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Habitti. — Europe ; W. Asia : W. Tdrkistan ; W. Siberia ; E. Turkis- 

 tan ; Kashmir, G-oorais Valley. Exp. 32-42 mill. 



Larva, Meyr. Brit. Lep., p. 82 ; Barrett. Lep. Brit., IV., p. 197, pi. 159, f. 1. 

 Pale grey-brown ; a dorsal series of conjoined blackish spots edged with 

 white ; spiracular line darker ; lateral and subspiracular lines less distinct. 

 3Food plant, roots of Taraxacum. 5. 



1690. Miselia glauca, Kleem. Beitr. Ins. 1, pi. 48, ff. 1-7 (1761) ; Hiibn. 

 Eur. Schmett. Noct., f. 410 ; Dup. Lep. Fr., VI., 

 p. 322, pi. 92, :f. 7 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., II., 

 p. 185 ; Staud. Oat. Lep. pal., p. 158. 

 Noctua aperta, Greyer. Eur. Schmett. Noct,, f. 800 (1827). 



„ lappo, Dup. Lep. Fr., YII, p. 255, pi. 116, f. 3 (1837). 

 Hadena quadriposita, Zett. Ins. Lapp., p. 939 (1840). 



„ farkasii, Herr. Schiiff. Eur. Schmett. Noct., f. 390 (1845), nee 

 Treit. 

 Hadena poliostigma, Hmpsn. Moths. Ind., II., p. 201 (1894). 

 Mamestra taunensis, Fucks. Jhrb. Nass. LIE, p. 133 (1899). 

 lHabitat — Europe ; W. Tuekistan ; Amurland ; Kamschatca ; Kashmir. 

 1698. Miselia cnivetti. 

 .1703. Miselia pannosa. 



.1682. Miselia dysodea, Setoff. Wien. Verz., p. 72 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. 

 Schmett. Noct., f. 47. Dup. Lep. Fr. VI., p. 404, 

 pi. 98, f. 2 and Suppl. V., pi. 1, 1 2 ; Steph. 111. 

 Brit. Ent. Haust., Ill, p. 32. 

 Noctua spinacice, View. Tab. Viez. Brandenburg, p. 70 (1789). 

 „ flavocincta minor, Esp. Schmett. IV., pi. 153, ff. 6*7 (1790). 

 .„ chri/sosona, Borkh. Eur. Schmett., IV, p. 264. (1792); Staud. 



Oat. Lep. pal. p. 160. 

 „ ranunculina, Haw. Lep. Brit., p. 183 (1809). 

 Mamestra caduca, Herr. Schiiff . Eur. Schmett., II., p; 266. Noct., f. 484 

 (1845). 

 „ innocens, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, VII., p. 123, pi. 1, f. 10 



(1870). 

 „ koechlini, Th. Mieg. Le Nat., XII., p. 181 (1889). 

 turbida, Hofn. Jhrb. Kiirut., XXIV., p. 11 (1897), 

 Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black; tarsi blackish 

 ■ mixed with white; abdomen grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous. 

 Forewing grey-white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the medial area rather 

 darker ; some orange-yellow in submedian fold ; subbasal line with yellow 

 marks on it and defiued^by white on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian 

 fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by white en inner fide and with 

 yellow marks on it ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and 

 reniform defined by black and with some yellow at sides, the former round ; 

 an irregularly waved^medial line ; postmedial line defined by white on outer 



