PHTTOMETRA. 561 



spot defined by blackish at origin of vein 2 ; the orbicular and 

 reniform with blackish bars above them from costa and the latter 

 with oblique dark sliade from it to inner margin ; postmedial line 

 white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then somewhat sinuous, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incmwed, a sinuous white shade bej^ond it 

 and some black points on costa ; subterminal hne white, excurved 

 to termen below vein 7 and to near termen at middle, ending at 

 tornus, some black-brown beyond it at apex ; a terminal series of 

 small black lunules defined on inner side by white ; cilia chequered 

 dark brown and whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown ; an indistinct 

 dark postmedial line with slight greyish mark beyond it at tornus ; 

 cilia chequered whitish and brown ; the undereide ochreous white 

 striated with dark brown, a blackish discoidal spot on an oblique 

 dark shade, postmedial line strong, excurved and waved towards 

 costa, a subterminal shade towards apex and a terminal series of 

 minute black lunules. 



Hah. W. Ciii:yA, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 d ix\}e. Exp. 38 millim. 



8403. Phytometra emichi. 



Tlusia emichi, Rghfr. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1873, p. 569 ; Studf. 



Rom. Mem. vi. p. 666, pi. 15. f. 5; Staufl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 236. 

 Plusia paulhia, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 310 (1891); id. idom, v. pi. 2. f. 3. 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with Avhite ; antennae white, 

 ringed \vdth brown towards base ; abdomen white tinged with 

 rufous, the crests red-brown and white. Fore >ving with the basal 

 area pale yellow irrorated vnih pale red-brown and bounded by the 

 white antemedial line, which is slightly angled outwards below'costa 

 then oblique ; the rest of wing chestnut-brown sparsely irrorated 

 ■\vith white ; the stigmata defined by fine white lines, the orbicular 

 small, oblique elliptical, the stigma below the cell large, oblique 

 elliptical, the reniform slightly angled inwards on median nervure, 

 its outer edge constricted at middle ; postmedial line double, whitish, 

 the outer line indistinct except at inner margin, angled outwards 

 below costa, then oblique ; faint traces of a sinuous subterminal 

 line ; a brown terminal line defined on inner side, by white ; cilia 

 with a white line near tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with 

 rufous ; cilia white at tips ; the underside white tinged with 

 rufous. 



Ab. 1. ^Jff^/7//tr^ Smaller ; fore wing browner and with the basal 

 area brown, the white lines more distinct ; hind wing browner with 

 whitish medial band.— Palestine. 



Hah. Armext.v ; Asia Minor, Taurus, 1 c? , 1 2; Palestiiie. 

 Exj). 26-32 millim. 



8404. Phytometra dorsiflava. 



Pliisia dorsiflava, Studf. Rom. Mem. vi. p. 666, pi. 15. f. 6 (1891); Stand. 

 Cat. Lep. pal. p. 237. 



d . Head and thorax pale chestnut mixed with grey-white ; 



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