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CIDARIA. By L. B. Prout. 



ramalaria. C. ramalaria Felcl. (13 a). Size and facies of nigrifasciaria Leech, to which some specimens bear a good deal 



of resemblance. Very variable, but easily recognized by the structure. Ground-colour of forewing nearly 

 white, or yellowish- white, or pale brownish grey; the dark basal area more extended than in nigrifasciaria, 

 sometimes almost uniformly dark but more commonly with the proximal part paler; median band generally 

 somewhat narrower than in nigrifasciaria, or narrowing posteriorly, subterminal line not preceded by strong 

 dentate blackish line. Hindwing white or whitish, with discal dot and dentate, somewhat angulated postmedian 

 line. N. W^ Himalayas. 



antelataria. C. antelataria Stgr. is very similar, the hindwing less (in the ? not) produced, the P' median more 



shortly stalked or from the hind angle of the cell. Very pale yellowish grey, the dark blue-grey median band 

 more sharply black-edged, at least costally, where the antemedian bends sharply basewards, thus differing from 

 that of ramalaria; the basal area is sharply divided into pale base and grey, black-edged subbasal band, d' 

 antennal ciliation nearly as long as diameter of shaft. Zerafshan and Ferghana. 



Subgenus Coenoiephria, stihg. no v. Forewing with areole double. Hindwing with discocellulars biangu- 

 late. Genitalia in cf without the special organ of Entephria. 



verberata. C. verberata Scop. (= rupestrata Schiff.) (9h). Quite distinct from all other species. The cf is here 



hassiaria. figured. ? smaller and whiter, more weakly marked. — ab. bassiaria Feisfh. (=^ tenuifasciata Hofner). Small, 



unicolor. the median area constricted, its boundary-lines touching in the middle. — ab. unicolor Rhl. has the upper 



vogesiaria. surface quite markingless. — vogesiaria Peijer. is smaller than the type, the transverse lines more yeUowish, 



weakly expressed, the hindwing almost or quite without markings. Mountains of Alsace. — The larva has 



only recently been discovered by Chretien. The egg is dropped loose among low plants, on which the larva 



is polyphagous. It usually hatches about March, after hibernating; but — at least in captivity — a few larvae 



hatch already in November. Larva moderately stout, tapering somewhat anteriorly; green with a dark green 



dorsal and a white ventral line. Pupa moderately elongate, yellowish brown, anal point blackish; in a slight 



cocoon on the surface of the ground, verberata is on the wing in July and is distributed in the mountains 



of Central Europe and the Caucasus. 



tophaceata ^' tophaceata Schiff. ( = potentillaria Frr.) (9 h). Evidently more nearly related to the nebulata group 



than to Entephria, among which Staudinger places it. Larger than nebulata and achromaria, differently coloured 

 with broader band, etc. Palpus rather long, cf antennal ciliation minute. Discocellulars variable, their angle 



molliculata. often very weak. ? generally larger than (f. — ab. molliculata Guen. Smaller (scarcely larger than nebnlafa), 

 jurassica. forewing rather less pointed, at apex, markings weaker, the yellowish shade wanting. — jurassica Vorhr. 

 and MUll.-Rutz. Strikingly white, with more copious admixture of yellow. Recorded from several localities 

 in the Jura. — Larva cylindrical with well marked incisions and lateral folds; grey tinged with lilac, the first 

 5 abdominal segments with indistinct dark V-shaped marks, filled-in with whitish. It hibernates, sometimes 

 in the pupal cocoon. The pupa is elongate, glossy yellowish. The moth (lies in July, sometimes again in 

 September. Bilbao, Ihe Pyrenees, the Alps, Germany and Austria-Hungary. 



eteocreiica. C. eteocretica Rhl. resembles tophaceata but is smaller, narrower-winged, with different colouring and 



with shorter palpus. The colour is more washed-out, the yellowish admixture only indicated in the marginal 

 area, the dark costal spots before the apex much larger and more blurred, the dark marginal dashes only 

 shortly interrupted between the veins, thus not consisting of distinct double dots as in tophaceata. The whitish 

 postmedian band of the hindwing less sharply angulated. Founded on 2 ?? from Assitaes, Central Crete. 



viduata. C. viduata Stgr. is described as very similar to ohvallata, but seems to me to belong to the present 



group. Wings slightly more elongate than in tophaceata, one more brownish, median band broad exteriorly, 

 suddenly narrowing at the same place as in alfacariata but then widening again slightly; the broad costal half 

 contains a pale patch and small dark discal dot; distal area more weakly marked than in tophaceata; margin 

 with pairs of small black dots. Hindwmg light, the postmedian line (as in most of the group) sharply angled, 

 very faint above, more distinct beneath. Both wings beneath with dark costal spot at origin of this line. 

 Antennal ciliation nearly as in nebulata. Discocellulars very weakly (sometimes scarcely) angulated. Issyk- 

 Kul and the Hi district, etc. 



neogamata. C. neogamata PUng. Rather smaller and more pointed-winged than viduata, more glossy, more brownish, 



basal patch and median area darker, the latter similarly shaped but with less strong teeth and indentations; 

 postmedian line of hindwing marked with darkish dots on the veins from 3'''^ radial onwards. Antennal ciliation 

 longer. Discocellulars more strongly biangulate. Ferghana and the 111 district. 



