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EUCHAEIA; EUPREPIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



P oarvula Fldr (16 c). This moth from Kashmir is miknown to me in uatm-e, and therefore we 

 ' reproduce' iSfk s figure. The brown forewmg has a rose-red costa and a dark ohh.iue shadow; the 



hindwing is purple-pink with black marginal band and discal spot. 



44. Genus: Eucliaria Hbii. 



Rather small moths with handsome markings: thorax broad, very woolly; wings rather short and 



broad Head moderately large, with the frons narrow and so densely co^^red with woolly hairs tha the 



eves and palpi are quite hidden, and only the rather short antennae, which are strong y bipectmate in 



the' ^ protrude from the wool. Thorax, broad, especially in the 3, with short and dense hair which 



,Hnfls' erect on the te-ulae. Legs short, femora and tibiae densely covered with woolly hair. Abdomen 



tt rlrt, sha g -, in the^? heavy, club-shaped, with shorter hair, brightly spotted. The arvae 



sL lar to those of the preceding genus, densely clothed with short, shaggy hair, with a ligh dorsal hn . 



There is only one brood. The moths come to the light. The larvae remain hidden in daytime and feed at mght. 



E casta Esv (16 c). Forewing dark brown, before and again beyond the centre a dull white 



'" "■ transversa band, from winch a strong tooth extends distad. Hindwing dull white in the c?, rose-red in 



tLe Q 'vith bkck-brown outer band. Central Europe, from the Pyrenees to South Russia, local and 



.-.■ • noradica usuallv common at its fhght-places. In ab. mediodivisa Spul. (16 d) the tooth of the inner 



'"^'^^'''^"""•S ^-a n"!i ?nto the outer band, .so that the band of the brown ground-colour lying between the bands 



Ts eparated into two spots; mostly the dark base of the forewing is also divided by white hnes or separ- 



deserta ated into small spots In the form deserta Bartel the brown colour is extended, the outer wnte band 



o he forewing not being produced distad into a tooth, and the hindwing being predominant y smok 

 niaraia own with a dull white median band. In ab. nigrata Schum the forewing is a most entirely black 

 .S a b b vittata Spul, on the other hand, has on the hindwing an inner dark browm band running pamlle 

 Tea w h the outer margin, ab. lutea Schultz are ?? with yellow hindwmg. -Larva f^^^k brown with 

 ;ivetv black dorsal s^ots divided by a yellow central line, and black wai-ts bearing blackish hairs; in 

 the summer on low-growing plants: it pupates in the autumn in a cocoon intermixed with earth, the pupa 

 is stumpy and reddish brown, and the moth appears in the following June. 



45. Genus: Eiiprepia 0. 



This genus contains 4 species, all Palearctic. It corresponds to the genus Apant^sis which is 

 .-idelv distributed in North America and contains a great many species similar \^-^ f f-^ ^"^^ 

 authors also placing with it A. quenselU, winch occurs mter aha in the Higher Alps of the Old Woid. 

 S e specls o!Eupr%^a are mediiim-sized. bicolorous, moderately brightly coloured moths .^ich resemble 

 on.^ another. Thev are distributed over the Mediterranean countries, only one species extending eastward 

 "cental Asia. - Head and thorax shaggy. Frons narrow, with strong tuft of hair which par ly hideB 

 he llrge eyes- palpi short, porrect: tongue aborted. Hindwing rather small in comparison with the fo^e- 

 w ng with ve;y^e'w or n; spots, while the forewing is usually brightly spotted. In some species there 

 rs7birdder-shaped organ laterally on the metathorax, which is considered an organ for the perception 

 of sound Tt larvae' are unusudly stout and plump, especially the middle segments bemg swollen; on 

 grass, among the root of which they remain hidden m day-time. The moths usually rest on the ground, 



. , . '"'^ ''''E''''rivularis Men. (16 c). The smallest species. White, forewing with numerous small black spots 



""^""^- and .oLn:^, varyii in number and distinctness, which has led to tl^e pubh^on <^-veral n^s. 



Thorax above with shaggy ivory hair, in the middle and on each tegulae a black streak. In the Caucasus, 



.uaica ''"""e ";«d'c~"= 'tessellata VUl.) (16 c). Larger, the ground-colour of the wings more or less 

 '"'^"- tinged with ittcolour,\,he spots on the forewing. larger and less numerous, the -^-ing al.o sparser- 

 potted Head black, the streaks of the thorax so broad that they almost supersede the whitish giound- 

 coloi with the exception of the collar; abdomen red, spotted with black. As ^nr^vular^s^^ specimens occur 

 S' a blackened (ab. .nuJIl ScJruU.) or have the markings confluent (ab. cohaerens Schutz). There is 



nareola. t^ a fellow form, ib. flaveola SMtz. - In South Europe and ^'^^f^^^.J^^Xr^nSl^^^ 

 with very short tufts of hair, which radiate from the warts; on grass; from the autumn until ApiU, m 

 yimeLitlld among the 'roots. Before it pupates the larva rests for ^^^7 ^^^^ -,:;/«r summ: 

 stoLs, sometimes together with ants, which do not appear to molest it. ^he moth a. t^ la e su^ 

 and autumn In Spain, Southern France, Mauretania, Italy, Dalmat.a and the Ba kan Penin.ula, common 

 ahnost everywhere. ' On warm days the larvae also feed in the winter; one must not forget to put foi 

 them into the breeding-jar loose earth into which to crawl. 



oerizcni E. oertzeni Led. (16 c). Still larger than the preceding, forewing with only 8 "^ 9. mostly very 



large spots; hindwing, especially in the outer half, tinged with very bright rose-red. Head and thorax 

 quite dark brown above. Syria. 



