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to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of 

 cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 

 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. 



A. Head, thorax, and fore wmg not tinged with rnfous in-isor. 



13. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with rufons nova. 



1457. Cardepia irrisor. 



Mamestra irrisor, Ersch. Fedtsch. Eeis. p. 42, pi. 4. f. 53 (1874) ; Stand. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. 

 Mamestra albipicta, Christ. Eom. Mem. i. p. 119, pi. 8. f. 1 (1884). 



Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; antennte 

 ringed wnth black ; abdomen ochreous white. Eore wing grey- 

 white, often slightly tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with 

 pale brown and fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black 

 striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line double, waved, angled 

 inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular 

 small, round, whitish defined by black ; reniform large, with 

 whitish annulus defined by black, its lower part filled in with 

 fuscous ; a faint medial shade ; postmedial line defined by white on 

 outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line white, defined by small fuscous dentate marks on inner side, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3 ; a terminal 

 series of small black lunules. Hind wing white slightly tinged 

 with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous, 

 leaving a white patch on termen near tornus ; cilia white ; the 

 underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, sinuous 

 postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. 



Ab. 1. deserticola, Bang-Haas, ined. Fore wing rather more 

 ochreous ; hind wing white, the veins and medial part of terminal 

 area slightly tinged with fuscous. — Syria. 



The claws on fore tarsi small, larger towards extremity of joints. 



Hah. S.E. llussiA ; Syria, Jordan, 1 c? , 1 § ; Kikghistan ; 

 W. Turkestan, Tekke, 3 c? , 1 $ , Turcomania, Ferghana, Sarawschan, 

 Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 J , 1 $ • Exp. 30-34 

 millim. 



1458. Cardepia nova. 



Trichoclca nova, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 198. 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with white ; abdomen whitish 

 irrorated with brown ; tarsi with fuscous bands. Fore wing 

 whitish tliickly irrorated with rufous and in part suffused witli 

 fuscous ; svibbasal line represented by double stritc from costa and 

 cell ; antemedial line double, distinct at costa, then indistinct, 

 obli(iue, waved ; claviform minute, fuscous defined by black ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform with pale annuli defined by black, the former 

 small, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; 

 a medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then 

 dentate ; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa, 



