376 BOARMIA. By L. B. Peoxtt. 



ornataria. B. ornataria Leech (21 h). Build more robust than ordinary, palpus and tongue quite short. Easily 



known by the extraordinary mottling of light ochreous, ferruginous, olivaceous and fuscous, with-LU-defined 

 light ochreous line distally to the postmedian, followed again by interrupted ferruginous band and vague den- 

 inornaiaria. tate subterminal. — ab. inornataria Leech is a duller form, with the ochreous admixture and line almost wan- 

 ting. — Japan, Shanghai and Chekiang. Also in Assam. Perhaps a form of retrahens Moore, the t3^e of the 

 (perhaps justifiable) genus Calicha Moore. 



E. Antenna of both sexes bipectinate. Forewing with 1st subcostal 

 usually arising from costal (Ophthalmodes Guen. ). 



irrorataria. B. irrorataria Brem. and Grey (= senex Btlr.) (23 a). This and the other Ophthalmodes species are cha- 



racterized by the large oceUated discal spots both above and beneath and are generally more or less gi'een. irro- 

 rataria is less large than most of the group, the cell-spots not very broadly dark-bordered, the hindwing with 

 more or less strong fuscous irroration between median and postmedian lines. The name-type is very pale green, 



hedemanni. easily fadmg to dirty whitish. N. E. China, Japan and Korea. — hedemanni Chr. is of a fuller and deeper 

 green, the underside sometimes darker and with a rather dark submarginal band. Amur and Ussuri district 

 and W. China. Also as an aberration in Japan. 



sinensium. B. sinensium Ob. Brighter green than hedemanni, the markings less blackish brown, postmedian line 



less deeply dentate, median line of hindwing crossing the cell-spot, the fuscous irroration Avanting. W. China: 

 Tien-tsuen. 



albosignaria. B. albosignaria Brem. andGrey (= saturniaria Graes., ocellata Leech) (21 g). White without a tinge 



of green, the postmedian fuscous line broken into dots or obsolete, but its position indicated by some ill-defined 

 light browii shading; discal spots large, broadly dark ringed; underside with black marginal bands; inter^pted 



juglandaria. in the middle. — ab. juglandaria Oh. has much stronger dark markings (large bro\\Ti spots) on the upperside. — 

 Ussuri, Japan and China. 



F. Build robust. Antenna of q dentate-fasciculate. Forewing with 1st— 2nd 



subcostal separate {Ascotis). 



selenaria. B. selenaria Schiff. (21 g). A variable species, but recognizable at once by the long forewing, the 



ocellated cell-spots and the antennal structure. The name-type is white with only shght brown irroration ex- 

 cept as a narrow band-like accompaniment to the lines. Distributed from Central France to S. Russia, Trans- 

 caucasia and the Altai. — In warmer latitudes (S. Europe to Palestine, Szechuan, Korea, Shanghai, etc.) a 

 . dianaria. much more brown-grey form occurs, dianaria Bbn. Specimens from India and S. China differ little from some 

 artemis. of these. — arteniis Stgr. is a small white race, almost without brown irroration and bands. Amur and Ussuri 

 sordida. district. — ab. sordida Warr. is another small form, but is dirty yellowish-white or yellowish-grey, the lines of 

 cretacea. the forewing obsolete. I have seen it from Korea and Chekiang. — cretaceb Btlr. (21 g) is another modification 

 of dianaria, very large, the lines and bands very sharply expressed, underside also sharpty marked. Japan. ■ — 

 Egg elongate, light grey or yellow-green. Larva without humps, yellow^^y ^or r^l dish, dorsal luae broken up 

 into very variable black-brown spots. On various low plants, in Europe hibei-ni^^^is ]^pa. Moth in 2 gene- 

 rations, very widely distributed, reaching the Congo, the Cape and Ceylon. ^^^ 



G. Build robust., Antenna of q dentate-fasciculate. Forewing \v i t h 1 st — 2nd 



subcostal long-stalked (Cusiala Moore). 



atipitaria. B. stipitaria Ob. (= doerriesiaria Chr.) (21 g). White with zigzag black Imes, accompanied by ill- 



defined brown bands, the cell-mark not ocellated. The hindwing has a rather characteristic shape, being much 

 more strongly and irregularly convex than in selenaria, markedly crenulate. Only a shght modification of 

 piperitaria. the Indian boarmioides Moore. — ab. piperitariaO&. (19 k) has the markings much more blurred, duller, the black 

 lines almost or altogether obsolete. — Ussuri district, Japan and Korea. 



H. Build not robust. Antennal c i 1 i a t i o n much shorter, usually i n p a i r e d 



fascicles, rarely simple (Ectropis Hbn.). 



erepuscula- B. crepuscularia (? Schiff.) Hbn. (= biundularia Esp. part., nee Bkh., ?alba Gauckler, bistortata Jibl. 



ria. j^gQ Goeze) (21 g). Confusingly similar to bistortata, but biologically distinct. Distal margin of forewing on an 



average shghtly less oblique, ground-colour white with slight yellowish suffusions (never ochreous, ferruginous 



or umber-broAvn), the bands which normally accompany the lines in bistortata at most only feebly and vaguely 



indicated, the black postmedian line itself standing out conspicuously. The $ is stUI whiter than the ^, 



delaineren- generally unmistakable. — ab. delamerensis B. White is so densely powdered with blackish fuscous that this 



®'*' appears as the ground-colour, only fine white irroration generally remaining. Common in N. England. — ab 



nigra, nigra Th.-Mieg has no white remaining except a slight subterminal line. Chiefly from S. Wales. — pallidaria 



palidaria. j^^y^n]^^ from E. Russia, may be synonymous with the type. It is described in Russian and the Latin diagnosis 



merely reads: ,,var. multo pallidior". — Egg smaller than that of bistortata; other assumed differences (less 



