. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 28 NOCTUIDiE. subbasal line from costa to subniedian fold; the autemedial line black, slightlj' escurved between middle of cell and vein 1 ; the medial area white, tinged with rufous towards jwstmedial line and with grey towards inner margin ; the reniform represented by a whitish discoidal line on a darli patch and with dark suffusion above it; the postmedial line white defined by brown, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; the subterminal line formed by a series of dentate black and white marks, angle
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 28 NOCTUIDiE. subbasal line from costa to subniedian fold; the autemedial line black, slightlj' escurved between middle of cell and vein 1 ; the medial area white, tinged with rufous towards jwstmedial line and with grey towards inner margin ; the reniform represented by a whitish discoidal line on a darli patch and with dark suffusion above it; the postmedial line white defined by brown, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; the subterminal line formed by a series of dentate black and white marks, angled inwards to the postmedial line at discal fold, then escurved and again angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of black. points: cilia chequered black-brown and whitish. Hind wing black, with white medial band narrowing to above inner margin, which it does not reach, and with a large oblique discoidal spot connected with the terminal black area ; a more or less developed whitish subterminal line between veins 5 and 2; underside of fore wing white, the costal area rufous, the basal area in and below cell, a large discoidal spot, and postmedial band black; hind wing with the costal area rufous. Hah. , iN'evada, 1 J type, California (Wcdsinyham), 3 d", 1 2 . Exp. 22 millim. *31. Pseudotaniila perminuta. (Plate LIX. fig. 2.) Meliclcptria pcryninuta, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 21 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 287. Fore wing dark brown, irrorated with white scales; a curved whitish antemedial line : reniform blackish, defined by the Y-''^haped medial whitish band, which does not reach costa or inner margin ; postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is strongly angled outwards, then greatly incurved. Hind wing black, with pure white discal spot and another below it towards inner margin. Underside of fore wing black, with broad medial white band and discal spot. Hah. , California, Sierra Xevada. Exp. 13 millim. This species is unknown to
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