54 noctuidj:. 



fold; antcmedial line crimson, excurved below costa and coll, angled 

 inwiirds on median ncrvme and ending at vein 1 ; claviform very 

 faintly dL'fined bv crimson ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by 

 crimson, the former round with some crimson scales in centre, the 

 latter with its upper extremity ])roduced and with crimson suffusion 

 in centre; a strong crimson medial line oblicjue from costa to lower 

 angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line crimson, bent 

 outwards below costa, oblique and slightly sinuous below vein 6, 



Fig. IG. — Pyrrhia purpiirina, J. \ 



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some slight olive points beyond it on costa ; subtcrminal line 

 crimson, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 ; a fine 

 crimson terminal line; cilia olive suffused with crimson and with 

 slight crimson line near base. Hind wing ochreous tinged with 

 brown except towards costa ; the veins and an indistinct discoidal 

 lunule browu ; the terminal area broadly brown, the termen tinged 

 with crimson ; cilia ochreous tinged with crimson at base ; the 

 underside olive-ochreons, the costal area irrorated with crimson, 

 slight diffused medial and postmedial crimson lines on costal area, 

 a small brown discoidal spot. 



llnh. HuxGAUY, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Humelia ; 

 S. Russia, Leech Coll. ; W. ISibekia, Altai. Exp. 30-36 millim. 



Larva. Kii-bv, Butt. & Moths Eur. p 263 ; Hffm. Eaup. p. 139, pi. 36. f. 3. 



Yellow or dark apple-green or brownish red with dark warts, 

 dorsal line dark ; two yellowish subbasal lines. Food-plants : 

 Centaurea scahiosa and Succisa irratensis. 5. 



4357. PyrrMa umbra. 



rhaltsna umbra, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p 294 (1767) ; llmpsn. Moths. Inrl. 



ii. p. 172 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 216 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 224. 

 Noctua marginata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 610(1775); Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 



pt. i. p. 319, pi. n9. f. 8;" Steph. 111. Ent. Knt., Hanst. iii. p. 108. 

 I\ocUta rutilago, Scbiff. Wien. Yerz. p. 86 (1776); Hiibii. Eur. Scbniett., 



Nocfc. f. 185. 

 KocUta conspicua, Bork. Eur. Scbmett. ir. p. 123 (1792). 

 Noctua timhrago, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 18f). AT. 7, 8 (1796). 

 Koctva margiiiago. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 23.') (1809). 

 Heliofhis cilisca, Gupn. Noct. ii. p. 179 (18.02). 

 Heliofhis exprimens, Wlk. xi. 687(1857) ; Grole, Bull. Buff. Soc. Xat. Sci. 



ii. p. 35, pi. iii. f. 5. 

 J'lirrhin av.qulnfn, Grote. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 93 (1874) ; id. Bull. 



'Buff. Soc. >'at. Sci. ii. pi. iii. f. 6 (187'>). 



