ATHETIS. 817 



893G. Athetis contusa. 



Noctua eontusa, Frr. Neue Beitr. pi. 534. f . 2 & pi. 550 (1849); Herr.- 

 Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 517, 518; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 5, pi. 7. 

 f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 204. 



Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with grey; pectus paler; 

 abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing pale red-brown 

 tinged with grey aud with slight dark irroration, the terminal area 

 rather darker ; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga 

 from costa ; antemedial line dark, excurved below costa and above 

 inner margin and incurved in submedian interspace ; orbicular a 

 pale point faintly defined by brown ; reniform dark with faint pale 

 annulus, narrow above, constricted at middle and triangular below; 

 a diffused dark medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of 

 cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line brown defined by 

 greyish on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly 

 oblique ; subterminal line pale defined on inner side by brown, 

 slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards 

 at discal and submedian folds. Hind wing greyish suffused with 

 brown, the cilia pale at tips ; the underside whitish tinged and 

 slightly irrorated with brown, a narrow discoidal lunule and diffused 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Germany, Zeller & D'Emmick Colls. ; E. Siberia, Dahuria, 

 Ussuri. Exp. 32-88 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 186; Hffm. Itaup. p. 115, pi. 31. 

 f. 10. ' 



Pale green, whitish above ; dorsal line pale, dull ; lateral stripe 

 white ; warts white. Pood-plant : Populus tremulus, between 

 united leaves. 5. 



3937. Athetis placata. (Plate CXX1X. fig. 24.) 



Orthosia placata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 79. 



cJ. Head and thorax brown largely mixed with grey; palpi 

 black-brown at sides, grey in front ; tarsi ringed with white ; anal 

 tuft tinged with rufous. Pore wing grey irrorated with brown 

 and blackish, especially on costal and terminal areas ; subbasal line 

 represented by faint double dark striae from costa ; antemedial line 

 very indistinct, oblique, double at costa ; orbicular and reniform 

 large with brownish centres and whitish annuli, the former round ; 

 a faint oblique dark medial shade ; postmedial line represented by 

 a double series of black points, bent outwards below costa and 

 incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line white defined by red-brown on inner side, oblique, 

 very slightly curved ; a terminal series of small black lunules 

 defined by a waved whitish line ; cilia with two slight whitish lines 

 at middle and white tips. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal 

 area rather darker ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia with fine 

 ochreous line at base and white tips ; the underside grey-white 



