•>-- N0CTU1D.E. 



Ferghana, Sarawshan, Issyk Kul ; Beluchistan, Quetta (Swinhoe), 

 1 $ type uniforrnis. Exp. 30-38 millim. 



Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 284, pi. 221. f. 1 ; Kirby, Butt, k Moths 

 Eur. p. 174 ; Hfi'm. Eaup. p. 110, pi. 30. f. 6. 



Brownish grey finely shaded Avith blackish ; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines fine, pale ; lateral line black with oblique black streaks 

 above it. Food-plants : Plantago, Taraxicum, &c. 5. 



3943. Athetis superstes. 



Noctua blanda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 162 (1802), nee Scliiff. 

 Caradrina superstes, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2; p. 260 (1825); Frr. Neue 



Beitr.pl. 190; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 382; Stand. Cat. 



Lep. pal. p. 197. 



Head and thorax whitish faintly tinged with rufous and 

 irrorated with dark brown ; palpi with the 1st and 2nd joints 

 black at sides ; tarsi blackish with slight pale rings ; abdomen 

 whitish irrorated with brown, the lateral tufts pale rufous. Fore 

 wing whitish slightly tinged with rufous except towards base, and 

 irrorated with black ; subbasal line slight, black, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish with 

 small spot at costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards to black points 

 on median nervure and vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform well- 

 developed, brownish defined by white, the former rather elliptical ; 

 an indistinct diffused incurved line from lower angle of cell to 

 inner margin ; postmedial line black with small spot at costa, bent 

 outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black points 

 on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish 

 slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below vein 7 and 

 at middle and incurved at submedian fold, a terminal series of black 

 points; cilia with a fine whitish line at middle. Hind wing 

 whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; a 

 terminal series of dark points and the cilia with a brownish line 

 through them from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with brown, a slight sinuous subterminal line from 

 costa to discal fold. 



Hah. Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Austria ; Hungary, 

 Leech Coll. ; Switzerland, Yalais, Frey and Leech Colls. ; Spain, 

 Castille ; Italy; Russia, Sarepta (ChristopJi) ; Armenia; Asia 

 Minor, Pontus. Exp. 30-36 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 174; Hffm. Eanp. p. 110, pi. 30. 

 f. 5. 



Grey, with a dark dorsal line, pale lateral stripes and oblique 

 streaks between them ; head brown. Food-plants : Low growing 

 herbs. 5-6. 



3944. Athetis respersa. 



Noctua respersa, Sehiff. Wien. Verz. p. 314 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., 

 Noct. f. 164; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 78, pi. 77. f. 5; Frr. Neue Beitr. i. 

 pi. 94; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 197. 



Head white ; palpi black, white at tips ; antennse fuscous except 



