1 1 *^ NOCTCIDiB. 



few dark scales ; antemedial line doiible, ()lili(|uc from costa to sub- 

 median fold, where it is nnjjled. tlit-n aiifiled tdifrhtly inwards on vein 

 1 ; claviform absent ; orbicular small, round, bright rufous defined 

 by black : reniform bripht rufous defined by black on inner side 

 only, diffused on outer side with a Idack point in upjjcr part, medial 

 line represented ])y an obli(iue black strifra from costa ; postraedial 

 line black, dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, 

 excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; subtcrrainal lino 

 black with diffused fuscous on inner side, slightly anglefl outwards 

 at veins 7,^, 4, :{, then incurved ; a fine waved black terminal line ; 

 cilia with a slight dark line through them. Hind wing red-brown, 

 the terminal area darker; traces of a curved jjostmedial line; cilia 

 ochreous with a slight dark line through them ; the underside 

 reddish grey with dark discoidal point and curved postmedial 

 line. 



Hah. 9>. France ; Spaix ; Aloeria. Exp. 34 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



2218. Metopoceras felicina. 



Pdia felicina, Donz. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1844, p. 199, pi. (5. f. 2 ; Herr.- 

 Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 485 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175. 



Head and thorax purplish red-brown irrorated with a few black 

 scales ; tarsi fuscous with yellowish rings ; abdomen grey irrorated 

 with black, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing purplish red-brown 

 irrorated with large raised grey scales, especially before medial part 



Of) 



Fig. 31. — Metopoceras felicina, ^. \. 



of antemedial line and on medial area except towards inner margin ; 

 subbasal line very indistinct, slightly defined by grey on outer side, 

 ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line deep rufous, indistinct, 

 slightly waved; orbicular represented bj' a small rufous spot in cell, 

 the reniform by a rufous ]»atch with oblique bar to it from costa ; 

 ])0stmedial line very indistinct, rufous slightly defined by grey scales 

 on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 

 4, then incurved; a subterminal curved series of slight grey points. 

 Hind wing jiale cupreous red with traces of a difl'used darker sub- 

 terminal band; the underside greyish tinged with rufous and 

 iiTorated with brown, a discoidal spot and indistinct diffused curved 

 postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. S. France : Spain, Castile, Andalusia, Leech Coll. ; Morocco, 

 Forest nf Marmora {Mcwle- Waldo), 1 o . Kvji. 2(i 3U millim. 



