MYTHIMITA. 



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series of black points or crenulate line. Hind wing pale, tinged 

 with pinkish or fuscous ; the cilia ochreous or rufous : the underside 

 with discoidal point and slightly curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada, Br, Columbia, Vancouver I., 1 5 type ; U.S.A., 

 Texas (Belfrage), 1 5 type tcedata, AVashington Terr., Colorado, 

 1 cT type decepta, California (Walsinr/ham), 1 (S . Exp. -14—1:6 

 niillim. 



1057. Mytliimua acetosellae. 



Noctua acetoscUa, Schiif. Wieu. Verz. p. 84 (177<i) ; Hubn. Samml. Eur. 



Schmett., Noct. f. 220 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 128, pi. 109. f. 2 ; Stand. 



Oat. Lep. pal. p. 202. 

 Noetua aeetosellcB, rar. eremicola, Staud. Cat. p. 114 (1871). 



Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; palpi deep rufous ; 

 abdomen brownish orange, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing pale 

 grey-brown irrorated with black ; an oblique antemedial brown line 

 defined by whitish on inner side ; orbicular and reuiform large, 

 with whitish annuli, the former round ; postmedial line brown, 

 defined by whitish on outer side, excurved from costa to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; an indistinct, pale, minutely waved subterminal 

 line with blackish spots on its inner side, often almost obsolete ; 

 cilia red-brown at tips. Hind wing pale pinkish brown, irrorated 

 with fuscous and suffused with fuscous towards termen, leaving the 

 termen and cilia ochreous brown ; the underside pale yellowish, 

 with discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. eremicola. Paler; fore wing wholly striated with black. — 

 Altai. 



Hah. Britain, once ; France ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Hungary, 

 Frey Coll, ; Italy ; S. Etjssia, Sarepta, 1 S ; Armenia ; Asia 

 Minor, Pontus, Taurus ; W, Siberia, Altai, 1 J . Exp. 36-40 

 millim. 



1058, Mythimna oxalina. 



Noctua oxalina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f, 219 (1827); Dup. Lep. Fr. 



vii. p. 130, pi. 109. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep, pal. p. 202 ; Stuitb, Oat. Noct. 



N. Am. p. 211. 

 Ipimorplia intexta, Harr. Can. Ent. vii. p. 136 (1875). 



Head and thorax reddish brown, the hairs tipped with grey ; antennae 

 with the shaft wliitish above ; abdomen yellow-brown, the ventral 



Fig. 107. — Mythimna oxalina, (^ . \. 



surface reddisli brown mixed with grey. Fore wing yellowish 

 brown, suffused with purple-grey and irrorated with fuscous, the 

 medial area slightly browner ; a very oblique brown antemedial line 



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