560 NOCTUIDiE. 



tinged with ochreoiis. Fore wing violaceous white, slightlj- tinged 

 with ochreous towards termen and sparsely irrorated with black 

 scales ; the si;bbasal line represented by a small black spot on costa ; 

 an indistinct double, minutely waved antemcdial line arising from 

 a small black spot on costa; claviform represented by a black point 

 at its extremity or absent; orbicular and reniform very faintly 

 defined, the former round, a small quadrate black spot between 

 them, sometimes placed on a faint brown medial shade which arises 

 from a blackish spot on costa ; the postmedial line very indistinct, 

 dentate, and produced to points on the veins, arising from a black 

 spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved; the subterminal line pale, defined by slight yellow-brown 

 suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white, in 

 female more or less tinged with brown on veins and terminal half. 



Hah. Feaijce, Leech Coll.; Gekmany, Zeller Coll.; Attsteia. ; 

 HujsfGAEr, Leech Coll.; Switzekland, Frey Coll. ; Italy; Etjmelia : 

 Bythinia ; EussiA, 1 5 ; Abmenia ; Asia Minok, Pontus ; Sibeiua 

 ( Lederer), 2 (S , Altai; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul; E. Tuekestan, 

 Ili. E^vjo. 40 mtUim. 



971. Lycophotia insignata. (Plate LXXV. fig. 9.) 



Grcrphiphora iii.^igvafa, Led. Verli. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, p. 366, 



pi. 4. f. 2 ; Staiid. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 139. 

 Noctua intermedia, Ev. Bull. Mosc. iv. p. 421 (1855). 

 Agrotis pallescens, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 90 (1893). 



Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey and irrorated with 

 a few black scales ; palpi blackish, white at lips ; abdomen ochreous 

 white. Fore wing pale brownish grey, irrorated with a few black 

 scales ; a slightly curved black subbasal line from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; the antemedial line pale, defined by black on outer 

 side from costa to vein 1, angled outwards on subcostal and median 

 nervures and bent outwards above inner margin ; claviform, orbicular, 

 and reniform with grey brown-edged centres, and whitish annuli 

 defined by brown, the former rather small, the two latter very 

 large, the orbicular oblique rounded ; an indistinct waved medial 

 shade from cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line pale, slightly 

 defined by brown and with some black points on its inner side 

 towards costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale, defined by black 

 suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly 

 dentate at veins 4, 3, 2 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind 

 wing pure white, with fine brown terminal line ; underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with pale brown. 



Ab. 1. ijallescens. Fore wing with the markings very indistinct. 

 — Persia; Turcomania. 



Hah. S. EussiA, Sarepta ; Persia ; W. Siberia, Altai, 3 c? , 3 $ , 

 Zeller Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk-kul. E. Turkestan^ 

 Hi. ExiJ. 42-44 millim. 



