ErB LEMMA. 139 



forming somewhat dentate mark above and below vein 6, and an 

 oblique brownish mark nearer the termen between veins 3 and 1 ; 

 a fine ochreous brown terminal line ; cilia white mixed wdth 

 ochreous. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown ; 

 cilia white. 



Hah. Bombay, 2 5 ^'J'pe- Exp. 14 millim. 



5185. Eublemma noctualis. 



Pi/ralis noctualis, Iliibn. Eur. Schmett., Pyr. f. 38 (1796). 



Noctua faula, Hiibn. Eur. Schraett., Noct. f. 452 (1818); Dup. Lep. Fr., 



Supp.l. iii. p. 527, pi. 44. f. 7 & pi. 47. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep, pal. 



p. 229. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the l)alpi, vertex of thorax, 

 legs and abdomen faintly tinged with rufous. Pore wing white, 

 the basal area slightly irrorated with olive-brown, the outer half of 

 medial area more distinctly irrorated with olive-brown except 

 towards costa, the terminal area suffused with pale olive-brown ; 

 a small antemedial brown spot on costa and a slight oblique 

 blackish line from cell to inner margin with an oblique pale red 

 band beyond it extending to costa, defined on outer side by the 

 slight minutely waved brown medial line; postmedial line brown 

 and defined by white on outer side towards costa, excurved below 

 costa, then blackish and defined by white on inner side, oblique 

 and excurved at middle, a white point beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line slight, white, minutely waved, a black point on its 

 outer edge below apex ; a terminal series of slight brown striae ; 

 cilia white tinged with brown except at base, a fine white line near 

 tips. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown 

 except towards tornus ; cilia white ; the underside white, the 

 apical area slightly irrorated with brown, a terminal series of slight 

 blackish points from apex to vein 2. 



Hah. S. Britaust ; S. France, Sand Coll. ; Gkrmant, Zeller, 

 Prey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria, Vienna {Heine); Hungary, Leech 

 Coll. ; Switzerland, Leech Coll. ; LrALY, Piedmont ; S. Scandinavia ; 

 Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta ; Armenia ; Kurdistan ; Asia 

 Minor, Taurus; Syria, Mardin ; Persia, 1 c? , Leech Coll.; 

 E. Siberia, Ussuri. Exp. 16-20 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 169; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 198. 



Pale green with slender double darker dorsal line ; hairs minute, 

 white, arising from black tubercles; spiracles white ringed with 

 black ; head dark green ; thoracic plate brownish yellow. Peeds 

 ill the stems of GnapJialium are,narium. 6. 



5186. Eublemma vagneri. 



Micra wagneri, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 441, Noct.. ff. 5.")5-6 

 (1851) ; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 244, pi. 10. f. 13 (1852) ; Frr. Neue Beitr. 

 pi. 576. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229. 



Thalpochares ochreola, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 385 (1899). 



' S . Head, thoraXj and abdomen white, the last tinged with 



