MORMONIA. OO 



7172. Mormonia neonympha. 



Nudua neonymjjha, Esp. Scliuiett. iv, pi. 198. ff. 1, 2 (1796) ; Hiibn. Eur. 



Schmett., Noct. f. 4ftO; Frr. Neue Sc-hmett. pi. 299; Dup. Lep. Fr. 



Siippl. iii. p. 572, pi. 48. L 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249. 

 Catocala cohcerens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909). 



Head and thorax gvey-white mixed with brown ; pa]pi with the 

 1st joint and the 2iid joint in front white; abdomen with black 

 lateral bars ; tegulse with two slight brown medial lines and broAvn 

 line at tips ; pectus and legs white mixed with red-brown, the 

 tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen orange-yellow, the 

 ventral surface white, l^ore wing grey suffused with red-brown 

 and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area somewhat paler ; 

 subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black, 

 oblique, sinuous; reniform with its centre and inner edge defined 

 l)y brown, a blackish bar above it from costa ; an oblique rather 

 triangular spot defined by black below end of cell, connected by a 

 streak on vein 2 with the postraedial line, which is black with a red- 

 brown band on its outer edge, bent outwards below costa, then 

 obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards above and below 

 vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate ; subterminal line very 

 faint, whitish, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 6 ; 

 a series of black points just before termen slightly defined on outer 

 side by whitish ; cilia pale with red-brown lines near base and at 

 tips. Hind wing orange-yellow ; an obliquely curved medial black 

 band from costa to submedian fold, its edges sinuous ; a black 

 terminal band from costa to just below vein 2 at which its inner 

 edge is incurved, and a black spot at vein 1 ; the termen with a 

 narrow yellow patch at apex, then with slight yellow marks in the 

 interspaces ; cilia white with brown marks at veins 6 to 2. 

 Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique black medial band with 

 slightly sinuous edges, followed by a yellowish white band, the 

 terminal area grey-brown to submedian fold, its inner edge curved ; 

 hind wing as above but the medial band obsolescent on costal area, 

 the terminal band grey-brown. 



Ab. 1. colicBvens. Hind wing with the spot at vein 1 confluent 

 with the terminal band. 



Hah. S. llussiA, Sarepta, Zeller, Frey, Mutzell, D'Emmich and 

 Leech Colls. ; Armenia; Khukdistan ; Syria, Mardin ; Persian 

 Golf, Y&o {Gumming), 3 c? , 1 2 ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 

 Sarawschan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul ; W. Sibkria, Altai ; 

 E. Turkestan, Hi, 2 J , 1 $ , Kuldja, 1 S . Exp. 58-68 raillim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277 ; Hffm. Eaup. p. 149. 



Dark fuscous green mottled with brown ; a yellowish lateral 

 stripe ; the ventral surface yellowish. Food-plants : Glycirr/iiza 

 and Oak. 6. 



