta.

Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below ;

frons with rounded prominence ; with triangular corneous plate below it ; eyes

large, rounded ; antenna; of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; thorax

clothed chiefly with scales ; the pro- and nieiathorax with spreading crests ;

fore tibia? with small claw at extremity ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; o obsolescent from below angle

of discqcellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

A. Fore wing with the stigmata large and prominently defined ... distincta.

B. Fore wing with the stigmata small and rather indistinctly

defined fissilis.

1438. Thargelia distincta.

Scofochrosta distincta, Christ. Eom. Mem. i. p. 124, pi. 8. f. 3 (1884) ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

(5 . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black ;

palpi blackish at sides except at base ; tegulae with black medial

line ; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crest and anal tuft with

some black. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown ; subbasal

line represented by double oblique black strite from costa ; an

irregular black streak below base of cell to the claviform which is

elongate and defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by

black, the former elongate elliptical, the latter open above, its

lower part produced to two points on outer side and one on inner ;

THARGELIA. HTPOBARATHRA.

221

postmcdial line very hij^hly and irregularly dentate, interrupted by

the reuiform ; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate

black and white marks angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a

terminal series of small black lunulcs ; cilia chequered brown and

white. Hind wing white, the veins brownish, the terminal area

Fig. 34. — ThargeHa distincta, (^ . \.

irrorated with brown, a brown terminal line ; the underside white,

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot

and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania; E. Turkestan, Kungess,

1 (S . Ex_p. 46 millim.

1439. ThargeHa fissilis.

Scofochrosta fissilis, Christ. Rom. Mem. i. p. 125 (18S4);

Mem. ix. p. 217, pi. 8. f. 9 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1(51.

Alph. Rom.

c? . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with dark

rings. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal

line absent ; anteraedial line only traceable near inner margin ;

chiviform small defined by black, on inner side produced as a

narrow streak to vein 1 near base ; orbicular and reniform small,

indistinctly defined by black, the former elongate elliptical,

the latter with its lower part produced to points on veins 4, 3 ;

postmedial line represented by double striae on costa, then by

short streaks on the veins and a striga on inner margin, ex-

curved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; tlie veins of terminal

area streaked with black, the postmedial line being represented by

indistinct dentate whitish marks defining the veins. Hind wing

white ; a discoidal spot and terminal series of stria3 ; the underside

with postmedial series of short dark streaks on the veins.

Hah. W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 5 J , Turcomania ; E. Turk-

estan, Kungess, 1 S • Exp. 38 millim.

Genus HYPOBARATHRA, nov.

Type, H. icterias.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in

front ; frons sii\ooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennjc of male ciliated ; iiead

and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and inetatliorax with

spreading crests ; fore tibite with long curved claw on inner side ; abdomen

with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with veins 3 and ."> from near angle

009

xocxriDJ:.

of cell ; fi rom upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tbe

areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wiiig with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

6 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle

or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow icterias.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or rufous repetita.

1440. Hypobarathra icterias.

Xylina icterias, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1843, iii. p. 548; Herr.-SchiiflT. Fur.

Schmett.,.Noct. f. 626; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174.

S . Head ami thorax fulvous with a few dark scales ; legs

tinged with fuscous ; abdomen fulvous yellow irrorated with dark

scales below. Fore wing yellow, suffused with fulvous and irrorated

with a few dark scales ; the costal edge dark ; subbasal line very

indistinct: antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform defined by

fulvous and black ; orbicular and reniform defined by fuscous, the

former yellow, the latter white with fuscous centre ; a fuscous

medial line angled at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line

Fig. 35. — Bypoharathm irferias, <^ . -}.

obsolescent, represented bv short dark streaks on the veins, bent

outwards below costn, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; some

yellow points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line only

defined by the area beyond it being suffused with fuscous, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excnrved at middle ; a terminal series of

small blackish lunules ; cilia with black points at tips. Hind wing

yellow, the veins bej^ond middle with some dark scales : the

terminal area below apex slightly darker ; the underside with slight

discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

5 . Fore wing paler, with the markings less distinct.

Hah. Russia, Urals ; Amdrland, 1 J , 1 $ , Ussuri. Exp. 38-42

millim.

1441. Hypoharathra repetita.

Xylofladarcpetifcu Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 52, pi. 127. ff. 1,2 (1899) ;

Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 202.

Head and thorax rufous tinged with fuscous ; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen rufous with a yellowish tinge. Fore wing greyish,

more or less completeh' suffused with rufous and irrorated and

HYPOB.VRAXnR.V. OXTCHESTRA. 223

striated with brown, the veins slightly streaked with blackish ;

subbasal line indistinct, slightly defined by greyish, waved, from,

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein i :

claviform very indistinctly defined ; orbicular and reniform with

fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by rufous, the former

rounded ; postraedial line dentate and produced to short streaks on

the veins, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below

vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale,

defined on inner side by somewhat dentate rufous marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, the area

beyond it suffused wdth rather darker rufous except at apex ; a

terminal series of slight points. Hind wing fuscous with a rufous

tinge, the basal area slightly paler ; the underside whitish irrorated

with rufous and brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct post-

medial line with short dark streaks at the veins.

Ab. 1. Brighter and more uniform ferruginous, Yatung.

Hah. Punjab. Dharmsjila (Hocliiu/), 2 c? , 3 5 , type; SIKHr^t

Tibet, Chumbi Valley, Yatung (IJohson), 2 $ . Ejjj). 42-50 millim.

Genus ONYCHESTRA., nov.

Type, O. sicca7ioru?n.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, the 1st and 2nd joints

fringed with hair below ; t'l-ons with rounded prominence, with curved corneous

process below it from middle of frons, a corneous plate below the frons laterally

produced into wings ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte of male minutely serrate

and fasciculate; head and thorax clothed with rough liair and scales and with

ill-defined crests on pro- and njetathorax ; fore legs with the tarsal joints very

short and broad, the spines on the first three joints developed into short thick

claws, the ungues very large ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and

Literal fringes of hair. Fore wing rather narrow ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell ; C> from upper angle ; 0 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from just below middle of discocellulars ; (5, 7 shortly stalked ; 9 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

1442. Onychestra siccanorum.

Mameatra siccanorum, Staud. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 114: Mill. Icones,

pi. 1.52. f. 8 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. KJO.

S . Head and thorax ochreous brown mixed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white, largely suffused and

irrorated with ochreous brown ; an indistinct whitish subbasal

line from co.sta to submedian fold with some fuscous on each

side of it ; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, filled in

with whitish, slightly angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 1

where it is angled inwards, then outwards above inner margin ;

claviform minute or short and broad, defined by black, a whitish

patch beyond it ; orbicular and reniform wit h small brown centres

and broad white annuli slightly defiiunl by black, the former rather

quadrate or oblique elliptical, the latter slightly angled inwards on

224

NOCTUID^.

median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

double filled in with white, minutely dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; veins 3, 4, 6, 7 with

Fig. 36. — Onychestra siccanorum, (^ .

dark streaks usually defined by white but not indenting the white

subterminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved

at submedian fold, with a series of small dentate dark marks before

it at middle ; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia

chequered brown and white. Hind wing white with an ochreous

tinge, the veins towards termen with slight dark streaks, a fine

terminal line ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hub. S. Russia, Sarepta {Christoph), 3 c? ; W. Turkestan,

Issyk-kul, 2 d • Exp. 30 millim.

Genus PRONOTESTEA, nov.

Type, P. dlenides.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with hair ; frons with

truncate conical promiueuce with vertical ridge at middle and corneous plate

below it, produced to a point in front ; eyes large, rounded ; antennse of male

serrate and fasciculated ; thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and metathorax

with spreading crests ; fore tarsi with the joints shortened and with curved claw-

like spines on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing

with veins ?> and 5 from near angle of cell ; (i from upper angle ; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of disco-

cellulars ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

1443. Pronotestra silenides.

Mamestra silenides, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 273, pi. ix. f. 14 (1894) ; id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 160.

S . Head ochreous, the frons with blackish bar above ; thorax

grey-white mixed with rufous, the patagia with some black scales

above ; tarsi black with ochreous rings ; abdomen grey mixed with

brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, the area

before the antemedial line, the inner medial area, and the terminal

area suffused with blue- white ; a slight blackish streak in base of

submedian fold ; snbbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line double, slightly angled inwards below

costa and strongly on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, pointed

PRONOXESTEA. — AGLOSSESTRA. S^T)

at extremity and reaching posfcmedial lino ; orbicular and reniform

large, blue-white defined by black, the former round ; a medial

line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved and

■waved; postraedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa

and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct,

white, defined on inner side by a brown patch at costa and dentate

black marks between veins 5 and 2, angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a waved black terminal line with short

Fig. 37. — Vronotc^fra silevide'i, J. \.

black streaks before it at middle and longer streak above vein 3 ;

cilia with a waved black line through them. Hind wing grey,

uniformly suffused with fuscous ; the cilia pale, with a dark line

through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a

discoidal s|)ot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Paler ; fore wing less suffused with red-brown.

Hah. Spain, Andalusia ; Algiers, 1 S ; Tunis, 1 5 ; Syria,

Jerusalem, in Coll. Piiugeler. llvj). 34 millim.

Genus AGLOSSESTRA, nov.

T_v]ie, A. demrficola.

Proboscis aborted, small; pnlpi obliquely porrect and frincred with hair;

frons with truncate conical prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes

larjre, rounded ; antenntc of male bipectinate, with moderate branches; head

and tiiorax clothed with scales atul hair, the crests slight; fore tnrsi with the

joints sliort, with hiteral series of curved claws longer at extremity of joints;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with veins .3 and .5 from near

angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein.s 3, 4 from angle of cell;

.'") obsolescent from below angle of discocellulars ; fi, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

1444. Aglossestra deserticola, n. sp.

S. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white; tarsi with

dark bands ; abdomen white slightly irrorated with red-brown.

Fore wing white, mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown ;

subbasal line defined by white on outer side, waved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemcdial lino oblique, waved, defined by white

on inner side; claviform slightly defined by red-brown ; orbicular

and reniform white defined by red-brown, the former small, round,

vol.. V. u

226

NOCTUID^.

the latter rather quadrate and with dark patch on its lower part ;

postmedial line dehned by white on outer side, dentate and pro-

duced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, diffused,

angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and dentate on

veins 4, 3, angled inwards and forming a white patch in submedian

0/

Fig. 38. — Aglossestra deserticola, S ■ \-

fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia rufous intersected

with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with

rufous ; the underside with discoidal point and sinuous postmedial

line showing through to upperside.

Hah. Egypt, Suez {J. J. Wallcer), 1 d" type. Exj). 3G millim.

Genus EPIA.

Type.

Epia, Iliibn. Verz. p. 214 (1827) irregularis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with

hair in front ; frons with truncate conical prominence on lower part with

corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna; of male ciliated ; liead

and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests; fore tibia with long curved claw-like spines on outer side of proximal

joints ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing rather short

and broad, the ajjex rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below

costa to near subterminal line, then obliquely curved picturata.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent outwards

below costa to near postmedial line.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved

below vein 2.

o}. Fore wing largely suffused with rufous irregularis.

b^. Fore wing with hardly any rufous tinge.

«-. Fore wing with the basal area whitish aberrajis.

IP-. Fore wing with the basal area not whitish.

a?. Fore wing with black streaks on terminal area

below veins 5, 4, 3.

a*. Fore wing with the sublerminal line dentate on

veins 4. 3, and forming a distinct ^-mark, and

with prominent dentate black marks before it . capsidaris.

b*. Fore wing with the subterminal line slightly

angled at veins 4, 3, and with slight dentate

black marks before it minorata.

EPiA. 227

P. Fore wing without black streaks on terminal area

below veins 5, 4, 3.

a*. Fore wing witii slight black streak below base of

cell, the antemedial line evenly curved from

costa to vein 1 eclrapela.

b*. Fore wing without black streak below base of

cell, the antemedial line waved.

a^. Fore wing suffused witli brown, the sub-

terminal line dentate at veins 4,3 n/'g/is.

b'. Fore wing whitish suffused with fuscous, the

subterniinal line not dentate at veins 4, 3 ... circunivadls.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line nearly straight below

vein 2.

«'. Fore wing with the ground-colour reddisli brown.

a^. Fore wing with the orbicular round, the reniform

small, lunulate mendax.

b"^. Fore wing with the orbicular elongate, the reniform

large, constricted at middle rcnati.

i'. Fore wing whitish tinged with reddish brown slloies.

c^. Fore wing whitish tinged with grey-brown christo2)hi.

*1445. Epia picturata. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 15.)

Dianthoecia picturata, Alpli. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 73, pi. 3. f. 53

(1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

S . Head and thorax grey mixed witli dark brown ; tegulse with

black line near upper edge ; patagia with black line near edges ;

tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge

and largely suffused with brown except on marginal areas ;

subbasal line represented by a black streak excurved from costa to

base and a similar one from median nervure to base defined by

white below, and with a black streak below it curved outwards to

antemedial line, which is defined by white on inner side, angled

outwards below costa, then strongly inwards in cell, then outwards

to submedian fold, then recurved to vein 1 near base ; claviform

moderate, defined by black, a somewhat bidentate white patch

beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform with

brownish centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the

former very oblique elliptical, open above and below, the latter

much curved ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below

costa to close to subterminal lino, then obliquely curved, the

inner line minutely waved, the outer sinuous, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined by

brown on inner side and slightly on outer except towards costa,

obliquely curved ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia brown, with

whitish lines through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown and the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; a curved

postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side ; a dark terminal

lino ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line and

diffused subterminal band.

Hah. W.Turkestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul in Coll. riingelcr ;

E. Tdhkestan, Hi. Exp. 84 millim.

ft2

228

NOCTUIBiK.

144G. Epia irregularis.

jS'cctua irregularis, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 394 (1767) ; Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 104.

Nocti/a echii, Bork. Eur. St-limett. iv. p. 166 (1792) ; Hiibn. Sauiml. Eur.

Schraett., Kot-t. f. 90 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. m\. p. 308, pi. 92. f. 2.

Koctua hreccio'formis, Esp. Sc'hmett. iv. pi. 198. f. 5 (1790).

Noctiia syngcncsia, Scriba, Beltr. iii. pi. 13. f. 5 (1793).

Head and thorax white and bright rufous mixed : teguloe with

rufous medial line ; patagia with dark line near upper edge ; tarsi

with white rings ; abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing

ochreous white mostly suffused with rufous, the veins slightly

streaked with white ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; the antemedial line double, waved, oblique, the

outer line more prominent ; claviform defined by rufous; orbicular

and reniform white, defined by rufous and with slight brownish

centres, the former round or somewhat elliptical ; a waved medial

line; postmedial line double, the inner line more prominent,

Fig. 39. —Epia irregularis, ^j" .

somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at

discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line white, irregular, defined by slight

dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered rufous and white.

Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area

darker ; cilia white ; the underside white mostly suffused with

pale brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial and sub-

terminal bands.

Hah. BuiTAiN, Leech Coll.; France; Germanv, Zeller Coll.;

Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Austria; Hungary, D'Eramick Coll.;

Italy; Dalmatia; S.Russia; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan,

Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Eccp. 34-36 millira.

Larva. Mpyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 226, pi. Ifil. f. 3.

Pale brownish, with darker brown dorsal and lateral stripes, the

former composed of V-shaped marks most prominent on abdominal

somites ; subdorsal line indistinct, whitish, narrowly edged with

brown. Food-plauts : Silene otites an^ GypsopTiila ixiniculata. 8,

1447. Epia aberrans.

Dianthoacia aherrans, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 185G, iii. p. 104 ; Stand. Oat. Lep.

pal. p. 164.

Bianthuecia admiranda, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 77, pi. 7- f. H (1880).

Epia claripcniiis, Butl. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1886, p. 134.

Head and thorax white, tinged with reddish brown on palpi,

frons, and teguUe ; pectus and legs tinged with fuscous, the tarsi

with pale rings ; abdomen white tinged A^ith brown. Fore wing

white, the area from just before the antemedial line to just beyond

the postmedial tinged with red-brown and more or loss suffused

with black ; subbasal line represented by black striae from costa

and cell ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform defined

by black ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white

annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

with its lower part suffused with black ; an indistinct waved

medial line ; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly

incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

white defined by pale reddish brown on each side and with two or

three small deutate black marks on inner side at middle, slightly

excurved below costa and at middle ; a terminal series of slight

lunules. Hind wing white, more or less tinged with fuscous brown,

especially on terminal area ; the underside white slightly irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ifah. E. Siberia, Ussuri, Amurlaud, 1 cj" ; Japan (Pnjer), 1 5 >

Kikko {Prijer), 1 c? type clarijiennis. Exp. 34 millim.

1448. Epia capsularis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. IG.)

Dianthoecia capsuhvis, Grueii. Koct. ii, p. 22, pi. 8. f. 3 (1852) ; Siiiitli, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 1 17.

Eajjhia fropul&a, Wlk. xi. .529 (1857).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; frons above and

vertex of head with black bars ; tegula) with black medial line ;

patagia edged by black and white scales above ; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen ])ale ochreoua, more or less tinged with

brown. Fore wing lilacine grey suffused and irrorated with pale

bi'own ; a double, waved, black subbasal line bent inwards to base

■above vein 1; a double sinuous antemedial line; claviform small

or moderate, acute at extremity, defined by black and often filled

with black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the

former round, with white annulus incompletely defined above and

below, the latter with its centre defin(!d by brown and some white

on inner side of annulus ; an indistinct irregular medial line in-

curved below cell ; postmedial line double, the inner sti-ong, bent

outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and

waved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; post-

medial area suffused with white, bent outwards below costa to

apex ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate

230 NooimD^.

to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, -with black

streaks from before it to termen in interspaces between veins 2

and 5 ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish suflPused

with brown ; a dark terminal line ; cilia white at tips ; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., E. States, Massachusetts, New Jerse)-,

Wisconsin, Racine {Mesle), 1 c? , Virginia, Florida, St. John's

Bluff {Douhleday), 2 J , 1 $ , type and type projjulsa, New Mexico.

Exp. 34 millim.

*1449. Epia minorata. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 17.)

Mamestra minorata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467 (1887) ; id. Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 122.

5 . Head and thorax mixed with red and dark brown scales ;

frons with blackish bar ; tegulte with slight dark line ; patagia

with blackish line near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous whitish

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale and

dark brown ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, oblique,

waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform represented by an

ill-defined blackish patch with pale patch beyond it ; orbicular and

reniform moderate, brown with strong white annuli slightly defined

by brown ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa, incurved below vein 4 and dentate on vein 1, some

white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate on veins 4, 3, with slight

dentate black marks before it at middle, and black streaks from it

to termen above veins 3, 4, 5 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale with a brown

line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp.

32 miUim.

*1450. Epia ectrapela. (Plate LXXXIY. tig. 18.)

Mamestra ectrapela, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ii. p. 249 (1898) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

S . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown ; tegulaa

and patagia whitish, the former with diffused blackish medial line,

the latter edged with blackish ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen reddish ochreous. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated

and suffused with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell

intersected by the subbasal line, which is defined by whitish on

outer side ; antemedial line strong, black defined by pale colour

on inner side, evenly curved from costa to vein 1 where it is angled

inwards on vein 1, then outwards above inner margin; claviform

EPIA.

231

elongate, defined and almost filled in with black, a whitish patch

above it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and reniform large, defined

by black, the former whitish with small brown centre, rounded, the

latter with brown centre and slight white annulus ; postmedial line

defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by slight

dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and

strongly dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing whitish

Bufi^used with brown ; the terminal area brown ; cilia white with a

brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with

brown, a discoidal lunule, the terminal area suff'used with brown.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Agnes Lake, in U.S. Nat. Mus. ;

U.S.A., Colorado, Gasfield Co. E.vp. 34 millim.

1451. Epia nisus.

Noctiia nisus, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur. xxii. pi. 18 (1812); SUuid. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 163.

Dlanthixcia sancta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18.39, p. 213.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and red-brown ;

tibife and tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous

white mixed with brown. Tore wing grey, mostly suff'used and

irrorated with reddish brown ; the subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ;

claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

whitish, the former oblique elliptical, open above ; an indistinct

waved medial line ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent

outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; some

white points on co.sta towards apex ; subterminal line defined

by brown on inner side and by some dentate black marks at middle,

the line dentate, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3; the apex suffused

with white ; a terminal scries of minute dentate black marks. Hind

wing brown, the interspaces whitish towards base ; cilia white with

a brown line through them ; the underside white thickly irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. sancta. Darker, the fore wing greyer, orbicular and reni-

form with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the

former round.

JJab. Spain, Andalusia, 1 S , Castillo ; Sicily. Exp. 38 millim.

*

1452. Epia circumvadis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 19.)

Mamestra circumvadis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 42 (1902) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156.

S . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown ; frons

with black bar ; tegular with ill-defined black line ; two black spots

behind tcgute ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;

abdomen pale reddish brown dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crest

232 NOCTUID^,

.at base white. Fore wing white, suffused iu parts with fuscous

brown ; three obliquely placed black spots at base and an oblique

streak above base of inner margin ; antemcdial line double, ihe

inner line less distinct, oblique, waved ; elaviform large, filled in

with blackish and indistinctly defined by black, a dentate white

mark beyond it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular aud reniform white

defined by black and with slight fuscous centres, the former round ;

an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double, the outer

indistinct, dentate, bent oiitwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, more strongly below vein 2, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused, white, defined on

inner side by slight dentate black marks below costa and at middle

and with a slight black mark beyond it in discal fold, excurved at

vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

chequered brown aud white. Hind wing pale sutfu.sed with iuscous

brown especially on terminal area ; cilia white and fuscous ; the

underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irroratcd with

fuscous, a black streak in ceD, discoidal lunula and curved post-

medial line.

Bab. Canada, Alberta, Calgary, iu Coll. AVoUey-Dod. Fa^j.

3G millim.

1453. Epia mendax. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 20.)

Hadena inenclax. Stand. Hor. >Soc. Ent. E,os3. xiv. p. 383 (1878) ; id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 16U.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; tegulae with

black medial line and black tips, patagia edged with black; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen whitish suffused with pale reddish brown. Fore

wing rufous slightly suft'used and irroraTed with black ; a double,

waved subbasal line ending on the black streak in base of sub-

median fold ; antemedial line double, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; elaviform rather small,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with prominent

white annuli defined by black, the former round ; an indistinct

irregular medial line ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer

side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented

by somewhat dentate white marks defined on inner side by small

dentate black marks, stronger at middle, angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

brown intersected with ochreous. Hind wing pale sufluscd with

brown, especially in female ; the veins and terminal area brown ;

cilia ochreous at base, with brown medial line and white tips ; the

underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

band.

Hah. Asia Min"ok, Pontus, 1 c? , 1 $ , Bithynia, Taurus. Exp.

34 millim.

EPiA. 233

*1454. Epia renati.

Matncstra renati Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 187.

Mamcstra mcigdalene, Obertli. Et. Eut. xx. p. 68, pi. 9. f. 157 (1890);

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

2 . Head and thorax clothed "with red-brown, grey, and fuscous

scales ; frons with bhick bar; tegulsc with black medial line, patagia

with black line near upper edge ; teguloe and tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing red-brown with a greyish

tinge and slight fuscous suffusion in ])arts ; subbasal line defined b}'

white on outer side, angled outwards on subcostal and median

nervures and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double at

costa, then single and defined by white on inner side, acutely angled

inwards on the veins and outwards in submedian fold and above

inner margin ; claviform minute, indistinctly defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined

by black, the former small, elongate elliptical, the latter large,

constricted at middle and prominently marked with white at lower

extremity ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate

and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of small white lunules with

dentate black marks before them, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia intersected with white and with black line

through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins

and terminal area suffused with brown, a terminal series of blackish

striae : cilia whitish ; the underside white, the veins streaked with

brown, the costal and terminal areas irroratcd with brown, a dis-

coidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Fkance, Pyrenees, Veruet type t $ in Coll. Oberth iir.

Exp. 40 millim.

1455. Epia silenes.

Noctua silenes, Iliibn. Eta-. Schmott., Noct. f. 653 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. Fr.,

Suppl. iv. p. 219, pi. m. f. 2 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164.

Dianthcecia sejuncfa, Hcrr.-Schaff. Sclimett. Eur. ii. p. 249, f. 391 (1843).

Head and thorax clothed with white and roddish-brown hair ;

tegulffi with dark medial line ; patagia with dark edges ; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown. Fore

wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, the inner ante-

medial and postmedial areas white with a slight violaceous tinge ;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform large, M'ith bro\vn centres and white ainiuli

defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical ; an indistinct

waved medial line excurved from costa to median nervure ; post-

medial line double, slightly waved, bent outwards below costa,

slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some

■white points beyond it on costa; subtcrminal line white, defined

234 NOCTtriD^E,

on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3 ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown intersected

with white. Hind wing pale suffused witli brown, the veins and

terminal area brown ; a white mark on termen below vein 2 ; cilia

white, with a brown liiie through them ; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. S. Fkance ; Spain ; Sicily ; Hungart, Leech Coll. ;

Greece ; Armenia ; Syria, "Mardin. E.vp. 34 millim.

1456. Epia christophi. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 21.)

Dianthatcia christophi, Moschl. Wien. eiit. Mon. 1862, p. 235; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163.

Diant/ioecia corrwpta, Herz. Iris, xi. p. 25G (1898).

Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown ; palpi fuscous

at sides ; frons and vertex of head Avith fuscous bars ; teguloe with a

black medial lino : patagia edged with black ; abdomen white

slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing white, slightly tinged and

irroi'ated. with brown ; subbasal line black, defined by white on

outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold and bisecting a

black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line double, waved ;

claviform moderate, strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reni-

form with slight brown centres and prominent white annuli defined

by black, the former round ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line

double, minutely waved, bent outwai'ds below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then strongly incurved ; some white points on costa towards

apex ; subterminal line white, with dentate black marks before it at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at veins 4, 3 ; the

apex suft'used with white ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

intersected with white. Hind \\ing white slightly tinged with

brown ; the veins, a sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal band brown ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

fuscous, whitish at tips ; the underside white, the costal area

irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, the postmedial lino and

subterminal band more prominent.

Ab. 1. corrupta. Darker, especially the hind wings.

Huh. llussiA, Sarepta, 1 §; Siberia, Altai; W. Turkestan,

Uliassutai, 1 cj' , 1 $ , Pamirs ; Mongolia, Urga ; Tibet, Amdo ;

Amurlani), Ussuri. Exp. 34 millim.

Larva. Yellowish white, with white dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral

stripes.

Genus CARDEPIA, nov.

Type, C. irrisor.

I'roboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique ; frons with truncate reniforra

proniiuence, excised below ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and luetathorax with spreading

crests; fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st joint;

abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

CARDBPIA. 235

to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ;

8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

A. Head, thorax, and fore wmg not tinged with rnfous in-isor.

13. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with rufons nova.

1457. Cardepia irrisor.

Mamestra irrisor, Ersch. Fedtsch. Eeis. p. 42, pi. 4. f. 53 (1874) ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

Mamestra albipicta, Christ. Eom. Mem. i. p. 119, pi. 8. f. 1 (1884).

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; antennte

ringed wnth black ; abdomen ochreous white. Eore wing grey-

white, often slightly tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with

pale brown and fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black

striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line double, waved, angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular

small, round, whitish defined by black ; reniform large, with

whitish annulus defined by black, its lower part filled in with

fuscous ; a faint medial shade ; postmedial line defined by white on

outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line white, defined by small fuscous dentate marks on inner side,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing white slightly tinged

with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous,

leaving a white patch on termen near tornus ; cilia white ; the

underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, sinuous

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Ab. 1. deserticola, Bang-Haas, ined. Fore wing rather more

ochreous ; hind wing white, the veins and medial part of terminal

area slightly tinged with fuscous. — Syria.

The claws on fore tarsi small, larger towards extremity of joints.

Hah. S.E. llussiA ; Syria, Jordan, 1 c? , 1 § ; Kikghistan ;

W. Turkestan, Tekke, 3 c? , 1 $ , Turcomania, Ferghana, Sarawschan,

Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 J , 1 $ • Exp. 30-34

millim.

1458. Cardepia nova.

Trichoclca nova, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 198.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with white ; abdomen whitish

irrorated with brown ; tarsi with fuscous bands. Fore wing

whitish tliickly irrorated with rufous and in part suffused witli

fuscous ; svibbasal line represented by double stritc from costa and

cell ; antemedial line double, distinct at costa, then indistinct,

obli(iue, waved ; claviform minute, fuscous defined by black ; orbi-

cular and reniform with pale annuli defined by black, the former

small, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ;

a medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

dentate ; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

230

K0CTU1DJ5.

then dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subtermiual line verj^ indistinct, i)ale, di fined on inner side

by slight dentate dark marks at middle, anplcd outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small ])lack lunules ;

Fig. 40. — Cardepia nova, (S . \.

cilia whiti.sh with two brown lines through them. Hind wing

white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the

iinderside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a small discoidal spot and postmedial series of short streaks on the

veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 J, 1 $ , New

Mexico, Arizona, Tucson (Kemj)), 1 5 cotype, Prescott {Kunzc),

2 $ . Exj). 38 millim.

Genus TEICHOCLEA.

Type.

Trkhoclea, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 30 (1883) decepta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair, the 3rd .sluirt, porrect ; froiis with small rnvuided prominence with

corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round, not ciliated ; autennre of male

ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and nietathorax with

slight spreading crests ; tibia; fringed with hair on outer side ; fore tarsi with

the 1st or first two joints with long curved claw-like spines on outer side ;

abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing witii the termen slightly

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 I'rom 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with tlie cell near base.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line absent U-scrijila.

33. Fore wing with the antemedial line present.

a. Fore wing with the gi-ound-colour ferruginous red avtcsta.

h. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous brown to olive-

brown.

fl\ Fore wing with more or less prominent whitish points

on lower part of reniform albicolon.

b\ Fore wing without wliitish points on lower part of

reniform.

a^. Fore wing fuscous brown atahaitica.

h"^. Fore wing olive-brown cholica.

c. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey more or less tinged

with brown.

a^. Fore wing with white aunulus to reniform fuscolutca.

TRICnoCLKA. 237

b^. Fore wing witliout wliite annulus to reiiifonn.

a^. Foi'e wing strongly suffused with brown s^nciahllis.

h'^. Fore wing slightly tinged with rufous decepta.

C-. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown.

a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line white, dentate

on veins 4, 3 donoiica.

b^. Fore wing with the subtenuinal line indistinct, not

dentate on veins 4, 3.

a*. Hind wing with the terminal band pale brownish.

a". Fore wing with the antemedial line very

oblique from costa to subniedian fold an/iea.

b^. Fore wing with tlie antemedial line more erect

from eosta to subniedian fold pofitica.

h^. Hind wing with the terminal band deep fuscous edvardsi.

1459. Triclioclea U-scripta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 22.)

Mamestra IJ-scripta, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 228 (1891) • id Cat

Noct. N. Am. p. 119. . • •

S . Head and thorax grey and fuscous with a brownish tinge ;

abdomen grey and fuscous, paler at base. Fore wing yellowish

brown slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the costal area and veins

fuscous irrorated with white ; subbasal and antemedial lines and

clavit'orm obsolete ; orbicular and reniform small, the former hardlv

traceable, oblique elliptical, the latter with its upper part verV

indistinct, its lower with prominent white U-shaped mark with

white streak on median nervure before it ; postmedial line hardly

traceable, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points on costa beyond it ; a subterminal

series of slight dentate dark marks, the terminal area darker • a

series of pure white streaks from extremity of veins intcrsectin"-the

cilia. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown, the veins and

termen darker; cilia whitish with a dark line through them inter-

sected by a series of white streaks from extremity of veins ; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with large brown scales.

Fore tarsi with rather long curved claw-like spines on outer side

of joints.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 J , California, Sierra Nevada

Exp. 38 millim.

1460. Trichoclea artesta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 23.)

Mamcafra artcsfn, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 197.

6 . Head and thorax pale red mixed with brown and white ;

antenna? whitish ; abdomen pale ochreous, ventrally brownish.

Fore wing pale red sparsely irrorated with white, more strongly on

inner area and costal area beyond middle ; subbasal line indistinct,

defined by white on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line indistinct, defined by white on inner side,

waved, angled inwards on the veins ; claviform absent ; orbicular

and reniform with white annuli defined by brown, the former

minute, round, with brown centre, the latter with white centre

238

NOCXUID^.

defined by brown and its white annulus broken up into spots ; post-

medial line whitish, indistinct, somewhat dentate and produced to

fuscous and white points on the veins, slightly bent outwards below

costa, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; cilia brown, with a series of white points at base. Hind

wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the

underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with red.

Frons with slight vertical ridge ; fore tarsi with long curved

claws on the joints.

Hah. U.S.A., Illinois {Kemp), 1 S ■, Kansas, Colorado. Exp. 38

millira.

1461. Trichoclea albicolon.

Noct'iia albicolon, Sepp, Ins. ii. pi. 1. ff. 1-9 (1786) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 542-3; Uup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 272, pi. 117. f. 3; Steph. 111. Erit.

Ent., Haust. ii. p. 195, pi. 24. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 166.

Hadena cgena, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, p. 371.

Hadena arida, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 108, pi. 1. f. 7.

Mamestra odiosa, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 315 (1895); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156.

Mamestra amydra, Piing. Iris, xiv. p. 182, pi. ii. f. 4 (1901).

Head and thorax blackish brown slightly mixed with grey ;

patagia with some black scales above ; tarsi black with pale rings ;

abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dark yellowish or

fuscous brown irrorated with black, the veins irrorated with grey ;

subbasal and antemedial lines double, waved, filled in with paler

colour, the former extending to submedian fold ; claviform defined

by black, short ; orbicular and reniform well-developed, with greyish

annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter with white

points on its outer and lower edges ; an indistinct waved medial

line ; postmedial line double filled in with pale colour, dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale points on costa towards apex ;

subterminal line more or less broken up into ochreous-white points

and defined by small dentate black marks on inner side, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of

small black lunules and a series of pale points at base of cilia.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area

brown ; cilia yellowish white, sometimes with a dark line through

them ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with dark brown, a

discoidal lunule and somewhat dentate sinuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. C(/ena. Fore wing paler, more luteous and even in colour.

Ab. 2. arida. Fore wing duller and more fuscous in colour ;

hind wing more uniform fuscous brown.

Ab. 3. odiosa. Fore wing dull ochreous brown ; hind wing uni-

form fuscous brown.

Bab. BiUTAiN, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Jutland, Leech

Coll. : Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Sweden ; Russia,

Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia, 1 S ; Khirgistan ; W. Siberia,

1 c?, Altai, 1 6; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk-

TEICHOCLEA. 239

kul, 1 c? , 1 $ ; E. Tprkestax, Kuldja, 1 d" , 1 5 , Korla, Aksu,

typet amydra in Coll. Pungeler; Mongolia, Uliassutai, Urga; Tibet,

Ivuku-noor, 1 cj" , 1 5 j Amdo. Exp. 38-44 milliin.

Larva. Meyp. Brit. Lep. p. 87 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 207, pi. IGO. f. 1.

Green ; dorsal lino fine, pale, dark-edged ; spiracular line pale,

including a darker line ; head pale green. Food-plants : Cheno-

podium, Atrlplex, Sisymbrium, etc. 7-8.

1462. Trichoclea atalantica, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 24.)

S . Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey ;

pectus and legs greyer ; abdomen ochreons brown, the ventral

surface grey. Fore wing dark brown ; subbasal line indistinct,

blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

oblique, w^aved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform indistinctly

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, with

slight grey annuli, the former oblique elliptical ; an indistinct

waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below

costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line repre-

sented by an obscure series of dark dentate marks ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the under-

side greyer brown.

Hah. Madeira, Porto Santo {Wollaston), 1 S type. Exp. 34

niillim.

1463. Trichoclea cholica, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 25.)

Head and thorax ochreons slightly mixed with brown and grey ;

abdomen ochreous brown or greyish. Fore wing ochreons brown

irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct double, waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; an oblique, waved antemedial line angled

inwards on vein 1 and defined by greyish on inner side ; claviform

hardly visible, defined by a few dark scales; orbicular and reniform

very indistinct, defined by a few dark scales, the former round ; an

indistinct curved medial band ; postmedial line strongly dentate,

bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4 ;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by obscure somewhat

dentate fuscous marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area rather darker ; the

underside greyish irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line with short dark streaks on the veins.

Hah. Kashmik, Xubra (Mac Arthur), 4 d , 3 $ , type. E.ip.

40 millim.

1464. Trichoclea fuscolutea. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 26.)

Mamestra fuscolu/ea, Smith, Ent. News Philad. iii. p. 250, pi. x. f. 3

(181)2); id. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. .54.

2 . Head and thorax grey with a yellowish tinge and mixed with

dark brown ; tegultc with slight dark medial line ; fore tarsi with

240 NocTtriDJ^:.

series of curved claws on 1st joint, the first two having others above

them, and claws at end of next two joints ; abdomen brownish

ochreous with dark irroration. Fore wing brownish white with an

ochreous tinge and dark irroration ; tho subbasal line represented

by indistinct double stria? from costa and cell ; anteraedial line

indistinct, strongly excurved below cell and above inner margin and

angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by blackish ;

orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined

by blackish, the former oblique oblong or elliptical, open above, the

latter with its outer edge angled, its lower angle produced inwards

to a streak on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-

terminal line white, defined on inner side by dark brown dentate

marks and on outer side by dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area brown;

cilia white ; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal band.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 2 $ . E,rp- ^^ miHim.

14G5. Trichoclea sociabilis.

Mamestra sociabilis, Grasl. Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr. IS50, p. 412, pi. 10. f. 13 ;

Herr.-Schafl', Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 563 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; tegulae

with medial black line; tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey

irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with

brown ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, waved, indistinct except at costa; claviform

rather small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with grey

annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter filled in

with fuscous ; an indistinct curved waved medial line ; postmedial

line dentate and produced to white points on the veins, double at

costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, with

small dentate black marks before it except towards costa, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the

veins and terminal area brown ; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and diffused

subterminal baud. .

The claws on fore tarsi small, longer towards extremities of joints,

Mab. S.W. France, 1 $ , Zeller Coll. ^.rj:>. 32 millira.

1466. Trichoclea decepta. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 27.)

Trichoclea decepta, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 30 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 209.

Perigea pauper a, Driice, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279 (part.), nee Wlk.

Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi with black patch at

TRICHOCLEA. 241

sides ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous, whitish below.

Fore wing ochreous white, suft'uscd and irrorated with yellow-brown;

the subbasal line repreaented bj- two black strice from costa ; ante-

medial line represented by two black striaj from costa, then ill-

defined, double, irregularly dentate ; claviform small, defined by

black ; orbicular and renitbrm defined by black, tbo former round,

the latter with fuscous centre ; an indistinct waved medial line

arising from a black striga on costa ; postmedial line with double

black strias at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, ex-

curved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, minutely

waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined

on inner side by fuscous suffusion and small indistinct dentate

blackish marks, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous ; a i)romi-

nent terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins

and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a prominent

postmedial series of black points.

The tarsi with curved claw-like spines on first two joints, the

one at extremity of Ist joint large.

Hab. U.S.A., Utah in Coll. Schaus, Arizona, Phoenix (Kunze),

1 c? , 1 2 ; Mexico, N". Sonora (Morrison), 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exjy. 30-34 millim.

1467. Trichoclea demotica. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 28.)

Mamestra demotica, Piing. Iris, sv. p. 148, pi. v. ff. 8, 9 (1902).

(S . Head and thorax grej' mixed with dark brown ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen grey irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing

grey tinged with brown ; the subbasal and antetnedial lines waved,

double, filled in with greyish, tlie former extending to vein 1 ; clavi-

form small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate,

defined by black, the former round; an indistinct medial line oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial

line defined by grey on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line

white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks between veins

6 and 2, excurved at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

series of small black lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base.

Hind wing grey-white tinged with brown ; a diffused fuscous sub-

terminal band ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot, slight curved postmedial line, and

terminal series of small black lunules.

Ilah. W. TtJKKESTAN, Turcomania, 1 c? ; E. Turkestan, Aksu,

type t in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 34 millim.

1468. Trichoclea antica. (Plate LXXXIY. fig. 29.)

Trichoclea antica. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 116 (1891) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. li()9.

Head and thorax brownish white slightly irrorated with fuscous;

tarsi banded with black; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing

VOL. V. B

242 NOCTUIDiE.

white irrorated with brown and fuscous ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by black strite from costa and cell ; the antemedial line with

a black spot beyond it on costa, very oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very small, defined

by fuscous ; orbicular moderate, round, slightly defined by fuscous ;

reniform with fuscous centre and grey annulus slightly defined by

fuscous ; the postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

crenulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

whitish, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, with fuscous marks on inner side at costa and vein 5 ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and

terminal area tinged with brown, the cilia white ; the underside

with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dis-

coidal point and curved subterminal series.

Fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st joint.

Hah. U.S.A., California, Los Angeles (Coquillet), 1 $, New

Mexico, Albuquerque {Oslar), 1 ^ , Las Vegas (Oslar), 1 c? , 2 5 .

Exp. 40 millim.

1469. Trichoclea postica. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 30.)

Trichocica posfica, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 115 (1891); id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 209.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white slightly irrorated

with fuscous ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing white irrorated

with brown and fuscous ; the subbasal line represented by blackish

striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line with black point beyond

it on costa, interrupted, waved, angled inwards on vein 1, nearly

erect .; claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

incompletely defined by black, the former round, the latter with

some fuscous at centre ; postmedial line crenulate and produced

to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by

fuscous on inner side and by dark marks at costa and vein 5, dentate,

angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and incurved at sub-

median fold ; a terminal series of dark striae. Hind wing white,

the veins and terminal area suff'used with fuscous ; cilia white ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown,

a discoidal lunule and subterminal series of points on the veins.

Fore tarsi with three curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st

joint and one on 2nd.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver (Oslar), 1 J , 3 $ . Krp. 36

millim.

1470. Trichoclea edvardsi. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 31.)

Trichoclea edwardsii, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 478 (1887) ; id. Cat.

Kcct. N. Am. p. 209.

c? . Head and thorax brownish grey ; tarsi banded with black.

Fore wing pale brownish grey ; subbasal line only defined by some

.diifused black scales on each side of it below the cell ; antemedial

TEICHOCLEA. — EADULA, 243

line represented by some black scales forming traces of a waved

line ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by fulvous ;

orbicular obsolete ; reniform represented by a fuscous mark at lower

angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate and produced to a series of

white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subtermiual

line represented by a very obscure series of small fuscous dentate

marks ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; the

veins and terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous ; cilia white ;

the underside with postmedial series of dark striae on the veins.

Fore tarsi with curved claw- like spines on first four joints, three

at base and one at extremity of 1st joint, two at extremity of 2nd

joint, and those at extremities of 3rd and 4th joints larger.

Hah. U.S.A., California, Alameda Co., 1 S • Exp. 36 millim.

Genus HADULA.

Type.

Haduln, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 43 , insoLUa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in

front ; f roiis with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes

large, rounded; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales;

abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from

close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind Aviug with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near the base only.

Sect. I. Antenijic of male bipectinate, with long branches to apex.

A, Fore wing with the antemedial line very strongly angled out-

wards in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1 ,.. tancrci.

B. Fore wing with the aritemedial line moderately angled outr

wards in submedian fold and inwai'ds on vein I corghossi.

1471. Hadula tancrei. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 32.)

Mamestra tancrei, Grses. Berl, ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 305 ; Stg-ud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 161.

Haderunia grcBseri, Piing. Soc. Ent. xiii. p. .58 (1898).

S . Head and thorax blackish brown mixed with grey ; tcguloa

with dark medial line; abdomen fuscous and grey. Fore wing

grey, mostly suffused and irrorated with brownish fuscous ; subbasal

line represented by double stria) from costa and cell ; antemedial

line indistinct, double, very highly waved and angled inwards on

vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform

large indistinctly defined by blackish, the former rather elongate

elliptical, the latter filled in with fuscous, its lower part dilated and

defined by a semicircular wliite annulus ; postmedial line indistinct,

dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some

white points oji costa beyond it ; subterminal line whitish defined

by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on

veins 3, 4, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of

bhick luniiles; the cilia with fine white line at base and intersected

244

NOCTTJID-a;.

■with white. Hind wing fuscous brown with pale terminal mark

towards tornus : cilia pale with a dark line through them ; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and

curved postmedial series of short streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. (jrcfseri. Smaller, with the fore wing less distinctly

marked.

Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Issyk-kul, Alexander Mts., type t in Coll,

Piingeler; E. Titekestan, Hi, type ■f grceseri in Coll. Piingeler-,

Kungess, 1 S • Exp- 42-44 millim.

1472. Hadula corghossi.

Mamestra korghossi, Alpli. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xvii. p. 65, pi. 2. f. 49

(1882) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey ; tcgulee with

dark medial line ; patagia with whitish patch ; abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing grey, sufl'used and irrorated with fuscous or

reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by oblique double striae

below cell filled in with white, and with a whitish patch beyond it ;

antemedial line indistinct, double, irregularly dentate ; claviform

Fig. 41. — Hadula corghossi, ^. |.

large or moderate, defined by blackish : orbicular and reniform

with whitish annuli defined by blackish, the former more or less

indistinct and elongate elliptical, the latter with its upper part

more or less obsolescent, its lower part expanding inwards on

median nervure, filled in with fuscous and with a prominent semi-

circular part of the white annulus below it ; postmedial line very

indistinct, double, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line whitish, defined by browu on inner side, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area

beyond it darker ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind

wing whitish suffused with fuscous especially towards termen ; the

underside white slightly irrorated with brown ; a small discoidal

spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Uab. W. SiBEEiA, Altai, 1 c? ; W. Tuekestan, Turcomania,

1 rT , 1 y ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 2 c? , 1 $ , Thian Shan ; E. Sibeeia,

Amurland, 3 c?- Eap. 40-46 millim.

Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate, with long branches, the apex simple.

A. Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous iurpis.

S. Hind wing whitish irrorated and the terminal area suffused

with fuscous optima.

HADTJLA. 245

1473. Hadula turpis.

Phcebophihis turpis, Staucl. Iris, xii. p. 341, pi. 7. f. 8 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 177.

6 . Head and thorax grey- white slight!}- tinged with pale brown,

the crests on metathoras and 1st segment of abdomen with fuscous ;

abdomen grey-white. Fore wing grey- white slightly tinged with

red -brown and irrorated with fuscous ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by blackish marks below costa and cell ; the antemedial line

rather indistinct, waved : claviform moderate, defined by fuscous ;

orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by fuscous, the

"^^^^0'''

Fig. 42. — Hadula hirpis, (^ . \.

former round, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; post-

medial line indistinct, somewhat dentate, slightly bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line very indis-

tinct, pale defined on inner side by small indistinct dentate brown

marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing

brownish grey suffused with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous white ; the

underside grey irrorated with fuscous, traces of a discoidal point and

sinuous postmedial line,

Hah. E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts., 1 J . Exp. 46 millim.

*1474. Hadula optima.

Haderonia optima, Alph. Rom. Mem. ix. p. 236, pi. xii. f. 7 (1897) ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161.

(S . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brownish fuscous ;

abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey

tinged with brown and slightly with ochreous and thickly irrorated

with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker; the subbasal line

represented by indistinct double striae from costa and cell ; ante-

medial line slightly washed, obli(iue from costa to submedian fold,

then angled inwards on vein 4 ; claviform small, very indistinctly

defined ; orbicular and reniform large, pale grey, ill-defined, the

former irregularly rounded ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial

line indistinct, ol)scurely and minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

whitish defined by brown on inner side, dentate to near termcn on

veins 7, G, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia

246 NOCTtflD^.

■whitish with a dark line through them. Sifld Wing whitish,

irrorated and the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ;

the Underside white irrorated with fuscous, an indistinct sinuous

postmedial line with dark streaks at the veins.

Hah. E. Turkestan, Altyn Tag, in Coll. Piingeler, J^an Schan

Mts. ; W. CniNA. Exp. 38-42 millim.

Sect. III. Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate.

A« Fore wing with ^-mark in subterminal line prtBcipua.

B. Fore witig without ^-mark in subterminal litle * lonyicornis.

1475. Hadula prsecipua.

Mcmcstra pfmcipuct, Staud. Iris, Viii. p. 316 (1896) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 155.

S ' Head and thorax brown ; metathoracic crest vinous red ;

abdomen reddish brown, the anal tuft redder. Fore wing grey-

broWn with a viuous-red tinge ; a slight black streak below base of

cell ; the subbasal line represented by oblique black striae from

costa and cell ; a prominent oblique black streak above inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is indistinct and strongly angled

outwards in aubmedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform

t'ig. 43. — Hadula prtscipua, J .

large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by

black, the former rather elliptical, the latter angled inwards on

median nervure ; postmedial line rather irregularly dentate, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some ochreous

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white, with

dentate dark marks before it on each side of discal and submedian

folds and dark streaks in the interspaces beyond it, dentate to

termen on veins 7, 4, 3. Hind wing fuscous brown, with fine

ochreous line at base of cilia ; the underside with the inner area

paler, an indistinct oblique postmedial line.

Ifab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 c?, Amdo, Exp. 48 millim.

*147(5. Hadula longicornis. (Plate LX:S:.XV. fig. 1.)

JSIamestra longicornis, Gra;s. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 306; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 155.

c^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with pale reddish

HADULA.

247

brown ; tarsi brown with pale rings. Fore wing grey, tinged in

parts with ochreous and irrorated with dark brown, the medial

area slightly darker ; siibbasal line represented by slight dark striae

from costa ; antemedial line waved ; claviform with its extremity

defined by dark brown ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish

slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter quadrate ;

postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa,

excurv'ed to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal lino indistinct,

whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series

of slight dark lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown,

especially on terminal area ; a curved postmedial line showing

through from underside ; cilia whitish ; the underside white irro-

rated with brown, some slight dark streaks on postmedial line.

Hah. E. Turkestan, Kashgar, type f in Coll. Piingclcr. Exy.

44 millim.

Sect. IV. Antenna; of male with long cilia.

A, Fore wing without brown centres to orbicular and reniform.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform whitish defined

by black sabulorum.

b. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform grey defined by

brownish insolita.

B. Fore wing with brown centres to orbicular and reniform . . . impia.

1477. Hadula sabulorum.

Mamestra sabulorum, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 69, pi. 3. f. 58

(1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 15(x

Mamestra distincia, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 35.

Mamestra rhodina, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 91 (1893).

Head and thorax ochreous grey mixed with brown, a few black

scales on edges of patagia; tarsi ringed with black; abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing ochreous grey irrorated with brown and black ; the

subbasal line represented by double black striae from costa and cell ;

antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, arising from

black points on costa ; claviform small, defined by black ; medial

Fig. 44. — Hadula sabulorum, c? . \.

line indistinct, curved, waved, arising from a black point on costa ;

orbicular and reniform with a whitish tinge, large, defined by

black, the former round ; postmedial line dentate and produced to

black and grey streaks on the veins, double at costa, bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond

243 noctuid.t:.

it on cosla ; subterminal line ochreous strongly defined on inner

side by a series of somewhat dentate fuscous marks, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the

veins brown ; terminal area fuscous, with whitish mark on termen

near tornus ; cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with

blackish, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial series of

points.

Ab. 1. distmcta. Larger ; fore wing with a slight violaceous

tinge and more distinctly marked below.

Ab. 2. rhodina. Fore wing suffused with red-brown.

Hah. Armenia, Ordubad ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk-

kul, 1 f{ , 1 $ ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 cJ, Kiingess, 2 J , 1 $ ,

Kashgar. Exp. 36-44 millim.

1478. Hadula insolita. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 2.)

Hadula insolita, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 43 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 157.

Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; tarsi banded Avith fuscous ;

abdomen grey. I'ore wing brownish grey; the subbasal line repre-

sented by double brown striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line

double, waved, rather oblique; claviform absent; orbicular and

reuiform large, incompletely defined above and below, the former

round ; a distinct medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of

cell, then dentate ; postmedial line indistinct, double, dentate, bent

outwards below costa, somewhat incui'ved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4 ; subterminal line rather indistinct, brownish, with

two or three small somewhat dentate black marks on it near discal

fold and one in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; traces of some minute terminal dark lunules.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the veins brown ; the

terminal area fuscous, with whitish mark on termen near tornus ;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal

lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside.

Hah. W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul, 2 c^ , 3 2 ; E. Turkestan, Kash-

gar. Ewp. 40-42 millim.

*1479. Hadula impia. (Plate XCII. fig. 2.)

Maiiteshr/ invpia, Piing. ined.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated and suff'used

with brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line irregularly waved, defined by grej'

on inner side ; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular and

reniform with brown centres and pale annuli defined by brown, the

former round, o])en above, the latter indistinctly defined and

constricted at middle ; postmedial line dentate, defined by grey on

outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino

HADULA,

249

dentate, white defined by brown on inner side, somewhat angled

outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; the cilia white with a brown line through

them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a sinuous post-

medial line and diffused subterminal band.

Hah. E. TuRKEsrAN, Aksu, type f J in Coll. Piingeler. Exp.

46 millim.

Sect. V. Antenna} of male minutely ciliated.

A. Forewingwitb the antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1,

the postmedial line incurved below vein 4 unica.

B. Fore wing with the anteniedial line not angled inwards on

vein 1, the postmedial line oblique below vein 4 iyicommoda.

148i». Hadula unica.

Hudena unica, Leech, P.Z. S. 1889, p. 509, pi. 51. f. 12.

cj" . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown ; tarsi

with pale rings. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with fuscous

and the medial area slightly tinged with fuscous ; a double waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double irregularly

waved antemedial line ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular

and renit'orm large, grey defined by black and with some brown

in centres, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter rather

quadrate and angled inwards on median nerviire ; postmedial line

double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards

at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black

lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged with brown, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown, leaving some ochreous

on termen towards tornus ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, adiscoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some points on

termen.

Bab. Japan {Pryer), 1 cJ type Exp. 40 millim.

1481. Hadula incommoda.

Mamestra incommoda. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 250; id. Eom.

Mem. vi. p. 428, pi. 8. f. 3 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

Mamestra lacrimosa, Grass. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 328.

d" . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with brown ; abdomen

reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and suffused

with brown ; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from

costa ; a triangular black mark below base of cell ; antemedial

line represented by a very indistinct oblique grey line from cell to

inner margin ; claviform filled in with dark brown, rather pointed

at extremity ; orbicular and reniform with grey annuli defined by

brown, the former oblique elliptical, the latter inwardly oblique

and placed on a diffused brown jiatch ; an oblique brown line from

beyond angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line grey,

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique beloAV

vein 4 ; subterminal lino whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and

250

TSOCTUIVM.

oxcurved at middle, the area beyond it darker ; a terminal series of

small black lunulcs. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with

brown, especially towards termen ; cilia white with a brown line

Fig. 45. — Hadula incommoda, cJ • !•

through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Rah. Amubland, Ussuri, 1 J . Ex]). 34 millim.

Genus NEPHELISTIS, nov.

Type, iV. congenitaUs.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned reaching vertex of head ; frons

with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large,

rounded ; head and thorax clothed principally with scales, the pro- and nieta-

thorax with spreading crests; tibise fringed with hair; abdomen with large

dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obso-

lescent from middle of discocelluLirs ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing

with cell near base only.

Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches to near apes.

1482. Nephelistis congenitalis, n. sp.

Tceniocampa vellerea, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Amer., Ilet. ii. p. 484 (part.),

nee Schaus.

c? . Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey ; abdomen

fuscous brown. Fore wing brown suffused with purplish grey ;

subbasal line represented by some white scales from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, grey ; the medial area

Fig. 46. — Ncphclistis congenitalis, cJ. \.

suffused with dark olive-brown from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ;

the orbicular and reuiform only defined by a few white scales on

their inner and outer edges ; the postmedial line indistinct, white,

strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some paler suffusion beyond it and some white points on

NEPHELISTIS.

251

costa ; subtorminal Hue represented by a series of white undula-

tions on brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge, whitish

towards base and inner margin ; the underside yellowish white,

the costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 c? type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. Eap. 3-i millim.

Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with very short branches, the apex

ciliated ; mid tibioa dilated, fringed with very long hair and with

expansible tuft of long yellow hair ; underside of both wings mostly

clothed with bright ochreousandroconia and hair to beyond middle.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 4 ... clauda.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line obliquely curved.

a. Head and tegula; rufous furva.

b. Head and tegulie purplish brown differens.

1483. Nephelistis clauda.

Conservula clauda, Schaus, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 231 (1894) ; Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het, ii. p. 475.

TcBniocompa veUerca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 484 (part.), ueo

Schaus.

Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey ; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen dark grey-brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused

with purplish grey and irrorated with whitish ; traces of a waved

whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct

oblique waved autemedial line ; the medial area suffused with

black-brown from submedian nervure to vein 1 ; orbicular and

reniform very indistinctly defined by grey, the former round ; post-

medial line grey slightly defined by blackish on inner side, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and excurved at median

^??5^-^

Fig. 47. — Nephelistis clauda, (S . \.

nervules ; subterminal line represented by a very obscure series of

whitish marks on diffused blackish patches, slightly angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine wliitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish with

dark line at base. The underside of both wings in malo clothed

with bright ochreous hair and androcouia to beyond middle except

costal area ; hind wing with black discoidal spot and sinuous post-

medial lino, in female whitish thickly irrorated with brown, the

disk whiter.

Hah. Mexico, .Talapa (Tnijillo), 2 J , 3 $ , Godman-Salviu Coll.

Ex2). 30 millim. Typo t in Coll. Schaus.

9/59

NOCTUIDiK.

*1484. Nephelistis furva. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 3.)

Conservula furva , Schaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).

S . Head and tegulae bright ferruginous slightly mixed with

white, the latter tipped with white ; thorax red-brown irrorated

with white ; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen rufous irrorated with white, the anal tuft more fulvous.

Fore wing bright chestnut ; the costal area purplish fuscous ; a

purplish band before the oblique antemedial line from cell to inner

margin ; orbicular and reniform purplish with ill-defined whitish

annuli, the former very oblique elliptical ; some white points on

terminal half of eosta ; postmedial line chestnut defined by white on

outer side, straight, very oblique from below costa to inner margin,

with a pur])lish band on its outer edge ; subtcrminal line very ill-

defined, whitish towards costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

then oblique ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ;

cilia purplish brown. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins,

terminal area, and a terminal line tinged with rufous ; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point

and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type f J in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30

millim.

1485- Nephelistis differens.

Hadena differens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 294, pi. 27. f. 26

(1889).

T(Bniocainpa vellerea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am , Het. ii. jj. 484, pi. 94. f. 8

(nee Schaus).

5 . Head and thorax deep purplish grey, the tegulae and thoracic

crest cupreous ; abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crest cui)reous.

Fore wing dark purplish grey ; the subbasal line represented by

white striae from costa and median nervure with cupreous suffusion

before it ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, defined by the medial

area below diseal fold and stigmata being cupreous ; orbicular and

reniform defined by a slight blackish line except above and with a

fuscous patch between them, the former oblique elliptical, confluent

at lower extremity with the latter which is constricted at middle ;

postmedial line double, oblique, very slightly curved and not quite

reaching costa; some whitish points on terminal half of costa;

subtcrminal line defined by the area beyond it being cupreous

except the veins and an apical patch, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7, strongly inwards in diseal fold, then somewhat dentate ; a

fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a

reddish tinge, the interspaces whitish except towards termen ; cilia

whitish with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish, the

costalarea brown irrorated with white, a dark discoidal point and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {TrujUlo),\ $ ; Panama, Chiriqui (C7ia?»-

;pxon), 3 5 type, Godman-i^alvin Coll. Exjj. 36-40 millim.

NEPHELISTIS. HYDRCECIODES.

253

Sect. Ill, Autennre of male ciliated ; mid tibiffi of male dilated with a groove

containiug tufts of flocculent yellow hair and fringed with large

curved scales.

1486. Nephelistis vellerea.

Taniocampa vellerea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 237 (1894).

Conservula cedica, Drace, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 475, pi. 93. ff. 9, 10

(1898).

(S . Head and thorax brown, tlie scales tipped with grey ; abdo-

men grey-brown, the ventral surface darker, the anal tuft more

ochreous. Fore wing dark brown suffused and irrorated with

purplish grey, the postmedial area purplish grey ; faint traces of an

antemedial line, with the area before it rather greyer below the cell ;

the postmedial line pale, obliquely curved, not quite reaching costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, grey, excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a

Fig. 48. — Kephelistis vellerea, (S . \.

fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous white, the

veins, costal and terminal areas tinged with brown, especially

towards apex ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, type f (S in Coll. Schaus, ( Trujillo) 1 S

type cedica, Orizaba {Bouchard) ; Panama, Chiriqui {Champion),

1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 34-36 millim.

Genus HYDRCECIODES, nov.

Type, H. alala.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair

in front, the 3rd short, oblique, hairy in front; frons witli rounded prominence

with curved corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long

cilia ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the vertex of head with

large crest ; the tegulaj produced upwards into a slight ridge ; the pro- and meta-

thorax with spreading crests; tibiic fringed witli rather long liair; abdomen

with large dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing ratlier narrow; veins 3

and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the arcole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

254 N0CTuin;i5.

Sect. I. Antonnge of malo bipcctinate to near apex.

A. Fore wing not sufFused with brown xnnthina,

B. Fore wing suffused with brown pexa.

1487. Hydroeciodes xanthina, n. sp.

Xantkia alala, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485 (part.).

(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow mixed with red ; tegula?

with traces of medial line ; patagia with dark line near tips. Fore

wing yellow thickly irrorated with rufous ; two slightly curved

rufous subbasal lines from costa to submedian fold and another line

from before antemedial line excurved below costa, then oblique to

vein 1 ; the antemedial lino waved, angled inwards in cell and on

vein 1 ; claviform short, broad, and defined by brown at extremity;

orbicular and reniform large, defined by rufous, the former round ;

medial line rufous, obliquely incurved from costa to lower angle of

cell, then oblique and with some black irroration at its extremity

on inner margin ; postmedial line sinuous, bent outwards below

costa, slightly angled at veins 6 and 4, .then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line excurved below costa

Fig. 49. — Hydi-oeciodes xanthina, cJ . \.

and at middle, incurved at veins 5 and 2, some slight dark suffusion

beyond it ; the veins towards termen with dark streaks ; a fine

terminal dark line. Hind wing semihyaline- yellow tinged with

pink ; the veins and terminal line brown ; cilia yellow ; the under-

side pale, the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot

and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Patycuaro {Oodman), 1 S type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. Exp. 34 millim.

*1488. Hydroeciodes pexa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 4.)

Hycb-ORcia pexa, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).

cJ . Head and thorax yellowish brown mixed with reddish

brown and the hairs tipped with grey ; palpi dark brown at

sides ; abdomen ochreous whitish, dorsally suffused with brown,

the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing orange-yellow, mostly irro-

rated and suffused with red-brown, leaving the antemedial area

below cell and postmedial area except towards costa yellower ;

a curved slightly waved antemedial line ; claviform short, yellow

irrorated with rufous and defined by brown ; orbicular and reui-

nYDEffiCIODES. 255

form yellow irrorated with rufous and defined by brown, tho

former round, the latter with white spots on its annulus ; a medial

line oblique from costa to median nervuro, whore it is angled,

then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line waved, bent outwards

below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below

vein 4 ; subtermiual line waved, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with

brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal

point and slight postmedial series.

Hah. Mexico, Oaxaca, type f cJ iJi Coll. Schaus. Exp. 38

millim.

Sect. IT. Antennae of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing without white subterniinal line.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow.

a}. Fore wing with the medial line angled outwards to

lower angle of cell alala.

6'. Fore wing with the medial line not angled on median

nervure azteca.

h. Fore wing dark brown suffused with red.

a}. Fore wing with the annulus of renifbrm yellow cauta.

b^. Fore wing with the annulus of reniform white leucopis.

B. Fore wing with white subtermiual line leucogramma.

1489. Hydrceciodes alala.

Xanthia alala, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 514 ; id. Biol. Centr.-Araer., Het.

ii. p. 485, pi. 94. f. 11.

(S . Head and thorax golden yellow mixed with red-brown ;

abdomen yellow dorsally tinged with pink, the dorsal crest dark at

tip. Fore wing golden yellow irrorated with red; a double sinuous

subbasal red lino from costa to submedian fold, with an oblique

highly-waved line beyond it ; a waved antemedial line angled in-

wards on subcostal nervure and vein 1 ; claviform defined by red ;

orbicular and reniform defined by red, the former round, the latter

with annulus formed of red-defined spots ; medial line oblique from

Fig. 50.— Hi/droeciodesalala, (^ . \.

costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial lino

brown, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oVdique; subtermiual line excurved below costa and at middle,

angled inwards at veins 5 and 2, the area beyond it suffused with

brown ; the veins with dark streaks towards termen ; a tine dark

terminal lino. Hind wing pale yellow, tho veins towards termen

and terminal area tinged with red ; the underside with curved

postmedial lino.

256 NOCTUID^.

Hah. Mexico City (Hoecje), 1 c? type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 32 millim.

Subsp. 1. Abdomen dark red-brown ; fore wing with three white

spots on lower part of reniform ; the area in, beyond, and above end

of cell suffused with brown ; hind wing suffused with brown in

male, darker in female.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trvjillo), 1 c? , 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll.

1490. Hydrceciodes azteca. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 5.)

Hydrcecia azteca, Scliaus, ined.

Head and thorax orange mixed with brown ; palpi brown ;

tegulse brown edged with orange ; patagia orange edged with brown ;

tarsi brown with pale bands ; abdomen brown, the ventral surface

whitish irrorated with brown and the anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing orange-yellow thickly irrorated with rufous ; the veins streaked

with brown ; a waved subbasal rufous line from costa to submedian

fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line defiued by yellow on inner

side; claviform defined by brown; orbicular and reniforra moderate,

defined by brown and with white points on their annuli ; a promi-

nent oblique slightly curved medial line ; postmedial line somewhat

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some yellow points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,

the area beyond it purplish brown except at apex ; cilia dark brown.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, especially on inner

and terminal areas ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated

with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial line on costal half.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, type t c? in Coll. Schaus ; Orizaba, 1 5 •

Ex'p. 38 millim.

1491. Hydrceciodes cauta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 6.)

Hydracia cauta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the vertex of head

with some ochreous, the tegulae with some red ; legs irrorated with

ochreous, the tibia? and tarsi ringed with ochreous ; abdomen

with some ochreous in anal tuft, the ventral surface irrorated with

ochreous. Fore wing dark brown, almost entirely suffused with deep

fiery red ; a dark waved antemedial line ; reniform small, ochreous

white with fiery -red centre ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, somewhat dentate at median nervure. then

oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

red, defined by a dark shade on inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing fuscous brown with a yellowish tinge ; cilia pale with a

dark line through them and pinkish tips; the underside pale,

thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costal area tinged with

purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and curved strigiform post-

medial line.

Hah. Costa Rica, 1 $,typet $ in Coll. Schaus; J i" Coll.

Joannis. Exp. 30 millim.

HTDKffiClODES. — TIRACOLA. 257

1492. Hydroeciodes leucopis, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 1.)

cJ. Head and thorax rufous ; antennae ringed with white towards

base ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing

brown, the interspaces suffused with fiery red ; an indistinct waved

antemedial line ; claviform absent ; orbicular an ill-defined brown,

spot with two white points on it ; reniform elliptical, pure white

defined by brown and with small brown centre ; postmedial line

very indistinct, somewhat dentate, and with some white points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; traces of a pale

waved subterminal line ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind

wing ochreous suffused with brown ; the underside paler, the costal

area thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Peru, Huancabamba, 1 S type. Kvp. 30 millim.

1493. Hydroeciodes leucogramma, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 7.)

2 . Head and thorax purplish pink tinged with brown ; pectus

and legs grey-brown ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the extremity

tinged wirh pink, the dorsal crest tipped with white. Fore wing

pur[)lish pink ; the veins black-brown ; the area beyond the cell

suff"used with black-brown ; the subracdian interspace and base of

inner margin yellow thickly irrorated with fiery red ; an indistinct

oblique waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular

and reniform yellow thickly irrorated with fiery red, the former

round, the latter with punctiform white line on its lower and outer

sides and point at its upper inner angle ; medial line represented

by a striga from costa and an oblique waved line from beyond

lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line strongly den-

tate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved;

subterminal line white, obsolescent towards costa, angled outwards

at vein 7 and slightly incurved below vein 3. Hind wing fuscous

brown ; the underside rather paler, with slight discoidal point and

curved postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, Kio Janeiro, 1 $ type. Organ Mts., Tijuca (-S. R.

Wagner), 2 2 ; Paraguay, Meva Germania. Exp. 30 millim.

Genus TIRACOLA.

Type.

Tiracola, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3al plugiaia.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint tliiekly snaled, the

3rd short, oblique ; frona smootli ; eyes large, rounded ; antennaj of niaie

ciliated ; head and thorax clothed witli hair and a few scales, tlie prothorax

with triangular ridge-like crest, the nietathorax with spreading crest ; abdomen

rather dorsally flattened, with rough hair at base and dorsal crests on basul

Begmeuts. P'ore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely

curved and the cilia crenulate ; veins o and 5 iVoni near angle of cell ; (3 iroin

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tlie areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with the cell short; vein 2 from near angle; .3, 4 stalked ;

6 obsolescent from luiddlo of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly

stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

VOL. V. B

258

NOCTUIDiE.

1494. Tiracola plagiata.

Agrotis plagiata, Wlk. xi. 740 (1857) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 34. pi. 148,

ff. 1, 1 a ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 282 ; Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het.

i. p. 286, pi. xxvii. f. 14.

Agrotis plagifera,'W\'k. xi. 741 (1857).

Agrotis spectahilis, Wlk. xxxii. 704 (1865).

Agrotis grandirena, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-Blatt Eegensb. 1868, p. 149.

Head and thorax varying from ochraceous or greyish, sometimes

with an olive tinge, to ferruginous ; palpi black except at tips ;

some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; tibiae irrorated with

black ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the

ventral surface rufous irrorated with black, a sublateral series of black

points. Fore wing varying from pale ochreous or greyish to rufous,

brown or purple-brown, sometimes tinged with olive, and sparsely

irrorated uith black ; subbasal line sometimes represented by black

points on costa and in cell, the antemedial line by black points on

costa and veins sometimes connected by a faint waved line, excurved

from costa to vein 1 ; claviform absent ; orbicular represented by part

Fig. 51. — Tiracola plagiata, cj". \.

(From Moths Ind. vol. ii.)

of the whitish annulus or absent ; reniform large, whitish defined by

black and its centre defined by black, its lower part filled in with

fuscous or wholly filled in with fuscous ; a more or less prominent

medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure, then waved ;

postmedial line double and oblique from costa to vein 7, then repre-

sented by a series of black points on the veins sometimes connected

by a crenulate line, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; in the

darker specimens, the apical part of costal area paler or grey;

subterminal line ochreous defined on each side by brown, indistinct

towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7, incurved to vein 4,

excurved to submedian fold and bent outwards to tornus, a dark

point on its inner side above vein 5, the area beyond it often darker

except at apex ; a terminal series of black points usually present ;

cilia with fine ochreous line at base, some black in the crenulations.

Hind wing whitish more or less suffused with brown, the terminal

area darker ; cilia whitish; the underside whitish, the costal area

tinged with brown aud irrorated with black, a slight discoidal point,

TIRACOLA. — CHABUATA. 259

indistinct sinuous postmedial line or series of points on the veins

and some terminal points.

Ab. 1. Hind wing uniform ochreous white. New Guinea.

Uah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 2 $, Misantla (2ViyiZ?o), 1 §,

Coatepec (Brooks), 1 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Cuba, Matangas

(Schaus), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), I <S , 2 $ ;

W. China, Moupin (Kricheldorf), 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Sikhim (Lidderdale),

1 S; BoiinxY (Lelth), 1 c? ; Canaea (Ward), 2 $; Ceylon (Wen-

ham, Templeton, MacTciuood), 'd S , 2 $ , type and type plagifera ;

Singapore (JSk//«/), 1 §; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $; Java

(Horsfield), 1^,2 5; New Guinea; Queensland, Brisbane (Tur-

ner), 1 $ ; N. S. Wales, Moreton Bay (Biggies), 1 c? type specta-

hilis, Sydney (Raynor), 1 cJ ; Tahiti (J". J. Walker), 1 5 ; Maruuesas,

Nuka-Hiva (J. J. Walker), 1 d . ^.rp. 42-68 millim.

Larva. Dull violet-brown ; a few scattered grey points ; dorsal

stripe grey formed of triangular patches ; a j)ale olivaceous sub-

lateral stripe from 4th somite ; head and legs violet-grey, the

former small ; 1 1th somite produced to a dorsal hump ; hair fine.

Food-plant, Emilia.

Genus CHABTTATA. „

Type.

Chahuata, Wlk. xiv. 1034 (1857) ampla.

Tricholita, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 215 (1875) siynata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, tbe 2nd joint fringed

with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ;

head and thorax clothed with rough hair and scales, the prothorax with

triangular crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ; tibite clothed with

rough hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and slight lateral fringes of

hair. Fore wing with veins .3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco-

cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Antennae bipectinate in both sexes; the branches short

in female.

A. Fore wing bright rufous thickly irrorated with white iwfata.

B. Fore wing dull reddish brown without white irroration . signatu..

C Fore wing dull brown irrurated with grey.

a. Fore wing with the lines fairly distinct, a series of

wliite points at base of cilia fistula.

b. Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete, no white

points at base of cilia nmfina.

D. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown inconsi)kua.

1495. Chahuata notata. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 8.)

Tricholita notata, Streck. Lep. Khop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 9 (1898) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168.

Triclwlita si/rissa, Streck. Lep. B-hop. & Ilet. ii. p. 6 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 168.

Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with wliite ;

antennae ochreous ; abdomen brownish rufous, the ventral tuft

purplish red, the hair tipped with white ; anal tuft whitish at

s2

260

ITOCTUIDJI!.

extremity. Fore wing bright purplish red-brown irrorated with

white ; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line very indistinct,

oblique ; claviform and oibicular absent ; reniform white, the

centre and upper part suffused with yellow, two fine rufous streaks

crossing it in discal fold, the area round it rather darker ; traces of

an oblique medial line from cell to inner margin ; jjostmedial line

rather indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and

slightly incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by

the area beyond it being rather darker, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia fuscous brown slightly irrorated

with white. Hind wing dull yellowish brown ; the cilia redder,

whitish at tips ; the underside pale, tinged with purplish red and

irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, Chicago, 1 S , Nebraska. Exp. 34

miUim.

1496. Chabuata signata.

Nephelodes signata, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 253 (1860) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. ]72.

Hydriicia semiaperta, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 105 (1874).

S. Head and thorax red-brown, the hairs tipped with greyish;

abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing red-brown,

Fig. 52. — Chabuata signata, (^ . \.

the veins with slight dark streaks ; the subbasal line represented

by dark marks on costa and in cell ; a waved antemedial line ;

orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former small, round,

the latter narrow, often with its lower part white and with white

spots round its upper part ; a diffused medial line oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled ; postmedial line

minutely waved, strongly bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 4, angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line difiused,

ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area

bej'ond it darker, sometimes with some white scales on the veins ;

a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the

cilia redder ; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, the

costal and terminal areas tinged with reddish, a black discoidal

point and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Canada; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle and Central

States, Massachusetts, Boston, 2 S , New York, Evans Centre, 1 J ,

TJlinois, New Mexico, Exp. 34 millim.

CHABUATA. 261

1497. Chabuata fistula. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 9.)

Tricholita fistula, Harv. Can. Eiit. x. p. 56 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 173.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen brown

mixed with grey, the base pale. Fore wing dark brown with a

reddish tinge, the costal and inner areas and veins suft'iised with

grey ; traces of a snbbasal line from costa to snbmedian fold ; an

indistinct waved antemedial line angled outwards above inner

margin ; traces of a small claviform stigma edged with brown ;

orbicular a small brown annulus ; reniform a lunule formed of small

white spots, with a spot before it in lower angle of cell ; traces of a

medial line oblique from costa to median nervure where it is angled ;

postmedial line somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal

line ochreous and brown, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia mixed with grey and

with white points at end of veins. Hind wing whitish irrorated

with brown, the terminal half suffused wath brown, more uniformly

suffused in female ; cilia white at tips ; the underside pale with the

costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, California, Sanzalito, 1 (5 , 2 5 type,

Arizona. Exp. 34 millim.

1498. Chabuata mutina. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 10.)

Apamea mutina, Sehaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 238 (1894) ; Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477.

2 . Head and thorax brown, very thickly irrorated with white ;

abdomen grey-brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing dull brown,

very thickly irrorated with white ; faint traces of the antemedial

line ; reniform absent or represented by an elliptical white mark,

its lower part broken up into three small spots ; postmedial line

very faint, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, faint traces of the subterminal line. Hind wing white,

the veins brownish, the marginal areas broadly irrorated and

suffused with brown ; the iinderside white irrorated with browa

especially on marginal areas, a discoidal point and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

J . Anal tuft mostly ochreous ; fore wing with indistinct oblique

grey lino from costa before apex.

Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 <$ , type t ? in Coll. Sehaus. Exp. 32

millim.

*1499. Chabuata inconspicua. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 11.)

Tricholita inconspicua, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 129 (1883) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 173.

c? . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown ; abdomen

262 jrocitJiD^.

ochreous wliite irrorated with hrown. Fore wing oehreons, suffused

and irrorated with dark brown, especially on disk and terminal area ;

subbasal and antemedial lines, claviform and orbicular obsolete; two

•white points on discocellulars, with three points below them at

lower angle of cell, preceded by a short white streak on end of

median nerrure; postmedial line indistinct, diffused, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by the

area beyond it being slightly darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish irrorated with yellow-

brown and the terminal area suffused with yellow-brown ; the

underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal lunula and traces of a sinuous postmedial

line.

JIab. U.S.A., Ai-izona, in US. ]S"at. Mus. E.r2). 36 millim.

Sect II. Antenna of male serrate and fasciculate.

1500, Chabuata carneago.

Xanthia carneago, Guen. Noct. i. p. 397 (1862).

Aa«ifA/a/«/y«, Blanch. Gay's Fauna Chilena, vii. p. 82, pi. 4. f. 10 (1854).

Head and thorax purplish red more or less tinged with brown,

the hairs slightly tipped with white ; aiitennoe w^hitish ; tarsi

slightly ringed with white ; abdomen purplish red, dorsally tinged

'Fig.?)^, —Chahuata carneago, (j". J.

with fuscous, the base pale, the basal crest purple. Fore wing deep

red-brown, more or less tinged \yith purpUsh grey and irrorated

With brown and black ; the veins streaked with black ; a waved

black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique

minutely waved antemedial line ; orbicular represented by a black

point ; reniform blackish slightly defined by grey and with dark

suffusion from it to costa ; an oblique waved line from cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line double, the outer strongest, minutely

waved, slightly bent outwards bolow costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

brown, dilated into a patch on costa, excurved from veins 7 to 2 ; a

waved dark terminal line. Hind wing white, the veins and

marginal areas more or less suffused with purplish fuscous ; cilia

red or ochreous ; the underside suffused with red and irrorated with

black ; a small discoidal spot aud curved postmedial series of points

on the veins.

IJah. Chili {Edmonds),2 c?, 1 $. Exp. 40 millim.

CHAB0ATA.

263

Sect. III. Antennte of male ciliated.

A. Abdomen of male with paired ventral tufts of long hairs

from base.

a. Fore wing yellow irrorated and striated with rufous distincta.

b. Fore wing reddish or grey tinged with red, irrorated and

striated with brown ohsctira.

c. Fore wing grey tinged with browu ; hind wing on under-

side with the terminal area dark punctosa.

1501, Chabuata distincta.

Aletia distincta, Mooro, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 333, pi. 37, f. 4 ; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 277.

Aletia exanthemata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Butl. III. Het. B. M.

vii. p. 50, pi. 126. f. 6.

Head and thorax yellow and rufous mixed ; a more or less

prominent dark line near extremitj' of tegulse and some black scales

near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral tufts

of male black. Fore wing yellow, thickly irrorated and striated

with rufous ; the costal edge fuscous ; antemedial line curved and

slightly sinuous ; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform small,

yellow with some rufous scales on them and ill-defined, the former

Fig. 54. — Chabuata di&tincta, S- \-

round, the latter with slight white streak on extremity of median

nervure ; a rather indistinct and somewhat lunulate postmedial

line, slightly angled outwards below costa and incurved at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4, a series of points on the veins beyond it,

angled at vein 4 ; an indistinct dark subterminal line, angled outwards

at vein 7, inwards in discal fold, and oxcurved at middle ; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia with fuscous line through them. Hind

wing ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous except towards

costa and inner margin ; the underside pale, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, postmedial

waved line or series of short streaks on the veins and terminal

series of points ; in male the underside of both wings with a golden

gloss except costal area of fore wing.

Hab. PcN.TAn, Kulu, Sultanpur {Younrj), 1 S , Dharmsala (fHocJc-

infj), 3 J , 2 $ , type exanthemattt ; Sikuim. Exp. 38 millim.

264 NOCTtTID^,

1502. Chaljuata obscura.

Alefiaobsciira, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 97(1882) ; Hmpsn. MothsTud. ii. p. 277.

Aletia rvdis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 411 ; Bull. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 50,

pi. 126. ff. 7, 8.

Lcucania nepos, Leech, Traus. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 124,

Head and thorax grey, more or less stronglj' tinged with rufous

and irrorated with brown ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous,

the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing bright rufous or

grej'ish tinged with rufous, thickly striated with brown and irrorated

with black ; the median nervure usually with a slight pale streak ;

a white point at lower angle of cell, usually with some fuscous

beyond it ; postmedial line represented by a curved series of black

points on the veins ; subterrainal line sometimes obscurely defined

by the area beyond it being slightly darker, arising obliquely from

termen below apex and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards costa ; the

cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them. The under-

side in male with a slight golden gloss except towards costa of

fore wing which is tinged with rufous ; hind wing with small

discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial curved series of short streaks

on the veins and a terminal series ; of female pale, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with purplish and irrorated with black.

Hah. W. China, Omcishan, 1 c? type nej)os ; Punjab, Kulu,

Sultanpur ((?. Yoimg), 1 S -, 1 $ ; Simla {Stvinhoe), 1 § , Dharmsala

( Hocking), 1 c? , 3 $ , typo rudis ; Assam, Khasis, 1 c? type.

Ex}). 38-44 millim.

1503. Chabuata punctosa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 16.)

Cerastis punctosa, Wlk. x. 453 (1856).

S . Grey mixed with brown ; frons with black bar above ;

tegular with traces of medial line ; patagia with some black scales

above ; spurs and tarsal joints towards extremity banded with

black ; (abdomen wanting). Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated

with brown ; subbasal line represented by black points on costa

and median nervure ; antemcdial line represented by black points

on costa, veins, and inner margin ; orbicular and reuiform small,

pale with some brown suffusion between and beyond them ; a

postmedial series of black points on the veins ; subterminal line

only defined by slight brown suffusion beyond it, somewhat waved

and excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia brown with pale tips. Hind wing ochreous white, the

terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown-

])ink ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal

point and postmedial line with the area beyond it suffused with

fuscous brown.

Hah. Ausxkalia, 1 J type. Exp. 36 millim.

CHABUATA.

265

B. Abdomen of male without ventral tufts of hair.

a. Fore wing with the cilia not creniilate.

a'. Fore wing with the ground-colovir yellow to rufous.

a^. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled out-

wards in submedian fold,

a^. Fore wing with prominent wliite spot or short

streak at lower angle of cell conigera.

b^. Fore wing with the mark at lower angle of cell

absent or yellowish.

a*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

yellow ang ulifera .

6*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

with pale annuli velutina.

b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled

outwards in submedian fold.

a^. Fore wing with the costal edge white.

a*. Fore wing witiiout pale striae - albicosta.

b^. Fore wing with numerous pale strife fraterna.

b^. Fore wing with the costal edge not white.

a*. Fore wing with the veins streaked with wliite. inanis.

i*. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with

white rvfipennis .

6'. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish ochreous . ociosa.

c^. Fore wing grey-brown to purplish or retl-hrown.

a^. Fore wing with the upper part of reniform strongly

produced outwards amoeba.

i^. Fore wing with the upper part of reniform not

produced outwards,

a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line dark,

evenly sinuous albimargo.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line dark,

minutely waved.

»■*. Fore wing without black point on inner side

of subterminal line below vein 7.

a^. Fore wing with the reniform kidney-shaped, dulcinea.

6*. Fore wing with the reniform rather V-

shaped subsocia.

6*. Fore wing with black point on inner side of

subterminal line below vein 7.

a^. Fore wing with the reniform white, tri-

angular albirena.

b^. Fore wing with the reniform greyish or

ochreous.

a!^. Fore wing with the reniform rather Y-

shaped, its arms reduced to points ampla.

¥'. Fore wing with the reniform kidney-

shaped major.

c'. Fore wing with the postmedial line pale, nearly

straight rectilinea.

b. Fore wing with the cilia crenulate.

a'. Fore wing with the reniform large, narrow noctidformis.

b^. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a small

ochreous spot satellitioides.

1504. Chabuata conigera.

Noctua conigera, Schiff. Wieii. Verz. p. S4 (1770); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.

p. 177 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 222; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii.

p. 60, pi. 104. f. ;i; Steph. 111. Brit. £nt., Haust. ii. p. 151 ; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 193.

Noctua floccida, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 123. f. 5 (1788).

2f)6 NOCrUIDyE.

Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with yellowish ; ab-

domen rufous, pale at base. Fore wing yellowish suffused and thickly

irrorated with rufous, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented

by a dark striga from costa ; antemedial line very oblique from

costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular and reniform

small, ill-defined, the former round, the latter attenuate below and

with a prominent white spot on it more or less angled inwards on

median nervure ; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly

angled outwards below costa, then oblique and excurved at middle ;

subterminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex,

angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle ; a fine

terminal line. Hind wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused

with rufous or fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal point and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Britain, Forres (Salvage), England, Leech Coll. ; France ;

Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Etjssia,

Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia. Minor, Lydia ; C. Asia ;

Siberia ; Japan, Oiwake {Pnjer), 1 S . Exp. 36-38 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 171, pi. 205. f. 1.

Ochreous or brownish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale yellow

or greyish edged with black ; lateral line pale yellow or greyish,

sometimes edged with black ; spiracular line blackish ; head

brownish, marked with black. Food-plant, grasses. 10-5.

1505. Chabuata angulifera. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 12.)

Aletia angtdifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 333; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 27().

Head and thorax yellow largely mixed with bright rufous ;

abdomen yellow, tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing yellow, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated

with rufous or brown, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented

by a dark striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly sinuous, very

ololique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular

and reniform rather small, yellowish, ill-defined, the former round,

the latter somewhat attenuate below and more or less angled

inwards on median nervure, and sometimes with slight whitish

streak on it ; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly

angled below costa, then oblique and slightly excurved at middle ;

subterminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex,

angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle ; a fine

terminal line. Hind wing yellow more or less strongly suffused

with fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal area slightly

irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal point and sinuous post-

medial line.

Hah. Kashmir, Goorais Valley {Leech), 3 c^ , 3 $ , type. Exp. 34-

38 millim.

CH ABU ATA.

*1506. ChaMata velutina.

2 07

Leucania velutina, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 480 (1900),

nee Ev.

Leucania lutina, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 176 (101)2) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 161.

$ . Head and thorax reddish luteous suffused with red-brown ;

palpi reddish grey above, deep velvety brown at sides ; thorax with

the disk carneous ; abdomen luteous suffused with carmine-red, dark

brown ventrally. Fore wing reddish luteous suffused with red-

brown, especially beyond the middle ; a diffused purplish streak

along vein 1 ; traces of the subbasal line ; antemedial line single,

yellowish, somewhat oblique from costa to median nervure, then

slightly angled and inwardly oblique ; orbicular moderate, rather

irregular, w ith yellowish annulus ; reniform well developed, oblique

oblong, defined by yellow at sides, ill-defined above and below ; an

indistinct medial shade from cell to inner margin : postmedial line

pale, defined on each side by darker brown, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique ; subterminal line yellowish, irregular, defined

on inner side by some small indistinct dark spots ; the terminal

area rather paler than ground-colour ; cilia rusty red. Hind wing

semihyaline, pale tinged with pink, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous ; cilia fuscous intersected with pink. Underside of fore

wing brown tinged with pink, a blackish discoidal spot and post-

medial line ; hind wing with the costal and apical half of outer

areas irrorated with pink, a narrow discoidal spot and interrupted

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Florida. Exp.2>d miWiva. This species is unknown

to me.

1507. Chabuata albicosta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 13.)

Aletia albicosta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 97(1882).

Leucania pall idlcodu, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894).

Head and thorax bright rufous ; some black scales near upper

edge of patagia ; abdomen brown tinged with purplish red, paler at

base. Fore wing bright rufous irrorated with black, and with

numerous brown striae ; the costal edge whitish ; the veins usually

finely streaked with white ; a white point at lower angle of cell

with more or less fuscous beyond it ; orbicular and reniform in-

distinct, small, ochreous, the former round ; postmedial line repre-

sented by a curved series of black points on the veins ; subterminal

line very obscurely defined by the area beyond it being slightly

darker, arising obliquely from apex, excurved at middle ; cilia

whitish at tips. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia pinkish, whitish

at tips. Underside of fore wing with the median nervure and base

of veins arising from it streaked with fuscous ; hind wing pale, the

costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish red and irrorated

268 NOCTUID^.

■with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of slight streaks on

the veins and terminal series of points.

Hah. W. China, Ta-chien-lu {Pratt), 1 c? , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),

1 d, 1 2; Punjab, Kulu, Siiltanpur (G. Yomuj), IS, I ?,

Simla {Harford), ] $, Dharmsala (Hockinrj), 2 S , 5$; Sikhim ;

Cetlon, Pundaloya {Green), 1 $ , Exp. 40-48 millim.

1508. Chabuata fraterna.

Aletia fraterna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1S8S, p. 410 ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii.

p. 50, pi. 126. f. y ; Hmpsn. Mollis Ind. ii. p. 276.

S ' Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs slightly tipped with

grey ; abdomen purplish red. Fore wing purplish red ; the costal

edge whitish ; the veins finely streaked with whitish ; no distinct

white point at lower angle of cell ; stigmata and postmedial series

of points absent. Hind wing pale purplish red slightly tinged

with fuscous except towards inner margin ; cilia white at tips.

Underside of both wings purplish red irrorated with fuscous, a

discoidal spot and postmedial spot on costa of fore wing.

Hub. Punjab, Dharmsiila (Hocl-ing), 1 S type. Exp. 46 millim.

*1509. Chabuata inanis.

Leucania inanis, Oberth. !6t. Ent. v. p. 70, pi. iii. f. 4 (1880) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 193.

$ , Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish red and mixed

with brown ; abdomen greyish tinged with purplish brown. Fore

wing greyish, suffused with purplish red and irrorated with dark

brown ; the veins streaked with white ; a dark antemedial line

oblique from costa to median nervure, then erect and slightly

sinuous ; a whitish mark on lower discocellulars : postmedial line

dark, very minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by the area

beyond it being very slightly darker, arising from apex, incurved

at discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with

brown ; cilia pale tinged with purplish pink ; the underside grey

tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal

spot and some points on termen.

Hah. E. Siberia, Ussuri, Askold I. ; Japan, Nikko in Coll.

Piingeler. Exp. 40 millim.

1510. Chabuata rufipennis.

Mythimna rufipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p, 79 (1878); id. 111. Het.

B. M. ii. p. 21, pi. 28. f. 6 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 194.

Leucania semicircida, Gras. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 349.

Head and thorax purplish red mixed with grey ; abdomen pale

rufous, tinged with purplish red towards extremity and on ventral

surface. Fore wing pale rufous, thickly striated with purplish red

CHABUATA. 269

and irrorated with black ; costal edge fuscous ; a more or less

prominent fuscous antemedial line obliquely carved from cost a

to submedian fold, then oblique ; faint traces of a yellowish dis-

coidal lunule and of a dark point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial

line usually distinct, fuscous, with v.races of dentitions, oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then bent outwards ; subterminal

line represented by a slight oblique shade from termen below apex.

Hind wing fuscous brown with a slight purplish-red tinge, the cilia

purplish red. Underside purplish red irrorated with black ; fore

wing with the disk suffused with fuscous leaving a j-ellowish discal

bar, a straight dark postmedial line ; hind wing with the inner

area pale yellow, a discoidal point.

Hah. Amitrland, Ussuri, 1 S ; Japan, Yokohama {Jonas, Manley),

2 2 type, Oiwake (Pnjer), 3 J , 3 $ ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 $ .

Ex2y. 30-44 millim.

*1511. Chabuata ociosa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 14.)

Cekena ociosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 410 (1897).

(^ . Head and thorax yellowish brown mixed with fuscous ;

abdomen greyish ochreons irrorated with black especially on

dorsum. Fore wing greyish ochreons with a slight rufous tinge

and irrorated with Idack ; a double curved blackish subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved, antemedial line ;

claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular round, defined by

black ; reniform a narrow black-edged lunule, its inner edge some-

what thickened at middle and with a white spot beyond it, with small

spots above and below it, each edged with black ; the postmedial

line double, minutely waved and with a series of points beyond it

on the veins, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved below

vein 4 ; some ochreons points on apical part of costa ; the sub-

terminal line greyish, defined by black points on each side of it,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the

area beyond it rather darker. Hind wing pale, the veins and

terminal half suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside irrorated

with brown, a small black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hah. Ecuador, Loja, type f c? in Coll. Dognin. Exjy. 24

millim.

1512. Chabuata amoeba, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 15.)

5 . Head and thorax clothed with pale and black- brown hair ;

abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial lino

irregularly waved ; claviform represented by a short black streak ;

orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white annuli

defined by black, the former rounded, the latter with its upper ])art

produced to a long point and its lower slightly angled inwards

on median nervure, situated on a large diffused black pat-ch

270

NOCTUID^.

extending to below cell and to costa near apex ; an oblique waved

medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather

indistinct, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish defined by fuscous on. inner

side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4, 3 ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous ; the

underside with traces of curved postmedial line.

Hah. Bk. E. Africa, Ngonini, 1 $ , Eb Urru (Betton), 3 $ type.

Exj). 34 miUim.

*1513. Chabuata albimargo. (Plate XC. fig. 2.)

Orthodes alhimargo, Guen. Noct. i. p. 373 (1852).

S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with, grey ; abdomen

grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing grey, suffused with

red-brown and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the inner

margin narrowly white from autemedial line to tornus ; sub-

basal line indistinct, curved, from cesta to submedian fold, a

small black spot beyond it in cell ; antemedial line defined by

whitish on inner side, curved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and

reniform large, brown with whitish annuli slightly defined by

brown ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of

cell where it is angled; postmedial line double, filled in with

greyish, the outer line most prominent, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a series of dark points beyond it

on the veins ; subterminal line ochreous defined by red-brown on

inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; the veins of terminal area with fine pale streaks ; a series

of dark points just before termeu, a fine waved dark terminal line.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous whitish ; the underside

pale, thickly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. BE.iziL, typet c5' in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp. 44 millim.

1514. Chabuata dulcinea. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 16.)

Caradrina dulcinea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125.

Head and thorax pale red-brown, some of the hairs tipped with

white ; palpi tinged with fuscous at sides ; abdomen pale red-

brown, sometimes tinged with purplish. Pore wing pale red-brown

slightly suffused with purple ; a small white-tipped black tuft of

hair at base ; an indistinct pale waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line double, filled in with greyish,

angled outwards below costa, then waved, oblique, bent inwards to

inner margin ; orbicular and reniform well developed, with

yellowish or whitish annuli, the former round, the latter with its

lower part filled in with black ; a diffused medial line oblique from

costa to median nervure ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards

CHABUATA. 271

below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined by red-

brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

exeurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused with

purplish red and irrorated with white and fuscous, a more or less

developed black streak in cell, prominent discoidal spot and

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hah. Chili (Edmonds), 1 d" , 1 $ type, Mulchen (Elwes\ 1 d •

Exj)- 36 millim.

*1515. Chabuata subsocia. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 17.)

TcBniocampa subaocia, Wlk. x. 430 (1856).

J . Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi and frons black at

sides ; tegulas rufous at tips ; thoracic crest tipped with rufous ;

tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft pale

brownish, the ventral surface ochreous-white tinged with pink. Fore

wing pale grey-brown with some dark brown irroration ; an in-

distinct double, waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

some brown on inner margin before the indistinct, double, waved

antemedial line, exeurved in submedian interspace, with a black

spot on its inner edge on vein 1 and a brown spot before it below

vein 1 ; reniform narrow, its edges nearly parallel, open above,

with pale annulus and its centre defined by brown, a black point in

its lower portion ; postmedial line ill-defined, double, dentate and

produced to black points on the veins ; subterminal line pale,

defined on inner side by fuscous on costal area, angled outwards at

vein 7, then defined on each side by brown, exeurved at middle

and with black spot on its outer side above inner margin ; a ter-

minal series of small blackish lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the cilia ochreous ; the underside pale brownish irrorated with

dark brown, a black discoidal. spot and sinuous postmedial line

with dark strise at the veins.

Hab. Brazil, Petropolis. &_^. 44 millim. Type f d in Mus.

Oxon.

*1516. Chabuata albirena. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 18.)

Noctua albirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 335 (1852).

2 . Head and thorax purplish red-brown ; abdomen grey-brown,

the ventral surface tinged with ochreous. Fore wing purplisli

red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, almost straight, from costa

to vein 1 ; a dark shade before the antemedial line, which is in-

distinct and waved ; a patch of brown suffusion in, below, and

beyond end of cell, with the largo triangular white reniform

spot placed on it ; a slight diffused line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin ; postmedial line minutely waved, strongly bent

outwards below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

272 N0CTT7IDJE.

white points beyond it on costa ; the subterminal line represented

by a series of white points, angled outwards at vein 7 and cxcurved

at middle, with a small dentate black spot before the point above

vein 5 ; a fine ])alc line at base of cilia, which are pinkish. Hind

wing oehreous brown, paler towards base and inner margin ; cilia

pinkish ; underside pale, the costal and terminal areas suffused

with pinkish brown, a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type f in Coll, Oberthiir. Exp.

44 millim.

*1517. Chabuata ampla. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 19.)

Chahuata ampla, Wlk. xiv. 1034 (1857).

5 . Head and thorax fuscous brown, the scales tipped with grey ;

abdomen grey-brown with a slight oehreous tinge. Fore wing

fuscous brown suffused with silvery grey ; faint traces of a curved

antemedial lino ; orbicular hardly visible, round, with a deep red

point on its upper edge ; reniforra an oehreous spot with points

above and below it and some deep red on its edges ; an indistinct

dark medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; post-

medial line represented by a faint double curved series of dark

points ; subterminal line only represented by some red scales and a

spot above vein 6 ; a slight series of points just before termen.

Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia oehreous white ; the underside

oehreous white thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point

and sinuous punctiform postmedial line.

Hab. Brazil, type f $ i'l Mus. Oxon. Exp. 54 millim.

1518. Chabuata major.

l^odua major, Guen. Noct. i. p. 334 (1852).

Graphiphora maja, Wlk. x. 401 (1856).

Head and thorax dull red-brown, deep red-brown, purple-brown,

or olive-brown, sometimes slightly irrorated with white, and the

dorsal crests sometimes pale rufous ; spurs ringed with wliite ;

abdomen oehreous or grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing

red-brown or dull brown suffused with greyish or purplish; an

indistinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; an indistinct double, minutely waved antemedial line, bent

inwards to costa and incurved in cell ; orbicular round with very

indistinct grey annulus, sometimes with grey points at sides ;

reniform with obscure grey annulus, sometimes with four white

points on its edges, the outer part of centre with grey or olive

lunule ; medial shade usually distinct, oblique from costa to median

nervure ; postmedial line more or less distinctly double, dentate

and with series of black points on outer line, excurved from costa

to vein 4 then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

fiubterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and

CU.VBtJATA. 273

with small black spot in its angle, exciirved at middle and some-

times with some small grey and black dentate marks on its inner

side ; a series of black or black and white points just before

termeu ; cilia rufous or with rufous line at base. Hind wing

Fig. .55. — Chahuafa major, cf. \.

fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge; cilia ocbreous ; the under-

side ochreous, tbe costal area tinged with reddish brown ; a dark

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t c? in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio

Janeiro, Id", 2 2 ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 d , 1 5 >

Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 c? , 1 $ . Exp. 50-56 millim,

1519. Chabuata rectilinea, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 20.)

5 . Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the scales tipped

with grey, the dorsal crest redder ; antennae with the shaft whitish

towards base ; pectus rufous ; the legs browner irrorated with

white ; abdomen pale brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing dull reddish brown thickly irrorated with

brownish ochreous ; a small black tuft at base ; no trace of sub-

basal line ; antemedial line fuscous defined by ochreous on inner

side, slightly sinuous, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

orbicular and reniform finely defined by ochreous, the former

round, the latter large, its upper part somewhat produced and its

outer part filled in with ochreous ; traces of a medial shade oblique

from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line ochreous, bent

inwards to costa, then oblique and slightly incurved towards inner

margin, a series of black points beyond it on veins 6 to 1 ; the

postmedial area slightly tinged with purplish ; the subterminal

line ochreous, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, above and below

which there are black spots on its inner side, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold, then excurved and with some black points

on its inner side, the area beyond it thickly irrorated with ochreous ;

a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing fuscous

brown ; the cilia pale rufous ; the underside ochreous whitish

tinged with purplish red and irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 $ type. Exp. 48 millim.

TOL. V. T

'274 NOCTriDJi.

*1520. Chabuata noctuiformis. (Plate XC. fig. 3.)

Orthodes noctuiformis, Gueu. ined.

2 . Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with purplish brown ;

abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with fuscous, the basal crest

grey-tipped. Fore wing pale purplish brown, thickly irrorated

with fuscous ; a double, waved, subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line double, the inner obliquely curved,

the outer irregularly waved, indistinct ; claviforra absent ; orbicular

round, hardly defined except by an ochreous annulus above ;

reniform narrow, oblique, ochreous white, the centre defined by

brown and with a black point in its lower part; a medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled ;

postmedial line indistinct, double, the inner line minutely dentate

and with series of black and grey points on it, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it slightly

darker to the subterminal line, which is very indistinct, pale, with

a prominent black spot on it below vein 7 and slight points at

middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a series

of slight points just before terraen connected by a fine waved line ;

cilia crenulate. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous ; the

underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

spot and slightly sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t $ in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp.

60 millim.

*1521. Chabuata satellitioides. (Plate XC. fig. 4.)

Orthodes satellitioides, Giien. Noct. i. p. 372 (1852).

5 . Head and thorax purple-grey ; abdomen brown. Fore wing

purple-grey ; subbasal line absent ; two brown well-separated

antemedial lines, the inner most prominent and diffused ; claviform

and orbicular absent ; a diffused brown medial shade ; reniform

represented by a small somewhat quadrate ochreous-white spot ;

two well-separated postmedial lines, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved, the area beyond it tinged with brown to the sub-

terminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a series of greyish points just before termen ; cilia

strongly crenulate. Hind wing reddish brown, a fine pale line at

base of cilia ; the underside grey strongly irrorated with brown, a

small discoidal annulus and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Erazil, Xew Friboorg, type f $ in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp.

50 millim.

Genus LASIANOBIA, nov.

Type, L. lauta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with long hair

in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded. overLung by long cilia ; antenna

of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with hair

and }iair-like scales, the pro-ar.d metathorax with spreading crests.; fore tarsi

LASIANOBIA.

Z,^

with rather slender claw- ike spines on 1st joint. Abdomen with dorsal crests

on basal segments. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from

below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with white marks on subterminal line at middle and

in submedian interspace lauta.

B. Fore wine without white marks on subterminal line decreta.

*1522. Lasianobia lauta.

Mamestra lauta, Piing. Iris, xiii. p. 119 (190U) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 254, add.

Head and thorax grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; abdomen

grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

grey-brown, with a purpHsh tinge and glossy texture ; a slight

curved black streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by a black point on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, with

Fig. 56. — Lasianobia lauta, (^ . \.

an oblique black striga at costa, irregularly dentate, oblique,

connected with postmedial line by a black streak on inner margin ;

claviform small or minute, indistinctly defined by black with some

white scales on it ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with yellowish-

white annuli incompletely defined by black, the former rounded ;

postmedial line rather indistinct, slightly defined by grey on outer

side, with black point at costa and striga at inner margin, dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

subterminal line indistinct, with yellowish-white marks on it at

middle and submedian fold, defined on inner side by rufous suffusion

and small dentate dark marks at middle and submedian fold,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; traces of some

terminal black lunules sometimes present ; cilia brown with a grey

line through them. Hind wing grey nearly uniformly suffused

with brown ; the cilia brownish white ; the underside brownish

white irrorated with fuscous, a black streak in cell, discoidal luuule

and sinuous postmedial line with dark streaks at the veins.

Hub. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type f it% Coll. Piingoler. Exp. 42 milHm.

276 NocTuiD-i:.

♦1523. Lasianobia decreta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 21.)

Mamestra decreta, Piing. Iris, xii. p. 292, pi. 9. f. 7 (1900) ; Staud. Oat.

Lep. pal. p. 159.

(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with red-brown ;

tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated with

brown, the area in, below, and beyond cell from antemedial to

subterminal line suffused with rufous ; a black streak below base

of cell ; antemedial line waved, strongly angled inwards in cell ;

claviform minute, greyish defined by black ; the median nervure

and veins arising from it streaked with grey on medial area ;

orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, with smaller spot below it on base of vein 2, the latter

oblique and with its lower extremity produced ; postmedial line

rather indistinct and somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa,

obliquely excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards

on vein 7 and slightly dentate on veins 4, 3 ; a fine terminal black

line. Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ;

the cilia pale ; tlie underside grey irrorated with fuscous, a dis-

coidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some dark striae on

termen.

$ less tinged with rufous, some fuscous suffusion beyond lower

extremity of reniform.

Hnh. Tibet, Kuku-noor, type t in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 36

millim.

Genus MA.NOBIA.

Manohia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 317 (18U.5) xena.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with liair in front ; frons

smooth, rounded ; eyes large, rounded ; autennte of male minutely serrate ;

head and thorax clothed entirely with hair and hair-like scales ; the pro- and

metatliorax with spreading crests ; fore tarsi with curved claws on outer side

of one or more joints ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment only. Fore

wing with veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-

cell ulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing with wedge-shaped dark patch below base of cell,

the medial area suffused with rufuus xena.

B. Fore wing without wedge-shnped dark patch below base of

cell, the medial area not suffused with rufous .. grisea.

1524. Manobia xena.

Manohia xena, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 317, pi. 6. f. 8 (1895) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 161.

c7 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;

abdomen greyish brown, the dorsal crest and anal tuft rufous.

MANOBTA. 277

Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish grey, leaving the area in

and beyond end of cell and the medial area below submedian fold

rufous ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a

wedge-shaped dark brown streak below base of cell ; antemedial

line defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards below costa,

oblique to vein 1, and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform

small, very indistinctly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform

with brownish centres and grey anuuli defined by brown, the former

Fig. 57. — Manobia xena, (S . \.

round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; post-

medial line double, filled in with grey, minutely waved, slightly

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-

terminal line grey defined by brown on each side and with a brown

patch with pale points on it before it on costa, minutely waved,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a fine waved

terminal line. Hind wing pale brown, the veins and a fine terminal

lino darker ; cilia brownish white ; the underside pale pinkish

irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Fore tarsi with curved claws on outer side of 1st joint,

Eah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 c? , Amdo. Exp. 40 millim.

1525. Manohia grisea. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 22.)

Alyssia grisea, Butl. A. M. N. H. i'5) i. p. 82 (1878).

cJ . Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the scales tipped

with grey ; abdomen pale ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous

brown tinged with greyish ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double,

waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, pale ; an

indistinct curved medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, double,

waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa ; the terminal area rather darker,

with traces of subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and

slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal lunulate line. Hind wing

brownish ochreous, the terminal area rather darker ; the underside

with indistinct, diffused, subterminal band.

Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Jonas)^ 1 S type. Exp. 54 millim.

278 NOCTUIDJ!.

Genus HYSSIA. ^

Hyssia, Qaen. Noct. i. p. 345 (1852) cavernosa.

Aii/sia, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. \. p. 3 (18(J8) nullifera.

Ulolonche, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 471 (1887) niveiguttata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair

in front, the 3rd short with small tuft of hair in front ; frons smooth ; eyes

large, rounded; antennae typically minutely ciliated ; head and thorax roughly

clothed with scales mixed with some hair, the pro- and metathorax with

spreading crests ; tibiie fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on

1st segment, some rough hair at base and lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing

with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

reins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco-

cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. (Alt/ssia). Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour greenish grey.

a. Fore wing with series of yellow points on the lines ... griseipennis.

b. Fore wing without series of yellow points on the lines... inconstans.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-brown.

a. Fore wing without black streak from claviform to post-

medial line.

a}. Fore wing with the terminal area not paler than

ground-colour.

a^. Fore wing with the lines distinct.

a^. Fore wing largely suffused with grey ; hind wing

with the cilia pale.

, a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale

reddish brown cucidlina.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous

brown moderata.

b^. Fore wing slightly irrorated with grey ; hind

wing with the cilia brown with pale tips s^nlnthistis,

b^. Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete nullifera.

6\ Fore wing with the terminal area paler than the

ground-colour senatoria.

b. Fore wing with black streak from claviform to post-

medial line giissaia.

1526. Hyssia griseipennis.

Mamestra griseipennis, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 22 (1874) ; Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 9, pi. iv. f. 8.

Chera virescens, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 489 (1879).

$ . Head and thorax olive-brown slightly irrorated with white ;

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Foi'e wing grey-green

irrorated with white ; subbasal line double at costa, waved, ending

in an ochreous mark above vein 1 ; a slight ochreous streak above

inner margin near base ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved,

angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1, with some ochreous

on it ; the stigmata defined by black and with some ochreous scales

on them ; the claviform small, the orbicular round, open above ; an

indistinct dentate medial line angled outwards at middle ; post-

medial line defined by ochreous on outer side, dentate and produced

HYSSIA, 279

to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line ochreous defined

on inner side by an obscure series ot dentate fuscous marks, angled

outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and angled inwards in sub-

median fold; cilia ochreous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown;

the cilia ochreous, pale at tips ; the underside pale fuscous irrorated

and suffused with white, a slight discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. New Zealand, N. Island, Wellington, S. Island, Nelson

Province, Mt, Arthur, Otago (Hatton), 1 $ typo viresccns. Exp.

50 millim.

1527. Hyssia mconstans. (Plato LXXXV. fig. 23.)

Spmlotis inconstaiis, Eutl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 545 (1880).

Head and thorax grey and brown mixed ; abdomen greyish

brown. Pore wing grey with a very slight orange tinge and black

irroration ; subbasal line represented by double striae from costa

and cell ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved, oblique ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, open

above and below, the latter open above ; postmedial line rather

indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line represented by a series of

grey and black dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle, and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a ter-

minal series of black points ; cilia brownish. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the cilia pale ; the underside grey-white with slight discoidal

lunule and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealai^d, Marlborough (Skellon), 1 § type, (J. J.

Walker) 1 c? • Exjy. 40 millim.

1528. Hyssia cucullina. (Plate LXXX. fig. 27.)

Xylocampa cucuUlna. Gucn. Eat. Mo. Mag. v. p. 40 (1868) ; Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pi. v. f. 23.

rj . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tarsi

with pale ilngs. Pore wing ochreous grey irrorated and suffused with

brown ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa

to vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved ;

claviform very small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular atid

reniform moderate, with greyish anunli incompletely defined by

black, the former round ; traces of a diffused waved medial line ;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with grey, dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, ex-

curved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line ochreous whitish, irregular, angled out-:

wards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal

•series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale

with a brown lino through them : the underside whitish strongly

230 NOCTUID^.

irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line.

Hah. Kew Zealand {Enys, Mathcw), 3 c? , Mt. Arthur, Rakaia.

Kvp. 40 millim,

1529, Hyssia moderata.

Agrotis moderata, Wlk. xxxii. 705 (1865); Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 9.

Eumichtis sistens, Guen. Ent. Mo, Mag. v. p. 39 (1868),

Agrotis mitis, Butl. P, Z. S. 1877, p. 383, pi. 42. f. 5.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing brownish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line represented by black strije from costa and cell slightly

defined by grey on outer side ; antemedial line indistinct, double,

filled in with grey, irregularly dentate ; claviform obsolete or small

and slightly defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform with greyish

annuli defined by fuscous, the former round or somewhat elongate

elliptical ; a medial shade oblique towards costa and somewhat

dentate below the cell ; postmedial line slightly defined by grey on

/

Pig, 58, — Hyssia moderata, (^ . {.

outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some w^hite points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line formed by a series of small grey and fuscous dentate marks

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal half

paler in male ; cilia white, yellowish or brownish at base ; the

underside grey-white with slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial

lino, and diffused terminal band.

Ab. 1. mitis. Much greyer ; fore wing with the markings indistinct

except the medial shade.

Ilah. New Zealand (J. J. Walker), 3 c? , Auckland (Oxleij), 1 d" ,

1 5 type, {Enys) 3 cJ type mitis, Otago {Mutton) 1 d" 1 $ , {Maihew)

2S,^2, Duncdin {Purdie) 1 S • Ex^. 36-40 millim.

1530. Hyssia sminthistis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 17.)

cf . Head and thorax dark brown slightly irrorated with grey ;

abdomen brown. Fore wing dark brown slightly irrorated with

grey; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1 ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform small, indistinct,

HTSSIA.

281

with obscure grey annuli ; postmedial line very indistinct, double,

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish, inter-

rupted, excurved slightly at vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing dark brown ; cilia brown with fine pale

line at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot and traces of a curved postmedial

line.

Hah. New Zealand {Matthew), 1 S type. Ea-p. 38 millim.

1531. Hyssia nullifera.

Agrof.is nullifera, Wlk. xi. 742 (1857) ; Butl. Voy. Erebus & Terror, pi. ix.

f. 5; Hudson's New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 9, pi. iv. f. 9 and

pi. ii.f. 11.

Alysia specifica, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 3 (1868).

Head and thorax grey and pale reddish brown mixed ; abdomen

pale ochreous brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a reddish

tinge ; traces of a postmedial line dentate and produced to rather

;^^'

Fig. 59. — Hyssia nullifera, J . \.

more distinct points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a curved subterminal

series of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing pale brown

with a slight ochreous tinge.

Ilab. New Zealand (Earl), 1 c? type, {Matthew) 1 ? , ( J^. J.

Walker) 1 $ , N. Island, Taupo,Wellington, S. Island, Mount Arthur,

Christchurch, Rakaia. Exp. 62 millim.

Larva stout, bright yellowish brown, much paler below and

thickly irrorated with white ; dorsal line slight ; subdorsal and

lateral lines dull brown with a series of elongate white spots below

each ; spiracles and dorsal surface of posterior somites black. Food-

plant, Aciphylla squarrosa, one larva feeding in centre of each

tussock. 5.

*lo32. Hyssia senatoria. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 24.)

Mamestra senatoria, Suiitli, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 4G1 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156,

cJ . Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and greyish hair

282

noctuid.t:.

and scales; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous brown, the

ventral surface dark brown mixed with ochreous. Fore wing grey-

brown, almost entirely suffused with fuscous but leaving tlie

terminal area lirominently paler ; subbasal and antemedial lines

double filled in with pale colour, waved, the former from costa to

vein 1, the latter rather oblique ; claviform minute, incompletely

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the

former round, the latter whitish with some browu in centre and

slightly concave towards base ; medial line minutely waved, angled

at median nervure; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points

on costa beyond it ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by

a series of dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle, the pale area beyond it traversed by obscure

black streaks above and below vein 5 ; a terminal series of small

black lunulas ; cilia blackish intersected with greyish. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the basal area paler ; cilia ochreous white with a

dark line through them ; the underside pale tinged with ochreous

and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and sinuous post-

medial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 34 millini.

