286 NOCTUiDJi;. 



Ab. 1. im2yitdica. Paler, the fore wing greyer and less distinctlj'' 

 marked. — W. & E. Turkestan. 



Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. : France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and 

 Leech Colls. ; Aitsteia ; Hijngaky ; Switzerland ; ? Algeria ; 

 Canaries ; Eussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, 

 Pontus, Lydia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Sarawschan, Tarhagatai 

 Mts., Issyk Kul, Ala Tau ; E. Turkestan, Hi; Tibet, Amdo. Kvj?. 

 55-66 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 50 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 54, pi. 237. f. 1. 



Green ; lateral line yellow, surmounted on each segment by a pair 

 of connected white black-circled dots ; spiracular line red, sometimes 

 interrupted, white-edged beneath, marked with triplets of white 

 black-circled dots. Food-plants: Carduus, Selene, Ononis, &e. 5-7. 



2451. Xylina fiimosa. 



Ccdocampa fumosa, But]. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p- 196 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. 

 B. M. ii. p. 33, pi. sxxi. f. 8. 



2 . Head and thorax rufous strongly suffused with fuscous, the 

 vertex of bead and ♦basal half of tegulse ochreous suffused with 

 rufous, the tegulse with two slight rufous lines near base and dark 

 medial line, patagia whitish on outer side at base ; abdomen pale 

 rufous suffused with fuscous towards extremity and on ventral 

 surface except at extremity. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged 

 with rufous, the medial costal area and basal half of inner area 

 suffused Avith fuscous brown ; antemedial line double, treble in cell, 

 very strongly angled outwards in the interspaces and inwards on 

 the veins, in cell almost to base, an oblique striga before it above 

 inner margin ; orbicular and reniform narrow, constricted at middle 

 and extending to well below cell, with some fuscous in centres and 

 their centres and circumference defined by black, the latter with 

 some fuscous suffusion beyond it ; postmedial line indistinct, highly 

 dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, then oblique, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate 

 to termen at veins 4, 3, with wedge-shaped black marks before it 

 above veins 4, 3, and slight fuscous suffusion beyond it and slight 

 black streaks on extremities of veins ; cilia dark brown with a 

 blackish line through them. Hind wing reddish brown uniformly 

 suffused with fuscous ; cilia pale ; the underside whitish tinged 

 with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, especially on the veins, a 

 small discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line, with slight dark 

 streaks on the veins. 



Hah. Japan, Yokohama {Jonas, Pryer), 7 $ type. Eccj}. 64-72 

 millim. 



2452. Xylina formosa. 



Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 

 xxxi. f. 9. 



Head and basal half of tegulse ochreous tinged with rufous ; palpi 



Ccdocampa formo.m, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 196 (1878) ; id. 111. Het. 

 B. M. ii. p. 33, pi. xxxi. f. 9. 



