146 ABCTIAD^. 



Fore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; one specimen with 10, 11 stalked. 



Ab. 1. helveola. Pore and hind wings with the ground-colour 

 •whitish. 



Hah. Beitaix ; Fkance ; GERMANr, Zell. 66 Frey Colls. ; IST. Italy ; 

 Livonia ; Scandinavia ; Russia ; Japan ( Whitely), 1 S , type 

 pavescens, Tokio (Fenton), 2 (j' . Eaip. 32-36 millim. 



Larva, Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 27 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 215, pi. 67. f. 2. 



Grey, tinged with brown or green ; dorsum paler or whitish ; 

 hairs grey ; dorsal line double, black, interrupted ; subdorsal line 

 black, interrupted ; black dorsal spots on somites 3 and 7 ; a white 

 subdorsal spot on somite 8 ; head dark grey, marked with black. 

 Pood-plant, Lichens ; 8-6. 



285. Ilema conformis. 



Lithosia confor7nis, Wlk. ii. 509 (1854) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 83 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. .329. 

 Lithosia nigrifrons, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 572 ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 17, 



pi. i. f. 15 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 84 : Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 329. 

 Lithosia IcBvis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx. p. 398 (1877); id. 111. Het. B. M. 



ii. p. 7, pi. 22. f. 12; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 329. 



S . Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; palpi, frons, antenna?, and 

 greater part of legs blackish ; patagia grey at tips ; abdomen orange, 

 greyish towards base. Fore wing white with a pinkish tinge, the 

 costa towards apex and termen orange-yellow. Hind wing whitish, 

 with the terminal area yellow. Underside of fore wing tinged with 

 fuscous. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked, or 10 from cell ; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



$ , Head, pectus, and ventral surface of abdomen black ; fore 

 wing broader and yellower ; hind wing yellower. 



Hah. Japan (Jonas), type Icevis ; N.W. Himalayas, type $ , 

 Dharmsala, type nigrifrons, Moore Coll., Kangra (Hocking); 

 SiKHiM ; Bhutan (Dudgeon). Exp. 30-40 millim. 



E. {Tlema.) Wings without secondary sexual characters. 



a. Fore wing with fuscous medial line, the terminal ai-ea 

 with dark streaks. 

 a}. Fore wing with the medial line strongly angled 



outwards below the cell perdentata. 



b^. Fore wing with the medial line excurved below the 



cell divisa. 



c^. Fore wing with the medial line not excurved below 



the cell setiniformis. 



h. Fore wing with oblique medial line formed by black 



strigas punctistriata. 



c. Fore wing with more or less prominent dark post- 

 medial line. 

 a}. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly ex- 

 curved beyond the cell. 

 d^. Fore wing with brownish streaks and dark 



irroration in the interspaces ; size large sordida {(S). 



