1 S4 KOCTTJID^. 



inner side, -waved, excurved below cell ; claviform small or minute, 

 slightly defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, with Avhitish 

 annnli defined by blackish, the former round or somewhat oblique 

 elliptical, the latter sometimes angled inwards on median nervure; an 

 indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, 

 then incurved ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with 

 whitish, slightly bent outAvards below costa, then minutely waved and 

 produced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal 

 line pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below 

 vein 7, excurved and waved at middle ; a terminal series of small 

 black lunules ; cilia with a fine i)ale line at base. Hind wing 

 ochreous whitish suffused with brown, the veins and terminal area 

 darker ; a dark terminal line ; cilia ochreous white with a brownish 

 line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, 

 a black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and indistinct diffused 

 irregular subterminal band. 



Ab. 1. basistriga. Fore wing suffused with blue-grey except 

 medial area. — Norway, W. Turkestan, E, Siberia, Japan, W. China. 



Ab. 2. grisescens. Much paler and greyer. — W. & E. Turkestan, 

 Tibet. 



Hah. Beitain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll. ; 

 Eeance, Sand Coll. ; Geemany, Zeller, Ere}^ and Leech Colls. ; 



AUSTETA ; HtJNGAEY ; SwiTZEELAND ; N. ItALY ; DaLMATIA ; NOEWAY ; 



Rttssia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; W. Ttjekestan, 

 Eergana, Is'sykKul, Tarbagatai Mts. ; W. Sibeeia, Altai ; E. Ttjek- 

 estan, Kashgar, Ivorla : Tibet, Amdo ; E. Sibeeia, TJssuri ; .Japan-, 

 Hakodate {Andrews), 1 d" , Yokohama (Pryer), 2S , 2 c?; W. China, 

 Chia-kou-ho (Fratt\ 1 $ . Ewp 40-42 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 133 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 382, pi. 181. f. 2. 



Pale brown ; dorsal line whitish ochreous ; subdorsal line indis- 

 tinctly pale ; spjracular line pale or whitish, dark-edged above; 

 head and thoracic plate dark brown with whitish streaks. Eood- 

 plants : Grains of Wheat, Grasses, Taraxacum, Sec. 8-3. 



2947. Trachea unanimis. 



Nactuaunanimis, Hiibn. Etir. Schmett., ]S"oet. f. SfiG (1818) ; Treit. Schmelt. 



Eur. X. ii. p. 62 (1835) ; Frr. Neue Beitr. iv. pi. 371 ; Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent., Haust. iii. p. 9 ; Herr.-SchafF. Eur. Sehmett., Noct. f. 681 ; Stand. 



Cat. Lep. pal, p. 175. 

 Hadena scortea, Herr.-SchafF. Eur. Sehmett., Noct. f. 583 (1862), nee 582. 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown and grey ; 

 tegulse with blackish medial line and dark tips ; patagia with black 

 line near upper edge; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen brown, 

 greyish at base, and with the dorsal crests black. Eore wing reddish 

 brown irrorated with black and more or less suffused with fuscous, 

 the veins usually irrorated with white ; subbasal line double, waved, 

 from costa to sulimcdian fold ; a slight black streak below base of 

 cell, another sliglit oblique streak above inner margin Itefore the 



