DRYOBOTA, — :dasetjplexia. 303 



oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by 

 black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 black, the former round, the latter with white or yelloAvish patch 

 on its outer edge ; a medial line oblique from costa to below cell, 

 where it is angled ; postmcdial line indistinctly double, bent 

 outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some 

 pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line pale, defined on 

 inner side by slight dentate black marks and on outer by points, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ] cilia 

 with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous suffused with 

 fuscous brown, a diffused pale line before termen : the underside 

 grey irrorated with fuscous, the costal area tinged with red, a small 

 discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with minute dark streaks 

 at the veins. 



Hub. Fkance, Frey, Sand, aud Leech Colls. ; Germany, Zeller 

 Coll. ; Atjsxria ; Hungary, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Switzerland ; 

 Algeria ; Asia Minor, Taurus. Ecijy. 28-34 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 222 ; Hffm. Raup. p. 94, pi. 26. 

 f. 19. 



Green, the dorsal surface pale ; yellow dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines and a lateral series of dark V-shaped marks ; head yellow. 

 Food-plant, Quercus ilex, especially the flowers. Forming a cocoon 

 of earth and silk. 



Genus DASEUPLEXIA, nov. 



Type, D. lagenifera. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2ud joint fringed with long- 

 hair in front, the 3rd porrect ; frons smooth, with tuft of scales on it and 

 another- between antennas ; eyes large, rounded ; thorax clothed almost 

 entirely with scales and quadrately scaled, the prothorax witli divided crest ; 

 metathorax with spreading crests ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests on basal 

 segments and with lateral fringes of hair on terminal segments. Fore wing 

 with the apex somewhat produced, the termen crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from 

 near angle of cell; (5 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

 form the areole ; 11 i'rom cell. Hind wing with the termen sinuous ; veins 3, 

 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennas of male bipectinate with long branches, the apes simple. 



"*"2471. Daseuplexia lageniformis. 



Euplcxia lageniforinis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 223 (1894). 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous ; sides of palpi aud 

 frons blackish ; tegulse with diffused blackish line near tips ; patagia 

 deeper rufous at tips and with some dark brown scales near tips ; 

 tarsi dark brown with pale rings. Fore wing pale rufous, the veins 

 slightly streaked with brown, the medial area suffused with deep 

 red-brown except towards costa and inner margin ; subbasal line 

 double filled in with whitish, angled on median nervure and ending 

 at vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique, 



