SYNGEAPIIA. 415 



with slight white annulus defined at sides hy black-bvown and its 

 centre defined by black-brown, constricted at middle ; a dark brown 

 medial shade, oblique to lower angle of cell, then inwardly obliqiie ; 

 postmedial line doiible, dark-brown filled in with silvery- white, bent 

 outwards below costa, oblique and sinuous below vein 6, some white 

 points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line black-brown defined on inner side by brown 

 suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and angled outwards below veins 4 

 and 3 ; a waved dark terminal line defined on inner side by wdiitish ; 

 cilia chequered brown and gi'ey. Hind wing yellow, the basal and 

 inner areas suffused with brown, the terminal area dark brown ; 

 cilia chequered white and brown ; the underside with the basal and 

 costal areas irrorated with brown, a slight brown discoidal lunule 

 and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. GrERMANY, Alps, Zeller Coll. ; Austhia, Carinthia, Zeller 

 Coll. ; Hungary ; Switzerland, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; 

 N. Italy, Courmayeur {IIa?u2)son) ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai 

 Mts. ; W. Siberia. Altai ; E. Siberia, Dahuria, Amurland, 1 c? , 

 1 2 . :Ex23. 34-42' millim. 



Larva. Kii-by, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 272; Hffm. Raup. p. 135. 



Green with fine yellow longitudinal lines. Food-plant, Larch. 

 4-5. 



8230. Syngrapha microgamma. 



Nociua microgamma, Hiibn. Eiir. Scbmett., Noct. ff. 698-9 (1823) ; Dup. 



Lep. Fr. vii. 2, p. 55, pi. 138. f. 2 ; Staud., Oat. Lep. pal. p. 239. 

 Plusia incom'pleta, Reutei-, Act. Fauna Floi'a Fenn. ix. p. 59 (1893). 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; tegulse whitish at 

 tips, the patagia with oblique whitish line at middle and whitish 

 tips, the thoracic crest whitish at tips ; tarsi ringed with white ; 

 abdomen grey-brown, the crests dark brown tipped with white. Fore 

 Aving purple-grey slightly irrorated with black, the medial area 

 below the cell and the terminal area suffused with cupreous red- 

 brown ; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with white, excurved 

 below costa and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line blackish defined 

 on inner side by silvery-white, excurved below costa, strongly 

 incurved in cell, then oblique and sinuous ; orbicular with faint 

 whitish annulus, oblique elliptical ; an oblique silvery- white Y-shaped 

 stigma below the cell, its tail dilated into a spot ; reniform with 

 slight silvery annulus defined on inner side by black, its centre vnth 

 some black at extremities, constricted at middle where there is a 

 black spot beyond it ; postmedial line double, red-brown, filled in 

 with silvery-whitish towards inner margin, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved to vein 5, then slightly incurved and 

 sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 brown, excurved below vein 7 and slightly below veins 4 and 3 ; a 

 brown terminal line defined on inner side by a fine grey line ; cilia 

 chequered greyish and brown. Hind wing yellow, the base and 

 inner mai'gin suffused with brown, the terminal area dark red-brown, 



