106 PTYCHOPODA. By L. B. Pbout. 



commencing from stronger and usually slightly enlarged costal spots, the first slightly curved, sinuate inwards in 

 posterior part, accentuated by darker marks on the veins, the postmedian formed about as in eburnata, or the teeth 

 slightly less pronounced; median shade thick, distinct at posterior margin but almost or entirely dying out 

 about the cell-spot; pale subterminal line strongly sinuous, moderately dark-shaded proximally and distally; 

 cell-spot large, black; no marginal line; fringe with dark spots. Hindwing similar, first line wanting, cell-spot 

 smaller. Under surface very glossy, without markings ; forewing more brownish, hindwing more whitish. Dras, 

 Kashmir, 2 ^^, 3 ?$ collected in June 1887 by J. H. Leech. One (J is less strongly dark-dusted than the other 

 examples. 



humeraria. Ft. humeraria Walk. (= cerussina Btlr.) (7d). A pretty and very distinct species. Wings rattier narrow, 



whitish ashy (sometimes tinged with ochreous), dusted with fuscous scales, the median area of the forewing 

 and basal half of hindwing, however, almost free from dark dusting; the markings fuscous, arranged nearly 

 as in eburnata but with the median shade on both wings quite weak, ochreous, not fuscous; costal mar- 

 gin of forewing from base to first line broadly blackis h-f u s c o u s. Under sur- 

 face without markings, glossy, the forewing with smoky suffusion. Antennal ciliation in ^ moderate, even; 

 hindtarsus not abbreviated. The shape recalls that of a rather narrow-winged seriata, to the average size 

 of which it also approximates; distal margin of forewing strongly oblique, nearly straight; of hindwing very 

 slightly excised between the radials. Dharmsala, Kulu, Simla, etc. 



consoUdata. Pt. consolidata-Lec?. (7 d) rather nearly resembles e6itrwato in colouring and markings and it is probably 



for this reason that Staudinger has placed it in this position. It does not approach it very closely in structure, 

 the cJ antennal joints projecting less, with the ciliation shorter, the hindtarsus in the cJ greatly abbreviated. 

 Further differs from eburnata in the less developed dark costal spots of the forewing, much weaker and less 

 zigzag median shade (sometimes almost obsolete), position of the postmedian line somewhat further from 

 the distal margin, large dark dots near the base of the pale fringes, weaker-marked underside and other 

 characters. In any case the yellower and darker forms of eburnata could be at once distinguished by their 

 colour, for consoUdata, so far as I know it, does not vary greatly but remains whitish. Larva rather thick, 

 tapering somewhat anteriorly, transversely folded, lateral carination sharp; head dark brown, body greenish 

 black-brown, 2. — 5. abdominal segments each anteriorly with a somewhat raised whitish yellow transverse 

 dorsal protuberance ; the dorsal tubercles on the last few segments placed on yellowish elevations ; spiracles 

 very small, brown, the tubercles in their vicinity black. Pupa comjiact, light brown, the cremaster dark with 

 very short anal hooks. Imago in June — July and again in September. S. E. Europe, N. Syria, Asia Minor 

 and Persia, local. Perhaps also in Sicily, and I have a single ^ from Moncayo (N. E. Spain) which seems 

 clearly referable here but has become greasy and looks darker — rather recalling the description of joanmsialu. 



libycata. Pt. libycata Bartel (3f) represents consoUdata' in Algeria, and doubts have even been expressed 



whether it should be treated as a distinct species, neither the larva nor the perfect insect seeming to show 

 any very important differences. As, however, the cJ antennal joints aj)pear to be appreciably more projec- 

 ting, and the costal margin of the forewing more convex, so tiiat the wing appears broader, I prefer to keep 

 it distinct. For the rest Ubycata differs chiefly in being on an average more strongly dark-dusted and better 

 marked, sometimes with a more lirownish ground-colour, the antemedian and postmedian lines of the fore- 

 wing tending to become more nearly approximated, especially at the costal margin. Larva thick, attenuated 

 anteriorly, strongly carinated, segment-incisions deep; skin very rough and granulated, folded transversely; 

 head blackish; a quadrate blackish dorsal spot on the metathorax extending to part of the 1. abdominal, 

 the following segment-incisions with X-shaped dorsal markings; ventral area blackish grey, with a similar 

 but weaker pattern. Double-brooded, or perhaps with a succession of broods. From eggs obtained late in May 

 HoMBERG bred the moths in August. 



vesubiata. Pt. vesubiata Mill. (4 c) is another rather broad-winged species with, in some measure, the eburnata 



habitus. In the antennal and leg structure it nearly agrees with consoUdata, the ciliation perhaps even shorter. 

 The much less distinct spots in the fringe, together with much thicker, stronger interneural dark marks on the 

 distal margin itself will readily distinguish it from consoUdata. The median line of the hindwing follows nearly 

 the same cour.se as in eburnata, but that of the forewing is in general much less incurved posteriorly, thus less 

 approximated to the inner line. The dark costal spots at the origin of the lines are well expressed. The ground- 

 colour is sometimes browner than in the specimen figured. Under surface with strong lines and discal dots, 

 the forewing somewhat smoky, the hindwing whiter; first line of forewing wanting, the shading between post- 

 median and subterminal weaker than above. By some error Millie re has figured the larva of asellaria as 

 vesubiata. That of the true vesubiata is moderately slender, tapering little, somewhat flattened, the lateral ridge 



