428 nocttjid;!:, 



Ab. 4. cvanida. Like j)aUidio>' but larj;er, the subtcriuinul line 

 stronply deiiiu'd l)y rufous. 



7/«6r Pkitain/ Scotland, Leech Coll., Eof^land, Leech Coll.; 

 France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zcller Coll. ; Hungary, Leech Coll. ; 

 SwiTZEiiLAND, Frey Coll.; Spain; Italy; Scandinavia; IIussia, 

 Livonia, St. Tetersburg, ZcUer Coll.; Armenia; Asia Minor, 

 Pontus ; W. SiuERiA, Altai ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Ferghana, 

 Issyk-Kul; E. Siberia; Japan, Yesso {Pnjer), 1 c? , Yokohama 

 {Jonas, Fryer), Q S ■, 1 $ , type evankla, Kiushiu, 1 c? , 1 § ; 

 Punjab, Simla {Ntirse), 1 $ . E.vp. 40-50 millim. 



Larva. Mcyr. Brit. Lep. p. 72 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 213, pis. 211, 212. 



f. 1. ' 



Green, with numerous yellowish or whitish dots ; dorsal and 

 spiracular lines pale yellow or wbitisli ; subdorsal line formed of 

 pale dots ; head green. Food-plants : Oak, poplar, hawthorn, 

 etc. 5-7. 



17G3. Monima opima. 



Noctua opima, Hubn. Eur. Scluiiett., Noct. f. 424 (1827) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 201. 

 Koctuajirma, Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. ff. 076, 677 (1827). 

 TcBniocamipa mediolugens, Schultz, lUustr. Zeit. Eut. v. p. 349 (1900). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi brown 

 or blackish at sides ; abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown. 

 Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the medial area sutfuscd 

 with red-brown ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga 

 from costa ; the antcmedial line indistinct, erect, waved ; claviform 

 sometimes slightly defined by whitish ; orbicular and reniform 

 large, with grey centres irrorated with brown and whitish annuli, 

 the former rounded ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer 

 side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish, 

 defined by red-brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then 

 nearly straight or slightly excurved at middle ; a series of dark 

 points just before terraen ; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing 

 whitish irrorated with brown ; the underside tinged with pink, a 

 discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Greyer; fore wing without rufous suffusion on medial 

 area, but with an indistinct medial shade. 



Ab. 2. Wholly suffused with fuscous brown with a reddish 

 tinge. 



Ilah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller 

 Coll. ; ArsTRiA, Carniola, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; 

 Scandinavia ; Russia, Leech Coll., Urals ; W. Siberia, Altai, Zeller 

 Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau. Kcp. 3G-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 73 , Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 208, pi. 210. f. 2. 

 Dull olive-green to red-brown with darker freckles ; dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines paler ; spiracular line yellow or yellowish green, 

 dark-margined above ; head brownish. Food-plants : Sali.r and 

 Eosc. 5, H. 



