HABEYNTIS. — CONSERVtJLA. 499 



raedian nemires and bases of veins 4, 3 streaked with white on 

 medial area ; orbicular white, large, oblique elliptical ; reniform 

 oblique bar-shaped, defined by white on inner side and by black 

 on outer ; postmedial line double, olive-green, the outer line in- 

 distinct, angled outwards below costa, the inner line incurved to 

 vein 5, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell, oblique and 

 forming the outer edge of dark area to inner margin, the outer line 

 straight to vein 5, then incurved, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line slight, whitish defined by olive-green on 

 inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and with black point 

 on its inner edge, then oblique, minutely waved, a fine olive-green 

 terminal line ; cilia olive-green, with fine white line at base and 

 white tips with rufous points at the teeth. Hind wing greenish 

 white tinged with ochreous except on costal area ; traces of a sinuous 

 postmedial line except towards costa ; a curved diffused greenish 

 subterminal band; a fine greenish terminal line ; cilia white with 

 a slight greenish line through them ; the underside ochreous white 

 with greenish point at upper angle of cell, sinuous postmedial line, 

 and diffused subterminal line. 



Hab. France, Sand Coll. ; Geejiant, Zeller & Leech Colls. ; 

 Austria; Hungary; Switzerland, Frey & Leech Colls. ; N. Italy; 

 KuMELiA ; Armenia; Asia Minor, Lydia. i?a79. 40-48 millim. 



Larva, Kii-by, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 245, pi. 38. f. 3 ; Hff.n. Eaup. p. 101, 

 pi. 28. f. 10. 



Green with angular dark dorsal marks and pale dull lateral stripe. 

 Food-plants : FUris aquilina and Ficaria ranunculoides. 10-5. 



Genus CONSERVULA. 



Type. 



Conservula, G-rote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 17 (1874) anodonta. 



Appana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 355 indica. 



Probosci.s fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2iid joint reaching 

 about to middle of frons aud fringed with rather long hair in front, the 3rd 

 short; frons smooth with large tuft of hair ; eyes large, round ; antennae of 

 male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the prothorax 

 without crest, the nietathoras with large spreading crest ; tibice fringed with 

 long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base, dorsal crests on basal 

 segments and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the 

 termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastoaiosing with 8 to form 

 the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 

 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing witli the postmedial line excurved from costa to 



vein 5, then obhque anodonta. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and nearly straight 



th roughout. 

 a. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique throughout. 

 .. a}. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved below 

 vein 4. 



a^. Fore wing irrorated with black scales rosacea. 



U^. Fore wing not irrorated with black scales sinensis. 



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