364 SYNOPSIA; SPAETOPTERYX : PHASELIA; BOARMIA. By L. B. Peout. 



subdorsal line and white blotches on abdominals 1, 4 and 5. A divided black bar before the collar on abdominal 

 5, with 3 white dots below tubercle 11. Pupa in a thin cocoon. Japan, Korea, W. China and Dharmsala. 



122. Genus : iSynopsia Hh 



n. 



Characters of Hemerophila but with the tongue vestigial. Distal margins loss crenulate. Forewing 

 with 1st subcostal shortly stalked with 2nd, anastomosing for a long distance with costal, rarely absent. Larva 

 slender, tapering anteriorly, nearly smooth but with the tubercles large and prominent, especially the posterior 

 trapezoidals of the 5th abdominal. Pupa somewhat elongate, not very glossy. Only one species seems strictly 

 referable to this genus. 



aociaria. S. sociaria Hbn. (= fagaria Wrnbg. nee Thnhg.) (20 c). Shape and coloration as in Boarmia (e. g. 



some forms of repandata), generally with heavy dark shadmg between the antemedian and median lines of 

 the forewing. The postmedian line is shaped somewhat as in H. japygiaria but with stronger projection 

 sfawdiwarera- behind 2nd median. Underside paler, much more weakly marked. — ab. staudingeraria Martorell is larger and 

 almasa. 'ia'^ker. Bred at Barcelona from Dorycnium. — almasa Schatverda is decided^ smaller, with the black-brown 

 uniiaria. bands more strongly developed. Herzegovina: Mostar. — unitaria Stgr. is unicolorous fuscous, less marked, 

 propinqiia- and is the prevailing form at Sarepta and in the Altai. — propinquaria Bsd. (= luridaria Frr.) is much 

 '■*<'• paler, whitish, less dusted and clouded with fuscous, the lines distinct. The principal form in parts of Spain, 

 but occurs also in S. Russia, Greece, Asia Minor, etc. — Egg oval, ribbed, yellow, later dark purple-red. Larva 

 wood-brown, the blackish dorsal line accompanied on the 1st — 6th abdominals with dark streaks and here 

 white bordered; subdorsal line and lateral stripe yellowish white, interrupted. The larva of the form propin- 

 quaria lighter. On Spartium, Genista, Artemisia and other plants. Pupa blackish broM-n, the segments lighter. 

 sociaria is double brooded and inhabits a wide area m S. and Central Em'ope and W. and Central Asia. 



123. Genus: Spartopteryx Gwew. 



Face smooth. Palpus and tongue short. Antenna in (^ bipectinate to the apex. Fore-wing with 1st 

 and 2nd subcostals shortly stalked and continuing approximated, free from costal. $ semiapterous, the wings 

 being extremely narrow, almost linear; abdomen robixst, with long ovipositor. Only one species known. 



kinderman- S. kindermannaria Stgr. (= serrularia Led. nee Ev.) (20 d). Characteristically marked, the post- 



nana. j^g^jg^^j Ijj^p qj: ^.j^g forewing twice bluntly bent or curved, then running very obliquely to the hindmargin much 



before its middle, accompanied distally by a fine white line; subterminal line accompanied proximaUy by an 



interrupted dark line or narrow band. Underside more brown, both wings with narrow white postmedian 



band, hmdwing also mixed with white proximally. Distributed in N. W. Mongolia. 



124. Genus : Phaselia Guen. 



Palpus still shorter than in the preceding genera. Tongue obsolete. Antenna in both sexes bipectinate 

 to apex. Thorax with double posterior crest; tegulae short and thick. Hindtibia with terminal spurs only. 

 Abdomen rather long and strong. AVings relatively rather narrow. Forewing with cell very long. Hindwing 

 with costal vein closely appressed to cell to beyond its middle. Onty 2 species known, forming an exceedingly 

 d'stinct genus which Staudingek has unaccountably merged in Synopsia. 



serrularia. Ph. serrularia Ev. (= phaeoleucaria Led.) (20 d). Recognizable by the serrate brown outer band of 



the forewmg ; antemedian line with 3 projections, the one on the median vein at least as strong as that on the 

 fold. Sarepta; W. and Central Asia, June — July. — -Larva yellow-green, the head and a broad dorsal stripe red- 

 brown; a short conical dark (dorsal?) point on the anal segment. On Ephedra distachya and Spartium in May 

 narynaria. and June. — narynaria Oh. is a very large form from Fort Naryn, Turkestan. 



deliciosaria. Ph. deliciosaria Led. (25 i). Antemedian line of forewing projecting very acutely on fold but not on 



cell ; postmedian approaching distal margin at 1st radial, afterwards extraordinarily sinuous, crossing the 



algiricaria. ill-defined, posteriorly dentate outer brown band. Syi'ia and Palestine. — algiricaria Ob. has the projection 

 of the antemedian line still more prolonged, that in the cell almost entirely wanting, the hindwing more 

 weakly marked and some other slight differences. Algeria and once at Albarracin, Spain. 



125. Genus: Boarmia Tr. 



Face generally rough-scaled or with small projecting tuft. Palpus rough-scaled, rarely very short or 

 long. Tongue developed (except in tenieiaiia). Antenna in ^ bipectinate or ciliate, the apex generally simple. 



