\< KH.WCTA, 117 



margin; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former 

 small, oblique elliptical, the latter with oblique black striga in 

 centre ; a diffused oblique blackish bar from costa to reniform and 

 a slight line from lower angle of cell, incurved to vein I where it is 

 angled outwards, then inwards above inner margin ; postmedial 

 line double rilkd in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then 

 dentate, excurved to vein ;3, then incurved and angled outwards on 

 vein 1, crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold from 

 medial to subterminal line, the veins beyond it with slight dark 

 streaks, some white points on costa ; a series of small black spots 

 on termen and base of cilia, which have a slight dark line through 

 them. Hind wing pure white, with postmedial series of minute 

 dark streaks on the veins and fine terminal line ; the underside with 

 the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small blackish 

 discoiclal spot, curved postmedial series of minute black streaks on 

 the veins, and terminal series of striae. 



$ . Hind wing with the veins strongly streaked with black. 



Ab. 1. canclelisqua. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with 

 brown ; abdomen and terminal area of hind wing tinged with 

 brown. 



Ab. 2. judcea. Paler; fore wing greyish white. — Palestine. 



Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Hand Coll. ; Ctkrmany, Zeller 

 and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Hungary ; Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; 

 Spain ; Italy ; Gkeece ; Norway, Frey Coll. ; Russia, Lithonia, 

 Zeller Coll. ; Armenia; Asia Minok. Pontus, Bithynia ; Palestine* 

 W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi, 

 Kashgar. K,q>. 40-48 milliin. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 142; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 231. pi. 120. 

 f. 2. 



Yellow clothed with long yellow hair, the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 

 8th somites with dorsal tufts of red hair ; a dorsal series of black- 

 edged white diamond-shaped marks ; warts brown ; stigmata black ; 

 head yellow marked with black. Food-plants : Horse-chestnut 

 Sycamore, Oak, &c. 7-9. 



3098. Acronycta major. 



Acrovycta major, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, pi. 5. f. 7 (1868) ; Oberth. Efc. 



Ent. v. p. 69. pi. 7. f. 5; 8taud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131. 

 Trimna aneedina, Butl. Trans. Ent. 8oc. 188J, p. 11). 



Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with brown ; 2nd 

 joint of palpi with black band ; frons black at sides ; basal joint 

 of antennae black behind ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia 

 with black stripes ; tibiae streaked with black : abdomen grey- 

 white, the extremity in orated with fuscous, the ventral surface 

 white. Fore Aving grey-white thickly irrorated with pale brown : 

 subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa : 

 a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to outer ante- 

 medial line, giving off slight spurs above and below at antemedial 

 line, the line very indistinct, double, oblique, waved, the two lines 



