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*1202. Lasionycta lurida. 



DiantJicecia lurida, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id. 

 Eom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 1. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. 



S . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some 

 white ; tarsi ringed with yellowish white ; abdomen reddish brown, 

 the anal tuft ochreous. Eore wing brown suffused with greenish- 

 yellow scales, especially towards base ; subbasal line double filled in 

 with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform broad, defined 

 by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and 

 white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly 

 angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial line, oblique 

 below cell ; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer 

 side, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below 

 vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; the veins of terminal 

 area with pale streaks ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner 

 side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia 

 brown, with whitish lines through them. Hind wing pale yellow ; 

 traces of a sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal band, 

 the former more distinct on underside ; a fine brown terminal line ; 

 the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small 

 discoidal spot. 



Hah. Tibet, Xuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo. Exp. 36 

 millim. 



1203. Lasionycta scraelingia. 



FJdogophora sJcrcBlhigia, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. vi. p. 57, Noct. f. 624 

 (1845) ; Auriv. Nord. Fjar. p. 131, f. 26 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal, 

 p. 159. 



Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; tarsi with 

 pale rings; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey. Fore wing 

 blackish irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line black, angled 

 outwards on median nervure aud euding in submedian fold ; ante- 



Fig. 16. — Lasionycta scrwlingia, cj . \. 



medial line slightly defined by whitish on inner side, rather oblique, 

 waved ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform 

 rather small, with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by 

 black, the former round ; traces of a medial line ; postmedial line 

 indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent 