1533. Hyssia gussata. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 25.)

Mamestra gussata. Smith, Ent. News Pbilad. vi. p. 337, pi. xv. f. 9 (1895) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 152.

(S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, some black scales

near upper edge of patagia ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous brown, the dorsal crest grey and brown, the

ventral surface grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing brownish

grey irrorated and suffused with purjjlish fuscous ; subbasal line

represented by double striae from costa and cell, the latter with

curved black mark on inner side running to base ; the antemedial

line black detiaed by whitish on inner side, angled outwards and

interrupted below costa, oblique to submediau fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black and connected

by a black streak with postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform

large, incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical,

the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; traces of a curved

medial shade ; postmedial line indistinctly double, somewhat den-

tate and produced to grey and black streaks on the veins, bent

outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line

indistinct, pale, with traces of minute dentate black marks on inner

side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of slight black luuules. Hind wing whitish thickly irrorated

with brown, a terminal series of dark striae ; cilia white ; the

underside with black discoidal lunule and indistinct curved post-

medial line.

Uah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoUeij-Dod), 1 J. Exj).

42 millim.

HYSSIA.

283

Sect, II. Aiiteniii£ of male with long bristles and cilia.

A. Head ochreous com'psias.

B. Head dark.

a. Fore wing with pure white marks on orbicular and reni-

form niphadopa.

b. Fore wing without white marks on stigmata unthracias.

1534. Hyssia compsias.

Leucania compsias, Meyr. Fauna Hawaiiensis, i. p. 139 (1899).

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish ochreous ; palpi and

antennae blackish ; legs tinged with black ; abdomen tinged with

fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing grey-white tinged with

ochreous, irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous ; subbasal

line dark, waved, from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on

outer side ; some dark brown on costal area before the antemedial

line, which is oblique, irregularly waved, defined by grey on inner

side ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, white defined by black,

oblique elliptical ; reuiform represented by a white bar expanding

above and below and defined by black on inner side and two white

Fig. 60. — Hi/ssia com2}sias, S • \-

points on its outer edge ; a broad diffused medial shade, oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell ; postniedial line minutely dentate,

bent outwards below costa and obli(]ue below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined by

fuscous suffusion on inner side, waved, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and inwards in discal fold, excurved at middle ; some dark

striaj on termen ; cilia ochreous with dark tips. Hind wing grey,

tinged with fuscous on the veins and discal area ; the underside

pale grey, the costal area irrorated with dark brown.

2 . Patagia and thorax fuscous brown iirorated with grey ;

abdomen grey-brown ; fore wing dark brown with cupreous reflec-

tions, the lines defined by pure white, reniform with elongate

pure white spot above median nervure from it to orbicular ; hind

wing more strongly suffused with fuscous brown.

IJah. Hawaii, Kilauea (Perhlns), 1 c? type, Olaa, 1 $ . Exp.

36 millim.

1535. Hyssia niphadopa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 20.)

Lewania 7iiphadopa, Meyr. Fauna Hawaiiensis, i. p. 140 (1899).

§ . Head and thorax dark brown with a purplish tinge ; tarsi

284 NocruiDjE.

with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, greyish at base, the anal

tuft with a rufous tinge. Fore wing fuscous brown with a sliglit

purplish gloss ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, retracted to inner

margin ; claviform absent ; orbicular a small round pure white spot ;

reniform a small round white spot tinged with ochreous, defined

above, on inner side and below by white marks and forming an

E-shaped mark ; traces of a diffused medial shade ; postmedial

line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the underside pale grey-brown, the costal area

irrorated with grey.

Hah. Hawaii, Olaa, 2000', 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim.

1536. Hyssia anthracias. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 27.)

Leucania anthracias, Meyr. Fauna Hawaiiensis, i. p. 139 (1899).

S • Head and thorax dark brown with a purplish tinge, some

of the scales tipped with white ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

fuscous brown, the dorsal crest darJv with grey tip, the anal tuft

rufous. Fore wing black-brown with a purplish gloss and slightly

irrorated with white ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique, waved ;

claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very

small, with greyish annuli defined by black, the former round ;

traces of a medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate and

produced to slight white points on the veins, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of small

dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle, with a small ochreous mark beyond them in submedian

fold. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with whitish.

Hab. Hawaii, Haleokala, 9000', 1 d type. Ex}). 40 millim.

Sect. III. {Hyssia). Antennse of male minutely ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the claviform large, filled in with black-

brown cavernosa.

B. Fore wing with the claviform small or obsolete.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-brown.

a'. Fore wing tinged with violaceous.

a-. Fore wing without medial line riolasccns.

h'^. Fore, wing with medial line, the area beyond it

rather darker.

«'. Forewing with the basal half dark purplish grey, modesta.

b'^. Fore wing with the basal lialf pale grey.

a*. Fore wing with the medial line not angled

inwards in submedian fold disticha.

b^. Fore wing with the medial line angled in-

wards in submedian fold diUrfa.

HYSSIA.

285

P.. Fore wing not tinged with violaceous.

a^. Fore wing witli the orbicular not connected

with the reniform.

a^. Fore with the reniform rufous fasciata.

b^. Fore wing with the reniform grey with two

white points on its lower extremity niveiguttata.

b^. Fore wing with the orbicular connected with the

reni form orhiculata.

Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-white mascidina.

1537. Hyssia cavernosa.

Mamestm cavernosa, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 547, pi. 5. f. 3 ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159.

Mamestra oniaia, Herr.-SchaflF. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 46, 47 (1845).

Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey-white ;

tegulse with dark medial line and whitish tips ; tarsi with white

rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing violaceous grey, almost

entirely suffused with purple-brown except just before antemedial

line and on medial and postmedial areas ; an ochreous-white stripe

on inner area narrowing to points near base and termen, and with

Fig. 61. — Hyssia cavernosa, (^ .

a short black streak above its basal part ; subbasal line grey, nearly

straight, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,

filled in with grey, nearly straight, from costa to vein 1 ; claviform

large, black-browu defined by black ; orbicular and reniform black-

brown defined by black, the former small, round, the latter large,

with black lunule at centre and its lower part dilated ; an indis-

tinct medial shade, oblique from costa to vein 2 ; postmedial line

slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points beyond on costa ; subterminal line

white, angled outwards at vein 7 and very slightly excurved at

middle, a black bar on its inner side below costa and dentate marks

at middle ; terminal area brown, with indistinct series of lunules

on termen. Hind wing ochreous brown, the cilia pale at tips ; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area suffused with

reddish brown, traces of a diffused subterminal band.

Ifdh. Austria; Hungary; Switzerland; Italy; S.E.E-ussia, 1 cJ;

W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan,

Kuldja, 1 d ; Mongolia, Changai Mts. ; E. Siberia, I'ssuri. Exp.

34 millim.

286 NOCTUID^.

1538. Hyssia violascens, u. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 28.)

2 . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen paler. Fore

■wing purplish grey, almost entirely suffused with pale reddish

browu to the postmedial line ; antemedial line obli(iue from costa

to submedian fold, where it is angled, then angled inwards on

vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform greyish, large, incompletely defined

by black scales, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter with

some rufous on it, its outer edge formed by the waved black post-

medial line, which is bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4, the area beyond it greyer with reddish-brown patch and

some pale points on costa and fuscous patches in discal and sub-

median folds ; subterminal line indistinct, grey, waved, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, the veins

beyond it with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black

lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and apical area

tinged with brown ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged

with brown, a dark discoidal spot.

Bab. N. China, Foochau (Leech), 1 $ type. E.vp. 40 millira.

1539. Hyssia modesta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 29.)

Diantkoecia modesta, Morr. Prec. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 114 (1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.

Head, thorax and abdomen purplish grey mixed with dark brown;

palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with dark

brown ; the area between the medial and postmedial lines suffused

with brown ; subbasal line brown, curved, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved ; elaviform obsolete ; orbi-

cular small, slightly defined by brown ; reniform very ill-defined,

reddish with some black in its lower part and sometimes a white

point on its lower outer side ; medial line oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell, then slightly angled inwards on submedian

fold ; postmedial line slightly waved, excurved from costa to

vein () and incurved below vein 4, and with some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of

small black-brown spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle and with a dark mark before it at costa. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; cilia grey at tips ; the underside grey thickly

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial

line.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Middle and Central States, New England,

Massachusetts, Newtonville (Thaxter), 2 $, New York, Evan's

Centre, 1 d . Exp. 28-32 millira.

HYSSIA. 287

1540. Hyssia disticha. (riate LXXXV. fig. 30.)

Caradrina disticha, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 217 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.

J . Head and thorax grey slightly mixed with brown ; palpi

with some black at sides ; abdomen ochreous grey irrorated with

brown. Fore wing grey sparsely irrorated with brown, the area

beyond the medial line suffused with brown ; subbasal line almost

obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and

orbicular obsolete ; reniform yellowish at middle and with grey

annulus defined by brown ; medial line oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then more erect ; postmedial line double filled in

with grey, excurved from costa to vein 5, then incurved ; subter-

minal line hardly traceable, greyish, with a dark brown bar before

it from costa, then a point and a few scattered scales, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia paler ; the under-

side whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule

and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hub. U.S.A., Texas, 1 S type. Exp. 32 millim.

1541. Hyssia dilecta. (Plate LXXXV. fig, 31.)

Perigea dilecta, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 123 (1884) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N.

Am. p. 154.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and tinged with flesh-

colour ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated

with brown. Fore wing pale grey with a purplish-flesh tinge and

slight brown irroration ; subbasal and antemedial lines indistinct,

waved, the former from costa to submedian fold, the latter oblique;

claviform and orbicular absent ; medial line oblique from costa to

median nervure, then angled inwards in submedian fold, some

brownish suftusion beyond it ; reniform rufous in male, greyish in

female, defined by black and with some white points round its

lower half; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards beloAV costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the costa beyond it fuscous with

some pale points on it ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish with

some slight black points on its inner side, angled outwards at

vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; some slight black points

on termen. Hind wing brown with an ochreous tinge, paler

towards base ; the \inderside pale, the costal and terminal areas

tinged and irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, l^, Grand Junction (OsZar), 3d" , 1 $ ,

Arizona. Exp. 34 millim.

288 NocTuiDji:.

*lo42. Hyssia fasciata, (Plate LXXXV. fig. 32.)

hlolonche fasdata,'&xn\\h., Pr. U.S. Naf,. Mus. x. p. 471 (1887); id. Cat.

Noct. N'. Am. p. 130.

cJ . Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with fuscous ; abdomen

ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged with

blue and irrorated with fuscous, the area beyond the medial line

suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line ill-defined, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin ; claviforra a rather wedge-shaped black streak

extending to the diffused oblique black medial line ; orbicular

absent ; reniform rufous with some black suffusion before and

beyond it ; postmedial line unusually near termen, represented by

some black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; sub terminal line represented by a series of black

points with some rufous scales round them, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with fuscous ; the underside

grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 32 millim.

1543. Hyssia niveiguttata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 18.)

Mamestra niveiguttata, Grote, Bull. BufF. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 140, pi. iv.

f. 16 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey

and some ochreous; tegulae with black medial line. Fore wing

grev irrorated with brown and black ; an ochreous tinge in discal

and" submedian folds and on inner margin ; a very obscure black

streak below base of cell ; an indistinct, waved, subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the outer line

indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former irre-

gularly rounded, the latter with its lower portion tilled in with

black and with two white points on its outer lower side ; traces of

a waved medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, sinuous, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the area beyond

it suftused with fuscous and ;with some white points on costa ;

subtermiual line somewhat dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules and

some whitish points at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

the cilia pale brown with dark line through them ; the underside

grey thickly irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal point and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., California, 2 J iy\e, (Stretch) 1 c? . Exjj. 30

millim.

289

1544. Hyssia orbiculata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 19.)

Mamestra orbictdata,Sm\rh,Fi\ U.S. Nat. Mu3. xiv. p. 2(i6 (1891); id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 131 .

J . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; abdomen

grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and

suffused with dark brown, the area just below and beyond the cell

suffused with reddish brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of

cell ; subbasal line represented by a small black sjjot on costa ;

antemedial line represented by a black point on costa, then indis-

tinct, angled inwards on median nervare, then double, and very

acutely angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform rather diffusedly

defined by black ; orbicular whitish, defined by black at sides,

rather triangular and very oblique, open above and below where

the white is diffused to below median nervure and connected

with the reni form, Avhich is hardly defined except on inner side and

below ; postmedial line double filled in with white, the inner line

prominent, strongly bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1 ; some white points beyond it

on costa ; sul)terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by small

dentate black spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale, irrorated

aud the marginal areas suffused with brown ; cilia whitish, with a

brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado {Briire), 1 cT , Glenwood Springs. Exp.

28 millim.

1545. Hyssia musculina. (Plate LXXXYJ. fig. 20.)

Diantkcecia musculina, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 272 (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 162.

(S . Head and thorax ochreous white with a few fuscous hairs ;

antennae and tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous

white. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal

line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a broad

diffused fuscous antemedial band obscuring the antemedial line ;

claviform absent ; orbicular and rcnif'orm very ill-defined, ochreous

white with very faint yellow annuli, the former rounded ; an indis-

tinct waved medial line dilated into a patch on costal area;

postmedial line indistinct, dentate, defined by white on outer side

towards costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, the whole area beyond it suffused with fuscous ; sub-

terminal line very indistinct, whitish, angled outwai'ds at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; cilia ochreous white chequered with fuscous.

Hind wing fuscous, pale at base, the cilia ochreous white ; the

underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a curved

diffused postmedial line, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous.

VOL. V. U

21)0 xof'TuiD-T:.

5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing more bluish white without the

ochroons tinge, the last with the medial area darker, the autemedial

and terminal areas pale ; the orbicular and rcniforra with fuscous

centres and white annuli.

ffah. Kurdistan; Syria, 1 J, 1 $, Leech Coll. Exp. 30-34

millim.

Genus PROTEINANIA, nov.

Tj'pe, P. vifiaaia.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair,

the 3rd rather long, porrect ; irons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of

male laminate; thorax clothed with hair and scales ; tibire moderately fringed

withjhair on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore

•wing with the apex rectangular ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

npper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base.

A. Fore wing largely suffused with crimson achaiioides.

B. Foi"e wing not suffused with crimson vigasia.

1546. Proteinania achatioides. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 21.)

Hetcrochroma achatioides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 70 (1852).

Diantlicecia eros, Wlk. xv. 1714 (1858).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with purplish pink ; sides of

palpi and frons black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous,

dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale olive-green (fading

to ochreous), some rose-pink at base of costa ; pink fascia? below

costa and median nervure and on inner medial area, the two

former converging at antemedial line, the 1st expanding to costa at

middle, the 2nd expanding beyond end of cell, the 3rd extending

from submediau fold to inner margin ; the costa towards apex and

termen pink; a black subbasal line from costa to above vein 1,

where it is connected by a streak with base ; antemedial line angled

outwards below costa, inwards in cell, then excurvcd, and at inner

margin recurved to vein 1 near base ; orbicular and reniform black,

their lower extremities connected by a black fascia on median

nervure, the former oblique oblong, connected with the costal part

of antemedial line ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

pale greenish, waved, defined on inner side by a few black scales,

and on outer by irregular blackish patches from below costa to

vein 5, and from vein 5 to inner margin, bent outwards below costa,

slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly at submedian fold, some

pale and black points beyond it on costa; sabterminal line only

defined by the contrast between the green and pink areas, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of small dark lunules ; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous

suUused with fuscous, rather paler towards base ; the underside

PROTKINANIA. EniOrXGA.

201

ochi'cons, the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous and

slightly irrorated with brown ; a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous

postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 S , Rio Janeiro, 1 c; , 1 $ •

/;.ryj. 28-32 millim.

1547. Proteinania vigasia.

Chloridea vigasia, Scbaus, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894).

c? . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated

with black ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; an

indistinct, straight, oblique ochreous subbasal line ; a more distinct

similar antemedial line with the elliptical brownish defined by

ochreous orbicular stigma on its outer edge ; reniform eUiptical,

brownish defined by ochreous, with an oblique brownish band from

Fig. 02. — Prnfcinaiiia vigasia, (^ . \.

it to inner margin ; the postmedial line represented by a series of

black points on the veins, excurved below costa, then oblique ; the

subterminal line ochreous, slightly sinuous and defined by red-

brown on its inner side ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia

ochreous brown and black. Hind wing pale yellowish, the cilia

slightly tinged with rufous.

Hah. jNIexico, Las Vigas, 1 S , type f J in Coll. Schaus. Exp.

28 millim.

Genus ERIOPYaA.

Type.

Eriopi/ga, Guen. Noct. i. p. 20.3 (18.52) puncfiila.

Hi/potrix, Gueo. Noc-t. i. p. 31)9 (1852) purpurigera.

iV«sia, Wlk. XV. 1741 (1858) mceda.

Hime'la. Grote, Froc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliil. 1874, p. 200 infract ata.

Pseiidorthodes, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 253 (1874) vecors.

Probosci.'! fully developed ; palpi with tbe 2nd joint obliquely upturned,

moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate or rather long, porreet,

frons smooth ; eyes large, ronnded ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed,

without distinct crests ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather broad,

tbe termen erect, rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing witli veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell to oue-third.

1-2

292 xoCTUiD^.

Sect. I. AnteniiJS of male bipectinate.

A. Fore wing with red spot on outer edge of reiiiform crocosticta.

B. Fore wing with ochreous spot on outer edge of reniforin.

a. Hind wing fuscous brown fea.

b. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown.

«'. Fore wing very thickly irrorated with grey mulhm.

fA. Fore wing very slightly irrorated with white tersa.

c. Hind wing pale yellow haruna.

C Fore wing without pale spot on reniform.

a. Hind wing with the basal area pale yellow, the terminal

area brow n mediorufa.

b. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused with brown,

or wholly suffused with brown.

a}. Fore wing with the siibterminal line dark contempta.

y. Fore wang with the subterminal line pale.

a-. Fore wing with more or less prominent dentate dark

marks before subterminal line.

a'. Fore wing tinged with rufous eitriica.

b'^. Fore wing not tinged with rufous.

a*. Fore wing witli the medial area suffused witli

fuscous acalus.

b^. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused

with fuscous incincta.

P. Fore wing without dentate dark marks before sub-

terminal line.

«'. Fore wing with dark shade before svibterminal line.

a'*. Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with dark

colour.

«^. Fore wing fuscous brown perfasca.

h^. Fore wing reddish brown oviduca.

c*. Fore wing pale grey-brown melanosis.

i*. Fore wing with the centres of stigmata con-

colorous.

a*. Fore wing with subterminal line prominent,

minutely waved orobia.

b^. Fore wing with the subterminal line indis-

tinct, sinuous ntakensis.

h*. Fore wing with dark shade beyond subterminal

line ochrota.

c^. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented bj^

a series of yellowish points obtiisa.

*1548. Eriopyga crocosticta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 22.)

Himclla crocosticta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903).

($ . Head and thorax purple-brown, the scales slightly tipped

■with grey ; palpi fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen dull

ochreous brown. Fore wing purple-brown finely irrorated with

greyish ; traces of a subl)asal line from costa to' submedian fold ;

an indistinct, oblique, slightly waved antemedial line; orbicular

and reniform small, round, indistinctly defined by fuscous, the latter

with orange-red elliptical spot on its outer edge; postracdial line

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa, and the veins

beyond it streaked with black and irrorated with white ; subter-

minal line formed of conjoined blackish marks, angled outwards at

SKiorTGA. 293

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of slight white

streaks on the veins ; cilia blackish irrorated with white. Hind

wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge ; the cilia rather paler;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused

with purj^lish, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Mkxico, Orizaba, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30

millim.

1549. Eriopyga fea.

Meristisfea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 279, pi. 27. f. 6 (1889).

Head and thorax dull brown with a yellowish tinge, the hairs

tipped with grey ; abdomen yellowish brown dorsally tinged with

fuscous, the anyl tuft of female very large. Fore wing grey-brown

with a yellowish tinge ; a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; a waved antemcdial line; orbicular and reniform

large, defined by brown, the former round, the latter with yellow

spot with points above and below it on its outer edge ; a strong

medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then somewhat

incurved ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish white, often broken up into

spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a terminal

series of white points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo, Hoege), 1 d , 4 $ , type ; Guate-

mala, Las Mercedes (Champion), 2 c? , 1 $ , V. de Atitlan (Cham-

pion), 1 2 » Godman-Salviu Coll. E.ip. 36-40 millim.

1550. Eriopyga mulina. (Tlate LXXXVI. fig. 23.)

TcBniocampa mulina, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xsi. p. 2."i7 (1894).

S . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous ; abdomen

ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface ochreous

white. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with purplish pink ; an

indistinct excurved blacki.sli subbasal line from costa to submedian.

fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform

with their centres slightly irrorated with black and with pale

annuli, the former round, the latter rather constricted at middle and

with its lower part tilled in with black ; a fuscous medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly obli(jue to

the antemedial lino at inner margin ; postmedial line dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal lino

pale defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle. Hind wiug whitish tinged with brown,

especially on the veins and towards termen ; the cilia pinkish

294 NOCTUID^.

white ; the underside othreous white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal luni;le and postmedial series

of slight streaks on the veins.

Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, 1 J , type t J in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 28

millim.

1551, Eriopyga tersa.

Ferigea tersa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 481, pi. 93. f. 26 (1898).

Head and thorax reddish brown, the scales tipped with grey ;

palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey,

tinged with fuscous above in male, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing grey-brown, more or less tinged with ochreous and irrorated

with white ; subbasal lino slightly defined by grey on outer side,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by

grey on inner side, oblitjue, waved ; orbicular small, round, with

slight ochreous annulus defined by fuscous or almost obsolete ; an

indistinct diffused medial line excurved at middle ; reniform small,

round, ochreous, with two white points below it and traces of two

ochreous points above it ; postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and sinuous below

vein 4, with a scries of black points beyond it on the veins and some

white points on costa ; subterminal line represented by a punctiform

ochreous-white line with brown shade on its inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine dark terminal

line with series of white points at the veins. Hind wing white,

the veins and marginal areas more or less suffused with ochreous

brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Guatemala, V. de Atitlan, 3000' {Champion), 1 c?, 1 5

type, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Champion), 1 J, Godman-Salviu Coll.

Exp. (5 30, 2 36 millim.

1552. Eriopyga haruna. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 24.)

Mamestra bar una, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. ill (1898).

S . Head and thorax deep purplish red, the hairs slightly tipped

with grey ; palpi at tips and antenna3 ochreous ; abdomen ochreous

with blackish bands, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous.

Fore wing dark purplish red, the veins streaked with black, the

terminal area tinged with greyish fuscous ; an indistinct waved

antemedial line ; orbicular minute, elongate elliptical, with white

annulus ; reniform white, ill-defined and incomplete above and

below ; postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa,

incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal

line represented by a series of black points in interspaces of costal

half, curved inwards to costa ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing pale straw-yellow, the terminal area slightly tinged

with fuscous. Underside of fore wing whitish, of hind wing yellow,

with the costal area slightlv irrorated with fuscous.

EEIOPYGA. 295

2 • Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia yellowish ; underside of

fore wing fuscous, of hind wing wliitish irrorated with fuscous and

suffused on costal area.

Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 S, type f d $ in Coll. Schaus.

JSxj). 44 millim.

]553. Eriopyga mediorufa. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 25.)

Hiryidld mediorufa, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p, 234 (1903).

Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous

except at base, the anal tuft ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore

wing purplish red irrorated with silvery blue, some ochreous at base

of inner margin ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; a double, oblique, waved antemedial line filled in

with blue ; orbicular and reniform rather small, red-brown with

pale silvery-blue annuli, the former rather oblique elliptical, a

waved red-brown medial shade passing between them ; a double

postmedial line bent inwards to costa, the outer line rather dif-

fused ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, minutely waved, slightly

defined by dark brown on inner side ; a fine dark terminal line.

Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area suffused with brown ;

the underside with the costal area tinged with purplish red.

Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 5 , type f c? in Coll. Schaus.

Ex'p. 36 millim.

1554. Eriopyga contempta. (Plate LXXXYI. fig. 26.)

Tceniocampa contempta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 237 (ISW);

Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 484.

Meristisfca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279 (part.).

J . Head and thorax dull reddish brown strongly irrorated with

grey ; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface ochreous irrorated with

brown. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irrorated with grey ; an

indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a

waved antemedial line ; claviform represented by a few dark scales

at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform rather small, flesh-coloured,

defined by brown and their centres irrorated with brown, the former

round, the latter rather narrow ; a medial dark line excurved at

middle ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined by brown, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine pale line at base

of cilia. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and marginal areas

tinged with brown ; a brown terminal line ; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and postmedial

line on costal area.

$ . Anal tuft large ; fore wing darker and more uniformly

coloured ; the stigmata hardly traceable ; hind wing dark brown,

the lower jiart of cell and area below it rather paler.

296 NOCTUID^.

Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type t 6 in Coll. Scliaus ; Guatemala,

Totonicapara, 10,000' {Champion), 1 5 ; Costa Rica, Candalaria Mts.

{Underwood), 1 J , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 36-40 millim.

1555. Eriopyga curtica. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 21.)

Tesniocampa curtica, Smith, Am. Eut. tI. p. 122 (1890) ; id. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 203.

Head and thorax reddish ochreous to red-brown, some of the

hairs with pale tips ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen reddish

brown dorsall}' tinged with fuscous. Eore wing reddish ochreous

or red-brown, irrorated Avith white and black scales, the lines indis-

tinct or almost obsolete ; subbasal line nearly straight, from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line strongly excurved at costa and

inner margin and slightly below the cell; orbicular and reniform

with very indistinct whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical,

the latter constricted at middle and with its lower part filled in

with fuscous ; a more or less distinct medial line oblique from costa

to median nervure ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a series of black points beyond

it on the veins and some ochreous points on costa ; subterminal

line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, forming a series of

small indistinct dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the mar-

ginal areas more ochreous, the veins and apical area tinged with

fuscous ; the underside irrorated with large brown scales, especially

towards costa, a small discoidal lunule and postmedial series of

strise on the veins.

Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 cJ , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 $ .

Exp. 34-38 millim.

1556. Eriopyga acalus. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 28.)

Orihodes akalus, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 2, p. 6 (1S99) ; Djar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 165.

5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown largely mixed

with grey ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing dull reddish brown

thicklv irrorated with grey ; an indistinct slightly curved subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct, irregularly waved,

oblique antemedial line defined by grey on inner side ; claviform

minute, very indistinctly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined by brown, the former round ; a slight medial

shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line in-

distinct, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa and an indistinct series of dark

points on the veins ; subterminal line grey defined by brown on

inner side, forming slight dentate dark marks at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine grey line at

base of cilia. Hind wing pale uniformly suft'used with brown;

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cilia whitish ; the uuderside whitish irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 § . Exp. 34 millim,

1557. Eriopyga incincta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 29.)

Mamestra incincta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. svii. p. 156 (1874) ;

Smilh, Cat. Noct, N. Aiu. p. 203.

Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown. Poro wing brownish grey

with a slight violaceous tinge and irrorated with fuscous ; an

indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and

reniform with pale annuli, the former small or moderate, somewhat

oblique, the latter filled in with fuscous ; a more or less distinct

medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial

line somewhat dentate and with a series of black points beyond it

on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold

and below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subter-

raiual line pale, defined on inner side by a brown shade forming

somewhat dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown, in female wholly

suffused with brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line with

slight dark streaks at the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Illinois, Colorado, 1 c? ? 2 $ . Exjy,

34-36 millim.

1558. Eriopyga perfiisca, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 30.)

Perigea paupcra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 279, & ii. p. 480 (nee

Wlk.).

Taniociiwpa oviduca, Druce, Biol. Centr. Am., Het. i. p. 288 (part.), nee

Guen.

Orthodes infirma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 289 (purt.), nee Guen.

Head and thorax yellowish brown irrorated with whitish ; tarsi

with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with ochroous.

Fore wiug ochreous brown irrorated with grey and fuscous ; sub-

basal line indistinct, pale, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by whitish on outer side ;

orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres irrorated with white

and whitish annuli, the former somewhat oblique elliptical ; the

postmedial line fuscous defined by wliitish on outer side, bent out-

wards below costa, incurved below vein 5, and produced on the

veins to a scries of short dark streaks interrupted hj- white points,

some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish or

oebreous, slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, and excurved at

vein 7 and middle ; a terminal series of small black lunulcs. Hind

wing ochreous white suffused with brown except the interspaces in,

298 NocTuiDji:.

below, and beyond cell ; cilia oclireous white with a brown line

throngh them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irroratod with brown, a black discoidal spot and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Hoegc, Tmjillo), 5 c? , 4 $ , type, Godman-

Salvin Coll., Las Vigas. Exj). 32 millim.

1559. Eriopyga oviduca.

TcBniocampa oviduca, Guen. Noct. i. p. 357 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 203.

TcBniocampa capsella, Grote, Proc. Ac. Kat. Sci. Phil. xxvi. p. 201 (1874).

Head and thorax purplish brown, the hairs tipped with grey ;

palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore

wing grey-brown with a purplish, reddish, or yellowish tinge and

irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line indistinct, whitish, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line white, slightly

defined on each side by blackish, angled outwards below costa, in-

curved in cell, then nearly straight; orbicular and reniform moderate,

with brown centres and yellowish annuli, the former round or

oblique elliptical ; the postmedial line blackish, defined by white on

Fig. 03. — Erlopuga oviduca, J. }.

outer side and produced to short black streaks on the veins inter-

rupted by white points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line yellowish, defined by dark brown on inner side,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a ter-

minal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the inter-

spaces of basal and inner areas whitish ; cilia pale with a brown

line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

the costal and terminal areas tinged with purple-brown, a discoidal

spot and indistinct curved postmedian lino.

Hah. Canada (Norman), 1 J , Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 1 J ;

U.S.A., N. and E. States to Florida and Ilocky Mts., Massachusetts,

Beverly, 1 d, 1 ?, New York (Packard), 5 cT , Trenton Falls

(Douhleday), 2 S , Evans Centre (Grote, Baile;/), 1 cJ , 1 2 , Albany,

1 c? type cajjsella, Illinois, 2 5 . E.vp. 2(3-30 millim.

Larva. Head shining brown, a dark A-mark over clypeus. Body

sordid brown ; subdorsal space paler, defining a series of rounded

diamond-shaped dorsal marks ; orange on joint 12. Tubercles and

EKIOI'YGA. 299

shields black, the cervical shield with the posterior third orange. —

H. G. D.

1560. Eriopyga melanopis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 31.)

Head and thorax browish gre}' mixed with dark brown ; abdomen

ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing brownish grey

thickly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, double,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, defined

by whitish on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold ;

claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform large, blackish with white

annuli, the former somewhat oblique elliptical, the latter slightly

angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line defined by

whitish on outer side and with a series of short black streaks on

the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line whitish, slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, somewhat

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of black points ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind

wing white ; the veins and terminal area suff'used with brown, in

female nearly uniformly suffused with brown ; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown ; a black discoidal

spot and slight curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona (Ivunze), 4 cJ , 1 5 , type. Exp. 30 millim.

Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines less

distinct, the latter very minutely dentate ; the stigmata less pro-

minently filled in with black.

JIab. U.S.A., S.W. Colorado (Oshir), 1 d , 1 ? .

1561. Eriopyga orobia. (riate LXXXVI. fig. 32.)

Mamcstra orobia, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 154 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 203.

c^ . Head and thorax mottled white, reddish brown, and dark

brown ; abdomen brown irrorated with white and dorsally tinged

with olive-yellow. Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with white ;

subbasal line white, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

white, slightly defined on each side by brown, oblique, waved, in-

curved in cell and angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform

defined by white, the former round, the latter rather constricted at

middle ; postmedial lino white, slightly defined by brown on inner

side and produced to a series of short dark streaks on the veins,

interrupted by a series of white points, some white points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line white minutely waved, somewhat

incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of slight points. Hind

wing white irrorated with brown, the veins and terminal area

brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot.

Ilab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 c^ type. Kvj^ 30 millim.

300 NOCTTJIDJE.

*] 562. Eriopyga utahensis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 27.)

Taniocampa. nfahensis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. JJus. x. p. 473 (1887) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203.

S . Head brown with an ochreons tinge and irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing with the antemedial line very indistinct, ex-

curved in inter.spaces ; orbicular small, rouud, with pale annulus

defined by black ; reniform moderate, with pale annulus defined

by black and its lower part filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line

very indistinctly double filled in with pale colour, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

represented by a few pale scales, tbe area beyond it darker ; a

fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale tinged with

ocbreous, the veins and terminal area suff'used with brown ; the

underside with dark irroralion, a small discoidal spot and puncti-

forra postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Utah, Fort Tliornburgh. E,rp. 30 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

1503. Eriopyga ochrota. (riate LXXXVII. fig. 1.)

Himella ochrota, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat, Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).

S . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with ocbreous, the scales

tipped with white ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi blackish ringed

•with ocbreous ; abdomen greyish fuscous brown. Fore wing

ocbreous thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, especially the costal

and terminal areas ; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from

costa ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform very

faintly defined by black scales ; orbicular and reniform small,

ocbreous defined by black, the former round, the latter open above

and below and with white point at its upper extremity ; postmedial

line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, the area between it and. subterminal line more ocbreous

except at costa ; subterminal line with a series of prominent black

spots on its outer side from vein 7 to inner margin, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia ocbreous irrorated

with black. Hind wing ocbreous white slightly irrorated with

brown, a dark terminal line ; the underside with the costal area

more strongly irrorated, a black discoidal spot.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, 1 c? , San Andres Chanchicomula, typof

S in Coll. Schaus. Exj). 30 millim.

*15(i4. Eriopyga obtnsa.

Tdniocampa ohtusa. Smith, Pr. U.S. A^at. Mus. s. p. 474 (1887) ; id. Oat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 204.

Dark grey thickly irrorated with black. Fore wing with the

subbasal and antemedial lines obsolete ; claviform narrow, slightly

yellowish defined by black ; orbicular small, yellowish defined by

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black ; postmedial line obsolete ; subterminal line represented by a

series of j-ellowish points ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing white ; the underside grej-white with some dark irroration

on costal area.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, jEr^). 27 millim. This species is unknown

to me.

Sect. II. Antennns of male serrate and fascioulate.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line arising from costa

before apex.

a. Fore wing with blacli streak in cell between orbicular

and reniforni.

«^. Fore w^ing with the antemedial line excurved below

cell jjJanalis.

/>'. Fore wing with the antemedial line not excurved

below cell agrotiformis.

h. Fore wing without black streak in cell.

a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4.

d^. Fore wing with tlie reniform slightly angled

inwards on median nervure, the terminal area

darker than tiie ground-colour perforata.

b^. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards

on median nervure, the termiual area not darker

than the ground-colour.

a^. Fore wing reddish brown rvfula.

b^. Fore wing ferruginous red .. reliqua.

c^. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous tri fascia.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line almost evenly

curved.

a^. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with fuscous ... culea.

h-. Fore wing brownish ochreous to fulvous consopifa.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal linearising from termen

just below apex.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line double, oblique... diplogramma.

b. Fore wing with the subterminal line single, angled at

discal fold eurijte.

1565. Eriopyga planalis. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 2.)

Agrotis plannlh, Grote, A. M. N. 11. (5) xi. p. 53 (1883); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 200.

S- Head and thorax fuscous brown, edges of tegula) more

rufous ; pectus ochreous ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing dull reddish brown suffused with fuscous ; a double, waved

subbasal line from costa to subniedian fold ; a double, oblique, waved

antemedial line angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ;

claviform represented by a few black scales; orbicular and renilbrm

small, with rather paler annuli incompletely defined by black, the

former round, a diH'used black fascia between them ; postmedial

line indistinctly double and minutely waved, bent outwards below

costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line

very indistinct, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle, some small triangular dark spots on inner side between

veins 7 and 4. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ;

'}02 xofrriD.f:.

the underside ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with brown,

a small discoidal spot, aud curved, minutely waved, postmedial

line.

Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico, Beulah, 1 S . ^""P- ^^ millim,

1566. Eriopyga agrotiformis. (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 3.)

GraphipJiora agro/ifonnis, Grote, Can. Eat. xiii. p. 14 (1881) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. "20U.

2 . Head and thorax black -brown, the head and tegulge with a

reddish tinge aud the latter with pale tips ; abdomen dark brown

irrorated with ochreous. Fore wing black-brown with a purplish

tinge ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold, in base of which there is a slight black streak ; antemedial

line indistinct, double, oblique, waved : orbicular and reniform

moderate, with fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by black,

the former rounded, a deep black patch between them in cell ;

postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely waved, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line reddish ochreous, defined by

somewhat dentate small black marks on inner side, most strongly

towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at

middle, the area beyond it paler fuscous brown ; a terminal series

of black striae. Hind wing yellowish white thicldy irrorated with

brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a discoidal lunvile aud sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 2 $ type. E.V2^. 34 millim.

*15G7. Eriopyga perforata. (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 4.)

T<pniocampa perforata, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 73(1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 203.

5 . Head and thorax pale reddish broAvn irrorated with brown ;

abdomen yellow-brown. Fore wing pale reddish brown with

darker irroration ; traces of a pale waved subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold ; an indistinct, oblique, waved antemedial line,

defined by pale colour on inner side and angled outwards below

costa; orbicular and reniform well developed, with indistinct pale

annuli, the former round, the latter with its lower part tinged

with fuscous ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line

indistinct, double filled in with pale colour, bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, angled

outwards at vein 7, the area beyond it slightly darker and Avith

blackish streaks on the veins ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pale suffused with dull reddish brown ; cilia ochreous

with a slight brown line through them ; the underside pale, irrorated

with brown, a discoidal point and traces of a postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, in Coll. Schaus. Exp, 36 millim.

EPaorvGA.

303

15GS. Eriopyga rufiila.

Dian/hcecia rufida, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Kat. Sci. ii. p. G4 (1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 203.

Head and thorax purplish rufous, the hairs tipped with grey;

abdomen grey-brown, the lateral and anal tufts tinged with

purplish. Fore wing purplish rufous sparsely irrorated with white ;

a slight white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a some-

what oblique waved white antemedial line, sometimes with a

fuscous line on its outer edge : orbicular and reniform moderate,

defined by white, the former round, the latter with its lower part

tilled in with fuscous ; postraedial line white, sometimes with a

Fig. 64. — Eriopi/ga rufida, (^ . J.

fuscous line on inner edge, produced to a series of black and

white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, somewhat

incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4; subterminal line

white, defined by deeper rufous on inner side, slightly angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark

points. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused

with brown, almost wholly suffused in female ; the underside

whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a

discoidal point and postmedial series of points on the veins.

Bab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, 3 d" , 6 § , type, ( Walsinqham)

1 c? , 3 $ , S. Francisco (J. J. Walker), 1 $ . kv2?. 30-34 rnillim.

Larva. Head shining brown, darker reticulate, a dark A-mark

over clypeus. Body as in oviducta, but the posterior two-thirds of

cervical shield orange. — H. G. D.

*1569. Eriopyga reliqua.

Teeniocampa reliqua, Sinitii, Joiirn

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 16G.

(Plate LXXXIX. fig. 29.)

. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 226 (lS9f)f) ;

5 . Ferruginous red-brown ; frons and metathoracic crest Avith

the scales tipped with grey ; abdomen pale. Fore wing with the

subbasal line defined by a few black scales, some black scales below

base of cell ; antemedial line double at costa and defined by some

white scales on inner side, excurved in interspaces ; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform rather large, pale and ill-defined, the former

elongate ; an ill-defined brown medial shade ; postmedial line dark,

defined by white scales on outer side, minutely dentate, l)cn( outwards

304 JJOCTtJlD.K.

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

yellowish, defined by some dark scales on outer side, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 ; terminal area slightly irrorated with grey ;

cilia pale intersected with brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with

reddish brown, the veins darker : underside with rufous irroration,

a discoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, Park Co., 10,000 feet. Exp. 25 miUim.

This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

*1570. Eriopyga trifascia. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 28.)

Ttsniocampa trifascia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 118 (18*J1);

id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.

Head and tegulas whitish ochreous ; thorax rufous ; abdomen

whitish. Pore wing rufous irrorated with fuscous, the costal area

ochreous white to the postmedial line ; subbasal line pale ; ante-

medial line broad, pale, evenly excurved ; claviform absent, orbicular

small, rounded, pale with fuscous centre ; rcniform moderate,

irrorated with black, a dark medial shade ; postmedial line broad,

pale, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; sub-

terminal line broad, pale, diffused on outer side, defined on inner

side by some dark scales ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with some dark points. Hind wing white, the underside

slightly tinged with ochreous.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Foothills. Exp. 27-30 millim. This

species is unlcnown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

1571. Eriopyga culea. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 5.)

Mesogona cnlea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 404 (1^52); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 202.

Taiiiocampa modifica, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 150 (1874).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale rufous and Avith

purplish brown behind ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen brownish

grey, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated

with fuscous, the terminal area slightly tinged with fuscous ; ante-

medial line fuscous, defined by whitish on inner side, very oblique

and very slightly angled at median nervure ; orbicular represented

by a small brownish spot ; reniform very faintly defined by whitish

and with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line

fuscous, defined by whitish on outer side, slightly curved from

costa to vein 6, then oblique ; subterminal line represented by a

series of blackish points in the interspaces. Hind wing yellowish

white suffused Avith brown except towards base ; a slight discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line ; the underside whitish.

Hah. U.S.A., 1 2 , Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey,

Illinois, Florida, 1 J type. Exp. 32-34 millim.

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1572. Eriopyga consopita. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 6.)

Grafhiphora consopita, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 154 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 202.

5 . Head and thorax brownish ochreous to bright fulvous ;

pectus and legs whitish ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing brownish

ochreous to bright fulvous ; an indistinct oblique pale antemedial

line defined by pale colour on inner side ; orbicular and reniforna

with faint whitish annuli, the former round, the latter with a

slight fuscous tinge in. lower extremity ; postmedial line defined by

pale colour on outer side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 4,

then oblique ; traces of a subterminal series of points. Hind wing

whitish, the terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside

white.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Prescott, 2 $ type. Exj). 36 millim.

*lo73. Eriopyga diplogramma. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 7.)

Himella diplogramma, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat. Soc. si. p. 232 (1903).

c? . Head and thorax creamy white mixed with pale rufous,

especially on head and tegulse ; tarsi brown with pale rings ;

abdomen rufous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing with the apex acute and somewhat produced, creamy

white, the veins slightly defined by rufous streaks, the inner area

suff"used with purplish brown from near base to near tornus ; ante-

medial line represented by an oblique dark striga from costa and

an oblique olive line, with another beyond it, from submedian fold

to inner margin ; orbicular represented by a black point, reniform

by a small blackish triangular mark ; a diff'used olive medial line

arising from a dark spot on costa, very oblique to lower angle

of cell, where it is acutelj' angled, then oblique ; postmedial line

represented by a dark point on costa, a rufous line bent outwards

below costa and dark points on veins 2, 1, and inner margin ; some

dark striae on costa towards apex ; subterminal line represented by

an oblique streak from termen just below apex, then by a double

oblique line defined on inner side by small dentate dark marks to

the brown inner area ; some black points on termen ; cilia chequered

white and rufous. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, tinged with

reddish brown on the veins and marginal areas ; cilia ochreous ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with a few large brown

scales, a small discoidal spot and postmedial and terminal series of

points.

Hah. Mexico, Las Vegas, type t S in Coll. Schaus. Exi). 30

millim.

1574. Eriopyga euryte.

Apamea euryte, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 477, pi. 93. f. 22

(1898).

Head and thorax pale rufous irrorated with fuscous ; sides of

palpi and frons fuscous; abdomen fuscous, the anal (uft and ventral

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1^06 NOCTtriD^.

surface pale rufous. Fore wing rufous, sparsely irrorated with

black, and the costal area suffused with whitish ; the veins streaked

with white and on costal area defined by dark streaks ; traces of a

whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct

antemedial line oblique from costa to subcostal nervure, then

waved ; orbicular with minute ferruginous centre and ill-defined

whitish annulus ; the reniform constricted at middle, with ferruginous

annulus slightly marked with black above and strongly below ; a

diffused medial fuscous line angled at median nervure ; the post-

medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins,

very oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is met by an interrupted

oblique streak from ai)ex, then inwardly oblique and with a

fuscous shade on outer side, some dark points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by faint traces of a series of black

points ; a terminal series of black points ; the apex somewhat

produced and acute. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous ;

the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

spot, curved postmedial line, with series of short streaks on the veins

and terminal series of points.

Bab. Costa Eica, Irazn (Ror/ers), 1 c? , 1 $ , type Godman-Salvin

Coll. ; Brazil, Castro Paraiia, Sao Paulo. Exp. 32 raillim.

Sect. III. AntenniB of male ciliated.

A. Femora and tibire of male fringed with long pink hair ; fore wing on

underside with the cell clothed with silky downturned hair ; hind

wing on underside clothed with downturned hair from costa to median

nervure.

a. Fore and hind wings of male with the silky hair not extending beyond

the cell ; palpi with the 3rd joint rather short.

a^. Hind tibise of male with the fringes of hair greatly developed.

1575. Eriopyga turca.

Mcttta turca, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 322 (1761) ; E.<!p. Schmett. iv. pi. 122.

figs. 6, 6 ; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 218 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 56,

pi. 104. fig. 1; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 150; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 193.

Phalcena volupia, Eott. Naturf. ix. p. 123 (1776).

Mythimnu limhata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 173.

Leucania turceUa, Staud. Iris, x. p. 338 (1897).

Head and thorax bright rufous to red-brown tinged with purplish ;

antennee whitish ; pectus and legs purple-red in male ; abdomen

rufous, the ventral surface purple-red in male. Fore wing pale

rufous or brown, thickly striated with dark rufous or purple-brown

and sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by a

dark striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly sinuous, oblique

from costa to median nervure ; claviform and orbicular absent ;

reniform a more or less prominent oblique white bar defined by

fuscous ; postmedial line oblique, slightly sinuous, sometimes

produced to short streaks on the veins ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing purplish red, the discal area suffused with

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fuscous. Underside of both wings purplish pink irrorated with

fuvscous ; a postmedial line oblique on fore wing, excurved below

costa on hind wing and not reaehing: inner marp-in.

Fig. Qb.~ Eriopyc/a tiirca, (J. \.

Ab. 1. turcella. Smaller and paler.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller, Prey, and Leech Colls. ; N. Italy ; Sweden ; Armenia ;

Mongolia, tlrga ; E. Siberia, Amur, 1 ^ , Dahuria, Ussuri ; Japan,

Hakodate, 1 S , Oiwake (Pn/er), 2 c^ , Kiushiu, 1 5 » Yokohama

{Jonas, Maries), 3 J, 2 J, type limbnta ; Corea, Gensan (Leer/i,

Ito), 2 (j" ; C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 2 ^ Changyang (Pratt),

2 c? , 1 2 , Omei-shan, 1 J . E.vjt. 44-54 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. G8 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 179, pi. 206.

fig. 1.

Ochreous yellow freckled with dark grey and purplish, anteriorly

suffused with purplish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale ochreous,

the latter dark-edged ; a dorsal series of dark grey marks ; head

brown. Food-plant : grasses. 8-5.

b^. Hind tibite of male with the fringes of hair much less

developed.

a^. Fore wing with the anteraedial line angled outwards

below costa, then erect grandls.

h"^. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique throughout, divergens.

c^. Fore wing with the antemedial line evenly curved curvata.

1576. Eriopyga grandis.

Myfhimna grandis, Butl. A- M. N. H. (5) i. p. 79 (1878); id. 111. Het.

B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. f. 7.

Head and thorax bright rufous to olive-ochreous irrorated with

fuscous ; antennso whitish ; abdomen rufous. Fore wing rufous or

ochreous, more or less thickly striated with fuscous ; an indistinct

waved antemedial line obliciue from costa to middle of cell ; reni-

form represented by a whitish discoidal lunule, slightly defined by

fuscous and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; post-

medial line oblique, slightly incurved to costa, somewhat dentate

and produced to short streaks on the veins, angled outwards on

vein 1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing purplish

pink, the discal area suflfused with fuscous ; the underside paler,

x2

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irrorated with fuscous, with small discoidal lunule, sinuous post-

cdial line, and some points on termen.

Fig. (>6. — Eriojjijga g.

Hah. Japan, Hakodate, 2 J , 1 $ , type, Oiwake (Fryer), 2 c? ,

2 $, Tokio (AJaries), 1 c? , 1 $, Yokohama (Jonas, Fryer), 2 $ ;

CoREA, Gensan (Leech), 2 S ,1 $ . Exp. 52-58 millim.

1577. Eriopyga divergens.

MytJiimna divergens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 79 (1S78); id. 111.

B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. f. 8 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.

Het.

Head deep rufous, the vertex and thorax olive-ochreous, some-

times tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; antennae

whitish at base ; pectus, legs, and abdomen rufous, the last dorsally

ochreous towards base. Fore wing olive-ochreous, irrorated and

striated with fuscous and more or less tinged with rufous ; ante-

medial line oblique, slightly sinuous ; reniform represented by a

whitish lunule, angled inwards on median nervure, and with a

rufous patch between it and postmedial line ; postmedial line

oblique, slightly, incurved to costa, somewhat dentate and produced

to short streaks ou the veins; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing pinkish entirely suffused with fuscous, the cilia purplish

pink. Underside of both wings purplish red ; a postmedial line,

oblique on fore wing, sinuous on hind wing, which has a small

discoidal spot.

Hah. E. SiBEEiA, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate (WMtely), 2 S,

1 5 , type, Oiwake (Fryer), 2 S , Yokohama (Fryer), 1 cJ , 1 § .

Exj}. 54-56 millim.

1578. Eriopyga curvata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 8.)

Mythimna curvata, Leech, Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1900, p. 130.

Head and thorax rufous, pale olive or grey irrorated with fuscous,

the head more rufous : antenna) whitish at base ; pectus, legs, and

abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale olive or rufous, irrorated and

striated with purple-brown ; subbasal line represented by a dark

striga from costa ; antemedial line slightly and rather oblicjuely

curved ; reniform represented by a rather indistinctly defined pale

lunule with slight black points before and beyond it at lower angle

of cell ; pciitniodial line slightly angled outwards belovv costa, then

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oblique and slightly incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing rufous, uniformly suffused with fuscous,

the cilia pale red. Underside purplish pink irrorated with fuscous,

fore wing with some fuscous on disk ; both wings with slight discoidal

spots, somewhat waved postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Ab. 1, Fore wing with the veins whitish, the striation much

thicker and more prominent.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the lines hardly traceable.

Hah. CoREA, Gensan {Leech), 1 c^' , 1 $ , type ; C. China, Chang-

vang {Pratt), 1 (S , 4 $ , Washan {Pratt), 1 $, Chia-kou-ho

{Pratt), 1 2 . Exp. 50-60 millim.

b. Fore and hind wings of male on underside with the rough hair extending

to near termen ; pah^i with the 3rd joint rather long ; abdomen with

lateral tufts of long pink hair from base.

1579. Eriopyga rhodotricMa, n. sp.

(S . Head and thorax rufous, the hairs and scales tipped with

grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal

tuft ochreous, the fringes of hair on legs and abdomen and the

ventral surface of latter pink. Fore wing rufous tinged with pink

Fig. 07. — Erir/pyga 7-hodotrichia, J

and irrorated with black ; traces of a waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold, angled outwards on median nervure ; an

indistinct oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform

indistinctly defined by brown, rounded ; an indistinct oblique

medial shade from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line very

indistinct, highly dentate and produced to points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-

terminal line only defined by a dark shade on its inner side, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside ochreous with the hair

fulvous, a small black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, E-io Janeiro, 1 S type. Exp. 36 millim.

B. Femora of male with thick tufts of rufous hair ; abdomen with lateral

tufts of rufous hair from base; fore wing with the cell and area below

it, down to submedian fold clothed on underside with rough yellow hair.

1580. Eriopyga pallescens.

HimrJki pMcfccn.% Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 23.") (1903).

6. Head and thorax red-brown tinged -with grey; palpi

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blackish at sides ; abdomen black-brown, the base and extremity

ochreous ; the hair on femora, the lateral tufts, and ventral surface

of abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale pink-brown sparsely irrorated

with black ; traces of a curved dark antemedial line ; orbicular

represented by a black point, the reniform by a red spot with black

points above and below it ; a fuscous medial shade excurved at

middle; postmedial line represented by a series of black points,

Fig. 68. — Eriopyga fcdlescens, c?. \.

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal

line very indistinct, pale, faintly defined by brown on each side

and with two fuscous points above inner margin, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown,

especially on marginal areas ; cilia ochreous ; the underside with

black discoidal spot, postmedial series of slight striae on the veins,

and terminal series of points.

Hah. Bkazil, Organ Mts., Tijuca (;S^. R. Wagner), 1 ^ , Sao

Paulo, type t cJ in Coll. Schaus ; Paeaguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ .

Ecqi. 36 millim.

C. Mid femora and tibia? of male with tufts of long thick

hair ; abdomen vrith very large lateral tufts from base

and fringed with hair towards extremity ; fore wing on

underside with the cell clothed with silky downturned

hair,

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely serrate,

a'. Abdomen of male with the lateral tufts from base

fuscous fusciharhata.

b^. Abdomen of male with the lateral tufts from base

pur pie vinoharbata.

h. Fore wing with the postmedial line even.

a*. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the sub-

terminal line almost even.

«^. Fore wing with the reniform not concave towards

base melanogasfer.

b^. Fore wing with the reniform concave towards

base secedens.

b^. Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the sub-

terminal line slightly sinuous excavata.

1581. Eriopyga fuscibarbata, n. sp.

d" . Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi blackish : pectus and

legs dark brown ; abdomen black-brown, the lateral fringes, anal

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tuft, and ventral surface yellow-brown. Fore winp; pale greyish

ochreous suffused with rufous ; a slight waved subbasal line from

costa to below cell with a black point beyond it in cell ; an indistinct

double, slightly waved, antemedial line, incurved in cell ; orbicular

and reniform large, rufous with pale annuli, the former round, the

latter lunulate, concave towards base ; a diffused oblique line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line obsolete towards

costa, incurved below vein 4, with two series of black points beyond

it on the veins, the outer slight ; subterminal line brown defined by

Fig. G9.—Eiiop>;ffa fuscihavl/fifrf, J . \.

pale colour on outer side, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the

cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous suffused with fuscous, the

costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a dis-

coidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 c? type. Exp. 42 millim.

1582. Eriopyga vinobarbata, n. sp. (Plate XC. fig. 5.)

Head and thorax pale reddish brown tinged with grey ; abdomen

greyish, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the

lateral tufts of male purple. Fore wing greyish, tinged with

reddish or purplish brown and slightly irrorated with black ; traces

of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with a small

black spot beyond it in cell ; an indistinct double, waved antemedial

line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; orbicular and reniform

with their centres defined by brown and indistinct pale annuli, the

former elliptical, the latter narrow, oblong, with a black spot in its

lower extremity ; an indistinct diffused medial line ; postmedial line

defined by greyish on outer side, minutely serrate, bent outwards^

below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a series of black

points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal lino pale, defined by

fuscous on inner side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

where it is met by an oblique black striga from apox, then incurved ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and postmedial

and terminal series of points.

Bah. Ecuador, IJalzapamba, 1 $ type, J in Coll. Qberthiir,

Riobamba. Ex/). 38 millim.

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*1583. Eriopyga melanogaster. (Plate XC. fig. G.)

Orthodes melanoyasier, Griien. Noct. i. p. 373 (1852).

(S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen fuscous, with the

Jatural and anal tut'ts ochreous. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused

with purplish rufous, and with very slight fuscous irroration chiefly

on the veins and costal area; subbasal line represented by a few dark

scales ; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, strongly

incurved in cell and slightly bent inwards to inner margin ; claviform

absent; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former

elliptical; an oblique medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa, exeurved

to vein 5, then strongly incurved, some black and white points

beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line almost straight, whitish

defined by brown on inner side ; a terminal series of small brown

spots ; cilia olive-ochreous. Hind wing reddish brown ; the cilia

pale brown, whitish at tips ; the underside whitish, the costal area

irrorated with rufous, some postmedial points on the veins, an

indistinct subterminal line.

Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t c? in Coll. Oberthiir. Exp.

44 millim.

15S4. Eriopyga secedens, (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 9.)

Himella secedens, Schaiis, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 234 (1903).

Head and thorax rufous with a purplish-pink tinge ; sides of

palpi and frons blackish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous,

the lateral fringes and ventral surface rufous, the basal tufts yellow.

Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish pink and with some dark

irroration ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold, with a small black spot beyond it in cell ; antemedial line

indistinct, ochreous, only traceable from median nervure to inner

margin ; orbicular and reniform large with ochreous annuli, the

former round ; a slight medial shade bent inwards to costa ; post-

medial line rather indistinct, even, bent outwards below costa,

exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, and with a series of black points

beyond it on the veins; subterminal line ochreous, defined by l3rown

on inner side, slightly exeurved below costa and incurved towards

inner margin. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous, the cilia

yellow; the underside yellow, the costal area suffused with purplish

pink, a black discoidal spot and slightly sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, Castro Paraiia, 1 $, type f ^ in Coll. Schaus ;

Bolivia, Cochabamba, 1 $ , La Paz. Exp. 36 milb'm.

15S5. Eriopyga excavata, n. sp, (Plate LXXXYII. fig. 10.)

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at

sides; abdomen and lateral tufts fuscous, the ventral surface reddish

mixed with grey, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing grey thickly

irrorated with red- brown and slightly with black; an indistinct

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curved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; anteraedial line

indistinct, defined by grey on inner side, waved, oblique from costa

to median nervure, then erect ; orbicular and reniform large, brown

irrorated with grey and with grey annuli, the former elliptical, the

latter rather concave towards base ; an indistinct medial line from

cell to inner margin : postmedial line defined by grey on outer side,

bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, an

indistinct series of short blacli streaks interrupted by grey points

on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line grey defined by rufous on

inner side, slightly excurved below costa ; a terminal series of black

points defined by an indistinct crenulate grey line. Hind wing

fuscous brown; the cilia pale rufous; tlie underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal iuuule and traces of a curved postmedial

line.

Hah. Brazil, Eio Janeiro, 1 c? , 1 $ , type ; Ecuador, Riobamba,

1 $ . Exp. 32 millim.

D. Mid femora of male with fold containing a tuft of ochreons hair ; abdomen

with lateral fringes of hair towards extremity ; both wings on underside

with the basal costal area and cell clothed with rough hair and scales.

158G. Eriopyga lamptera.

Agrotis lamptera, Druce, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 513 ; id. Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.

■ ii. p. 482, pi. 94. f. 2.

(S . Head and thorax fulvous ; abdomen fuscous black, the lateral

fringes of hair, the anal tuft, and ventral surface fulvous. Fore

wing pale fulvous with slight darker irroration, the costal area with

an olive tinge ; antemedial and medial straight lines from cell to

inner margin ; orbicular and reniform rather darker with pale annuli,

Fig. 70.

oblique, quadrate, open above and below; postmedial line fine, fuscous

defined by pale colour on inner side, straight and oblicjue from costa

to submedian fold, then slightly bent outwards ; subterminal line

represented by a sei-ies of minute indistinct dentate dark marks,

very slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle: a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

veins, costal and inner areas, and a terminal line fuscous brown ;

the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous, a postmedial

series of rufous strito on the veins.

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2 . Head, tbovax, and fore wing deep purplish red-brown.

Hah. Br. HoNDUKAs, Belize; Guatemala, Pantaleou {^Champion),

1 S type, {Rodriguez) 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Paraguay,

Sapucay {Foster), 2 § . Exp. 44 millim.

E. Legs of male normal.

a. Thorax of male with tuft of very large curled scales on dorsum ;

abdomen with lateral and anal fringes of very long hair ; fore wing

with fringe of hair from basal fourth of costa, the cell and area below

it clothed with long downturned scales from base to beyond middle

and to below cell.

1587. Eriopyga macrolepia.

Nasia mceata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 266, pi. 26. f. 12

(nee Wik.).

S • Bright ferruginous red ; head and tegulse rather darker ;

the large scales on thorax pinkish ; the fringes of hair on abdomen

redder. Fore wing with black and whitish point at base ; sub-

basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, filled in with

Eriopiiija vtacrulcpia, (^ .

yellowish ; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with yellowish,

the veins beyond it irrorated with black and whitish, especially

towards inner margin ; orbicular small, whitish, indistinct; reniform

ill-defined, with black point on its inner upper side and its lower

part filled in with black ; a waved medial line excurved at middle ;

postmedial line indistinct, defined by yellowish on outer side, dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved to near medial line

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; the area beyond

end of cell pinkish ; subterminal line represented by a series of

black and white dentate marks angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous except towards inner

margin ; the underside with black discoidal point, postmedial line

on costal half, and some terminal points.

Ifah. Costa Rica, Eio Sucio {Rogers), 1 d type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. Exj^. 50 millim.

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315

b. Thorax of male with the pectus clothed with large tufts

of scales and hair,

a'. Abdomen of male with lateral tufts of long hair from

base and lateral frinjn;es of liair.

a^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforn not

defined.

a'. Hind wing white qigajiiea.

b^. Hind wing suffused with brown fluvigcra.

b^. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforin defined

by white.

a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour rufous.

a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

below vein 4 fulvida.

b*. Fore wing with the postmedial line straight,

oblique friburgeiisis.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish carneigera.

*1588, Eriopyga gigantea.

Himdla gigantea, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).

(S . Head ochreous; thorax pinkish, the hairs tipped with white;

legs with the tufts ochreous ; abdomen dorsally fuscous, the lateral

tufts pinkish, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore

Fig. 72. — Eriopyga, gigantea, (^ .

"wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated witla black ; the costal area

white tinged with pink, the rest of wing with rufous ; antemedial

line represented by obliquely placed fuscous points in cell and on

vein 1 ; orbicular and rcniform represented by rather deeper diffused

rufous patches ; postmedial line represented by a series of fuscous

points bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved;

a terminal series of slight points ; cilia ochreous. Hind wing

ochreous white ; the veins, costal area, and cilia ochreous ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, some terminal

dark points on apical half.

Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t d iii Coll. Schaus. Exp. 60

millim.

1589. Eriopyga fiavigera. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 11.)

Hypotrix jlavigcra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 370 (1852).

HcBsia dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 266 (part.).

c? . Head and thorax pale rufous or ochreous grey ; palpi at sides

316 NOCTTIIDJE.

and legs fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface

ochreous. Fore wing whitish tinged with pink and in parts with

rufous, and irrorated with a few black scales; a black point at base ;

faint traces of a waved antemedial line ; reniform represented by a

slight fuscous mark at lower angle of cell or an ochreous lunule ; traces

of a postmedial line incurved below vein 4 and with a series of black

points beyond it on the veins ; a more or less distinct, double, nearly

straight subterminal line bent outwards to apex and with the area

beyond it rather more rufous ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown ; the underside ochreous,

the costal area tinged with rufous, a small discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000' (Rogers), 1 c? , Godman-Salvin

Coll. ; Brazil, New Fribourg, type t in Coll. Oberthiir. Ea-p. 40

millim.

*1590. Eriopyga fulvida. (Plate XCIV. fig. 6.)

Eriopyga fidvida, Druce, ined.

c? . Head and thorax fulvous, the hairs slightly tipped with

whitish ; abdomen pale fulvous, dorsally tinged with fuscous,

except at base and extremity, the anal tufts yellow. Fore wing

fulvous with a slight whitish gloss ; subbasal line represented by a

small fuscous spot in cell ; antemedial line indistinct, pale, angled

inwards in cell, then strongly excurved ; orbicular and reniform

very large and almost confluent, with pale oittlines, the former

rounded, the latter slightly concave towards base ; postmedial line

fulvous, defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, incurved below vein 4, and with a series of slight fuscous

points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line whitish, defined by

fulvous on inner side, nearly straight, oblique ; traces of a pale

highly waved line just before termen. Hind wing pale yellow, the

veins and terminal half tinged with brown ; the underside with

the costal area suffused with fulvous, a small discoidal spot and

slight postmedial line on costal area.

Hah. Brazil, Bio Janeiro (Dirg), type t in Coll. Druce. Exp.

38 millim.

*15»1. Eriopyga friburgensis. (Plate XC. fig. 7.)

Orthodcs friburgensis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374 (1852).

cJ . Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing

pale rufous, the costal half deeper rufous from orbicular to post-

medial line ; subbasal line absent ; antemedial line very indistinct,

oblique, slightly waved : claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform

large, defined by whitish, the former oblique elliptical, the latter

elliptical ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, straight; subterminal line

represented by traces of a series of dark points; a series of dark

points just before termen conncL-ted by a fine waved line. Hind

ERIOPYGA. ?A 7

wing reddish brown, the cilia pale yellowish; the underside whitish

tinged with purplish pink, a small discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line.

Bab. Erazil, New Fribourg, type t in Coll. Obertliiir. Ej'2). 50

millim.

1592. Eriopyga canieigera. (Plato LXXXVII. fig. 12.)

Hypotrix carneigera, Gueu. Noct. i. p. 370 (1852).

(S . Head white, the palpi fuscous at side ; thorax ochreous

white mixed with pale reddish brown ; abdomen ochreous white

dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing whitish irrorated and in

places suffused with pale brown ; hardly a trace of the subbasal line;

antemedial line curved, defined by white on inner side ; orbicular

and reniform very large, elliptical, yellowish brown defined by

white ; an oblique yellow-brown medial shade from cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line almost obsolete and with traces of a series

of points beyond it on the veins ; subterminal line prominent, white

defined by yellow-brown on inner side, almost straight and not

quite reaching costa ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

white, the veins and margins slightly tinged with ochreous ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hah. Brazii,, llio Janeiro, 1 S . E.vp. 46 millim. Type f in

Coll. Oberthiir.

i\ Ahdoraeji of male with small lateral tufts of yellow

hair from base.

a^. Fore wing of male on uuderside with fringe of large

downturiied scales from eosla at base met by long

upturned scales from below cell, a patch of rough

scales beyond the cell, the oosta highly arched near

base, in female slightly arched ; hind wing on

underside witli fringe of long downturned scales

from costa and the whole of the rest of the wing

clothed with rough scales, smaller on terminal

area.

a'. Fore wing with the reniform V-shaped lodehar.

b'^. Fore wing with the reniform small, rounded orljwa.

c^. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-

shaped,

a*. Pore wing reddish brown, tiie orbicular and

reniform not confluent lanaris.

b*. Fore wing oli\e-brown, the orbicular and reni-

form confluent below inoderuta.

1593. Eriopyga lodebar.

Orthndes lodebar, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 289, pi. 27. fl'. 17, 18

(1889).

6 . Head and tegula? yellow mixed with bright rufous ; jjulpi

blackish at sides ; frons with lateral black bars ; thorax dark

chocolate-brown, pectus and legs mostly pale yellow ; abdomen

fuscous brown, the anal tuft, lateral tufts, and ventral surface rufous,

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the basal tufts pale yellow. Fore wing chocolate with a purplish

tinge, except a triangular patch on disk which is deep chocolate ;

subbasal line very indistinct, pale, straight from costa to submediau

fold ; antcmedial line defined by greyish on inner side, oblique,

angled inwards in cell, then slightly sinuous ; reniform triangular,

chocolate with fine grey annulus ; traces of a waved medial line

from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line slightly defined by

greyish on outer side, oblique from costa to reniform, then bent

outwards, then erect and crenulate; two pale points on costa before

the subterminal line, which is greyish defined by small brown some-

what dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and

w

Fig. 73. — Eriopygalodchar, (^ . \.

excurved at middle. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia

paler. Underside of both wings yellowish white, the costal and

terminal areas of fore wing and the apex of hind wing purplish

red.

5 . Greyer and less red-brown in colour ; fore wing with the

discal patch black-brown, the reniform dirty white ; the underside

yellowish irrorated and suffused with red-brown, the disk of fore

wing fuscous brown.

Hah. Costa. Rica, Irazu, 6000' (Ror/ers), 1 d' , 1 5 , type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. E.vy. d 44, $ 40 millim.

1594. Eriopyga orbica, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 13.)

Orthodes lodchar, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 289 (part.).

S . Head and tegular j'ellowish mixed with rufous ; palpi blackish

at sides ; thorax purplish brown ; hair on pectus and legs pale

yellow ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

yellowish tinged with rufous, the basal tufts pale yellow. Fore

wing deep purplish brown, the costal area to beyond middle and a

wedge-shaped patch on disk chocolate ; subbasal line represented

by a grey striga from costa ; antemedial line defined by greyish on

inner side, oblique, angled inwards in cell, then slightly sinuous ;

orbicular a grey point ; reniform a small round greyish spot with

brownish centre ; an indistinct waved medial line from cell to

inner margin ; postmedial line defined by greyish on outer side,

oblique from costa to reniform, then bent outwards, crenulate and

incurved at submediau fold ; two pale points on costa before the

subterminal line, which is greyish, interrupted, defined on inner

ERIOPTQA. 319

side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia

yellowish. Underside of both wings pale yellowish with a rufous

tinge, some fuscous on costa near base and towai'ds apex.

2 . Underside fuscous brown irrorated with grey.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujiUo), 3 c? , 1 $ , type ; Guatemala,

Senahu {Champion), 1 J , Godman-Salvin Coll. Kvp. d 42, $ 38

millim.

1595. Eriopyga lanaris. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 14.)

Br/schorista lanaris, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) V\. p. 97 (1890).

Orthodes cynica, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 288 (nee Guen.).

<S . Head and thorax dark reddish brown to bright red-brown ;

palpi black at sides ; pectus with the hair pale yellow ; abdomen

rufous, more or less dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing dark

red-brown to bright rufous ; the subbasal line double filled in with

ochreous, angled outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 1,

with a pale striga beyond it in cell ; antemedial line defined by

ochreous on inner side, incurved in cell and somewhat oblique, a

black point before it on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform with fine

pale outlines slightly defined by blackish, the former oblique

elliptical, open above, the latter extending to below cell, its upper

extremity somewhat produced and its lower slightly angled inwards

at middle ; an indistinct dark medial shade, oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell ; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer

side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then nearly erect and slightly

sinuous, a double series of black points beyond it on the veins and

some pale points on costa ; subterminal line ochreous slightly

defined on each side by brown, very slightly bent outwards at vein

7, then straight ; a terminal series of black points defined by a fine

pale crenulate terminal line ; a fine ochreous line at base of cilia.

Hind wing brown with a reddish or yellowish tinge ; cilia pale

rufous. Underside with the hair pinkish ; hind wing with fuscous

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

2 . Eathor darker ; fore wing with the pale markings more

prominent ; underside of fore wing dark brown, the costal area

greyish with rufous irroration ; hind wing greyish, tinged with red

and irrorated with brown.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {TrujiUo), 3 c? , Coatepec {Brools), 1 J:

Guatemala {Champion), 2 c? , 1 $ ; Costa IIica {Undenvood, Hor/era),

7 ?; Panama, Chiriqui {Champion), 1 d" , 3 $, Godman-Salvin

Coll. ; Brazil, llio Janeiro, 1 (S type, 1 $ ; Ecuador, Riobamba

{Stolzmann), \ ^ ; Bolivia, Cochabamba {Germaine), 1 (S . Ea-p.

34-44 millim.

1596. Eriopyga moderata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 15.)

Cymaiophora moderata, Wlk. xi. 707 (1857).

5 . Head and thorax dull grey-brown with a very slight yellowish

320 NocrciD^.

tinge ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing

silky olive-brown ; a fine pale subbasal waved line from costa to

suhmedian fold ; antemedial line pale, oblique, angled outwards

below costa, then sinuous ; orbicular and rcniform large, with fine

white annuli, the former oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at

middle and angled inwards on median nervure and confluent wdtli

the former; postmedial- line very indistinctly defined by grey on

outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6 and from vein 4 to inner

margin, with an indistinct series of dark points on the veins beyond

it and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line white defined

by fuscous on inner side, slightly exeurved at vein 7 and above

inner margin ; a terminal series of black points defined by a fine

crenulate pale line. Hind wing jxllowish suffused with brown,

especially towards termen ; the underside whitish, slightly tinged

with red and irrorated with brown on costal area ; a dark discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Colombia, Bogota (Stevens), 1 $ type. Exj). 32 millim.

i^. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of long

hair from costa to beyond middle, the cell and area

beyond it clothed with long downturned hair;

hind wing with some rough scales on basal costal

area and some downturned hair in cell.

a?. Fore wing with the antemedial line straight from

costa to inner mai-gin cremiJato.

b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line sinuous jamaicensis.

1597. Eriopyga crenulata.

Orthodcs ivfirma, Guen. Noct. i. p. 375 (ISr^^), part.

Byschorista cremdata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) vi. p. 'J7 (1890) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 198.

Orfhodes cynica, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., BTet. i. p. 288 (pai-t.").

Orthodes lodehar, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ani., Het. i. p. 289 (part.).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey ; palpi black,

whitish in front; sides of frons black; tegulas with triangular

Fig. 74. — Eriopyga crenulata, cj" . J .

black dorsal patch at base ; tibia3 and tarsi fuscous with pale rings ;

abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with luscous, ventrally purplish

red. Fore wing ochreous suftused with purplish red, irrorated

with fuscous and grey ; the costal edge pale ; a pale subbasal line

KRTOPTGA. 321

from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line fuscous, defined by whitish

on inner side, oblique, bent inwards to costa ; orbicular and reniform

large, with whitish annuli defined by brown, the former oblique,

irregularly elliptical ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to

median nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,

oblique from just below costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and

rather sinuous, with a series of short black streaks beyond it on

veins 6-1 ; sub terminal line whitish, defined by brown on inner

side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black

lunules defined by a pale dentate line ; a pale line through the cilia.

Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown ; the underside yellowish

white, the costal area suffused with brown and the terminal area

slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., jST.E. and Middle States, New England,

New York, 7 d , 2 $ , type, Missouri, Kansas (Snow), 2 (5' ,

Colorado; Mexico, Jala-pa (Trujillo), 1 d ; Gvaibuaj.a (Bodrk/iiez),

1 c? , 1 2 ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 (j" , 1 $ , Organ Mts., tijuca

(S. E. Wagner), 1 $ ; Ecuador, Los Eios (M. de Matlian), 1 5 ,

Gfodman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 36 millim.

1598. Eriopyga jamaicensis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 16.)

Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with some grey ;

palpi blackish at sides ; tegular with dorsal black spot at base ;

pectus with the tufts of hair and scales purplish red and black ;

abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface grey tinged with purplish

and irrorated with black, the genital tufts yellow. Fore wing

grey-brown sufi'used with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous ;

a waved grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with some

black scales on its edges ; antemedial line oblique, w^aved, defined

by grey on inner side and with black point before it on vein 1 ;

orbicular and reniform large, with white annuli and their centres

defined by blackish, the former oblique elliptical, its lower ex-

tremity touching the latter, which is constricted at middle, then

excurved; a waved diffused medial line bent inwards to costa ;

some blackish beyond the reniform before the postmedial line,

which is defined by grey on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6

and from vein 4 to inner margin, a series of short black streaks on

the veins beyond it interrupted by whitish points and some pale

points on costa ; subterminal line grey, defined by fuscous on inner

side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of small

black lunules. Hind wing yellowisli white, the veins and marginal

areas sufiused with fuscous ; the underside with the marginal areas

irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line.

Hah. Jamaica, Cinchona {Faivceit, Cocherell, Kaye), 8 J , 4 $ ,

type. Exp. 28 millim.

322 noctcidjf;.

c. Thorax of male without tufts of scales on pectus.

a^. Abdomen of male thickly clothed with woolly hair.

a^. Hind wing of male with the inner margin fringed with

very long hair.

*1599. Eriopyga 'brachia.

Eriopyga brachia, de Joan. ined.

(S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; abdomen

grey tinged with rufous, the extremity ferruginous. Fore wing

grey suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with large black

scales; subbasal line indistinct, pale slightly defined by brown,

waved from costa to submedian fold, with a small black spot beyond

it in cell; antemedial line whitish defined by fuscous on each

side, waved ; orbicular and retiiform large, with brown centres and

blackish annuli defined by whitish, the former rather diamond-

shaped, touching at middle the latter which is elliptical ; _ post-

medial line blackish, defined by whitish on outer side, slightly

I

Fig. 75. — Eriojjyga brachia, (^ . \.

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly

incurved, a series of black points beyond it on the veins ; sub-

terminal line yellowish, defined on each side by red-brown, very

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submediau fold ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, pale

towards base and inner margin ; the underside pale, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and

curved punctiform postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, Organ Mts. (Gonnelle), type t in

Coll. de Joannis. Exp. 26 millim,

b'^. Hind wing of male with the inner margin normal.

a^. Fore wing with the cilia non-crenulate.

«"•. Fore wing with the postmedial line double, sinuous

and strongly excu rved beyond cell rhadata.

i*. Fore wing with the postmedial line single,

minutely dentate and slightly curved crista.

*1600. Eriopyga rhadata.

Mamestra rhadata, Druce, A. M. N. H. ((i) xiii. p. 360 (1894) ; id. Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476, pi. 93. f. 12.

5 . Head and thorax very dark brown with slight grey

irroration ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing dark olive-brown

Buffused with silvery purple ; subbasal line double, waved, from

EKIOPYGA. 323

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ;

orbicular and reniform defined by olive-brown, the former small,

round, the latter constricted at middle ; an obscure medial shade

angled at middle ; postmedial line double, very slightly waved,

oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal

line waved, almost obsolete except towards costa, and with a

rufous spot beyond it at tornus ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind

wing fuscous brown, with the lower part of cell and area below

it whitish ; cilia with fine white line at base and white tips ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with grey, a black

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Coatepec, Orizaba. Exp. 50 millim.

1601. Eriopyga crista.

Mamestra. crista, Wlk. ix. 235 (1856).

Agrotis oropkila, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 286 (nee Geyer).

Agrotis obscurus, Dogn. Le Nat. 1889, p. 67.

Mamestra infernalis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 227 (1894 j;

Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 476, pi. 93. f. 11.

Head and thorax fuscous brown, sometimes tinged with purplish

or reddish, the hairs tipped with grey; tibiae ochreous at extremity;

abdomen fuscous brown, with a greyish tiuge in male. Fore wing

Fig. 76.— Eriopgga crista, (^. |.

silky purplish brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; an indistinct waved medial line often slightly

defined by ochreous on inner side ; orbicular and reniform with

ochreous annuli slightly defined by black, the former minute or

small ; postmedial line dentate, usually defined by ochreous on

outer side, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ;

subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous marks

developed into a spot at tornus, defined by fuscous on inner side,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing

semihyaline whitish, the veins and marginal areas fuscous brown;

cilia whitish at tips ; the underside with the costal and inner areas

brown irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

JIah. Jamaica, Cinchona (Kaye), 1 J , 1 2 ; Mexico, Jalapa

(Trujillo), 1 <S , Coatepec (Brooks)^ 1 $; Costa Rica, Rio Sucio

(lioyers), 1 $ , Candalaria Mt-s. ( Underwood), 1 5 , Godman-Salvin

y 2

324

NOCTU[D.l!:.

Coll. ; Venezuela ; EciJADOE. £"0,^.42-50 1111111113. Types f crista

ill Mus. Oxon., ohscurus in Coll. Dognin, infernalis in Coll. Schaus.

P. Foi'e wing with the cilia crenulate.

a*. Fore wing with ochreous points on subterminal

line towards tornus mcesia.

i'. Fore wiug with white points on subterminal

line towards tornus niveiptmcia.

c*. Fore wing without pale points on 'subteriiainal

line above tornus Und'uji.

1602. Eriopyga moesta.

NcBsia mcesia, Wlk. xv. 1742 (1858).

N<Esia dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 266, pi. 26. f. 13 (1889).'

Agrotisfornax, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 483, pi. 94. f.7 (1898).

Head and thorax red-brown ; metathoracic crest black-brown ;

tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown tinged with

ochreous at extremity. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated

with fuscous ; a double, waved subbasal lino from costa to sub-

median fold ; a double, irregular autemcdial line, the two parts

wide apart, the outer angled outwards below costa, the inner

inwards ou vein 1 ; orbicular small, round, with black centre and

Fig. 77. — Eriopyga moesta, (^

rufous annulus defined by black ; reniform rufous defined by black,

its centre defined by black and filled in with black above and

below, two white points on its lower edge near extremity ; medial

line strong, diffused, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

erect ; postmedial line minutely dentate, double towards costa,

then with double series of black points on rufous streaks on the

veins beyond it ; the terminal area rather darker below vein 5 ;

a deep red subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle, with an ochreous spot on it at tornus ; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia rufous, with a fine

ochreous line at base. Hind wing dark brown ; the cilia ochreous,

with brown line through them ; the underside pale ochreous

irrorated with brown and the terminal area suflPused with brown, a

discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrifjiUo), 1 5 type fornax; Costa Rica,

Irazu (Rogers), 1 c? t5'pe dolens, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela,

typet d in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 50 millim.

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1603. Eriopyga niveipuncta. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 17.)

Mamestra niveipimcta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 228 (1894) ;

Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 476.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; tarsi with pale

rings. Fore wing red-brown ; a waved subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line ; orbicular and

reniform very indistinctly defined by blackish, the former round,

the latter with dull fiery-red centre ; a medial shade bent inwards

to costa ; postmedial line minutely dentate and produced to pale

streaks on the veins, with two series of black points on them,

slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line represented by a series of small blackish spots and a white

spot near tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark

reddish brown, the interspaces of basal half pale ; cilia with fine

white line at base and pale tips ; the underside Avhitish, the costal

and terminal areas brown irrorated with ochreous, a discoidal

lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, type t c? in Coll. Schaus ; Panama, Chiriqui,

1 $ . Ecc^). 44 millim.

*1604. Eriopyga lindigj.

Leucania lindigi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 11 (1874).

S . Head and thorax ochreous brown ; abdomen fuscous, the

anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing ochreous brown,

slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins of terminal area slightly

defined by fuscous and the interspaces streaked with fuscous ;

subbasal line represented by a black point in cell ; antemedial line

indistinct, waved, somewhat oblique, angled inwards on the veins,

where there are black points ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous

centres and surrounded by black points ; postmedial line dentate

and produced to black points on the veins, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line repre-

sented by a series of short black streaks ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia ochreous, with a fuscous line

through them ; the underside greyish ochreous tinged with fuscous,

especially on the inner and terminal areas ; a discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line, with short black streaks at the veins.

Hah. Colombia, Bogota, type f c? in Coll. Rothschild. Exp.

58 millim.

6'. Abdomen of male with lateral fringes of long hair meeting

on ventral surface,

a^. Fore wing of male on underside witli the cell tliiokly

clothed with downturned hair.

1605. Eriopyga subolivacea, n. sp.

cJ . Head and thorax pule greenish ochreous; i)ali)i rrddish,

'32(i NOCTUiDJi;.

tinged with fuscous at sides ; pectus reddish ; legs grey-brown, the

spurs whitish at sides; abdomen dorsally fuscous, the lateral tufts

pinkish, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing

greenish ochreous, with slight dark irroration on costal, inner, and

terminal areas ; a subbasal black point in cell and slight ante-

medial points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a postmedial series of

points excurved from costa to vein 6, then incurved ; traces of a

similar subterminal series almost obsolete except towards costa.

Hind wing ochreous white, tinged with brown on costal and

terminal areas ; the underside with slight brown irroration on

costal area, a small discoidal spot.

Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 c? type. E.vj). 36 millim.

6^. {Hypotrix). Fore wing of male on underside with

the cell not clothed with downturned hair,

a'. Fore wing with black spots on inner side of

subterminal line melanosticia.

b"^. Fore wing without black spots on inner side of

subterminal line,

a*. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

filled in with black and connected at lower

extremities imrpiiri(jera.

i'. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

not connected, the former not filled in with

black, the latter in lower pai-t only nigripars.

1606. Eriopyga melaiiosticta, n, sp. (Hate LXXXYII. fig. 18.)

cf . Head and thorax pale purplish brown ; abdomen fuscous

mixed with ochreous, the anal tufts ochreous mixed with purplish,

the tufts on coxae and abdomen purple. Fore wing purplish brown

irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct dark subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, curved ;

claviform and orbicular obsolete ; reniform defined by a few white

scales on a diffused red-brown patch ; medial shade excurved

from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled inwards ;

postmedial line double, the lines well separated, the inner

minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ;

subterminal line fine, whitish, defined on inner side by small

dentate black marks from below costa to vein 3, with more pro-

minent spots above and below vein 5, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 ; termen crenulate, with a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing yellowish white ; the veins and marginal areas suffused

EKIOPTGA. 327

with brown ; the cilia purplish red ; the underside with the

marginal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Bkazil, 1 c?; Pabaguat, Sapucay (Foster), 1 d type.

Exp. 46 millim.

1607. Eriopyga purpurigera.

Hypotrix purpurigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 369 (1852).

$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown, the tegulae

slightly tinged with purple ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen

fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing grey-white, slightly

tinged with olive-brown and purplish and irrorated with black ;

subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and point on

median nervure, with a short streak in cell beyond it ; antemedial

line double, waved, excurved, ill-defined ; orbicular and reniform

chocolate defined by black, the former elongate, oblique, pointed at

extremity and touching the latter, which is oblique, narrow, and

angled inwards on median nervure ; a dark medial shade oblique

Fig. 79. — Eriopyga purptorigera, S ■ \-

from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial lino repre-

sented by a spot at costa, then by a series of points, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

commencing as an oblique black streak from apex, then double,

brown, excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing greyish, suffused with fuscous brown, especially towards

termen ; cilia ochreous, with some fuscous towards apex ; the

underside yellowish white, the costal area irrorated with brown,

a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series

of points.

(S . Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly suffused with purple-

red ; orbicular and reniform black, the former smaller and not

touching latter.

Hab. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 6 . Exp. 26-32 millim. Type f

in Coll. Oberthiir.

1608. Eriopyga nigripars. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 19.)

Himdla nigripars, Scliaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 231 (1903).

cJ . Head and thorax brownish ochreous, palpi blackish at sides,

metathorax with a vinous tinge ; abdomen fuscous, the lateral

328 NocTuiDji;.

fringes very thick and ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous. Fore

wing ochreous with a vinous tinge ; traces of a subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold and of an oblique, waved antemedial line ;

a medial line oblique and blackish from costa to lower angle of

cell, then less distinct and inwardly oblique ; reniform large, with

slight ochreous annulus, its upper part with two black spots

connected by a curved black line, its lower part filled in with

black ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate and produced to black

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; subterminal line ochreous, with a series of black

points on inner side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then

oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous

brown, with a hyaline streak below the cell ; cilia ochreous ; the

underside ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

point and terminal series from apex to vein 2.

$ more strongly tinged with purple-red on upper and under sides ;

hind wing with the cilia purple-red.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 2 ; Costa Wick, type t d" in Coll. Schaus ;

EciJADOB, Balzapamba {M. de Mathan), 1 ^ . Exp. 36 millim.

c^. (Eriopyga). Abdonien of made dilated at extremity and

with very large expansible genital tufts.

a?. Fore wing tinged with rutbiis.

a^. Fore wing with white points round upper and

outer edge of reniform ditisshna.

b^. Fore wing with white points at lower extremity of

reniform only.

a*. Fore wing without white spot above tornus.

a^. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with

fuscous on costal half janeh-a.

Ifi. Fore wing without fuscous suffusion on medial

area punctula.

h^. Foi'e wing with white spot above tornus monilis.

h-. Fore wing pale olive-grey-brown glaucistis.

C-. Fore wing dark fuscous brown azucara.

1609. Eriopyga ditissima.

Gortyna ditissima, Wlk. xi. 716 (1857) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i.

p. 265, pi. 26. f. 9.

Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey, the

patagia suffused with purple-pink ; pectus with tuft of large black

scales in male behind the fore legs ; abdomen fuscous brown, paler

ventrally. Fore wing orange-yellow, thickly irrorated with fiery

red, suffused with greyish brown on inner area from before middle,

on greater part of postmedial area and on terminal area ; a waved

brown subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; a double, oblique, waved

antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

round, the latter constricted at middle, and with pure white puncti-

form line inside the black outline excej)t on lower part of inner

side ; a medial blackish line obtusely angled at middle ; postmedial

line highly dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent

ERIOPYGA.

329

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some yellow

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, brown,

dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle,

defined by yellow and red on outer side. Hind wing whitish, the

veins and marginal areas suffused with brown ; the underside with

Fig. 80. — Eriopyga ditissbna, c?. \.

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal

point and postmedial punctiform line.

Hah. Mexico (Salle), 1 $ type ; Guatemala, V. de Atitlan, Las

Mercedes (Champion), 2 cJ , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 46 millim.

1610. Eriopyga janeira. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 20.)

Mamestra janeira, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. Ill (1898).

S . Head and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with ochreous ;

abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing rufous, suffused with fuscous

brown except the submedian area and part of postmedial area ; an

indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

an indistinct waved antemedial line ; orbicular indistinctly defined

by black at sides ; reniform indistinctly defined, its upper part filled

in with rufous, its lower with fuscous, and with a white point on its

outer edge ; a medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line hardly traceable, dentate, bent outwards

below costa, incurved at discal and submedian folds ; subterminal

line represented by a series of obscure rufous and blackish spots in

the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved

at middle ; an obscure rufous apical patch ; a fine pale line at base

of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous with a

brown line through them ; the underside ochreous irrorated with

dark brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Uah. Brazil, llio Janeiro, 1 S - Exp. 40 millim. Typo t J in

Coll. Schaus.

1 (il 1 . Eriopyga punctula. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 21.)

Eriopyga punctulum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 20.3 (18r)2).

Mamestra dr^nuda, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 408 (1897).

cJ . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi at sides

330

NOCTUIDJi:.

and fore legs iu front blackish ; mid and hind tibiae with black spots

at extremity ; abdomen ochrcous, dorsally tinged with fuscous

except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous, suifused with rufous and

sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line blackish, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, indistinct ;

orbicular a small ill-defined blackish spot ; reuiform with its upper

part very ill-defined, yellowish, its lower part fuscous with two

white points on its outer edge ; traces of a medial shade, oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate

and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

incurved at discal and submedian folds; traces of a subterminal

yellow line with some black points on it in the interspaces, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the veins beyond it with

diffused fuscous streaks ; cilia fuscous, yellowish at base. Hind

wing ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; the

underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal

point and curved postmedial punctiform line.

Ab. 1. desnuda : browner. — Ecuador.

Hah. EcTJADOR, type t desnuda in Coll. Doguin ; Brazil, Rio

Janeiro, 3 S • Exp. 42 milHm.

1G12. Eriopyga monilis.

Hddena monilis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 102 (1852).

Majnestra dotata, Driicc, Eiol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 273, pi. 26. f. I

(1889).

Mamestra trocas, Seluius, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. Ill (1898).

Head and thorax rufous ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing rufous with a

purplish tinge ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold ; an irregular antemedial line bent inwards in cell and

angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular small, round, incompletely

defined by black and with two white points on its upper edge ;

reniform constricted at middle, with ochreous centre irrorated with

black and white annulus incompletely defined by black ; a diffused

fuscous medial waved Hue oblique from costa to median nervure,

where it is angled ; postmedial line formed by a series of rather ill-

defined black lunules, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a series of black points beyond

it on the veins and some white points on the costa ; subterminal

line represented by a series of black spots with white points on

them and a larger spot above tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and

slightly excurved at middle ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas tinged with brown

or wholly brown ; cilia pale yellow ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. trocas : rather browner and less I'ed. — Castro Pararia.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus) ; Guatemala, Atitlan, Mercedes

(Chawjnon), 1 J, 1 $, type; Costa Rica (Underwood), 1 c? ;

EBIOPYUA.

:«i

Tanama, Chiriqui {Ribbe, Champion), 1 d , 1 $ , Goclman-8;ilvin

Coll. ; Brazil, Sao Paulo, Castro Parana, type t 5 trocas m Coll.

Schaus; Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 1 $ . Exp. 40-44 milliin.

1G13. Eriopyga glaucistis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 22.)

S . Head and thorax grey-brown tinged with fuscous ; palpi

blaek at sides ; fore coxae with tufts of fulvous-yellow hair ;

abdomen fuscous brown above, grey below. Fore wing grey-

brown ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; a fine antemedial line, excurved below median nervure, then

slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular defined by a faint pale

annulus, round ; reniform with its centre irrorated with black and

a fine whitish annulus defined by black ; a difi'used medial shade

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then somewhat incurved ;

the postmedial line fine, minutely Avaved, oblique from costa to

vein 7, incurved below vein 4, a series of points on the veins beyond

it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by black marks on

inner side, becoming more prominent patches at costa, discal and

submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

ochreous, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside

ochreous, the marginal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal

lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hub. Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 c? type. Kvjj. 40 millim.

*1614. Eriopyga azucara. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 23.)

Mamestra asiicara, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 235 (1903).

$ . Head and tegulae ochreous slightly mixed with fuscous

brown ; sides of palpi and frons fuscous ; thorax fuscous brown,

the scales with pale tips ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing

ochreous, thickly irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; traces

of a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an

oblique, waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous

centres and ochreous annuli defined by fuscous, the former elliptical,

somewhat oblique, the latter constricted at middle and with white

points on its outer lower extremity ; an obscure medial shade ;

postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a very indistinct series

of small ochreous and fuscous dentate marks ; some blackish points

on termen. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous with a

brown line through them ; the underside greyish irrorated with

fuscous, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 38

millim.

332 noctuid.t:.

d^ . Abdomen of male with large downeurved tufts of hair at

extremity meeting ventrally ; fore wing on underside with

fringe of long hair on eosta from base to beyond middle,

the cell and area just beyond it clothed with long down-

curved hair ; the costa slightly lobed at base ; hind wing

clothed with rough hair to middle.

1615. Eriopyga lobata, n. sp.

Bryohota agnata, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nee

Feld.

Head and thorax purplish brown, the scales slightly tipped with

grey ; pectus mostly clothed with ochreous hair ; legs banded with

black ; abdomen fuscous, the tufts on claspcrs of male ochreous

whitish. Fore wing yellowish brown suffused with fuscous ; a

slight pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line double, filled in with ochreous, angled outwards below^ costa,

then oblique and slightly waved ; orbicular and reniform with

reddish centres and whitish annuli, the former small, oblique

elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part and angled

inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line ; post-

medial line double, filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below

Fig. 81. — Eriopyga lohata, (^

costa, somewhat incurved at discal fold, then oblique and minutely

dentate, a series of short black streaks interrupted by grey points

on the veins beyond it and some pale points on costa ; subterminal

line pale reddish, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing brown with an ochreous tinge ; the cilia pale with a

brown line through them ; the underside pale, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000' {Rogers), 1 c?, 1 5 , typcGodmau-

Salvin Coll. Exp. 34 millim.

e^. Abdomen of male with the claspers and anal tuft

very long.

d^. Fore wing of male on underside wiili moderate

fringe of hair from base of costa, the cell and area

below it clothed with silky downturned hair;

hind wing with some long hair at base,

a''. Fore wing with dentate black marks before sub-

terminal line mcsosfrigafcK

P. Fore wing without dentate black marks before

subterminal line rgnica.

ERIOPYGA. 333

16 K). Eriopyga mesostrigata, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 24.)

Bryobota aqnafa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nee

Feld.

Head and tegulae ochreous or rufous mixed with some black,

palpi and frons black-brown, the tegulae with dark line near tips ;

thorax dark red-brown ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous

brown, the anal tufts ochreous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused

with purplish fuscous : the subbasal line double, waved, from costa

to submedial fold, the antemedial line double, waved, dentate

inwards on subcostal and median nervures, on submedian fold and

on vein 1 ; the medial costal area pale rufous with dark streaks on

the veins; the orbicular and reuiform small with slight ochreous

annuli, the former round, the latter with its upper extremity pro-

duced ; an indistinct waved medial line bent inwards to costa ;

postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved

at discal fold, incurved and dentate below vein 4, some short black

streaks interrupted by pale points beyond it on the veins and in

submedian fold and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line

represented by a series of small brown spots with small dentate

black marks or short streaks on their inner sides and some scales

or slight streaks beyond them ; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge ; cilia

ochreous with a brown line through them ; the underside ochreous

whitish, the costal area irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, 4000' {Chamjnon), 1 S type ;

Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 cT , - 9 • ^'^y. 34-36 millim.

1617. Eriopyga cynica.

Orthodes cynica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 375 (1852) ; Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 198.

Orthodek nimia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852).

Orthodes candens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852).

Orfhosia tecta, Wlk. xxxiii. 714 (1865).

Head and thorax fuscous brown ; neck with an ochreous tinge ;

Fig. 82. — Eriopyga cynica, J . }•

tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous

except anal tuft. Fore wing fuscous brown more or less strongly

tinged with purplish ; subbasal line blackish, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line black, defined by groy on inner side,

oblique, waved ; orbicular and reuiform large, slightly defined by

334 NOCTUIDiE,

whitish, the former oblique elliptical ; medial line siuuous, oblique

from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on

outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7, then nearly erect, sinuous

and with short streaks on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line

grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing fuscous

brown, whitish towards base ; cilia grey with a brown line through

them ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and diffused curved

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. candens. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with

purple-red, the pale markings rather more distinct.

Ab. 2. nimia. Pale grey-brown, the pale markings very pro-

minent.

Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; U.S.A., N. and Centr. States, 7 d ,

1 5 , type and types nimia, candens, and tecta, New York, Evan's

Centre {Grote), 5 J , 1 $ , Trenton Falls (Douhledai/), 1 J, Penn-

sylvania, Sharon (Mesl^e), 1 c? , Wisconsin, Kacine ( Westcott), 1 c? ,

Colorado. E.vp. 32-38 millira.

6^. Fore wing of male on underside with slight fringe

of hair from costa, the cell only clotlied with down-

turned hair ; hind wing with some long hair at

base,

a'. Fore wing with the reniform large, not angled

inwards on median nervure.

a*. Thorax with black spot at base of tegulffi curvirena.

b*. Thorax without black spot at base of tegul* ... iniractafa.

P. Fore wing with the reniform narrow, produced

above and angled inwards on median nervure... goniostiyma.

1618. Eriopyga curvirena.

Orthodes curvirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374, pi. 5. f. 12 (1852).

Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi at sides and frons black ;

Fig. 83. — Eriopyga curvirena, (^ . \.

tegulse with small dorsal black spot at base ; abdomen fuscous

brown, the anal tuft ochrcous, the ventral surface greyer. Fore

wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge ; a pale subbasal line

from costa to vein 1 with black points on each side of it ; antemedial

line whitish, defined on each by brown, with short black streaks

before it on the veins interrupted by white points, and black striae

beyond it in and below cell ; orbicular and reniform very large.

ERIOPTGA. 335

nearly or quite touching, their centres slightly defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical ; an indistinct diffused medial line, the

veins beyond the reniform grey, with black between them to

the postmedial line, which is pale, oblique from costa to vein G,

then inwardly oblique, with a series of short black streaks inter-

rupted by white points beyond it on the veins and some pale points

on costa ; subterminal line pale ochreoiis, slightly defined by brown

on inner side, and very slightly bent outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal

series of black points defined by a pale crenulate line. Hind wing

fuscous brown, darker in female, the cilia pale; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and curved

postmedial line, some rufous hair at base in male.

Hab. Brazil, New Fribourg, type (^ in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio

Janeiro, 3 c? , Sao Paulo {D. Jones), 1 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay

(Foster), 2 (^ , 2 ? . Ex2y. 32 millim.

Subsp. spureUitiea. Wlk. xv. 1709 (1867).

Orthodes infirma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 289 (nee Guen.).

(S without the rufous hair on underside of fore wing.

Hah. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 cT , 2 $ , Jalapa (Trujillo),

1 2 ; Guatemala {Champion), 1 S , 1 ? ; Costa Rica {Rogers,

Underwood), 3 J , 3 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuela,

2 6 type.

1619. Eriopyga intractata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 25.)

Tceniocampa intractata, Morr. Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 160 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 201.

Himella fidelis, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 201.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; palpi

black at sides ; tarsi with black bands ; anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing grey, irrorated with brown and with slight purplish suffusion ;

the veins with grey streaks ; the subbasal line represented by small

black spots below costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct, pale,

oblique from costa to just below cell, then erect, with slight black

marks on its outer edge, in and below cell : orbicular and reniform

large with fine whitish annuli, the former round, the latter elliptical :

postmedial line indistinct, pale, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, and with slight black mark on its inner

side below vein 2, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.

Hind wing white, irrorated with brown and suffused with brown

towards termen ; cilia white with bi'own line tlirough them ; tho

underside with discoidal spot and traces of postmedial line.

Hah. \].^.A..{Meske), 1 c^ type ^cZeZis, ]\Iassachusetts, New York,

Illinois, Missouri. Exp. 34 millim.

1020. Eriopyga goniostigma. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 26.)

Himella goiiiostigma, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).

<J , Head and tegulae ochreous, palpi black except at tip, Bome

336 NOCTUID^.

purplish rod and black on vertex of head ; thorax purplish red

mixed with dark brown, metathoracic crest black ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen ochreous, irrorated with black on dorsal

surface. Fore wing purplish pink ; a double, waved subbasal black

line from costa to submediau fold ; the antemedial area ochreous

except towards costa and inner margin ; antemedial line double,

arising from small black points on costa, oblique to median nervure,

incurved in submedian interspace, angled outwards above inner

margin, and with double black points before it on median nervure

and vein 1 ; the cell ochreous on medial area ; orbicular and reni-

form dark chocolate with ochreous annuli defined by brown, the

former small, oblique oblong, the latter produced to a point at upper

extremity and angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial

line ; postmedial line double, produced to black and grey points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on

inner side by minute somewhat dentate rufous marks with an

ochreous band before them, the area beyond them fuscous brown

with rufous streaks on the veins, the line slightly exeurved between

veins 7 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

ochreous white, suffused with fuscous brown on costal and terminal

areas ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Guadalajara, 1 S , type t d" in Coll. Schaus. Exp,

30 millim.

c^. Fore wing of male on underside without downturned hair

in cell.

a^. Hind wing of male on underside with the basal area

clothed and the inner margin fringed with long hair

and spatulate scales.

1621. Eriopyga albipuncta.

eta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See,

entr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485.

<S . Head and thorax dark brown ; tegulte ochreous in front ;

Orthodes albipuncta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. See, xxi. p. 237 (1894) ;

Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485.

Fig. 84. — Eriopyga albipuncta, S • \-

pectus mostly ochreous ; tibice and tarsi black riuged with ochreous ;

abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the

ventral surface rufous irrorated with brown. Fore wing brown

KKIOPYGA. 337

suffused with purplish grey and red ; a waved black subbasal line

from costa to submediau fold ; a rather indistinct waved black ante-

medial line ; orbicular and reniform small, incompletely defined by

black, the former purplish red, round, the latter whitish ; traces

of an irregular medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of

cell ; postmedial line black, outwardly oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, dentate and produced to points on the veins,

some rufous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented

by a sei'ies of slight black and ochreoua streaks ; terminal area

rather redder. Hind wing yellowish suffused with dark brown ;

the cilia pale with a dark line through them ; the underside

yellowish, irrorated with fuscous on costal and terminal areas, and

the costal area suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot

and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Coatepec, 1 c? , type t d in Coll. Schaus. E^cj^.

30 millim.

b^. Hind wing of male on underside normal.

1622. Eriopyga dyschoroides.

Hadena dijschoroides, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898) ; Druce,

Biol. Centi'.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568.

Head and thorax purplish red mixed with some dark brown ;

tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen fuscous above, greyish below, the

anal tuft in male ochreous and very long, the claspers very long

and with silky yellow scales at extremity. Fore wing pale rufous

suffused with purplish red ; the costa dark brown ; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to submediau fold ; antemedial line

Fig. 85. — Eriopyga dyachonddes, (^

double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 ;

orbicular and reniform small, indistinctly defined, the former

purplish red, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with

blackish, and an orange-yellow spot with white point below it on

outer side; a medial brown shade expanding into a patch in cell;

postmedial line very close to reniform, very minutely dentate and

with a series of black points beyond it on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale rufous defined by brown

on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous except at apex, angled

outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale pinkish with two brown

lines through them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale

VOL. v. z

338

XOCTUID^.

])inkish with a fuscous line near base ; the underside whitish tinged

Avith purplish pink and irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot

and minutely waved postmedial line.

Ilab. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 J , Orizaba, type t in Coll. Schaus.

Exp. 24 millim.

/^. Abdomen of male normal.

«'-. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of long down-

turned hair on costa from near base to beyond middle,

a fringe of short upturned hair below median nervure

and a curved fringe of long hair below vein 3 to near

termen : bind wing with fringe of downturned liair on

costal area to beyond middle, a slight fringe of upturned

hair on median nervure and bases of veins 2, 3, 4.

*1623. Eriopyga rubripuncta.

Himella rubripuncta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903).

<S . Head and thorax chestnut-red ; palpi, pectus, and legs

brownish ochreous ; abdomen fuscous, tho anal tuft and ventral

surface ochreous. Fore wing cliestnut-red ; an indistinct waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique waved ante-

medial line ; orbicular absent ; reniform a small vermilion-red

lunule ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line dentate

and produced to points on the veins, slighth' bent outwards below

-Fig. 88. — Erio'pi/ga rubripuncta, (j". i.

costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined by a

series of small dentate dark marks on inner side, sliglitly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a fine whitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with fine white

line at base. The underside with the hair ochreous ; hind wing

whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

Bab. Mexico, Orizaba, type t c? in Coll. Schaus. Ejp. 30 millim.

b~. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of very long

hair from custa to beyond middle, the cell clothed with

loose downturned hair; hind wing clothed with rough

hair to beyond middle.

1624. Eriopyga confliiens, n. sp.

Dryohoia agnata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Hot. i. p. 287 (part.), nee

Feld.

c?. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with some black; thorax

i:nT()PY(iA. 3IVJ

black-brown ; pectus clothed with oclircous hair ; legs baiulcrl with

black ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing black-brown suffused with silvery purple ; a black streak

in base of submediau fold, the cell blackish and with black streaks

in bases of interspaces arising from it : subbasal line double, filled in

with rufous, w^aved, from cost a to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double filled in with rufous, waved and dentate inwards at the

Fig. 87. — Eriopyga confliiens, ^ . \.

veins ; orbicular and I'eniform rather small, fuscous with reddish

annuli, their lower parts connected by a fuscous fascia ; postmedial

line double filled in Avith rufous, strongly dentate, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 5 ; subterminal line rufous

defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks, the area

beyond it fuscous with diffused rufous streaks on the veins. Hind

wing yellowish brown ; a fine pale line at base of cilia ; the under-

side with the basal half of costal area suftused with ochreous.

Hah. Guatemala, Totonicapam 10,000' {Champion), 1 J type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 34 millim.

C-. Fore wing of male on underside witli the cell

clothed with long sparse downturned hair.

(•^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

below vein 6 ivfn-mn.

h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

from below costa to inner margin vioirmcens.

i'^. Fore wing with the pfistmedial line excurved

to vein 4, then incurved.

a^. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards

on median nervure ropilJa.

6'. Fore wing with the reniform not angled

inwards on median nervure.

o\ Fore wing with the reniform small and

narrow.

o^. Fore wing with small dentate black

marks before subterminal line.

a'. Fore wing with the veins irrorated

with whitish irrornfa.

h'l. Fore wing with the veins not irrorated

with whitish virqula.

h^. Fore wing without dentate black marks

before subterminal line.

a'. Fore wing with tlie reniform suffused

with brick-red except below.

ffi''. Head and thorax dark brown pyro'^tis.

6\ Head and thorax purplish red-

bruwn iqiics^rciix.

z 2

340 NocxtriDJ^..

h'. Fore wing without red on reniform.

«"*, Fore wing with the costal edge

whitish iole,

6**. Fore wing with, the costal edge not

whitisli.

a^. Fore wing reddish or grey-brown

witli a purplish tinge vecors,

P. Fore wing reddish or grey-browu

with an ochreous tinge pueriUs.

'. Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-

shaped.

a''. Foi-e wing bright rufous.

n'. Fore wing with the markings not

defined by grey rubui:

b'i. Fore wing with the markings defined

by grey lew-opera.

b^. Fore wing dark brown, with whitisli

postmedial band and blaek spot in

diseal fold before subterminal line marginalis.

1625. Eriopyga infirma.

Orthcdes infirma, Guen. Noct. i. p. 375 (1852).

(S . Head and thorax grey with a slight rufous tinge; tegulaa

Avith a small dorsal black

spot at base ; abdomen

gre)',the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing p;ilegrey-brown ;

an indistinct ])ale waved

subbasal line from costa

to sul)median fold : BJitQ-

-Eig.SS.—Eriopijga infirma, (S . \. medial line indistinct, de-

fined by grej' on inner

side, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform with pale annuli,

large, oblique elliptical ; an indistinct dark medial line oblique

from costa to below cell ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer

side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then nearly erect and slightly

sinuous, a series of short blackish streaks interrupted by white

points on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line pale, very slightly

bent outwards at vein 7, then straight ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with

brown, a discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line,

g much browner ; the hind wing brown.

Hah. Beazil, Kew Fribourg, type f cJ in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio

Janeiro, 1 (J , 1 2 ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 J . Exp.

32 millim.

*1626. Eriopyga violascens. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 27.)

Himella violascois, Schaus, J. X.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 234 (,1903).

2 . Head and thorax pale purplish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal

tuft and ventral surface pinkish. Pore wing pale purplish pink

EKIOPYGA.

341

with some darker irroration ; a fuscoiis point in cell near base ;

an ill-defiued double, miniitoly waved antemedial line from cell

to inner margin ; orbicular and renitbrm dark red-brown slightly

defined by white scales, the former elliptical, the latter rather

constricted at middle ; a somewhat waved medial line from cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line double, with short streaks beyond

it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 4 ; subterminal line fine, white, minutely dentate, on a brown

band; a fine terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal half

tinged with brown ; cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal

area tinged with pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal point

and slight postmedial line on costal urea.

Hah. Mexico, Guadalajara, type t $ iu Coll. Schaus. Exp.

36 millim.

*1627. Eriopy^a ropilla. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 28.)

Celmna ropilla, Dogn. Ann. Soe. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 409 (1897).

S . Head and thorax rufous ; tarsi blackish ringed with white •;

abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous.

Fore wing rufous ; the antemedial line commencing as an oblique

white striga from costa, then indistinct, dark, angled inwards in

cell and excurved below cell and above inner margin ; some white

scales on subcostal and median nervures ; orbicular represented by

a minute angled white mark ; reniform fuscous and white defined

by white, slightly angled inwards on subcostal nervure and strongly

on median nervure, a patch of grey scales above it on costa ; the

postmedial line indistinct, dentate and produced to points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4:

some white points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line

formed by a series of small blackish spots angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale, the costal

and terminal areas suffused with rufous and irrorated with brown »

a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Ecuador, Loja, type t c? in Coll, Dognin. Exp. 24

millim,

1628. Eriopyga irrorata. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 29.)

Orthodes irrorata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 478 (1887); id. Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. '20U.

Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey ; meta-

thoracic crest blackish ; pectus ochreous ; palpi and legs blackish

and ochreous, the tarsi black with pale' rings ; abdomen grey-

brown, more ochreous towards base, the anal tuft tinged with

rufous. Pore wing pale rufous, the veins with some- black

irroration ; subbasal line indistinct, jjale, minutely waved, i'rom

costa to submedian fold, with a broad band of fuscous irroration

beyond it; antemedial line waved, slightly oblique; orbicular

342 xocTuiD.E.

minute, ochreous defined with black and with black point at

centre ; reniform small, white defined by black, rather figure-of-8-

shaped and with black points in its upper and lower portions ; a

rather oblique diffused medial shade ; postmedial line slightly

bent outwards below costa, then contiuent with outer edge of

reniform, below vein 4 incurved and confluent with medial shade,

a series of black points beyond it from vein i> to inner margin and

some pale points on costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined by

fuscous on inner side and with some small dentate black marks at

middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a series of black points on termen and ochreous points at base of

cilia. Hind wing ochreous suttuscd with fuscous, deeply on

terminal half; the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous thickly

irrorated with black, a black discoidal bar, diffused postmedial

band and terminal series of points.

Ilah. Canada, Br. Columbia, 1 5 ; U.S.A., Washington, 1 J ,

California, 1 c? , Sierra Nevada, Truckee, 1 $ . Exjy. '30 millim.

1G29. Eriopyga virgula. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 30.)

TcBniocampa i'»Y/«fo, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 76(1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 200.

S . Head ochreous tinged with rufous ; thorax fuscous brown ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing

dull reddish brown ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold ; an indistinct waved antemedial line, angled inwards on

vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform very indistinct and

narrow, with traces of a whitish annulus ; an obscure medial shade,

oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct,

somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to vein (J, incurved below

vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with a series of dentate

black marks before it at middle, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle. Hind wing yellowish Avhite suffused with

fuscous except at base ; the underside whitish irrorated wfth

brown and tinged with yellow especially on costal and inner

areas, a small discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial

line.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Xew Mexico, Beulah {Code nil), 1 J,

Arizona. E^iy. 28 millim.

1G30. Eriopyga pyropis, u. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 31.)

Head and thorax dark brown tinged with rufous ; tarsi with

whitish rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore

wing purplish brown suffused with briuk-red, leaving the veins dark ;

an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an

oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform small,

figure-of-8-shaped, whitish suffused with brick-red except lower

extremity; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa.

ERIOPTGA. 343

slightlj- incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurvcd at middle. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. CosxA Riga, Candelaria Mts. {Rogers), Id, 1 2 , type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 32 millim.

*1631. Eriopyga ignescens. (Plate XCIV. fig. 7.)

Himella ignescens, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903).

6 . Head and thorax purplish red-brown, the scales slightly

tipped with grey ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the

ventral surface purplish red. Fore wing dull brown strongly

suffused with purple-red ; an indistinct oblique waved antemedial

line; orbicular absent; reniform small, ochreous strongly suffused

with vermilion ; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous

slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale, with a brown line through

them ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the costal area

tinged with purplish, a small black discoidal spot and indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type t 6 in Coll. Schaus. Rrp. 20

millim.

1032. Eriopyga iole. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 32.)

Orthodes iole, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 237 (1894) ; Driice,

Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 485.

Taniocampa oviduca, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Ara., Het. i. p. 283 (neo Giien.).

Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal

tuft rufous. Fore wing pale rufous; the costal edge yellowish

white ; the veins irrorated with white scales ; the subbasal line

represented by some white scales ; the antemedial line indistinct,

oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform brown defined by

white, the former irregularly rounded, the latter irrorated with,

white ; traces of a waved medial lino ; postmedial line indistinct,

minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 4 ; subterminal line formed by a series of white lunulas

defined on inner side by small dentate brown marks, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine whitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially

on veins and marginal areas.

Bah. Mexico, Las Vegas (Ifoer/e), 1 5 ; Guatemala, S. Geronimo

(Champion), 1 S , Guatemala Cit'v (Rodrir/ioe:), 1 c? , Godman-Salviu

Coll. Exp. (S 30, 2 32 miirun. Type"t in Coll. Schaus.

.144 noctuid.t:.

1633. Eriopyga vecors. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 1.)

Orthodea rccors, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852) ; Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 19',).

Orthodfis enervis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 420 (1852).

Cerastis prodeiins, Wlk. x. 452 (1856).

Apamea togata, Wlk. xxxii. 672 (1865).

Celana velata, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 256 (1860).

Orthodesgriseocincta, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 120 (1873).

Orthodes nitens, Grote, Papilio, lii. p. 31 (188-3).

Head and thorax yellow or red-brown sometimes tinged with

purple ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous brown, the anal

tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, more or less strongly suffused

with purplish and irrorated with white, chiefly on the veins ; an

indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line oblique, waved; claviforra and orbicular absent;

reniform a small pale reddish lunule defined by fuscous; post-

medial line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outwards below

costa, incurved at discal fold and more strongly below vein 4,

with a series of points beyond it on the veins and some pale

points ou costa; subterminal line indistinct yellowish, defined by

brown on inner side and b}^ black points at middle, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; some slight dark points

on termen. Hind wing yellowish brown, the cilia pale with a

brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and some dark

subterminal marks.

