APOROPHTLA. 



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Scbmett., Noct. ff. 159-00, 406 ; Mill. Icones, p. 202, pi. 2. ff. 4-8 ; 

 Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. yj. 178. 



Agrotis pascuea, Curt. Brit. Ent. T. p. 165 (1827), non closer. ; Giien. Noct. 

 i. p. 152 (1852). 



Xj^llna oricntatis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Sclimett., Noct. ff. 502-3 (1845). 



Koctua ftcriptura, Frr. Neue Beitr. iii. p. 87, pi. 255, f. 2 (1847) ; Herr.- 

 Schaff. Eur. Schmett, Noct. ff. 504-5. 



J^ociua ingenuu, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 42, jil. 508 (1847). 



Aporophi/la morosa, Bell. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 616, pi. 14. f. 7. 



Aporophijla hritannica, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1869, |). 91. 



Aporophyla cinerea, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 178 (1901). 



Head and thorax browu mixed with grey ; metathoracic crest 

 fuscous ; fore tibiae fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish almost entirely suffused 

 with brown, the costal area tinged with fuscous ; the veins with 

 dark streaks ; a black streak below base of cell and an obliqiie 

 streak above inner margin before middle ; subbasal line represented 

 by oblique striiB from costa and cell ; antemedial line defined by 

 white on inner side, highly dentate, in submcdian fold often to the 



Fig. 76. — Aporophyla australis, cJ. \. 



postmedial line ; claviform more or less developed, defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform definedby black, the former oblique elliptical 

 or irregular, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure 

 and with some fuscous in its lower part ; a slight irregular medial 

 shade ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, bent out- 

 wards below costa, then highly dentate, closely approximated to 

 reniform and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it 

 on costa ; subtei'minal line represented by a series of dentate 

 fuscous marks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, 

 the veins and terminal area slightly tinged with brown ; the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a discoidal 

 point. 



Ab. 1. pascuea. Thorax and fore wing whiter, the latter with 

 the black streaks on basal area and dentate subterminal marks 

 more prominent. — Britain. 



Ab. 2. scriptura. Fore wing duller grey. 



Ab. 3. ingenua. Fore wing almost uniform fuscous grey. 



Ab. 4. cinerea. Fore wing almost uniform pale yellow. — Morocco. 



JIab. Britain (Doubleday), Leech Coll. ; France, Frey and Sand 

 Colls. ; Germant, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Hungaey ; 

 Switzerland ; Dalmatia, Leech Coll. ; Greece ; Morocco ; Asia 

 Minor, Pontus ; Siria. Ex2y. 42 millim. 



