562 XOCTUlDiE. 



pectus and legs white ; abdomen white slightly tinged with rufous, 

 the crests with more rufous. Fore wing pale chestnut irrorated with 

 Avhite, more thickly on costal area, the inner area with yellowish 

 white suffusion to the postmedial line, extending to the cell on 

 antemedial area ; subbasal line fine, white, curved, from costa to 

 vein 1 ; orbicular defined by white, oblique elliptical ; a round 

 stigma defined by white below the cell ; reniform with fine white out- 

 line, figure-of-eight-shaped ; postmedial line indistinct, fine, white, 

 excm-ved below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an indistinct 

 somewhat dentate white subterminal line ; a brown terminal line ; 

 cilia white and rufous at tips. Hind Aving ochreous suffused with 

 pale chestnut ; cilia white mixed with rufous ; the underside white 

 tinged with pale rufous. 



Hah. Asia Minor ; Mesopotamia, 1 6 . Eocp. 32 millim. 



*8405. Phytometra maria. (Plate CCXXXIX. fig. 13.) 



Vlusia maria, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 311 (181)1); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 236. 



S . Head and thorax rufous mixed Avith white ; abdomen white 

 tinged with rvifous, the crests rufous tipped with white. Fore 

 wing bright nifous irrorated with white, the veins and submedian 

 fold slightly streaked with white ; a broad inwardly oblique white 

 antemedial band with yellowish shade at middle, its edges rather 

 diffused ; the stigmata defined by white, the orbicular rather 

 elongate elliptical, the stigma below the cell oblique elliptical, the 

 reniform constricted at middle ; a broad oblique postmedial white 

 band with yellowish shade at middle, its edges rather diffused ; 

 subterminal line slight, white, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 a fine white line just before termen ; cilia with white line near tips. 

 Hind wing ochreous white suffused with red-brown ; a faint dif- 

 fused whitish postmedial line ; cilia white at tips ; the underside 

 white irrorated with red-brown, a red-brown postmedial shade. 



Hab. Steia, Mardin ; Palestine in Coll. Pilngeler. Uccp. 30 

 millim. 



8406. Phytometra augnsta. (Plate CCXXXIX. fig. 14.) 



Plusia aiigusta, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 309, pi. 4. f. 5 (1891) ; id. Oat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 236. 



9 . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with pale brown ; 

 abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing very pale cupreous 

 brown irrorated with white and with the veins white ; subbasal line 

 indistinct, fine, white, from costa to vein 1 ; an inwardly oblique 

 white antemedial band, rather diffused on inner side ; orbicular 

 defined by white, small, oblique elliptical ; a rather oblique ellip- 

 tical stigma defined by white below the cell ; reniform with fine 

 white outbne, strongly constricted at middle ; an inwardly oblique 

 v;hite postmedial band with a slight brownish line at middle ; a 

 fine white line just befoi'e termen ; cilia white and cupreous brown 



