MONIMA. 



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of palpi and frons black ; antennae pale rufous ; abdomen rufous, 

 the ventral surface grey irrorated with fuscous. Foro wing grey- 

 white, rather sparsely irrorated and striated with fuscous ; the 

 subbasal line represented by a blaclc point in cell : hardly a trace 

 of the antemedial line except a prominent black striga in cell on 

 inner side of the faint traces of orbicular ; reniform a narrow 



Fig. 112. — Monima rorida, (^ . \. 



blackish lunule expanding somewhat below and with a rufous 

 striga on its inner side ; postmediul line represented by a curved 

 series of blackish points on the veins ; faint traces of the subter- 

 minal line angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing pale brownish grey irrorated with brown ; the 

 underside strongly irrorated, a discoidal lunule and curved post- 

 medial series of short striae on the veins. 



Ab. 1. sieversi. Pore wing with the lines more distinct, the area 

 between the medial and postmedial lines tinged with pink. 



Hah. AtrsTRiA, Istria, 1 J , 1 5 , Dalmatia ; Bulgaria ; S. Turkey ; 

 Armenia, Tiflis ; Transcatjcasia, Geok-tapa, 1 c5' ; Asia Minor, 

 Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia, Taurus ; Syria, 1 § , Leech CoU. Exp. 

 46 miUim. 



Sect. II. AntennaB of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apex 

 serrate ; of female serrate. 



A. Fore wing witli blackish or red-brown patch between 



orbicular and reniform. 



a. Fore wing with dentate black marks before middle of 



subterminal line. 

 a}. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black . porosa. 

 V . Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with 



bl a ck fasciculata. 



b. Fore wing without dentate black marks before middle 



of subterminal line. 

 a}. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved at 



middle gothica. 



h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line oblique, 



approximated to the postmedial line at middle... castaiieipennia, 



B. Fore wing without black or brown patch between orbi- 



cular and reniform. 

 a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined 



below bv blackish streaks ferrostida. 



