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part filled in with fuscous ; an ill-defined medial shade, oblique from costa 

 to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate or 

 reduced to a series of minute dark striae on the veins, excurved from costa 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined by brown on inner 

 side, forming somewhat dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, 

 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hindwing whitish, suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown especially on 

 terminal area ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal 

 spot and postmedial series of points on the veins, 



Kb. Xfuscata. Fore wing almost uniform fuscous. 



Aft. 2 pallida. Forewing paler and greyer. 



A&. 3 pallidior. Much paler, forewing grey-white ; hindwing whitish. 



A&. 4 evanida. Like pallidior but larger, the subterminal line strongly defined 

 by rufous. 



Habitat. — Europe ; W. Asia ; W. Siberia ; W. Turiustan ; E. Siberia ; 

 Japan ; Punjab, Simla. Exp. 40-50 mill. 



Larva, Meyr. Brit. Lep., p. 72 ; Barrett. Lep. Brit. V., p. 213, pi. 211 and 

 212, f. 1. 



Green with numerous yellowish or whitish dots ; dorsal and spiracular lines 

 pale yellow or whitish; subdorsal line formed of pale dots ; head green. Food 

 plants : Oak, poplar, hawthorn, etc. 5*7. 



1919. MONIMA CINNAMOMEA. 



Genus Palponima. 



Type. 



Palponima, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V., p. 432 (1905), orthosioides. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint extending 

 about the length of head and fringed with long hair below, the 3rd joint long 

 and dilated at extremity ; frons with roughened truncate conical prominence ; 

 eyes large, rounded ; antenna? of male bipectinate with long branches to apex, 

 of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the latter with 

 triangular ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibiae moderately hairy ; abdomen with dorsal 

 crest on 1st segment only. Forewing narrow, the apex rectangular, the termen 

 nearly straight to vein 3, then oblique ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 

 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 67 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 

 only. 



1704. Palponima orthosioides. 



Genus Sideridis. 



Type. 



Sideridis, Hiibn. Verz., p. 232 (1827) evidens. 



Aletia, Hiibn. Verz., p. 239 (1827) vitellina 



Hyphilare, Hiibn. Verz., p. 239 (1827) albipuncta. 



Crocigrapha, Grote, Can. Ent. VII., p. 57 (1875) normani. 



