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NOCTl'in.K. 



248r). Agriopis aprilina. 



Xortua apri/iHa, Linn. Sy«t. Nat. x. p. .')14 (1758) ; Ran. Schmctt. iv. 



pi. lis. rr. \-li, Slopli."lll. Brit. Knf., Ilaust. iii. p. 25; Staud. Cat. I^p, 



pnl. p. IMJ. 

 yix/iui ruHi.-a, ScliifT. Wicn. Vorz. p. 70 (1770); Iliibn. Eur. Schnu-tt., 



Noct. f. 71 ; Dup. Ix-p. Fr. vi. p. 'M'}, pi. 90. f. 5. 



Head and thorax whitish suffused with palo blno-grecn or olive- 

 green ; sides of Ist and 2nd joints of palpi nnd frons black : 

 antciinir Mark anntilate with white ; teguhc with black spots at 

 liasp of centre and sides and strong black terminal band ; ])ata^ia 

 with black outer edges ; raeso- and nietathorax with paired black 

 marks; pectus clothed with white and brown hair; legs white 

 b inded with l»lack ; abdomen whitish irrorated and suffused with 

 black, the dorsal crests l)lackish. Fore wing white sutlused with 

 pale blue-green or olive-green, rarely largely suffused with black, 

 especially on inner basal and median areas; a waved black subbasal 

 line from costa to submedian fold, .slight in cell and followed by 

 a striga from costa and coll, a patch below cell and short fascia 

 above inner margin ; a waved black aiitcmcdial line defined by 

 white on inner side, double at costa, interrupted below costa and 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by black except above 





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Fig. 104. — Af/riopia aprilina, cJ . 



and with black streak from its lower extremity to postmcdial line ; 

 orbicular and reniform large, white with slight greenish centres and 

 defined by black, the former elliptical, usually open above and 

 bolow, the latter usually open above, produced above and below and 

 extending well below cell; a strong waved black medial line ; post- 

 medial line black defined by white on outer side, double at costa or 

 throughout, bent outwards and usually interrupted below costa, then 

 dentate and i)rodueed to black and white ])oints on the veins, strong!}' 

 incurved below vein 4, some white jtoints l)eyon(l it on costa with 

 black streaks between them ; subterminal line white, defined on 

 inner side by a black bar from eo.sta, then by dentate black mark!*, 

 dentate, angled outwards at vein 7, e.xcurved at midtile, then 

 oblique ; a terminal series of small triangular black marks ; cilia 

 white intersected with black. Hind wing whitish swffu.sed with 

 black ; an indistinct postmcdial line defined by whitish on outer 

 side; a diffused irregular whitish subterminal band; a series of 

 black terminal H]>ot8 ; cilia whitish intersected with black; the 

 underside white slightly tinged with black, the costal area irrorated 



