ENDROSA.. 417 



884. Endrosa roscida. 



Noctiia roscida, Schiff. Wien. Yerz. p. 68 (1770); Esp. Schmetfc. iv. p. 106, 



pi. 94. ff. 6-7 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 106-107 ; Freyer, Neu. Beitr. 



vi. p. 80, pL 530. ff. 1-2 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 390, pi. 40. f. 2 ; Staud. 



Cat. p. 53 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 358. 

 Lithosia melanomas, Nick. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1845, p. 104; Freyer, N. Beitr. 



V. p. 128, pi. 459. f. 2 ; Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 155. ff. 69-70. 



Head, thorax, and abdomeu black ; tegulae, patagia, the greater 



part of legs, and extremity of 

 abdomen orange ; metatborax 

 sometimes with orange patch ; 

 wings orange-yellow or orange ; 

 an obliqne medial series of 

 three black points ; a post- 

 medial series of four spots, those 

 at upper and lower angles of 

 Fig. ?,2S.—FMdrosa roscida, S- t- cell somewhat deutate; a more 



or less developed subterminal 

 series of spots, those above veins 2, 4, 5 further from termeii. Hind 

 wing with black shade at base ; three or four subterminal spots 

 towards apex and two below vein 2. 



Ab. 1. melanomos. Tegulae and patagia black ; wings more or less 

 completely suffused with fuscous ; fore wing with black streaks on 

 the veins to the postmedial spots. — Higher Alps. 



Hab. NoRw.\Y, Zell, Coll.; France: Germany; Austria, Zell. & 

 Frey Colls.; Hungary; Switzerland, Tyrol, Zell. & Frey Colls.; 

 Centr. Russia ; Armenia ; Altai. Exp. 24-28 millim. 



Larva. Black-brown, thickly variegated with yellow ; an ill-defined 

 dorsal yellow line ; warts with tufts of black hair. Food-plant, 

 ground-lichens. 



885. Endrosa kuhlweini. 



Bomhyx kuhlweini, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 290-291 (1827) ; Dup. Lep. 



Fr. Suppl. lii. p. 39, pi. 3. f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. p. 53 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 356. 

 Setina alpestris, Zell. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxvi. p. 34 (1865). 



Orange ; frons and thorax with patches of black. Fore wing 

 with oblique medial series of three black points : a postmedial series 

 of four spots, those at upper and lower angles of cell somewhat 

 dentate ; a more or less developed and complete subterminal series 

 of spots, those above veins 2, 4, and 5 placed slightly further from 

 termen. Hind wing with more or less developed subterminal series 

 of spots, those towards apex always developed. 



Ab. 1. alpestris. Eather larger; abdomen with black bands and the 

 ventral surface blacker. — Alps. 



Hah. Germany, S. & E., Zell. & Frey Colls.; Austria, Frey 

 Coll. ; Switzerland, Tyrol, Zell. & Frey Colls. ; Sweden ; Cente. 

 Russia ; Livonia ; Armenia. Exp. 28-38 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moth?, p. 96. 



Blackish ; thickly irrorated with pale yellow, forming subdorsal 

 series of spots ; a yellow dorsal line. Food-plant, ground-lichena. 



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