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the terminal area fuscous brown, the veins greyish irrorated with 

 fuscous, some fuscous iiroration on middle of inner margin ; sub- 

 basal line absent ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa 

 to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin; claviform absent; 

 orbicular and reniform pure white, the former small, oblique 

 elliptical, with rufous point in centre, the latter narrow and 

 produced at lower extremity ; postmedial line ver}^ iudistinct, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved at vein 4, then strongly incurved, 

 some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only 

 defined by the contrast between postmedial and terminal areas, 

 angled outwards at veins 7, -i, 3 ; cilia fuscous with a fine rufous 

 line at base. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown ; 

 cilia greyish with a brown line through them ; the underside grey 

 thickly irrorated and suffused with brown. 



Hah. W. TuEKESTAN, Togus-Torau, 1 S fype. Exp. 32 millim. 



2989. Trachea ascoldis. 



Apamea asMdis, Oberfch. tt. Ent. v. p. 72, pi. 3. f. 13 (1880); Staud. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 175. 

 Apamea nivcdis, Biitl. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1881, p. 177. 



Head rufous ; thorax grey-white, the tegulae edged with black ; 

 legs rufous, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged 

 with rufous. Eore wing red-brown, the basal and postmedial 

 areas except towards costa and the inner medial area grey-white ; 

 subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante- 

 medial line double, Avaved, oblique, indistinct towards inner margin ; 

 claviform short, defined by black except above ; orbicular small, 

 oblique elliptical, with greyish centre and pale annulus ; reniform 

 a white lunule defined by black on inner side ; traces of a curved 

 waved medial line ; postmedial line double, indistinct, bent out- 

 wards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa and an oblique black 

 streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; subterminal line 

 white, very faintly defined by brown on inner side, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle ; terminal area blue-grey tinged with red- 

 brown except at apex ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia 

 red-brown with yellowish line at base. Hind wing grey tinged 

 with brown, especially on terminal area; cilia white tinged with 

 brown at tips ; the underside white, the costal half tinged and 

 irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial 

 line, and terminal series of black lunules. 



Ha}). E. Siberia, Ussuri : Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 5 type 

 nivalis, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 c^ , 2 $ ; W. China, Chang- Yang 

 (Pratt), 1 S , Chia-kou-ho (Prait), 1 $ , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $ ; 

 Assam, Khasis, 1 S • Exp. 32-44 millim. 



