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C. fortificata B.-Haas. Only one example known, possibly related to the three preceding. Pure white forlificata. 

 with brownish black basal and median bands, the latter — as in them or even as in albirjirata — narrowing 

 very abruptly in the middle, but with its broad anterior part differently thaped, its edges more excavated in 

 and opposite to the cell, etc. Juldus district. Probably a rare form, analogous to caedata ab, prospicuata etc., 

 but does not seem referable to any known species. The structure is not indicated. 



C. egenata sp. nov. Still narrower-winged than neogamata, the markings nearly as in that, the edges of egenata. 

 the median band less proximally curved at costa; coloaring more as in viduata; distal area very weakly marked, 

 only with quite ill-defined costal patch. Both wings beneath very weakly marked, the postmedian line less 

 acutely angled than in the two preceding. Structure as in neogamata. Siberia; Irkut River. 



C. nebulata Tr. (9 i). Whitish cinereous or slightly brownish (our figure a little too brown), the basal nehulala. 

 and median darker areas not very strongly expressed, best defined at their margins, especially on the costa. 

 Hindwing somewhat greyish proximally, the boundary sharply angled (not brought out in our figure), then white, 

 then again greyish (though often quite weakly). Underside also weakly marked, the hindwing whiter than above 

 but with a more distinct, angled postmedian line and often a rather distinct, though small discal dot. Head 

 and face white, cf antennal ciliation almost as long as the diameter of the shaft. — vallesiarla Lah. {= mix- vallesiaria. 

 tata Stgr.), from Vallais and the Tyrol is darker grey, more tinged with fuscous. Probably our figure should 

 be referred to this form rather than to the type, but various gradations occur. — I^arva smooth, of medium 

 proportions, light reddish grey, paler beneath, the first 5 abdominal segments dorsally each with a small black 

 spot followed by 2 dots ; head small, light. Feeds on Galium in July-August, spins up in September, but hiber- 

 nates as a larva in the pupal cocoon, changing in the spring. The pupa is compact, yellowish brown with 

 long cremaster. The moth flies in June-July, a partial second brood late in August. Local in the mountains, 

 Jura to Dalmatia; also recorded from Gran Sasso, Central Italy. 



C. approximata Stgr. Nearly related to nebulata (9 i); possibly a variety of it. Not such a clear grey as approxi- 

 nehulata, more greenish, but not so dark as vallesiaria. Less sharply marked, the median band only darkened mala. 

 distally, here anteriorly rather sharply bounded by a whitish green band; distal marginal dots distinctly 

 disposed in pairs; fringe yellowish proximally, whitish distally. Underside darkened, the median band about 

 as in nebulata; distally to it are placed at the costal margin three light parallel stripes, reaching to the apex, 

 which are wanting in nebulata; the postmedian line of the hindwing appears somewhat less dentate and is 

 followed by two rather distinct dark lines, which also are wanting in nebulata. N. E. Asia Minor and Trans- 

 caucasia, May — June. — impunctata Stgr., founded on a single ? from Amasia, is perhaps a mere aberration, impunctata. 

 rather weakly marked and entirely without marginal dark dots or line. Examples from Tien-shan and Merv 

 probably belong here. — propagata Chr. may be a local race of approximata, rather larger and darker, propagata. 

 Transcaucasia and Transcaspia. 



C. achromaria Lah. {= saxicolata Led., hispalata Rbr) (9i). Very similar to nebulata but more shsx^X^ achromaria. 

 marked, especially as regards the central band and the under surface; distal edge of central band on an 

 average more deeply indented at 2""^ radial and at 2"'' median, cf antennal ciliation shorter. Head and face 

 white irrorated with grey. The larva is also very similar to that of nebulata but is of a bluish grey colour, 

 with the dorsal pattern much more sharply prominent and with black spots below the 3'''' — 6"' spiracles. It 

 feeds on Galium in June and again in September, the 2""^ brood hibernating in Ihe pupal cocoon. Pupa 

 similar to that of nebulata. Imago in May — June and a partial 2"'' brood in August. Local in the mountains 

 from the Pyrenees and Alps to Greece. 



C. incultaria H.-Sch. (= latifoliata Mill.) (9 h) is distinguished by its small size and rather elongate incuUaria. 

 glossy wings. Clear grey or slightly brownish grey, the markings rather weak or moderately well expressed, 

 the lines which bound the median area darkened costally; median area rather narrow or of moderate width; 

 the narrow double bands which bound it white, clearest costally. Hindwing almost or altogether unmarked. 

 Head white, cf antennal cihation very short. The larva is rather stout, pale green, dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines darker green, lateral stripe broad, very pale green, washed in the centre with more or less bright carmine ; 

 head small. It feeds in the seed-vessels of Primula latifolia or mines in the leaves; sometimes also in the 

 seeds of Saxifraga or Bartsia. Pupa yellow-green, with darker wings, hibernating in an earthen cocoon. Flies 

 in June and July in the Alps, Carpathians and the high mountains of Bosnia. 



C. lamata Stgr. is unknown to me, but its author says that it would be perhaps least inappropriately lamata. 

 placed next to numidiata. As the d' antenna is merely very shortly ciliated, it is evident that the position 

 assigned in his Catalogue (following ferrugata) is incorrect. Forewing dirty grey-brownish, with 3 narrow, 

 white-bordered dark bands, dark discal dot; a dark apical line or dash and dentate white subterminal line; 

 antemedian band close before the discal dot; postmedian outcurved; sometimes these two bands are confluent, 



