236 NOCTUIDJE. 



outwards ; a slight pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white 

 suffused with pink except at base, in cell, and on costal area ; cilia 

 white tinged with pink at tips ; the underside white, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with pink, an indistinct curved post- 

 medial line. 



The male is more red-brown and the female may be olive-brown. 



Hah. Spain, Andalusia, Catalonia ; Stria, Eibes, 1 9 . Exp. 

 38 millim. 



4611. Enargia regina. 



Cosmia reglna, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 297, pi. 4. f. 2 (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal- 

 p. 204. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous yellow slightly tinged with 

 rufous ; palpi pinkish at sides ; antennse rufous ; tibiae and tarsi 

 strongly tinged with rufous ; abdomen ochreous ^ white suffused 

 with rufous. Tore wing ochreous yellow tinged with rufous, more 

 strongly on medial area ; a blackish subbasal point in cell ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, rufous defined by whitish on inner side, very 





Fig. 9o.—Euctrgia reglna, J. ]. 



oblique and almost straight; orbicular and reniform with rufous 

 centres aud pale ochreous annuli, the former small, oblique 

 elliptical, the latter oblong, the inner side of centre suffused with 

 blackish ; postmedial line indistinct, rufous defined by yellowish 

 white on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa and 

 oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish white with 

 three small black spots on inner side below costa, slightly bent 

 inwards at discal fold, excurved, minutely waved and faintly 

 defined by brown on outer side at middle ; cilia more strongly 

 tinned with rufous, with faint yellowish lines at base and middle. 

 Hind wing white, the inner and terminal areas tinged with pink ; 

 cilia pale yellow, whitish at tips ; the underside with the costal 

 and terminal areas slightly irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal 

 spot and curved postmedial line. 



9 . Head, thorax, and fore wing rufous, the last with the medial 

 area bright rufous ; hind wing suffused with brown. 



Hab. Algeria, Le Tarf, 1 $ ; Cyprus {Miss Bate), 2^,1 9 ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus, 1 6 , Taurus ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau ; 

 E. Siberia, Amurland. Exp. 40-42 millim. 



