244 xocTiiu.K. 



Hind winjr witli Tpiii* H. 4 from angle of cell ; 'i obsolescent from niicldle of 

 di»c»ir«'lluTar» ; «>, 7 shortly sinlkcd or from angle; 8 nnaatomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



A. Vorv wing witbont proniinont oblique nicdinl shade from 



ciiBta to lower ani;le of eell. 

 a. Fore wing narrow, with disrk streak on middle of inner 



margin ncmihninnra. 



I>, Fore wing broader, without dark streak on inner 



margin iwcia. 



B. Fore wing witli prominent oblique medial shade from 



cosfa to lower angle of cell Icdercri. 



230'5. Lithopliane semibrunnea. 



Xoctua scmi1)rinmcu , Haw. Lcp. Brit. p. 171 (180'.») ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., 

 Hausl. ii. p. 170, pi. 21. f. 3 ; Mill. Icones, pi. 33. ff. 1-3 ; Stand. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 210. 



yoctua vctilatii, Germ. Faun. Ins. ix. pi. 18 (1836); Dup. Lt-p. Fr. iii. 

 p. 373. 1)1. 34. f. 4; Herr.-Schad". Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 4(X); Frr. Neue 

 Beitr. pi. 51(3. f. 2. 



Head and thorax ochrcous tinged with rufous and mixed with 

 purplish fuscous, the prothoracic crest and outer edge of patagia 

 at base purple-fuscous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the 

 dorsal crests purplish black. Fore wing suffused with rufous, 

 the inner half or sometimes nearly the whole wing dark red- 

 brown with purplish-black streaks on middle of inner margin and 

 in submcdian fold beyond middle ; a slight pale streak below base 

 of cell with brown streak below it ; subbasal line represented by a 

 faint pale, very oblique striga from co.sta ; the antemedial line 

 represented by double black points on the veins, with traces of a 

 pale dentate line beyond them, strongly angled outwards in sub- 

 median fold ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with very 

 indistinct pale annuli defined by brown, the former very obiitjue 

 elliptical, the latter constricted at middle : posrmedial line repre- 

 sented by a double series of black points on the veins, strongly bent 

 outwards below costa, cxcurved to vein 4, strongly incurved and 

 represented by a pale lunulo in submedian fold ; subterminal line 

 pale, somewhat dentate, angled outwards to termen on veins 4, 3, 

 the area beyond it rather darker. Hind wing ochreous whitish 

 suffused with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area; 

 cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal 

 areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved punctiform 

 postnu'dial line. 



Ilith. Bkitain, Leech Coll. ; S. France; Germ.\nv, Pomerania, 

 Brunswi(;k,Zeller Coll. ; Avstkia, Frey and Leech Coll. ; Hcxgary ; 

 Italy; Bilgaria. /v.c^). 42-44 millim. 



Lui-va. Mcyr. Brit. Ix>p. p. .")! ; Barnlt, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 2r>. pi. 23'>. f. 1. 



Bright green irrorated above with yellowish white; dor.sal lino 

 white; 8ubs])iracular line yellowish white; subbasal and lateral 

 series of irregular whitish marks. Food-plant, Ash. 5-7. 



