:?(»L> 



NOCTUID.K. 



ochrcous pntoli Itctweoii rcniform nii«l iniior miir;;in, l)cnt outwardu 

 below costa. then (h-iilalr. cxcurvt'd to vciii A, tln'ii iiu-iirvod ; sub- 

 ttTminal line formed by oehreous points ditined by small deiitiile 

 dark marks on inner nicle, anpled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at niiddle. Hinil winj; oebreous nearly uniformly suffused with 

 brown; tl)(> fovea j)ale; the cilia ])inkish ; the underside ^r^^y 

 irrorated with brown, traces of a diffused medial line, a discoidal 

 point, a postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 2, inter- 

 rupt e<l in in.ile by the fovea. 



J/(if>. Jlr.voAuv, Zellcr. l-'rey, and Leech Colls.. Carniol.i : l)vi.- 

 MATiA. Kt'jK 34-38 millim. 



1^1 rra. Kirhy. Ibitt. i^ .Mollis Eur. p. 2-2".. 



Yellowish, with yellowish-red heart-shaped dorsal spots divided 

 by i)aler lateral oblicjue stripes. Food-plant, O.ik. 7-8. 



The Moth produces a slight sound during llighf. 



Genus DRYOEOTA. 



Type. 



Z);y.-/.o/'<T, Led. Nocf. Kiir. p. 100 (lS."i7) /«riv7. 



Priibosris fully dcvoloped ; jijilpi ohliqucly upturned, Iho 'Jiid joint frinpnd 

 witli ii.iir in front and Ix-liind. the .'Jrd sliorl. porrc-ct ; frons sniootii ; pycs 

 rather small and rcniform ; nnlonnje of ni.de minutely serrate and fawieulate ; 

 thorax clot lu'd with hair and hair-like swvles; pectus elothed with long hair; 

 abdomen with dor.sul erests on l);is.il sepmentsand lateral fringes of hair. Fore 

 wing rather short and hro.id, the termen oremdate ; veins 3 .•md .'» from near 

 angle of eell ; •'• iVi.ni upper ;mi,'le ; ',t frmu Hi anastomosing wilii S to fi.rm the 

 areole ; 1 1 from eoll. iloid wing wilii veins .'t, 4 from angle of cell ; .'» ol>sole8- 

 p»'nt from middle of discoeelluLiis ; (J, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalke<l ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell nearba.so only. 



-!47<>. Dryobota furva. 



N,M'tuafiirro, Ksp. Sc-hmelt. iv. p. .'».'!(>. pi. l.'.S. tf. 1-12 (ITSlM ; Stand. Cat. 



Ijep. pal. p. ISli. 

 yoc/iia ,rr/iisfi, Huhn. Knr. Sehmett., Noct. f. 732 ( lf*27) ; irerr.-SehiitT. 



Kur. Sehmetl.. Noel. f. iV2; Mill, le.mes. i. ]>. \r>'2. pi. 7. (T. 4-7. 

 NiK-luadiili/iiioidfs, ])np. I/'p. 1<V. vii. j). 1(H;. ])1. I(>7. f. .'5 (1827). 



Head and legul:i> red-brown mixed with oebreous, the latter 

 with d.irk lines :il middle and near tips; thorax deep iJiirjde- 

 hrowii ; tarsi black with pale ring's; abdomen grey-brown tini^ed 



Fig. 'M. — Dri/nl>i>/(i fiirtfr. c^. 



with purple-red. Fore winj; jnirplish red slightly sufl'used with 

 fuscous ; a bla<'k streak below ba><e of cell ; subbasal line doultle, 

 waved, from eosta to submeilian f<dd : antemedial line doul)lu, 



