150 NOCTUIDiE. 



with red-brown ; a slight sinuous subbasal line from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; antemedial and medial lines red-brown inwardly 

 oblique, the latter defined by whitish on outer side and at disco- 

 cellulars by yellowish ; postmedial line red-brown, inwardly oblique 

 and very slightly sinuous ; subterminal line whitish, oblique ; a fine 

 dark terminal line ; cilia with a slight whitish line at base. Hind 

 wing grey thickly irrorated with red-brown, the postmedial and 

 apical areas fuscous brown ; two indistinct red-brown medial lines 

 and a whitish subterminal line almost obsolete towards costa ; the 

 underside grey thickly irrorated with red-brown. 



Hob. Queensland, Townsville {Dodd), 1 J. Exp. 18 millim. 



5209. Eublemma panncmica. 



Anthophila pannonica, Fit. Neue Eeitr. iv, p. 67, pi. 330. if. 3, 4 (1840) ; 



Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228. 

 Anthophila kindermannii, Boisd. Ind. & Gen. Meth. p. 174 (1840) ; Herr.- 



Schalf. Schmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 253-4. 

 Anthophila lenis, Ev. Faun. Lep. Volg. & Ur. p. 338 (1844). 



Head and thorax yellowish white slightly tinged with rufous ; 

 abdomen white faintly tinged with brown and at base with yellow ; 

 pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing with the basal half chrome-yellow, the terminal half 

 purplish pink irrorated with white, the costa white with the costal 

 edge brown towards base ; antemedial black points in cell and on 

 vein 1 ; a black point in middle of cell and indistinct blackish dis- 

 coidal striga ; a fine white medial line bounding the yellow area, 

 excurved below costa, then oblique ; an indistinct white postmedial 

 line, oblique from costa to vein 7 and incurved below vein 4 ; a 

 faint whitish subterminal line incurved below vein 3; cilia white at 

 tips. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; 

 cilia white at tips ; the underside white irrorated with red-brown, 

 a terminal series of minute black points. 



Ab. 1. lenis. Much paler. 



Hob. Hungary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; S. Russia, Sarepta 

 (Christoph) ; Armenia; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus; Syria, 

 Leech Coll., Mardin ; Persia; "W. Siberia, Altai. Exp. 22- 

 28 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288; Hffm. Eaup. p. 141, pi. 36. 

 f. 11. 



Brownish ; 1st two pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant : Gna- 



phalium arenarium. 5-6. 



5210. Eublemma amasina. 



Anthophila amasina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 5j5, & 1S57, iv. p. 410; 



Herr.-Scbaff. Eur Schmett., Noct. f. 280; Frr. Neue Beitr. pi. 437. f. 4; 



Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228. 

 Anthophila paradisea, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. ii. p. 34, pi. 31. f. 4 (1S78). 



Head and thorax ochreous yellow ; abdomen ochreous ; palpi 



