282 



NOCTUID.E. 



costal half irrorated with black, some black points on termen from 

 apex to discal fold. 



Hob. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; 

 Austria ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; Rumelia ; Sweden ; Russia ; 

 W. Turkestan, Saisan, Issyk-Kul ; E. Siberia, Ussuri. Exp. 40- 

 54 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 119 : Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 117, pi. 199. f. 1. 



Whitish ochreous tinged with pink ; head pale red-brown. Food- 

 plant, in stems of Phragmites. 3-6. 



Sect. II. Antenna of male minutely ciliated. 



A. Fore wing with pale st.'eaks on the veins, at least on 



terminal area. 

 a. Fore wing without biack streak through upper part 

 of cell. 

 a 1 . Fore wing without ante- and postmedial series of 



black points phragmitidis. 



ft 1 . Fore wing with ante- and postmedial series of black 

 points. 

 a". Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly tinged with 



red-brown brevilinea. 



ft-. Head, thorax, and fore wing hardly tinged with 



red-brown impudica. 



ft. Fore wing with black streak through upper part of cell. 



a 1 . Fore wing with incomplete curved postmedial line... inquinata. 

 ft 1 . Fore wing without postmedial line variuna. 



B. Fore wing with dark streaks on the veins. 



a. Fore wing with black streak in terminal half of cell. 



a 1 . Fore wing without black streak below base of cell ... interlaid. 

 ft 1 . Fore wing with black streak below base of cell stigmatica. 



b. Fore wing without black streak in terminal half of cell. 

 a 1 . Fore wing with the veins of terminal area defined 



by whitish streaks defecta. 



ft 1 . Fore wing with the veins not defined by whitish 

 streaks. 

 a 2 . Fore wing narrow and elongate. 



a 3 . Fore wing irrorated with brown prorrva. 



ft 3 . Fore wing uot irrorated with brown elymi. 



ft 2 . Fore wing shorter and broader. 



a 3 . Fore wing with the reniforrn more or less 



defined fluxa. 



ft 3 . Fore wing with the reniforrn obsolete. 



a*. Hind wing suffused with fuscous pygmina. 



ft 4 . Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated 



with fuscous mabillei. 



