ciRPHis. 645 



Ab. 1. {iidisfincta. Hind wing with the veius and termen 

 tinged with fuscous. 



Hab. S. France, Montpellier, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; 

 Spain, Andalusia; Italy; Dalmatia ; Gkeece ; Egypt; W. 

 Turkestan, Turcomania, 3 $ , Ferghana, Issyk-Kul. Ex23. 32- 

 38 millim. 



1944. Cirphis scirpi. 



Leticania scirpi, Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 349, pi. 32. f. 3 ( 1836) ; 



Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191. 

 Leucania dacfylidis, Eoigd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 133 (1840) ; Dup. Lep. 



Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 22(3, pi. 69. f. 6 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Scbmett., Noct. 



f. 318. 

 Leucania montium, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 133 (1840) ; Frr. Neue 



Beitr. Scbmett. v. pi. 395. f. 2; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ii. 



f. 317. 

 Lex(cania caricis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 324-5 (nee Treit.). 



Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated with dark 

 brown ; a white point at lower angle of cell, with black point 

 before it and traces of points beyond it ; an indistinct curved post,- 

 medial series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing white, the 

 veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside with 

 the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some black 

 points on apical part of termen. 



Ab. 1. dacfi/lidis. Fore wing tinged with reddish. 



Ab. 2. montium. Fore wing more thickly irrorated with fuscous; 

 hind wing wholly tinged with fuscous. 



Hah. France, Ardeche, Zeller Coll. ; W. Germany ; Austria, 

 Meran, Leech Coll. ; Switzerland ; Spain, Leech Coll. ; Sardinia ; 

 Italy ; Dalmatia ; Asia Minor, Taurus Mts. ; Syria, Mardin, 

 Palestine. Exp. 32 millim. 



Larva. On Grasses. 



1945. Cirphis ciliata. (Plate XCIII. fig. 25.) 



Leucania ciliata, Wlk. ix. 110 (1856). 

 Taniocam-pa assimilis, Wlk. xv. 1708 (1858). 



Head and thorax pale grey-brown irrorated with black scales ; 

 palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulae with three 

 black lines ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the anal tuft with 

 rufous, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown, a sublateral 

 series of black points. Fore wing pale grey-brown thickly irrorated 

 with black : the costal edge whitish ; subbasal line represented by 

 a black point on costa; traces of an obliquely waved antemedial 

 line with series of black points on it ; a white point at lower angle 

 of cell ; a double postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series 

 of black points. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown, paler 

 towards base ; cilia white at tips ; the underside with the costal and 



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