GEACILIPALPUS. 



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2778. Gracilipalpus turcomanica. 



Micromania turcomanica, Christ. Iris, vi.p. 93 (1893); Alph. Eom. Mem. 

 is. p. 223, pi. 8. f. 11 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 199. 



Head and thorax fuscous brown with a faint reddish tinge ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey suffused with black-brown 

 and with a faint reddish tinge, the medial area except beyond the 

 reniform and the costal haU' of postmedial area darker; subbasal 

 line bhickish, doiible, filled in with grey, from costa to median 

 nervure ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, slightly waved 

 and somewhat oblique ; orbicular hardly traceable, rounded ; 

 reniform with its centre slightly defined by blackish and faint pale 

 annulus ; an indistinct diff'used blackish medial line; postmedial 

 line double, black filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved and erect below vein 3, some 

 whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined 

 on inner side by black-brown suffusion except on inner area, 

 excurved at vein 7 and middle and angled inwards in discal fold ; 

 a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous brown. Hind 

 Aving fuscous brown ; an indistinct oblique whitish line just beyond 

 middle except on costal area ; a waved blackish terminal line ; cilia 

 with a fine pale line at base ; the underside brownish grey irrorated 

 with brown except at base, a blackish discoidal spot and curved 

 minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Aschabad, 1 J , 1 $ . Exjy. 

 38 millim. 



2779. G-racilipalpus epMaltes. 



Noctua ephialtes, Hlibn. Eur. Pchniett., Noct. f. 652 (1822); Rmbr. Cat. 



Lep. S. And. pi. 7. f. 7 ; Staud. Cat Lep. psl. p. 199. 

 Ophiiisa mibilaris, Graslin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1836, p. 568, pi. 17. f. 8. 



Head and tegulae ochreous whitish tinged with rufous ; palpi and 

 antennae brown ; thorax and abdomen glossy grey-brown, the tarsi 

 with slight pale rings. Fore wing glossy grey-brown with slight 

 dark irroration ; subbasal line indistinct, dark, oblique, sinuous, 



Fig. S. — Gracilifalpiis ephialtes, (S . \. 



from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique and 

 slightly sinuous to submedian fold, then erect; orbicular absent; 

 the reniform represented by a faint diffused dark patch ; a faint 

 diff'used dark medial shade ; postmedial line blackish slightly defined 

 by greyish on outer side and indistinctly double towards costa, 

 slightly bent outwards below costa, very minutely waved and 



