4322. Apamea ochreola. 



Hydroecia ochreola Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 42; Alph. Rom. Mem. 



v. p. 1(54. pi. 7. f. 6 ; Stand. Cat, Lep. pal. p. 186. 

 Luperhia renalis, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170. 



2 . Head and thorax pale red mixed with yellowish ; abdomen 

 ochreous suffused with pale red, the ventral surface red. Fore wing 

 yellow thickly irrorated with red, the end of cell and area beyond it 

 to postmedial line suffused with red ; subbasal line red, double, 

 waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line red, double, 

 the lines well separated, waved, somewhat oblique ; orbicular 

 denned by red, small, somewhat oblique elliptical; reniform white 

 slightly defined by blackish, a narrow oblique lunule with its upper 

 and lower extremities curved inwards and a slight line of red scales 

 in centre; a diffused sinuous medial red line, oblique from costa to 

 median nervure ; postmedial line red, double, the lines well separated, 

 bent outwards below costa. then minutely waved, excurved to vein 

 4, then incurved ; a very indistinct curved waved subterminal line ; 

 a fine waved red terminal line; cilia red with a paler line at base. 

 Hind wing white tinged with red especially on the veins ; the 

 underside white irrorated with red, a curved red postmedial line. 



Bab. W. Turkestan,? Ferghana, Saisan, Ala Tau, Auric-Ala, 1 2 . 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



*4323. Apamea senilis. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 22.) 



Hydroecia senilis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 73, pi. 1, row 1, 

 f. 6 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N Am. p. 175. 



$ . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with ochreous ; 

 abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused 

 with rufous ; subbasal line rufous, indistinct, oblique, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the lines widely 

 separated, waved, curved ; claviform moderate, defined by rufous ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by rufous, the former elliptical ; an 

 indistinct medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure, then 

 inwardly oblique ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an 

 indistinct double minutely waved subterminal line ; a fine red- 

 brown terminal line ; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous uniformly 

 tinged with rufous ; the underside with the costal area rather 

 deeper rufous. 



Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, White Mts. in Coll. J. B. 

 Smith. Exp. 44 millim. 



*4324. Apamea lunata. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 23.) 



Apamea lunata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 110 (18i)l); id. Cat. 



Noel. N. Am. p. 173. 

 Hydroecia alhilunata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent, Soc. xxvi. p. 14 (1899); 



Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 174. 



Head and thorax reddish ochreous ; abdomen white tinged 



