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Il<il>. N.W. Iiulia and (?) Sikhim. 



In tbe Triiig Museiuu 2 ? ?, one from Kiuulakhcit ; and a S lal)ell('d Sikhiiu, 

 July isya (J. S. PilcLer). 



As Col. Pilcber has been collecting also in N.W. India, it is i(nite jHissible tbat 

 the person who reset his specimens (before thoy came to the Tnug Museum) lias 

 clianged some of the locality labels. 



23!). Marumba quercus. 



Ernst & Engr., P<ip. Eur. iii. p. 117. 12.'). t. 120. f. lG5a— f. t. 122. f. 1G.5. g (1782). 



S/ihiiLC iiiiirciis Denis i.^ SchiffermuUer, Tcr:. Schm. Wieii p. 41. n. 2. p. 244. t. l.a. f. 1. .a (/.). li (//). 



t. 1. b. f. 1 (?) (177G) ; Amst., in Fnessly, .Uii;/. K,,t. i. p. 10.") (1778) ; Esp., Knr. Srlim. 



ii. p. 104. t. li>. e^- Sii/:/,l. i. p. !I7. t. 2li. f. 1 (177il-H2) ; Fabr., Spec. Inn. ii. p. 140. n. 3 (1781) ; 



Lang, IVc:. Anfifh. p. ti.'). n. 5.i8 (I7H2) ; Fabr., .Vinil. fiis. ii. p. 92. n. ^ (1787) ; Vill., Linn. 



Ent. ii. p. 87. t. 4. f IT. ( 178i)) ; Borkh., E,ir. Schm. ii. p. 108. 151. 183. n. 3 (1789) ; Gmel., 



Sjist. Nut. i. :>. p. 2372. n. 48 (1790) ; Schwarz, Rdiipenhild. p. 203. 303. o08 (1791) ; Fabr., 



Eni. .S>?. iii. 1. p. 350. n. 3 (1793) ; Scbrank, Faiimi Bnka ii. p. 221. n. 1381 (1801); Bechst. 



Ji: Scharf., Fi>r>:ti„^ect. ii. p. 33.5. n. 2 (180.')) ; HUbn.. Em: Hchm. ii. p. 99. n. 3. t. If), f. 71 (?) 



(1805—) ; id., ae.-:cli.Schm. ii. Sph. iii. t. n. b.f. 1. a. b (1800-18) ; Ochs., Em: Srhm. ii. p. 255. 



n. 4 (1808) (Wien : Baiern ; Ungarn) ; Nag., //iV/Ai. Srhm. p. 145 (1818). 

 Smerhitliiis iiiiercii.", L.atreille. Hi.-'l. X<if. Crust. Ins. iii. p. 401 (1802) ; God., Lep. Frawr iii. p. 181. 



t. 17. f. 3 (1821); Boisd., hid. Meth p. 34 (1829) (Hung.; Gall. mer. ; v.); Cant., in 



Silberm., Rer. Ent. i. p. 77 (1833) (Dep. du Var, v. vi.) ; Friv., ihhl. ii. p. 181 (1834) (Hung.) ; 



Luc, Up. Eur. p. 119. t. 48 (1834) ; Ramb., Faiim Andal. p. 329 (1842) (Mal.aga) ; Eveism., 



Fmina Folgo-l'ml. p. 115 (1844) (Sarepta) ; Herr.-Sch., Em: Srhm. ii. p. 91 (1X45) ; Walk.. 



List Lip. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 244. n. 4 (1850) ; Mi^niJtr., Enum. Corp. Auim. Mus. Prtr., Lep. 



p. 94. n. 1564 (1857) (Gall. ; Russ. mer.) ; Wilde, Raupen ii. p. 87. t. 4. f. 70 (180O) ; Stand. 



& Wocke, Oit. Lep. p. 10. n. 24 (1861) : id., Ic. ed. ii. p. 37. n. 482 (1871) ; Mann, Wien. Ent. 



Hon. vii. p. 22 (1803) (Varna, Bulg.) ; Led., Ann. So,: Ent. Deli/, xiii. p. 28 (1870) (Caucasus); 



Boisd., Sper. Gen. Lep. llet. i. p. 18. n. 2 (1875) : Staud., Urn: So,: Ent. R/.sx xiv. p. 300 



(1878) (Asia min.) ; Rom., .I/f»i. Lep. i. p. 71 (1884) (Borjoum ; Eldar ; rare); Mina-Pal. 



& Failla-Ted., X,,t. Si,-il. vii. p. 42 (1889) ; Hofm., Ranp. Gr„.-<sschm. p. 30. t. 8. f. 5 (1893) ; 



id., Gro.s.'<s,-hm. p. 31. t. 18. f. 4 (1894) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Gro.-<.'<sehm. ii. p. 153 (1900) ; Staud. 



& Reb., Cut. Len.ed. iii. p. 98. n. 718 (1901) (Bavaria to S. Europe, eastw. to Mesopot. & 



Armen.) ; Aign., Zeitschr. Ent. vi. p. 137 (1901) (rearing). 

 Liiothoe i/iierciis, Fabricius, in Illig., Jfuf/. Ent. vi. p. 287 (1807) ; Kirby, Cut. L,p. Iht. i. p. 7l)9. 



D. 1 (1892). 

 Polypttjchus quercus, Hiibner, Verz. hel: Schm. p. 141. n. 1518 (1822). 

 Sphyu:r (!) quercus, Vogel, S,-hm. Cab. vii. p. 10. t. 8. f. 3. a. b. (1825). 

 Merinthus quercus, Meigen, ILmdh. Schm. p. 100. n. 7. t. 9. f. 8 (1827) ; id., Si/.-<t. Des,-hr. Schm. ii. 



p. 160. n. 4. t. 78. f. 5 (1830). 

 .^fimus quercus. Butler, Truns. ZunL Soc. Land. ix. p. 583. n. 1 (1877). 

 Sichiu quercus, Tutt, Brit. Lep. iii. p. 380 (1902). 



cJ?. Tongue without ciliae (PI. LXl. f. 10); pilifer with tlio brusli of 

 bristles absent, or represented only by a few liairs ; epistome vestigial. Paijius 

 small in botb sexes. Antenna of cj more than one-third the length of the forewing, 

 resembling that o'i .^perrhhts, in ? cylindrical, not grooved, seriated ciliae very short. 

 Gronnd-colonr somewhat variable, being occasionally more or less ochraceous. 



6. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 7) not (juite so broad as in sperddus, but 

 broader than in eh/ras, the sinus very deep, the lobes pointed ; sternite triangular, 

 pointed, curved dorsad. Dorso-apical lobe of clasper not produced in a dagger-like 

 process ; harpe short, irregularly notched ; ])rocesses above penis-sheath not so 

 obviously grannlose as in tlie other species (PI. XXXIV. f. 14, dorsal view of 

 claspers and penis-sheath). 



?. Ridge in front of vaginal orifice incrassate, broadly rounded, slightly 

 trisinnate, the lateral sinus continued proximad by a forked groove (PI. XVIII. 



