366 BOARMIA. By L. B. Prout. 



haroldaria. B. haroldaria Ob. is somewhat larger, rather uniform pale brown-grey, more weakly marked. Post- 



median line of forewing chiefly marked as veindots, on hindwing median, more continuous, placed close proxi- 

 mally to the cell-dot; postmedian line of hindwing more sinuous. Algeria: Sebdou in June. ^r- 



terraria- B, tcfraria B.-Haas, founded on a single ^ from S. Oran, appears intermediate between haroldi and 



haroldaria, as sharply marked as the former but with the Imes placed nearly as in the latter, postmedian line 

 of hindwing nearly straight from 1st radial to inner margin. Antennal pectinations somewhat longer than in 

 solieraria. 



oedtanaria. B. occitanaria Dup. (20 e). Palpus short. Pectinations rather long. Forewing somewhat more 



pointed, hindwing costally somewhat more elongate than in the most typical Boarmia; but Guenee, in erec- 

 ting the genus Calamodes, exaggerates the deviation. Whitish, the postmedian line of the forewing characterized 

 by the teeth on the 5th subcostal and 1st radial veins, then incurved, then straight; subterminal line rather 

 straight. Underside more powdered, with large cell-dots, postmedian line marked with dark teeth on the veins. • — 



melanaria. melanaria Oh. is a much darker form from Geryville, Algeria. Grey, with the basal and distal areas fuscous. — 

 Larva uniformly cylindrical, earth-grey or brown with prothorax more flesh-coloured, an uninterrupted dark 

 grey dorsal stripe (on the middle segments brown). On thyme, hibernating. Pupa smooth, dark reddish, tinged 

 tt'ith green on the wing-cases. Moth from August to October. S. and W. France and Spain. 



nobilitana. B. nobilitaria Stgr. Size of perversaria, colour and markings more as in solieraria. Light violet-grey, 



forewing with 2 oblique black lines, antemedian from one-foiu'th of inner margin, obsolete in anterior half, 

 postmedian parallel with it (and with distal margin), from somewhat beyond middle of inner margin to near 

 costa. Hindwing with the 2 lines somewhat divergent, the proximal weak. Underside somewhat darker grey, 

 almost markingless. S. Ferghana and N. AY. Issyk-kul. 



castigataria. B. castigataria Brem. (= suifunaria Chr.) (20 e). Quite distinct in the whitish, finely brown-dusted 



ground-colour, very straight postmedian line of forewing, parallel with distal margin, rust-bro^^■n shadings 

 in distal area, etc. Amur and L^ssuri district. 



perversaria. B. perversaria Bsd. (20 e). Hindtibia not dilated. Lines formed somewhat as in rhomboidaria or 



secundaria, but the wings both above and beneath more smoothh' scaled and glossy, light violet-grey, on 

 the upper side with some bro^^ai shading, beneath Avith broad dark border. Larva on Juniper. S. Castile, N. 



correpiaria. Italy, Valais, Carniola, June — July. — correptaria Z. is more reddish, antemedian line more oblique, post- 

 median more dentate, less pale-edged distally. Balmatia, Herzegovina, Cyprus and Asia Minor. Larva reddish, 

 the double dorsal line black, the dorsal pattern lozenge-shaped, edged laterally with yellowish white ; ventral 

 area yellowish white, with a black dash on each segment. On Cypress in the spring. Moth in May and Sep- 



suhflavaria. tember. — subflavaria Mill, is according to Oberthue a light clay-colour (or yellowish white) race of perversaria. 

 Larva exclusively on Genista, similar to that of rhomboidaria, partly washed with greenish. Alpes Maritimes. 



ahstersaria. B. abstersaria Bsd. (20 e) is according to Pungeler a good species near perversaria, though it was 



long supposed to be a form of rhomboidaria; more whitish than rhomboidaria, sharply marked (at least in the $), 

 antemedian line less irregular, underside without the distinct dark apical patch which is generally developed 

 in rhomboidaria. Pyrenees. ? Bukovma. 



marcentaria. B. marceiltaria Pilng. Variable, similarly coloured to the preceding but smaller, narrower winged, 



postmedian line angled closer to the costal margin. Central Asia; Nia River. 



iuxicolaria. B. buxicolaria Mab. (25 d) is unknown to me. It seems to be very near abstersaria, if not. indeed, 



identical. Perhaps rather smaller, pale yellowish grey, the lines somewhat ferriiginous. Larva pale yellow 

 with small markings, feeding on Buxus sempervirens in Februarj'^ and March. Imago in May, a partialT2nd 

 brood later. S. France. 



bastelicaria. B. bastclicaria Bell. (25 d) slightly resembles the solieraria-occitanaria group, but is noticeable for 



its long palpus, long hindwing, with crenulate distal margm almost as in Hemerophila. Bather dajk grey, foie- 

 wing with antemedian line oblique, somewhat curved costallj', median line very near it, obsolete anteriorly, 

 postmedian from rather near apex, parallel therewith and crenulate at first, very strongly incurved behind 

 cell, reaching middle of inner margin; cell-dots conspicuous. Postmedian line of hindwing crenulate. Corsica. 

 foriunaria. — fortunaria Vazquez is more brownish, the postmedian line of the forewing less deeply curved. Murcia. 



tmietaria. B. tetiietaria Stgr. Comparable with perversaria (20 e), A\'ith some suggestion of occitanaria in the shape 



and markings of the forewing. Light brown-grey, dark-dusted, antemedian line as in correptaria, postmedian 

 rather nearer distal margin, median obsolete. A brown shade between the postmedian and the subterminal. 

 Terminal line black, interrupted at the veins. Hindwing without antemedian line, cell-dot distinct. W. Algeria. 

 Aberrant in structure; tongue rudimentary, ^ antenna bipectinate to apex. 



faseinaiariii. B. fascinataria Stgr. is very distinct in its strongly dentate (in part zigzag) black lines on the light 



grey, dark-dusted ground. Forewing with antemedian acutely angled near costa, but somewhat interrupted 



