. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 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 ochreo


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 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 {McArthur), 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. xxvi. p. 44(i (1892); id. Roui. Mem. ix. p. 14, pi. 3. f. 2;


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