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three warts in a triangle, wath a hair on each. Lives until April or May in the roots of Tithymalus epithi- 

 nioides, in sunny places, especially if stone-covered, fullgrow^l in the stout rhizome, close beneath the rmd 

 of which is also the silk-lined pupal cell. Pupa golden browii, head with short sharp edge ; the hodj with belts of 

 sharp erect points, and the cremaster surrounded by four pairs of dark sharply pointed cones. The moth emerges 

 from the end of May to July. 



Ch. guriensis Emich. (52c). Larger and slenderer than empiformis, forewing with blue black edges, gurknsis. 

 the costal margin being dusted with yellowish white, and the outer margin bearing five 3-ellowish dot-like smears. 

 Vitreous spots rather large ; the longitudinal spot extends to the transverse band in the c^ ; in the $ it is narrow 

 and scaled with yellowish white; outer vitreous patch traversed by two to four yellow veins. Fringes smoky 

 grey, yellowish white at the hind margin of the hmdwing. Body blue-black, antemiae dusted with yellowish 

 white. Palpi yellowish white, strongly black-hairy on the outer side. Frons and collar yellowish red. Inner 

 edges of patagia yellowish white. Segments 4 and 6 (in the ^ also 7) of abdomen ^vith yellowish white edge. 

 Anal tuft black, yellow below in the middle. Legs black ; hind tibia with a yellowish white ring. Tarsi yellow- 

 ish white. Near stelidiformis , from which it is easily distinguished by the abdominal belts not being broaden- 

 ed into spots laterally, and by segments 4 and 6 (in the o also ") having a whitish edge. — Transcaucasia 

 (Prov. Guria. July). 



Ch. osmiaeformis H.-Schdff. (52 d). Considerably smaller than stelidiformis, 12 to 19 mm in ex- osmiaefor- 

 panse, and more brown in colour. The whitish posterior edge of segment 4 only very slightly broader in the ""*• 

 centre and laterallj', not forming triangular spots. Anal tuft j'ellowish broT\ii. variegated with lighter hairs, 

 without distinct basal stripes laterally; below in the centre variegated with yellowish. Tibiae brown, 

 hind tibia in the middle yellow or whitish. Longitudinal area of forewing only indicated in the ^ ; wedge-shaped 

 spot verj- small. Outer vitreous area always much higher than it is broad, consisting of four or five small spots, 

 narrower in the $. Cross-vein of hindwing strongly and evenly incrassate, pointed posteriorly. The very 

 broad median band of the fore^-ing deep black, ^vithout brown dusting. Antennae bro^ni, golden yellow on 

 the outside, in the J almost entireh' cinnamon-yellow. Palpi of ^ white clothed with black hair on the outer 

 side of the middle and basal segments, in the $ yellow, only blackish at the apex of the middle segment and on the 

 end-segment. — From Sicily, Central and Southern Italy and questionably also from Dalmatia. in May and June. 



Ch. mutilata Stgr. Similar to stelidiformis but smaller (expanse 19 to 20 mm), hind margin of the fourth mutilala. 

 abdominal segment orange. Anal tuft black, right at the base with short orange stripes on both sides towards 

 apex: below only orange at the tip. Tibiae bluish black, orange-yellow in the basal half, tarsi dirty 

 whitish yellow. Forewing brownish black, slightly dusted with yellow. Longitudinal patch absent {^): wedge- 

 spot .short, as m alysoniformis: outer vitreous area small, consisting of three transparent spots and thinly 

 covered with yellowish scales: the small spots above and below the patch filled in \\ith yellow scales. Outer 

 border of hmdwing broader than in stelidiformis; cross-vein strongly incrassate anteriorly as in that species, 

 but quite thin posteriorly, iliddle segment of palpi clothed with conspicuous long blackish grey hair: end- 

 segment quite slender and very much longer than in stelidiformis. — From Samarkand, middle to end of July. 



Ch. mentis Leech (51 i). According to Leech related to stelidiformis Frr., but distinguished by the montis. 

 different abdominal belt.s. Expanse 25 mm (o). Fore^\-ing with a deep black border, transparent wedge-spot 

 and oval outer vitreous patch consisting of five spots. Median spot broad, black. The transparent liindMuig 

 has a black margin, which is broader towards the apex and narrower towards the anal angle. Body black. 

 Abdomen ringed with yellow towards the middle and at the end. Head, thorax, legs, antemia and under.side 

 black. L'nderside of wings dusted -n-ith j'ellow along the costal and hind margins. — Japan (Oiwake, June). 



Ch. ramburii Stgr. (52 c). Abdomen uniformly smoky brown, with white posterior edges in the ^ only ramburii. 

 on segments 2. 4. 6 and 7. in the S on segments 2. 4 and 6. the middle one of which is not broadened into 

 spots laterallv. The white hind edges of segments 2, 6 and 7 are sometimes entirely absent in the o ■ some- 

 times the latter has more or less distinct white rings on all the segments. Anal tuft of ,3 yellowish above in 

 the centre and very slightly laterally, entirely yellowish below, in the 2 entirely dark. Segment 4 of 2 some- 

 times with a few whitish scales posteriorly on the ventral side. Fore coxa dark, with narrow white outer edges. 

 Tibiae of middle and hind legs dirty white with dark rings; tarsi smoky bro'mi. Outer vitreous area oblong, con- 

 sisting of five small transparent spots, the uppermost and lowest of which are never filled in with yellow. 

 Longitudinal spot always absent in the 2. Median band and outer area narrower than in colpiformis. the outer 

 area with four or five obsolescent yellowish streaks at the outer margin. Antennae clothed ^vith yellow scales 

 throughout their length on the outside. Palpi dirty white, in the ,S with a black edge below on the outer side. 

 Frons glossy brownish black, with a few yellowish scales in front of the e\es. On the whole .slenderer than 

 colpiformis. Expanse 16 to 23 mm. — From Andalusia (on loamy fields, from the middle to the end of June), 

 Castile (Cuenca. July). 



Ch. agnes Oherth. (51 i). Allied to ramburii, brown dusted with golden yellow. Abdomen above with agries. 

 white posterior edges to segments 2, 4 and 6, only the middle one of which is however always distinct, broad- 

 ened into spots laterally and divided by a small yello^nish spot in the middle, while the other white edges 

 are usually worn away. Anal tuft of o 'with narrow yellowish stripes laterally towards apex and variegat- 

 ed with yellowish below in the centre, in the 2 brown variegated with a lighter colour above laterally and 

 below in the centre. Fore coxa of o dark, often with a narrow white edge below, in the 2 entirely white. 

 Hind tibia brown, with a broad yellowish ring in the centre. Tarsi yellowish or bro\^Tiish. Longitudinal patch 



