«•'. Fore wing \vitli medial reil-browu l):uiil t'rciri 



cell to inner margin mdi'da. 



/;•'. Fore wing vviilunu. medial band svhjlava. 



h-. Fore wing wirliont, antemedial line agatha. 



hi. Pore wing witliouf, postinedial line cxecritziayia. 



B. Fore wing flesii-colourod hechjchroa. 



4834. ^gle vespertalis. 



Pyralis vei^perialh, Hlibn. Eur. Scbmett., Pvr. f. l.")!) (1818); Stand. Cat. 



Lep. i)iil. p. 233. 

 Anthophilii, vi'spertina, Trcit. Scimiett. Enr. v. .'5. p. 280 (1(S25); Herr.- 



iScnalf. Eur. Schmett., Noct. pi. b\. f. 260. 

 Lcucania ceaper/itia/is. Kinljr. Cat. Xep. S. And. pi. S. f. 4 & pi. 15. f. 2 



(1858). 

 Leuca/iia maiulincdii^, Rmbr. Cat. Ijep. S. And. ]A. 8. t'. 5 (1858). 



Head and thorax pale yellow slightly tinged with rufous, the 

 sides of palpi and Irons, the pectus and legs strongly tinged with 

 rutbtis ; abdomen pale yellow tinged with brown. Fore wing pale 

 yellow ; the basal costal area tinged witli rufous aiid the costal 

 edge rufous ; a faint rufous medial shade, oblique below the cell 

 and obsolete below vein 1 ; a slight oblique red-brown discoidal 

 striga ; an indistinct rufous postmedial line excurved below costa 

 and at middle and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminnl line slight, 

 rufous, with wedge-shaped rufous mark from costa, then curved 

 and minutely waved ; a deep rufous terminal line ; cilia deep rufous 

 mixed with yellow and with deej) rutous lines at middle and tip.s. 

 Hind wing pale yellow suffused with rufous except on inner area; 

 an obli(]uely curved diffused postiuedial line ; aline rufous terminal 

 line ; cilia pale yellow tinged with rufous except towards tornus 

 and with slight rufous lino at middle. Underside of fore wing 

 rufous, the inner area whitish, the basal half of costa yellowish and 

 yellowish marks on it beyond middle and towards apex, slight 

 yellowish marks beyond lower angle of cell and a subapical patch ; 

 hind wing yellowish white with diffused rufous band from costa to 

 median nervure, slight waved postmedial line from costa to vein 5, 

 apical patch and subterminal line between veins 6 and 2. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with indistinct antemedial line from costa to 

 vein 1, the medial shade and postmedial lines much more prominent, 

 u brown .shade on termen from below apex to tornus ; hind wing 

 AvhoUy suffused with brown. 



Ilab. HuxGARV, Carniola; Sr.\ix, Andalusia, Zeller and Leech 

 Colls., Cadiz (^WuL'iiiKjJiaiii); Italy, Capri {C. k^. Brown) ; Sicily, 

 Zeller Coll. ; IJalmatia, Zeller Coll. ; Greece; Algeria; Rumklia ; 

 AR.MENIA ; Asia Minor, Pontiis, Eithynia, Taurus ; Syria, Mardin ; 

 Persia, 2 d" , 4 $ . Ev^k 26-30 millim. 



4835. ^gle niibila. (riate CXLV. fig. 15.) 



Me/oponia nuhila. Stand. Iris, iv. p. 32G (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 233. 



2 . Head and thorax pale yellow with a few dark brown scales ; 

 tarsi red-brown ringed with white; abdomen pale yellow tino-ed 



