EARIAS. 609 



Larva. Meyr. Erit. Lep. p. 35; Bran-ett, Lep. Eiit. ii. p. 181, pi. 64. f. 4. 



Whitish sometimes tinged with pink, narrow dorsal, broad sub- 

 dorsal, lateral and spiracular pale red-brown lines, the subdorsal 

 line darker on somites 2-5 and front of 6 and 12 ; subspiracular 

 line white ; pairs of rather pointed tubercles on somites 3, 4, 6, and 

 12 ; head pale green marked with black. 



Food-plant: Salix viminalis ; 7, 8 ; pupating among leaves spun 

 together. 



6875. Earias chlorophyllana. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 16.) 



Earias dilorophyllana, Stand. Iris, iv. p. 249 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Lep. 



Het. p. 913; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 3ii2. 

 Earias turaiia, Gr. Ann. JVlus. Petersb. iv. p. 461 (1899). 



(J . Head and thorax jellow-green ; palpi white with some brown 

 towaids tips ; frons white ; antennae brown ringed with white ; 

 pectus and logs white, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen 

 white dorsally faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing j-ellow-groen, 

 the costal area yellowish white ; cilia orange-yellow at tips. Hind 

 wing semihy aline white, the termen slightly tinged with rufous 

 from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing white tinged with 

 brown except on costal and inner areas, the cilia green at base, 

 yellowish at tips. 



Hab. SiKiA, Antioch, Mardin, 1 c?; Khuedistan; W. Ttjrktistan, 

 Turcoraania. Exj). 20 millim. 



6876. Earias smaragdina. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 17.) 



Earias smaragdina, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 388; Kirby, Cat. Lep. 

 Het. p. 282. 



Head, tegulse, and prothorax greenish yellow, the rest of thorax 

 yellow-green ; palpi and frons white tinged with rufous ; antennae 

 brown ; pectus and legs white slightly tinged with rufous, the fore 

 tibia3 and tarsi brov, n, the latter ringed with white ; abdomen white, 

 dorsally slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing yellow-green, the 

 costa white, the costal area yellowish towards base ; cilia white at 

 tips. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen faintly tinged 

 with brown from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing white 

 tinged with brown, the cilia greenish. 



Huh. Ql'eensl.vnd ( Waller), 1 $ , Peak Downs, 1 $ type, 

 Brisbane {Turner), 3 cJ , 1 $ ; N.S. Wales {Arnold), 2 $ . E.rp. 

 18-22 millim. 



6877. Earias ochrophylla. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 18.) 



Earias ochrophylla, Tnrner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 108 (1902). 



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

 tinged with greenish yellow ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the 

 last slightly tinged with brown on dorsum. Fore wing very pale 

 greenish yellow, the costal area white. Hind wing semihyaline 



