102 xori TllLl*. 



medial line with a black point on it in cell ; media] line olive-green 

 defined on outer side by white, diffused on inner side and with 

 black discoidal striga on it, oblique from costa to above end of 

 cell, then inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous ; postmedial line 

 very indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly 

 oblique ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by olive- 

 green suffusion and with a series of black points on its outer ed»e, 

 angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique ; an oblique rufous mark 

 from apex ; cilia white with an olive line at middle. Hind wins 

 white suffused with reddish brown ; traces of a whitish medial 

 line and of a whitish bar above tornus ; cilia white with a slight 

 brownish line through them ; the underside white sparsely irrorated 

 with brown, a terminal series of slight brown lunules. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing much darker and more suffused with brown. 



Hub. S. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; 

 Armenia; Kurdistan; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus, Amanus 

 Mts., 2 2; Syria, 3 <$ , Leech Coll.; ? Persia. Exp. 22- 

 30 millim. 



5232, Eublemma pusilla. 



Erastria -pusilla, Et. Bull. Mosc. 1837, vi. p. 50. 



Avihophila covcivnula, Boisd. Ind. Gen. Meth. p. 174 (1840); Frr. Keue 



Beitr. pi. 300. %. 1; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Koct. f. 252; 



Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227. 

 Noctua proxima, Fisch. Bull. Mosc. 1840, i. p. 88. 



Head white, the antennae rufous; thorax white suffused with 

 olive-green ; abdomen white ; pectus and legs white, the fore legs 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused with olive-green ; 

 antemedial line slight, olive-green defined on inner side by white, 

 angled outwards below costa and on median nervure and inwards 

 in cell, then oblique, a minute black streak before it in the cell ; 

 medial line dark olive with olive-green suffusion before it and a 

 white band beyond it ; angled outwards beyond the cell, then 

 oblique and slightly sinuous ; postmedial line dark olive defined 

 on outer side by white, oblique from below costa to vein (5, then 

 inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous, a white point beyond it on 

 costa ; a white subterminal band with minute black points on 

 its outer edge, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; 

 a fine olive-green terminal line, defined on iner side by white 

 except at apex and tornus ; cilia white at base, olive-green at 

 tips. Hind wing white slightly tinged with olive-green ; a white 

 medial band, excurved below costa ; traces of a white postmedial 

 line and a faint white subterminal band except towards apex ; 

 cilia w r hite : the underside white with olive-green medial and 

 postmedial lines excurved at middle, and a terminal punctiform 

 line. 



Hub. S. Russia, Sarepta, Frey and Leech Colls. ; W. Turkestan, 

 Tarbagatai Mts. ; W. Siberia, Altai Mts. Exp 1S-20 millim. 



