528 l^OCTUIB.E. 



835S. Phytometra ornata. 



Phma orimfa, Brein. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 103, pi. 8. f. 15 (1864) ; Stand. 

 Cat. Lep. pal. p. 237. 



c? . Head and thorax white mixed with some brown ; the patagia 

 near tips and metathorax with oblique brown bars ; tarsi brownish 

 ringed with white ; abdomen white slightly irrorated with brown, 

 the crests darker. Fore wing white sufEused in parts with brown 

 with a slight bronze tinge ; subbasal line represented by oblique 

 blackish striae from costa and cell defined on outer side by white ; 

 antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by white, strongly 

 angled outwards below costa and above vein 1, incmwed between 

 those points and retracted to inner margin ; orbicular a silvery- 

 white U-shaped mark with point above it, both defined by blackish ; 

 reniform represented by a curved silvery-white striga with dark 

 streak above its upper extremity which is much produced, its 

 lower part defined by silvery-white points on inner and outer sides ; 

 a V-shaped silvery- white mark below orbicular with elliptical spot 

 beyond its lower extremity, both defined by blackish ; postmedial 

 line double, blackish filled in with white and defined on outer side 

 by white, very strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 below vein 7, then oblique, sinuous ; subterminal line closely 

 approximated to the postmedial line, blackish defined on outer side 

 by white towards costa, incurved at vein 5 and angled outwards 

 above and below vein 3 ; a fine dark terminal line defined on inner 

 side by white produced inwards as short streaks on veins 5, 3, 2. 

 Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on terminal area ; 

 a brown terminal line. 



Sab. W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Urga, 1 S ; Tibet, 

 Amdo ; E. Siberia, Dahm-ia, Amurland. ^a'jj. 38 millim. 



8359. Phytometra clarci. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 18.) 

 Plusia clarci, Haipsn. A. M. N. H. (8) v. p. 432 (1910). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey- 

 white ; tegulse with slight white line near base and white tips. 

 Fore wing pale grey largely suffused with cupreous brown especially 

 at middle of medial area and beyond the postmedial line, and 

 sparsely iiTorated with dark brown ; subbasal line silvery-white, 

 straight, from costa to vein 1 ; a patch of cupreo\is brown suffusion 

 beyond it ; antemedial line represented by an oblique silvery- white 

 striga from costa and obliquely curved line from cell to inner 

 margin defined on each side slightly by dark brown ; a small silver 

 U-shaped stigma filled in vidth grey below the cell towards extremity 

 with a small rather triangular silver spot obliquely placed below it ; 

 reniform represented by an indistinct brown baron its inner -edge 

 aud some slight spots on its outer, an oblique brown shade to it 

 from costa ; postmedial line double, grey- white filled in vdth brown, 

 the outer line with silvery outer edge, bent outwards below costa, 

 then oblique, incurved at discal fold, then slightly sinuoiTS ; a silvery- 

 white subterminal line from above vein 2 to tornus ; a grey- white 



