322 NOCTXJIDiE. 



Foctua, iephra, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 797 (1827). 



Folia viridicincta, '¥ri\ Beitr. pi. 21. f. 2 (1831) ; Treit. Schmett., Suppl. x. 



2, p. 55 (1835) ; Dup. Lep. Br., Suppl. iii. pi. 24. f. 2 ; Herr.-Schaff'. Eur. 



Schmett., Noet. f. 415. 



c5~ . Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-brown mixed with grey ; 

 tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused with 

 olive-brown and greenish ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, 

 waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled 

 in with grey, waved, rather oblique ; claviform small defined by 

 black : orbicular and reniform whitish irrorated with brown and 

 slightly defined by black, the former small, round, the latter rather 

 irregular and constricted at middle ; a curved waved medial line ; 

 postmedial line double filled in with grey, bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond 

 it on costa; subterminal line formed of whitish lunules defined on 

 inner side by small dentate black marks and on outer by slight 

 black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia ochreous 



Fig. 1U5. — Eiimichtislichcnca, J. \. 



brown with waved dark line through them. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, the veins tinged with brown ; a slight discoidal point, sinuous 

 postmedial line and traces of subtermmal line ; a brown terminal 

 line ; cilia tinged with brown ; the underside Avhiter, the costal 

 area slightl}^ irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and 

 curved postmedial line. 



$ darker ; hind wing more or less completely suflPused with 

 brown. 



Ab. 1 {tejplira). Paler and greyer, without the olive shades. 



Hah. Beixain, Leech Coll., S. Wales {Barrett) ; Eranoe, Zeller, 

 Frey, Sand, and Leech Colls. ; Spain, Aragon, Castille, Andalusia ; 

 Sicily ; Dalmatia ; Algeria. Exp. 30-42 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 53 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 287, pi. 167. f. 2. 



Pale dull green or brownish with darker reticulations ; spi- 

 racular line pale green ; head yellowish or yellow-brown. Pood- 

 plants : Scabiosa, /Senecio, Hiimew, &c. 11-5. 



2490. Eumiclitis mnscosa. (Plate CIV. fig. 5.) 



Epunda muscosa, Shind. Iris, iv. p. 281 (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 179. 



cJ. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous; abdomen 

 ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish 

 suffused with ruious and in parts with dark brown especially on 