Ab, 1. prodeuns. Fore wing with the reniform white.

Ab. 2. Thorax and fore wing dark purplish brown.

Ab. 3. griseocincta. Purplish brown ; fore wing with white

irroration, the lines prominently defined by white.

Hah. Canada, Montreal (L?/??i«n), 1 (J, Nova Scotia {Ihdman),

1 c? , type jn-odeuns ; U.S.A., N.E. States, 1 (5,3$, type & type

griseocincta, Massachusetts, New York, Albany ( W. W. Hill), 1 § ,

Columbia Distr., Wisconsin, Mississippi. Exp. 28-34 millim.

1634. Eriopyga puerilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 2.)

Mamestra puerilis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. vSci. ii. p. 64 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 200.

Head and thorax ochreous, more or less strongly tinged with

purplish red and sometimes with grey ; abdomen grey dorsally

tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft usually yelloAvish or reddish.

.Fore wing ochreous, more or less strongly sutt'used with purplish

red ; the veins with dark streaks and grey irroration ; an indistinct

waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique

waved antemedial line ; orbicular absent or represented by a small

white spot with a black streak between it and reniform, which is

small, indistinct, pale or with its upper part filled in with white or

represented by a figure-of-8-shaped mark ; a diffused medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ;

postmedial line sinuous, bent outwards below costa, slightly

■ERIOPrCA.

345

incurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, with a series

of black points beyond it ou the veins and some pale points on

costa ; subtcrminal line oehreous white defined by brown on inner

side and often by some small black spots at middle, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal seiies of black

points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia yellowish ; the under-

side oehreous irrorated with brown, the costal area sufiused with

red, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington, 1 $ , California, S. Francisco {Stretcli),

2 J, Mendocino, 3 S type, (Wah-iiKjhain), 1 cJ . Kvj). 30 millim.

*1635. Eriopyga rubor. (Plate XC. fig. 8.)

Orthudcs rubor, Gueii. Noct, i. p. 374 (1852).

2 . Head and thorax bright rufous slightly tinged with grey ;

abdomen oehreous tinged with rufous, the anal tuft oehreous.

Fore wing bright rufous with a purplish tinge ; subbasal line

represented by a few dark scales ; antemedial line very indistinct,

slightly sinuous ; claviforra absent ; orbicular and reniform well-

developed, with dark otitlines, the former elliptical; an oblique

sinuous medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line very indistinct and with a series of dark points beyond

it on the veins, slightl)' bent outwai'ds below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale defined by fuscous on

inner side, slightly- angled at vein 7, then oblique. Hind wing

oehreous whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous ;

cilia oehreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and

traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, New Fribourg, type t ? in Coll. Oberthiir. Exj).

34 millim.

*]G36. Eriopyga leucopera. (Tlate LXXXYIII. fig. 3.)

Himclla leucopera, Scbaus, J. K.Y. Eut. Soc. xi. p. 234 (1903).

$ . Head and thorax purplish i)ink mixed with white ; abdomen

whitish dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally with pink irrorated

with brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing jxile ])inkish

largely suffused with ferruginous red ; a slight subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold, with a fuscous point beyond it in cell;

antemedial line brown, slightly defined by whitish on inner side, at

middle of cell bent outwards to below orlncular; orbicular and

reniform large, rather browner witli whitish annuli, the former

round ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line 1)rown,

defined by whitish on outer side and with a series of black and

white points on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subtcrminal line whitish defined

by rufous on inner side, slightly waved and angled outwards at

vein 7, the area beyond it rather brighter rufous except the apex

which is grey ; a fine waved grey terminal line. Hind Aving

346

N0CTUID.5;.

semibyaline white, the veins and costal area ochreous tinged with

brown ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal area

ochreous irrorated with brown and with a slight postmedial line

on it.

Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type t $ in (Joll. Schans. E.vp.

30 millira.

*1637. Eriopyga marginalis. CPlate LXXXVIII. fig. 4.)

Himella mio-ginalk, Scliaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903).

$ . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and black;

tarsi banded with black ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral

surface ochreous irrorated with red and black. Fore wing reddish

brown suffused with dark brown, the basal area with some ochreous ;

a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an ill-

defined double antemcdial line oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then bent inwards to inner margin, angled inwards in cell ; traces

of a round orbicular with ochreous annulus ; reniform indistinct,

figure-of-8-shape, with pale annulus with ochreous points on it,

incomplete below ; an indistinct waved line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced

to black and ochreous points on the veins, bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; a wedge-shaped black spot beyond it in discal fold indenting

an oblique white subtermiiial band, which is tinged Avith olive

towards costa and inner margin and at middle, its outer edge

forming the subterminal line, which is incurved at middle and with

the area beyond it red-brown ; a terminal series of brown lunules

with some white irroration between them. Hind wing dark brown,

paler towards base ; cilia rufous, whitish at tips ; the underside

whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area

suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type f 5 in Coll. Schaus. Exp.

38 millim.

d-. Fore wing of male on underside with the cell

not clothed with long sjjarse dovvnturned liair.

a^. Fore wing with tlie postmedial line excurved to

vein 5, then incurved.

a*. Hind wing pale, tiie terminal area more or

less suffused with brown,

ap. Fore wing tinged with ochi'eous contrahens.

lr>. Fore wing tinged with purplish red conar.

bK Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with

brown.

f/p. Fore wing red-brown pcrhrun ncn.

//'. Fore wing grey-brown hyposcota.

P. Fore wing with tiie postmedial line excurved to

vein 4, then incurved.

«■'. Hind wing pale at base, the terminal half

usually more or less .suffused with brown,

especially in female.

E in OP VGA. 347

fli. Fore wing vviih the postmedial line

ininutely dentate, with dark jDoints

beyond it on the veins.

a". Fore wing grey - brown tinged \vi(li

purplish red imiformis.

h^. Fore wing ochreous grey-brown more

or less tinged witii rufous.

«<". Hind wing with the terminal half

largely .suffused with brown.

(1*^. Fore wing without medial shade ... (iffurafa.

If. Fore wing with medial shade J'lirJ'urata.

IP. Hind wing white, the veins and

terminal area slightly tinged with

brown oroha .

c®. Fore wing pale rufous ; hind wing with

the terminal area not tinged with brown, thcriaidis.

h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line

dentate, witliout ])oints beyond it on

the veins j^oliotis.

(•'. Fure wing with the postmedial line not

dentate tmieolora.

1>K Hind wing uniform brown.

«•'. Fore wing with the renif(.rm filled in with

rufous 'viU(L%.

h-\ Fore wing with the reniform filled in with

pure white.

a'''. Fore wing with the lines obsolete tertulia.

b'\ Fore wing with the lines present ; some

small dentate black marks before sub-

terminal line adonea.

1638. Eriopyga contrahens.

Cclmm contrahens, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 255 (18t)0) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 200.

Mamestra thecaia, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 59.

Graphiphora contrahens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv.

p. 180 (1878).

Head and thorax g^reyish ochreous mixed with dark brown ;

abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with browu. Fore wing

ochreous, largely suft'ussd

and irrorated with fus-

cous brown, leaving the

inner area and an oblique

fascia from apex pale ;

the veins irrorated w^ith

grey ; subbasal line dark,

defined by ochreous on

outer side, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antcmedial lino double, filled in with

ochreous, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform small and rather

indistinct, with dark centres and pale annuli, the former round ;

postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 5 ; no

trace of subterminal line ; a terminal series of small black lunulcs ;

cilia with ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous.

f***^

348 NOCTUTD^.

Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area suffused with

brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and

terminal series of black striee.

Ab, 1. Fore wing tinged with purplish.

Hah. Canada, Eenfrew Co., 2(5', 2 $, Nova Scotia; U.S.A.,

1 c? , type con^/-a7«eiis, Grote, Maine, New Hampshire, New York,

Nebraska, Colorado, California, Mt. Diablo, 1 5 , New Mexico.

Exp. 30-34 millim.

1639. Eriopyga conar. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 5.)

Agrotis conar, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. I(j5.

Himella quadristignia, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 480 (1900).

S . Head and thorax pale reddish mixed With fuscous and some

grey; palpi and frons at sides fuscous; tarsi fuscous witli pale

rings ; abdomen jjale. Fore wing pale suffused with purplish red-

brown and with some dark irroration ; subbasai line represented by

double stria? from costa and cell, where there are some black scales

on each side of it ; antemedial line double at costa, then rather ill-

defined, irregularly waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviforra

absent; orbicular and reniform with black centres and whitish

annuli slightly defined by black, the former small, round, the latter

narrow above ; a faint oblique medial line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin ; postmedial line black, defined by whitish on outer

side and produced to short black streaks on the veins, slightly bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area

beyond it being darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

blackish with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish white,

the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown, a fine dark terminal

line ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

fuscous, a small discoidal spot and waved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, 1 S , Utah ; New Mexico, Santa Fe

(Cocherell), 1 c? , Arizona. Exp. 32 millim.

1640, Eriopyga perbrumiea. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 6.)

Graphiphora perhrunncn, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 28 (1879) ; Smith, Cat.

Woct. N. Am. p. 202.

Head and thorax clothed with pur])lish red, dark brown, and grey

scales and hair ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with

dark brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface tinged with purplish

red. Fore wing purplish red irrorated with fuscous, the costal area,

cell, and terminal area suff'used with fuscous ; the veins irrorated

with white scales ; the subbasai line represented by a black striga

from costa and small spot below cell ; the antemedial line indistinct,

oblique, waved ; orbicular very indistinctly defined, round ; reniform

narrow, black defined by white, \cvy incompletely except on outer

ERIOPYGA. 349

side; postmedial line rather indistinct, defined l)y whitish on outer

side, oblique from costa to vein 0 and incurved below vein 4, with

black streaks interrupted by white points on the veins beyond it ;

subterminal line indistinct, defined by fuscous on inner side and by

diffused fuscous streaks on the veins beyond it, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing pale, almost uniformly suffused with fnscous ; cilia

yellowish ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series of

black strise.

Hub. Canada, Vancouver I. (./. J. WaH:er), 1 S ', U.S.A., Cali-

fornia, 2 c? , 1 5 , type. Exp. 32 millim.

1641. Eriopyga hyposcota, n. sp. (Plate XC. fig. 9.)

S . Head and thorax grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge ;

abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly tinged

rufous, especially on terminal area ; traces of a waved subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line pale grey,

obliquely excurved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform

small with grey annuli, the former round, the latter constricted at

middle; postmedial line pale grey, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 5, then incurved, some more or less prominent

slight grey and black streaks beyond it on the veins ; subterminal

line grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, very slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, bent outwards to

tornus ; a terminal series of small brown spots. Hind wing pale

almost uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia, whitish. ITnderside

of both wings sufiused with fuscous, on fore wing to subterminal,

on hind wing to postmedial line.

Hab. Erazil, Bahia, Cachimbo, 1 c? type. Exp. 30 millim.

1642. Eriopyga uniformis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 7.)

Taniocampa, vniformis. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. x. p. 472 (1887) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202.

$ . Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous and tinged with

purplish red ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous

mixed with grey. Fore wing grey suffused with purplish red

and irrorated with fuscous, the veins with some white points

on them ; subbasal line represented by two faint dark stria? from

costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved, oblique ;

claviform absent: orbicular and reniform small, very indistinctlj'-

defined, the former round, the latter with some fuscous in lower

part and white points round it ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

grey points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, grey,

slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight points. Hind

wing whitish more or less entirely suffused with fuscous, the terminal

area darker ; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the

350 xocrciD.K.

underside white, the costal area irrorated with black, a discoidal

point, sinuous postmedial line, and some points on termen.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 2 $ . Exp. 28 millim.

1643. Eriopyga aflFurata, nom. nov. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 8.)

Himella furfurata. Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. :201 (nee Grote).

Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with grey ; palpi

blackish at sides ; pectus with the hair dark brown in front :

abdomen grey-brown, the anal tut't more ochreous. Fore wing

greyish, suffused in part with pale rufous and irrorated with

fuscous ; subbasal line waved, blackish from costa to subraedian

fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ;

orbicular and reniform small, with brown centres and pale annuli

incompletely defined by fuscous, the former round, the latter with

its lower part filled in with black, sometimes with two white points

on its outer edge ; medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of

cell, then waved ; postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6, then

dentate and produced to points on the veins, incurved at submediau

interspace, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

pale, defined by brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing whitish, slightly tinged with brown in male, wholly

suff"used with brown in female •, the underside whitish, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot, curved

postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing much more evenly suifused with pale red-

brown ; hind wing fuscous brown in both sexes.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Vancouver I. {J. J. Walker), 1 5 ;

U.S.A., Hlinois, Colorado, California, Sanszalito, 4 c? , 1 5 , type,

Arizona. Exp. 30 millim.

1644. Eriopyga furfurata. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 9.)

Himella furfurata, Grote, Proc. Ao. Nat. Sci. Phil. xxvi. p. 201 (1874).

TcBiiiocampa fcredia, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 32 (1883) ; Smith, Oat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 201.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale purplish red and

with some fuscous scales ; prothoracic crest tipped with fuscous ;

abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Pore wing ochreous

whitish, sufi'used with pale purplish red and with some dark irro-

ration ; subbasal line hardly traceable ; antemedial line indistinct,

oblique from costa to submediau fold, then angled inwards on

vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform large, pale, ver}' indistinctly defined

by fuscous scales, the former round, the latter with its lower part

filled in witli fuscous and with some white points on its outer edge ;

a medial shade, angled at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line

indistinct, with a series of dark points beyond it on the veins, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale with

ERiopYGA. r;,")!

slight dark shade on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle ; a prominent terminal series of small

black spots. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with brown ; cilia

wliitish ; the underside Avhitish irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of dark

striae.

Hah. U.S.A., Maine, 1 2 , New York, Albany {Meslce), 1 S ,

1 2 ^yp6, Vermont. E.v^:). 24 millim.

1645. Eriopyga oroba.

Agrotis oroha, Dnice, Biol. Centr.-Aiii., Ilet. i. p. 285, pi. 27. f. 10 (1880).

Caradrma blandiija, Dogn, Aun. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 246 (1897).

S . Head and thorax grey to red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi

black at sides, whitish at tips ; tarsi black-brown ; abdomen fuscous,

the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing grey to

red-brown slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal black points on

costa and median nervure ; antemedial points on costa, median

nervure, and vein 1, or an oblique waved line ; claviform sometimes

represented by a small rufous spot ; reniform small, dark rod-brown

slightly defined by ochreous or whitish ; postmedial line indistinct,

black, dentate and produced to points on the veins, arising from a

small spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous or whitish,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined by

fuscous suffusion on inner side and the area beyond it suffused with

fuscous ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia reddish with white

and black lines through them. Hind wing white ; the cilia

ochreous ; the underside of costal area irrorated with brown, a

small black discoidal spot and subterminal series of points towards

costa.

$ . Abdomen with the anal tuft fuscous ; hind wing with the

veins, termen, and cilia rather more tinged with fuscous.

The form hkmduja from Ecuador is rather redder than the tj'pical

Mexican form.

Hah. Mexico, Guerrero (//. IT. Smith), 2 J , 1 $ , type Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Ecuador, JiOJa, 1 (S , 2 2 > J'j^vp. 3(5 millim. Type t

(S , 2 hlundvja in Coll. Dognin.

*1G46. Eriopyga therinistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 8.)

Eriopyga thermistis, Druce, incd.

(S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi black except at tips ;

abdomen ochreous, the extremity and ventral surface tinged witfi

rufous. Fore wing pale rufous, the terminal area suffused with dark

rufous ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, with black points on costa

and veins; orbicular and reniform small, very indistinctly defined, the

former round, tlie latter filled in with ratlier darker brown ; postmedial

line represented by a series of black points on the veins with traces

of a dentate line between them, sliglitly bent outwards below costa,

352 NOCTUID.E,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; traces of a pale subtermiual line

slightly angled outwards at vein 7. Hind wing yellowish white ;

the cilia ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a postmedial dark line on costal

area.

Hah. Colombia, Sierra del Libane, 6000' (//. //. Smth), typef

in Coll. Druce. Ea'2^. 32 millim.

1647. Eriopyga poliotis, n. sp. (Plate LXX XVIII. fig. 10.)

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the scales tipped with

grey ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, irrorated

with whitish and dark brown scales, especially on basal half ; an

indistinct oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform absent ; orbi-

cular and renit'orm rather large, very indistinct and hardly defined

except by some white points round them ; postmedial line dentate,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of small dentate fuscous and

white marks, bent outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of small dark lunules ; a fine white line at base of

cilia. Hind wing white tinged with brown ; the veins and terminal

half suffused with brown ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through

them ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas thickly

irrorated wdth brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line with dark streaks on it at the veins.

Hub. Ecuador, Riobamba, 1 J , 1 $ , type. £l-pp., c? 42, $ 46

millim.

*1648. Eriopyga unicolora. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 11.)

Agrotis unicolora, Mssn. Stiabel's Keise, p. 144, pi. vi. f. 27 (1890).

(S . Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the hairs tipped

with grey. Fore wing reddish brown with a slight purplish-grey

gloss; subbasal and antemedial lines and claviform obsolete ; orbi-

cular and reniform barely traceable, with faint dark outlines ;

postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa ; ex-

curved to vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a dark subterminal line

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing

white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with brown ;

the underside with discoidal point.

Hah. Ecuador, Collanes, Calcitpungo, type t d" in Mus. Berlin.

Exp. 34-38 millim.

*1649. Eriopyga viuda. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 12.)

Celerena viuda, Dogii. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 410 (1897).

5 . Head and thorax very dark red-brown, the hairs tipped with

ochreous ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen very dark red-

brown. Fore wing dark red-brown irrorated with blackish, the

antemedial area, a medial shade, and the terminal area suffused with

ERIOPrGA. ERIOPTGODES. 353

blackish ; a slight waved subbasal line from costa to submcdian

fold, defined by pale rufous on inner side ; an oblique, waved ante-

medial line, defined by rufous on inner side ; orbicular and reniform

rather small, indistinct, ferruginous red, the former round ; post-

medial line double, minutely waved, filled in with rufous, oblique

from costa to vein 7, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subter-

minal line indistinct, formed by a series of small ochreous and black

lunules, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind

wing dark brown ; the cilia greyish ; the underside irrorated with

white, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Ecuador, Loja, tyjjc f $ in Coll. Dognin. E.ri-). 32 millira.

*1650. Eriopyga tertuUa. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 13.)

Perigea tertvUa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 27 (18'J7).

$ . Head and thorax very dark reddish brown : abdomen fuscous

brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing black-brown suffused

with deep red-brown ; reniform small, pure white ; five ochreous

points on costa towards apex. Hind wing dark brown ; the under-

side grey thickly irrorated with brown, especially on costal area, a

dark discoidal spot and traces of sinuous postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hah. Ecuador, Loja, typct 2 in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 30 millira.

1651. Eriopyga adonea.

Perigea adonea, Druce, Biol. Cent.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 481, pi. 94. f. 4 (1898).

Head and thorax brown with a purplish tinge ; abdomen fuscous,

the anal tuft more ochreous, the ventral surface grey irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing brown suffused with purplish and slightly

irrorated with white ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to

submediau fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, slightly defined

by grey on inner side ; orbicular and reniform very small, round,

defined by black, the former with a few white scales representing

the annulus, the latter with white or ochreous centre ; an indistinct

medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino

represented by a series of very small black spots with some white

scales on their outer side. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia

pale with a brown line through them ; the underside pale thickly

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous post-

medial line.

Hah. Costa IIica, Irazu (liogers), 1 J , 3 5 , type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. E.rp. 24-28 millim.

Genus ERIOPYGODES, nov.

Type, E. imhecilla.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2ik1 joint fringed with long

Lair, the 3rd porrcct ; irons smooth ; eyes large, roundi'd ; liead and tliora.x

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NOCTtJIDiE.

clothed with hair only, the pro- and nietathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae

fringed with hair ; abdomen with rough hair at base and lateral fringes, but

without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex not produced, the termen

curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

o, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

Sect. I. Antennte of male serrate.

1652. Eriopygodes imbecilla.

Nodua imbecilla, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 113 (1794); Hiibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 555 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 363, pi. 33. f. 3, a, b ;

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 194.

Mi/thimna dif^jKirilis, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 78 (1816).

Mythimna nexa, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 62, pi. 104. f. 4 (1821).

Nocttia aliena. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 441 (1827).

Nodua alpina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 728, 729 (1827).

S • Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomen fuscous brown,

the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with rufous, the veins rufous ; antemedial line rufous, sinuous,

incurved in cell ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniforra with

indistinct whitish annulus ; an indistinct medial shade oblicjue

from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line single, even, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub-

terminal line dark, angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique, straight,

Fig. 90. — Eriopygodes imbedlla, (^ .

a dark patch before it on costa with pale rufous points on it ; a

dark terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous ;

the underside whitish tinged and irroratcd with rufous, a slight

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

5 . Fore wing deep rufous, the pale reniform prominent.

Hah. France, Sand Coll. ; German r ; Switzerland (/S'toMfZwj^fr),

Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Atjstria ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Bulgaria,

Rilo Dagh {Elwes) ; Scandinavia ; IIussia, Esthonia, Frey Coll.,

Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals ; Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai,

Ala Tau; Siberia; Mongolia, Urga ; E. Siberia, Amur, 1 c^" •

Exp. 28-30 millim.

Sect. II. Antennoe of male minutely ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line waved impar.

B. Fore wing witli the antemedial line oblique eiididias.

ERrOPYOODES.

35:

1653. Eriopygodes impar.

Mythimna impnr. Stand. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1S70, p. 117 ; Mill. Icones, iii.

pi. 149. ff. 6, 7 ; Stand. Cat. Lcp. pal. p. 194.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark broAvn ;

tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing brownish grey with some dark

irroration, especially in cell and on terminal area ; subbasal line

represented by slight dark striae from costa and cell ; a slight black

streak in base of submedian fold ; antemedial line double at costa,

then indistinct, angled inwards in cell, then waved ; claviform

absent ; orbicular and rcniform more or less indistinct, small, with

whitish annuli, the former round ; postmedial line defined by grey

on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, minutely

Fie;. 91. — Eriopygodes impar, (^ . \.

waved, some whitish poiiits beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

pale grey, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal

and submedian folds, the area beyond it darker except at apex ; a

terminal series of dark striae. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown ; the underside irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hah. S.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 cj' , Caucasus, 1 c? , D'Emmick Coll. ;

W. TuEKESTAX, Saisan. Exp. 30 raillim,

1654. Eriopygodes euclidias. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 14.)

Leucania euclidias, Meyr. Fauna HavTaii. i. p. 140 (1899).

Head and thorax pale to bright rufous ; abdomen fuscous, the

anal tuft, lateral fringes, and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing

pale to bright rufous, often more or less suffused with dark brown

or fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, pale, curved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line more or less distinct, oblique,

double, often filled in with whitish ; orbicular a white point with

dark annulus ; reniform represented by an obli(|ue white bar the

inner side of its annulus, sometimes with some white points re-

presenting its outer side, narrow and somewhat angled inwards on

median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct, double, filled in with

pale colour or whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

minutely waved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subter-

minal line indistinct pale or more or less prominent white, defined

by fuscous on inner side, sometimes extending to postmedial line

and forming a distinct band, very slightly incurved at discal and

submedian folds. Hind wing pale or whitish, slightly or deeply

2 A 2

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NOCTUID^.

suffused witli fuscous especially in female, sometimes leaving tlie

costal and terminal areas "whitish ; the underside pale, the costal

area suffused with rufous and irrorated with white.

Ah. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined by

a white streak in lower part of cell.

Ab. 2. Fore wiug without white centre to orbicular.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the white on reniform replaced by yel-

lo^Yish, the orbicular sometimes with yellow centre.

Ab. 4. Vertex of thorax, basal area of fore wing, cell and area

on each side of subterminal line suffused with fiery red.

I/ab. Hawaii, Kauai. Mt. Waimea, 4000' (Perlivs), 0 d' , 1 ?

type, Olaa, 6 cJ , 2 2 , Kilauea, 1 $ , Haleakala, 5 c? , 7 $ , Kona

{PerJcins), 1 c? . Kvji. 30-40 millim.

Genus NEPHELODES.

lype.

Nciyhelod.es, Guen. Noct. i. p. 129 (1852) emmedonia.

Monosca, VVlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 29 (18()9) emmedonia.

Monostola, Alph. Eom. Mtini. vi. p. 37 (1892) asiatica.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed

•with hair, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna of

male bipeetinate, typically with short branches ending in a bristle, the apical

part serrate ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the pro- and metathorax

with spreading crests ; tibiiB fringed with hair ; abdomen witli dorsal series of

crests. Fore wing broad, the apes rectangular, the termen rounded ; veins

iJ and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upjier angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only.

Sect. I. {Monostola). Antenniie of male bipeetinate to apex, the

branches long.

A, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved above inner

margin asiatica.

E. Fore wiug with the postmedial line not excurved above inner

margin injans.

1655. Nephelodes asiatica.

Monostola asiatica, Alph. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 37, pi. 2. f. 7, a, b (1892);

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 19-4.

Fig. 92. — Kephelodes asiatica, ^ . \.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; antennae yellow.

Fore wing bright rufous with very slight dark irroration ; the veins

and medial area slightly darker, especially towards inner margin ;

traces of a subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antcmcdial

ITEPHEL0DE3.

35'J

lino obliquely curved from costa to submedian fold ; claviform well

developed, indistinctly dotiued by dark brown ; orbicular and reui-

form indistinctly defined by brown, the former rounded ; postmcdial

line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 6, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold, oblique to submedian fold, then excurved ;

subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being slightly

darker. Hind wing yellowish, the terminal half suffused with

fuscous ; cilia rufous' except towards tornus ; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous, a discoidal spot

and indistinct sinuous postmcdial line.

Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 S , Amdo ; W. Cuina. Exj^. 42

millim.

*1656. Nephelodes infans.

Monostola infans, Alpb. Kom. Mem. vi. p. Si) (1892); Slaud. Cat. Lop.

pal. p. 194.

Mi/thimna pectinata, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xsvi. p. 450 (1892) ; id.

Eoiu. Mem ix. p. 32, pi. 2. f. 4.

S . Head and thorax bright rufous ; antennae ochreous ; abdomen

pale red-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing bright rufous ;

antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then erect ; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former

round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle ; postmcdial lino

minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at

discal fold, oblique below vein 4 ; the subterminal line only defined

by slight dark irroration beyond it and before it at costa, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing

dark reddish brown, the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused

with reddish brown ; a discoidal lunule and indistinct curved post-

medial line.

Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo; W. China.

Exp. y() millim.

Sect. II. Anlenna; of male hipfcLinate with moderate branches,

With .short bristle at extremity.

A. ITind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown ... tertialis.

B. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown pectinata.

1657. Nephelodes tertialis. (riate LXXXVIII. fig. 15.)

Ncphelodcs tertialis, 8mith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 19 (1903).

S . Head and thorax, dark purplish red-brown ; antenna) rufous ;

abdomen ochreous white suffused with rufous. Fore wing purple-

brown with slight greyish irroration ; the veins darker ; the medial

area deep red-brown from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; subbasal

line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; antemedial

line indistinct, oblique, waved ; traces of a small pale claviform ;

orbicular and reniform well-developed, purplish, indistinct, the

former rounded, the latter somewhat angled inwards on niediiu

nervure and defined by a pale line on outer side; jwstmediul lino

indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

358 NOCTUTD^.

then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal

line indistinct, pale, augled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; traces of a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing

yellowish white, the veins and terminal area tinged with rufous ;

the underside with the costal and terminal area tinged with rufous.

Hah. Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1 J cotype ; U.S.A., Colo-

rado (CocJcerell), 1 J . Exj). 40 millim,

1658. Nephelodes pectinata.

NephelocJes pectinaiiis. Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 221 (1000) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 161.

J . Head and thorax chocolate-brown with a purplish tinge ;

fore tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing pale purplish rufous slightly irrorated with fuscous, the

veins streaked with fuscous ; the medial area deep chocolate from

subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; traces of a waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; orbi-

cular and reniform moderate, pale, the former somewhat elliptical ;

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

Fig. 93. — Nephelodes pecfinaia, c?. i-.

strongly incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subter-

minal line formed of obscure sagittate rufous marks, somewhat

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine dark

terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish or purplish

tinge; the cilia ochreous white ; the underside pale ochreous thickly

irrorated with rufous and the terminal area suffused with fuscous ;

a dark discoidal spot.

2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing more tinged with purple, the

last with the medial area concolorous.

Hab. Canada, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker, Mathcw, Cronq^ton),

4 c? , 1 $ . ^>J'. 42-50 millim.

Skct. III. {Nephelodes). Antennsu of male bipectinate, with short branches

with long bristle at extremity.

1659. Nephelodes emmedonia.

Noctna emmedonia. Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 92, pi. 247, D (1779).

Ncphelode-s minians, Guen. Noct. i. p. 130 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 172.

Nephelodes violans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 130(1852).

Gruphiphora expansa, Wlk. x. 390 (1856).

NEPHELODES. — POLIODES.

359

Graphiphora suhdohns. Wlk. x. 405 (lS5fi).

Mo7iosca subnotuta, Wlk. Cliar. Uiidescr. Het. p. 29 (18G9).

Head and thorax bright rufous with a purplisli tinge ; tarsi

banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Pore

wing pale rufous suffused with rosy purplish, the area between the

medial and postmedial lines deep rufous except costal and inner

areas : subbasal line represented by a pale striga on costa : ante-

medial line oblique, waved, excurved in submedian interspace ;

medial line rather diffused, oblique, excurved in cell ; orbicular and

reniform of the ground-colour, well developed, the former rounded,

very indistinctly defined ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

Fig. 94. — Ncphelodes cmmedonia, ^ \.

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line more or less strongly

defined by fuscous on inner side, minutely dentate, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of minute

points sometimes present. Hind wing yellowish suffused with

brown, rather more strongly towax'ds termen ; the cilia pinkish ;

the underside yellowish more or less strongly tinged with pink, a

dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. violans. Head, thorax, and fore wing more purjile and

without the red tones.

Hah. Canad.v {Norman), 1 J, 1 $, Nova Scotia {Redman)^ 2 c? ,

1 § ; AV. Canada, Orilla (Bush), 3 c? type, expansa ; U.S.A.,

E. States, 5 c? , 3 $ , type violans. New York, 1 $ , Hlinois, 1 $ ,

Virginia ; hab. ign. 1 S type subdolens, 1 2 type suhnotata. Exp.

40-58 millim.

Larva. Head dark brown, unmarked. Body uniformly cylin-

drical, grey-brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines broad, straight, pale

yellow; sides paler, with a faint diffuse pale lateral line. Sub-

stigmatal band broad, even, pale yellow, the subventral region and

venter pale. Feet black at base. Feeds on grass, etc. — H. G. D.

Genus POLIODES, nov.

Type, T.JlavideniuIa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 1st and 2nd joints

fringed with long Imir in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons stnooth ;

eyes large, roiuided, overhmig by long cilia ; head and thorax clothed with

scales and hair; antennae of male ciliated; vertex of head tufted; teguliB

dorsally produced into a sharp ridge; pro- and nietathorax with spreading

crests ; tibia fringed with hair ; abdoioen w ith dorsal scries of crcsts and

3G0

NOCTUIDJE.

fringed with hair at sides. Fore wing with veins 3 and f) from near angle of

cell ; 0 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tlie areole :

11 from cell. 11 ind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 ob.-,olesceQt

from middle of discocellulars ; ti, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with

cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with subterminal series of small whitish liinules.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform distinctly

defined flavidentula.

h. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform indistinct ... violaacens.

B. Fore wing without subterminal series of yelluwish-white

lunules .' viola.

*1660. Poliodes flavidentula.

Mamcstra flavidentula, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 230 (1903).

S . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; frons with black bar above ; tegulae with black

medial Hue ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown and

dorsally suifused with fuscous. Fore wing grey slightly irrorated

with reddish brown ; subbasal line re])resented by double black strife

from costa and cell ; a black streak in base of submedian fold and

Fig. 95. — Foliodes flavidentula, J. \.

another on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is

double, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1

and to inner margin ; claviform large, triangular, finely defined by

black; orbicular and reniform large, grey with fine black outlines

and reddish centres, the former rounded ; a medial reddish-brown

line, oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique, and with a V-shaped black mark on its inner side beyond

the extremity of claviform, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal "line represented by a scries of small yellowish-wliite

lunules defined by dentate black marks on inner side and with

black streaks from them to the termiiuil lunules ; cilia grey, with

brown lines at base and tips, interrupted at the veins. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, except in interspaces of bascil two-

thirds ; cilia white, with brown lino near base ; the underside

white, the marginal areas suffused with brown, a black discoidul

spot and postmedial sinuous line with dark stria? at the veins.

Hah. Chili, type t c? in Coll, Schaus. Exp. 44 millim.

POLIODES. — TRICHOPOLIA.

361

*1661. Poliodes violascens.

Xylina violascens, Mssn. Stubel's Reise, p. 146, pi. vii. f. 1 (1890).

Head and thorax purplish grey ; abdomen whitish, sufFased with

"brown towards extremity. Pore wing purplish grey irrorated with

fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa and a

patch below cell with short white streak on it ; antemedial line

represented by two points on costa and a mark on inner margin

with short white streak on it ; orbicular defined by brown at sides

and below ; reniform hardly traceable ; postmedial line slightly

waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved to vein 4, where it is

angled outwards, then strongly incurved and with dark patch with

short white streak on it below the cell on its inner side ; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of black spots with white

marks on them ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

fuscous, the lower part of cell and area below it white.

HaK Ecuador, Paramo de Alao, 12000'. Exp. 40 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by

Prof. Karsch.

*1662. Poliodes viola. (Plate XCIV. fig. 9.)

Poliodes viola, Druce, iued.

5 . Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with brown ; ])al|)i

red- brown except at tips ; abdomen brown, the crests tipped with

grey, the base pale at sides, the anal tuft and ventral surface

vinous red. Pore wing purple-grey irrorated with brown ; sub-

basal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line indistinct, waved, oblique ; claviform rather small,

incompletely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,

almost confluent, defiaed by black, the former elongate elliptical,

the latter ill-defined below and angled inwards on median uervure ;

postmedial line oblique from below costa to vein G, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line represented by a series of

small wedge-shaped black marks, oblique from near ajjex to above

vein 6 and from below vein G to above vein 2 ; some black points

on termen. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas tinged

with brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with small dis-

coidal spot, traces of a postmedial line on costal area and some

points on termen.

Hah. N. Peru, Huancabamba, 8000', type in Coll. Druce.

E.VI). 50 millim.

Genus TRICHOPOLIA.

Type.

Trichopolia, G rote, Tapilio, iii. p. 76 ( 1883) dentatella.

Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect to beyond frons, frinj^ed with long

hair ; frons smooth ; eyes rather siTiall, reniform, very hairy, and overining by

cilia; antenna; of male typically bi pectinate with short branches at right angles

to shaft, serrate at base and extremity ; head and thorax clothed witii long

liair and without crests; tibi;c hairy; abdomen without dors:il crests and with

lateral fringes of long hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex produced and

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NOCTUID.E.

the teruien obliquely curved ; veiu 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ;

<> from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base onlj-.

Sect. I. Antennje of male bipectinate.

A. Fore wing with tlie median nervure defined by grey streaks.

B. Fore wing with the median nervure not defined by grey ...

ursina.

dentatella.

1663. Tricliopolia ursina.

Lathosea iirsina, Smith, Can. Ent. sxx. p. 324 (1898) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N.

Am. p. 173.

6 . Head and thorax clothed with grej' mixed with olive-brown

hair ; sides of palpi and frons blackish ; abdomen brownish grey.

Fig. 9G. — Tricliopolia ursina, c? • !•

Fore wing whitish grey tinged with brown, leaving tlie costal and

terminal areas rather paler ; the cell with two blackish fascial ;

a black fascia from base above submedian fold, and another below

it from before middle to subtermiual line ; an oblique series of

dashes from near termen above vein 6 where they are very short

to vein 2 where they extend to cell ; vein 1 more or less streaked

with black ; orbicular and reniform very small, pale, undefined, the

former somewhat elliptical. Hind wing grey irrorated with brown

and with brown terminal line ; the underside with black discoidal

lunule.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 cJ »

Garfield Co. Exjy. 35-40 miilim.

*1664. Trichopolia dentatella. (riate LXXXVIII. fig. 16.)

Tricliopolia dentatella, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 77 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 164.

J . Greyish fuscous tinged with olive. Fore] wing svith the

markings very indistinct ; traces of a waved antemedial line angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform moderate,

indistinctly defined by black, the orbicular round ; traces of a

minutely waved postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, ex-

curved to vein 4, then oblique ; a series of blackish streaks in

interspaces of terminal area ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing white, with some dark points on rermen.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona. Exp. 30 miilim. This species is un-

known to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn Inst.

Arts k, Sci.

TRICUOPOLIA. — STEETCHIA. 363

SiccT. II. Antenna; of male serrate and fasciculate.

*1665. Trichopolia serrata.

Trichopolia serrata, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 479 (1900);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 161.

S . Head and thorax dai'k brown with a few ochrcous scales ;

abdomen dull grey. Fore wing ochreoiis suffused with fuscous

brown, the markings rather indistinct; subbasal line pale, defined

by some black scales on each side ; antemedial line double, filled in

with pale colour, nearly erect, the outer line fine, interrupted ;

claviform broad, elongate, acute at extremity, fuscous defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform large, pale defined by black, tha

former round ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved, a black streak from it

to termen below vein 5, the veins of terminal area darker; sub-

terminal line pale, irregular, interrupted, without defining shades ;

a terminal sei'ies of small black lunules. Hind wing white, with a

fine terminal fuscous line ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot.

Hah. U.S.A., Texas. Exji. 25-28 millim. This species is

unknown to rae.

Genus STRETCHIA.

Type.

Stretchia, H. Eclw. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. v, p. 26(5 (1874) plusiceforviis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with very long

hair in front ; frons smooth and with tuft of hair ; eyes moderate, rounded,

overhung by long cilia ; antennae of male bipectinate, with rather long branches

tapering to base and extremity ; head and thorax roughly clothed with long

hair and scales, or hair only ; the teguUv produced to a distinct ridge, the pro-

and metathorax with distinct crests; tibi^ fringed with long hair; abdoraini

with dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with

the apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with

cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the stigmata defined by black.

a. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with red-brown, muricina.

b. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused with red-

brown.

«\ Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous plus i(sfor mis.

/)\ Hind wing white irrorated with fuscous variabilis.

B. Fore wing with the stigmata pale, not defined by black.

a. Fore wing dark grey inferior.

b. Fore wing silvery grey with a yellowish tinge and suffused

with purple-brown sojcea.

166(3. Stretchia muricina. (riate LXXXVIII. fig. 17.)

Acerra muricina, Grote, Bidl. Puff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 85 (1875) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208.

S . Head and thorax clothed with purplish-red, rufous, and grey

364

NOCTUIDiE.

scales and hair, redder in front ; teguloe with brown line near

extremitj^ ; patagia edged by black above ; tarsi with pale rings ;

abdomen red-brown. Fore wing red-brown, the ante- and post-

medial .areas suffused with purplish grey, the costal area irmrated

with white: a slight subbasal line from costa to submedian fold;

an obli(]uc waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform forming

a broad V or U-shaped mark truncate below, whitish with grey

irroration defined by some white, and with ferruginous patch on

outer side of^ reniform, some deep brown or blackish suffusion in

middle, at sides, and below it ; i)ostraedial line dentate and pro-

duced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it;

terminal area whitish, more or less tinged with brown and ex-

tending to inner side of subterminal line at middle, this line being

indistinct, pale, defined by a dark brown bar before it towards

costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ;

slight dark streaks on the veins towards termen and a terminal

series of dark lunules. Hind wing reddish brown ; the underside

grey irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, especially on

marginal areas, a large black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous

postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Vancouver, 4 S ; U.S.A., Oregon.

Ej-p. 32 millim.

1667. StretcMa plusiseformis.

Stretchia plusiceformis, H. Edw. Pi-oc. Gal. Ac. Sci. v. p. 2()7 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208.

(S . Head pale rufous, the frontal tuft white and deep rufous;

tegulfe pale rufous at base, the tips white with three dark brown

lines; thorax white, mixed with dark brown hair and scales ;

abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with dark

Fig. 97. — Stretchia plusies/ormi^, (^ . \.

brown ; a slight dark streak below base of cell ; a subbasal line

from costa to eubmedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved,

obsolescent on inner area ; orbicular and reniform conffuent below

and forming a broad U-shaped mark, indented below, whitish

irrorated with brown, defined at sides and below by a dark brown

line with slight rufous suflfosion round it, the reniform with ferru-

ginous mark on outer side and dark striga at lower angle of cell ;

postmedial line indistinct, minutely waved, well separated from

reniform, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, pale, defined by black-brown on inner side

i

STRETCHIA.

?.6o

promiuently towards costa and inner margin, angled outwards at

vein 7 and slightlj' excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small

dark lunules. Hind wing grey tinged with brown ; the cilia

ochreous white ; the undei'side grey irrorated with dark brown, a

diseoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., Nevada, 1 S . Exp. 38 millim.

Subsp. 1. Much darker; fore wing rather broader ; stigmata not

conjoined, the orbicular oblique elliptical, the renit'orm oblique

oblong, the area round them slightly darker; postmedial line closely

approximated to reuiforra and straight from below costa to vein 4-.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 S •

Larva. Head rounded, shining brown, sutures and mottlings on

the sides pale. Cervical shield shining umber-brown, mottled with

pale and a pale dorsal line ; anal plate similar without central line.

Body whitish, densely mottled with red-brown. Dorsal and lateral

lines narrow, obscure, whitish ; stigmatal band broad, white,

obscure, red-filled, just covering the spiracles. Spiracles white,

black-ringed ; feet pale.

Food-plant, wild gooseberry. — H, G. D.

1G68. Stretchia variabilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 18.)

Stretckia varlnh/l/s, Smitli, Traus. Am. Eiit. Soc. xviii. p. 119 (1891) ; id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208.

Head and thorax clothed with black-brown and blue-grey scales

and hair mixed ; frons with black bar ; tegula3 with grey tips ;

tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous mixed with black.

Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, the medial

area suffused with fuscous except towards costa and inner margin ;

the veins streaked with black ; subbasal line black, waved, from

costa to submedian fold, in which it is followed by a black streak

bent down to vein 1 basally ; antemedial line defined by grey on

inner side, oblique from costa to below cell, then erect ; orbicular

and reniform grey irrorated with fuscous and defined by black

except above, the former somewhat oblique elliptical, and approxi-

mated or conjoined at lower extremity to the latter ; postmedial

line defined by grey on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

grey, slightly defined by black on inner side, more strongly towards

costa and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, with

a slight pinkish tinge and irrorated with brown scales; some

purplish-brown hair on inner margin ; a terminal brown line ; tlie

underside with black diseoidal lunule showing througli to upperside.

JIah. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 2 c? , 1 $ . Exp. 40 millim.

*lG(i9. Stretchia inferior.

<r, Smith, Tr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x.

.207.

Dark grey ; tegulae reddish at base. Fore wing very indistinctly

Ferigrapha inferior, Smith, Tr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 477 (1887) ; id. Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 207.

3()6 NOCTUIDiK.

striated with brown ; the lines obsolete ; orbicular and reiiiform

large, confluent, slightly paler and not defined by black. Hind

wing uniform fuscous ; the underside paler irrorated with fuscous,

a large discoidal spot.

Hah. U.S.A., California. Ex^. 30 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

1670. Stretchia saxea. (Plate LXXXYIII. fig. 19.)

Xylina saxea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 537.

2 . Head and thorax white irrorated with black ; sides of palpi

and frous tinged with rufous ; tegulae and patagia edged with

black ; prothoracic crest tipped with rufous ; tibiae and tarsi dark

brown ; abdomen red-brown. Pore wing silvery grey with a

slight yellowish tinge and irrorated with purple-brown ; antemedial

area obliquely suffused with brown, and with black streaks on the

veins ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line represented

by a dark streak on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, irregularly

waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform large,

defined by black below, and with black fascia from its extremity to

termen with brown suffusion above it ; orbicular and reniform

large, pale, very ill-defined, the former oblique and nearly conjoined

to latter at lower extremity ; postmedial line indistinct, waved,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line

only defined by the area beyond it being dark except at apex and

tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, crossed

by short black streaks above and below vein 5, the lower further

from termen ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

red-brown ; the underside paler rufous, with some dark irroration

on costal and terminal areas, a black discoidal lunule.

Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Pnjer), 1 5 type. Exp. 42 millim.

Genus MOERISONIA.

Type.

Morrisonia, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 53 (18/ 4) sectilis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair, the 3rd short ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; tegulas produced

to a slight dorsal ridge ; thorax clothed with hair and scales, and with divided

ridge-like crest; tibiae moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal

crests on basal segments. Foi-e wing with the cilia crenulate ; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole; IJ from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle,"

8 anastomosing with the cell near base.

Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical part

ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines well defjned.

a. Fore wing without dark shade from base through sub-

median interspace.

«\ Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled inwards

in submedian fold.

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a?. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly iucurred

in submedian interspace.

a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards in submedian fold.

fl*. Fore wing tinged with olive-green plena.

b^. Fore wing not tinged wit,h olive-green insic/nis.

P. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled

outwards in submedian fold.

a*. Fore wing without oblique subbasal black streak

above inner margin.

«'. Fore wing with the streak below base of cell

short mutans.

b^. Fore wing with the black streak below cell

extending to postmedial line paracausfa.

//. Fore wing with oblique subbasal streak above

inner margin bromias.

b-. Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved in

submedian fold aqorasiis.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled inwards in

submedian fuld in ucens.

b. Fore wing with dark shade from base through submedian

interspace secdlis.

B. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines almost

obsolete except at costa bimdca.

1071. Morrisonia plena.

El-ana plena, Wlk. xxxiii. 744 (1865) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 17, pi. iv. f. 32.

Mamcstra sphagnea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 17 (1874).

Bianthcecia viridis, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 547 (1880).

S . Head and thorax olive-green slightly mixed with reddish

hrown ; palpi brown ; teguhc with medial black line; patagia with

some black scales on outer edge ; tarsi with black rings ; abdomen

brown mixed with grey, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing olive-green irrorated with brown and black ; subbasal line

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, where it is often con-

nected with the base by a black streak ; a more or less prominent

black patch on inner area before the double, oblique, waved ante-

medial line ; claviform indistinctly defined by pale green ; orbicular

and reniform green defined by black and with their centres defined

by black, the former elliptical, the latter often with pale reddish

patch on its outer part ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, dentate and produced to points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale

green, defined on inner side by brown and fuscous, especially at

middle and as a semicircular patch in submedian fold, on outer side

strongly defined by black from bcloAv costa to above inner margin,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal

series of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a purpli.sh

tinge ; cilia ochreous, with a dark line through them ; the under-

side greyish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot.

5 . Darker ; fore wing more suif used with brown and black,

especially on medial area, the reniform with white spot.

3G8 NOCTUID^.

Hah. Neav Zealand (O^Ze^/)' ^ ^ type, (Purdie)l S ,{Mailiew)

1 d , 1 ?,(./. -^. TFaZi-e?-) 1 J , 1 2 , Marlborough {S1cellon\ 2 $ ,

type viridis, Otago (Hutton), 1 J , Dunedin (Purdie), 2 cJ , 1 $ .

i/a,p. 34-40 millim.

Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17.

Greenish brown, j'ellower ventrally ; subdorsal line with series of

rust-red spots : oblique black marks on four posterior segments :

lateral line represented by a series of black marks near posterior

margin of each segment, the area between these markings clouded

with 5-ellow, green, or pink ; anal segment yellow ; head brown

Avith two black stripes and some black points. Food-plants : grasses

and low plants.

1672. Morrisonia insignis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 20.)

Etiple.rif/ iJisigyuf:, Wlk. xxxiii. 724 (1865); Hudson, New Zealand Moths

& Buttcrllies, p. 16, pi. iv. ff. 2'J, 30.

Xylina turbida, Wlk. xxxiii. 7o4 (1865).

Hadena skdloni, Butl. Cist. Eat. ii. p. 547 (1880).

Mamestra polychroa, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 16 (1887).

Head and thorax dark rufous more or less mixed with greyish ;

tegula3 with black line near tips ; patagia edged with some black ;

tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen rufous mixed w^ith greyish.

Fore wing purplish rufous, suffused with black on medial area

except at costa and inner margin, above and below vein 2 and

on terminal area ; the inner margin greyish, sometimes with some

olive on basal and medial areas ; a black streak in base of sub-

median fold ; subbasal line represented by black streaks from costa

and cell ; a black patch above inner margin near base ; antemedial

line defined by grey on inner side, angled outwards below costa,

oblique to vein 1, then bent inwards ; claviform large, defined by

grey and black at extremity and below ; orbicular and reniform

large, with pale annuli defined by black, the former rounded, more

or less open above, the latter Avith black lunule on inner side and

pale patch on outer ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line

whitish, with some black and sometimes some olive before it, angled

outwards at vein 7, dentate to near termen at veins 4, 3, and bent

outwards to tornus ; a terminal black line and series of points.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale at tips; the underside

pale tinged with red and irrorated wath brown, a discoidal lunule

and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand {J. J. WalJcer), 2 6 A 2, Auckland (OxJe>/),

1 d" , 1 $ type & type turhida, {Enys) 1 S -, Marlborough {SlccUon,

Matheiv), 2 c? , 2 $ , type skelloni, Otago (IJuiton), 1 c? • £xp.

38-42 millim.

Eggs. Greenish white.

Larva. Young : semilooping ; pale brown with black warts

emitting several long bristles.

Adult: pale greenish brown, yellowish ventrally ; subdorsal line

represented by four oblique black marks on posterior segments ;

MORTITSONTA.. 369

lateral line formed by black marking near posterior edge of each

segment ; lateral area clouded with yellowish green or pink ; anal

segment dull yellow ; head brown, with two black stripes and some

black points. Food-plant, Dock. 11-12.

1673. Morrisonia mutans. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 21.)

Hadcna mutans, Wlk. xi. 602 (1857), c? ; Hiwjsop, New l^ealand Moths

& Butterflies, p. 18, pi. iv. fT. 34-6 & pi. iii. f. 15.

Hudeiia lignifusca, Wlk. xi. 603 (1857).

Xylina spurcata, Wlk. xi. 631 (1857), J.

Xylina vexata, Wlk. xxxiii. 755 (1865).

Mamestra angiista, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109, f. 18 .(1874).

Mamestra accepirix, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 19 (1874).

Hadena dehilis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 385, pi. xlii. t. 6.

S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish ; tegulge

with prominent medial black line edged with white above ; patagia

edged with some black; tarsi with pale. rings; abdomen reddish

brown. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated \\nth fuscous, the

costal area paler on basal half; the veins slightly .streaked with

black ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; the snbbasal line

represented by black strite from costa ; an oblique black bar on inner

area before the antemedial line, whicb is double at costa, then

interrupted, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform

moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with

slight greyish annuli defined b}^ black, the former round or rather

oblique elliptical, open above ; an indistinct somewhat sinuous

medial line ; the medial area in and below cell suft'osed with black ;

postmedial line double at costa, then indistinct, somewhat dentate

and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

incurved below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined

on each side by black except towards costa, angled outwards at

vein 7 and incurved in submedian fold, where there is a largo

dentate black mark before it ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing reddish brown ; the cilia pale with a brown line throiigh

them ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule

and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Uf/nifiisca. Fore wing without black suffusion in and

below cell.

2 . Much greyer and with hardly any red-brown tiijgc ; fore wing

with the postmedial area whitisli.

Ab. 2. dehilis. Fore wing with the postmedial area not whitish.

Ab. 3. Fore wing whitish with slight brown suffusion,

Hab. New Zeal.\nd {Sinclair), 1 $ , {Cobaso) 1 $ ,{Bolton)4d ,

10 2 , type and types lignifusca and spvrcata, {Enys) 1 cT , 2 $ ,

type dehilis, (J. J. Walker) 3 2, Auckland (O.vle]/), 1 c? , 1 $

type vexata, Otago (Ilutton), 2 $ , Marlborough (Skellon), 1 $ >

Wellington (Maihew), 2 $, Dunedin {Purdie), 1^,1$. E,vj).

34-42 millim.

Larva. Kather stout, with the anterior segments wrinkled ; dorsal

370 NOCTTJIDJF.

surface usually reddish brown ; lateral line broad and black ; a

series of subdorsal black stripes; ventral surface green. Sometimes

the markings are hardly visible, and the colour is entirely green or

brown. JFood-plant, Plantago.

*1674. Morrisonia paracausta.

Mamestra paracausta, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 15 (1886) ; Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 15, pi. iv. f. 28.

Head whitish mixed with reddish ochreous, the frons with two

black bars ; thorax and abdomen grey mixed with white and

black ; tegulfe mixed with reddish ochreous and with medial black

line ; patagia black at outer edge ; legs ochreous white mixed

with black. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous and

whitish towards costa, in female whiter ; a sinuous black streak

below cell to postmedial line defined below by brown to ante-

medial line, then by a brown patch above which is dilated on

terminal area to apex and tornus ; the lines slender, dentate, the

antemedial line defined with whitish on inner side ; claviform

obsolete ; orbicular and reniform hardly traceable ; postmedial

line incurved in submedian interspace, where it is defined by white

on outer side ; subterminal line represented by dentate white marks on

veins 4 and 3 extending to termen and a double mark above tornus ;

cilia ochreous mixed with whitish and fuscous. Hind wing grey

mixed with white ; an indistinct postmedial line and interrupted

terminal line.

Hah. New Zealand, Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, Invercargill.

Exp. 37 miUim. This species is unknown to me.

Larva closely resembles that of M. ochthistis.

*1675. Morrisonia bromias. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 22.)

Melanchra bromias, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 273.

S . Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and mixed with

fuscous ; frons with blackish lateral bars ; tegulse with diffused

blackish medial band ; patagia with black line near upper edge ;

abdomen pale rufous dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing

brown-pink suffused with fuscous, leaving pinkish patches near

base, on inner medial area and beyond the cell ; a black streak

below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before

middle ; subbasal line represented by two slight strias from costa ;

antemedial line defined by pinkish on inner side, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, angled inwards on veins 1 and again to inner

margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reni-

form pinkish and fuscous with slight grey ocelli defined by black,

the former rather quadrate, open above and below, the latter with

whitish discoidal lunule at centre : postmedial line rather indistinct,

defined by pinkish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, strongly in submedian

MORRISONIA. 371

fold, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined

by the area beyond it being blackish, with somewhat dentate black

marks beyond it and before it in sub median fold, dentate at veins

7, 6, 4, 3, and excurved to tornus, some whitish on it at veins 7, 6,

3, and a diffused patch at inner margin ; a terminal series of small

black hxnules. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous ; a fino

terminal line ; cilia whitish with a brown line through them ; the

Tinderside greyish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand, Chatham I., type t in Coll. Meyrick. E.vp.

42 millim.

*167G. Morrisonia agorastis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 23.)

Mamestra agorasUs, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. lust. xix. p. 18 (1887) ; Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 18, pi. v. f. 30.

(S . Head and thorax bright red-brown with a purplish tinge

and mixed with a few white scales ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing purplish red-brown irrorated with grey : subbasal line defined

by grey on each side and waved from costa to submedian fold ;

antemediul line defined by grey on inner side, waved and angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, indistinctly defined by grey

and blackish scales ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous

centres and white annuli defined by black, the former rounded and

slightly produced on outer side ; traces of a diffused curved medial

line ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely den-

tate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, some-

what dentate, defined on inner side by very indistinct small dentate

brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous,

uniformly suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous white with a brown

line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

especially on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal spot, traces of a

sinuous postmedial line and some black lunules on termen.

Hah. Neav Zealand, Wellington, Akaroa, Lake Guyon, typo f c?

in Coll. Meyrick, Exp. 38 millim.

1677. Morrisonia mucens.

Septis mucens, Hubn. Zutr. Ex. Schniefct. iii. p. 9, ff. 41.'), 41G (1827) ;

limith. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 2.31.

Xylina mulfifaria, Wlk. xi. 628 (18.57).

Xylina spoliata, Wlk. xi. 769 (1857).

Head and thorax ochreons white mixed with dark brown ; frons

with black bar; tegula) with black medial line; patagia edged with

black; abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with black. Fore

wing ochrcoiis white more or less tinged with rufous, sometimes

nearly uniformly suffused with dark brown ; a sinuous l)lack streak

below base of cell, and a streak above inner margin rear base ;

'2 b 2

372 N0CTTTTD2E,

the subbasal line represented by double oblique black striae from

costa; antemedial line double and distinct at costa, then less pro-

minent, strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and above

inner margin ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by

black and with a dark brown or black patch between it and post-

medial line ; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by brown,

the former large, oblique elliptical, the cell before and between

them more or less tinged with dark brown ; postmedial line

dentate, double at costa, then single, bent outwards below costa,

98. — Morrifonia mucens, ^J.

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, distinctly defined by white on

outer side below vein 2, some white points beyond it on costa :

subterminal line only defined by triangular dark brown patches on

termen between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and submedian fold, the apical

and tornal areas tinged with bluish white ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside white irrorated

witli brown, a discoidal spot and curved punctiform postmedial

line.

JTah. U.S.A., Middle, Southern, and Central States, Florida,

St. John's Bluff {Donhleday), 3 S , type spoliata, 1 $ type multi-

faria, Missouri, Texas, 1 J • J^^vjo. 34 millim.

1678. Morrisonia sectilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 24.)

Xylophasia stctilis, Guen. JVoct. i. p. 141 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 232.

Norrinonm rileyana, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 212 (1890) ; Smith, Cat. Noot.

N. Am. p. 231.

S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; frons with black bar ; tegulae

with black medial line ; patagia black except at edges ; tarsi black

with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous irrorated with black. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous, a dark rufous and black fascia

from base through submedian interspace to termen, extending to

inner margin at base ; black streaks below base of cell and above

base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by double oblique

black striae from costa ; antemedial line represented by double

black striae from costa, then less prominent and acutely angled

outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin ; clavi-

form very obscurely defined; orbicular and reniform with rufous

MORRISONIl. o73

centres and ochreous annuli, the forraer large, oblique elliptical,

open above; postmedial line dentate, double at costa, bent outwards

below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, delined by whitish

01) outer side below vein 2 ; subterminal line only defined by tri-

angular dark patches on termen between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and

submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia dark

intersected by ochreous. Hind wing ochreous tinged with fuscous

brown, especially on terminal area ; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved punctiform post-

medial line.

Ab. 1. Ground-colour much whiter and with slight rufous tinge.

Hah. U.S.A. {Douhleday), 1 d" type, Missouri, Texas, 2 J , Grote

Coll. Exp. 38 millim.

1G79. Morrisonia bisulca. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 25.)

Mamestra bisulca, Grote, Can. Eut. xiii. p. 230 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noet.

N. Aiu. p. 232.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; patagia edged with

blackish ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown.

Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with reddish and dark

brown ; the veins streaked with black ; a black fascia in submedian

fold from base to vein 2 ; subbasal line represented by an oblique

striga from costa; the antemedial line very indistinctly defined by

whitish, angled outwards below costa and strongly above inner

margin ; orbicular and reniform small, whitish defined by black, the

former iregularly elliptical, a black streak between them ; post-

medial line almost obsolete, dentate, bent outwards below costa,

exeurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white spots beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being dark

with black streaks in the interspaces, strongly angled outw^ards at

vein 7 and dentate nearly to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series

of small black lunules. Hind wing brown, greyish at base ; cilia

with the tips whitish ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, 1 J , 1 $ typo. Exp. 40 millim.

Sect. II. Antennje of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with tlie orbicular aiifl reniforin confluent evicla.

B. Fore wing with tlie orbicular and reniform not confluent.

a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median

nervure ivjidclis.

b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median

nervure.

<!>. Fore wing witli the ground-colour deep red-brown vitiosa.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour rufous.

«*. Fore wing with white streak on base of subcustal

nervure iiifcnsa.

1)^. Fore wing without white stroak on base of subcostal

nervure ruhcscrtn.

374 NOCTUID^.

6'^. Fore wing with the gronnd-colour grey.

d^. Fore wing not tinged with olive-green.

a^. Fore wing with the orbicular large, elongate usiislriga,

P. Fore wing with the orbicular small, round lithias.

b'^. Fore wing tinged with olive-green homoscia.

1680. Morrisonia evicta.

Cloantha evicta, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 84, pi. 2. f. 18 (1873) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232.

Cloantha vomerina, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 84, pi. 2. f. 17

(1873).

Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown ; palpi dark

brown at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulaj with black medial

line and brown tips ; thorax dark brown mixed with grey; abdomen

ochreous white mixed with dark brown, the anal tuft with a purplish

tinge. Pore wing dark reddish brown suifused with white, especially

on base of costal area, some ochreous in cell and base of submedian

fold ; the veins streaked with black ; a black streak in base of sub-

median fold ; the subbasal line represented by double oblitjue striae

from costa ; the antemedial line by a striga from costa, then inter-

rupted, strongly angled outwards above vein 1 and inner margin and

Fig. 99. — Morrismiia evicta, cT. \.

slightly defined by white ; orbicular and reniform ochreous with

whitish annuli and defined by black above and below, the former

produced as an ill-defined streak in cell towards base and with a

prominent black streak below it, the latter angled inwards on median

nervure and confluent with the former ; postmedial line obsolescent,

dentate^ produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line only

defined by the area beyond it being dark brown with blackish

streaks in the interspaces, running obliquely to apex ;■ vein 4 at ex-

tremity and vein 3 strongly defined by white streaks ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brow-n, the terminal half strongly suifused with brown ; the under-

side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a

black discoidal spot and curved postmedian line.

Ab. 1. vomerina. Fore wing A^ith the costal half whitish and

strongly contrasting with the inner half which is blackish.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., New York, (i J ,2 5 ^ type and type vomerina^

isTew Jersey, Illinois^ E.vp. 36 millim.

MORRISONIA. 375

1681. Morrisonia infidelis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 26.)

Morrisonia infidelis, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 206 (1879) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 232.

S . Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with

grey ; frons with black bar ; tegulse whitish at base and with strong

black medial line ; patagia edged with blackish ; abdomen purplish

brown and grey. Fore wing purplish brown, the costal and inner

areas suffused with grey ; the veins streaked with black ; a diffused

black fascia above basal half of vein 1 ; the subbasal line represented

by indistinct double oblique striae from costa ; the antemedial line

with an oblique striga from costa, then interrupted, indistinctly

angled outwards above vein 1 and inner margin and obscurely defined

by white : orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and greyish

annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, entire, the

latter ill-defined above and angled inwards on median nervure to

below the former : postmedial line very strongly dentate, indistinct

and slightly defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line only

defined by the area beyond it being dark with blackish streaks in the

interspaces, running obliquely to apex ; vein 3 strongly defined on

each side by white streaks; a terminal series of small black luuules;

cilia purple-brown intersected by greyish. Hind wing whitish

tinged with browm, strongly on terminal half; cilia white at tips;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and

postmedial series of striae on the veins.

Bab. U.S.A., Michigan, 1 J type. Exp. 40 millim.

1682. Morrisonia vitiosa.

Apamea vitiosa, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 384, pi. 42. f. 3 ; Hudson, New

Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iv. f. 40.

Mamestra proteastis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. p. 45 (1888).

Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown mixed with black and

a few whitish scales ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous, the

anal tuft, sides, and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep purplish

red-brown more or less completely suffused with black, the veins

irrorated with a few whitish scales ; subbasal line double, often

tilled in with ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line double, often filled in with ochreous, waved and angled

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform rather small, defined by black; orbicular

and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the

latter with ochreous spot with points above and below it or series of

points on outer edge ; postmedial line double, sometimes filled in

with ochreous, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal lino rufous or ochreous, defined by minute dentate

black marks on inner side and lunules on outer, angled outwards

at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it darker;

37G NocTuiu^i

the ternieii creilulate, with series of white points da vdns and

small black lufaules in interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish

brown ; the underside paler and irrorated with white, a dark

discoidal lunule.

Hah. New Zealand (Enys, Slcellon, Mathew), 4 cJ , 2 $ , tyjie,

JS,vp. 30 millim.

Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iii. f. 16.

'Very pale green above with numerous white lines and dots, dark

greerJ below with yellow dots ; a dorsal series of black spots forming

a triangle on each somite ; thoracic and posterior somites with pink

lateral stripe, entire in the young stages. Food-plant, Melkoj^e

simplex. 10;

168&. Morrisonia infensa. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 27.)

Orfhosia infensa, Wlk. xi. 748 (1857) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 23, pi. t. f. 12.

Mamesira arachnias, Meyr. Traus. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 23 (1887).

$ . Head and thorax bright rufous ; frons with black bar ; tegular

■With black medial line defined by white behind: fore tibiae whitish;

abdomen dull reddish brown. Fore wing bright rufous, the veins

rather darker ; a white streak on subcostal nervure to antemedial

line ; subbasal line represented by a very oblique white-defined

black striga from costa ; antemedial line with black and white

strife at costa, then indistinct, doublej dentate, oblique to submedian

fold ; claviform and reniform absent ; orbicular defined by a curved

white streak above ; postmedial line with black and white striae at

costa, then indistinct, double, highly dentate, strongly bent outwards

below costa and angled inwards in submedian fold ; subterminal

ine represented by a series of very slight white marks angled

inwards in submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous with a reddish

tinge; the cilia rufous; the underside ochreous white tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand, 1 § type, N. Island, Napier, S. Island,

Blenheim. Exp. 40 millim.

1684. Morrisonia rnbescens. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 28.)

Xi/hrphasia. rnhesec77.% Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 489 (1879); Hudson, New

"Zealand Moths & butterflies, p. 25, pi. v. 1'. 18.

Head and thorax pale ferruginous ; tegtilaB with more or less

developed black medial line ; patagia with some black scales near

upper edge ; abdomen pale ferruginous, sometimes dorsally tinged

■Vvifch fuscous. lore wing pale ferruginous ; the veins with streaks

formed of dark scales ; the medial area below the cell usually

suffused with darker ferruginous ; subbasal line represented by

doable rufous stri* from costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct,

doublej highly dentate ; claviform indistinctly defined by rufous j

MOREISONIA. 377

orbicular and rcnitbrm defiued by rufous, tlie former elongate

elliptical, open above and with a black point on its inner side, the

latter more or less filled in with black; traces of a waved medial

line ; postmedial line verj' indistinct, double filled in by paler colour,

dentate and produced to a double series of dark points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, sometimes

nearly obsolete, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subtermiual

line represented by a series of pale and rufous dentate marks, angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, with

deep rvifoiis patches beyond it at middle and tornus ; a terminal

series of dark points. Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous, the

termen and cilia redder ; the underside pale rufous with some

darker irroration, a slight discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial

line.

Hah. New Zealand {J. J. WaJlcer), 1 6 , Otago (Ilutton), 1 (S

type, Dunedin (Ptirdie), 2 cj' , 1 $ , Mount Arthur, Castle Hillj

Lake Wakatipu. Earp. 44 millim.

1685. Morrisonia ustistriga. (Plate LXXXYIII. fig. 29.)

AyUiia ustistriga, Wlk. xi. 630 (1857) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 2fi, pi. t. f. 20.

Xylina lignisecta, Wlk. xi. 631 (1857).

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown and more

or less suffused with ferruginous ; tegulae witt slight dark medial

line ; abdomen grey suffused with ferruginous except at base. Fore

wing purplish grey, irrorated with dark brown and more or less

suffused with ferruginous; subbasal line represented by double

black striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line represented by

double black stria3 from costa, then very indistinct, single, oblique

to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin ; claviform strongly defined by black, acute at

extremity, often with a black streak from it to postmedial line ;

orbicular and reniform large, strongly defined by black, the former

open above, ])roduced on outer side and often connected by a black

streak with the latter ; postmedial line represented by double striae

at costa, then indistinct, minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4^

in submedian fold oblique and prominently black defined by white

on outer side, some white points bej'ond it on costa; subtermiual

line grey, defined by slight dentate black marks before it below costa

and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3,

in submedian fold angled inwards and connected with postmedial

line by brown suffusion with a black streak on it ; a terminal series

of l)lack lunulcs ; cilia grey, with a rufous line through them.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips ; the undcr.sidc

pale irrorated with brown and the costal area suffused with rufous,

a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

2 without any ferruginous or rufous tint.

llah. New Zealand {Colenso, Bolton, J. J. Walker), 4 c? , 4 $ ,

378 NOCTD]D.B.

type & tj'pe lignisecta, Auckland {Oxley), 1 J, Otago {Button), 1 c?,

1 $ , Marlborough (Shellon), 2 $ , Dunedin {Purdie), 1 J , 1 $ .

^ar^. 42-48 millim.

Larva. On honeysuckle.

*1686. Morrisonia lithias.

Mamestra lithias, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. six. p. 17 (1886) ; Hudson, New

Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17, pi. iv. 1'. 33.

S . Head and thorax white thickly irrorated with fuscous and

black ; patagia with two indistinct black streaks ; abdomen grey ;

legs grey irrorated with white and banded with black and white,

the spurs with black medial band. Fore wing fuscous irregularly

suffused with grey, the veins irrorated with black and white ;

the lines double tilled in with white, minutely dentate : claviform

small, round, black with white point at centre ; orbicular and

reniform with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by black,

the former small, round ; subtermiual line pale, angled outwards at

vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3 ; cilia chequered

grey and white. Hind wing grey with a darker terminal line; cilia

white with a grey line through them.

Hah. New Zealand, Castle Hill. Exp. 33 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

1687. Morrisonia homoscia. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 30.)

Mamestra h(}moscla,'^'L&yv.TrAX\$. N Z. Inst. xix. p. 21 (1886); Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 21, pi. v. f. 7.

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with red-brown.

Fore wing pale grey-brown thickly irrorated and suffused with dark

brown and tinged with olive-green, the veins irrorated with white ;

the subbasal line represented by double dark striae from costa and

cell ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniform with indistinct pale annuli defined by black,

the former round ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

double, somewhat dentate and prodiiced to black and white points

on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale defined

hy brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing dark brown ; the cilia pale at tips ; the underside

whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand, Marlborough Province (Skellon), 1 $ , Wel-

lington. Exj). 44 millim.

Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, pi. 3. f. 10.

Dorsal area green, with whitish dorsal and subdorsal lines with

series of white points between them ; lateral and ventral areas

brown ; stigmata red, the substigmatal line pale brown. Food-

plant, Pomaderris ericifolia.

MORKISONIA.

379

Sect. III. Antenna; of male ciliated.

A. Pectus and ventral .surface of abdomen of male clothed with

long rough hair, forming lateral frieges on the latter which

has long tufts of hair from base.

a. Fore wing with the costal area paler than ground-colour. . stipuia.

b. Fore wing with the costal area not paler than ground-

colour.

a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line rufous dotata.

b\ Fore wing with the subtermiual line whitish ochthistis.

1688. Morrisonia stipata.

Xylina stipata, Wlk. xxxiii. 7f)3 (1865) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 25, pi. v. f. 17.

Head and thorax ferruginous mixed with ochreous and usually

more or less black ; fore tibiae pale with rufous points, the tarsi

ringed with black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, and

more or less with fuscous except on costal and postmedial areas :

the veins irrorated with dark scales ; the subbasal line represented

Fig. 100. — Morrisonia stipata, (^ . {.

by double dark stria? from eosta and an ochreous striga from cell

intersecting an ill-defined black streak above vein 1 ; a dontato

mark above inner margin near base ; anteraedial line double, filled

in with ochreous, waved, oblique from costa to median nervure,

angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviforra short and broad, defined by

black; orbicular and reniforra defined by blackish, the former very

oblique elliptical, with rufous centre, the latter with fuscous centre

and incomplete ochreous annulus forming a lunule on outer edge ;

an indistinct medial line obli(|uc from costa to median nervure, then

waved; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous, dentate and

produced to a double series of dark points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points o n

costa beyond it ; subtermiual line ochreous more or less corapletel y

defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 an d

dentate to tcrmen on veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it suffused wit h

fuscous except at apex; a terminal series of small black luiiules ;

cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with a

rufous tinge; a pale subtermiual spot on vein 2 ; cilia ochreous

intersected with rufous : the underside ochreous tinged wi th

3S0 NOCTUIDJly.

rufous, the cos;tal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a

discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with dark streaks at

the veins.

Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wallxr), 2 6 ., 1 ? , Auckland (Oxlei/),

1 2 type, (Emjs) 2 § , {Matheiv) 1 6 , Otago {HiUtoii) 1 c5' , Duuedin

(Purdie) 1^,2$. Exj:). 48 millim.

1689. Morrisonia dotata. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 31.)

Dasypolia dotata, Wlk. xi. 522 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 24, pi. v. f. 16.

S . Head and thorax dark rufous, the tegulae and patagia edged

with dark brown ; spurs banded with ochreous ; abdomen rufous,

darker dorsally. Fore wing deep rufous suffused in part with

ftlscous, chiefly on medial and terminal areas ; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold ; a curved mark above inner

margin near base ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform well

developed, filled in with blackish and defined by black ; orbi-

cular and reniform large, defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, with fuscous centre, the latter with its inner part

fuscous, its outer pale ; an indistinct waved medial line ; post-

medial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate and produced to

short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line rufous, defined on inner side by a black and brown shade,

angled inwards in submedian fold, the area beyond it darker, waved,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine

waved black terminal line ; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous.

Hind wing dark rufous tinged with fuscous ; the underside irro-

rated with grey and whitish at base, a discoidal lunule, waved post-

medial line, and diffused subterminal band.

Hah. New Zealand (Colenso), 1 6 type, Nelson, Wakapuaka.

Exj). 50 millim.

1690. Morrisonia oclithistis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 32.)

Mamesira ochthistis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 20 (1887); Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 20, pi. iv. f. 42, & pi. iii. f. 16 (larva).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with black ; tegulae with

ochreous medial line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen rufous,

tinged with fuscous in female. Fore wing bright rufous more or

less irrorated and suffused with black, especially on medial area ;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line

double, irregularly waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ;

orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique

elliptical, the latter often with whitish spot or points on its outer

edge ; a blackish medial shade, oblique from costa to cell ; post-

medial line double, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa

and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line ochreous, defined by fuscous on inner side, more

MORRTSONIA. 381

strongly at middle, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous or -with

dark streaks on the veins, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate

at veins 4 and 3 ; termen crenulate, with waved black line. Hind

wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge ; the underside pale

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line.

Hah. New Zealand, Dunedin (Enys, Purdie, J. J. Walker), 2 c? ,

5 5 , Christchurch, type t in Coll. Meyrick, Wellington. Exp.

36 millim.

Larva. Green, with white lines and points on dorsal area and

yellow points on ventral ; a pink lateral stripe on first five and last

two somites, in early stages entire ; claspers pinkish. Food-plant,

Melicope simplex.

B. Pectus and ventral surface of abdomen in male normally

scaled.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line not dentate tartarcBa.

b. Fore wing with tliesubterniinnl line more or less dentate.

a^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

rt^. Fore wing witli tlie cell filled in with black ovwplaca,

h"^. Fore wing with the cell not filled in with black covfma.

b^. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a'-. Fore wing with the subterminal line pale, wall-

defined.

a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely angled

inwards in submedian fold lignana.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved in

submedian fold morosa.

b'^. Fore wing witii the subterminal line represented by-

indistinct dentate dark marks.

ci^. Fore wing witli black suffusion on inner area ... prionistis.

P. Fore wing without black suffusion on inner area.

/?*. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish

gi-e V temperata,

6'. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish

frrey phricias.

1(591. Morrisonia tartaraea. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 1.)

Graphipkora farfara>a, Butl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 384, pi. xlii. f. 2; Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & ButteriHes, p. 21, pi. v. f. (i

Head and thorax dark red-brown, the head and tegula) greyer ;

abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing dark brown

tinged with grey, the inner medial and terminal areas with rufous;

subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved ;

clavif'orm moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

reddish incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ;

the area between and beyond them darker ; a dark medial shade,

oblique from costa to median nervure and angled inwards in sub-

median fold ; postmedial line represented by double dark striic

from costa, then by a slight series of points, bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line blackish towards

costa. then pale defined by rufous, angled outwards at vein 7 iind

382 HOCTTJID^..

excurved at middle. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia pale at tips ;

the underside irrorated with grey, a slight discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line.

Bah. New Zealand (Eii7js\ 1 c? type, (MatJieiv) 1 $,(«/. J.

Walker) 1 $ , N. Island, Murimutu Plain, S, Island, Christchurch.

Exji. 42 millim.

*1692. Morrisonia omoplaca. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 2.)

Mamestra omojdaca, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 24 (1887) ; Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, ^. 23, pi. v. f. 13.

5 . Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with grey, the palpi and

vertex of head with some blackish ; tegulse with black medial line

and grey and fuscous tips ; prothoracic crest grey and fuscous ;

patagia fuscous tinged with grey ; tibiae irrorated with black ;

abdomen pale ochreous brown, the ventral surface irrorated with

black. Fore wing ochreous white suffused and irrorated with

rufous ; an oblique band from vein 1 near base to cell and the cell

except at base filled in with black ; a sinuous black streak below

base of cell defined by ochreous above ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by two oblique black striaj from costa ; antemedial line

double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly outwards

above inner margin ; claviform moderate, fuscous black defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform fuscous with whitish annuli defined

bv black, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter with

whitish discoidal lunule ; postmedial line indistinctly double,

strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4,

and strongly dentate inwards in submedian fold ; subterminal line

pale, defined on inner side by slight, somewhat dentate rufous marks

and some fuscous at costa, the area beyond it mostly suffused with

black except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly

dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing pale, uniformly

sufiosed with fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with a fuscous line

through them ; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal spot and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand, Lake Coleridge, liakaia, type t $ in Coll.

Meyrick. Exp. 42 millim.

1093. Morrisonia confusa.

Auchmis confusa, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Sehmett. iii. ff. 495-6 (1827) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232.

Xylina wfnicf.uosa, Wlk. xi. 627 (18.57).

S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and black ;

frons with black bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; patagia

edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey irrorated

with red-brown and fuscous. Pore wing greyish suffused with

red-brown and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with black ;

a sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold ; the subbasal line

MOURTSONTA. . 383

represented by double black strite from eosta ; the anteraedial line

with a dark striga from costa, then indistinct and strongly angled

outwards above vein 1 and inner margin ; claviform incompletely

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with obscure ochreous

aunuli incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ;

the postraedial line strongly dentate, black defined by ochreous on

outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique; the subterminal line very obscurely defined by the

Fig. \0\.^-Morri!>o7iia confiisa, (^. ]•,

area beyond it being slightly darker, with blackish streaks in the

interspaces, running obliquely to apex, and with pale dentate marks

on veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia

intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with

brown, especially on terminal area ; the veins dark ; a dark terminal

line ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial series of striae

on the veins.

Hab. Canad.^ ; U.S.A., Eastern States, 3 S type infructuosa,

Texas, 1 S , California. Ea-j). 40 millim.

Larva. Head round, shining light red-brown, reticulate in lighter

and paler over the clypeus. Jjody shaded in vinous red, with a

rounded, quadrate, deep vinous patch laterally above the spiracle

on joints 2 to 12. Fine whits dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal

lines. Shields not chitinized, coiicolorous ; spiracles white, finely

black-rimmed. rood-i)lants : Willow, etc. — H. G. D.

1694. Morrisonia lignana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 3.)

Haclena lignana, Wlk. xi. 7 ''8 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 26, pi. v. f. 19.

Head and thorax brownish grey slightly mixed with rufous ;

tegulte and patagia with black linos near upper edge ; abdomen

grey irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing

brownish grey irrorated with fuscous and sometimes tinged with

purplish, the costal area and veins rather paler; the subbasal line

represented by double black stria) from costa and cell, interrupting

a slight black streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line doable, dentate,

oblique from costa to median nervure, and strongly angled inwards

on vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform defined by black, tlie former elongate elliptical, open

384 I70CTTJIDJ5.

above and wath black point on its inner side, the latter with its

lower part filled in with fuscous and slightly angled inwards on

median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line

more or less indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to a series

of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on eosta ; subterminal

line ochreous white, defined on inner side by fuscous marks at

middle and below vein 3, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to

terraen on veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing fuscous, with slight pale mark on termen at submedian fold ;

cilia ochreous, with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a diseoidal spot and more or less indistinct

postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand [EarlX 1 S type, {Eiiys) 1 $ , {Matlieiv) 1 $ ,

Marlborough {Skellon) 1 § , Wellington, Mount Hutt. E.vp.

42 millim.

1695. Morrisonia morosa. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 4.)

Xylophasia morosa, Bull. Cist. Ent. ii..543 (1880).

Mamestra pelistis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 20 (1887)"; Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 19, pi. v. ff. 3, 4.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and a few dark

scales ; frons with black bar ; tegulae with medial black line ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing pale brown, more or less

strongly suffused with purplish red : subbasal line double, waved,

from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ;

claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with

fuscous centres, and pale annuli defined by black, the former

round ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate and produced

to black and pale points on the veins, bent outwards below costa

and slightly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa

beyond it ; subterminal line grey or ochreous, angled -outwards at

vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it suffused with

fuscous except at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish at tips ; the underside

whitish irrorated with bjown, a slight diseoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Nab. New Zealand (Skellon, Mathew), 2 c? , 1 2 type, Wel-

lington, Paikakariki, Akaroa, type f j>eZts<w in Coll. Meyrick, Lake

Coleridge. Exp. 40 millim.

*1696. Morrisonia prionistis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 5.)

Mamestra prioiiistis, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p, 27 (1887): Hudson,

N. Zealaod Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pi. v. f. 21.

2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown ; sides of

palpi and frons with some dark brown ; tegular dark brown near

tips ; patagia with black stripe on upper edge and on lower edge

iiear base; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing gr^y irrorated with

:*roinusoNiA. 385

brown ; a pale rufous fascia in discal fold from before middle to

subterminal line ; a similar fascia in submedian fold extending to

inner margin at base and to termen ; the inner area suffused with

fuscous from before middle to near tornus ; subbasal line indistinct,

angled outwards below costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct,

double, dentate, strongly angled outwards below cell and above

inner margin ; orbicular and reniform indistinct and ill-defined,

except the latter on outer side, where it has some diffused black

beyond it at lower angle of cell, the former rounded, the veins

beyond the cell grey defined by fine black streaks ; postmedial line

obsolete except for two dark striae from costa and in submedian

interspace, where it is strongly angled inwards ; subterminal line

represented by oblique strigae from termen at and below apex, then

by conjoined dentate rufous marks ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia grey intersected with brown. Hind wing dark

red-brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside pale, suffused and

irrorated with pale red-brown ; a small discoidal lunule.

jETafe. New Zealand, Wellington, type f 5 in Coll. Meyrick,

Rakaia. E.vp. 48 millim.

1697. Morrisonia temperata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 6.)

Brijophila temperata, Wlk. xv. 1648 (1858) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths

& Butterflies, p. 9.

Xylina inceptura, Wlk. xv. 1730 (1858).

Xylina deceptura, Wlk. xt. 1737 (1856).

S . Head and thorax reddish or dark brown and grey mixed ;

abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing grey-brown with a

reddish tinge and some fuscous irroration, the veins streaked with

fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double dark striae from costa

and cell ; antemedial line represented by double dark points on

costa, median nervure, and vein 1 ; claviform sometimes partly

defined by fuscous ; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish

annuli defined by fuscous, the former rather elongate elliptical,

the latter somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial

line more or less indistinct, dentate, and with a series of points

beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and obliciue

below vein 4 ; subterminal line represented by some more or less

indistinct dentate dark marks at middle ; a terminal series of dark

points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale at tips ; the under-

side pale with slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

$ greyer.

Hah. New Zealan'd (Churton), 3 J j 2 5 ? fyps and types inceptara

nd decepiura. Exp. 36-40 millim.

1698. Morrisonia phricias. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 7.)

Mamestra pkririas, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. p. 46 (1888); Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pi. v. f. 22.

Palpi with the 3rd joint long and dihatcd at extremity; thorax

VOI-. V. 1' c

386 NOCTUID^.

with high triangular crest. Head and thorax grey mixed with

brown ; tegulte with dark line at tips ; tarsi with pale rings ;

abdomen ochreous grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing silvery

purplish grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous, the veins with

dark streaks ; a slight black streak below base of cell ; slight traces

of the subbasal line; antemedial line very indistinct, double, oblique

from costa to below the cell, then dentate ; claviform absent ;

orbicular and reniforra moderate, indistinct, grey defined by fuscous ;

a slight medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then very

highly dentate, oblique ; subterminal line very slightly defined by

fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at

veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the cilia whitish; the underside whitish suffused with

brown, traces of a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand, {Enys) 2 (S , {J. J. Wallcer) 1 c? , 1 2 ,

Marlborough {Skellon) 2 S . Exjy. 40-44 millim. Type t in Coll.

Meyrick.

Genus PERSECTANIA, nov.

Type, P. cvingi.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed

•with hair in front ; frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate

below it ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the tegulre

produced into a slight dorsal ridge ; the prothorax with divided crest, the

metathorax with spreading crest ; tibite fringed with hair ; abdomen with

dorsal crest on 1st segment and lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing rather pro-

duced, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from npper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell

near base only.

Sect. I. Antenna of male serrate and fasciculate ; pectus and abdomen clothed

with rough hair, the latter with long sublateral tufts from base.

1699. Persectania evingi.

Xi/lophasia ewingii, Westw. Proc. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 55, pi. 20. f. 1 (1837).

C'hloantha composita, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 114 (1852); Hudson, Kew Zealand

Moths & Butterflies, p. 22, pi. v. if. 8, 0, & pi. iii. f. 7.

Leucania civersa, Wlk. ix. 113 (185fi).

Mamestra maori, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 24 (1874).

Morrisonia ixracida, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 114(1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232.

Leucania dentigera, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 642 (1880).

Head and thorax grey tinged with pale or dark brown ; frons

whitish with dark bar ; "tegulae with black medial line edged with

white above ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;

abdomen whitish tinged with brown and with some fuscous sub-

lateral spots. Fore wing grey-white, more or less strongly irrorated

with fuscous and suffused with fuscous or brown ; a black streak

below basal half of cell ; the veins and the interspaces of terminal

rERSECTANIA.

387

half with slight dark streaks ; subbasal line represented by a slight

very oblique black streak from base of costa ; the a,ntemedial line

indistinct, double, very highly dentate, usually with an oblique

black streak before it above inner margin ; claviforni represented

by obscure black streaks above and below ; orbicular and rcuiforra

Fig. 102. — Pcvscctania evingi, (^. \.

small, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former elongate and

more or less confluent with the latter ; postmedial line bent out-

Avards below costa, then very highly and rather irregularly dentate,

most strongly in submedian fold ; subterminal line whitish, defined

by black on outer side, the area before it pale, beyond it suffused

with brown or fuscous, arising from apex, with shortening denti-

tions on veins 6, 5, then dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and 1 ;

a terminal series of triangular black points ; cilia intersected with

whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal area paler or nearly

white ; cilia white, brownish at base ; the underside white, a small

discoidal spot, the terminal area fuscous from apex to vein 2.

Hah. ign., type $ aversa and type $ peracuta ; Qcteensland,

1 2 ; New South Wales, (Rai/nor) 4 ,5 , 2 2 ; Victoria, Gisborne

{Lyell) 2 d" ; S. Australia (Bal-ewell) 1 J; Tasmania, Hobart,

(Norman)! <S , (Butler, Smith, Alliwrt) 2(5, 3 2; New Zealand,

(J. J. WaJlcer) 1 2, Auckland (OAeij, Sinclair) 1 cT , 5 2 »

Dunedin (Purdie) 1 J, Marlborough (SJcellon) 2 2 , type deniigera.

Exp. 34-44 millim.

Larva bright reddish brown ; dorsal stripe broad, black ; sub-

dorsal stripe narrower, edged with white ; lateral stripe dull red,

white, and black ; ventral surface, head, and prolegs greenish grey

with black markings ; spiracles black. Food-plants, Grasses. 1 & 9.

Sect. II. Antennas of male with bristles and cilia; pectus and abdomen more

smoothly scaled.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and renifonn obsolete aiducias.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular s-epreseuted bj a streak

confluent with the renifonn sfcropastis.

C. Fore wing with tiie orbicular and reniform separate atrisf ri//a.

1700. Persectania aulacias. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 8.)

Leucania aiiloc/as, IVlpyr. Tr. i\.Z. Inst. xix. p. 11 (1887).

Lencania arotia, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 11 (1887); Hudson, New

Zealand Moths ct Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 18.

Head and thorax ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; sides of

2 c 2

388 KociriBj:.

palpi and frons with some black scales ; tegulse with black medial

line ; upper edge of patagia and prothoracic crest with some black

scales ; legs with fine blackish streaks ; abdomen ochreous irrorated

M'ith brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous ; the veins

black-brown, defined by fine whitish streaks; the interspaces with

diffused reddish-brown streaks ; traces of a sinuous streak ])elow

the cell from base to below end of cell, upturned at extrerait)- ; a

slight antemedial point on vein 1 ; a slight oblique streak above

middle of inner margin ; a postmedial series of black points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; faint

traces of a highly irregularly dentate pale subtermiual line repre-

sented by an oblique streak below vein 7 and another from vein 3

at termen to submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

grey ; the underside ochreous white, irrorated and partly suifused

with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous postmedial

line, and some black striae on termen.

Ab. 1. arotis. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with

ochreous and brown at base.

Hub. Neav Zealand (J. J. Walker), 1 c? , Wellington, Blenheim,

Christchurch, in Coll. Meyrick, llakaia. Edy. 46 millim.

1701. Persectania steropastis. (riate LXXXIX. fig. 9.)

Mamestra steropastis, Mevr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 22 (1887) ; Hudson,

New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 23, pi. v. ff. 10, 11.

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; sides of palpi and frons

blackish ; tegulte with medial black line. Fore wing rufous ; the

veins with dark streaks ; a dark streak slightly defined by grey

above below base of cell and another above inner margin before

middle ; antemedial line obsolete towards costa, very strongly angled

outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards

on vein 1 ; a dark streak in lower part of cell ; reniform repre-

sented by slight dark and whitish marks on upper discocellular aud

lower angle of cell, and a curved streak below angle ; postmedial

line very strongly angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards

on vein 1, otherwise obsolete; interspaces of terminal area with

dark streaks, the subtermiual line being represented by oblique

white streaks below veins 7, 4, 3. Hind wing deep fuscous brown,

the cilia pale at tips ; the underside grey tinged with reddish and

irrorated with black.

Hah. New Zealand, Dunedin (Purdie), 3 c? , 2 J , Akaroa (J. J.

Walker), 1 S, Napier, Blenheim, Christchurch. Eajj. 40-44

millim. Type f in Coll. Meyrick.

1702. Persectania atristriga.

Xi/lina utrisfncja, Wlk. xxxiii. 756 (1805); Hudson, New Zealand MotLs

'& Butterflies', p. 10, pi. iv. f. 12.

Mamestra aniipodu, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 23 (1874).

Head aud thorax purplish or red-brown, sometimes brown

PEKSECTANIA. XTLOMANIA.

389

irrorated wltli grey ; tegul?e with fuscous and grey medial line ;

abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft more ochreous brown. Fore

wing grey-brown suffused with purplish red and with slight dark

irroration ; the costal area greyish to near apex ; a prominent black

streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by slight

strife from costa and cell ; the antemedial line arising as double

strige from costa, then indistinct and highly dentate ; claviform

small, defined by black, sometimes nearly obsolete ; orbicular and

reniform small, greyish defined by black, the former elongate, the

Fig. 103. — Vcrsectania afrisfriga, (^ . \,

latter angled inwards on median nervure and with some fuscous in

lower part; postmedial line arising froai double striae from costa,

then indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and strongly

angled inwards in submedian fold ; subterrainal line represented by

a series of small ochreous and fuscous dentate marks, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, with the cilia rufous; the

underside pale irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

Hah. New Zealand (./. J. Walker), 3 c? , 1 $ , Auckland, (O.vlei/)

2 S type, (Enj/s) 1 $ , Otago {Mutton), 1 S , Marlborough (Skellon),

Id, 1 2 , (Mathew) 1 d" , Dunedin {Paniie), 3^,1$. Exp. 36-

44 millim.

Genus XYLOMANIA, nov.

Type, X. hiemalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, the 2nd joint

fringed with hair below, the 3rd sliort ; frons smooth ; eyes lurge, rounded ;

tegulie dorsally produced into a slight ridge ; pro- and metathorax with

spreading crests; pectus clothed with woolly hair; tibiiB fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal crest on. basal segment. Fore wing with the apex slightly

produced, the termen oblique and somewhat angled at vein 3; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell ; G irom upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

f(jrm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and (>, 7 shortly

stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base.

Sect. I. Antenna of male bipectinate, with rather long branches, the apex

simple.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent... b'^hre^isiana.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform separate.

a. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell erythrnlita,.

h. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell h\emnli<.

390 NocTuiDJi;.

703. Xylomania behrensiana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 10.)

Graphiphora behrensiana, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 71 (1875) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am, p. 208.

$ . Head and thorax dull brown mixed with grey ; abdomen

brownish white irrorated with dark brown. Fore wirg brownish

grey, suffused with brown to the subterminal line and thickly

irrorated and striated with black-brown; the costal edge pale;

subbasal line blackish, defined by pale colour on outer side, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by whitish

on inner side, oblique from costa to above inner margin, then angled

inwards ; orbicular and reniform defined by whitish, confluent and

forming a celt-shaped mark ; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4 ; the veins of terminal half streaked with

whitish ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below costa and at

middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pinkish

white with slight dark irroration, especially on marginal areas ; the

underside with small black discoidal spot, curved postmedial series

of points on the veins and terminal series.

Bab. U.S.A.., California, 1 § type. Exp. 40 millim.

1704. Xylomania erythrolita. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 11.)

Graphipliora erythrolita, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 208 (1879) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct, Jf. Am. p. 208,

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; shaft

of antennae crimson in male ; palpi tinged with crimson ; tarsi with

pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing purplish

grey irrorated with dark brown, especially on basal half: subbasal

and antemedial lines represented by slight dark spots on costa;

orbicular and reniform dark with greyish annuli, the former small,

round, the latter obliquely curved ; traces of an oblique medial

line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, produced

to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at

discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, interrupted,

whitish defined by brown on inner side, prominently towards costa

and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of brown stria). Hind wing grey suftused

with brown, especially on terminal area; the underside grey

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial

eeries of points on the veins.

Ab. i Much more rufous in colour,

Uah. U.S.A., California, 5 c? , 1 2 ■> type. Eccp. 34 millim.

1 705, Xylomania hiemalis,

Xiilomigcs hicmaJis, Grote, Bull. 13uff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 71 (1874) ;

'Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 2:«.

Dryohota californica, Eehr. iStreck. I,op. Ehop. & Het. p. 94 (1874).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; frons with

XTLOMANIA.

391

black bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with black ;

abdomen pale reddish, ventrally mixed with grey. Fore wing

bhiish grey irrorated with fnscous and black ; a waved black streak

below bas3 of cell; the subbasal line represented by an oblique

black striga from costa ; antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform

well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with

orange and black scales at centre and grey annuli defined by black,

the former irregularly rounded and open above : postmedial line

double, indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate

black marks on inner side and by the area beyond it being darker,

running obliquely from apex, dentate at veins 4, 3, and incurved

Fig. 104. — Xylomanla hiemalis, (^ . \.

at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small black

lunules. Hind wing white, more or less strongly irrorated with

fuscous ; a terminal series of dark striae ; the underside with black

discoidal lunule and sinuous punctiform postmedial line showing

through on upperside.

Hal. Canada, Vancouver I. (W. H. Danhj), 3 d , 1 2 ; U.S.A.,

California, Sanzalito, 1 6 ; Oakland, 1 $ type. Exi^. 34-38

millira.

Sect. II. Antennje of male witli short branches, the apex simple.

A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

a. Fore wing tinged with bluish, the black markings very

prominent i^aMidior.

b. Fore wing tinged with brownish 'peritalls.

B. Fore wing without black streak below base oi' cell cognata.

*170G. Xylomanla pallldior. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 12.)

Xylomigcs pallkUor, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 227 (1899) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.

J . Head and thorax bluish white mixed with some black, palpi

black at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegula? with black medial

line ; patagia with black streak on lower edge and some black

scales near upper edge ; tarsi with black rings ; pectus tinged with

pink ; abdomen wliitish tinged with purplish pink and irrorated

with black. Fore wing bluish white irrorated Avith fuscous, the

base of inner margin tinged with pinkish ; a sinuous black lino

below base of cell connected with the claviform, which is defined by

392 NocTciDj::.

black ; subbasal line represented by two striae from costa ; ante-

medial line double, waved, oblique, intersected by an oblique black

streak in cell running to upper edge of orbicular, which is defined

by black, oblique elliptical, open above and confluent below with

tho reniform, which is dehned by black, has blackish centre and

has its lower part intersected by a black streak ; a diffused black

medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line repre-

sented by a series of wedge-shaped black spots produced as streaks

to termen towards costa and inner margin ; cilia chequered black

and white. Hind wing white irrorated with blackish, and the

costal and inner areas tinged with pinkish brown ; a discoidal

lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and series of

marks on termen and cilia, all more distinct on underside.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 42 millim. .

1707. Xylomania peritalis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig, 13.)

Xi/lomiges peritalis, Smith. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 69 (1892); id.

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 23o.

S . Grey mixed with vinous brown ; palpi blackish ; tegulae

with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen pale rufous. Pore wing white irrorated with

fuscous and slightly tinged with pale vinous at base ; a black

streak below base of cell ; subbasal and antemedial lines repre-

sented by dark strigse on costa ; claviform very large, defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform very large, almost contiuent, defined

by black, the former produced at lower extremity, the latter some-

what constricted at middle ; traces of a medial shade towards costa

and inner margin ; postmedial line represented by two striae on

costa and one on inner margin ; subterminal line only defined by

some black streaks before its medial part and in the interspaces

beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black.

Hind wing white, the inner area tinged with pale rufous ; a black

terminal line ; the underside with large black discoidal lunule and

postmedial series of black stria? showing through to upperside.

Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood Springs {Barnes), 1 cj" .

E.vp. 40 millim.

1708. Xylomania cognata.

Xylomiges cognata. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 78, pi. t. f. 3

(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.

Head and thorax white mixed with black ; tegulae with black

medial line ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore

Tving white, irrorated with pale brown and fuscous and sometimes

tinged in parts with ochreous ; a double, waved, black subbasal line

from cost a to subracdian fold; a double, oblique, waved antemedial

XJLOMANIA.

393

line, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform well-developed, short,

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, rounded, sometimes

almost confluent, incompletely defined by black ; traces of a waved

medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below

Fig. 105. — Xylomania cognata, (^ . \,

costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subtermiual line

white, defined on each side by black marks except towards costa,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, then in-

curved, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small

black lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white

slightly irrorated with black ; a terminal black line ; the underside

with discoidal spot and postmedial punctiform line showing through

to upperside.

IJah. Canada, Vancouver I. ( W. If. Danhy), 4 d' , 3 $ ; U.S.A.,

Oregon, Colorado. Exp. 38 millim.

Sect. III. Auteunre of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish grey ruhrica.

b. Fore wing with the ground-colour white simplex.

33. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a. Fore wnig not suH'used with red-brown.

a^. Fore wing ncit suifused with black.

a'-. Fore wing with the indistinct subtermiual line strongly

angled inwards on vein 4 indurata.

b'^. Fore wing with the indistinct subtermiual line notangled

inwards on vein 4 curialis.

b^. Fore wing largely suffused with black.

«'-. Foi'e \Viug with the ground-colour blue-grey Candida.

b'^. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish dolosa.

b. Fore wing strongly suffused with red-brown perlubeiis.

1709. Xylomania rubrica. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 14.)

Gra-phij>hora ruhrica, Karv. Can. Ent. x. p. 58 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

Jh. Am. p. 234.

$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; frons with black

bar ; tegula3 with blackish medial line ; patagia with some black

scales on edges ; abdomen with dark irroration ; tarsi banded with

black. Pore wing brownish grey, suffused with rufous from orbicular

above vein 2 to subtermiual line, sometimes with a distinct curved

black shade on lower part of this area ; an irregular black streak

below base of coll; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub-

394 NOCTUIDiE.

mediau fold ; antomedial line double, waved, uoarly erect ; clavi-

form slightly defined by black ; orbicular aud renifurm defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, grey or rufous

with grey annulus, the latter rufous with grey aunulus ; postmedial

line double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, sometimes finely

defined by black on inner side, the area beyond it dark except at

apex, where there is a grey patch, angled outwards at vein 7, then

nearly straight ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia grey

mixed with dark brown. Hind wing white, some brown irroration

on the veins and inner area ; a terminal lunulate black line ; the

underside with brown irroration on costal area, a black discoidal

lunule showing through to upperside, and a postmedial series of

short streaks on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, California, San Raphael, 1 $ type, Havilah,

1 $ . Exp. yS millim.

1710. Xylomania simplex.

Acronycta simplex, Wlk. xxxii. 618 (18()5) ; Siiiitb, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233.

Xylomiges cruciaUs, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 277 (1875).

Head and thorax white mixed with grey ; frons with black bar ;

tegulae with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi

ringed with black ; abdomen grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing

white thickly irroratcd with fuscous ; a strong black streak below

base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by an oblique black

striga from costa, the antemedial line by strise from costa and inner

Fig, 106. — Xylomcmia siiiiplox- , (J. ,.

margin ; claviform large, more or less completely defined by black ;

orbicular large, oblique, wedge-shaped, open above, defined by a

black patch or streak before it in cell, and the oblique medial black

shade beyond it from costa to median nervure ; reniform large,

rounded, with some orange at centre, an incomplete black outline

and a prominent semicircular black mark below it ; postmedial line

represented by a series of black stria) on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, sub-

terminal line only defined by a series of short black streaks in the

interspaces beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with

black. Hind wing white, with series of black stria) on termen ; the

XYLOMANIA. 395

underside with black discoidal spot and postmedial series of stria)

showing through to upperside.

Hab. Canada, Vancouver I. {Dr. LyaU, W. H. Danly\ 2 S type ;

U.S.A., Washington, 1 $ , Oregon, Portland, Colorado, California,

Sanzalito, 2 c5" , 1 $ , type crucialis. Exp. 36-4-1 millim.

Larva. Head very slightly bilobed, shining brown, the sutures

and mottling on the sides lighter. Body green or brown, finely

dotted with white; dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal lines fine,

white, straight. Shields very slightly chitinized, lighter than the

body, pale, unmarked. Spiracles black, surrounded by reddish.

Food-plants, various shrubs. — H. G. D.

1711. Xylomania indurata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 15.)

Xylomigcs indurata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 80, pi. iv. f. 7

(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 153.

J . Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey scales ;

abdomen grey dorsally tinged with ochreous, ventrally irrorated

with brown. Fore wing bluish grey strongly irrorated with fuscous;

the ante- and postmedial lines represented bj- traces of dark points

on the veins ; claviform rather large, obscurely defined by brown ;

orbicular and reniform obscurely defined by brown, the former

rounded ; the subterminal line only defined by an indistinct series

of small dentate dark marks on its inner side ; an indistinct oblique

dark shade from termen below apex; cilia intersected with whitish.

Hind wing white sparsely irrorated with brown, especially on the

veins, the inner margin tinged with pale reddish brown ; the under-

side with black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks

on the veins showing through to upperside.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes, Oslar), 2 J,

3 2 ; Durango (Oslar), 1 d" . Eap. 46 millim.

1712. Xylomania curialis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 16.)

Xylomiqcs curialis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 143 (1873) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233.

Head and thorax clothed with bluish-grey and brown scales ;

tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with

ochreous, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey

irrorated and sutt'used with fuscous brown, the submedian and

discal folds often with a reddish tinge ; the veins slightly streaked

wath black, the subbasal line represented by an indistinct dark

striga from costa ; the antemedial line very indistinct, waved ;

claviform rather large, defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform

obscurely defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with

some black in its lower part and often some red on its outer edge ;

postmedial lino very indistinct, dentate and produced to points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique ; the subterminal lino grey, defined by small dentate dark

marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly

excurved at middle ; traces of a terminal scries of dark points.

3!)6 NOcruiD^.

Hind wing pure white, with, terminal series of small black lunules ;

the underside with the costal area slightly irroratcd with brown, a

dark discoidal spot and some postmedial striae on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., California, 2 S type ; San Francisco (Stretch), 1 J ,

1 $ . Exj). 40 millim.

1713. Xylomania Candida. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 17.)

Xylomiqes Candida, Smith, Trans. Am. Etit. See. xxi. p. 79, pi. v. f. 1

(18J4) ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.

Head and thorax clothed with bluish- white and black scales ;

teguloe with slight black medial line ; tarsi banded with black :

abdomen tinged with pale rufous, the ventral surface white irro-

rated with black. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated and

suffused with black ; a dentate black subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; a waved autemedial line angled inwards on vein 1

and outwards above inner margin ; claviform rather small, obscurely

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and

whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, the

latter usually with a reddish mark on its outer edge ; a waved blackish

medial shade angled at median nervure ; postmedial line dentate

and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line grey

defined by small blackish, somewhat dentate marks on inner side,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of dark points. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with

small discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the

veins, and terminal series of striae showing through to upperside,

the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hah. Canada, Vancouver I. ( W. H. Danhy), 7 c? , 2 $ ; IJ.S.xi.,

Oregon, Corvallis, 1 $ . Exi). 40 millim.

1714. Xylomania dolosa. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. IS.)

Xylomiges dolosa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 88 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

■^J^. Am. p. 234.

5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with black and white

scales ; pectus paler ; tarsi ringed with black. Fore wing white

thickly irrorated Avith black, and suffused with black from base to

postmedial line except the inner area, at costa extending to subter-

minal line ; subbasal line waved, black, obscurely defined by white,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line represented by a

black striga from costa and an angle above inner margin : claviform

a prominent wedge-shaped white mark confluent with the small

round orbicular, which has a fuscous centre ; reniform well deve-

loped, white, its centre irrorated with black ; postmedial line rather

indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ;

subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a confluent series

of dentate black marks angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at

XTLOMANIA. ^397

submedian fold, the veins beyond it streaked with black ; a ter-

minal series of small black huiules. Hind wing white sparsely

irrorated with black, a terminal blackish line, the underside with

large black discoidal lunnle.

Hah. U.S.A., Maine, 1 5 type, New Hampshire, White Mts.,

New York, Plattsburgh, Colorado. Exp. 42 millim.

1715. Xylomania perlubens. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 19.)

Xylomigcs pcrlulxns, Grote, Can. Eiit. xiii. p. 132(1881); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 234.

Mamesti-a suhapicalis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 462 (1887).

(5 . Head and thorax ferruginous red slightly mixed with grey ;

frons with blackish bar ; tegulao with slight medial black line ;

patagia with some black scales near edges ; dorsal crests tipped

with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale ferruginous

mixed with grey. Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with

ferruginous red and irrorated with white, the veins streaked with

black and white ; a double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; a double antemedial line, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, angled inwai'ds above vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and

reniform defined by black, large, the former erect elliptical, with

whitish centre, the latter rufous with some black on lower part,

open above and on outer side ; traces of a waved medial shade ;

postmedial line double, waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, defined by rufous and

some black on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous irrorated with

white and with grey apical patch, angled outwards at vein 7 and

slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black

lunules ; cilia fuscous and pale rufous. Hind wing white with

some terminal black striae ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and postmedial series

of short streaks on the veins.

Hah. TJ.S.A., "Washington, 1 c? type, Oregon, Portland, Colorado,

California. Exp. 46 millim.

Larva. Dyar. Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 67 (18'.)4).

Head whitit^h, with brown reticulations and streaks on the sides ;

tubercles black. Body pale brown or partly greenish, brown-dotted.

Dorsal line narrow, white, black-edged, subdorsal line similar ;

lateral area black-shaded ; stigmatal band broad, dull-red filled,

bordered with white. Food-plant, Wild Gooseberry. — II. G. D,

Sfxt. IV. Antenna; of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median

nervure and confluont witli the orbicular.

a. Fore wing witli black streak below base of cell.

a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line almost obsolete . conRpicillaris.

b\ Fore wing with the postmedial line well developed... ^)«/t7if//fl.

398

NOCTUIDiE.

b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a\ Fore wing witii tiie ante- aud postmedial Hues con-

joined by a black streak in subniedian fold bel/ci.

i'. Fore wing with the ante- and posttnedial lines not

conjoined bv a black streak aUernavsf.

B. Fore wing with the renifonn angled inwards on median

ncrviire and confluent with orbicular.

a. Fore wing bluish white paialh.

b. Fore wing greyish white suffused in parts with brown ... norma.

c. Fore wing ochreous whitish.

rt^ Fore wing with brown patch on termen above tornus. natalmsis.

b^. Fore wing without brown patch on termen above

tornus v-alhum.

1716. Xylomania conspicillaris.

Koctua conspicillariR, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 615 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv.

pi. 134. ff. 4-6 ; Hiibn. Saniml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. fif. 236, 237 ; Steph.

111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 1G9; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 149, pi. 110.

ff. 3, 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 212.

Noctua musicalis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 147. f. 5 (1777).

Noctua mekdeuca, View. T[ib. Verz. p. 68, pi. i.f. 5(1789): Dup. Lep.

Fr. vii. pi. 112. f. 6.

Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with dark brown ; frous

with black bar ; tegulse with black medial line ; thoracic crests

black ; tibiae black with pale rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with

brown. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated with brown, the basal and

costal areas suflt'used with reddish brown ; the veins streaked with

black ; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented

by an oblique black striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinct,

strongly dentate ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reni-

form large, rounded, incompletely defined by black, the latter with

Fig. 107. — XylomaJiia conspicillaris, (^. }.

black mark in its lower part ; an oblique brown line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line represented by a

double series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond

it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it

being suffused with rufous, running obliquely from apex and dentate

on veins 3, 4, 2, 1 ; cilia red-brown intersected with white. Hind

wing white ; the veins brown, the apex tinged with brown ; a ter-

minal scries of brown stria; ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and postmedial series

of striae on the veins.

Ab. 1. melaleuca. Fore wing black except iuner area, which is

grey or ochreous white.

XTLOMANIA. 399

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller

and Frey Colls. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Italy, Xortli and Central;

Sweden; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor,

Pontus, Taurus ; Kurdistan ; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan ; W.

Siberia, Altai. Exp. 38-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep p. 83 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 143, pi. 152. f. S."

Greenish ochreous freckled with fuscous, forming darker dorsal

blotches ; dorsal and subdorsal lines obscurely dark-edged ; spira-

cular line pale reddish ochreous with dark edge above ; head pale

pinkish ocbreous with black markings. Food-plants : Lotus, Poly-

gonum, etc. 6-8.

1717. Xylomania pulchella. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 20.)

Xi/Iomiqes fulchella, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 81, pi. v. f. 2

'(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158.

Head and thorax brownish grey ; frons with blackish bar ;

tegulae with traces of black medial line and sometimes black tips ;

patagia incompletely edged with black ; abdomen pale brown

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white, sparsely irroratcd with

black ; tbe antemedial, postmedial, and terminal areas except at

apex suffused with black ; a black streak below base of cell ; a

double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double,

waved antemedial line ; claviform moderate, defined by black, or

almost obsolete ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the

former pure white, oblique elliptical, the latter with whitish

annulus suffused with rufous, extending to postmedial line and with

some black in its lower part ; traces of a waved medial line ;

postmedial line waved, defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein

4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white,

angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly incurved at submedian fold ;

an apical grey patch ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia fuscous intersected wnth white. Hind wing white, with some

dark irroration on veins and inner and terminal areas ; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot

and minutely waved postmedial line.

Ilah. Canada, Vancouver I. ( W. H. Danby), 6 c? , 2 $ . Exp.

40 millim.

1718. Xylomania bella. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 21.)

Xylomyfjes hella, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 175,

Head and thorax ochreous ; frons with black bar ; tcgulu?

whitish at base, with black medial line and rul'ous tips ; tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing white

irrorated with ochreous and dark brown ; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

oblique, from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1

and outwards above inner margin ; the medial area except below

submedian fold suffused with dark brown, becoming black towards

400 NOCTUIDJC.

submediau fold ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular

and reniform large, pale rufous with wbitish annuli defined by

black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter open on

outer side ; postmedial line dentate, defined by white on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, esciirved to vein 4, then oblique,

some bluish grey beyond it towards inner margin ; subterminal line

white, arising from the white apical patch, slightly excurved at

middle and with small black spots on it above veins 4 and 3 ;

the veins bej'ond the lower angle of cell streaked with black ; the

terminal area red-brown except at apex : a terminal series of black

and white lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind

wing white, with postmedial series of black points on the veins ;

the terminal area suffiised with brown from apex to vein 2 ; some

terminal black lunules ; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with brown^ a black discoidal spot.

Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er), 4 J , 5 $ , type. Exjy., d" 42,

2 46 millim.

1719. Xylomania alternans. (riate LXXXIX. fig. 22.)

Hapalia altcrnam, Wlk. x. 3G0 (18.56).

Xylomiqes tahulata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 181

(1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234.

5 . Head and thorax dark grey mixed with black and white ;

frons with black bar ; tcgulse with black medial line ; tarsi banded

with black ; abdomen ochreous banded with black. Fore wing

dark grey ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submediau

fold; auteraedial line double, waved, oblique; claviform with its

extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined

by black, the former with whitish annulus, rather quadrate and

open above and below ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line

defined on inner side by white suffusion except at costa, and with

blackish marks on it at discal and submedian folds ; the veins of

terminal area slightly streaked with black ; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with

reddish brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside white irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial lino with short

black streaks on the veins, some terminal black strite.

Hah. U.S.A., 1 o' , 1 ? type, Xew York, 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exf.

40 millim.

1720. Xylomania patalis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 23.)

Xyhmigcs pataUs, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p. 144, pi. iv. f. 11

"(1873); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234.

Xylomigcs fietcheri, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p. 130 (1888).

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with fuscous brown ; frons

with black bar ; tegula; with black medial line ; patagia edged

with black ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing bluish

XYLOMANIA. 401

whitish irrorated with pale fuscous brown ; a fine black streak

below base of cell ; an oblique black striga across cell before the

antemedial line, which is represented by a fuscous striga from

costa and an angle above inner margin ; claviform moderate,

delined b)- black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the

former oblique elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median

nervure and confluent or nearly confluent with the former; post-

medial line indistinct or almost obsolete, minutely waved, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below

vein 4 ; subterminal line only defined by some small dentate black

marks on its inner side and some fuscous suffusion on costa, angled

outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal

areas suffused with reddish brown in male, wholly suffused in

female ; the underside irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot

and sinuous postmedial line.

Huh. Canada, Vancouver ; U.S.A., California ( Walsinr/Jiam), 1 cT ,

1 5 , Sanzalito, 3 cJ , 1 2 type. /vc^;. 39 millim.

1721. Xylomania norma. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 24.)

Bianthoecia norma, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 305, f. 245 (1891).

cJ . Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and mixed

with some black ; teguliE with black line near upper edge ; abdomen

ochreous, tinged with rufous and irrorated with black. Fore wing

greyish white, suffused in parts with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous ; a rather wedge-shaped black mark below base of cell with

short streak beyond it ; subbasal line represented by a black point

on costa ; antemedial line waved, angled at submediau fold ; clavi-

form small, whitish tinged with rod and defined l)y black; orbicular

and reniform whitish tinged with red and incomplerely defined by

black, the former very elongate elliptical and running into lower

angle of cell, with a blackish spot in upper extremity, the latter

narrow, its upper extremity produced and its lower retracted into

a streak on median nervure running below the orbicular ; post-

medial line highly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique : a slight dark triangular shade on costa

towards apex ; the terminal area dark, arising from termen just

below apex and interrupted by a dentate whitish mark on vein 4,

some short black streaks on its inner edge and some black points on

termen ; cilia pale rufous intersected with yellow. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous ; the underside

whitish irrorated with black, a discoidal lunulc, sinuous post-

medial line, and terminal series of small spots.

Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 cS • Exj^. 22 millim.

1722. Xylomania natalensis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 25.)

Apamea natalensis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 403 (1875).

5 . Head and thorax brownish white, slightly mixed with,

VOL. v. 2 D

402 KOCTUIDJE.

rufous ; teguloe with three dark lines ; patagia edged with brown

below and black scales above ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen

ochreous tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crest at base blackish.

Fore wing very pale olive-brown, sparsely irrorated with black ;

Bubbasal line represented by black striaj from costa and cell ; a short

black streak above base of vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct,

double, waved ; median nervure and medial part of vein 1 streaked

with white and with black points on them ; orbicular and reniform

small and rather ill-defined, situated on a rufous patch in and

below cell, the former white, sometimes with fuscous centre, oblique

and confluent at lower angle of cell with the latter, which is

rufous with a black point in lower angle of cell and black patch

beyond it ; postmedial line represented by an incomplete double

series of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein

4, theu oblique; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond

it being dark brown, bent outwards to apex and dentate at veins

4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered

pale black and rufous. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces

rather paler towards base ; cilia ochreous with brown line and pale

tips ; the underside ochreous irrorated with black, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with vinous red, a black discoidal lunule

and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Natal (Burrows), 1 $ type, Durban (Leiyh), 2 2 • Exp.

32 millim.

1723. Xylomania v-album. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 26.)

Leucania v-album, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. f. 10

(1891) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 273.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown ; tegula3

with black line near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous suffused with

dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing ochreous whitish irrorated

and striated with fuscous, less prominently on terminal area; an

ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line

represented by a black point on costa ; some ferruginous sometimes

present in and below cell; the orbicular and reniform whitish,

narrow, oblique, confluent below, and forming a V-shaped mark

with blackish suffusion before, between its ai'ms and beyond it, a

black point on it at lower angle of cell ; some black strife on costa

from before middle to near apex ; traces of an antemedial line

angled on median nervure, then reduced to points ; postmedial line

ill-defined, angled at vein 4, then oblique ; a rather indistinct

triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series

of small black bmules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside ochreous white

thickly irrorated and striated with black-brown, the terminal area

almost entirely black-brown, a large discoidal spot.

Hab. Madras, Nilgiris {Cardew, Hampson), 1 J, 2 $ , type.

Exp. 30 millim.

PERIGRAPHA. 403

Genus PERIGRAPHA. ^

Type.

Periqm.pha, Led. Noet. Eur. jd. 136 (1857) I-cincta.

Ace'rra, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 162 (1874) normalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with long

hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round,

clothed with very long liair; antennte typically bipectinate to apes in both

sexes, the branches shorter in female ; head and thorax clothed with hair

only ; the tegulie produced upwards into a slight ridge, a ridge-like dorsal

crest ; pectus and legs clothed with long hair ; abdomen clothed with rough

hair, the 1st segment with dorsal crest. Fore wing with the apex soniewiiat

produced, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base.

Sect. I. Antennas bipectinate in both sexes.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniforni conjoined by

a pale patch below cell.

a. Tegulffi with white tips circumdiccta.

b. Tegulae without white tips 1-c'uicta.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and I'cniform not conjoined

by a pale patch below cell ... prima.

1724. Perigraplia circumducta, (Plato LXXXIX. fig. 30.)

Orfhosia circumdiccta. Led. Verb. z."-b. Ges. Wien, 1855, i. p. Ill, pi. i. f. 9 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 2U0.

d . Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with grey ; frons

with whitish bar above ; antennae whitish ; tegulee edged with

white ; abdomen rufous mixed with grey. Fore wing with the

basal and terminal areas pale pinkish brown with slight dark

irroration ; the medial area chocolate except the costal and inner

areas, which are grey irrorated with fuscous ; a whitish subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold defined by fuscous ; a fine pale

antemedial line excurved below costa, then running obliquely with

an inward curve to above inner margin, where it is angled ;

orbicular and reniform very large, brownish white defined by white,

the former rather oblique oblong, the latter extending to far

below cell, angled at middle and truncate at lower extremity, and

both conjoined to a large similar semicircular patch below the cell ;

postmcdial line pale, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique,

defined on outer side by some grey and fuscous irroration ; a series

of small fuscous spots on termen. Hind wing yellowish suffused

with dark brown ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, with

dark discoidal spot and traces of sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. S. Russia, Sarepta ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan,

Turcomania, 1 J , Tarbagatai ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 50

millim.

21)2

404 >-0CTUID.T3,

1725. Perigrapha I-cincta.

2\octna I-cinctum, ScbifF. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pi. 192. f. 5 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 144 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi.

p. 190, pi. 85. f. 2.

Bomh)/x cincta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 155 (1787) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 200.

Head and thorax grey mixed with darli brown ; tegulte with dark

band ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing

brownish grey, slightly irrorated and striated with fuscous ; ante-

medial li]]e represented by two dark points on costa and by a fine

pale line running obliquely with an inward curved from subcostal

nervure to middle of vein 1, where it is angled ; orbicular and

reniform very large, grey defined by yellowish white except above,

the former rounded, the latter extending to well below cell and

both conjoined to a streak on median nervure and semicircular

mark below the cell, these markings have black between and all

round them except above, shading into brown below ; postmedial

Fig. 108. — Pericfrapha I-cincta, J. |.

line marked by two black spots on costa, then by a grey line with

darker grey beyond it, bent outwards below costa, then slightly

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale,

deiined on inner side by a fine brown line with a paler area before

it and by dark patches at costa and inner margin, excurved below

costa and angled outwards at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it

browner ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous

brown ; the underside grey irrorated with dark brown, a dark

discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hub. Austria, Moravia ; Hungary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

BussiA, Urals ; W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 46 millim.

Larva. Hiibn. Eur. Raup. iv. Noct. ii. Gen. H, a, b, ff. b, c.

Pinkish, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral yellow lines, the last

with some orauge below it ; ventral surface yellow ; head red.

Food-plant, Rumex.

*1726. Perigrapha prima.

Perigrapha. prima, Smith, Tran?. Am. Ent. Soc. xriii. p. 119 (1891) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 209.

5 . Deep bluish grey irrorated with fuscous ; frons and base of

tegulse yellowish ; patagia with obscure black edges. Fore wing

with the subbasal line hardly traceable, the costal half of basal

PERIGRAPHA.

405

area paler ; antemedial line double, evenly oblique, fuscous ; clavi-

form absent; orbicular and reniforra large, pale grey defined by

fuscous, the former elliptical, touching below the latter, which is

tinged with red; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line double,

fuscous, interrupted, indistinct, excurved beyond cell, the medial

part of postmedial area much paler ; subterminal line represented

by some black irroration ; a series of blackish terminal lunules.

Hind wing fuscous ; the underside fuscous brown with some pale

irroration, a diseoidal spot and postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada. Exp. 30 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

Sect. II. {Acerm). Auteuiijs of male bipectinate, the apex serrate ; of female

minutely serrate.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent normalis.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and renitbrm not confluent.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular present pulchella.

b. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.

a\ Fore wing with the postmedial area darker than

ground-colour terminata.

6\ Fore wing with the jjostmedial area concolorous pectinata.

1727. Perigrapha normalis.

Acerra normalis, Grote, Bull. Buif. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 162 (1894) ; id

Check List Noct. pi. f. 4 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 207.

Head and thorax clothed with hair only, purplish brown mixed

with grey ; sides of palpi and frons dark brown ; teguloe with

brown line at tips ; abdomen grey-brown irrorated with dark

brown. Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown and irrorated

Fig. lU'J. — Ferigrajjha uonnalis, (^ . \.

with black ; a slightly curved subbasal black line from cell to

submcdian fold ; antemedial lino indistinct, very oblique from costa

to vein 1 near postmedial line, then angled inwards ; orbicular and

reniform very large, forming a V Avith very broad arms and

extending to below cell, where it is broadly truncate, defined by

whitish lines and by deep black suffusion in middle, at sides and

below, open above ; postmedial line fusoous, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 5, then very obliquely incurved ; sub-

terminal line almost obsolete except towards costa, very slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal

406 KOCTDID^.

series of black poiuls. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia

pinkish ; the underside pinkish white thickly irrorated with dark

brown, a black discoidal spot and curved postraedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1 c? , 1 $ , type. Exp. 40-44

mi Him.

*1728. Perigrapha pulchella. XPlate LXXXIX. fig. 31.)

Graphiphora pulchella,'S.av^. Can. Ent. Tiii. p. 54 (1876); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 208.

5 . Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey ;

metathorax with fuscous crests tipped with grey ; pectus with the

hair grey; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale brown, the dorsal

crest at base fuscous and grey. Fore wing grey overlaid with

various shades of red and purple-brown, leaving the basal half of

costal area and the terminal area grey ; an indistinct subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold, with a black point beyond it in cell ;

autemedial line rather ill-defined, oblique from costa to below cell,

then erect ; orbicular and reniform blackish with pale annuli,

rather small, the former irregularly rounded, the latter narrow ; an

indistinct diffused sinuous medial line ; postmedial line slightly

defined by grey on outer side and produced to short streaks on the

veins, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line defined by a dark brown shade before it, angled outwards at

veins 7 and 6 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it grey

irrorated with brown. Hind wing pale brown ; the underside grey

tinged with crimson, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal lunule.

Hah. U.S.A., California, in Coll. Schaus, Exp. 34 millim.

*1729. Perigrapha terminata.

Tmniocampa terminata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 475 (1887) ; id.

Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 204.

S . Dull yellowish grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

with the antemedial line indistinct, pale, interrupted ; claviform

and orViicular absent; reniform represented by a narrow yellow

lunule ; a diffused dark medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct,

pale, interru])ted, with a series of dark points beyond it on the

veins with pale points on their outer sides ; postraedial area rather

darker than ground-colour ; subterminal line irreguhirly dentate,

only defined by the area beyond it being paler; a series of black

spots just before termen ; a pale waved terminal line. Hind wing

blackish, with the cilia whitish ; the underside whitish with dark

irroration. a discal spot and punctiform postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., S. California. Exp. 40 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

Pl-.RIGRAPHA, 407

♦1730. Perigrapha pectinata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 32.)

T(Bmoca7)ipa pectinafa, Sm\ih,'Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 475(1887); id.

Cat. Noct. A'. Am. p. 204.

(5 . Head and thorax ochreous-grey and brown ; abdomen

rufous irrorated with black, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing

brownish grey irrorated with black ; subbasal and antemedial

lines, claviform and orbicular obsolete ; an indistinct medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; reniform

represented by a curved reddish-oehreous discoidal bar, concave

towards base and defined on inner side by a slight blackish bar

arising from cnsta and joining the medial line at lower angle of

cell ; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins ;

traces of a pale sinuous subterminal line ; a series of black points

just before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind

wing grey-brown with a faint rufous tinge ; cilia white tinged with

rufous ; the underside whitish iri'oi-ated with black, a discoidal

lunule, sinuous ^wstmedial line with darker streaks at the veins,

and some lunules on apical part of termen,

Uab. U.S.A., California, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 40 millim.

Sect. III. Anteunae of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing with tlie inner margin not crimson prases.

B. Fore wiug with the inner margin crimson tranajiarens.

1731. Perigrapha prseses.

Perigrapha ^jrtyses, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. t. p. 202

(1879) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 206.

S . Head purplish, the sides of palpi and frons black ; antennae

and tegulae bright rufous ; thorax deep purple-brown, some of the

hairs slightly tipped with grey, the metathoracic crest rufous ;

pectus purplish ; tibise whitish at extremity ; abdomen purplish red

irrorated with dark brown, the dorsal crest at base mixed Avith

white. Fore Aving dark brown with purplish reflections and

T^ig.WO. — PerUjntphapraHes, (^ . \.

irrorated with a few white scales ; traces of a waved rufous sub-

basal line from costa to submedian fold : antemedial line indistinct,

slightly defined by rufous on outer side towards costa, on inner

side below cell, oblique from costa to median nervure, then waved ;

408 NocxuiD.i-;.

orbicular and reuiform with slight rufous annuli, both rather

triangular in form, the latter defined bj' blackish on inner side ;

postmedial line indistinct, waved, defined by rufous on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, cxcurvedto vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line rufous, slightly

defined liy blackish on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

jjale, tinged with purplish pitdv and thickly irroratcd with fuscous ;

traces of a subterminal band towards tornus ; the underside with

black disooidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some terminal

lunules. .

Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1 d" type. Exp. 42 raillim.

*1732. Perigrapha transparens. (Plate XC, fig. 10.)

Perigrapha transparens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi.

p. 582 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 208.

Orthosia hamifera, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p. 130 (1888) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 218.

5 . Head and thorax crimson mixed with some brown and grey ;

palpal joints and frons at sides black ; antennae with the basal

joint white below ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen dark brown

with crimson-tinged lateral fringes, anal tuft, and ventral surface.

Fore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with black and tinged with

crimson, especially at base and the fringe on inner margin ; subbasal

line obsolete ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ;

stigmata moderate, with fuscous centres defined by ochreous ; the

claviform hardly traceable, the oi'bicular oblitjue elliptical ; traces

of a medial shade oblique from costa to median nervure ; a curved

double postmedial series of black points on the veins : subterminal

line only indicated by the area beyond it being very slightly darker,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing

nearly uniform dark brown slightly tinged with crimson, the cilia

crimson ; the underside pale tinged with crimson and irrorated

with blackish, a discoidal lunule.

Bah. U.8.A., Washington, California, in U.S. Xat. Mus. Exp.

40 millira.

Sect. IV. Antennre of male with bristles and cilia.

*1733. Perigrapha ducinfieldi.

Perigrapha didwfieldi, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat. Soc. xi. p. 23G (1903).

(5 . Head and thorax rufous, the scales slightly tipped with

white ; palpi at sides and tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen

pinkish rufous. Fore wing pale pink-brown irrorated with fuscous ;

a slightly curved stibbasal line from costa to sitbmedian fold : a

double curved antemedial line ; orbicular represented by a dark

point ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of

PEEIGRAPHA.

409

cell ; reniform well-developed, rufous, with whitish annulus defined

by rufous, its lower part filled in with blackish ; postmedial line

slight, double, curved, with a series of black points on its outer edge

Fig. 111. — I'erigmpJia diicinfieldl, J. }.

from vein 6 to inner margin ; subtermiual line represented by a

series of small ill-defined rufous spots almost obsolete towards

costa ; a series of black points just before termcn ; cilia rufous.

Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia rufous ; the underside yellowish

irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

purplish pink, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hah. Brazil, Sao Paulo, type f c? in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 54

millim.

Genus MONIMA.

Type.

Momma, Hiibn. Vorz. p. 229 (1827) miniusa.

Cuphanoa, Hiibn. Verz. p. 229 ( 1827) , stabilis.

Scmiophora, Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., llaust. ii. p. 138 (1839) gothica.

TcBniocampa, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. p. 477 (1839) .. gothica.

Graphiphora, Hiibu. Tent. ined. (nee Ochs.) gothica.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, tlie 2nd joint fringed with long

hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; irons .smooth, with corneous plate below it ;

eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax ch)tlied with liair only, the vertex of

head and tegula^ with rather ridge-like crest, the pro- and nietat.horax with

loose crests ; pectus and legs hairy ; abdomen witli lateral fringes of hair

and without dorsal crests. Fore wing witli veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the coll near base

only.

Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate with long branches to near apex, of female

with short branches.

A. Fore wing with black i'ascia in submediau fold from ante-

to postmedial lino carnipeniiis.

B. Fore wing without black fascia in snbmedian fold.

a. Fore wing with V-shaped black mark between orbicular

and reniform erisa.

b. Fore wing without V-shaped black mark between orbi-

cular and reniform rorida.

410 N0CTUIDJ5.

1 734. Monima carnipennis.

Twniocampa carnipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 167 (1878); id. Ill

Het. B. M. ii. p. 30, pi. 30. f. (J.

Head and thorax grey tinged with red-ltrown ; palpi black at

sides; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing reddish ochreons tinged with

grey and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented

by a black point below costa and small triangular spot below the

cell ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous ; claviform repre-

sented by a black bar between ante- and postmedial lines, somewhat

attenuate at middle, or by a quadrate patch ; orbicular atd reniform

with slight greyish annuli defined by rufous or sometimes by black

and sometimes with some black suffusion between them and beyond

the latter, the former round ; the postmedial line indistinct, rufous,

oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is angled outwards, strongly

incurved below vein 4, and usually with a black point on it in discal

fold ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by rufous on inner

side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and bent out-

wards to tornus ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing

white, the veins and marginal areas tinged with reddish ochreous ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal s])ot and traces of a sinuous postmedial

line.

Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 6 c5' , 4 5 • Exp.

48 millim.

1735. Monima eriza. (Plate XC. fig. 11.)

Semiopfiora eriza, Swinl]. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 494 (1901).

5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ; abdomen

grey-brown tinged with ochreous. Fore wing grey-brown with a

slight reddish t:inge ; subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial lines

obsolete; orbicular and reniform large, the former oblique quadrate,

open above and below, where it almost touches latter, defined on

inner side by a black and whitish bar, and the space between the

two defined by a black-and-whitish V-shaped mark ; the subterminal

line defined by a series of small black spots on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and incurved at discoidal fold ; a terminal series

of slight dark points. Hind wing grey-brown; the cilia pale ; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and

traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Bnb. Punjab, Kulu, 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.

1736. Monima rorida.

Orthosia rorida, Friv. Tarsas. ETkonrv. ii. p. 272, pi. 7. f. 7 (1835) ;

Herr.-SchaflP. Schniett. Eur. ii. p. 206, Noct. f. 48 (1845) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 201.

Taniocampa sieversi, Christ. Rom. Mem. ii. p. 58, pi. 3. f. 5 (1885).

Head and thorax grey-white slightly irrorated with fuscous ; sides

M ON I MA.

411

of palpi and frons black ; antennye pale rufous ; abdomen rufous,

the ventral surface grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-

white, rather sparsely irrorated and striated with fuscous ; tlio

subbasal line represented by a black point in cell ; hardly a trace

of the antemedial line except a prominent black striga in cell on

inner side of the faint traces of orbicular ; reniform a narrow

Fig. 112. — Monima rorida, (^ . \.

blackish lunule expanding somewhat below and with a rufous

striga on its inner side ; postmedial line represented by a curved

series of blackish points on the veins ; faint traces of the subter-

minal line angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing pole brownish grey irrorated with brown ; the

underside strongly irrorated, a discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial series of short striae on the veins.

Ab. 1. sieversi. Fore wing with the lines more distinct, the area

between the medial and postmedial lines tinged with pink.

}lah. Austria, Istria, 1 c? , 1 $ , Dalmatia ; Bulgaria ; S. Turkey ;

Armenia, Tiflis ; Transcaucasia, Geok-tapa, 1 c? ; Asia Minor,

Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia, Taurus ; Syria, 1 5 , Leech Coll. Exp.

4(5 millim.

Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apex

serrate ; of female serrate.

A. Fore wing with blackis^li or red-brown patch between

orbicular and reniform.

a. Fore wing with dentate black marks before middle of

subterminal line.

a}. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black . porosa.

b\ Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with

black fasciculata.

b. Fore wing without dentate black marks before middle

of subterminal line.

a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved at

middle gothica.

h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line oblique,

approximated to the postmedial line at middle... castaneipennis.

B. Fore wing without black or brown patch between orbi-

cular aufl roniform.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined

below by blackish streaks fcrront icta.

412 NOCTUID^.

6. Fore wing with the orbicular and rani form not

defined bolow by dark streaiis.

a}. Fore wing witli more or less prominent small

dentate black or brown spots before subterminal

line.

a^. Hind wing sviffused with brown.

a''. Fore wing with two prominent dentate black

spots before middle of subterminal line mmida.

P. Fore wing without prominent dentate black

spots before middle of subterminal line,

rt^. Fore wing with brown shade beyond

middle of subterminal line lizetta.

J*. Fore wing without brown shade beyond

middle of subterminal line populeti.

b^. Hind wing white miniosa.

h^. Fore wing without dentate dark marks before sub-

terminal line.

a?. F'ore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

present,

a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line present.

«■*. F'ore wing whitish suffused with ferruginous, ferrigera..

i*. Fore wing suffused witii red-brown.

a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line pro-

minent, pale.

a°. Fore wing with the postmedial area not

darker than ground-colour stabilis.

h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area

darker than ground-colour stenoptera.

h'". Fore wiug with the subterminal line indis-

tinct.

a^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines not reduced to series of black points, rubrescens.

b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines reduced to series of black points.

a'. Fore wing with the reniform con-

stricted at middle cruda.

b''. Fore wing with the reniform not con-

stricted at middle.

a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line

slightly defined by brown on inner

side fausta.

h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line

not defined by brown on inner side, flaviannula.

c*. Fore wing grey-brown amiuiimacula.

P. Fore wing with the subterminal line absent ... addenda,

b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

absent.

a'. Fore wing fulvous with pale discoidal spot carminata.

b^. Fore wing purjole-red without discoidal spot ... mys.

1737. Monima porosa.

Orthosia ^jorosw, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. p. 186; Herr.-Sehaff. Neue

Schuiett. f. 13 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi

black with white rings. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and in

places suffused with dark brown ; the subbasal line represented by

a black striga from cOsta and a rather triangular spot below cell ;

the antemedial line grev defined by black murks on inner side.

MOiNIMA. 413

oblique and strongly sinuous ; claviform large, filled in with black ;

orbicular and reniform grey with whitish annuli, open above and

below, defined by the cell being black before and between them

and some black between reniform and postmedial line, the orbicular

round ; postmedial line grey, defined by black marks on inner side,

waved, bent outwards below costa, somewhat angled at vein 4,

then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line white, defined by dentate black marks before it below costa

and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at

middle ; cilia chequered brown and grey. Hind wing grey suffused

with brown ; cilia w^hite at tips ; the underside whitish thickly

irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas suii'used with

brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces

of a subterminal line.

Hah. Russia, Sarepta, 2 cJ , 1 2 , Urals ; W. Turkestan, Kirgh-

istan, Issyk-kul. Exp., J 36, $ 40 millim.

*1738. Monima fasciculata. (Plate XC. fig. 12.)

Hadena fascicidata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204 (f894).

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ferruginous brown ; tegulee

tipped with white ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous

whitish, almost entirely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated and

striated with red-brown ; subbasal line dark brown, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; autemedial line oblique, slightly sinuous;

claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,

whitish defined by black, the former rounded, open above and

below, the latter open above and with brown centre with pale

striga on it, a red-brown shade between them ; an indistinct,

oblique, waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, the area

beyond it from costa to vein 5 red-brown except for the pale line

which defines it ; subterminal line ochreous white, nearly straight

and slightly diffused, some black marks on inner side below costa

and above inner margin and both before and beyond it above and

below vein 5 ; termen whitish with a crenulate black line. Hind

wing brown tinged with ferruginous, the termen whitish, the cilia

ferruginous ; the underside reddish white irrorated with dark

brown, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and patch on

termen near tornus.

Ilab. SiKHiM (Knyvett), type f 5 iii tJoU- l>lwc8. Eay. 54

millim.

1739. Monima gothica.

Noctua gothica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 516 (17.')8) ; Clerek, Iconps, pi. i.

f. 1 ; Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 76. ff. 1, 2 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 80, pi. 61.

f. 2; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 138: Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 201.

414

NOCTUID^.

Noctua mm-atrum, SchifF. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 112.

Orthosia goihiciiia, Hern-SohaflF. Schmett, Eur. ii. p. 196, Noct. fiP. 125, 126

(1845).

Tmniocampa askoldensis, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 496 (1892).

Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi

brown at sides ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous with

some grey below. Fore wing greyish almost entirely suffused with

purplish red-brown ; snbbasal line only represented by black striae

from costa and cell; antcmodial line oblitjue, waved, defined by

greyish on inner side ; claviform only defined by a black fascia from

^^iM U

Fig. 113. — Monima (jiilhica, J. \.

its extremity to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with

whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the cell

before and between them and below the orbicular filled in -with

black ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely

waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line grey defined bv

brown on inner side, forming small dentate marks at middle, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous brown ;

the cilia paler; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dis-

coidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. asholdnisis. More violaceous grey. — Amur ; Japan.

Ab. 2. ijothicina. jfore wing with the black markings absent,

the cell filled in with olive-brown. — Scotland: Scandinavia; Finland;

Tarbagatai Mts.

Hah. Britain, Scotland, Forres {Salvage), England (DouUedaj/),

N. Wales (Salvage) ; France ; Germany, Zeller Coll., Switzerland,

Frey Coll. ; N. Spain ; JNT, and Cenxr. Italy, Leech Coll. ;

Scandinavia; Finland, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Russia, Livonia,

St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals; S'.E. Turkey, Leech Coll.;

\V. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts. ; W. Siberia, Altai ; Amurland,

Ussuri; Japan, Gifu (Prger), 2 $ . E.vp. 36-40 millim.

Larva. Meyrick, Brit. Lep. p. 75; Barrett, Lcp. Brit. v. p. 189, pis. 207 &

208. f. 8.

Light green with numerous pale yellow dots ; dorsal and subdorsal

lines pale yellowish or whitish ; spiracular line very broad, whitish,

dark -edged above ; head light green. Food-plants : Oak, Saliiv,

hawthorn, etc. 5-7.

MOMMA, 415

1740. Monima castaneipennis. (Plate XC. fig. 13.)

Semiophora ca&taneipemiis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 206 (1894).

S . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hair slightly tipped with

grey ; sides of palpi and frons rather darker ; tibiae with dark

brown bands ; abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft and ventral

surface bright rufous. Fore wing bright rufous striated with

fuscous ; subbasal line fuscous, slightly waved, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line indistinct, waved, oblique from costa

to median ncrvure, defined by fuscous on inner side ; orbicular and

reniform moderate, irrorated with fuscous and with pale annuli,

the former oblique elliptical, the latter ill-defined on outer side,

the cell before and between them deep chestnut ; an oblique shade

of fuscous striation from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line

indistinct, grey, waved, with fuscous striation between it and sub-

terminal line, to which it is closely approximated, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line defined by dark

red-brown marks on inner side, slightly excurved at vein 6 ; a

terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing greyish sufli'used

with brown and with a reddish tinge, the cilia pale rufous ; the

underside whitish irrorated with red-brown ; a discoidal point and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Kashmie, Narkundah {McArthur), 1 J type. Exp. 42

millim.

1741. Monima ferrosticta. (Plate XC. fig. 14.)

Semiophora ferrosticta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205 (1894).

S . Head and thorax grey-white, slightly mixed with pale

brown and dorsally tinged with ochreous ; palpi at sides, a bar

across frons, and guloe dark brown ; fore legs dark brown on inner

side ; abdomen fulvous brown, the base and ventral surface grey,

the genital tufts white. Fore wing pale grey sparsely irrorated

with brown ; subbasal line represented by a dark point in cell ;

antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then slightly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular represented by a

slightly curved, elongate, reddish-brown mark with yellowish

edges ; reniform large, indistinctly defined by yellowish and with

a curved brown mark below it ; a diftused medial fuscous

shade angled at median nervure ; postmedial line indistinct,

dentate, with more ])rominent points at the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal

line represented by a series of small dark brown and fulvous

spots, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle,

the area beyond it tinged with fuscous ; a terminal series of

dark points. Hind wing grey tinged with brown; the cilia

whitish ; the underside whitish sparsely irrorated with brown, a dark

41(J

KOCTUID.E.

discoidal luAule and sinuous postmedial line with dark striae at the

veins.

Hah. Kashmir, JN'arkundah (McArtJmr), 1 J" type. ^.rj9. 42

miUim.

] 742. Monima mnnda.

Mcf.ua mun da, SchiflT. Wien. Verz. p. 76 (1776) ; Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 52.

f. 6; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 166; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust.

ii. p. 141 ; Stand. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 202.

Noctua gemina, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 705 (1792).

Bombyx gcminatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 121 (1803).

Bombi/x himacidatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 121 (1803).

Noctua lota, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. p. Ill, pi. 80. f. 3 (1826).

Tmniocampa immaculata, Staud. Cat. p. 114 (1871).

Head and thorax pale rufous to brownish grey ; sides of palpi

and Irons black-brown; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing

pale red-brown to olive-grey, more or less striated with dark brown

and irroratcd with black ; traces of a waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold and of an oblique, waved autemedial line ;

orbicular and reniform large with pale annuli, the former round,

the latter sometimes with some fuscous in its lower part; sub-

terminal line pale, slightly angled outwai'ds at vein 7 and exeurved

at middle, with small black spots on its inner side above and below

vein 5, a point below costa and two above inner margin ; a

terminal series of minute points. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with fuscous brown ; cilia pale, with a brown line through them ;

the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

lunule and postmedial series of strife on the veins.

Ab. 1. immacnlatu. Fore wing without black spots on the

subterminal line.

Ilnb. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller

and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ;

llussiA, Leech Coll. ; Amurland, Ussuri ; Japan, Kiushiu, 1 c? ,

Yokohama {Jonas, Pnjer, Ilanley), 1 c? , 5 $ . Exp. 40-50

millim.

Lai'va. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 217, pi. 212. f. 2.

Pale ochreous, much marked with brown ; tubercular dots white;

dorsal line pale, edged with brown ; spiracular line pale, marked

with white on somites 4-7 or part of them, edged above by a dark

brown or blackish stripe ; hinder edge of somite 12 pale preceded

by dark spots ; head marked with brown or black. Food-plants :

Oak, birch, poplar, etc. 5-6.

1743. Monima lizetta.

Orthosia lizetta. But). A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 167 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B. M.

ii. p. 30, pi. 30. f. 8.

Grey with an olive tinge to pale reddish ; sides of palpi and

frons black. Fore wing with more or less brown irroration ;

traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line represented by points on the veins, costa, and inner

MomMA. 417

margin ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct pale outlines, the

former round or oblique elliptical, often with a black point on

inner side, the latter with its lower part filled in with black ;

traces of a medial shade sometimes present ; postmedial line re-

presented by a series of black points on the veins, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line prominent, ochreous

de6ned by red-brown on inner side, with some fuscous before it at

costa and discal fold, and a large diffused patch on outer side

below apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly incurved below

vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

white suffused with fuscous ; the cilia pale ; the underside whitish

slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and puncti-

form sinuous postmedial lino.

Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Jonas, Pryer), 6 cj' , 6 5 , type, Kiushiu,

2 <5 . Exp. 40 millim.

1744. Moninia populeti.

Bombyx 'poptileti, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 476 (1793) ; Dap. Lep. Fr. Suppl.

iii.'p. 311, pi. 29. f. 1 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 202, Noct.

f. 1U9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.

Bomhi/x suhplumhea, Haw. Lep. Erit. p. 242 (1809).

Orthosia intermedia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 140 (1829).

NoctiM ocularis, Frey. Beitr. i. p. 1G8, pi. 95. f. 2 (1833).

Orthosia gracilis, Stepb. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 141 (nee Schiff.).

TcBniocampa tremuleti, Tetens, Verb. Ver. Hanib. ii. p. 161 (1876).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; abdomen ochreous

brown. Fore wing leaden grey, often more or less suffused with

fuscous and sometimes with a reddish tinge on medial area ; an

indistinct subbasal line from costa to subraedian fold ; anteraedial

line rather indistinct, waved, excurved in submediau interspace ;

orbicular and reniform large, with fuscous centres and pale annuli,

the former round, the latter with some rufous suffusion round it ;

an indistinct medial shade excurved at middle ; postmedial line

indistinct, dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved

and angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line whitish, more or

less broken up into striae, defined on inner side by a series of rufous

or sometimes black sfjots, angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved

below vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey

suffused with fuscous brown, the underside whitish strongly irro-

rated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial

line.

Hah. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England {Douhledaij) ;

France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey

Coll. ; Scandinavia ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals. Ea;^).

36-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 204, pi. 210. f. 1.

Pale green or greenish white ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular

lines whitish ; head pale greenish ochreous, more or less marked

with black ; pupa between joined leaves. Food-plants : Poplar,

aspen. 5-6.

VOL. V. 2 E

418 TroCTflD.K.

1745. Monima miniosa.

Noctiia miniosa, Scbiff. Wien. Verz. p. 88 (1770); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 174; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 138, pi. 81. f. 6; Steph. 111. Brit.

Eut., Haust. ii. p. 144 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.

Bombyx rubricosa, Esp. Schmett. ii;. pi. 7o. if. 3, 4 (nee Fabr.).

Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen ochreous white, the anal

tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing ])ale yellowish, more or less

strongly suffused with rufous, especially on medial area betAveen

subcostal nervure and vein 1, and slightly irrorated with black ;

traces of a pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an

indistinct, oblique, waved antemedial line defined by pale colour

on inner side ; claviform sometimes faintly defined by reddish ;

orbicular and reniform with greyish centres defined by rufous and

pale anuuli defined by rufous, the former round ; postmedial line

minutely dentate and defined by pale yellowish on outer side,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal

line represented by a series of yellowish spots defined on inner side

by somewhat dentate rufous marks, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of dark points ;

cilia tinged with pink. Hind wing white ; the veins towards

termen irrorated with pinkish ; a pinkish terminal line ; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with pink and black, a black

discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. Britain-, Leech Coll. ; Fkance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller

and Frey Colls. ; Corsica ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia ; Bulgaria ;

Asia Minor, Pontus, Lydia. Exj). 3(5 millira.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 194, pi. 208. f. 2.

Blue-grey to pale pinkish brown, reticulated with black ; dorsal

line yellow, irregular, edged by a series of black spots followed

by another of black points ; subdorsal line yellow, sometimes

obsolete ; spiracular line broad, yellow, dotted with black, edged

above by black spots ; head marked with black. Food-plants : Oak,

hawthorn, rose, etc. 5-6.

1746. Monima ferrigera. (Plate XC. fig. 15.)

TcBiiiocampa ferriqera. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 78, pi. v. f. 6

(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 166.

2 . Head and thorax whitish mixed with ferruginous ; antennae

white at base ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with ferruginous, the veins

irrorated with black scales ; the costa ferruginous, with short white

streaks at the lines ; the subbasal line represented by slight

ferruginous marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line ferru-

ginous, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform and

orbicular absent ; reniform well developed, with ferruginous centre

and defined by some black scales ; medial line arising from a small

triangular ferruginous patch on costa, then slightly curved ; post-

MONIJIA. 419

medial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterniinal line only defined by ferru-

ginous suffusion on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a waved dark terminal line. Hind

wing pinkish white, irrorated with fuscous ; the underside with

black discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and terminal

series of points.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Victoria, 1 $ ; U.S.A., Oregon,

Corvallis, 1 $ . Exji. 40 millim.

1747. Monima staMlis.

Noctua stabilis, ScbifF. Wien. Verz. p. 7t> (ITTO) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sebirett.,

Noct. f. 171 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. ^i. pi. 81. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat.,

Haust. ii. p. 143; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.

Noctua cerasi, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 219 (1781).

Bomhyx obliqua, De Vill. Ent. Linn. ii. p. 189, pi. 5. f. 7 (1789;.

Bomhyx junctue, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 123 (1803).

yovtua pallida, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 242 (1809).

Is'octua ruj'annulata. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 243 (1809).

Grey-brown to red-brown ; head and thorax often irrorated with

grey ; sides of palpi and frons black. Fore wing more or less

strongly irrorated with grey and black ; an indistinct, somewhat

waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, often with a

black point beyond it in cell ; an indistinct, oblique, waved ante-

medial line ; claviform sometimes traceable and defined by whitish

above; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former

round, the latter with some black in lower part ; a medial shade

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; post-

medial line more or less indistinct, minutely dentate and produced

to points on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then in-

curved ; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined by brown on

inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at

vein 3 ; the veins of terminal area streaked with white ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale

reddish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal spot and punctiform postmedial line.

Ab. 1. juncta. Fore wing with the orbicular confluent with the

reniform.

Nab. Britain, Leech Coll., N. Wales (Salvage) ; France, Sand

Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Russia ;

Asia Minor, Pontus ; Syria, Lebanon (Pratt), 1 2 , Mardin. Exp.

34-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 202, pi. 209. f. 2.

Green, with numerous yellowish-white dots ; dorsal, subdorsal,

and spiracular lines yellowish white, sometimes very indistinct ;

Ist somite in front and anal somite behind yellowish white ; head

green, sometimes with black dots. Food-plants: Elm, oak, aSV/Zmt,

etc, 5-7.

2n-J

420 noctuid.t;.

*1748. Monima stenoptera.

Taniocampa stenoptera, Staud. Rom. Mem. -vi. p. 497, pi. ix. f. 6 (1892) ;

id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.

S . Head and thorax pale red-brown, abdomen paler. Fore

■wing pale red-brown, the ])Ostmedial area tinged with fuscous ;

antemedial line yellowish, slightly incurved from eosta to median

uervure, then slightly excurved ; orbicular and reniform defined by

yellowish, rather narrow, the former oblique elliptical ; a dark

medial shade, ditFused from eosta to median nervure, then oblique ;

a yellowish postmedial line outwardly oblique from eosta to vein 7,

then inwardly oblique, some pale points beyond it on eosta ;

subterminal line yellowish, oblique, slightly incurved ; the veins of

terminal area yellowish. Hind wing brownish ochreous.

JJab. Amxjeland, Ussuri. E.i'2j. 38 miUim. This species is

unknown to me.

1749. Monima rubrescens. (Plate XC. fig. 16.)

Apamea rubrescens, W\k. xxxii. 671 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 206.

Taniocampa venata, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 123 (1890).

S . Head and thorax pale rufous with a yellowish tinge ; palpi

blackish at sides ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with reddish brown.

Fore wing reddish ochreous, thickly striated with rufous, the

medial area suffused with rufous ; the subbasal line represented by

a curved series of three black points, below eosta and in and below

cell ; antemedial line obsolete ; orbicular and reniform well de-

veloped and with ochreous annuli, the former round with ochreous

centre striated with rufous, the latter filled in with fuscous ; the

postmedial line represented by a series of short}, very indistinct

whitish and black streaks on the veins ; subterminal line hardly

traceable, ochreous ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind

wing ochreous, evenly sulfused with fuscous brown ; the cilia

ochreous ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a

discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins and some

points on termen.

Hah. Canada (Pettit), 2 S; U.S.A., iS'ew Hampshire (Kemp),

1 $ , New York, Pennsylvania (Kemp), 1 S - Exp. 44 millim.

1750. Monima cruda.

Korfna cnnJa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776); Kleem. Beitr. Ins. Ges. i.

pi. 46 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 144.

Noctva pvlverulrnta, Esp. Scbmett. iii. pi. 76. ff. 5, 6 (1786); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 2(tl.

Bomln/.v nanii.% Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 244 (1809).

Nocliia pv^ilh, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 244 (1809).

Noctva amhiqvn, Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 173 (1827) ; Dup. Lep Fr

vi. p. 61, pi. 76. f. 3.

Head and thorax grey, more or less strongly tinged with

31 ON IMA. 421

purplish red ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen grey-brown, the

anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-brown, more or less

strongly tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with black ; the

subbasal line represented by black points on costa and in and below

cell, the antemedial line by points on costa, veins, and inner

margin ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and pale

annuli, the former small, round, the latter constricted at middle ;

postmedial line represented by a curved series of points on the

veins ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by

very obscure brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

pale, irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a discoidal spot and postmedial series of points on the

veins.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller Coll.;

Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; N. Spain ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia :

Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus. Exp. 28-32 millim.

Larva. Mevr. Brit. Lep. p. 74 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit v. p. 197, pi. 209. f. 1.

Green or brown with pale yellowish dots ; dorsal and subdorsal

lines pale yellow or whitish ; spiracular line yellow, often spotted

with reddish ; posterior edge of anal somite yellowish or whitish ;

head sometimes marked with white or black. Food-plants : Oak,

hawthorn, SalLv, etc. 5-6.

1751. Monima faiista.

Orthosia fausta, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 513, pi. 50. f. 2.

Grey-brown to ochreous brown or dull red-brown ; sides of palpi

and frons blackish ; tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen fuscous brown.

Fore wing more or less strongly irrorated with brown; an indistinct

waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with a black

point beyond it in cell and often another above vein 1 ; antemedial

line represented by black points on costa, submedian and median

nervures, vein 1 and inner margin, sometimes traceable as a waved

line; orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli, the former

round ; traces of an oblique medial shade sometimes present

from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line represented by a series

of dark points on tlie veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, (hen

oblique ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by somewhat

])unctiform brown marks on inner side, or almost obsolete, slightly

incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a tcrmmal series of dark

points, the termen crenulate. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

ochreous with a brown line through them ; the underside i)ale,

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and rather puuctlform

sinuous })ostmedial line.

Hub. Japan, Yezo (Fryer), 1 c? , Yokohama {Pryer), 3 J, 3 ?,

type. Exp. 3G-40 millim.

422 TiocTViifX.

1752. Monima flaviannula. (Plate XC. fig. 17.)

T(sniocampa flaviannula. Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. Tii. p. 225 (1899);

Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. Ifi6.

d* . Head and thorax reddish brown, the hairs tipped with grej',

the metathoracic tuft darker, tipped with grej- ; abdomen ochreous

■whitish mixed with dark brown, the anal tuft reddish. Fore wing

rufous, slightly irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial, medial, and

postmedial lines marked by dark points on costa ; traces of a pale

excurved portion of the antemedial line belovA- the cell ; reniform

darker rufous defined by yellowish ; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, slightly defined by fuscous on inner side towards costa, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing pinkish

white, thickly irrorated with dark brown ; the underside paler, with

dark discoidal spot and postmedial series of striae on the veins.

Hah. CoLORAiK), Glenwood Springs {Barnes), 4 S • Exp.

44 millim.

1753. Monima annnlimacula. (Plate XC. fig. 18.)

Tceniocampa antmlimacida, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xyiii. p. 117

(1891) ; id. Cat, Noct. N. Am. p. 204.

S . Head and thorax pale fawn-brown ; sides of palpi and frons

blackish ; legs irrorated with black ; abdomen grey-brown, with

the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing greyish fawn with slight dark

iiToration ; the costal edge reddish ; subbasal line obsolete ; ante-

medial line indistinct, waved, with dark points at the veins, nearly

erect, or almost obsolete ; orbicular moderate, round, witli indistinct

yellowish annulus or obsolete ; reniform with more distinct

yellowish annulus defined on inner side by blackish scales ; a slight

indistinct medial line excurved from costa to below cell ; post-

medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined by black scales on

inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

series of black points just before termen. Hind wing whitish,

tinged with pink and irrorated with fuscous ; a discoidal lunula

and fine waved terminal line ; the underside with the discoidal

lunule more prominent and traces of a series of postmedial points

on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 S • Exp. 48 millim,

*1754, Monima addenda. (Plate XC. fig. 19.)

TtBiiiocampa addenda, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 122 (1820); id. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 204.

cJ . Head and thorax grey, mixed with dark brown and tinged

with crimson ; palpi blackish at tips ; frons rufous, with two

blackish patches at sides : abdomen brownish grey, the aual tuft

MONIMA. 423

tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused with pale yellow-

brown : subbasal line represented by groups of black scales below

costa and cell ; an oblique, diffused, minutely waved antemedial line

emitting short streaks on inner side on the veins ; medial area

irrorated with black except towards costa ; orbicular and reniform

small, with very indistinct black outlines, the former round, the

latter a narrow lunule ; postmedial line diffused, emitting short

black streaks on the veins, excurvcd from costa to vein 4, then

incurved, and at inner margin approximated to antemedial line.

Hind wing brown suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot.

$ . Head and thorax entirely suffused with crimson-red; abdomen

ochreous brown. Fore wing entirely suffused with crimson-red ;

the line absent, the medial area not irrorated with black ; orbicular

and reniform filled in with fuscous. Hind wing tinged with red,

the cilia red.

Hah. U.S.A., California, in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 36 millim.

*1755. Monima carminata. (Plate XC. fig. 20.)

Tceniocampa carminata, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 121 (1890); id. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 202.

S . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown to fulvous, strongly

tinged with purple ; abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing pale

greyish ochreous to fulvous, the veins suffused with purplish pink ;

no other markings except a pale, very ill-defiued discoidal spot

representing the reniform. Hind wing fuscous with a yellowish

tinge ; the cilia yellow ; the underside pale suffused with brown,

the veins and a terminal line brown.

Rah. U.S.A., Colorado, in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 36-40 millim.

*1756. Monima mys. (Plate XC. fig. 21.)

Stretchia mys, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168 (1902) ; id. Proc. Ent. Soc.

Wash. V. p. 294 (1903).

6 • Head and thorax dark ])urple-brown ; antennae paler; abdo-

men pale suffused with purplish red. Fore wing dark purple-brown

with slight greyish irroration ; the markings obsolete. Hind wing

whitish tinged with purjdish red, especially towards margins.

Ilah. U.S.A., California. Exp. 42 millim. This species is

unknown to mo ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S.

Nat. Mus.

Sect. III. Antennae of male strongly serrate and fasciculai.o,

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled inwards in

discal fold.

a. Fore wing red-brown without black patch beyond lower

angle of cell odiosa.

h. Fore wing grey with black pat,ch beyond lower angle

of cell rngrorevaJis.

424 NOCTUID^.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled inwards

in discal fold.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a

series of small black spots arthrolita,

b. Fore wing with the subterminal line pale.

a^. Fore wing with series of small black or red-brown

spots beyond subterminal line revicta.

b^. Fore wing with more or less prominent small den-

tate black or brown marks before subterminal line.

a'. Fore wing with small dentate black mark before

subterminal line in subiiiedian interspace garmani.

i^. Fore wing without small dentate black mark before

subterminal line in submedian interspace incerta.

c'. Fore wing witiiout small dentate marks before sub-

terminal line.

a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined by

brown on inner side.

a^. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line hardly

excurved at middle.

«'. Fore wing with slight dark irroration.

a". Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-

grey opima.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour

rufous paromcea.

b^. Fore wing with prominent dark striation. . pacijica.

b*. Fore wing with the subterminal line distinctly

excurved at middle.

«'. Fore wing with the postraedial line cori-

tinuous alurina.

6*. Fore wing with the postmedial line reduced

to a series of points alia.

6^. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous gracilis.

b"^. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined by

brown on outer side cinnamomea.

1757. Monima odiosa.

Agrotis odiosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 162 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B. M.

iii. p. 14, pi. 44. f. 8.

Head and thorax bright red-brown, sometimes with a purplish

tinge ; palpi black at sides ; abdomen ochreous, irrorated with

brown and tinged with red. Fore wing bright chestnut to purplish

brown sparsely irrorated with white, traces of a w^aved whitish

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct oblique

waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform large, rather

darker than ground-colour and with fine whitish annuli, the former

round ; an indistinct medial shade oblique from costa to median

ncrvure, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct and slightly

defined by grey on outer side, dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at discal

and submedian folds, defined by grey on outer side, strongly at the

folds ; termen crenulate. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with

brown to fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale red

JIONIMA, 425

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and traces of a sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Jatan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pnjer), 5 c? , 3 $ , type, Kiushiu,

1 $ . Exj). 44 millim,

*1758. Monima nigrorenalis. (Plate XC. fig. 22.)

Leucania nigrorenalis, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 277 (1894).

2 . Head and thorax pale grey mixed with dark grey ; palpi and

frons at sides and antennoe blackish ; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen red-brown, fore wing whitish, slightly tinged with pale

red-brown and irrorated and striated with blackish ; subbasal line

represented by slight black striae from costa and cell ; traces of a

nearly straight antcmedial line, with a small black spot beyond it

on inner margin ; orbicular represented by a small round black

spot ; reniform a rather narrow black lunule, its lower part con-

nected by diffused black between veins 2 and 4 with the subterminal

line ; a prominent medial black bar from cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique and nearly obsolete below vein 4 ; subterminal

line whitish, rather ill-detined, excurved at vein 7 and middle, some

terminal black points; cilia white at base. Hind wing pale suffused

with reddish brown ; cilia whitish at base ; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial

line, and some points on termen.

Hah. SiKHiM (A'H7/i'e^0» type t $ in Coll. Elwes. Elrp. 42 millim .

1759. Monima arthrolita. (Plate XC. fig. 23.)

Graphiphora arthrolita, Harv. Bull. Buff. So c. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 27^ (1874)

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 204.

Head and thorax pale fulvous brown ; palpi blackish at sides ;

abdomen pale brown, irrorated and dorsally suffused with fuscous.

Fore wing pale fulvous brown irrorated with fuscous ; a small tuft

of black scales at base ; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line

indistinct, oblique from costa to median nervure, then erect and

shghtly waved ; orbicular and reniform with very indistinct

yellowish annuli, chiefly defined by the quadaate fuscous patch

between them, tlie former round ; a medial shade oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, incurved in subraedian interspace ;

postmedial line remote from cell, crenulatc, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then obliiiue and with traces of another

line on its inner side ; subterminal line represented by a curved

scries of small black spots in the interspaces, somewhat incurved

towards inner margin ; a terminal series of small black spots.

Hind wing fuscous brown, with a yellowish tinge ; cilia pale ; the

underside whitish tinged with pink and slightly irrorated with

brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1^,1$, tyjie. E.rp.,

J 4U, 2 44 millim.

426

NOCTUIDJE.

1760. Monima revicta. (Plate XC. fig. 24.)

TcBuiocavipa revicta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 241 (187'))

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. 206.

Tceniocampa sub'.erminata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mu.s. x. p. 47('> (1887);

id. Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 200.

Pale bluish or yellowish grey to deep red-brown ; head and

thorax irrorated with rufous ; palpi bright rufous ; tibiae and tarsi

rufous ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the anal tuft fulvous.

Fore wing irrorated with brown in the pale specimens, with white

in the rufous ones ; subbasal line rufous, defined by white on outer

side, curved from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial hne rather

indistinct, defined by white on inner side, oblique, waved; claviforra

with its extremity slightly defined by rufous ; orbicular and reni-

form large, with whitish annuli defined by rufous, the former erect

elliptical, the latter filled in with fuscous ; a medial shade oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial

lino indistinct, whitish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, produced to a series of black and white points

on the veins from vein 6 to inner naargin ; subterminal line Avhite

or pale yellowish, defined on outer side from vein 7 to inner margin

by a series of rufous or typically black spots, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing whitish irrorated with pale brown, the veins and

terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a discoidal luuule and postmedial series of short streaks

on the veins.

Hah. Canada, Calgary ( Tro%-X>ofO, 1 J , 1 2 ; U.S.A., Maine,

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Abington (Bates), 2 2 ? New York,

Centre {Bailey), 2 § , Illinois. Exp. 44 millim.

1761. Monima garmani. (Plate XC. fig. 25.)

Graphiphora garmani, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 28 (1879) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 206.

cJ . Head and thorax dull reddish brown, the hairs tipped with

grey ; abdomen yellowish brown mixed with dark brown. Fore

wing pale reddish suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line

obsolete ; faint traces of a double, waved antemedial line ; claviform

represented by some black scales at its extremity ; orbicular rather

elongate clli])tical, defined by black except above ; I'eniform defined

by black on inner side ; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved; subterminal

line very indistinct, defined by a series of black spots on inner side

from vein 7 to inner margin, obsolescent above and below vein 5.

Hind wing ochreous white irrorated with brown ; the underside

with black discoidal point.

Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, 1 c^ type, Iowa. Exft. 40 millim.

427

1762. Monima incerta.

Noctua incerta, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 298 (1757) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 201.

JS'ocfua instahili.% Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 76 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pi. 151. f. 3 ; Hubu. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 165 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 130,

pi. 81. f. 3 ; Steph. III. Brit. Eiit., Haust. ii. p. 140.

Noctua trigatta, Esp. Scbuiett. iv. pi. 147. f. 4 (1790).

Noctua contracta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 151. f. 2 (1790).

Noctua collinita, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 152. f. 6 (1790).

Bomhyx nehidosns, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 120 (1803).

Bomhyx subsetaccus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 120 (1803).

Bomhyx fiiscatiis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 122 (1803).

Bombyx angustus. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 122 (1803).

Tani'ocampa evanida, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 362 (1879).

Tceniocampa pallida, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 72.

TcBniocampa ■pallida. Stand. Stett. eut. Zeit. 1888, p. 32.

Taniocarapa pallidior, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201 (1901).

Head and thorax rufous more or less strougly mixed with grey ;

palpi black at sides ; abdomen grey irrorated Avith brown, the anal

tuft and ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore Aving grey,

thickly irrorated and striated Avith brown and more or less strongly

suffused with rufous ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold, followed by a dark point in cell ; antemedial line

indistinct, slightly sinuous ; orbicular and reniform large, with

whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower

part filled in with fuscous ; an ill-defined medial shade oblique from

Fig. 114. — Monima incerta, (^ . \.

costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct,

dentate or reduced to a series of minute dark striae on the veins,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subtcrminal lino

whitish, defined by brown on inner side, forming somewluit dentate

marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved

at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish,

suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown, especially on terminal

area ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

spot and postmedial series of points on the veins.

Ab. 1. fuscata. Fore Aving almost uniform fuscous.

Ab. 2. liallvlci. Fore A\'ing paler and greyer.

Ab. 3. palUdior. Much paler : fore wing grey-Avhitc ; hind wing

whitish.

428 NOCTUID^.

Ab. 4, evanida. Like palUdior but larger, tbe subterminal line

strongly defined by rufous,

Hab. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;

France, Sand Coll. ; German?, Zcller Coll. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ;

Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia,

Livonia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor,

Pontus ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ferghana,

Issyk-Kul ; E. Siberia ; Japan, Yesso {Pryer), 1 S , Yokohama

(Jonas, Pryer), 6 c? , 1 $ , type evanida, Kiushiu, 1 c? , 1 $ ;

Punjab, Simla (Nurse), 1 $ . Exjj. 40-50 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 72 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 213, pis. 211, 212.

f. 1.

Green, with numerous yellowish or whitish dots ; dorsal and

spiracular lines pale yellow or whitish ; subdorsal line formed of

pale dots ; head green. Food-plants : Oak, poplar, hawthorn,

etc. 5-7.

1763. Monima opima.

Noctua opima, Hubn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 424 (1827) ; Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 201.

Noctua firma, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 676, 677 (1827).

TcBniocampa medioliigcns, Schultz, lUustr. Zeit. Eut. v. p. 349 (1900).

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi brown

or blackish at sides ; abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown.

Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the medial area suffused

with red-brown ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga

from costa ; the antemedial line indistinct, erect, waved ; claviform

sometimes slightly defined by wliitish ; orbicular and reniform

large, with grey centres irrorated with brown and whitish annuli,

the former rounded ; xwstmedial line defined by whitish on outer

side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish,

defined by red-brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then

nearly straight or slightly excurved at middle ; a series of dark

points just before termen ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing

whitish irrorated with brown ; the underside tinged with pink, a

discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line,

Ab. 1. Greyer; fore wing without rufous suff"usion on medial

area, but with an indistinct medial shade.

Ab. 2. Wholly suffused with fuscous brown with a reddish

tinge.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll, ; Germany, Zeller

Coll, ; Austria, Carniola, Zeller Coll, ; Switzerland, Frey Coll, ;

Scandinavia; IIussia, Leech Coll., Urals; W. Siberia, Altai, Zeller

Coll. ; W, Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ex'p. 36-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 , Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 208, pi. 210. f. 2.

Dull olive-green to red-brown with darker freckles ; dorsal and

subdorsal lines paler ; spiracular line yellow or yellowish green,

dark-margined above ; head brownish. Food-plants : Sahx and

PkOse. 5, 6,

JIONIMA. 429

1764. Monima paronicea, n. sp. (Plate XC. fig. 26.)

Semiophora stabilis, Leeeli, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 75 (nee Sehiff.).

Head and thorax pale rufous, sometimes greyish or purplish

brown ; palpi black at sides : abdomen pale grey-brown, the anal

tuft rufous. Fore wing pale rufous to grey-brown or purplish

brown irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct waved subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold, with a point beyond it in cell some-

times present ; antemedial line indistinct, excurved in interspaces,

reduced to points on the veins or obsolete ; orbicular and reniform

large, with whitish annuli, their centres often defined by fuscous,

the former oblique elliptical, sometimes conjoined to latter in-

feriorly; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, reduced to a series of

points on the veins or almost obsolete, excurved from costa to

vein 4, then incurved ; subterrainal line whitish, defined by rufous

or brown on inner side, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of dark points.

Hind wing yellowish white, almost uniformly suffused with fuscous

brown, the cilia pale reddish ; the underside pale irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal spot and punctiform sinuous postmedial

line.

Hab. Japan, Yesso, Yokohama (Jonas, Fryer), 6 cj" , 0 5 , type.

Edjj. 36-40 millim.

1765. Monima paciflca. (Plate XC. fig. 27.)

Teeviocampa pacifica, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. li. p. 120 (1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 20.3.

Head and thorax pale grey-brown, often with a reddish or olive

tinge ; sides of palpi and frons black ; abdomen pale grey-brown

irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing pale ochreous brown, striated

with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, or more or less completely

suffused with purplish or red-brown ; a small tuft of black scales

at base ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa,

a point below cell, and another further irom base in the cell; the

antemedial line represented by a more or less complete series of

black points ; orbicular and reniform large, with indistinct pale

annuli, the former oblique elliptical, very indistinct, the latter with

its lower part filled in with fuscous ; an obscure medial shade,

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; post-

medial lino represented by an indistinct excurved pale part from

costa to vein 6, then by a series of short black streaks on the veins

interrupted by white points and closely approximated to the

subterminal line, which is palo defined by fuscous on inner side,

excurved at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a series

of black points just before tcrmen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing whitish irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; the under-

side with black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some

black points on termen.

Ab. 1. Underside of hind wing with black streak in the cell.

430 KOCTUID^.

Hah. Canada, Vancouver (Danby), 5 c? > 1 ? ; U.S.A., Colorado,

California, Sanzalito, 3 S , type. Exp. 40-44 millim.

Larva. Green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines white, narrow, faint ;

stigmatal line narrow ; a white band on the hump of joint 12.

— H. G. D.

1766. Monirna alurina. (Plate XC. fig. 28.)

Taniocampa alurina, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Eut. Soe. x. p. 47 (1902);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 167.

Head and thorax clothed with brown hair tipped with grey ;

abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey tinged with

reddish brown and irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented

by dark marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line oblique

towards costa, then slightly sinuous; claviform absent; orbicular

with obscurely defined grey annulus, round ; reniform with dark

centre and obscurely defined grey annulus ; a medial shade, in-

curved below angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, somewhat

dentate, obli(]ue from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4 ;

Eubterminal line indistinct, greyish, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle, narrowly defined by brown on inner side and

with a patch before it on costal area; a terminal series of small

black spots. Hind wing grey tinged with pink, the terminal area

suff'used with fuscous ; the underside pinkish white irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, Illinois, Chicago, in Coll. J. B. Smith,

Colorado, Berkeley (Oslar), 1 d . Ex^^. 42 millim.

1767. Monirna alia. (Plate XC. fig. 29.)

Tcenioca7npa alia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 352 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am.

p. 205.

TcBniocam'pa hihisci, Guen. Noct. i. p. 355 (1852).

Orthosia inscicns, Wlk. xi. 746 (1857).

Orthodcs instahilis. Fitch, 3rcl Eep. N.Y. State Agr. Soc. xvi. p. 25

(1859), iiec Schiff.

TcBniocampa coiiflaens, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 159 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; sides of palpi and

frons blackish ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing purplish

grey, suff'used with ferruginous red except on inner area ; subbasal

line very indistinct, greyish, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line indistinct, waved, greyishj slightly defined on each side

by brown ; orbicular and reniform rather large, with grey anuuli,

the former elliptical, erect, the latter with its lower part filled in

with fuscous ; postmedial line greyish, slightly defined on each side

by brown, waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 4, with a slight series of black points on the veins beyond it ;

eubterminal line very indistinct, greyish, slightly defined by brown

on inner side and with distinct dark brown marks before it above

and below vein 5 and in submedian fold ; a terminal series of dark

points. Hind wing pale thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal

MONIMA. 43i

area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal area

tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. hibisci. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

conjoined.

Hab. Canada {Norman), 1 $ , Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 c? , 1 2 _;

U.S.A., 1 2 type, Easteru States to Georgia and West to Mississippi

States, 1 $ (Doicbledatf), type insciens, Missouri. Exp. 44 millim.

Larva. Green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines yellowish white, faint,

broken ; stigmatal line narrow, running above the spiracles except

on joints 2 and 12. — H. G. D.

1768. Monima gracilis.

Noctua gracilis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 7''>(1876); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 168 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 141, pi. 82. f. 1 ; Frey. :N'eu Beitr.iv.

pi. 317 ; Herr.-Sclulff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 383 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 202.

Nociua coUinita, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 152. f. 6 (1796).

Isoctim lepida, Scriba, Bfiitr. Ins. Ges. iii. pi. 18. f. 7 (1793).

Bomlnjx sparms, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 122 (1803) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 143.

Orthosia pallida, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 143 (1829).

Taniocampa cUa, Bull. A. M. N. H. (.5) i. p. 167 (1878).

Taniocampa paUidior, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18S8, p. 32.

TcBiiiocampa riifcscens, Cockerell, Entom. xxii. p. 4 (1889).

Head and thorax grey slightly irrorated with pale brown ; palpi

blackish at sides ; abdomen tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale

yellowish, suffused with grey-white and sparsely irrorated with

black ; subbasal line represented by a dark point ia cell ; traces of

a pale, waved, antemedial line ; claviform sometimes defined by

whitish ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the

former round ; traces of a medial shade sometimes present ; po.st-

medial line represented by a series of black points on the veins,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line

whitish, slightly defined by brown on inner side, slightlj^ excurved

below costa and at middle ; a series of dark points just before

termen ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing whitish irrorated

and suffused with brown, especially on costal and terminal areas ;

cilia white ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and postmedial series

of short striae on the veins.

Ab. 1. rufescens. Head, thorax, and fore wing more or less

strongly tinged with rufous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing suffused with fuscous brown.

Ab, 3. jjallidior. Much paler and greyer.

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany,

Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy; Scandinavia;

Russia, Leech Coll., Livonia ; Armenia ; Amurland, 1 $ , Ussuri ;

Japan, Hakodate, 1 $ , Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 5 (^ , 4 $ , type

ella. Exp. 40-46 millim.

432 NocTurD.^5.

Larva. Meyr. Erit. Lep. p. 73 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 221, pi. 213.

Dull green or pinkish brown.; dorsal and subdorsal lines paler ;

spiracular line pale greenish, rarely pinkish, edged above by dark

grey or black ; head pale brown or greenish. Food-plants : Salix,

Carduus, LysimacJiia, etc. 5-7.

1769. Monima cinnamomea.

Megascma cinnamomea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 352, pi. 38. f. 6;

ilmpsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 277.

2 . Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi at tips and shaft of

antennas above white ; tegulre with bright rufous line before tips

w^hich are white ; abdomen brown. Fore wing whitish tinged

with rufous and irrorated with brown ; subbasal line rufous, defined

by white on outer side, straight from costa to submediau fold ;

antemedial line defined by white on inner side, straight, oblique ;

orbicular large, with slight white annulus defined by rufous,

oblique elliptical : reniform quadrate, defined at sides by white

and rufous ; an indistinct dark medial line ; postmedial line rufous,

defined by white on outer side, straight, oblicjue ; subterminal line

defined by white on inner side, straight, oblique, the area beyond

it somewhat darker ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing

pale fuscous tinged with pinkish and irrorated with brown, the

termen and cilia pale rufous ; the underside with discoidal lunule

and curved postmedial line.

Hah. SiEHiM, 7600 feet {Dudgeon) , 1 $ . Exp. 46 millim.

Genus PALPONIMA, nov.

Type, P. ortJiosioidcs.

Probo-scis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint extending

about the length of head and fringed with long hair below, the 3rd joint long

and dilated at extremity ; frons with roughened truncate conical prominence ;

eyes large, rounded ; antennas of male bipectinate, with long branches to apex,

of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, tlie latter witii

triangular ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibire moderately hairy ; abdomen with

dorsal crest on 1st segment only. Fore wing narrow, the apex rectangular,

the ternien nearly straight to vein 3, then oblique ; veins 3 and 5 (roni

near angle of cell ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10, anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

1770. Palponima orthosioides.

Scmiophora orthosioides, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 56, pi. 128. f. 1 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205.

Head and thorax dark browm mixed with grey ; palpi whitish at

tips ; tegulse with black line just before the tips, which are whitish ;

abdomen ochreous grey with some dark irroration. Fore wing

pale grey-brown to dark grey-brown with fuscous irroration ;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line

PALPONIMA. — CLAVrPALPULA. 433

double, nearly even, slightly curved and oblique ; orbicular and

reniform moderate, with blackish centres and pale brown annuli

defined by black ; medial line excurved from costa to median

uervure; postmedial line more or less distinct, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with a series of

short black streaks on the veins beyond it interrupted by white

points ; some pale points on costa before the subterminal line,

Fig. 115. — Palponi/iia orlhosioides, (^ . \. (From Moths Inch vol. ii.)

which is whitish tinged with rufous and very slightly and evenly

curved ; a terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the underside greyer irrorated with fuscous, a

black discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Much paler and greyer ; fore wing with a series of black

spots before the subterminal line and somewhat dentate at middle.

— Simla.

Hah. Punjab, Mandi (HocJcing), 3 c5" , 5 $ , type, Simla (Nurse),

1 $ . Ex2). 32 millim.

Genus CLAVIPALPULA.

Type.

Clavipalpula, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 499 (1892) auraria.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned and

fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long, porrect, and somewhat dilated at

extremity ; frons smooth ; antennae of male strongly ciliated ; head and thorax

clothed with hair only and without distinct crests ; tibiaj moderately hairy ;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with the termen crenulate and

obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

witii veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

1771. Clavipalpula aurarisB.

Tcsniocampa aurarice, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 76, pi. iii. f. 6 (1880) ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201.

2 . Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, especially on

tegulse ; sides of palpi and frons dark brown ; abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with red-brown, the medial

area red-brown except inner margin ; a small black spot below

base of cell, with the subbasal line just beyond it represented by

obli(iuc black striae from costa and cell ; anteraedial line indistinctly

double, very oblique, sinuous and incurved to inner margin ;

median uervure and veins 3, 4 streaked with whitish ; orbicular

VOL. v. 2 i"

434 xocTuiDi.

and reniform large, whitish, the former concave towards base,

open above and below and tinged with brown above, the latter

with its centre tinged with rufous, constricted at middle ; post-

medial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and sinuous; sub-

terminal line almost obsolete, waved, pale, with a series of brown

Fig. 116. — Clavipaljnda aitraricB, $. \.

points on it and defined by brown on inner side at costa ; a

terminal series of slight dark points and a fine pale line at base of

cilia. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown towards

termen ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot.

Hah. Amurland ; Japan, Yezo, Hakodate (Pryer), 2 cJ . JSa^.

40 millim.

Genus PERIGONICA.

Type.

Perignnica, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 123 (1890) angulata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi .short, porrect, fringed with hair ; fron.s

smooth, with small corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; head and

thorax clothed with long fine hair, a ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibite fringed

with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment and lateral tufts of

hair. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen

excised below it; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastoming with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. 1. Antennas of male bipectinate, with moderate branches.

A. Fore wing slightly irrorated with fuscous fulmvians.

B. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous ierfia.

1772. Perigonica fulminans.

Perigonicafulminayis, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 124 (1890); id. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 209.

Head and thorax clothed with pale rufous hair; palpi irrorated

with black ; frons black at sides ; pectus black and white in front ;

legs whitish irrorated with black ; abdomen white irrorated with

black, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing pale rufous,

the markings hardly visible or quite obsolete ; subbasal line fuscous,

double ; antemedial line single, curved ; orbicular moderate, with

very faint pale annulus ; reniform nan-ow, constricted at middle,

PERISONICA. 435

with pale annulus, the lower part darkened by the medial shade,

which is oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line

double, the outer line reduced to points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

Fig. 117. — Perigonica fulminans, (^ . \.

line distinct, whitish, incurved below vein 4. Hind wing white,

slightly tinged with rufous on marginal areas ; the underside with

the marginal areas irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal

point.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 S , Arizona, Prescott (Oslar), 1 J , 1 $ .

Exjy. 42 millim.

1773. Perigonica tertia. (Plate XC. fig. 30.)

Perigonica tertia, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 168 (1902) ; id. Proc. Ent.

Soc. Wash. V. p. 294 (1903).

Head and thorax pale rufous, some of the hairs tipped with

black ; abdomen pale rufous irrorated with black. Fore wing pale

rufous, prominently irrorated with black ; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

double, rather irregularly waved and somewhat oblique ; orbicular

and reniform with ill-defined pale annuli, the former small, round,

the latter rather constricted at middle and with some fuscous in its

lower part ; a more or less distinct medial shade oblique from costa

to median nervure, where it is angled ; postmedial line slightly

waved, bent outwards below costa, somewhat incurved at discal

fold and strongly below vein 4, a double series of points on the

veins beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner

side by a series of lunulato fuscous marks, becoming somewhat

dentate at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a prominent terminal series of black points. Hind wing

white, with a pinkish tinge and irrorated with brown, especially

on terminal area ; traces of a diffused subterminal band ; the

underside with black discoidal lunule, traces of postmedial series of

points, and some points on termen.

Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, California ( Walsingham), 1 $ ,

Arizona, Prescott (Oslar), 1 c? , 1 2 • Exp. 44 millim.

2j2

436 . ISrOCTUlDy^.

Skct. II. Antcnnte of male serrate and fasciculate.

*1774. Perigonica angulata.

Ferigonica angulata. Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p, 124 (1890) ; id. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 2U9.

(S . Head and thorax pale rufous slightly irrorated with black ;

antennfe blackish ; frons black ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated

with black ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black, the ventral

surface whiter. Fore wing ochreous with a rufous tinge and

sparsely irrorated with black ; antemedial line represented by a

black point on costa ; medial line fairly distinct on costal area,

then almost obsolete, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ;

reniform indistinct, with slight fuscous centre and pale annulus ;

postmedial line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa,

Fig. 118. — Perigonica angulata, (^. \,

oblique to vein 6, then somewhat dentate, with points at the veins

and series of points beyond it, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal

line very faint, pale, minutely wared, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle, a slight fuscous shade before it on costa ;

terminal series of slight points. Hind wing ochreous white with a

slight pink tinge ; the marginal areas irrorated with brown ; a

terminal series of black points on apical half; the underside

irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot and slight postmedial

series on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, in Coll. Schaus. Exp.

38 millim.

Genus SIDERIDIS.

Type.

Sideridis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 232 (1827) evidens.

Alefia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 289 (1827) vitellina.

Hyphilare, Hiibn. Verz. p. 239 (1827) alhipuncta.

CrocigrajpJia, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 67 (1875) normani.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint

fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd minute ; frons smootli ; eye.^ large,

rounded ; antennre of male typically minutely ciliated ; head and thorax

clothed witli hair only, except a few scales on upper edge of patagia ; the pro-

thorax with spreading crest ; tibijc fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal

cre.st on 1st segment only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen

oblique towards tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of eell ; B from u))per

angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosiug with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below

middle of discocellulai's; G, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell

near base only.

SIDEEIDI?,

437

Sect. I. Anteunte of male bipectinate, with short branches to near apex. <

1775. Sideridis limbata.

Apamea limbata, Butl. A.M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 360 (1879).

Head and thorax grey tinged witli brown, the crests on thorax

tipped with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen brownish

grey irrorated with black. Fore wi"ng ochreous white striated with

brown and irrorated with black, the areas between subbasal and

antemedial lines down to submedian fold and between postmedial and

subterminal lines except towards inner margin suffused with black;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line double, waved, angled outwards below cell ; claviform

Fig. 119. — Sideridis limbata, d. \-

small, incompletely defined by black; orbicular and reniform

defined by black, the former small, irregularly rounded, the latter

rather constricted at middle ; an oblique fuscous striga from costa

to reniform; postmedial line minutely dentate, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by

the contrast between the dark and pale areas, angled outwards at

discal fold and incurved above and below those points ; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia rufous with black tips. Hind wing

ochreous white tinged with brown, the inner and terminal areas

suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with

short black strealis on the veins sliowing through to upperside.

Hab. Japan, Kiushiu, i d , Yokohama {rri/cr), 1 J , 4 ? , type.

Ex2). 44 millim.

Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated.

A. {Hi/philare). Abdo7nen of male with paired ventral tufts of long liair

from base ; the wing suffused with silvery scales on underside.

a. Frontal tuft of male enlarged and hollowed out over the palpi ; tults

of jellow scales below and between teguliu.

177G. Sideridis litliargyria.

Kodua li/harr/7/ria, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 124. f. 6 (17J

Hiibn. Enr.

jchmett, iSoct. f. 225 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 100, pi. 107. f. 1 ; Steph.

:il. 13rit. Eut.; llaust. ii. p. 161 ; Stand. Cat. I-ep. pal. p. 19?-.

Scl

111

438

TSOCTXJIDM.

Mythimna griaea, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 150 (1829).

Leucania anargyria, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 132 (1840).

Leucania argyritis, Eamb. Cat. Lep. S. And. pi. 8. f. 2 (1858).

Head and thorax purplish pink ; abdomen pinkish, paler at base,

the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing purplish red, the costal

and inner areas rather paler and irrorated with red ; antemedial

line indistinct, oblique, waved ; a slight pale discoidal lunule con-

joined to a prominent small white spot at lower angle of cell ;

postmedial line indistinct, somewhat dentate and produced to a

Fig. 120. — Sideridis lithargyria, (j". }.

series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

escurved to vein 4, then incurved. Hind wing pale reddish sutFused

with fuscous ; the cilia pale reddish, with a deep red line through

them. Underside suffused with silvery scales in male except costal

area of fore wing ; of female pale pinkish irrorated with brown,

the cell of fore wing suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. grisea. Thorax and fore wing greyish and only slightly

tinged with red ; hind wing paler.

Hah. Bp>itain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ;

France, Cevennes {A. E. Jones) ; Geemany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls.; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Spain, Canales (Chajwuin) ;

Italy ; Sicily ; Dalmatia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Lydia, Pontus,

Taurus ; Syria, 2 J , 1 $ ; Persia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul ;

Tibet, Kuku-noor. Kvjc). 40-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 68; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 176, pi. 205. f. 3.

Pinkish ochreous ; dorsal line white edged with black ; subdorsal

line whitish, edged above with deep fuscous; supraspiracular line

sometimes paler. Food-plants, Grasses. 9-5.

b. Frontal tuft of male not enlarged and overhanging the palpi ; no tufts

of yellow hair below and between tegulse.

1777. Sideridis albipuncta*

Noctua albipttncta, Sdiiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.

p. 178 (1787) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sebmett., Noct. f. 223 ; Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 193.

Leucania italo-gaUica, Mill. Cat. Alp. Marit. ii. Suppl. p. 21 (1872).

Jjcucaniajicc/ci, Carad. Iris, ix. p. 31 (1896).

Head and thorax bright rufous ; tegulae with Slight dark medial

•IDEBIDia. 439

line ; abdomen ochreous more or less tinged with brown, the

ventral tufts of hair of male black. Fore wing purplish rufous

with slightly darker irroration ; the costal edge whitish ; an indis-

tinct oblique waved antemedial line ; a small white spot at lower

angle of cell ; postmedial line indistinct, somewhat dentate and

produced to black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, arising from

termen below apex, angled iuwards in discal and submcdian folds

Fig. 121.— Sideridis albijmncta, (^ . \.

and excurved between those points, the area beyond it somewhat

darker. Hind wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused with

fuscous brown. Underside of male whitish, suffused with silvery

scales except costal area of fore wing ; of female pale, tinged with

purplish red especially towards costa and termen and irrorated

with brown.

Ab. 1. italo-gaUka. Darker dull brown.

Ab. 2. flecci. Fore wing dull grey-brown ; hind wing fuscous.

Hab. Britain, S. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey,

and Leech Colls, ; Spain ; Italy ; Rumelia ; Armenia ; Asia

Minor, Bithynia, Pontus ; Persia. Exp. 36 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 68 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 173, pi. 205. f. 2.

Pale greyish ochreous freckled with brownish ; dorsal line pale,

brown-edged ; subdorsal line pale, edged above with blackish, below

with brown ; lateral line pale ; spiracular lino whitish ; head

ochreous reticulated with brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 11-8.

B. (Sideridis). Abdomen of male witbout paired ventral tufts of long hair

from base.

a. Fore wing yellow snfTused slightly with rufous vifellinc.

b. Fore wing greyish suifuscd with rufous.

a}. Fore wing not striated with rufous.

a^. Thorax deep rui'ous rosea.

b^. Thorax pale rufous evidens.

6'. Fore wing striated with rui'ous norrtia^ii.

c.^Fore wing deep rufous congermana.

d: Fore wing deep purple-red ruhejacta.

e. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with fuscous ccesia.

/. Fore wing white with a violaceous tinge cximia.

440 NOCTUID^.

1778. Sideridis vitellina.

Nocfua vifdlina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 379, 589 (1827) ; Dup.

Lep, Fr. vii. p. 475, pi. 130. f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with rufous. Fore

wing yellow irrorated with rufous ; indistinct oblique rufous streaks

above and below vein 1 before the antemedial line, which is dentate,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on

vein 1 ; orbicular a small rutbus spot ; reniform a rufous lunula ;

postmedial line somewhat dentate and with minute dark streaks on

the veins, slightly incurved to costa and in discal fold, oblique below

vein 4 ; subterminal line minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7

and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing semihyaline white,

the veins and terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside

with the costal area slightly irrorated with rufous.

Hah. Britain ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey

Colls.; Hungary, Frey Coll.; Italy, Capri {C. Browne) ; Sicily,

Zeller Coll.; Dalmatia, Leech Coll.; Algiers; Canaries, Leech Coll.,

{W. White) 1 S ', Syria, Leech Coll.; W. Turkestan, Ferghana,

Issyk-Kul ; Kashmir, Scind Valley {Leech), 1 § , Nubra {IIcArthur),

1 §, liala (il/c^r^Zmr), 1 ?, Narkundah (McArthur), 1^,1$;

Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 d" • ^^i*- 40-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 168, pi. 204. f. 3.

Pale reddish brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral whitish lines

edged with brown ; spiracular line pale ; head reddish brown

reticulated with black. Food-plants, Grasses. 10-5.

1779. Sideridis rosea. (Plate XC. fig. 31.)

Mamesfra rosea, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 120.

Head and thorax deep rufous; abdomen pale rufous with the

dorsal crest deep rufous. Fore wing whitish, tinged with pale red

and irrorated with deep red; a curved subbasal line from costa to

vein 1 ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform large, defined

by red ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by red, the former

round, the latter greyish, its centre defined by fuscous and with

fuscous patch in its lower part ; a sinuous medial shade, oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey defined by deep

rufous suffusion on inner side, sinuous, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal

areas tinged with yellow and more or less irrorated with red ; the

veins reddish ; a diffused fuscous subterminal band sometimes

present; the underside with indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Canada; U.S.A., Maine, Id type, Massachusetts (Newton),

1 $ , Now York (Bailei/), 1 d" , 2 $, Oregon, Colorado (Bruce),

1 S . 1'>P' 42-52 millim.

SIDERIDIS. 441

1780. Sideridis evideus.

Noctua evidens, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 369 (1827) ; Diip. Lep. Fr.

vii. p. 457, pi. 128. f. 6, & Suppl. iii. pi. 39. f. 2 ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 193.

Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomeu yellowish tinged with

rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with whitish, the veiuti rufous ;

subbasal line rufous, angled outwards below costa and on median

nervure, from costa to submedian fold ; autemcdial line oblique,

waved ; claviform moderate, defined by rufous ; orbicular and reni-

form defined by rufous, the former round ; a slightly waved medial

shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line

minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; subtermiual line formed by somewhat dentate rufous

marks, diffused on inner side towards costa, slightly angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved terminal line.

Hind wing ochreous suflPused with rufous, a diffused fuscous sub-

terminal band ; the underside paler, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with purplish red, a small discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line.

Hah. Germany, Bohemia, Leech Coll. ; Atjsteia, Leech Coll. ;

Hungary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; IItjssia, Crimea, Urals ;

W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 36 millim.

1781. Sideridis normani.

Perigrapha normani, Grote, Can. Ent. vi. p. 115 (1874) ; id. Can. Ent.

vii. p. 227, pi. i. f. 13 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 201.

Head and thorax red-brown, the hairs tipped with grey ; sides

of palpi and frons blackish; patagia with a few large black scales

on upper edge ; abdomen ochreous whitish slightly irrorated with

Fig. 122. — Sideridis normani, cJ . \.

black. Fore wing rufous sparsely irrorated with black, the inner

and postmedial areas more or less greyish with rufous striation ;

subbasal line indistinct, dark defined by grey on outer side, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by grey on inner

side, obli(iuc and slightly curved ; orbicular and reniform largo, with

grey annuli, the former rounded, the latter with some fuscous in its

lower part ; postmedial line slightly defined by grey on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lino very indistinct,

■442 NOCTUID-E.

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a grey patch

beyond it at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

semihyaline white with slight brown irroration ; the veins tinged

with brown ; the terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside

with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal

spot and postmedial series of points on the veins.

Hah. Canada, 1 S type, (Norman) 1 S ; U.S.A., N. and E. States,

New York, Evan's Centre (^Bailey), 3 $ , Exp. 40 millim.

] 782. Sideridis congermana. (Plate XC. fig. 32.)

Hadena congcrmana, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 106 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct,

N. Am. p. 120.

$ . Head and thorax deep purplish rufous, the latter with yellower

dorsal stripe ; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, deep rufous

below. Fore wing deep purplish rufous, the veins fuscous ; a waved

yellowish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line oblique, waved, yellowish ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular a

small whitish annulus with brown centre ; reniform large, with

fuscous centre with some white on it and white annulus somewhat

broken up into spots ; postmedial line represented by a series of

white points on the veins and yellowish strigce on costa and inner

margin, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

some yellowish points on costa beyond it ; subterrainal line yellowish,

angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3, the area beyond

it paler and yellower ; cilia intersected with fuscous. Hind wing

whitish, suffused with fuscous brown especially on terminal area,

the termen red ; the cilia yellow with a red line through them ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused and irrorated

with red, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line.

Hah. U.S.A., iS'.E. and Middle States {Morrison), 1 $ type, New

York, Albany {Bailey), 2 § , Colorado. Exp. 40 millim.

1783. Sideridis rubefacta. (Plate XCI. fig. 1.)

Ceramica rubefacta, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 249 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Xoct.

N. Am. p. 120.

Mamestra viiidemialis, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 185 (1880), nee Guen.

Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown, the latter with j-ellowish

dorsal stripe ; abdomen purplish red, greyish at base, the anal tuft

ochreous. Fore wing deep purplish red, sometimes suffused with

fuscous, the costal area slightly irrorated with white ; traces of a

waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct

oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and

reniform with a few grey scales at centre and very indistinct dark

outlines, the former small ; an indistinct dentate postmedial line,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some

whitish points bej'ond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by

some whitish scales with a brownish tinge before them, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing yellowish

BIDERIDI8.

443

white, more or less scrongly tinged with brown, especially on

terminal area, the termen slightly tinged with rufous ; the underside

with the costal and terminal areas irrorated and suffused with red,

traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( TF"oZ%-Z)ocZ), 1 ?; U.S.A., N.E.

and Middle States, New York, Albany {Bailey), 2 (5,3 $ , type

vindemiaUs, Grote. Ea^p. 42 millim. This may be a variety of

congermana.

Larva. Head brown, reticulate and banded with darker brown.

Body sordid pale brown, finely and densely dusted with brown-

black, leaving a distinct dorsal and broad paler substigmatal band

of the ground-colour. Cervical shield shiuing brown, a central pale

yellow line, the lateral corners luteous. Feet coloured like the

body.— H. G. D.

1784. Sideridis caBsia.

Kodua ccBsia, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (177()) ; Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv.

p. 279 (1792) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 60 ; Dup. Lup. Fr. vi.

p. 415, pi. 98. f. 6 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. If52.

l:\octua dichroma, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 519, pi. 155. f. 2 (1790).

Dianthcecia mmianii, Gregson, Entom. iii. p. 103 (1866).

Biantlmcia doubledayi. Mill. Nat. Sic. vi. p. 2 (18S(i).

Dianthcecia, nigresccns, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162 (1902).

Dianthcecia clara, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162 (1902).

Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi black

with whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing blue-grey

thickly irrorated with fuscous, the ante- and postmedial areas suffused

with fuscous ; the discal and submedian folds suffused with fulvous

yellow ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line oblique, waved, defined by whitish on inner side ; clavi-

form absent ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct yellow annuli,

the former rounded ; an indistinct curved medial line, waved on

inner area ; postmedial line dentate and produced to grey points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, with

more or less distinct dentate yellowish marks on inner side, angled

outwards at vein 7 and obscurely dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; cilia

chequered ochreous whitish and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous brown,

rather paler on basal and inner areas ; the cilia whitish, with a dark

line near base ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a curved

postmedial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. manani. Much darker, and the fore wing more uniform

in colour. — Isle of Man.

Ab. 2. nifjrescens. Much darker; fore wing suffused with black.

— Higher Pyrenees, Alps, and Scandinavian mountains.

Ab. 3. clara. Fore wing greyer, slightly irrorated with pinkish ;

the medial area whitish. — Armenia, Asia Minor.

Hah. Britain, Isle of Man {Douhleclay), Leech Coll., Ireland ;

France, Pyrenees, Gavarnie (Mrs. Nicholl) ; Austria, Zeller Coll. ;

HtTNGARY ; SwiTZEELANP, ZcUcr and Froy Colls. ; Spain, Granada ;

444 NOCTUID^.

Italy ; Scandiitavia, Dovrefjeld ; Armenia ; Asia Minob, Pontus,

Taurus. Exp. 40-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 256, pi. 165. f. 1.

Pale brownish ochreous irrorated with brown ; a dorsal series of

darker V-shaped marks, indistinct on thoracic somites ; subdorsal

line darker ; head brown with dark markings. Food-plants : seed-

capsules of Silene inflata and S. marithna. 7-8,

1785. Sideridis eximia.

Diantkoecia eximia, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 319, pi. 6. f. 7 (1895) ; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 161.

c? . Head and thorax white with some brown hair ; palpi pale

red-brown ; frons with brown bar above ; tegulse with diffused

brown medial line ; abdomen pale yellow-brown mixed with grey.

Fore wing white, with a slight violaceous tinge and irrorated with

brown ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and

a curved black mark below the cell, retracted to base and followed

by a prominent triangular spot ; antemedial line double, the outer

strong, curved and slightly waved, with slight brown shading on

inner side and more prominent shading on outer; claviform brown,

with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large,

white with brown centres and defined by brown, the former oblique

elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to below cell, then dentate

and inwardly oblique, the area between it and postmedial line

suffused with brown ; postmedial line double, very slightly waved,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then very oblique,

the area beyond it tinged with brown to the subterminal line, which

has minute dentate black marks before it below costa and at middle,

is excurved between veins 7 and 2, and defined by white on outer

side ; cilia pale brown. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous

especially towards termen and with an ochreous tinge at base ; cilia

pale brown, white at tips ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces

of subterminal band.

Hab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 c? , Amdo ; Punjab, Kulu (Diidf/eon),

1 cS . Exp. 34 millim.

Genus PHYSETICA.

Type.

Physetica, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 5 (1887) ccerulea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

joint greatly dilated in male, with a small orifice on outer side near extremity ;

frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennae of male ciliated; head and

thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ; fore tarsi with long curved

claw on outer side of 1st joint ; pectus clothed with long hair ; abdomen with

dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced

and the termeu obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

PHTSETTCA.

445

A. Fore wing blue-grey cmrulea,^

B. Fore wing purplish red, tlie hind wing purplish pink vindetnialis.

C. Fore wing rufous, the hind wing reddish ochreous micrasta.

1786. Physetica caerulea.

Agrofis cmrnlca, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 38 (1868); Hudson, New

Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 8, pi. iv. f. 7.

S . Head and thorax blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; palpi

below, pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous yellow, the dorsal crest

grey. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; subbasal line

indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

indistinct, double, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 ; faint traces of orbicular and reniform stigmata

defined by white ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line

Fig. 123. — Fhysctica ccerulea, S. \.

indistinct, double, dentate and produced to white points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

traces of a whitish subterminal line slightly defined by fuscous

on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.

Hind wing fuscous, the basal and inner areas yellowish ; under-

side yellowish white.

2 . With less of the yellow tinge.

Hab. New Zealand, (./. J. Wall-er) 1 S , 1 $ , Marlborough

(Shellon, Mnrsden, Maiheiv), 2 cJ , 1 $ , jST. Island, Wellington,

S. Island, Blenheim, Rakaia. Exp. 44 millim.

1787. Physetica vindemialis. (Plate XCI. fig. 2.)

Ceramica vindeinialis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 205.

2 . Head and thorax purple-red, the hairs slightly tipped with

grey (abdomen wanting). Fore wing purple-red, very slightly

irrorated with grey ; subbasal line obsolete ; faint traces of a

curved greyish antemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform repre-

sented by traces of a discoidal lunule and fuscous spot at lower

angle of cell ; traces of a dentate postmedial lino, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, tlien incurved ; faint traces of a

subterminal line. Hind wing purplish pink, the cilia pale ; the

underside white thickly irrorated with purplish pink.

446 NociuiD^.

Fore tarsi with long curved claws on outer side of 1st three

joints, the claws at extremity of joints stout.

Hab. ? U.S.A., E. Florida (Doiibleday), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.

The type has the abdomen of a male of some other species stuck

onto it, and will probably prove to bo from New Zealand.

*1788. Physetica micrasta. (Plate XCI. fig. 3.)

Leucania micrasta, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 383 ; Hudson, New

Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 10.

2 . Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with white;

abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing bright rufous ; the costal area

slightly irrorated with whitish ; the veins slightly streaked with

fuscous and irrorated with white ; an antemedial fuscous point on

vein 1, defined by white points on each side of it ; a fuscous point

at lower angle of cell with white point on each side of it ; a curved

postmedial series of slight fuscous points defined by white points.

Hind wing reddish ochreous suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish tinged

and irrorated with rufous.

Hab. New Zealand, "Wellington, type t in Coll. Meyrick, Karori.

Exp. 46 millim.

Genus CERAMICA.

Type.

Ceramica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 343 (1852) picta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint

fringed with hair, the 3rd short ; eyes large, rounded ; antennte of male

ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair only and without distinct

crests ; tibiae fringed with hair on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal crest on

basal segment and slight lateral tufts of hair towards extremity. Fore wing

with the apex produced and acute ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell,

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

1789. Ceramica picta.

Mamrsfra picfa, Harr. Eep. Ins. Mass. p. 329 (1841); Riley, 2nd Rep.

Ins. Mo. p. 112, f. 82 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 120.

Ceramica exusta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852).

Mythimna contraria, Wlk. ix. 78 (1S56).

Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown, some of the hairs tipped

with white, especially on dorsal ridge ; pectus brown and grey ;

abdomen grey-brown, the extremity and ventral surface tinged with

purplish. Fore wing purplish red, suffused with deep purple-

brown, especially on costal half and terminal area, the costal half

irrorated with white to just below cell ; claviform a small dark

mark, sometimes with white scales at centre and with a diflfused

yellowish streak beyond it; orbicular a small indistinct whitish

annulus ; reniform rather indistinct, fuscous with whitish centre

CF.EAMICA. BRITHY3. 447

and annulus, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure, and

with a diffused yellowish streak beyond it ; traces of a whitish

subterrainal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle.

Hind wing almost pure white, the veins tinged with brown ; the

Fig. 124. — Ccramica pida, J. \.

cilia reddish brown on apical half; the underside with small

brown discoidal spot, the costal area irrorated "with rufous extending

on termen to vein 3.

Hah. Canada {Norman), 1 $ ; U.S.A., E. States, 6 d" , 1 $ type

and type contraria, Massachusetts, Cambridge {Boll), 1 c? , Kew

York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado. Exp.^

fS 36, $ 40 millim.

Larva. Head dark red. Body black, with broad yellow subdorsal

and stigmatal bands, the dorsal space dotted with yellow, lateral

space crossed by fine vertical yellow lines, slightly reticulated ;

subventral area with irregular yellow lines in a broken reticulation.

Feet and venter dark red. — H. G. D.

• Genus BRITHYS.

Tjpe.

Brithys, Hubn. Verz. p. 226 (1827) encausia.

Cocyiia,, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 29 (1834), nee Boisd. Lep.

(1829) pancraiii.

Glottula, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. yi. p. 359 (1837) pancraiii.

Proboscis weak ; palpi obliquely porrect, tbickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes

large, rounded; antennae of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly

with scales and without distinct crests; abdomen with dorfal ci'cst at base

only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved ; veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the arcole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour reddish brown.

a. Fore wing with the basal area brown suffused with fuscous, pancrati.

I). Fore wing with the biisal area silky leaden grey crini.

B. Fore wing white tinged with ilesh-colour cncansta.

1790, Brithys pancratii.

Noctua pancraHi, Cyr. Ent. Nap. pi. 12. f. 4 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 391; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 262, pi. 70. ff. 1, 2; Mill. Icones,

pi. 54. fr. 6, 9 ; Staud. Gat. Lep. pal. p. 154.

Head and thorax dark brown or blackish ; tarsi ringed with

448 NOCTUID^.

white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with brown or black at base

and extremity, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing reddish

brown, the basal and costal areas suffused with fuscous brown or

blackish ; subbasal line represented by some black scales below

costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, interrupted,

oblique towards costa ; claviform small, indistinctly defined by

black ; orbicular absent ; reniform narrow, with rufous centre and

whitish annulus ; postmedial line rather ill-defined, minutely

dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 6, then oblique, some pale points

beyond it on costa, the area beyond it more or less distinctly paler,

except towards costa before the subterminal line, which is formed

of a series of indistinct pale spots defined on inner side by somewhat

dentate rufous marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

pure white, the costal area tinged with fuscous and in female the

terminal area to vein 2.

Hah. S. Fkance, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Portugal ; Italy, Frey

Coll. ; Algeria, Leech Coll. ; Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 5 ;

Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 § ; Natal, Durban (Leigh),

1 2 ; Cape Colony, Grahamstown, 1 $ ; Mauritius, Curepipe

(Tulloch), 1 d , 1 $ . Exj). 38-46 millim.

Larva. Head, front of 1st somite, and legs yellow ; the rest brown,

with dorsal and subdorsal series of yellowish-white spots, small at

anterior edges of somites and large at posterior edges ; a subdorsal

series of white points on middle of abdominal somites ; broad lateral

and ventral yellowish-white bands, each on part of two somites ;

warts brown, each with one hair, wart vi. on somites 5 to 9 placed

on white spots. Foot-plants : Liliaceoi.

1791. Brithys crini.

NocUia crini, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 587 (1775).

h'ociua dominica, Oram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 238, pi. 399. f. H (1782);

Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 14, pi. 145. ff. 2, 2 a ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 167.

Head and thorax blackish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

whitish, more or less strongly tinged with fuscous, the ventral

surface fuscous. Fore wing dark leaden grey ; the subbasal line

represented by a black striga below costa ; the antemedial line

irregularly waved, oblique towards costa, then closely approximated

to the reniform ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform small,

greyish with rufous annulus ; postmedial line somewhat dentate

and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below

costa, and below vein 3 bent inwards to lower edge of reniform,

then approximated to antemedial line, some pale points beyond it

on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of pale spots

defined on inner side by a scries of somewhat dentate rufous marks,

UBITHYS.

449

the area before it pale rufous except towards costa, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black

(From Moths lud. vol. ii.)

lunules. Hind wing pure white, the costal area tinged with fuscous

and in female the terminal area also.

Hah. Punjab, Allahabad; Ceylon {Templeton) , 2 c? , 1 5 »

Trincomalee {Yerhiiry), 1 S ; Burma, Moulmein {Cleric), 1 $ ;

SiNGAPOiiE {liidleij), 1 5 ; Java (Norsjield), 5 cj" , 3 § . Eu,-p.

32-46 millim.

Larva. Head, first and last, somite, and legs j'ellow ; the rest

brown, with dorsal and subdorsal series of yellowish-white spots,

those on posterior edge of somites rather smaller ; somite 4 without

anterior spots and 5 with the dorsal spot only ; subdorsal Avhito points

on somites 4 to 8 ; lateral and ventral bands each on part of two

somites ; wart vi. on somites 4-8 on white spots. Food-plants,

Liliacea'.

1792. Brithys encausta.

Nochia encausta, Hi'ibu. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 392 (1827); Dup.

L6p. Fr. vi. p. 78, pi. 86. f. 3 ; Herr.-Scliaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 291 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 154.

Head and thorax fle.sh-white ; tcgulae with black medial line ;

prothorax with black patch ; abdomen white, flesh-coloured below.

Fore wing white tinged with tlesh-colour, leaving the costal area

from before middle whiter; antemedial line indistinct, waved, often

nearl}' ob.soleti% oblique from costa to below cell ; claviform some-

times slightly defined by black ; orbicular lepresented by a black

streak, or obsolete ; reniform narrow, defined by blacli ; postmedial

line dentate and produced to black points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

fuscous, obsolete towards costa, the area before it yellowish except

towards costa, angled outwards at veiu 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pure white ;

female with the costal area tinged with fuscous, a dark terminal

line except towards torniis; the underside sometimes with sinuous

postmedial line on costal half of wing.

IJah. Italy, La Spezia ; Sicii.r, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

Ionian Is. ; Greece, 1 $ . Exp. 38-44 millim.

Vol. v. 2 q

450 Nocrrin.i;.

Genus ASPIDIFRONTIA.

Tvpp.

Aspidifi-ontia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 26'J (1902) semipaUida.

Proboscis wealc ; palpi short, oblique, fringed with hair in front ; frons with

large disk-shaped corneous prduiinence nith raised rim and truncate conical

centre ; eyes large, round ; autennaj of male ciliated ; head and tliorax clotiied

with hair and hair-like scales with some scales mixed, without distinct crests;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with -reins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; '.) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole : 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins ?>, 4 from angle of

cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line interrupted by dentate

white marks on veins 6, 4, 3, 1 radiata.

B. Foi-e wing with the subterminal line not interrupted by

dentate white marks.

a. Fore wing with the area below cell blackish semipaUida.

b. Fore wing with the area below c(^ll not blackish.

a}. Fore wing with the antemedial line dentate.

a^. Fore wing with the antemedial line very strongly

angled outwards in submedian fold ; clavifor)n

absent glaucescens.

h'^. F'ore wing with the antemedial line moderately

angled outwards in' submedian fold ; claviform

p resent axylid.es.

//. Fore wing with the antemedial line not dentate rufesccns.

1793. Aspidifrontia radiata, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 4.)

Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with blaok ; palpi and frons

blackish ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, the veins

streaked with black ; the area below submedian fold sulfuscd with

grey, extending to below vein 1 at middle, the lower part of cell

and area between veins 4 and 5 suffused with grey; the submedian

fold with black streak, another above inner margin ; the ante-

medial line represented by an oblique black striga from submedian

fold to vein 1 ; claviform very elongate and narrow, its upper edge

formed by the streaks in submedian fold ; orbicular long and

lancecdate, ochreous defined by black, placed on a black streak

extending to the reiiiform which is narrow, its upper edge produced

and indented, with brown centre with ochreous line in it and

ochreous anriulus defined by black ; faint traces of a dentate post-

medial line between veins 5 and 3 ; subterminal line represented

by a series of ochreous points on dentate black marks, longest

below costa and at middle ; veins 6, 4, 3, 1 defined by dentate

whitish marks ; cilia chequered fuscous and ochreous. Hind wing

ochreous white, the terminal area tinged Avith fuscous ; the underside

with the costal area suffused with fuscous.

Hah, Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu {Craioshay\ 1 $ type, Kibauni

(Craioshay), 4 J • ^>-^7>- 30 millim.

ASPIDIFRONTI.V.

451

1794, Aspidifrontia semipallida.

Aspidifroiitia semipcdlida^ Hinpsn. Aun. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 269 (1902).

Head and thorax black ; antenna) ochreous white ; tarsi ringed

with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surfaco black.

Fore wing black suffused with leaden grey, especially towards inner

margin ; the costal area ochreous white, suffused with purplish pink

towards eosta and with black patch with three pale points on it on

costa before apex, on basal area the palo colour extends to just

y

Fig. 12l5. — Aspidifrontia s.cmipaUida, cS . \.

below the cell, on medial area to median nervure, and on post-

medial area to vein 5 and includes a black point at lower angle of

cell ; an oblique dentate postmedial line, obsoleto on costal area,

with the area beyond it tinged with rufous to tlie indistinct

whitish subterminal line, which is bent outwards to apex and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of black and white

points. Hind wing yellowish white, the apex slightly tinged with

fuscous.

Hah. Mashonaland, Umtali (Marshall, Dobbie), 2 J' , 2 5, type.

Kr/). 34 millim.

1795, Aspidifrontia glaucescens, n. sp, (Plate XCI. fig. 5.)

c^" . Head and thorax black mixed with grey ; tarsi with white

rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing violaceous grey-white ; some

red-brown suffusion on basal inner area ; the antemedial line black,

extremely highly dentate, its teeth running out to middle of wing

below costa, in cell, in submedian interspace and above inner margin,

and to base below costa and cell, double from median nervure to

inner margin ; reniform obscurely defined by rufous and with

rufous centre; postmedial line double, black, minutely dentate and

produced to points on the veins, oblique from costa to discal fold

where it is angled, then inwardly oblique ; the costa tinged with

fuscous towards apex; the subterminal lino whitish, defined by

rufous on inner side, the area beyond it blackish, rufous at apex;

a series of minute white points just before termen ; cilia black,

with fine white line through them. Hind wing pure white.

IJab. Masuonaland, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 4 cJ , type.

Exp. 34 miUim.

2o2

452

K0CTFII).T5.

1796. Aspidifrontia axylides. (Plate XCI. fig. 6.)

Hadcna axylides, Huipsn. Journ. Buiiib. Soc. Xat. Hist. xiv. p. 198

(1902).

9 . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey ; tarsi

"with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing lilacine grej'-

wliite, the costal area beyond antemedial line and the area beyond

postmedial line ochreous, the costal and terminal areas suffused

^vith brown except at apex ; the basal area below the cell suffused

■with purple-brown ; the subbasal line represented by a black

striga from costa ; the antemedial line angled outwards below

costa and cell and above inner mrrgin, emitting long teeth in coll

and on median nervure to near end of cell ; claviform small,

defined or filled in with brown ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform

narrow, with whitish centre defined by brown and ochreous annulus

defined by black on onter side, some dark brown between its lower

part and postmedial line, which is double, minutely dentate, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line minutely waved,

defined by brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of pale points ; cilia

ochreous and brown. Hind wing white.

Hah. SiKHiM, 1800 feet {Dadgeon), 1 5 ; Madras, Belgaum

{Watson), 1 5 type. Exp. 30 millim.

1797. Aspidifrontia rufescens. (Plate XCI. fig. 7.)

Asjndifrontia mjhce/is, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 270 (1902).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish pink and brown ;

palpi and frons blackish; abdomen oclireuus white. Fore wing

ochreous white thickly irrorated with purplish red ; the veins

irrorated with black ;,traces of an antemedial line ; a dark point in

end of cell ; postmedial line represented by an obscure double series

of white points on the veins, excurved below costa, then oblique ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white, the

terminal area suft'used with brown ; the underside with the costal

area tinged with purplish and irrorated wdth brown.

Frontal process long.

Hab. Mashojstaland (Jlarshall, Dohhie), 2 c? , 3 5? Umtali

{Marshall), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.

Genus METOPIORA.

Type.

Metopiora, Mej'r. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 25 sanguinata.

Proboscis minute; palpi oblique, short, slender; frons with large disc-

shaped corneous prouiineuce with raised edges and central truncate conical

process also with raised edges, a corneous plate below the frons ; eyes large,

rounded; anteunte of male minutely serrate; head and thorax clothed wilh

hair only and without cre»ts; lore tarsi with the joints very short, the claws

large ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the a.\)es. somewhat produced.

MElOnOKA. BIAPHONE. 45S

the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 arul 5 from near angle of eell ; 6 from

u]iper angle ; 9 from 10 anasloino.sing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or stalked ; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the eel

near base t>nly.

ITUS. Metopiora sangxiinata.

Chariclea sanguluata, Lucas, Proc. Liim. Soe. N. S. W. 1892, p. 254.

2 . Head pink ; thorax orange-yellow, tcguloe at extremities and

patagia pink ; legs mostly pink ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing

orange-yellow ; a pink fascia from base at vein 1, running below

the cell, then rather obliquely to termeii at vein 5, narrowing

Fig. 127. — Metopiora samjiiinaf a, (J. \.

beyond the cell, then expanding at termen ; the costal edge pink,

expanding into a fascia from beyond middle to apex ; cilia pink,

expanding into a spot on termen above tornus. Hind wing white

Ilah. QxTEEiNSLAND, Cape York (AIcFarlane), 1 $ , Townsville

(Dodd), 1 2 . Exp. 34 millim.

Genus DIAPHONE.

Type.

Diriphone, Hiibn. Verz. p. 188 (1827) eumda.

TcEniopijga, Wilgru. OCfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. xv. p. 212 (1858)... eumela

Proboscis weak ; palpi short, porrect, clothed with hair; frons with large

rounded prominence with lateral walls and roughened or convoluted centre ;

eyes large, rounded ; antennas of male serrate and ciliated ; head and thorax

clothed with hair only and without distinct cresis; fore tarsi with the joints

short, the ungues large; abdon)en with some long hair at b.ise, but without

dorsal crest. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the ternieu, obliquely curved ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10,

auastuniosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

C, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

1799. Diaphone eumela.

yoctua eumda, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 347. f. G (1781) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. )j. 909.

Bumhtjx cleganx, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 116 (1787).

Noclua sylviana, Stoll, Pap. Exot. v. Suppl. pi. 40. f. 4 (1790).

Chdonia evidens, Guer. Icon. R. Anim., Ins. p. 613, pi. 88. f. J (1829).

Diaphone /nossambicensis, Hopfl". Peters'sReise Moss., Zool. v. p. -131, pi. 28.

ff. fi, 7 (1862)

Diaphone angolensis, Weym. Ent. Zeit. Guben, no. 18, p. 67 (1901).

cJ . Head blackish ; palpi below and at tips, spots on sides of frons,

454

NOCTUIDJE.

round base of antennse, and on back of head orange ; thorax grey,

the base of tegiila; and patagia white ; pro-, meso-, and mttathorax

with paired yellow spots ; pectus and legs black, the latter banded

with orange; abdomen fuscous with orange bands, the hair at base

grey or whitish. Pore wing grey ; the costal area and cell whitish

to near apex, before the antemedial line extending to vein 1 ; the

lines slTong, black ; subbasal and antemedial lines sinuous, the

former from costa to vein 1 , the latter slightly angled inwards in

¥ig. VIS. — Diaphone eumela, (J. \.

cell ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform a crimson lunule,

defined by black at sides ; postmedial line angled outwards between

veins 6 and 5, then incurved, defined by white on outer side ; no

sublerminal line ; cilia chequered orange and fuscous. Hind wing

pure white, sometimes with curved postmedial line ; the underside

always with postmedial mark on costa.

2 . Hind wing suffused with fuscous, the base often whitish ;

cilia chequered fuscous and white ; a sinuous postmedial line

showing through from underside.

Ab. 1. mossamhicensis. Antennse of male strongly serrate; fore

wing with the crimson centre of reniform largo and rounded.

JIab. C. Africa, Staz Gadda (Emin Pasha), 1 $ ; Poktuguese

E. Africa, Chiperoni {Kirhy), 1 S ; Angola ; Transvaal, Piet

lletief ( CraivsJiu)/), 1 $ ; Natal, Newcastle, 1 <S , Karkloof

(Marshall), 1 $ , Durban (Gtieinzius, Leifjh), 1 c5' i 2 5 ; Basutoland,

Masite {Weiqall), 1 S; Cape Colony, 3 5, Grahamstown, 1 J,

Brak Kloof (White), 1 § . Exp. 40-52 millim.

Larva. Fawcett, Trans. Zoo). Soo. xv. p. 318, pi. 49. ff. 10, 11.

Buff; each somite with a broad dark crimson band except the

1st and 11 th, where the band is pale ferruginous with some small

black spots. At the final moult the bands become velvety black

except on ]st and 11th somites, and the ground-colour is pale

greenish. Head, legs, and claspers pale ferruginous. Food-plant,

Or 'lithor/alum ecldoni.

Genus POLYTELODES, nov.

Type, P.fiorifera.

Proboscis slender, aborted ; palpi oblique, short, clothed with hair ; frons

with roughened rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; ejes large,

rounded; antenna; of male ciliated; head and ihorax clothed chiefly with

scales and without distinct crests ; abdomen with some rough hair at base and

without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely

POLYTELODES. 455

curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell. Hind vs^ing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disoo-

cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

1800. Polytelodes florifera.

Polytelaflonfera, Wlk. xv. 1666 (1858).

Head and thorax blue-black ; palpi orange, with black bands on

Ist and 2nd joints ; lower part of frons, patches round base of

Fig. l-19. — l'u/i/fe/odcsforife)-a, c?. 1-

antennie and on back of head, edges of tegulie and patagia, and

paired spots on pro-, meso-, and metathorax orange ; tibiie and

tarsi ringed with orange ; abdomen black, with orange dorsal

segmental bands except on first segment. Fore wing black suffused

with leaden grey; an orange point at base; subbasal line rejire-

sented by black spots with orange on their outer edges below costa

and cell, with an orange spot beyond it below submedian fold and

some scales above inner margin ; antemedial line black defined by

orange on inner side, waved, interrupted ; claviform defined by

black and orange ; orbicular and reniform with orange anuuli

defined by black, the former round, the latter with pale pink

centre open below and with the pink postmedial patch extending

into it ; postmedial line black, defined by orange on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then strongly

incurved to near origin of vein 2, and interrupted by tlie pink

patch which extends to termen from below vein 4 to inner margin,

and connected with spots above and below vein 5 with the apical

pink patch ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal

line represented by a series of rather ill-defined black spots, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 : a terminal

series of small black lunules with some black marks on their inner

sides between veins G and 2 ; cilia chequered black and orange.

Hind wing fuscous, with white patch in, below, and beyond lower

part of cell ; a small discoidal spot ; cilia orange.

Jfab. Sierra Leone (Fo.rcroft), 2 d, fypc ; Ou) Calabau

(Crornjjtoa), 1 $ ; Gold Coast, Accra {Sir G. Carter), 1 J, 1 $ ;

KiGEiu.), Onitsha {Marshall^ liichanlson) , 2 $ . Ea;2>. 34 millim.

456 . NocruiD-ic.

Genus POLYTELA.

Type.

Polyiela, Guen. Noct. i. p. 113 (1852) gloriosm.

Proboscis rather slight, non-functional ; palpi short, porrect, thickly clothed

with hair ; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ;

eyes large, rounded ; antennaj of male ciliated ; bead and thorax clothed with

hair only and without distinct crests ; abdomen with some rough hair at base,

but without crests. Fore wing witli the apex rounded, tlie ternien obliquely

curved ; veins 3 and 5 fi'om near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 i'rom angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

K. Fore wing pale pink orlentalis.

B. Fore wing blue-black.

a. Fore wing with apical yellow patch.

a^. Hind wing with the cilia yellow gloriosm.

b^. Hind wing with the cilia black florigera.

b. Fore wing without apical yellow patch chrgsospila.

1801. Polytela orientalis. (Plate XCI. fig. 8.)

Glottula orientalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 168 (1894).

S . Head and thorax black ; palpi below at base, basal joint of

antenuoe, patagia in front, and paired spots on pro-, meso-, and

metathorax orange ; tibioB and tarsi banded with orange ; abdomen

fuscous black. Pore wing pale pink ; a black patch with orange

point on it at base ; subbasal line represented by black strijie from

costa and cell ; antemedial line oblique, waved, interrupted at

veins, some black before it on costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular

a black point ; reniform black, with ciimson centre and black patch

just before it on costa ; postmcdial line repre^euted by a point on

costa and an incurved waved portion from vein 3 to inner margin ;

subterminal line black, waved, more or less interrupted, expanding

into a patch at costa with a yellow point on it, exourved from

costa to vein 4, then incurved, more or less connected with some

black spots on termen ; a black terminal line ; cilia chequered

black and orange. Hind wing pinkish white ; the underside with

discoidal point.

$ . Fore wing with some black on base of inner margin and a

larger antemedial patch on costa ; orbicular absent ; traces of tbe

medial part of postmedial line, the black on terminal area more

extensive ; cilia with less orange ; hind wing fuscous, with a

whitish patch in, below, and beyond lower part of cell ; cilia

chequered fuscous and yellowish.

Hub. Aden (Terbury), 2 J; ? Nilgiris (Swlnhoe), 1 $ type.

Exp. 38 millim.

Larva. On Pancratium tortuosum.

roLVTELA. 457

1 802. Polytela gloriosae.

Bo)nhi/x gluriogce, F;ihr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 205 (1781); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 13, pi. 145. ff. 1, la ; Hiiipsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 168.

Head and thorax blue -black ; palpi at base, basal joint of

antennae and a ])atch behind them, and paired spots on meso- and

mctatliorax orange ; tibiae and tarsi banded with orange ; abdomen

black, with the terminal segment orange. Fore wing black suffused

with leaden grej^ ; an orange point at base ; subbasal line double,

black filled in with orar.ge, waved, from costa to vein 1, an orange

point bej'ond it in cell ; black spots surrounded with crimson above

and below vein 1 before the anteuiedial line, which is double, filled in

with orange, waved ; claviform more or less developed, black ; orbi-

cular small, round, yellowish defined by black, sometimes with dark

centre ; a waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell, where

it is angled; renit'orm with crimson centre and yellowish annulus

defined by black, open below and with the ground-colour extending

Fig. \2>(i.~Polijtela gloriu^e, ^ . \. (From Motlis Incl. vol. ii.)

into it ; postmedial line double, black more or less filled in with

yellowish and with orange at costa, waved, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some orange points bej'ond

it on costa ; an orange and yellowish apical patch, the sub-

terminal line arising from it, consisting of yellowish lunulate marks

on black patches defined on inner side by ci'imson semicircular

marks, somewhat dentate at veins 4 and 3 and ex] anding into

a yellowish patch at tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots

often with yellowish marks on their inner side ; cilia chequered

black and orange. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia orange ; the

underside rather paler, with traces of discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. PuNJ.UJ (I/orsJlehl, Home), 4 c?, o 5, Manpuri, 2 $,

Jubbulpur (ButJer), 1 5 ; (janjam, 1 $ ; Eojibay (Leith), 1 c? ;

Caxara (Ward), 2 $; Madras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 c? , Calicut

(Frlloirs- Wilson), 1 $ ; Ceylon (TeynpUton, Orecn), 2 d" , 3 $ ,

Trincomali (Yerbvrii), 1 $ . Exp. 28-42 millim.

Larva. Purplish ])rown irrorated with silvery blue ; head orango-

red ; a dorsal orange patch on 1st somite and subdorsal patches on

2nd and ;3rd, 10th, 11th, 12th, with black spots on them ; a dorsal

series of yellow spots on posterior part of somites except 1, somites

8 to 10 with smaller anterior spots ; a subdorsal series of orange

458 xocTuiD.i:.

spots ; a lateral seiies of yellow spots anterior and posterior except

on thoracic somites, where they are posterior only. Food-plants:

Gloriosa superha and Aiuai'f/llls.

1803. Polytela florigera. (Plate XCI. fig. U.)

Tolytela florigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 114 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 169.

Polytela inclyta, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 27 (1869).

Head and thorax blue-black ; metathorax with pair of orange

spots ; abdomen black, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing

black suffused with leaden purple ; subbasal line double, black

filled in with ochreous, waved, from costa to vein 1, black patches

defined by reddish beyond it above and below vein 1 ; antemedial

line double, black filled in with ochreous, oblique, waved ; claviform

a small black patch ; orbicular and reniforra with reddish centres

and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter

tigure-of-8 shaped ; a waved black medial line oblique from costa to

median nervure ; postmedial line double, black filled in with

ochreous, waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some yellow points beyond it on costa ; a yellow

apical patch, the subterminal line arising from it consisting of

ochreous lunules on dentate black marks defined on inner side

by reddish sutt'tision ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia

black, with a series of orange points at base. Hind wing fuscous

black.

