12C) NOCTTJID.li:. 



basal area suffused with black except towards costa and inner 

 margin ; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at 

 submediau fold ; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous, a whitish 

 shade beyond it from costa to below the cell ; reniform slightly- 

 defined by blackish and its centre by rufous, an oblique dark bar 

 above it from costa ; an oblique wedge-shaped whitish spot defined 

 by blackish below end of cell ; postmedial line black, bent outwards 

 below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above and below 

 vein 5, then inwardly oblique, waved, excurved at submedian fold 

 and angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line whitish, waved, 

 oblique from costa to below vein 7 ; the interspaces of terminal 

 area with slight black streaks ending in a series of striae before 

 termen. Hind wing golden yellow ; a diffused brown fascia in 

 base of submedian fold and the hair on inner margin brown ; a 

 blackish discoidal lunule connected with the narrow black medial 

 band, which is obliquely excurved from costa to submedian fold, 

 then bent inwards to near inner margin, its outer edge excurved 

 at vein 5 ; a terminal black band slightly interrupted at submedian 

 fold, its inner edge incurved at vein 2 ; the termen yellow towards 

 apex, then with slight yellow marks in the interspaces and black 

 striae at veins 6 to 2 ; cilia Avhite. Underside of fore wing pale 

 yellow, an oblique brown antemedial shade from below costa to 

 vein 1, an oblique black medial band, angled outwards at submedian 

 fold, then narrow and bent invt'ards to inner margin, its inner edge 

 sinuous, a curved fuscous subterminal shade, the termen whitish 

 iri-orated with brown ; hind wing as above but the costal area and 

 termen whitish irrorated with brown, the discoidal lunule separated 

 from the medial band. 



Hab. Mongolia, Changhai Mts., 1 c? ? 1 ? • Kvj). 50 millim. 



*7243. Catocala obseena, 



Catocala ohscena, Alpli. Iris, viii. p, 196 (1805); id. Eom. Mem. ix. p. 176, 

 pi. X. f. 2. 



Head and thorax brownish grey; abdomen brownish grey tinged 

 with greenish. Fore wing ash-grey slightly tinged with greenish and 

 thickly irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line represented by a 

 sinuous black striga from costa ; antemedial line Avith black striga 

 from costa and point at median nervi^re, then pale and waved ; 

 reniform a small brownish lunule defined by dark brown, a blackish 

 striga above it from costa ; postmedial line pale with black point 

 at costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and with black 

 points on it to vein fi, then inwardly oblique and waved ; subter- 

 minal line faint, pale, slightly waved to vein 2 and angled outwards 

 in submedian fold ; a terminal series of whitish points. Hind 

 wing orange-yellow ; some brown suffusion in base of cell ; a 

 diffused brown fascia in submedian interspace from base to near 

 the medial black band, which is oblique towards costa, excurved 

 below vein 5, and bent inwards from submedian fold to inner 



