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SWv. iii. p. 25. n. 1 (1K74) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. IJji. HH. i. p. 337. n. 8 (1875) ; Oberth,, Et. 

 Knt. i. p. 31 (1876) (Algrric) ; Bull., Tnais. Zoo/. Soc. Lnnd. ix. p. o:.'4. n. 1 (1877) ; Staud., 

 Hoi: S,,,-. EiiI. Boss. siv. p. 300 ( 1878) (As. min.) ; Oberth., l.r. v. p. 28. n. 71 (1880) (Mongolia, 

 vi.); Weil., Pn,/!: Oherrmh,],. 'Itumlirnrl- p. 15 (1880) ; Kill, Jahrh. Nal. Ges. Gnwh. xxiii. 

 p. 4(1 (1880); Albr., Bull. Mo^coii p. 379 (188i) (Moscow) : Weism., ed. Meld., Stud. Theur. 

 Dw. i. p. 245. t. 3. f. 1—12 (1882) (larvae) ; Rom., .l//w. Lej,. i. p. 72 (1884) (Cauca,sia) i 

 Swinh., Proc. Zoal. Sac. Loud. p. 514. n. 8 (1884) (Kurrachi, vii.) ; Lampa, Eiit. Tiddr. vi. 

 p. 27. n. 122 (18H5) ; Poult., 7V««.s-. Enl. fine. />.<«<?. p. 2y8 (1885) (postembr. developmt.) ; 

 • Swinh.; ;i,;d. p. 347. n. 7 (18K5) (S. Afghanistan, common) ; Butl., Pi-or. Zuol. Sue. Land. p. 378. 

 n. HI (188li) (Murree. viii. ix., not uncommon) ; Fi.Ks.. in Rom., .1/™. Leji. iii. p. 322. n. 100 

 (1887) (Corea, vi.) ; Amel., IJirl. FM. Zrit^-hr. xxxi. p. Sijl (1887) (Dessau) ; Swinh., Jour:'.. 

 Pnmbtiy \. If. S,ji_: iii. p. 117 (1888) (Karachi, vii.) ; Graes., Bnl. Eiit. ZciUchr. xxxii. p. UHi, 

 D. 104 ( 1888) (Amurhmd) ; Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loiul. p. 582. n. 8 (1888) (Japan ; China) ; 

 Mina-Pal. ^- Failla-Ted., .Y«(. Soil. vii. p. 42 (1889) ; Christ., in Rom., .Urm. Lip. v. p. 1 1. n. 40 

 (18811) : Alph., ibid. v. p. 224. n. 21 (188'J) (Teneriffie) ; Gr.-Grschm., ihid. iv. p. 514. n. 212 

 (1890) (Pamir, up to 8000 fl.) ; Baker, Tnnis. Kid. Soc. Loud, p 204 (1801) (Madeira) ; Swinh., 

 Cm. Lcji. H,l. .l/«,s. U.C. i. p. 3. n. 9 (1892) (Cochinchina) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fauna lliil. 

 Iiul, .Vollis i. p. 113. n. 183 (1892) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ilet. i. p. (;29. n. 3 (1892) ; Alph., in 

 Rom., Mini. Lep. vi. p. 3. n. 70 (1892) (China) ; Staud., ihid. vi. p. 239. n. 230 (1892) : Hoffm.. 

 Raiq) Grossschm. p. 31. t. 8. f. 9 (1893) ; id., Gromsclim. p. 31. n. 1. t. 18. f. 9 (]>'Si) : White, 

 Bidt. Jfoths Tciienffe p. 70 (1894) ; Riff., Irix viii. p. 170 (1895) (aberr.) ; Bartel, Lep. Bril. h. 

 ii. p. CG. n. 1. t. 54. f. 1. 1 a— e (1895) ; Holtz, lUuslr. Zeilscln: Knt. ii. p. 63 (1897) (Ciiioia, 

 common) ; Schultz, ibid. ii. p. 395 (1897) (gynandr. spec.) : Vos, Tijdvhe. Enl. xVi. p. 80 (1898) 

 (Apeldoorn) ; Schnltz, I.e. iii. p. 11 (1S98) (gynandr. spec.) : Hamps., Journ. Linn. Soc. Loud. 

 xxvii. p. 412 (1899) (L. Urmi, N.W. Persia); Nurse, Joneii. Bninbai/ X. II. Sua. xii. p. 513 

 (1899) (Cutch) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Gcaw.srAw. ii. p. 21'! (1900) ; Seaud.'& Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. 

 p. 104. n. 768 (1901). 



Ilenuiris stellatarum , Dalman, Koiiyl. Vet. Ak. Ihtndl. p. 207 (181(5). 



Split/ii.r slellatarum, Vogel, Sehm. Cabin, ii. p. 20. t. 8. f. 6, a. b. c. (1820). 



Puitlii/ros slellataruin, Hiibner, Verz. beh: Seliin. p. 132. n. 14(19 (1822). 



Eiiinplioxehisma (!) slellatiirnni, Wallengreu, Shuid. Net. Fjiir. p. 10 (1863). 



Illitiinplioaehigina ■•^tel/iilarnin, id.. I.e. p. 51 (1863) : Tengstr., Act. Soc. F. K. Fenn. x. p. 7. u. 100 

 (1869) ; Theden., Enl. Tieldr. ii. p. 105 (1881). 



Maei-oijlossa niffi-a Cosmovici, Le Natural, xiv. p. 28(1 (1892). 



Muerofflo.'im niera (!), Kirby, Nov. Zooi.. i. p. 99 (1894). 



c? ?. Antenna strongly clubbed, book short ; eud-segmeut not iniic-h [iroloiiged. 

 Conspicuous aberrations are rare : bindwiug sometimes tawny ; forewing occa- 

 sionally with blackish median band. There is no apparent geographical variation. 



c?. Tenth tergite slender, gradually narrowed to a point, slightly hooked, not 

 dilated before tip either vertically or horizontally : sternite round at end. (Masjier 

 without friction-scales ; harpe slightly curved, rouiided-dilated at end, here rough 

 with short sjanes and teeth. Penis-sbeath with one long, slender, pointed jiroccss, I 

 which is densely and heavily dentate on the jiro.ximal surface ; base of process also ' 

 heavily dentate, dilated distad ; internal rods obtuse, one clubbed and armed with 

 a notched ridge, the other flat, concave on one side, with the edge finely serrate. | 



Larva green or reddish brown, dotted with white ; stigmata and tubercles of 

 horn black; a dark dorsal line ; a white dorso-lateral line and a yellow ventro- 

 lateral one, both bordered with brown ; these lines sometimes indistinct.— Food- 

 plant : GaltKm and other I'ltljiucrac. 



Cremaster of i)U])a conical. 



llab. Euro])e (excoj)t the far north), east and southwards to Japan, Cochin- 

 china, South India, and North Africa. 



lu the Tring Museum (1 larvae, 1 pupa, ]L'(l-odd sjiccimcns from : various 

 places in Europe; Mazagan, Morocco, vii. viii. (Uiggenbach); Ajmere, vii. ; Kandahar; 

 Quetta; Foochow, iv.; Naiichuen, iSetscliuen ; "Wladiniir Day, viii.: Wei-hai-wei, i.x.; 

 Yokohama, vii. ; Tsushima, .\. xi. 



