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KovitaTes Zoologicae XXI. I;il4. 



290. Calamodes pallescens sji. nov. 



c?. Antennae shaft jnile liuft', pectinations fuscons brown ; head and thorax 

 cla}- bnfF slightly powdered with brown ; abdomen chi}' buff with darker edges to 

 segments. 



Forewing : basal three-fifths obliquely clay buff, somewhat powdered with 

 darker scales, outer two-fifths obliquely pale clay brown ; a narrow oblique ante- 

 median line from inner margin to below subcostal uervure chestnut brown, a black- 

 brown stigma, an oblique indistinct median clay-brown line and a postmedian 

 oblique, strongly marked black-brown line from inner margin to vein 7, where it is 

 sharply angled into the costa, gradually vanishing ; a postdiscal clay-buff indis- 

 tinct line runs from inner margin to vein 6 ; terminal edge brown, fringe clay buff. 



■ Ilindwing : outer two-fifths pale clay brown, basal three-fifths clay bnfi" ; lines 



as on forewing, excej)! antemedian line, which is wanting. Underside uniform 

 clay buff with brown stigmas and median lines showing through from above. 



? . Much greyer than c?, and outer half of outer two-fifths of wings also grey. 



Length of forewing : c? 14-20 mm., ? 16-21 mm. ; expanse, ^ 31-44 mm., 

 ? 35-46 mm. 



This species varies also considerably in the shade of the ground colour. We 

 took 4 c?cJ in April 1912, and Faroult forwarded 49 (?c? and 17 ? ? from October 

 1912 and April, May, Septemlier, nnd October 1013. 



291. Calamodes harterti (Hothsch.). 



Heuicropliila /larlerti Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. xix. p. 127 (1912) (El Kantara). 



Varies much in size, and 1 ? has the pale markings very white. 



tj expanse 26 mm. — 39 mm ; ? expanse 33 mm. — 40 mm. 



We got 6 ;Jc? in April 1912, and Faroult sent 13 (Si and 5 ? ? from April and 

 May and July and August 1913. The July and August specimens are all dwarfs, 

 so that there appears to be seasonal variation. 



292. Calamodes postdentaria sp. nov. 



(J. Rusty brown-grey irrorated with darker scales. Anteimae sooty black- 

 brown ; head, thorax, and abdomen rusty brown-grey. 



Forewing rusty brown-grey, a convexly curved antemedian black line, an 

 oblique median black band angled sharply between veins 6 and 7, broadening into 

 a double band below vein 4, an irregular double line at end of cell black, a black- 

 brown anteterminal band and terminal line black. Hindwing rusty brown-grey, 



a postmedian and a snbterminal band black-brown ; terminal liiio black ; edge and 

 fringe strongly dentate. Ab. yriseuria is quite similar, bnt ground colour clear 

 ash-grey. 



liength of forewing 17-20 mm. ; exjianse 37-43 mm. 



Faroult sent 3 typical S i and 2ii ah. griseuria September 1912 and 1913. 



293. Gnophos mucidaria ochracearia >Stdgr. 



Giiophos muriiliria var. Dchmrearia St;iiuliiiger, Cat. /../'• /'"'. ed. iii. part 1. p. 34i;. .No. .'■'.l.'iTa 

 (1901) (Spain, Mauretania). 



We took 3 specimens of this very variable insect in April 1912, and I received 

 from Victor Faroult 61 specimens from the months of March, April, May, Sei)teniber, 

 October, and November. 



