. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 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; p
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 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.
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