94 PTYCHOPODA. By L. B. Peout. 



expressed. In shape, colour and markings also similar to small, weakly marked specimens of degeneraria 

 Hhn. ab. depravata Stgr. and deversaria H.-8ch., differing in the spurred, not aborted ^ hindleg, the dark- 

 spotted antenna and the dark underside of the forewing. S. Spain, Murcia, Sierra d'Espuha, 4 ^(^, 5 $$, 

 M. KoRB, end of June, 1909; East Pyrenees, Sorede, 1 (J, J. R. Sprongerts." sardoniata Honiberg has been 

 described under this name only abont a month after the publication of our plate. Occurs at Verne t-les- 

 Bains (Pyrenees-Orient ales), St. -Guilhemle- Desert (Herault) and San-Ildefonso (Sierra de Guadarrama Spain). 



plumba ab. plumbaginata Homberg, from Veinet-lts-Bains, is darkened with brown scales, showing violet reflec- 



ginaia. tions, less nun erous at the costal margin, the lines partly obliterated, postmedian and subterminal more 

 noticeable; fringe pale; under surface sn oky, but less strongly than upper. 



lambessaia. Pt. lambessata Ob. (= granadaria iSfgrr.) (4 b). Differs from litigiosaria in its more greyish, not yellow- 



ish-white colour (our figure is much too yellow), stronger silky gloss, extreme weakness of the Imes and obso- 

 lescence of the black discal dots; the costal edge of the forewing and also the fringes are yellowish. Minute 

 black dots are present on the base of the fringes. The forewing beneath is slightly smoky and the two pale 

 lines indicated as in litigiosaria; the hindwing white, unmarked; the dots in the fringes at least as strong 

 as above, or perhaps stronger. ^ antennal ciliation rather shorter than in litigiosaria. Oberthijr states that 

 lambessata is rather larger than litigiosaria and this may be correct as a generalisation, but both are susceptible 

 to considerable variation in size. Herr Pungeler has bred lambessata from the egg and informs me that the larva 

 and pupa resemble those of litigiosaria. Inhabits Spain, Portugal and North Africa, end of May to July. 



consecrata. Pt. consccrata Stgr. (3 e) is very easily distinguished by the pink postmedian band or shade on both 



wings, which rather recalls Ehodostrophia. Our figure gives an accurate impression of the upper surface and a 

 detailed description is unnecessary. The antemedian line is quite indistinct; distal boundary of the pink 

 band ill-defined; dots at base of fringe minute, not very conspicuous. On the under surface the pink band is 

 sometimes wanting; the basal part of the forewing, especially costally, is somewhat suffused; the only distinct 

 marking is the pink band or the dark line which on the upper surface borders this proximally ;^the cell- 

 spots also present. ^ antennal ciliation rather short. Only known from Palestine. 



lucellata. Pt. lucellata Pilng. (3 e). Colour of forewing somewhat as in rufaria, costally more suffused with 



reddish. Very distinct in the narrower, more elongate wings, the hindwing more whitish, not (as in nearly all 

 the species of the genus) concolorous with the forewing. The fine reddish inner line of the forewing is bent 

 near the costa, the outer parallel with the distal margin; median .'hade thicker, crossing the cell-spot. Subter- 

 minal line scarcely indicated. Hindwing with inner line wanting, median shade placed just beyond the cell- 

 spot. The position of the median line and the expression of the cell-spots are subject to considerable varia- 

 tion; in the type $, which is smaller and narrower than the (J, the median line is placed much nearer to the 

 postmedian and the discal spots are wanting; even in the ^ they are brown (not so black as in our figure) 

 and are wanting beneath. Under surface with the wings concolorous, the forewing being paler, the hindwing 

 less white than above: both, but especially the forewing, shaded with red costally; first line of forewing wan- 

 ting. (J antennal ciliation not long. Togus-Torau, Central Asia, only a few ,^(^ and the single $ yet known. 



ossiculata. Pt. ossiculata Led. (4 b) is another rather narrow-winged species, in this differing from the similarly 



coloured species such' as litigiosaria or macilentaria. Whitish bone-colour, the lines rather thick and wavy 

 but not very conspicuous, being only a little darker than the ground-colour. Antemedian line almost or entirely 

 lost in a slight basal suffusion, which on both wings extends as far as the median line; the other lines tole- 

 rably equal in expression, parallel with the distal margin. Cell-spots very small or obsolescent. Fringes with 

 very small black dots opposite the veins. Distributed from Asia Minor and Syria to the Zaizan district. 



proclivata. Pt. proclivata Fuchs (3f). Very close to the preceding but considerably smaller. As I have only a 



single specimen before me I am unable to indicate what are the other most constant distinctions ; nor even to 

 affirm positively that it might not be a second generation or local race of ossiculata. The specimen before 

 me appears to have slightly less pointed forewing, is somewhat more suffused and weakly marked both above, 

 and on the hindwing beneath, the costal edge of the forewing somewhat yellower; the black discal 

 dots and those at the base of the fringe are wanting. According to Fuchs, however, 

 a fine discal dot is sometimes present on the hindwing. Only known from Russian Armenia. 



mediaria. Pt. mediaria Hbn. (3 f). Quite distinct in markings from any other species possessing the same 



structure; rather recalling, except in shape and colour, certain species of Acidalia, e. g. emutaria Hbn., or rsitheT 

 hanna Btl. Forewing somewhat pointed, though less elongate than in the preceding species; brownish white 

 with_^scattered dark scales. Lines dark grey-brown, almost .blackish. Median shade on both wings particularly 



