1L»M 



50CTUID.K. 



22:l\K Calophasia lunula. 



Phaltrna lunula. Ilufn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 394 (1707); Staud. Cat. Lc-p. 



pnl. p. I'la. 

 Noclua linaritr, ScliifT. Wien. Vent. p. 73 (1770) ; E.ip. Sohinett. iv. pi. ll'I . 



fT. 1-.'.; lliihn. Kur. .Sohinett., Noct. f. '1'>'1\ Diip. Ln'-p. Fr. vii. pi. 110. 



f.ll; I-rr. Nein- Boilr. ii. pi. 171 ; Stepli. 111. Urit. Eiif.. Hniist. iii. p. '.i4. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rcd-)»rown mixed with whitish ; 

 tegula* with the basal half whitish with black line near base ; tarsi 

 with slifjht pale ririfjs. Fore wiiij; whiti.sh suffu.sod with red-i»rown 

 especially on medial area and sli-^litly irrorated with fuscou.s ; .siili- 

 basal line rej)re.scnted by a black point below costa ; a slight black 

 streak below base of cell to the elongate claviforra, which is white 

 defined by black ; antemedial line represetited by an oblique black 

 stripa from costa and double strunj;ly excurved line from submediau 

 fold to inner margin filled in with whiti.sh: orbicular narrow, 

 elongate, defined by black ; rcniform a small white lunula defined 



Fig. 35. — Calophasia lunula, (^ . ]. 



by black at sides : traces of a medial black shade ; postmedial line 

 indi-stinctly double filled in with whiti.sh, 1)cnt outwards below 

 costa, angled outwards at vein G, and very strongly incurved below 

 vein 4 to below end of cell ; some white points on costa towards 

 apex ; an oblique brown shade from apex to submedian fold, with 

 series of short black streaks on it in the interspaces ; a black streak 

 above vein 4 from reniform to termen ; some white and slight Idack 

 streaks in interspaces of terminal area and a slight incurved white 

 subterminal line from vein 3 to toriuis ; a fine dark terminal line; 

 cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing while tinged with 

 red-brown,the veins and terminal area red-brown ; cilia white with 

 slight brown line near base from apex to vein 2 ; the underside 

 with minute discoidal .spot, traces of postmedial line with slight dark 

 streaks on the veins, and diffused subterminal band. 



Ab. 1. Melanic ; fore wing with the markings almost obsolete. 



I/(if>. IhuiAiN (once); FuAXm:, Sand Coll.: (m:i:m.\xv, Zeljer. 



Frey, and J.eech Colls. ; Austkia, Leech Coll. ; Uingauy, Leech 



ColL; Switzerland: Spain; Balkaxs; Rr.ssiA, Livonia. Zeller 



Coll. ; Abmkma ; W.TrRKi:sTA\, Sarawschan, Issyk Kul ; "W. Sihkria, 



Altai; E. Sibi:iua, Amur. KrjK '2C>-'32 millim. 



iMrra. Kirhv. Butt. & Moths Kur. ]>. 2.V2 ; Hffm. Eaiip. p I'V) nl 3S 

 f. G. ■ I 1 - • 1 • •• 



Pearly white with the lines yellow ; a dorsal series of transverse 

 black spots and lateral series of black spots. Food-plants : Linaria 

 vuUjaris, genistifolia, and r-epens. 5-8. 



