PTTYTO:\rETI?A. 509 



stiL!,'iii;i (U'liiu'd l)y bluckisli in iind below middle ot* eell, witli a 

 similar rather olilique elliptical spot beyond its lower extremity ; 

 a slight red-brown medial line oblique from eosta to beyond lower 

 angle of cell, then ver}' oblique inwardly and slightly sinuous ; 

 postmedial line red-brown, excmwed below^ costa, angled inwards at 

 discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then double, oblique and sinuous ; 

 a -wedge-shaped golden-silvery spot below vein 6 from the post- 

 medial line, which is red-brown, oblique and strong to vein 5 where 

 it is slightly angled iuAvards, then slighter and somewhat waved ; 

 a red-brown line l)efore termen from apex to vein 2 and a fine 

 terminal line. Hind wing yellowish suffused with brown, the 

 veins browner ; a slight postmedial line and subterminal shade ; a 

 tine brown terminal line ; the underside yellowish white, a slight 

 brown diseoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the spot conjoined to the stigma below 

 the cell. 



Ilab. W. TrRKESTA:;^, Ferghana, Sarawschan ; E. Siberia, 

 Dahuria, Amurland, Ussuri ; J a pax, Fushiki {Leech), 1 S , 

 Tsuruga {Leech), 1 2 , Tokio {Maries), 1 $ , Yokohama {Jonas, 

 Fryer), 2 6,1 ? . Exp. 32-40 millim. 



8333. Phytometra putnami. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 1.) 



riu^^ia pufnami, Grote, Bull. Bulf. Soc. Nat. S^-i. i. pp. Hfi, 192. pi. 4. f. 2 

 (hsT^); Oltolengiii, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. x. pi. vii. f. 13; SmiLli, Cat. 

 jSoct. N. Am. p. 248 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. ]5al. p. 237. 



Head, tegulie, prothorax, and the dorsal crest in front vellow 

 suifused with liery red, the rest of thorax brown mixed with, grey, 

 the patagia redder brown towards tips ; pectus and legs A'ellow 

 suffused with fier}'^ red; abdomen yellowish suffused with reddish 

 brown, the ventral surface rufous. Fore -wang gre^ash ochreous 

 suffused and irrorated with brown, the ba.^al costal area and inner 

 area beyond the antemedial line yellow irrorated with fiery red ; a 

 cur\ cd sul)basal red striga from costa ; antemedial line double, 

 oblicpie red and widely separated towards costa, brown approxi- 

 mated and inwardly oblique below the cell ; a triangular silvery- 

 white mark defined by blackish below the cell, its apex extending 

 into lower part of cell, confiuent or almost so with an elliptical 

 silvery-white spot beyond its lower extremity ; a black point at 

 upper angle ot cell and slight obli([ue brown line from beyond 

 lower angle to inner margin ; jjo.stmedial line fine, brown, excurved 

 tow;ii'ds costa, incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then 

 ()l)lique, slightly sinuous, and double towards inner margin ; a 

 rather wedge-shaj^ed silvery-white mark l)elow vein (3 from j^ost- 

 niedial to subterminal fine, which is brown, oblique and rather 

 diffused on outer side from apex to discal fold, excurved at vein 4, 

 then slightly sinuous; a red-brown line before termen and a 

 terminal line. Hind wing ochreous sutt'used with brown ; a fine 

 brown terminal line defined on inner side liy oehi-eous except 

 towards tornus; cilia ochreous; the miderside ochreous tinged 



