■DASYPOLIA, 425- 



submedian fold ; a slightly oblique waved antemedial line ; orbicular 

 represented by a small yellow spot, the reniform by an ill-defined 

 narrow yellow lunule, sometimes with some fuscous in centre; post- 

 medial line defined by yellow on outer side, minutely dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line rather diffused, yellow with fuscous suffusion on 

 inner side, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; cilia fuscous brown 

 intersected by yellow spots at base. Hind wing pale fulvous yellow 

 irrorated with fuscous ; a sinuous dark postmedial line and diffused 

 subterminal band, the underside with slight discoidal spot, the post- 

 medial line more prominent. 



Ab. 1. aljnna. Greyei". 



Hab. Bkitaik, Shetland, Leech Coll., Scotland, Fray Coll., England, 

 Leech Coll. ; Pkance ; Gekmant, Zeller Coll., Silesia, Bohemia ; 

 Austria, Alps ; Switzerland, Valais, Teruel; Armenia. Ex^j. 4:4- 

 48 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 5.5 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 291, pi. 168. 

 f.l. 



Pinkish ochreous dotted with blackish ; head yellow-brown. 

 Food-plant, roots of Heracleum. 5-8. 



*2624. Basypolia fani. 



Dasypolia fani, Stand. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 522, pi. 9. f. 10 (1892) ; id. Cat. 



Lep. pal. p. 181. 

 Dasypolia lama, Stand. Iris, ix. p. 266 (1896). 

 Dasypolia asiatica, Alpb. Eom. Mem. ix. p. 19 (1897). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish grey-brown. Pore wing 

 reddish grey-brown, the veins slightly defined by grey, the outer 

 half of medial area darker ; subbasal line waved, from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, erect, 

 waved ; orbicular and reniform small, with red-brown centres and 

 slight pale annuli defined by brown, the former round ; a waved 

 medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line 

 defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale 

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

 brown on inner side, excurved at vein 7, then somewhat dentate ; a 

 slight dark subterminal line; cilia with a fine pale line at base and 

 intersected by pale streaks. Hind wing pale suffused with red- 

 brown, a slight discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused 

 subterminal band ; a fine dark terminal line. 



Ab. 1. lama. Yellowish grey ; fore wing with the markings less 

 distinct. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Mongolia, 

 IJliassutai; Tibet, Kuku Koor, Amdo; E. Siberia, Ussuri. Exji.^4- 

 39 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



