34 noctl'id.t:. 



brovrn Mnokish belniul and Avith palo-od-c.l frnntal hlanslc ; 

 v.-ntr.il snrfar.. p.-lo f;rron «ilh two slender ^-recn lines winch are 

 rcd-l.rc.wu <.n :inl and -llli s,.n,itea. Food-plants : Ariemisza cam- 

 fttJttri*, (ihroUiutnn, nnd ahsifnthluw. 



I'ojHi. Yellowish with the front greenish. 



2091. Cucullia propinqua. 



Cur,illia im>ri„qi,a, Ev. B..11. Afosc. 1842, p. .^''.S. pi. •'"'•/„ ^ ; Frr.-Rnt_r. 

 \\. pi. .'KtS. f. 2; nerr.-S.-liiiflT. Eiir. Sclimett. u. p. Mt, jSoct. 1. ib, ; 

 bluiul. (.'at. Lep. pill. p. 217. 



Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with some black ; frons 

 and vortex of head with black bars; tegul* wilh black medial line 

 and nifons tips; metathoracic crest tipped with rufou.s ; abdomen 

 grcv, the dorsal crests tipped with black, the ventral surface 

 wl.it'ish, irrorated with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused 

 with fuscous and tinged in parts with rufous; the basal area 

 whitish down to the slight dark streak in submedian fold; sub- 

 basal line represented by two black points on costa and one below 

 costa; anteuiedial line' double, strongly angled outwards in the 

 interspaces and inwards on the veins, a violaceous-white patch 

 beyond it between submedian fold and inner margin; orbicular 

 with rufous centre with dark points on it and white annulus defined 

 by black, erect elliptical : reniform reddish brown with ill-defined 

 grey annulus; postmcdial line double, bent outwards below costa, 

 then waved, indistinct to vein 2, then prominent and white ; sub- 

 terminal line only defined by violaceous-white suffusion on its inner 

 side and bv short black streaks beyond it below veins 5 and 2 ; the 

 veins slighUy streaked with black towards termen ; a terminal series 

 of black stri'sc. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown, the 

 terminal area darker; cilia white ; the underside paler with dark 

 discoidal spot. 



J/ah. KussiA, Urals ; AV. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Urga ; 

 E. SiiiKUiA, Dahuria,Kentei, 1 J , 1 $ , Ussuri. Exj)., J ^^6, $ 40 

 milliin. 



2002. Cucullia generosa. (riate XCVI. fig. 29.) 



Cvnillia (jrncroia, Staiul. Slett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 51 ; id. Cat. Lcp. pal. 

 p. 2U). 



^ . Head and thorax grey-white ; palpi at sides and lower part 

 of frons red-brown ; frons and vertex of head with blackish bars ; 

 tegulic with black line near base, two slight medial lines and brown 

 line near tips ; jiatngia edged with red-brown, dorsum of thorax 

 red-brown ; tibi;e with black streaks; abdomen whitish tinged with 

 red-brown. Fore wing jiale greyish with a violaceous tinge, the 

 costal area, cell, and an oblique .shade from termen below apex to 

 below end of cell roddi.sh brown : a prominent black streak below 

 ba.se of cell; tho veins finely streaked with black ; antemedial line 

 indistinct, angled outwards in tho interspaces and inwards on the 

 Veins, very highly angled outwards in submedian fold and above 



