168 nocitidjE, 



a double waved antemedial line, the outer stronger; claviform 

 elongate, usually small, outlined with black; orbicular and re n if or m 

 defined by black and with brownish centres, the former small or 

 large, round or somewhat elliptical, the latter usually well- 

 developed ; an oblique medial shade from lower angle of cell to 

 inner margin; the postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the subterminal line 

 indistinct, pale, defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins, costa, inner margin, and 

 termen tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area 

 irrorated with brown and crossed by a postmedial striga. 

 Specimens are often tinged with reddish brown or fuscous. 



$ . Nearly always darker and suffused with reddish brown or 

 fuscous ; fore wings sometimes fuscous black, the markings 

 obscured. 



Ab. 1. paJlida. Ground-colour grey-white; the markings of 

 fore wing indistinct. — C. Asia; Amur. 



Hah. Britain ; France ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, 

 Frey Coll.; Spain, Zeller ^Coll. ; Sicily, Zeller Coll.; S. Russia, 

 Sarepta, Zeller Coll. : Syria, Zeller & Leech Colls., The Lebanon 

 {Mrs. Niclmll), 1 $ ; Madeira {Leech), 1 $ ; Canaries, 2 J , 1 $ ; 

 SocoTKA {Grant), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa, Munisu {Ld. Delamere), 

 1 c? , Muani {Betton), 1 $ ; Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall), 

 1 S , 2 5; Natal, Estcourt {Hutchinson), 2 S , 1 $ : Basutoland, 

 Maseru {Grawshay), Id, 1 $ , Mahalishoek, 1 $ ; C. Colony 

 {A. Smith, Drege), 1 S type ohliviosa, 3 § type marginalis; 

 E. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 d' , 1 $ ; Amur, 1 (5,25; Japan, Yoko- 

 hama {Jonas), 3 2 type ingrata, {Manleg) Id, 1 $ , Yat Zuchiro 

 {Lewis), 1 J , 1 $ , Kiushu, 2 d , Gilu {Pryer), 1 d , Nikko {Leech), 

 1 2 , Tokio {Maries), 3d, 2$ type fucosa ; Corea, Gensan {Ito), 

 1 5 ; N. China, Shanghai, 1 d type certijicata ; Namoa I. (/. J. 

 Wall-er), 1 d ; W. China, 'I'a-chien-lu, 1 d , 2 $ , Chia-kou-ho, 1 5 , 

 Chang-yang, 2 5 {Pratt) ; Afghanistan, Dubrai {Swinhoe), 1 5 ; 

 Kashmir, Narkunda, 1 d ? 1 ? > Kuijar, 1 d , Nubra, 1 d , 15, 

 Barra Larcha, 1 d , 1 5 {McArthiir), Dugi Pass {Thompson), 1 5 , 

 Dras, 1 5 , Kiris, 1 d , Scinde Valley, 1 5 , Goorais Valley, 1 5 

 {Leech); N.W. Himalayas, Murree {Harford), 2 S, 15, Rawal 

 Pindi, 1 d, Cambellpur, 1 d, Thundiani, 2 d, 2 5 {Yerhury), 

 Sultanpur (6r. Young), 1 5 , Simla, 2 d , 1 5 {Hearsey), type aversa, 

 Dharmsala {Heeling), 4 d , 8 5 ; N. India {Boys), 1 5 type correcta, 

 Dehra Dhun, 1 5 ; Sikhim {Dudgeon), 1 d ; Bombay, Mhow {Swin- 

 hoe), 15 type lassa ; Nilgiris {Hampson), 2 d, 35; Coimbatore 

 ( Walhouse), 1 5 type repidsa. Eccp. 30-46 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 91 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 291, pi. 125. f. 1. 



Pale grey or greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with pink ; 

 dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines usually defined by dark 

 edges, the subdorsal sometimes grey ; head pale, with two brown 

 marks ; thoracic plate more or less brownish. Food-plant : roots of 

 Brassica, Ihmiex, Chrysanthemum, etc. 7-4. 



