( :^;57 ) 



than caught examples from Euro]ie. Sumo of tin; bred iinlivitlual.s from both 

 countries are grey-ochraceons ; these s]i('cimeiis are foiiiid most likel)' more often 

 among the few which emerge from the chr_ysalis in the same year, or they may be 

 produced by breeding in. Tlie ? fignred by Dnponehel belongs to this ochraceons 

 form. The Russian entomologists should be able to furnish science with the life- 

 history of this insect, which is very insufficiently known. 



Hah. Finland, Hussia as far imrth as the Gouv. Archangel, eastw;irds to 

 Wladiwostock. 



In the Tring Mnseum 11 cJcJ, 5 ? ? from Hussia and Amurland. 



All authors (piote Herr. .Scliatt'. f. 14. In inir co])y and that of the Brit. Mus. 

 there are only thirteen figures of iS|ihingidae, and f. 12 is ani'trensis. 



b. A. am/in'its/s Kii/icn subsp. nov. 



cJ. Ground-colour darker than in all the specimens of the jtrevions subspec es 

 which we have seen ; wings broader, especially the hind wing, which is less produced at 

 SC° and K', less sinuate before and behind this lobe, much more evenly rounded 

 from this lobe to the anal angle than in the preceding subspecies ; veins and costal 

 edge of forewing not obviously jialer, the pale grey, somewhat ]iurplish, scaling of 

 both wings more restricted above and below. Harpe, with the lower lobe narrowed 

 to end, almost jiointed ; tenth sternile longer than in awH/: nnmri'iixis. 



¥. Not known. 



Hab. China. 



Three c? c? in coll. f!has. Oberthiir from : Pou-lin {ti/pr) ; Ta-tsien-ln ; Mupin. 

 Mous. Oberthfir kindly presented the Mupin specimen to the Tring Museum. 



LXXXIV. PHYLLOSPHINGIA.-Typus: dissimiUs. 



Triptnijoii Bremer, Bull. Ar. St. Petersb. iii. p. 475 (1861) (nom. indescr.). 

 Sme.rhithm, id. (mm Latreille, 180-J), Leji. Ost-Sih. p. 35 (I8G4). 

 Mnniniha, Kiiby (win Moore, 1882), Cat. Lip. Net. i. p. 707 (I8',l-J). 

 Phi/lloKj/liiiii/ia Swinhoe, .liiii. Matj. X. U. ((!). xix. p. 164 (18'.I7) (type : dissimilis). 

 Poli/jili/chus, Leech (imii Hiibner, 1x22), Tmiis. Ent. Snc. Lmiil. p. 277 (18'.l8). 

 CIdrkki Tutt, Brit. hep. iii. p. 386 (11)02) (type : (li>:><iiiiilh). 



(??. Tongue weak, reaching scarcely to end of forecoxa, the two halves 

 separate, but with fringe. Pilifer with bristles. Palpus of <S prominent, smaller 

 in ?, second segment not rongh-scaled, joint not open. Antenna setiform, side-line 

 almost even in dorsal view in cS ; feebly constricted at the joints in ?, without 

 distinct seriated ciliae (?). Abdomen with large nnderscales, ujjperscales long, 

 woolly, no 8j)ines, except at edges, but these sjiines very weak, scale-like. Tibiae 

 spi/io.se ; hindtibia with two ])airs of spurs, longer terminal one more than half the 

 lengtli of the first tarsal segment ; pulvillus ]iresent ; paronychium with o?ifi lobe 

 at each side, the ventral lobes being vestigial. Distal margin of wings dentate, 

 costal margin of liindwing concave in basal half, then convex, ajiex of wing 

 rounded; freniduni ce-flii/i'il, no retinaculiun. ('lasper and eighth tergite without 

 friction-scales. 



Larva green, shagreened, with pale oblicjue side-stripes, which are occasionally 

 Ijordered with red in front. — Food-plant: .Jiu/laiix iitKihl.srlinrica. 



Chrysalis strongly shagreened ; middle abduminal sternites posteriorly with 

 abort pointed tuliercles, which serve as an organ of locomotion. (See Ajipendix.) 



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