ATETHSIIA. J0DI.4. 495 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 60; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 3.j7 pi 2-^9 

 f. 3. _ 



Brownish grey with dark freckles ; dorsal line pale, irregular, 

 ■with dark edges ; subdorsal and spiracular lines pale, dark-edged 

 above. Food-plant, Ash. 10-G. 



2718. Atethniia ambusta. 



Noctua amhnsta, Schiff. Wieii. Verz. ]5. 88 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 



p. 152(1787) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 823, pi. 120. f. 1 ; Frr. J!^eue Beitr. ii. 



pi. 189; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 205. 

 Cirrmdia rubens, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 205 (1901). 



(ruhens.) Head and thorax reddish tinged with brown, the scales 

 slightly tipped with grey ; antennae whitish at base ; tar.si ringed 

 with white : abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing 

 reddish tinged with brown, the terminal area rather darker, the 

 veins slightly streaked with whitish ; traces of a pale subbasal line 

 from costa to submedian fold ; the 1st line nearl}- medial, whitish, 

 excurved from costa to median nervure, then oblique ; orbicular 

 absent ; reniform large, defined by whitish, somewhat constricted 

 at middle ; postmedial line whitish, strongly bent outwards below 

 costa and oblique below vein 4 ; subterrainal line wliitish, excurved 

 below veins 7 aud o. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged 

 with rufous except towards tornus ; cilia brownish on apical half ; 

 the underside with the costal and terminal areas in-orated with 

 rufous, an indistinct pale postmedial line from costa to vein 3. 



Ab. 1. amhusta. Browner. 



Hah. Frakce, Sand Coll. ; Germant, Zeller Coll. ; Austria, Leech 

 Coll. ; HuNGAEY, Frej^ and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland ; I^. Italy ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus ; Palestine. Exp. 26-30 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Motbs Eur. p. 185; Hffm. Eaup. j). 116, pi. 31. 

 f. 14. 



Dull flesh-colour with dorsal and subdorsal whitish lines, with 

 oblique brown streaks between them ; lateral stripe yellow. Food- 

 })lants : Apple, Pear, 5. 



Genus JODIA. „ 



Type. 



Jodia, Hilbu. Verz. p. 234 (1827) rufacjo. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi oblique to just beyond tbe frontal tuft 

 and moderately iVinged with hair below ; Irons smooth ; eye.s large, rounded : 

 antennaj of male with fasciculate cilia ; head and thorax clothed with hair and 

 hair-like scales ; tegulre produced to a dorsal ridge ; prothorax with ridgo-like 

 crest; pectus clothed with long hair; abdomen rather triangular, with some 

 rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair but witho it crests. Fore wing 

 with the apex produced and acute, the termen oblique towards tornus ; veins 

 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