[fah. BoMUAY, Canara ( Ward), 5 $ , type indi/ta ; Madras

(Elliot), 1 J, Belgaum (Watson), 1 $ , Bangalore (Watson), 3 $ .

E.rj). 28-32 millim.

1804. Polytela chrysospila.

Polytela chryso^pila, Wlk. xxxii. 635 (1865) ; Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 101.

f. 15; Hiiipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 169.

Head and thorax blue-black ; mesothorax with orange patch ;

abdomen black, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing black

suffused with leaden blue, leaving the lines black and ill-defined ;

the subbasal and antemedial lines connected by streaks on costa,

below cell, and on inner margin ; reniform a lunulate or somewhat

quadrate yellow spot ; postmedial lino excurved from costa to

vein 4, then incurved. Hind wing fuscous black.

Hah. Burma, Karen Hills, Thayetmyo ( Watson), 1 $ ; Java

(Horsjielcl), 2 <S , type. Bay. 30 millim.

Genus XANTHOPASTIS.

Type.

Xanthopasti^. Hiibn . Verz. p. 2 11 (1 827 "i timais.

Philochrysa, Grote, Proc. Eut. Soc. Pliil. ii. p. 3o8 (1863) timais.

Proboscis aborted, miinite; palpi slioi-t, poi-rect, clothed with long hair;

frons smooth; eye.s hirge, roiindeci ; antenna' of male pubescent du under

surface; head and ihornx (.clothed Willi \cr_v long ruuj;h liair and scales; tibn»

X.VXTUOl'.VSTI.S. 450

moderately hairy ; abdoiuen without crests, with lateral fringes of hair. Fore

wing bi-oad, the apex rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from

upper angle : 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 fr(im cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; fi, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with Ihe cell near base.

In an abnormal specimen veins 7, 8 and 8, 0 of the fore wing are stalked.

1SU5. Xanthopastis timais.

I'kalcBiia timais, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 148, pi. 275. B (1782) ; Hiibn.

Ziitr. iii. p. 31), ff. 589, 590; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 180.

Fhalcsna ainaryllidis, Sepp, Ins. Surinam, i. p. 63, pi. 28 (1848).

Philuchrysa rcgnairix, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 339, pi. 8. f. 4

(1863).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black or dull brown, some of the

hairs of head and thorax tipped Avith white. Fore wing pink,

Fig. 131. — Xuidhopastis timais, q. \.

the costal edge black ; more or letib developed black patches at base

of costa and inner margin, with some yellow be3-ond them below

costa and a streak below cell ; an interrupted waved anteraedial

black line, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1, often with

a yellow spot before it boluw costa ; medial area with the cell

filled in with black, sometimes extending to costa and submedian

fold and to base on costal area and in cell ; orbicular and renifonu

Avith black centres and orange ainiuli, the former rather elongate

elliptical, the latter large and rather irregular ; a double postmedial

series of small black spots, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of alternating black and

yellow patches, with a sei-ics of black spots on their innor side

diminishing towards costa ; a terminal scries of deep black stria) ;

cilia black. Hind wing fuscous black, sometimes with a series

of pale points at base of cilia ; the underside with tho cell and

area below it slightly paler, traces of a curved postmedial line.

Bab. U.S.A., Florida {Tliaxter), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Mexico, Durango

(Becker), 2 (5, Jalapa (Tnijillo), 1 c^" , 1 § , Guerrero (//. S)inlh),

1 (S : Guatemala {Rodriguez), 2 cJ' ; Costa Kica (Zurcher), 1 (^ ,

Sail Francisco, {Rogers) 1 $ , (Van Patten) 1 (S ; Panama, Bugaba

(Champion), 1 d' , 1 $ , Godman-Snlvin Coll., La Chorrera {Dolhij-

Tglor), 2 S ; Jamaica (Gosse, Krn/e), 2 c? , 4 $ ; Haiii (Tweedic),

1 c?, 2 $ ; St. Lucia (Maj. Cowl'e), 1 J , 3 $ ; St. Vincent ( //. //.

Smith), 1 $; Bauuxbos (Frampton), 1 J, 1 $ ; Trinidad (i?n)ffr/-

u'rt?/), 1 $ ; Bk. GriANA, Demerara (Genman), 1 $ ; Brazil (DoAr»),

400

>•()(■ lUIDJC.

1 5 ,Iiio Ni'gro, Manuos (Trumhill), 1 J, Sao Paulo (Jones), 1 J.

E.rp. 42-56 millim.

Larva. Ked-brown ; the head, 1st and terminal somites, and

prolegs orange ; mandibles and two spots on each hemisphere

brown; M'arts dark brown, vi. surrounded by a yellow ring;

somites 2-10 with numerous small yellow spots, the series afc

back of each somite lare;er, 11 with some slight yellow marks;

anal shield edged with black ; legs and prolegs black at tips ; each

Avart with one hair.

Genus ADAPH^NURA, nov.

Type, A. mimiscula.

Pi-oboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint rather

long aud dilated at extremity; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna; of

female (Mliated ; head and thorax clothed witii rough liair and without crests ;

tibia; fringed with rough hair ; abdomen clothed with rougli hair, with bisal

and (?) a dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded and the

ternien obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; B from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; II from cell.

Hnid wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from ndddle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

1806. Adapliaenura minuscula.

Baphanura mhiiiscula, Butl. Cist. Eut. iii. p. 3 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het.

p. 204.

2 . Head black ; thorax crimson, the pectus and legs black ;

abdomen black, the last three segments crimson above and at

sides. Fore wing fuscous suffused with deep sap-green and with

narrow orange-yellow bands ; a subbisal band from costa to sub-

median fold ; a somewhat sinuous antemedial band ; two medial

Fig. 132. — Adaphcenura luhtiiscula, J. \.

bands, the outer with spot bej-ond it beyond discocellulars ; a post-

medial band excurved from costa to vein 4, then obli(iue ; a curved

subterminal band. Hind wing orange-yellow : the costal area

black and some black scales on inner area ; a discoidal sjjot and a

terminal baud expanding somewhat towards apex.

Hah. Madagascar, Eetsileo {Cowan), 1 $ type in very bad con-

dition. Exp. 32 millim.

I'Axor.is. 461

Genus PANOLIS. ^

Type.

TanoUs, Hiibn. Verz> p. 214 (1827) flammea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi sborf, ]ion-eet, clothed with long bair ;

frons smooth ; eyes small, reniform, not ciHated ; antennse of male serrate and

fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with iiair ouly and without distinct crests;

tibiie fringed with long hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, with dorsal

crest at b:ise and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the teruien obliquely curved ; veins '6 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle; 'J from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins o, 4 from angle ot cell ; o obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked or froiu angle ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

1807. Paiiolis flammea.

Noctua flammea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 87 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.

f. 476.

Kociiia griscovariegata, Goeze, Beitr. iv. p. 2.50 (1781); Staud. Cat. Lap.

pal. p. 202.

Noctua piniperda, Loschge, Naturf. xxi. p. 27, pi. ii. (1785) ; Panz. Kob.

pi. 1. ff. 11, 12 (1786); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 125. ff. 1-6; Dup. Lep.

Fr. vi. p. 486, pi. 100. ff. 2, 3; Steph. HI. Brit. Ent., Hanst. iii. p. 19.

Noctua telifera, Payk. Vet.-Akad. Stock, xlviii. p. 60, pl. 2. ff. 2, 3 (1786).

Bombijx fprda, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 124 (1787); Curt. Brit. Ent. v.

pl.'ll7.

Noctua pini, Vill. Ent. ii. p. 278 (1789).

Noctua ochrolcuca, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 91 (1827).

Head and thorax rufous more or less mixed with white ; the

tegulte and patagia edged with white ; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen brown, more or less grey towards base. Fore wing bright

V\g. \o^ —Panoli>!flaih7nca, S. \.

or deep rufous, more or less strongly suffused with grey or white ;

the veins white and brown ; subbasal lino represented by slight

white marks below costa and in cell ; antemedial line indistinct ;

oblicjue, waved, rufous dchncd by white on inner side ; claviforra

with its extremity indicated by a white and brown point ; orbicular

and reniform white, often with pale rufous centres, the former

small, more or less elongate elliptical, and often with its lower

edge produced to a streak on median nervure, sometimes connected

with the reniform, which is large and has its upper angle produced ;

postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate, bent out-

wards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line represented by a series of more or less indistinct dentate rufous

marks, angled outwards below veins 7 and 4 to tornus, the area

beyond it sometimes whitish with dark streaks on the extremity of

veins ; cilia rufous intersected with wliite. Hind M'ing fuscous

462 NOCTUTD.Ti:.

brown, the cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish suffused with

rufous, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with slight dark

streaks at the veins.

Ilah. Britain, Forres (Sahar/e), England, Leech Col). ; France,

Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland ;

Spain, Catalonia ; N. Italy ; S.W. IIussia ; Japan (Pryer), 1 $ .

Kvp. 32-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. TG ; Earrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 183, pi. 200. f. 2.

Varying from deep green to pale brown with scattered black

dots ; dorsal lino Avhite ; subdorsal line white, sometimes double,

black-edged ; spiracular line white, edged below with orange or

yellow ; head brownish. Food-plant, Finns sylvestris. 6-7.

Genus CERAPTERYX.

Type.

Cerapteryx, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. p. 451 (1833) gmminis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with

hair in front ; irons smooth ; antennse of male bipectinate, with moderate

branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with hair only and without distinct

crests • abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral tufts of hair.

Fore wino' short, the apex truncate, the termen obliquely curved; veins 3 and

6 from near angle of cell ; fi from upper anglo ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Head and tegula; reddish or olive-brown graminis.

B. Head and tegula3 white albiceps.

1808. Cerapteryx graminis.

Bombyx gi-aviinis, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 506 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. pi. 68.

f. 1 : Hiibn.Eur. Schmett. ff. 480, 481 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 195, pi. 85.

f. 4; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1^4.

Bomhyx tricvs^pis, Esp. Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 348. pi. 68. ff. 2, 3 (1788).

Cerapteryx hiherninii^, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pi. 451 (18.'33).

Heliophohus albineura, Boisd. Icones, pi. 74. f. 4 (1841).

Charesas megala, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 64, pi. 3. f. 55 (1882)

Head and thorax reddish or olive-brown ; abdomen brown. Fore

Fig. IM.-- Cerapteryx graminis, J. J-.

wing reddish or olive-brown, the median nervure, and the subcostal

and submedian uervures slightly, streaked with white, difi'used

blackish streaks below base of costa, cell, and vein 1 ; the ante-

and postmedial lines only defined by the medial area being suffused

with brown or black from subcostal nervure to vein 1, the former

cr.RAl'TKKVX. 403

obli(iue, the latter excurvcd from costa to veiu 4, then incurved ;

claviform elongate, brownish white; orbicular and reniforra brownish

white, small, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter con-

fluent with the white streak on median nervure, which is tricuspid

on base of veins 3, 4, 5 ; subterminal lino represented by a curved

series of small dentate black marks ; a terminal black line ; cilia

ochreous. Hind wing fuscous, the cell and area just below it pale ;

cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous, a discoidal point.

Ab. 1. fricnsjyis. Fore wing more uniform bright rufous, the

markings obsolescent except the prominent tricuspid white mark

at lower angle of cell.

Ab. 2. alhineara. Fore wing with all the veins streaked with

white.

Ab. 3. meijala. Larger; the antennae of male more strongly pecti-

nated ; markings as in tricuspis. — Armenia ; W. & E. Turkestan.

Hub. BritaiiV, Leech Coll. ; France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and

Leech Colls. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Iceland, Zeller Coll. ; Nor-

way, Dovrefjeld, Odalen, Frey Coll.; liussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ;

Armenia; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul ; E. Tukkkstan, Hi,

Korla ; E. Siberia. Exp. 28-3(3 millim.

Larva. Mejr. Brit. Lep. p. 75 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 129, pi. 1.51. f. 2.

Much wrinkled, greenish ochreous to dark bronze-brown ; dorsal,

subdorsal, lateral, and subspiracular lines pale, black-edged ; head

brownish with dark markings. Food-plants, Grasses. 4-6.

1809. Cerapteryx albiceps. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.)

Hadena albiceps, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 203 (1894).

$ . Head and tegulae white ; palpi black except at extremity ;

frous with black bar ; antennse except at base black ; thorax choco-

late-brown, with white patch on metathorax ; pectus white ; legs

banded black and white ; abdomen black irrorated with brown, the

anal tuft white, the ventral surface white irrorated with black and

■with a broad black band before extremity. Fore wing white

irrorated with a few black scales, thicker on terminal area ; sub-

basal line represented by a black striga from costa and another

from cell connected with a patch above base of inner margin ; ante-

medial line represented by an obli(|ue striga from costa to median

nervure, its extremity hooked on outer side, and by a curved band

from submedian fold to inner margin, connected by a curved fascia

above vein 1 with the postmcdial line which is represented by a

small black spot on costa, a lunule beyond the cell and a line from

above vein 2 to inner margin, excurved at vein 1 ; orbicular and

reniform only indicated by a few black scales and a discoidal striga ;

a triangular patch on costa before apex with some white points on

it, and a small wedge-shaped patch on inner margin before tornus ;

a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia chequered white

and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia white ; the underside

464 N0CTUI1).15.

white, irrorated and the terminal area suffused with black, a small

discoidal spot, waved i)ostmedial line, and line terminal line.

IJah. SiKHiM (/v>(ywf«), type t § in Coll. Elwes. jE'a7j.;j4 millim.

Genus SCRIPTANIA, nov.

Tvpp, 'S'. mich(Blseni.

Proboscis fully deyeloped ; palpi oblique, fringed with long hair in front ;

frons smooth ; eyes overhung by long cilia; antenna of male ciliated; head

and (liorax clothed with rough hair and scales; tlie pro- and metathorax with

spreading cre>ts ; abdomen with dorsal crests on first segment. Fore wing

with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from lO

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. HiTid wing with veins

'6, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the ceil near base only.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined syzi/gia.

B. Fore wing with tlie orbicular and reniform separate.

a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median

nervure vorcleoiscjuldi.

b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median

nervure luk-hcehcni.

1810. Scriptania syzygia, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 11.)

$ . Head and thorax clothed with white, reddish brown, and

black scales and hair; tegula? with two black lines, patagia edged

with blackish ; pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen rufous, the dorsal crest rufous. Fore wing white with a

purplish tinge, mostly irrorated and sufl'used with dark brown ; a

black streak below base of cell interrupted by the subbasal line,

which is double, filled in with white, interrupted and bent outwards

at cell and ending at submedian fold, dentate black marks beyond

it below cell and above inner margin ; anetmedial line double filled

in with white, oblique, slightly angled outwards below costa and

above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, white

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, tinged with

brown at centre and defined by black, the former oblique, irregularly

elliptical, open above, the latter angled inwards on median nervure

and fondling the former ; postmedial line defined by white on outer

side, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then minutely

dentate, inwardly oblique to inner margin near antemedial line;

postmedial area purplish white except at costa, on which are some

white points ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a

series of small dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate to tornus at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it dark brown

exce])t at apex ; cilia pale brown intersected by white, a dark

brown line at base and brown tips. Hind wing reddish brown, the

cilia whitish with a brown line at base ; the underside greyish

thickly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunulo and curved

postmedial line.

Hah. Patagonia, Magellan, Punta Arenas {J. J. Walker), 1 5

type. Exp. 32 millim.

KCETrTAXIA.

40')

ISn. Scriptania nordenscjoldi.

Mamrsfra nordenscjoldi, Stiiucl. Hamburg. Magalhaeiis. iv. p. 68, f. 7

(1S99).

Hend and thorax white mixed with black ; tegulae and patagia

with black line near edges ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdo-

men fuscous gre}'. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and suffused

with fuscous, the end of cell and area beyond and below it and

the terminal area except towards apex more strongly suffused ;

subbasal line represented by oblique double black striae from costa

and cell filled in with white ; antemedial line defined by whitish on

inner side, waved, angled strongly outwards above inner margin ;

claviform large, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform

grey with whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly

rounded, the latter angled inwards on median nervure ; traces of a

medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmcdial line defined by

whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points on costa

beyond it; veins 7, 6, 4, 3 defined by whitish, indenting the sub-

terminal line, which is represented by a series of small white spots

on dentate black marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; the

apex and a terminal line grey ; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing

fuscous, the cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hah. Patagonian Andes, Val da Lago Blanco, 4 c? i 1 $ , Punta

Arenas. Exp. 36 millim,

*1812. Scriptania michaelseni.

Affrofis michcBheni, Staud. Ilamburg. Magalbaens. iv. p. 60, f. 13 (1809).

S . Head and tegulae dark brown mixed with grey ; patagia and

thorax grej^ with seven brown stripes ; abdomen with the basal

Fig. Vib. — Scriptania michoiheni, ^. \.

half grey, the terminal half red-brown. Pore wing purplish grey-

brown, the veins streaked with whitish ; black patches in interspaces

of basal area, traversed by the white subbasal lino, which is repre-

sented by an obli(jue striga from costa and an inwardly oblique

Btriga from median nervure, the patch above inner margin extend-

ing to near antemedial line, which is whitish, strongly angled

outwards below costa and above inner margin and with small

wedge-shaped black patch before it above vein 1, and one beyond it

VOL. v. 2 u

466 SOCTUID^.

above inner marp:in ; claviform black, with white streaks above and

beyond it ; cell filled in with black ; orbicular and reniform narrow,

•with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former

oblique elliptical, the latter inwardly oblique ; postmedial line

white, very oblique from costa to vein 6, tlien obliquely curved and

strongly angled inwards on vein 1, a series of dentate black marks

on its inner edge ; subterminal line white, running into an oblique

white stripe from apex extending to postmedial line, and indented

by prominent white streaks on veins 4 and 3, a series of black spots

on its iuner and outer sides, those towards costa on inner side

dentate ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia white.

Hind wing fuscous brown, with the cilia white ; the underside grey

thickly irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot and curved

postmedial line on costal half.

Hah. S. TiERRA DEL FuEGO, Uschuaia, type t J in Mus. Ham-

burg. Ea-j), 32 millim.

Genus STRIGANIA, nov.

Type, -S. Whophilns.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed in front with

long liair. the 3rd short, porrect ; irons smooth; eyes large, rounded, over-

hung by long cilia; iiead and thorax clothed vrith rough hair and scales; tibire

moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of

dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with the terinen obliquely curved ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areola ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4

from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.

Sect. I. Antennje of male strongly serrate and fasciculate.

1813. Strigania lithophilus.

HeliopJwhus lifhophihis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 119.

S . Head ochreous, with some black hair at side ; thorax ochreous

tinged with fuscous, a black and white line near tips of tegulae

and black and white fascia on patagia ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally

Fig. 13G. — Strigania lithophilus, cJ. \.

tinged with fuscous, leaving pale segmental lines, ventrally irro-

rated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the costal area irrorated

with fuscous, the cell and the area below and beyond its extremity

STRIGAXIA. '167

running obliquely to apex and the terminal nrca fuscous ; the

mediau nervure and base of vein 1 streaked with ochrcous ;

veins 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 on terminal area blackish defined by ochreous

streaks ; a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak

above inner mai'gin near base; claviform with ochreous annulus

defined by black and with a black patch below its inner side ;

orbicular and reniforra with ochreous or blackish centres and

whitish annuli define 1 by black, the former oblique elliptical, and

produced along median nervure to become more or less strnngly

confluent with the narrow reniform ; an irregular oblique ochreous

band from apex to inner margin beyond middle intersected by the

streaks on the veins ; the subterminal line represented by a series

of ochreous points on small dentate black marks in the interspaces ;

a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia ochreous, with two

brown lines through them. Hind wing whitish, the veins, inner

area, and terminal half suffused with fuscous ; cilia ochreous white,

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated

with fuscous except on disk, a small discoidal lunule.

2 . Head and fore wing more uniformly suffused with fuscous.

Hah. CuiLi (Edmonds), 2 cT , 1 5 type. EA^p. 32-34 millim.

Sect. II. Anteniif? of inale cilialecl.

A. Fore wing with terminal whitish bnnd scripfa.

B. Fore wing without terminal wiiite band calligrapta.

*1814. Strigania scripta.

Mamestra scripfa, Mssn. Stlibel's Eeise, p. 141, pi. vi. f. 14 (1890).

(5 . Head and thorax pale ochreous with some fuscous and brown

hair mixed ; patagia with white streak and some black scales near

edges ; abdomen pale ochreous, tinged with brown towards ex-

tremity. Fore wing pale ochreous, the interspaces mostly suffused

with brown ; subbasal line represented by patches of black scales

below costa and cell, the latter crossed by an oblique whitish striga ;

antemedial line represented b}' two patches of blackish scales below

costa and by a whitish line from cell to inner margin, strongly

angled on vein 1 and defined by black on outer side in submedian

interspace and on inner side below vein 1 ; claviform incompletely

defined by black and with oblique whitish fascia above and beyond

it; orbicular and reniform whitish with brown centres open above

and below, defined by a V-shaped black mark between them and an

inverted V before orbicular, connected by a whitisli streak on

median nervure, continued on veins 3, 4 to subterminal line ; post-

medial line minutely waved, black defined by a whitish band on

outer side connected with apex by an oblique whitish fascia, oblique

from costa to vein 6 and from vein 4 to inner margin ; subterminal

line represented by a series of black wedge-shaped marks with

whitish lunules on them ; a terminal whitish band ; cilia whitish,

ochreous at base. Hin 1 wi ng ochreous white, thp veins and terminal

2n 2

408 NOCTUID.-E.

area brownish ; the underside Avith the veins and marginal areas

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal luniile.

H(th. Bolivia, Tacora, 12,000 feet, type t in Mus. Berlin. Exp.

30 milliin.

1815. Strigania calligrapta.

l^eitria calligrapta. Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 118.

c? . Head and thorax ochreous with some black scales ; abdomen

ochreous irrorated with dark brown. Fore winf? ochreous, irrorated

and ]ai'j;ely suffused with dark brown ; subbasal line represented by

ochreous strite from costa aud cell, the former defined on inner

side, the latter on both sides by black ; antemedial line double,

dark brown filled in with ochreous, angled outwards below costa,

oblique below cell, and strongly bent inwards to inner margin ;

elaviform well-developed, reddish brown defined by dark brown and

Fig. 137. — Slrigania calligrapta, J. \.

with an ochreous patch between it and postmedial line; orbicular

and reniform with reddish centres and ochreous annuli defined by

dark brown, the former very oblique elliptical, the latter slightly

angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line double, filled in

with ochreous, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, ex-

curved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa;

the veins with slight dark streaks defined by ochreous, the median

nervure and veins 6, 4, 3, 1 on postmedial area more strongly

defined, those on each side of veins 4, 3 indenting the ochreous

subterminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7, defined on

inner side by some dentate dark marks extending to its outer side

at middle ; a terminarseries of small dark lunules ; cilia ochreous,

with a red-brown line through them. Hind Aving whitish suffused

with fuscous brown, especially on terminal half; cilia ochreous,

with a red-brown line through them ; the underside ochreous

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal bar.

Hob. Chili {Edmonch), 1 d" type. Exp. 36 millim.

Genus GRAPHANIA, nov.

Type, G. dinjungens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed wilb hair

in front, the 3rd porrect ; frons with truncate conical prominence with

cx3rneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax clothed with

hair and hair-lil;e scales, the pro- and metathorax with slight spreading crests ;

GRAPHANIV.

469

tibiffi fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsil crest on basal segment, dorsally

clothed with rough hair at base and with Literal fringes. Fore wing rather

produced, the termen obliquely curved; veins .3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

(i from upper angle ; 9 I'rom 10 anasfomosing with 8 to forui the areole ; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

just below angle of discocellulars ; ti, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Antennte of male bipectiuate with long branches, the apical part

serrate.

1816. Graphania disjungens.

Heliopkohus dlsjungens, Wlk. xv. 1681 (1858) ; Hudson, Now Zjaland

Moths & Butterflies, p. 15, pi. v. f. 43.

Hadena nervata, Guen. Eut. Mo. Mag. v. p. 40 (1868).

Head and thorax white mixed with some hrown ; frons with

black bar ; tegulae with black medial line and brown tips ; patag-ia

edged with black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with

brown. Fore wing white tinged in parts with yellow, irrorated

Fig. 138. — Graphania dlfjiLngcns, ^,

with black and suffused with brown on medial and terminal areas ;

the veins white; subbasal line represented by oblique black striae

from costa and cell, the latter followed by a slight black streak in

Bubmedian fold, then by obliquely placed black and white streaks

above and below vein 1 ; antemcdial line black, interrupted at the

veins, oblique from costa to above vein 1 ; claviform defined by

black above ; orbicular and reniform small, with brown centres and

white aunuli defined by black, the former round ; a medial lino

oblique from costa to below cell, then waved ; postmedial line lunu-

late, bent outwards below costa, cxcurved to vein 4, then oblique and

angled inwards to antemedial line in submcdian fold ; subterminal

line white, defined by more or less prominent somewhat dentate

black marks before and beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and

dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black lunules.

Hind Aving fuscous brown, the cilia white at tips ; the underside

white irrorated with brown ; a discoidal lunulc and curved post-

medial line.

llah, Nkw Zkal.vnd {EmjR, Matheic, J. J. Walker), 4 d" , 1 ? <ypo.

E.vp. 40 millim.

470

NoriiMD.a:,-

Sect. II. Auteunic of luule ciliated.

1817. Graphania atavistis.

Aspidifrontia atavistis, Hiiipsu. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 441 (1DU2).

(S . Head and thorax clothed with pale and darlv hrown, black

and white hair ; tegulaj with black medial line ; abdomen brownish

ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing pale and dark brown ; the

costal area ochreous irrorated with some dark scales to beyond

middle, the subcostal veins streaked with white ; the inner urea to

submedian fold ochreous, leaving vein 1 dark and defined by pinkish

and white scales and an oblique dark streak above inner margin

except at base ; claviform a narrow elongate, black-defined streak

from base ; orbicular small, diamond-shaped, ochreous defined by

Fig. 13U. — Liraphuiiia utuvi.'iti.s, ^j' . i.

black ; reniform with its upper part ochreous, its lower whitish and

angled inwards on median nervure to origin of vein 2 ; the inter-

spaces beyond the cell slightly streaked with black ; an ochreous

subtcrminal mark above and below vein G and a V-shaped mark

between veins 3 and 4; the extremity of the veins streaked with

white ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

white, the veins tinged with brown, diffused towards termen ; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; the underside with the

costal and apical half of terminal area irrorated with fuscous ; a

discoidal lunule.

Hah. Cape CoLOxr, Trauskei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 tS type.

E:cj). 'S-i millim.

Genus TMETOLOPHOTA, nov.

Type, T. propria.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, tlie 2nd joint fringed

•with long liair iu front ; Irons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna; of niale

serrate and fasciculate; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the prothoras

with divided anterior crest; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore

wino- rather short and broad, the termen rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from lUanasti>mosing with 8 to form the

areole ; 11 from cell, llind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 6 obso-

lescent from middle of discocelluiar.s ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing

■with the cell near ba.se only.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not forming a

V-shaped mark propria.

33. Fore wmg with the orbicular and reniform forming a V-shaped

mark poh/gona.

TMETOLOPflOTA. 471

1818. Tmetolophota propria.

Leucania propria, Wlk. ix. Ill (1856); Bntl. Voy. ' Erebus' & 'Terror,'

^\. ix. f. 4 ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 1 1, pi. iv. f. 13.

Head and thorax ochreous brown with a reddish or olive tinge;

tegulae with black and white medial line ; fore and mid tibiae striped

whitish and black ; abdomen ochreous brown, tinged with rufous

towards extremity or more ochreous. Fore wing pale grey-brown,

usually more or less tinged with rufous or sometimes with ochreous ;

a prominent black fascia below base of cell to below origin of vein 2;

the extremity of median nervure with ditfused fuscous on it, with

more or less prominent black streak above it and base of vein 4 ;

Fig. Ii0.— Tmc(olo2}ho(a. propria, (^ . \.

orbicular and reniform small, greyish, obscurely defined by black,

the former round, reduced to a slight black streak representing its

lower edge or obsolete ; a postmedial series of black points, bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, met at vein 4 by a

more or less prominent triangular dark shade from termen below

apex; a prominent terminal series of black points. Hind wing

fuscous brown, or ochreous tinged with fuscous brown, the cilia

ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal area slightly tinged

with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; a terminal series of small

black lunulcs.

Hah. New Zealand (Earl), 1 J type, (Enifs) 1 (^ , (Mathew)

1 J, 1 5 , (</. '/• Walker) 2 J, Marlborough (Skellon), 2 J , 1 $ ,

Blenheim, Mt. Arthur, Alt. Hutt. F.V2). 32-38 millim.

*1819. Tmetolophota polygona. (Plate XCIV. fig. 10.)

Tmetolophota polijgona, Druce, ined.

$ . Head and thorax purplish grey ; palpi and sides of frons, a

bar above it, and two patches on vertex of head black ; tegulae

yellow-brown, with black medial line and purple-grey tips ; pro-

thorax and patagia with black patches, thora.^t with dorsal black

etripe ; pectus brown in front ; abdomen purple-grey, dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing purple-grey slightly tinged with

brown, the markings deep black defined by olivo-ochreous, the

lines obsolete; a streak below base of costa and another below

base of cell ; an obli(|uc streak above nudillc of inner margin only

472

KOCTCID^.

defined by j'ellow below ; claviform represented by a small black

triangle ; orbicular and reniform purple-grey, forming a V-shaped

mark and defined by black triangles before, between, and beyond

them ; an oblique series of wedge-shaped marks from apex to below

vein 2, where the mark is^bisected by a yellow streak ; a series of

triangular marks just before termen from vein 6 to above vein 1,

where the mark is more elongate ; a fine terminal line and three

lines through the cilia. Hind wing purplish white, the veins and

marginal areas suff"used with brown ; the underside with the veins

and marginal areas irrorated with brown ; a small discoidal spot.

Hah. N. Peru, Huaneabamha, 8000 feet, type t in Coll. Druce.

jE'.rjj. 46 raillim.

Genus CONISANIA, uov.

Type, C. leineri.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below;

ffons wilh suiall i-ounded prominence ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna? of male

ciliated ; head and thoi-ax clothed with liair and hair-like scilcs, the pro- and

metathorax with sjjreading crests; fore tibia} with spine on outer ^ide near

extremity, the tarsus with curved claws on each joint, longer towards extremity

of joint ; abdou)en with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing witii veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing

witli 8 to (brm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell ; b obsolescent from just below angle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle or stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

1820. Conisania leineri.

Js'ociva leiveri, Frr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. p. 145, pi. 184. f. 3 (1831) ;

Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 102; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158,

Leucania /areata, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, iv. p. 40.

Mamestra cervina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 546; Herr.-Schiiff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. ff. 1G3-4.

Mamestra pomerana, Scluilz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 18(59, p. 51.

Mamestra bovina, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 14.

Mamestra albina, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896).

Head and thorax bright rufous ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

rufous mixed with oehreous. Fore wing bright rufous, the veins

Fig. 141. — Conisania leineri, (^ . \.

irrorated with white ; the subbasal line rejjresented by white points

on costa and median nervure ; the antemedial line indistinct, waved,

with white points on costa, median nervure, vein 1, ajid inner

margin ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct

trLite ocelli, the former small, round, the latter narrow with some

C0NI8ANIA. — DASTGASTBR. 473

white on lower part ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, with scries

of white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excnrved

to vein 4, then incurred, some white points on costa bej-ond it ;

subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at

veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of slight fuscous lunules ; cilia inter-

sected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous sntt'used with rufous,

rather paler towards base; cilia ochreous wliite, with a rufous line

through tliem ; the underside whitish irrorated with rufous, a

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

band.

Ab. 1. cervina. Fore wing ])ale rufous, with white streak on

median nervure. — S. Russia, E. Siberia.

Ab. 2. hoviwi. Fore wing brownish rufous, with the median

nervure defined by whitish streaks towards extremity, the series of

points almost obsolete. — W. Tarkeslan.

Ab. 'd. furcata. Fore wing reddish, with wliite streaks on the

veins. — Urals.

Ab. 4. pomerdna. Fore wing with prominent white streaks on

the veins. — S. Germany, W. Turkestan.

Ab. 5. alhina. Fore wing greyish ochreous, Avith white streaks

on the veins. — Mongolia.

Hah. S. Germany, Pomerania, Zcllcr, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

Austria, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ;

S. Russia, Urals ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 S , Ferghana,

Issyk-Kul ; Mongolia, Uliassutai ; E. Siberia. Exp. 38-40 millim.

Genus DASYGASTER. ^r

Type.

Dasygasfcr, Giien. Noct. i. p. 201 (1852) hollandim.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, fringed with bair in front, the

3rd joint porreet ; frons with small rounded pruminence, with sligiit corneous

plate below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennie of male typically with brislles

and cilia ; bead and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and

metathorax with spreading crests; pectus and abdomen clothed with long hair,

the latter with dorsal crests at base and lateral fringes of hair, lung in male.

Fore wing rather sboi-t and broad, the a|)ex I'ectangular ; veins o and 5 fi-om

near angle of cell ; 6 from uppei- angle ; U from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areoie ; 11 frcjm cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 iroiu angle of cell; .5

obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas-

tomosing with tlie cell near base only.

Sect. I. Antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate branches.

A. Fore wing with the claviform present, defined by white eugrapha.

]3. Fore wing with the claviform absent Ikjniplena.

*1821. Dasygaster eugrapha. (Plate XCI. fig. 12.)

Dasygaster eugrapha. Turner, ined.

c? . Head and thorax clothed with dark brown, rufous, and grey

474 NocTuii)^.

scales ; froiis with black bar ; tegula) with two black lines ; patagia

with black line near margins ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen

brown, laterallj' and ventrally tinged with j)nrple. Fore wing

leaden grej', slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous;

the medial area with the costal edge wliite and with black fasciae

in discal and snbmedian folds ; the lines double tilled in with white;

subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner margin, not connected

with the claviform, which is narrow and defined by white ; orbicular

and reniform with white annuli, the former small, round, the latter

narrow, with pale centre defined by brown ; postmedial line strongly

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with series

of dentate black marks on its inner side, oblique below vein 4 ;

subterminal line white, with prominent series of dentate black

marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected

with grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale rufous ; the

underside ochreous irrorated with brown ; a diffused curved post-

medial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous from apex to

vein 2.

Hah. VrcTOEiA, Melbourne, type f J in Coll. Turner. E,vp.

40 millim.

1822. Dasygaster ligniplena.

Xylina ligniplena, Wlk. xi. 762 (1857).

(S . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grev ; frons

with black bar ; teguloe with black medial line ; patagia with some

Fig. 142. — Dasyga&tcr Ucjniplcna, (^ . \.

black scales above ; spurs and tarsi with pale rings ; abdomeo

rufous, pale at base. Fore wing rufous and pale ochreous irrorated

with black ; the veins irrorated with black ; a black streak below base

of cell ; subbasal line defined by pale colour on outer side, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by pale colour on

inner side, oblique towards costa, then dentate ; claviform absent ;

orbicular a small pale mark; reniform small, with p;ile annulus and

white point on its lower edge ; some dark suffusion above and

below end of median nervure and between veins 5 and 2 ; post-

DASYGASTKR. 475

mediiil line strongly dentate and produced to white points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein -4, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white,

reduced to points on short black streaks at middle, angled outwards

at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown suffused with

fuscous, the cilia more ochreous ; the underside white, slightly

tinged with jmrplish red and irrorated with fuscous ; a black streak

on median nervure, discoidal lunule, and curved postmedial line,

with the area beyond it suffused with fuscous.

Hah. Tasmania (Smith), 1 <S type. Ex2). 42 millim.

Sect. II. Antennae of male muiutely serrate, with fascicles of cilia and bristles.

A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

«. Fore wing witli the black streak strong, extending to near

an teiuedial line acontoseina.

h. Fore wing with the black streak slight, short 'ncphclistis.

E. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a. Fore wing reddish brown to grey-brown hullandice.

b. Fore wing fuscous black epundoides.

*1823. Dasygastei' acontosema. (Place XCI. fig. 13.)

Leucania acontosema, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1903, p. 4.

S . Pale brownish ochreous ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with

brown band above; vertex of head brownish; tegulae with black

medial line ; tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing with black

streak below cell to near antoraedial lino ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by a black striga from costa ; antemedial lino interrupted,

represented by black strigae on costa and in cell and angled out-

wards in submcdian interspace and above inner margin ; orbicular

and reniform Avhitish, the former small, elliptical, the cell before

and between them and the disk beyond the I'eniform suffused with

fuscous ; postmedial line minutelj' waved, black, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; a slight oblique

streak from apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind

wing ochreous Avhitish tinged with brown, especially towards

termen ; cilia white, the underside whiter ; both wings with curved

crenulate postmedial line.

Hub. QuEKNSLAND, liockhamptoH, type t (5 in Coll. Turner.

Exp. 46 millim.

1824. Dasygaster nephelistis, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig 14.)

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous ; palpi black at side ;

frons with black bar ; tcgulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale

rings ; abdomen pale ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown and

476

NOCTDID.E.

fuscous. P'ore wing paleochreous, tiuged with reddish and irrorated

with dark brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell ; sub-

basal line represented by a black point on costa ; an indistinct

waved aiitemedial line with double jjoints at costa ; claviform

absent ; orbicular and reniform small, indistinct, pale with brown

centres, the former elongate elliptical, the latter sometimes with

slight white streak on lower edge; some black suffusion in, below,

and beyond lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate and

produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line dark, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle

and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it darker except at

apex. Hind wing fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia pale brownish ;

the underside whiti.-h slightly tinged with purplish red, irrorated

with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with

fuscous suffusion beyond it.

llab. S. Australia, Parkside {Lower), 1 J , 1 5 > ^JP^- Exp.

32 millim.

1825. Dasygaster hoUandiae.

Lasj/gader hollandice, Guen. Noct. i. p. 201 (1852).

Dasi/gaMcr leucanioidoi, Guen. Noct. i. p. 202 (1852).

Graphi'pliora facili&, Wlk. xi. 745 (1857J.

Head and thorax grey and fuscous tinged with rufous ; frons with

dark bar; tcgulne with dark medial line; spurs and tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing brown tinged with

Fig. \A^.- Dasygaster hoUavdlcp, J.

rufous, the veins fuscous irrorated with white ; subbasal line repre-

sented by slight dark striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line

indistinct, double filled in with greyish, highly waved ; claviform

represented by a slight pale mark with some dark scales on its

edges ; orbicular and reniform small,' with brown centres and

whitish aunuli defined by brown, the former elongate elliptical, the

latter with a more or less prominent white streak on its lower edge ;

postmedial line dentate and produced to black and white points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal

fold, oblique below vein 4, some while points on costa beyond it;

subtcrminal line represented by whitish points on a series of short

black streaks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black points : cilia with a fine pale line at base.

DA9TGASTKR. 4/7

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale tinged with brown or

rufous ; the underside white, slightly tinged with purplish red and

irrorated with fuscous ; a black discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. leucanioides. Fore wing with the markings less distinct,

the reniform without the white streak below it and with a fuscous

patch beyond it.

Ab. 2. facilis. Much more grey-brown and with hardly any

rufous tinge.

Ab. 3. Suffused with deep fuscous.

Hub. N. S. Wales, Moreton Bay (Digr/Jes), 1 5 ; Vfctoria,

Gisborne {Lyell), 1 c? ; S. Australia, Parkside (Low^r), 1 (^ , 1 $ ;

Tasmania, Hobart {Allport, Lyell), 7 6, 1 $ , type fac'dis. Exp.

38-40 millim.

1826. Dasygaster epundoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 15.)

Dasygaster epundoides, Gnen. Noct. i. p. 202 (1852).

Dasi/gaster pimctivena, Wlk. ix. 242 (1856).

5 . Head and thorax black slightly mixed with grey ; antennae

at base and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous irrorated

with grey. Fore wing fuscous black, with some whitish irroration,

especially on basal, costal, and inner areas ; subbasal line repre-

sented by a black striga from costa ; anteraedial line indistinct,

oblique, waved, defined by greyish on inner side ; claviform a small

black mark ; orbicular a black point ; reniform very ill-defined and

small, formed of black and white scales ; postmedial lino indistinct,

bent outwards and defined by wliitc on outer side below costa, then

oblique, dentate, a series of white points on costa beyond it ; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of white points on short black

streaks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown,

greyish towards base and costa, the cilia whitish at tips; the under-

side white irrorated with black ; a black discoidal lunnle, the

terminal area black.

Hah. Tasmania, 1 $ iy\)G punctivena. Exp. AQ miWxva.

Sect. III. Antennae of male with cilia and bristles; claspers very elongate ;

liincl wing witii the terraen strongly excised from apex to vein 4.

] 827. Dasygaster reversa.

Aledn. reversa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. G, pi. 144. f. 5 (1884); TTinpsn.

Moths Inrl. ii. p. 278.

Head iind thorax pale ochreous mixed Avith fuscous ; tegulyc with

fu.scous lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some black

scales on upper edge ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing pale

ochreous, tinged with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous ;

478

xncTuiD.r..

subhasal line indistinct, "u-avcd, from costa to rein 1 ; auteraedinl

line indistinct, slightly defined by p;rey on inner side, oblique,

"Waved ; claviform sometimes reprcssnted by a slight pale mark ;

orbicular and reniform small, pale, with fuscous centres and outline,

the former round ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;

Fig. 144. — Dafi/gaster reversa, J. \.

subterminal line very indistinct, pale, arising obliquely from apex

and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing ochreous white, tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins

and terminal area ; the cilia pale; the underside with waved post-

medial line and some black points on apical half of termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the extremity of median nervure and veins

3, 4 streaked with Avhitish. — New Guinea.

Hah. Madkas, Cuddapah, Horsleykondah (Camphell), 1 J,

Nilgiris {Hampson), 1 $ ; Cetlox, Pundaloya {Green?), 2 S ,2 $,

type; New Guinea; Queensland, Brisbane {Turner),! J, 1 $ .

Exp. 36-42 millim.

Genus CIRPHIS.

Cirphis, Wlk. xxxii. 622 (1865)

Typo.

costalh.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2acl joint fringed

witii hair \x\ front, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ;

head and thorax clothed with hair and seales mixed, the pro- and metathorax

•with spreading crests ; tibiiE fringed with rather long liair ; abdomen with

dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the

termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

Sect. I. (Cirphis). Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate; tibiae fringed with

rather long hair; abdomen clothed with woolly hair.

A. Fore wing with the costal edge white.

a. Fore wing deep purple eloriosa,.

h. Fore wing pale purplish red '. costalia.

B. Fore wing with the costal edge not white ohiista.

79

1828. Cirphis eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.)

Lcucania eboriosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1S.">2) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 190.

S . Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark

brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge

white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark

streaks ; antemedial dark points on v-eins and inner margin ; a

white point at lower angle of cell ; a postraedial series of black

points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series

of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish

brown, the cilia purplish pink, the underside pale thickly irrorated

with purplish pink ; the terminal area suffused with pink, a dark

discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band.

Hab. Tasmania (not U.S.A.), i S type, Hobart {Norman), 1 cT •

Exp. 40 millim.

1829. Cirphis costalis.

Cirphis cosinlis, Wlk. xxxii. ()2'j (186;")).

(S . Head and thorax pale purplish rufous ; abdomen ochreoiis

tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish

Fig. 145. — Cirphis coMalis, J. {.

pink ; the costal edge white ; slight fuscous antemedial points

on median nervure and vein 1 ; a white point with some fuscous

round it at lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial

series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing pale purplish

rufous suffused with fuscous, leaving the inner area and termen

redder ; cilia pale rufous, white at tips ; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot and diffused

fuscous postmedial band.

IlaJi. Tasmania, 2 J type. Exp. 38 millim.

1830. Cirphis obusta. (Plate XCI. fig. 17.)

Leucania obttsia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. .Vm.

p. 190.

S . Head and thorax deep rufous ; abdomen ochreous, the

ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep rufous suffused with

480

NOCTUID.E.

purplish pink ; faint traces of a postraedial series of black points

on the veins ; cilia rufous, with a fine pale line at base. Hind

•wing ochreous, suffused with reddish fuscous especiall)' towards

termen ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused with purple-

pink, a dark discoidal spot and postmedial line diffused outwardly

to termen except at apex.

Hah. Tasmania (not U.S.A.), 1 S type. Exp. 4G millim.

Sect. II. Antenna of male ciliated.

A. Palpi of male with spreading tuft of hair from npperside of 2nd joint.

*1831. Cirphis pilipalpis.

HcUoj)liila. pilipalpis, Grote, Proc. Bost. See. N. H. xviii. p. 415 (1875);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 189.

2 . Head and thorax pale flesh-coloiir irrorated with black

scales, the tegulae yellowish ; abdonaen whitish, the ventral surface

Fi^. HG. — CirjjJiii j.ilipalpis, (^ . \.

irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wing pale flesh-colour,

rather deeper in discal fold towards postmedial line and rather

strongly irrorated with black ; the costal edge white ; antemedial

line represented by two dark points on inner area ; a pale discoidal

bar slightly angled inwards on vein 1 and with black point in lower

angle of cell and diffused fuscous patch beyond it ; postmedial line

fuscous, highly crenulate, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely

curved ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing yellowish white,

the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white ; underside

white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some

black points on termen.

Hah. U.S.A., Florida, in Coll. Schaus, Appalachicola. E.rp.

46 millim.

B. Palpi of male normal.

a. Mid tibire of male with thick fringes of hair on both sides ; abdomen

thickly clothed with woolly hair, the anal tuft very large.

(d. Fore tibiae of male and first two joints of tarsi with very thick

fringes of long hair ; the hind tibitc with thick fringes of hair on

both sides.

ciRrais.

481

1832. CirpMs pseudargyria.

Lencania fscuclargijria, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 189.

Heliophila callida, Grote, New Check-List, p. 30 (1882).

S . Head aud thorax ochreous tinged with purplish red and with

slight dark irroration ; palpi blackish at sides ; fore legs dark ;

Fig. 147. — Cirphis iKCudargyria, ^.

abdomen rufous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing greyish

ochreous, irrorated with purplish red and suffused with the same

colour in and beyond cell and on terminal area below apex ; the

antemedial line dark, indistinct, interrupted, waved ; orbicular and

reniform ochreous white with some red scales at centre, the former

irregularly rounded, the latter narrow and slightly angled inwards

on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark

points on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then somewhat incurved ; a curved purplish-red shade below

apex; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

Ihe cilia ochreous, whitish at tips ; the underside ochreous, the

costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Much greyer and witliout the red tinge.

JIah. Canada, 1 S ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Eurnly, 1 j , 1 J,

New York, Evans Centre, 1 ^ type, 3 $ , New Jersey, Kansas

(Snow), 2 $ , Texas, Colorado. Ktp. 34-46 millim.

The single grey male from Canada is without the tufts on fore

and mid tibiae; whether this is natural or due to condition of

specimen, I leave to be decided by further material.

Larva. Like ph-ar/mitidicola but rather paler, the substigmatal

line broad, whitish, reddish filled. Dorsal line narrow, pale,

brown-edged ; subdorsal line distinct, broadly brown-cdgod above.

Brown lateral baud obscurely divided by a central lino. Leg-plates

brown. — H. G. D.

VOL. V. 2 I

482 KOCTUID^.

p. Fore tibijE of male thickly tufted with hair ; hind tibiae moderately

tufted.

1833. Cirphis multilinea. (Plate XCI. fig. 18.)

Zeucania multilinea, Wlk. ix. 97 (1856) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 187.

Leucania soli/a, Wlk. ix. 99 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.

p. 262.

Heliophila lapidaria, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 419.

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulae with three dark

lines ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins

white, clearly defined by red-brown streaks ; the interspaces with

fine red-brown streaks ; the median nervure with a red-brown

fascia below it ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with

black : a black point below origin of vein 2 and another in lower

angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; an oblique

pale shade from apex; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing white, the veins and termen tinged with fuscous brown ;

a terminal series of black points ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with dark brown.

Ab. 1. lapidaria. Hind wing with the veins and termen not

tinged with brown.

Hah. Canada, Orilla {Bush), 1 $ type ; U.S.A., Massachusetts,

Euffalo, 1 c? , 1 2 , type lapidaria, New York ; Costa Eica ( Under-

wood), 1 c? , Guatemala {Cliaiinpion), 1 S ; Panama, Bugaba

{Champion), 1 S , Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera {Dolhy-Tyler),

1 5 ; Grenada {H. H. Smith), 1 (5" ; Baebados {Frampton), 1 ^ ,

2 5 ; Hab. igkn., 1 (5 type solita ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster),

1 2 . Kvp. 38 millim.

c^. Fore and hind tibiaj of male moderately tufted

with hair.

a^. Mid tibia of male wi(h the outer spur curved

and llattened, pointed at extremity.

a'. Hind wing wliolly suffused with fuscous commoides.

b^. Hind wing white, tljc termen tinged with

fuscous phragmitidicola.

1834. CirpMs commoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 19.)

Leucania commoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 86 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 188.

Head and thorax dull reddi.sh brown mixed with fuscous ; teguloe

with two dark lines ; patagia with a few black scales near upper

edge ; abdomen rufous in male, ochreous in female. Fore wing

ochreous suffused \Aith pale rufous, the costal and inner areas

slightly irrorated with Idack ; the veins whitish slightly defined by

brown streaks ; the interspaces with brown streaks ; the median

nervure more prominently Avhite, defined by black on each side ; a

black streak from inner margin near base to beyond middle ; the

riRPiirs.

483

interspaces of terminal urea with slight black streaks ; traces of a

postraedial series of black points on the veins sometimes present ;

an oblique pale shade from apex : a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia yellowish white, with

a brown line near base ; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with dark brown.

Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Calgarj^ {WoUey-Dod), 1 r? ,

1 $ ; U.S.A., New York, 4 c? , 2 $, type, Wisconsin, Illinois,

Florida, Minnesota, Washington, 1 $ , Colorado, New Mexico.

Exp. 40 millim.

1835. Cirphis pliragmitidicola.

Lencania phraqmitidicola, Grueu. Xoct. i. p. 89 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 187.

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi and sides of head dark

brown ; tegalae wich three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous white.

■i^

Fig. 148. — Cirphis phragmltidicola, c?. \.

Fore wing brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; the

veins pale defined by brown streaks ; the area beyond the cell with

fine brown streaks in the interspaces ; the median nervure with

white streak more or less strongly defined below by black, some-

times extending beyond the cell as a short streak above vein 4 ; an

antemedial black point sometimes present just below median

nervure ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a curved postmedial

series of black points on the veins ; an oblique pale shade from

apex ; a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind

wing white, the veins and tcrmen tinged with ochreous brown ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal

series of black points on apical half.

Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly, 2 $ , New York,

5 d , 2 2 , Kansas (Snow), 1 c? , 1 $ , Texas, Colorado, California,

San Francisco, 1 $ , New Mexico. Exp. 32-42 millim.

Larva. Head luteous, sutures paler with a brown stripe each

side and mark in clypeus. Body straw-brown, finely darker

streaked. Dorsal line narrow, pale, dark-edged ; subdorsal

broader, pale, a broad straight band above it and narrow edging

below : lateral line narrow, pale ; markings slightly darker between

this and the narrow pale stigmatal line. Leg-shields brownish. —

H. G. D.

484 NOCTUID^.

4 b'^. Mid tibia of male with the outer spur normal.

((^. Fore wing tinged with pink roseola.

b^. Fore wing not tinged with pink farcta.

1836. Cirphis roseola. (Plate XCI. fig. 20.)

Leucania roseola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xsi. p. 75, pi. v. f. 9 (1894);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

Head and thorax pale ochreous with a slight pink tinge ;

tegulce with two slight lines, patagia with some black scales near

upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, white at base ; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen tinged with brownish pink. Fore wing

pale ochreous tinged with pink ; the veins white defined by fine

pink streaks, the interspaces also streaked with pink ; a small

white spot at lower angle of cell with a black point above it

in angle ; postmedial line rejiresented by black points on veins 5

and 2. Hind wing white, the termen slightly tinged with ochreous

towards apex ; the underside w ith the costal area tinged with

ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (J. W. Coclde), 2 $ , Van-

couver ; U.S.A., "Washington, Pullman, 1 § , Oregon, Corvallis, 1 c? .

Exp. 42 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head shining brown, the reticulations in-

distinct, the vertical baud next the suture distinct and black.

Body uniform, creamy brown ; dorsal line narrow, white, brown-

edged ; a distinct, nearly solid, subdorsal black band with a white

one below it ; a narrow white line in the middle of the brownish

lateral sjiace ; a white band below this ; lateral space below filled

by a broad dotted greyish space cut by a narrow line of the ground-

colour ; substigmatal band broad, defined by its white edges, filled

with the ground-colour. Spiracles black. Abdominal feet of

joints 7 to 10 black outwardly. Food-plants, Grasses. — H. G. D,

1837. Cirphis farcta. (Plate XCI. fig. 21.)

HeliopMla farcia, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881); Smith, Cat. N'oct.

N. Am. p. 188.

Head and thorax ochreous ; tegulae with traces of three dark

lines ; patagia with a few black scales near their upper edge ; pro-

and metathoracic and abdominal crests brownish at tips ; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, irrorated with a few black

scales on inner area ; the veins whitish, defined by rufous streaks^

the interspaces with rufous streaks : a black point below origin of

vein 2; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2; traces of an

oblique pale shade from apex ; a terminal series of minute points

sometimes present. Hind wing white, tinged with ochreous towards

termen ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown.

ciRrms. 485

ITah. U.S.A., California, 1 d" type {Walsinijham), 2 $. Ex2y.

42-46 millim.

Larva. Like phragmlthlicola, but paler, straw-yellow, the dark

shade between lateral and stigmatal lines pronounced. — -H. G. 1).

h. Mid tibiae of male with thick fj-inges ofhing liair and scales

on underside ; abdomen not clothed with woolly hair,

a'. Fore coxa, femora, and tibise of male with thick fringes

of hair and scales.

or. Fore wing with black spot above median nervuro

towards end of cell fasciata.

h'. Fore wing without black spot above median nervure

towards end of cell naiiiica.

1838. CirpMs fasciata.

Axylia Jasciata, Moore, P. Z S. 18SI, p. 311 ;

pi. 144. f. 6; Ilmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 280.

Leucania nigrUinea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 482,

id. Lep. Cejl. iii. p. 7,

pi. 50. f. 8.

Head and thorax oehreous with a slij^ht rufous tiuge ; tegulaB

grey with three black lines ; prothoracic crest grey aud black ;

patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen brownish

grey tinged with fuscous, pore wing oehreous, tinged with rufous

■■^-^^

Fig. 149. — Cirphis fasciata, c?. \,

and irroratcd with a few black scales, the veins pale deflned by fine

brown streaks ; vein 4 white ; some black streaks in interspaces of

terminal area ; a black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ;

a fuscous fascia on median nervure expanding beyond lower angle of

cell into a wedge-shaped patch extending on termen to just below

apex ; smijll wliitisli spots with small black spots between them

above median nervuro and in and beyond lower angle of cell ; a

grey patch below vein 3 ; traces of a dentate postmedial line bent

outwards below costa and obli([ue below vein 4 ; cilia fuscous, with

a fine pale lino at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown,

especially on the veins and terminal area ; the underside with some

dark irroration on costal area.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er^, 2 (^ , 4 $ , type nigrilinea ;

Punjab, li.\x\\x{Ilochin(j), 1 (S , Simla (Heed), typo; Ckylojt, Tundaloya

(Green), 1 c?> ^^ $ • ^a-^J. 34 millim.

486 xociriD^.

1839. Cirphis nainica.

Leucania nainica, Moore, P. Z. S. ]881, p. 337, pi. 37. f. 15 ; Hinpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 274.

Leucania griseofusciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339.

Leucania irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 4U9.

Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous mixed with some fuscous

tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen brownish ochreons, the

ventral surface with some fuscous irroration. Fore wing pale

brownish ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some rufous

suffusion in and bej'ond cell ; the median nervure defined by a

fuscous fascia below, expanding below lower angle of cell into a

triangular patch extending to termen below apex ; median nervure

streaked with white from before middle, hooked at lower angle of

cell, in which there is a black point ; an indistiact curved postmedial

series of points on the veins, sometimes with traces of a crenulate

line between them ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with

white, the interspaces with brown streaks ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler at base ; the

underside pale, the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown and

irrorated with fuscous, some black points on termen.

Hab. Punjab, Simla {Harford), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 1 $ ijT^Q griseo-

fasciata, Dharmsala (Boclinc/), 2 S,2 $ , type irrorata, NainiTal.

Exj). 36-40 millim.

6\ Mid femora of male with fringe cf long hair and scales.

a^. Fore wing with black point in cell above origin of

vein 2 insularis.

P. Fore wing without black point in cell above origin of

vein 2 promincns.

1840. Cirphis insularis. (Plate XCI. fig. 22.)

Leticnnia insularis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 674.

Axylia irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 280.

Axylia albiveiia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 342.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; sides of palpi and frons

black ; tegula) with black medial line and black and grey tips ;

patagia with some black scales on upper edge ; metathoracic crest

black; legs striated with blackish. Fore wing ochreous slightly

irrorated with black ; a slight black streak in base of submedian

fold ; median nervure and base of vein 4 more or less prominently

white, with a slight diffused black fascia above and below median

nervure, then from lower angle of cell oblique to termen at vein 6 ;

antemcdial line sometimes represented by black marks above and

below median nervure ; orbicular and reniform represented by black

points or small spots in cell above origin of vein 2 and at lower

angle ; traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of

black points on it, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the

veins, oblique below vein 4 and sometimes quite obsolete ; a

ClRPHJS.

487

terminal scries of black points, usually prominent ; cilia intersected

with fuscous. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, the terminal

area with brown ; a terminal series of black points ; the underside

with the costal area slightly irroratcd with fuscous.

Hah. Formosa (Hohson), 1 S type ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur

{G. Young, Hoeling), 6 c? type irrorata, Kangra Valley {Dudgeon),

1 $ , Simla (Siuinhoe), 2 ^ type alhivena ; Madras, 1 $ ; S.E.

Borneo, 1 $ . Exp. 28-36 millim.

1841. CirpMs prominens.

Leucania prominens. Wlk. ix. 102 (1856).

Lcucania hiRpauica, Bell. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 421, pi. 9. f. 5 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.

Head, tegulae, and prothoracic crest flesh-colour, the teguloe with

fuscous and white medial line and tips ; thorax yellow, with some

black scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, whitish

Fig. 150. — Cirphis prominens, cJ. }

jr-^:-~\

at base, the lateral fringes of male yellow. Fore wing ochreous

sparsely irrorated with black, the veins defined by slight brown-

pink streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with

brown ; the median nervure and veins 4 and 3 white, the former

defined below by a brown shade and with a slight blackish streak

below it at base ; a black point in lower angle of cell. Hind wing

white, the veins and termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside

with the costal area sparsely irrorated with fuscous, some black

points on apical part of termen.

Hah. Spain, Catalonia, Zeller and Leech Colls., Andalusia ; Algeria ;

Nigeria, Accra {Carter), 1 $; Congo {Curror), 1 $ type; Br. E.

Africa, Kikuyu {CrawaTiay), 1 c? ; Mashonaland {Dohhie), 1 cf .

Exp. 28-36 millim.

Larva. Mill. Ic. ii. p. 414, pi. 93. ff. b-l.

Pale yellowish or rufous ; dorsal line fine defined by brown ;

subdorsal, lateral, and sublateral lines strong, white in the rufous

specimens and defined by brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 5 & 8.

c. Mid tihin^ f)f male normal.

tf'. Fore libiii', femora, and cox.-r of male with immense

tiitts of lung scales and liair.

a". Fore wing with biackisli fascia on median nervure

pxfending to near ternirn

diairrcfa.

488

NOCTTJIDJ!.

h-. Fore wing without blackish fascia on median

uervure.

a^. Fore wing with the veins dermed bj fine brown

streaks uda.

P. Fore wing with the veins not defined by brown

streaks.

«*. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous

tinged with rufous or grey ahdomuudis.

b^. Fore wing with tlie ground-colour pale grey-

brown adjunct a.

c*. Fore wing with the ground-colour deep

purple red leucosfa.

18tt2. Cirphis diatrecta,

Leucania diatrecta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 390.

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; patagia with blackish streak

near upper edge ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown* Fore wing

brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; the costal edge

whitish ; a somewhat diffused blackish fascia along median nervure

and below vein 5 to near termen, with a white point on it at lower

Fig. 151. — Cirjjhis diatrecta, (^ . \.

angle of cell and a black jtoint in lower angle ; a black fascia on

inner margin from before middle to tornus ; the terminal area

darkened by obscure streaks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged

with brown ; the cilia brown or reddish from apex to vein 2 ; the

underside with the costal area and the apical half of terminal area

tinged with vinous red and irrorated with brown.

Hah. QtrEENSLAND, Peak Downs, 1 5 fype, Brisbane {Tamer),

2 c? J 2 $ . Exp. 36 millim.

1843. Cirphis uda. (Plate XCI. fig. 23.)

Leucr/via uda, Guen. Noct. i. p. 80 (1852).

Leucania curta, Wlk. xxxii. 627 (1865).

Leucania stenogra'plm. Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxv. p. 30 (1900).

$ . Pale brownish ochreous ; fore legs fuscous in front ; abflomen

■with sublateral series of black points, the ventral surface irrorated

with black. Fore wing finely irrorated with black, the costal

edge whitish ; traces of an antemedial line oblique fi'ora eosta to

above inner margin, where it is angled ; median nervure slightly

ciRPHis. 489

streaked with white, a white point at lower angle of cell with

more or less fuscous round it ; an indistinct highly crenulate

l)ostmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique or reduced to two series of points ; the veins of

terminal area pale and with slight dark streaks in the interspaces

between them ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown, deepening to fuscous towards termen ;

the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous to vein 2.

Hah. Australia, (Darnel), 1 $ type curta ; S. Australia, Gis-

borne, Parkside, Exj^. 36 millim.

1844. Cirphis abdoniinalis. (Plate XCI. fig. 24.)

Nonagria ahdominalis, Wlk. ix. 181 (1856).

Mythinma rohus/u, Wlk. xi. 710 (1857).

Leucania labecuiw, Lucas, Proc. Koy. Soc. Queensland, viii. p. 84 (1892).

Head and thorax ochreous rufous ; abdomen pale, tinged with

rufous. Fore wing ochreous rufous, sometimes rather greyer,

slightly irrorated with darker scales ; the costal edge whitish ; a

small whitish spot at lower angle of cell with a black point before

it in angle ; an indistinct obliquely curved postmedial series of dark

points on the veins ; a more or less prominent terminal series of

dark points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with

yellow-brown, the cilia with a vinous tinge; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a series of black

points on termen.

Hub. Queensland, Brisbane (Turner), 1 c? , 1 5, Ptockhampton,

1 5; New South Wales, Moreton Bay (Di(jtjles), 1 cS type robuata;

Australia, 1 cJ type. Ex^:). 38-40 millim.

1845. Cirphis adjuncta. (Plate XCI. fig. 25.)

Leucania adjuncta, Wlk. Cliar. Lcp. Het. p. OS (1869).

c? . Head and thorax pale brownish grey irrorated with black

scales ; fore legs with the tufts on coxa? tinged with rufous and on

tibiae with purplish fuscous ; abdomeu wl)itish tinged with brown.

Fore wing pale grey-brown irrorated with black, the disk tinged

with pur2:)lish ; the costal edge whitish ; the antemedial line repre-

sented by obscure black spots in and below cell ; a small whitish

spot at lower angle of cell with a black point before it in angle ; a

curved postmedial series of black points on the veins ; a more or

less prominent series of terminal points. Hind wing white, the

veins and terminal area down to vein 2 tinged with fuscous brown ;

cilia brown with pale line at base and purplish tips, Avhitc from

vein 2 to tornus ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points.

$ browner ; fore wing without the purplish tinge.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with fuscous patch beyond lower angle of cell ;

hind wing much more suffused with brown.

490

K0C1DIDJ5.

Ab. 2. Hind wing whiter, the veins and terminal edge only tinged

with brown, the black points appearing on upperside. — W. Australia.

Hah. Queensland, Brisbane {Turner), 1 cJ , 2 5 ; W. Australia,

Eoebourne {Lyell), 1 $ . Exp. 34-38 millim.

1846. CirpMs leucosta. (Plate XCI. fig. 26.)

Leucania leucosta, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W, xxvi. p. 64i (1901).

J . Head and thorax deep purplish red ; abdomen pale reddish

brown, purplish red on ventral surface. Fore wing deep purple-

red irrorated with black and grey ; the costal edge Avhite ; traces of

an oblique antemedial line ; a white point on a small fuscous patch

at lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial series of dark

points on the veins and of a terminal series ; cilia with a fine pale

line at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area to

vein 2 suffused with purplish red ; cilia purplish red with a fine

pale line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with purplish red, some black points on termen.

Hah. Queensland, 1 cJ ; S. AusipaLiA. Exp. 34 millim.

. Fore tibire of male moderately fringed with hair on

both sides ; the femora and coxce fringed with long

bair.

a^. Anal tufts of male very large ; fore wing without

black point in lower angle of eell Icueospkeiii

b'^. Anal tufts of male moderate; fore wing with

black point in lower angle of cell lasiornera.

*1847. Cirphis leucosplienia.

Leucania leticosphetiia, Beth. Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 198 (1905).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and dark brown ;

tegulaj with strong dark medial line ; abdomen ochreous, slightly

tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with dark brown. Fore

Fig. 152. — Cirphis kucosphcnia, cJ. [.

wing ochreous thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins defined

by fine fuscous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with fuscous ;

an oblique black streak above inner margin before middle ; a short

CIRPHIS. 491

white streak on extremity of median nervure slightly hooked at

lower angle of cell ; vein 4 more strongly streaked with white ;

traces of a postmedial scries of dark points bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex

with a triangular dark shade below it ; a terminal series of black

points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia which are intersected with

white. Hind wing pale purplish pink tinged with brown, especially

on the veins and terminal area ; some dark points on apical half of

termen ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal area tinged with

pink and the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, some

short black postmedial streaks on the veins and a terminal series of

black points.

Ilah. New Guinea, Dinawa, type t c? § in Coll. Bethune Baker.

Eoep. 44 millim.

*1848. Cirphis lasiomera, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 3.)

c? . Head and tegulie whitish ochreous, the former irrorated with

black, the latter with two dark lines and purplish tips ; palpi

blackish at sides ; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, some black

scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged

with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, the interspaces suffused

with pui'plish rufous ; the veins defined by fine black streaks and

the interspaces of terminal half streaked with black ; subbasal line

represented by a black ])oint on costa, the antcmedial line by a series

of black points obli(]ue from costa to subraedian fold, where itis angled ;

a sliort whitish streak on extremity of median nervure, hooked on

discocellulars and with a black point in lower angle of cell and

small spot beyond the angle ; postmedial line somewhat interrupted

and maculate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;

an oblique whitish fascia from apex with some diffused fuscous

below it ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

white, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; a terminal

scries of dark points ; the underside with diseoidal spot and post-

medial series of short streaks on the veins.

Hab. Java, Preanger, 1 c? type. Exp. 36 millim.

c'. Abdomen of male with paired sublateral fans of

larpe scales, the coxa:; with fringes of scales and

hair, the an .1 tuft large.

n^. Hind wing suffused with brown ptyono'phora.

'•^ Hind wing semihjaline white loreyi.

b^

1849. Cirphis ptyonophora, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 27.)

Leucania punctosa, Wlk. Melliss' St. Helena, p. 182 (nee Treit.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown more or less

sufl'uscd M-ith dark brown ; anal tuft rufous. Fore wing greyish

tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; a black streak below

492

NOCTTJID^.

base of cell ; a diffused blackish fascia below median iiervure ; the

veins whitish, defined by fine brown streaks on terminal half; the

cell and interspaces of terminal half streaked with black ; a white

point at lower angle of cell ; the postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then represented by a series of points on the veins,

oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apes to vein 5, a

terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white.

Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on veins

and terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal and tcj'minal

areas sparsely irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule and

terminal series of small triangular black spots.

Hah. Si. Helexa ( Wollaston), 3 d , 2 $ , type. Exji. 40-42

millim.

1850. CirpMs loreyi.

Nodua loreyi, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 81, p]. 105. f. 7 (1827) ; ITerr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 309, 314; Hiiipsn. Mofclis Ind. ii. p. 274 ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.

Noctiia caricis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 91 (1835).

Leucania exsanguis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 82 (1852).

Lcucania curvula, Wlk. ix. 102 (ISaB).

Leucania collecfa, Wlk. ix. 105 (1856).

Leucania exterior, Wlk. ix. 106 (1856).

Lcucania thoracica, Wlk. ix. 106 (1856).

Leucania desie/nccfa, Wlk. ix. 107 (1856).

Leucania denotata, Wlk. ix. 107 (1856).

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulse with two dark lines,

the tips greyish ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the sublateral

tufts of male fuscous, the genital tufts ochreous. Fore wing brownish

ochreous, with the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous ;

the veins whitish, irrorated with fuscous and defined by fine brown

streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a black streak

below base of cell ; median nervure defined by brown above and

below, extending beyond the cell to join the triangular brown shade

from termen below apex ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; a

postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a terminal

series of black points from apex to vein 2.

CIEPHIS. 403

Huh. Britain, Sussex ; France, Leech Coll. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ;

Switzerland ; Italy, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Egypt ;

Morocco (il/mc?e- TFaWo), 1 2 ; Canaries; Madeira (l/wnf/o ParA:),

1 cS ; Congo (Sir J. Richardson), 2 cj* , 2 2 , type curvula ; Ascension I.

(Conry), 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 $ , Athi-ya-

Mawe (Betton), 1 cT , JS'dimu (Betton), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt

(Hutchinson), 1 c? , 2 $ , Durban (Leigh), 1 S ; Basutoland, Maseru

(Crau'shay), 1 S , Mafetang (Cmu'sTuiy), 1 $ ; Asia Minor, Pontus,

Taurus ; Syria, Beirut, Zeller and Leech Colls., 1 c? , 1 2 ; Persian

Gulf, Fao (Cuming), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 J,

3 2; Formosa (i/oA50»), 1 2; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur(6r. Fowwr/),

2 2 , Simla, 1 2 , Bawal Pindi, 1 2 , Cambellpur (Yerhury), 4 2 ,

Dharmsala (HocJcing), 2 c? , 3 2 , Jubbulpore (Bittlur) 2 d , (Hearsey)

2 c? , 1 2 ' types denotata, collecta, and exterior ; Deccan, 1 2 type

ihoraciea; CANARA(TFrt?Y?), 1 2 tjTpe designata x 'Nilgiths (Uanipson),

1 2 ; Burma, Irrawaddy II. (Carpenter),! S ; Philippines, Cebu,

1 S ; Java (Horxjield, VollenJwven), 2 c? , 4 2 ; ^- Australia,

Roebuck Bay (J", t/. Walker), 3 S ; Queensland, Brisbane (Titrwer),

1 c? ; Fiji, 1 S • Exp. 34-44 millim.

d^. Legs of male normal.

«-. Abdomen of male with paired ventral tufts of long

hair from base.

a^. Abdomen of male clothed witli woolly hair and with

protrLisible tufts of long hair from the stigmara.

a*. Wings of male on xmder.side with the base of

fore wing and basal lialf of hind wing clothed

with rough rufous hair.

]S51. Cirpliis dasuta, n. sp.

(5 . Head and thorax fulvous brown ; sides of pal])i and frons

greyish ; patagia with some black scales above; legs irrorated with

Fig. 154. — Cirphis dasuta, (^ . \.

fuscous ; abdomen ochreous fulvous. Fore Aviug palo ochreous

brown irrorated and striated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented

by black points on costa and median nervure, the antcmedial line by

points on costa and veins, the claviform by a black point at its

extremity ; orbicular represented by a rounded ochreous spot, the

reniform by an ocbreous line on an ill-defined ])lackish lunule with

with white point at lower angle of cell : a doulde postmedial series

of black points, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the veins,

494 NOCTUID.55.

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing oehreous brown, the cilia pale. Under-

side of fore wing with some rufous hair at base, cell fuscous, costal

and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, an oblique postmedial

line ; hind wing with the basal half clothed with rufous hair, the

terminal half greyish irrorated with fuscous, a curved postmedial

line and some points on termen.

IJab. Hawaii, Kona, 4000' (P^rl-ins), 1 c? type. Exp. 44 millim.

i*. Wings of male on underside not clothed with

rough hair.

a^. ¥orei wing suffused with purple-red.

a^. Fore wing with slight pale streaks on the

vei n s pyrrh ias.

a^. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins.

a'. Fore wing witii white point at lower angle

of cell viacrosaris.

a'. Fore wing with small fuscous patch at

lower angle of cell t>/pModes.

a'. Fore wing not suffused with piirple-red amhlycasis.

1852. Cirpliis pyrrhias. (Plato XCI. fig. 28.)

Leucania pyrrhias, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899).

Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs tipped with grey ;

abdomen oehreous slightly tinged with red. Fore wing oehreous,

suffused and thickly striated and irrorated with purplish red ; the

veins whitish irrorated with black ; costal edge whitish ; subbasal

line represented by a point on costa, the auteraedial line by an

indistinct oblique series of points on costa and veins ; a white point

at lower angle of cell with small fuscous patch beyond it ; a curved

postmedial series of points and a terminal series. Hind wing

brownish oehreous tinged with purplish pink ; the cilia pinker and

whitish at tips ; the underside whitish tinged with pink, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with black, some black points on apical

half of termen.

Hah. Hawaii, Xauai, Mt. Waimea, 4000' (PerHns), 2 d type,

Kauai Hoholuamauo {Perkins), 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim,

1853. CirpMs macrosaris.

Leucania macroi^aris, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 140 (1899).

Fig. 155. — Cirpkis macrosarif, ij . ].

cJ . Head and thora.x. oehreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen

ciRPiris. 495

oclireous. Fore winj^ ochi-eous, suffused with rufous and irrorated

and striated witli brown ; subbasal line represented by a fuscous

point on costa, the antemedial line bj- an oblique series of points on

eosta and veins ; a white point at lower angle of cell with a little

fuscous beyond it ; a curved postmedial series of points and a terminal

series. Hind wing ochreous slightly tinged with pink ; the under-

side rather paler, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown,

some black points on apical half of termen.

Hah. Hawaii, Kona, 15000' (PerJcms), 1 (J type. Exp. 40

millim.

1854. Cirphis typhlodes. (Plate XCI. fig. 29.)

Le^icania typhlodes, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899).

(^ . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; pectus, legs,

and abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous

and irrorated and sti'iated with brown ; the subbasal line represented

by a fuscous point on costa, the antemedial by an oblique series on

costa and veins ; a small fuscous patch at and beyond lower angle

of cell ; a cui-ved postmedial series of points and a terminal series.

Hind wing ochreous slightly tinged with pink ; cilia white at tips ;

the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, some black points on

apical half of termen.

Hah. Hawaii, Olua (Perl-ins), 1 S type. Exp. 38 millim.

1855. Cirphis amhlycasis. (Plate XCI. fig. 30.)

Leucania ambli/casis, Mcyr. Faun. Hawaii, i. p. 141 (1899).

Head and thorax pale grey-brown, often with an ochreous or rufous

tinge ; palpi at sides and legs irrorated with fuscous ; patagia with

some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen pale ochreous or

greyish brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous, tinged with rufous and

thickly irrorated and striated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented

by black points on costa and median nervure, the antemedial line

by points on costa and veins ; claviform represented by a faint flesh-

coloured streak with a black point on it ; orbicular and reniform

faint round flesh-coloured murks ; a white point edged with black

at lower angle of cell with slight fuscous mark beyond ib ; a more

or less prominent double postmedial series of black points, the it)ncr

in interspaces, the outer on the veins; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing greyisli ochreous uniformly suffused with fuscous

except costal area ; cilia pinkish at base, whitish at ti])s ; tiic under-

side ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

fuscous, faint traces of a curved postmedial line, some black points

on termen often present.

Hah. Hawaii, Honolulu (Blackhume), Id', 1 $ , Lauai (Perkins),

2 c? type, Halcakala, 1 5 . Exp. 42-44 millim.

496 N0CTUIDJ5.

//■'. Abflomen of male not clothed with woolly hair and

without protrusible tufts from the stigmata.

a^. Underside of wings of aiale clothed with silvery

scales.

a''. Hind wing of male on underside witli tlie

exf,remity of veins 8 to 3 clothed with luug

downturned hair.

1856. CirpMs laniata.

Leucania laniata, Ilmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 444, pi. A. f. 22

(1897).

S . Head and thorax pinkish white mixed with some browu ;

tegulse with three brown lines ; patagia with some black scales near

upper edge ; abdomen pinkish white, dorsally tinged with fuscous,

the ventral tufts black. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with pink

Fig. 156. — C ir phis laniata, ^ . \.

and irrorated with black ; a slight black streak below base of coll ;

the veins defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces of terminal

half streaked with brown ; the extremity of median nervure with a

white streak ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; an indistinct

postmedial series of black points, bent outwards below eosta,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; an oblique brown shade from

termen just below apex, followed by a series of black points on

veins 5-1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white,

tinged with brown except towards base, costa, and inner margin ;

cilia white, brownish at base from apex to vein 2. Underside of

both wings brilliant silver except costal area, which is pinkish

irrorated with black ; fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa

and terminal series of points ; hind wing with discoidal point, the

hair on apical area fuscous at base.

Ilah. SiKHiM, 1800' {Dudgeon), 1 J type. Esp. 36 millim.

li'. Hind wing of male on underside without

downcurved liair on \eins 8 to 2.

a®. Fore wing with dark streaks in inter-

spaces of terminal area.

a'. Fore wing with pale streak on ex-

tremity of median nervure, hooked

at lower angle of cell.

a^. Fore wing with tiie costal area

paler than ground-colour.

w*. Fore wing witli black streak

below base of coll.

a'°. Hind wiug of male on under-

side with the silver extending

to termen inframicans.

ciKriirs. 497

i'". Hind wing; of male on under-

side witli tlie silver not ex-

tending to ternien prycrl.

l^. Fore wing with rufous streak

below base of cell hcimifcra.

c'. Fore wing without streak below

base of cell eryptargyria.

Ji'*. Fore wing with the costal area

coueolorous.

a^. Hind wing almost entirely suf-

fused with fuscous deciaii^sima,

fi\ Hind wing wliite slightly tinged

with fuscous nel/uloKU.

h'. Fore wing with the pale streak on

median nervure not booked at lower

angle of cell covgrua.

If. Fore wing without dark streaks in

interspaces of terminal area.

u? . Fore wing with sliort white streak

on extremity of median nervure.

a**. Hind wing white, tlie veins tinged

witli fuscous UKia.

6*. Hind wing almost entirely suffused

with fuscous iiifnirgyrea.

IP . Fore wing with yellow spot with black

point on it at lower angle of cell ... siihsiynafa.

c'. Fore wing with minute white point at

lower angle of cell sunplex.

1857. Cirphis inframicans.

Leucania inframicans, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 00, pi. IGl. f. 2

(1893) ; id. Moths Tnd. ii. p. 270.

Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with some brown ;

tegulsB with three dark lines ; mid tibiae with black streak on outer

side ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown, the ventral

tufts black. Fore wing violaceous grey ; the costal and inner areas

irroratcd with black, the cell and area below it suffused with pale ■

golden brown ; a blackish streak in base of submedian fold and an

oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; the terminal half

of median nervure streaked with white, slightly defined by black

above, and with a small hook on discocellulars ; veins 3, 4 also

streaked with white, the interspaces above them with fine black

streaks and vein 2 irroratcd with black ; faint traces of a post-

medial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then very obliquely

curved ; a pale oblique streak from apex and an ill-defined rufous

patch between veins 4 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, tlie terminal area

tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2. Underside with the disk

of fore wing in male and the hind wing except basal and inner

areas suffused with silver scales, a postmedial black point on fore

wing and a terminal series ; female with the fore wing and costal

and terminal areas of hind wing tinged with pinkish and irroratcd

with brown.

Uah. Punjab, Almorah (Buys), 1 cJ , Manpuri, 1 J ; Cevlon,

VOL. V. 2 K

498 noctuib.t:.

Pundaloya (6?>*em), 1 (^ type; Lr. Bdrma, Thayetmyo (Watson),

1 d , 1 5 . Exp. 40 millim.

]858. Cirphis pryeri. (Plate XCI. fig. 31.)

Leucania prycri, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 128.

(S . Head and thorax pale violaceous grey mixed with some

brown ; tegulse with two brown lines ; patagia with some fuscous

on outer side and a few black scales near upper edge ; mid tibiae

with black streak on outer side ; abdomen ochreous white, the

ventral tufts black. Fore wing pale violaceous grey ; the costal

and inner areas irrorated with a few black scales ; an olive-brown

shade from base through the cell and thence obliquely to apex ;

a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner

margin before middle ; the terminal half of median nervure streaked

with white, slightly defined by black above and below and slightly

hooked on median nervure ; the veins of terminal area streaked

with white, veins 4 and 3 more prominently ; the veins defined by,

and the interspaces with, fine dark streaks, those above veins 4, 3, 2

more prominent and black ; an obli(jue whitish fascia from apex to

vein 2, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish tinged

with fuscous, the terminal half darker from costa to vein 2. The

underside pinkish white ; fore wing with the disk suffused with

scattered silvery scales, hind wing with the disk suffused with

silver scales, leaving the costal and terminal areas pinkish,

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 c? , type. Exp. 38 millim.

1859. Cirphis hamifera.

Leucania hamifcra, Wlk. Journ. Liiin. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862) ; Hnipsn.

Moths Ind.' ii. p. 270.

Leucania mibnitens, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 218, pi. vii. f. 1.

Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; tegulge with three dark

lines ; mid tibiae with black streak on outer side ; abdomen white,

with a slight ochreous tinge. Pore wing violaceous white, tinged

with ochreous except on costal area ; a prominent red-brown shade

from base through the cell to apex, at base extending to below the

cell ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

a white streak on terminal half of median nervure, very slightly

hooked on discoeellulars, veins 4 and 3 also streaked with white ;

the veins of terminal half defined by sliglit red-brown streaks, the

interspaces also streaked with red-brown ; an oblique ochreous

shade from apex ; a terminal series of black points ; the postmedial

line sometimes represented by some black points or traces of a

dentate line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique and angled inwards in submedian fold ; cilia intersected

with Avhite. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with

brown from apex to vein 2, extending below the cell to origin of

ciKniis. 499

vein 2. Underside of male with the disk of fore wing and the

hind wing except base and inner area suffused with silver ; female

with the fore wing and costal area of hind wing pale rufous irrorated

with brown.

Hah. BuKMA, Bhamo, 1 S type suhnitens ; Borneo, Sarawak

( Wallace), 3^,2$. Exj;>. 42 millim.

*1860. Cirphis cryptargyrea. (Plate XCI. fig. 32.)

Leucania cryptargyrea, Betb.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 197 (1905).

cS . Head ochreous mixed with fuscous ; tegulae grey, with three

fuscous lines ; prothoracic crest grey and fuscous ; thorax ochreous

tinged with rufous ; tegulte fuscous and purplish on outer edge and

with some black scales near upper edge ; legs with some fuscous

streaks ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown, the dorsal

crest black at tips, the ventral tufts deep black. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with rufous, espeiially in cell, and irrorated with black

chiefly on costal and inner areas : the costal area whitish ; antQ-

raedial line represented by traces of black points oblique from costa

to submcdian fold, then with a more prominent point nearer base

on vein 1 ; reniform represented by an indistinct pale lunule ;

postmedial line represented by a double series of black points

connected by traces of a dentate line, bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein 4 ; a diffused, oblique, pale fascia from

apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous, the

inner area whitish ; cilia white, ochreous at base. Underside of

fore wing brilliant silver from before middle to near termen except

on costal area, where there is a postmedial fuscous spot ; hind wing

brilliatit silver from before middle to termen except on inner area,

some black points on termen.

Hah. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type f J in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Exp. 50 millim.

1861. Cirphis decisissima.

Leiicania, decmssima, W\k. xxxii. 624 (1865); Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vi.

p. 32, pi. 109. f. 6 ; Hi.ipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 2(;9.

Leucania vurohi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 9 (1874).

Lemania pulchra, Snell. Midd.-Sum., Lep. iv. p. 41, pi. 4. ff. 3, 4 (18S0).

Leucania lanceata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 340.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with pale ochreous ; abdomen

ochreous dorsally tinged with brown, the ventral tufts black. I'oro

wing ochreous ; the veins defined by rufous and the interspaces

streaked with rufous ; subbasal line represented by a black point

on costa, the antemedial line by a curved series of points on the

veins ; a white streak on terminal half of median nervure ending

in a small hook on discocellulars, a black point in lower angle of

cell and a small fuscous patch beyond the angle ; veins 4 and 3 less

prominently streaked with white ; postmedial lino represented by a

series of black points on the veins, sometimes conjoined by traces

of a crenulate line, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4,

2 k2

500

N0C'rtriD/i5.

where it is met by an oblique dark shade from apex, then oblique;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with fuscous except on basal and costal areas, the cilia ochreous.

Underside of male suffused with silver except costal and terminal

areas of fore wino: and basal and inner areas of hind wing; of

female ochreous irrorated with black, fore wing with postraedial

Cuji/ut' decisissima, (^ . \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.)

black point on costa and curved line diffused outwards and not

reaching inner margin, Lind wing with postmedial and terminal

series of black points.

Hah. SiKHiM (Fotheringham), 5 c^ type ; Assam ; Kilgiris

{Hampson), 3 S ; Ceylon, 2 c?, 2 $ , type hnceata ; Burma,

Hsipaw (De Niceville), 2 S , Tenasserim, Donat Hills (De Mceville),

1 c? ; Andamans ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 J , 1 $ ; Scmatra ; Pulo

Laut (DoJierti/), 3 J , 1 2'-, ^^w Guinea. Exj3. 34-42 millim.

1862. Cirphis nebulosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 4.)

Leucania nebulosa, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Al'r. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902).

Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow slightly tiuged with

rufous ; tegula; with two slight dark lines ; patagia with a few

black scales near upper edge ; abdomen oclireous white, the ventral

tuft of male black. Fore wing ochreous yellow slightly irrorated

with black and with diffused rufous streaks in the interspaces ;

median nervure with whitish streak ; a black point in lower angle

of cell usually present, and sometimes a slight black mark beyond

the angle ; traces of a brown antemedial line angled inwards on

median nervure and vein 1 ; an indistinct brown postmedial line

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, with a series

of black points beyond it in the interspaces ; a slight oblique dark

shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing yellowish white, with a pinkish tinge on medial terminal

area, the veins crossing it darker. Uiiderside of male suffused with

silvery scales except costal and terminal areas of fore wing, a black

postmedial point on costa of fore wing beyond middle and a

terminal series on both wings.

Bah. Br. E. Africa, Machnkos (Cra wsJiay), 1 2 ; Germ. E. Africa,

Dar-es-Salem, 1 c? ; Cape Colony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 S

type; Mauritius, Curepipe {TuUoch}, 1 ^ ,1 $. Exj).3Q millim.

501

18G:3. Cirphis congrua.

Nortna conqrua, Hiibn. Samnil. Eur. Sclimelt., Noct. f. 016 (1827) ; Herr.-

Scliaff. Ear. Schmett., Noct. if. 357, ;^60 ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. pul. p. ]!)2.

Leticania amnicola. Eainb. Aun. Sci. Obs. 1829, p. 162, pi. 6. f. 5, and Ann.

Soe. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 289, pi. 9. f. 2 ; Dup. Lep. Fi-., Suppl. iii. p. 336,

pi. 31. f. 2 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 334.

Head and thorax ochreous with a flesh-coloured tinge and mixed

with brown, especially on tegula;, which have three brown lines ;

abdomen brownish ochreous, ventrally irrorated with black, the

ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated

with black on costal and inner areas ; the veins whitish defined by

fine brown streaks, the interspaces also with fine brown streaks ;

the white streak on median nervure expanding into a small spot at

lower angle of cell; the postmedial line represented by black points

on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

whitish, suffused with fuscous except towards base and costa.

Underside of male suffused with silvery-wliite scales except costal

area of both wings and cell of fore wing, some dark points on

termen ; of female the fore wing and costal area of hind wing pale

flesh-colour.

Hah. S. France, Leech Coll. ; Spain ; Corsica ; Italy; Sicily ;

Dalmatia, Leech Coll. ; Armenia; Palestine. Exjy. '6'6 mWYim.

Larva. On Maize.

1864. Cirphis usta. (Plate XCII. fig. 5.)

Leii/^ania usta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mas. ii. p. 274 (1902).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, and usually tinged

with flesh-colour or rufous ; abdomen greyish or pale rufous, The

ventral tufts black. Fore wing greyish or flesh-colour irrorated

with fuscous ; the costal edge whitish ; a punctiform fuscous ante-

medial line angled outwards in submedian fold ; a more or less

])rominent white streak on extremity of median nervure usually

continued on vein 4 ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a slight

flesh-coloured discoidal lunule ; a punctiform postmedial line or

series of points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4 ; a more or less prominent oblique flesh-coloured fascia from

apex to vein 5, and often a subterniinal patch on vein 4 ; traces of

a (lark subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

midiUe ; a terminal series of black points ; a fine white line at base

of cilia. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins a)ul termen

tinged with brown, or the whole terminal half suffused with brown.

Underside sliglitly suffused with silvery scales ; hind wing with

some fuscous irroration on costal area, usually a postmedial series

of dark striaj on the veins and some terminal points.

J/ah. Br. E. Africa, Alls (Betton), 1 J; Natal, Weenen, 1 $,

Estcourt (I/utcliinson), 1^,1$, type; Cape Colony, Transkei

(Miss F. Barren), 1 d , 2 5 . Exp. 32-36 millim.

502 KOCTUIDJE.

1865. Cirphis infrargyrea.

Lettcania infrargyrea, Saalin. Lep. Madag. p. 256, £. 158 (1891).

c? . Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous, some black

scales near upper edge of patagia : abdomen pale rufous, the tufts

at base black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and

irrorated with black, a yellower tinge in and beyond end of cell ;

traces of an antemedial series of black points oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a short white

streak on extremity of median nervure, with a black point above it

in lower angle of cell ; a rather ill-defined double postmedial series

of points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;

the subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being

darker, arising from apex, excurved at middle and angled inwards

in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal scries of black points.

Hind wing yellowish white, suffused with fuscous except basal and

costal areas. Underside suffused with golden silver except costal

area of both wings and termen of fore wing, which are whitish

irrorated with black ; fore Aving with postmedial black spot on

costa ; both wings with terminal series of black points.

$ . .Fore wing not irrorated with black, and with the series of

points almost obsolete ; the underside pinkish irrorated with

fuscous,

Hah. Madagascar; Mauritius, Curepipe {Tulloch), 2 d , 1 $.

Exp. 30 millim.

1866. CirpWs siibsignata. (Plate XCII. fig. 6.)

Leucania suhsignata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 336; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 272.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen reddish

ochreous, ventrally irrorated with black, the tufts of male black.

Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated

with black ; some antemedial black points with traces of a waved

line between them, excurved in and below cell and angled inwards

on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform indistinct, ochreous, the former

with central daik point, the latter with point in low^er part and a

small fuscous patch beyond it ; a postmedial series of black points

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, connected by

traces of a highly crenulate line ; a slight, oblique, dark shade

from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing pale yelloAvish suffused with fuscous except basal, inner, and

costal areas. Underside of both wings of male pale rufous, with a

slight silvery gloss except on costal area of both wings, Avhich are

irrorated with brown, fore wing with a black postmedial point on

costa ; of female without the silvery gloss, a curved postmedial

series of points on hind wing.

Hah. Punjab, 2 S , 1 2, type, Kulu, Sultan])ore {G. Young'),

2 c? , 5 ? , Simla {Harford), 1 J , 1 $ • ^'ly- 30 millim.

503

1867. Cirphis simplex. (Plate XCII. tig. 7.)

Leucania simplex. Leech, Trans. Eat. Soc. 1889, p. 130.

Head, thorax, and abdomen oclircous tinged with rufous, the

last with the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous

suffused with rufous, and irrorated with a very few black scales ;

the autemedial line represented by dark points on median nervure

and vein 1 ; a slight pale point at lower angle of cell, and a

dark shade beyond the angle connected with a triangular shade

from termen below apex ; a curved postmedial series of black

points on the veins. Hind wing ochreous whitish, suffused with

fuscous brown except on basal, costal, and inner areas. Under-

side of male suffused with silvery scales except costal area of

fore wing, a black postmedial point on costa of fore wing and

a terminal series on hind wing ; female ochreous white irrorated

wath brown, some fuscous suffusion on veins of fore wing beyond

middle.

Hub. C. China, Chang-Tang (Pm«), 1 S type, Kiukiang(P/-«<0>

1 $ , Ship-y-shau, 1 S ; Assam, Khasis, 1 d . E.q^- ^-"^^ millim.

b*. Underside of wings of male not clothed with

silvery scales,

a'. Fore wing with dark streaks in the inter-

spaces of terminal area,

a". Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure hooked on disco-

cellulars.

a". Fore wing with the streak on median

nervure short and strongly hooked... pnixiiua.

W. Fore wing with the slreak on median

nervure long and slightly hooked,

a**. Fore wing with oblique pale fascia

between veins 5 and 2 beyond the

fascia from apex l-alhiim.

!)''. Fore wing without pale fascia be-

tween veins 5 and 2 beyond the

fascia from apex cdhiccnata.

b^. Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure not hooked on disco-

oellulars.

a". Fore wing with the ground-colour

purplish pink.

cc^. Fore wing with pile streak in Iowcm-

part of cell •• rufipennix.

//. Fore wing without pale streak in

lower part of cell duidicata.

b'. Fore wing with the ground-colour

grayish,

a*. Fore wing with the costal area palo

dofinod by brown below,

a". Hind wing sutfused with fuscous, albkoda.

h\ Hind wing white yulyrahda.

b". Fore wing with the costal area

concolorous mtcacea.

504 idOCTTJiua:.

I*. Fore wing witliout dart streaks in inter-

spaces of terminal area.

a'^. Fore wing with the cilia not pink.

a''. Fore wing slightly irrorated with

black circulus,

v. Foi'e wing very strongly irrorated with

black Jlavostigma.

h^. Fore wing with the cilia pink inornata.

1868. Cirphis proxima. (Plate XCII. fig. 8.)

Leucania ■prox'una, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 124.

$? . Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegulse with three dark lines ; patagia with some

blackish on outer side and some black scales near upper edge ;

abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous brown sparsely

irrorated with black ; a black streak below basal half of cell

traversing a pale patch except towards base ; an oblique black

streak above inner margin before middle; antemedial line ill-

defined, irregular, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

angled inwards on vein 1 ; a short white streak on end of median

nervure, prominently hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of terminal

area streaked with white, veins 4 and. 3 more prominently; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then indistinct, dentate,

oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, where

it is connected with the antemedial line by a blackish streak ; an

oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, with short black streaks

before it towards costa and beyond it at middle, the area beyond it

darker, with dentate ochreous marks defined by black on veins

4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown, with fine

ochreous line at base. Hind wing pale, nearly uniformly suffused

with brown, the cilia whitish, with brown line through them ; the

underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial

series of shorC streaifs on the veins, and terminal series of points.

Hah. W. China, Ni-tou, 1 $ , type. Exp. 38 millim.

1869. Cirphis l-album.

Noctua l-aUnm, Linn. Sjst. Nat. sii. p. 8.50 (1767) ; Esp. Sehniett. iv. pi. 90.

f. 4; Hiibn. Enr. Schmett., Noct. f. 227; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 70,

pi. 105. f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Inil. ii. p. 270; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 192.

Leucania Imtrigain, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 334.

LeucaniapeniciUaia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335.

Head and tnorax ochreous slightly tinged with olive and mixed

with fuscous ; frons with dark bar ; tegulse with three dark lines ;

patagia with some black scales near upjier edge ; abdomen ochreous,

dorsally tinged and vontrally irrorated Avith fuscous, a sublateral

series of black spots, the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing

ochreous largely suffused with olive-brown, especially from base

through the cell and Ihence obliquely to apex and on terminal

area; the costal and inner areas irrorated with black; a black

ciRrnis.

505

streak below base of cell and an oblifjue streak on inner area before

middle ; a prominent white streak on terminal part of median

nervure, hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of outer area streaked

with white and defined by fine brown streaks, veins 4 and 3 more

prominently white ; an oblique fascia from apex to vein 2, ochreous

to vein 5, then whiter with slight black streaks before it above

vein 6, then crossing it and extending to an oblique ochreous bar

from below vein 5 to vein 2 ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia whitish, with three brown lines through them ; the antemedial

line sometimes represented by an oblique series of points on costa,

below cell and in submedian fold, then one nearer base on vein 1 ;

the postmedial line often represented by a portion bent outwards

below costa, then by an obliquely curved series of points, incurved

in submedian fold. Hind wing ochreous more or less suffused

with fuscous brown, the veins brown : the cilia white, with a

brownish line through them ; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point,

postmedial and terminal series.

Hah. France, Sand Coll. ; Geemany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Italy,

Capri (C. S. Browae); Algeria; W. & C. Asia; Pdnjab, Kulu,

Sultanpore (G. Young), 2 6 , Simla (SivinJioe, Harford), 2 c? , 1 $ ,

ty ])e penicillata, Dalhousie, 1 $, Thundiani (I'^e/'iro-w), 2^,1 $,

Dharmsala (Hoclcinq), 3 c5' , 3 $ ; Sikhim (Lidderdale), 1 § . Exj).

36-40 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 162.

Flesh-coloured, with a double dark dorsal line and two dark

green lateral stripes on each side. Food-plants, Grasses. Spring

and July.

1870. Cirphis albivenata. (Plate XCIL fig. 9.)

Leurania aJhivenatct, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 217, pi. 7. f. 7 ;

Hmpen. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.

S . Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with red-brown ;

])alpi fuscous; sides of frons with black bar; teguUe with three

brow^n lines ; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ;

mid and hind tibite and tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen grey,

dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface with

oclireous, the abdominal tufts grey and fuscous. Fore wing purplish

grey, the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous, the costal

edge brown ; a black streak on base of median nervure and an

oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a brown shade

through the cell and thence obliquely to apex, leaving a fine white

streak in lower part of cell ; the costal nervure and veins arising

from it, the median nervure and veins 4, 3 streaked with white

defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces with fine streaks, more

prominent and blackish above veins 4, 3, 2 ; an oblique pale fascia

from apex to vein 3, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia intersected with w'hito. Hind wing

506

NOCTUID^.

whitish tinged with fuscous, especially on veins and towards

termen ; cilia whitish ; the underside violaceous white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, post-

medial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of

points.

$ much more tinged with red-brown.

Hah. SiKHiM, 1800 feet {Dmlyeon), 2 S ; Assam, Naga Hills

(Doherty), 1 $ ; Burma, Bhamo, i 5 type. Exj). 32-3-1 millim.

*1871. Cirphis rufipennis. (Plate XCII. fig. 10.)

Leucania rufipennis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894).

S . Head and thorax bright pinkish red ; palpi and frons at

sides red-brown ; tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen dark

brown, the sublateral tufts brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore

wing purplish pink, the cell and area just below it redder; the

costal area pale towards base ; the veins finely streaked with

yellowish white, the median nervure except towards base and veins

4, 3 more prominently streaked ; a pale streak in lower part of

cell ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 3 ; antemedial line

represented by a black point in submedian fold, the postmedial line

by traces of a series of points most distinct on costa and vein 2.

Hind wing brown, the cilia with a pale line at base. Underside of

fore wing blackish, the marginal areas pinkish irrorated with black ;

hind wing pale tinged with brown-pink and irrorated with black, a

discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins, and some

points on termen.

Hah. Manipur, Mao, 7000 feet (DoJiertij), type t d in Coll.

Elwes. Ea'j). 36 millim.

1872. Cirphis duplicata. (Plate XCII. fig. 11.)

Leucania prominens, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339 (iiec Wlk.) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.

Leucania, duplicata, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 8 (1889).

Leucania rufula, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278 (1894).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish pink, especially on

thorax ; sides of palpi and frons brown ; tegulse with three brown

lines ; abdomen pinkish, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the abdominal

tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale pink ; a red-brown

shade from base in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex ; a

brown streak on each side of vein 1 except towards base ; an

oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ; the veins

streaked with white, defined on each side by slight brown streaks

except on costal area ; the median nervure, except towards base

and veins 4, 3, with more prominent streaks ; an oblique palo pink

fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it browner ; the sub-

basal line represented by obliquely placed black points below costa

and in submedian fold ; the postmedial line represented by some

black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;

ciRrnis. 507

a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind wing

fuscous brown ; the cilia pale rufous, whitish at tips. Underside of

fore wing fuscous, with tlie costal and terminal areas pinkish ;

hind wing pinkish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot, postmedial

series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points.

Hah. PirajAB, Kulu, Sultanpore {G. Young),! $, Dharmsala

(Hocking), 2 S , 5 $ , type dupUcata ; Sikhim (Liddenlale), 2 J

type 2'>rominens ; Assam, Khasis, 4 cJ , 1 $ , type rufula. Exj). 32-

42 millim.

1873. Cirphis albicosta. (Plate XCII. fig. 12.)

Leiieania albicosta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338, pi. 37. f. 10; Ilmpsn.

Moths lud. ii. p. 279.

Leiicania nigrilineosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 103 (1882).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with brown and

very slightly tinged with purple ; tegulae with two brown lines ;

abdominal tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale grey

with a slight purplish tinge ; a reddish-brown shade from base in

and below cell and thence obliquely to apex ; a slight dark streak

below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before

middle ; the veins streaked with white and defined by fine brown

screaks, the interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks,

the median nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more

prominently white ; the antemcdial line represented by slight

obliquely-placed black points below costa and in submedian fold,

the postmedial line by some black points bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex

to vein 2, the area beyond it browner ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on

veins and terminal half; the cilia whitish; the underside pale,

slightly tinged with purplish and irrorated with black, a small

discoidal spot, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and

terminal series of points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniformly suffused with red-brown, the

pale fascia from apex slighter.

Hah. Japan, Oiwake (Fryer), 1 $ ; W. China, Washan (Pratt),

1 (5 ; Kashmir, Narkundah (McArtlmr), 1 $ ; Punjab, Ivulu,

Sultanpore (G. Young), 1 (S ,\ $ , Simla (Harford), 3 § , Dalhousie

(Harford), 1 d" , 1 $ , Dharmsala (HocJcing), 6 S, 4 $ , type;

8iKHi5i Tibet, Tatong (Hobson), 1 § ; Sikhim; Bhutan. Exjj.

36-40 millim.

1874. Cirphis polyrabda, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 13.)

Leucania albicosta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. il. p. 273 (1902), nee Moore.

cJ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed Avith brown and with a

very slight purplish tinge ; palpi brown at sides ; tegula; with three

dark lines ; mid and hind tibia) and tarsi streaked with brown ;

abdomen grey mixed with brown, the ventral surface fuscous, the

508 noctuid.t:.

abdominal tufts grey and blaclc. Fore wing grcy-whitc with a

slight purplish tinge ; a brown shade in and below cell and thence

obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by hue dark streaks, the

interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks, the median

nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more prominently

white ; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ;

the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed black points

below costa and in submedian fold, the postmedial line by some

points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an

oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it rather

browner ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with

white. Hind wing pure Avhite, the veins and termen slightly

tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with brown, a postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins and a

terminal series of points.

llab. Natal, Estcourt {IJutcJtmson), 1 c? type. Exjy- 38 millim.

1875. Cirphis micacea.

Leiwania micacea, Hmpsn. 111. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 67, pi. 144. f. 8 (1S91) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.

Head and thorax grey-white with a slight purplish tinge : teguhe

Avith three brown lines; abdomen ochreous white mixed with

broAvn, the ventral tufts of male brownish and fuscous. Fore wing

whitish with a slight purplish tinge ; the veins white defined by

fine dark streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also with dark

streaks, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4. 3 more

prominently white ; an oblique dark streak above inner mai-gin

before middle ; the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed

black points below costa and in submedian fold and one nearer base

on vein 1, the postmedial line by some points bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from ape.x

to vein 2, the area beyond it rather browner ; a terminal series of

black points, the cilia intersected with white. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

a postmedial series of slight streaks and terminal series of points. .

The Ceylon form has the thorax and fore wing more suHiised

with red-brown, the latter especially in and below cell and thence

obliquely to apex.

Hah. Bombay, Mahableshwar (Sivinhoe), 1 5 ; Madras, Nilgiris

(llawjyson), 2 cf type; Ceylon, Dickoya {Green, Fairlie), 1 cf,

1 5 . Exp. 30 millim.

*1S76. Cirphis circulus

saalm. Ber. Senck. Ge.s. 1880,

5 . Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and with a few

Leucania circulus, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ge.s. 1880, p. 268 ; id. Lep. Madag.

p. 260, f. 102.

ciRPiiis. 509

black scales on patagia ; tegulse with dark medial lino; abdomen

ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, tinged

with rufous especially beyond end of cell and slightly irrorated

with black scales; a prominent black point in lower angle of cell,

with small dentate fuscous mark beyond the angle ; a curved post-

medial series of black points and a terminal series. Hind wing

fuscous, the cilia reddish ochreous. Underside of fore wing with

the cell and area just below and beyond it to postmedial series of

points suffused with fuscous ; hind wing ochreous irrorated witli

fuscous, and with some black points on termen.

Hah. Madagascar, in Coll. de Joaunis. Exp. 22-30 millira.

According to Saalniiiller the male has the hind wing fuscous and

the female whitish, the former with abdominal tufts.

1877. Cirphis flavostigma.

Xanthia flavostigma, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 52, pi. 5. f. 11 (1864) ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 19-'{.

Leucania shigukiris, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 80 (1878) ; id. 111. Hot.

B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. 1'. 11.

Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed

with fuscous ; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ;

abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the ventral tufts of

male black. Fore wing pale ochreous, more or less tinged with

rufous, especially in, below, and beyond end of cell, and irrorated

with black ; a black point at base ; an antemedial series of black

points connected by an obsolescent dentate line, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and

reniform indistinct, yellowish, the latter with black point in lower

angle of cell and whitish streak on extremity of median nervure,

some fuscous suffusion above and below extremity of median

nervure, thence curved upwards to termen belo^v apex; a post-

medial series of black points connected by a crenulate brownish

line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; traces

of a subterminal line excurved at middle and angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing ochreous yellow, suffused with fuscous except on costal

area ; the underside glossy yellowish white, the costal area slightly

irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial series of short

streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points.

The typical form from the Amur has tho ground-colour of foro

wing white, the markings more ferruginous and contrasting ; hind

wing with moro whitish on costal and inner areas.

Hah. Amuuland, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate, 1 $ , Yokohama

(Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 4 cJ , 5 5 , typo singularis ; Cokea, Gensan

{Leech), 1 c? ; C. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 5 5 Kashmir,

Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 5 . E.vik 36-42 millim.

510 noctuim:.

1878. Cirphis inornata.

Leucania flavostigma, var. inornata, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 482, pi. 50. f. 7.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, the last with the tufts of

male black. Fore wing ochreous, sparselj^ irrorated with black ; a

short indistinct whitish streak on extremitj' of median nervure, with

black point above it in lower angle of cell ; an indistinct postmedial

series of black points, oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique brown

shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia pink. Hind wing ochreous suffused with deep fuscous, the

inner area rather paler ; cilia pink. Underside of fore wing

whitish, with some fuscous suffusion in, below, and beyond cell, a

terminal series of points ; hind wing ochreous whitish, with some

pink suffusion on costa and terminal series of points.

Hah. Japan, Gifu {Pn/er), 1 1^ type, Yokohama {Pryer, Manleij\

2 $ . Exp. 36-40 millim.

h'^. Abdomen of male normal.

a^. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of

long hair and scales on vein 1.

1879. Cirphis tangala.

Leucania tangala. Fold. Eeis. Nov. pi. 109. f. 12 (1874) ; Hinpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 280.

Leucania, medlofusca, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 68, pi. 144. f. 9

(1891).

S . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous, tegulae with

ochreous line near tips ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the costal and inner areas irrorated

with a few dark scales ; the veins pale, defined by fine rufous

Fig. 158.— Cirphis tangala, cT . \.

streaks, the interspaces of terminal half streaked with rufous ;

median nervure and veins 3, 4 more prominently streaked with

white ; a rufous fascia above and below median nervure, continued

above vein 4 to termen, towards which it expands somewhat ; an

oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle, and some

rufous suffusion on inner area towards tornus ; postmedial black

points on veins 6, 5, 3, 2. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with

rufous, slight postmedial dark points on veins 6, 4, 3, 2 ; the

underside with the costal area suffused with rufous.

CTRrnis. 511

Ab. 1. niediofusca. Fore win<? with the median fascia and other

markings more fuscous ; hind wing paler, without postmedial dark

points.

Hab. Madkas, Nilgiris (llampson), 1 d tj'pe mediofusca ; Ceylon,

Pundaloya ( Green), 1 (S . Exp. 32 millim.

h'^. Fore wing of male on underside without fringe

of hair and scales on vein 1.

a*. Fore wing with short whitish streak on extremity

of median nervure.

a'. Hind wing almost uniformly siiiFused with

fuscous.

a^. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces

of terminal area,

a". Fore wing with the white streak on median

nervure hooked on discocellulars.

Or. Fore wing witii black point in lower angle

of cell.'

iv'. Fore wing not suffused with rufous goniosigma.

if. Fore wing suffused with rufous dharma.

b^. Fore wing without black point in lower angle

of cell riifistrigosa.

li^. Fore wing with the *liite streak on median

nervure not hooked on discocellulars salebrosa.

b^. Fore wing witLout dark streaks in the inter-

spaces of terminal area ignita.

b^. Hind wing pure white pyrastis.

c^. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous.

a^. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell, formosana.

b*^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

a". Fore wing tinged with pink clarescens.

V . Fore wing nnt tinged with pink imperfecta.

b\ Fore wing witli the median nervure finely streaked

with white.

a\ Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces of

terminal area.

a^. Fore wing with black streak in base of sub-

median fold.

a~. Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown ... vdulbia.

b~ . Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal

area more or less strongly sufi'used with brown.

cC*. Fore wing with short black streaks above

veins 3, 4, 5 comma.

b^. Fore wing without black streaks above veins

3, 4, 5.

«/". Fore wing with the costal and inner areas

not pale yellow.

rt'°. Fore wing tinged with rufous insucta.

i'". Fore wing not tinged with rufous.

«'\ Fore vriiig with the median nervure and

Vein 4 finely streaked with white cUa.

i". Fore wing with tlie median nervure and

vein 4 broad streaked with while dlagramma.

b^. Fore wing with the costal and inner areas

pale yellow bifasciata.

c'. Hind wing ochreous wjiite.

«^. Fore wing with small black patch beyond

lower angle of cell airbwta.

/>■*. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower

angle of cell rosciliiica.

512 NOCTTJID^.

d?. Hind wiag pure wbite polemusa.

i". Fore wing without black streak in base of sub-

median told.

al. Fore wing with distinct blackish shade below

median nervure.

a'^. Hind wing of male pale yellow secta.

i"*. Hind wing whitish.

a". Head and thorax rufous albifaficiata.

b^. Head and thorax ochreous.

a}°. Fore wing with short dark streak from

lower angle of cell to the oblique pale

fascia from apex ' abdomhialis.

i^°. Fore wing with the dark shade from ter-

nien extending to lower angle of cell.

ci}^. Fore wing with vein 4 more prominently

streaked with white lineaiipes.

b^^. Fore wing with all the veins white de-

fined by fine brown streaks.

a}-. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal

area strongly tinged with brown cmteroclura.

b^"^. Hind wing pure white, tlie terminal

area not tinged with brown oregona.

b'. Fore wing without distinct blackish shade

below median nervure.

«**. Fore wing with very prominent dark streaks

in the interspaces.

a^. Fore wing with two postmedial series of

black points polysticha.

h^. Fore wing with one postmedial series of

black points rivorum.

b'^. Fore wing with the dark streaks in the inter-

spaces less prominent.

a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour pinkish

rufous.

a^°. Hind wing pure white sarcistis.

b^°. Hind wing with the termen tinged with

brown calgaria na.

f^°. Hind wing uniform fuscous sarcojjhwa.

b^. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous

or greyish.

a^°. Fore wing with the oblique shade from

termen dark brown and prominent jaliscana.

b^°. Fore wing with the oblique shade from

termen slight.

a^^. Hind wing with the termen slightly

tinged with brown.

a^^. Fore wing with the postmedial line re-

duced to points.

a^^. Fore wing without small fuscous patch

beyond lower angle of cell.

a'*. Fore wing with the ground-colour

greyish.

a^^. Fore wing strongly tinged with

rufous polystrofa.

b^^. Fore wing hardly tinged with rufous, viicroslicha.

i'**. Fore wing with the ground-colour

ochreous.

a^°. Fore wing whitish ochreous paUiseca.

b^^. Fore wing deeper ochreous.

a^®. Tegulaj with three dark lines hmnidicola.

i*^ Tegulse with two dark lines instdicola.

CIRPHIS. 513

i^*. Fore wing with small dark patch be-

yond lower angle of cell compta.

b^'^. Fore wing with the postmedial line

waved megaproctis.

* h^^. Hind wing with the terminal half suf-

fused with brown.

«!*. Fore wing with the ground-colour

ochreous.

a}^. Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure not expanding into a

hook at lower angle of cell Juncicola.

b^^. Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure expanding into a

small hook at lower angle of cell inicrogonia.

b^^. Fore wing with the ground-colour

greyish.

a}^. Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure not expanding into a

spot at lower angle of cell.

«'^ Fore wing with obHque pale fascia

from apex riparia.

b^^. Fore wing without pale fascia from

apex deserticola.

h^^. Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure expanding into a small

spot at lower angle of cell insccufa.

c^^. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown... postica.

h^. Fore wing without dark streaks in the interspaces

of terminal area,

a'. Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown.

o^. Fore wing with brown orbicular stigma sinuosa.

h''. Fore wing without orbicular stigma,

ft*. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell,

w*. Fore wing without white fasciae above and

below vein 6.

a}°. Fore wing irrorated with black, a pro-

minent terminal series of black spots ... andcreggi.

b^°. Fore wing not irrorated with black, a ter-

minal series of black points lineata.

b^. Fore wing with white fascia; above and below

vein 6 albm-adiata.

6*. Fore wing without black streak below base of

cell phlebitis.

6", Hind wing wliite.

a'. Fore wing with the veins defined by pi'o-

minent fuscous streaks jordana.

b''. Fore wing with the veins defined by fine

brown streaks sicula.

c'. Fore wing with the veins not defined by dark

streaks alopecuri.

c*. Fore wing with white point at lower angle of cell.

a*. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces

of terminal area.

rt^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

«7. Fore wing more or less completely suffused

Willi fuscous irregularis.

U . Fore wing not suffused with fuscous,

a*. Fore wing witli well-defined blackish fiscia

on median nervure cinercicoUis.

Ifi. Fore wing witli some diffused fuscous on

median nervure.

V. 2 L

514 NocTtriD^.

a^. Fore wing with the postnieclial line reduced

to points.

c'". Fore wing with the black streak below cell

slight punctosa.

V-°. Fore wing with the black streak below the

cell distinct putrescens.

b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line entire,

dentate kerrichi.

h^. Fore wing without black streak below base of

cell.

a'. Fore wing thickly irrorated with black phcea.

IP . Fore wing not thickly irrorated with black.

a?. Fore wing with the veins streaked with white.

a". Genital tufts of male brownish leucosticha.

W. Genital tufts of male yellow latiuscula.

h^. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with

white tritonia.

¥. Fore wing without dark streaks in the inter-

spaces of terminal area,

a^. Fore wing with the reniform absent.

