412 NOCTUID^. 



6. Fore wing with the orbicular and rani form not 

 defined bolow by dark streaiis. 

 a}. Fore wing witli more or less prominent small 

 dentate black or brown spots before subterminal 

 line. 

 a^. Hind wing sviffused with brown. 



a''. Fore wing with two prominent dentate black 



spots before middle of subterminal line mmida. 



P. Fore wing without prominent dentate black 

 spots before middle of subterminal line, 

 rt^. Fore wing with brown shade beyond 



middle of subterminal line lizetta. 



J*. Fore wing without brown shade beyond 



middle of subterminal line populeti. 



b^. Hind wing white miniosa. 



h^. Fore wing without dentate dark marks before sub- 

 terminal line. 

 a?. F'ore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines 

 present, 

 a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line present. 



«■*. F'ore wing whitish suffused with ferruginous, ferrigera.. 

 i*. Fore wing suffused witii red-brown. 



a'. Fore wing with the subterminal line pro- 

 minent, pale. 

 a°. Fore wing with the postmedial area not 



darker than ground-colour stabilis. 



h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area 



darker than ground-colour stenoptera. 



h'". Fore wiug with the subterminal line indis- 

 tinct. 

 a^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 



lines not reduced to series of black points, rubrescens. 

 b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 

 lines reduced to series of black points. 

 a'. Fore wing with the reniform con- 

 stricted at middle cruda. 



b''. Fore wing with the reniform not con- 

 stricted at middle. 

 a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line 

 slightly defined by brown on inner 



side fausta. 



h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line 



not defined by brown on inner side, flaviannula. 



c*. Fore wing grey-brown amiuiimacula. 



P. Fore wing with the subterminal line absent ... addenda, 

 b^. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines 

 absent. 



a'. Fore wing fulvous with pale discoidal spot carminata. 



b^. Fore wing purjole-red without discoidal spot ... mys. 



1737. Monima porosa. 



Orthosia ^jorosw, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, iii. p. 186; Herr.-Sehaff. Neue 

 Schuiett. f. 13 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi 

 black with white rings. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and in 

 places suffused with dark brown ; the subbasal line represented by 

 a black striga from cOsta and a rather triangular spot below cell ; 

 the antemedial line grev defined by black murks on inner side. 



