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very narrow; cross- vein of hindwing more broadly scaled; pat agia not edged with^ yellow; abdomen with 

 three white belts which are open beneath as in leucomelaena Z., from which maurusia'js distinguished by the 

 narrowness of the outer vitreous area, the shorter wings and the dark frons. — Algeria, Teniet-el-Had, 1 $, 

 1904 (M. Korb)." Tj^e in coll. Pungeler. The above description has been kindly sent to me by Herr PtJN- 



GELER. 



Ch. azonos Led. (52 d). Entirely black, with uniformly black palpi. Only the edges of the eyes, azonos. 

 the collar, anal tuft below in the centre, and the middle part of the tibiae are pale yellow. Forewing with 

 distinct outer vitreous area, which is round and traversed by three veins. Hindwing with narrow black outer 

 margin. Abdomen uniformly black. Beyrut, Syria, in May. — The specimen found by Christoph at Ordubad 

 m Southern Armenia probably belongs to this species and not to Ch. anthraciformis. 



Ch. anthraciformis Ramb. (52 d). Distinguished from azonos by the outer vitreous patch of the fore- anthrad- 

 wing only consisting of three small spots, and t"he body being everywhere entirely black without any lighter formis. 

 parts. — In Corsica and Sardinia, in May. Larva probably in the roots of Tithymalus myrsinites. 



Ch. fenusaeformis Led. (51 k). Antenna of ^ neither dentate nor cOiate, strongly club-shaped, icnnmc- 

 in both sexes uniformly blue-black above. Hindwing produced at vein 1 b, and therefore conspicuously tri- i<^nns. 

 angular. Its outer margin straight, its cross-vem as narrow as a hair throughout its length. Forewing very 

 elongate and narrow, with the wedge-spot vestigial or absent and a very low outer vitreous area consisting 

 of two transparent spots; very rarely there is another minute vitreous spot. Frons with small white spots before 

 the eyes. Patagia with light shoulder-spot. Abdomen with yellowish or whitish belts on segments 2, 4 and 6, 

 which are entire ventrally. Anal tuft black, with narrow yellowish stripes laterally, in the $ also yellow below 

 at the base. — From Crete, Bithynia, Smyrna, the Cilician Taurus and Mesopotamia in May and June, flying 

 around Rumex. 



9. Genus: l%>ismaiiuia Sful. (1910). 



The only species of the genus occurs in the steppes and is of a remarkably slender build, the abdomen 

 exceedingly slender and thin as in no other species, with a long fan-shaped anal tuft, the legs very long and 

 thm, only the hind tibia at apex with rough hau-, which is sparse. Antennae very thm, with well-developed 

 club and tuft of hair at the apex. Tongue slightly developed, soft. Palpi smoothly scaled, very thua and slen- 

 der. Wings broader towards the margin, especially the hindwing, the transparent patches covered with whitish 

 scales, not so strongly on the hindwing. Venation as in the preceding genus, but veins 10 and 11 of the fore- 

 wing farther apart at their origin and merged together in their last quarter. On the hindwmg the costal mar- 

 ginal vem is farther away from the next vein, 3 and 4 are on a short stalk, the submedian veins similar to 

 those of Chamaesphecia. 



W. agdistiformis Stgr. (51 i). Vitreous patches of wing densely clothed with whitish scales, and agdisiifor- 

 those of the golden brown forewmg small; the outer one only crossed by one or two veins, the longitudinal '«'«• 

 spot not mdicated. Hmdwing very broad, with wide diffuse golden brown border and brown, evenly broadly 

 scaled cross-vein. Antenna comparatively short, slightly ciliate. Thorax with median stripe; patagia with 

 broad whitish mner edges. Abdomen exceedmgly thin, with mdistmct whitish rmgs, golden brown, with 

 golden yellow anal tuft, which is whitish laterally and below. The cells of the outer area of the forewing with 

 two or three whitish yellow streaks, which are rather prominent. The unknown ? is possibly short-winged. — 

 From Sarepta and Uralsk; I caught it from midnight onward at the lamp from the middle to the end of 

 June in the steppes of Uralsk. Larva probably in the roots of Artemisia or grasses of the steppes. 



10. Genus: Tiiitliia Walk. (1864). 



Antennae thin, and serrate m both sexes, scarcely widened at the apex. Palpi slight, erect. Legs 

 with slight tufts of hair at the joints. Wmgs very narrow, the forewing with the venation similar to that of 

 Synanthedon Hhn. On the hindwmg veins 3 and 4 orighaate from a pomt before the apex of the cell, 6 and 7 

 from the upper cell-angle, cross-vem almost straight. — Type: T. varipes Walk, from Celebes. 



T. editha Bull. (52 f). Forewmg chocolate; an interrupted longitudmal line stands at the apex oi ediOia. 

 the cell, and two or three discal spots are transparently white, with brown veins and edges. Hind margin yellow- 

 ish. Body bro\vn; abdomen with lateral basal stripe. Legs golden, with black bands. Beneath the margins 

 of the wings as well as the entire venter are golden m colour. Expanse: 22 mm. — Japan (Yokohama). 



T. constricta Bull. (52 f). Forewing deep black with transparent whitish wedge-shaped spot and coiistrida. 

 square outer patch. Hmdwing transparent, whitish, with black margin and veins. Fringes bro^vn. Forewing 

 below with golden costal margin. Body deep black; abdomen with two slight golden yellow median belts, 

 the middle of the anal tuft also being golden yellow. Venter with silvery bands. Thorax with silvery spots; 

 legs striped with golden yellow. Palpi whitish. Antenna of (J pectinate. Expanse: 18 mm. — Japan (Yoko- 

 hama, Nagasaki, in June). 