0". Hind wing white, the terminal area more or

less suffused with fuscous,

a^. Fore wing with small black patch beyond

lower angle of cell atrimacula.

b^. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower

angle of cell.

aP. Fore wing with slight black streak below

base of cell albistigma.

b^. Fore wing without black streak below base

of cell,

c^". Fore wing with more or less developed

fuscous fascia above or below median

nervure putrida.

b^°. Fore wing without fuscous fascia above or

below median nervure.

a'^. Fore wing without black point in lower

angle of cell ~ecs.

b^^. Fore wing with black point in lower

angle of cell scirpi.

b'' . Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with

fuscous,

a'*. Fore wing with black point in lower angle of

cell scirpi, var.

6". Fore wing without black point in lower angle [montium.

of cell.

a". Fore wing with the costal edge white ciliata.

b^. Fore wing with the costal edge not white,

a'". Fore wing without series of short black

streaks bej'ond postmedial line,

a^'. Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly incurved at discal fold fragilis.

6". Fore wing with the postmedial line not

incurved at discal fold.

a}'^. Fore wing not tinged with rufous o-paca.

b^^. Fore wing tinged with rufous crenulata.

Ji". Fore wing with series of short black

streaks beyond postmedial line mesotrosta.

i*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a

pale patch.

a'. Fore wing with oblique dark streak from apex. %mipuncta.

V . Fore wing without oblique dark streak from

apex corrtigata.

ciRPnis, 615

«?'. Fore wing without, white point at lower angle of

cell or streak on median nervure.

a^. Hind wing more or less uniformly suffused witli

brown,

a*. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by two

black points, the reniform by four black points, arcupunciafa.

¥'. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a

dark spot.

«". Fore wing with the reniform represented by a

dark spot,

a". Fore wing without brown fascia beyond lower

angle of cell den ticiila.

h!^. Fore wing with brown fascia beyond lower

angle of cell jja.s/i-a.

h'. Fore wing with the reniform absent yu.

f". Fore wing with the orbicular absent or pale.

(P. Hind wing whitisii suffused with brown,

a'*. Fore wing with the reniform represented by

a pale patch acmiinilu.

h'*. Fore wing with the reniform absent wodcsta.

IP . Hind wing uniform fuscous.

«**. Fore wing without rufous streak on median

nervure.

a^. Hind wing ou underside with fuscous suffu-

sion on inner half of wing mcfapluea.

A". Hind wing on underside without Fuscous

suffusion on inner half of wing,

a^". Fore wing without black subbasal point

on costa jjlac'uln.

/»'". Fore wing with black subbasal point ou

costa hypoplupn .

h^. Fore wing with rufous streak on median

nervure ruhrhecla.

/fi. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less

tinged with brown,

a". Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

absent.

a". Fore wing without black streak below base of

cell.

a^. Fore wing with small red patch beyond end

o f cell hranhi.

A"*. Fore wing without small red patch beyond

end of cell inconfpicua.

U'. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

«" Fore wing not suffused with grey-brown.

a*. Fore wing without triangular dark shade

from termen below apex mocoides.

6®. Fore wing with triangular dark shade from

termen below apex falclandlca.

h'*. Fore wing mostly suffused with grey-brown . remota.

//'. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

present quadranmdata.

1880, Cirphis goniosigma, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 14.)

S . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown and

black ; tegulrc with black line near tips ; abdomen with large

ochreous genital tufts. Fore wing pale ochreous ; a reddish and

black shade on median nervure and in cell from base to postmcdial

line, at base extending to vein 1 ; a black point at base of costa ;

2l2

516 NOCTUIDiE.

the antemedial line represented by a black striga from costa, a

streak on subcostal nervure, and an obsolescent line towards inner

margin, angled inwards on vein 1 ; a prominent white — J-mark on

extremity of median nervure ; postmedial line represented by some

black points on. the veins, bent outwards below costa^ then ob-

liquely curved to middle of inner margin, another series of points

beyond it, arising from the same point at vein 7, angled at vein 4,

then oblique, and joined at vein 4 by a brown and black shade from

termen below apex ; the terminal area with brownish streaks in

the interspaces and white streaks on the veins ; a terminal series

of small black lunules ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind

wing fuscous, ochreous towards base and inner margin ; the cilia

ochreous ; the underside ochreous, irrorated with black and suffused

near the curved black postmedial line.

Hah. Cetlon, W. Haputale (Maclivood), 1 <J type. Exj^. 34

millim.

1881. Cirphis dharma. (Plate XCII. fig. 15.)

Leucania dharma, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338, pi. 37. f. 17; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 270.

Leucania nifescens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 102 (1882).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with bright rufous : sides of

palpi and frons tinged with fuscous ; tegulae with dark lines near

base and extremity ; patagia with some black scales near upper

edge ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing

ochreous, more or less suffused with rufous except on costal and

inner areas, which are irrorated with black ; the veins defined by

rufous streaks and the interspaces streaked with rufous ; a subbasal

black point on costa ; the antemedial line represented by black points

on costa, below cell, in submedian fold, and on vein 1, oblique from

costa to submedian fold ; the median nervure streaked with fuscous,

a white streak on its extremity slightly hooked on discocellulars,

with a black point before it in lower angle of cell and a small black

patch beyond it ; veins 4, 3 slightly streaked with white ; traces of

a highly crenulate postmedial line produced to a prominent series

of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, and oblique

below vein 4, where it is met by an oblique shade from termen

just below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

ochreous sufifused with fuscous except base and costal area; the

cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous

postmedial line, with series of short streaks on the veins and terminal

series of ))oints.

Bab. Punjab, Dharmsala {Hocking), 1 c? , 2 5 ; Sikhim (Lidcler-

dale, EJwes), 3 J , 2 $ , type rvfescens ; Andamans, 1 $ . Ex^j. 40

millim.

1882. Cirphis rulistrigosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 16.)

Leticania 7-iifistrigosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 337; Hiiipsu. Moths lud.

ii. p. 270.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; the tegulae

CIRPHIS. i')!?

whitish and grey except at tips, and the patagia whitish and grey

on outer edge and with some black scales near uppor edge ; abdomen

ochroous iriorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the cell and

area just below and beyond it suffused with bright rufous and

thence obliquely to apex; the costal and inner areas sparsely irro-

rated with black ; the veins beyond and below cell defined by

rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; the sub-

basal line represented by a black point on costa, the antemedial by

obliquely placed black points on costa, below cell, and in submedian

fold, and one nearer base on vein 1 ; median nervure streaked with

fuscous and with a white streak on its extremity, very shghtly

hooked on discocellulars and with a small fuscous patch beyond it ;

a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 4, where it is met by an oblique shade from

termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

ochreous suffused with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous : the underside

ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, post-

medial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of

points.

Bah. Punjab, Dharmsjila (HocJcing), 1 c? , 2 $ , Umballa (Reed),

2 2 type ; Madras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $ . EA'jy. 36 millim.

1883. CirpMs salebrosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 17.)

Leucania sakbrosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 80 (1878).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and tinged with

brown on head, tegula3, and patagia ; tegulae with three brown

lines; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wnng

ochreous, the cell and area just below and beyond it suffused with

bright rufous ; the costal and inner areas sparsely irrorated with

black ; the veins defined by rufous streaks and the interspaces

beyond and below the cell streaked with rufous ; an oblique rufous

streak on inner area before middle ; extremity of median nervure

with a short elliptical white streak usually very slightly hooked on

discocellulars, with a black point before it in lower angle of coll

and sometimes a small fuscous patch beyond the angle ; traces of

an antemedial line sometimes present, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; postmedial lino re-

presented by a more or less complete series of black points bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, where it is mot by

an oblique brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series

of black points usually present. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

fuscous ; the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous white irrorated

•with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule.

JIah. Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pri/er), 2^,15 type, Tokio

(Maries), 1 $ : C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 J , 1 ?; 'W. China,

Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 S • Kv2U 32-42 millim.

1884. Cirphis ignita, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. IS.)

d' . Head and thorax i)urplish red mixed with ochreous ; toguUie

518 NocTuinyE.

with traces of three lines ; patagia with some black scales near

upper edge ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing

orange-yellow, suffused with purple-red except below cell near base,

in end of cell, on inner margin and terminal area ; the costal area

white sparsely irrorated with black, and with greyish fuscous

suffusion below it ; median nervure streaked with greyish fuscous,

its extremity with white, a greyish fuscous patch beyond the cell

between veins 5 and 3 ; subbasal line represented by a black point

on costa, the antemedial line by an obscure series of points oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a

postmedial series of points bent outwards below costa, and oblique

below vein 4, where it is met by an oblique shade from termen

below apex : the veins of terminal area with slight pale streaks ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

fuscous brown, the termen tinged with pink ; cilia ochreous ; the

underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas tinged with

purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and post-

medial and terminal series of points.

Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 6 type. Exp. 34 millim.

1885. Cirphis pyrastis, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 19.)

J . Head and thorax rufous with a greyish tinge ; tegulae with

three slight dark lines ; abdomen greyish with ill-defined darker

bands, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing golden yellow sparsely

irrorated with black, the veins, costal area, a broad fascia on vein 1

and above vein 2 from its origin to termen and obliquely to apex

suffused with flesh-pink ; one or two obliquely-placed antemedial

black points from middle of cell to submedian fold ; a short pale

streak on extremity of median nervure ; a postmedial series of black

points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an

oblique diffused yellow fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the apical half of termen

tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area ochreous

irrorated with brown, some black points on termen towards apex.

Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 cT type. Eap. 34 millim.

1886. Cirphis formosana. (Plate XCII. fig. 20.)

Alctia formomna, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 675.

Leucania adtiMa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335 ; Hmpsn. Moths Iiid. ii.

p. 275.

Leucania scmicmia, Pag. Zoologica, xii. p. 75, pi. ii. f. 37 (1900).

(S . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulae with

slight dark tips ; abdomen pale brownish, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous, suffused in parts with flesh-colour and sparsely

irrorated with black ; the veins defined by slight fuscous streaks,

the interspaces of terminal half also steaked with fuscous : traces of

an antemedial series of black points oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; traces of ochreous

orbicular and reiiiform stigmata, the latter with black point in

lower part and short yellow streak belou- it on extremity of median

ciuPHis. 519

nervure ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4, connected by traces of a highly

crenulate line ; an oblique dark shade from terraen below apex ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish, the veins and

terminal half suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish pink and irrorated

with black, a postmedial series of short black streaks on the veins

and series of black points on apical half of termen.

Hub. Formosa (Eohson), 1 $ type ; Punjab, Manpuri, 1 $ ;

SiKUiM (Lidderdale), 1 c? , 2 $ ; Assam, Khcisis, 1 § type adusta ;

Travancoee, Pirmad (Imray), 1 c? ; Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green),

3 c? , W. Haputale (Pole), 1 cjT ; Selangok, Kuala Lumpur [Durham),

1 S ; Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 c? ; N. Guinea, Bismarck Arch.,

type t 5 semicana in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 36 millim.

1887. Cirphis clarescens. (Plate XCII. fig. 21.)

Leucania clarescens, Moscbl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 143 (1890).

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi with some black

above ; frons and vertex of head with dark bars ; tegulae and

patagia tinged with purplish red, the former with black medial

line, the latter with black patch ; metathoracic crest blackish ;

abdomen brownish ochreous, the dorsal crest dark-tipped. Fore

wing brownish ochreous with a pink tinge ; the costal, inner, and

terminal areas irrorated with a few black scales ; a black streak,

edged below by rufous, below basal half of cell and a similar oblique

streak from inner margin near base to below middle of vein 1 ; a

black point on middle of median nervure with a white streak on it,

slightly hooked at lower angle of cell, then continued as fine streaks

on veins 3, 4 ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another in

lower angle of cell ; black streaks in the interspaces above veins 3, 4,

the interspace above vein 2 suffused with lilacine grey ; a curved

postmedial series of black points on the veins and a terminal series;

an oblique grey shade from termen below apex ; cilia intersected

with dark brown. Hind wing whitish, the veins and termen tinged

with reddish ochreous ; the underside with slight black irroration

on costal area, some terminal black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Bahamas, Andros (Zion^oie), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Cuba; Porio Pico.

Exp. 30 miliim.

1888. Cirphis imperfecta. (Plate XCII. fig. 22.)

Leucania imperfecta. Siiiitli, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 76 (1894) ; Dyar,

Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 163.

Head and thorax grey tinged with browii and irrorated with

some fuscous ; tegular with three dark lines ; abdomen brownish

grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated

with black, leaving ochreous streaks in submcdian interspace to

beyond middle, above veins 2 and 3, and in and beyond end of cell

to near termen, and an oblique shade from apex ; a slight black

streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin

520 NOCTUID^.

before middle ; a short white streak on end of median nervure with

a slight hook on discocellulars ; a black point in lower angle of

cell ; the veins of terminal half with slight white streaks, a more

prominent streak on vein 4, the interspaces with fine black streaks ;

an obliquely curved postmedial series of black points on veins 7-1 ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white,

the termen tinged with brown ; cilia white, with fine brown line

near base ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas down

to vein 2 irrorated with brown.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Cochise Co., Wilgus, 1 S , Prescott (^Mnze),

1 S , Huachuca Mts., 1 cJ , 1 ? j Chiricahua Mts., 1 c? • Eccj)- 36

millim.

1889. CirpMs velutina.

Leucania velutina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1846, iii. p. 87, pi. 2. f. 5 ; Herr.-SchafF.

Eur. Scbmett., JSToct. ff. 362-3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.

Head and thorax grey -brown mixed with fuscous ; abdomen

brownish grey with a slight rufous tinge towards extremity, the

ventral surface irrorated with black. Pore wing brownish grey,

the costal area irrorated with black ; the veins whitish ; the inter-

spaces suffused with black except costal and inner areas and a

postmedial dentate band ; a black streak above base of inner margin ;

a pale streak in submedian fold to origin of vein 2 defined by

blackish above and below ; a diffused black streak in lower end of

cell ; the postmedial line represented by small diffused black marks

in the interspaces between veins 7 and 1, incurved below vein 4,

and with a grey band beyond them forming dentate marks defining

the veins, longest on veins 7, fi, 4, 3, 2, the subterminal line being

represented by some dentate blackish marks on outer edge of grey

baud ; some black points on termen. Hind wing greyish, uniformly

suffused with fuscous ; the underside grey, tinged with brown and

irrorated with black, especially on costal and terminal areas, an ill-

defined curved postmedial line.

Hah. Russia, Urals, 2 d^ , 2 ? , Zeller Coll. ; W. Siberia, Altai ;

"W. TuEKESTAN, Issyk-Kul ; E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts. ;

Mongolia, Urga, Changai Mts.; E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri.

Exp. 44 milHm.

1890. Cirphis comma.

JS'ocfua comma, Linn. Faun. Suec. ii. p. 316(1861) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 83,

pi. 106. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 73; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 192.

Noctua turhida, Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 617 (1827).

Kochia congener, Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. f. 618 (1827).

Leucania nigrofasciata, Hmpsn. Motbs Ind. ii. p. 279 (1894).

Lencania rliodocomma, Piiug. Iris, xiii. p. 120 (1900).

Head and thorax pale grey-brown tinged with rufous ; tegulae

with dark medial line ; patagia with some black scales near upper

edge ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft and ventral surface

tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale olive-brown with a reddish

tinge ; the veins whitish ; the costal area whitish sparsely irrorated

CIRPHIS. 521

with black ; a prominent black streak below base of cell to origin

of vein 2 ; an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a

blackish streak in end of cell or spot in lower angle ; the inter-

spaces of terminal area with black streaks ending in a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with

fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous white ; the underside with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some black points

on termen from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. rhodocomma. Ground-colour of head, thorax, and fore

wing purplish red.

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll.; Fbance, Sand Coll.; Germany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Switzerland, Zeller and

Frey Colls.- IST. Italt ; Bulgaria, Rilo Dagh (£J?ives) ; Armenia;

Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Siberia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-

Kul, Alexander !Mts., type rJiodocomma in Coll. Piingeler ; Mongolia,

Urga ; Tibet, Amdo ; E. Siberia, Amur, XJssuri ; Punjab, Kulu,

type t (S nigrofasciata in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 40-42 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 163, pi. 203. f. 3.

Grej'ish ochreous to reddish brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines

pale or whitish, edged with dark brown and witli a brown line

between them ; lateral and spiracular lines pale ochreous separated

by a dark brown space ; head brown marked with blackish. Food-

plants, Grasses. 8-4.

1891. Cirphis insueta. (Plate XCII. fig. 23.)

Leucania insueta, Gruen. Noct. i. p. 81 (1852) ; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 188.

Helwphila adonea, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 159 (1874).

Leucania hcterodoxa. Smith, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 75, pi. v. f. 7 (1894) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

Leucania mimica, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het., Suppl. ii. p. 6 (1899).

Head and thorax ochreous more or less strongly tinged with

rufous ; teguloe with blackish medial line ; patagia with some black

scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface

rufous. Fore wing ochreous, mostly suffused with rufous and

sparsely irrorated with black, more thickly on costal area ; the

veins white defined by rufous streaks ; the interspaces with rufous

streaks ; a black streak below base of cell ; a black point below

origin of vein 2, with another below it on vein 1 ; a postmedial series

of points on the veins bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then obli(|ue ; an obliijue pale shade from apex ; a terminal

series of black points, the terminal area rather darker and angled

inwards in discal and submedian folds. Hind wing ochreous white,

the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside

with the costal area suffused with rufous and irrorated with brown.

Hab. Canada, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 J , Anticosti, 1 $ ;

U.S.A., New York, 4 S type adonea, 5 j type, Minnesota, 1 $ ,

Colorado. Exp. 34-38 millim.

Larva. (Original.) Head shining brown, the reticulations indis-

tinct, the vertical band next the suture distinct and black. Body

as in roseola, but the markings faint, diffused, not contracted. The

522 NOCTUIDiE.

subdorsal and lower lateral bands are greyish brown, not much

darker than the other markings. General colour light brown, not

creamy. A diffused lighter shade above the subdorsal dark baud.

Cervical shield more cbitinized than in roseola. Feet without dark

patches. Food-plants, Grasses. — H. G. D.

1892. CirpMs dia. (Plate XCII. fig. 24.)

HeliopUla dia, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 29 (1879); id. 111. Essay, 56,

pi. ii. f. 19; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 187.

Leucania megadia, Smith, Pr. "U.S. Nat. Mus. xxt. p. 191 (1902) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

S . Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; tegulae with

medial brown Hne; a few dark scales near upper edge of patagia ;

abdomen white tinged with brown, the anal tuft with ochreous ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen much browner. Fore

wing ochreous white tinged with reddish brown ; the veins white

defined by fiue brown streaks, the interspaces with brown streaks,

the costal and inner areas sparsely irrorated with black ; a black

point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points on

the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique ; some black points on termen sometimes present ; cilia

reddish brown intersected with white. Hind wing whitish suff"used

and irrorated with brown except towards base ; cilia white ; the

underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.

Hub. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolle)j-Dod), 3 c? co-type megadia,

British Columbia, Laggan, Kaslo (J. W.^ Cochle), 9 c? , 4 $ ; U.S.A.,

Washington, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, California, 2 (S

type, ( Walsiwjhani) 1 S , Arizona. Exp. 30-36 millim.

*1893. CirpMs diagramma. (Plate XCVI. fig. 15.)

Leucania diagramma, Beth. -Baker, ined.

(S . Head and thorax whitish with a violaceous tinge and irro-

rated with brown ; tegulae with three dark lines ; patagia with

some black scales near upper edge ; tibiae slightly streaked with

black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with brown and vcntrally

irrorated with black ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing whitish

with a slight violaceous tinge, the veins white defined by dark

streaks, the interspaces with purple-brown streaks, the costal and

inner areas irrorated with black ; a purple-brown shade below

median nervure and a black streak in base of submedian fold ; the

median nervure and vein 4 with stronger white streaks ; a black

point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, an oblique

diffused white fascia from apex with triangular brown shade below

it from termen ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

whitish tinged with ochreous brown except the interspaces of basal

area ; a series of black points on termen from apex to vein 2 ; the

underside white, with some dark irroration on costal area.

Hah. Brit. N. Guinea, Babooni (Pratt), type f cJ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Ki^. 38 millim.

ciEniis. 523

1894, Cirpliis bifasciata.

Leucania hifasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Bull. 111. Het. B. M.

vii. p. 51, pi. 126. f. 13 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.

5 . Head and thorax ochrcous white ; tegulse tinged with purplish

pink and with two slight dark lines ; palpi, pectus, and legs tinged

with pink ; abdomen pale, dorsally tinged with brown, ventrally

with pink. Fore wing rufous, the costal area pale ochreous to

middle, the inner area to near torn us ; a slight whitish streak on

median nervure from before middle, the veins beyond the cell slightly

streaked with white ; a black point in lower angle of cell, a more or

less distinct postmedial series of black points ; a slight triangular

dark shade from termen below apex ; cilia pink. Hind wing

ochreous whitish tinged with fuscous, especially towards termen ;

cilia pinkish at base. Underside of fore wing with the cell and

area below and beyond it suffused with fuscous.

Hob. Punjab, Dharmsala (HocJcing), 2 2 type. Exy. 36 millim.

1895. Cirphis atrinota, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 25.)

c? . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous ; abdo-

men ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with

black. Fore wing ochreous white ; the costal and inner areas

slightly irrorated with black; the veins whitish defined by tine

rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; a slight

black streak below base of cell ; the white streak on median nervure

expanding into a small spot at lower angle of cell, in which there is

a black point, and beyond which there is a small triangular black

patch ; traces of a postmedial series of black points bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a triangular rufous patch

from termen below apex and slight marks towards tornus ; cilia

deep rufous. Hind wing ochreous white, the termen tinged with

ochreous ; the underside with the costal area and apical part of

termen ochreous irrorated with black, some black points on termen

from apex to vein 2.

Bah. Mashon ALAND, Salisbury {Marshall, Dobbie), 2 (^ type-

Exj). 30 millim.

189G. Cirphis roseilinea. (Plate XCII. fig. 26.)

Leucania roseilinea, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862).

Leucania simillima, WJk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862).

Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown and tinged with

purplish red ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown,

ventrally irrorated with black ; the claspers of male with thick

tufts of hair. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with vinous red,

the costa irrorated with black ; the veins white defined by purple-

brown streaks ; the interspaces also streaked with purple-brown ;

a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner

margin before middle ; a brown shade below median nervure ; a

black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial scries of black

524 NOCTUID.E.

points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a pale

oblique fascia from apex defined by brown above and below by a

triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series

of black points. Hind wing ocbreous white ; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with brown, the termen sometimes with

series of black points.

Hah. N". China, Shanghai, 1 S ; Madras, Travancore, Pirmad,

1 (S ; Cetlon, Kandy {E. E. Green), 1 d" ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ ;

Borneo, Sarawak, type and tvpe simillima in Mus. Oxon., Sandakan

{Fryer), 1 J . Exp. 30-34 imiilim.

1897. Cirphis polemusa,

Leiicania polemtisa, Swiuh. P. Z. S. 1885, p 447, pi. 27. f. 1 ; Hmpsu.

Moths lud. ii. p. 280.

Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; palpi blackish

at side ; tegulae with two dark lines ; legs streaked with blackish ;

abdomen ocbreous whitish. Fore wing narrow, white, the costal

and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ; a yellow shade on

inner area and below median nervure to end of cell and thence

obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks,

the median nervure more prominently white, forming a very slight

hook at lower angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; a black

streak in submedian fold to near origin of vein 2 ; a postmedial

series of black points bent outwards below apex and oblique below

vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with

white. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated Avith pale brown, some black points on termen from apex

to vein 2.

Rab. Bombay, Poonah (Sivinhoe), 1 c5' , 1 $ , type. £v/j. 26 millim.

1898. Cirphis secta. (Plate XCII. fig. 27.)

Leucania secta, Herr.-ScbafF. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-miii. Ver. Eegensb.

1868, p. 147.

(S . Head whitish ; palpi, sides of frons, and antennae rufous ;

thorax yellow, patches on tegulae, streaks on outer edge of patagia,

and the thoracic crest rufous ; pectus and legs ocbreous white, the

latter streaked with rufous ; abdomen ocbreous. Fore wing yellow

with a slight greenish tinge irrorated with a few black scales ; a

rufous fascia below the cell ; a streak above inner margin near

base: the veins beyond the cell defined by rufous streaks and

vein 1 to near base, a more prominent streak above base of vein 4 ;

a black point in lower angle of cell, a curved postmedial series and a

terminal series; cilia rufous intersected with fuscous. Hind wing

greenish yellow, the termen and inner area slightly tinged with

rufous.

2 . Hind wing pale, the terminal area suffused with brown.

Hah. Cuba, Santiago (Schaus), 2 cJ . Exp. 24 millim.

ciRPUTS. 525

1899. Cirphis albifasciata, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 28.)

S . Head and tliorax rufous ; tegulte with a few black scales

on upper edge ; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface whitish

irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous. mostly suffused with

rufous and sparse!}' irrorated with black ; a diffused brown fascia

on subcostal nervure from before middle to apex ; a white streak

on median nervure with a diffused brown fascia below it, an oblique

brown streak from inner margin before middle to middle of vein 1 ;

a few black scales in middle of cell and a slight V-shaped mark

representing extremitj^ of claviform ; a black point in lower angle

of cell, a diffused white fascia in submedian fold from middle to

termen, towards which it extends above vein 2 ; the veins beyond

the cell slightly streaked with whitish and defined by fine brown

streaks ; veins 4, 3 more prominently white ; the interspaces of

terminal area with fine brown streaks ; postmedial line represented

by a series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4; an oblique ochreous fascia from apex with a trian-

gular brown shade on termen below it ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing semihyaline white, with a series of black points

on termen from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with black.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foste7-), 1 (S type. Exj}. 36 millim.

1900. Cirphis abdominalis. (Plate XCII. fig. 29.)

Leucania abdominalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 273.

Leucania moorei, Svvinh. A. M. N. H. (7) x. p. 50 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen flesh-colour or pale straw-yellow;

teguhe with three fine brown lines. Fore wing flesh-colour or

pale straw-yellow ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks ;

the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a brown fascia below

median nervure ; antemedial line sometimes represented by a black

point in sul)median fold, the postmedial line by obliquely placed

black points on veins 4 and 2 ; a triangular shade from termen below

apex; a series of minute terminal black points sometimes present.

Hind wing ochreous white suffused with fuscous except on costal

area, especially on the veins and towards termen ; the underside

ochreous white, with some dark irroration on costal and terminal

areas, a discoidal point and postmedial and terminal series.

Hab. Punjab, Dharmsjila (IIocJdiKj), 3 c? , 3 $ , type ; Bengal

(Russell), 1 2 type. Exp. 38 millim.

1901. Cirphis lineatipes. (Plates XCII. fig. 30.)

Leucania lineatipes, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 279.

Leucania percisa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 410 ; Ilmpsu. Moths Ind. n.

p. 274.

Head and thorax pale ochreous brown, head browner; tegulae

52G nfociviDM.

with two dark lines ; abdomen whitish tinged with ochreous.

Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, sometimes tinged with purplish

pink and irrorated with fuscous ; the veins with slight whitish

streaks defined by fine brown lines ; median nervure and vein 4

with stronger white streaks, the former defined below by a brown

fascia : a triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a black

point in lower angle of cell ; a curved postmedial series of black

points on the veins and a terminal series. Hind wing whitish

tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal half ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with

brown and irrorated with fuscous, some black points on termen.

Hab. Punjab, Sultanpur, Kulu (Q. Young), 1 (^ , 1 $ , Simla

(Swinhoe), 2 <S , Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 c? , 4 $, type pemsa ;

Assam, Khtisis, 2 c? . ^.ip. 34-38 millim.

1902. Cirphis anteroclara. (Plate XCII. fig. 31.)

Leucania anteroclara, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 200 (1902) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

Head and thorax ochreous with an olive tinge ; palpi slightly

irrorated with fuscous ; tegulaj with three dark lines ; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous with an olive tinge ; the

veins streaked with white, the median nervure and veins 4, 3 more

strongly, the median nervure defined by a slight dark shade below

it ; the interspaces streaked with olive ; a minute black point in

lower angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; an

oblique fuscous shade from termen below apex. Hind wing

ochreous white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas down to vein 2

irrorated with brown, some black points on termen towards apex.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoUey-Dod), 4 c?, 3 $. Exj).

40 millim.

*1903. Cirphis oregona.

Leucania oregona, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 202 (1902) ; Djar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

c? . Pale fawn or reddish grey ; tegulse with two dark lines ;

vertex of thorax with some dark irroration. Fore wing with the

veins white defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces also with

dark streaks ; the white streak on median nervure expanding into

a mark at lower angle of cell with a black point before it in the

angle, defined below by a fuscous streak confluent with the

triangular dark shade from termen below apex ; postmedial line

punctiform, entire ; terminal area and cilia fuscous. Hind wing

white, with a series of black terminal marks ; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with reddish.

Bab. U.S.A., Oregon, Corvallis. Ex/j. 30 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

ciRPnis. 527

*1904. Cirphis polysticha. (Plate XCII. fig. 32.)

Leiicania polysticha. Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1902, p. 80.

S ■ Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown and fuscous ;

palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft

fuscous at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with reddish

brown and irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by

fuscous streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal area with

fuscous streaks ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and a slight

streak in and beyond lower angle of cell ; two postmedial series of

black points, becoming very inwardly oblique below vein 4 ; an

indistinct oblique pale fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing semihyaline white, with some black points

on apical half of termen ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Queensland, Brisbane, type f c5' in Coll. Turner. Exp.

42 millim.

1905. Cirphis rivorum. (Plate XCIII. fig, 1.)

Leiicania rivorum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 82 (1852).

Leucania pampa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 233 (1894).

5 . Head and thorax pnle, suffused with purplish pink and

mixed with a few dark scales ; palpi with some fuscous at sides ;

tegulae with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous white with

slight dark irroration. Fore wing yellowish white, irrorated with

a few black scales on costal and inner areas ; the veins white

strongly defined by purple-brown streaks ; the interspaces with

purple-brown streaks ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and

another in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of indistinct

blackish points on the veins. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

termen slightly tinged with brown on apical half ; the underside

with the costal area and apical part of termen tinged with ochreous

and with slight dark irroration, some black points on latter.

c? . Tegulce witliout the three dark lines ; fore wing with the

veins less prominently defined ; hind wing entirely white.

Hah. Cuba ; Brazil, llio Janeiro, 1 5 > Castro Parana, type

pampa in Coll. Schaus; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 5. Exp.

38 millim.

1906. Cirphis sarcistis, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 2.)

Leucania extincta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 261 (part.), uoc Gucn.

S . Head and thorax pale flesh-pink, mixed with whitish and

slightly with dark brown ; tcgulse with traces of two dark lines ;

abdomen rufous, ventrally paler with some dark irroration. Foro

Aving pale flesh-pink with slight dark irroration ; the veins whitish

defined by tine brown streaks ; the interspaces of terminal half

with brown streaks ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a

slight oblique dark shade from termon below apex. Hind wing

628 WOCTTTID^.

semihyaline white, the inner area with some pale rufous hair ; the

underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and slightly

irrorated with brown, some terminal black points from apex to

vein 2.

Hah. Costa Rica {Underwood), 1 S type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 38 millim.

1907. Cirphis calgariana. (Plate XCIIl. fig. 3.)

Leucania calgariana. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 201 (1902) ; Djar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

S . Head and thorax pale pinkish rufous ; palpi more ochreous ;

tegulte with three dark lines ; abdomen greyish ochreous, the anal

tuft x'file ochreous. Fore wing pinkish rufous ; the veins streaked

with white, the median nervure and veins 3, 4 more strongly, the

median nervure with a slight dark shade below it ; the interspaces

with fine rufous streaks ; a minute black point in lower angle of

cell and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; a very slight dark

shade from termen below apex. Hind wing white, the veins and

termen tinged with brown ; the underside tinged with pink, the

costal area irrorated with a few black scales.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary {Wolley-Dod), 2 J co-type.

Exp. 42 millim.

1908. Cirphis sarcophsea, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 4.)

S . Head and thorax rufous ; sides of palpi and frons blackish ;

abdomen rufous dorsally suffused with black. Fore wing pinkish

rufous sparsely irrorated with black ; the veins pale defined by

rufous streaks, the interspaces of terminal half finely streaked with

rufous ; a small black patch at lower angle of cell ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing uniform fuscous ; cilia rufous

tinged with fuscous at base ; the underside rufous irrorated with

black, a black discoidal spot and terminal series of points.

Hah. N. Peetj, Hauncabamba, 2 c? type. Exp. 36-42 millim.

1909. Cirphis jaliscana. (Plate XCIII. fig. 5.)

Leucania jaliscana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 114 (1898) ; Dnice,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568.

(J . Head and thorax ochreous yellow ; tegulte with three dark

lines, and purplish pink towards extremities ; the prothoracic and

abdominal crests black and white ; abdomen ochreous yellow.

Fore wing ochreous yellow, the veins defined by rufous streaks and

with rufous streaks in interspaces ; antemedial line represented by

three obliquely placed black points on inner half ; a white point at

lower angle of cell on a diffused rufous patch ; a postmedial series

of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; a triangular rufous patch on termen below apex ;

ciRi'His. 529

cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and

termeu slightly tinged with oclireous. Underside of fore wing

with the subcostal nervure and veins beyond the cell to postmedial

line streaked with black ; hind wing with the costal area slightly

irrorated with black, some black points on apical half of

termen.

Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara, 1 d type f J in Coll. Schaus ; Cuba.

Exp. 34 millira.

1910. Cirphis polystrota, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 6.)

Head and thorax pale purplish red ; vertex of head whitish ;

abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing

ochreous suffused with pinkish brown and slightly irrorated with

black; the veins white defined by slight brown streaks; the

interspaces with fine brown streaks ; a white point at lower angle

of cell ; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins

and a terminal series ; a slight oblique dark shade from termen.

below apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen

tinged with ochreous brown ; the underside with the costal area

tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown, some

black points on termen from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Triniuad {Lady Broome), 1 § ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 2 S type ;

Paraguay, fSapucay (Foster), 3 5 . ^.rp. 3-J:-38 millim.

1911. Cirphis microsticha, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 7.)

Leucania extinda, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 261 (part.), nee

Guen.

Leucania soli/a, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 2fi2 (nee VVlk.).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with flesh-pink and slightly

mixed with brown; tegulje with traces of two dark lines; abdomen

ochreous whitish. Pore wing whitish tinged with flesh-pink and

slightly irrorated with black ; the veins white defined by slight

brown streaks; the interspaces with brown streaks, more prominent

towards termen ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another

in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial scries of black points on the

veins, sometimes connected by traces of a dentate line j a slight

obli(|ue dark shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white, female with the veins and termen

tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area tinged with

ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown ; some black points on

termen from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Mexico City (Hoer/e), 1 5; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts.

(Undericood), 1 J,l $ type, Godman Salvin Coll.; Panama, La

Chorrera (Dolhij-Ti/ler), 1 j. A\v2>. 34-38 millim.

J 9 1 2. Cirphis palliseca. (Plate XCIII. fig. 8.)

LctKania paUiscca, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. xsv. p. 203 (1902) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

VOL. v. 2 m

630 NOCTUIU.E.

5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish oclireous, tegulse usually

with two or three slight dark lines ; patagia sometimes with some

black scales near upper edge ; tibiae with blackish bands on the

spurs ; abdomen with the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing whitish ochreous ; the veins white defined by fine rufous

streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; the costal area

slightly irrorated with black ; a black point below origin of vein 2

and another in lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial

series of points, almost obsolete except on veins 5 and 2 ; a slight

triangular brown shade from terraen below apex ; a terminal

series of slight points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen

tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged

with ochreous and irrorated with brown, some black points on

apical part of termen.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 $ co-type, Durango (Oslar),

4 2 , N^ew Mexico, Albuquenjue (Oslar), 2 5 , Arizona, Jerome

(Oshir), 1 $. Kcj^. 34-40 millim.

1913. Cirphis humidicola. (Plate XCIII. fig. 9.)

Leucania humidicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 90 (1852).

Leucania extenuata, Gruen. Noct. i. p. i)0 (]8r)2).

Leucania tayaudi, Guen. Noct. i. p. 9U (ISf)-).

Leucania dorsalis, Wlk. re. 98 (1856).

Leucania soiita, Uruce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk.

Head and thorax ochreous, with a very slight rufous tinge ; frons

with rufous bar ; tegulse with three dark lines and the tips fuscous

and grey ; a few black scales near upper edge of patagia; abdomen

ochreous. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins white defined by fine

rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; a black

poiut below origin of vein 2 and another in lower angle of cell ;

traces of a postmedial series of points usually almost obsolete, except

those on veins 5 and 2 ; a triangular brown shade from termen below

apex ; a terminal series of slight points. Hind wing white, the

veins and termen slightly tinged with ochreous ; the underside with

the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, some

black points on apical part of termen.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Trujillo), 1 $, Guerrero (H. H. Smith),

1 $ ; Guatemala (Chamjriou), 1 ^ , 2 $ ; Costa Eica {Underwood),

2 2 ; Panama, Bugaba {Chamjyion), 1 c? Godman-Salviu Coll., La

Chorrera (Dolhij-TyJer), 3 (5; Cuba; Haiti {Tweedie), 2 $ type

dorsalis; St. Lucia (Cowie), 1 $ ; Grenada (H. H. Smith), 2 c5' ;

St. Vincent (H. H. Smith), 1 J ; Barbados (Frampton), 1 5 ;

Teinidad, 1 $; Cayenne; Brazil, Amazons (Trail), 1 J, Para

(Austen), 1 S -, Espiritu Sto., 1 2 » Petropolis (Doer), 1 5 , Organ

Mts. (B. S. Wagner), 1 S ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 d" , 2 $ ;

Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 § ; Peru, Callao (J. J. Waller), 1 J ,

1 2 ' Exp. 32-40 millim.

CIKPHI*. 631

1914. Cirphis insulicola.

Le.ucania insidico/a, Giien. Noct. i. p. 82(1852).

Leucania si)n2>laria, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 252, f. 160 (1891).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulte with two

dark lines ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdo-

men brownish ochreous, the dorsal crest blackish at tip. Fore wing

ochreous ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ;

the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also

streaked with brown ; the antemedial lino represented by obliquely

placed black points below cell and in submedian fold ; a black point

in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of points, with traces of

another series before them, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex defined by brownish

above and below by the triangular brown shade from tcrmen below

apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, especially in female ;

the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated

with brown, some black points on termen from apex to vein 2,

Ab. 1. Fore wing with small fuscous patch beyond lower angle of

cell and the terminal area darker. — Gambia, in Coll. de Joannis.

Hab. S. Leone {Cator), 1 $; Gambia; Nigeria, Sapele (/SwrMp-

so7i), 1 cJ , 12; Natal, Dui'ban (Gooch), 1 $; Madagascar;

liouRBON, type t in Mus. Paris, iiliy. 34-36 millim.

1915. Cirphis compta.

Leucania compta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 336, pi. 37. f. 8; Hmpsu.

Moths lud. li. p. 272.

Lrvcnnia caiiaraica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339.

IjL'Ucania nefasia, Swiiih. Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1890, p. 219.

Leucania stramen, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 68, pi. 144. f. 2 (1891).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous : teguite with

two dark lines ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;

abdomen ochreous, dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

ochreous, with a slight rulbus tinge in and beyond end of cell ; the

veins whitish defined by fine reddish-brown streaks, the interspaces

also streaked with brown; the median nervure more pi'orainentlj'

white, expanding towards extremity, beyond which there is a small

fuscous patch; the antemcdial line usually represented by a black

point below cell and oft^^n another nearer the base on vein 1 ; a

postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and

oblicjue below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apex, with a tri-

angular dark shade below it from termen ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with ochreous brown

from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas tinged with ochreous, some black points on apical half of

termen.

JJah. Ganjam ; Bombay, Canara {Ward), 1 $ type canaraica;

Madras, Xilgiris ( ffctmpson), 1 S type stramen; Ckvlon, Dickova

nil 2

>32

N0CTUIBJ5.

(Green), 3 S\ Bukma, Bhamo, 2 S type nefasta ; Singapoee

{Eu/ley), 1 J; Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 J. ^'^'p• 26-32

millim.

1916. Cirphis megaproctis, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 10.)

S - Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi hlackish at sides ;

frons with black bar ; tegulae with two black lines and black tips ;

patagia with some black scales near upper edge; legs irrorated with

black, mid tibife with two black streaks, hind tibite with one, spurs

banded with black ; abdomen ochreous white, a sublateral series of

small black spots, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore

wing ochreous white, the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated

with black ; the veins white defined by fine fuscous streaks, the

interspaces of terminal area also streaked with fuscous ; traces of

an antemedial series of points oblique from costa to the submedian

fold, where there is a more prominent point, then strongly angled

inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; a black point

in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, partially connected

by a crenulate line ; a very slight triangular fuscous shade from

termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

white, the veins and termen tinged-Avith brown ; the underside with

Ihe costal area slightly irrorated with black, a postmedial series of

slight streaks on the veins and a terminal series of points from apex

to vein 2.

Bah. Ceylon, Haputale (Maclivood), 1 S type, Kandy {E. E.

Green), 1 c5' • B^i'j). 30 millim.

1917. Cirphis juncicola.

Lencavia pmcicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. S3 (18r)2) ; Smith, Cat. Noot. N. Am.

p. 188."

Helio2)hila adjiita, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 158 (1874).

Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi with some black at sides: frons

rufous below ; tegnlre with two pur])lish-fuscous lines with reddish

behind them, the thoracic crest purplish at tips ; pectus purj)lish red

RF

Fig. I5d.— cirphis juncicola, (^. \.

in front; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with reddish brown, the

crest at base purplish fuscous at tij)s, ventrally slightly irrorated

with black, the genital tufts large. Fore wing ochreous with slight

cjKPiiis. 533

black irroratiou on costal area towards apex and on inner area

towards tornus ; the veins whitish defined by rufous streaks ; the

interspaces with rufous streaks, a slightly stronger rufous fascia

below median nervure ; a black point bolow origin of vein 2 and

another in lower augle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5

and 2, sometimes traces of a complete series and of a line bent out-

wards below costa ; an oblique pale shade from apex ; a terminal

scries of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and

terminal area tinged with fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous white;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated

with black, a terminal series of black points on apical half.

Hah. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 S type adjuta, Texas, 2 c? , 1 $ .

Exp. 40 millim.

1918. Cirphis microgonia, n. sp. (Tlate XCIII. tig. 11.)

Leucania cj-thicta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 2(U (pari.), nee

Guen.

Leucania saleh'rosa., Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Aui., Het. i. p. 262 (nee Butl.).

Head and thorax pale ochreous; palpi and frons tinged with

brown ; tegulae with three brown lines ; patagia with a few black

scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with

brown, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the

cell and area just below and beyond it tinged with rufous ; the

costal area whitish irrorated with black ; the veins white defined

by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ;

the white streak on median nervure expanding into a slight hook at

lower augle of cell ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another

in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points, bent out-

wards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia

from apex and a triangular brown shade from termen below apex ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with fuscous, some black points on apical

part of termen.

Hub. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 J, Coatepec (Brools), 1 J;

GvxTEM\Li&. {Champion), 2 c? ; Panama, Bugaba {Chamjnon), 1 $,

Chiriqui (Champion), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Kvp. 30-3G

millim.

1919. Cirphis riparia.

Leucania riparia, Ranib. Ami. Soc. Obs. 1829, p. 201. ]il. (). f. T) ; id. Ann.

S.)c. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 2SS, pi. !). f. I ; Diip. Lep. Fr., Supj)!. iii. p. 339,

pi. 31. ff. 3 a, h; Ilerr.-Sfliair. Eur. Sclimett., Noel. fi". 3(l8, ai*!.

2 . Head and thorax white with a slight violaceous tinge, mixed

with fuscous ; tegulue with a white line defined on each side by

fuscous near base and a dark line defined by white above ; abdo-

men ochreous white sliglitly tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish

with a slight violaceous tinge; the veins white defined by fine brown

63-i NocTUiDJi:.

streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a slight brown

shade through the cell and thence obliquely to apex above an

oblique pale fascia from apex defined below by a triangular

brown shade from tcrmen : a rather indistinct postraedial series of

black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;

a terminal series of black points ; cilia brownish intersected with

white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with

brown; cilia white; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, postmedial series

of short streaks on the veins, and some points on apical half of

termen.

Hah. S. France, Leech Coll. ; Corsica ; Italy ; Syria ; E. Siberia,

TJssuri. Exp. 34 millim.

*1920. Cirphis deserticola. (Plate XCIII. fig. 12.)

Leuoania deserticola, Bartel, Iris, xv. p. 204 (1902).

(S . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with brown, the head

and tegulae strongly tinged ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown

and veutrally irrorated with black. Fore wing pale suft'ubed with

reddish brown, the inner area slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the

veins prominently streaked with white, the median nervure and

veins 3, 4 rather more strongly so, defined by fine dark brown

gtreaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown. Hind wing

whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the veins and area between

veins 4 and 6 rather more strongly so ; the underside white, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

lunule.

Hab. Russia, Urals, co-type t in Coll. Piingeler. Erp. 38 millim.

1921. Cirphis insecuta, (Plate XCllI. fig. 13.)

Leucania insecuta, Wlk. xxxii. 625 (1865).

Leucania intermissa, Wlk. xxxii. (526 (1865).

Leucania striata. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 127.

Head and thorax ochreous with a rufous tinge ; frons and vertex

of head with dark bars ; tegulae with three dark lines and greyish

tips ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen

ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the claspers of male very

large and with tufts of ochreous hair. Fore wing ochreous with a

very slight reddish tinge in andbeyond end of cell ; the veins strongly

defined by purple-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with

brown ; the subbasal line represented by a black point on costa,

the antemedial line by points on costa, below cell, and on vein 1, the

second furthest from base ; extremity of clavit'orm indicated by a

black point ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line

represented by a double series of black points, the inner in the

interspaces, the outer on the veins, bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 4 ; a triangular brown shade from termen below

apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

white, the veins, terminal and inner areas suffused with brown ; the

ciiu'iiis. 535

underside whiter, with the costal and termiijal areas irrorated with

browu, some black points on termeu from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Japan, Hakodate, 1 5 , Yokohama {Fryer, Manley), 3 c? , 5 $ ,

type striata ; China, Shanghai, 2 $ type and type intermissa.

Exp. 40-46 millim.

*1922. Cirphis postica. (Plate XCVI. fig. 12.)

Leiicania postica, Wilem. ined.

S . Head and thorax ochreous white irrorated with pale brown ;

abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with ochreous except at base,

ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous white ; the

veins defined by reddish-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked

with red-brown ; an ill-defined ochreous-white fascia in submediau

interspace and another in and beyond cell, then bent upwards to

apex ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a terminal series.

Hind wing ochreous white, almost entirely sufi'ased with fuscous

brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with black,

a slight discoidal lunule and terminal series of black points.

Hah. Japan, Yokohama, tvpe t d in Coll. Wilemaii. Exj>.

32 millim.

1923. Cirphis simiosa. (Plate XCIII. fig. 14.)

Leucania sinuosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 102 (1882) ; Hmpan. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 273.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark reddish brown;

tegulae with medial brown line and brown tips ; patagia with dark

streak on outer edge ; legs streaked with brown ; abdomen brown,

the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with ochreous.

Pore wing ochreous ; the costal area slightly irrorated with black ;

a white streak on medial nervure interrupted at antemedial line and

again near end of cell, where it has traces of a slight hook, defined

by dark brown streaks with some rufous suffusion below it and

sometimes also above it in cell, from lower angle of cell the

dark brown fascia runs obliquely to termen below apex, towards

which it expands into a triangular patch ; subbasal line represented

by a black point on costa ; antemedial line represented by a black

point on costa, then indistinct, irregular, oblique to submedian fold,

and strongly angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform

small, brown defined by dark brown, the former rather elongate ;

postmedial line crenulate with black points on the veins, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique : a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia dark brown intersected with

ochreous. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia ochreous with a brown

line through them ; the underside ochreous irrorated with dark

brown, a discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial lino with short black

streaks at the veins, and terminal series of small s])ots.

Hah. W. China, Washan (Pratt), 1 J ; Punjab, Kuhi, Sultanporo

(G. Younff), 1 2 , l)harrasala(//o(7a'»'/), 1 J , 3 5 ; Sikhim {Lidder-

dah), 4 $ type. h\vp. 38 millim.

536 kocxuidje.

1924. Cirphis andereggi.

Leucania andereggii, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 132 (1840); Herr.-Schaff.

Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 32ti; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. l'J2.

Leucania valesicola, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 440 (1852).

Leucania cinis^ Frr. Neue Beitr. Sclimett. pi. 629. f. 3 (1858).

Leucania rupica^na, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 18()0, p. 284, pi. 7. f. 1.

Agrotis ene/adincnsis, Mill. Eev. etMag. 1873, p. 3; id. Icones, iii. pp. 308,

4C6,pl.'l39. f. 2.

Head and thorax pale olive-brown ; abdomen fuscous grey, the

anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale olive-brown irrorated

with black ; the cell, the area below it, and apical part of costal

area tinged with rufous ; the veins strongly streaked with white ; a

prominent black streak below the cell from base to below origin of

vein 2 ; an oblique black striga above inner margin before middle ;

a slight black streak in lower angle of coll continued beyond the

cell above and below vein 5 ; a terminal series of small triangular

black marks. Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia pale brown with a

dark line through them ; the underside grey tinged with fuscous.

Ab. 1. cinis. Much darker; fore wing black-brown with the

veins white.

Ab. 2. engadinensis. Fore Aving witli the veins indistinctly

streaked with grey, a curved diffused black postmedial line. This

may j)rove to be a distinct species.

Hub. France, Pyrenees ; Switzerland, Engadine, 2d', 1 $ ;

Bosnia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul. Exp. 34 millim.

1925. Cirphis lineata.

Leucania lineata, Ev. Bidl. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 550; Herr.-Scbaff. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 368 ; Frr. Neue Beitr. Schmett. pi. 478. f. 1 ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.

Head and thorax brownish ochreous slightly mixed with black

hairs ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the anal

tuft brownish. Fore wing brownish ochreous irrorated with a few

black scales ; the veins streaked with white, the median nervure

and veins 3, 4 more strongly ; a prominent black streak below cell

from base to origin of vein 2 ; a black streak in lower end of cell,

continued beyond the cell above and below vein 5 ; a slight oblique

brown shade from termcn below apex ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; the underside pale

irrorated with black ; a small discoidal spot.

Hab. Russia, Urals, 1 c? , 1 $ . Exj). 34 millim.

1926. Cirphis alboradiata, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 15.)

J . Head and thorax white tinged with brown ; fore tibiae

streaked with black ; the tarsi blackish ; abdomen grey tinged

with fuscous. Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated with

ciRPHis. 537

fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell ; median netvure streaked

with white ; vein 4 below aud veins 6, 3, and 1 defined on botli

sides by white ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing-

whitish uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia white; the under-

side whitish irrorated with brown.

Hab. Patagonian Andes, Val de Lago Blanco, 1 (S type.

Eocp. 30 millim.

*1927. Cirphis phlebitis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 16.)

Leucania phlebitis, rUiig. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 130 (1904).

c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore

wing grey-brown irrorated with durk brown, the basal and costal

areas rather paler ; the inner margin whitish ; the veins finely

streaked with whitish, the median nervure and veins 3, 4, and base

of 5 rather more distinctly so ; some diffused slightly darker Irown

above and below median nervure and beyond lower angle of cell.

Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the veins and termen darker;

cilia pale with a brown lino through them ; the underside whitish

irrorated with browai.

Hah. Mongolia, Aksu, type t in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 38

millim.

*1928. Cirphis j or dana. (Plate XCIII. fig. 17.)

Leucania jordana, Bart. Iris, 1904, p. 158.

Head and thorax ochreous with a slight rufous tinge ; sides of

palpi and frons fuscous ; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi mostly

fuscous ; abdomen with diffused fuscous dorsal bands. Fore wing

ochreous with a very slight rufous tinge ; the veins whitish, very

prominently defined by blackish streaks, the cell and submcdian fold

also with blackish streaks. Hind wing whitish nearly uniformly

suffused with fuscous ; the underside white.

Hah. SrRiA, Jordan Valley, tyj^e t c? , $ in Coll. Bartcl. Exp.,

d 36, $ 42 millim.

1929. Cirphis sicula.

Leucania sicula, Treit. Scbmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 90 083.5) ; Hcrr.-Schaff.

Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 340; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.

Leucania cyperi, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 133 (1840).

Lexicania albivena, Grasl. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 409, pi. 8. i. f. 1.

Leucania fuscilinea, Grasl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 411, pi. 8. i. f. 2.

Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi and tegulse irrorated with

black ; antennae brown, except at base ; abdomen ochreous dorsally

tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous si)arsely irrorated with

black, the veins defined by fine brown streaks ; the median nervure

white, a blackish streak Ijelow its basal half, a black point in lower

angle of cell, and a diffused fuscous streak beyond the cell to half-

way along vein 5. Hind wing white with some black j)oii)ts on

termen, in female suffused with brown, especially on the veins and

538

noctuid.t;.

terminal area. Underside of fore wing with some fuscous suffusion

on disc ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. alhivena, Fore wing with postmedial series of black

points.

Ab. 2. cyperi. Fore wing without the dark streaks.

Hah. Belgium; S.W. Frah^ce ; Sardinia; Italy, Central and

South, Capri (C. S. Browne), Sicily, Zeller Coll. Ea-^^. 32-3-i

millim.

1930. CirpMs alopecuri.

Lemanla alojKcuri, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 132 (1840) ; Herr.-ScbafT.

Eur. Schiuett., Noct. f. 369; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.

(S . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown ; abdo-

men whitish slightly tinged with brown, the dorsal crest at base

tipped with blackish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with brown,

tending to form diffused streaks defining the whitish veins ; a white

point at lower angle of cell and black point in angle ; traces of a

curved postmedial series of points sometimes present ; a terminal

series of poiuts. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less

tinged with ochreous brown ; the underside white, the costal area

slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, some black

points on apical part of termen.

II((b. S. liussiA, Sarepta {Christojjh), Zeller Coll.; ?E. Siberia.

Ea-ji. 30-32 millim.

1931. Cirphis irregularis.

Nonagria irregularis, Wlk. xi. 71- (1857); -Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 281.

Leucania cxnosa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent,. xx. p. 24, pi. 2. f. 13 (1877).

Axj/lia ahstracta, Swinli. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 221, pi. vii. f. 13.

Leucania sepidehralis, Lucas, P. Roy. Soc. Queer.sl. xv. p. 149 (1900).

Head and thorax brown, more or less completely suffused with

fuscous ; abdomen brownish grey, the basal crest dark. Foro wing

ochreous brown, more or less completelj' suffused with fuscous ; a

black streak below base of cell ; a fuscous fascia aloug median

nervure, expanding beyond the cell to termen below ape.v and

toruus ; some blackish streaks in the interspaces beyond upper angle

of cell ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; traces of a waved

postmedial line usually present, incurved below vein 4 and with

series of black points beyond it on the veins ; an oblique black

streak from apex bounding the dark area above ; a terminal series

of black points usually present. Hind wing ochreous white, the

terminal area tinged with brown or fuscous ; the underside with

the costal area and termen tinged with fuscous.

IJab. Punjab, Kangra, 1 (S > Burma, Moulmein (C'lerck), 1 2

type, llaugoon, 1 (5, Thayetmyo (Cory), 1 5» Bhamo, 1 5 type

absitracta ; Prov. Wellesley (Ridley), 1 J ; Singapore (EkUey),

1 c? , 2 $; Borneo, 1 S '•, Java; Queensland, Brisbane (Turner),

1 J , 1 $ . Exp. 26-38 millim.

CIKl'UIS.

539

1932. Cirphis cinereicollis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 18.)

Leucania cinereicollis, Wlk. xv. 1659(1858).

Leiicania xoUta, Di-uce, Biol. Centr-.-Aui., Het. i. p. '262 (part.), nee Wlk.

Head aucl thorax ochreous ; palpi dark at sides ; tegulse with

three dark lines ; patagia edged with dark scales above ; dorsal

crests of thorax and abdomen dark at tips ; abdomen ochreous

irroratcd with brown. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous

and irrorated with a few dark scales ; the veins whitish defined by

fine brown streaks ; the interspaces with brown streaks ; a slight

black streak below base of cell and a fuscous fascia on median nervure

continued to termen above vein 4 ; a black point below origin of

vein 2 ; a small white spot at lower angle of cell ; a curved post-

medial series of black points on the veins and a terminal series ; an

oblique brown shade from termen just below apex. Hind wing

semihyaline white ; the underside with the costal area tinged with

brown and irrorated with dark scales, the termen with a series of

black points fi-om apex to vein 2.

Hab. Costa Ric.\, Irazu {Ro(/ers), 2 S , Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Cuba. ; Guadeloupe, 1 (S ; Brazil, Petropolis (Doer), 1 § , Sao

Paulo (D. Jones), 2 2; Paraguay, Sapucay (Fosfer), 8 J , "t 5 ;

Argentina, Goya (Pen-ins), 1 (5,3 $, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 d .

Type t in Mus. Oxon. E.vp. 34-48 millim.

1933, Cirphis punctosa.

Simt/ra pu7ictosa, Treit. Sehinett. v. 2, p. 287 (1825); Fit. Neue Beitr.

Schmett. pi. 406. f. 4 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Sebuiett., Noct. f. 310 ; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.

Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous ; abdomen ochreous

white. Eore wing ochreous, largely suffused with rufous and with

some fuscous irroration on costal and inner areas ; a more proraiuout

rufous shade in, below, and beyond cell ; some fuscous irroration on

median nervure and base of veins arising from it, the other veins

slightly streaked with whitish ; a slight black streak below base of

cell ; an indistinct highly dentate antemedial line, obsolete on costal

area ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line black,

bent outwards below costa, then represented by a series of points

on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; the terminal area deep rufous ;

an oblique pale fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black points ;

(;ilia intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, the terminal

area slightly tinged with ochreous; the underside with the costal

area irroratcd with brown; a terminal series of black points from

apex to vein 2.

Bab. S. France, Zcller and Leech Colls. ; Spain ; Sicily : Algeria ;

Asia Minor, Pontus ; Syria ; W. Turke.stan, Turcomania, 1 $ .

Exp. 32-38 millim.

Larva. Mill. Icones. ii. p. 253, pi. 77. f. 10.

Whitish with numerous fine dark lines ; dorsal area yellowish

with fine dorsal line and prominent black subdorsal line interrupted

between the segments ; head yellowish. Food-plants, Grasses. 4.

540 KOCT0IDJE.

1934, Cirphis putrescens.

Noctua putrescens, Geyer, Samml. Eur. Sclimett., Noct ff. 730-1 (1827);

Herr.-Sehaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 301, 327-8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 192.

Soclua boisduvcdi, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 79, pi. 105, f. G (1827).

Head and thorax grej-ish, more or less tinged with ochreous and

mixed with brown ; palpi blackish at sides ; tegulae with medial

black line ; a black streak near ujiper edge of patagia ; abdomen

ochreous white, sliglitlj- irrorated with brown. Fore wang grey

more or less tinged with ochreous, and with some black irroration,

especially on costal and inner areas ; a black streak below base of

cell and an obliiiue streak above inner margin before middle ; the

veins white defined by fine purple-brown streaks diffused on each

side of median nervure and medial part of vein 1 , the interspaces

also with purple-brown streaks ; a white point at lower angle

of cell ; the postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then

represented by a series of points, oblique below vein 4 ; a tri-

angular brown shade from termen below apex conjoined to another

triangular shade above tornus ; a terminal series of black points;

cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white ; a terminal

series of black points ; the terminal area in female suffused with

brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with black,

a postmedial series of slight black streaks on the veins.

llah. EiUTAiN, Leech Coll. ; W. & S. France, Zellcr Coll. ; Spain ;

Italy, Capri (C /S. Browne) ; Sicily ; Algeria ; Dalmatia ; Istria ;

? W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk-Xul. Exp. 32-36 raillim.

Subsp. canariensis, Eebel, Ann. Nat. Hofin. Wien. ix. p. .58 (1894).

Smaller ; fore wing darker, on underside with prominent discoidal

point.

Ifab. Canaries, Fuerventura.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 70 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 150, pi. 203. f. 2 ;

Milliere, Icones, ii. p. 204, pi. 77- f. 11.

Greyish ochreous to reddish brown ; dorsal line pale, dark-edged,

almost white on thoracic somites ; subdorsal and lateral lines

whitish, dark-edged, separated by an ochreous-brown area ; spira-

cular line brown ; subspiracular line pale ; head grey with darker

markings. Food-plants, Grasses. 10-2.

*iy35. Cirphis herrichi.

Lmcania herrichii, Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ii. p. 238, Noct.

f. 341 (1845) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.

J . Head and thorax pale ferruginous mixed with fuscous ;

abdomen grey-brown, tinged with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing greyish, almost entirely tinged with ferruginous

red, and thickly irrorated, and in places suffused, with fuscous ;

a black streak below base of cell ; the antemedial line oblique to

median nervure, excurved below cell and above inner margin, angled

inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform represented by slight

ciRPnis. 541

ferruginous marks, the latter with white point below it at lower

angle of cell ; postraedial lino stronglj^ dentate, bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins of terminal area

with dark streaks ; subterminal line onl^' represented by the area

beyond it being darker, arising obliquely from termen below apex,

angled inwards in discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle ;

cilia fuscous intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white,

the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous brown ; cilia

ochreous ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas tinged

with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.

Hah. Asia Minor, Bithynia, Pontus, Taurus ; Siria, Dead Sea,

in Coll. Piiiigeler, Exp. 40 millim.

1936. Cirphis phaea. (Plate XCIII, fig, 19.)

Leticania phcBU, Hmpsn. Aun. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 275 (1902).

S . Head and thorax brown largely mixed with fuscous : ab-

domen brownish white, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing

pale grey-brown very thickly irrorated with black ; the veins

slightly paler and defined by very slight dark streaks ; the inter-

spaces of terminal area with slight dark streaks; median nervure

with a diffused fuscous streak extending to just beyond lower angle

of cell, where there is a white point ; an indistinct irregularly

crenulate postmedial line, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with brown ;

the underside with the costal area ochreous, irrorated with black

and on terminal area down to vein 2.

Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hidchmson), 1 c? ; Cape Colonv, Transkei

{Miss F. Barrett), 1 (^ type. Exp. 34 millim.

1937. Cirphis leucosticha, n. n.

Leucania insullcola, Saaliii. Lep. Madag. p. 254, f. 181 (1891), nee Guen.

Head and thorax purplish grey or brow^nish ochreous mixed with

fuscous ; frons with blackish lateral bars ; tegulae with three dark

lines ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged Avith brown towards

extremity. Fore wing pale ochreous more or less tinged with

purj)lish red, especially in and beyond end of cell, and sparsely

irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine purple-

brown streaks, the interspaces also tinged with puriile-browu ;

median nervure slightly defined by fuscous above and below,

extending slightly beyond lower angle of cell, wdiere there is a

white point ; traces of an antemedial line usually present, obli(]uo

from costa to just below cell, where there is a black point; a })()st-

medial series of black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4, usually connected by an indistinct crenulate line; a

triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series

of black points ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing semi-

r)42 xoctttid.t:.

hyaline white, the veins and termen down t^ vein 2 tinged with

brown ; the underside with the costal area feged with purplish

and irrorated with black ; a terminal series of black points from

apex to vein 2.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 $ ; Natal, Durban

(Gooch, Ltn/h), 2 c? , 1 $,type; Maxjrititjs, Cuerpipe (Tulloch),

1 2 ■ Fjxp. 36 millira.

1938. CirpMs latiuscula. (riate XCIII. fig. 20.)

Leiwania latiiiscula, Herr.-Schiiff. Oorresp.-Blatt zool. min. Ver. Regensb.

1868, p. 148.

HeliopJn/a suhpmrctata, Harv. Bull Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 8 (1875) ;

Smith, Cat. ^oct. N. Am. p. 189.

IjCiicania punctij'era, Mosclil. Ver. z,-b. Wien, 1880, p. 389.

Leucania se7iesccvs, Mosclil. Abli. 8eiiek. Ges. xvi. p. 142 (1890).

Leucania tinila, Schaus, Trans. Am. Eiit. 8op. xxi. p. 233 (1894).

Leiicania covijjiicafa, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het., Siippl. i. p. 9 (1898).

Leucania mist ecu, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 1 15 (1898) ; Druce, Biol.

Centr.-Ani., Het. ii. p. .5fi8.

Leucania. orizaha, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 115 (1898) ; Druce, Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 5(18.

Leucania extiitcta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 261 (part.), nee Guen.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous brown ; tegulaB

with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown,

the dorsal cre.st dark. Fore wing pale greyish or ochreous irrorated

with black, the veins white irrorated with black defined by fine

brown streaks ; the interspaces with fine brown streaks ; the median

nervure with slight dark streak ; a white point at lower angle of

cell and a black point below origin of vein 2 ; a postmcdial series

of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

very oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the veins and termen irregularly tinged with brown

in most specimens ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown, a terminal series of black points on costal half.

Ah. 1. Orizaba. Hind wing largely suffused with fuscous.

Bah. U.S.A., Georgia (Ahhot), 1 S, Texas, 1 $ type s>ih-

punctata ; Mexico, Oaxaca, type t S misteca in Coll. Schaus,

Orizaba, type t 6 orizaha in Coll. Schaus, Jalapa {Hoege), 1 J ;

Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion). 1 2 ; Panama, Bugaba

(Champion), 1 6 ', Bermuda, Challenger Coll., 1 c? , 4 $ ; Jamaica

(Kaye), 2 cJ , 2 $ ; Cuba ; Porto "Rico ; St. Vincent (ff. H. Smith),

1 <5 ; Grenada, 1 c? ; Barbados (Frampton\ 3 S ; Surinam ; Br.

Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye\ 1 J , Potaro R. (Kaye), 2 2 ; Brazil,

Castro Parana, type t 6 tinila in Coll. Schaus ; Peru, Haunca-

bamba, 1 6 • Exp. 38-42 millim.

1930. Cirphis tritonia, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 21.)

Head and thorax brownish ochreous; palpi with some fuscous

scales at sides; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreous,

slightly irrorated with fuscous and with black on costal and inner

nui'iiis. r)-l3

areas ; tlie iiitersjiacos of terminal area witli dark streaks ; a

black point below oriii^in of vein 2 ; a wlnte point at lower angle of

cell, with some blackish scales before and beyond it ; an indistinct,

obliquely curved, dentate, postmedial line produced to points on

the veins ; a terminal series of points ; a slight oblique dark shade

from terraen below apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins

and termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal

area tinged with ochreous and irrorated. with brown.

Hah. Columbia, Minca {H. II. Smith), S i" Coll. Druce ;

Brazil, Amazons, R. Jurua {Trail), 1 § type. Exp. 48 millim.

1940. Cirphis atrimacula. (Plate XCIII. fig. 22.)

Leucania atrimacula, Hmpsn. Anu. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 275 (1902).

2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with a few black

scales : abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing

pale ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; a black point at b;ise ;

a white point at lower angle of cell, with a black point before it in

the angle and a small lilack patch beyond the angle with some

diffused rufous beyond and below it ; a postmedial series of black

points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an

oblique fuscous shade from termen below apex ; a prominent

terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous wljite, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous ; a terminal series of black

points ; the underside with the costal and terminal ureas irrorated

with black.

Hah. Natal, Durban (Gooch), 1 § type. E.vji. '30 millim.

1941. Cirphis albistigma. (Plate XCIIT. fig. 23.)

Leucavia (iVihtUjma. Mooi-e, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 3;37, pi. 37. f. 9 ; Hin[;sn.

Motlis Ind. ii. p. 275.

Head and thorax grey to pale olive-brown mixed with dark

brown ; tegulae with two dark lines ; abdomen grey, dorsally

tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale olive-brown to grey-brown,

more or less thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins of costal

area defined by tine brown streaks hardly visible except in the-

paler specimens, the interspaces also streaked with brown towards

apex; a slight black streak below base of cell; a slight fuscouS'

shade on each side of median nervure, extending beyond the celt to

the triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; the ante-

medial line represented by obliquely placed black points on costa

and below cell ; a small rather V-shaped white spot with brown

centre ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4, sometimes with traces of a crenulnte-

line before it ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the veins, termen, and inner area tinged with brown ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown.

544 NOOTUID^.

Hah. India {Hearsay), 1 S , 1 $ ; Sikhim ; Madras, Gooty

(Campbell), 2 5, Nilgiris {Lindmif, Hampson), 4 c? , 2 5 , Coira-

batore (Walhouse), 1 $ . Eap. 32-38 millitn.

*

1942. CirpMs putrida. (Plate XCIII. fig. 24.)

Leucania putrida, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 48 ; id. Oat. Lsp. pal.

p. 192.

Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous ; tegulae

with more or less distinct dark medial line ; abdomen grey-white

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing pale brownish grey, slightly

irrorated with fuscous ; a broad fuscous fascia above and below

median nervure to beyond cell ; antemedial line represented by dark

points on the veius with traces of an excurved line below cell ; a

white point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line strongly dentate,

oblique below vein 4 ; terminal area fuscous, with the veins crossing

it grey, runniug obliquely from termen just below a[)ex to discal

fold, then excurved ; a terminal series of small black luuules. Hind

wing semihyaline white ; the veins brown ; the termen tinged with

brown ; a terminal series of black points ; the underside with the

costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.

Hah. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi;

Mongolia, Aksu, in Coll. Piingeler. Kvp. 34-38 millim.

Subsp. pala-stince, Stand. Iris, x. p. 174, pi. iv. ff. 11, 12 (1897).

§ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; teguloe without dark

line ; fore wing ochreous ; the fuscous fascia confined to medial

area above median nervure ; the postmedial line hardly traceable,

except as a series of points on the veins; the dark terminal area

reduced to dentate marks in the interspaces. Hind wing yellowish

white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Stria. Exp. 40 millim.

1943. Cirphis zeset.

Nortua ::c(b. Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 1, p. 363, pi. 122. f. 4 (1827) ; Yievw-

Scbtiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. tf'. 311.315; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192.

Leucania indistincta, Christ. Rom. Mem. iii. p. 79, pi. 4. f. 5 (1887).

Head and thorax brownish ochreous mixed with gre}^ ; palpi

and legs irrorated with fuscous ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ;

abdomen white, tinged with ochreous. Fore wing brownish

ochreous suffused and irrorated with grey, the veins irrorated

with fuscous ; the antemedial line represented by dark points on

the veins or traces of a waved line ; a white point at lower angle

of cell ; a more or less prominent dentate postmedial line with

more distinct dark points at the veins, bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique dark shade from termen

below apex. Hind wing white, the termen with some black

points ; the underside with slight dark irroration on costal and

apical areas, a postmedial series of points on costal half.

ciRPHis. 545

Ab. 1. indisfincta. Hind wing with the veins and termen

tinged with fuscous.

Ilab. S. France, Montpellier, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

Spain, Andahisia ; Italy; Dalmatia ; Greece; Egypt; W.

Turkestan, Turcomania, 3 $ , Ferghana, Issyk-Kul. Exj). 32-

38 millim.

1944. Cirphis scirpi.

Leucania srirpi, Diip. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 349, pi. 32. f. 3 (1836);

Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.

Leucania dactylklis, Eoisd. Gen. et Ii)d. Meth. p. 133 (1840) ; Diip. Lep.

Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 226, pi. 69. f. 6 ; Herr.-SchafF. Eur. Schinett., Noct.

f. 318.

Leucania montium, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 133 (1840) ; Frr. Neiie

Beitr. Scbmett. v. pi. 395. f. 2; Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett,, Noct. ii.

f. 317.

Leucania caricis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 324-5 (nee Treit.).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; abdomen whitish

tinged with brown. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated with dark

brown ; a white point at lower angle of cell, with black point

before it and traces of points beyond it ; an indistinct curved post,-

medial series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing white, the

veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some black

points on apical part of termen.

Ab. 1. dacfi/Iidis. Fore wing tinged with reddish.

Ab. 2. montium. Fore wing more thickly irrorated with fuscous;

hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous.

Hab. France, Ardeche, Zeller Coll. ; W. Germany ; Austria,

Meran, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland ; Spain, Leech Coll. ; Sardinia ;

Italy ; Dalmatia ; j^.sia Minor, Taurus Mts. ; Syria, Mardin,

Talestine. Exp. 32 millim.

Larva. On Grasses.

1945. CirpMs ciliata. (Plate XCIII. fig. 25.)

Leucania ciliata, Wlk. ix. 110 (1856).

Teeniocampa assimilif, Wlk. xv. 1708 (1858).

Head and thorax pale grey-brown irrorated with black scales ;

palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegula; with three

black lines ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the anal tuft with

rufous, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown, a sublateral

scries of black points. Foro wing pale grey-brown thickly irrorated

with black ; the costal edge whitish ; subbasal lino represented by

a black point on costa; traces of an obliquely waved antomedial

line with series of black points on it ; a white point at lower angle

of cell ; a double postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent

outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series

of black points. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown, paler

towards base ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with the costal and

VOL. V. 2n

G4() KOCTUIT>JS.

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial series of

short streaks on the veins.

Hab. New South Wales, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 ^ type

msimilis, Sydney (Lambert, Eaynor), 2 J , 1 § , type. E.rp. 32

millim.

1946. Cirphis fragilis. (Plate XCIII. fig. 26.)

SvalofK fragilis, Eutl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 160; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 275.

Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with grey ; palpi blackish at

sides ; abdomen greyish or with a rufous tinge in male, yellowish

white in female. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated

with fuscous : antemedial line indistinct, oblique and dentate from

costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a small

white spot at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line minutely dentate,

bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, oblique below

vein 4, and incurved at submedian fold : a terminal series of minute

points often present. Hind wing whitish slightly tinged with

brown, the veins and termen brown ; the underside whitish, the

costal area tinged with grey-brown, some blackish lunules on

termen.

Hab. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpore [G. Young), 4 c? , 4 $ , {Hoclcing)

1 c? , 2 $ , Simla (Swinhoe, Harford), 3 c? , 1 $ , type, Dharmsala

(HocJcing), 3 J, 1 5, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 1 5 ; Centk.

Provinces. Ewp. 30-32 millim.

Larva. Does much damage to wheat in Chindwara Distr.,

C. Provinces.

1047. Cirphis opaca. (Plate XCIII. fig. 27.)

Lemania ojmca, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 374, pi. 6. f. 13 (1900) ; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 192.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing

grey-white thickly irrorated with brown ; traces of an antemedial

line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on

vein 1 ; a white point at lower angle of cell with some fuscous

before and beyond it ; an indistinct dentate postmedial line bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, Hind wing whitish,

uniformly suffused with brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown.

Hab. E. Turkestan, Korla, 1 J, 1 ?. Exp., J 32, ? 36

millim.

1948. Cirphis crenulata, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 28.)

S . Head and thorax pale brown ; sides of palpi and frons

blackish ; tegulse with broad black medial line, patagia with black

streak on outer edge ; legs slightly streaked with blackish ; abdomen

brownish grey, dorsally tinged with fuscous before the ochreous anal

tuft. Fore wing grey, tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with

riRPHis. 647

black ; the veins wliitish irrorated with blaek ; a diffused black fascia

below base of cell ; traces of an antemedial line, with black points on

subcostal and median nervuros, just below the cell and on vein 1 ;

the lower part of terminal half of cell suffused with black, extending

beyond its extremity between veins 3 and 5 ; a white point at lower

angle of cell ; a rather indistinct crenulate postmedial line with

black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of ill-defined black marks ; a

terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing whitish almost

uniformly suffused with fuscous, the cilia white ; the underside

white, with postmedial series of black points on the veins and

terminal series from apex to vein 2.

2 . Tegulae without black line and patagia without streak ; fore

wing rather redder except costal area, the black markings absent

except the points representing the ante- and postmedial lines.

Hah. Persian Gulf, Fao {Cumming), 1 c? , 1 5» type. Exp.

40 millim.

1949. Cirphis mesotrosta. (Plate XCIII. fig. 29.)

Leucania mesotrosta, Piingl. Iris, xii. p. 295, pi. 9. f. 9 (1899); Staud. Oat.

Lep. pal. p. 192.

Head and thorax grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge ; ab-

domen brownish grey. Fore wing grey-brown with a rufous tinge

and slight black irroration, especially on the veins ; traces of a waved

antemedial line ; a prominent somewhat lunulate white spot at lower

angle of cell on a diffused black patch ; postmedial line arising from

a black point on costa, somewhat dentate and produced to black

streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia ochreous white, with

a dark line through them ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with

black, a small discoidal spot, diffused sinuous postmedial line, and

some stri;e on termen.

Uab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 cJ , 1 $ , Amdo. E'oy. 36-40 miliim.

Type t in Coll. Piingeler.

1950. Cirphis unipuncta.

Nodua unipuncta , Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809); Steph. 111. Brit. Eiit.,

Haust. iii. p. 80; Harr. Itij. Ins. p. 627, ff. 274-6 ; Riloy, 2nd Rep.

Ins. Mo. p. 37, ff. 11, 14-16; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 26U ;

Hinpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 275 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193 ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 189.

Sptslotis punctulata, Blanch. Gay's Chile, Ins. vii. p. 74 (1852).

Leucania extranea, Guen. Noct. i. p. 77 (1852).

Leucania antica, Wlk. ix. 100 (1856).

Leucania convectu, Wlk. xi. 711 (1857).

Leucania separata, Wlk. xxxii. 626 (1865).

Leucania consimilis, Moore, P. Z. S. 188), p. 336, pi. 37. f. 19.

Leucania trifolii, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 114.

Leucania sacckarivorn, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soo. 1882, p. 115.

Leucania adulteru, SchuuB, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 232 (1894).

2x 2

548 KOCTTJIDJi.

Head and thorax red-brown; tegulae with the basal half pale,

bounded by a dark line ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and

ventral surface ochreous. Pore wing red-brown slightly striated

and irrorated with fuscous, the costal area more ochreous ; the

antemedial line represented by black points on cost a, median

nervure, and vein 1 ; the orbicular and reniform rounded, pale

reddish and very obscurely defined ; a white point at lower angle of

cell, often with a black point on each side of it ; a postmedial series

•of black points bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique ; an oblique dark streak from apex to vein 5 ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing dark brown, the interspaces

white towards base ; the cilia white ; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas more ochreous and irrorated with brown,

a curved postmedial series of black points and a terminal series on

apical half.

Ab. 1. saccliarivora. Much redder.

Ab. 2. pMnc^?(?«to. More grey-brown ; the striation of the fore

wing much more prominent and the stigmata more distinct.

Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, St. Martin's Falls {Bamston) 1 c? »

3 $ , {Norman) 3 S ; U.S.A., New York, 5 d , 2 $ , Illinois, 1 S ,

Alabama, 1 d , Kansas, 1 § , Texas, Colorado, Denver (Oslar), 1 d" ,

2 2 , New Mexico, Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 1 5 ; Mexico, Jalapa

(Trnjillo), 4 5 , Cuernavaca (SinitJi), 1 $ , Milpas (Forrer), 2 J >

Mexico City (Hoege), 1 d ; Guatemala {Rodriguez), 1 5 ; Costa

Rica ( Underwood, Rogers), 5 d 5 3 § ; Panama, Chiriqui {GJuimpion),

3 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Jamaica {Kaye), 1 5 ; Cuba ; Vene-

zuela 4 9 type antica ; Brazil, Castro Paraiia, type t $ adidtera

in Coll. Schaus, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 2 $ ; Paraguay, Sapucay

(Foster), 2 $ ; Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 d , 1 $ ; Chile, type

punchdaia in Mus. Paris, Talcahuano {J. J. Walker) 1 d, (Ed-

monds) 3 d 5 3 5 , types saccharivora and trifolii ; Azores (J. J.

WcdJctr), Horta Fayal, 2 5 , Plores, 3 d ; Madeira (Mungo

Park) 1 2 , ( WoUaston) 4 d ; Canaries (Leech), 2 d ; Britain ;

France ; Spain ; Portugal ; S.E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Yoko-

hama (Pri/er), 1 d , Tokio (Maries), 1 $ ; N. China, Shanghai

(Fortune), 1 $ type separata, Foochow (C. B. Rickett), 1 $ ;

Hongkong (J. J. Walker), 1 d ; C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 d ,

1 2 , Ichang (Pratt), 1 $ ; W. China (Pratt), Ta-chien-lu, 1 $ ,

Kia-ting-fu, 1 $ , Chia-kou-ho, 1 d , Washau, 1 d ; Kashmir

(McArtlmr), Narkundah, Id, 1 $, Kuijar, 1 S, Nubra, 1 d.

jalauri Pass, 1 d ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Yotwg), 4 d,

Murree (Yerhury), 1 $ , Cambellpur (Yerhury), 1 d > 1 2 , Dharm-

eala (Hocking), 4 d , 2 2 , Jubbulpur (F. Butler), 1 2 . ^lanpuri,

1 d ; Sikhim (Lidderdale), 1 d ; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 2 ; Bombat,

1 d ; Madras, Nilgiris (Hamjison), 3 2 ; Java (HorsfieJd), 4 d ,

2 2; N. S. Wales, Moreton Bay (Biggies), 2 d type convecta,

Sydney (Raynor), 5 d , 2 2 ; Victoria, Melbourne (J. J. Walker),

1 d > Gisborne (Lyell), 1 2 5 New Zealand, Auckland (Sinchdr,

Bolton, Oxley, Skellon), 7 d , 6 2 • Exp. 38-50 millim.

CIKPHIS. 54-9

Larva. Head brown, reticulate with dark brown and with curved

vei'tical bands. Body green or brown, strigose with a darker shade.

Dorsal line nearly lost in a broad dorsal dark powdering, white,

dotted ; subdorsal line more continuous, its upper dark border

diffuse ; lateral line white, between it and substigmatal band dark

brown ; substigmatal band broad, white on the edges, reddish

blotched. Leg-shields brown. Food-plants : Grasses and cereals.

5-6.— H.G.D.

1951. Cirphis corrugata. (Plate XCIII. fig. 30.)

Leitcania corrugata, Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278 (1894).

5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous ; ab-

domen with the dorsal crest blackish, the ventral surface irrorated

with black. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, slightly irrorated

with black and with some rufoias suiiusion in and beyond end

of cell ; antemedial black points on the veins ; a small elliptical

white spot at lower angle of cell, with ill-defined yellowish discoidal

spot above it ; poslraedial line indistinct, minutely crenulate with

black points at the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4 ; some black points on termen towards apex. Hind

wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous, rather jialer on basal,

costal, and inner areas ; cilia ochreous white, with brownish line

through them. Underside ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous ;

fore wing with the cell slightly suffused with fuscous, an indistinct

oblique postmedial line ; both wings with some points on termen.

Hah. Punjab, Simla, Kau Mt. {Harford), 1 5 type. Exp.

40 millim.

*1952. Cirphis arcupunctata.

Leucaiiia arcupunctata, Mssn. Stiibel's Eeise, p. 138, pi. vi. f. 1 (1890).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing

brownish ochreous ; the veins streaked with black, the submedian

fold with a rufous streak, the interspaces of terminal area with

diffused fuscous streaks ; orbicular represented by two black points

on its upper edge, the reniform by four black points at its angles ;

a curved postmedial series of prominent black points on the veins

and a terminal series. Hind wing brownish ochreous, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous.

Huh. EcTTADOR, Antisana, 12,000'. Exp. 48 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by

Prof. Karsch.

1953. Cirphis denticula.

Leucania denticula, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 90, pi. 101. f. 10 (1893);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 273.

$ . Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with reddish

brown ; abdomen ochreous white, the dorsal crest blackish. Fore

650 NOCTUID^E.

wing ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous ; the antemedial line brownish with fuscous points on the

veins, obliquely sinuous from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1 ; the orbicular represented by a small black-

brown spot in cell, the reniform by a larger somewhat quadrate

spot ; postmedial line brown with black points at the veins, crenu-

late, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight

triangular shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area and cilia

ochreous white ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with

fuscous, the inner half of terminal area suffused with fuscous,

a small discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and some points on

terraen.

Hah. Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green), 1 $ type. Eay. 44 millim.

1954. Cirphis pastea, n. sp. (Plate XCVI. fig. 13.)

5 . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ;

palpi brownish at sides ; frons with brown bar ; tegulie with three

brown lines ; i)atagia with some black scales near upper edge ; tarsi

with dark rings ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally suffused with

brown, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous white

irrorated and striated with rufous and dark brown ; some brown

suffusion below middle of costa ; orbicular represented by a small

round brown spot, the reniform by a large rather diffused lunule ;

a diffused brown fascia beyond lower angle of cell connected with a

triangular shade from termen below apex ; a curved postmedial series

of black points with an ill-defined brown shade beyond them ; a

terminal series of black points ; cilia ochreous white intersected

with brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on

terminal area ; cilia white with a brownish line through them ;

the underside white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunula

and terminal series of points.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. E^iy. 36 millim.

1955. CirpMs yu.

Leucania yu, Guen. Noct. i. p. 78 (1852).

Leucania exempta, Wlk. xi. 710 (1857) ; Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 90,

pi. 161. f. 9; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 273.

Leucania costaUs, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 603, pi. 59. f. 11.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with

brown. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ; the cell

defined below and beyond extremity by rufous and fuscous suffusion ;

traces of a waved antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular represented by a

small black spot in cell ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; post-

medial line rather indistinct, crenulate, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold, and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique

shade from terraen below apex ; a terminal series of black points.

ciKPiijs. 551

Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on the

veins and termen. Underside with black spot on costa of tore wing

bej-ond middle and terminal series of black points.

Hah. Loo-cHOo Is., 2 (J (Fryer); Sikhim, 1 § ; Bombay, Canara

(Ward), 1 2 ; Madras, Malabar; Ceylon (Temjpleton, Mrs. Linde-

say), 2 2 type exempta ; Burma ; Anbamans, 1 $ type costalis ;

Singapore {Ridley), 1 2 ; Borneo, Sarawak (Bartlett), 1 § ;

Philippines, Manilla. Exp. 34-40 millim.

1956. CirpMs semiusta.

■Leucania semiusta, Hinpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. f. 17 (1891);

id. Moths Incl. ii. p. 274.

$ . Head and thorax ochreous with a slight purplish-brown

tinge ; tegulte with the basal lialf irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen

ochreous, dorsally slightly tinged with tuscous. Fore wing ochreou.s

slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some purplish-brown suffusion in

and below cell, expanding on terminal area to below apex and near

tornus ; the antemedial line represented by a slight angled dark

mark in cell; an elliptical ochreous discoidal spot; a postmedial

series of dark points, oblique below vein 4 ; a fuscous triangular

shade from termen below apex. Hind wing whitish, suffused witt

fuscous except on basal and inner areas ; cilia white. Underside

white irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with some fuscous suffusion

in, below, and beyond cell, leaving a white discoidal spot ; both

wings with terminal series of black points.

Hub. Madras, Nilgiris {Hampsoyi) , 1 $ type, Exp. 38 millim.

1957. Cirphis modesta. (Plate XCIII. fig. 31.)

Leucania modesta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 335, pi. 37. f. 11; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 274.

J . Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with brown ;

sides of palpi and frons blackish ; patagia with some black scales

near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous ; tlie antemedial

line indistinct, erect, dentate, with dark points at the veins ; a

slight black point in lower angle of cell and some fuscous suffusion

beyond the angle; postmedial line cronulate and produced to black

points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

somewhat incurved at discal and submedian folds ; an oblique dark

shade from lermen below apex with a flesh-coloured tinge before and

below it; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous

white suffused with fuscous except on costal area ; a terminal series

of black points ; cilia ochreous white. Underside ochreous white

irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing with fuscous suffusion in and

below cell, a postmedial line slightly angled outwards below costa,

then oblique, a terminal series of points ; hind wing with black

discoidal spot with streak before it on median norvure showing

/352 NOCTTTID^.

through to upperside, traces of a postmedial line with short black

streaks on the veins and a terminal series of points.

Hab. SiKHiM ; Assam, Khiisis, 1 S . Exp. 38-44 millim.

1958. CirpMs metaphaea, n. sp. (Plate XCIII. fig. 32.)

c? . Head and thorax pale ochreous ; some black scales on upper

edge of tegulse and patagia ; abdomen fuscous, with ochreous seg-

mental lines, anal tuft, and ventral surface. Fore wing pale

ochreous slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous on

terminal area ; antemedial line represented by a slight speck in

submedian fold ; a slight point in lower angle of cell ; postmedial

line indistinct, crenulate and produced to dark points on the veins ;

oblique below vein 4, and incurved at discal and submedian folds ;

an oblique shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing dark fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous, with

a brownish line through them. Underside of fore wing suffused

with fuscous except on marginal areas, a small dark spot on costa

beyond middle ; hind wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous,

the area below the cell suffused with fuscous to near termeu, a

discoidal lunula with streak before it on median nervure, traces of

a postmedial line, a terminal series of points.

Hah. Madras, Palni Hills (T^. jET. Campbell), 1 cJ type. Exp.

42 millim.

1959. Cirphis placida.

Mythimna placida, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 79 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. B. M.

'ii. p. 21, pi. 28. f. 5.

Head and thorax pale ochreous ; palpi blackish ; patagia with

some black scales near upper edge, thorax with a slight rufous tinge

on dorsum ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore

wing pale ochreous irrorated with black ; the antemedial line

represented by fuscous spots on the veins ; a black point in lower

angle of cell and a small patch of fuscous suffusion beyond the angle,

the orbicular and reniform sometimes represented by slight pale

marks, the latter figure-of-8-shaped ; postmedial line hardly trace-

able, dentate and produced to a series of black points on the veins,

bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved in discal fold, oblique

below vein 4 ; a slight oblique shade from termen below apex ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia

ochreous white. Underside of fore wing fuscous except costal and

terminal areas, a postmedial fuscous bar on costal area ; hind wing

pale ochreous irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, traces of

a dentate postmedial line with slight streaks at the veins, and a

terminal series of points.

Bah. Japan, Yokohama {Pryer, Jonas, Manley), 6 J , 1 5 , typo,

Tokio {Maries), 1 cJ , 1 $ , Nikko (Lewis), 1 § ; Corea, Gensan

(Ito), Id,] $ ; W. China, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 c? , 2 $ , Omei-

shan, 1 2> Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), I J, Ni-tou, 1 J. Exp. 46-50

millim.

ciuPHis. 553

1960. Cirphis Lypophaea, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 1-i.)

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale red-brown ;

palpi tinged with black at sides ; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegulae with medial black line ; patagia with a few black scales

near upper edge ; fore femora black above ; legs and ventral surface

of abdomen slightly irrorated with black. Fore wing greyish

slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; subbasal line

represented by a black point on costa, antemedial line by a series

of black points oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent

inwards ; extremity of median nervure and lower discocellular

whitish, with a black point in lower angle of cell and a more or less

developed black mark beyond the angle ; a postmedial series of black

points bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, and oblique

below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous,

paler towards costa ; some black points on termen ; cilia ochreous

white. Underside of fore wing suffused with black except marginal

areas ; hind wing whitish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot,

sinuous punctiform postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Bab. Cetlon, Maskelij'a (J. Pole), 2 c? type. E.vj). 34 millim.

1961. Cirphis rubrisecta, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 15.)

c? . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi tinged

with fuscous at sides ; patagia with some black scales on upper edge ;

abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous

sparsely irrorated with black, the inner half tinged wath pale

purplish brown ; a rufous streak on median nervure ; a black point

in lower angle of cell ; faint traces of two postmedial series of

points on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique rufous streak

from termen below apex ; some black points on termen. Hind wing

fuscous, the cilia ochreous white. Underside ochreous ; fore wing

with the cell and area below it and beyond lower angle suff"used

with fuscous ; hind wing irrorated with fuscous, slight fuscous

streaks beyond lower angle of cell, some points on termen.

Hab. Bhutan (Diulgeon), 1 c? type. Exj). 40 millim.

*196'2. Cirphis brantsi.

Leucania hrantMi, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 48, pi. 4. f. 7 (1872).

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous with a rufous tinge.

Pore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and with slight fuscous

irroration ; a sliglit dentate antemedial line angled inwards to more

prominent points on median nervure and vein 1 ; a black point in

end of cell and red-brown patch beyond it, traces of a medial lino

from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; a postmedial series of

black points oblique from vein 4 to inner margin and a terminal

series. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with ochreous ; a

terminal series of dark stria?.

Knh. W. Africa, Lr. Guinea. Exp. 30 millim. This species is

unknown to mc.

05-L

NOClCIDiE.

19G3. Cirphis inconspicua. (Plato XCIV. fig. 16.)

Leiwania inconnpicua, Herr.-Scliiiff. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Eegensb.

18G8, p. 148.

Levcania extincia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. i. p. 261 (part.), nee Guen.

Leucania solifa, Druee, Biol. Centr.-Aui., Het. i, p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk.

Head and thorax ocbreous ; palpi with some dark scales ; teguloe

tipped with purplish brown ; dorsal crests of thorax and aLdomen

tipped with brown : abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous

except at base and extremity. Fore wing ochreous sparsely irroratod

with black scales ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a fuscous

mark beyond it ; traces of a postmedial line dentate aud produced

to black points on the veins ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing semihyaline white ; the underside with the costal area

tinged with ochreous and irrorated with a few brown scales, a

terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trvjillo), 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui (Cham-

pion), I ^, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica; Cuba, 1 c? , 1 2 >

Bkazil, Rio Janeiro, 1 J , 1 $ ; Pakaguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 J .

JEa-p. 34 millim.

*1964. Cirphis mocoides. (Plate XCIV. fig. 17.)

Leucania mocoides, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli. p. 245 (1897).

J. Head and thorax clothed with rufous and ochreous hair;

abdomen rufous dorsally tinged with fuscous. P'ore wing ochreous

Nutfused with fuscous, leaving an ochreous fascia in discal fold from

middle of cell to near termen, bent upwards below apex ; a narrow

blackish streak below the cell to origin of vein 2 ; a postmedial series

of black points in the interspaces, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then oblique ; a terminal series of black points from below apex to

vein 2 ; the termen grey with a fine terminal black line ; cilia

ochreous, with a black line through them. Hind wing semihyaline

ochreous white, the inner and terminal areas tinged with brown ;

cilia white ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated

with brown.

Hah. Ecuadok, Loja, type t d , in Coll. Dognin. E.vp. 36 millim.

1965. Cirphis falclandica. (Plate XCIV. fig. 18.)

Leucania falldandica, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (6) xii. p. 208 (1893).

S ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown mixed with whitish;

tegulas with the basal half whitish, followed by a black line. Fore

wing ])ale brown ; subbasal and antemedial black points below

costa ; a diff'used black streak below base of cell ; a diffused ante-

medial black ])atch above inner margin ; a diffused streak in lower

end of cell and beyond the cell above vein 4, expanding into a spot

in end of cell ; terminal half of median uervure and vein 1 and the

veins beyond the cell streaked with whitish ; a rather ill-defined

dentate postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique ; a subterminal series of diffused black spots in

CIRl'HIS,

55o

the interspaces except towards costa, the area beyond it rather

browner ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia whitish, with two

brown lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins

and terminal area tinged with fuscous.

Hah. Falkland Is. ( IF. F. Dale), 1 S type (^. Vallentin), 3 6 ■

Exp. 36 millim.

1966. Cirphis remota.

Leucania remota, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaeus. iv. p. 71, f. 15 (1899).

<S . Head and basal part. of tegulse grey mixed with dark brown,

the latter with black medial line, their tips and patagia ochreous

brown ; thorax grey ; pectus and legs brown and white ; abdomen

ochreous brown, the dorsal crest and ventral surface white mixed

with dark brown. Fore wing ochreous brown, the costal area

suffused with purplish grey to beyond middle ; the median nervuro

streaked with grey, expanding between veins 2 and 5, but not

extending to terminal area, a patch of grey above middle of vein 1,

an oblique shade from apex and some grey on termen ; a black

streak below base of vein 1 ; traces of an obliquely curved post-

medial series of black points on the veins ; a subterminal series of

slight brown streaks in the interspaces ; cilia brown slightly tinged

with white. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area

suffused with bro\yn ; cilia white, with a brown line at base ; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.

Huh. Patagonia, Punta Arenas {J. J. Walter), 1 $ . Exp. 40

millim.

1967. Cirphis guadrannulata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 19.)

Mamestra quadmnnulata, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 430 ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 127,

Head black ; frons with lateral grey tufts, a grey band between

antenna?; thorax brown, blackish in front, many of the scales

tipped with grey ; pectus and legs reddish brown ; abdomen grey-

brown with a yellowish tinge, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing

pale yellow-brown ; a fuscous tinge along median nervure, extending

beyond the cell to costa and submedian fold ; a black streak in base

of submedian fold, ending at the claviforra, which is small and

defined by white and black scales ; orbicular and rcniform very

small, white incompletely defined by black and with red-brown

centres, the former elongate, the latter rounded ; subterminal line

represented by small indistinct dentate black and white marks

above and below vein 5; some small blackish lunules on termen.

Hind wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas tinged

with brown ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated

with red-brown.

The specimens from Mexico and Paraguay have tlus fore wing

much more suffused with black.

Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, 1 S : Mkxico, Orizaba ;

Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 1 $ . Exp. 36 millim.

55G xocTuiP.T.

Genus BOROLIA. „,

JSoro/M, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 334 fasciata.

Eurupsychc, Butl. Trans. Eat. Soc. 1886, p. 392 levini.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair, the third short, porrect ; frons smootli ; eyes large, rounded ; antennse

of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair and without crests ;

tibijB moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen clothed with rough hair

at base but witlaout crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the

teruien obliquely curved ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; vein 6 from

upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 0, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.

Sect. I. {Eurypsyche). Antenna? of male with very long bristles and fascicles

of cilia.

1968. Borolia levini.

Leucania lewinii, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 188fi, p. 390.

EuTyp&ychc similis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 392, pi. is. f. 6.

Meliana xylogramma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 367.

(S . Head and thorax white slightly tinged with purplish pink

and irrorated with a few black scales ; tegulae with traces of two or

three lines ; sides of palpi and frons brownish ; legs with dark

streaks ; abdomen white with a pinkish tinge. Fore wing white

tinged with pinkish and sparsely irrorated with black scales on

costal and inner areas ; the median nervure and vein 4 streaked

with white, also the other veins slightly on terminal area ; a yellow-

brown fascia below median nervure and another above it from

Fig. 160. — Borolia levini, (^ . \.

before middle to just beyond end of cell ; postmedial black points

on veins 5, 3, 2, 1, sometimes almost obsolete ; the costa towards

apex and inner margin towards tornus slightly tinged with yellow-

brown ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brownish. Hind

wing white, almost entirely tinged with pale brown.

$ . Abdomen and hind wing much whiter, the latter with the

terminal area only tinged with pale brown.

Hah. Queensland, Gayndah, 1 ^ type similis, 1 2 type, Bris-

bane (Turner), 1 c? , 1 $; New South Wales {Raijnor), 1 S.

Exp. 28-30 miUim.

Sect. TI. Antenna; of male minutely ciliated.

A. Palpi with the 3rd joint rather long and porrect.

a. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure

hocked on discocellulars.

a^. Fore wing ochreous suffused in part with rufous... intercilintn.

h^. Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown apparata.

b. Fore wing with the white streak on median uervure

not hooked on discocellulars.

a^. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces of

terminal area.

«'"'. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell . ameim.

b'^. Fore wing without black streak below base of

cell.

a'. Fore wing without olive-brown shade in cell . rhahdophora.

b'\ Fore wing with olive-brown shade in cell and

thence obliquely to apex leucogramma .

b^. Fore wing witliout dark streaks in the interspaces

of ter m inal area alhivitta.

1969. Borolia interciliata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 20.)

Leticania infercilkda, Ilmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 272 (1902)

2 . Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; palpi tinged with

fuscous at sides ; frons with black bar ; patagia on outer side and

thoracic crests grey and fuscous ; abdomen ochreous dorsally

tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreotis ; some rufous suffusion

in and just below cell and more or less on terminal area : the costal

area slightly irrorated with black ; the inner area tinged with

grey or rufous ; a black streak below base of cell and an oblique

streak above inner margin before middle ; a short white streak on

end of median nervure, hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of

terminal area whitish defined by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces

streaked with rufous and with black above veins 5, 4, and above

and below submedian fold, some grey on each side of vein 5 and

towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia fuscous

intersected with white. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and

terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside sparsely irrorated

with black ; some black points on termen from apex to vein 2,

Hah. Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2 type ; Basdtoland,

Maseru (Crawshai/), 1 2 • Exp. 40 millim.

1970, Borolia apparata.

Leucania apparata, Wllgrn. CEh. Vet.-Akad. Forh. ISTTi, p. 105.

Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey and fuscous ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegulae with three blackish lines ; patagia with

blackish streaks on outer and upper edges ; tibice streaked witli

black ; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged

with purplish brown and sparsely irrorated with fuscous ; a black

streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin

before middle ; traces of an antcmedial line oblique from costa to

558 xocxrjDj!.

submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; a blackish streak

in end of cell ; a short white streak on end of median nervure,

hooked on discocellulars, defined by black and with blackish patch

bejond lower angle of cell ; the veins of terminal area whitish

defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces with black streaks ;

an indistinct obli(iue palo fascia from apex ; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish

tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the

underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot,

postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series

of points.

Jiah. Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 2 (S , Kokstad

(Mrs. Pringle), 1 c5' , 1 $ , Deelfontein {Col. Sloggett), 1 J • Exp.

32-34 millim.

1971. Borolia amens. (Plate XCIV. fig. 21.)

Leucania amens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 88 (1852).

Leiicania plana, Wlk. ix. 102 (1856).

Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with olive-brown ; palpi

irrorated with black ; tegulte with diflTused black medial band ; fore

coxae blackish on inner side ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous.

Fore wing ochreous white tinged with olive-brown ; the veins

whitish defined by slight brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal

half also slightly streaked with brown ; a black streak below base

of cell, and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ;

the median nervure with prominejit white streak expanding

towards extremity and defined by black above and below; a short

black streak above base of vein 4 ; subterminal black streaks above

veins 5, 4, 3, and 1 ; the terminal area rather browner at apex,

middle, and tornus. Hind wing whitish, the terminal half more or

less suffused with fuscous, in female often wholly suflfused ; the

imderside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and

terminal series of black points.

Hah. Basutoland, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 (^ , 2 $ ; Cape Colony

{Dr. A. Smith), 1 cJ , 1 $ , type 2??anrt. Eap. 34 millim. Type f

in Mus. Paris.

1972. Borolia rhabdophora. (Plate XCIV. fig. 22.)

Leucania rhabdophora, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 273 (1902).

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with black ; sides of palpi and

frons black ; tegulse black except at base and with two pale lines ;

patagia with blackish edges ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged

with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with brown ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown

streaks and more or less prominently by diffused black scales, the

interspaces also streaked with brown, a slight black streak below

base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before

middle ; the median nervure with a short white streak on its

extremity, thicker towards angle ; subbasal line represented by a

BOUOLIA. 559

black point on costa, the antemedial line by oblii)uely placed black

points on costa and in submedian fold ; a postraedial series of black

points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a

triangular brown shade from terraen below apex ; a terminal series

of black points. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal half

suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with black, a diseoidal spot, post medial series of

streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points.

Hah. Cape Colony, Transkoi {Miss F. Barrett), 9 c? , 4 2 » typo.

Ex^). 32 millim.

1 973. Borolia leucogramma, n. sp. (Plate XCIV, fig. 23.)

Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; 2nd joint of palpi striped

fuscous and whitish at sides ; tcgulae white except at tips with

two brown lines ; prothoracic crest fuscous and grey ; abdomen

ochreous whitish dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally iiTorated

with fuscous. Fore wing whitish tinged with purplish pink and

irrorated with black scales ; an olive-brown shade through the

cell and thence obliquely to apex ; the veins white defined by fine

brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a

prominent white streak on terminal half of median nervure ; a

slight blackish streak below base of cell and an oblique streak

above inner margin before middle ; subbasal line represented b}' a

black point on costa, the antemedial line by obliquely placed points

on costa, below cell, and in submedian fold ; a postmedial series of

black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown inter-

sected with white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal

areas suffused with brown ; the underside whitish, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small diseoidal spot and

postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins.

Abdomen of male with tuft of long hair protrusible from lateral

stigmata.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Nawasha Lake (Betton), 1 c? , Eb Urru

(Betton), 1 6,1 2 , type, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 6 . Exp. 30

millim.

1974. Borolia albivitta.

Leueania albivitta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. fiS, pi. 144. f. 16 (1891) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276.

$ . Head and thorax rufous mixed with some grey and dark

brown ; patagia with dark streak on outer edge ; abdomen fuscous,

the ventral surface grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing bright

rufous, traces of a blackish streak below base of cell ; antemedial

line obsolescent, slightly sinuous, ol)iique from costa to submedian

fold, where it is angled, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular

and reniform small, rufous incompletely defined by black, the

former rather elongate elliptical, the latter with black point in

lower angle of cell with white streak below it on extremity of

median nervure ; a i&w black scales beyond lower angle of coll ;

postraedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa. oblique below

560 NocTuiD.r,.

vein 4, and incurved between veins 2 and 1 ; faint traces of a sub-

terminal line arising from termen below apex and angled inwards

in discal fold ; a terminal series of slight black lunulas ; cilia

mixed with black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white with

a brown line through them ; the underside grey tinged with brown-

pink and irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal spot, postmedial

series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Madras, Nilgiris (Hampsoa), 1 $ type. E.V2y. 32 millim.

B. (Borolia). Palpi with the 3rcl joint short.

rt. Fore wing with white streak on median nerviire.

«\ Fore wing with blaek streak below base of cell.

a'-. Fore wing with distinct brown fascia aboye and

below median nervure.

a^. Fore wing with the white streak on median

nervnre hooked on discocellulars meliaiioides.

P. Fore wing with the white streak on median

nervnre not hooked on discocellulars.

a'. Fore wing with black point in lower angle

of cell tacuna.

h*. Fore wing without black point in lower

angle of cell rulrescens.

b^. Fore wing without brown fascia above and below

median nervure.

a^. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous ... o-pero&a.

P. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a*. Thorax pale yellow cifrhw/a/a.

b*. Thorax greyish with dark irroration.

a^ Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure hooked on discocellulars. melanostrota.

b^. Fore wing with the white streak on

median nervure not hooked on disco-

cellulars percussa.

b\ Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a^. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces

of terminal area.

a;K Fore wing with silvery-white fascia on median

nervure ;••• cruegeri.

b^. Fore wing with slight white streak on median

nervure.

a*. Hind wing tinged with fuscous except costal

area.

a^. Fore wing with black point in lower angle

of cell stellata.

¥. Fore wing without black point in lower

angle of cell radiata.

h*. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal

area usually tinged with fuscous.

rt^. Fore wing without black point in lower

angle of cell,

a". Fore wing with antemedial black point

on vein 1 asperaa.

//. Fore wing without antemedial black

point on vein 1.

a^. Fore wing irrorated with black Unitu.

h"^. Fore wing not irrorated with black ... vcnalba.

/)\ Fore wing with black point in lower angle

of cell.

«". Fore wing with rufous tinge in and

beyond end of cell torrent ium.

561

i". Fore wing without rufous tinge in and

beyond end of cell.

a?. Fore wing witli prominent white

streak on vein 4 tincta,

h'^. Fore wing with the white streak on

vein 4 not prominent,

fl*. Fore wing without fuscous fascia

along median nervure.

a^. Fore wing with triangular dark

shade from termen below apex.

g'". Fore wing not irrorated with

fuscous ineana.

h^°. Fore wing irrorated with fuscous, h/ssiva.

h^. Fore wing with oblique fuscous

fascia from apex acrapcx.

h^. Fore wing with slight fuscous fascia

along median nervure.

a^. Fore wing without fine white line

at base of cilia stmiptera.

b^. Fore wing with fine white line at

base of cilia sarcosfriga.

Ir. Fore wing without dark streaks in interspaces of

terminal area.

a^. Fore wing with slight fuscous fascia along

median nervure.

a*. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with black,

a". Fore wing with the veins not defined by

dark streaks iiigrisparsa.

h^. Fore wing with the veins detined by dark

St reak.s extincta.

0*. Fore wing pink not irrorated with black ... rhodoptera.

b^. Fore wing without fuscous fascia along median

nervure fluhUis.

b. Fore wing with white point at lower angle of cell.

a*. Hind wing white leucostigma.

b^. Hind wing luscous phcBochrua.

c. Fore wing without white streak or point on median

nervure.

a'. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous.

a''. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell... fasciafa.

b^. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a^. Fore wing with black streak above extremity

of median nervure ferrilinea.

P. Fore wing without black streak above ex-

tremity of median nervure diopis.

A'. Hind wing not wholly suffused with fu8C(njs.

a'. Fore wing with fuscousfasciaalongniedian nervure.

«■'. Fore wing with fuscous fascia along inner

margin pcrsccfa.

6'. Fore wing without fuscous fascia along inner

margin.

r/ '. Fore wing grey-brown melanopasfa.

/»'. Fore wing ochreous jnicTopifs.

b'^. Fore vring without fuscous fascia along median

nervure.

a^. Fore wing with small fuscous patch beyond

lower angle of cell cnpreafa.

b". Fore wing without small fuscous patch beyond

lower angle of cell.

ffl*. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial lines . bilineafo.

b*. Fore wing without antemedial line and

with postmedial series of [loints sefamiodes.

TOL. Y. 2 0

562 NOCTtJIDiE.

1975. Borolia melianoides. (Plate XCIV. fig. 24.)

Leucania inelianoides, Moschl. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. p. 291, pi. xvi. f. 4

(1884).

Head and thorax ochreous white, slightly tinged with rufous and

irrorated with a few dark scales ; tegulse with two fine dark linos ;

abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged wilh brown. Fore wing ochreous

sparsely irrorated with black ; a blackish streak below base of cell

and a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle : a

rufous streak in and beyond cell ; the median nervure streaked

with white except towards base, slightly defined by black and

hooked on discocellulars, placed on a diffused fuscous fascia

extending to termen, on which it expands somewhat towards apex ;

the veins on terminal area pale defined by fine dark streaks, the

interspaces also with dark streaks ; the postmedial line often

represented by a curved series of black points ; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia sometimes intersected with white. Hind wing

white, the terminal area usuall)' more or less tinged with brown ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the fuscous median fascia mnch darker,

the inner area suffused with fuscous, the hind wing almost

wholly tinged with fuscous.

Hah. Abyssinia, Zegi Tsana (Derfcn), 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, Eb

Urru (Betton), 4 J, Machakos (Crawshay), 2 c? , 1 5 > Nairowa

(Betton), 1 2 i Mashonalaxd (Dobhie), 3 $ ; Natal, Estcourt

( IliUchinsoti), 1 § ; Cape Coloxt, Transkei (Niss F. Barrett)., 7 6 ■,

3 2 , Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 3 5 ; Madagascar, Betsileo

{Cowan), 1 S . Eap. 34-36 millim.

1976. Borolia taguiia.

Leucania tacuna, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 110. f. 22 (1874).

Leucania substitufa, Wllgrn. ffifv. Vet.-Akad.F6rh. 187;'), jj. 105.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with reddish brown ; tegulse

pale, with two or three dark lines ; palpi, frous, and legs tinged with

fuscous ; abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous.

Eore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with

black; a black streak below base of cell and another in lower

extremity of cell from before middle, ending in a prominent black

point; median nervure and vein 3 streaked with whitish ; a rufous

fascia below the cell expanding triangularly beyond the cell to

termen and with a curved difi'used black streak on its upper edge ;

costal area tinged with rufous leaving the veins paler; traces of a

curved double postmedial series of dark points on the veins ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with ochreous towards apex ; some dark

points on termen.

Ab. 1. The streak and point in lower angle of cell reduced to two

points.

BOKOLIA. 5G3

Hah. Br. E, Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Bettou), 1 $ , Eb Urru

(Bffto)i), 1 d", Gwelil (Bcffo)i), 2 c? , Nairowa (BefJon), 1 cJ ,

Xairobi (5ei:fo;i), 1 J; Mishoxalaxd (Dobbie), 1 c3" ; Transvaal;

Natal, Estcourt {Hufchinson), 4 J, 7 $, Weenen, 1 c? ; Cape

Colony, Transkei {Hiss F. Barrett), 4 cJ , 3 $ . ^'.t^?. 32-38 millim.

1977. Borolia riibrescens, n.sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 25.)

Head and thorax pale rufous ; antennae whitish ; tegulte grey with

dark medial line : abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown,

ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

bright rnfous ; the costal area violaceous grey irrorated with black ;

a black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ; a black

streak above inner margin from before middle to near termen,

diffused outwardly ; median nervure white defined by black above

and below; the veins of terminal area whitish defined by slight

brown streaks, veins 3, 4, 5 more prominently white ; the inter-

spaces of terminal area streaked with black. Hind wing white,

the terminal area tinged with brown, especially in female ; the

underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated

with black; some black points on termen from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 c? , 1 § , type. Exp. 3S

millim.

1978. Borolia operosa. (Plate XCIV. fig. 26.)

Leucania ojjerosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 259 (1891).

c? . Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; teguloe with medial

black line ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface

irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with

black ; the veins of terminal half defined by fine brown streaks,

the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a black streak below

base of cell ; the median nervure and vein 4 white, the former with

distinct ruf\ous shade below it ; a black point in lower angle of cell;

a slight wedge-shaped brown shade from termen below apex to

lower angle of cell ; traces of a postmedial series of black points

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins

towards termen and termen tinged with brown ; a terminal series

of black points ; the underside with the costal area slightly

irrorated with black ; a postmedial series of slight black streaks on

the veins.

/^rt6. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 J. Exp. 34 millim.

1979. Borolia citrinotata, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 27.)

(f . Head and tegukc grey-white mixed with fuscous ; teguk-e

w ith two black lines ; thorax pale yellow ; abdomen white tinged

with ochreous at extremity. Foro wing pale ochreous, with a

slight flesh tinge, especially on cjstal area, and sparsely irrorated

2o2

oG4 NOCTTTID.E,

with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown-pink

streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown-

pink ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ;

a black point in lower angle of cell ; a slight triangular dark

shade from termen below apex. Hind wing pure white ; the

underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown and

some black points on termen from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Be, E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 J type. Exp.

30 millim.

1980. Borolia melanostrota, n. sp, (Plate XCIV. fig. 28.)

Head and thorax whitish, with a slight violaceous tinge and

mixed with fuscous ; tegulse with three dark lines ; abdomen

ochreous white, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore

wing white with a slight violaceous tinge and rather thickly

irrorated with black; the veins whitish slightly defined hy fine

brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also slightly

streaked with brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell to

origin of vein 2 ; median nervure defined by slight fuscous

sutfasion above and below, the white on it developed into a slight

hook at lower angle, in which there is a black point; a wedge-

shaped dark shade from termen below apex to lower angle of cell ;

traces of an antemedial line on inner area, angled outwards in

submediau fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ; a

jjostmedial series of black points conjoined by traces of a dentate

line, bent outwards below costa and obli(iue below vein 4 ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white ; the

underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, some

black points on termen from apex to vein 2.

Mab. ZuLULAND, Lr. Tugela (Eei/nolds), 1 fT type ; Natal,

"VVeenen, 1 $ ; Cape Colony, Transkci (Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ .

Exp. 32-36 millim.

19S1. Borolia percussa.

Leucania percussa, Butl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 674.

Leucania howra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 357, pi. 37. f. IH; Hmpsn. IVfotlis

Ind. ii. p. 271.

Leucania hamlinca, Swinb. Trans. Eut. See. 1890, p. 220, pi. vii. f. 6.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale brownish ochreous ;

palpi blackish at sides ; tegulaj with two slight dark lines ; legs

streaked with blackish ; abdomen white tinged with brownish.

Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with brown and sparsely irrorated

with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks, the

interspaces of terminal half also streaked with brown ; the median

nervure defined by fuscous above and below ; a prominent black

streak in submcdian fold to origin of vein 2 ; a black point

BOKOLIA. 565

in lower angle of cell ; traces of a postmedial series of black

points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; the underside

with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal scries of

black points from apex to vein 2.

Bah. Formosa, Takow {Hohson), 1 cj , 1 $ , type ; Sikhim, 1800'

{Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Bengal, Calcutta ; Burma, lihiimo, 1 cf type

hasilinea ; Java. Exp. 32-34 millim.

1982. Borolia cmegeri. (Plate XCIV. fig. 29.)

Leucania cruegeri, Butl. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1886, p. 391.

