344 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



251. Ptychopoda faroulti sp. nov. 



?. Antennae whitish; head, thorax, ami abdomen whitish grey. 



Forewing greyish white, powdered slightly with brownish scales ; a black 

 discocellnlar stigma, a postdiscal somewhat broken line brown, between which and 

 the termen the wing is darker grey ; terminal line black, fringe whitish grey. 



Hiudwiug similar, bnt a brown shadow line runs from the stigma to the 

 abdominal margin. 



cJ similar but paler. 



Length of forewing 12 mm. ; expanse 26 mm. 



3 c?c?, 3 ? ?, April and May 1913, Victor Faronlt. 



? Type. 



252. Ptychopoda subsericeata (Haw.). 



Acidalia subsericeata Haworth, Lej). Brit. p. ,352 (1810) (England). 



Not abundant. Faronlt sent 43 specimens from April and May 1913. 



253. Ptychopoda marginipunctata (GOze). 



PImlaena marginipunctata Giize, Enloiii. Beilr. iii. Th. iii. p. 385 (1781) (Europe). 



Very rare; 3 specimens were sent me by Faroult dated April and May 1913. 

 254. Ptychopoda obsoletaria algeriensis (Baker). 



Acedalia algeriensis Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1888, p. 118 (Sebdou). 



Fairly abundant and very variable in colour and depth of marking. 



68 specimens of both sexes Irom June, July and August 1913, Victor Faroult. 



255. Cinglis humifusaria (Eversm.). 



Fidonia humifusaria Eversman, Bull. Nat. J/osc vol. 10. No. 4. pp. 29-66 (1837) (Volga). 



Appears to be extremely rare; we caught 1 c? April 21, 1912. Faroult never 

 got the species. 



256. Cosymbia puppillaria (Hiibn). 



Geometra 2mppitlaria Hiibner, Samml. Enrop. Schuictt. No. 6'J (17U4-1827) (Europe). 

 1 specimen dated August 5, 1913, Victor Faroult. 



Larentianae. 



257. Rhodometra sacraria (Linn.). 



Phalaena sacraria Linnaeue, Sysi. Nat. ed. xii. p. 863, No. 220 (1767) (Barbaria). 



This is a most variable insect ; the normal form has primrose yellow forewings 

 with an oblique pink stripe from middle of inner margin to apex and snow white 

 hindwings ; from this form it may vary from all shades of buff to a rosy brownish 

 clay-colour with the oblique band grey, brown, or black = ab. atrifasciaria Stefan, or 

 on the other hand it may pass through all shades of pink = ab. rosaiia Oberth. to 

 purplish blood red — ah. sanguinaria Esp. In the abs. romria and sanguinaria the 

 oblique band is much reduced, often only indicated as a shadow band. I received 

 11 specimens from the months of March, July, August, October, and November 

 collected by Victor Faroult ; there are 4 normal specimens, of ab. atrifasciaria 

 and 1 of ab. rosaria. 



