424 



NOCIUIDJi:. 



postraedial line arising from it, slightly incurved below vein 4 ; 

 subterminal line brownish, incurved below costa, excurved below 

 vein 7, then indistinct, incurved to vein 4, then slightly waved, 

 some brown suhrusion beyond it at ajjex ; a series of blackish 

 points just before termen. Hind wing pale reddish, the terminal 

 area tinged with fuscous ; cilia pale reddish. Underside uniform 

 pale reddish. 



Ab. I. Fore wing much greyer and more thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous, the postmedial area whitish. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with diffused blackish ante- and postmedial 

 bands. 



Hab. Palestine, 1 $ . E.vjy. 48 millim. Type t J , $ in Coll. 

 Piingeler. 



7538. Minucia lunaris. 



Mciua lunaris, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 94 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Scbmett., 

 Noct f. 322; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 122, pi. 65. f. 2; Stand. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 245. 

 Noctua augur, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 67, pi. 87. ff. 4-6 & pi. 88. f. 1 (1786). 

 Pseudophia rufa, Oberth. ]fit. Ent. ix. p. 39, pi. 3. f. 11 (1884). 

 Tseuiophla murina, Oberth. Et. Ent. ix. p. 39, pi. 3. f. 12 (1884). 

 ^ Pseudophia rnaura, Oberth. tt. Eut. ix. p. 39, pi. 3. f. 13 (1884). 



Head red-brown ; frons with white line above ; antennse brown, 



Fig. 99. — Minucia lunaris, cj' . t- 



white towards base ; thorax grey suffused with red-brown ; pectus 

 and legs whitish tinged with rufous, the fore and mid tibiae and 

 the tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown. 



