NOVITATES ZOOLOGIOAE XXI. IflU. 340 



258. Rhodometra anthophilaria consecraria (Ramb.). 



Sterrha consecraria Rambur, Cat. Syst. Lep. And. pi. 20. ff. G. 7. (185S) (Andalusia). 



The various forms oi anthophilaria can alwaj's be distinguished from sacniria 

 by the oblique transverse baud not running to the ape.x, but to the costa well before 

 the apex. 



Victor Faroult sent in G c?c? and 3 ¥ ? from May and June 1913. 



250. Rhodometra plectaria debiliaria subsp. nov. 



S . Differs bom pi. plectaria Guen. in the less strongly developed rosy striations 

 on disc of forewing. 



Faronlt sent 1 c? of this species, which is new to the Palaearctic Region, dated 

 October 7, 1012. 



2fi0. Larentia nisseni sp. nov. 



t?. Antennae grey with pale brown pectinations ; head, thora.x and abdomen 

 grey-brown, a dorsal line of white dots on abdomen. 



Forewing : basal two-thirds rufous grey-brown with minute black stigma and a 

 number of almost obsolete shadow lines ; a postmedian waved white transverse line, 

 outer third of wing beyond the white line paler, darkening again towards termon. 



Hindwing sericeous grey washed with cinnamon brown. 



? much greyer and with dark transverse postmediau line. 



Length of forewing, S 13-17 mm., ¥ 15 mm. ; expanse, c? 20-37 mm., ? 33 mm. 



c? c?, October— November 1913 ; ? , 25 October 1012. 



261. Chesias hippocastanarioides sp. nov. 



<?. Antennae, head, and thorax wood brown-grey; abdomen sliglitly browner. 



Forewing putty-colour shaded with cinnamon and striated longitudinally with 

 brown, an interrupted brown band along vein 1 and a more broken one from base 

 to apex along lower half of cell and a still more obsolete one on subcostal vein. 



Hindwing paler and yellower. 



? . Grey marked similar to d, but with some darker transverse bands as well. 



Length of forewing, c? ? 10 mm. ; expanse 42 mm. 



Both sexes from Victor Faronlt. 



202. Cidaria multistriata si), nov. 



(J. Uniform cinnamon brown with twelve crenulated sooty brown-grey 

 transverse lines. 



Length of forewing 12 mm. ; expanse 20 mm. 

 1 <S, April 2, 1013, Victor Faroult. 



263. Cidaria numidiata Htdgr. 



Cidtiria iiiiiiikUata Staudinger, Irix, vol. v. p. 2:i9 pi. ii. f. 22 (1892) (Bone). 



Also abundant. I received 114 specimens from Faroult from the months of 

 October 1912 and March, April, and November 1913, aud we ourselves took 4 in 

 April 1912. 



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