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Nocmuj: 



ri niiiirin const rittvcl at inidiilc, dffincd \>\ Idack aixl its centre bv 

 pur|)le-l)ro\Mi, some hlackiHli stiffusion between it and pctstmedial 

 line, wliieli is very indistinct, dentate and produced to streaks on I ho 

 veins, obsoli-te towards costii and anjrled inwards in submcdian 

 told : some whit4> points on costa towards apex ; a prominent black 

 streak above vrin 4 to the suliterniinal line, wliich is jiak- dctincd 1)V 

 red-brown suH'usion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 anil 



Fig. f*2. — XyHiia vrt until. (J. J, 



dentate nearly to teriuen at veins 4, '.\\ terminal area suffused with 

 red-brown except at apex : a series of black i)oints just before 

 t-ermen ; cilia chequered ocbreousor greyish and black. Ifind wing 

 ochreous uniformly suffused with red-ltrown : cilia whitish at tijjs; 

 tlie underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas slii:htly 

 tinged with brown, a black discoidal lunule and oblique minutely 

 waved brown postmedial line. 



llah. BuiiAix, l>eech Coll. ; Franc k; Gkkmanv. Zeller, Fri-y. and 

 Leech Colls. ; Austria; Huxg art ; Switzerland; ?Spain; X. Italy: 

 CoRFP ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll. ; 

 Asia !Mixok, Pontus ; W. Tukkkstax, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk Kul ; 

 W. SiiJKRiA. Altai ; E. Turkkstax, Hi; E. Siiieria. E.vi>. T^'2Ay2 

 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. l?iit. Lcp. y. .")0 ; Harrctt. L-p. Brit. vi. p. .")8. pi. 1'.".7. f. 2. 



(irecn, lateral line yellow, with a pair of confluent white black- 

 edged dots above it on each segment : spiracular line red, sometimes 

 interrupted, white-edged below, marked by triplets of white black- 

 edged dots. Food-plants : Canhnis, >Si}e>ii\ Oiinuis. &c. '>-7. 



24U\. Xyliua ciirvimacula. (PlateCIlI.fig.il.) 



Cn/ocawpa ivirvimtirida. Morr. Dull. BulT. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. Ittl (1S74); 

 Smith. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. '2'M. 



Head and tenida' ochreous tinged with rufous : palpi, lower part 

 of frons and lateral Itars on frons ])urplish rufous ; thorax deep 

 rufous ; patagia white at base on outer side ; pectus and legs 

 ochreous, rufous, and purjdish ; abdomen orhreous suffused with 

 rufous. Fore wing pale ochreous, the inner half suffused with 

 ]>urplish rufous, the me<lial costal area with rufous ; some Idack 

 points at base ; a prominent black streak below lower part of cell ; 

 antemedial line double, triple in cell, very strongly angled outwards 



