364 AI^ICHANNA. By L. 6. f^ROUf. 



B. Antenna in cf pectinate (Icterodes Hmps.). 



clavaria. A. clavaria Leech (14 a) is darker tlian any of the preceding, with the bands less well expressed, a sub- 



terminal dark band, broadly interrupted by the veins, more conspicuous. W. China: Omei-shan and Pa-tsu-fang 



similaria. A. similaria Leech (14 b) is another indefmately marked species, rather larger than clavaria, more oli- 



vaceous, the cell-spot and submarginal band less black. Omei-shan. 



diffasaria. A. diffusaria Leech (14 f). Only the ? is known, but it is evidently related to the Indian lapsariata 



group. The irregularly white-spotted forewing and the white, dark-spotted hindwing are characteristic. Pu-tsu-fang. 



molossaria. A. molossaria Oh. (14 f) also belongs to this group, but has the white predominant on both wings. 



Possibly an extreme aberration of lapsariata, as Oberthur mentions also much more heavily-marked specimens. 

 Kwei-chow; perhaps not Palearclic. 



confusaria. A. confusaria Leech is somewhat intermediate between the preceding and following groups, the mar- 



kings of the forewing being more confused than in melanaria, in part broken up into coarse dusting, while on 

 the hindwing the median band is more continuous than in most melanaria, the ground-colour proximally to 

 this band white, distally yellow, marked nearly as melanaria. Rather smaller than melanaria. W.-China: 

 Ta-chien-lu and Pu-tsu-fang. 



melanaria. A. melanaria L. (14 b). Forewing yellowish white, not or only very sparingly dark-dotted, but with 



numerous transverse I'ows of black spots. Ground-colour of hindwing yellow throughout. Very variable. The 

 hanseni. name-typical form inhabits parts of Central and North-eastern Europe and extends into Siberia. — ab. hanseni 

 Hedem. has both wings wholly suffused with grey, the yellow of the hindwing faintly appearing about the 

 askoldinaria. veins. Irkutsk. — askoldinaria Ob. (= sordid a iJi^r.) (14 b) has the forewing largely infuscated, with the black 

 fraterna. markings generally large, hindwing almost normal. Ussuri district and Korea. — fraterna Btlr. (14 b) is distin- 

 guished by the broader white bands of the forewing. Hindwing on an average somewhat paler yellow. 

 decolorata. Japan. — decolorata Stgr. is a washed-out form from the Kentei Mountains, forewing dirty white or oftener 

 light grey, hindwing pale yellowish or more greyish, the spots on both wings less deep black. — Larva yellow, 

 with numerous waved black lines. On Vaccinium uliginosum. 



barteli. A. barteli spec. nov. (23 a). Larger than melanaria askoldinaria (14 b), forewing rather broader, the 



anal angle being less rounded off; forewing more uniform yellowish (about as transectata Walk), the post- 

 median rows of spots different, the distal, of them having long spots, especially that between the 5"^ sub- 

 costal and 1*' radial vein, which displaces the corresponding spot of the proximal row basewards. Underside 

 with less confluence of the spots than is usual in melanaria. Veins of the forewing more broadly yellowish. 

 Mongolia, unfortunately without more exact locality, 27. July 1891> type (c?') in my collection, kindly presen- 

 ted by Herr Max Bartel. 



sparsa. A, sparsa Btlr. (14 b). Nearest to the askoldinaria form of melanaria, forewing much more dusted 



(sometimes wholly clouded), without deffmite white outer band; hindwing with grey suffusian at base, discal 

 spot much smaller. Dharmsala, etc. 



flavovenaria. A. flavovenaria Leech (14 b) resembles dark forms of sparsa but has the principal veins of the fore- 



wing broadly yellowish. W. China; Omeishan and Pu-tsu-fang. 



undularia. A. undularia Leech (14 c). Rather larger and darker than the two preceding, the veins of the forewing 



dark smoky, the yellow ground colour consequently restricted to transverse rows of yellow spots or dots. 

 Base of hindwing darker smoky, postmedian band broader. W.-China: Washan and Ta-chien-lu. 



flavo- A. flavomacularia Leech (14 c). Again larger than undularia, more sharply marked, the yellow spots 



macularia. qJ- forewing larger, postmedian band of hindwing wanting. W. China: Ta-chien-lu. 



lateraria. A. lateraria Leech (14 c) intermediate between the preceding and following groups, no yellow spotting 



on forewing, but with 2 rows of postmedian spots, besides some ra'^dian ones, partly confluent with the first 

 postmedian row. W.-China. 



