APOROPHYLA. CLOANTHA. 239 



Ab. 1. seileri. Fore wing uniform deep black. 



Hob. Britain, Scotland, Leech Coll., England {Barrett), Leech 

 Coll. ; France, Sand Coll., Auvergne, Frey Coll. ; Germany, Zeller 

 Coll. ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; Italy, Capri ( C. S. Broivne) ; 

 Dalmatia, Leech Coll. ; S. jN'orway ; Asia Minor, Pontus; Palestine. 

 JExp. 42-48 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 58 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 278, pi. 166. f. 2. 



Green, yellow-brown, yellow or dull crimson, the thoracic somites 

 often suffused with red; dorsal and subdorsal lines usually darker, 

 often interrupted ; spiracular line pale yellowish ; spiracles white, 

 on somites 4-6 placed on black marks. Food-plants : Rumex, 

 Flantago, Galium, &c. 10-5. 



*2388. Aporophyla haasi. 



Aporophyla haasi, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 280 (1891) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 178. 



Differs from A. nigra in the fore wing not being deep black, but 

 mixed with brown and with the markings more distinct. 



Hab. Spain, Castile. Exp. 35-41 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



Genus CLOANTHA. 



Type. 



Cloantha, Guen. Ann. Soc. Fr. viii. p. 609(1839) soliclaginis. 



Egim. Dup. Cat. Meth. p, 162 (1844) pulla. 



Scotochrosta, hed. Noct. Euv. -p. 165(1857) pulla. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed 

 •with hair, the iird short ; frons rounded ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of 

 male minutely serrate and fascicvdate; head and thorax clothed chiefly vrith 

 scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen clothed with 

 rough hair at base, with basal crest and lateral fringes of hair towards extremity. 

 Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex somewhat produced, the termen 

 obliquely curved and slightly crenulate; 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. Hind wing with the termen slightly excised at discal fold ; veins 

 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars • 6, 7 

 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. 



A. Fore wing with dentate black marjis before middle of sub- 



tei-minal line solidaginis. 



B. Fore wing without dentate black marks before middle of 



subterminal line pulla, 



2389. Cloantha solidaginis. 



Noctua solidaginis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 256 (1827); Dup. Lep. 



Fr. vii. p. 179, pi. 112. f. 1 ; Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 683; Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent., Haust. iv. p. 390 ; Frr. Neue Beitr. pi. 634 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal 



p. 211. 

 Calocamfa cinerascens, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 120 (1872). 

 Calocaonpa germana, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 192 (1874) • 



Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 235. 

 Calocampa pallida, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 110 (1892). 



Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown or rufous ; frons 



