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CI D ARIA. By L. B. Prout. 



double rounded projection between 3''' radial and 2""* median; proximal edge of this area forming a narrow 

 fuscous bar (or thick line) nearly throughout, distal edge forming a similar one between the radials; the band, 

 except a rather narrow central part, is traversed by darker lines, as are also the violet-grey areas; discal 

 mark elongate; subterminal line indicated by a white dot behind the S'*^ radial; a dark apical streak. Hindwing 

 uniform glossy violet-grey, a postmedian line scarcely indicated. Both wings beneath like hindwing above, the 

 forewing more coppery-tinged costally. Wa-shan in May, only the type known (a ?). Possibly the cf will prove 

 to have pectinate antenna like pe7idearia Ob., to the darkest examples of which it superficially approximates. 



patridaria. C. putridaria H.-Sch. Herrich-Schaffer figured two very distinct species under this name, as cf and 



? and as the male (fig. 535) belonged to the species later named acutangulata by Chrtstoph it would have 

 been more reasonable to restrict the name to that; but as the "first reviser" (Staudinger) restricted it to the 

 female (fig. 536), his action must be followed; perhaps even Herrich-Schaffer's description (vol. 6, p. 78) favours 

 this view. Whitish grey with a slight tinge of brownish, the median area only darkened at its margins, the distal 

 area without the red-brown blotches which characterize the following species. Except in its rather larger and less 

 while colour it scarcely differs from hulgariata. Chiefly known from Transcaucasia, N. Persia and Transcaspia. — 



bulgariata. bulgariata Mill. (10 a, as permixtaria) is the European form, first described from Bulgaria but also occurring 

 in Herzegovina, Italy and at Digne, probably also in Western Asia. Larva slender, green with fme dark dorsal 

 and white subdorsal lines, lateral area puffed, broadly shaded with yellowish below. July — August on Galium. 

 The pupa hibernates and is dull brown, anteriorly greenish. Imago in June. 



j)p.rmixtaria. C. permixtaria H.-Sch. (10 a, as putridaria). Very like the preceding, abdomen with stronger pairs of 



black spots, distal area of both wings whitish behind the d'^ radial, forewing with red-brown spots proximally 

 to the subterminal. Altogether a more sharply marked, more variegated species. Spain, S. Tyi'ol, Greece, 

 Asia Minor to Transcaucasia, etc., flying in June and July. 



renodata. C, renodata Piiiicj. is also very near putridaria, but rather larger, especially the ?, the forewing more 



elongate and pointed, the colour pale grey-brownish, the markings weaker, without the dark band-like filling 

 in of the double lines. From Askhabad, where putridaria. also occurs. 



corollaria. C, corollaria H.-Sch. (= unicata Guen.) (10 a as unicata). A small species, though somewhat variable 



in size. Forewing yellowish white, with basal patch and moderately broad median band dark brown, the latter 

 somewhat marked with black at the costal and hindmargin and containing some pale lines or blotches and a 

 large black cell-spot: subterminal line preceded by a light yellowish-brown shade and followed by a pair of 

 more or less confluent dark spots between the radials ; some weaker dark terminal shading towards the hinder 

 angle. Underside with median band less dark, ill-defined proximally; distal area of both wings nearly as that 

 of the hindwing above. Recorded from the Balkan Peninsula. Asia Minor, N. Syria and Transcaucasia. — 

 ceiitralisata. centralisata Str/r. has the ground-colour of the forewing mixed with pale brown, (tending to form subbasal 

 and distal bands) the basal and median area filled in with dark fuscous (not mottled with the ground-colour). 

 Ferghana, Issyk-kul and Transcaspia. A transitional form is recorded from Mardin. 



cttculata. C. cuculata Hufn. (= sinuata Schiff.) (10 a) is characterized by the alternate bands of chestnut and 



blackish brown in the proximal area, the white median area, the form of the postmedian band, etc. — ■ ab. 



circulata. circulata Rbl. is a remarkable and perhaps unique aberration in which the dark bands of the central area are 

 connected on the subcostal and median veins, enclosing a roundisli white patch. — Larva green or yellowish 

 with conspicuous blackish or dark purple subdorsal stripes. On Galium. Pupa reddish, with browner wings, 

 hibernating, cuculata Hies in June and July and is distributed in Europe (except the extreme north and south), 

 Transcaucasia, Central Asia and East Siberia. 



yokohamae. C. yokohamae Btlr. (^ rogenhoferi Graes.) Nearly related to cuculata, but with the postmedian costal 



patch narrower, sometimes more broken into lines, the lines which run from it across the median area obso- 

 lete, the distal area without the light red-brown shade, remaining pale anteriorely, but clouded with dark 

 smoke-colonr (narrowly brown proximally) from the P' radial onwards. S. E. Siberia, Korea and Japan. 



suhangulata. C. subangulata Koll. (=■ cymaria Btlr. nee Guen.) (10b). Median band of forewing distally shaped 



nearly as in unaiu/tdata, with which, howewer, it has otherwise little in common; the reddish median band, 

 preceded by a ferruginous one, is distinctive. Under surface strongly mixed with ferruginous brown, especially 

 distally; postmedian band distinct, whitish, divided; subterminal line represented chiefly by white dots. Variable 

 in coloration, breadth of median band, etc. N. W. Himalayas and Afghanistan. 



azonaria. C. azonaria Ob. (9 b). Closely related to subangulata but with narrower, distally straight-edged (or almost 



straight) median band; ground-colour of forewing on an average more brownish, which is especially noticeable 



