STSTYRA. 17;") 



Hah. Germany, Zeller & Leech Colls. ; Arsntii; Hungary, Frey 

 Coll.; Switzerland, Valais ; N. Italy; S. Russia., Sarepta, Zeller 

 & D'Emmick Culls.: ?Asia Minor, Pontus; \V. Turkestan, Tarba- 

 gatai Mts., Issyk Kul, Ala Tau ; W. Siberia, Altai; E. Turkestan, 

 Hi, Korla ; Mongolia, Urga. Exp. 32-^42 milliin. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 161 : Hffm. Eaup. p. 73, pi. 21. f. IT,. 



Dark grey with yelloAvish hairs, whitish longitudinal lines and 

 broad macular dorsal stripe. Food-plants : Spurge, Sorrel. G. 



3773. Simyra splendida. 



Simyra splendida, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 245; id. Horn. Hem. 



vi. p. 383, pi. 6. f. 1 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134. 

 Simyra niveonitens, Graes. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 309. 



cf . Head and thorax pure Avhite, the tegulae faintly tinged with 

 lirown ; branches of antennse fulvous; tarsi tinged with brown; 

 abdomen white with a few dark scales. Eore Aving white irrorated 

 with a very few brown scales, the veins slightly tinged with brown, 

 the termen Avith ochreous. Hind Aving pure Avhite. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing suffused with brown leaving the termen and 

 cilia Avhite. 



Hub. W. Turkestan, Tedschen Oasis (IJauser), 1 J ; E, Turk- 

 estan, Hi; Tibet, Amdo ; E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Corea. Exp. 

 'M millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with very short branches. 



3774. Simyra dentinosa. 



Koctua dentinosa, Frr. Keue Beitr. iii. p. 97, pi. 263. ff. 2, 3 (1839); Dup. 



Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 479, pi. 41. f. 4; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134. 

 Symira tendinosa, Herr.-Scharf. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 179, Noct if 3'J3-4 



(1845;. 

 Cucullia leucaspis, F. de Wald. Bull. Mosc. 1840, p. 84, pi. 3. f. 2. 



Head and thorax white suffused with red-brown leaving the 

 dorsum of thorax and the patagia whiter ; palpi red-brown except at 

 base : patagia with black streaks on outer edges ; abdomen white 

 mixed with pale fuscous and some rufous hair at base. Eore wing 

 Avhite, the area beloAv the cell suffused Avith reddish brown to post- 

 medial line, the veins slightly streaked with brown ; antemedial 

 line brown with dark spot at costa, inAvardly oblique, and slightly 

 excurved at inner margin, a slight brown spot in end of cell ; post- 

 medial line very indistinct, double, oblique from costa to vein 7, 

 then dentate, very oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold, then 

 angled outAvards on vein 1 on which there is a Avhitish dentate 

 mark before it, some broAvn suffusion beyond it on costa with 

 whitish points on it and broAvn streaks from it to termen below 

 apex and at vein 5; the interspaces of terminal area with diffused 

 brown streaks ; cilia red-brown at base, white at tips. Hind Aving 

 white, the base suffused with red-broAvn ; a slight discoidal point 



