624 



3501. Bryophila muralis. 



Koctiia muralis, Forst. Nov. Spec. Ins. p. 74 (1771); Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 167. 

 Nooiua gland/ fe7'a, Schiff. Wien. Verx. p. 70 (17761 ; Hiibn. Eur. Sctimett., 



Noct. f. 24; Frr. Neue Beitr. i, pi. 70. f. 2; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., 



Haust. iii. p. 44. 

 'Soctua lichenes. Fab. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 235 (1781) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 118. 



f. 8 (1787) ; Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. vii. pi. 223. f. 3 ; Dup. Lep. 



Fr. vi. p. 207, pi. 86. ff. 1-3. 

 Noctuapar. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 515 (1818) ; Frr. Neue Beitr. 



pi. 70. f. 3. 

 Bri/ophila perloides, Gueu. Noet. i. p. 29 (1852); Eiubr. Lep. S. And. 



pi. 7. f. 4 & pi. 13. f. 1. 

 Bryopihilcb liguris, Mill. Mem. Soc. Cannes, 1878, p. 27, pi. 3. f. 8. 

 Bryophila impar, Warren, E. M. M. xxi. p. 22 (1885) ; id. Entom. xiv. 



pi. l.f.18. 

 Bryophila ohscura, Tutt, Entom. xxi. p. 48 (1888). 



Head white ; palpi witli black spot at side of 2nd joint ; anteunae 

 with the basal joint black, the shaft fuscous except at base ; thorax 

 greenish white, the tegulse with dorsal black spot at base and black 

 tips, the patagia with some black scales ou upper edge, the meta- 

 thorax mixed with black ; pectus white tinged with brown ; legs 

 white, the tibiae and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white 

 suffused and irrorated with brown, the crests tipped with black. 



Fig. 163. — Bryophila mural, 



Fore wing very pale blue-green ; black points at base of costa and 

 median nervure ; subbasal line represented by double black stride 

 from costa and a line from cell with some fuscous suffusion before 

 it, excurved, then bent outwards above inner margin and upwards 

 at extremity : antemedial line with double black spots at costa and 

 an oblique slightly sinuous line with a fuscous band beyond it from 

 middle of cell to vein 1 ; orbicular round, defined by black lunules 

 at sides only, closely approximated to the reniform, which is small, 

 its centre tinged with fuscous and rather incompletely defined by 

 black ; two black bars from middle of costa and a slightly sinuous 

 line from cell to vein 1 ; postmedial line with black spot at costa, 

 slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1, a slight 

 band of fuscous suffusion beyond it except towards costa and some 

 white points on costa defined by black ; subterminal line black, 

 defined on inner side by a fuscous bar from costa, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards and forming small dentate 

 marks below costa and at discal and submedian folds, a slight band 



