BOARMID.E—EPWNE. loi 



Southern and Eastern Kussia, Tartary, and the mountainous 

 regions of Central Asia. 



Genus 25. EPIONE. 



Antenna3 of the male pectinated ; palpi short; head mode- 

 rately smooth ; thorax slender, rather fluffy ; abdomen smooth, 

 slender, and rather short ; fore wings short and broad, with 

 expanded hind margin ; hind wings broad, having a point in 

 the hind margin toward the apex and a hollow below it. 



Larvae twig-like, but without conspicuous protuberances. 



PuP^ lively ; spun up among leaves. 



We have three species, readily discriminated : 



A. Wings all pale yellow -brown. E. advenaria. 

 A^. Wings yellow. 



B. A broad complete purple hind-marginal band is broad 



on the costa. E. vcspertaria. 



B'^. A broad purple hind-marginal band runs to a point at 



the apex. E. apiciaria. 



1. E. advenaria, Eilh. — Expanse 1 to 1| inch. Slender, 

 fore wings broad and truncate, whitish-brown clouded and 

 faintly banded with yellow-brown ; hind wings rather similar, 

 with a central black dot. 



Antenna) of the male pectinated with short oblique ciliated 

 teeth, light brown; palpi slender, horizontal, pale drab; 

 head and narrow thorax rough with raised scales, yellow- 

 brown, the latter paler behind ; abdomen slender, smooth, 

 whitish-brown dusted with darker; lateral and anal tufts 

 small. Fore wings short and broad, truncate behind ; costa 

 fully arched ; apex squarely angulated ; hind margin per- 

 pendicular to below the middle, then curved in and rather 

 hollowed ; dorsal margin ciliated and nearly straight ; colour 

 pale yellowish-brown or whitish-brown, rather silky ; first 

 line much curved, yellow-brown; second line similar in 



