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NOCTTJID^. 



base of cell ; a diffused blackish fascia below median iiervure ; the 

 veins whitish, defined by fine brown streaks on terminal half; the 

 cell and interspaces of terminal half streaked with black ; a white 

 point at lower angle of cell ; the postmedial line bent outwards 

 below costa, then represented by a series of points on the veins, 

 oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique pale fascia from apes to vein 5, a 

 terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white. 

 Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on veins 

 and terminal area ; the underside whitish, the costal and tcj'minal 

 areas sparsely irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule and 

 terminal series of small triangular black spots. 



Hah. Si. Helexa ( Wollaston), 3 d , 2 $ , type. Exji. 40-42 

 millim. 



1850. CirpMs loreyi. 



Nodua loreyi, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 81, p]. 105. f. 7 (1827) ; ITerr.-Schaff. 



Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 309, 314; Hiiipsn. Mofclis Ind. ii. p. 274 ; Stand. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. 

 Noctiia caricis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 91 (1835). 

 Leucania exsanguis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 82 (1852). 

 Lcucania curvula, Wlk. ix. 102 (ISaB). 

 Leucania collecfa, Wlk. ix. 105 (1856). 

 Leucania exterior, Wlk. ix. 106 (1856). 

 Lcucania thoracica, Wlk. ix. 106 (1856). 

 Leucania desie/nccfa, Wlk. ix. 107 (1856). 

 Leucania denotata, Wlk. ix. 107 (1856). 



Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulse with two dark lines, 

 the tips greyish ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the sublateral 

 tufts of male fuscous, the genital tufts ochreous. Fore wing brownish 

 ochreous, with the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous ; 

 the veins whitish, irrorated with fuscous and defined by fine brown 

 streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; a black streak 



below base of cell ; median nervure defined by brown above and 

 below, extending beyond the cell to join the triangular brown shade 

 from termen below apex ; a white point at lower angle of cell ; a 

 postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below 

 costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; 

 the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a terminal 

 series of black points from apex to vein 2. 



