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EUPITHECIA. By L. B. Prout. 



bluish than to brownish, in S. France producing intergrades to drypisaria. Larva on Alsine setacea. Basses- 



spvoengertsi. Alpes, Valais and probably Aargau. Most likely a less glossy form of mayeri. — sproengertsi Dieize {= ? italicata 



Dietze olim, ? Guen.) somewhat intermediate in appearance between graphata and setaceata, slightly larger than 



the latter, broadly lighter in the inner part of the distal-marginal area. Bred specimens (from Alsine), however, 



seem scarcely distinguishable from setaceata, with which also the larva agrees. Central Italy. Guenee's type 



mayeri. of italicaia was smaller and is referred by Staudinger as a dwarfed satyrata. — mayeri Mann, is similar to 



setaceata but more brownish grey, differing from graphata in the less sharp markings, the veins less yellowish. 



The series before me shows a more glossy, less white, less sharply marked insect, discal dot small, fringes very weakly 



spotted, abdomen dark-belted. It used to occur near Vienna in August, but the locality has been destroyed. 



riparia. The larva was found on Alsine austriaca and altogether resembled that of setaceata. — riparia H.-,Sch. 



(= ? drypisaria Dietze, drupisaria Petersen). Bluish-tinted when fresh; much whiter and still more weakly 



marked than mayeri (with which Pungeler, in litt, has united it), thus presenting a very different aspect from 



a/fco/WscJato. typical graphata. Fiume, Croatia, May — June; ? Majella, Central Italy. — albofasciata titgr. is possibly only 



a worn example of one of the forms of graphata. Said to be characterized especially by a broad white dentate 



distal band, between which and the distal margin stands on the forewing a further sharp white line. Its 



connection with graphata did not strike Staudinger and so he gives no comparative description. Amasia. 



indigata. E. indigata Hbn. (12 d). Easily known by its very elongate brownish-grey or somewhat darker violet- 



grey forewing, somewhat paler hindwing and nearly obsolete markings excepting the large, elongate black 



tur/osata. discal spot of the forewing. — turfosata Draudt, from East Prussia and Livonia, the larvae on the blossom- 

 of Pinus silvestris var. turfosa, is somewhat more stoutly built, darker, with the markings more numerous and 

 more distinct. Examples from Paisley (Scotland) rather approach this form except in their build. — Larva 

 on Pinus sylvestris. Moth in May, sitting on the trunks or branches of pine. Widely distributed in Europe; 

 probably also in Transcaucasia and perhaps other W. Asiatic localities. 



scorlillata. E. scortillata Dietze. Rather small, elongate, yellowish, cf more leather-colour, ? whiter; forewing with 



strikingly strong, elongate deep black discal spot and 2 large, less dark costal spots. By thinking of a cross 

 between indigata and irrignata, only with larger, longer cell-spot, one may get an idea of this species. Togus- 

 torau and Zerafshan, Central Asia. 



E. pimpinellata Hbn. (= denotata Guen. nee Hbn.) (12e). A rather large species. Forewing somewhat 

 elongate, at least in the cf; hindwing not narrowed. In its typical form easy to recognize by the delicate 

 mixture of red-brown and grey in the forewing, large discal spot and the series of black costal spots at the 

 beginnings of the lines, from base to postmedian. The lines themselves are chiefly expressed as dots on the 

 veins. — altai'cata Guen. is a more greyish, white-mixed form, the distal area somewhat darker than the rest. 

 Coloured more like euphrasiata. Altai. — cinerascens Tgstr., from Finland, is according to Staudinger 

 transitional towards altaicata. — lantoscata Mill, is likewise intermediate. Grey like cinerascens, but more 

 strongly marked, with larger discal spot. Except in colour, not dill'erentiable from the name-typical pimpi- 

 nellata. Digne, Zermatt, S. Tyrol. — elongata Dietze, from Central Italy, is narrower-winged, ash-grey, the 

 principal lines sharply expressed, less broken up into dots. — assimilis Dietze is described as more elongate 

 than the typical form, earth-grey, ? only slightly more brownish, with less and weaker markings, the discal 

 spot smaller. Hi district. — limbosignata Dietze is brown with the light subterrainal line of both wings very 

 sharply expressed. Kuldja. — Larva on Pimpinella or occasionally on other UmbelUferae, September- 

 October. The moth appears in July and early August. The name-typical form is widely distributed in 

 Northern and Central Europe. 



E. cohorticula Dietze is described as light earth-grey, with the darker, sepia-coloured, slightly waved 

 markings less regular than in subsequaria, from which it further differs in its larger size and longer wings. 

 Discal dot weak or wanting; median area weakly defined by darker lines proximally and distally, the transverse 

 lines of the forewing continued on the exposed inner-marginal part of the hindwing; subterminal line extended, 

 in the inner angle slightly broadened. Under surface pale, still less distinctly marked. Fringes weakly 

 chequered. Abdomen belted with sepia-grey. Cilia of cT antenna somewhat shorter than diameter of shaft. 

 Karagai-tau, Issyk-kul. 



subsequaria. E. subsequaria H.-Sch. (13 i). Systematic position somewhat doubtful. Moderately large, light ash- 



grey, the veins of the forewing clay-yellow, submedian and 2"'' median least so, 2""^ and 3'''' radials and P' 

 median as far as the base ; the markings very uniform throughout, consisting of the usual alternations of dark and 

 light lines, sharply marked, the postmedian much less angulated than in scabiosata; discal spot wanting. Amasia. 



pimpinel- 

 lata. 



' altaicata. 



cinerascens. 



lantoscata. 



elongata. 

 assitnilis. 



limbo- 

 signata. 



cohorlicula. 



euphrasiata. E. euphrasiata H.-Srk. (= constrictata Mill, nee Guen) (12 e) has nearly the same delicate ash-grey 



ground-colour as some forms of pimjmiellata, the reddish brown admixture less strong than in the name- 



