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CIDARIA. By L. B. Prout. 



costinotaria. C. costinotaria Leech (13 c) is mnch more glossy than sagittata, of a darker, less yellowish fawn-colour (in 



places greyish shaded), the distal area more grey, the median band sharply broken off at the ^'^ radial, the 

 white markings less pure. Antennal ciliation rather longer — nearly as long as diameter of shaft. Pu-tsu-fong, 

 only the type cf known. Closely related to olivacea Warr. from Sikkim. 



fractifasci- C. fractifasciaria Leech (7 i) is at once distinguished from costinotaria by its white ground-colour, broader 



aria. costal patch, with a slight projection behind the 3'''^ radial, by the presence of a further small spot on the 



hindmargin, the more continuous white subterminal line, not forming any longitudinal wedge-shaped projection 



in the middle, and other differences. Wings equally glossy, rather narrower; antenna rather thickened, with 



very short ciliation. The type cf was taken N. W. of Ta-chien-lu. 1 know no other examples. 



Subgenus Euphyia Hbn. Face commonly with cone of scales. Antenna in cf nearly simple. Areole 

 double. Discocellulars not biangulate (but see subochraria and chimakaleparia). Probably contains some hetero- 

 geneous elements, but does not at present seem subdivisible. 



sintenisi. C. sintenisi Sigr. is said to resemble frustata except that the colour is much darker, leaden grey, not 



green or yellow and the underside quite different, the dark discal dot being followed by a narrow light band 

 which on the hindwing is sharply limited by a darker line while on the forewing it is indistinct in its posterior 

 part; the white subterminal line, which is generally conspicuous in frustata, is extremely faint in sintenisi, 

 almost wanting in the posterior part of the forewing, the whole hindwing and on the underside. The type 

 specimen shows three short whitish stripes in the apical part of the forewing. Hindwing dark grey, the distal 

 area broadly darker still. Forewing beneath with some whitish spots close to the distal margin, one in the 

 middle, one at the apex. Structure as in frustata. N. W. Kurdistan and Transcaucasia. 



adumbra- 

 I'ia. 



frustata. 



fulvodnc- 

 tata. 



C. adumbraria H.-Sch. (12 c) superficially resembles on the upper surface a large nebulata but is slightly 

 broader-winged, with a considerably broader median band, the lines of which it is composed thickened at the 

 costa, the whitish band which follows it more distinct, the postmedian line of the hindwing placed nearer to 

 the distal margin and a discal dot present on this wing. Under surface sharply marked, grey as far as the 

 postmedian line (which is angled on the hindwing), then with a whitish band, the distal area again dark, 

 znarked with a conspicuous row of white interneural dots, which are sometimes connected by a fine white line ; 

 fringes dark-spotted. Antenna in the cf with extremely short ciliation. Not variable, though the markings in 

 some examples are a little more strongly expressed than in others. Apparently double brooded, being on the 

 wing at the end of June and in July and again in September. Croatia, Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Taurus and 

 N. Syria. 



C. frustata Tr. {^= muscosata Donz.) (9 k) is quite unmistakable on account of its mossy green forewing 

 (fading to dirty yellowish with age), paler-centred median band, which contains a large discal dot, grey hind- 

 wing, etc. — fulvocinctata Rbr. is a form in which there is a strong admixture of golden-yellow scales especially 

 on the veins in the distal area and at the costal end of the bands. It is recorded from Andalusia, the Alps, 

 Central Italy and Hungary, sometimes together with the type, sometimes replacing it. — Larva rather stout, 

 pale clay-colour with a reddish tinge; thoracic segments with dark dorsal and subdorsal lines, middle segments 

 with a cross-shaped pattern. On Galium. The pupa hibernates. Double-brooded (except in the mountains), 

 April — May and again in August. S. France and Italy to Austro-Hungary ; Asia Minor; Transcaucasia. 



sandosaria, ^' s^ndosaria H.-Sch. (^ bertrandi Roths) (9 k) is variable; normal specimens somewhat recall, in 



the weakly marked distal area and hindwing, 0. alfacariata, but the ground-colour is less glossy, generally 

 brighter and deeper ochreous brown or reddish, the median band broader and of more uniform width, thus 

 much broader at the posterior margin than in that species. Hindwing grey, often lighter than in our figure. 

 Under surface rather weakly marked. S. Spain, S. Algeria and Tunis. 



intersecta. C. ititersecta titgr. (9i, misprinted internata). A rather soberly coloured species, but not difficult to 



recognize. The wings are shaped much like some Horisme ; the strongly spotted costal margin of the forewing 

 is also noticeable. Ground-colour light greenish grey or yellowish grey, the transverse lines indistinct, chiefly 

 marked by dots on the veins, a pale subterminal band better marked. The right forewing of our figure is 

 desiderata. Correct, the left faulty. Both wings beneath with indistinct, not angled postmedian line. Mongolia. — desiderata 

 expansata. Stgr. has the wings more reddish-brown in colour. Issyk-kul. — expansata subsj). nov. is more whitish grey; 

 the median area much broader, antemedian line scarcely so oblique, postmedian projecting more at 1^' radial 

 and between 3'''' radial and 2"'' median, discal dot very conspicuous; hindwing with postmedian similarly formed. 

 Askhabad, Transcaspia, both sexes in coll. POngeler. Perhaps a separate species. 



■scripturata. C. scripturata Hbn. (^ placidaria Frr.) (9 k). Generally not variable except in size. The pale ground- 



colour will at once separate it from the few other species in which the entire wing (except a distal border) 



