428 NOCTUID^. 



Ab. 4, evanida. Like palUdior but larger, tbe subterminal line 

 strongly defined by rufous, 



Hab. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ; 

 France, Sand Coll. ; German?, Zcller Coll. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; 

 Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Spain ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Russia, 

 Livonia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, 

 Pontus ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ferghana, 

 Issyk-Kul ; E. Siberia ; Japan, Yesso {Pryer), 1 S , Yokohama 

 (Jonas, Pryer), 6 c? , 1 $ , type evanida, Kiushiu, 1 c? , 1 $ ; 

 Punjab, Simla (Nurse), 1 $ . Exjj. 40-50 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 72 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 213, pis. 211, 212. 

 f. 1. 



Green, with numerous yellowish or whitish dots ; dorsal and 

 spiracular lines pale yellow or whitish ; subdorsal line formed of 

 pale dots ; head green. Food-plants : Oak, poplar, hawthorn, 

 etc. 5-7. 



1763. Monima opima. 



Noctua opima, Hubn. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. f. 424 (1827) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 201. 

 Noctua firma, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 676, 677 (1827). 

 TcBniocampa medioliigcns, Schultz, lUustr. Zeit. Eut. v. p. 349 (1900). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi brown 

 or blackish at sides ; abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown. 

 Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the medial area suffused 

 with red-brown ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga 

 from costa ; the antemedial line indistinct, erect, waved ; claviform 

 sometimes slightly defined by wliitish ; orbicular and reniform 

 large, with grey centres irrorated with brown and whitish annuli, 

 the former rounded ; xwstmedial line defined by whitish on outer 

 side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish, 

 defined by red-brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then 

 nearly straight or slightly excurved at middle ; a series of dark 

 points just before termen ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing 

 whitish irrorated with brown ; the underside tinged with pink, a 

 discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line, 



Ab. 1. Greyer; fore wing without rufous suff"usion on medial 

 area, but with an indistinct medial shade. 



Ab. 2. Wholly suffused with fuscous brown with a reddish 

 tinge. 



Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll, ; Germany, Zeller 

 Coll, ; Austria, Carniola, Zeller Coll, ; Switzerland, Frey Coll, ; 

 Scandinavia; IIussia, Leech Coll., Urals; W. Siberia, Altai, Zeller 

 Coll. ; W, Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ex'p. 36-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 , Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 208, pi. 210. f. 2. 



Dull olive-green to red-brown with darker freckles ; dorsal and 



subdorsal lines paler ; spiracular line yellow or yellowish green, 



dark-margined above ; head brownish. Food-plants : Sahx and 



PkOse. 5, 6, 



