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NOCTUIDiE. 



2734. Cosmia citrago. 



Noctua ciirago, Linn. Syst. Nat. eel. x. p. 518 (1758) ; Esp. Sclimett. iv. 



pi. 175. ff. 5, 6 ; Sepp. Ins. iii. pi. 48 ; Pliibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. 



f. 188; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 450, pi. 128. ff. 2, 3 ; Frr. Beitr. iv. 



pi. 376 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 207. 

 Noctua ochraqo, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 177. f. 1 (1791). 

 Xanthia svh'ftava, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1848, iii. [p. 219, 1855, iv. p. 371, & 



1856, ii. pi. 1. f. 3. 



Head aud thorax oraBge-yelloAv mixed with, red ; abdomen 

 ochreous with dorsal red-brown spots on first three segments. 

 Fore wing orange-yellow irrorated with red, the veins rufous ; 

 a curved rufous subbasal line from costa to submcdian fold ; ante- 

 medial line rufous, angled outwards below costa and inwards in 

 submedian fold, then bent outwards to inner margin ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by rufous and with some rufous in centres, 

 the former round, the latter constricted at middle ; an oblique 

 rufous medial line slightly excurved in cell and meeting the ante- 

 medial line at inner margin ; an obliquely curved postmedial line, 

 very slightly incurved at vein 2 ; an indistinct somewhat dentate 

 subterminal line slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle ; a fine waved terminal line. Hind wing very pale 

 yellow ; the underside with slight discoidal spot and sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. suhflava. Fore wing with the antemedial, postmedial, 

 and terminal areas suffused with deep rufous ; hind wing with 

 indistinct rufous subterminal band and the cilia tinged with rufous 

 or wholly suffused with brown. 



Hah. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Denmark (DoJdmann), 

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

 Leech Coll. : Hungary ; Switzerland ; Italy ; 8. Sweden ; 

 S.E. Russia, Urals ; Asia Minor, Pontus. E.iy. 32-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 60 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 361, pi. 230. f. 1. 



Brownish grey or pinkish brown ; dorsal and .subdorsal lines pale, 

 the latter edged above with blackish marks ; spiracular area 

 greyish white edged above by black marks. Food-plant, Tilia. 5-6. 



2735. Cosmia ledereri. (Plate CVII. fig, 17.) 



Xantliia ledereri, Staud. Iris, ix. ]x 370, pi. iv. f. 12 (1896) ; id. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 207. 



<i . Head and thorax ochreous slightly mixed with rufous, the 

 palpi, frons, and front of pectus more rufous ; abdomen yellowish 

 slightly irrorated with rufous, whitish at base. Fore wing bright 

 yellow irrorated with rufous, the veins rufous ; a slightly curved 

 rufous subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 rufous, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then obliquely in- 

 curved ; claviform small, defined by rufous ; orbicular and reniform 

 moderate, defined by rufous, the former round, the latter narrowing-^ 

 below and with some black at its lower extremity ; a diffused 

 rufous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then 



