418 TroCTflD.K. 



1745. Monima miniosa. 



Noctiia miniosa, Scbiff. Wien. Verz. p. 88 (1770); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., 

 Noct. f. 174; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 138, pi. 81. f. 6; Steph. 111. Brit. 

 Eut., Haust. ii. p. 144 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201. 



Bombyx rubricosa, Esp. Schmett. ii;. pi. 7o. if. 3, 4 (nee Fabr.). 



Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen ochreous white, the anal 

 tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing ])ale yellowish, more or less 

 strongly suffused with rufous, especially on medial area betAveen 

 subcostal nervure and vein 1, and slightly irrorated with black ; 

 traces of a pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an 

 indistinct, oblique, waved antemedial line defined by pale colour 

 on inner side ; claviform sometimes faintly defined by reddish ; 

 orbicular and reniform with greyish centres defined by rufous and 

 pale anuuli defined by rufous, the former round ; postmedial line 

 minutely dentate and defined by pale yellowish on outer side, 

 excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal 

 line represented by a series of yellowish spots defined on inner side 

 by somewhat dentate rufous marks, slightly angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of dark points ; 

 cilia tinged with pink. Hind wing white ; the veins towards 

 termen irrorated with pinkish ; a pinkish terminal line ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with pink and black, a black 

 discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Britain-, Leech Coll. ; Fkance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller 

 and Frey Colls. ; Corsica ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia ; Bulgaria ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus, Lydia. Exj). 3(5 millira. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 74; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 194, pi. 208. f. 2. 



Blue-grey to pale pinkish brown, reticulated with black ; dorsal 

 line yellow, irregular, edged by a series of black spots followed 

 by another of black points ; subdorsal line yellow, sometimes 

 obsolete ; spiracular line broad, yellow, dotted with black, edged 

 above by black spots ; head marked with black. Food-plants : Oak, 

 hawthorn, rose, etc. 5-6. 



1746. Monima ferrigera. (Plate XC. fig. 15.) 



TcBiiiocampa ferriqera. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xxi. p. 78, pi. v. f. 6 

 (1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 166. 



2 . Head and thorax whitish mixed with ferruginous ; antennae 

 white at base ; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with ferruginous, the veins 

 irrorated with black scales ; the costa ferruginous, with short white 

 streaks at the lines ; the subbasal line represented by slight 

 ferruginous marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line ferru- 

 ginous, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; claviform and 

 orbicular absent ; reniform well developed, with ferruginous centre 

 and defined by some black scales ; medial line arising from a small 

 triangular ferruginous patch on costa, then slightly curved ; post- 



