342 CEPPHIS; HYPOXYSTIS. By L. B. Pkout. 



exaridaria. E. exaridaria Graes., founded on a single $ from Amnrland, ha.s the distal margins strongly waved, 



but lacks the excision between the radials of the hindwing. Grey-yellow, with greenish grey strigulation, fore- 

 wing with two almost straight, rather thick yellow-brown stripes, hindwing with one; antemedian accompanied 

 proximally and postmedian distally by a blue-grey line, the distal one broad. The narrow median area of the 

 forewing and the basal part of hindwing lighter than the rest. Distal area with very indistinct broad 

 light band. 



limaria. E. limaria Chr. (19 a) has not at aU the aspect of an Epmie, but Cheistoph says it certainly 



belongs here. Smaller, apex of forewing acutely produced, distal margin of hindwing smooth, entire; grey, 

 antemedian line of forewing composed of 3 dark spots or dots, discal dot very small, followed by a rather 

 larger dot on the costa at nearly three-fourths; postmedian line double, rather oblique, broken, into spots, 

 divided by a narrow band ; hindAving without the antemedian line and yellow band. Transcaucasia : near 

 Ordubad. 



emundata. E. emundata Chr. (19 a) shows, according to the figure, nearly the shape of Parepione, but with 



the distal margin of the forewing more strongly bent in the middle. Rather smaller than P. grata, whitish 

 grey, irrorated with fuscous, the lines fuscous brown, the antemedian nearly straight, postmedian not quite 

 as acutely angled as in grata, joined to a similar apical line; cell-dot small. Hindwing whiter, the single 

 line arising much nearer to the anal angle and becoming obsolete about the middle of the Aving. Amurland. 



inagnaria. E. magnaria Wileman (18 b) is not a true Epione but as its affinities are uncertain I leave it here. 



1st subcostal shortly stalked with the others, anastomosing with costal, 2nd long-stalked, anastomosing with 

 first. Shape not characteristic, cj unknown. Japan: Nikko, in October. 



79. Genus: €^ejtphis Hbn. 



Related to E^none, but differing as follows. Palpus longer. Antenna in ^ bipectinate to apex. Fore- 

 wing with 2nd — 5th subcostals stalked, the oth arising unusually near the apex, ahA'ays well beyond the 2nd, 

 sometimes even beyond the 3rd. Larva less slender, with 2 minute raised dorsal points near the anal end. 

 The pupa hibernates and not the egg. Only a single species is known; widely distributed in the region. 



advenaria. C. advenaria Hbn. (19 a). Ochreous whitish, much mixed with deep ochreous; 1st line of forewing 



sometimes nearly straight, 2nd line with an angle in the middle, posteriorly curved, commonly oblique out- 

 fulva. wards at hindmargin. Generally not variable. — ab. fulva Gillmer is so uniformly irrorated as to appear dark 

 yellow-brown throughout, unmarked except by the discal dots. — Larva variable, purplish grey or olive- 

 brown, abdomen with pale grey dorsal lozenges; 2 pale yellow oblique spots or dashes on the 2nd abdominal; 

 venter more reddish, with dark V-shaped markings. On Vaccinium and other low plants. Pupa stout and 

 rugose, not glossy; dorsum and abdomen light brown, wings, legs, etc. greenish. N. Spain, Central Europe 

 and across Central Asia to Japan. 



80. Genus: BEypoxystis nom. nov. 



Face with appressed scales. Palpus rather short, rough-scaled. Antemia in ^ bipectinate to the apex, 

 the branches not very long. Forewing with costal margin straight, apex acute, distal margin slightly 

 sinuate anteriorly, strongly oblique posteriorly, 1st — 2nd subcostal shortly stalked (perhaps occasionally coin- 

 cident), the 1st anastomosing or connected with the costal. Hindwing large, with costal margin long. Hubness 

 name of Hypoplectis (erected for pertextaria and roraria) has been Inusapplied to this genus, which should 

 probably contain only one species, its type pluviaria. 



pluviaria. H. pluviaria F. (= adspersaria Hhn. olim, Stgr. nee F.. jacobaearia Bkh., inspersaria Hbn.) (18 b 



as advenaria). Very variable, but recognizable at once by its shape. In the name-typical form the pale ochreous 



■punctularia. ground-colour shows moderate dark irroration and distinct dark lines. — ab. punctularia Lamhill. is less irro- 



pallidaria. rated, the lines broken up into dots. — ab. pallidaria Lamhill. is scarcely irrorated and shows no trace of the 



irroraria. lines. — ab. irroraria nom. nov. (= inspersaria Lauibill. nee Hbn.) has dense dark irroration, the lines obli- 



obscurata. terated. — ab. obscurata Lambill. is almost unicolorous black-brown. — sylvanaria H.-Sch. is a small, dark, 



sylvanaria. distinctly marked form which is prevalent in 8. E. Europe, Finland, etc. — Egg small, elongate, oval; 



yellowish. Larva slender, tapering anteriorly, yellowish grey or brown with doxible blackish, yellow-divided 



dorsal line which thickens into spots on the middle segments, spiracular line broad, whitish, venter usually 



pale. On Sarothamnus scoparius, hibernating nearly full-grown. Pupa rather weak, conico-cylindrical, head 



and eyes prominent; blackish brown with pale markings. Moth in June, in warm localities earlier. Local in 



Central Europe, Asia Minor, S. and E. Siberia. 



