PERONEA CRISTANA, FAB., AND ITS ABERRATIONS. 229 



A. Peeonea. Button large. 



(I. Very dark — Beiitlci/aud, Curt., ncniiiisttnta, Curt, {profdiwiia, Haw.), 

 projannna, Fab., striana, Haw., anhfitriaiia, Curt., hriiiined, Curt., 

 lirlu'uaua, Curt. (Bent. MSS.), rittaiui. Curt., xpdtHccdna, Haw., 

 sttbcrixtalana, Curt. (Bent. MSS.). 



(i. Button ochreous or large — Cristdldihi, Don., fulrovilt(nui, Curt., 

 .feqitdiKj, Curt. (Bent. MSS.), coii-nniilaiia, Curt., aericdna, Hiib. 

 {<h't!l'()iitdinand,l\i\\v.), (Icsfinitniiiidud, Fah. {fiilrocristcoia, Stephs.), 

 dlhncittdna, Curt. 



7. Button white — ('lidiildiia, Curt., rristana. Fab. {lefehvriana, Goda), 

 i)isnhiiid, Curt., >=iihrittaiid, Stephs., dlhijyiiiictana, Curt. (Haw. 

 MSS.). 



5. P.utton small (Lupus, Adfris, and Eclectic, Hiib.) — Alhojldnimdua, 

 Curt., riijicostdiid. Curt., lunhrdiia, Hb., dlbixtrutna, Haw., ramox- 

 Iridiid, Curt., radidud, Hb., dirinand, Hb. {xtrifiuHd, Curt.), cciitro- 

 vittdnd. Curt. (Haw. MSS.), comliustaiid, Hb. (mr Godt.), dittum- 

 ndiid, Hb., byriii/icrdiid, Hb. ('? xjwiiMnid, Fab.), oh.'^olct<in((, Stphs., 

 coronaiiu, Thnbg. {c.riiiiidiid, Haw.), hiirinncrdiia, Hh., yKlx-ristand, 

 Curt., latifatiridiid. Haw., plumhosaiid. Haw. {jilunilidiui, Fb., 

 clevdna, Fb., scahrdiid, Hb.). 



B. Palpi shorter. Button vanishing; wings a little scabrous — Lecheaita, 

 Curt., iitdnnordnd, Curt. (Bent. MSS.), n'ti(tddnd,}ia,vf., fdvillaceaiid, lih.,fa()ana, 

 Curt., lo(iid)ut, Linn., semirhombdnd, Curt, (boscdiui, Haw. nee Fab.), trigomina, 

 Stphs. {lofiidiid, Hb.), srJialleridna , Linn, iiec Hb., ritfd)id, Fab. (compdrana, Hb.), 

 cirrdiid. Curt, (boraiut, Haw. nee Fab.), vdriefiaiia, Fab. [abiUhidarddna, Fab.), 

 aspemiKi, Fab. (injctcinerdiia, Hb.), xclidllcruuid, Goda, costlmaculdiid, Stphs. 



C. Wings powdered, not scabrous — Simihaut, Curt., bistridiui, Haw. (? dpiciana, 

 Tr.), dlbirotitdiid, Stphs. {2)ulreraiia, Curt.). 



Stephens, in bis Illnstratidiis, iv., pp. 148 ct scq., also diagnoses the 

 genus Peronea, and writes : " Like the insects of the preceding genvis 

 (Sarrdthvijiiis), much uncertainty exists as to the Kmits of the respec- 

 tive species ; the typical ones may be instantly recognised by having 

 a large bundle of elevated scales nearly in the centre of the anterior 

 wings, the costa of which is rounded at the ba.se, emarginated slightly 

 in the middle, and faintly ciliated, with rough scales ; the less typical 

 species Avant the tuft of scales on the middle of the wing, but have small 

 scattered elevated ones towards the base and hinder margin ; the costa 

 is less prominently rounded, and the prevalent colours are more 

 diversified ; the species are autumnal, making their appearance about 

 August, though a few specimens are occasionally met with earlier." 

 He then subdivides the genus into two main divisions, which he 

 diagnoses as : — 



A. Anterior wings, with a large elevated bundle of scales on the disc, a little 

 bevond the middle = Lo7)n.s', Hiibner. — Profaiidiid, Fab., striaiid, Haw., Kitbstridiia, 

 Stphs., hniinicdiid, Stphs., vittdna, Stphs., spd(iiced)id, Haw., cousimildnd, Stphs., 

 ilcsfniitdiiidnd, Fab., fnlrocristdnd, Stphs., dlborittdiui, Stphs., fulrovittdiia, 

 Stphs., criataland, Don., subrlttdiia, Stphs., cristdiid, Fab., dUnpunctdiid, Haw. 



B. Anterior wings, without a large elevated tuft of scales in the middle, a few 

 scattered ones only on the disc. 



a. Palpi large, with the termiuiil joint concealed — I.opds et Eclectis, parte 

 Hiibner. — Buficostdiia, Curt., uiiibrand, Hb., dirUdua, Hb., rddidiut, 

 Hb., rdino.itriaud, Stphs., reiitroiitUmd, Stphs., combaatana, Stphs. 

 ('? Hb.), dlbostridud, Haw., antioniiaud, Hb., mibcristdna, Stphs., 

 coroudiid, Thnb., byriniierdna, Hb., obsoletaiid, Stphs. 



jd. Palpi, with the terminal joint exposed = ^ci(?r(.';, Hb. — Favilldceand, Hb., 

 tristaud, Hb., retictildiid, Haw., bistriana, Haw., albicostaua, Stphs., 

 siinilavd, Stphs., IdtifdKciand, Haw., pluinboxdna, Haw., boscdiia (?) 

 Fab., triyoiidna, Stphs., schalleriana, Linn., rufcuid, Fab., costimacu- 

 Idiid, Stphs., d!^per<ind. Fab., vdHeydna, Fab., bordna. Fab., Inqidmi. 

 Hb. 



(To be roiitinncd.) 