Leiwania prmclara, Swinli. A.M. N.H. (7) ix. p. 422 (1902).

Head and tegulas white slightly irrorated with fuscous ; pataoia

and thorax ochreous ; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing ochreous ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with

fuscous ; the costal edge white ; a broad, white fascia on median

nervure slightly defined by brown below ; veins 2, 3, 4, 5, and the

extremities of veins 0, 7 streaked with white, vein 4 most

prominently ; the interspaces of terminal area with slight brown

streaks ; an oblique dark shade from tcrmen below apex ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal

area tinged with brown.

Huh. Queensland, Gayndah, 1 S type, Brisbane (Tnnier), 1 S ',

"W. Australia, Roebuck B. (J. J. Walk-e7-), 1 c? , Cossack {J. J.

Walker), 3 J, 2 J, Sherlock E. (CZemcjiis), 2 cJ , 7 2, Eaebourne

(Lijell), 1 cJ . E.fjJ. 32 millim.

1983. Borolia stellata, n. sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 30.)

cJ . Head and tliorax ochreous ; tegulse with three dark lines, the

upper one most distinct ; patagia with some black scales near uj)per

edge; palpi at sides and tarsi brownish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins defined by

fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; the

median nervure defined below by a reddish-brown shade met at

lower angle of cell by a slight oblique shade from apex; an obli(]ue

pale fascia from apex defined on outer side by a slight dark shade

from termen below apex; subbasal line represented by a black

point on costa, the antemcdial line by obliquely ])laced black points

on costa and in submedian fold ; a black point in lower angle of

cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind Aving ochreous white, snfi'used with fuscous

brown excejit costal area ; cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of

points on the veins and a terminal series.

Bah. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/o'), 1 <S type. Exp. 34 millim.

5G6 NOCTUIDiE.

1984. Borolia radiata.

Leucania radiata, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, pi. v. f. 8 (1864) ; Oberth. Et.

Eat. V. p. 70, pi. 3. f. 5 ; 8taud. Ciit. Lep. pal. p. 193.

(S . Head and thorax ochreous ; tegnlae with three dark lines,

the upper one most distinct ; patagia with some black scales near

upper edge ; palpi and tarsi brownish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins defined by fine

rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous ; the

median nerviire slightly defined below by rufous suffusion met at lower

angle of cell by a slight shade from apex ; a slight triangular rufous

shade from termeu below apex defining on outer side an oblique

pale fascia ; antemedial line represented by obliquely placed black

points on costa, below cell, and in submedian fold ; a postmedial

series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4. Hind wing yellov^•ish white, the inner area and the area

between end of cell and termen suffused with fuscous ; the under-

side with the costal aud terminal areas irrorated with a few black

scales, a small discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks

on the veins, and some points on termen,

Ilab. S.E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japan, Oiwake (Pri/er), 2 $ . Kt^p.

36 millim.

19 So. Borolia aspersa.

Leucania apersa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 42, j^l. 4. f. 1.

Leucania liomojjterana, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 219, pi. vii. f. 12 ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 272.

S . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous : frons with

lateral black bars ; tegula; with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous

white slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the cell,

inner and terminal areas tinged with rufous ; the veins whitish,

defined by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with

rufous ; the \Ahite streak on median nervure more prominent,

expanding into a slight spot at extremity and with a small fuscous

patch beyond it ; obliquely placed antemedial black ])oints below

origin of vein 2 and on vein 1 ; a postmedial series of black points

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal

series of points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and termen

tinged with brown ; the underside '«ith the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points from

apex to vein 2.

Hal). Burma, llangoon, 1 J fyp6 liomopterana ; Celebes,

Makassar,! c? . K.*p. 30 millim. Type t in Coll. Snellen.

■ 1986. Borolia linita. (Plate XCIV. fig. 31.)

Leucania linita, Guen. Noct. i. p. 81 (18ii2) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 187.

Leucania scirpicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 84 (1S52).

Heliopkila amygdalina, Harv. Can. Ent. x. p. 57 (1878).

Head and thorax ochreous wliite, tinged witli brownish and

BOROLTA. 5G7

slightly irrorated with black ; teguLo with traces of throe brown

lines ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing

ochreous white irrorated with black ; the veins white, clearly-

defined by brown streaks ; the terminal area with fine browa.

streaks in the interspaces ; a black point usually present below

origin of vein 2 ; slight black marks in and beyond lower angle of

cell usually present ; a postmedial series of black points bent out-

wards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique

shade from below apex ; a terminal series of black points usually

present. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less tinged

with brownish ochreous ; the underside with terminal series of

black points on the costal half.

The type is an aberration with the black points of fore wing

obsolete.

Ab. 1. scirpicold. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more

suffused with rufous.

Hub. U.S.A., Maine, Orono, 1 J typo aiii>i(j'hiUiia, E. States,

Floi'ida, St. John's }i\u.f£ (Do uhh( la >/), ^ J , G 5 , type and typo

scirjiicola. Kvp. 38-40 millim.

1987. Borolia venalba. (Plate XCIV. fig. 32.)

Lrucania vcnalha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 48 ; Ilmpsn. Motlis Iiid. ii.

p. 279.

' Leucankc linearis, Lucas, P. Soc. Qucensl. viii. p. Qb (1894).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulaj greyer,

with two dark lines and brown tips ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing ochreous ; the veins white defined by briglit red or red-brown

streaks, the interspaces also streaked with red-brown ; the atitc-

niedial line represented hy a black point below the cell ; an obliipie

pale fascia from apex defined by a rufous or fuscous shade above,

and below by a triangular shade from termen below apex ; a

terminal series of black points often present. Hind wdng hyaline

white, the apical half of termen tinged with ochreous ; the under-

side with the costal area tinged with browni.

Hah. Cui.vA ; Sikhim {Einisell, Dadr/eou), 3 <J , 1 $ , type ;

Bengal, Barrackpur, 1 c? ; Ceylon (MacJiWood), 1 5 ! Sixgapokr

{Ridley), 2 2; Qprijnsland, Brisbane (7\o-/t6'r), 1 (5,2 2- E.rp:

30-3G millim.

1988. Borolia torrentium. (riatc XCV. fig. 1.)

Leucania torrentium, Guen. ^^^oct. i. p. 88 ^18-i2).

Leacania injima, Wllgrn. CEIV. Vet.-Akad. Forli. 1875, p. lUl'i.

Leucania pimia, Saalin. Lep. Madag. p. 253 (1891).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; teguhc with two

more or less distinct dark lines ; pjitagia with some black scales near

upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged witli fuscous. Fore

wing prde brownish ochreous; the costal and inner areas slightly

irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined ]»y slight brown

508 NOCTUIDJE.

streaks, the interspaces of terminal half stieal\ed with brown ; a

slight black streak below base of cell usually present, and a slight

oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; some rutous

in and bejond end of cell ; a black point in lower angle, and

often a small wedge-shaped black patch beyond the angle; the

antemedial line often represented by a bhick point in submedian fold ;

the postmedial line usually represented by black points on vein 2

and inner margin, sometimes with traces of a crenulate lino bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight oblique

pale fascia from apex defined by brown shades above and below ; a

terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with whitish.

Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, especially

in female ; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous

and irrorated with fuscous, some slight postmedial black streaks on

the veins and some terminal points from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Sabaki Valley {Grecjory), 1 5 , Eb Urru

(Betton), 2 5 , Kikuyu (Betton, Crcnvshay), 2 ^ , Machakos (Craw-

shay), 2 cf , Munisu (Ld. Delamere), 1 c? ; Mashonaland, Salisbury

{Marshall), 1 $ ; Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 c? , 1 $ , Durban

(Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 (^ , 1 § ; Basutoland, Maseru (Craivshay),

1 d", 2 2 ; Cape Colony (Dr. A. Smith), 1 $ , Knysna (Trimen),

1 c?, 4 5 , Cajjctown (Trimen), 1 d" ? 1 ? ; Madagascar, type f in

Mus. Paris ; Bourbon. Ea'p. 30-32 millim.

1989. Borolia tincta. (Blate XCV. fig. 2.)

Leucama tincta, Wlk. xv, 1G60 (1858).

5 . Head and thorax pale grey tinged with brown ; tegulae with

two or three dark lines. Fore wing flesh-colour irrorated with

black ; the veins wliitish defined by fine brown lines, the median

nervure and vein 4 with more prominent white streaks ; the inter-

spaces of terminal half streaked with fuscous ; the antemedial line

sometimes represented by black points below cell and on vein 1 ; a

black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black

points on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia

from apex with a slight triangular dark shade below it ; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia white, wdth three brown lines through

them. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with

brovvn ; the underside with some dark irroration on costa, traces of

a postmedial series of points on the veins and a terminal series.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 $ ; Natal, Estcourt

(Hutchinson), 1 $ , Durban (Gueinzius), 1 5 type. E.vj). 34 millim.

1990. Borolia ineana.

Leucania ineana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 43, pi. 4. f. 2.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with pinkish : abdomen ochreous

white, with sublateral series of black points. Eore wing flesh-pink,

leaving paler fascitic in discal and submedian folds and above vein 6 ;

BoRDLiA. 509

the veins streaked with white and defined bj' fine, slightl}- darker

streaks, the interspaces of tex'miual area also with slight dark

streaks ; a black point in submedian fold below origin of vein 2,

a point in lower angle of cell, a curved postmedial series and

a terminal series. Hind wing semihyaline white, tinged with

ochreous towards termen, on which there is a series of dark points.

Hah. SiKHiBi (Di(d(/eon), 1 § ; Celebes, Bonthain, type f J in

Coll. Snellen. Kcp. 32 millim.

1991. Borolia byssina.

Leucania bi/ssina, Swinli. P. Z. S. 18S(), p. 442, pi. 40. f. 6 ; Ilnipsu. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 272.

2 . Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with pale brown ;

abdomen ochreous white. Eore wing ochreous white, rather thickly

irrorated with black ; a black point at base ; the antemedial line

represented by a black point in submedian fold ; a black point in

lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a very slight fnscous tri-

angular shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing white, the termen very slightly tinged with

ochreous.

Ab. ]. Fore wing with slight pale streak on extremity of median

nervure, hooked on discocellulars, the postmedial line reduced to

points. — Kangra.

Hah. Punjab, Kangra Valley, 4500' (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Bombay,

Mhow (Sivitihoe), 1 $ type. Exjy. 30 millim.

1992. Borolia acrapex, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 3.)

5 . Head and thorax pale pinkish, the pulpi and vertex of head

tinged with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore wing

pinkish white sparsely irrorated with black scales ; the veins defined

by fine brown-pink streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal half

also streaked with brown-pink, a black point in lower angle of cell ;

a postmedial series of black points, oblique below vein 4 ; a slight

obli(|uo dark shade from apex to discocellulars ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing yellowish white ; the underside with a

few black scales on costal area and some black points on termen.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Alls (JSctton), 1 5 type. E.i^y. 32 millim.

1993. Borolia steniptera, n. sp. (Plato XCV. fig, 4.)

2 . Head and thorax white, tinged with pinkish and mixed with

brown ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surface irrorated

with brown. Fore wing pinkish white irrorated with brown, the

veins defined by slight brown streaks ; diffused brown streaks on

each side of median nervure, and thence obliquely to termen below

apex ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of

black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;

570 N0CTU1D.E.

the interspaces of terminal area with line brown streaks ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and

termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area

tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown.

Ilab. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 2 § type. ^.rp. 32 millim.

1994. Borolia sarcostriga, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 5.)

Leucania extincta, Druce, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 2G1 (part.), nee Guen.

cT . Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown ;

palpi tinged with fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreous irrorated

with brown. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with brown and thickly

irrorated with large dark brown scales ; an ill-defined fuscous

fascia on median nervure ; the basal part of submedian interspace

paler ; an ill-defined ochreous streak tinged with rufous in diseal

fold, then bent upwards to apex ; two dark brown discoidal points ;

faint traces of a postmedial series of dark points on the veins and a

terminal series. Hind wing semihyaline white ; a terminal series

of black points from apex to vein 2 ; cilia brownish towards apex ;

the underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated

with brown scales.

Ab. 1. Fore wing paler, Avith only the lower discoidal point and

a short white streak on extremity of median nervure below it.

Huh. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujUlo), 1 S ; Guatemala, Vera Paz

(CJiamjjion), 1 (S ; Panama, Engaba (Ohamjnon), 1 $ , Chiriqui

{Champion)^ 1 c5' type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brazil, Petropolis

(Doer), 1 cS , Castro Parana. Ex2). 36 millim.

1995. Borolia nigrisparsa. (Plate XCV. fig. 6.)

Leucania'nigrisparsa, Hnipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902).

$ . Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; abdomen white

slightly tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with

blaclv. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; the

median nervure and base of vein 4 streaked with white ; a slight

fuscous shade below median nervure ; a black point in lower angle

of cell; a curved postmedial series of slight black points on the

veins ; a slight triangular fuscous shade from termen below apex ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous.

Hah. Cape Colony, Transkei {Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ type. Exp.

40 millim.

199G. Borolia extincta.

Leucania extincta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 79 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 187.

Heliophila texana, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soe. N. H. xvii. p. 211 (1874).

Heliophila ligaf.a, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 115 (1875); Smith,

Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 187.

BOROLIA. 571

Lcncania orua, Schaiis, J. IS'.Y. Eiit. Soc. vi. p. 114 (187")); Dnice, Eiol.

Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. bG8.

Leuctmia oaxacaiia, Sc-haus, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. vi. p. 115 (1898); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568.

Head and thorax ochreoiis wliite, tinged with pale purplish pink

and slightly irrorated M'ith dark hrown ; abdomen oehreous white.

Fore wing ]iale oehreous tinged with purplish pink ; the median

iiervuro slightly streaked wilh Avhite, expanding sliglitly at lower

Fig. 1G2. — Borolia cxtinda, (j". }.

angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; a postmedial series of

black points on the veins and a prominent terminal series. Hind

wing white, the terminal half tinged with pale brown ; a series of

black points on apical half of termen ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. texana. Hind wing almost wholly white.

Hah. U.S.A., riorida, St. John's Blutf {Douhkday), 2 c? , 1 $,

type, Texas, 1 (S , 2 5, type ligata, Colorado; Mexico, Ori/aba,

type t oaxacana and type § oriza in Coll. Schaus. Exj^. 30 millim.

1997. Borolia rhcdcptera, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 7.)

c?. Head oehreous; palpi at sides, lower part of frons, and

antennoe pinkish ; thorax brownish pink mixed with white ; pectus

white ; legs tinged with pink ; abdomen oehreous. Fore wing

pink ; the costal edge white ; the veins white defined by rather

deeper pink ; a diffused yellowish-white fascia below the cell and

a better-defined fascia in discal fold from middle of cell to towards

termen and above vein 6 to close to termen ; an obliquely curved

postmedial series of slight black points and a terminal series ; cilia

tipped with white except towards tornus. Hind wing pure semi-

hyaline white.

Mob. Colombia (Petersen), 1 J type. Exp. 30 millim.

1998. Borolia flabilis. (riatc XCV. fig. 8.)

Hcliophila flahilis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881); Suiilli, Cm. J^'cct.

Is. Am. p. 189.

Hclicpldla rimosa, Grote, Cau. Ent. xiv. p. 2lG (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Koct.

N. Am. p. 189.

cJ . Head and thorax white slightly tinged wilh brown ; abdomen

oehreous -white. Fore wing oehreous A\hitc sufi'uscd wilh pulo

572 NOCTUID.E.

pinkish brown, leaving white fascise in submedian fold from base to

beyond middle, in discal fold from near base to near termen, and a

short streak above vein 6 before termen ; a few scattered black

scales ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a slight black streak

above vein 4; traces of a curved postraedial series of points on

the veins ; a terminal series of slight points. Hind wing white ;

the terminal area tinged with pale brown from apex to vein 2 ; the

underside with the costal area tinged with pale brown.

Hah. U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New York, Long Island,

1 J type. Exp. 36 millim.

*1999. Borolia leucostigma.

Lciicania IcucostigiJia, Suell. Tijd. v. Eiit. xx. p. 23, pi. 2. f. 12 (1877).

S . Head and thorax pale brown-pink : abdomen ochreous white.

Fore wing ochreous, sutt'used and striated with pink and slightly

irrorated with fuscous ; a small round white spot at low'er angle of

cell with small fuscous patch beyond it; a curved subterminal series

of black points. Hind wing pure white.

Ilcd). Java, in Coll. de Joannis. E,vp. 30 millim.

2000. Borolia phaeochroa, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 9.)

Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with some black ;

abdomen brown irrorated with black, the anal tuft fulvous in male.

Fore wing pale grey-brown with a purplish tinge and thickly irro-

rated with black ; the veins hardly paler ; a brown streak along

median nervure continued beyond end of cell to join the slight

triangular brown shade from termen below apex : a white point at

lower angle of cell; antemedial line represented by obliquely placed

black points on costa and below cell ; a black point in middle of

cell ; a postmedial series of black ])oints bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein 4, conjoined by an indistinct crenula^^e line ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia with

ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line and whitish tips ; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with black, a black discoid al

lunule, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal

series of small lunules.

Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 $ type: Cape Colony,

Annshaw {Miss F. Barrett), 1 r? , Kokstad {Mrs. Frhujh), 1 $ .

Exp. 34-38 millim.

2001. Borolia fasciata.

Borolia fasciata, Moore, P.Z. S. 1881 p. 334, pi. 37. f. 12; nnipsn. IMotlis

Iiid. ii. p. 278.

Borolia furcif era, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 98, pi. 4. f. 16 (1881).

5 . Head and thorax rufous ; pali)i and frons dark at sides ;

abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with fuscous ; a

black and rufous streak below base of cell ; median nervure and

Bop>or.iA. 573

base of veins 3, 4 streaked with grey : a deeper rufous streak above

terminal part of median nervure, continued above vein 4 and ex-

panding towards termen into a triangular patch extending to below

apex; traces of an antemcdial line excurved below cell and angled

inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform represented by ill-defined

small pale spots ; traces of a highly dentate postmcdial line with

two series of black points on it, the inner in interspaces, the outer

on the veins, oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal scries of black points.

Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous ; the underside paler irro-

rated with brown, a dark discoidal point and sinuous postraedial

line with slight dark streaks at the veins.

Ab. 1. Greyer ; fore wing with the markings blacker. — Yatung.

Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Yatung (Ilubson), 1 § ; Sikhim, 1 $ type.

Exjp. 34-38 millim.

2002. Borolia ferrilinea. (Plate XCV. fig. 10.)

Leuccmia ferrilinea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 128.

Head, thorax, and abdomen olive grey-brown tinged with rufous ;

sides of palpi and frons blackish ; legs tinged with fuscous. Fore

wing olive grey-brown more or less irrorated with dark brown ;

traces of a dentate antemedial line from cell to inner margin ; the

extremity of median nervure with pale streaks ; a rufous and black

fascia above end of median nervure continued above vein 4 till met

by an obliquely curved dark streak from termen just below apex ;

orbicular and reniform represented by ill-defined small pale spots ;

traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of black

points on it, the inner in intersimces. the outer on the veins ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing uniform fuscous

brown; the cilia pale brown, with a dark line through them; the

underside pale reddish brown thickly irrorated with fuscous, a

discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark

streaks on the veins.

Hah. W. China, Pu-tsu-Fang, 1 c? , 2 $ , type, Omeishan, 1 S ,

Moupin {Krickeldorf ), 1 J. Exp. ^4-36 millim.

2003. Borolia diopis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 11.)

Leucania scirpi, Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 323 (nee Dup.).

5 . Head and thorax ochreous white with a flesh tint ; palpi irro-

rated with black at sides; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with

fuscous leaving pale segmental lines, the ventral surface irrorated

with black. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with flesh-colour; a

slight fuscous streak on extremity of luedian nervure and base of

vein 4 ; faint traces of an antemedial line oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; traces of small

pale orbicular and reniform stigmata ; faint traces of a crenulate

postmedial line with black points on veins 6 and 4 ; the terminal

574 ko:tuii)J5.

area slightly darker. Hind wing ochreous, uniformly suffused

with fuscous ; the underside yellowish white, with slightly darker

irroration on costal and terminal areas.

Hah. SoKOTRA, A^dho Dimellus, 3500' (IF. R. 0. Grant), 1 $

type. Exp. 32 raillim.

2004. Borolia persecta, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax reddish brown largely mixed with black ;

abdomen ochreous whitish tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale

ochreous brown, rather thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a greyish

and black fascia in and below cell and thence to termen, towards

which it expands to below apex ; some grey and black suffusion on

fiostal area towards apex defining above an oblique ochreous fascia

from apex ; a greyish and black fascia on inner area from before

middle expanding at termen ; a black streak in lower part of cell

and a small spot in lower angle ; the veins of terminal area defined

by slight black streaks, the interspaces also streaked witli black ; a

terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing white, the veins,

costal area, and termen tinged with brown ; the underside with the

costal area tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, a terminal

series of black points.

Hah. Natal, Estcourt (//»/c7t7»soJi), 2 c? type. ^Ir^). 34 millim.

2005. Borolia melanopasta. (Plate XCV. fig. 13.)

Leucania melanopasta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1902, p. SI.'

(^ . Head and thorax ochreous with a slight olive tinge ; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegulae with slight medial line and tipped with

black and white scales ; patagia with some black scales near edges ;

abdomen white, irrorated with fuscous towards extremity and on

ventral surface. Fore wing ochreous with a slight olive tinge and

irrorated with black, an ill-defined black streak below base of cell ;

median nervure streaked with blackish except at base ; three black

points in lower part of cell ; postmcdial line represented by a double

series of black points, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the

veins, oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black spots.

Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown, especially on the

veins and terminal half; a dark terminal line ; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal

spot and terminal series of black points.

Hah. Queensland, Brisbane (Turnei-), 1 J . Exp. 34 millim.

2006. Borolia micropis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 14.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with

black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused in parts with reddish brown

und irrorated with black ; a slight dark shade below the cell and

tlience to an oblique shade from termen below apex ; three black

points in lower extremity of cell, the one in lower angle with a

BOROLIA. O ( «>

semicircular whitish mark below it ; an indistinct minutely waved

postmedial line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below

vein 4, with a series of black points beyond it on the veins ; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and

ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with

ochreous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown,

a terminal series of black points.

Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marsliall, Dohbie), 2 c? , 1 2 ■> ^JP^-

Ea;p. 28 millim.

2007. Borolia ciipreata, n. sp. (Plate XCY. fig. 15.)

5 . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous ; abdomen

ochreous white, dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous,

wholly suffused with cupreous red and irrorated with fuscous ; the

costal edge fuscous ; an indistinct blackish antemedial line oblique

from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; a small black

patch beyond lower angle of cell with oblique line from it to inner

margin ; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4 ; traces of a subterminal fuscous line

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a

terminal series of black points; cilia brown, with a fine pale line

at base. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged with

fuscous ; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips ; the underside with

the costal area tinged with reddish and irrorated with brown, a

discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Gazalanu, Chirinda Forest [Marshall), 1 5 type. Exji.

38 millim.

2008. Borolia bilineata, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 16.)

2 ■ Head and thorax ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ;

abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish

suffused with purplish pink ; the veins and costal area irrorated

with black ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa :

antemedial line curved, slightly waved ; orbicular and reniform

traceable as small pale spots, the latter with slight white streak

below it ; postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, somewhat angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a tciminal series of black points.

Hind wing j-ellowish white ; the underside with the costal ai'ea

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Bk. E. Afkica, Kikuyu {Cravshay), 1 $ type. Exp. 28

millim.

2009. Borolia sesamiodes, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 17.)

cT . Head and thorax pale red-brown slightly irrorated Avith

fuscous ; tcgultc sometimes with traces of a dark line ; fore legs

fuscous in front; abdomen white, tinged with fuscous except

towards base, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing pale red-brown

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sliijhtly irrorated with fuscous: a curved postmedial series of black

points and a terminal series ; cilia yellowish white, with a diffused

fuscous line through thera. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins

and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside with post-

medial series of fuscous points on the veins and terminal series.

5 . Slightly paler.

Hah. Algeria, Hammam-es-Salahin {Walsiwjham), 4 cJ , 2 $ ,

type. Exp. 38-44 millim.

Larva feeds in Arundo phraguntes with that of Sef^amia von-

aijrioides, the perfect insects being almost identical in appearance.

Genus MELIANA.

Type.

Melia, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. p. 201 (182D), nee Bilb. Crust. 1820 . flammea.

Melicma, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. Index (1829) flammea.

Neleucania, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 203 (1902) nivcicosta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in

front ; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes

large, rounded ; antennte of male ciliated ; head and thora.x clothed with hair,

with scales below it and without crests ; tibiaj fringed with very long hair ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the termen

rather obliquely rounded ; veins 3 Mud 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base.

Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with short branches.

2010. Meliana pectinata, n. sp.

Head and thorax white, tinged with violaceous and mixed with

some rufous ; tegulte with slight dark lines at middle and near

tips ; legs with blackish streaks ; abdomen ochreous white, tinged

with rufous towards extremity. Fore wing white, tinged with

violaceous and usually with rufous and irrorated sparsely with

black ; a black streak below base of cell and a slight oblique streak

Fig. 103. — Meliana pccfinaia, (J .

above inner margin before middle; the median uervure and

veins of terminal half white defined by fine brown streaks,

the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown, the

white streak on median nervure forming a hook on discocellulars,

a black fascia above terminal part of median nervure, continued as

IIELIANA.

577

a fuscous wedge-shaped mark to termeu, where it expands to below

apex, and with some short black streaks from its inner edge, above

vein 5 extending almost to cell ; a short black fascia in terminal

part of submedian fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia

brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, sometimes tinged

with ochreous ; a more or less prominent terminal series of black

points ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with black, a slight discoidal lunule.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black markings replaced by pale

brown or grey.

Hah. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (Orawshay), 4 J , 2 $ , type,

Kikuyu {Crawshay), 2 c^ , Eb Urru (Betton), 7 c? , 1 2, Gwelil

{Betton), 1 c^ . Exp. 24-30 millim.

Sect. II. Antennas of male ciliated.

A. Tibia of male thickly fringed with long hair on both sides.

2011. Meliana rubripennis.

Leucania rubripennis, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 179, pi. '1.

f. 77 (1870) ; Smith, Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186.

<S . Head and thorax red-brown ; tegulae white at base, red-

brown at tips ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous ; a

purplish-pink fascia from median uervure and vein 3 to submedian

fold from base to termen ; a wedge-shaped patch above vein 4

Fig. 164. — Meliana I'ubri-peniiis, J. \.

extending on termen to below apex, and with slight ochreous streak

on it above middle of vein 4 ; costal area tinged with purplish pink

towards apex. Hind wing ochreous. Underside tinged witli

brown.

Nab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 S type. Ex2). 40 millim.

B. Tibia; of male fringed with hair on outer side only.

a. (Meliana). Abdomen long and slender ; fore wing pro-

duced and acute at apex,

ff.'. Fore wing with the veins of costal area streaked with

white flammea.

b\ Fore wing with the veins of costal area not streaked

with white longipennix.

vol.. V.

2p

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2012, Meliana flammea.

Melm flammea, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. pi. 201 (1828) ; Stepb. 111. Brit. Eut.,

Haust. iv. p. 207; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 189.

S^mira duhiosa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 86 (1835).

Konagria aruniU7iicola, Doiibl. List Brit. Lep. p. 7 (1850).

Meliana stenoftera, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 474 (1892).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish ; palpi and legs

oehreous ; abdomen ochreous white slightly ivrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing flesh-colour, the costal and inner areas irrorated with

fuscous, a red-hrown shade from middle of cell to submcdian fold,

met beyond lower angle of cell by a wedge-shaped shade from

termen below apex ; the discal and submedinn folds tinged with

ochreous ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks, the inter-

spaces of terminal area also streaked with brown ; a postmedial

Fig. 165. — Meliana jlammea, (^ . \.

series of black points nearly erect from costa to vein 4, then very

oblique, often almost obsolete ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing white, more or less completely tinged with pale reddish

brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a terminal

series of black points.

Ab. 1. stenojjtera. Smaller; fore wing narrower, the medial fascia

more distinct. — Amurland.

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Holland ; Denmark :

Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary;

Amurland, Ussuri. Ex2^. 32-40 millim.

Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 129, pi. 200. f. 2; Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 66.

Eather light brown ; dorsal line pale, dark-edged; subdorsal line,

a triple lateral line, and the subspiracular line pale, the last greyish

ochreous ; head with dark reticulations. Food-plant, Phragmites.

8-9. The larva hides by day in the old reed-stems.

2013. Meliana longipennis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 18.)

$ . Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; abdomen wliitish,

dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally tinged with rufous. Fore

wing ochreous browm, tinged with rufous except towards costa, and

irrorated with fuscous, especially on inner and terminal areas ; the

veins with fine pale streaks and on terminal half defined by fine

brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; some

slight points on termen. Hind wing white, the terminal area

sutlused with reddish brown from apex to vein 2 ; the underside

MELIANA. 579

with the costal aren tinged with ochreous, some terminal black

points from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Be. Cenxr. Africa, Chiromo {de Jersey), 1 § type. Exj).

42 millim.

b. (Neleucania). Abdomen shorter and stouter ; fore wing with

the apex less produced.

a^. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell.

«-. Fore wing with short black streak in end of cell in

discal fold.

a^. Fore wing with the basal black streak very broad

and extending to median nervure vaiia.

b^. Fore wing with the basal black streak narrow and

not extending to median nervure.

a*. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 defined by white streaks, atrlfera.

b*. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 not defined by white

streaks exsid.

A^. Fore wing without black streak in end uf cell in discal

fold.

a^. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure

expanding into a spot at lower angle of cell vittata.

b^. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure

slender.

a*. Fore wing with prominent dark streaks in the

interspaces of terminal area,

a'. Fore wing with fine black streak in cell above

median nervure sarca.

b^. Fore wing witliout black streak in cell above

median nervure.

a^. Fore wing with black point in cell above

origin of vein 2 scotti.

b^. Fore wing without black point in cell above

origin of vein 2.

a'. Fore wing witli dark streak in the cell in

discal fold curvUinea.

V. Fore wing without dark streak in the cell

in discal fold uniformis.

6*. Fore wing without or with very ill-defined dark

streaks in interspaces of terminal area.

a". Fore wing with whitish streak just above

median nervure.

a". Hind wing with the veins and terminal area

more or less tinged with brown alhilinea.

b^. Hind wing pure white sufficm.

b^. Fore wing with the median nervure prominently

streaked with white limitata.

i'. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a'-. Fore wmg with the veins streaked with white.

d\ Hind wing white, sometimes more or less tinged with

brown.

a^. Fore wing with the median nervure defined below

by a brown fascia sfolata.

b*. Fore wing with the median nervure defined above

by a brown fascia.

a*. Hind wing pure white patricia.

6'. Hind wing with some fuscous irroration bicoloraiu.

c*. Fore wing with the median nervure not defined by

a brown fascia.

a*. Fore wing with small black patch beyond lower

angle of cell bertha.

2p 2

580 noctuid-t;.

i'. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower

angle of cell rosea.

ifi. Hind wing wholly snffused with fuscous.

a*. Fore wing with the costal edge white niveicosta.

b^. Fore wing with the costal edge not white tenebra.

■b^. Fore wing with the veins not streaked wilh white.

o^. Hind wing uniformly sufi'used with fuscous citronella.

P. Hind wing white.

a*. Fore wing with pale fascite in discal and sub-

median folds, and postmedial series of black

pointp rubra.

■b*. Fore wing without markings preeffracilis.

2014. Meliana vana.

Agroth vana, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 453, pi. 27. f. 9 ; Hrapsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 271.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochrcons ; palpi black at sides ;

antennae blackish ; thorax dorsally black, with vinous-red doriial

ridge ; abdomen dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing })ale

ochreous brown, the veins whitish ; a black lascia below cell, narrow

at base, verj^ strong at middle, and tapering to extremity, followed

by a whitish fascia extending to termen ; a rather elliptical black

streak in cell towards extremitj' ; a black patch below end of cell

and another beyond its extremity ; a pale oblique fascia from apex

to vein 2, with some small dentate black marks on its outer edge,

the area beyond it suffused with tuscous ; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia pale purplish red, with a dark lino through them.

Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous

in female.

Hah. Bombay, 1 J , Poona (Su'inhoe), 1 c? , 2 5 , type. Ex^j.

30 millim.

2015. Meliana atrifera, n. sp. (Plate XCY. fig. 19.)

5 . Head and thorax ochreous whitish mixed with brown ;

abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochre-

ous whitish slightly irrorated with brown ; a black streak below

base of cell ; difi'used black and brown streaks in cell before middle

and at extremity and above and below vein 1 before middle ; a pale

oblique fascia from apex to vein 1 defined by the interspaces before

and beyond it being suflPused with brown, and with blackish streaks

in them, leaving the veins streaked with white. Hind wing ochreous

white tinged with brown, especially on terminal area ; the under-

side whitish slightly irrorated with brown.

Ilah. Chili, Valparaiso (J. J. Walker), 1 § type. Ea-j). 30

millim.

2016. Meliana exsul. (Plate XCV. fig. 20.)

Leucania crovl, Wlk. ix. 109 (18.56).

Leucania tencbrifcra, Wlk. i.\. 113 (1856).

c? . Head and thorax yellow-brown with a rufous tinge ; tegulae

MKLIAX.V. 581

with medial and terminal black lines ; abdomen ochreous tinged

with fuscous except anal tuft. Fore wing ochreous brown thickly

irrorated with dark brown ; a blackish streak below base of cell

on a dark brown diffused fascia in and below cell, and thence ex-

tending obliquely to termen below apex ; a small pale discoidal

spot with some black on each side of it ; a terminal series of

blackish points ; a dark line through cilia. Hind wing ochreous

irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area ; the veins brown ;

the cilia pale.

Hah. Tristan d'Accnha, 1 c? type; hab. ign. 1 J' type tenehrifera.

Exp. 38 millim.

2017. Meliana vittata.

Leiicania vittata, Hiupsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, pi. 144. i'. 4 (IS'Jl);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 271.

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white with a slight

olive tinge ; sides of palpi and Irons blackish ; antenuaj blackish ;

tibise and tarsi tinged with black. Pore wing ochreous white with

a slight olive tinge ; a black streak below basal half of cell ; an

oblique black streak above inner margin before middle ; the cell

and area just below and beyond it suffused with olive-brown ;

a rather dentate white streak on extremity of median nervnre,

with slight black streaks above, below, and beyond it ; the veins of

terminal half whitish defined by slight olive-brown streaks, the inter-

spaces of terminal area also streaked with olive-brown ; an oblique

pale fascia from apex to vein 2, with slight black streaks beyond it

below vein 5, the area beyond it suffused with olive-brown ; a

terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white.

Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area more or less tinged

with fuscous; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

tinged and irrorated with brown, some black points on apical half

of termen.

Ilah. Madras, Belgaum ( WaUoii), 2 2 , Nilgiris (Hcmpson), 2 $ ,

type ; Teavancore, Pirmad (3Irs. Imray), 1 § . Exp. 30-3S

millim.

2018. Meliana sarca. (Plate XCV. fig. 21.)

Leucania sarca, Hmpsii. Ann. S. Afr. Miis. ii. p. 272 (1902).

Head and thorax whitisli tinged with purplish pink and slightly

mixed with fuscous ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen ochreou.s

white, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish tinged

with purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous ; a slight black

streak below base of cell ; median nervure with prominent white

streak defined above by a black streak in cell and with brownish

fasciae above and below it ; a black point in lower angle of cell and

a brown streak from lower angle to termen above vein 5 ; a brown

fascia from inner margin before middle to termen at vein 2 ; the

veins of terminal half white slightly defined by brown streaks, the

582 NocxuiDjj.

interspaces also streaked with brown ; a termioal series of black

points ; cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing white, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal

and terminal areas irrorated and suffused with fuscous, a terminal

series of black points.

Hah. Br. E, Africa, Machakos (Craivshay), 4 J , 1 ? , type, Eb

Urru (Betton), 2 S ; Uganda, Mulema (Dogf/eU), 1 $ ; Natal, Kar-

kloof {Marshall), 1 (^ ; Cape Colony, Trauskei (Miss F. Barrett),

1 2 • ^'Vp. 24-30 millim.

2019. Meliana scotti. (Plate XCV. fig. 22.)

Leiicania scottii. Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 391.

5 . Head and thorax white mixed with pale reddish brown ;

abdomen white. Fore wing ochreoua white tinged with brown-

pink ; the veins white, defined by fine brown-pink streaks, the

median nervure and vein 4 more prominently white ; the inter-

spaces of terminal half with brown-pink streaks ; a brown shade

below median nervure and slight black streak in base of submedian

fold ; a rather oblique fuscous streak from lower angle of cell to

termen above vein 5 ; black points above median nervure at origin of

vein 2 and in lower angle of cell ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing white, the terminal area tiiiged with brown from apex

to vein 2 ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown, some black points on termen from apex to vein 2.

Hah. Queensland, Rockhampton, 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim,

2020. Meliana curvilinea.

Leucania curvilinea, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 67, pi. 144. f. 3 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279.

Head and thorax grey strongly suffused with purplish red ; tegulaj

with two dark lines ; abdomen violaceous white, the ventral surface

irrorated with black. Fore wing violaceous white irrorated with

black ; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks ; a dark streak

in the cell in discal fold and the interspaces of terminal area

streaked with black ; a slight blackish streak below base of cell

and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a black

point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of points bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a more or less

distinct oblique pale fascia from apex defined below by a triangular

brownish shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white more or less tinged with brown ;

the underside ochreous white, the costal area slightly tinged wdth

violaceous.

Hah. Madras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 d , 4 $ , type, Palnis

(Campbell), Id; Ceylon, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 5, Maskelyia

(Pole), 1 2 ; Pbrak, Gopiiig (Kunstler), 1 d; Haixan, Five-Fingered

Mts. (Whitehead); 1 c? . H-rp. 32-34 millim.

583

2021. Meliana uniformis. (Plate XCV. fig. 23.)

Leucania uniformis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 280.

$ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale pinkish brown ;

palpi and legs tinged with brown ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged

with brown. Fore wing pale brownish suffused with pink, leaving

paler streaks below the cell, in end of cell, and as an oblique series

of streaks from beyond end of cell to apex ; the veins white defined

by fine very slight brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal half

also streaked with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell ;

the antemedial line represented by a black point in submedian

fold ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of

black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and

termen tinged with ochreous, some black points on termen from

apex to vein 2.

Hah. N.W. Himalayas, 1 5 type, Dharmsala {Hoding), 1 J •

Exp. 34 millim.

2022. Meliana albilinea.

Noctua albilinea, Hiibn. Samuil. Ex. Scbmetfc. ii. p. 25, ff. 337, 338 (1827) ;

Eiley, 9ih Eep. Ins. Mo. p. 50, ff. 14, 15 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. ]86.

Lcacania diffusa, Wlk. is. 94 (1856).

Leucania moderata, Wlk. ix. 114 (185(5). "■

Leucania harveyi, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 9, pi. 1. f. 14

(1873).

Leucania chilensis, Biitl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 115.

Leucania obscurior. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 185 (1902); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 1H2.

Leucania tetera. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 187 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 1()2.

Leucania neptis. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 188 (1902) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; antennae with the shaft

Fig. 166. — Meliana albilinea, (^ . \.

white ; tegulce white except the tips which are brown, and with a

brown line near base often present ; abdomen brownish ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous ; the costal area purplish grey ; the veins

slightly streaked with brown ; a white streak just above median

nervure and some greyish and brown below it, with fine black

streaks below base and end of cell ; ciaviform very slightly defined

584 NocxriD.K.

by black ; a black point on angle of discocellulars ; the interspaces

of terminal area witli very slight brown streaks, rather stronger on

each side of vein 5 ; the termen tinged with purplish grey, with

some black points on its inner edge running obliquely to the termen

below apex and excurved at middle ; cilia ochreous with brown

lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white, suffused with

fuscous brown except towards base, the veins brown ; the under-

side whitish, with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown.

Ab. 1. ohscurior. Hind wing with the veins and terminal area

only suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 2. neptis. Hind wing with the veins only fuscous.

Ab. 3. tetra. Fore wing more ochreous, the costal area tinged

with pink towards apex ; a dark streak from discoidal point above

vein 5. — Arizona.

Hab. Canada, Eenfrew Co., 8 S , Nova Scotia {Redman), 1 S type

moderata,! $ type cZij^Msa, Manitoba, Cartwright(i/«(</t),l cJ ; U.S.A.,

East of Eocky Mts., 4 S type liarvtyi, Kansas, 1 S , Texas, Dallas

(Boll), 1 6 , Colorado, 1 $ , Durango {Oslar), 1 cS , 2 $ , New Mexico,

Roswell (Cocl-erell), 1 $, Arizona (i-'oZm^/), 1 $, Huachuca Mts.,

1 c? ; Mexico, Mexico City, 1 5 , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Chili,

Coquimbo (/. J. Walker) 2 J' , (Edmonds) 1 d , 2 $ , type chilensis,

Mulchen {Elwes), 4 J, 1 $ ; Argentina, Florcnzia {Wagner), 2 c? .

Kvj). 32-38 millim.

Larva. Head green with brown reticulations. Body uniform

green, dorsal line whitish, brown-edged ; subdorsal broad, straight,

whitish, diffusely brown-edged, a narrow white lateral line ; supra-

stigmatal space dark brown ; substigmatal line broad, while, straight,

slight brown shading subventrally. No shields. — H. G. D.

2023. Meliana suffusa. (Plate XCV. fig. 24.)

Leucania suffusa, Schaus, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 232 (1894).

c5' . Head, tegula), and outer edge of patagia black mixed with

some grey, the back of head and thorax reddish brown ; pectus and

legs black in front, grey-brown behind ; abdomen ochreous tinged

with fuscous except anal tuft. Fore wing ochreous, the costal area,

discal fold, and area below median nervui'e and terminal area suf-

fused with fuscous; the veins streaked with black; a black streak

below base of cell confluent with the upper edge of the elongate

black-defined claviform ; black points before and beyond discocel-

lulars and a slight black streak below extremity of cell ; the fuscous

in lower part of cell and discal fold expanding towards the terminal

fuscous band and ending obliquely below apex ; cilia ochreous, with

a fuscous line through them. Hind wing pure white ; the under-

side with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with

brown.

Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, 1 J , type f d in Coll. Schaus.

E.rp. 32 millim.

o>io

*2024. Meliana limitata.

Lmcania limitata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. xxv. p. 187 (1902) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.

cJ . Very pale creamy yellow ; head tinged with rufous in front ;

teguliB white, greyish at base aud with black linear tips. Fore

wiug with the median nervure streaked with white, defined above

by a fuscous-brown streak coufluent with the triangular dark shade

from termen below apex ; the median nervure defined below by a

yellow-brown shade, the veins black-edged towards extremity ; a

slight black streak below base of cell conttueut with a very narrow

loop-like claviform stigma ; terminal area slightly darker. Hind

wing white, the costal area on underside slightly darker.

Uah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 33 millim. This species is unknown

to me.

2025. Meliana stolata. (Plate XCV. fig. 35.)

Leucania, stolata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 76, pi. v. f. 8 (I8S4) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163.

$ . Head whitish, the vertex tinged with rufous ; tegula3 white

with grey tips ; thorax pale yellow, with some grey on vertex and

black scales on upper edge of patagia ; abdomen white, the anal

tuft tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with brown.

Pore wing pale yellow ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated

with black ; a slight oblique blackish streak above inner margin

before middle ; median nervure silvery white, defined below by a

rufous fascia ; the basal parts of veins 4, 3 white ; an ill-defined

fuscous fascia between veins 4 and 6 not reaching termen ; the

veins of terminal area slightly defined by brown streaks and slight

streaks also in the interspaces ; a black point in lower angle of cell

and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black

points; cilia grey. Hind wing pure white; the underside with

the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with

fuscous.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 1 $ , Arizona. £!rj9.

40 millim.

*2026. Meliana patricia. (Plate XCV. fig. 26.)

HeUophila pafrkia, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 46 (1880);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186.

$ . Head and thorax ochreous white, the head and tcgulaj

strongly tinged with brown ; abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous,

the costal edge and veins white ; a fuscous-brown streak in lower

part of cell and above vein 4 to termen ; the veins of terminal half

defined by fine fuscous streaks; cilia white. Hind wing white.

Underside of fore wing with slight brown streaks on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Hot Springs, 7000' {Hulst),

in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. 30 millim.

586 xocxuiD.K

2027. Meliana bicolorata. (Plate XCV. fig. 27.)

Heliophila bicolorata, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 154 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 185.

5 . Head and thorax ochreous with a brownish tinge ; abdomen

ochreous, dorsally tinged with pinkish. Eore wing ochreous : the

costal edge and median nervure whitish ; the veins slightly defined

by pinkish streaks ; pinkish fasciae above median nervure and

vein 5 and on inner area ; a curved postmedial series of black

points usually present, and sometimes an antemedial point on

vein 1 ; a terminal series of slight black points. Hind wing white,

with a slight pinkish tinge and some fuscous irroration, especially

on the veins ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glcnwood Springs, 2 $ ; New Mexico,

Merino Valley, Arizona, Chiricahua Mts., Tucson ; Mexico, Orizaba,

1 5 . Exp. 32 millim.

2028. Meliana bertha.

Meliana bertha, Scbaus, Lep. Sierra Leone, p. 34, pi. 3. f. 3 (1893).

S . Head and thorax grey tinged with purplish and mixed with

some fuscous ; abdomen pale, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous,

some sublateral black points. Fore wing whitish, tinged with

purplish i)ink and rather thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins

defined by slight fuscous streaks, the interspaces of terminal area

also streaked with fuscous; a black pwint in lower angle of cell

and a rather conical black spot beyond the angle ; a slight oblique

fuscous shade from apex ; a curved postmedial series of black

points on the veins and a terminal series. Hind wing ochreous

white, the termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside Avith

some fuscous irroration on costal area and a terminal series of black

points.

Hah. SiEEEA. Leone {Clements), 1 (S . Exp. 28 millim.

2029. Meliana rosea. (Plate XCV. fig. 28.)

Leucania phrag7)iitidicola, W\k. ix. 97 (1856), uec Giien.

Leucania rosea, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 389 (1880).

Leucania solita, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk.

5 . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pink ; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing pale pink, with diffused yellowish

streaks in basal half of submedian fold and in discal fold beyond

the cell, then bent upwards to apex; the veins with slight white

streaks, more prominent on median nervure and vein 4 ; the costal

and inner areas with slight black irroration ; a black point at lower

angle of cell ; a curved postmedial series of slight black points and

a terminal series. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area

slightly tinged with pale brown; the cilia white; the underside

51ELIANA. 587

•with the costal area tinged with pink, a series of black points on

termen from apex to vein 2.

Bab. Mexico, Jalapa {TrvjiUo), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.;

Cuba; Haiti (Ihveedie), 2 $ ; Surinam. Exp. 34 millim.

2030. Meliana niveicosta. (Plate XCV. fig. 29.)

Nelcucania niveicosta, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 205 (1902) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Ain. p. 163.

$ . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen ochreous, tinged

with rufous and irrorated with black. Fore wing rufous, with

a reddish tinge especially in cell and on inner area, and irrorated

with a few black scales on inner area ; the costal edge white ; the

veins pale defined by slightly darker streaks ; a slightly darker

streak in and beyond lower part of cell ; an obliquely-curved post-

medial series of black streaks on veins 6 to 1 ; a terminal series of

slight black points ; cilia somewhat pinker, with a slightly darker

line through them. Hind wing pale more or less suffused with

fuscous brown, the cilia whitish. Underside whitish thickly irro-

rated with large brown scales ; fore wing and costa of hind wing

tinged with pink ; the cell and veins of terminal half of fore wing

suffused with brown.

d . Hind wing pinkish, with ridges of ochreous hair below vein 6,

on vein 4, in submedian fold, and on vein 1.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 2 S , 1 ? • Exp..

34 millim.

2031. Meliana tenehra, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 30.)

cJ . Head and thorax ochreous brown with an olive tinge ; sides

of palpi and frons fuscous ; legs greyish, tinged with purplish pink ;

abdomen pale ochreous, suffused and irrorated with fuscous. Fore

wing greyish ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous; the veins,

streaked with white ; the cell and apical area tinged with rufous ;

a rufous fascia below cell, expanding triangularly beyond lower

angle to termen ; the median nervure slightly defined by black

extending to termen below apex as a curved diffused streak ; a

black and rufous fascia above' vein 1 from before middle to termen ;

a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing fuscous brown,

with some black striae on termen ; cilia white at tips ; the undei-

side whitish grey irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunulo and

terminal series of spots.

5 . Brownish ochreous without the rufous tinge ; the white

streaks on the veins obscured by fuscous streaks ; traces of a curved

postmedial series of points ; the terminal series of spots absent ;

underside of hind wing without discoidal lunule or terminal series

of points.

J/ab. Br. E. Africa, Eb Urru, 1 J type. Mile 478, Uganda Ry.,

1 2 • E.rp. 32 millim.

588

xocxriD.K.

2032. Meliana citronella. (Plate XCV. fig. 31.)

Ncleucania citronella. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 20(i (1902) ; D_var,

Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 164.

$. Head and thorax pale ochreous ; antenna) white; abdomen

ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown and ventrally irrorated with

brown. Fore wing pale ochreous; the costal edge Avhite; a

slightly darker streak in and beyond lower part of cell ; au

obliquely-curved postmedial scries of black points on veins 6-1 ;

cilia white. Hind wing whitish uniformly suHused with fuscous

brown, the cilia white. Underside of fore wing ochreous, the sub-

costal and median nervures and veins beyond the cell suffused with

brown to near terraen ; hind wing white sparsely irrorated with

brown, a postmedial series of brown streaks on the veins.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 2 $ , Denver, in Coll.

J. B. Smith. Exp. 32 millim.

2033. Meliana rubra, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 32.)

Head and thorax pale brown-pink ; abdomen pale ochreous.

Pore wing pale brown-piuk, s])arsely irrorated with black and with

somewhat paler Streaks in submedian and discal folds, the latter

bent upwards to apex ; costal edge whitish ; a subbasal black point

in cell and antemedial black points on median nervure and vein 1 ;

an ill-detined blackish spot at lower angle of cell ; a postmedial

series of black points excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wdng semihyaline white,

the veins and margins tinged with ochreous ; the underside with

the costal area slightly irrorated with dark brown, some terminal

black points from costa to vein 2.

Hah. Brazil, Petropolis {Doer), 1 S type, Bio Janeiro, 1 cj , 1 $ .

Exp. 30 millim.

*2034. Meliana prsegracilis.

Heliophila prwgraciUs, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iii.

p. 119 (1S77); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 185.

Slender ; head and thorax yellowish ; abdomen white. Eore

wing yellow-white, without markings. Hind wing white.

Hah. U.S.A., Idaho, ? Colorado, ?]SIew Mexico, ii'^y. 30 millim.

This species is unknown to me.

Genus ZOSTEROPODA.

Type.

Zosteropoda, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 67 (1874) hirtipes.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique, fringed with

long hair in front, the 3rd joint porreet, rather long ; frons smooth ; eyes

large, rounded ; antennae of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with

ZOSTEROPODA.

589

hair only, without crests ; mid aud hind tibiae fringed witli very long hair on

outer side ; abdomen without crests and with lateral fringes of hair on basal

segments. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen nearly

straight ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 and (>, 7 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of diseocellulars ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base ; the costa lobed at base ; the male with

fringes of long hair on upperside below vein 6, on median nervure and vein 3,

in submedian fold, and on vein 1 to near termen.

2035. Zosteropoda hirtipes.

Zosteropoda hirtipes, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 68 (1874) ; id.

111. Essay, 56, pi. 2. f. 20; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 190.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous orange ; antenniT>

whitish. Fore wing fulvous orange slightly irrorated with red-

brown ; autemedial line red-brown, oblique from costa to cell,

Fig. 167. — Zosteropoda hirtipes, c?. \.

where it is angled, then inwardly oblique ; a fuscous discoidal

spot ; postmedial line red-brown, very oblique from costa to

vein 6, where it is very acutely angled, then inwardly oblique

and slightly excurved ; a terminal series of red-brown points.

Hind wing ochreous, with the fringes of long hair brownish ; the

underside irrorated with brown, a fuscous discoidal spot and post-

medial line angled at vein G.

5 with the postmedial line showing on upperside.

Hab. U.S.A., California, 2 J , 2 $ type, Grote Coll., ( Walslngham)

2 2 . Kvp. 30 millim.

Larva. Head lutcous, reticulate and dotted with brown. Body

light straw-brown, reddish reticulate on a pale ground, paler

dorsally. Dorsal lino pale anteriorly, edged by black clottings, which

obscure it on the posterior half of body and form a pronounced

powdery dark band, with the outlying tubercles i. and ii. black.

Sides wdth rows of light and dark dots arranged in lines. Sub-

stigmatal band broad, pale-edged, reddish filled, with a dark

border above which becomes heavy and distinct posteriorly. Feet

pale.— H. G. D.

590 NOCTUID.^.

Genus LEUCANIA.

Type.

Leucania, Ochs. Sehmett. Eur. iv. p. 81 (1(S1()), non descr. ;

Treit. Schniett. Eur. v. (II.) p. 289 (1825) paUens.

Donachlora, Sodoffsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moss. 18;i7, vi. p. 14 . palleiis.

IrhneuHca, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 13 (1887) ceraimias.

Heliophila, IBLViha.. T^nt. ined pallens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint frinorfd with hair,

the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth; pyes large, rounded ; antenna of male

typically ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ;

tibiaj moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with rough hair at base but

without crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from

upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

Sect. I. (^Ichneutica). Antennae of male bipectinate, with long branches to

apex.

A. Fore wing with black fasciae below base of cell and above

inner margin before middle ceraunias.

B. Fore wing without black fasciae dione.

*2036. Leucania ceraunias.

Ichneutica cera.unim, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 13 (1887); Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 14, pi. iv. ff. 25, 26.

S . Head and thorax reddish ochreous ; palpi blackish at sides ;

abdomen ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with rufous, the costal area and cell pale ochreous. emitting dentate

marks along veins 6, 4, 3 to towards termen ; the area below sub-

median fold ochreous ; a fine black streak in submedian fold to

middle with a shorter streak below it ; an oblique streak above

inner margin before middle. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

fuscous brown ; the cilia pale at tips ; the underside ochreous, the

veins and inner half tinged with brown.

2 . Fore wing narrower, the colour dull brown instead of

rufous.

Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Arthur, ^bW {Hudson),m Coll. Druce.

Exp. 44 millim.

*2037. Leucania dione.

Ichneutica dione, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 14, pi. iv.

f. 27 (1898).

(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing fuscous

brown, the medial area rather darker ; an oblique whitish fascia from

median nervure before middle to vein 1 beyond middle ; reniform

whitish, angled outwards at upper extremity and inwards to a long

dentate mark on median nervure ; terminal area greyer, with series of

dentate brown marks representing the subterminal line and terminal

series of lunules. Hind wing pale grey.

Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Arthur, 4400'. ExpAQ millim. This

species is unknown to me.

LEUCAXIA. 591

Sect. 11. Antenna; of male bipeetinate with moderate branches, the apex

serrate.

A. Fore wing with the vpiiis fuscous,, not irrnrated with

pale scales toroneura.

B. Fore wing with tiie veins fuscous, irrorated with pale

scales.

a. Hind wing with the cilia ochreous unica.

b. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with ochreous at

base dttnedinends.

*2038. Leiicania toroneura. (Plate XCVI. fig. 1.)

Leucania toroneura, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 565.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous tinged with

fulvous, the last with the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing brownish ochreous with a slight fulvous tinge ; the veins

prominently streaked with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous suflTused

with fuscous ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside pale brownish

ochreous, the veins slightly streaked with fuscous.

Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Cook, typef c? in Coll.Meyrick. Ev2i.

34 millim. This may be a variety of L. unica.

2039. Leucania unica.

Leucania unica, Wlk. ix. 112 (1856); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths &

Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 17.

Nonagria juncicolor, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 2 (1868).

Head and thorax brownish ochreous with a slight fulvous tinge ;

abdomen brownish ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing brownish

Fig. 168. — Leucania unica, (j". \.

ochreous with a fulvous tinge ; the veins slightly streaked with

fuscous ; the anteniedial line represented by black points on sub-

costal and median nervures and vein 1 ; the postmodial line

represented by a series of black points on the veins excurved from

costa to vein 4, then oblique. Hind wing pale brownish more or

less strongly suffused with fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; the under-

side greyish ochreous irrorated with fuscous.

Hah. New Zealand, Marlborough (Skellon), 3 c?, 15, type.

Exp. 34 millim.

2040. Leucania dunedinensis. (Plate XCVI. fig. 2.)

Spislotis dunedinensis, Butl. ?ined.

cf . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown. Fore wing

ochreous brown ; the veins slightly darker and irrorated with while

592

NOCTUID^.

scales ; slight white points in and beyond lower angle of cell ; a

curved postmcdial series of white points on the veins. Hind wing

ochreous brown ; cilia white, tinged with ochreous at base. Under-

side of fore wing with the marginal areas suffused with whitish ;

hind wing whitish irrorated with brown.

Hah. New Zealand, Dunedin (Purdie), 1 6 type. E.%y. 36

millim.

Sect. III. Autennie of male minutely serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing witb dark streak in base of submedian fold ... semivittata.

B. Fore wing without dark streak in base of submedian fold, hienheimensis.

2041. Leucania semivittata.

Leucania semivittata, Wlk. xxxii. 6'28 (1865):

Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. ff. 21, 22.

Hudson, New Zealand

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; spurs banded

with black ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing

Fig. 1G9. — Leucania semimttata, J. i.

ochreous ; a rufous fascia below the cell to below origin of vein 2,

faintly continued as a curved mark to vein 2 beyond the cell, and a

slight oblique streak above inner margin near base ; a subbasal

black point in cell and three antemedinl points on the veins ; three

points in upper part of outer half of cell and a slight streak in lower

part ; a rufous shade below median nervure continued beyond the

cell to meet a slight triangular shade from termen below a-pex ; a

black point just beyond lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of

points bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4; a terminal

series of points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous; cilia

ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal area slightly tinged

with rufous, a discoidal point, some postmedial streaks on the veins,

and some stride on termen sometimes present.

ffah. New Zealand (J. J. Wall-er), 1 d" , 1 2 , Auckland (O.flcy),

1 J type, (Mathetv) 1 d , 1 ? . Krp. 42 millim.

*2042. Leucania hienheimensis. (Plate XCVI. fig. 3.)

Leucania hlenheimen&is, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. p. 196 (1882) ;

Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. f. 23.

S . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; sides of palpi

and frons blackish ; jiectus and fore legs in front fuscous ; fore tarsi

black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen ochrcoi^s with a slight rufous

LECCAXIA. 593

tinge, the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with rufous, the veins whitish irrorated with fuscous ; the

antemedial line rejiresented b}f slight black points on the veins ; a

minute streak at lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of slight

points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the

veins slightly streaked with fuscous at apex ; cilia fuscous. Hind

wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, especiallj^ towards

termen ; cilia whitish with some brown at base ; the underside

ochreous whitish slightly irrorated with brown.

Hah. New Zealand, Blenheim, in Coll. Meyrick, Napier. Exii.

46 millim.

Sect. IV. Antennse of male ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the apex produced aud acute.

2043. Leucania sulcana.

Leucania sulcana, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii. p. 267, pi. ix. f. 3 (1880) ;

Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. ff. 19, 20.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with olive-brown ; palpi red-

brown at sides ; a few black scales near upper edge of tegulse and

Fig. 170. — Leucania sulcana, (^ . \.

patagia ; abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, the costal edge fulvous ; the inner

area and the costal area towards apex with some dark irroration ;

the veins pale ; the interspaces of terminal area streaked with

reddish brown, a black streak in base of submedian fold followed

by rufous suffusion above the fold ; a diffused rufous fascia above

vein 4 ; a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle ;

a subbasal black point in cell ; antemedial black points in cell and

on vein 1 ; a point beyond lower angle of cell and postmedial points

on veins 6, 3, 1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing deep

dark brown. Underside ochreous yellow suffused with fuscous

brown except costal and inner areas of both wings.

TegulBD somewhat produced to a dorsal ridge ; fore wing with the

apex produced and acute.

Ilab. New Zealand (,/. J. Wnlher), 1 (S , Akaroa, Dunedin

{Matheiv, Purdie), 1 J, 1 ? • Exj). 46 millim.

VOL. T. 2q,

594 NOCTUID^.

B. Fore wing with the apex not produced and acute.

a. Abdomen of male with slight blackish ventral tufts from base.

2044. Leucania littoralis.

Leucama littoralis. Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pi. 157 (1827); Steph. 111. Brit.

Ent., Haust. iii. p. 74 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown, the last -with

he ventral tufts of hair of male blackish. Fore wing pale ochreous

brown, the costal area rather paler ; the median nervuro M"ith

prominent white fascia slightly defined by fuscous, continued as

^^3 \W ^^

Fig. 171. — Leucania litioraUs, (^ . \.

slight streaks on base of veins 2, 3 and on vein 4 to terraen ; slight

white streaks on veins 6, 7, 8 towards termen ; the interspaces of

terminal area with slight brown streaks. Hind wing pure white.

Underside white slightly tinged with ochreous.

Hah. Britain, England {DouUeday), Zeller, Frey, and Leech

Colls., Ireland, Derry {Salvage), Leech Coll. ; France ; Belgium ;

Holland ; Denmark ; Germany ; Spain, Bilbao, Andalucia ; Italy

{Heyne), Leech Coll. Exj:). 40-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 1.57, pi. 204. f. 1.

Pale pinkish ochreous, grey, or greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal

lines white, dark-edged ; lateral line sometimes white ; spiracular

line pale or whitish ; head pale brown. Food-jjlant, Ammopliila

arundinacea. 8-5.

b. (Leucania). Abdomen of male without blackish ventral

tufts.

a'-. Fore wing without oblique white Aiscia from apex.

a^. Fore wing with fine dark streaks in interspaces of

terminal area,

a'. Hind wing uniformly tinged with fuscous.

a*. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with

white.

«'. Hind wing with the cilia ochreous favicolor.

¥. Hind wing witli the cilia white rubripallens.

b*. Fore wing with the veins streaked with white.

e'. Fore wing tinged with rufous fitliginosa.

6'. Fore wing not tinged with rufous oxygala.

b^. Hind wing white more or less suffused with

fuscous,

a*. Fore wing with fuscous shade below median

nervure.

a'. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 prominently

streaked with white albiradiosa.

595

h'\ Fore wing with veins 3, 4 not prominently

streaked with wiiite.

a^. Tegula; without dark lines minorata.

h'^. Tegiihv with two dark lines straminea.

b*. Fore wing without fuscous shade below median

nervure.

«■'. Fore wing with the streak on median nervure

not forming a white point at lower angle

of cell.

a^. Fore wing with black point in lower angle

of cell pallens.

h'^. Fore wing without black point in loiver

angle of cell iiiipunrfa.

Ifi. Fore wing with the streak on median nervure

forming a white point at lower angle of cell, ohsolefn.

?^. Fore wing without fine dark streaks in interspaces

of terminal area.

a^. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous pudoriiia.

P. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area

tinged with fuscous languida.

Fore wing with oblique white fascia from apex niveilinea.

2045. Leucania favicolor.

Leucania /ayico/or, Barrett, Ent. Month. Mag. 189fi, p. 100; id. Lep. Brit,

v. p. 141, pi. 201. f. 3 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191.

Head and thorax pale olive-brown ; abdomen pale fuscou.s

brown, whitisb at base, the anal ttift of male ochreous, the ventral

surface irrorated with black. Fore wing pale olive-brown ; the

veins very indistinctly defined by slight brown streaks, the inter-

spaces also with indistinct streaks, more prominent on terminal

area ; traces of a minute black point in lower angle of cell ; traces

of a more or less complete postmedial series of black points, bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, often reduced to

points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing whitish, almost uniformly

tinged with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous white ; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with fuscous, a

postmedial series of slight dark streaks on the veins, some black

points on apical part of termen.

Ab. 1. Much yellower.

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing bright rufous ; the abdomen

and hind wing slightly tinged with rufous.

Hah. Britain, Essex, Harwich (Matheiv), 1 S , 2 $ . E.vj-).

42 millim.

2046. Leucania rubripallens. (Plate XCVI. fig. 4.)

Leucania rubripallens, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xsv. p. 182 (1902);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.

Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; abdomen ochreous

white irrorated with black. Fore wing pule rufous ; the veins

rufous defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked

with brown ; traces of postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; a

2q2

596 KOCTUIDJ..

terminal scries of black points. Hind ■wing pale, uniformly

suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white. Underside of fore Aving

fuscous, except marginal areas which are yellowish white irrorated

with bro'wn, as also the hiud wing ; both wings with terminal

series of black points.

Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (CocHe), 1 5; U.S.A.,

Colorado, Gleuwood Springs, 1 J . fcy. 34 millim.

2047. Leucania fuliginosa.

Noctua f'uliginosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809).

Noctua 'punciina. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut.,

Haust. iii. p. 75 ; Wood, Ind. Ent. f. 363.

Noctua impura, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Sclimetfc., Noct. f. 396 (1827) ; Bup.

Lep. Fr. \\\. p. 73, pi. 105. f. 3; SteiDh. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 75 ;

Herr.-SchiifF. Eur. ScLiuett., Noct. ff. 319-20 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 191.

Leucania duiujana, Alpli. Hor. See. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 83, i4. 3. f. 56

(1883).

Leucania transhaikaJensis. Stand. Iris, v. p. 367 (1^92).

LetKania amurenns, Staud. Iris, v. p. 367 (1892).

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; antennae whitish at base ;

abdomen pale ochreous, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore

wing ochreous ; the veins whiter, the median nervure more

prominently so, defined by fine red-brown streaks, the interspaces

also streaked with red-brown ; slight black irroration on costal and

inner areas ; a brown shade below median nervure with some black

irroration on it ; a black point in lower angle of cell ; post-

medial black points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing yellowish white

nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous brown ; the costal area

paler ; the cilia white ; the underside irrorated with dark brown,

some black points on apical part of termen.

Ab. 1. transhnikalensis. Pore wing irrorated with red-brown,

the dark streaks almost obsolete. — Dauria.

Ab. 2. dungana. Much browner or more fuscous ; fore wing

with the dark streaks indistinct; hind wing nearly uniform

fuscous. — W. and E. Turkestan, Tibet.

Ab. 3. amurensis. Darker ; fore wing Avith the \Ahitish veins

and dark streaks more distinct. — Amur.

Hah. Britain', England, Ireland, Leech Coll. ; Fkance ; Denmahk ;

Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; jST. Lialy; Swkden; Russia,

TJrals ; Asia Minor, Bythinia ; Syria ; W. Turkestan, Issyk Xul ;

E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 J , 1 $ , Kashgar ; Tibet, Kuku-noor ;

E. Siberia, Dauria, Amur ; Japan. Eorp. 3(5 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lop. Brit. v. p. 137, pi. 201. f. 2.

Pale greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish ; dorsal,

subdorsal, and lateral lines whitish, edged with dark brown, the

subdorsal more strongly above ; spiracular line brown or dark

brown ; head pale brownish with darker markings. Food-plants,

Grasses. 9-5.

597

2048. Leucania oxygala. (Plate XCVI. fig. 5.)

Heliopkila oxi/gala, Grote, Can. EnL. xiii. p. 14 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 185.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous tinged with

brownish, the last with slight dark irroration. Pore wing pale

brownish ochreous ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown

streaks ; the interspaces with fine brown streaks except on costal

area ; a black point in lower angle of cell. Hind wing fuscons,

the cilia white ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with fuscous,

some black points on termcn.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, I S type. Exp. 36 millim.

*2049. Leucania albiradiosa. (Plate XCVI. fig. 6.)

Leucania albiradiusa, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 158; Herr.-Schaff. Neue

Schmett. f. 14; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with olive-brown ; abdomen

ochreous white slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous,

the veins streaked with white, the median nervure and veins 3, 4

more strongly so ; the veins defined by fine brown streaks, the

interspaces also streaked with brown, the discal fold from cell to

termcn with stronger streak, the median nervure defined below by

brown suffusion. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half

more or less tinged with fuscous brown ; the underside white, the

costal area irrorated with brown.

Hah. KussiA, Urals ; W. Siberia, .Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk

Kul ; E. TpekestaiV, Hi, in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 38 millim.

2050. Leucania minorata. (Plate XCVI. fig. 7.)

Leucania minorata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 75, pi. v. f. 11

(1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.

S . Head and thorax ochreous with an olive tinge ; abdomen,

white irrorated with black, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing

olive ochreous ; the veins defined by pale rufous streaks ; the

interspaces towards termen with fine rufous streaks ; some diffused

black scales below median nervure, sometimes a few on inner

margin and as streaks above veins 2, 3 ; a slight oblique streak

above inner margin before middle ; a black point in lower angle of

cell and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; sometimes traces of a

postmcdial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique ; some black points on termen. Hind wing white,

tinged with brown and irrorated with black scales, except towards

base and costa ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with black, a small discoidal black spot, post-

medial series of short streaks on the veins and terminal series

of points.

Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 3 cJ, Br. Columbia^

Revclstoke (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 cJ , Kaslo (Cockh'), 4 c? , 3 9 , Vancouver

{Livingston), 1 J ; U.S.A., Oregon, California. Exp. 34 millim.

6y8

NOCTUID.T:.

2051. Leucania straminea.

Leuca7iia straminea, Treit. Sehinett. Eur. v. 2, p. 297 (1825) ; Dup. Lep.

Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 346, pi. 32. f. 2; Prr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. f. 123;

Herr.-Schafl'. Eur. Schmett., Noet. ff. 321-323; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 191.

Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulse with two dark lines

defined by grey ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing

pale ochreous irrorated with a few black scales ; the veins defined

by fine brown-pink streaks, the interspaces also streaked with

brown-pink ; the median nervure defined below by diffused brown-

pink ; a slight black point in lower angle of cell ; postmodial black

points on veins 5 and 2 and sometimes traces of a complete series

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing white, the disk more or less

sufi^'used with fuscous and with some postmedial dark streaks on the

veins ; the underside sparsely irrorated with black, a discoidal

lunule and some points on termen.

Hub. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Feance ; Germany, Frey and Leech

Colls. ; EussiA, tlrals. JExp. 34-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 144, pi. 202. f. 2.

Brownish ochreous freckled with grey ; dorsal, subdorsal, and

lateral lines pale, edged with dark grey ; subspiracular line pale

ochreous ; head brownish ochreous. Food-plants : Phragmites and

Grasses. 9-5.

2052, Leucania pallens.

Noctua pallens, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 510 (1758) ; Clerck, Icon. pi. 4. f. 6 ;

Esp. Schmett. pi. 90. f. 1 ; Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. p. 234 ;

Dup. L6p. Fr. vii. p. 68, pi. 105. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust.

iii. p. 76; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 185.

Noctua ectypa, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 231 (1827).

HeliophUa pcrtracta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 120 (1875) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186.

Leucania melania, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 48.

Leucania infumata, Alph. Rom. Mt§ra. v. p. 166 (1889).

Leucania luteopallens, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. .\xv. p. 180 (1902) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162.

Head and thorax ochreous, slightly tinged with brown on head

Fig. 172. — Leucania pallens, ^. \.

and tegulae ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, the

veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces Avith

fine brown streaks ; a black point in lower angle of cell, sometimes

XEUCANIA. 599

almost obsolete ; postmedial black points On veins 5 and 2 some-

times present. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, especially

towards termen, the veins and terminal area sometimes tinged with

fuscous ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule and sometimes some postmedial strise on the veins.

Ab. 1. ectypa. Fore wing tinged with rufous.

Ab. 2. melania. Hind wing grey ; fore wing fuscous below. —

"W. and E. Turkestan, Tihet.

Hob. Canada, Renfrew Co., 3 5, Hastings, 2 S; U.S.A., except

S. States, New Hampshire, 1 S > co-type luteopalhns, Massachusetts

(Pachard), 2^,4$, Newton Highlands, 1 cj' , New York, Trenton

Falls (Doubledai/), 1 d ,. California, 1 c? ; Britain, Forres (Salvage),

England, Leech Coll., Derry (Salvar/e) ; France, Sand Coll. ;

Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland ; N. Spain; Italy;

Scandinavia; Russia, Livouia, Zeller Coll.; Humelia ; Siberia;

"\V. Turkestan, Buchara, Ferghana, Issyk Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ;

Mongolia, Uliassutai ; Tibet, Kuku-noor ; Amurland, Ussuri.

Kv2J. 30-38 millim.

Larva. Mevr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 140, pi. 202. f. 1.

Ochreous or greyish ochreous ; dorsal line whitish edged with

dark grey followed by a brownish shade ; subdorsal line whitish

edged above strongly with grey, below by brown ; lateral and sub-

spiracular lines pale ochreous ; spiracular line gi'ey ; head marked

with brown. Food-plant, Grasses. 9-5.

2053. Leucania impuncta. (Plate XCVI. fig. 8.)

Leucania impuncta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 83 (1852).

Leucania decolorata, Blanch. Gay's Chile, vii. p. 81, pi. 4. f. 9 (1854).

Head and thorax ochreous * abdomen ochreous white, dorsally

slightly tinged with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing

ochreous ; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown lines ; the

interspaces with fine pale brown lines ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen

slightly tinged with ochreous and fuscous.

Hah. Chili (Edmonds), 2 c? , 2 $ , Coquimbo (/. J^ Walker),.

2 c?, 1 ? , Chilian (Elwcs), 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim^

2054. Leucania obsoleta.

Noctua ohsoleia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 233 (1827) ; Dup.

Ldp. Fr. vii. p. 77, pi. 105. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., llaust. iii. p. 74 ;

Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 303-6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 191.

Head and thorax ochreous, usually tinged with rufous and

irrorated with fuscous ; fore tarsi black ringed with whitish ;

abdomen whitish, tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing ochreous, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated

with black ; the veins whitish defined by more or less prominent

fine black or brown streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal

coo nocxuidj:.

half also with dark streaks ; a white point at lower angle of cell ;

a postmedial series of black points on the veins, oblique below

vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with two brown

lines through them. Hind wing white ; the veins brown ; the

terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of

short streaks on the veins, and terraiual series of points.

Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Prance, Sand Coll. ; Germaxt, Zeller

and Frey Colls. ; Corsica ; Italy : Balkan States ; Scandinavia ;

EussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; W. Tctrkestan, Issyk Kul ; Tibet,

Kuku-noor. Exp. 38-40 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 70; Barrett, Lep. Brit. 7. p. 147, pi. 203. f. 1.

Pale greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish or

greenish ; dorsal line pale, edged with green ; subdorsal line pale

or whitish with dark edges ; lateral line whitish ; spiracular line

darker or green : head marked with brown. Food-plant, Phrag-

mites, the larva hiding in the stems by day. 8-9.

2055. Leucania pudorina.

Noctua pudorina, SchifF. Wien. Verz. p. 85 (1775); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 401, 495; Dup. Lep. Fr. Tii. p. 75, pi. 105. f. 4; Steph. lU.

Brit. Eut., Haust. iii. p. 80 ; Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

ff. 329-331.

Noctua impudens, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 229 (1827); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 191.

Leucania obscurata, Staud. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 474 (1892).

Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish pink and irrorated

with fuscous ; abdomen more or less tinged with rufous, especially

in male. Fore wing grey, tinged with purplish pink and thickly

irrorated with fuscous ; the veins whitish ; a slight fuscous streak

above median nervure and vein 4 dilated into a wedge-shaped patch

towards tornus ; a wedge-shaped fuscous patch from upper angle of

cell to apex and diffused streaks in the interspaces of terminal area

between vein 4 and tornus. Hind wing pinkish white uniformly

suffused with fuscous, the cilia pinkish. Underside of fore wing

fuscous, the veins, costal and terminal areas pinkish ; hind wing

pinkish irrorated with fuscous.

Ab. 1. obscurata. Darker; fore wing with more and more

distinct dark streaks. — Ussuri.

Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and

Leech Colls. ; N. Italy ; Dalmatia ; Sweden ; Eussia, Urals, Zeller

Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Bithynia ;

E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 38-44 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit, Lsp. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 134, pi. 201. f. 1.

Pale ochreous brown ; dorsal line pale edged with blackish, and

with a dark line below it ; subdorsal line pale or whitish edged

with blackish, most strongly above ; lateral line dark-edged ;

spiracular line fuscous ; head pale brown with darker markings.

Food-plants : Phragmites and Grasses, 9-4.

LEUCANIA. GOl

2056. Leucauia langiiida. (Plate XCVI. fig. 9.)

LeiKonia languida, Stand. Iris, x. p. 284, pi. 9. f. 15 ; id. Cat. Lcp. pal.

p. 191.

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochrcous, the last

whitish at base ; palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing brownish

ochreous, the veins slightlj' irrorated with fnscous ; traces of a

postmedial series of points bent outwards below costa and oblique

below vein 4. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area

tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged

with ochreous.

Hab. Syria, 1 J . Exp. 34 millim.

*2057. Leucania niveilinea, (Plate XCVI. fig. 10.)

Chloridea niveilinea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894).

S . Head and thorax brownish ochreous and white ; abdomen

pale browni, whitish below. Fore wing golden fulvous ; a silvery

white subcostal fascia from base ending in a point bejond middle ;

a fascia on medial part of median nervure and base of vein 2, where

it is met by an oblique fascia from apex, emitting short streaks on

its outer side on veins 2, 3, 4, 5 ; a fascia on vein 1 from base to

beyond middle ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing pale brown ; the

cilia white at tips ; the underside white slightly tinged with

brown.

Hah. Mexico, Las Vigas, type f S in Coll. Schaus. Exp.

30 millim.

602 NOCTUIDJ!:,

ADDENDA and CORRIGENDA.

Page 34.

1168. Scotogramma peculiaris, add (Plate LXXIX. fig. 9.)

Page 45. *11S3 a. Anarta laerta.

Anarta laerta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 20 (1903).

Head and thorax black mixed with fuscous-brown hair and scales ;

tegute and patagia with pale tips ; abdomen black. Pore wing

fuscous brown, the cell rather paler ; subbasal line defined by pale

colour on inner side, dentate at the veins ; antemediul line single,

rather evenly excurved ; claviform moderate or small, deiined by

black and sometimes filled in with black ; orbicular round, variable

in size and defined by black or filled in with black ; reniforra large,

black-brown, sometimes constricted at middle ; a dark medial shade

approximated below the cell to the postmedial line, which is single,

dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

slightly incurved ; subterminal line pale, sometimes interrupted,

defined on inner side by obscure spots and shades ; terminal area

darkening to an interrupted black tcTminal line ; cilia pale at tips.

Hind wing dirty white, the inner and terminal areas broadly black,

connected with the large black discoidal lunule ; the base blackish ;

cilia whitish ; the underside with large black discoidal lunule and

sometimes a diff'used whitish subterminal line.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Mt. Rainier, Utah, Silver Lake.

Exp. 22-27 millim. This species is unknown to me.

Page 46. 1186. Anarta mausi, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 130 (1904).

Page 48. *1189 a. Lasiestra albinuda.

Scofogramma albinuda, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 19 (1903).

$ . Dark ashen grey with a fuscous tinge. Fore wing with the

lines single, diffused, indistinct ; subbasal line very near base, in-

curved below costa ; antemedial line erect, irregular, strongly

excurved in submedian interspace ; orbicular moderate, round,

barelj' traceable ; reniform rather small, dark ; a medial shade

distinct towards costa, obsolescent below cell ; postmedial line

lunulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved ; subterminal line sometimes represented by some pale

scales, defined on inner side by a dark shade, distinct towards costa,

obsolescent towards inner margin ; a terminal series of dark lunules ;

cilia slightly intersected with white and with pale line through

them. Hind wang deep fuscous brown; a dark medial shade

followed by some diffused yellowish ; a large black discoidal spot ;

cilia pale ; the underside whitish or fuscous with darker irroration,

a large discoidal spot and postmedial shade.

Bab. Canada, Labrador, Kama. Exp. 32-33 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

ADDENDA AND COKRIGENDA. 603

Page 65. *1215. Polia navia, read (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 5.)

Page 65. *1215 a. Polia bilinea. (Plate XCVI. fig. 11.)

Hadena hilinea, Wilem. ined.

c? . Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with grey ; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purple-grey,

especially on basal inner area and medial area ; subbasal line

black, waved, from eostato submedian fold ; antemedial line strong,

black, slightly curved ; claviform moderate, incompletely defined by

black ; orbicular and reniform rather small, with pale brown

centres and blue-grey annuli defined by black, the former some-

times rather elongate and conjoined by a black streak to the latter,

which is somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line strong,

black, incurved and slightly sinuous from vein 6 to inner margin ;

faint traces of an irregular grey subterminal line ; a terminal series

of small black lunules. Hind wing uniform reddish brown ; the

underside brown suffused with grey, a small discoidal lunule and

traces of postmedial line on costal area.

Hah. Japan, Tokio, type f S in Coll. Wiloman. Exp. 26-30

millim.

Page 89.

1252. Polia insolens, add (Plate LXXX. fig. 29.)

Page 132. *1303 a. Polia imitata.

Mamestra imitata, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 141, pi. vi. f. 31 (1890).

5 . Head and thorax greenish grey ; patagia edged with black ;

abdomen grey. Fore wing greenish grey suftused and irrorated

with fuscous ; subbasal lino represented by a pale striga below cell

defined on each side by black ; antemedial line oblique from costa

to median nervure, then strongly excurved ; claviform only defined

by a clavate white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform greenish

grey defined by black, the former rounded, the latter open above

and below and angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial lino

minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa, exctirved to

vein 4, then oblique, the area beyond it paler; subterminal lino

represented by a black striga from costa, then a white line dentate

on veins 4, 3 and wdth black beyond it. Hind wing white, the

terminal area tinged with fuscous.

Hah. Ecuador, CoUanes-am- Altar, 1100'. Exp. 44 millim.

This species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by

Prof. Karsch.

Page 136. 1309. Polia pisi insert ab. saltdalens^s. Strand, Arch.

Xaturv. Christian, xsv. no. 9, p. 11 (1903).

XoRWAT, Saltdalen.

Page 147.

*1325 a. Polia albifluviata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 2.)

Mamestra albifluviata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).

cf . Head white, palpi except end of 2nd joint, frons and band

604 KOCTUID.Ti;.

between antennae black ; antennae black, ringed with white at base ;

tegulae brownish white tipped with black ; thorax black n[iixed with

white, the pectus irrorated with white and the tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen black, whitish at base, with sublateral tufts of

long white hair, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore

wing dark purplish grey; subbasal line white, defined on each side

by black patches below costa and cell, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;

antemedial line white defined on each side by black, represented by

an oblique striga in cell, an angled mark in submedian interspace,

and a medial striga on inner margin ; claviform only defined by a

clavate white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform greenish

white, very large, extending to costa and connected by a streak

above median nervure, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with

its lower extremity connected with the greenish-white terminal

area, which is slightly irrorated with black and strongly angled

inwards above and below middle ; postmedial line white defined

by black, minutely waved, interrupted, oblique towards costa and

below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal

black patches on costa, at middle, and above tornus ; small white

patches on inner margin before antemedial and bej'ond postmedial

line ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white, the

costal and terminal areas fuscous brown, the latter narrowing to

tornus ; cilia intersected with white except towards apex ; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with white, a black dis-

coidal spot.

Hah. Colombia, Honda, 1000' (^Wheeler), tj-pc in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 36 millim.

Page 147. *1325 h. Polia hieroglyphera,

Moma hlcroghjphcra, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 137, pi. t. f. 17 (1890).

Head and thorax bluish grey ; tegula3 with fuscous tips ; patagia

and thorax with fuscous patches ; abdomen grey suffused with

fuscous. Fore wing grey-white ; a small black spot at base and

subbasal spots on costa and inner margin ; an antemedial triangular

patch on costa and another below the cell ; claviform represented

by a triangular black patch with oblique mark below it on inner

margin ; orbicular and reniform only defined by a black spot before

them in cell, a triangular patch between them emitting two arms to

costa and a triangular patch beyond them ; postmedial line only

represented by a striga from costa, a triangular patch before it

below the cell, and a conical patch on inner margin ; a V-shaped

black mark on costa before apex with a black spot between its arms ;

an oblique subterminal black mark at middle and an oblong patch

above tornus ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white,

the apical area fuscous, narrowing to a point at vein 1. Underside

of fore wing fuscous with some whitish on disk ; hind wing white,

with the costal and apical areas fuscous.

Hah. EcuADOE,Antisana, 12,000'. ^^.r^^. 36 millim. This species

is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof. Karsch.

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 605

Page 160. *134S a. Polia canosticta. (Plate XCIV. fig. 1.)

Mamestra canosticta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) st. (April 1905).

5 . Head and thorax red-brown slightly irrorated with grey, the

dorsum of thorax mostly grey ; abdomen fuscous brown irrorated

with grey. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with grey ; subbasal

line defined by diffused grey on each side of it, from costa to sub-

median fold : antemedial line indistinct, waved, bent inwards in

cell, defined by difi'used grey patches before and beyond it, forming

a large patch on inner margin ; orbicular and reniform grey, their

centres defined by brown, the former round ; an indistinct medial

line somewhat oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial

line defined by patches of grey on outer side, minutely waved,

slightly bent outwards below costa, escurved to vein 4, then in-

curved ; subterminal line crenulate, slightly angled outwards at

vein 7 and escurved at middle, with prominent series of grey

patches beyond it, the apical one rather large ; a terminal series of

grey points ; cilia slightly irrorated with grey and with fine pale

line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous ; the

underside pale irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and

curved postmedial line.

Hah. Bolivia (Gccrlejyp), type f in Coll. Druce, B.rp. 42 millim.

Page 183. *1385 «. Polia ? lata.

Hecatera Iceta, Mssn. Stiibel's Eeise, p. 145, pi. vi. f. 29 (1890).

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brownish ;

tegulae with black medial line. Fore wing white, largely suffused

with pale brown to the postmedial line ; subbasal line represented

by double black striae from costa and cell filled in with white ;

antemedial line double filled in with white, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique, slightly waved ; claviform only defined by a

slight white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform small, with

brownish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former

round, the latter ill-defined below ; postmedial line defined by

white on outer side, waved, bent outwards below costa and strongh^

incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line defined by somewhat

wedge-shaped black patches before it below apex, at middle, and

above inner margin ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia

chequered grey and black. Hind wing white, the veins and

terminal area tinged with fuscous.

Hah. Ecuador, Chaupi, 9500'. Exp. 28 millim. This species

is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof.

Karsch.

Page 187. *1394 a. Polia lunolacta.

Mamestra lunolacta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 17 (1903).

5 . Head and thorax fuscous mixed with black and with some

■whitish or greenish scales, the head with some grey ; tegula3 with

GOG KOCTi'iDj;.

slight medial line, and black line before the tips which are grey ;

abdomen fuscous. Fore "wing fuscous mixed with black and with

some whitish or greenish scales; subbasal line double filled in with

creamy or greenish scales ; antemedial Mne double filled in with

greenish, obliquely excurved ; claviform small, incompletely defined

by black and yellowish or greenish scales ; orbicular small, narrow,

oblique, with slight pale annulus defined Vjy black ; reniform

narrow, with rather prominent white annulus defined by black ;

postmedial line double, the outer line incomplete, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line

whitish, defined by black scales or spots on inner side and a

lunulate white patch above vein 1, rather irregular ; a terminal

series of whitish lunules ; cilia yellowish at tips. Hind wing

fuscous, rather paler at base ; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line

through them ; the underside pale with dark irroration, a small

discoidal spot, postmedial line, and terminal shade.

Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman, Idaho. E.rp. 27 millim.

This species is unknown to me.

Page 211.

*1426a. Hadenaelaeistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 3.)

Hadena eleistis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).

5 . Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with some black ;

palpi with the 3rd joint black at sides, whitish above ; frons with

blackish bar with some white above it ; tegulse with some black near

base and white medial line and tips ; patagia edged with white ;

prothoracic crest rufous tipped with white ; pectus whitish and

olive ; legs white and fuscous ; abdomen rufous, brown at base, the

ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing olive-

brown, the subcostal nervure, median nervure, and vein 4 to just

beyond postmedial line and vein 1 with purplish-white fascine ;

subbasal line represented by oblique white striae from costa and

cell, defined on each side by black, the black forming a streak in

submedian fold to antemedial line, which is represented by two

black points at costa and below the cell by a whitish line very

strongly angled outwards on vein 1, defined by black on both sides

in submedian interspace and on both sides below vein 1 ; claviform

very elongate, and acute at extremity, defined by black and with

oblique whitish streak above it ; orbicular and reniform narrow and

confluent below, with olive centres and yellowish-white annuli

defined at sides by black, the former oblique oblong ; traces of a

postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique

and placed on an oblique yellowish-white band from apex to vein 1,

some dentate black marks before and beyond it with yellowish

lunules on them representing the subterminal line ; a pinkish band

before termen ; cilia brown, with black line through them followed

by white. Hind wing whitish, the veins, inner and terminal areas

ADBENDA AND CORIiEGEXDA. GOT

suffused ■with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule.

Hub. N. PEPvU,Huancabamba, 9000', type tin Coll. Druce, Exp.

36 millim.

Page 211.

* 1426 6. Hadena cenistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 4.)

Hadena cenistis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).

2 • Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with black and

some grey ; patagia with white stripes edged with black; abdomen

red-brown slightly mixed with grey. Fore wing bright red-brown

suffused in parts with black ; the subcostal uervure and vein 1

streaked with purple- grey, the median nervure and base of vein 4

with white ; subbasal line represented by a slight pale striga from

costa and an oblique white striga below cell defined on each side

by black ; antemedial line pale defined on each side by brown,

angled outwards below costa, inwards on median nervure, and out-

wards above inner margin ; claviform an ill-defined black patch with

traces of pale streak above it on base of vein 2 ; orbicular and

reniforra small, with rufous centres and white aunuli defined by

black, the former rounded, the latter oblique elliptical ; postmedial

line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein

4, then very oblique and ])laced on an oblique pinkish-white band

from apex to vein 1, a series of dentate black marks before and

beyond it interrupted by yellowish-white lunules representing the

subterminal line : some white points on costa towards apex ; a

purple-grey band just before termen, on which there is a fine waved

black line ; cilia chequered fuscous and brown. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half paler ; cilia pinkish

with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the veins

costal and terminal areas suffused with purple-pink and irrorated

with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial

line.

Hab. N. Perf, Huancabamba, type f in Coll. Druce. E.ip. 40

millim.

Page 214. *1431 a. Hadena calographa.

Mamestra calographa, Mssn. Stiibel's Reise, p. 140, pi. vi. f. 8 (1890).

S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore

wing blackish ; subbasal line represented by black stride from costa

and cell defined on each side by grey ; antemedial line represented

by two grey spots on costa, then by a black line defined on each

Bide by yellowish, angled outwards on vein 1 and strongly bent

iuAvards to inner margin ; claviform only defined by an oblique

yellowish streak above its extremity ; orbicular and reniform

yellowish, the former small, oblique elliptical, and conjoiued below to

G08

XOCTUID^.

the latter, which is angled inwards on median nervure and has its

centre defined by brown ; postmedial line strongly angled outwards

below costa and defined by greyish, then placed on an obhque

rather irregular yellowish band running from apex to inner margin

and connected with termen by a streak at vein 3 ; a series of pale

points just before termen ; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing

white, the veins and termen tinged with fuscous.

Hab. Ecuador, Antisana, 12,000', Exp. 38 millim. This

species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof.

Karsch.

Page 248.

1479. Mamestra imj>ia, Piing. Soc. Ent, xix. p. 153 (1905).

Page 253.

*1486 a. Nephelistis conservulodes. (Plate XCIV. fig. 5.)

Nephelistis co7iservulodcs, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905).

2 . Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown ; tegulae and

patagia edged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged

with brown, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing golden brown

irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black point

on costa ; antemedial lino indistinct, grey, oblique, from costa to

vein 1 ; claviform only defined by an oblique yellow streak above

its extremity ; orbicular and reniform purplish grey irrorated with

fuscous, with yellow annuli defined by black, the former oblique,

open above and its lower part produced to an angle confluent with

the reniform, which is rather narrow and oblique ; postmedial line

grey and very obliquely excurved from below costa to a small

pink-tinged grey patch above vein 5 befoi'e the subtermiual line,

then hardly traceable, oblique and angled inwards on vein 1, some

pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellow, slightly

sinuous, the area beyond it purple-grey ; a terminal series of small

black lunules. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and terminal

area suffused with brown; cilia whitish, brown at base. Underside

of fore wing fuscous, the costal and terminal areas fiery red ; hind

wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with red

and irrorated with brown, a brown discoidnl lunule.

Hab. Colombia ( Wheeler), type f in Coll. Druce. Exp. 40

millim.

Page 261.

1498 a. Chabuata chipeta. (Plate XCIV. fig. 12.)

Tricholita chipeta, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 202 (1904).

<S . Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey -brown ; abdomen

whitish slightly tinged with ochreous-broAvn. Fore wing whitish

thickly irrorated with grey-brown ; subbasal line represented by

some black scales below costa, the antemedial line by slight traces

ADnK.NDA AXn CURRIGKXDA. GOD

in cell ; claviform rather long and narrow, defined by black ;

orbicular small, defined bj^ black, its outer edge produced ; reniform

represented by a narrow white luiiule on discocellulars, a point at

lower angle of cell, and an irregular mark angled inwards on median

nervure, incompletely defined by diffused black ; no trace of post-

medial and subterminal lines ; the veins of terminal area with

slight dark streaks ; some white points on costa towards apex ; a

fine dark terminal line. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal

area suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with brown, a discoidal point.

Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 cJ co-type.

E.vp. 34 millim.

Page 309.

*lo7S a. Eriopyga faliginosa. (Plate XCVI. fig. 14.)

Hyphilare fuliginosa, Wilem. ined.

<S . Head and thorax fuscous slightly mixed with grey ; base of

palpi and fringes on legs purplish pink ; abdomen purplish pink,

paler at base, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing fuscous irrorated

with grey ; a slight whitish mark on discocellulars; a fine pale lino

at base of cilia. Hind wing pale fuscous, the inner margin and

cilia purplish pink ; underside of both wings with the hair in cell

pink.

2 . Head and thorax tinged with fuscous ; fore wing irrorated

with fulvous.

Hah. Japax, Tezo, Toshima, tj'po f J $ in Coll. Wileman.

Exp., S 46, $ 56 millim.

Page 317.

1591 a. Eriopyga hueca. (Plate XCIV. fig. 13.)

Mamestra hueca, Barnes, Can. Eat. xxxvi. p. 198 (1904).

S . Head and thorax ochreous white and ferruginous ; abdomen

pale ferruginous. Fore wing ochreous wliitish mostly suffused with

blood-red ; subbasal line represented by white strite from costa

and cell, defined by deep red on outer side; antemcdial line hardly

traceable except from submedian fold to inner margin, where it is

white defined by deep red on inner side; orbicular and reniform blood-

red with white annuli, the former round, the latter constricted at

middle ; postmedial line white defined by deep red on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then slightly

incurved, approximated to the subterminal line, which is white

defined by deep red on each side, dentate ; the veins of terminal

area with deep red streaks ; a terminal series of small red lunules.

Hind wing pale ochreous, the veins slightly tinged with red.

Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 d", co-type. Exp. 34

millim.

VOL. V. 2 »

GIO noctuid.t;.

I'age 3l'2. 15iJ9. Eriopyqa hrarJiia, De Joan. Eull. Soc. Eiit. Yv.

lOui, p. 290.

Paj^e 348, 1G39. Eriopyga conar, insert (syn.) Himella infideJ'nt,

Dyar, Pr. U.S. Xat. Mas. xxvii. p. 8G8 (1904j,

iiou descr.

Page 350. 1643. Eriopyga f'^'«;Y//o, insert G'7-rtp7«y)7(0)-a communis,

])yar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvii. p. 8G8(19U4),

which has priority.

Page 359, for Polioses, Hmpsn. (nee Poths. Lep. 1903) read

Poliodestra.

Page 363.

1665. TrichopoJia serrata should be placed in Eriopyga, after

15GG. E. agrotiformis. S. Arizona (Polhuj), 1 § .

(Plate XCIV. fig. 11.)

Page 522. 1893. Cirphis diagramma, Beth. -Baker, A. M. N. H.

(7) XV. p. 324 (1905).

List of uxrecognized Species.

Ar/rotis saturnus, Streck. Lep. llhop. & Het. Suppl. 3, p. 31 (1900) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. X. Am. p. 166. ? Eriopt/;/a. Wisconsin.

Anarta fumida, Graes. Berl. cnt. Zeit. 1888, p. 365 ; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 218 Amurland.

„ lamuta, Herz, Ann. Mus. Zool. Pet. viii. p. 82 (1903).

N. Siberia.

Ceramica maryx, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852). 2 Fht/setlca.

Australia.

Bianthcecia capsiacoloides, Standf. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1 893, p. 360 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163. ? near Police hicntris.

Corsica.

„ incertu, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 258 (1896); id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 164 W. Turkestan.

„ suhmoesta, Moschl. Yei'h. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 294,

pi. xvi. f. 8 (1884) S. Africa.

Diaphone lamjira, Karsch, Ent. jSTachr. xx. p. 376 (1894); Bartel,

Iris, xvi. p. 198. ? = D. eumela E. Africa.

„ libertina, Bartel, Iris, xvi. p. 197 (1903). ? = £". eumeJa.

PI. Africa.

Hadena ahrupta, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. p. 189, & 1856, ii. pi. 2.

f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. ?near Hadena

reticulata Kirghistan.

Leucunia acontistiti, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 9 (1887) ; Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pi. iv. f. 14.

? near L. unica N. Zealand.

ADDEXDV AXD COHRIGEXDA. fill

Leucania alojia, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 10(1887); Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 16.

? near L. blenheimensis N. Zealand.

„ angustipennis, Saalm. Le'p. Madag, p. 261, f. 252 (1891).

Type lost Madagascar.

„ aureola, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) iv. p. 1097 (1890).

Near Cirphis clecisissima Queensland.

, haziyce, Moschl, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 292,

pi. xvi. f. 5 (1884) C. Colony.

„ claudicans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 72 (1852) .... Abyssinia.

,, euthenna, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W, xxvi. p. 644(1901),

S. Australia.

e.varfins, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) viii. p. 141 (1893).

? near Meliana scotti Victoria.

„ imjmncta, Staud. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 475 (1892), nee Guen.;

id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191 Amurland.

„ internata, Moschl. Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 291,

pi. xvi. f. 3 (1884). Near Borolia rhahdopliora.

C. Colony.

„ miiUipunctata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. 1. p. 261,

pi. xxvi. f. 11 (1889). ?near Cii'iihis plUpalpis.

Panama.

„ ohumhrata, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. jST.S.W. (2) viii. p. 141

(1893). ?near Cirphis uda Victoria,

,, phcada, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 10 (1887) ; Hudson,

N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pi. iv. f. 15.

? near L. blenheimensis N. Zealand.

„ purdii, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. p. 195 (1883);

Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 10, pi. iv.

f. 11. ?near L. sidoana N. Zealand.

„ umhrirjera, Saalm, Lep. Madag. p. 258 (1891).

Madagascar.

Mamcstra afra. Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 39, pi. i. f. 7 ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. ? =Cardepia irrisor.

"Egypt.

cdha, Vallantin, Le Nat. 1893, p. 280 ; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 158. ? near Polia consanguis Algeria.

„ catephioides, Wlk. xxxii. 665 (1865). Type lost.

S. Africa.

„ eZ«//io?-rt, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 197 (1004). Arizona.

„ feildeni, McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 112 (1878).

? genus Aid Arctic America.

„ imviiscens, Wlk. Entoni. v. p. 127 (1870). Type lost.

Sit. Sinai.

„ intricaia, Saalm. Le'p. Madag. p. 269 (1891). Type lost.

Madagascar.

lui>a, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 91 (1893) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. l;">5 Persia.

2 k 2

612 NOCTUIDiE.

Mamesira mcndica. Stand. Iris, vii. p. 27-, pi. ix. f. 13 (18i)-l) ;

id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. ? near Ejjia silcnes.

Asia Minor,

„ jnnWto-ff, Wlk. Entom. V. p. 126 (1870). Type lost.

Mt. Sinai.

,, o*-f?/iifl?-?a, Wlk. xxxii. 664(1865). Type lost. S.Africa.

„ {Saragossa) sedioldl, Stand. Iris, xiii. p. 109 (1900) ; id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160 Spain.

„ solicjena, Moschl. Abb. Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 45, f. 18 (1886).

Jamaica.

„ tarara, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 566 (1893) . . Caraeroons.

„ tetrica, Grses. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 325 ; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 157 Amurland.

Melanchra alcyone, Hndson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 24,

pi. V. f. 14 (1898). ? Morrisonia near stipata.

N. Zealand.

„ asterope, Hndson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 24,

pi. V. f. 15 (1898). ? Morrisonia near dotata.

N. Zealand.

„ ccBleno, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 26,

pi. iv. f. 39 (1898). ? Morrisonia near lignana.

N. Zealand.

„ exquisita, Philpott, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 246, pi. xxxii.

f. 2 (1903). ? near Polia pictula N. Zealand.

,, grandiosa, Philpott, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 246, pi. xxxii.

f. 1 (1903). ? Morrisonia N. Zealand.

„ 7naya, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17,

pi. iv. f. 31 (1898). ? Morrisonia near dotata.

N. Zealand,

„ merope, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 19,

pi. V. f. 2 (1898). ? Polia near pictula . . N. Zealand.

„ octans, Hndson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 25,

pi, V. f. 1 (1898). ? Xyhmania near naiahnsis.

N. Zealand.

„ ojnicron, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 22,

pi. V. f. 42 (1898). ? IJi/ssia near cucidlina.

N. Zealand,

„ umbra, Hudson, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 243, pi. xxx.

ff. 7-9 (1903). ? Morrisonia N. Zealand.

MytJiimna imbeUis, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 28 ; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 194. ? Eriopygodes W. Turkestan.

„ luteomacidata, Brem. Faun. Nord. Chin. p. 17 (1853).

? = Ctrpliis Jiavostigma N. China.

Nephelodes ruholans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 130 (1852). Type lost.

Australia.

Noctua digramme, F. de W. Ent. i. p. 201, pi. 5. f. 5 (1820) ; Staud,

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. ? Eua-oa Enssia.

Orthodes calceolarius, Streck, Lep. Ehop. & Het. Suppl. iii. p. 33

(1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep, N. Am. j). 164. ? Eriopyga.

New York,

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 613

Orlhodes iniora, Streck. Lep. llhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 8(1898);

Dyar, Cat. Lep. X. Am. p. 1G4. ''^. Erio_iuj(ja.

Wisconsin.

„ maJHscuIa, Herr.-Schiiff. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver.

Ivegensb. 1868, p. 148 Cuba.

FoUa obvia, Ev. Eull. Mosc. 1856, ii. pi. 2. f. 7, & iii. p. 77 ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. ? =Polia dentina. . . . Russia.

,, simplex, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 39 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 180 {Mamestra) ■, Tiing. Iris, 1902, p. 160, pi. v.

f. 10 W. & E. Turkestan.

Segetla hiundidata, Motsch. Et. Ent. 18G0, ix. p. 33 ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 193. ? = Eriopyga c/randia .... Japan.

Tceniocampa alamosa, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 201 (1904).

Arizona.

cMHila, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 234(1878); id.

2nd Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 11, pi. 1. f. 11, ?= Hadula

op)thna Yarkand.

,, styracis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 357 (1852) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 206 ; Abbot's figure is in the Boston

Society of Natural History U.S.A.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

[Synouyms are printed in italtes.'\

abbas {Mamcstra), 10l2.

abdomiiialis (Cirphis),

4b9, 525.

abdominalis (Leucania),

525.

abdominalis {Nonayriu ),

489.

aberrans (Bianthoecia),

229.

aberrans (Epia), 229.

abrupta (Hadena), GIO.

abrupLa (Neuria), (>iy.

abstracta {Axylia), 538.

acadiensis (Anarta), 42.

acalus (Eriopyga), 296.

acceptrix {Mamestra),

369.

arcipi/)-ina {Noctwi), 105.

Acerra, 403.

achates {Noctua), 96.

achat ioides {Hetero-

ckroma), 290.

achat ioides (Proteinania),

290.

aeonlislis (Leucania),

610.

acontosema (Dasygaster),

475.

acontosema {Leucania),

475.

aerapex (Borolia), 569.

actinolmlu {Hadena), 25.

acufipeunis {Mataestra),

144.

Adiipbacnura, 460.

addenda (Moniina), 422.

addenda {Tmniocampa),

422.

adjuncta {Chariptera),

117.

adjuncta (Cirphis), 489.

adjuncta {Leucania), 489.

adjuncta {Mamestra},

110.

adjuncta (Polia), 117.

adjuta {Heliophila), 532.

adiidranda {Diantha:cia),

229.

adunea (Eriopyga), 353.

adonea {Heliophila), 521.

adonea {Ferigea), 353.

ad'uliera {Leucania), 547.

adusta {Leucania), 518.

advena (Noctua), 110.

ad vena (Polia), 110.

cethiopis {Anarta), 43.

Mlhria, 60.

ati'urata (Eriopvga), 350,

610.

afra (Mamestra), 104,

611.

Aglossestra, 225.

ugnata {Dryobota), 332,

338.

agurastis ( Majnesfra),

371.

agorastis (Morrisonia),

371.

agrotit'orinis (Eriopyga),

302, 610.

agrutiform is ( Graphi-

phora), 302.

agrotifurniis {Hadena),

31.

agroliforniis (Scoto-

granuna), 31.

akalus {Orthodcs), 296.

alala (Ilydrceciudes),

255.

alala {Xanthia), 254.

alaiuosa (Treuiocauipa),

613.

alba (Mamestra), 611.

albiceps (Cerapteryx),

4()3.

albiceps {Hadena), 463.

albicolon {Xoctua), 238.

albicolon (Trichotlea),

238.

d.bicostn {Alc/ia), 267.

alliicosta {Axylia), 21.

albicosta (Cbabuata),3ti7.

albicosta (Cirphis), 507.

albicosta (Craterestra),

21.

albicosta {Leucania), 507.

alhidilinea {Noctua}, 12.

albifasciata (Cirphis),

525.

alhijiuviata {Mamestra),

603.

albiliuviata (Polia), 603.

alSifusa {Hadena), 29.

albilinea (Meliana), 583.

albilinea {Noctua), 583.

albimacula {Noctua), 200.

albimacula (Polia), 200.

albiniargo (Chabuata),

270.

albimargo { Orthodcs),

270.

alliina {Mamestra), 472.

(tlbineura {Heliophobus),

462.

albinuda (Lasiestra), 602.

ulblnuda {Scotoyramma),

602.

albipicta {Mamestra),

235.

albipuncta (Eriopyga),

336.

albipuncta {Noctua), 438.

albipuncta {Orthodes),

336.

albipuncta (Sideridis),

438.

albiiadiosa (Leucania),

597.

albirena (Chabuata), 271.

aibirena {Noctua), 43,

271.

albistigma (Cirphis),

543.

albistirjina { Leucania),

543"

6]G

ALniABETICAL ISDEX.

cdhivena {A.rylia), 486.

ulhivena {Leiicania), 537.

albivenata (Cirphis), 6U5.

albivenata (Leiicania),

605.

albivitta (Borolia), 559.

all)ivi(ta {Levrania), 559.

albivitta (Odontestra),

20(i.

albogntfulis {Maqusa),

191.

ulhoyutiaia {Mamcsfrd),

. ISB.

alhogultata (Polia), 186,

alhomart/hiata ( Celcena),

147.

alboinarginata (Polia),

147.

alboradiata (Cirpbis),

536.

alcjone (Melanchra),

612.

Alefia, 436.

algidu {Altar fa), 39.

alia (Moiiima), 430.

alia {T(eniocampa), 430.

aliena {Mamestra), 99.

aliena {Nod'ita), 100,

354.

aliena (Polia), 100.

alojia (Leiicania), 611.

alopecuri (Cirpliis), 538.

alo2Jeci(ri (Lcucaiiia),

538.

alpicola (Koctna), 45.

alpina (Anarfa), 42.

alpina {Noctva), 354.

altaica (DianiJioecia),

60 .

altaica [Hadena), 99.

altaica (Lasionjcta), 58.

alluica (Polia), 58, 99.

altemans {Bapalia), 400.

alternans (Xylouiaiiia),

400.

alfua (Ma7ve>-tra), 178.

alurina (Moninia), 430.

alurina ( 1 an iocavrpu ) ,

430.

Alysia, 278.

amaryllidis (Plialaiia),

459.

amhigiia (Xor/i'a), 420.

aniblycasis (Cirpbi.s),

495.

am hli/ca sis (Leucaiiia),

495

aniens (Borolia), 558.

omens {^Leiicania), 558.

amfricana {yiuronia),

217.

anicrjcana (Tliolera),

217.

amn icola (Lcucania ),

501.

amcrba (Chabuata), 269.

anipla (Chabuata), 272.

amurensis (Lcucania),

596.

aiii'icrensis (Mamestra),

100.

aviyqdaliiia {Hcliophila),

5(i6.

aiiarqyria (Lcucania),

43s".

Anai-ta, 37.

andalusica (Bianihaciu),

79.

andahisica (Mamcstra\

12.

andereggi (Cirphis), 536.

andcrcqqii (Lcucania),

536.' ■

avgolcnds (Diap/ione),

453.

avquina (Mamesira),

144.

angiiina (Polia), 144.

angulata (Perigonica),

■J 36.

anyul'ifera (Aletia), 266.

angulifera (Chabuata),

266.

cmyusta (Mamesira), 369.

angustipennis(Leucania),

611.

anc/usfus (Bomhyx), ^'11.

annidala (Bam/iy.v), 201.

annulimacula (AJoiiinia),

422.

annulimacula (Tanio-

campa), 422.

anterodara (Cirphis),

526.

uriicroclara (Leiicania),

526.

onthophila ( Ccla-na), 10.

anthophila (Tri(4iestra),

10.

anthracias (Hyssia), 284.

anthracias (Lcucania),

284.

antica (Levcaiiia), 547.

aniica (Trichoclea), 241.

antipocla (Mamesira),

388.

anydra (Mamesira), 238.

aperia (yvciua), 141.

Aplccta, 60.

apparata (Borolia), 557.

appara ia (Le uca n ia ),

557.

a ra ch n ias ( Ma me sir a),

376.

arh'uiicolcns (Celesna), 9.

arbuticolenri (Trichestra),

9.

arcupunctata (Cirphis),

549.

arcupunctaia [Leucan ia),

549.

arenaria (Discestra), 16.

a7-gcniina (JS'ocina), 111.

argillacea (JS'octua), 79.

argyrifis (Leucania), 438.

aria (Koctua), 93.

urida (Hadena), 238.

arietis (Lasionjcta), 58.

arieiis (Mamesira), 58.

armata (Mamestra), 25.

armata (Scoiograrama),

25.

armerice (Bianfhcecia),

202.

aroiis (Leucania), 387-

arschanica (Hadena),

61.

arschanica (Polin), 61.

ariesta (Mamesira), 237.

artesta (Trichoclea), 237.

arthrolita ( Graphiphoru),

425.

arthrolita (Monima),

425.

arun dinicola (Nonagria),

578.

asiatica (Anarta), 39.

asiuiica (Mamesira),

114.

asiatica (Monosiola),

356.

asiatica (Nephelodes),

356.

asJioldu (Aplecia), 114.

as/iolden s is ( Tati io-

caiiipa), 414.

aspeisa (Borolia), 566.

aspersa (Lcncania), 566.

Aspidifrontia, 460.

assimilis (Mamestra),

158.

assimilis (Polia), 158.

assini His ( Tan iocampa),

545.

asterope (Melanchra),

612.

Asiropetis, 60.

atalantica (Trichoclea),

239.

at a visiis (Aspidifroniia),

470.

atavistis (Graphauia),

470.

ALruAiurncAL indkx.

af Ian (tea (Maincsfrci),

133.

atlantica (Polia), 133.

atrifera (Meliana), 580.

atri macula (Cirphis),

543.

atrimacula {Leucania),

643.

atrinota (Cirpbis), 523.

atrirei\a (Polia), 158.

atristriga (Persectania),

388.

atristriga {Xylina), 388.

aulacias (LencanuC), 387.

aulacias (Persectania),

387.

aurari£e (Clavipalpnla),

433.

auntricB ( Twniocampa),

433.

aureola (Leucania), 611.

uuripicta {Neuria), 207.

avinmnalis {Agrotis),

218.

a versa {Leucania), 386.

axylides (Aspidif'rontia),

452.

axylides (Hadena), 452.

aya (Agrotis), 159.

aya (Polia), 159.

azteca {Hydracia), 256.

aztera (Hjdrceciocles),

256.

azucara (Eriopyga), 331.

azucara {Mamestra). 331.

Barathra, 11.

harrettii {Dian ihacia ),

79.

baruna (Eriopjga), 294.

Iiaruna (Mameatra), 294.

basilinea {Leucania),

564.

bazija? (Leucania), 611.

beani (Polia), 148.

hpanii {Mamestra), 148.

iiehejisis {Noctua), 194.

hehrensiana {GrapJii-

pJwra), 390.

bebreu.siana(Xj'loinania),

390.

1)ella (Mamestra), 155.

bella (Xylomania), 399.

hclla {A'y/owyges), 399.

bi-rtba (Meliana), 586.

hicoJorata {Hclioj^hilu),

586.

hicolorata {Mamestra),

170.

bicolorafa (Meliana), .''SG.

hicruris {rhalavo), 195.

bicruris (Polia), 195.

bifascia {A.vylia), 21.

bifascia (Craterestra), 21.

bifascia ta (Oirpliis), 523.

hifu6ciata {Leucania),

523.

bifida {Mamestra), 129.

bllinea {Hadeiia), 603.

bilinea (Polia), 603.

bilineata (Borolia), 575.

b im acu lat us {Bom hyx),

416.

bimacidosa {Xuctiia), 114.

bistriqata {Leucania),

504.

bisulca {Mamestra), 373.

biaulca (Morrisonia), 373.

biundulata (Segetia), 613.

blandiija { Caradrina),

351.

blenbeimensis (Leucania),

592.

blcnna {Noctua), 92.

ImhemaHni {Anarta), 192.

bobemanni (Polia), 192.

Ixyisduvali {Noctua), 540.

boltcri {Ma7nestra), 156.

bolteri (Polia), 156.

bombycina {Hadena), 203.

Borolia, 656.

bovina {Mamestra), 472.

brachia (Eriopyga), 322,

610,

bracbiola (Polia), 84.

bi-achiolum {Mamestra),

84.

brant.si (Cirphis), 553.

branisii {Leucania), 553.

brassica; (Barathra), 12.

brassicce {Noctva), 12.

breccifBJ'orm is {Noctua),

228.

Brilhys, 447.

broiiiias {Melanchra),

370.

brouiias (Morri.souia),

370.

brunneago {Noctna), 79.

bryoptei-a (Lasionycta),

;-)5.

bryoptcra {Mamestra),

56.

biilgeri (Hadena), 215.

hii/geri (Mamesfra), 215.

bys-sina (Horolia), 569.

byssina. {Leucania), 569.

raduca {Mamestra), 169.

ca^leno (Melanchra) 612.

rarulca (Agrotis), 445.

cscrulca (Pliy^ctica), 445.

ccesia {Noctua), 443.

caesia (Sideridis), 443.

calhc.rlai {Hadena), 152.

calberlai (Polia), 152.

calcatrippa {Noctua), 212.

calceolarius (Ortliodes),

612.

calgariana (Cirphis), 528.

calqariana {Leucania),

528.

californica {Dryobota),

390.

callida {HeKophila), 481.

calligra-pta {Netcria), 468.

calligrapta (Strigania),

468.

calographa (Hadena),

607.

calographa {Mamestra),

607.

cana {Apamca), 102.

cana {Hadena), 73.

cana den s is {Mamestra) ,

98.

canaraica {Leucania),

531.

candens { Orthodes), 333.

Candida (Xylomania),

396.

