420 NOCTUIDJ!. 



*1748. Monima stenoptera. 



To'iiiocampa dcnopiera. Stand. Eorn. Mem. vi. \>. 497, pi. ix. f. (5 (1892); 

 id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 201. 



(^ . Head and thorax pale red-brown, abdomen paler. Fore 

 Vi'm^ ])ale red-brown, the ])ostmedial area tinged with fuscous ; 

 antemcdial line yellowish, slightly incurved from costa to median 

 nervure, then slightly excurved ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 Yellowish, rather narrow, the foi'mer oblique elliptical ; a dark 

 medial shade, diffused from costa to median nervure, then oblique ; 

 a yellowish postmedial line outwardly oblique from costa to vein 7, 

 then inwardly oblique, some pale points l)eyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line yellowish, ublicpie, slightly incurved ; the veins of 

 terminal area yellowish. Hind wing brownish ochreous. 



JIab. Amtjrland, Ussuri. E.vj^>. 138 millim. This species is 

 unknown to mc. 



1749. Monima ruhrescens. (Plate XC. fig. 16.) 



Jpamca rubrescens, Wlk. xxxii. 671 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 206. 

 Tceniocampa venata. Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 123 (1890). 



S . Head and thorax pale rufous with a yellowish tinge ; palpi 

 blackish at sides ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with reddish brown. 

 Fore wing reddish ochreous, thickly striated with rufous, the 

 luudial area suffused with rufous; the subbasal line represented by, 

 a curved series of three black points, below costa and in and below 

 cell ; antemedial line obsolete ; orbicular and reniform well de- 

 veloped and with ochreous annuli, the former round with ochreous 

 centre striated with rufous, the latter filled in with fuscous ; the 

 postmedial line represented by a series of short, very indistinct 

 whitish and black streaks on the veins ; subterminal line hardly 

 traceable, ochreous ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind 

 wing ochreous, evenly suffused with fuscous brown ; the cilia 

 ochreous ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a 

 discoidal spot, postmedial scries of points on the veins and soma 

 points on termen. 



Hah. Canada (Pettit), 2 c? ; U.S.A., New Hampshire (Kemp), 

 1 $ , New York, Pennsylvania (Kemp), 1 c5' . Exp. 44 millim. 



1750. Monima cruda. 



Nodna crvda, Scbiff. "Wien. Vcrz. p. 77 (1776); Kleem. Eeitr. Ins. Ges. i 



])1. 46 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haiist. ii. p. 144. 

 Nocti/a pulverulcnta, Esp. Sclimett. iii. pi. 76. ff. 5, 6 (1786); Staud. Cat. 



Lep. pal. p. 201. 

 Bomhi/x nanus, Raw. Lep. Brit. p. 244 (1809). 

 Noc/itaj)i/s/7l(/, ITaw. Lep. Brit. p. 244 (1809). 

 ]\'octna (imhhina, Hiibn. Eiir. Sclimett., Noct. f. 173 (1827); Dup. Lep. Fr. 



vi. p. 61, pi. 76. f. 3. 



Head and tliorax grey, more or lets strongly tinged Avith 



