122 LAELIA. By Dr. E. Strand. 



with middle and apical spurs. Larva as far as knoAVTi with yellow dorsal brushes and dark pencils on the 

 first segment, on species of grass and bamboo; moths in the summer; the (J(J fly about briskly, the $$ 

 resting on stalks of grass or bamboo-leaves near the ground. 



coenoaa. L. coenosa Hhn. (19 i). (J: Pale ochreous, with three obsolescent longitudinal smears and a few 



blackish dots in the marginal area of the forewing. $ uniformly dirty white. Widely distributed in Central 

 Europe (North Germany, Northern France, England, Hungary, Bukovina, Bulgaria, Catalonia) and also 

 occurs in Eastern Asia (North China, Ussuri district, Amur, Corea, Japan). A form from Central China, 

 white or almost imperceptibly yellow in the ^ sex, at most with indications of dark marginal spots, is 

 Candida, described as Candida Leech; this is also recorded from the Bukovina, and the $ of it described as pure 

 sawiaiva. white. — sangaica Moore, from Japan and China, is closely allied to coenosa, and probably the two have 

 often been confounded, sangaica is grejash ochreous on the entire upperside, being only slightly whitish 

 at the base of the hindwing (in coenosa the hindwing is unicolourous and lighter than the forewing); the 

 number of black spots six at most, base of thorax and abdomen whitish; underside of body lighter than 

 the upperside and without spots; frons and legs brownish ochreous. 31 to 32 mm. Typical locality: 

 Shanghai. Dr. A. Seitz, on 11. 8. 1891, caught a ^ near Yokohama which is a new form, ab. 

 pnMcipi/Mrfa. paucipuncta form. nov. (19 i): forewing with at most four black dots, forming a slightly oblique but al- 

 shmms. n\ost straight line. Length of forewing 18 mm, of body 16 mm. — sinensis Walk. (= brevicornis Walk.). 

 (J: Head and thorax dirty white. Abdomen yellowish, with white woolly hairs anteriorly. Wings greyish 

 at the costa, otherwise fairly pure white, with single obsolescent black dots in the marginal area. Forewing be- 

 low suffused M-ith reddish brown at the margins. Hindwng white. Basal segment of paljii. miderside of antennae 

 and femora brownish. Body of $ larger than in coenosa Hbn., wings pure white without markings, but 

 with a diffuse spot in cell 2. Below suffused with lighter brownish at the margins. Antennae seen from 

 above white, from below black. Length of forewing 17 to 18 mm. Tyjjical locality: Hongkong, also re- 

 giganlra. corded from Corea and said to occur at the Middle Amur. — gigantea Bull, in the (J closely resembles true 

 coenosa, but is considerably larger, A\'ithout smoke-coloured suffusion or striation, and has an irregular angul- 

 ate row of six black spots transversely across the wings. Hindwing white. Thorax cream-colour. Frons 

 ochreous. Legs white instead of yellow and grey. Abdomen and underside white. Expanse 52 mm. Yoko- 

 hama. — Like sangaica, also sinensis and gigantea have been regarded as separate species, but I leave 

 the question open, as the material before me does not suffice to determine whether they are distinct 

 species or only local races. — Egg smooth, white, with a bro^ra incomplete ring. The larva of coenosa 

 lives on various species of grasses on damp meadows, is yellowish grey with black, white and reddish 

 yellow markings, yellow dorsal tufts and black pencils; until July on Festuca, Carex and other grasses. 

 Pupa with tufts of yellow hair, in a yellow cocoon intermixed with hair. Moth in Jiily and August. 



iiiiihrina. L. umbrina Moore (20 a), from North India, is in the cj wine-brown, on the forewing with an 



angulate transverse row of small light spots bearing light pupils; hindwing in the basal two-thirds more 

 thinlj' scaled and therefore appearing lighter, more gi-eyish; otherwise .smoky bro\vn. Thorax reddish brown, 

 abdomen smoke-bro-\\ai. Underside smoky brown, with lighter margin and veins. Legs partly ochreous. 34 mm. 

 In the Himalayas, from Kulu in Kashmir. 



japomiiUi. L. japonibia sfec. nov. (19 i ^, 21c $). ^■. Forewing and hind^ving uniformly brown-grey, the 



former with a black dot on the discocellular, which is 1. 5 mm long and half as broad. Fringes, as far 

 as recognisable, like the wings. Hind\ving with the indication of an almost linear bar on the discocellular; 

 Ijeneath this bar is distinct, being slightly widened at both ends, while the discocellular spot of the fore- 

 wing is only indicated below and is very distinct above. Body like the wings, slightly lighter below. Legs 

 grey, suffused with browTiish yellowish. Antennae greyish white vnt\\ darker pectinations. Expanse 37 mm, 

 length of body 14, length of forewing 17 to 18. Japan (Coll. Seitz). 



exclama- L. exclamatlonis Koll. (= rubida Walk., cervina Walk., rotundata Walk.) (19 i). ^■. Reddisli 



'"""■"■ brown or dark fawai ; forewing with irregular black irrorations and a black line as discocellular spot, which 

 often continues as far as vein 2 and is interrupted by lighter veins. 9 lighter and paler, rj 36, $ 44 mm. 

 disjunda. In ab. disjuncta Walk. (= rotunda Moore, Lep. Ceyl. II, pi. 110, fig. 4, 4a) the discocellular spot is se- 

 parated into two spots and the colouring is more greyish. — Larva brown, with dorsal tufts of the same 

 colour and a subdorsal row of very short orange-coloured tufts. Kashmir, also through Anterior India 

 to Ceylon. 



lestama. L. testacea Walk. ($ = uniformis Hatnps.) (20 a). Like exclamationis, but the forewing with a 



black subapical streak {^). $ more ochreous instead of red. The true testacea is very light, in the $ with 



juvenls. scarcely a vestige of black dusting. — In the form juvenis Walk, the forewing of the ^ is said to be longer. 

 colon. — colon Ilamfs. has a dot-like (J) or quite short ($) di.scocellular spot. — A preeminently North Indian 

 species, probably extending into Palearctic territory in the North- West. 



