190 SAURIS; CRYPTOLOBA. By L. B. Prout. 



shortly with subcostal at the end of the short cell, in the ? anastomosing normally; 1 ^' radial in ¥ long- 

 stalked with 2"'' subcostal, in cf coincident; ? with all veins, cf without medians and submedian. 

 Besides the species here given, only one or two Indo-Australian species are known. 



artemidora. B. artemidora Ob. (^pallida Moore) (6c). Greyish white, slightly suffused with brown. Forewing 



with black costal markings somewhat as in Microloba bella, black cell-spot and waved whitish antemedian, 

 postmedian and subterminal lines, the two former indistinctly dark-edged proximally and distally, the latter 

 with interrupted dark shading proximally. Hindwing usually with two thick dark lines in proximal half, 

 obsolete costally, towards inner margin often united by a dark blotch; some indistinct dark markings before 

 the pale subterminal. 



Inhabits Japan, the Ussuri district, Formosa and North India. 



37. Genus: kauris Guen. 



Face smooth. Palpus very long, with appressed scales. Antenna in cf somewhat thickened and 

 flattened. Hindtibia in cf without spurs, in ? with a single pair. Abdomen long. Forewing rather long and 

 narrow; areole single. Hindwing small, in the cf usually much distorted, with large basal lobe and in the 

 typical section with the distal part irregularly folded and clothed with curved hair; ? with all veins, costal 

 anastomosing with cell, 2"'' subcostal stalked, cf with fewer veins, their homologies difficult lo decide on 

 account of their abnormal position, probably the medians and submedians wanting, costal anastomosing with 

 subcostal or anastomosing beyond the end of the cell, P' radial widely separate, 2"'' radial from lower angle 

 of cell, S'^ from near 2""^. 



A somewhat extensive bido-Australian genus or group of genera, only straggling into the Palearctic 

 and Aethiopian regions. It is evidently an offshoot of the Lobophora group and is remarkaile for the very 

 long palpi, the spurless cf hindleg and especially the various extraordinary modifications of the o^ hindwing. 

 The only Palearctic species known to me are the two from Japan which arc here described; little is known 

 concerning them, indeed the type specimen of niinuta (unfortunately without exact locality and in poor condition) 

 remains unique. Both are probably confined to the South of the comitry. 



nigriline- S. nigrilinearia Leech (12 a). cT? 33 mm. Forewing pale dull green with irregular, somewhat broken, 



«»'«« blackish costal marks at the beginnings of the principal lines; the lines themselves wavy, very weakly expressed in 

 rather darker green; subbasal slender, bent at subcostal; antemedian slightly marked with blackish in anterior 

 half; an oblique black discal dash; postmedian double; a very conspicuous dark line from costa 3 or 4 mm 

 before apex to near hinder angle, a second, less strong, slightly interrupted, close to distal margin; on these 

 lines and (except from costa to 1 ^' radial) between them a strong purple-brown shading. Hindwing above 

 and beneath uniform glossy reddish grey; forewing beneath of the same red-grey, some of the markings faintly 

 showing through, especially the strong black subterminal line. Japan : the type (?) collected by Pryer and 

 without exact locality; Kagoshiraa, 2 cfcf in early July (Wileman). Related to abnormis Moore from India, but 

 with the lobe on the hindwing very much larger, reaching fully to the end of the cell. 



miniita. S. minuta Leech cf, 22 mm. May be distinguished by its small size and dark colour, but is too worn 



to allow of a complete description. Ground-colour of forewing in fresh specimens probably green in the 

 proximal part, certainly violet-tinged in the distal, but strongly dusted and marked with fuscous; numerous 

 wavy transverse lines in proximal three-fourths, then a narrow violet-whitish band, outcurved and bisected 

 anteriorly, broader and clearer posteriorly; the area between this band and the white subterminal line (which 

 is very near the termen) olive-green from- costa to 1 ^' radial, then fuscous. Hindwing with rather strong basal 

 lobe; uniform brown-grey. Underside uniform brown-grey. Japan. 



38. Genus: Cryptoloba Warr. 



Face with projecting cone ot scales. Palpus rather long, rough-scaled. Antenna in cf and sometimes 

 in ? bipectinate. Hindtibia with all spurs. Forewing with areole single (perhaps variable in aerata Moore). 

 Hindwing with costal vein in both sexes connected with the cell by a short bar, 2""* subcostal stalked or 

 from or shortly before the apex of the cell, discocellulars biangulate, 2"'' radial usually arising near 3'''^; 

 submedian veins in cf wanting, the inner margin of the wing being modified into a small lobe at the base. 



An Indian genus of which the type species (aerata Moore) apparently does not reach the Palearctic 

 Region. Even the two species here described only just enter it. 



