266 KULDSCHA; KYRTOLITHA. By L. B. Prout. 



daseid. L. dascia Turn. (= extensata Meyr.. nee Walk.) (26 k). A small, dark-marked species with ratlier short 



palpus and with the hindwing less elongate costally than in the somewhat similar ones whicli follow. Pectinatioiis 

 of the 3* rather long, continuing to very near tlie apex. New tSouth Wales to South Australia; it is not stated 

 which is the type locality. 



clieimakibia- L. cheimatobiata Guen. (= petrodora Meyr.. M. S., phrixopa Turn., M. S.) (26 k). Rather larger, palpus 



'"• about equally short, pectinations a little longer. In addition to the relatively more elongate wings. easily dist- 

 inguishalile from dascia by its less dark colour and much less sinuate postmedian. Tasmania (type) and Victoria. 

 cxtensafa. — ab. extensata Walk, is a rather small ,^. with narrowed median band. Tasmania. 



epicros.fd. L. epicrossa Meyr. (26 k). Palpus long. Hindwing with aj^ex even more pointed than in cheimatobiaia. 



termen more sinuate, the white lines on the forewing standing out more sharply. a more complete and uniform 

 band between the postmedian and the subterminal, etc. New South Wales and Tasmania. 



ar/annph. L. aganopis Turn. Palpus in ,^ 1. in $ II4. Pectinations in (^ 5, extreme apex simple. Wings ochreous- 



whitish. markings pale grey. on forewing brownish tinged; forewing with basal patch very small. median band 

 in anterior half broad, in posterior much naiTower, on costa darkened, its proximal edge curved outward, its 

 distal from 2.^ costa, with a slight bidentate central prominence. thence strongly oblique and dentate to middle 

 of hindmargin. the indistinct subterminal with a slight proximal suffiision towards costa, terminal marks inter- 

 neural, short, triangulär or slender; hindwing rounded, with suffused median, postmedian and submarginal 

 lines. terminal line as on forewing. Woodford. New South Wales, March and April. (Tuenee.) 



orthaies. L. oribates Turn. ,^. Paljjus 11,4, antennal pectinations 6. Forewing with ajaex jjointed. termen longer 



than hindmargin. slightly oblique; whitish. with numerous fine fuscous oblique lines; costa irrorated; median 

 band consisting of 3 or 4 dose lines, the first nearly straight from midcosta to ^4 hindmargin, the last from % 

 costa to less than i.^ hindmargin, slightly excurved in middle; the succeeding line thickened by some small 

 dots; beyond this a further gronp of 3 close, wavy lines; an oblicj[ue shade from apex; terminal line interrupted. 

 Hindwing romided, the lines rej^eated, but obsolete in costal area. which is whitish. in the q with an oval patch 

 of specialized scales. Mount St. Bernard, Victoria. 1 q. (Turnee.) 



13. Genus: ICiildsclia Al/ph. 



(See Vnl. 4. p. 16ö: .Suppl.-Vol. 4, p. 79.) 



An Eastern Palaearctic genus. noticed here for the sake of its rei^resentatives in West China. It scarcely 

 — if at all — differs from Larentia except in sha|3e; the produced, or even almost pointed hindwing gives it a 

 distinctive appearance. 



-produdaria. K. productan'a Leech (Sujjpl.-Vol. 4. pl. S b). The unique type, a ^ from Ta-tsien-lu. has longer pect- 



inations than ty|>ical KuJdscha, the shape of the hindwing slightly less extreme, the texture of the wings perhajJS 

 somewhat more delicate; median band of forewing broader, less irregulär in shape and nuuh less sharply dif- 

 ferentiated than that of the typical group. rows of white vein-spots developed on the adjacent areas. 



lakearia. K. lakeaHa Oberfh. (Vol. 4, pl. 6 c). Hindwing perhaps more rounded than even in producfaria, coloration 



rather dark. median- band of forewing distally not so deeply concave between the radials as in the genotype 

 staudingeri (Vol. 4. ])l. 7 e; Suppl.-Vol. 4. p. 79), but more so than in oberthnri. Szecluian. few examples yet 

 known to me. 



oberthiiri. K. obcrthurl Alph. (Vol. 4, pl. 11 a). Two (J,^ of this fine Palaearctic Kuhlscha. A\hich was described 



from N. E. Tibet, were coUected at Teng, Arun Valley, S. W. Tibet, 11 000 feet on the Everest expedition of 

 1922. The determination of the Yatong ? (Vol. 4. p. 165) is still doubtful. 



diffniiosa. K. loxobathra Protit (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pl. 8 g) dignitosa Prout (= lakearia Steryieck. nee Oberth.) (loc. cit.). 



Larger than typical loxobathra. from Amdo, on the wliole more variegated. cell-dots well developed. From true 

 lakearia it diflfers in its paler colour, median band less solid, postmedian line straighter anteriorly. hindwing 

 more pointed. Szeehuan, the type from Ta-tsien-lu. 



14. Genus: K^rtolitlia »S'^grr. 



(See Vol. 4, p. 1.57: Suppl.-Vol. 4, p. 72.) 



Differs from Kuldscha (with which probably it could be united) in the simple o antenna. Distribution 

 similar. The genotype. obstinata> Stgr., is Palaearctic. 



purpureo- K. purpureotincta Sterrieck (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pl. 7 d). Larger than tlie genotype. Palpus short. Antenna 



^"'^ ■ of the J with tlie joints projecting and furnished with short ciliation. Whitish grey with reddish irroration, ttie 

 markings grey-brown mixed with red; median band sharply defined, parallel-sided, sinuous. Szeehuan. 



