DALIMA; ANGERONA. By L. B. Pkoitt. 333 



Line of hiiidwing noticeably sinuous. Algeria. — fuHgtnosa Rthndid. is on an average somewhat smaller and fuUginosa. 

 less robust, the colour less brownish, the yellow ILiies edged on their obverse sides with blackish, this colour 

 sometimes overspreading most of the median area, line of hindwing more strongly sinuous. Perhaps a separate 

 species. Central Algeria. 



C. dardoinaria Doyiz. {= aglossaria Bsd.) (16 g). Forewing rather broader than in elinguaria, markings darrfouuma. 

 similar, colovir quite different. Yellowish grey, the forewing darker, tinged with olivaceous, dusted with fus- 

 cous, discal spot large, its centre pale, lines pale yellowish. 8. France and Catalonia. 



C. boisduvaliaria H. Luc. (16 g). Perhaps not a Crocallis. Meyrick says the face is prominent, with boisdu- 

 appressed scales. Darker than the other species, forewing fuscous mixed with black, distal area and hind- i'«"'a"«- 

 wing (except near the postmedian line) ashy grey. Median area of forewing broad, the blackest shades longitu- 

 dinally placed, the veins paler; ceUmarks pale-centred; postmedian line sinuous. Algeria. 



C. jordanaria Stgr. (17 b). Distal margins smoother than in typical Crocallis; habitus recalling the J"'''^"""""- 

 robust, tongueless members of Dyscia, which should probably be transferred here. Dull sand-colour, the lines 



of the forewing very weakly indicated, postmedian darker-dotted on the veins, discal mark of forewing not 

 very strong, rather large, elongate. Hindwing almost markingless. Palestine. 



60. Genus: Dalinia Moore. 



Face shortly rough-scaled. Palpus rather short, with long projecting scales below, 3rd joint short. 

 Antenna in ^ dentate, with fascicles of cilia (pectinate in some Indian species). Pectus and femora hairy. Fore- 

 wing pointed at the extremity of the 2nd subcostal, arched or occasionally truncate anteriorly to this point; 

 fovea present; 1st subcostal free,' 2nd stallced with the 3rd — 5th. Hindwing usually with truncate apex and 

 a point at extremity of 2nd subcostal. A. N. Indian genus, but extending to W. and Central China. 

 Rather large moths, generally recognizable by their shape and the warm brown or yellowish colouring, resem- 

 bling dead leaves. 



D. variaria Leech (16 h). A variable species but distinguishable by its shape, the truncation at the variaria. 

 apex of the hindwing slight but appreciable. Underside orange, irrorated with purplish fuscous. The colora- 

 tion of the upperside in the name-type is shown in our figure. — ab. albomaculata Leech is intermediate in colour albomacn- 

 but differs in having a large patch of the whitish-violet scales occupying the angle of the postmedian line of ^«'"- 



the forewing. — W. China. 



D. obliquaria Leech, founded on a single worn $ from Wa-ssu-kow (W. China), is closely similar to ohUquaria. 

 the following but smaller, lighter, more reddish brown, the ceU-spots obsolete, the angle of the postmedian 



line more acute, reaching more nearly to the distal margin. 



D. acutaria Leech (16 h). Easily distinguished from dark specimens of variaria by the non-crenulate acutaria. 

 postmedian hne, absence of dark spot at its posterior end, more strongly lined hindwing, dark shading in distal 

 area both above and beneath, etc. On an average larger, hindwing with sharper point at end of 2nd sub- 

 costal. W. China: Pu-tsu-fang and Omei-shan. 



D. ochrearia Leech (16 h). Much lighter, fleshy ochreous, sometimes with a shght violaceous . admix- ochrcaria. 

 tare. Costal and hindmarginal spots of forewing strong, the yeUow line rather broad. ^ Hindwing with still 

 stronger angle. Chang Yang and W. China. 



D. columbinaria Leech (16 h). Apex of hindwing not truncate. Ground-colour pinkish lilacine, the colmnMna- 

 postmedian line darker than in acutaria, both the Mnes of the hindwing strong, the median obliterating the "'^■ 



discal spot. W. China:, Mou-pin and Omei-shan. 



D. subferrugineata Pouj., founded on a single $ from Mou-pin, is unknown to me but evidently close suhferrugi- 

 to columbinaria. Much paler, rosecolour, the hnes ferruginous, the median on the forewing reaching the neaia. 



hindmargin, where it closely approaches the postmedian. Apex of forewing much more falcate, otherwise 

 I should suppose that columbinaria might be a dark form of it. 



61. Genus: Angerona Dup. 



Face with appressed scales. Palpus short or rather short, roughscaled. Tongue present. Antenna 

 in cj bipectinate. Femora not or scarcely hairy. Hindtibia in ^ dilated. Forewing without fovea; all veins 

 present, 1st subcostal arising from stalk of 2nd (only in grandinaria from cell) always anastomosing or con- 

 nected with costal. Hindwing with distal margin more or less crenulate, sometimes only very slightly. — 

 Larva twig-hke, thickened posteriorly, a transverse dorsal ridge on the 1st abdominal segment, double-pointed 

 humpsTon the 5th abdominal and smaller protuberances on the 6th and 8th. — Distributed in the Pale- 

 arctic Region, also recorded from India and North America. 



