80 NOCTUIDJE. 



a sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2 ; postmedial line hlack 

 defined on outer side by greyish, expanding into a small spot at 

 costa, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, 

 acutely angled outwards above vein 5 and less strongly below it, 

 then oblique and dentate to above vein 2 and obsolescent below 

 it ; subterminal line grey defined on each side by brownish 

 suffusion, oblique to below vein 6, then dentate ; a slight oblique 

 dark shade from terraen before apex, and a series of black striae 

 before termen conjoined by a crenulate blackish terminal line. 

 Hind wing ])a\e scarlet, the hair on inner margin whitish; 

 a narrow obliquely curved black medial band from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; terminal area black, its inner edge incurved at 

 vein 2, then connected by a bar on termen with a spot at vein 1 : 

 the termen with a narrow white patch at apex slightly tinged 

 with red on inner side, then a series of small spots in the inter- 

 spaces to vein 2 ; cilia white, tinged with brown towards tornus. 

 Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish shade from costa 

 before middle to the obliquely curved postmedial black band at 

 vein I5 the band narrowing at costa, terminal area black leaving 

 the termen grey, broadly at apex ; hind wing white, the inner 

 area tinged with scarlet, the medial band brooder and with sinuous 

 edges. 



Hab. E. TuEKESTAN, Hi, Maralbashi, 1 c? , I5. Kv^)., 6 fiO, 

 2 66 millim. 



7192. Catocala timur. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 6.) 



Catocala timur, Baiig-ITaas, Iris, xx. p. 7^ (1907). 



Head and thorax brownish white mixed with brown ; palpi 

 whitish at base and with some fuscous towards extremity of 

 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs whitish, 

 the tibiae and tarsi irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen pale grey- 

 brown with a faint scarlet tinge at sides towards base, the ventral 

 surface whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated 

 with dark brown, an oblique whitish shade from costa beyond 

 antemedial line to vein 2 ; subbasal line slight, dark, sinuous, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, oblique, 

 sinuous ; reniform obscurely defined by blackish ; its outer edge 

 somewhat dentate, its centre defined by blackish, an oblique 

 blackish striga above it from costa; a whitish spot slightly defined 

 by blackish below end of cell, connected by a sinus with the 

 postmedial line at vein 2 ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards 

 below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards 

 above and below vein 5, then oblique, waved, angled outwards at 

 submedian fold and inwards at vein 1 ; subtera)inal line pale 

 defined on outer side by brown, oblique to below vein 7, then 

 waved ; a slight oblique blackish shade from termen below apex ; 

 a series of black striae before termen and a waved blackish terminal 

 line. Hind wing rather pale scarlet ; a narrow medial black band. 



