250 AMPELOPHAGA; BERUTANA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



comb. Inner and outer spurs of tibiae very different in length, the long apical spur of the hind tibia longer than 

 tarsal segment 2. Wings entire, apex of forewing pointed, radial 2 of hind wing before the middle of the cell. 

 Abdomen above green at the base. Valve of ^ with (less than 10) large, erect, modified scales on the outer surface. 

 — Larva anteriorly tapering, with a pale lateral stripe from the head to the horn; thorax with an ocellus 

 on each side; horn long in the first stages and straight or its tip curved upward, later simply curved downward 

 and short. Pupa brownish clay-colour, with a row of black spots along each side ; cremaster ending in two points. 

 Of the 7 known species 1 extends into the Palearctic Region. The species resemble each other in 

 pattern . 

 }ierii. D. nerii L. (39 c). An African species which is very abundant in troj)ical Africa, is found eastwards 



as far as North- East India, and every year in Jvuie and Jidy wanders far northward in Europe. Light 

 green, shatled with dark green, Forewing with a pale-bordered basal dot, a light area before the middle 

 narrowing behind, lunning along the hind margin to the base and being usually (but not always) of a reddish 

 tint, distall}' of tliis ai'ea a dark green band which is anteriorly widened somewhat in hatchet-shape and on the 

 distal side bounded by a light line extending from the costal margin to radial 3. Hindwing only green at the 

 distal margin. — Egg as large as that of Sphinx ligustri. Young larva green; full-fed with yellow thoracical 

 segments, more rarely altogether yellowish or browni.sh, from segment 4 on each side a light stripe which 

 ends at the horn. Ocellus large, transversely constricted. On Nerium, also Vlnca. The moth in Southern 

 Europe in May and June and again in August, sometimes a third generation in the autumn; in the tropics 

 all the year round. The specimens of the spring-brood of Southern Europe have a slightly different tint than 

 the summer specimens. 



The other species belong exclusively to the Indo-Australian fauna. 



28. Genus: Auipoloplia^a Brem. a> Grey. 



Antennae filiform, slender, distally very gradually tapering, with a very short end-segment . Eyes without 

 pendant lashes. The spines of the abdomen very numerous and but weakly chitinised. Wings entire, apex 

 of forewing pointed, costal margin of hindwing not widened. Spin's of tibiae very unequal in length, the longer 

 ones more than half the length of the first tarsal segment, which is but little shorter than the tibia. Abdomen 

 with sharply defiiied pale dorsal line. — Larva strongly tapering in front, with small head. — Pacific 

 Palearctic and Indo-Malayan, CUosely allied genera occur in North America, 



A. rubiginosa. Reddish brown, more or less shaded Avith grey, Forewing with darker transverse bands 

 and lines, an oblique apical line continued in zigzag shape to the hind margin. Larva on Vitis, Ampelopsis, 

 and Convolvulus, with a jiale stripe wliieh runs from the horn frontad, lateral oblique bands being connected 



rubiginosa. with it. Japan to North India. — rubiginosa Brem. cfc Grey (= romanovi Stgr., ienobu Holl.). (39 d). The 

 dark bands of the forewing well developed. The apex of the antenna with greyish yellow scaling. Distal 

 margin of hindwing rusty red. Some of the bred sj)ecimens are very pale, Japan and Amurland to Hongkong 

 fasciosa. and West ('hina, throughout the summer, presumably in .several broods, — fasciosa Moure (39 d). The apex 

 of the antenna dorsally on the frontal side with black sealing. Upperside of body and wings duller greyish 

 brown, bands of forewing more or less obsolete, fringes of hindwing almost white. From Southern Kashmir to 

 Assam, 

 khasiana. A. khasiana Roths. Median line of body duller than in rubiginosa, the body laterally and beneath 



nuich deeper red tiian in the preceding species, ujiperside likewise deeper in colour, the spaces between the 

 bands of the forewing prominently whitish grey, tlie dentate discal line of rvbiginv.sri replaced by a non-dentate 

 band. — North India; in the British Museum also a $ from Mupin (West CUiiiia) which is somewhat paler beneath. 



29, Genus: Ifieriiluiia B. & J.*) 



A reduced derivation from Ampelophagn. Head with distinct tuft between the antennae. At the upper 

 edge of the eye pendant scales (eye-lashes), Pulvillus small (of normal size in Ampelophaga), paronychium 

 with only one lobe on each side. The long apical spur of the mid and hind tibiae less than half the length of the 

 first tarsal segment. Distal margin of wings slightly dentate; subcostal and radial 1 of hindwing on a short 

 stalk, — Larva anteriorly strongly tapering, on each side with a longitudinal line and oblique stripes; on 

 Vitis. Pupa with blackish spots. — Only 1 species. 



B. kotschyi. Pale reddish brown shaded with grey; forewing with darker transverse lines and a discal 

 syriaca. band, which are all but moderately obvious. Syria to Persia. — syriaca Led. (39 e). The markings of the fore- 

 wing distinct. Ground-colour sometimes paler, sometimes deeper. The q paler than the ?, Syria and Pale- 



kotschyi. stme, not rare in the neighbourhood of Beyrut at the end of July and in August. — kotschyi Koll. (= mardina 

 Stgr.). Larger than the previous form. Mesopotamia and Southern Persia (Shiraz). 



*) In Tutt. Bril. Leii. vol. IV. p. 57 (U)OI), tlio fdllowintr fodt-iioto incurs: ,, ticnus - r/a)-nirt, ty))e si/rhirii. FUir'ma, 

 typo jupnnica. Lilhui, type hi.icrta {silhetcnsis). Arleii.'i misht woll .stand a.s the type of Penjesa, and oUleidandkic of .V ,(//<)- 

 yhanes". — Such name,-; without description as Clarino. Fiorina and I.Uiiia aie a most superfluous ballast and should alway.s 

 be rejected. 



