504 NOCTUlDiE. 



6864. Earias vernana. 



Toririx vernana, Hiibn. Vogel u. Sclimett.pl. 8(1793); id. Eiir. Schmett., 

 Tort. f. IBl ; Diip. lep. Fr. is. p. 42, pi. 237. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. 

 Het. p. 281 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362. 



Head and thorax white, the latter, except the teguloe, slightly 

 tinged with yellow-green ; pectus and legs white, the tarsi brownish 

 ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with fuscous. 

 Fore wing white irrorated with yellow-green, the terminal area 

 sufTused with green, the costal area whiter ; a medial green line 

 arising below costa and incurved in cell ; postmedial line arising 

 below costa, oblique to vein 6, then somewhat inwardly oblique ; 

 cilia green at base, white at tips. Hind wing white, the termen 

 and base of cilia tinged with green from apex to vein 2, Underside 

 of fore wing white, the disk suffused with brown, the terminal area 

 and cilia tinged with green. 



Ab. 1. Thorax and wings tinged with blue-green. 



Hah. Germany, Zeller, Frey & Leech Colls,, Pomerania, Siberia ; 

 Austria, Gaiicia; Hungary, Leech Coll.; Italy, Piedmont. ExiJ. 

 24 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 98 ; H£fm. Eaup. p. 39. 



Food-plant : Po/ndus alba. 7-9. 



Cocoon. Boat-shaped with a slight dorsal ridge in front. 



6865. Earias parallela. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 10.) 



Earias parallela, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xiii. p. 73 (.1898). 

 Earias chlorodes, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 44. 



Head and thorax yellowish white slightly tinged wilh green ; 

 pectus and legs white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown. 

 Fore wing yellowish white slightly tinged with green except on 

 costal area, the termen and cilia more strongly tinged with green ; 

 rather diffused oblique medial, postmedial and subterminal green 

 lines from below costa to inner margin. Hind wing semihyaline 

 wliite, the termen tinged with brown ; cilia white. Underside of 

 fore Aving white, tinged with brown excapt on inner area. 



Hah. Queensland, Duaringa ; N. Australia, Alexandria 

 (Stalker), 1 J' ; W, Australia, Sherlock R. {Clements), 2 c? , 1 5 , 

 Derby, 1 S ,2 ^ , Carnarvon ; Victoria, Melbourne. E.cp. 20-24 

 millim. Type f in Coll. Lucas. 



*6866. Earias subviridis. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 11.) 



Earias subvirtdis, Lucas, Pr. E. Soc. Queensl. xiii. p. 72 (1898). 

 Earias limonia, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 44. 



c? . Head and thorax white, the latter tinged with very pale 

 green ; palpi and tarsi tinged with reddish brown ; abdomen white 

 dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing silky white with a 

 bluish green tinge rather deeper towards termen ; fine oblique 



