354 AMATISSA; CLANIA; PSYCHINAE; ACANTHOPSYOHE. By Dr. E. Strand. 



1. Genus: Auiatissa Walk. 



Forewing with 12 veins, 1 b sending two spurs to hind margin, 4 and 5 short-stalked or from a point, 

 Sand 9 stalked, cell-vein forked, the lower branch of fork sending a .spur to median nervure; in the hindwing 

 6 absent, and 7 connected with 8 by a bar. Fore tibia unarmed, terminal segment of the tarsi long. 



consoria. A. consorta Tempi. (= inornata Walk.) (56g). ^ dark brown, abdomen with yellow and brown markings. 

 Expanse 28 mm. Larva-case covered with minute fragments of vegetable matter, the free end strongly pointed. 

 . On the Aving in May — June in Japan (Yoshimo, Yamato, Hondo); also known from Ceylon and Borneo. 



2. Genus: C'laiila Walk. 



Antenna pectinated to tip, but tlie branches gradually decrease in length from the first third. Fore- 

 wing rather pointed, with oblique distal margin, veins 4 and 5 and again 8 and 9 stalked, all the 12 

 veins present; in the hindwing two branches from 8 to costal margin. Terminal segment of fore tarsus long. 

 Fore tibia with a long spine. The abdomen considerably projects beyond anal angle of hindwing. 



pryeri C. pryeri Leech, from Shanghai, appears to me to be a doubtful species. The original description 



consists of 4 lines, the species being compared with "Eumeta wardii from South India", which has not even 

 been published (sic!) (probably Eumein luyardii was meant). Accordhig to Hampson (1892) pryeri as well as 

 larjardii are synonyms of C'lania variegata Snell. from Celebes; but, to judge from the origmal descriptions, 

 the forms can hardly be identical. If the above-mentioned "Eumeta wardii'" was a laps. cal. for Eumeta 

 layardii, we may assume that pryeri is different from layardii. — The forewing of C. pryeri are said to be 

 broader than in "Eumeta wardii", the apex of the hmdwing less prominent, the colouring more uniformly dark 

 coppery brown than "in the other species of Eumeta'' (in layardii bears the forewing two rather distinct pale 

 longitudmal bands). Expanse 28.5 mm. 



japonica. C. japotlica Heyl. rjdark brown, costal margin of forewing paler, fringes brown at their bases, yellow- 



ish at their apices. Antenna with 36 segments. Lerva-case long, pear-shaped, covered with small twigs and 

 leaves. — Tokio. 

 minuscida. C. minuscula Biifl. (56 g). Smoky brown, with a rosy suffusion, veins of forewing blackisli ; body 



darker than the wings. Expanse about 23 mm. — Yokohama; Central China. 



b. Subfamily: Psychinae. 



o with one pair of very short spurs to the hind tibia, hind leg shorter than the fore leg; in the fore- 

 wing veins 1 a and 1 b separate at the base, then anastomosing for a short distance, sending a single Ijraiuh 

 to the hind margin, and the other to the distal margin; in the hiiid\\ing vein 7 connected by a bar with 8. 



3. (i(Mius: Aoaiitli4»|>s^'olio Hetjl. 



(^ : forewing with II veins, liindwing with 7. In the forewing Ic terminates in the distal liranch 

 of 1 b, 8 and 9 stalked, 6 absent. In the hindwing 6 also absent, 7 connected witli 8 by a bar; 4 and 5 

 of both wings either stalked or separately from cell. Antenna bipectinated to the tip, the shaft as well as the 

 pectinations hairy beneath, the former scaled above, the latter not s('aled above and gradually decreasing in 

 length from middle to apex. Legs long and slender, femora with long hair, fore tibia armed with a very long 

 spine, hind tibia without spurs. $ vermiform, with projecting head, small dots as vestigial antennae, black 

 eye-spots and dilated anal segment. Mid and hind legs vestigial, mid leg with a claw-like bristle, nota of 

 thorax black and polished, anal segment with fleshy processes. — The larva (cf. A. atra) with narrow 

 head, the body broadest a.t segments 3 and 4, the intersegmental incisions distinct, anal segment with horny 

 plate, abdominal legs with distinct central impression, the thoracical legs short and strong, the third jiair 

 the largest. 

 atra. A, atra L. (= opacella H.-Schdff., furva Kirby nee Borkh, fenella Newm.) (55 a). ^: The wings semi- 



transparent, blackish brown with darker veins, towards distal margin with upper scales. Abdomen with 

 moderately long hair. Antenna with 29 segments, 4.3 mm long, the first segment very long, the second 

 large and globular. $ 10 mm. long, 3 nma broad, white, vermiform, a small black chitinous dorsal plate on the 

 first abdominal segment; the hair at once wears off. Distributed throughout Europe from Finmark to the 

 Mediterranean, and from England to Asia Minor and Transcaucasia. On the wing end of April and May. 

 senex. — senex Stgr., from Bulgaria and Armenia, has the antennae thicker, the thorax and abdomen whiter and the 

 scaling thinner. Has later also been recorded from Roumania and Tiflis, and is perhaps a distinct species. 

 — The larva of the main form is dirty yellow, with blackisli dorsum; the thoracical plates spotted with deep 

 black and j^ellow. Annual or (according to obsei'vations in England) biennial, on Calluna, Vaccinium, Sali.x, 

 Gramineae, etc. The larva case dark in colour, moderately stout, not very regularly covered with sand and 

 vegetable fragments, up to 20 mm. long, in ^ with a silk-tube 5 mm. long. 



