AEGYEOSPILA. — OEIA . 



4709. Argyrospila succinea. 



y.ai'o s«m'«ra,Esp.'Schinftt. iv. 2, p. 37, pi. 190. f. 3 (1796) ; Staud. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 189. 



ania maculata, Ev. Faun. Vole. Ur. p. 207 (1844). 



Head and thorax white, the latter tinged with ochreous on outer 

 edge and behind ; legs tinged with ochreous ; abdomen white tinged 

 with ochreous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufons ; a white 

 streak in base of cell, the base of inner area white; an elliptical 



Fig. 148.-- Argyrospila succinea, <j\ \. 



antemedial white patch in submedian interspace connected with 

 inner margin by an ill-defined line; orbicular white, round ; reniform 

 an oblique white lunule with blackish point at lower angle of cell, 

 its upper extremity rather produced, its lower rather dilated on 

 inner side, some whitish above it on costa ; an irregular oblique 

 white band from apex to inner margin beyond middle, obscurely 

 forked at apex, tending to form dentate marks on the veins, inter- 

 rupted at, discal fold and dilated on inner area ; the veins of terminal 

 area with white streaks intersecting the cilia and becoming shorter 

 towards apex. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous especially on 

 terminal area ; cilia white. 



. Ab. 1. olivacea, Bang-Haas, ined. Fore wing much greener. — 

 W. Turkestan. 



Hab. Russia, Urals, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia, Caucasus, 1 § ; 

 W. Tuekestan, Turcomania, Juldus, 1 $ , Issyk-Kul ; E. Tukkestan, 

 Hi. Exp. 28-34 millim. 



Genus ORIA. 



lype. 



Oria, Hubn. Verz. p. 240 (1827) musculosa. 



Syn la, Dup. Cat. Meth. p. 120 (1844) m usculosa. 



lapinostola, Led. Noct. Eur. p. 123 (1857) musculosa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the length 

 of head, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 3rd downturned ; huts 

 smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenna; of male typically somewhat laminate and 

 ciliated; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests : tibia? fringed with 

 long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore 

 wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; b - from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars ; G, 7 from 

 upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



