ASTEROSCOPUS] CARADRINIDAE 57 



slight. Antennae in < bipectinated to apex. Palpi densely 

 liairy throughout. Thorax without distinct crest. Abdomen 

 not crested. Anterior tibiae with strong horny apical hook. 



I Si-sides the following, a species from NE. Asia has been 

 referred to this genus. 



Kirst and second lines distinct . .1. nubeculosus. 



,, obsolete . . .2. sphinx. 



1. A. nubeculosus, Esp. 40-45 mm. Fore wings pale brownish 

 mixed with whitish and much sprinkled with black ; veins 

 marked with blackish ; first, median, and second lines dark 

 fuscous; reniform whitish, black-edged, enclosing two dark 

 marks; claviform, oval, black-edged. Hindwings whitish- 

 fuscous, with dark fuscous discal spot and terminal dots. 



Perth, local ; C. Europe ; 3, 4. Larva pale yellow-green 

 deeper laterally ; tubercular dots pale yellow ; an oblique 

 lateral streak on 4, and transverse streak on 12 yellow; legs 

 more or less red : on birch ; 5, 6. The larva habitually rests 

 with the anterior segments strongly thrown back over the body, 

 and the legs outspread. 



2. A. sphinx, Hufn. (cassinea, Hb) 37-40 mm. Forewings 

 whitish-ochreous, suffused with whitish and mixed with pale 

 brownish ; veins partly black posteriorly; a rather long black 

 median dash from base ; lines fuscous on costa ; subterminal 

 dentate, whitish, edged by blackish interneural dashes. Hind- 

 winsrs whitish, partly fuscous-sprinkled ; a round fuscous discal 

 spot. 



Kn gland, rather common; C. Europe; 10, 11. Larva pale 

 green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, latter commencing on 

 5; spiracular yellow -whitish, brown -edged above; 12 with 

 slight prominence : on oak, elm, hawthorn, etc. ; 5, 6. 



8. APOROPHYLA, Gn. 



Face with rounded horny prominence; eyes glabrous, ciliated. 

 Antennae in ^ bipectinated or dentate, towards apex simple. 

 Thorax with slight anterior and posterior crests. Abdomen not 

 crested. 



Only one other European species is known. 



1. Forewings with black median basal dash . 1. australis. 



,, without black basal dash . . 2. 



2. Forewings with veins pale . . 4. lunosa. 



not pale . . .3. 



3. Posterior edge of reniform whitish-ochreous 3. nigra. 



not whitish-ochreous 2. lutulenta. 



