( (J28 ) 



Xi.rr. iii. p. 'J;"i. ii. 1 (1S7I) ; Hcisd., Sjm: din. I.rp. Iht. i. p. ICi?. u. 8 (187o) ; Obortli., I'A. 

 i:iit.\. p. 31 {1871'.) (Alg.Tie) ; Bull., Tnnis. Zm,l. Sue. L'mil. ix. p. 524. n. 1 (1877) ; Staud, 

 Hoi: S,,,:. EiiI. /,'„.ss. xiv. p. 300 (1878) (As. rain.) ; Oberth., l.r. v. p. 28. n. 71 (1880) (Mongoliii, 

 vi.); Weil., rr-.'/y. Ohcrnvls,-/,. ]ni,>:hnirl p. IT. (188(1); Kill., ,/rt/(/-i. A'«/. TrV-s. r,'m»//. xxiii. 

 p. 4<; (I SHI I): Albr., linll. .\hisr<,H p. 379 (188^') (Moscow) : Woi.sm., cd. Meld., Stml. Thn,r. 

 /)<-«•. i. p. 'J45. t. 3. f. 1 — 12 (18H2) (larvae) ; Rom., Mini. Lip. i. p. 72 (1884) (Caucasia): 

 Swinh., I'lnc. Ximl. Sue. Loud. p. 514. n. 8 (1884) (Kurracbi, vii.) ; Lampa, luil. T'nUhr. vi. 

 p. 27. n. 122 (1885) ; Poult., 7')«».v. Enl. Sor. Loml. p. 2118 (1885) (postembr. developmt.) ; 

 Swiiih.j ;/.«/. p. 347. n. 7 (1885) (S. Afghanistan, common) ; Butl., Fior. Zoul. Soi: Lund. p. 378. 

 n '.II (18811) (Murree, viii. ix., not uncommon) ; Fix'*., in Rom., .Mini. Lip. iii. p. 322. n. 100 

 (1887) (Oorea, vi.) ; Amel., Ilnl. Kiit. Xiilsrhr. xxxi. p. 2in (1887) (Dessau) ; Swinh., .fourii. 

 liuiiihiiy y. II. Sur. iii. p. 117 (1888) (Karachi, vii.) ; (xraes., linl. Enl. ZeiUclii: xxxii. p. lUC, 

 n. l'.)4 (1888) (Amurland) ; Leech, /'(■/„•. Zunl. Hoc. Lund. p. 582. n. 8 (1K88) (Japan ; China) ; 

 Mina-Pal. & Failla-Ted., Xat. Sicit. vii. p. 42 (1889) ; Christ., in Rom., .Mini. Lip. v. p. 11. n. 40 

 (18s;i) ; Alph., ibid. V. p. 224. n. 21 (1889) (Teneritte) ; Gr.-Grschm., ildd. iv. p. 514. n. 212 

 (1890) (Pamir, up to 8000 ft.) ; Baker, Trims. Kiit.Sur. Lund, p 204 (1891) (Madeira) : Swinli., 

 Cal. Li'p. Hit. Mux. 0.f. i. p. 3. n. '.I (1892) (Cochinchina) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fauna llril. 

 hid., .MulliK i. p. 113. n. 183 (1892) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. i;29. n. 3 .(1892) ; Alph., in 

 Rom., Mem. Lip. vi. p. 3. n. 70 (1892) (China) ; Stand., ibid. vi. p. 2:'.9. n. 230 (1892) ; Hoftm.. 

 Raup Grossschm. p. 31. t. 8. f. 9 (1893) ; id., Grus.H,«<:hm. p. 31. n. 1. t. 18. f. 9 (1894) ; White, 

 Hntt. Moths Tnicnffi- p. 70 (1894) ; Riff., In.-< viii. p. 171) (1895) (aberr.) ; Bartel, Lrp. Brit. Ix. 

 ii. p. CO. n. 1. t. 54. f. 1. 1 a~e (18il5) ; Holtz, lUustr. Ziitsclir. Ent. ii. p. Ii3 (1K97) (Cilicia, 

 common) ; Schultz, ibid. ii. p. :;95 (1897) (gynandr. spec.) ; Vos, TijiMir. Ent. xli. p. 80 (1898) 

 (Apoldoorn) ; Schultz, I.e. iii. p. 11 (1898) (gynandr. spec.) ; Hamps., Jmirn. Linn. Soe. Lund. 

 xxvii. p. 412 (18119) (L. Urnii, N.W. Persia)"; Nurse, Junni. Ilumbui/ .\. H. Sue xii. p. 513 

 (1899) (Cutch) ; Bartel, in Ruhl, Grus.'ixvhni. ii. p. 21'; (1900) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lrp. ed. iii. 

 p. 104. n. 708 (11101). 



IFemaris xtcllatariun, Dalman, Kumjl. Vet. Ak. ILiiidl. p. 207 (181G). 



Sphtj/ix stMitaruin, Vogel, Srliin. Cabin, ii. p. 20. t. 8. f. (i. a. b. c. (1820). 



Psithjirus stillatariiin, Hiibner, Vers. b(k. Schm. p. 132. n. 1409 (1822). 



Raniphoiicliistim (!) stellatarnm, Wallengren, SImikI. Het. Fjiir. p. 10 (18()3). 



Jihamphoscliisina ateUalarnni, id., l.r. p. 51 (1863) : Tengstr., Act. Sue. F. F. Friin. \. p. 7. n. lUO 

 (1869) ; Theden., Fiit. Tiihhr. ii. p. 105 (1881). 



Marrogloma nir/ra Cosmovici, Le Xutnral. .xiv. p. 280 (1892). 



.^facrogloi^m nirra (!), Kirby, Nov. ZO(il.. i. p. 99 (1894). 



6 ?. Anteiiua strongly clubbed, book short ; eiul-segmeiit uot uiiR-b iirolougeil. 

 Coiis])iciious aberrations are rare ; hindwing sometimes tawny ; foresving ocea- 

 sionally with blackish median band. There is no apparent geograjihical variation. 



S ■ Tenth tergite slender, gradnally narrowed to a point, slightly hooked, not 

 dilated before tip either vertically or horizontally ; sternite round at end. Clasper 

 without friction-scales ; harpe slightly curved, rounded-dilated at end, here rough 

 with short sj)ines and teeth. Penis-sheath with one lung, slender, ])oiuted jirocess, 

 which is densely and heavily dentate on the proximal surface ; base of process also 

 heavily dentate, dilated distad ; internal rods obtuse, one clubbed and armed with 

 a notched ridge, the other flat, concave on one side, with the edge finely serrate. 



Larva green or reddish brown, dotted with white ; stigmata aud tubercles of 

 horn black ; a dark dorsal line ; a white dorso-lateral line and ii yellow ventro- 

 lateral one, both bcnxlered with brown ; these lines sometimes indistinct. — Food- 

 plaut : Galium aud other I'ldnuccac. 



Cremaster of pupa conical. 



Ilab. Europe (except the far north), east and southwards to Japan, (Jochin- 

 chiua. South India, and North Africa. 



In the Tring Museum (i larvae, 1 pupa, 12iJ-odd specimens from: various 

 places in Europe; Mazagan, Morocco, vii. viii. (Riggenbach); Ajmere, vii. ; Kandahar; 

 Quetta; Koochow, iv. ; Xancliuen, ^>etschuen ; AVlailiniir Day, viii.; Wei-hai-wei, ix.; 

 Yokohama, vii. ; Tsushima, x. xi. 



