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noctcid-t;. 



red-brown tinged with grey, the veins streaked witli red-brown ; 

 bubbasal lino red defined by yellow on outer side, angled outwards 

 on subcostal and nifdian nervurcs, incurved in cell and ending on 

 vein 1, a yellow point beyond it in cell; antemedial line dovihle, 

 red filled in with yellow, incurved in submedian interspace and 

 excurved above inner margin ; claviform rounded, yellow defined by 

 red ; orbicular and renit'oim yellow defined by red-bi'own and with 

 some red irroration in centres, the former round, the latter some- 

 what angled inwards on median nervure and with its centre defined 

 bv red-brown ; a rather diffused red medial line ol)lique below 

 subiuediau fold and ending at antemedial line ; postuiedial line 



Fig. 8. — Xanihacia fluvago, cJ. ',. 



double tilled in with yellow, the inner line minutely waved, bent 

 outwards below costa, oblique and somewhat sinuous below vein 4, 

 some yellow ])oints beyond it on costa ; siibterminal line red, 

 incurved below costa, at discal fold and below vein '6; a fine red- 

 brown terminal line ; cilia red-brown tinged with greyish. Hind 

 wing pale yellow, the veins red-brown; a faint red-brown discoidal 

 lunule, sinuous postmedial line, diffused subterminal band and fine 

 terminal line ; cilia yellow tinged with rufous at base ; the 

 underside slightly irrorated with red-brown, the costal area 

 suffused with red, tlie postmedial line more diffused, straight 

 and oblique. 



Ab. 1. ciiiarea. Fore .wing pale yellow or reddish grey, the 

 stigmata almost obsolete, a dark palch between orbicular and 

 reniform, the terminal area of the ground-colour or violet-brown 

 without pale apical patch ; hind wing whitibh or greyish without 

 markings. — Algeria. 



hah. Brtt.mn, Leech Coll. ; Fr.\nce, Sand Coll. ; Germ.iny, 

 Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Hungaey ; fewixzERLANo ; 

 VCoksica; Italy; Algeria; Sweden; Ecssia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; 

 Armknia; Asia Mixor, Pontus ; AV. Sibkiua, Altai. Exp.'S-^-4(i 

 millim. 



Larva. Mevr. Brit. Lep. p. 110; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 75, pi. 193. 

 f. 2. 



Uchreous whitisli (o pale brownish, sometimes tinged with 

 pijik ; warts large, black ; head yellow-brown ; thoracic plate 

 dark brown. Food-plants : stems of Carduus, Arctium, V^tr- 

 hascuin, &c. 5-8, 



