MONIJIA. 41 9 



medial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; subterrninal line only defined by ferru- 

 ginous suffusion on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 

 and dentate at veins 4; 3 ; a waved dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing pinkish white, irrorated with fuscous ; the underside with 

 black discoidal lunule, slight curved postmedial line, and terminal 

 series of points. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Victoria, 1 § ; TJ.S.A., Oregon, 

 Corvallis, 1 $ . Exj). 40 millim, 



1747. Monima stabilis. 



Noctua stahilh, ScliifF. Wien. Verz. p. 7'» (177(5) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sehniett., 

 Noct. f. 171 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. pi. 81. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Eut., 

 Haiist. ii. p. 143; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. -01. 



Noctua cerasi, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 219 (1781). 



BomJyyx ohliqua, De Vill. Eut. Linn. ii. p. 189, pi. 5. f, 7 (1789;. 



Bombyx junetus, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 123 (1803). 



2; odua pallida, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 242 (1809). 



JS'octua rufannulata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 243 (1809). 



Grey-brown to red-brown ; head and thorax often irrorated with 

 grey ; sides of palpi and frons black. Fore wing more or less 

 strongly irrorated with grey and black ; an indistinct, somewhat 

 waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, often with a 

 black point beyond it in cell ; an indistinct, oblique, waved ante- 

 medial lino ; olaviform sometimes traceable and defined by whitish 

 above; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish, the former 

 round, the latter with some black in lower part ; a medial shade 

 oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; post- 

 medial lino more or less indistinct, minutely dentate and produced 

 to points on the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then in- 

 curved ; subtermiual line whitish, slightly defined by brown on 

 inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at 

 vein 3 ; the veins of terminal area streaked with white ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia pale 

 reddish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black 

 discoidal spot and punctiform postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. jiincta. Pore wing with the orbicular confluent with the 

 reniform. 



Nab. Britain, Leech Coll., X. Wales (Salvage) ; France, Sand 

 ColL ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; Russia ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus ; Stria, Lebanon (Pratt), 1 $ , Mardin. Ex'p. 

 34-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 202, pi. 209. f. 2. 



Green, with numerous yellowish- white dots ; dorsal, subdorsal, 

 and spiracular lines yellowish white, sometimes very indistinct ; 

 1st somite in front and anal somite behind yellowish white ; head 

 green, sometimes with black dots. Food-plants: Elm, oak, /S'(/Zi,2?, 

 etc. 5-7- 



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