. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 34 NOCTUIDJE. red-brown tinged with grej, the veins streaked with red-brown ; subbasal line red detined by yellow on outer side, angled outwards on subcostal and median nervures, incurved in cell and ending on vein 1, a yellow point beyond it in cell; antemedial line double, red filled in with yellow, incurved in subniedian interspace and excurved above inner margin ; claviform rounded, yellow defined by red; orbicular and reniform yellow defined by red-brown and with some red irroration in centres, the former round, the latt
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 34 NOCTUIDJE. red-brown tinged with grej, the veins streaked with red-brown ; subbasal line red detined by yellow on outer side, angled outwards on subcostal and median nervures, incurved in cell and ending on vein 1, a yellow point beyond it in cell; antemedial line double, red filled in with yellow, incurved in subniedian interspace and excurved above inner margin ; claviform rounded, yellow defined by red; orbicular and reniform yellow defined by red-brown and with some red irroration in centres, the former round, the latter some- Avhat angled inwards on median nervure and with its centre defined by red-brown ; a rather diffused red medial line oblique below SLibmedian fold and ending at antemedial line; postmedial line. Fig. 8.—Xanllnjccla flavago, (^ double filled in with yellow, the inner line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, oblique and somewhat sinuous below vein 4, some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal line red, incurved below costa, at discal fold and below vein 3; a fine red- brown terminal line ; cilia red-brown tinged with greyish. Hind wing pale yellow, the veins red-brown ; a faint red-brown discoidal lunule. sinuous postmedial line, diffused subterminal band and fine terminal line; cilia yellow tinged with rufous at base; the •underside slightly irrorated with red-brown, the costal area suffused with red, the postmedial line more diffused, straight and oblique. Ab. 1. cinarea. Fore wnng pale yellow or reddish grey, the stigmata almost obsolete, a dark patch between orbicular and reniform, the terminal area of the ground-colour or violet-brown without pale apical patch; hind wing whitish or greyish without markings.—-Algeria. Hah. .Bkitain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; ?Corsica; Italy; Algeria; Sweden; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus; W. Siberia,
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