cosMiA. 505 



below vein 3, often with dark points on its inner side between 

 veins 7 and 2 ; a slight waved terminal line. Hind wing yellowish 

 white, the inner area tinged with brown ; the underside whiter. 



Ab. 1. austauti. Much paler, the ground-colour of head, thorax^ 

 and fore wing ochreous whitish. — Algeria. 



Mab. S. Prance ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Austria ^ 

 Leech Coll. ; Hungary, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Lxaly ; Algeria ; 

 S. EussiA, Sarepta (Christoph) ; Asia Minor, Pontus. Ex2y. 34-4(> 

 millim. 



2729. Cosmia ocellaris. 



Noctua ocellaris, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 647 (1792) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 208. 

 Noctua gilvago, Hilbn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 193 (1827), nee Schiff. ; Dup. 



Lep. Fr. vii. p. 465, pi. 129. f. 6. 

 Xanthia lineago, Guen. Noct. i. p. 396 (1852). 

 Xanthia intermedia, Habieli, VI. Jhrsb. Wien. Ent. Ver. p. 49, pi. 1. f. 5 



(1895). 



Head and thorax rufous ; antennae whitish at base ; abdomen 

 ochreous. Eore wing ochreous almost entirely suffused with rufous, 

 the veins slightly paler; subbasal line indistinct, double, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, filled in with 

 yellowish, slightly angled inwards in cell, then oblique to submedian 

 fold ; orbicular and reniform with yellowish annuli defined by 

 rufous, the former round, the latter with slight dark annulus with 

 white centre in its lower extremity ; postmedial line double filled in 

 with yellow, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved : subterminal line yellowish 

 defined on inner side by slight brown points, slightly angled out- 

 wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a slight waved terminal 

 line ; cilia rufous. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area 

 slightly tinged with brown ; the underside whiter. 



Ab. 1. lineago. Head, thorax, and fore wing more suffused with 

 grey-brown. 



Ab. 2. intermedia. Intermediate between C. ocellaris and r/ilvago.. 



Hah. Britain, Kent and Surrey ; France ; Germany, Zeller and 

 Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; Spain, Anda- 

 lusia ; Italy ; Algeria ; S. Russia ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, 

 Perghana, Sarawschan ; W. Siberia, Altai. Exj). 34-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 62 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 378, ])1. 231. f. 3. 



Yellowish grey with dark points. Pood-plant : buds and leaves 

 of Poplar. 4-6. 



2730. Cosmia sulphurago. 



Noctua suljihurago, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 86 (1776) ; Eabr. Mant. Lis. ii. 



p. 159 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 194; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 



p. 455, pi. 128. f. 5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 207- 

 Xanthia gilvago, ab. innotata, Failla, Ted. Nat. Sic. s. p. 29, pi. 1. f. 2 



(1890). 



Head and thorax yellow or orange-yellow ; 3rd joint of palpi and 



