148 NCcmiD^. 



Sect. T. (Ipimorph'a). Fore wing with the term en excised below apex, then 

 exc ui* veil. 



4491. Ipimorpha retusa. 



Noctua return, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 321 (1761) ; Esp. Schraett. iv. pi. 178. 

 f. 1 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 214 ; Dnp. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 145, 

 pi. 82. f. 3 ; Frr. Beitr. iii. pi. 143 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 205. 



Noctua vetula, Hiibn. Beitr. pi. 2, H (1791). 



Noctua gracilis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 268 (1809) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., 

 Haust. iii. p. 57. 



Cosmia curvata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 131. 



Head and thorax reddish brown slightly mixed with grey ; 

 pectus with some whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral 

 surface greyer. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey and 

 with slight dark irroration, the costal area irrorated with whitish ; 







Fig. 43. — Ipimorpha rettisa, <5- !• 



subbasal line whitish, oblique, from eosta to vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 whitish defined by a brown shade on outer side, angled outwards 

 below cosfca, then oblique, slightly excurved at submedian fold ; 

 orbicular and reniform very large, dark brown with whitish annuli, 

 the former elliptical and slightly constricted at middle, the latter 

 strongly constricted at middle ; a rather diffused oblique sinuous 

 brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial 

 line whitish slightly defined by brown on inner side and strongly 

 on outer, arising from costa towards apex, oblique, slightly sinuous ; 

 subterminal line slight, pale, defined by dark brown on outer side, 

 minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 5, excurved at middle 

 and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a slight brown terminal 

 line ; cilia with a slight brown line at middle. Hind wing glossy 

 grey-brown ; cilia brownish white with a slight brown line near 

 base ; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, a 



small brown discoidal spot, obliquely curved postmedial line and 



rather diffused subterminal line from costa to termen at submedian 

 fold. 



Ab. 1. curvata. Fore wing somewhat redder. — Japan. 



Hob. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand and Leech Colls. ; 



Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Hungary ; 



Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; N". Italy ; S. Russia, Leech Coll. ; W. 



Siberia, Altai ; E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri ; Japan, Yesso 



(Pryer), 3 d , Fukushima {Lewis), 1 5 type curvata, Yokohama 



(Pnjer), 2 £ • Ea-p. 36-34 millim. 



