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above ; abdomen red-brown, paler subdorsally towards base. Fore 

 wing red-brown, tinged with purplish pink below costa and ou 

 vein 3 towards termen ; a white fascia on median nervure, on basal 

 half with a blackish streak below it ; a whitish streak on base of 

 vein Ijwith an oblique brown streak below its extremity: the sub - 

 basal and antemedial lines represented by oblique brown stria^from 

 costa ; the orbicular obsolete ; the reniform narrow, with red-brown 

 centre with white line on it and white annulus ; the postmedial 

 line represented by black points on the veins bent outwards below 

 costa, then oblique ; some pale points on costa towards apex ; 

 the subterminal line represented by an oblique fascia from apex 

 to vein 5 emitting dentate marks to termen ou each side of 



Fig. 41. — Actlnotia polyodon, cj". 



veins 6, 7, tlien between veins 5 and 2 by a ^-mark ; some dentate 

 black marks before termen and a fine terminal white line ; cilia 

 with a dark brown line through them. Hind wing whitish, the 

 inner and terminal areas suffused with brown ; the veins brown ; 

 cilia white. Underside of fore wing with tlie apical area and termen 

 ferruginous, with dentate white marks on each side of the veins ; 

 hind wing with diseoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial 

 line, the costal area ferruginous. 



Hah. Britain ; France ; GERMAiJfY, Zeller Coll. ; Switzeelaxd, 

 Frey Coll.; Italy; Scaxdixavia ; Kussia, Urals; Armenia; W. 

 Siberia, Altai ; E. TrEKESiAN ; Japan, Hakodate (Z<?t'c/«), 1 J , 1 $ . 

 Exp. 38-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyi-. Brit. Lep. p. 12.o ; Barrett, Lep. Bvit. v. p. 30, pi. 189. f. 2. 



]leddish brown with dark dots ; dorsal line narrow% yellow ; a 

 subdorsal series of oblique brown marks ; spiracular line yellow, 

 dark-edged ; head brown. Food-plant, H)jperlcum. 7, 8. 



221. Actlnotia hyperici. 



Isoctua Jn/pcrici, ScbifF. Wien. Verz. p. 7(j(177()); Hiibn. Eur. Schniett., 

 Noct. f. 250; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 194, pi. 112. f. .3 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. 

 Schmett. ii. ]3. 289, f. 334; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 183. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown ; tegulae with 

 black medial line; patagia edged with black above; tarsi banded 

 with black ; abdomen grey irrorated Avith brown. Fore wing grey ; 



