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 {Mc Arthur), 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. Ro.sa. xxvi. p. 44(i (1892) ; id. 

 Roui. Mem. ix. p. 14, pi. 3. f. 2 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. IS'J. 



Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with some grey ; tegulae 

 and patagia edged with grey, dorsal crests tipped with grey ; tarsi 

 black with pale rings ; abdomen brown mixed with greyish. Fore 

 wing deep purplish red-brown slightly suffused with fuscous, tho 

 veins white to just beyond postmedial line ; subbasal line double. 



