56 NUDINA; APAIDIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



rows of black dots and tinged with violet before the marginal area; hindwing and abdomen light carmine- 

 maclans. pink. — In the smaller mactans Butl., described from Darjiling, but also occurring more northward, the 

 vellow reticulation is much reduced, and the very deep red ground-colour predominates considerably. • — 

 preliosa. In pretiosa Moore (11 f), from Kashmir, the yellow is less reduced, the red colour as well as the violet 

 tinge in the marginal area being less extended; on the other hand, the black median rows are covered 

 witli silvery bands, running transversely across the forewing. — flammealis Moore is a large non-Pale- 

 urctic form from the Eastern Himalayas. — defecta Walk, described from Nepal, is also not known from 

 striata, the Palearctic region. — striata Bron. &: drey, however, inhaljits North China; it has mere dots or dashes 

 instead of the brownish stripes, and the yellow reticulation predominates over the red ground-colour, 

 pidchra. wliich is much reduced. — puichra Butl. is a ratlier small l)ut very brightly coloured form from Ja])an, 

 in which the red is very deep and bright, but the black dots of the transverse lines of the forewing are 

 pulefeerrma. almost obsolete. — pulcherrima Stgr., from the Anuir, is also very bright red, but not constantly different 

 from the other East Asiatic forms, and connected l)y a complete chain of transitions with the North 

 C'liineso and Japanese forms. — Some other forms of the species {lanceolata, lucibilis), do not reach the 

 Palearctic region. The entire species has an immense area of distribution: from Amurland southward to 

 the Malay Archipelago, and from Kashmir and Western Anterior India over Ceylon throughout South 

 Asia to China and Japan. The moths do not seem to be rare, but to occur singly like most Miltochrista. 

 decussata. M. decussata Moore (11 d). One of the most inconspicuous species; dull straw-coloured, often slightly 



tinged with brown in places. A few small dark dots at the base; others in the disc, being remnants of 

 the central transverse line; the outer lini! strongly and deeply dentate; marginal area with black vein- 

 streaks. East China. 



M. delineaia Walk. (= rhodina H.-Schaff.). The original form not Palearctic. This is orange, fore- 

 wing with black basal dots. The inner transverse line of the forewing twice elbowed, the middle one 

 shghtly incurved, the outer one originating at the same spot as the middle one, and excurved below the 

 discal spot; in the outer area dark vein-streaks. In the hindwing there are also dark vein-streaks in the 

 juseescms. apical region. South-East Asia. The form fuscescens Butl. (= chinensis Fldr.) has the base of the fore- 

 wing darkened; northward to the Yang-tse-kiang. 

 calamina. M. calatnina Btifl. (= lutea Stgr.) (11 d). Larger than decussata, brighter and purer yellow, other- 



wise similar; the anterior and middle transverse lines of the forewing slightly more distinct, approximating 

 each other in the middle, the outer line very strongly dentate. In Amurland, locally abundant, e. g. at 

 Nikolaiovsk; at the Ussuri; in Japan on the North, Main and South Islands. 



rufa. M. rufa Leech (11 c). Hampson has separated this very peculiar species from this genus, and 



united it as genus Heliosia with 3 yellow forms inhabiting the Papuan and Malayan countries. Both 

 wings rose-red, the forewing being darker, and both have a broad black band before the margin; the fore- 

 wing moreover is sooty in the basal third. Occurs in Centra] China, and has probably Httle to do with 

 the otlier forms which Hampson places in his genus Heliosia. 



12. Genus: Xutliua Stgr. 



This genus is based on a small species from Eastern Asia, which Staudinger separated from 



Miltocliristu. The insect is a transition from the latter to Paidia. It is a small yellow moth, with 



slightly pectinate antenna, rounded forewing and very large, broad hindwing. Tongue strong, long, palpi 



short, upturned before the frons, which they just reach. Nothing is known of the early stages. 



iirtnxidia. N. artaxidia Butl. (= nul)ilosa Stgr.) (11 f). Straw-coloured, hindwing lighter; in the outer half 



of the forewing a grey sinuous cloud; on the hindwing of the (J a darker shadowy band before the margin. 

 In Amurland, near Vladivostock, and at the Ussuri; according to Leech in Corea; also in Japan, where 

 Fenton found it near Tokio, and Pryek on the Ohoyama. 



13. Genus: Apaidia H.-Schiiff. 



This genus consists of two small grey South European species. Head small; frons not very broad, 

 not narrowed below; palpi short, obliquely upturned; tongue developed. Antenna of c? ciliate, of $ very 

 thin. Thorax and abdomen very thin, somewhat resembling those of certain Tineidae in facies; abdomen 

 just reaching the anal angle. Forewing shghtly elongate, pointed in rufeola, more rounded in mesogona; 

 hindwing large and broad. The larva densely hairy, on bark, into which they eat. 



mesogona. A. mesogona Godt. (11 f). Brownish ashy grey; through the middle of the forewing a shadowy line 



runs from the costa and another from the inner margin-, which sometimes merge together and form a 

 continuous line. In Southern France and on the Iberian Peninsula. Larva brown, light yellow dorsally, 

 densely hairy, with a lateral line composed of black spots, until "Slay on the trunks of cork-oaks, on lichens. 



