DIACRISIA. 27r> 



Noctua mtima, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 381, F (1781) ; Mill. Ann. Soc. L. 



Lyon (2) xi. p. 20, pi. 49. ff. 5-7. 

 Bomlnjx radiatus, Haw. Ent. Trans, i. p. 336 (1812) ; Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent., Haust. ii. p. 77 ; Westw. & Humphr. Brit. Moths, i. pp. 88, 92, 



pi. 18. f. 19. 

 Spilosoma ivalkeri, Curt. Brit. Ent. ii. p. 92 (1825). 

 Spilosoma deschangei, Dep. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) vi. p. 283, pi. 4. f. 4 



(1886). 



S . Whitish buff to yellow buff ; palpi except at base, sides of 

 frons, antennae, and streaks on legs black ; femora orange-yellow 

 above ; abdomen orange, the base, extremity, and ventral surface 

 buff, dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing 

 with black antemedial spot on costa and usually a point above vein 

 1 ; a point in upper angle of cell, with another or short streak above 

 it on costa ; black striae or points on each side of the veins from 

 apex to vein 6 and from 2 to inner margin, rarely a nearly complete 

 series curved round to costa at the postmedial point on the inter- 

 rupted band of underside ; sometimes an oblique series of sub- 

 terminal points on each side of veins 5, 3. Hind wing whitish or 

 orange-yellow, with discoidal spot, and sometimes a subterminal spot 

 above vein 5 and others between vein 3 and tornus. 



5 whiter buff. 



Ab. 1. wciTkeri. Fore wing with the interspaces filled with black, 

 leaving streaks of bufT below costa and in and below cell and some 

 spots beyond the cell. 



Ab. 2. zatima. Fore wing without the buff spots beyond the cell 

 on the black interspaces ; hind wing with the interspaces black. 



Ab. 3. chscliayigei. Abdomen and wings dark brown, the base of 

 abdomen buff, the base of hind wing rather paler. 



Hah. Cente. and S. Europe, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; E. Europe ; 

 Altai ; Amur. Exp,, J 42, $ 42-50 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 41 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 284, pi. 76. f. 1 k. 



Grey or brown ; hairs brown ; dorsal line sometimes pale» or 

 whitish ; spiracular line whitish, spiracles white ; head greyish 

 yellow. Food-plants : Rumex, Plantago, Mentha, etc. 7-9. 



1735. Diacrisia punctata. 



Spilosoma punctata, Moore, Lep. E. I. 0. p. 355 (1859) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 230. 

 Spilarctia uniformis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 39 (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 230. 

 Spilarctia ummera, Swinh. P.Z. S. 1889, p. 405, pi. 43. f. 1 ; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind. ii. p. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 230. 



S . Whitish buff ; palpi and frons at sides, antennae, and streaks 

 on legs blackish; fore coxae and femora above orange; abdomen 

 orange above, the base and extremity buff, dorsal, lateral, and sub- 

 lateral series of black spots. Fore wing with black point at base ; 

 an antemedial spot on costa and points on each side of vein 1 ; a 

 point at upper angle of cell and one above it on costa; a post- 

 medial oblique series of points on each side of veins 3 to 1, on 



