( :5r>7 ) 



tliiui cantfht exiimiilcs I'nuu Eiiropu. .Some id' tlic lircd iinlividuals iVoiu hotli 

 foniitries are grey-uclii-iU'eous ; tliese specimens are toiinil most likely more often 

 among tiie few which emerge from the chrysalis in the same year, or they may be 

 produced by Ijreeding iu. Tlie ? figured by Uuponchel belongs to this ochraceons 

 form. The Russian entomologists sliould be able to furnish science with the life- 

 history of this insect, which is very insufficiently knuwn. 



Uab. Finland, Hussia as far north as the Gouv. Arcliangel, eastwards to 

 AViadiwostock. 



In the Tring Museum 11 c?c?, •"> ? ? from Russia and Amurland. 



All authors (piote Ilerr. Schatf. f 14. In our cojiy ami that of the Brit. Mus. 

 there are only thirteen figures of S[iliingi(lae, and f. 1~ is <tni'ircnsis. 



b. A. (imiimiHix sinica subsp. nov. 



(J. Gronnd-eolonr darker than in ail tlie specimens of tlie ])revi()ns subspec es 

 which we have seen ; wings broader, esjiecially the hind wing, which is less produced at 

 SC- and R', less sinuate before and beliind tiiis lobe, mucii more evenly rounded 

 from this lobe to the anal angle than in the preceding subspecies ; veins and costal 

 edge of forewing not obviously paler, the jiale grey, somewhat purplish, scaling of 

 both wings more restricted above and below. Har})e with the lower lobe nari'owed 

 to end, almost pointed ; tenth sternite longer than in amur. amurensis. 



$. Not known. 



Hab. China, 



Three c?c? in coll. C'has. Oberthtir from: Pou-lin {ti/pt') ; Ta-tsien-ln ; Mupin. 

 Mons. Oberthtir kindly ])resented the Mupin specimen to the Tring Museum. 



LXXXIV. PHYLLOSPlllNGlA.— Typus: (lissimilis. 



Triptoijon Bremer, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. iii. p. 475 (1861) (nom. indescr.). 

 Smerinlhus, id. (,wn Latreille, 1802), Lej). Ost-Sih. p. 35 (18G4). 

 Marumha, Kiiby {mm Moore, 1882), Cat. Lep. Net. i. p. 707 (1892). 

 Phjjllo^phiniiia Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. X H. ((')). xix. p. 1(54 (18'J7) (type : dis.'i'tinilis). 

 Poh/plj/clius, Leech (hok Hubaer, 1822), Traim. Ent. Sor. L;,iil. p. 277 (IS'.iS). 

 Clurym Tutt, Brit. Lep. iii. p. 386 (1902) (type: dhsimitis). 



(??. Tongue weak, reaching scarcely to end of forecoxa, the two halves 

 separate, but with fringe. Pilifer with bristles. Palpus of c? prominent, smaller 

 in ?, second segment not rough-scaled, joint not open. Anteuna setiform, side-line 

 almost even in dorsal view iu S ; feebly constricted at the joints in ?, without 

 distinct seriated ciliae (?). Abdomen with large nnderscales, upperscales long, 

 woolly, no spines, excejjt at edges, but these spines very weak, scale-like. Tibiae 

 spinose ; hindtibia with tico pairs of spurs, longer terminal one more than half the 

 length of the first tarsal segment ; j)ulvillns present ; paronychium with one lobe 

 at each side, tiie ventral lobes being vestigial. Distal margin of wings dentate, 

 costal margin of hindwiug concave in basal half, then convex, aj)ex of wing 

 rounded ; frenulum icntiyifil, no retinaculum. Clasper and eighth tergite without 

 friction-scales. 



Larva green, shagreened, with pale oblique side-stripes, which are occasionally 

 bordered witli red in front. — Kood-plant : J/tt/la/is nianilscliurica. 



Chrysalis strongly shagreened ; middle abdominal steruites posteriorly with 

 short pointed tnljercles, which serve as an organ of locomotion. (See Appendix.) 



