236 NOCTUIDJE. 



outwards ; n slij^lit pale line at base of cilin. Hind \ving wliite 

 surt'iised witli ])ink except at base, iu cell, and on costal area ; cilia 

 white tin<;ed with pink at tips; the underside white, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with pink, an indistinct curved post- 

 medial line. 



The male is more red-brown and the female may be olive-brown. 



llah. Si'Aix, Andalusia, Catalonia ; Syria, Eibes, 1 2 . Exp. 

 38 millim. 



4G11. Enargia regina. 



Cosmia regina. Stand. Iris, iv. p. 297, pi. 4. f. 2 (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal- 

 p. 204. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous yellow slightly tinged with 

 rufous ; palpi pinkish at sides ; antcnntc rufous ; tibitc and tarsi 

 strongly tinged with rufous ; abdomen ochreous white suffused 

 with rufous. Fore wing ochreous yellow tinged with rufous, more 

 strongly on medial area ; a blackish .subbasal i)oint in cell ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, rufous defined by whitish on inner side, very 



Fig. 95. — Enargia regina, J. ,'. 



oblique and almost straight; orbicular and reniform with rufous 

 centres and ])ale ochreous annuli, the former small, oblique 

 ellijjtical, the latter oblong, the inner side of centre suffused with 

 blackish ; postmedial line indistinct, rufous defined by yellowisli 

 Avhite on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa and 

 oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellowish \^hite with 

 three small black spots on inner side below costa, slightly bent 

 inwards at discal fold, excurved, minutely waved and faintly 

 defined by brown on outer side at middle ; cilia more strongly 

 tinged with rufous, with faint yellowish lines at base and middle. 

 ]iind wing white, the inner and terminal areas tinged with pink; 

 cilia pale yellow, whitish at tips ; the underside with the costal 

 and terminal areas slightly irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal 

 b.pot and curved postmedial line. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing rufous, the last with the medial 

 area bright rufous ; hind wing suffused with ])rown. 



Hub. Algkkia, Le Tarf, 1 2 ; Cyprus {Miss Bate), 2 cf , 1 $ ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus, 1 S, Taurus; W. Turkjesian, Ala Tau; 

 E. Siberia, Amurland. Exp. 40-42 millim. 



