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- 



