PxM..'i. V. 1016. PUENGELERIA; EPHORTA ; PROTEOSTRENIA ; SOARDAMIA. ByL. B. Prout. 321 



30. Genus: I*uiig'eleria Bougemont. 



Characters of Anagoga but with the face flat, antennal pectinations more slender and straighter, abdomen ^ 



and wings rather more slender, forewing with 2nd subcostal anastomosing or connected with 3rd-4th. (^ 



Larva elongate, smooth, not twig-like, bearing, like Ellopia, an additional (rudimentary) pair of legs 

 on the 5th abdominal segment; head large and flat. Thus quite remote from that of the preceding genus. 



P. capreolaria Schiff. (15 h). Duller coloured than A. pulveraria, forewing with a conspicuous black capreolaria. 

 cell-dot, antemedian line bent basewards at costa, postmedian more dentate, the enclosed area broad. — ab. 

 donzelaria Dup. is ysllow whitish, with the lines and cell dot black. From the mountains of Central France domelaria. 

 and Italy. — valesiaria Vorbr. <fc Mull.-Rutz is almost unicolorous grey, not brownish. Valais. — Lai-va green valesiaria. 

 with longitudinal blue-green subdorsal and yellow lateral stripes. On Pinus abies (Abies excelsa), hibernating 

 small. Local, Central — S. E. Europe, flying in July. 



P. castiliaria Stgr. is unknown to me, perphas not congeneric. Palpus somewhat shorter. Fore- casHliaria. 

 wing narrow, with more rounded apex. Dirty yellowish grey or ash-grey with dark cell-streak and extremely 

 weak lines at one-third and three-fourths. Hindwing lighter, weakly irrorated distally. Castile. 



31. Genus: £|>horia Meyr. 



Face prominent, with somewhat projecting scales. Palpus moderate, rough-scaled. Antenna in (J 

 very shortly pectinate. Femora hairy. Forewing without fovea ; 2nd subcostal stalked with 3rd ^ — .5th. Hind 

 wing with costal approximated to cell to one-half. Contains only a single species. 



E. arenosa Btlr. (25 b) is a striking species, bright ochreous with the broad dark lines of the forewmg arenosa. 

 coalescing near the posterior margin, the apical area of both wings deep fuscous, that of the forewing relieved 

 with pure white spots. Japan and S. E. Siberia. 



32. Genus: Proteostvenia Warr. 



Face with appressed scales. Palpus rather short. Antenna in (J bipectinate. Forewing (especially 

 in the $) with apex acute, a slight excision behind it; fovea present in (J; 1st — 2nd subcostal vein coincident. 

 Hindwing with distal margin crenulate, discocellulars rather strongly bent. 



A Japanese genus, remarkable for its great sexual dimorphism. 



P. leda Btlr. (15 h). Extraordinarily variable, especially the^$. The name-type, and also the commo- leda. 

 nest (J form, is black, with white subapical patch at costal margin of forewing and smaller one (sometimes double) 

 at distal margin. — $-f. strenioides Btlr. is the first described $. Yellowish white, with more ochreous strenioides. 

 clouding in places, thick blackish subbasal antemedian and postmedian lines (the last-named double) and 

 broad dark longitudinal streaks giving it a latticed appearance. — $-f. lachrymosa Btlr. is more clouded with lachrymosa. 

 dark brownish, leaving whitish spots corresponding to those of the ^ and indefinite broken lines or bands 

 of whitish spots. — $-f. oberthiirii Btlr. (15 h) has only the principal dark lines and a dark irroration. — ohertlmrii. 

 $-f. ossea Btlr. is similar to the preceding, but almost without irroration, the postmedian line strong, markedly ossea. 

 denticulate. — $-f . straminea Btlr. is a very extreme aberration with dark markings only remaining at sframinea. 

 costal margin and apex of forewing and at the branching of the 3rd radial and 1st median. — All the forms 

 occur in Japan. Also known from Central and W. China. 



P. pica Wileman (16 h), founded on a single $ from Yamato, Japan, is smaller and appears rela- p^'ca. 

 tively narrower-winged; distal margins smoother. Yellow-whitish, forewing with broad, posteriorly coalescent 

 antemedian and median dark brown bands, a narrow outer band of the same and dark brown veins; hind- 

 wing similar but with proximal half dark. — atrata Wihman, taken at the same locality, is probably the airaia. 

 ^ to pica. Black, with a white dash on costa of forewing near the apex and a white dot at the apex. 



33. Genus : Scar<lamia Guen. 



Face with short projecting tuft. Palpus moderate. Antenna in ^ bipectinate. Abdomen with a 

 small metallic crest near base. Wings smooth-margined. Forewing without fovea; first two subcostals stalked,' 

 the 1st anastomosing with costal. 



A small and very natural genus, chiefly Indo-Australien and African. All the species are bright 

 orange coloured, with metallic line^. 



S. aurantiacaria Brem. (15 i) is distinguished by its very oblique antemedian line, rather strong aMrantt- 

 and coarse dark dusting and rather weakly marked underside. Distributed in E. Siberia, China, Japan etc. . acana. 



S. obliquaria Leech (15 i) has the antemedian line bent, the postmedian oblique from near the apex. oUiqKcma. 

 Ground-colour lighter, the distal area somewhat darkened. Korea. 



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