290 CNETHODONTA. By Dr. K. Grunberg. 



basalis. S. basalis Moore (= taczanowskii Obertli.) (44 g), from China (Shanghai) and Japan, is considerably 



smaller than fagi; the forewing is comparatively broader, the light basal area extends across the first trans- 

 verse band to the median band. — • Specimens of this species from Japan have less sharp markings and a uni- 



niphonica. form and pale brown ground-colour. There is a distinct red tone in the median band. We call this form ni- 

 phonica w. ab. (44 g). 

 comahts. S. comatus Leech. Forewing white, base and hind margm brownish grey with black markings, beyond 



cell a brownish grey spot between costal margin and vem 5. Hind^\ing white, with brown-grey submarginal 

 band, which becomes narrow and indistinct below vein 3; the hindmarginal half suffused with blackish and 

 bearing white hair. — West China (Omei-Shan). 



berberisae. S. berberisae Moore (49 a) is really an Oriental form, occurrmg at the boundary of our region in the 



Himalayas (Dharmsala) to the south of Kashmir. Ground-colour very dark brown; the markings similar to 

 those of fagi, sharply expressed, black, edged with white proximally. The larva feeds on Berberisa in July and 

 August. 

 viridescens. S. viridescens Walk. A large species for this genus, the $ having an expanse of up to 100 mm. Body 



grey-brown, collar and patagia, hind edge of thorax and apex of abdomen green. Forewing grey-green with 

 2 subbasal, 2 prediscal, and 3 postdiscal black-brown lines of arcs, as well as 1 submarginal one; in $ the median 

 area of the forewing between the pre- and postdiscal lines as well as the base brownish. Hindwing grey-brown 

 with lighter costal margin.- — Widely distributed in the Oriental Region, and extending northward to China. The 

 species being an essentially Indian insect, it will be figured in vol. X. 



bideniatus. S. bidentatus Wileman. Head and thorax white-grej% collar and patagia edged with black-brown. 



Forewing with the same light ground-colour; the entire median area from the hind margin foreward occupied 

 by a large dark brown spot which is shallowly excised before the hind margin, so that it bears here two pointed 

 projections; the central portion of the hind margin below the patch white; on the outer half of the wing a 

 postdiscal white ta-ansverse band and a submarginal one, between which there is a dark costal spot; along the 

 margm a blackish line of arcs, the fringes spotted with blackish at the veins. Hindwing and abdomen grey- 

 brown, the former with a paler median band and whitish fringes with dark spots. — Japan (Hondo). 



nigrilinea. S. (?) iligrilinea Leech. Head and collar blackish, patagia grej^; hind margin of thorax and the ab- 



domen grey-brown. Forewing greyish, sparsely dusted with black scales; a narrow black streak runs from 

 the hind margin obliquely to the apex of the cell and thence to the distal margin. Hindwing grey-brown. 

 — Central China (Chang- Yang). 

 tama. S. lama Oberth. (48 g). Forewing and thorax ashy grey, irrorated with dispersed black scales, the 



anterior portion being lighter; below the cell an elongate black basal sjjot reaching to the prediscal band, which 

 is composed of isolated black spots; postdiscal band broad, composed of continuous black spots; before the 

 margin a black transverse line. Hindwing grey-brown, the costal margin with blackish apical spot. — Siao- 

 lu, at the Chinese-Tibetan frontier. 

 picieti. s. picteti Oberth. (48 g). A rather large species, recalling fagi by its scheme of markings. The large 



basal patch of the forewing reaches to the prediscal band and is bright grey-green ; in front of the black discal 

 spot some black dots in the cell, the postdiscal dentate band as well as its pale edges indistinct ; the row of black 

 submarginal spots as in fagi, but without light proximal border. Hindwuig lighter grey-brown, the basal 

 half of the costal area green. — Siao-lu. 



7. Genus: Cnetliodoiita Stgr. 



Allied to Sfaiiropus. Antennae of both sexes pectinate to the tip, the pectinations long in J, short in 

 $. Palpi longer than in Stauropus, distinctly projectmg beyond the frons, being slightly upturned. Tongue 

 vestigial. Eye naked. Legs clothed with dense woolly hair, nearly as in Stauropus, hind tibia with terminal 

 spurs. Abdomen with apical tuft, which is short in $. Forewing relatively broad, the costal margin slightly 

 curved in distal half, distal margin not very strongly oblique, likewise slightly curved, hind angle obtuse. 

 Hindwing broad, with the hind margin almost straight. In forewing veins 3 and 4 close together from lower 

 angle of cell, 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked, without areole. In hindwing veins 3 and 4 together from lower cell-angle, 

 which is pointed and much produced, 5 from befoi'e the centre of the discocellulars, 6 and 7 on a long stalk, 

 8 touching centre of cell in a point. — The geims appears to be restricted to Eastern Asia, whence 4 species 

 are kno^sii. 

 griaescens. c. grisescens Stgr. (= acronycta Oberth. ?) (45 b). Head and thorax' grey; abdomen grey-brown. 



Forewing light grey-white, dusted everywhere with black-brown scales, a prediscal transverse line and a postdiscal 

 one, as well as a discal spot and a row of submarginal spots likewise black-bro^\ni ; the dark scales of which the 

 lines and spots are composed are semi-erect. Hindwing grey-brown with the costal margua paler. — Amur- 

 land and Japan. 

 pryeri. C. pryeri Leech. Forewing grey-white, irrorated with dark scaling; an interrupted subbasal band 



blackish, a prediscal line and a postdiscal one dark, beyond the latter an irregular dark macular band. Hind- 

 wing grey-brown with paler apex, — Japan, 



