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APITHECIA; VENUSIA. By L. B. Prout. 



C. Antenna in cf bipectinate. {Paraplaneta Warr) 



conturbata. C. conturbata Walk (131). Larger than riguata, slightly narrower-winged. Nearer to pluriliiiearia but 



not so large, the /'ore-wing with a distinct discal dot (in pluriliiiearia only present on the underside), (he 

 distal edge of the median band more excised at the 2"'' radial, the narrow band which follows it paler. The 

 under surface is very distinct, being umch darker, both wings wilh clear white postmedian band, the foi'ewing 

 with a white or pale line between the discal dot and postmedian band, the proximal area of the liindwing 

 more or less mixed with whitish or traversed by ill-defined whitish lines. Pectinations shojt, transitional to 

 those of plurilinearia. N. W. Himalayas. 



obliqui- C. obliquilineata Hmps. (13 m). Antenna in cf with longer pectinations. Forewing with apex more 



lineata. produced, distal margin more oblique. Ochreous white, slightly irrorated with fuscous, the lines brown 

 fuscous. Forewing with indistinct double oblique subbasal and antemedian lines, small cell-dot (sometimes 

 obsolete) and 6 almost straight oblique lines between this and the distal margin, the y^ the most conspicuous, 

 proximally suffused with ochreous, edged distally by a white line. Hindwing with 6 oblique lines, all obsolete 

 anteriorly. Underside more suffused with fuscous, the lines on the hindwing more prominent than above. 

 N. W. India: Kulu, etc. ^ - 



D. cf unknown. 



grandis. C. grandis spec. nov. (12 b). ? 40—50 mm. Very distinct in its large size, reddish fawn-colour and 



very broad median area. Apex of forewing minutely produced, distal margins (especially of hindwing) slightly 

 crenulnte. Underside rather less reddish, sometimes paler distally to the postmedian line, the veins alternately 

 dark- and light-dolted; both wings with small discal dot. Guimar, Teneriffe (W. Walmesley White), February. 

 Type and cotype in Oxford Museum. 



63. Genus: Apitliecia 



gen. nov. 



Face tufted. Palpus rather long and strong. 3"" joint relatively small. Antenna in cf bipectinate. Legs 

 normal. Abdomen crested. Forewing with areole double. Hindwing with discocellulars oblique. 



Type of the genus: inndata Moore (Vic/aria). 



Distributed in India. I know only the one species. It is intermediate between Xanthorhoe and 

 Eupithecia, the shape, etc., resembling the former, the abdomen even more strongly crested than in the latter. 



viridata. A. viridata Moore (13e). Easily recognized by the structural characters, the green forewing with 



purple-fuscous markings and the ochreous-whitish hindwing. The former is less, the latter more strongly 

 marked beneath. W. China: Omei-shan and Ni-tou. Also in India and Formosa. 



64. Genus: Venui^ia Curt. 



Face broad and smooth. Palpus short and slender. Antenna in cf shortly pectinate. Ilindlibia with 

 all spurs. Forewing with areole single; 3'''' discocellular very oblique. Hindwing with discocellulars biangulate. 



This genus and those which follow (as far as Aafhena) form a closely related group on which Warren 

 has founded a separate subfamily Aatheninae. They are small, delicately built moths, in wing markings as 

 well as in the structure of the head and sometimes (Camhogia) the forewing neuration resembling Acidaliids. 

 They inhabit the Palearctic and Nearctic Regions and New Zealand. 



cambrica. V. cambrica Curt. {= erutaria Bsd., nebulosaria Fry) (9d). Quite distinct. The black marks on the 



Z'^ radial and 1 *' median distally to the outer line recall Oporinia. English specimens and (according 



to Herz) the Korean form are on an average rathei' less white, than those from Scotland and continental 



pygmaea. Europe. In general the ? is slightly larger and paler than the d'. — ab. pygmaea Tgatr. is small with the 



latefasciala. central area constricted. — ab. latefasciata Strand has the median area very broad, the lines which bound 



webbi. it are parallel, not approximated in the posterior part. — ab. webbi Prout has the markings almcst obliterated 



excepting at the costal margin and on the median vein and its branches, recalling Oporinia antumnata gueneata. 



bradyi. — ^b. bradyi Prout (= nigricaria Phi) has both wings unifoi'mly suffused with dark smoke-colour, and is 



lofthousei. becoming frequent in the Shelfield district. — ab. lofthousei Prout is a quite different melanotic form from 



ab. bradyi; forewing suffused with smoke-colour but remaining longitudinally rayed with white in the distal 



area, hindwing not infuscated. Only known from North Yorkshire. — Larva of moderate thickness, the segments 



