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A. maura Eichwald (= kerelini Men., fliiviatilis Swiwfe.) (17 g). Black-brown, the basal area of the maiira. 

 hindwing and the back of the abdomen rose-red. In Armenia, Transcaspia (Krasnovodsk), Persia, Turke- 

 stan, Baluchistan, in rocky localities, where the moths congregate in crevices of rocks and are said to 

 settle in large masses one on top of the other. 



66. Genus: Carciiiopyga Fehl. 



This genus only contains two species, with grey thorax, yellowish red abdomen and brightly banded 

 forewing. The head is fairly large, with the frons woolly, the porrect and rather short palpi being hidden 

 in the wool, with the exception of the end-segment; eyes small; antennae simple; body stout ; legs moder- 

 ately' strong, liindtibia witli small weak spurs; wings rather rounded. They inhabit Central Asia, from 

 Turkestan to Kashmir, and appear not to be abundant. 



C. lichenigera i'VW. (17 g). Porewing slate-grey, with six slightly curved 3'ellow transverse haiuh; lirhoiidcrd. 

 hindwing flesh-pink, lighter in the costal area, with large black spots. Ladak. 



C. proserpina Sigr. (17 h). Forewing violet-grey, with six light bands, which are however only prcserinnn. 

 distinctly yellow at the costa. Hindwing pale yellow, spotted with black, more so in the $ than in 

 the cj. Turkestan. — Larva dark brown, ochreous at the venter, with sparse pale brown hair, and white 

 spots laterally. Head black with two light spots: on species of Euphorbia and Artemisia. 



67. Genus: do nerd a Moore. 



This genus also only contains two species in the Palearctic region. It resembles the preceding 

 genus in the yellow bands of the forewing, but the bands are differently arranged, encircling a dot- 

 like streak in the median cell and forming a kind of maze. Head moderately large; thorax Inoad, with 

 broad whitish collar and broad black tegulae. Abdomen purple-red, with black spots dorsally and at the 

 apex. Wings broad, aborted in the $ of one species. Kashmir, and the neighbouring Tibet. 



G. bretaudiaui 0/j('r//(. (17 h). On the forewing the hght colour predominates, being a hght lemon- bjdoiirli- 



yellow with a tinge of green, and the black markings traverse the wing as broad curved hnes. Hindwing 



and abdomen purple-red, with three or four parallel black bands differing in width. In the $ the wings 

 are only half developed. Tibet. 



G. perornata Moore (17 h). Larger, more strongly developed, the 9 with the wings fully developed, perorndla. 

 the black bands so broad as to reduce the yellow on the forewing and the red on the hindwing to narrow • 

 interspaces. Kashmir. 



68. Genus: Preparctia Hani'ps. 



This genus also consists of two species and is exclusively Palearctic; large, handsome moths with 

 broad robust thorax and with the abdomen of the $ club-shaped posteriorly. Head fairly small, frons 

 smoothly hairy; tongue strong; palpi long, porrect; eyes large; antennae simple, but with stout shaft; legs 

 strong; hindtibia with moderate spurs. West China and Tibet. 



P. romanovi 6'r.-rr'r.5/(. (17 h). Forewing black, with very peculiar creamy-white bands, which cross ronKumri. 

 each other, traversing the wings in different directions. Hindwing golden yellow, before the outer margin 

 three black spots, and on the disc a few smaller ones. Abdomen red. From Amdo in Tibet, from the 

 Sinin Mts. 



P. mirificaOfeer;/(. (17 i). Eatber like the preceding in the markings, but in colour more like A.caja. mirilim. 

 Forewing dark brown, with white fasciae, hindwing bright scarlet with black spots. Thorax with white 

 and black markings; abdomen red with dark dorsal and lateral dots. From West China, Ta-tsien-lu. 



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69. Genus: Arctia Scltxank. 



Strongly built, very brightly coloured moths, often flying in daytime in the sunshine, but swarming 

 late at night. Head small, depressed. Frons smoothly hairy; eyes rather large; antennae of ^ serrate; 

 palpi short; tongue aborted. Thorax very broad and strong; abdomen of $ very stout posteriorly, that 

 of the cj more densely hairy. Legs strong, hindtibia with short spurs. Wings large and broad, brightly 

 coloured, forewing dark, spotted or banded with wliite, hindwing bright red or yellow, with black mark- 

 ings. In our conception of the genus it contains scarcely a dozen species, of which numerous varieties 

 have been erected. As the spots are confluent in every imaginable way and also vary so much in their 



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