PYKRHIA. OO 



Ht/dreecia iihctana, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 232 (1878) ; id. 2ikI 



i'arkand Mission, Lep. p. 9, pi. 1. f. 21. 

 Charivlea vexilliger, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92 (1893); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 223. 

 Pj/rrhia aconiti, Holtz. AUg. Zeitschr. Ent. vii. p. 212 (1902), 



Head and thorax rufous, the latter with some ochreous : abdomen, 

 ochreous suffused with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suifused with 

 rufous, the postmedial area rather browner except at costa, the 

 veins streaked with rufous ; subbasal line rufous, curved, from costa 

 to submedian fold; antemedial line rufous, angled inwards on 

 median nervure and vein 1, outwards below cell and excurveil 

 above inner margin ; claviform slightly defined by rufous, large 

 and extending to cell ; orbicuhir and reniform defined by rufous 

 and with some rufous in centres, the ibrnier round, the latter 

 large; medial line rufous, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, 

 then inwardly oblique; postmedial line rufous, strongly bent out- 

 wards below costa, then very oblique and slightly sinuous, some 

 whitish points beyond it on costa; sublerminal line rufous, slightly 

 angled outwards at veins 7, 0, 4, 3, 2 ; a fine rufous terminal line. 

 Hind wing ochreous, the inner area tinged with brown, the veins 

 and an ill-defined discoidat luuule brown ; a broad rather diffused 

 fuscous sui)terminal baud leaving the termeu ochreous tinged with 

 rufous; cilia yellowish white ; the underside yellowish white, the 

 costal area suffused with rufous ; a small discoidal spot ; a curved 

 postmedial line from costa to submedian fold with diffused rufous 

 band beyond it. 



Ab. 1. exprlmens. Fore wing with the postmedial and terminal 

 areas suffused with red-brown. — Canada and U.8.A. 



Ab. 2. cilu-ca. Hind wing paler yellow, the postmedial band pale 

 crimson. — U.S.A. and ? Brazil. 



B((h. Canada, 1 (S , Ontario, Orilla (Bush), 1 J type exprimens, 

 Manitoba, Aweme (Criddh), I $; U.S.A., Eastern and Central 

 States, New York (Rilei/), 2 2 , Buffalo, 2 rj type angulata, Kansas 

 (Snow), 2 c? , Colorado, California, Mendocino, 1 5 ; ? Brazil, type t 

 cilisca in Coll. berth iir ; BritaIiV, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; 

 Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Austria; Hungary; Switzer- 

 land, Zeller Coll. ; Italy ; Scandinavia ; Uussia, Livonia, Zeller 

 Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll. ; Asia Minor, Bithynia ; Persia ; W. Tur- 

 kestan, Issyk Kul ; W. Siberia, Altai; E. Siberia, Amurland, 

 ' Ussuri ; Japan, Oiwake (Pri/er), 2 c? , Yokohama (Pri/er), 1 $; 

 Corea, Gensan (Ito), 1 $ ; C. China, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 $ ; 

 Kashmir, Kiris (Leech), 1 § ; Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Voting), 

 2 2 , Dharmsala (HocTciivj), 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Assam, Khasis (Badcflei/), 

 4 d' , 1 $ , Nagas. Exji.' '32-44. millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 119 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 148, pi. 244. f.4. 



Dull green or dark grey speckled with white and dorsally with 

 black ; dorsal lino double, whitish ; subbasal line whitish or pale 

 yellow; si)iracular line yellowish or pale ochreous, white- edged 

 above ; warts black ; head pale green or reddish ochreous ; thoracic 

 plate sometimes black. Food-plants: Ononis or Geranium pratmse. 

 7-S ; in Assam, SiegesbecLia orinitaUts. 10. 



