178 ANAITIS. ByL. B. Prout. 



fraieniata. A. fraternata H.-Sch. (12 a) "Smaller than fraudulentata, much lighter grey, the dark bands not so sharp, 



but broader, especially towards the costal margin; the light parts of the costal margin whiter, the fringes with 

 sharp dark dividing-line and intersected with pure white, the space between the subterminal and the termen 

 darker." Local in Asia Minor. 



obsitaria. A. obsitaria Led. (1 1 b). Quite different in colour from the preceding group, though with similar pattern. 



Ground-colour very light brownish grey, the lines more brownish, sometimes inclining to sand-colour, varying 

 much in intensity, usually strongest at the costal margin, all more or less dentate, the antemedian rather 

 strongly bent outwards in the cell; apical streak usually weak; underside very indistinctly marked. Local in 

 Kurdistan and Mesopotamia. 



opificata. A. opificata Led. ( — kawrigini Chr.) (lib) is similar to the preceding species but of a more reddish 



tone, with the two bars which form the median band of the forewing dark grey, not brown, the discal marks 

 better developed, the veins strongly dark-dotted on the reddish areas which precede and follow the median 

 band. Hindwing above darker than in obsitaria. Transcaucasia to N. Syria. 



numidaria. A. nutnidaria H.-Sch. (6g) is a handsome species, more varied and sharply marked than most of its 



congeners. The antemedian and postmedian groups of lines are strongly filled-in with brown so as to form 

 definite bands, the former is accompanied proximally and the latter distally by sharp white edging; they form 

 sharper angles. The pale subterminal line is also distinct and is accompanied proximally by a strong brown 

 shade. Northern Asia Minor to Persia. 



pudicata. A. pudicata Guen. (= uvaria Walk: = vastata Walk.) (12b) differs from all the preceding in the beautiful 



rose-colour which suffuses the costal area of the forewing, the distal margin (or at least the fringe) and the 

 hindwing, the latter being entirely rose pink beneath except for narrow margins. The only distinct markings 

 are: on the forewing above a pure white discal dot and two pale yellowish lines; on the hindwing above a 

 single grey line across the middle. From the species (or forms) which follow, it only differs in having the 

 postmedian line strongly bent outwards at the P' radial. It inhabits N. hidia and Afghanistan. 



affinis. A. affinis Warr. (6 k) is possibly only a form of the preceding, as the two seem to occur together in 



Sikkim ; from West and Central China, however, I have seen only affinis. The postmedian line is straight, 

 but I can find no other constant difference. Warren records also two from Japan; perhaps wrongly labelled? — 

 brunnearia. brunnearia Leech (li e) founded on a single example from Pu-tsu-fong, is almost certainly nothing more than 

 an aberration of affinis. The duller colour is chiefly due to its being in inferior condition, but the lines are 

 rather thick, rather near together and the postmedian more oblique and a little curved in its anterior part. • 



aeguilineata. A. aequilineata Walk. (8 c) entirely lacks the rosy colouring. The forewing above is brownish grey, 



the yellowish lines broad, ferruginous-ed^ed, the postmedian running into the apex. On the underside the 

 hindwing (especially in its distal half) and the apical part of the forewing are strongly shaded with reddish- 

 orange; the lines of the forewing show through. N. W. hidia. 



fulgurata. A. fulgurata Guen. (^ macrocalata Walk. = medmaria Walk. = reciprocata Walk) (8 c). Coloration 



of underside somewhat as in the preceding species, but with the hindwing more uniformly orange-ochreous. 

 Upper surface remarkable for the extremely irregular course of the lines, all of which are very finely white- 

 edged; subbasal line very strongly outcurved in cell, interrupted on median vein by a long grey streak which 

 runs from base into the angle of the antemedian; antemedian acutely angled outwards on median vein and 

 right-angled on fold; median area deep velvety brown with a narrow, straight whitish band in its centre; 

 postmedian line strongly bent outwards in middle. N. W. Himalayas; also in Sikkim. 



po-tlochrea- A. postochrea Hmpsn. (11 c) forms in some respects a transition towards the following genus, the 



foretibial claw being small and slender. The markings of the forewing also show some resemblance to those 

 of C. j^aludata, but really cannot be confused with those of any known species. A reddish ochreous tone 

 which suffuses the forewing above becomes more pronounced on the hindwing and the entire undersurface, 

 which are bright ochreous throughout. Beneath the ochreous becomes more reddish on the hindwing and at 

 the costal margin of the forewing, and in these places a dark postmedian line is present. Kulu and Koksar 

 in the N. W. Himalavas. 



