174 NOCXUID.E. 



b. Fore wing without brown streak on median nervure and 



vei n 4 ncr vosa. 



B. Fore wing pure white, tlie veins not defined by streaks splendida. 



*3771. Simyra l)uettneri. 



Arsiloiwhe huettneri, Hering, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1858, p. 442, pi. 3 ; Staud. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134. 

 Nonagria Uoomeri, Hein. Scbmett. Deutseh. i. p. 408 (1859). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen oohreous white slightly irrorated with 

 hrowu. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous ; the 

 veins with dark streaks ; diffused reddish fasciae along median 

 nervure and vein 4 from base to termen and above and below 

 vein 1. Eind wing whitish faintly tinged with pink, the veins 

 with dark streaks. 



Hah. N. Germans', Pomerania : S. Russia, Taganrog. Exp. 30- 

 32 millim. This species is unknown to me, 



3772. Simyra nervosa. 



Soctua nervosa, Scliiff. Wien. Verz. p. 85 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, 

 p. 139 (1787) ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., Noet. f. 226 ; Frr. Neue Beitr. 

 pi. 101 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 339, pi. 120. f. 8 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 134. 



Noctua oxypiera, Esp. Scbmett. iv. pi. 130. f. 6 (1788). 



Simyra argentacea, Ilerr.-Scbaff. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. ff. 387-8 (1849). 



Simyra torosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 62 (1852). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale red-brown. 

 Pore wing white suffused with red-brown and sparsely irrorated 

 with black scales, the veins white defined by pale brown streaks 

 especially on terminal area ; costal edge pure white. Hind wing 

 white suffused with pale reddish brown except at termen. Under- 

 side of fore wing white suffused with red-brown leaving the costa 



Fig. 27. — Simyra nervosa, i^. \. 



and inner and terminal areas white ; hind wing suffused vrith red- 

 brown leaving the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 white 

 sparsely irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing white slightly tinged with red-brown ; hind 

 wing slightly suffused with red-brown along median nervure and 

 beyond the cell. 



Ab. 2. argentacea. Fore wing silvery white without any red- 

 brown tinge ; hind wang slightly suffused with brown in male, 

 almost pure white iu female. — S. Russia, W. & E. Turkestan. 



