FELTIA. 353 



625. Feltia exclamationis. 



Noctua exclamationis, Linn. Syst. JSfat. ed. x. p. 515 (1758) ; Hiibn. Eur. 



Schmett., Noct. f. 149; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. pi. 67. ff. 3, 4; Stepb. 111. 



Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 126 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 148. 

 Agrotis serena, Alph. Eom. Mem. v. p. 137 (1889). 



c? . Head and thorax groy-brown to pale rufous ; palpi black at 

 sides except at extremity ; tegulae with blackish triangular patch ; 

 tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown or ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing grey-brown or pale reddish brown ; an indistinct waved 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an indistinct waved ante- 

 medial line ; claviform elongate, black, sometimes with small pale 

 centre ; orbicular and reniform fuscous or greyish defined by black, 

 the former usually small, round, sometimes larger, elliptical, browai, 

 and connected with the reniform ; postmedial line minutely dentate, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 subterminal line greyish, minutely dentate, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it rather darker. 

 Hind wing white, the veins, costal and inner areas, termen and 

 cilia tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area 

 thickly irrorated with brown ; a postmedial series of short black 

 streaks on the veins. 



5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing red-brown to fuscous brown ; 

 hind wing largely or almost wholly suffused with fuscous brown. 



Ab. 1. Serena. Paler ; fore wing whitish grey. — Spain ; C. Asia. 



Hab. Britain, Leech Coll.; PeajStce, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller 

 Coll.; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Spain; Norway, Zeller and Frey 

 Colls.; Etjssia ; W. Turkestan, Buchara, Ferghana, Sarawschan ; 

 Tibet, Amdo. E,V2). 36-46 millim. 



La7wa. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 92 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 309, pi. 127. f. 1 . 



Pale pinkish ochreous or brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracuiar 

 lines more or less dark-edged ; spiracles large, black ; head pale, 

 with two dark brown marks. Food-plants : roots and leaves of 

 Chenojyodium, Brassica, Peitcedanum, etc. 7-4. 



626. Feltia malefida: (Plate LXVIII. %. 15.) 



Agrotis malefida, Guen. Noct. i. p. 267 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 84. 

 Agrotis inspinosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 269 (1852). 

 Agrotis consucta, Wlk. x. 334 (1856). 



cJ , Head ochreous white, brown, or greyish fuscous ; palpi 

 blackish at base ; tegulae fuscous black, with deep black medial 

 line ; thorax grey mixed with brown, or brown ; tibiae and tarsi 

 blackish, with pale rings at the joints ; abdomen brownish grey, 

 the anal tuft tinged with fulvous. Fore wing grey tinged with 

 brown, the costal area suffused with fuscous ; the subbasal line 

 almost obsolete ; the antemedial line double, black filled in with 

 grey, waved and bent inwards to vein 1, where it terminates; 

 claviform short and black ,- orbicular and reniform black with grey 

 annuli defined by a black line, the former small with its outer 



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