130 NocTUiD.r. 



siibbnsal line represented by n Blijjht obli<]ue strifja from costa : ;i 

 short subbasal bhiok ptrcak in submcdinn fold ; uiitcmedial lino 

 reprrseiitcd bv dark jxtinls on rosta, median lurvure, and vein 1 ; 

 stigmata absent : potmedial line represented by a small dark spot 

 <)n eosta, bent ontwarda below costa then very oblique, defined by 

 white on outer side and slightly angled outwards on vein 1, some 

 white jKiints beyond it on costa; an oblique very slightly curved 

 white subtrrminid band defined on inner side by minute dentate 

 black marks -. a tine dark terminal line defined on inner side by a 

 white line ; cilia ])ale brown with a white line through them, 

 ilind wing dark fuscous brown ; cilia white with line brown lines 

 near base and middle; the underside white, the costal half irrorated 

 with brown, the inner half suffused with brown, a slight discoidal 

 lunule, a ])ostmedial line excurved at discal fold, then oblique, a 

 diffused subterminal band from discal fold to inner margin. 



JIah. S. TcEKET ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus, 1 d ; 

 Syria, Ixsech Coll., 1 5 , Mardin. Exp. 30 millim. 



2235. Calophasia casta. 



Kociua casta, Borkli. Scriba, Beitr. iii. p. 212, pi. 17. f. 7 (1793); Staud. 



Cat.. Lcp. pal. p. 21."J. 

 J\*(W«fl opalina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 182. f. 3 (1798) ; Hlibn. Eur. Scbnictt., 



Noct. ff. 370, 808-9 ; Fit. Beitr. ii. pi. 79 ; Dup. Lcp. Fr. vii. p. 240, 



pi. 11.-). f. 3. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white ; tegula? with slight 

 medial line and some dark scales at middle of tips ; metathoracic 

 crest tipped with black ; tibia) and tarsi with pale fuscous bands, 

 Fore wing with the basal half pure white ; subbasal line represented 

 by a small blackish s])ot on costa, the antemcdial line by a small 

 spot on costa and minute points on median ncrvure and vein I ; 

 terminal half fuscous brown, the postmedial costal area white down 

 to vein 5, the inner edge of dark area indented by a white tooth 

 in cell not quite continent with the small white discoidal lunulo 

 which is connected above with the white ])ostmedial area ; postmedial 

 line with two dark marks on costa, below vein a fine white line 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved to lielow end of cell, with slight 

 dark streak before it on vein 2, then slightly defined by black on 

 inner side and minutely waved ; subterminal line very near termen 

 formed of irregular white marks, with slight dentate black marks 

 before them below veins 7, 5, 3, 2, and some black spots beyond 

 them, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved, and with oblique 

 white streaks before it from vein 2 to tornus; the t^jrmen tinged 

 with cupreotis ; cilia fuscous l)rown, the tips chetjuered with white. 

 Hind wing white with terminal fuscous-brown band from apex to 

 vein 2, its inner edge emitting slight streaks on the veins. Under- 

 side white; fore wing with dilhised fuscous subterminal band 

 e.\cept towards costa ami inner margin ; hind wing with traces of 

 subterminal baJid. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen slightly mixed with fuscous ; 



