306 



KOCIUIDiE. 



suffusion below it to antemedial line, which is double filled in with 

 whitish, oblique, acutely angled outwards below costa and in sub- 

 median interspace, then excurved ; claviform very large, defined by 

 black except above ; orbicular and reniform very large, with 

 lirownish centres and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former 

 round, the latter with its upper part extremely dilated and produced 

 outwards and with black streak through its lower part from medial 

 to postmedial lines ; an oblique diffused medial line from costa to 

 median nervure, then indistinct, waved ; postmedial line double 

 filled in with greyish and with whitish lunule on it in submedian 

 interspace, very strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 dentate, oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa, 

 some blackish suffusion before it in submedian interspace and a. 

 black streak below vein 2 from just before it to termen ; the 

 terminal area rather greyer with black streaks on the veins and 



Fig 97. — Meganeph'ia iancrei, 9 • 



black streak above vein 3 from before subterminal line to termen ; 

 subterminal line whitish defined by brown on inner side and with 

 dentate brown mark before it below costa, angled outwards below 

 costa, excurved at middle, then somewhat dentate ; a terminal 

 series of black lunules ; cilia red-brown intersected with white 

 and with whitish line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, with 

 indistinct sinuous postmedial line with white point on it at vein 

 2 ; some slight subterminal white points on the veins, the one on 

 vein 2 more prominent ; a fine waved black terminal line ; cilia 

 ochreous white mixed with brown ; the underside grey-white irro- 

 rated with brown, a diff'used slightly waved postmedial line with 

 brown streak from it to termen below vein 2 and slight terminal 

 line. 



Hah. E. SiBEEiA, Amurland, Sidemi, type t $ in Coll. Piingeler. 

 Exp. 54 millim. 



Sect. II. {Megancphria). Antennas of male bijDectinate to apex with short 

 branches, of female serrate. 



2474. Meganephria oxyacanthse. 



Nocttia oxyacantlm, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 516 (1758) ; Esp. Scbmett. iv. 

 pi. 160. fiF. 1-7 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. .31 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. 

 p. 274, pi. 96. f. 1 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 24 ; Staud. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 181. 



