504 NOCTTJIDzE. 



reiiiform moderate, defined by brown, the former round, the latter 

 with fuscous spot with greyish centre at lower extremity ; medial 

 shfide oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, diffused outwardly ; 

 postmedial line double filled in with fulvous, bent outwards below 

 costa, then very minutely waved, slightly angled inwards at diseal 

 fold and incurved below vein 4, the fuscous beyond it extending at 

 costa to the subterminal line, which is defined by fuscous points on 

 inner side and by diffused fuscous spots on outer especially at middle, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal 

 series of slight dark lunules : cilia with diffused fuscous spots espe- 

 cially towards apex. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area, 

 slightlj- tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area 

 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous post- 

 medial line from costa to vein 2. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing much yellower, the last 

 with the fuscous suffusion reduced to maculate bands, the points 

 before the subterminal line black and prominent. 



Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous whitish, the last 

 with all the markings almost obsolete except the dark annulus at 

 lower angle of cell and subterminal points ; cilia rufous ; hind wing 

 whiter. 



Hah. BRiTAiisr, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand and Leech Colls. ; 

 Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Hungary ; 

 Switzerland; Italy, Leech Coll.; S. Scandinavia; Eussia, 

 Livonia ; Armenia ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, Ala 

 Tau, Ferghana ; Kashmir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 4 c? , 1 $ 

 Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (6r. Young), 2 cJ . Exp. 30-36 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 62; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 375, pi. 231. f. 2. 



Pinkish brown ; dorsal line paler, traversing a series of dark 

 brown V-shaped marks ; subdorsal line paler, partly edged with 

 blackish above ; spiracular line pale ; a posterior series of dorsal 

 points inside the dark mark on each segment. Food-plant : seeds of 

 Elm. 5-6. 



2728. Cosmia palleago. 



Mociua palleago, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., JVoct. ff. 192, 442 (1827); Dup. 



Lep. Fr. vii. p. 468, pi. ISO. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. licp. pal. p. 208. 

 J^anthia atistauti, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 87, pi. 1. f. 3 (1881). 



Head and thorax ochreous yellow slightlj^ tinged with pink ; 

 pectus white ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous yellow 

 tinged with pink ; subbasal line very indistinct, rufous, double, 

 slightly waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 indistinct, double, obliciue from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular 

 and reniform moderate, with whitish annuli defined by rufous, the 

 former round, the latter with slight fuscous spot with whitish point 

 on it at lower extremity ; postmedial line indistinct, double, filled in 

 with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then very minutely 

 waved, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, pale,, 

 slightly waved, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved 



