acos.mkti \. 



413 



median nervurcs, then oblique ; orbicular and reniform absenl ; 

 postmedial line indistinctly double tilled in with grey, slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, exenrved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal 

 line indistinct, grey defined on inner side by dark suffusion, slightly 

 exenrved below 7 and oblique helow vein 3 ; a terminal series of 

 dark stria). Hind wing purplish grey tinged with brown; the 

 underside irrorated with brown, a slight diseoidal spot. 

 Hub. Formosa, 1 $ type. Eccp. 20 millim. 



4093. Acosmetia caliginosa. 



Noctua caliginosa, Iliibri. Eur. Schmett , Noel . i'. 474 (ISIS) ; Dup. L£p. Fr., 

 Snppl. ii*i. p. 341. pi. 31. i. 4 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ni. p. I-"-' ; 

 Hen-.-Schatf, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 435; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199. 



Anthopkila litorca, Frr.Neue Beitr. v. y. 163. pi. 479. ff. 1, 2 (l.s4.">). 



Caradrina stagnicolor, Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. Ill, pi. 107, f. (5 (nee Ochs.). 



Acosmetia aqvatilis, linen. Noct. i. p. 240, pi. 5. f. - (1852). 



Acosmetia tristis, Teieh, Stctt. ent. Zeit. 189o, p. 29. 



Head and thorax purplish brown tinged with greyish ; the palpi, 

 frons, and fore legs tinged with fuscous ; abdomen grey irrorated 

 with brown. Fore wing silky purplish brown thickly irrorated 

 with grey ; antemedial line indistinct, brown, strongly waved and 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; stigmata absent ; postmedial line 

 indistinct, brown, interrupted, bent outwards helow costa, then 

 with short dark streaks beyond it on the veins, slightly incurved at 



Fig. 108. —Acosmetia caliginosa, .<$ \. 



discal fold and incurved below vein 4 ; traces of a pale subterminal 

 line slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and exenrved at middle ; a terminal series of slight dark 

 striaa ; cilia with a fine dark line near base. Hind wing silky grey 

 suffused with pale red-brown ; cilia rather paler with a slight 

 brown line near base ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with 

 pale red-brown. 



Ab. 1. (iqualilis. Paler ; fore wing yellowish grey. — Frals, 

 Armenia, Altai, Ala Tau. 



Hob. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France; Germany, Zeller, Frey, & 

 Leech Colls. ; Austria : Hungary, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland ; 

 ? Spain, Catalonia ; X. Italy ; ? Sweden ; Balcan States ; Hussia, 

 Urals, Zeller Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai. 

 Exy. 28-34 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit, p. 114 ; Barrett, Brit. Lep. v. p. 263, pi. 219. f. 2. 



Sap-green with yellow segmental incisions, the lines fine, white. 

 Food-plants : Serratula tinctoria, Sanguisorba, liumex. 



