AKCHAXAliA. 



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A. Fore wing with move or Ifiss developed wliite centre to 



lower ]);irt of reiiiforni geminipuncta. 



B. Fore wing with the lower pai-t of reniform black, more or 



less defined b_v wiiite or by wliite points. 

 a. Hind wing witii dark discoidal spot or lunnle on under- 

 side. 

 a^. Vove, wing witli the poshnedial line entire, dentate . resoluta • 

 V-. Fore wing \vi;h the postmedial line reduced to short 



bliick and white streaks dissoluta 



h. Hind wing without dark discoidal spot on underside, 

 a'. Fore wing with postmedial series of black points. 

 . ur. Fore wing grt-yish ochreous tinged with brown.. neurica. 



h'-. Fore wing rufous tinged with grey polita. 



f>K Fora wing without postmedial series of bhick 



pi li n ts phragmitwola. 



C. Fore winy- with tlie lower part of reniform defined by 



black points sparganii. 



D. l-'ore wing with the lower part of reniform not defined 



by white or black points. 

 a. Fore wing witli postmedial series of black points, 

 fl'. Fore wing with terminal series of black points. 



o". Fore wing witli distinct golden gloss (erata. 



Ifi. Fore wing without golden gloss oblonga. 



h^. Fore wing without terminal series of black points. 



a^. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinned wii;h rufous ... nubflava. 

 f)'. Fore wing suffused with fuscous in male, more 



ochi-eous in female alameda. 



("-. Fore wing jiale flesh-colour to dark red-brown ... algcB. 

 h. Fore wing without po.stniedial series of black points ... IcBla. 



4701. Arcliaiiara geminipuncta. 



Noctua geminipimcta. Haw. Lep. 'Brit. p. 176 (1800); Hatchett, Trans. 



Ent. Soa. 1812, p. 327, pi. 9. f. 2; Steph. 111. Brit. Eat., Haust. lii. 



p. 79; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 187. 

 Nodua paludicolor. Hubn. Eur. Schmett., IVoct. ff. 024, 637 (1818) ; Dup. 



Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 3o7, pi. 33. ff. \,a-c; Guen. Ann. So^-. Ent. 



Fr. 1833, p. 447, pi. Ki. f. A. 

 Noctua guitans, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Nor-t. ff. 628-9 (1818). 

 Koctua arunduiis, Sepp, Lis. iv. p. 65, pi. 20. tf. (J, 7 (18o6). 

 Ko7iagria nigricans, Stand. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 4() (1861). 



Head and thorax rufous; abdomen rather paler rufous. Fore 

 wing rufous ; antemedial lino represented bj- traces of dark points 



Fig. 123. — Archanar a geminipuncta, (^ . 



on the veins ; the orbicular represented by a dark point, the reni- 

 form by a small white or pale spot at lower angle of coll defined 

 by luscouB, usually with another white point above it; traces of a 



