440 NOCTUID^. 



1778. Sideridis vitellina. 



Nocfua vifdlina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 379, 589 (1827) ; Dup. 

 Lep, Fr. vii. p. 475, pi. 130. f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with rufous. Fore 

 wing yellow irrorated with rufous ; indistinct oblique rufous streaks 

 above and below vein 1 before the antemedial line, which is dentate, 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; orbicular a small rutbus spot ; reniform a rufous lunula ; 

 postmedial line somewhat dentate and with minute dark streaks on 

 the veins, slightly incurved to costa and in discal fold, oblique below 

 vein 4 ; subterminal line minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing semihyaline white, 

 the veins and terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside 

 with the costal area slightly irrorated with rufous. 



Hah. Britain ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey 

 Colls.; Hungary, Frey Coll.; Italy, Capri {C. Browne) ; Sicily, 

 Zeller Coll.; Dalmatia, Leech Coll.; Algiers; Canaries, Leech Coll., 

 {W. White) 1 S ', Syria, Leech Coll.; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, 

 Issyk-Kul ; Kashmir, Scind Valley {Leech), 1 § , Nubra {IIcArthur), 

 1 §, liala (il/c^r^Zmr), 1 ?, Narkundah (McArthur), 1^,1$; 

 Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 d" • ^^i*- 40-44 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 168, pi. 204. f. 3. 



Pale reddish brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral whitish lines 

 edged with brown ; spiracular line pale ; head reddish brown 

 reticulated with black. Food-plants, Grasses. 10-5. 



1779. Sideridis rosea. (Plate XC. fig. 31.) 



Mamesfra rosea, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 119 (1874) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 120. 



Head and thorax deep rufous; abdomen pale rufous with the 

 dorsal crest deep rufous. Fore wing whitish, tinged with pale red 

 and irrorated with deep red; a curved subbasal line from costa to 

 vein 1 ; an oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform large, defined 

 by red ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by red, the former 

 round, the latter greyish, its centre defined by fuscous and with 

 fuscous patch in its lower part ; a sinuous medial shade, oblique 

 from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale 

 points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey defined by deep 

 rufous suffusion on inner side, sinuous, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and excurved at middle. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal 

 areas tinged with yellow and more or less irrorated with red ; the 

 veins reddish ; a diffused fuscous subterminal band sometimes 

 present; the underside with indistinct curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Canada; U.S.A., Maine, Id type, Massachusetts (Newton), 

 1 $ , Now York (Bailei/), 1 d" , 2 $, Oregon, Colorado (Bruce), 

 1 S . 1'>P' 42-52 millim. 



