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4322. Apamea ochreola. 



Hydroecia ochreola Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 42; Alpli. Eom. Mem. 



V. p. 164, pi. 7. f. 6 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 186. 

 Lnperina renalis, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 170. 



2 . Head and thorax i)ale red mixed with yellowish ; ahdomeii 

 ochreous snfFi^sed with pale red, the ventral surface red. Fore wing 

 yellow thickly irrorated with red, the end of cell and area beyond it 

 to ])ostmedial line suffused with red ; suhbasal line red, double, 

 waved, from costa to submediun fold; antemedial lino red, double, 

 the lines well separated, waved, somewhat oblique ; orbicular 

 defined by red, small, somewhat ol)lique elUptical : reniform white 

 slightly defined by blackish, a narrow oblique lumile with its upper 

 and lower extremities curved inwards and a slight line of red scales 

 in centre ; a diffused sinuous medial red line, ohlique from costa to 

 median nervure ; ])ostmedial line red. double, the lines well separated, 

 bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 

 4, then incurved ; a very indistinct curved waved subterminal line ; 

 a fine waved red terminal line; cilia red with a paler line at base. 

 Hind wing white tinged with red especially on the veins ; the 

 underside white irrorated with red, a curved red postmedial line. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, ?Perghan a, Saisan, Ala Tau, Aulic-Ala, 1 § . 

 Ex£). 42 millim. 



*4323. Apamea senilis. (Plate CXXXYII. fig. 22.) 



Hydrcecia senilis. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. sxi. p. 73, pi. 1, row 1, 

 f. 6 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N Am. p. 175. 



2 . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with ochreoiis ; 

 abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused 

 with rufous ; subbasal line rufous, indistinct, oblique, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the lines widely 

 separated, waved, curved ; claviform moderate, defined by rufous ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by rufous, the former elliptical ; an 

 indistinct medial line, obli(iue from costa to median nervure, then 

 inwardly oVjlique ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an 

 indistinct double minutely waved subterminal line ; a fine red- 

 brown terminal line ; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous uniformly 

 tinged with rufous : the underside with the costal area rather 

 deeper rufous. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Kew Mexico, White Mts. in Coll. J. B. 

 Smith. Exp. 44 millim, 



*4324. Apamea lunata. (Plate CXXXVII. fig. 23.) 



Jjxanea luvata. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 110 (181)1); id. Cat. 



Noot. N. Am. p. 173. 

 Hydroecia alhilunaia. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvi. p. 14 (1899); 



Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 174. 



Head and thorax reddish ochreous ; abdomen white tinged 



