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and irrorated with reddish brown ; the veins with fine dark streaks 

 the subbasal line represented by a slight brown striga from costa ; 

 a fine black streak in submedian fold to the antemedial line, which 

 is angled outwards below costa and very strongly in submedian fold 

 and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1 ; an oblique medial 

 line from costa to lower angle of cell ; orbicular and reniform some- 

 times almost obsolete except lower edge of reniform, sometimes in- 

 completely defined by brown, the former round, the latter constricted 

 at middle and angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line 

 very oblique from costa to medial fold, then nearly obsolete and 

 waved to vein 2, then angled inwards "in submedian fold and 

 outwards on vein 1 ; a more or less developed black streak above 

 medial part of vein 4 ; a triangular brown shade from termen below 

 apex ; an oblique black streak below extremity of vein 2 ; a series 

 of slight terminal lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown 

 especially on the veins and terminal area, more uniformly suffused 

 in female ; cilia white, brownish at base ; the underside with 

 discoidal lunule. 



Hah. Fkancb ; Gbemant, Zeller and Frey Colls. ; Austria, Leech 

 Coll. ; HuNGAEY, Leech Coll. ; S. Scandinavia ; Eussia, Livonia, 

 Zeller Coll. ; Akmbinia ; W. Siberia, Altai ; Mongolia, Urga ; 

 Tibet, Kuku-noor ; E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri. Exi^. 44-54 

 millim. 



Larva. Hiibn. Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. ii. Gen. v. b. f. 1, a ; Kirby, Eutt. 

 & Moths Eur. p. 257. 



iilack ; a dorsal series of large orange-red and a lateral series of 

 smaller spot§. Pood-plants : sow-thistle and wild carrot. 7-8. 



213G. Cucullia intermedia. (Plate XCYII. fig. 17.) 



CucnUia intermedia. Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 400 (1870) ; id. New 

 York State Cab. Ann. Kep. 23, p. 217, pi. viii. tt'. 6,7; Smitb,Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 238. 



Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with fuscous brown ; 

 tcgulse with black line near base, dark • medial line and tips ; 

 abdomen brownish, the extremity grey irrorated with brown, 

 Fore wing purple-grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; 

 the veins with fine dark streaks ; subbasal line represented by an 

 oblique striga from costa ; a fine black streak in submedian fold to 

 tbe antemedial line, which is very strongly angled outwards in the 

 interspaces and inwards on the veins ; a slight curved streak below 

 end of cell representing the lower edge of reniform ; postmedial 

 line bent outwards below costa, almost obsolete to vein 2, then 

 aijgled inwards to or to near antemedial line in submedian fold 

 and outwards on vein 1 ; a slight black streak above middle of 

 vein 4 ; a short streak above extremity of vein 3 and an oblique 

 subterminal streak below vein 2 ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on the veins and 

 terminal area ; the underside with slight discoidal spots, the costal 

 area irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown. 



