494 



NOCIUIDiE. 



red-brown, a diffused Avhite fascia tinged with pink from sub- 

 terminal line near apex through the cell to base of inner margin ; 

 subbasal line waved, from costa to vein 1, brown defined by greyish 

 on costal area, blackish below the cell ; antemedial line double 

 except in lower part of cell, wared, brown filled in with greyish on 

 costal area, blackish filled in with white from cell to inner margin ; 

 claviform defined by a whito and black luuule at extremity ; 

 orbicular absent; a semicircular blackish patch in lower extremity 

 of cell ; reniform with greyish lunule defined by brown and whitish 

 annulus with two dark points on its outer edge ; medial line red- 

 brown, oblique from costa to reniform, below the cell waved and 



Fig. 138.— Motiodes vemtslula, rf. 



traversing an area of deeper red-brown suffusion ; postmedial line 

 double filled in with white, oblique from costa to upper extremity 

 of reniform, then minutely waved, excurved round the reniform, 

 then incurved, some grey-white beyond it on costa followed by 

 white points on a red-brown patch ; subterminal lino white, obso- 

 lescent between veins 6 and 3, minutely waved, emitting short 

 streaks towards apex, defined on inner side by black marks above 

 and below vein 5 and angled outwards on vein 1 ; the termen grey- 

 white defined on inner side by red-brown and with terminal series 

 of small brownish spots ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing white tinged 

 with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a 

 faint discoidal striga and curved postmedial line ; cilia white with 

 red-brown line near base ; the underside white thickly irrorated 

 with red-brown, a red-brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, 

 and terminal series of lunules. 



Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France; German?, Zeller, Frey, and 

 Leech Colls. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Hungaky ; Switzerland ; 

 Spain, Bilbao ; Bumelia ; S. Bussia ; Armenia ; Transcaucasia, 

 Grusia, Lagodechi (Mlokosewitch), 1 tf , 1 $ ; Fersia ; W. Siberia, 

 Altai ; E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 20-24 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 165; Barrett, Lep. Brit. y\. p. 178, pi. 24(5. 

 f. 4. 



Furplish brown ; dorsal line pale, indistinct ; a pale lateral spot 

 on 4th somite; head brown. Food-plant: flowers of Potentillq 



reptans. 8. 



