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at the foot of trees in a cell in the ground. Moth in 2 broods in the South, April- — May and July — ^August; from 

 Central Germany northward one brood only, April to June. One of the commonest Prominents. 



L. saturata Walk. (40 h). A North Indian species closely related to camelina, and lately also found satumla. 

 in Japan. Forewing dark red brown with a grey tone and shai-p black pre- and postdiscal bands. Hindwing 

 greyish brown, the black anal spot bounded by a sharp whitish transverse line. — In the southern Ussuri-district 

 the species is represented by a special form, hoegei Graes., which differs from the closely allied camelina and hoeyei. 

 gimffina int he colouring being darker, more brown-grey, and in the black markings being more sharply devel- 

 oped; moreover, the outer edge ef the median band is less sharply dentate, more straight, the lobe of scales 

 at the hind margin paler than the ground. Larva (according to Graeser) pale yellow, glossy like lack, with 

 single small hairs and glossy black head; .segment 1 swollen and above reddish yellow, 2 — 11 with sven thick 

 black longitudinal lines, 1 1 with a prominence which bears two obtuse brick-red tubercles. Laterally a sulphur- 

 yellow longitudinal stripe from head to anus, the body black below this stripe, a yellow longitudinal stripe on 

 the underside. Thoracic legs yellow with black claws, abdominal legs black with narrow yellow rings. In 2 

 broods, gregarioiis on Acer. 



L. cucuUa Esp. (= cucuUina Schiff.) (46 h). Forewing pale brown, the costal area extended pale cuculla. 

 yellowish (collar and vertex of the same colour), distal margin white from near the apex to the hind angle; 

 inner transverse band indicated only at the costal and hind margins, the outer one rather more distal in posi- 

 tion than in camelina, distinctly double and very sharply dentate; veins likewise black in the outer half; lobe 

 of scales at the hind margin blackish grey. Hindwing greyish brown, the black anal spot divided by a pale 

 line. — In Central Europe, widely distributed, but everywhere much rarer than camelina. Absent from Hol- 

 land,extends eastward to Croatia, southward to Central Italy and Sicily. Also in theUssuri-district. Egg moderately 

 convex, whitish green. Larva light green to yellow or reddish, with a globose prominence on abdominal seg- 

 ments 2^6, the firstone bearingtwo wart-like tubercles, segment 8 with a long conical forked process. Spirac- 

 les with black edges. Head with two dark red-brown longitudinal stripes. June — August on Maple, rarely 

 on Hazel. Pupa dark red-brown, with the anal end obtuse, broadly rounded. Moth from May to early August. 



L. ladislai Oberth. (46 h). Clo.selly allied to cuculla, but larger, the markings similar but much more ladislai. 

 prominent. The ground of the forewing somewhat darker, especially on the hindmarginal half, the bands in- 

 tensely black and more sharply dentate ; the white marginal area essentially the same. Head and collar pure 

 white, like a spot at the base of the forewing. — • Amurland and Ussuri-district; Japan. The moth is on the 

 wing in June and July in East Asia. 



L. admirabilis Stgr. (40 h). Body and forewing red-brown, the lobe of scales at the hind margin divided, admira- 

 Of the 3 bands of the forewing only the outer one is well-developed, being a black-edged whitish continuous '''*• 

 dentate band, the inner and the middle bands consist merely of separate spots; at the apex of cell a large lunate 

 black discal spot; before the margin a whitish submarginal line from which extend black-edged rays on the 

 veins to the margin. Hindwing brownish grey, with a diffuse darker band; at the anal angle only the margin 

 is darkened. There is no cre.st of scales on the thorax. — ■ Southern Ussuri-district (island of Askold); Japan. 



L. mirabilior Obertlt. Very similar to the preceding, but distinguished by strongly undulate distal mirahilior. 

 margin of the forewing and the more prominent markings. The white pre- and postdiscal bands are strongly 

 developed and shai-ply dentate, in front of the whitish-bordered yellowish brown discal spot there is in the 

 cell another similar spot also with white border. 'Hindwing yellowish brown with blackish median band. — ■ 

 Ta-tsien-lu, Sze-chuan, West China. 



L. velutina Oberth. (46 h). Likewise restricted to East Asia, with the markings quite different. Head, velutina. 

 thorax and forewing reddish grey, the forewing with a dark brown longitudinal stripe extending from the base 

 of the costal margin to distal margin and bearing in its centre an intensely black longitudinal line; the pre- 

 and postdiscal black dentate bands only distinct in the hinder half. Hindwing and abdomen dark grey-brown, 

 the anal angle only very restrictedly and very feebly darkened. — ■ Amurland and Ussuri-district; Japan. 



L. sinensis Moore. Forewing dark brown with slight black spots and pre- and postdiscal dentate bands ; sinensis. 

 from the lobe of scales at the hind margin proceeds a pale grey oblique stripe, and the veins bear light spots 

 in their outer halves. Hindwing with blackish anal j)atch interrupted by grey colouring. — • Shanghai. 



L. pryeri Butl. Only known from Japan, where it does not appear to be rare. Similar to Odon. sieversi, pryeri. 

 but the forewing shorter and sometimes of a dark brown ground-colour; lobe of scales at hind margin larger; 

 the black markings and the discal spot more prominent. — At Yokohama the commonest Notodont. 



L. umbrosa Leech. Forewing reddish brown, shaded with dark brown and blackish, with postdiscal umbrosa. 

 dentate band; at the apex of cell a pale spot. Hindwing dark brown. — West China, in July. 



