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ISrOCTTTID^. 



reniform constricted at middle, defined by black and its centre by 

 purple-brown, some blackish suffusion between it and postmedial 

 line, which is very indistinct, dentate and produced to streaks on the 

 veins, obsolete towards costa and angled inwards in submedian 

 fold ; some white points on costa towards apex ; a prominent black 

 streak above vein 4 to the subterminal line, which is pale defined by 

 red-brown suff'usion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and 



Fig. 82. — Xylina vetusta, (^ . \. 



dentate nearly to termen at veins 4, 3; terminal area sufi^used with 

 red-brown except at apex : a series of black points just before 

 termen : cilia chequered ochreous or greyish and black. Hind wing 

 ochreous uniformly sufl^used with red-brown ; cilia whitish at tips ; 

 the underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas slightly 

 tinged with brown, a black discoidal lunule and oblique minutely 

 waved brown postmedial line. 



Hah. Bkitain, Leech Coll. ; Fraj^ce ; Geeaiain^y, Zeller, Frey, and 

 Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary; Switzerland; ? Spain; N. Ltaly; 

 Corfu ; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll. ; 

 Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk Ivul ; 

 W. Siberia, Altai ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; E. Siberia. Exp. 52-62 

 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 50; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 58, pi. 237. f. 2. 



Green, lateral line yellow, with a pair of confluent white black- 

 edged dots above it on each segment ; spiracular line red, sometimes 

 interrupted, white-edged below, marked by triplets of white black- 

 edged dots. Food-plants : Carduus, /SiJene, Ononis., &G. 5-7. 



2446. Xylina curvimacula. (Plate CIII; fig. IL) 



Calocampa curvimacula, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Wat. Sci. ii. p. 191 (1874) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 236. 



Head and tegulce ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi, lower part 

 of frons and lateral bars on frons purplish rufous ; thorax deep 

 rufous ; patagia white at base on outer side ; pectus and legs 

 ochreous, rufous, and purplish ; abdomen ochreous suffused with 

 rufous. Fore wing pale ochreous, the inner half suffused with 

 purplish rufous, the medial costal area with rufous ; some black 

 points at base ; a prominent black streak below lower part of cell ; 

 antemedial line double, triple in cell, very strongly angled outwards 



