XEUCANIA. 599 



almost obsolete ; postmedial black points On veins 5 and 2 some- 

 times present. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, especially 

 towards termen, the veins and terminal area sometimes tinged with 

 fuscous ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight 

 discoidal lunule and sometimes some postmedial strise on the veins. 



Ab. 1. ectypa. Fore wing tinged with rufous. 



Ab. 2. melania. Hind wing grey ; fore wing fuscous below. — 

 "W. and E. Turkestan, Tihet. 



Hob. Canada, Renfrew Co., 3 5, Hastings, 2 S; U.S.A., except 

 S. States, New Hampshire, 1 S > co-type luteopalhns, Massachusetts 

 (Pachard), 2^,4$, Newton Highlands, 1 cj' , New York, Trenton 

 Falls (Doubledai/), 1 d ,. California, 1 c? ; Britain, Forres (Salvage), 

 England, Leech Coll., Derry (Salvar/e) ; France, Sand Coll. ; 

 Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Switzerland ; N. Spain; Italy; 

 Scandinavia; Russia, Livouia, Zeller Coll.; Humelia ; Siberia; 

 "\V. Turkestan, Buchara, Ferghana, Issyk Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; 

 Mongolia, Uliassutai ; Tibet, Kuku-noor ; Amurland, Ussuri. 

 Kv2J. 30-38 millim. 



Larva. Mevr. Brit. Lep. p. 71 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 140, pi. 202. f. 1. 



Ochreous or greyish ochreous ; dorsal line whitish edged with 

 dark grey followed by a brownish shade ; subdorsal line whitish 

 edged above strongly with grey, below by brown ; lateral and sub- 

 spiracular lines pale ochreous ; spiracular line gi'ey ; head marked 

 with brown. Food-plant, Grasses. 9-5. 



2053. Leucania impuncta. (Plate XCVI. fig. 8.) 



Leucania impuncta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 83 (1852). 



Leucania decolorata, Blanch. Gay's Chile, vii. p. 81, pi. 4. f. 9 (1854). 



Head and thorax ochreous * abdomen ochreous white, dorsally 

 slightly tinged with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing 

 ochreous ; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown lines ; the 

 interspaces with fine pale brown lines ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen 

 slightly tinged with ochreous and fuscous. 



Hah. Chili (Edmonds), 2 c? , 2 $ , Coquimbo (/. J^ Walker),. 

 2 c?, 1 ? , Chilian (Elwcs), 1 $ . Exp. 44 millim^ 



2054. Leucania obsoleta. 



Noctua ohsoleia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 233 (1827) ; Dup. 

 Ldp. Fr. vii. p. 77, pi. 105. f. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., llaust. iii. p. 74 ; 

 Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 303-6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 191. 



Head and thorax ochreous, usually tinged with rufous and 

 irrorated with fuscous ; fore tarsi black ringed with whitish ; 

 abdomen whitish, tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing ochreous, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated 

 with black ; the veins whitish defined by more or less prominent 

 fine black or brown streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal 



