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NOCTUIDiE. 



495J. Apanstis rupicola. 



Noctna rupicola, Schiff. WieD. Verz. p. 90 (1776) ; Hiibn. Beitr. i. pt. 4, p. 8, 

 pi. 2, F (1789); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 192. f. 1; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 

 pt. 1, p. 295, pi. 115. f. F; Frr. Beitr. iv. pi. 330. f. 1 ; Herr.-Seuaff. 

 Bur. Scbmett., Noct. ff. 213-14; Staud. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 220. 



Koctua palliata, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 144 (1787). 



Noctua pallium, Borkb. Eur. Schraett. iv. p. 92 (1792). 



Noctua heliophila, Hiibn. Eur. Scktuett., Noct. f. 317 (1802). 



Head, tcgulee, and patagia fulvous orange ; thorax red-brown, 

 with some white scales on patagia and metathorax ; hinder part of 

 pectus and mid and hind legs mostly brown, the tarsi pale yellow ; 

 abdomen brown at base, yellow at extremity. Fore wing red-brdwn 

 with a cupreous gloss and some grey irroration ; subbasal line repre- 

 sented by a brown striga from costa ; antemedial line brown, erect, 

 waved ; an indistinct diffused red-brown medial shade ; postmedial 

 line brown defined by white on outer side at costa, slightly bent 



Fig. 227. — Apattslis rupicola, rf ■ §. 



outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, somewhat angled 

 inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some white 

 points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined by a brown 

 shade on inner side, white towards costa, excurved below vein 7 

 and at middle ; a terminal series of dark stria) ; cilia white with a 

 series of black spots. Hind wing red-brown with a cupreous gloss ; 

 cilia white with a series of small blackish spots ; the underside 

 tinged with grey, a faint dark discoidal lunule and diffused curved 

 postmedial and subterminal bands. 



Hab. Austria ; Hungary, Zelier, Prey, and Leech Colls. ; 

 Bulgaria ; S. Russia, Sarepta ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus, 1 § ; 

 Kurdistan ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau. Exp. 20-24 millim. 



4955. Apanstis theophila. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 32.) 



Hcliodes theophila, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, p. 56 ; id. Hor. Soc. Ent. 

 Eoss. vii. p. 131, pi. 2. f. 1 ; Mill. Icones, ii. p. 193, pi. 71. f. 7 ; Staud. 

 Cat. Lep. pal. p. 220. 



Head, tegulae, and patagia fulvous orange ; thorax brown with 

 two white points on metathorax ; pectus brown tinged with orange 

 in front ; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with yellow ; abdomen dark 



