346 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



264. Cidaria oberthuri sp. uov. 



c?. This very beautiful species is quite distinct from anything else I conlil find. 

 Antennae brown-grey ; head greenish brown : thorax gallstone orange ; abdomen 

 deep grey-brown. 



Forewing sooty black ; a broad subbasal band of dark gamboge yellow edged 

 each side with a white line ; a similar narrower baud be)'ond middle of wing ; 

 the black of the space between these two bands variegated with greenish brown, 

 and beyond postmedian band with whitish grey. 



Hindwing yellowish grey, a median and postmedian darker shadow band, 

 terminal line dark. 



Length of forewing 11 mm.; expanse 24 mm. 



29 <?(? and 2 ? ? sent by Faroult, October 1!»12 and 1013. 



265. Cidaria alhambrata Stdgr. 



Cidaria alhanibruta Staudinger, Stelt. Eiit. Zeil. 18iJ'J p. "il'.i (Granada). 



This species appears to be abundant at Guelt-es-Stel. I received from Victor 

 Faronlt 89 specimens of both sexes from October and November 1912-1013. 



266. Cidaria obstipata Fabr. 



Phulaena ohslipata Fabricius, Entom. Syat., vol. 3. pt. 1 p. I'JO. No. 257 (1793) (Barbaria). 



1 S collected by us April 21, 1012, and 1 c? sent by Faroult dated May 3, 1013. 



267. Cidaria roseocinnamomaria sp. nov. 



S . Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen pinkish cinnamon. 



Forewing pinkish cinnamon crossed by nine or ten wavy transverse bands of 

 greyish cinnamon brown ; a brown stigma. 



? . Similar, but transverse bands narrower and of a more uniform width. 



Length of forewing, S \\h mm., ? 13 mm. ; expanse, c? 26 mm., ? 30 mm. 



We collected 8 cJ <? and « ? ? in April 1012, and Victor Faronlt sent 1 i (Type) 

 March 26, and 2 other i6 April 1013. 



26s Cidaria sandosaria (Herr.-Sch.). 



Lair.iitid nandnsaria Herrich-Schaffer, Si/st. Bearb. SdnncU. Eur. vol. iii. Suppl. fig. .t17, vol. vi, 

 p. 79 (1843-1856) (Malaga). 



An extremely variable insect ; the aberration with the broad central area 

 of forewing black is the ab. hertrundi Rothsch. 



Abnudant ; 220 specimens of both sexes were sent in by Faronlt from the 

 months October and November 1912 and 1913, and April and May 1913. 



269. Tephroclystia innotata (Hufn.). 



Phalaena innotata Hufnagel, Tab. Bcrl. Mag., Bd. iv. p. G16 (1769) (Berlin). 



This species and the following appear to be the commonest Te.phroch/stin.i at 

 Gnelt-es-Stel : I received from Victor Faroult 114 specimens from March, April, 

 May, July, August and October 1913, and we ourselves took 6 in April 1912. 



