372 BOARMIA. By L. B. Pkoxjt. 



9ubrepanda- B. subrepandata Stgr. (21 b). Easily distinguished by its smaller size and by having the antemedian 



*"• and postmedian Imes of the forewing at the hindmargin more oblique and more approximated. Underside 

 not sharply marked. Hindtibia of (J without the strong dilation and hair-pencil of repandata. Zerafshan, 

 Ferghana and Issyk-kul. 



graniiaria. B. gratlitaria Moore (21 b) differs from the species of the refandata group in the strong dark blue- 



grey shading as well as m the non-dilated hindtibia. On the forewing only a patch in the middle of the 

 distal margin and the distal part of the median area remain light brown, the latter area crossed by an ill- 

 suUimis. defined patch of blue-grey in the middle. Distributed in the N. W. Himalayas. — sublitnis Btlr. has the ground- 

 coloiu- more whitish brown, the median area of the forewing and a great part of the hindwing almost entirely 

 free from blue-green suffusion. Dharmsala. 



southi. B. south! nom. nov. (= divisaria Leech nee Walk.) (21 b) is coloured and marked somewhat like mottled 



examples of perspmiata, but is considerably smaller, shorter- winged, the postmedian line nearly straight (espe- 

 cially beneath), the underside quite different, light brown-grey with uniform fine dark irroration, a cell-dot 

 and a rather thick postmedian line, the latter darkest on the vems. W. China: Pu-tsu-fang. 



arenaria. B. arenaria Hufn. (= viduata Schiff., angularia Thnhg. [nom praeocc], viduaria Bkh.) (21 b). A pretty 



and distinct species, the wings rather broad, white, the forewing m addition to the very sinuous black hnes 

 with a good deal of dusting and mottling, a white spot remaming free in middle of distal area. — Larva 

 nearly cylindrical, with, slight lateral protuberances; dull red-brown or grey -brown, intermixed ■nith paler. 

 On lichens on oak and birch. Pupa dark red-brown, hibernatmg in a slight cocoon. The moth appears in May 

 or Jmie and accorduag to X.oibeu flies m broad day-hght at a great height, settling on the tree-trunks. 

 Local in Central Em-ope. 



nigridorsa- B. tiigfidorsaria Gue7i. (21b). Antemial pectmations much shorter, the lines m the type form obso- 



'^*"' lescent, dusting less strong, only the blotches proximaUy to the subterminal line well developed. Thorax above 



venustula- black. Variable. — ab. venustularia Walk, has the forewing somewhat suffused with brownish (distally with 

 ""■ blue-grey or blackish), the lines developed. — Dharmsala. etc. 



pryeraria. B. pryeraria Leech (21 a) is larger, bright ochreous, with very large rounded cell-spot and strong discal 



blackish clouds, continued on the hindwmg. Japan, the type unique. 



lenticularia. B. letiticularia Leech (21 b). Only the 5 is known, but the species is perhaps related to nigridorsaria, 



not altogether unlike a large ab. venustularia of that, but sufficiently distinct hi the coloration and markings. 

 Wings rather longer, cell-spots larger, postmedian line broken into vein dashes, on hmdwing further from cell- 

 spot. W. Chma: Wa-ssu-kow. 



Uchenaria. B. lichenaria Hufn. ( = pictaria Thnbg.) (19 k). Size and shape nearly as m viduata, markiags somewhat 



similar, but the very irregular course of the postmedian line of the forewing is quite unmistakable. Moreover 

 there is nearly always a strong moss-green admixture m the ground-colour and the white distal spot is wantmg. 

 The pectinations reach to the apex of the antenna, on which accoxmt it has been separated generically (Cleo- 

 cineraria. rodes Warr.). — • ab. cineraria Bkh. is a.sh-grey or whitish. — Larva with dorsal humps on the abdommal seg- 

 ments, greenish grey with blackish markings, beautifully assimilated to the tree-hchens on which it feeds. Hiber- 

 nates. Pupa slender, deep red brown, m a slight network cocoon among the lichen. Moth in June aiid July 

 Central and parts of S. Europe, the Taurus and Transcaucasia. 



amoenaria. B. amoenaria Stgr. (24 b) is said to be nearest to maeoticaria, but the forewing with a pale grey me- 



dian area, antemedian hne only obtusely dentate on the subcostal and median veins, postmedian weakly 

 curved in S-shape, with only a very small acute angle near the costa. Ussmi district. 



maeoticaria. B. maeoticaria Alph. (= decoloraria Alph.) (24 b). Antennal pectmations as in lichenaria. Wings 



brown-grey, sometimes with a green suffusion, median area not lighter, antemedian line right-angled outwards 

 in the middle, postmedian very characteristic, the tooth outwards near the costa bemg much broader than in 

 amoenaria and followed by a long, strong inward curve. S. E. Russia and Asia Minor. Forms the genus 

 Asovia of Alpheeaky. 



, jubata. B. jubata Thnbg. (= glabraria Hhn., teneraria Hbn., plancaria Hhyi., dUatata Wrnbg. nee Hufn.) (21 c) 



is easily distinguished from nigridorsaria, to which probably it most approximates, by the very large cell-spot 

 nigrocinta. of the forewing and the white thorax, merely black-spotted posteriorly. — ab. nigrocincta Fuchs has a black 

 obscura. band between the antemedian and median lines of the forewing. — ab. obscura Fuchs is almost uniformly 

 suffused with blackish grey. — The life history has been rather fully described by Peochnow (Ent. Zeit. Guben 

 vol. 19). Egg elongate-oval, with irregular longitudinal fm-rows; its colour yellow-green. The larva is without 

 humps; hght green of two shades, with longitudinal rows of black spots and dashes. On tree-hchens, especially 

 Usnea barbata, hibernating. Pupa slender, glossy yeUow-brown. Moth in July — August, local, chiefly in 

 pine-woods. Central Europs and again in E. Siberia and Japan. 



