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is traversed by parallel lines of almost equal strength. The under surface is less uniform, most of the lines 



being weak, the postmedian strong, the band which follows it paler than above. — dolomitana Hahkli, is an dolomiiuna. 



interesting local form from the Southern Tyrol with the ground-colour, especially in the median area, dark 



grey. — The larva is rather stouL, with line black dorsal line, narrowly edged with yellow-green, and a broad, 



dull black subdorsal; ventral surface yellow-green with 5 blackish lines. It feeds on low plants and hibernates. 



Pupa light brown, the wings lighter. The moth hies in June and .July and is common in the Alps, the 



Carpathians, etc. ; local in S. W. Germany. 



C. filaria Ev. Concerning this doubtful species we have no information beyond the original description filaria. 

 (as Acidalia) and a note by Erschoff that it is "a Gidaria near rir/uata Ifbn". About the size and shape of 

 malvata. Fawn-colour; forewing somewhat shaded, with 4 fine oblique, curved, irregularly dentate white lines, 

 the first 2 incurved near the costa, the third witli the deepest curve in its middle, the fourth parallel with 

 the distal margin; a brown discal dot. Hindwing with 2 white lines parallel with distal margin, continuing 

 the last two of the forewing. Underside grey brownish with a brown postmedian line and a very indistinct 

 whitish subterminal. Zaisan. 



C. cupreata H.-Sch. (= hortulanaria Stgr., indecora Warr.) (9i). Face with well developed tufi. cupreata. 

 Antenna in cf somewhat thickened, with ciliation minute. Very variable; the coppery hue, as shown in our 

 figure, is typical, but darker, less reddish-tinged forms also occur. Median band of forewing broad, its proximal 

 edge strongly curved, running very obliquely basewards in its posterior part so that the band is relatively 

 broader on the hindmargin than is usual in Cidaria; a whitish line or patch follows the band in the anterior 

 part of the wing and there is commonly an oblique pale shade from the apex; two blackish spots between 

 the radials, sometimes lost in a dark subapical cloud. Hindwing always weakly marked, with crenulate black 

 marginal line. Underside paler, weakly marked. S. Spain, Sicily, N. Africa, Asia Minor and Syria. "Amur", 

 assigned by a dealer as locality for Warren's type, is no doubt eri-oneous. — confuscaria 8tgr. (= bistrigata confuscaria. 

 H.-Sch. nee Tr.) is probably, as Staudinger suggests, a sharply-marked aberration, more yellowish brown, the 

 median area strongly fuscous edged, its central part anteriorly yellowish, posteriorly violaceous. Sicily. — 

 palaestinensis Stgr. is a dark grey (scarcely brownish tinged) race from Palestine, but also occurring in palae- 

 N. Syria and N. Africa. stinetisis. 



C. vallantinaria Ob. (9 k) is probably nothing more than an aberration of cupreata with the band vallan- 

 narrower, differently shaped proximally, the ground-colour more mixed with olive grey, etc. The name may 

 have to supplant jjalaestinensis for the Syrian and North Africa race, but I hesitate to unite them as Staudinger 

 regarded OBERTHtJR's type as representing a distinct species and Oberthijr mentions a triangular blackish apical 

 patch on the forewing beneath. Algeria: Bone, one d^. 



C. obvallata Led., described from a single cT from Astrabad, is unknown to me. Lederer says that ohvallala. 

 it bears a superficial resemblance to a worn munitata, but the size is somewhat larger and the wings, according 

 to the figure, somewhat more elongate. Forewing pale reddish grey with basal patch and median band red- 

 brown traversed by dark lines; discal mark present, strigiform; dislal area weakly shaded with reddish brown, 

 the subterminal line indistinct. Hindwing and underside paler, with indistinct whitish postmediau band; discal 

 dots present, also on the underside an obscure dark line proximally to the pale band, cf antenna shortly ciliated. 



C. basochesiata Dwp. (10 a). The pleasing varied reddish grey shades of the forewing, whitish hm&wmgbasochesiata. 

 with somewhat crenulate blackish terminal line, the peculiarly shaped antemedian line and the dark shading 

 which follows it distally except at the angle are among the principal distinctive features. Both wings beneath 

 are pale brownish grey, with discal dot and fine, sinuous postmedian line. Probably related to cupreata. Larva 

 moderately elongate, cylindrical, tapering somewhat anteriorly; dorsally pale brown, shaded with blackish on 

 the sides; venter yellowish grey; dorsal line dark, subdorsal fleshy white, washed with yellowish; spiracular 

 line pale, interrupted; spiracles ovoid, very small, orange, broadly ringed with black. On Rubia peregrlna, 

 feeding up rapidly, even in the winter. The moths usually appear about 20 — 25 days after pupation, namely 

 in the autumn, winter and early spring; but as soon as the hot weather commences they cease to emerge, 

 some of the pupae therefore aestivating. A very local species, only known from S. France, Spain and Sicily. 



C. latifasciaria Leech (13 c) somewhat recalls badiata except in shape, but the median band is still nesLverlatifasciaria. 

 in form to that of the Indian lateritiata Moore, with which it further agrees in the rounded, not tufted frons 

 and shortish palpus, but which has biangulate discocellulars, narrower white hindwing, etc. Both wings broad, 

 distal margins rounded, weakly subcrenulate. Forewing violet-grey with light copper- brown basal patch and 

 median band, the former oblique-edged (widest anteriorly), traversed and bounded by darker lines, the latter 

 broad, of pretty equal width throughout, but sinuous-edged, indented near the costal margin and with short 



