MONIJIA. 419 



medial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; subterniinal line only defined by ferru- 

 ginous suffusion on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 

 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a waved dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing pinkish white, irrorated with fuscous ; the underside with 

 black discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and terminal 

 series of points. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Victoria, 1 $ ; U.S.A., Oregon, 

 Corvallis, 1 $ . Exji. 40 millim. 



1747. Monima staMlis. 



Noctua stabilis, ScbifF. Wien. Verz. p. 7t> (ITTO) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sebirett., 

 Noct. f. 171 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. ^i. pi. 81. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., 

 Haust. ii. p. 143; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201. 



Noctua cerasi, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 219 (1781). 



Bomhyx obliqua, De Vill. Ent. Linn. ii. p. 189, pi. 5. f. 7 (1789;. 



Bomhyx junctue, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 123 (1803). 



yovtua pallida, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 242 (1809). 



Is'octua ruj'annulata. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 243 (1809). 



Grey-brown to red-brown ; head and thorax often irrorated with 

 grey ; sides of palpi and frons black. Fore wing more or less 

 strongly irrorated with grey and black ; an indistinct, somewhat 

 waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, often with a 

 black point beyond it in cell ; an indistinct, oblique, waved ante- 

 medial line ; claviform sometimes traceable and defined by whitish 

 above; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former 

 round, the latter with some black in lower part ; a medial shade 

 oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; post- 

 medial line more or less indistinct, minutely dentate and produced 

 to points on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then in- 

 curved ; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined by brown on 

 inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at 

 vein 3 ; the veins of terminal area streaked with white ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale 

 reddish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black 

 discoidal spot and punctiform postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. juncta. Fore wing with the orbicular confluent with the 

 reniform. 



Nab. Britain, Leech Coll., N. Wales (Salvage) ; France, Sand 

 Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Russia ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus ; Syria, Lebanon (Pratt), 1 2 , Mardin. Exp. 

 34-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 202, pi. 209. f. 2. 



Green, with numerous yellowish-white dots ; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and spiracular lines yellowish white, sometimes very indistinct ; 

 Ist somite in front and anal somite behind yellowish white ; head 

 green, sometimes with black dots. Food-plants: Elm, oak, aSV/Zmt, 

 etc, 5-7. 



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