5G8 NOCTUIDJE. 



mediiil area, the postmeclial area towards inner niargiu, and the 

 terminal area towards apex and at middle g-olden-rufous, the inner 

 area towards inner marii;in and the areas heyond the reniform and the 

 postmedial line tingctl with ]jink ; subbasal line white deiined on 

 inner side hy laifoiis, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line silvery- 

 wliite, angled outwards helow costa and oblicjuely eurved below the 

 C(dl ; orbicular with silverv-white annulus, round ; a U-shaped silvery- 

 white stigma below the cell ; reniform slightly defined by silvery- 

 white and somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line rufous 

 filled in with white, exeurved to vein 4, then incurved; subtemiinal 

 line white, curved, erect towards tornus ; a fine bi-own terminal line 

 Avith a white line before it ; cilia white and brown. Hind wing 

 Avhitish suffused with purplish brown, the basal and costal areas 

 "vvliiter; a brown postmedial line with a whitish band beyond it ; a 

 fine bi'own terminal line with a whitish line before it ; cilia white 

 tinged with brown ; the underside white tinged with rufous, a 

 slight brown discoidal striga, nxther diffused postmedial line, a faint 

 subtemiinal shade. 



Ab. 1. eversmanni. Paler ; fore wing with hardly any rufous or 

 pink suffusion. 



Ab. 2. hellieri. Fore wing with the stigma below the cell more 

 rounded. — Basses Alpes. 



Hah. S.E. Fkaxce, Alps ; Armexia ; W. Turkestax, Saraws- 

 chan, Issyk-Kul, Ala Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, 

 Hi ; Mongolia, Urga ; E. Siberia, Dahuria, Kentei, 1 $ . • Exjj. 

 34 millim. 



8415. Phytometra renardi. (Plate CCXXXIX. fig. 17.) 



I'liisia renardi, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1844, iii. p. 50.o, pi. \h. ff. 'la^h, k 1857, 

 i. p. 107 ; Staiitl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 236. 



2 . liead and thorax whitish suffused with pale rufous ; pectus 

 and legs whitish ; abdomen wdiitish tinged with brown, the crests 

 pale rufous. Fore Aving white tinged with pink, the medial area 

 except its outer part from costa to vein 4, the postmedial area 

 towards inner margin, and the terminal area towards apex and at 

 middle golden-rufous, the outer j)art of postmedial area and the 

 rest of terminal area browner ; subbasal lint' whitish deihied on 

 inner side by rufous, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line wdiitish, 

 angled outwards below costa, then obliijue ; orbicular with silveiy- 

 white aimulus, round ; a silvery- white U-shaped stigma below the 

 cell ; reniform with faint pale annulus, its lower part defined by 

 silvery-white, very narrow and strongly consti'icted at middle ; 

 postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with pinkish white, 

 slightly angled outwards below costa, then obliipie and very sliglitly 

 incurved below vein 4 ; subtemiinal line white, curved, erect from 

 vein 2 to tornus ; a fine brown terminal line defined on inner side 

 by a white line; cilia white sliglitly mixed with brown. Hind 

 wing whitish suifused with golden brown, the terminal area browner, 

 a rather diffused brown postmedial line ; a fine brown terminal line 



