204 wocrriBJB. 



more or less tliickly irrnrated and Hufriiscd with fusooua ; the veins 

 blackish ; subhasal line reprcstnlod liy a fstri^a from costa and point 

 on median ncrvure, the antemedial lino by a strifja from costa and 

 points on the veins, slightly defined by white on inner side ; clavi- 

 form moderate or larpe, detincd by l)lnck ; orl)icular small, elonpate, 

 placed near the reiiilorm, which is very large, whitish defined by 

 black except at middle of outer edge, with some fuscous sufTusion 

 in centre with black streak below it, angled inwards on median 

 nenure ; postnu-dial line indistinct, dctined by whitish on outer 

 side, distinctly bo in the darker specimens, bent outwards below 

 costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; some white ])oint8 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only detincd by the terminal 

 area being rather paler and by some black marks in the interspaces 

 before it; a series of short streaks on termen and cilia. Hind wing 

 grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous and sometimes slightly 

 tinged with rufous ; the underside paler with black streak in base 

 of cell, discoidal spot and terminal series of small spots showing 

 through to upper side. 



Hah. UniTAiN, Scotland, Leech Coll.; Filvxce, Sand Coll.; Ger- 

 many, Zoller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria; IIcngary ; Switzer- 

 land, Frey Coll.; Scandinavia ; Kcssia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals ; 

 K. SiRKKiA, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 48-HO millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lcp. p. 57; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 159, pi. 112. f. 3. 



Pale yellow-green, darker at sides ; tubercles pale yellow ; an 

 oblique lateral streak on somite 3 and a transverse bar on 11 ; legs 

 more or loss red. Foo(l-j)lant, Birch. 5-6. The larva rests with 

 the anterior segments throM'n back over body and legs outspread. 



2344. Brachionycha horealis. (riate CI. fig. 17.) 



Asferoscoptts horealis, Smitb, Can. Ent. xixi. p. 25 ^899) ; Dvar, Cat. Lep. 

 N. Am. p. 173. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with grey : antennaj 

 red-brown; tarsi ringed with grey ; abdomen with dorsal white point 

 at base. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with black-brown ; 

 the veins black ; subbasal line represented by slight black j)oints 

 on costa and below cell ; antemedial line black, angled outwards 

 below costa and in cell, excurved in submedian interspace, then 

 strongly incurv«'d ; claviform whitish defined by black, narrow and 

 acute at extremity ; orbicular detincd by black, narrow, elongate, 

 acute at extremities, touching the large reniforni, which is incom- 

 pletely defined by black, its ujjper extremit}- angled outwards and 

 with a curved grey streak defined bj' black on its lower edge ; 

 l)Ostmedial line black, strongly bent outwards below costa, then 

 dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oidi(iue ; subterminal line absent ; 

 a terminal series of small rather elongate black spots; cilia inter- 

 sected with Idack and chequered with white at tips. Hind wing 

 whitish irrorated with brown, the veins brown ; a largo blackish 

 discoidal lunulo ; a terminal series of small black spots ; cilia 



