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and abdomen ; head almost white ; markings recalling those of herzi, only being sharper, the cell itself whitish in a 

 dull light greyish-brown ground, hindwing dirty white with broM'n veins. — Algeria. 



H. reibelli Oberth. (53 h). Much smaller than the preceding forms, like a small Dyspessa. Thorax reibelU. 

 and forewing light loam-yellow, costa, fringes, and an elongate spot in the median area of the latter ivory 

 white, as is also the huidwuig. — Mauretania. 



6. Genus: Paropta Stgr. 



Closely allied to Catopta, but the head, thorax and abdomen clothed with shorter smooth hair, antennae 

 with shorter pectinations, palpi not distinctly projectmg. Fringes of wmgs narrower, almost as short as in 

 Cossiis cossus, shajje of wings also resembling that species. Antenna of $ with very short pectinations, the ab- 

 domen pointed. The species are also otherwise similar to small species of Cossus; only three species known, 

 from the eastern corner of the Mediterranean. 



P. henleyi Rothsch. ( = niloticus Joa?m., pharaonis Stgr.) (55 1). Almost exactly like a Cossus cossus henleyi. 

 in muiiature, but ligliter grey, the striation of the forewmg not so sharp, but merged together to form dark lines 

 often slightly broken as in C. cossus, and in exactly the same place (at two-thirds). At the apex of the cell of the 

 forewing a small dark transverse spot in a scarcely lighter patch. Hindwing dirty browiiish grey. Our figure is 

 very exact. — From Cairo, rare. Larva in Acacia nilotica. 



P. Johannes Stgr. (55 1). In the figure of the tjrpe (in Iris 12, plate 5 fig. 14) the shape of this Paropta Johannes. 

 is absolutely erroneous. Our figiu-e is quite exact, but among the specimens before us there are some with lighter, 

 nearly pure whitish grey hindwing. Above all, our figure shows much better the broad head and abundant hair 

 on thorax and dorsum of abdomen. Scarcely larger than henleyi; the black markings of the forewing, however, 

 more distinct, sharper, more profuse. The fringes not quite so narrow, more distinctly chequered. — Palestine. 



P. paradoxus H.-ScJidff. (55 m). Larger, more clumsy, with broader wings, darker than the preceding paradoxus. 

 species. The forewing not sharply striated, but irregularly chequered. Antenna of $ with short pectinations. 

 Hindwing uniformly dirty grey. ■ — Distributed from Asia Minor over Syria to Egypt, but usually rare. Larva 

 in Ficus. 



7. Genus: Catopta Stgr. (1899) (= Newelskoia Gr. Grsk, 1899). 



Rather robust, with broad head and stout thorax. Palpi small and thin, but distinct. Antennae 

 pectmate to the apex. Tibiae clothed with long hair, abdomen also with long and thick hau-. Forewmg broad, 

 with very steep distal margm, so that the apex nearly forms a right angle, grejdsh brown with black striation, 

 pale water marks and white spots. Above, in and below the cell dark patches of erect scales. — Only one spe- 

 cies known, discovered m Amurland by Gr-^eser. 



C. albonubilus Graes. (= albimacula Stgr.) (551). Larger than most Hypopta, dark greyish brown inter- alhonuhUus. 

 mixed with silvery grey, and striated with black. At the apex of the cell a large indistinctly bounded cloud 

 wliite. Below the middle of the cell a black drop-shaped pad of upright scales, which is placed like a button 

 on the wing. Similar chams of erect scales along various black striae. — Widely distributed and apparently 

 not rare, from Issyk-kul and Tianshan through the desert of Gobi and Mongolia to Amurland. 



8. Genus: Dyspessa Hhn. (= Endagria Bdv.) 



This genus consists of 20 to 30 forms, some of them very closely allied, specimens of which are very 

 rarely met with by collectors. Here and there a ^ comes to the lamp at night, or occasionally when searching for 

 caterpillars with a lantern, one finds a $. The life-history of scarcely any species is completely known. The 

 larva of ulula, which lives m onions and naturally has a peculiar strong scent, hibernates twice and the moth is 

 on the wing at the beginnhag of the summer. I have illustrated the genus by 17 figures on plates 52 and 53, 

 but in spite of that it will not always be easy to name the species. A large percentage of Dyspessa found in col- 

 lections is greasy, worn, and altogether in a hopelessly dilapidated state. Only the kmdness of distinguished 

 collectors like Messrs. Bartel, Pungeler, Bang-Haas, etc., who placed theu- collections at my disposal, enabled 

 me to obtain a sufficient number of well- preserved specimens as models for the plates. The same also applies 

 to the followmg genus, Stygia. 



The Dyspessa have a short, broad head, medium-sized eyes, distmctly porrect palpi, bipectinate antennae, 

 broad thorax with the collar usually projecting laterally and sometimes encircling the neck like a Stuart collar, 

 slender abdomen, which has a woolly apex in the S and ends in the $ m a projectmg ovipositor. Hind tibia 

 with two pau's of spurs. Forewing small, triangular, pointed, the costa sometimes slightly concave, the fringes 



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