Candida {Xyhmiges), 396.

canescens {Mamestra),

29.

canities (Polia), 80.

canosticta {Mamestra),

605.

canosticta (Polia), 605.

cappa {Noctua), 168.

cappa (Polia), 168.

capisella {Tceniocavrpa),

298.

cap>sincola {Noctua), 195.

capsincoloides (Dian-

thfficia), 610.

capisophila { Dianthcecia),

195.

capsophoba {Bianthoecia),

195.

capsidaris {Dianthcecia),

229.

capsularis (Epia), 229.

carbonaria {Anarta), 43.

Oardepia, 234.

car ids {Leucania), ytAb.

caricis {Noctua), 492.

carniinata (Moninia),

423.

carwinafa { Taniocampa),

423.

carneago (Chabunta),

262.

carneago {Xauihia), 263.

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ALrHABKTIC.VL IXDKX.

cariieigera (Eriopvga),

;517.

carmigera {H//puiri.v),

317.

carnipennis (Moniuiii),

410.

carnipennis ( T<enio-

campa), 410.

carpophaga (Nucfiia),

iy.5.

carpophaga (Folia), 195.

castaneipenuis (Moiiima),

415.

castaneipennis ( Scmio-

phora), 415.

Catepliii)des, 3(5.

catepliioides (Maiuestra),

ail.

ccuda {HydroRcia), 25G.

cauta (Hjdrceciodes),

256.

Ciivemosa (Hyssia), 285.

cavernosa {Mamcstra),

285.

ceclica {Conservula), 253.

centeana (Lasiestra), 51.

Ceraiuica, 446.

Oerapteryx, 462.

ccrasi (Noctua), 419.

ceraunias (Ichneiitica),

590.

cerauTiias (Leucania),

690.

cervina (Mamestra), 63,

472.

cervina (Polia), 63.

cespitis {Noctua), 218.

cespitis (Tliolera), 218.

Chab.iata, 259.

chalcia (Polia), 154.

Chartias, 216.

chartaria (Discestra),

15.

chartaria (Mamestra),

15.

chenopodii {Noctua), 28.

chilensis {Leucania), 383.

cliilika (Tteiiiocampa),

613.

cliipc a (Cliabiiata), 60"^.

chipeta { Tric/iotita), 608.

ckloris {Apanica), 218.

choliea (Trichoolea), 239.

christophi (Dianth(ecia),

234.

cliristopbi (Epia), 234.

clirvsospila (Polytela),

4'.i8.

chri/t'o-ona {Noctua),

l(i9.

ciliata (Cirpliis), 54.5.

ciliata {Leucania), 515.

cincta {Bomfiijx), 401.

cinereicoUis (Cirpliis),

539.

cinereicoUis {Leucania),

539.

cinis {Leucania), 536.

ciniva {Mamestra), 185.

ciniva (Polia), 185.

cinnaharina {Mamestra),

176.

cinnamomea { Megasema),

432.

citinaJuome.i (Monima),

432.

circulus (Cirphis), 508.

circulus {Leucania), 508.

circumcincta {Mamest7-a),

176.

circit III da ta { Orthosta),

403.

circuindata (Perigrapha),

403.

circumvadis (Epia), 231.

circiiinvadis {Mamestra),

231.

Cirphis, 478.

citrinotata (Borolia),

563.

citronella (Meliana),

588.

citronella { Nele uca n ia),

588.

clara {Dianthjecia), 433.

clarescens (Cirphis), 519.

clarescens {Leucania),

519.

claripennis {Epia), 229.

clauda {Conservula), 251.

clauda (Nephelistis),

251.

claudicans (Leucania),

611.

Clavipalpula, 433.

clauiplena {Mamestra),

65.

cnivetti (Polia), 146.

Cocgtia, 447.

ccenosa {Leucania), 538.

cugiiata (Xylomania),

392.

cog 11 a ta {Xglomiges),

"392.

collecta {Leucania), 492.

colU'ti {Diuniho'cia), 131.

collinita {Noctua), 427,

431.

Columbia (Polia), 81.

Columbia { Tan ioca mpa),

81.

comis {Mamcs(ra), 178.

coiniua (Cirphis), 520.

(■(iiiuna (Noctua), 520.

coininoide.s (Cirphis),

482.

cominoid"s (Leucania),

482.

concmimis (Graphiphora),

610.

complicata (Leucania),

542.

composita ( CMoantha),

386.

compsias (Hyssia), 283.

compsias (Leucania), 283.

coiupt-a (Cirphis), 531.

compta (Leucania), 531.

compta (Noctua), 200,

202.

compta (Polia), 202.

conar (Agrotis), 348.

conar (Eriopyga), 348,

610.

concinna (Noctua), 200.

configurata (Barathra),

11.

configurata (Mamestra),

11.

confinis (Charaas), 218.

confluens (Eriopvga),

338.

coiifluens (Mamestra), 99.

confluens (TcBniocampa),

430.

confusa (Auckmis), 382.

Ciinfusa (Hccatera), 173.

conlusa (Morrisonia),

382.

coutusa (Polia), 173.

congener (Nocttui), 520.

congenitalis (JVephelistis),

250.

conc/ermana (Hadena),

442.

congermana (Sideridis),

442.

coogrua (Cirphis), 501.

congrua (Noctua), 501.

colli, era (Chabuata),

265.

conigera (Noctua), 265.

Conisania, 472.

conjugata (Lasionycta),

55.

conjugata (Scotogramma),

5.5.

consangtiis (Hadena), 102.

consanguis (Polia), 102.

conservulodes (Nephi-

lislis), 608.

('(ii/aimilis (Leucania),

547.

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01!)

cousopita (Eriupvga),

••505.

conso-pita ( Graphiphum),

305.

conspcrsa (Xocfua), 201.

coiispersa (Polia), 201.

con^picillaris (Xoctua),

398.

coDspicillai'is (Xylo-

mania), 398.

constipata {Pcrigea), 186.

contempta (Eriopyga),

295.

contempta ( TcBniocam2)a),

295.

contigua (Noctua), 93.

coutigua (Polia), 93.

coiitracta (Hadena), 190.

contrada {Noctua), 427.

contrahens {Gelcena), 347.

ccntrahens (Eriopyga),

347.

contrahens ( Graphiphora),

347.

contraria {Mythimna),

446.

contribidis (Noctua), 92.

convecta (Leiicania), 547.

Copimamestra, 11.

coi-digera (Anarta), 43.

cordigera {Noctiui), 43.

corghossi (Hadula), 244.

coiTiigata (Cirphis), 549.

corrui/ata {Leucania),

549.

corrupt a {Diantluxcia ),

234.

cortiica {Polia), 170.

costalis (Cirpliis), 479.

costalis {Leucania), 550.

costigera (Agrotis), 109.

costigera (Polia), 109.

Oraterestra, 17.

creniilata (Cirphis), .541).

crenulata (Dgsc/iurista),

320.

crenulata (Eriopyga),

320.

crini (BriLliys), 448.

crini {Noctua), 448.

crista (Eriopyga), 323.

crista. {Mamestra), 333.

cristifcra {Acronycta),

10(>.

cristifera (Polia), 106.

Crocigrapha, 436.

crocosticta (Eriopyga),

292.

crocosticta {Hivielki), 292.

crotch i (Polia), 71.

crotchii {Mamestra), 71.

crucialis {Xglomiges), 394.

crucifer {Mamestra), 212.

cruda (Monima), 420.

cruda. {Noctua), 420.

crucgeri (Borolia), 565.

cruegcri {Lf-ucania), 565.

crgdina {Mamcdra), 70.

cryptargyrea (CirjDhis),

499.

cryptarggrca { Leucania),

499.

cucubali (Noctu/i), 194.

cucubali (Polia), 194.

cucullina (Hyssia), 279.

cucullina {Xylocampa),

279.

culea (Eriopyga), 304.

ca.lca {Mesogona'), 304.

culta {Mamestra), 60.

culta (Polia), 60.

cuneata {Mamestra), 143.

cuneata (Polia), 143.

Cuphanoa, 409.

cupreata (Borolia), 575.

cupresceus (Polia), 163.

curialLs (Barathra), 12.

cwrialis ( Copimamestra),

12.

curialis (Xylomania), 395.

curialis {Xglomiges), 395.

curta {Leucania). 488.

curta {Mamestrci), 44.

curtica (Eriopyga), 296.

curtica { Taniocampa),

296.

curvata (Eriopyga), 308.

curvafa {Mgthimna), 308.

cur V ilin ea {Leuca n ici) ,

582.

curvilinea (Mpliana), 582.

curvirena (Eriopvga),

334.

curvirena {Orthodes), 334.

curimla (Leucania), 492.

cyniea (Eri(ipyga), 3o3.

cynica. (Orthodea), 319,

320. 333.

eg peri {Leucania), 537.

dacli/lidis {Leucan ice),

545.

Darqida, 208.

flasi'ita (Cirphis), 493.

Dasygaster, 473.

datis {Cehcna), 187.

datis (Polia), 187.

dace:ta {Mamcsti-a), 178.

deallnta {Dianiho'cia),

201.

dcliUis (lladcna), 369.

dcccpta (Tricbocica), 240.

dcceptu.ra {Xglina), 385.

decisissima (Cirphis),

499.

decisissima {Jjeucania),

499.

decUnans {Mamestra),

151.

decolor {Neuronia), 218.

decolorata (Leucania),

599.

decolorata (Mamestra),

12.

decreta (Lasianobia), 276,

dacreta (Mamestra), 276.

defessa (Mamestra), 33.

defessa (Scotogramina),

33.

definiens (Craterestra),

23.

definiens (Heliothis), 23.

deliciosa (Dianthoecia), 51.

deliciosa (Lasiestra), 51.

demissa (Apamea), 112.

demotica (Mamestra),

241.

demotica (Trichoclea),

241.

denotata I Leucania), 492.

densa (Polia), 165.

densa (Scotogranima),

165.

de)is-canis (Noctua), 99.

dentatella (Trichopolia),

362.

denticula (Cirphis), 649.

denficula (Leucania), 549.

dentigcra (Hadena), 25.

dentigera, ( Leucan ia), 386.

dcntiua (Noctua), 140.

dentina (Polia), 140.

dcpulsa (Hadena), 190.

deserticola (Aglossestra),

225.

deserticohj (Cirphis), .534.

di'scrt icola (Leuca n ia),

534.

designula { Leucania), 492.

desnuda (Mamestra), 329.

despcrala ( Mamestra),

132.

deter minata (Mamestra),

SI.

determinata (Polia), 81.

detracta (Hadena), 65.

detracMa (Folia). 65.

dharnia (Cirpliis), 51(5.

d harm a. {Leucania), 516.

dia (Cirphis), 522.

dia (HfUophilii), 522.

diagr;unin;i (Cirphis),

522, 610.

620

ALrHABETICAL INDEX.

dlaqramma {Leucania),

522.

dianthi (Noctiia), 25.

dianthi (Scotognuuiiia),

25.

Dianthoecia, 60.

Diaphone, 45.'5.

Diaiaraxia, 60.

diatrecta (Cirphis), 488.

diatrecta {Leucania), 488.

dichroma {Noclua), 443.

diet y of a (Mamcstra), 151.

dictjota (Polia), 151.

diffcrens {Hadena), 252.

difFerens (Nephelistis),

2.52.'

diffusa (Leucania), 583.

digramme (Noctua),

612.

dUatata (Meanest ra), 118.

dilatata U'olia), 118.

dilecta (Hyssia), 287.

dilecta {Perigea), 287.

dimmocki (Mamcstra),

132.

dione {Ichneutica), 590.

dione (Leucania), 590.

diopis (Borolia), 573.

diiilograiniua (Eriopyga),

305.

diploqramma {Himclla),

305.

di pterigidia (Mamestra),

161.

dipterigidia (Polia), 161.

discalis (Mamcstra), 67.

discalis (Polia), 67.

Discestra, 14.

discolor (Mamestra), 133.

discolor (Polia^l, 80.

discolor (Scotngramma),

80.

disjiingens (Grapliania),

469.

disjungens (Hcliophohus),

469.

disparilis (Mythimna),

354.

dissecta (Hadena), 212.

dissect us (Heliopkobus),

212.

dJssimilis (Xoctua), 99.

disticha (Caradrina), 287.

disticha (Hyssia), 287.

distinct a (Achatia), 77.

distincta (Aletid), 263.

distincta (Cbabuata),

263.

distincta (Mamestra),

247.

distincta (Polia), 77.

distincta (Scotochrosta),

220.

distincta (Tbargelia), 220.

distributa (Mamestra), ^Vd.

ditissima (lCriopyga),328.

ditissiiua (Gortyna), 328.

divergens (Eriopyga),

308.

divergens (Mythimna),

308.

dives (Phalcena), 95.

dodgei (Mamestra), 178.

dodi (Polia), 1.50.

dodii (Mamesinc), 150.

doira (Mamestra), 167.

doira (Polia), 167.

dolens (Acpsia), 315, 324.

dolosa (Xylomania),

396.

dolosa (Xylomiges), 396.

dominica (Noctua), 448.

Bonachlora, 590.

dorsalis (Leucania), 530.

dotctta (Dasypolia), 380.

dot at a (Mamestra), 330.

dotata (Morrisonia), 380.

d.ouhledayi (Dianthoecia),

443.

dovrensis (Anarta), 39.

dovrensis (Diantho'cia),

50.

dovrensis (Lasiestra), 50.

duhiosa, (Symira), 578.

ducinfieldi (Perigrapha),

408.

dukinficldi (Perigrapha),

408.

dulcinea ( Caradrina),

270.

dulcinea (Chabnata), 270.

dunedinensis (Leucania),

591.

dunedinensLs (Sj)celotis),

591.

dungana (Leucania), 596.

duplicata (Cirphis), 506.

dnplicata (Leucania), 506.

dyschoroides (Eriopyga),

■337.

dyschoroides (Hadena),

337.

dt/sodca (Noctiia), 169.

dysodea (Polia), 169.

carina (T(S7iiocampa), 86.

eboriosa (Cirphis), 479.

eboriosa (Leucania), 479.

cchii (Noctua), 228.

ectrapela (Epia), 230.

ectrapi'la (Mamestra),

230.

ectypa (Mamestra), 155.

ectypa (Noctua), 598.

ectypa (Polia), 155.

edwardsi (Tricboclea),

242.

edwardsii (Trichoclea),

242.

egena (Hadena), 238.

elseistis (Hadena), 606.

elegans (Bombyx), 453.

ella (TcBniocampa), 431.

elsiuora( Mamestra), 611.

elvesi (Lasiestra) 51.

elwesi (Hadena), 51.

emmedonia (Nepnelodes),

358.

emmedonia (Noctua), 358.

encausta (Brithys), 449.

encausta (Noctua), 449.

enervis (Orthodcs), 344.

engadinensis (Agrotis),

536.

Epia, 226.

Epinetironia, 216.

epundoides (Dasygaster),

477.

Erana, 7.

erect a (Anthopkila), 186.

erecta (Celcena), 186.

erecta (Polia), 186.

eremistis (Discestra), 16.

eremistis (Mamestra), 16.

Eriopyga, 291.

Eriopygodes, 353.

eriza (Monima), 410.

cri;a (Semiophora), 410.

eros (Dianthoecia), 290.

e ryth rolifa (G raph i-

phora), 390.

erythrolita (Xylomania),

390.

csopis ( Ccltena), 192.

esopis (Polia), 192.

etacta (Anarta), 41.

euclidias (Eriopygodes),

3.^5.

euclidias (Leucania), 355.

eugrapha (Dasygaster),

473.

eumela (Diaphone), 453.

cumcla (Noctua), 453.

Eupsephopactes, 208.

Eurypsyche, 556.

curyte (Apamea), 305.

euryte (Eriopyga), 305.

eutherma (Leucania),

611.

cvanida (Tcsniorampa),

427.

fversmanni (Mamestra),

128.

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0L>1

eversmanni (Polia), 12S.

euicia (Cloantha), 374.

evicta (Morrisonia), 374.

evidens {Chelonia), 453.

evidcns (Xoct/ia), 441.

evidens (Sideridis), 441.

evingi (Perseetania), 3S(i.

ewiiKjii {X//loplia.-fia), ."'86.

exanthemata, {Aletia),

2()3.

exarans (Leucania), Oil.

excavata (Eriopyga), 3l"2.

exempta {Leucania)^ 650.

eximia (Bianthcecia), 444.

eximia (Sideridis), 444.

exoul {Leucania), 580.

expansa (G-rajihipIwra),

358.

exquisita (Melanchra),

612.

exsangtiis {Leucania),

492.

exsul (Meliana), 580.

extensa {Noctua), 73.

extenuata {Leucania),

530.

exterior {Leucania), 492.

extincta (Borolia), 570.

extincta {Leucania), 527,

529,533,642,554,670.

extincta {Mamestra), 99.

extranea {Leucania), 547.

exusia {Ceramica), 446.

facilis {Graj^hijihora),

476.

falclandica (Cirphis),

554.

falklandica {Leucania),

654.

fallovi {Apamea), 34.

farcta (Cirphis), 484.

farcta {Heliophila), 484.

farkasii {Hadena), 141.

farkasii {Noctua), 29.

farnhami {Mamestra),

130.

farnhami (Polia), 130.

fasciata {Axylia), 485.

fasciata (Borolia), 572.

fasciata (Cirphis), 485.

fasciata (Hecatcra), 189.

fasciata (Hyssia). 288.

fa.sciala (Polia), 1'9.

fasciata { Ulolonche), 288.

fasciculata {Hadena),

413.

fasciculata (Moniuia),

413.

faiista (Monirna), 421.

f'austa{Orthosia), 421.

favic'olor (Leucania), 595.

fea (Eriopvga), 293.

fea {Merisks), 293, 295.

foildeni ( Mamestra), 611.

ferrea {Mamestra), 176.

ferrealis {Mamestra),

■ 177.

ferrealis (PoHa), 177.

ferrigera (Moniina), 418.

ferriqera { Tceniocampa),

418.

ferrilinea (Borolia), 573.

ferrilinea {Leucania),

573.

fcrr is pa rsa {Hadena),

109.

ferrisparsa (Polia), 109.

ferrosticta (Mouima),

415.

ferrosticta {Semiophora),

415,

ferruqinea { Xeuron ia),

218.

ficita {Hadena), 190.

fidelis {Hiinella), 335.

filigramma {Xoctaa), 198.

filigramma (Polia), 198.

fir ma {Noctua), 428.

fissilis {Scotochrosta), 221.

tissilis (Thargelia), 221.

fistula (Chabuata), 261.

fistula {Tricholita), 261.

flabilis (Borolia), 571.

flahilis {Heliophila), 571.

flammea {Melia), 378.

flainmea (Meliana), 678.

flammea {Noctua), 461.

flammea (Panolis), 461.

flaviannula (Monima),

422.

flaviantiHla {Twnio-

campa), 422.

flavicincta 7ninor{Nocfuu),

169.

fla videntnla { Mamestra),

360.

flavidentula (Poliodes),

360.

ilavigera (Eriopvga), 315.

finviyera {Ht/potrix), 315.

fiavivihica {Noctua). 198.

flavostigma (Cirphis),

509.

flavostigma, var. inornata

{Leucania), 510.

flavostigma {Xanthia),

509.

flecki {Jjeucania), 438.

fletcheri {Xylomiges), 400.

fioccida {Noctua), 265.

florida (Discestra), 15.

fiurida {Mamestra), 15.

florifera {Polyfela), 455,

florit'era (Polytelodes),

455.

florigera (Polytela), 458.

florinda (Perigea), 18.

folia {Mamestra), 171.

formosana {Aletia), 518.

formosana (Cirphis), 518.

fornax {Agrotis), 324.

fragilis (Cirphis), .546.

frag it is {Spcelotis), 546.

fraterna {Aletia), 268,

fraterna (Oliabuata), 268.

friburgensis (liriopyga),

316.

fri/iurgensis { Orthodes),

31(>'.

fiiHginosa (Eriopyga),

609.

fuliginosa {Hyphilare),

609.

fidiginosa (Leucania),

.596.

fuliginosa {Noctua), 596.

fulminans (Perigonica),

434.

fulminea {Bomhyx), 203.

fulva {Xanthia.), 262.

fulvida (Eriopyga), 316.

fumida (Anarta), 610.

furca {Mamestra), 131.

furca (Polia), 131.

furca fa {Leucania), 472.

furcifera. {Borolia), bl2.

furcula {Mamestra), 127.

fiircula (Polia). 127.

furfiirata (Eriopyga),

3.50.

furfurata {Himella), 350.

furva {Conscrvula), 252.

furva (Nephelistis), 252.

furvilinea {Mamestra),

164.

fui'vilinea (Polia), 16)4.

fuscatus {Boin.hyx), 427.

fuscibarbata (Eriopyga),

310.

fuscilinea {Leucania),

537.

fiiscirufa (Polia), 103.

fuscolutea { Ma mestra),

2.39.

fuscolutea (Trichoclea),

2.39.

fusculenta {Mamestra),

71.

garmani { Graphiphora),

426.

garmani (Monima), 426),

iy2-2

ALPiivinrncAL ivtif.x.

gasiva (Atnailici^), 142.

gasiva (Polia), 142.

gavisa {Mamestra), 1.53.

gavisa (Polia), 153.

gemina {Nncfiia), 1)6, 416.

gemiiiatus (Uovibi/.v), 416.

genhtcB {Noefuci), 1)5.

gigantea (Eriopvga), 315.

gigantea (Hii)/c/la), 315.

glaciafa {Maincstra), 119.

glaciata (Polia), 1 1!).

glauca {Noctua), 141.

glauca (Polia), 141.

glaucescens (Aspidi-

frontia), 451.

glaucistis (Eriopyga),

331.

glaucopis (Polia), 106.

gluucovaria {Apanieu),

29.

gloriosm (Bomhgx), 457.

gloriosas (Poljtela), 457.

Glottula, 447.

gnata {Mamestrci), 86.

"gnata (Polia), 86.

goliath (Bichona), 116.

goliath (Polia), 116.

goniophora {Ma)nestni),

191.

goniophora (Polia), 191.

goniosigma (Cirpliis),

515.

goniostigma (Eriopyga),

335.

goniostigma (Ui/tiella),

335.

gnodelH (Mamestra). 153.

goodelli (Polia), 153.

gothica (Monima), 413.

gothica {Noctiui), 413.

gothicina (Ort/iosia), 414.

gracilis (Mouiiua), 431.

gracilis (JS'oc/i/u), 431.

gracilis (Or/kosia), 417.

greeseri (Haderonia),

243.

graminea (Dargida), 209.

gramiiiea (Hadena), 209.

graminis (^Bomhijx), 462.

graminis (Cerapteryx),

462.

graminis {Nocfua), 216.

graminivora (Hadena),

210.

graminivora [Dargida),

210.

graminosa (Erana), 8.

grandiosa (Melaiichra),

612.

grandirena (^Agrotis),

258.

grandis (Eriopyga), 307.

grandis {Hadena), 94.

grandis {Mijthimna),

307.

grandis (Xoc(iia), 1 14.

grandis (Polia\ 94.

Grraphania, 468.

Graphiphora, 409.

grisea (A/gssia), 277.

grisea (Manobia), 277.

grisea (Uli/lhi/iina), 438.

griscata [Mamestra), 74.

griseata (Polia), 74.

griseipeniii.s (Hyssia),

278.

griseipen n is ( Ma mestra ) ,

278.

griseocincta ( OrtJwdes),

314.

grisea fasciaia ( Leucania),

486.

grisenvariegata (Koctiia),

461.

giienei {DiantJiax-ia),

203.

guenei (Polia), 203.

guisata (Hyssia), 282.

gussata {Mamestra), 282.

Hadena, 208.

hadcnifortuis {Mamestra),

30.

hadeniformis (Scoto-

graunna), 30.

Hadeninae, ].

Haderonia, 60.

Hadula, 243.

hamara {CelcBna), 178.

haiuifera (Cii-phis), 498.

Jmmifera {Leucania),

498.

hamifera { Orthosia),

408.

Harmodia, 00.

harveyi {Leucania), 583.

Heeatera, 60.

Hdiophila, 590.

hepafica {Noctua), 111.

herhimacula {Celcsna),

176.

herrichi (Cirpliis\ 540.

herrichii {Leucania),

540.

heterodoxa {Leucania),

621.

hctldandica {Dianthmcia),

201.

li ihem icus { Cerapteryx),

4()2.

hihisci {Tceniocampa),

430.

hietnalis (Xylouiania),

390.

hiemn lis {Xglom iqes),

390.

}/ie7-acii {Noctua), 170.

iiicroiilyphera {Moma),

(■)0'4.

hieroglyphera (Polia),

004.

hilaris {Epineuronia),

216.

hilaris {Noctua), 140.

Himella,-1Q\.

Lirtijjes (Zosteropoda),

589.

hispanica {Jjeucania),

487.

hodeva {Heeatera), 185.

liudeva (Polmj, 185.

lioUaiidiae (Da^ygaster),

476.

homopterana {Leucania),

566.

homoscia {Mamestra),

378.

homoscia (Morrison ia),

378.

hoplites (Craterestra),

20.

hoplites {Mamestra), 20.

hordei {Noctua), 218.

howra {Leucania), 564.

hueca (Eriopyga), 609.

hueca {Mamestra). 609.

humeralis {Noctua), 96,

humidicola (Cirphis),

530.

hum idicola { Leucan ia ),

530.

hum/lis {Mamestra), 202.

hyalophora {Euplexia), 7.

hyalopliora (Thyrestra),

7.

Hydroeciodes, 253.

Hyphilare, 4116.

Hypobarathra, 221.

hypophoja (Cirphis), 553.

hyposcota (Eriopyga),

349.

Hgpotrix, 291.

Hyssia, 278.

Ichnentica, 590.

I-cincta (Perigrapha),

•104.

L-cinctum {Noctua), 404.

icterias (Hypobarathra),

222.

icterias {A'f/lina), 222.

ignescens (Eriopvga),

343.

AIl'ITAniTlCAL INDKX.

i',2-A

if/nescevs (Hi)neUa), 343.

ignita (Cirphis), 517.

illahe facta {Mamesfra),

150.

illcnulahilis {Mamcxtra),

181.

illoha (ylqrotis), 151.

illoba (Pi.lia), 151.

iiiibecilla ( Illriopygodes),

35+.

■iinhecilhi (Xocfua), 354.

iiiibellis (M}tliiiiiiui),612.

i'liibrifera {Aplccta), G8.

imbrifeia (Polia), (iS.

imitata {Mame^tra), 603.

imitata (Polia), 603.

immaculaia {Tcenio-

canipa), 416.

inimiscens (Mamestra),

611.

imora (Orthodes), 613.

irapar (Eriopjgodes),

355.

impar {Mythimna). 355.

imperfecta (Cirphis),

519.

imperfecta (Leucania),

519.

impia (Kadula), 248.

impia {Mamestra), 248,

608.

inipingens (Anarta), 44.

implexa {Noctua), 34.

iinplexa (Scotograuima),

34.

iwjioJita {Mamestra), 30.

irnpolita (Scotogramma),

30.

impressa {Noctua), 195.

impudens {Nocttia), 600.

impuncta (Leucania),

599,611.

impura {Heca/ara), 102.

impura {Noctua), 596.

inaiiis (Cliabuata), 268.

inanis {Leticaniu), 268.

incana {Mamestra), 203.

inceptura {Xylina), 385.

incerta (Dianthoccia),

610.

incei-ta (Moniina), 427.

incerta {Noctua), 427.

incincta (Eriopyga), 297.

inciivcta {Mamestra),

297.

incisa {Neuria), 207.

inclyta {Volytela), 458.

incomuioda (Iladula),

249.

i iiconirnoda ( Ma mcstra) ,

249.

iueoneimia (Lasionycta),

54.

inconcinna {Scoto-

yramma), 54.

iuconspicua (Chabuata),

261.

inconspiciia (Cirphis),

554.

incoiis'plcua {Leucania),

.554.

inconspicua { Tricholifa),

261.

inc( installs (Hyssia),

279.

171 CO list a MS ( Spcelot is ) ,

•279.

inculla {Hadena), 190.

incurva {Mamestra), 184.

incurva (Polia), 184.

indicans {Hapcdia), 181.

indlstlncia {Leucania),

.")44.

indurata (Xyloiiiania),

395.

inclurata {Xylomigcs),

395.

ineana (Borolia). 568.

ineama {Leucania), 568.

in fans {Monostulu), 357.

iufana (Nephelodes),

357.

ivfccta {Cdcena), 176.

infensa (Morrisonia),

376.

infensa {Orthosia), 376.

inferior {Perigrapha),

365.

inferior (Stretchia), 365.

infer iialis {Mamestra),

323.

infidelis {Himella). 610.

infidelis (Morri.sonia),

375.

infima {I^eucania), 567.

iiifirma (Eriopyga), 340.

infirma {Orthodes), 297,

320, 335, 340.

infraiiiicans (Cirjihis),

497.

inframicans {L^eucan ia),

"497.

infrargvrea (Cirphi.s),

502. '

ivfrargyrea { Leucaiua),

502.

infructuosa {Xylina),

382.

ivfmnata {Jjcucania),

598.

infuscaia {Scotogramma),

49.

incjra vis {Mamestra ).

'108.

ingravis (Polia), 108.

innexa {Perigrapha),

186.

innocens {Mamestra),

169.

inornata (Cirphis), 510.

inquieta, {Apamea), 29.

insciens {Orthoda), 430.

insecuta (Cirphis), 534.

iiisec'Uta {Leucania), 534.

insignis {Euplexia), 368.

insignis (Morrisonia),

368.

insolens {Dianthoecia),

89.

insolens (Polia), 89, 603,

insolita(Hadula;, 248.

instabilis {Noctua), 427.

instcdrilis { Orthodes),

430.

insueta (Cirphis), 521.

ins'ueta {Leucania), 521.

insularis (Cirphis), 486.

insularis {Leucania),

486.

insulicola (Cirphis), 531.

insulicola {Leucania),

531,. 541.

intentata {Mamestra),

184.

intentata (Polia), 184.

interciliata (Borolia),

557.

interciliata. {Leucania),

5.57.

in termed ia ( Hecatera ),

170.

intermedia { Orfhosia),

417.

intermissa {Hadena), 29.

inter missa {Leucan ia),

534.

internata (Leucania),

611.

intractata (Eriopyga),

335.

intractata, { Ta-7iiocampa),

335.

intricata (Mamestra),

611.

invalida {Mamestra), 96.

invalida (Polia), 9().

iole (l<>iopvga), 343.

i(de { Orthodes), 343.

irregularis (Cirphis),

538.

irregularis (Epia). 228.

irregularis {Noctua),

228.

G24

AM'UAliETrrAL IN'DKX.

irrec/vlaris (Xoiutgria),

6-68.

irrisor (Cardepia), 235.

■irrisor {Maimstra), "iSS.

irrorala (Aj-i/li.a), 486.

irrorata (Eriopyga),

341.

irrorata (Leucanin), 48(5.

irrorata {Orthodcs), 341.

isoloma (Mamcstra), 27.

isoloma (Scotogramiiia),

27.

italo-qalUca (Leucania),

438.

jaliscana (Clrpliis), 528.

jaliscana {Leumnia),

528.

jamaicensis (Eriopvga),

321.

janeira (Eriopyga), 329.

janeira (Mamestra),

329.

jocosa (Valleria), 174.

jordana (Cirphis), 537.

jordana {Lencania), 537.

juncicola (Cirpliis), .532.

juncicola (Leucania),

532.

juncicolor {Nonagrui),

591.

jimcimacula {Mamestra),

69.

juncimacula (Polia), 09.

junctus {Bombyx), 4 19.

kola {Hadena), 104.

kenteana {Biantha'cla),

51.

knyvetfi {Hadena), 146.

kcechlini {Hcratera), 169.

korghossi {Mamestra),

244.

laheculis {Leucania),

489.

lacri7nosa {Mamestra),

249.

laerta (Anarta), 602.

/«;■« {Hecatera), 605.

Iteta (Polia), 605.

1-albuiu (Cirphis), 504.

l-alhum {Nuct^ia), 504.

lama {Mamestra), 114.

lampra (Diapiione), 610.

lamptera {Agrotis), 313.

lamptera (Eriojivga),

313.

lamuta (Anarta), 610.

lanaris {Uuschorisia),

319.

Lilians (Eriopyga), 319.

lanceata {Leucania), 499.

Janguida {Hadena), 102.

langnida (Leucania),

601.

lang%dda {Mamestra), 69.

languida (Polia), 69.

laniata (Cirphis), 496.

laniata. {Leucania), 496.

lanuginosa {Anarta), 39.

lapidaria {Heliophila),

482.

lappo {Noctua), 141.

larissa {Mamestra), 144.

Lasianobia, 274.

Lasiestra, 47.

lasiomera (Cirphis), 491.

Lasiouycta, 53.

latenai {Hadena), 140.

latex {Apt ecta), 112.

latex (Polia), 112.

latifasciaia. {Apamea), 19.

latinscula (Cirphis), 542.

lafiiiscula {Leucania),

542.

la u.dahilis { Hecatera),

181.

laudabilis (Polia), 181.

lauta (Lasianobia), 275.

laiita {Mamestra), 275.

lebruni {Apamea), 165.

lebruni (Polia), 165.

legitima {Apamea), 149.

legitiina (Polia). 149.

leineri (Conisania), 472.

leineri {Koctmi), 472.

lepida {Noctua), 431.

lepidula {Mamestra),

77.

lepidula (Polia), 77.

Leucania, 590.

leucnnioides {Dusi/gaster),

476.

leucocycla (Anart.a), 40.

leucogranima (Borolia),

5.-)9.

leucnqramma {Dianthoe-

cia). 82.

leueograinina (Hydroe-

ciodes), 257.

leucogranima (Polia), 82.

leucographa, {Noctiia), 99.

leuconota {Polia), 170.

leucopera (Eriopj'ga),

345.

leucopera {Himclla),34:i'>.

leucopheea {Noctua), 203.

leucophwa (Pachefi'a),

203.

leucopis (Hydrfipciodes),

257.

leicospbenia (Cirpliis),

490.

leucosphenia {Leucania),

490.

leucosta (Cirphis), 490.

leucosta^ {Leucania), 490.

leucosticha (Cirphis),

541.

leucostigtna (Borolia),

572.

leucosiigma {Leucania),

572.

leucostigma {Noctua),

140.

levin i (Borolia), 556.

lewinii {Leucania), 556.

libera {XglopJuisia), 94.

libertina (Diaphoue), 610.

ligata {Heliophila), 570.

ligata {Hydny.cia), 178.

lignana {Hadena), 383.

lignana (Morrisonia),oS3.

lignifusca {Hadena), 369.

lignipleua (Dasyeaster),

474.

ligniplena {Xi/lina), 47.

lignisecta {Xi/liiia), 377.

lilacina {Maniestra), 150.

lilacina (Polia), 150.

limbata {Apamea), 437.

limbata {Mgthimna), 306.

limbata (Sideridis), 437.

limitata {Leucania), 5S5.

liniitata (Meliana), 585.

lindigi (Eriopyga), 325.

Uyidigi {Leucania), 325.

linearis {Leucania), 567.

lineata (Cirphi.s), 536.

lineata {Leucania), 536.

lineatipes (Cirpliis). 525.

lineatipes {Leucania),

525.

linita (Borolia), 566.

linita {Leucania), 566.

liquid^! {Mamestra), 132.

liquida (Polia), 132.

litcrata {Cucullia), 78.

literata (Polia), 78.

lithargijria, {Noctua). 437.

lithargvria (Sideridis),

437."

lithias {Mamestra), 378.

lithias (Morrisonia), 378.

lithophilus { Helicphobus),

466.

lithophilus (Strigania),

466.

littoralis (Leucania), 594,

lizetta (Monima;), 416.

lizetta {Orthosia), 416.

lobata (Eriopyga), 332.

AI.rilAltKTlCAI. IXDEX.

Gl^l

lodebar (Eriopyga), ol7.

lodehar {Orthodes), '6il,

318, 320.

lolii (Bumbi/x), 216.

longiclava {Mamestra),

167.

lougiclava (Polia), 167.

iongicornis (Hadula), 246.

lo ng worn is (Ma mcsira ) ,

246.

longipennis (Meliana),

578.

lorea (Hj/droecia), 178.

lorea (Polia), 178.

loreji (Cirphis), 492.

loreyi (Noctua), 492.

lota {Noctun), 416.

licbens {Mamestra), 106.

lueina (Oraterestra), 18.

liicina {Mamestra), 178.

lueina (S/ibfera), 18.

lunolacta {Mamestra),

605.

lunolacta (Polia), 605.

lupa (Mamestra), 611.

Inridu {Dianthcecia), 56.

lurida (Lasionycta), 56.

luslralis (Diantkaecia),

64.

Iwstralis (Polia), 64.

luteacjo (Nocfiia), 79.

liitcMgo (Polia), 79.

lutconincta {Dianthoecia),

198.

Inteola (Anarta), 43.

luteola {Scotogramma),

49.

luteoinaculata (Mythim-

r.a), 612.

lufeojjallens {Leucan ia),

598.

lulina, {Leiicania). 267.

hjpra {Dianthoecia), l'J6.

I'ypra (Pulia), 196.

macrolepia (Eriopvga),

314.

macrosaris (Cirphis),

494.

ma/rosaria (Leucan ia),

494.

maderes (Mamestra), 170.

maderae (Polia), 170.

nuiqdalene (Mamestra),

233.

Magellava, 37.

nutgellana (Diantkaecia),

164.

magellana (Polia). 164.

■inaqnolii { Dirt ii tlufcin ),

197.

vnr.. V.

magnolii (Polia), 197.

Maguza, 60.

mxja (Gra.phinhora),

2T2.

major (Chabuata), 272.

major (Noctna), 2T2.

niajuscula (Orthodes),

613.

Mamestra, 60.

mamestrina (Epunda),

107.

mauiestrina (Polia), 107.

manan ii (Dianthoecia),

443.

mandarina (Dianthwria ),

194.

iiiania (Mamestra). 156.

mania (Polia), 156.

Manobia, 276.

maori (Mamestra), 386.

mareu (Mamestra), 172.

marea (Polia). 172.

margiaua (Odoiite'.ia),

219.

margiaua ( Thargclia),

219.

raarginalis (Eriopyga),

346.

mnrginalis (Himella),

346.

mxirginosa (Noctua), 212.

marinitincfa (Mamestra),

188.

marinitincta (Polia), 188.

marmica (Hecatera),

182.

marmica (Polia), 182.

inarmorosa (Koctua), 26.

maryx (Ceramica), 610.

mausi (Anarta), 46, 602.

maya (Melanclira), 612.

media (Craterestra), 19.

'media (Hadena), 1 9.

mediana (Brijophila),

189.

mediana (Polia)i 189.

medio fasca (Leucania),

510.

mediolugeus ( Tan io-

campa), 428.

mediorufa (Eriopvga),

295.

mcdiorvfa (Himella),

295. ■

meditata (Dianthcecia),

82.

meditata (Polia), 82.

megadia (Leucania/), 522.

meqara (iscotogrammu),

165.

mega la (Charaa^), 462.

niegiiproclis (C'irpliis),

532.

mec/arena (Mamestra),

178.

melaleuca (Noctua), 398.

Melanchra., 60.

melania (Leucania), 598.

melanochroa (Dlanthoi-

cia), 198.

melanogaster (Eriopyga),

312.

melanogaster { Orthodes),

312.

raelanopa (Anarta), 45.

mekinopa [Noctna), 45.

melanopasta (Borolia),

574.

melanopasta. (Leucania),

574.

melanopis (Eriopyga),

299.

melanosticta (Eriopyga),

326.

melanostrota (Borolia),

564.

Media, 576.

Meliana, 576.

melianoides (Borolia),

562.

melianoides (Leucania),

562.

meinbrosa (Anarta), 41.

mendax (Epia), 232.

mendax (Hadena), 232.

mendica (Mamestra),

612.

mendosica (SL-oto-

gramrna), 35.

meridiunalis (Hadena),

211.

merope (Mehinchra), 612.

mesoqla iwa ( Ma mestra),

162.

mesoglauca (Polia), 162.

mesomelana (Agrotis),

163.

mesomelana (Polia), 163.

mesostrigata ( Erioj)yga),

333.

mesoirosta (Cirphis),

547.

mcsotrosta (Leucan ia ),

547.

metaphaja (Cirphis), 552.

Meierana, t.O.

Mctopiora, 4.52.

micacea (Cirphis), .508.

micacea. (Leucania), 508.

■michcelseyii (Agrotis), 465.

micha'lseni (Script ania),

164, 465.

G2()

ALI'HAHIXII U. IMtlX.

iiiicrasfa (Lmcrmia), 44fi.

iiiicrasta (Physetica), 446.

microdoH {Hadena), -6.

microgonia (Cirpliis),f'33.

inicrupis (Borolia), r)74.

luicrosticha (Cirpliis),

529.

mimica {Leticania), 521.

mi inula (Anarta), 46.

iiiiiiuili (Anarta), 44.

riiiiiiir/is {Ne2jhelodcs),

37)8.

miniosa (Moniina), 418.

miniom (Noc/ua), 418.

miuorata (Epia), 230.

niinorata (Leucania), 597.

iiiinomta (Mumesira),

230.

niinuscula(Aclapb8enura),

4()0.

iimruscida (Dctj^hcsmtnt),

460.

'>}iisfa {Mamesira), 147.

mista (Polia), 147.

■ndi-ieca {Leucania), 542.

mifis {Agrotis), 280.

mixtura (Maraestra), 612.

iiiocoides (Cirpliis), 554.

viocoides (Leucania), 554.

•nwderata {Agrotis), 280.

rnoderata ( Cymatophora),

319.

modorata (Eriopj-ga),

319.

moderata (Hjssia), 280.

moderata {Leucan ia ) ,

583.

niodesta (Cirpliis), 531.

Qiiodesta {Bianthoecia),

28(5.

modesta (Hyssia), 286.

modesia {Leucania), 551.

modifica ( Taniocccmpa),

804.

onoei ens ( Caradrina), 157.

iiioerens (Polia), 157.

ma&chlcrl (Anarta), .38.

iiicesta (Eriopyga), 324.

moesta (Ncsaia), 314, 324.

tnohosa (Hecaicra), 83.

Tiiohosa (Polia), 83.

MOiifjo/ica {Jjianihtxcta),

51.

moiigolica (Mamesira),

HO.

TOcngolica (Polia), 110.

monilis (Eriopyga), 3^0.

muuHia (Hadcnu), 3;^0.

Moiiima, 409.

Munosca. 356.

MoHostola, 356.

)iioiitana (fjasie-stra), 48.

montana {Polia), 48.

moniicola, {Mamesira),

170.

montium (Leuoania), 545.

utoorci {Leucania), 52.").

morosa (Morrisonia),

384.

morosa. (Xylophasia), 384.

Morrisonia. 36(i.

mortua (Manicstra). 104.

morliia (Polia), 104.

mossamhicensis {JJicc-

phone), 453.

miicens (Morrisonia),

371.

mucevs (Sept is), 371.

mulina (EriopygM), 293.

muJina ( Taniocampa),

293.

multifaria (Xylina), 371.

multilinea (Cirpbis), 482.

mu It ilin ea {L eucan ia ),

482.

niullipujictata (Leu-

cania). 611.

munda (Mouiina), 416.

munda (Koeitca), 416.

muricina (Acerra), 3(53.

miiriciua (Stretchia),

363.

m uscuUna {Bianthacia),

289.

musculina (TTyssia), 289.

musicalis (IS'octua), 398.

mutans ( Hadena), 369.

mil tans (Morrisonia), 369.

mutdata (Mamestra), 148.

luutilata (Polia), 148.

mutina (Apamea), 26 1 .

lautina (Cbabuata), 261.

myrtilli (Anarta), 42.

myrtilli (Noctua), 42.

niys (Moninia), 423.

7nys (SlretcJiia), 423.

vrysiica {Mamesira), 115.

niystica (Polia), 115.

iW««, 291.

navia (Mamesira), 65.

nrevia (Polia), 65, 603.

nagaensis (Hadena), 108.

nagaensis (Polia), 108.

nainica (Cirpbis), 486.

naAnica (Leucania), 486.

nana (Noctua), 201.

nana {I'halcana), 26.

nana (Scotograrama), 26.

nanus (Buvdiyx), 4"_0.

nareda (Leucania), 499.

natalensis (A2J«niea), 4.01.

natalensis (Xvlomania),

401.

nebulosa (Cirpbis), .'500.

neindosa (Leucania), .'iOO.

nebulosa (Koctua), 114.

nebulosa (Polia), 114.

ncJndosns (Bomliyx), 427.

nefiibta (Lmcania), 531.

negussa (Mamestra), 86.

JS'eleucania, 576.

neoterica (Mamesira), (56.

ueoterica (Polia), ^ij.

Nepbelislis, 2.'i0.

nepbelistis (Dasygaster),

475.

Neplielodes, 356.

ncpos (Leucania), 264.

ncptis (Iieiicania), .583.

ncrvata (Hadena), 469.

nervina (Apamea), 1(50.

nervina (Polia), 160.

Neuria, 208.

Neuron ia. 216.

nevadce (Mamesira), 98.

nevad-Tj (Polia), 98.

ne.va (Myfkimna), 354.

nigerrima (Mamestra),

104.

nigrescens (Biantheecia'^,

443.

nigrtlinea (Leucania),

485.

niqrilineosa (Letican ia),

"607.

nigripars (Eriopyga), 327.

nigripars (Himella ), 327.

nigrisparsa (Borolia),

570.

nigrisjKcrsa (Leucania),

570.

nigrofasciata (Lciican ia ),

520.

nigro-lunata (Anarta),

45.

nigropuncia (Cel^na), 9.

nigropuncta (Ti-ic-bestra),

9.

oiigrovcnalis (Leucania),

425.

nigrovenalis (Monima),

425.

nimbosa (Aplecta) 115.

ninibosa (Polia), 115.

nimia (Orthodes), 3.33.

niphadopa (Hyssia), 283.

niphadopa (Leucania),

2f3.

nisus (Biantkeecia), 195.

nisus (Epia), 231.

nisus (Nociua), 231.

nitens (Noctiia), 111.

ALPHABETICAL TNDEX.

627

nitena {Orfhodes^, 34-1.

nivarla {Anarta), 44:.

niveico-ta (Aleliana), 5S7.

niueicosia [Ncleucaiiia),

587.

niveiguttata (Hyssia),

288.

niveigutfata (Mamestra),

288.

niveilinea (Leucania),

BUI.

niveilinea ( Chloridea),

601.

niveipuncta (Eriopvga),

325.

niveipuncta ( Mamestra),

325.

niveopicta (Cratere.stra),

18.

niveopicta (JPerigea), 18.

NontuidaSi 1.

noctiiit'ormis (Chabuata),

274.

noctiiiformis ( Orthodes),

274.

nordehscjoldi [Mamestra),

465.

nordeiiscjoldi (Scrip-

tonia), 4r>5.

norma (Dianthxcia), 401.

norma (Xvlomania), 401.

normalis {Accrra), 405.

normalis (Perigrnplia),

405.

normani {Pcrigrapha),

441.

norinani (Sideridis). 441.

notata (Cliabuata); 259.

notata ( Trwholita). 259.

nova (Cardepia), 235.

nova [Trickoc/ea), 235.

noverca (Mamestra), 155.

noverca (Polia). 155.

nvgatis (Mamestra), 68.

nu-atis (Polia), 68.

nidlifera (Ayrotis), 281.

nullifera (Hyssia), 281.

nummosa (Miselia), 197.

nun-atrum (Noctua), 414.

oaxacana ( Lencania), 571.

ohliqica (Bomhyv), 419.

olmigra (Mamestra), 178.

ohscura (Aletia), 2(54.

obseura i Chabuata), 264.

obscura (Mamestra), 157,

170

obscura (Polia), 157.

ohscurata (Lnccania), 600.

ohscurata (Mamestra),

111.

ohscurior (Letwania), 583.

obsciirior (Mamestra),

178.

obscnrus ( igrotis), 333.

obsoleta (L-3iicania), .599.

ohsuleta (Noctua), 599.

ODtiisa (Eriopyga), 300.

obt iisa ( Tce/i iocampa),

300.

obumbrata (Leucania),

611.

obusta (Cirpbis), 479.

obiista (Lcuvaiii'i), 479.

obvia (Pulia), 613.

occidenta ( Copimamcstra),

11.

ocbracea (Lasionjcta),

59.

ochracea (Noctua), 195.

ochracca, (Xijlomiges), 59.

ochrea (Dianthtecia), 2l)l.

och'oleuca (Noctua), 4(51.

ochrostigma (Hadcna), 73.

ocliro'a (Eriopvga). 300.

ochrotn (Himella), 300.

och^histis (Mamestra),

380.

oclithistis (Morrisonia),

380.

ociosa (Celcena), 269.

ociosa (Chabuata), 2(59.

oct.ius (Melanchra), 612.

ocularis (Nortua), 417.

odiosa (Af/rotis), 424.

odiosa (Mamestra). 238.

odiosa (Moniina), 424.

Odontelia, 219.

Odoutestra, 205.

odontites (Noctua), 26.

cenistis (Hadena), (507.

olbiena (Noctua), 79.

okracea (Noctua), 135.

olera-^ea (Polia), 135.

olivacea (Mamestra), 178.

olivacea (Polia), 178.

olivocincia (Hecatera),

171.

olivociticta (Polia), 171.

oiiiierou (Melanchra),

612.

omoplaca {^Mamestra),

382.

omoplaca (Morrisonia),

382.

Oiiychestra, 223.

opaca ^Cirphis), 546.

opaca (Leucania). 546.

operosa (Borolia), 563.

opcrosa (Leucania), 5(53.

opiina (Moniina), 428.

opima (Noctua), 428.

optima (Haderonia), 245.

optima (Hadula), 245.

orbica (Kria]iyga), 318.

orbiculata (Hyssia), 289.

orbiculata (Mamestra),

289.

ordinaria (Mamestra),

612.

oregona (Cirphis), 526.

oregoiia (Leucania), ,526.

orrgonica (Mamestra), 29.

or /da (Mamestra), 33.

orida (Scotogramina), 33.

ori".ntalis (JJianthuecia),

75.

or/entalis (Glottula), 456.

orientalis (Polia). 75.

orientalis(Polytela), 456.

ori:;a (Celcena), 7;:.

oriza (Leucania), 571.

oriza (Polia), 75.

Orizaba (Leucania), -542.

orisahena (Hadena), 83.

orizibena (Polia), 83.

ornala (Mamestra), 285.

oroha (Agrotis), 351.

oroba (Eriopj-ga), 351.

orobia (Eriopyga), 299.

orohia (Mamestrc(), 299.

orophila (Agrotis), 333.

orthosioides (Palponiraa),

432.

ortkosoioides (Se/Jiio-

pJiora), 432.

oviduca (Eriopyga), 298.

oviduca ( T(B)i iiivampa),

297, 298. 343.

oxi/qala (Heliophila),

597.

oxygala (Leucania), 597.

Paohetra, 20.S.

pacifira. (Grapkiphora),

151.

pacifica (Monima), 429.

paci/ica ( Taniocampa),

429.

palilis (Dianthaecia), 166.

pal i lis (Polia), 166.

jjallens (Leucania), 598.

pallcns (Mamestra), 136.

pallens (Noctua), 598.

pallescens (Eriopyga),

309.

pallescens (Himella), 309.

fuUida (DiaJithueeia),

196.

pallida (Noctm), 419.

judlida, (Ortliosi((), 431.

pallida (Tceniocampa),

427.

628

ALI'IIAIJKTICAL INDEX.

paUidicosIa {Leucaii ia),

267.

paUidior ( T(X)noca mpa),

427, 431.

pallidior (Xylomania),

301.

pallidior {Xylom it/ en),

391.

palliseca (Cirphis), 529.

palliseca {Leucania), 529.

PalponitTia, 432.

pampa {Leucania), 527.

pancratii (Brithys), 447.

pancratii {Nodva), 447.

pannosa (Apamea), 160.

pannosa (Polia), 160.

Panolis, 461.

paracausta {Mainesfra),

370.

paracausta (Morrisonia),

370.

paran ica (Mamesfra),

142.

paraniea (Polia), 142.

paromcea (Moniiua), 429.

parvula {Mamcntra), 63.

parvula (Polia), 63.

pasm (Mamesfra), 101.

passa (Polia), 101.

pastea (Cirphis), 550.

Pastona, 60.

patalis (Xylomania), 400.

patalix {.Y///oi///i/e!<), 400.

pairicia {Hclinphila), .585.

patricia (Meliaiia), 585.

paupera (Perigea), 240,

297.

pavida {Hadena), 99.

pectiiiata (Meliana), .576.

peclinata {Mythiiuna),

357.

pectinata (Nephelodes),

358.

pei-tinata (Perigrapha),

407.

pectinata ( Taniocampa),

407.

pectinatus {Nephelodes),

358.

peculiar is {Mamesfra). 34.

pefiiliaris(Sootogramina),

34, 602.

pclistis {Mamesfra), 384.

penicillata {Leucania),

504.

pennitarsis {Hadena),

119.

liennitarsis (Polia), 119.

pensilis { Diantha'cia),

Ub.

pensilis (Pulia), 145.

peracuta {Morrison ia),

386.

perbrnnnea (Eriopj-ga),

348.

perbninnea {Graphi-

phora), 348.

percisa {Leucania.), 525.

percussa (Borolia), 564.

percussa {Leucania), 5(54.

perdenfata {Hadena), 129.

perdentata (Polia), 129.

peredia {Tceniocampa),

350.

peregrin a {Hadena), 92.

peregrina (Polia), 92.

perforata (Eriopyga),

302.

perforata { Taniocamjxt),

302.

I^erfusca (Eriopyga), 297.

Perigoniea, 434.

Perigrapha, 403.

peritalis (Xylomania),

392.

peritalis {Xi/lomiyes),

392.

perliibens (Xylomania),

397.

perlithcns {Xylinniges),

397.

permiAta {Noctua), 99.

]ierplexa (Lasiestra), 52.

■pcrplexa {^ociua), 195.

perplcxa {Scut oy ramma),

52.

perpura {Ortkosia), 44.

persa (Lasiestra), 52.

persa {Mamestra), 52.

persec'ta (Borolia), 574.

Persectania, ."86.

pcrsicaria> {Nuctua), 105.

persicariae (Polia), 105.

2)erta {Cela-na), 11.

pertracfa {Heliophila),

598.

peterseni {Bhi:oyramrna),

14.

peterseni (Trichorbiza),

14.

2)cfita {Mamestra). 1 78.

]ic.va {Hydrcecia), 254.

pexa (Hydrocciodes), 254,

phsea (Anarta), 45.

phtea (Cirphis), .541.

pthaa {Leucania), 541.

pha?ochroa (Borolia),

572.

?haula (Leucania), 611.

'hilock>-ysa, 458.

phlebitis (Cirphis), 537.

phlebitis {Leucania), 537-

phoca {Dianthaecia), 48.

phoca (Lasiestra), 48.

phragmitidicola (Cir-

phis), 483.

jikragmitidicola {Leu-

cania), 586.

pkricias {Mamestra). 385.

phricias (Morrisonia),

385.

Physetica, 444.

picta (Ceramica), 446.

picta {Mamestra), 446.

jnctula {Diantkcecia), 174.

pictula (Polia), 174.

])icfurafa {Dian tka>cia),

227.

picturata (Epia), 227.

pilipalpis (Cirphis), 480.

pifipalpis {LLeliojihila),

480.

2nni {Noctua), 461.

pinijjerda {Noctua),

461.

pinna {Leucania), 567.

pisi {Noctua), 136.

pisi (Polia), 136, 603.

placida (Cirphis), 552.

pilacida {Mythimna),

■ 552.

placida {Noctua), 170.

plagiata {Agrotis), 258.

plagiata (Tiracola), 2n8.

pldi/ijcra (Agrotis), 258.

plana (Leucania). 558.

planalis {Agrotis), 301.

planalis (Eriopyga), 301.

plehda {Noctua), 1 14,

140.-

plena {Krana), 367.

plena (Morrisonia), 367.

plicafa {Mamestra), 86.

plicata (Polia), 86.

plusifeibrinis (Stretchia),

364.

poleniusa (Cirphis), .524.

pulcmusa {Leucania), 524.

Polia, 63.

poliastis {Mamestra),

181.

poliastis (Polia), 181.

Poliodes, 359, 610.

Poliodestra, 610.

poliostigma {Hadena),

141.

poliotis (Eriopyga), 352.

polycltroa {Mamesfra),

368.

polygoua (Tmetolo-

pliota), 471.

poly mi fa {Nor tun) 198

Poly mid- is 60.

ALI'IIAHETICAL INDEX.

6l>9

polijodon {Manirs/m), 88.

polyrabda (Cirpbis),

Ml.

polysticlia (Cirphis), 527.

'polif^tkkci {Leiicania),

b-Ii.

polystrota (Cirphis), 529.

Poljtela, 45(5.

Polytelodes, 454.

pomerana ( Mame^ira),

472.

jioijulcris {Boiiihy.r), 2lfi.

popularis (Tholera), 215.

■populeti {Boinhyx), 417.

populeti (Monima), 417.

porosa (Moniina), 412.

2wrosa (Orfkonia), 412.

postica (Cirphis), 535.

posfica (Leucatiia), 5'5.5.

postica (Trichoclea), 241.

potaiiini {Mamesfra),

207. _

potanini (Odontestra),

207.

prfficipua (Hadula), 246.

prcecipua {Ma/nestra),

246.

prisclara (Lcucania), 565.

prcsdiia (Nocfua), 126.

praedita (Polia), 126.

prceqracilis {Heliophilin),

58S.

pr;Bo;raciHs (Meliann),

588.

prjEses (Perigrapha), 407.

2}r<£termism {Diunthacia),

190.

prima (Perigrapha), 404.

prioiuxfis (^Mumestra),

384.

prionistis (Morrisonia),

384.

procincta (Hadena), 209.

procinctus [Eupsejjho-

factes), 209.

prodcni fa ?-?n is ( Ma mex-

tra)'\-ll.

prodenilorinis (Polia),

127.

prodenus {Cerastis). 344.

j)roleucn {Lcucania), 21.

prominens (Cirphis),

487.

prominens {Lcucajiia),

487, 506.

promiilsa (Lasiestra), 49.

promulsa {Mamcutra), 49.

Pronotestra, 224.

propria {Lcucania), 471.

propria (Tmetolopiiota),

471.

propnha {Raphia). 229.

pniti-adis {Mumcstra),

•Mb.

Proteinania, 290.

proxima (Cirpliis), .504.

prnxima. {Lcucania), 504.

pro.vima (Xoctiw), 73,

140.

proxima (Polia), 73.

pryeri (Cirjjhis), 481.

prycri [Lcucania), 498.

pseudargyria (Cirphis),

481.

pseudargyria {Lcucania),

481.

Pseudorfhudes, 291.

psiitacus {Mamesfra),

174.

psittacus (Polia), 174.

ptilodonfa (Scotogram-

ma), 28.

pfilodonta ( Trichopolia),

28.

ptochica {Mamesfra), 101.

ptochica (Polia), 101.

ptyonophora (Cirphis),

491.

pudorina (Leucania),

600.

pudorina {Nooftia), 600.

puerilis (Eriopyga), 344.

jmcrilis {Mana/stra). 3-14.

puyna.v {Nucfua), 29.

pulchella {Graphiphiira),

406.

pulchella (Perigrapha),

40().

puk'helJa (Xjlomania),

399.

pulchella {Xi/lomigcs),

399.

pulchra {Lcucania), 499.

jjulrerulenfa {Mamcslra),

1.58.

pulverulenta {yac/ua),

420.

pumila. {Dianthoecia), 199.

piiinila (Polia), 199.

punctifera {Leucania),

542.

puncfina {Xocfua), 596.

punriivena {Dasygastcr),

477.

punctosa {Cera si is), 264.

pmictosa (Chabuata), 264.

punctosa (Cir|ihis), 539.

punctcsa {Lcucania), 491.

puncfosa {Siaiyra), 539.

punctula(Kri'ipyga), 329.

puiicfu/ata {SjM-lotis),

517.

punctulum {Eriopyga),

329.

pnrdii (Leucania). 611.

purpurigera (Eriopyga),

327.

purpurigera {Hypoiri.r),

327.

purpurissafa {Eurois), 70.

pnrpurissata (Polia), 70.

pusilla {Nocfua), 420.

pusilla (Polia), 88.

pusilla {Thargelia), 88.

putrescens (Cirphis), 540,

putresccns {Nocfua), 540.

putrida (Cirphis), 544.

pufrida {Leticania), 544.

pyrastis (Cirphis) 518.

pyrena ica {Facketra),

203.

pyropis (Eriopyga), 342.

pyrrhias (Cirpliis), 494.

pyrrhias {Leucania), 494.

quadrannulata (Cirphis),

555.

quadra?) mi lata {Mames-

fra), 555.

quadra ta {Ma mesfra ),

1.38.

quad rat a (Polia), 138.

quad rilineafa { C'elcen a),

187.

quadrilin ca fa { Ma mest ra),

183.

quadrilineata (Polia),

183.

quadrilunata (Anarta),

40.

qiiadriposifa {Hadena),

141.

quadristigma {Himella),

348.

radiata (Aspidifrontia),

450.

radiata (Borolia), 566.

radiata {Leucauin), 566.

radi.v {Aqrotis), 132.

radix (Pulia), 132.

rainieri (Lasionycta), 54.

rainierii {Mamesfra), 54.

ranunculina {Ncctua),

169.

ravida {Xoctua), 203.

rectilinea (Chabuata),

273.

recfilinea {Mamesfra),

178.

recfilinea {Nocfua), 95.

regnafrix {riiilocftry.<a),

459.

630

ALPHAUETICAL INDPIX.

reliqiia (Eriopyga), 303.

rdlqaa ( Tceutoeampa),

303.

remota (Cirpliis), 5.55.

rcmofa (Leuomia), 555.

renati (Epia), 233.

renati {Mamedra), 233.

renigera {Ceheiui), 17(5.

renigera (Polia), 17fi.

renmyna (Ce/cena), 190.

renisigna (Polia), 190.

repaiida [Opif^ena), 195.

repentina {Mamesira),

33.

repeutina (Scotogram-

ma), 33.

repetita (Hypobarathra),

222.

repetita {Xylophasia),

222.

reticulata (Hadena), 212.

reticulata (Noctua), 212.

reversa (Atetia), 477.

reversa (Dasygaster),

477.

revicta (Monima), 426.

revicta {Tcsniocainpa),

426.

rbabdopbora (Borolia),

558.

rhabdophora {Lcucania),

558.

rhadata (Eriopyga), 322.

rhadata (Mamedra), 322.

rlwdiiia. (Mamedra). 247.

rhodocomvia (Lcucama),

520.

rhodoplcura (Mamcstra),

174.

rhodoptera (Borolia),

571.

rbodotricbia (Eriopyga),

309.

ricbardsoni (Anarta), 39.

richardsoni {Hadena), 39.

rileyana (Morrisonia),

372.

rimosa (Heliophila), 571.

riparia (Cirpbis), 533.

riparia {Lcucania), 533.

rivoruin (Cirpbis), 527.

rivorum (Leucania), 527.

rivosa (Noctua), 194.

rivularis {Noctua), 194.

rohsoni {Aplecta), 114.

rohusfa (M/jthi/iiiia.), 489.

rogc7ihoferi {Mamestra),

113.

rogenboferi (Polia), 113.

ropilla{Ccl(jBna), 341.

ropilla (Eriopyg 1^, 311.

rorida (Monima), 410.

rorida (Orthopia). 410.

rosea (Leucania), 586.

rosea (Manvstra), 440.

rosea (Meliana), 58!).

rosea (Sideridis), 440.

roseilinea (Cirpbis), 523.

roseilinea (L",ucaiiia),

523.

roseola (Cirpbis), 484.

roseola (Leucauia,), 484.

roseosuffusa ( Mamedra),

189.

roseosuffusa (Polia), 189.

rube facta (^Ccramica),

442.

rubefacta (Sideridis), 442.

ruhcns (Celeena), 71).

rubens (Polia). 76.

rubeolans (Nepbelodes),

612.

rubescens (Morrisonia),

376.

rubescens (Xylophasia),

376.

rubor (Eriopyga), 345.

rubor ( Or/kodes), 345.

rubra (Meliana), 588.

rubrescens (Apamea), 420.

riibrescens (Borolia), 563.

rubrescens (Moniiua),

420.

rubrica (Graphipkora),

393.

rubrica (Xylotnania),393.

rubrioosa (Bombyx), 418.

rubrifusa (Polia), 85.

rubripallens (Leucania),

595.

ruhripennis (Leucania),

577.

rubripeunis (Meliana),

577.

rubripuncta (Eriopyga),

338.

rubripuncta (Himella),

338.

rubrisecti (Cirpbis), 553.

rudis (Aletia), 264.

rudis (Pastona), 191.

rudis (Polia), 191.

rufannulata (Noctua),

419.

rufescens (Aspidifrontia),

452.

rufescens (Leucania) 516.

rufescens (Tceniocampa),

*431.

rufipennis (Cbabuatji),

2i)8.

rufipeuuis (Cir])bis), 506.

rufipennis (Leucania),

506.

rufipennis (Mythimna),

268

rufistrigosa (Cirpbis),

516.

rufistriyosa (Leucania),

516

rufufa (Dianfhrjpcia), 303.

rufula (Eriopyga), 308.

rufuki (Leucania), 606.

rufula (Mamesfra), 106.

rugosa (Ma.mestra), 188.

ru'gosa (Polia), 188.

rukavaarte (Mamestra),

136.

rupestralis (Pyralis), 45.

rupestris (Noctua), 45.

rupicapra (Leucania),

5.31).

rupt il-inca, (Dianthxcia),

2i.3.

ruptilinea (Hadena),

215.

sabulorum (Hadula),

247.

sabulorum (Mamestra),

247.

soccharivora (Leucania),

Oil.

sadales (Mamesfra), 154.

sadales (Polia), 154.

salebrosa (Cirpbis), 517.

silehrosa (Leucania), 517»

533.

salsolcs (Hadena), 92.

saltdalensis (Folia), 603.

sancta (Dianthaecia),

231.

sani/uinata ( Char idea),

453.

sanguinata (Metopiora),

453.

saponarice (Noctua), 212.

sarca (Leucania), 581.

sarea (Meliana), 581.

sarcistis (Cirpbis), 527.

sarcopbaja (Cirpbis),

528.

sarcostriga (Borolia),

670.

satanella (Mamestra),

138.

satanella (Polia), 138.

satellitioides (Cbabuata),

274.

satellitioides ( Orthodes),

274.

saturnns (Agrotis), 611.

saucia (Noctua), 29.

ALrnABETRAL INDEX.

G31

saxea (Stretcliia), 860.

mxea {XiiUna), ;^6(>.

schiieideri {Mamesfra ),

129.

solineideri (Folia), 129.

scirpi (Cirphis), 545.

scirpi (Li'ucania), 545,

573.

scirpioola (Leiiccaiia),

5(i6.

scottii (Lcucania). 582.

scotti (Meliana), 582.

scotochlora (Polia), 116.

scotochroma {Ma niesf.ru),

12.

Scotograraraa, 24.

scr.'eliiigia (Lasionycta),

56.

Scriptania, 464.

scripta (Ma nil's/ ra), 467.

scripta (Sti'igania), 4()7.

secedens (Eriopjga),

312.

secedens (Himella), 312.

secede ns (F/iOiin), 193.

secedens (Polia), 193.

secta (Cirphis), 524.

secfc( (Leuc(mia), 524.

sectilis (Mori'isonia),

372.

sectilis {Xylophasici),

372.

sedilis (Lasionyct.a), 57.

sedilis {Hcotogramma),

57.

seeboldi (Mamestra),

612.

segreqata {Mamestra),

146.

segregata (Polia). 146.

sejuncta {Dianthueciu),

233.

selama {Mamestm), 87.

selatna (Polia). 87.

semiaperta (Hgdrcecirt),

260.

son icnna (Leueanin),

518.

semicircula {Leucania),

268.

semil'usca (Craterestra),

22.

scmivaria ( Mamestra),

187.

fiemidphora, 409.

semipallida (Aspidi- ■

fronlia), 451.

seiiiiusta (Cirphis), 551.

semiusta {Leucani'i), 551.

seinivittata (Leucania),

592.

senatoria (Hyssia), 28l.

sen at or ia (Mamestra),

281.

sencsceiis (Leucania),

542.

sepai'ata (Leucania), 547.

&e2}fentrionis (Anarta),

39.

sepulchralis (Leucania),

538.

Serena (Polia), 170.

serena (Noctua), 170.

serrata (Trichopolia),

363, 610.

serratilinea (Mamestra),

88.

serratilinea (Polia). 88.

serviiis (Hadena), 190.

sesaniiodes (Borolia),

575.

siccanorum (Mamestra),

223.

siccanorum (Onychestra),

223.

sichima (Polia), 161.

sicula (Cirphis), 537.

sicula (Leucania), 537.

Sideridis, 436.

sieversi (Tceniocampa),

410.

signata (Chabnata), 260.

signata (Nephelvdes),

260.

silenes (Epia), 233.

silenes (Noctua), 233.

silenides (Mcancstra),

224.

silenides (Pronotestra),

224.

similis (Euri/psgrke),

556.

sim illima (Leucania),

523.

sim illima (Xeuria), 206.

sitnillinia (Odontestra),

206.

simplaria (Leucania),

531.

simplex (Acronycta),

394.

simplex (Cirphis), 503.

simplex (L-jCucania). 503.

simplex (Polia), 613.

simplex (Xylomania),

394.

singularis (Leucania),

5(J9.

sinnosa (Cirphis), 53.5.

si/iuosa (Leucania), 53.5.

sist.''ns (Fjumichtis), 280.

s/celloni (Hadena), 368.

sJcrmlinqia ( Phlogophora),

56._ ■

sminthistis (Hvssia\

280.

sociaMlis (Mamestra),

240.

sociabilis (Trichoclea),

210.

soda (Hadena). 32.

sodae (Scotogramnia),

32.

softa (Mamestra). 139.

softa (Polia), 139.

soligcna (JVIamestra),

612.

solita. (Leucania), 482,

629, 530, 539, 544,

586.

spalax (Mamestra), 89.

spalax (Polia), 89.

spo'-sus (liomhyx), 431.

spartii (Noctua), 95.

specifica (Alysia), 281.

spectabilis (Agrotis),

258.

speyeri (Polia), 162.

spei/eri (TrigonopJiora),

i62.

spliaqnea (Mamestra),

367.

sjjicidusa (Mamestra),

175.

spiculosa (Polia), 175.

sjjinacicB (Noctua), 135,

169.

splendens (Mainestra),

136.

splendens (Noctua), 134.

splendens (Polia), 134.

spoliata (A'ylina), 371.

sjrreta (lioinhyx), 461.

sptircata (Xylina), 369.

spurcilinea (Eriopyga),

335.

sfcabilis (Monima), 419.

stahilis (Noctua), 419.

stah His ( Semiojihora ) ,

429.

staiulingeri (Anarta). 38.

stellata (Borolia), .565.

stellata (Leucania). 565.

8teni))tera (Borolia),

569.

stcnoqrapha (Leucania),

488.

stcnoptera (Meliana),

578.

stenoptera (Monima\

420.

stenoptera ( Twniocampa),

420.

G32

Ai.rii.uiKTrcAi, ]ndt:x.

stenotis (rolia), 16S.

sf.erojjc/s/ia {Min/ic.-ifra),

388.

steropastis (Persectaniu),

388.

sfevensii {Folia), llfi.

stigmosa {Mamestra), 31.

stigmoBa (Scotogramma),

31.

stipata (Morrisonia),

379.

sflpata {Xylina), 379.

stolata (Leiicania), 585.

st.olata (Meliana), 585.

stolidn {Hrideim). 10 J.

stramen (Leucaiiia), 531.

straminea (Leucania),

598.

s/raminea ( Mamcatra),

12.

Stretchia, 3r>3.

stretchia (Polia), lOG.

sfretchii {Scutoyramma),

16«.

striata {Leucania). 534.

strict a {Hadena). 176.

stricta (Folia), 176.

Strigaaiia, 46().

striqicollis {Hecaicra),

181.

styracis (lajniocampa),

613.

suasa {Xucliia). 99.

suasa (Polia\ 99.

sttavis {Mamestra), 131.

suavis (Polia), 131.

subapicalis {Mamestra),

397.

suharschanica {Hadeua),

62.

subarschaiiica (Polia),

62.

sid)contigua { Ma luestra),

93.

svhdita {Diantha'cia),

48.

subdita (Lasiestra), 48.

suhdoletis { Gra2Jhij)hora),

359.

suhfusctila {Avarta), 57.

suhfiiscula (Lasiouycta),

57.

suhjecta {Hadeva). 173.

subjecta (Polia), 173.

suhju7icta {Had en a), 97.

subjuncta (Polia), 97.

suhmarginalis [Helio-

phobus), 207.

subiuarginalis (Odontcs-

tra), 207.

submarina (Anarta), 35.

subinarina (8foto-

graiiuiia), 35.

submedianata (Scoto-

gramma), 27.

submcEsta (Dianthoecia),

610.

siibnitens {Lciwania),

498.

subnotata {Monnsca),

359.

subolivacea (Eriopyga),

325.

subpicta {Mamestra),

180.

subpicta (Polia), 180.

subplumbea {Bombi/.v),

417.

subpunctata {Heliophila),

.542.

subsefaceiis {Bombi/.r),

427.

subsigiiata (Cirpliis),

502.

subsif/7Kda {Leucania),

502.

subsocia (Cbabuata),

270.

subsocia {Ttpniocampa),

270.

substituta {Leucaji ia),

562.

subterminata (Crater-

estra), 22.

subterminata { Ta-v io-

campa), 426.

subvelata {Ajjamca), 23.

subvelata (Craterestra),

23.

suhviolacea {Hadena), 60.

suffusa {Anarta), 43.

suffusa {Lettcania), 584.

suffnsa (Meliana), 584.

suffusa {Tceniocampa),

*64.

sulcana (Leucania), 593.

sutrina {Mamestra), 139.

sutrina (Polia), 139.

sylviana {Noctua), 453.

syvcjenesicB {Nuctua),

228.

syrissa {Trichnlita). 259.

syzjgid (Scriptania),

464.

tahdata {Xylomiges).

400.

faccma {Mamestra), 137.

tacoma (Polia). 137.

taciina (Borolia), ,562.

tacuna {Leucania), 562.

T<pniocampa, 409.

Twniopyya, 453.

t.mcrei (Hadula), 243.

tancrrd {Mamestra), 243.

tangala (Cirpbis), 510.

tangala [Leucania), 510.

tarara (Mamestra), 612.

tartaraa {Graphiphora),

381.

tartaraea (Morrisonia),

381.

taunensis {Mamestra),

141.

tayaudi {Leucania), 530.

te'ota {Orthosia), 333.

telifera {Noctua), 461.

ieligera {Mamestra),

144.

tcmperata {BrynpJiila),

385.

temperata (Morrisonia),

385.

tenebra (Meliana), 587.

tenebra (Polia), 87.

ienebrifera {Leucania),

680.

teprca {Hadena), 157.

tepJiroleuca {Bianthoecid),

199.

tepbroleuca (Polia), 199.

terminata (Perigrapba),

406.

tcrininata { Tceniocampa),

40(>.

terranea (Craterestra),

19.

terranea {Perigea), 19.

tersa (Eriopyga), 294.

tcrsa {Perigea), 294.

tertia (Perigouica), 435.

tertialis (Nephelodes),

357.

tertulia (Eriopyga), 353.

tcrtidia (Perigea), 353.

tetera {Leucania), 583.

tetrica (Mamestra), 612.

texana {Heliophila), 570.

texturata (Hadena), 213.

texturata {Mamestra),

213.

thalassina {Noctua), 96.

tbalassina (Polia), 96.

tl/apsi {Noctua), 114.

Thargelia, 220.

ihecata {Mamestra),

347.

thermistis (Eriopyga),

351.

Tholera, 216.

thoracica {Leucania^,

492.

Tliyrcstra, 6.

ALPHABT}TICAL INDEX.

C33

timais {Vhalana), 459.

liniais (Ximthopastis),

455).

tiiicta (Boi'olia), 568.

t'lncta {Leitcaiiia), 5()S.

tincfa (XiA'/ua), 111.

tiiicta (Tolia). 111.

t/?iila (Leitcnnia), 542.

Tiracola, 257.

Tinetolophota, 470.

togata {Apamea), 344.

toronoui-a (Lcucaiiia),

591.

torrentium (Borolia),

567.

torrentium {Leucania),

567.

transhdilMlensis {Leu-

cania), 596.

ti'ansparens(Perigraplia),

40iS.

trcifschkci (Kocfua), 29.

trcitschkii (Hadena), 29.

tremulcti ( Tmuocampu),

417.

Trichestra, 8.

Triclioclea, 236.

TrichoUta, 259.

Trichopolia, 361.

Tricborliiza, 13.

tricuspid {Bombi/x), 462.

trifascia (Eriopyga),

304.

trifascia ( TcEtiiocampa),

304.

trifoUi {Leucania), 547.

trifolii {Noctua), 28.

trifolii {Scotogramma),

28.

trigutla {Noctua), 427.

trimaculosa {Noctua),

111.

trimenda {Noctua), 92.

trinidadensis {Mdia), 36.

trisema (Aiiai'ta), 37.

tristis {Noctua), 45.

tritonia (Cirphis), 542.

trocas {Mamcstra), 330.

turbida {Namesfra), 169.

turhida {Noctua), 520.

turbida {Xylina), 368.

turca (Eriopyga), 30().

iwrca {Noctua), 306.

turcc//a {Leucania), 306.

turpis (Hadula), 245.

turpii {Pkcebophilus),

245.

typbludes (Cirphis), 495.

fijphlodcs {Leucania),

' 495.

typica {Noctua), 212.

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ucla (Cirphis). 488.

«r;?« {Leucania), 488.

Ulolonche, 278.

umbra (Melanchra), 612.

umbrigera (Leucania),

611.

umbrosa (Polia), 85.

umhrosa { Scotogramma),

85.

imcifera (Hadena), 214.

uncifera. {Frodenia), 214.

uiidiciliff' {Apamea). 102.

u>?ica. {Hadena), 249.

unica (Hadula), 249.

unica (Leucania), 591.

unicolor {Mamestra),

105. 212.

unicolor {Noctua), 111.

unicolora {Agrotis), 352.

uuicolora (Eriopyga),

3.72.

uniformis (DiantJmcia),

75.

uniformis (Eriopj'ga),

349.

uniformis (Lasiestra), 50.

uniformis {Leucania,),

683.

uniformis (Meliana), .583.

tt niform in { Scotograinma),

50.

uniformis { Tenniocampa),

349.

unipuucta (Cirphis),

547.

unipuncta {Noctua), 547.

ursina {Lathosea), 362.

ursina (Trichopolia),

362.

U-scripta {Mamestra),

237.

U-scripta (Trichoclea),

237.

usta (Cirphis), 501.

usta {Leucania), 501.

ustistriga (Morrisonia),

377.

ustistriga {Xglina), 377.

utahensis (Eriopyga),

300.

utahensis { Tceniocampa),

300.

valcsicola {Leucania^ ,

536.

v-alhuni {Leucania), 402.

v-albiim (Xylomaiiia),

402.

vana {Agrotis), 580.

vana (Meliana), 580.

variabilis (Stretchia),

365.

variegata {Mamestra),

135.

variolata {Mamestra),

118.

variolata (Polia), 118.

vau-media {Mamestra),

180.

Tau-niedia (Polia), 180.

vau-orbicularis {Mames-

tra), 102.

vau-orbicularis (Polia),

102.

vecors (Eriopyga), 344.

vecors {Orthodes), 344.

velata {Celcena), 344.

vellerea (Nephelistis),

253.

vellerea {Tmniocampa),

250, 251.

velutina (Cluibuata), 267.

velutina (Cirphis), 520.

velutina {Leucania), 267.

520.

venalba (Borolia), 567.

vcnalba {Leucania), 567.

venata (Polia), 104.

venata, {Tcenioca?npa),

420.

verna {Noctua), 28.

vestigialis {Bombyx), 203.

vexata {Xglina), 369.

vicina {Mamestra), 144.

vicina (Polia), 144.

vidua {Mamestra), 134.

vidua {Noctua), 45.

Tidua (Polia), 134.

vigas {Hadeiui), 187.

vigasia {Chloridea), 291.

vigasia (Proteinania),

291.

vigens {Erana), 8.

vindemialis { Ceramica),

445.

vindemialis {Mamestra),

442.

vindemialis (Physetica),

445.

vinobarbata (Eriop3'ga),

311.

viola (Poliodes), 361.

violans {Ncphelodes), 358.

violascens (Eriopyga),

340.

violascens {Himclla), 340.

violascens (Jlyssia), 286.

violascens (Poliodes),

361.

violascens {Xglina), 3(!L

vireaccns {Chera), 278.

634

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

virgula (Eriopyga), 342.

virqnla (T(snioca/)qja),

342.

viriata (Apamea), 19.

viridis {Dianihoecia),

367.

viriditincta ( Ma mestra),

173.

viscariw (Dian thcecia),

202.

vitelliiia (Noctua), 440.

■vitellina (Sideridis), 440.

vitiosa (Apamea), 375.

vitiosa (Morrisonia), 375.

vitis (Dico2ns), 77.

vittata {Leucania), 581.

vittata (Meliana), 581.

vittigera (Mamestra),

205.

vittigera (Odoiitestra),

205.

vitttda {Mamestra), 183.

vittula (Polia), 183.

vmda ( Celerena), 352.

viuda (Eriopyga), 352.

volupia {Vlialana), 306.

vomerina ( Cloantha), 374.

wistromi (Anarta), 45.

w-lafinum (Hadena), 133.

iv-lntinum (Nocfua), 95,

99.

w-latinum (Polia), 95.

Xanihalia, 60.

Xanthia, 60.

xantliina (Hydroeeiodes),

254.

xanthocosma {Mamestra'),

161.

xantliocosuia (Polia),

161.

xa nthocya nea ( Noctua ) ,

198.

xanthofiisca ( Diantkoecia),

198.

Xantliopastis, 458.

xena (Maiiobia), 276.

xyloqra m ma. ( Meliana),

556.

Xylomania, 389.

yacima (Craterestra), 21.

yakima (Matnestra), 21.

yu (Cirphis), 650.

yw {Leucania), 550.

zachii {Mame$tra), 102.

zere (Cirphis), 544.

zees {Nocf'ua), 544.

zemblica (Anarta), 47.

cubira {Mametitra), 159.

Zosteropoda, 588.

zuelana (Catephiodes),

36.

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Miss E. S. Barton.

Rock Specimens „ G. T. Prior.

First Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &c. [With an Introduction, containing a Classifica-

tion of Animals from the point of view of Economic

Zoology, by Prof. E. Ray Lankester, LL.D., F.R.S.]

Pp. xxxiv., 192. 18 Woodcuts. 1903, Roy. Svo. 6s.

Second Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &c. Pp. X., L97. 29 Illustrations. 1904, Roy. 8vo.

6s.

MAMMALS.

Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Edward Gerrard. Pp. iv.,* 296.

1862, Svo. 5s.

Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 137. 21 Woodcuts. 1870,

Svo. 4s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 3

Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate

Mammalia in the British Museum. By John Edward

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. vii., 398. 47 Woodcuts. 1869.

8vo. 6s. 6fZ.

Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. By

John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. vii.,

402. 101 Woodcuts. 1866, 8vo. 8s.

Supplement. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.,

Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodcuts. 1871, 8vo. 2s. M.

List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Depart-

ment of the British Museum. By William Henry Flower,

LL.D., F.K.S., &c. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] Pp. iv., 36. 1885, 8vo. Is. M.

Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia {Pecora, Linnaeus) in the

British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.

Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, 8vo. 3s. 6d

Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Oldfield Thomas.

Pp. xiii., 401. 4 Coloured and 24 plain Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888,

8vo. U. 8s.

BIRDS.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum : —

Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomorphce : Part III., containing the first portion

of the family Timeliida3 (Babbling Thrushes). By

R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 420. Woodcuts and

18 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1881, 8vo. 11.

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomoiyhce : Part IV., containing the concluding

portion of the family Timeliidse (Babbling Thrushes).

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi., 698. Woodcuts and

15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomorp1i(C : Part V., containing the families

Paridae and Laniidae (Titmice and Shrikes) ; and

Certhiomorphce (Creepers and Nuthatches). By Hans

Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xiii., 386. Woodcuts and

9 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 17s.

17801 A 2

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Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.

Vol. IX, Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Oinnyrimorjihce, containing the families Nectariniidae

and Meliphagidae (Sun Birds and Honey-eaters). By

Hans Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xii., 310. Woodcuts

and 7 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1884, 8vo. 14s.

Vol. X. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Fringilliformes : Part L, containing the families

Dicasidas, Hirundinidae, Ampelidfe, Mniotiltidae, and

Motacillidae. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 682.

Woodcuts and 12 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 1^. 2s.

Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum,

FringilUfonnes : Part II., containing the families

Coerebidge, Tanagridas, and Icteridae. By Philip Lutley

Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 431. Woodcuts and

IS coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1886, 8vo. 1^.

Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

FringiUifof'mes : Part III., containing the family

Fringillidae. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xv,, 871.

Woodcuts and 16 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, Svo. 1^. 8s.

Vol. XIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Sturnifornies, containing the families Artamidas,

Sturnidae, Ploceidas, and Alaudidse. Also the families

Atrichiidae and Menuridae. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pp. xvi,, 701. Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates,

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890,

8vo. 1/. 8s.

Vol. XIV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Oligonii/odce, or the families Tyrannidae, Oxyrham-

phidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Phytotomidae, Philepittidae,

Pittidfe, Xenicidae, and Eurylasmidte. By Philip

Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xix., 494. Woodcuts

and 26 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1888, 8vo. 1/. 4s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 5

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.

Vol. XV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Tracheo'phonce, or the families Dendrocolaptidae,

Formicariidte, Conopophagid^, and Pteroptochidae.

By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 371.

Woodcuts and 20 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 11.

Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picariae in the Collection of

the British Museum. Upiipce and Trochili, by Osbert

Salvin. Coracke, of the families Cypselidas, Capri-

mulgidse, Podargidae, and Steatornithidse, by Ernst

Hartert. Pp. xvi., 703. Woodcuts and 14 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.!

1892, 8vo, II. 16s.

Vol. XVII. Catalogue of the Picaria3 in the Collection

of the British Museum. Coracke (contin.) and

Haley 07ies,y^\i\\ the families Leptosomatidas, Coraciidte,

Meropidae, Alcedinidae, Momotid?e, Totidae and Coliidae,

by R, Bowdler Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones^ by

W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Pp. xi., 522. Woodcuts and 17

coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1892, 8vo. II. 10s.

Vol. XVIII. Catalogue of the Picariae in the Collection

of the British Museum. Scansores, containing the

family Picidas. By Edward Hargitt. Pp. xv., 597.

Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 1/. &s.

Vol. XIX, Catalogue of the Picariae in the Collection of

the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges : con-

taining the families Rhamphastidae, Galbulidae, and

Bucconidae, by P. L. Sclater ; and the families Indi-

catoridae, Capitonidae, Cuculidae, and Musopha.aidae, by

G. E. Shelley. Pp. xii., 484 : 13 coloured^ Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,

8vo. 11. 5s.

Vol. XX. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori.

Pp. xvii., 658. Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,

8vo. 11. 10s.

Vol. XXI. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons, in

the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori.

Pp. xvii., 676. 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 11. 10s.

Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds {Pterocletes,

Gallinoi, Oinslhocomi^Hemipodii) in the Collection of

the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.

Pp. xvi., 585. 8 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1/. &s.

6 LIST OP PUBLICATIONS OlP THE

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum — continued.

Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicarige (RallidaB and

Heliornithidae) and Alectorides (Aramidae, Eurypy-

gidse, Mesitidse, Rhinochetida^, Gruidae, Psophiidae,

and Otididfe) in the Collection of the British Museum.

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.]

1894, 8vo. 20s.

Yol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicolas in the Collection

of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pp. xii., 794. Woodcuts and 7 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.

11. 5s.

Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gavias and Tubinares in

the Collection of the British Museum. Gaviae (Terns,

Gulls, and Skuas), by Howard Saunders. Tubinares

(Petrels and Albatrosses), by Osbert Salvin. Pp. xv.,

475. Woodcuts and 8 coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo. 1^. Is.

Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones,

Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the

Collection of the British Museum. Plataleae (Ibises

and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks),

by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Steganopodes (Cormorants,

Gannets, Frigate-birds, Tropic -birds, and Pelicans),

Pygopodes (Divers and Grebes), Alcfe (Auks), and Im-

pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii.,

687. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys-

tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, 8vo. 1/. 5.s-,

Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenoraorphae (Pala-

medeae, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratitae

in the Collection of the British Museum. By T.

Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.

11. 12s.

A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen-

clator Avium tum Fossilium turn Viventium.] By R.

Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. : —

Vol. I. Pp. xxi., 303. [With Systematic Index.]

1899, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. II. Pp. XV., 312. [With Systematic Index, and

an Alphabetical Index to Vols. I. and II.] 1900,

8vo. 10s.

Vol. III. Pp. xii., 367. [With Systematic and Alpha-

Detical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. IV. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1903, Svo. 10s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 7

List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the

British Museum, By George Robert Gray :—

Part III., Section I. Ramphastidse. Pp. 16. [With

Index.] 1855, 12mo. M.

Parf, III.. Section 11. Psittacidse. Pp. 110. [With

Index.] 1859, 12mo. 2s.

Part III., Sections III. and IV. Capitonidse and Picidae.

Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. Is. U.

Part lY. Columbse. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856,

12mo. Is. M.

Part V. Gallinae. Pp. iv., 120. [With an Alphabetical

Index.] 1867, 12mo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific

Ocean in the Collection of the British Museum. By

George Robert Gray, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 72. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. Is. 6rf.

Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British

Museum (Natural History) : —

Vol. I. Ratitffi. CarinataB (Tinamiformes — Lariformes).

By Eugene W. Gates. Pp. xxiii., 252, 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical lndexes.1

1901, 8vo. 30s.

Vol. II, Carinatae (Charadriiformes — Strigiformes). By

Eugene W. Gates, Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates,

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902,

8vo. 30s.

Vol, III. Carinatae (Psittaciformes — Passeriformes).

By Eugene W. Gates and Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xxiii., 319. 10 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo, 25s.

REPTILES.

Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbsenians

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 80. [With an Alphabetical

Index.] 1841, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British

Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., Act-

Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872. 4to, 2s. &d.

Part II. Emydosaurians,Rhynchocephalia,and Amphis-

bsenians. Pp. vi., 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, 4to.

3s. 6d,

Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the

British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873,

8vo. 4s.

^ LIST OP PUBLICATIONS OF THfi

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and

Crocodilea in the British Museum (Natural History).

New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311.

73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15.s.

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-

tory). Second Edition. By George Albert Boulenger : —

Vol. I. Geckonidse, Eublepharidse, Uroplatidae, Pygo-

podidse, Agamidae. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s.

Vol. II. Iguanidas, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae,

Anniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidao, Xantusiidse,

Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Pp. xiii., -497. 24 Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885

8vo. 20s.

Vol. III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytro-

pidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Pp. xii., 575. 40

Plates, [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical

Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &c. : —

Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae,

Boidae, Ilysiidae, XJropeltidae, Xenopeltidae, and Colu-

bridae aglyphae (part). Pp. xiii., 448 : 26 Woodcuts

and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 11. Is.

Vol. II., containing the conclusion of the Colubridae

aglyphae. Pp. xi., 382 : 25 Woodcuts and 20 Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1894.

8vo. 17s. 6rf.

Vol. III., containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and

Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae, and Viperidae.

Pp. xiv., 727 : 37 Woodcuts and 25 Plates. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3

volumes.] 1896, 8vo. 11. Qs.

Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the

BTitish Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 281.

[With Geographic, Systematic, and Alphabetical Indexes.]

1858, 12mo. 4s.

BATRACHIANS.

Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 160.

12 Plates. [With Systematic, Geographic, and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1858, 8vo. 6s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY).

FISHES.

Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Second

edition. Vol. I. Catalogue of the Perciforni Fishes in the

British Museum. Vol. I. Containing the Centrarchidae,

Pereidae, and Serranidag (part). By George Albert

Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix., 394. Woodcuts and 15 Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.

15s.

Catalogue of Fish collected and described by Laurence

Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. Pp. vii.,

196. [With a Systematic Index.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the

British Museum. By J. J. Kaup, Ph.D., &c. Pp. iv., 80.

4 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s.

MOLLUSCA .

Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the

British Museum. Part I. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D.,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857,' 8vo. 5s.

List of the Shells of the Canaries in the Collection of the

British Museum, collected by MM. Webb and Berthelot.

Described and figured by Prof. Alcide D'Orbigny in the

" Histoire Naturelle des lies Canaries." Pp. 32. 1854,

12mo. Is.

J^ist of the Shells of Cuba in the Collection of the British

Museum collected by M. Ramon de la Sagra. Described

by Prof. Alcide d'Orbigny in the " Histoire de I'llle de

Cuba." Pp. 48. 1854, 12mo. Is.

List of the Shells of South America in the Collection of the

British Museum. Collected and described by M. Alcide

D'Orbigny in the "Voyage dans I'Amerique Meridionale."

Pp. 89. 1854, 12mo. 2s.

Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British

Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by

Philip P. Carpenter. Pp. xvi., 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s.

List of Mollusca and Shells in the Collection of the British

Museum, collected and described by MM. Eydoux and

Souleyet in the "Voyage autour du Monde, execute

"pendant les annees 1836 et 1837, sur la Corvette 'La

" Bonite,' " and in the " Histoire naturelle des Mollusques

" Pteropodes." Par MM. P. C. A. L. Rang et Souleyet.

Pp. iv., 27. 1855, 12mo. Sd.

10 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Phaneropneumona, or Terrestrial Operculated

Mollusca, in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Dr. L. Pfeiffer. Pp. 324. [With an Alphabetical Index.]

1852, 12mo. 5s.

Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., ]92. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. Gc/.

Catalogue of the Auriculidae, Proserpinidae, and Truncatellidae

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. Is. dd.

List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum.

By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c.

Part II. Olividffi. Pp. 41. 1865, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes : —

Part I. Veneridae, Cyprinidje, Glauconomidae, and

Petricoladae. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s.

Part IT. Petricoladae (concluded) ; Corbiculadae. Pp.

217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two

parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d.

BRACHIOPODA.

Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancjdopoda or Lamp Shells in the

Collection of the British Museum. \^Issiied as " Catalogue

of the Mollusca, Part IV."] Pp. iv., 128. 25 Woodcuts.

[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 3s.

POLYZOA.

Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British

Museum. Part III. Cyclostomata. By George Busk,

F.R.S. Pp. viii., 39. 38 Plates. [With a Systematic

Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s.

CRUSTACEA.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in

the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha-

betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 11. 5s.

ARACHNIDA.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon

the Collection made by Eugene W. Gates and preserved in

the British Museum.* By T. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406.

[With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1895,

8vo. 10s. ed.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 11

INSECTS.

Coleopterous Insects.

Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of

the British Museum : —

Part VI. Passalidae. By Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 23.

1 Plate. [With Index.] 1852, 12mo. 8d

Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv.,

174. 4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d

Part VIII. Longicornia, II. By Adam White. Pp. 237.

6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s, 6d

Part IX. Cassididae. By Charles H. Boheman, Professor

of Natural History, Stockholm. Pp. 225. [With

Index.] 1856, 12mo. 3s.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lycidae. By

Charles Owen Waterhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.]

1879, 8vo. 16s.

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the

Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon

Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234 : 1 Plate. [With

a Topographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index.]

1857, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the

Collection of the British Museum, By T. Vernon

Wollaston, M.A„ F,L.S, Pp, xiii,, 648, [With Topo-

graphical and Alphabetical Indexes,] 1864, 8vo, 10s. Qd.

Catalogue of Halticidse in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.

Physapodes and CEdipodes. Part I. Pp. xii., 301.

Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of Hispidae in the Collection of the British

Museum. By Joseph S. Baly, M.E.S,, &c. Part I. Pp. x.,

172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858,

8vo. &s.

Hymenopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. : —

Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. Pp. 197. 6 Plates.

1853, 2s. 6d.

Part II. Apidse. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s.

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Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the British

Museum — continued.

Part III. Mutillidse and Pompilida?. Pp. 206. 6 Plates.

1855. ^s.

Part IV. Sphegidse, Larrida^, and Crabronidse. Pp. 207-

497. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856.

6s.

Part V. Vespidae. Pp. 147. 6 Plates. [With an Alpha-

betical Index.] 1857. 6s.

Part VI. Formicidfse. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858. ^s.

Part VII. Dorylidse and Thynnidse. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.

[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s.

List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the

Typical Specimens in the British Museum. • Vol. I.,

Tenthredinidae and Siricidfe. By W. F. Kirby.

Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. \l. 18s.

Dipterous Insects.

List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection

of the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S.

Part VII. Supplement III. Asilidse. Pp. ii., 507-775.

1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d

A Monograph of the Culicidffi, or Mosquitoes. Mainly com-

piled from the Collections received at the British Museum

from various parts of the world in connection with the

Investigation into the cause of Malaria conducted by the

Colonial Office and the Royal Society. By Fred. V.

Theobald, M.A., &c. :—

Vols. I., II. (pp. xviii., 424 ; viii., 391 : 318 woodcuts), and

Atlas of 37 coloured and 5 collotype plates (pp. viii.,

with explanations of plates). 1901, 8vo. 3^. 3s.

Vol. III. Pp. xvii., 359 : 17 plates, 1 diagram, and 193

illustrations in text. 1903, 8vo. 1^. Is.

A Monograph of the Tsetse-Flies (Genus Glossina, Westwood),

based on the Collection in the British Museum. By

Ernest Edward Austen. With a chapter on Mouth-parts

by H. J. Hansen, Phil. Doc. Pp. ix., 319 : 9 plates

(7 coloured), 16 woodcuts, 1 map. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 15s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY.) 13

Lepidopterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaense in the British

Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. : —

Vol. I. Catalogue of the Syntomidae in the Collection

of the British Museum. Pp. xxi,, 559 : 285 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898,

8vo. 15s.

Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, 8vo. 15s.

Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiadse (Nolinae, Litho-

sianse) in the Collection of the British Museum.

Pp. XX., 589 : 411 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1900, 8vo. 18s.

Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (xviii.-xxxv.), 8vo. 15s.

Vol. III. Catalogue of the Arctiadse (Arctianse) and

Agaristidae in the Collection of the British Museum.

Pp. xix., 690 : 294 woodcuts. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 15s.

Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi-liv.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuidae. Pp. xx., 689 :

125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.

Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (Iv. — Ixxvii), 8vo. 16s.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera

in the Collection of the British Museum : —

Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74.

78-100 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.]

1881, 4to. n. 10s.

Part VI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xv., 89.

101-120 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.]

1886, 4to. 21. 4s.

Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124.

121-138 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List.]

1889, 4to. n.

Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri

District, By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144.

139-156 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List.]

1891, 4to. 2/.

Part IX. The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon.

By George Francis Hampson. Pp. v., 182. 157-176

Coloured Plates. [With a General Systematic List of

Species collected in, or recorded from, Ceylon.] 1893.

4to. 21. 2s.

Catalogue of the Collection of Paliearctic Butterflies formed

by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the

Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza

Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured

Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.

Leech. 1902, 4to. 1/.

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Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner

Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. i\., 303. 3 Plates. 1869, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycsenidae in the British Museum.

By W. C. Hewitson. Pp. 15. 8 Coloured Plates. 1862,

4to. 1/. Is.

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.

12mo. : —

Part XXII. Geometrites. Pp. 499-755. 1861, 3s. 6d.

Part XXIII. Pp. 756-1020. 1861, 3s. 6d.

Part XXIV. Pp. 1021-1280. 1862, 3s. 6d.

Part XXV. Pp. 1281-1477. 1862, 3s.

Part XXVI. Pp. 1478-1796. [With an

Alphabetical Index to Parts XX.-XXVI.] 1862, 4s. 6d

Part XXVII. Crambites and Tortricites. Pp. 1-286.

1863, 4s.

Part XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561.

1863, 4s.

Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864, 4s.

Part XXX. Pp. 836-1096. [With an Alpha-

betical Index to Parts XXVI I. -XXX.] 1864, 4s.

Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-321. 1864, 5s.

Part XXXII. Part 2. Pp. 322-706.

1865, 5s.

Part XXXIII. Part 3. Pp. 707-1120.

1865, 6s.

Part XXXIV. Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533.

1865, 5s. 6d.

Part XXXV. Part 5. Pp. 1534-2040.

[With an Alphabetical Index to Parts XXXI.-

XXXV.] 1866, 7s.

Neu7^opterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.

12mo. :—

Part II. Sialidae— Nemopterides. Pp. ii., 193-476.

1853, 3s. M..

Part III. Termitidae— Ephemeridse. Pp. ii., 477-585.

1853, Is. &d.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen.

Part I. Termitina. Pp. 34. 1858, 12mo. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NA.TURA.L HISTORY). 15

Orthopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. Part I. Phasmiclae. By John Obadiah

Westwood, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] L859, 4to. 'M.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattarise in the Collection of

the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c.

Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. 5^. &d.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,

F.L.S., &c. :—

Part II. Locustidffi (continued). Pp. 225-423. [With

an Alphabetical Index.] 1869, 8vo. 4s. Qd.

Part III. Locustidiae (continued). — Acrididae. Pp. 425-

604. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 4s.

Part IV. Acridida3 (continued). Pp. 605-809. [With

an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Part V. Tettigidse. — Supplement to the Catalogue of

Blattariae. — Supplement to the Catalogue of Dermaptera

Saltatoria (with remarks on the Geographical Distri-

bution of Dermaptera). Pp. 811-850 ; 43 ; 116.

[With Alphabetical Indexes.] 1870, 8vo. 'os.

Hemipterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,

F.L.S., &c. 8vo. :—

Part I. Scutata. Pp. 240. 1867. 5s.

Part II. Scutata (continued). Pp. 241-417. 1867. 4s.

Part III. Pp. 418-599. [With an Alphabetical Index to

Parts I., II., III., and a Summary of Geographical

Distribution of the Species mentioned.] 1868. 4s. 6rf.

Part IV. Pp. 211. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1871. &s.

Part V. Pp. 202. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1872. 5s.

Part VI. Pp. 210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s.

Part VII. Pp.213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. &s.

Part VIII. Pp.220. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873.

l<os. M.

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VERMES.

Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worms,

contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 2 Plates. [With an Index of

the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the

Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and

Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.

ANTHOZOA.

Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariidse in the Collection of

the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv.,

40. 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection

of the British Museum. By "j. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c.

Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British

Museum (Natural History) : —

Vol. T. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook.

Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes, and Explanation of the

Plates.] 1893, 4to. 11. 4s.

Vol.11. The Genus Turbinaria ; the Genus Astra^opora.

By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Cantab., F.L.S., F.Z.S.

Pp. iv., 106. 30 Collotype and 3 Lithographic Plates.

[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and

Explanation of the Plates.] 1896, 4to. 18s.

Vol. III. The Genus Montipora ; the Genus Anacro-

pora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. vii., 192.

30 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With Syste-

matic Index, Index of Generic and Specific Names,

and Explanation of the Plates.] 1897, 4to. 11. 4s.

Vol. IV. The Family Poritidae. I. — The Genus

Goniopora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. viii.,

206. 12 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With

Index of Generic and Specific Names, and Explanation

of the Plates.] 1903, 4to. 11.

BRITISH ANIMALS.

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British

Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.

Pp. xii., 248. ' [With a List of Species.] 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the

British Museum. Second edition. Part I. Andrenidse

and Apidffi. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. New Issue.

Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical'indexes.] 1891, 8vo. 6s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 17

Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicidae, and

Vespidse in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Frederick Smith, V.P.E.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.

A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the

Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston,

M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L., Ed., Ll.D., Marischal Coll., Aber-

deen, &c. Pp. 365. Woodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 18G5, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum

(Natural History). By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. Pp. xvii., 202.

Woodcuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of

Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index,

Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. <6d.

List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection

of the British Museum : with Synonyma and References

to figures. 12mo. : —

Part V. Lepidoptera. By J. F. Stephens. 2nd Edition.

Revised by H. T. Stainton and E. Shepherd. Pp. iv.,

224. 1856. Is. dd.

Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F. Smith. Pp.134. 1851. 2s.

Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By

Dr. J. E. Gray. Pp. iv., 167. 1851. 3s. 6d.

Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii., 164.

(With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d.

Part IX. Eggs of British Birds. By George Robert

Gray. Pp.^143. 1852. 2s. 6d

Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny.

Pp. iv., 51. 1852. Is.

Part XII. Lepidoptera (continued). By James F.

Stephens. Pp. iv., 54. 1852. 9d.

Part XIII. Nomenclature of Hymenoptera. By

Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 74. 1853. Is. M.

Part XIV. Nomenclature of Neuroptera. By Adam

White. Pp. iv., 16. 1853. 6d.

Part XV. Nomenclature of Diptera, I. By Adam

White. Pp. iv., 42. 1853. Is.

Part XVI. Lepidoptera (completed). By H. T. Stainton.

■' Pp. 199. [With an Index.] 1854. 3s.

Part XVII. Nomenclature of Anoplura, Euplexoptera,

and Orthoptera. By Adam White. Pp. iv., 17,

1855. 6d.

17801 B

18 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OP THE

PLANTS.

Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage Round

the World in H.M.S. " Endeavour " in 1768-71. By the

Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.R.S., and

Dr. Daniel Solander, F.R.S. With Determinations by

James Britten, F.L.S., Senior Assistant, Department of

Botany, British Museum : —

Part I. — Australian Plants. 101 Copper-plates [after

paintings by F. P. Nodder], with 31 pages of descrip-

tive text. 1900, fol. 25s.

Part 11. — Australian Plants, Pt. II. 142 Copper-plates

(pis. 101-243) [after paintings by F. P. Nodder, James

Miller, J. F. Miller, and John Cleveley], with 41

pages of descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901, fol. 35s.

Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich

Welwitsch in 1.S53-61 :—

Vol. I. Dicotyledons. By William Philip Hiern, M.A.,

F.L.S., &Q. :—

Part I. [Ranunculacese to Rhizophoracese.] Pp.

xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.

Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera.]

1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Combretacese to Rubiaceae. Pp. 337-510.

[With Index of Genera.] 1898, Svo. 4s.

Part III. Dipsaceae to Scrophalariaceae. Pp. 511-

784. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s.

Part IV. Lentibulariaceffi to Ceratophylleae. Pp. 785-

1035. [With Index.] 1900, Svo. 5s.

Vol. II. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto-

gams : —

Part I. Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms. By

Alfred Barton Rendle, M.A., D.Sc. F.L.S., Assis-

tant, Department of Botany. Pp. 260. [With

Index of Genera.] 1899, 8vo. 6s.

Part II. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table

of Errata, and General Index to the whole work.]

1901, 8vo. es.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19

A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain : being a Descrip-

tive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the

British Museum. By the Rev. James M. Crombie, M.A.,

F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. Part I. Pp. viii., 519 : 74 Woodcuts.

[Witli Glossary, Synopsis, Tabular Conspectus, and Index.]

1894, 8vo. 16s.

A Monograph of the Mycetozoa : being a Descriptive Catalogue

of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum.

By Arthur Lister, F.L.S. Pp. 224. 78 Plates and 51

Woodcuts. [With Synopsis of Genera and List of Species,

and Index.] 1894, 8vo. 15s.

List of British Diatomaceas in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 55.

1859. 12mo. Is.

FOSSILS.

Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum

(Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S. :—

Part I. Containing the Orders Primates, Chiroptera,

Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. Pp. xxx., 268.

33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s.

Part II. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder

Artiodactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s.

Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders

PerisBodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Ambly-

poda. Pp. xvi., 186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,

including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 4s.

Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder

Proboscidea. Pp. xxiv., 235. 32 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 5s.

Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders

Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,

and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345, 55 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

GeneraandSpecies,including Synonyms.] 1887,8vo.6s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368.

75 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891

8vo. lUs. 6(1.

^0

LIST OP PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,

F.G.S. :—

Fart I. Containingthe Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,

Dinosauria, Squamata, RhynchoceiDhalia, and Pro-

terosauria. Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and

Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi., 307. 85 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 76'. &J,

Part III. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii.,

239. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and

Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including

Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part IV. Containingthe Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata,

Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia ; and Supplement.

Pp. xxiii., 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,

including Synonyms, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.,

F.G.S., &c. :~

Part I. Containing the Elasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,

474. 13 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.]

1889, 8vo. 21s.

Part II. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii),

Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,

and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean

Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuts and

16 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic

Index of Genera and Species.] 1891, 8vo. 21s.

Part III. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi

of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli,

Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii.,

544. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.]

1895, 8vo. 2Js.

Part IV. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of

the Suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi,

Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii,

and Anacanthini. Pp. xxxix., 636. 22 Woodcuts

and 19 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and

Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1901,

8vo. 21s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 21

Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of British Oligocene

and Eocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural

History), with references to the type-specimens from

similar horizons contained in other collections belonging

to the Geological Department of the Museum. By Richard

Bullen Newlon, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 365. [With table of

Families and Genera, Bibliography, Correlation-table,

Appendix, and Alphabetical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology,

British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Austra-

lasian Tertiary Mollusca. By George F. Harris, F.G.S., &c.

Pp. xxvi., 407. 8 Plates. [With Table of Families, Genera,

and Sub-Genera, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum

(Natural History) : —

Parti. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con-

sisting of the families Orthoceratidae, Endoceratidae,

Actinoceratidse, Gomphoceratidae, Ascoceratidse,

Poterioceratidae, Cyrtoceratidae, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxxi., 311. 51 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Genera and Species, including Sjmonjmis.] 1888,

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder

Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitidse,

Trochoceratidae, Nautilidae, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-

cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.]

1891, 8vo. 15s.

Part III. Containing the Bactritidae, and part of the

Suborder Amraonoidea, By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D.,

F.G.S., and George Charles Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S.

Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index of Genera and Species, and Alphabetical Index.]

1897, 8vo. 12s. Gd.

List of theTypes and Figured Specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda

in the British Museum (Natural History). Bv G. C. Crick,

F.G.S. Pp. 103. [With Index.] 1898, 8vo. 2s. 6d

A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyms

and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By

Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Pp. xii., 155. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s.

22 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of

Geology, British Museum (Natural History): —

The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W, Gregory, D.Sc, F.G.S.,

F.Z.S. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates.

[With liist of Species and Distribution, Bibliography,

Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s.

The Cretaceous Bryozoa. Vol. I. By J. W. Gregory,

D.Sc, F.G.S., F.Z.S. Pp. xiv., 457 : 64 Woodcuts

and 17 Plates. [With Index and Explanation of

Plates.] 1899, 8vo. 16s.

Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of

the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of

the morphology and systematic position of the group, and

a revision of the genera and species. By Robert Etheridge,

jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum

(Natural Historv), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc, F.R.S.,

F.L.S. (of Eton College). Pp. xv., 322. 20 Plates. [With

Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General

Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 18S6, 4to. 25s.

The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the

Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). By

F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geological Department.

Pp. X., 70. 1 Woodcut. 1899, Svo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Palaeozoic Plants in the Department of

Geology and Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural

History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.S. Pp. viii., 288.

[With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886,

8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of

Geology, British Museum (Natural History). By

A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., University Lecturer

in Botany and Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge : —

Part I. The Wealden Flora. Part I. Thallophyta—

Pteridophyta. Pp. xxxviii., 179. 17 Woodcuts and

11 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations

of the Plates, &c] 1894, 8vo. 10s.

Part II. The Wealden Flora. Part II. Gymnospermae.

Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [With

Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c]

1895, 8vo. 15s.

Part III. The Jurassic Flora. Part I. The Yorkshire

Coast. Pp. xii., 341. 53 Woodcuts and 21 Plates.

[With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates,

&c] 1900, 8vo. 20s.

Part IV. The Jurassic Flora. Part II. Liassic and

Oolitic Floras of England (excluding the Inferior

Oolite Plants of the Yorkshire Coast). Pp. xv., 192.

20 Woodcuts and 13 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1904, 8vo. 10s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 23

GUIDE-BOOKS, Etc.

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History),

Cromwell Road, London, S.W. With 58 Woodcuts, 2

Plans, 2 views of the building, and an illustrated cover.

Pp. 119. 190H, Svo. M.

Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia in the Department of

Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 7th

Edition. Pp. 126. 65 Woodcuts and 4 Plans. Index.

1902, 8vo. 6rf.

Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Depart-

ment of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History).

4th Edition. Pp. iv.,119. 101 Woodcuts. Index. 1898. 8vo.6d

(Out of print.)

Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,

Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms),

Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).

New Edition. Pp. iv., 130. 125 Woodcuts, Plan and

Indexes. 1901, 8vo. M.

Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera or Sponges,

Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Dei^artment of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). Pp. [iv.,] 73.

82 Illustrations, Plan, and Index. 1902, 8vo. Is.

A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department

of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum

(Natural History). 7th Edition. [By Henry Woodward.]

Pp. xii., 103. 116 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations,

Table of Stratified Rocks, and Index.] 1896, 8vo. M.

{Out of print.)

A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles and Fishes in the Department

of Geology and Palaeontology in the British Museum

(Natural History). [By Henry Woodward.] Pp. xiv.,

129 : 165 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table

of Stratified Rocks, and Index.] 1896, 8vo. M.

A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrates and Plants in the

Department of Geology and Palaeontology in the British

Museum (Natural History). [By Henry Woodward.]

Pp. xvi., 158. 182 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations,

Table of Stratified Rocks, Introduction, and Index.] 1897,

8vo. Is.

The same, in two parts : —

Part I. Mollusca to Bryozoa. Pp. xii., 64. 107 Wood-

cuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified

Rocks, and Introduction.] 1897, 8vo. i\d.

Part II. Insecta to Plants, &c. Pp. ix., 64*-158.

Woodcuts 108-182. [With List of Illustrations and

Index to the two parts.] 1897, Svo. ^d.

24 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Guide to Sowerby's Models of British Fungi in the Depart-

ment of Rotanj', British Museum (Natural History). By

Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 82. 93 Woodcuts.

With Table of Diagnostic Characters, and Index.

[Second Edition.] 1898, 8vo. id.

Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department

of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur

Lister, F.L.S. [Second Edition.] Pp. 42. 44 Woodcuts.

Index. 1903, 8vo. M.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum

(Natural History). [By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S.] Pp. 32.

Plan. 1903, 8vo. Id.

The Student's Index to the Collection of Minerals, British

Museum (Natural History). [By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S.]

Pp. 32. With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery. 1903,

8vo. 2d.

An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to

the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural

History). By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. 123.

41 Woodcuts. With Plan of the Mineral Gallery and

Index. 1903, 8vo. 6d.

An Introduction to the Study of Rocks. By L. Fletcher, M.A.,

F.R.S. Pp. 118. [With plan of the Mineral Gallery, Table

of Contents, and Index.] 1898, 8vo. 6d.

An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the

Meteorites represented in the Collection on .January 1st, 1904.

By L Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Pp 109. [With a Plan of

the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites

represented in the Collection.] 1904, 8vo. 6d.

Handbook of Instructions for Collectors, issued by the

British Museum (Natural History). With Illustrations.

Second Edition. Pp. 138. Index. " 1904, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Hints on Removing and Preparing Skins of Mammals.

Pp. 11. Text illust. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. 4f/.

Instructions for the Preservation of Birds. Pp. 10.

5 figures in text. [3rd Edition.] 1904, 8vo. M.

Instructions for Collecting Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes.

Pp. 12. [2nd Edition.] 1903, Svo. Ad.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 25

Iiistriictions for Collecting Insects. Pp. 10. Text

illust. [3rd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. id.

How to Collect Diptera (Two-winged Flies), with Notes

on the Habits of the Perfect Insects and Larvae. Pp. 16.

Text illust. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. 4d

How to Collect Mosquitoes (Culicidae). Pp. 8. 1 Plate,

1 figure in text. [3rd Edition.] 1904, 8vo. M.

Instructions for Collecting Arachnida, Myriopoda, and

Peripatus. Pp. 3. 1900, 8vo. Ad.

Methods of Collecting and Preserving various Soft-

bodied Invertebrate Animals; with Hints for Collecting

and Preserving Shells of Molluscs. Pp. 15. [2nd

Edition.] 1902, 8vo. M.

Directions for Collecting and Preserving Plants. Pp. 8.

2 figures in text. [3rd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. id.

Suggestions as to Collecting and Preserving Fossils and

Minerals. Pp. 9. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. id.

E. RAY LANKESTER,

British Museum Director.

(Natural History),

Cromwell Road,

London, S.W.

May 1st, 1904.

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