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TELENOMEUTA; HYSTERURA. By L. B. Prout. 



vasJiH. Ph, vashti Btlr. {= chrislophi Hedem.) (1 1 e). Larger than vetulata and very much darker, also rather 



more glossy: anal tuft in o"^ less enormously developed. On the forewing the subterminai line is broken into 

 a row of white dots and spots. Underside also glossy, both wings with the postmedian and its while edging 

 indicated, forewing with some whitish dots at costa and on the veins, discal dots present; some examples 

 more strongly marked. Japan, S. E. Siberia and W. China. 



imtabilis. Ph. instabilis Alph. Only the ? has been figured, but the cf is said to show all the characters of the 



present genus, cf about 45 mm., ? 38 — 42 mm. Wings rather broad (at least in ?) but with the apex of the 

 lorewing acute. Foj-ewing pale grey, slightly tinged with brownish; extremely variable, the numerous waved 

 transverse line differing much in strength of expression, often more or less united into bands, sometimes in 

 part or almost entirely obsolete; subterminai line whitish, followed distally by a marginal shade, the two 

 separating costally and limiting a pale, more or less triangular apical spot; nervures dotted somewhat as in 

 Triphosu dubitata. Hindwing paler, weakly marked except towards anal angle, discal dot faintly indicated 

 (wanting on forewing). Under surface very pale shining grey, with the markings of the upper more or less 

 reproduced; both wings with discal dot. Western Thian-shan and Issyk-kul. According to the figure, the 

 straighter direction of the lines should characterize this species. 



50. Genus: Telenoiueu ta Wan: 



Face scarcely protuberant, appressed-scaled. Palpus quite moderate, with moderately appressed scales. 

 Antenna in cT almost simple. Hindtibia with all spurs. Abdomen not crested. Forewing ample, with distal 

 margin oblique, somewhat convex, very weakly crenulate; areole long, single. Hindwing with distal margin 

 conspicuously crenulate; discocellulars not biangulate. 



Only one species known, inhabiting Japan and Central China. Its exact affinities are uncertain. Leech 

 placed the species in Plnbalapteryx (:= Horisme) but the abdomen is not crested and it seems likely to belong 

 nearer to Philereme. 



pwnctimar- 



T. punctimarginaria Leech (II h) is recognizable by the extremely oblique distal edge of the median 



ginaria. band, etc. Underside feebly marked, excepting a postmedian line on both wings. 

 July — August. Also on Formosa. 



Japan and Chang-Yang 



51. Genus: Hysteriira Warr. 



Face rather prominent, with appressed scales. Palpus with 2"'' joint rather long, shortly rough-scaled, 

 '6^^ concealed. Antenna in cf shortly ciliated, Hindtibia with all spurs. Forewing with distal margin rather 

 straight, oblique, the apex thus appearing more prominent than in Eustroma; areole usually double; inner- 

 marginal area in cf (unless in literataria) with a more or less developed pencil of hair beneath, Hindwing 

 with costa somewhat arched (especially in cf), distal margin rather straight from the P' radial to the P' me- 

 dian, thence somewhat undulate (in cf multifaria strongly angled at 1^' median); costal anastomosing rather 

 shortly or quite moderately with cell; cell very short, discocellulars not biangulate; 1^' median stalked. 



Only 3 species are known, ranging from N. India to S. E. Sibiria and Formosa. They are distinguished 

 from Eustroma by their shape and pattern, the stalking of the P" median of the hindwing and some secondary 

 sexual characters. 



multifaria. H. multifaria Swinh. (= declinans Stgr.) (12 a). Distinguished from the other species by the shape of 



the cf hindwing, the broader median band, the very clear whitish line on the median vein and proximal part 

 of the 3'''' radial, more extended blackish markings distally to the median band, rather greyer hindwing, etc. 

 On the underside of both wings there is a distinct dark discal mark and a dentate postmedian line, pale-edged 

 distally, on the hindwing more deeply dentate, in the cf indeed strongly zigzag. Assam, Formosa and S. Ussuri; 

 the Palearctic form (which I have not seen) may possibly constitute a local race, as Staudinger says it is 

 more chocolate-coloured (less reddish) than the Indian cervinaria and this scarcely applies to typical multifaria. 



literataria H. literataria Leech (13 b) has the markings shaped nearly as in the Indian cervinaria Moore, the median 



band being much narrower posteriorly and terminating at the 2"'* submedian vein; a series of 3 equal-sized 

 subterminai blackish marks from costa where multifaria has an irregular and more extended series, traces of 



