HYPOSICCIA; PARASICCIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 53 



S. taprobanis Walk. (= cingalesa ]\'alk., grainmopluira Fldr., simiata Moore) (11 bj. TIil^ whito fortv tiijinilinnis. 

 wing traversed by black dentate lines, between which there are blacic dots in the cell; hindwing grey with 

 light fringes. The specimen figured is a very large ?, the largest I have ever caught. Distributed through- 

 out the Western Himalayas, from Kashmir all over India to Ceylon and Malacca. According to Hami'Sox 

 specimens from Dharmsala and Bombay are purer whit(^ than those from Ceylon. The moths settle on 

 boards and tree-trunks, and when touched drop down. 



S. sagittifera Moore (11 c). Similar to the preceding and hke it varying much in size. The fore- .sagiUl[era. 

 wing on the whole purer white, the dentate lines absent or separated into dots; hindwing lighter grej'. 

 Kashmir (Kangra, Dalhousie district), widely distributed in the Himalayas, as far as Indian Sikkim. At 

 higher altitudes. 



S. obscura Leech (11 c). \ciy similar to the preceding, but some of the dark spots on the forewing obscicra. 

 united by slightly wavy or angulate transverse lines. The basal portion of the forewing, moreover, is 

 suffused with dark grey, and the hindwing is considerably darker, almost as in taprobanis. Japan, said 

 to be caught near Yokohama, described from there with a '? by Matsumura. I did not meet with it 

 at Yokohama. 



S. v-nigra Hamps. (11 c). This form is mentioned from Shanghai. I neither saw it in collections v-niijra. 

 there, nor did I catch it myself; it does not therefore appear to be common. According to the figure not 

 unlike sagittifera, but all parts of the forewing tinged with violet-grey. Through the centre of the forewing 

 runs a smoke-grey shadowy band, which is produced distally into a strong tooth, and from which narrow 

 streaks extend distad. 



S. nilgirica Hamps. The first-described form does not occur in the Palearctic region, but only tin- 

 race cinereicolor Hamps. (11 c), which is slightly irrorated. This is a very small moth, not larger than cinereicolor. 

 minuta, having somewhat the appearance of sagittifera. It is known from Shanghai, but occurs also throughout 

 the area of nilgirica, often beside the latter form. 



S. sordida Butl. The ground-colour of the forewing of this widely distributed species varies from sordida. 

 white to smoky grey. The markings are more constant, consisting on the forewing of a black dot at the 

 base and two others near it below the costa and the cell ; a further line of dots commences before the 

 middle below the costa and runs to the submedian fold. The cell bears a dot in the middle. Another 

 dentate line begins with a costal spot, curves outwards below the costa and is elbowed inwards on the 

 submedian; on the disc a lunule, upon which foUows a feebly dentate hne, curved outwards below the 

 costa, elbowed at veins 4 and (>, then bent inwards below the cell and outwards near the inner margin; 

 beyond it an interrupted line excurved below the costa and in the centre, and then incurved ; at the margin 

 a row of dots, and the fringes with dots at the apex and in the centre. Hindwing of (J white, brownish 

 towards the apex, that of the $ paler or darker brown (Hajipson) according to the dark colouring of 

 the ground of the forewing. This form occurs in China and India. In the form subcinerea Moore, from subdnerea. 

 Kashmir and Formosa, the hindwing of the ^J is entirely brown with white fringes, while in quinque- ?^""^,Ya" 

 fasciata Hamps. (11 c) the forewing is suffused with a dark colour. 



S. minuta Butl. (11 c). Smaller than the smallest taprobanis, both wings deep dark brown, the minuta. 

 forewing hghter in the median area, which is bounded on both sides by dark lines and bears an obsoles- 

 cent dark spot in its outer portion; known from Yokohama. 



7. Genus: Hyposiccia Hamps. 



These small, whito or light grey, moths, which ha^o the facies of Siccia, are, as well as the next 

 genus, separated by Hampson on account of small differences in the neuration from those forms 

 with which they were formerly united under the name of Aemene. The genus is distinguished from 

 Parasiccia especially by the shorter tibial spurs. It comprises 3 species, a Palearctic one from China 

 and 2 similar, smaller forms from Assam. 



H. punctigera Leech (11 c). As large as the largest forms of the preceding genus; cream-coloured, punctigera. 

 forewing with a few scattered black dots. From West and Central China. 



S. Genus: Parasiccia Hamps. 



Distinguished from the preceding by the longer tibial spurs as well as by the upturned i)alpi 

 reaching the vertex, which is not the case with the shorter palpi of Hyposiccia. The 5 species of this 

 genus inhabit exclusively Asia. 



P. altaica Led. (11 c). Forewing silvery white with numerous small and thick black dots, of which altaica. 

 the discal spot at the apex of the cell is especially distinct. Behind this, the dots are arranged in two 



