PTYCHOPODA. By L. B. Prout. HI 



white tone of camparia, by the position of the lines and espeeiully ijy the structure. ,^ antenna very shortly 

 and finely ciliated, the ciliation not as long as the diametei' of the shaft; hindtibia strongly dilated, with long 

 hair-pencil, tarsus extremely short. Wing-markings blackish brown, consisting of thick, nearly parallel lines, 

 more strongly marked at the margins of the forewing; antemedian angulated, mediaji crossing the disoal dot 

 of forewing or approximated to it distally; postmedian punctuated on the veins, forming a very small but 

 sharp angle on the first radial; subterminal line indistinct, not accompanied by the strong spots of camparia; 

 fringes intersected by brown marks opposite the veins. Under surface more glossy, forewing somewhat in- 

 fuscated, hindwing whitish, both with the postmedian line distinct. 



Pt. camparia H.-Sch. (4e) is exceedingly like neriata and agrees with it in the dark collar. The c/nnparm. 

 wings are slightly broader, strongly dusted and (at least usually) strongly marked. The lines of the forewing 

 arise from well-marked costal spots and the postmedian follows a different course from that of seriaia, not 

 being appreciably incurved between the radials; it is followed by a more distinct band or series of dark 

 spots proximally to the subterminal and the distal side of the subterminal is also more or less darkened; 

 the distal margin bears a series of conspicuous interneural black strokes, which seem to be always much finer 

 and weaker in seriata; dots on the fringe nearly as in that species. ^ hindtarsus somewhat shorter than in 

 striata. Larva elongate, tapering a little anteriorly and with lateral ridge ; head small, deeply bifid, wood-brown ; 

 body reddish wood-colour with light dorsal and subdorsal line, beginning on the prothorax as sharply white 

 lines, but only the dorsal continuing white ; subdorsal indicated in its further course by dark shading below it ; 

 2. — -5. abdominal segments with thick dark spots bordering the dorsal ; ventral area darker brown with light mar- 

 kings. Imago double brooded, appearing in June and August. Originally described from Smyrna, occurs in 

 several localities in Asia Minor, Syria, Cyprus, the Balkan Peninsula, S. E. Hungary, Dalmatia and Andalusia; 

 probably Sicily and N. Africa are to be added and perhaps some other localities. 



Pt. sodaliara H.-ScJi. (4 c) bears to the white forms of striata the same relationship which camparia sodaliara. 

 bears to the more strongly dusted forms. White with the dusting fine and not strong, the lines, as in camparia, 

 arising from well marked dark costal spots, the postmedian on the forewing not curved inwards between 

 the radials, placed rather further from the distal margin than in seriata; the dots or dashes on the veins by 

 which it is emphasized are sometimes rather long, giving to the line a dentate appearance. The dots at the 

 base of the fringe are in general smaller and less prominent than in seriata, occasionally almost obsolete. The 

 ^ hindtibia, as in camjxiria, is perhaps somewhat more strongly dilated than in seriata and the tarsus is slightly 

 shorter. I regret that I can point to no essential difference from camparia; with bred specimens of both 

 before me, kindly lent by Herr Fritz Wagner of Vienna, I can only say that the dusting on camparia is 

 thicker and coarser, the brown lines also more mixed with dark scales, the subterminal and terminal shading 

 and fringe-dots in general stronger. But for the experience of the Vienna entomologists, who have bred 

 both from the egg, I should not have considered them distinct species. The larva is slender, moderately flattened, 

 anteriorly tapering, lateral ridge distinct ; head yellowish brown ; body reddish wood-colour dorsally, the middle 

 segments mixed with blackish; thorax and first abdominal with a fine blackish subdorsal stripe; 2. — 5. 

 abdominal each with a strong black spot; often a lozenge-shaped pattern is developed on the darkened seg- 

 ments; anal segment with a light, distinctly black-edged dorsal line and very fine subdorsal; lateral ridge 

 light brownish ; ventral area blackish brown. According to Rebel it differs chiefly from that of camparia in being 

 darker ventrally and more indistinctly marked, the white lines on the prothorax weak or wanting. Pupa light 

 brownish with regular rows of black spots ; cremaster dark, with the terminal bristles short. The moth is double- 

 (in captivity triple-) brooded. May — June, July and end of September, each brood in Dalmatia appearing 

 later than the corresponding one of seriata. S. E. Hungary, Carniola, Da'matia and the Balkan States; other 

 records are quite doubtful. 



f Pt. textaria Led. (4 d) can scarcely be confused with any other known species. The pure shining white tcxtaria. 

 ground-colour and the arrangement of the markings rather recall Acidalia ornata. The cj antennal struc- 

 ture and the shape of the hindwing bring textaria rather near seriata; the cJ hindtarsus, however, is much shorter. 

 Lines slender, the antemedian and median more or less obsolete, chiefly indicated by dots on the veins; all 

 three commence obliquely on the costal margin and are angled subcostally; the postmedian is usually better 

 developed (at least towards the inner margin), lunulate-dentate and twice incurved; distal area with two inter- 

 rupted brownish bands or series of blotches, bounding the broad white subterminal line; cell-dots present; 

 distal margin with thick black line strongly interrupted at the vein-ends (or series of thick black dashes). Me- 

 dian shade better developed on the hindwing, strongly angled outwa,rds on the radial and median, so as to form 

 a large lunule (almost a semicircle) round the cell-spot. Under surface feebly marked, the forewing with a 

 slight^brownish basal and costal suffusion. Apparently common in Syria and distributed from the Taurus to 

 Transcaspia. 



