RHAGADES. 407 



Earaulus carpalis costaa median anterioris alarum antiearum simplex ; ramulus 

 sesamoideus ejusdem costae adest ; ramulus glenoidalis costae medianse postioris 

 semper adest. Costa subcostalis alarum posticarum, radice duplici e basi oriens, 

 contagione cum costa mediana anteriore connexa, ut areolam subcostalem clausam 

 formet. Costa mediana anterior al. posticarum erga basin distincte subtilior. 

 Abdomen gracilior, squamatum, maris saltern plerumque ad latera pilosulus, alis 

 expansis nonnihil longius. Alae anteriores subrotundatae. Larva subdialis 

 crassa, capite minuto, pilis fasciculatis obsita, subdepressa, dorso squamulato. 

 Pupa cylindrico-conica, folliculata ; folliculum mernbranaceum. 



The typical species of the genus, as named by Wallengren, is 

 li/tai/cules [inini. The following characters appear to distinguish Rha- 

 tjades ( tjlobulariae ) as compared with Adscita (statices and yeryon) ; un- 

 doubtedly, close study would result in the discovery of others : 



LARVA. The hair on tubercle i with bulbed base (on ii simple) in first skin. 



IMAGO. Antennas pectinated, with apex somewhat acute. Body more slender 

 than in Adscita. 



BHAGADES GLOBULARI.E, 



SYNONYMY. Species : Globulariae, Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," ii., pi. i., figs 2 <? , 

 3 ? , ?pl. i. bis, fig. 4 (? 1797), p. 76 (? 1805) ; Ochs., " Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 13 

 (1808) ; " Godt., " Lep. France," Hi., p. 160 (1821) ; Stphs., " Illus.," i., p. 106 (1828) ; 

 Freyer, " Neue. Beitr.," i., p. 119, pi. 62, fig. 2 (1833) ; Evers., " Faun. Lep. Volg.- 

 Ural.," p. 91 (1844) ; Dup., " Cat. Meth.," p. 53 (1844) ; Weir. " Zool.." 1845, p. 1085 ; 

 Assmann, " Abbild. und Besch. Schmett. Schles.," p. 5 (1845) ; Zell., " Zeits. Ent. 

 Ver. Bres.," 1850, pp. 31-32 ; 1853, p. 83 ; Led., " Ver. zool-bot. Ges. Wien," v., p. 

 104 (1852) ; Sta., "Ent. Ann.," 1855, p. 27; " Man.," i., p. 178 (1857) ; Speyer. 

 " Geog. Verb. Schmett.," p. 359 (1858); Hein., " Die Schmett. Deutsch.," p. 154 

 (1859) ; Staud., " Stett. Ent. Zeit.." xxxiii.. p. 349 (1862) ; " Cat.," p. 44 (1871) ; 

 Sta. and Staud., "Ent. Ann.," 1864, p. 102; Sta. and Zell., "Ent. Ann.," 1864, 

 pp. 103-107; Knaggs, "Ent. Ann.." 1864, p. 122 ; Mill., "Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," 

 p. 124 (1872) ; Curo, " Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," vii.. p. 193 (1875) ; Sand, " Cat. Lep. 

 Auv.," p. 21 (1879) ; Kirby. "Eur. Butts.," etc., p. 86 (1879) ; "Cat. Lep. Het.," 

 i., p. 83 (1892) ; " Handbook," etc., p. 100 (1897) ; Peyer., " Cat. Lep. Als.," p. 46 

 (1880) ; Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 63 (1880) ; Buckler, " Larvae," etc., ii., p. 1 

 (1887); Hofmn., "Die Gross-Schmett.," etc., p. 33 (1887) ; "Die Eaupen," etc , 

 p. 35 (1893) ; Auriv., "Nord. Fjar.," p. 51 (1888); Barr.. "Lep. Brit.." ii.,p. 109 

 (1894); Meyr., " Handbook," etc., p. 450 (1895); Tutt, "Brit. Moths," p. 351 

 (1896). 



DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL FIGURES AND ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. 

 Fig. 2. $ . Fore-wings distinctly green (not blue or golden), with dark 

 greyish fringes ; hind- wings blackish-grey. Antennae pectinated, 

 pointed towards tip. Thorax and abdomen green. Fig. 8. ? . 

 Much smaller than male ; base of fore- wings green, outer half bronzy ; 

 hind-wings blackish-grey. Antennas almost simple (Hiibner, Eur. 

 Schmett., pi. i., figs. 2-8). Kugelblumenschwarmer : Sphinx globulariae, 

 fig. 2 $ , 3 $ . Giinzlich hell, lahnglanzend, gelbgriin, nur die Unter- 

 fliigel oben, sammt ihren Franzen, hellgrau, unmerklich griinschil- 

 lernd ; unter beiderlei Fliigel grau, bios von ihrer Wurzel aus etwas 

 griin beschuppt. Heim. Deutschland, auf Heiden (Hiibner, Sammluny 

 Europ. Schmett., p. 76). [This description was probably published 

 much later than the figures.] Hiibner then goes on to say : " The 

 species is more slenderly built than S. statices, the antennae longer, apex 

 pointed, the wings in male broader, and in female smaller. The colour 

 varies slightly towards blue-green " (Ibid., p. 76). 



IMAGO. Anterior wings 20-29'5 mm. in expanse ; golden-green. 

 Posterior wings smoky-grey, almost blackish ; antennae weakly pecti- 

 nated, somewhat pointed at the tip. [The fore-wings are distinctly 

 broader than those of A. statices.] 



SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. The males average from 28-29'3 mm., the 



