388 GNOPHOS. By L. B. Pkout. 



hindwing moderately deeply crenulate. The name-type is light grey with a sligth bluish tinge, the lines ex- 

 nubilatu. pressed chiefly by dark (rarely black) dots on the veins. — nubilata Fuchs (22 d) is dark glossy smoke-colour 

 with a whitish line (usually interrupted) indicating the distal edge of (obsolete) postmedian line. Rheingau. 

 conferaia. — conferata Stgr. (= conferta Ob.) is an intermediate form, a dusting of the pale ground-colour remaining, the 

 impedinata- white line (or band) broader. S. Tyrol, Carinthia, Styria, Puy-de-Dome. ■ — impectinata Guen. (22 d) is a very 

 pale, whitish (in OBSETHtJE's figure slightly brownish) form from the Basses-Alpes, S. Carniola and with the 

 canitiaria. type in Switzerland. — canitiaria Guen., also from the Basses-Alpes, was differentiated by the pectinate ^ 

 antenna. Statjdingee considers the type to have a wrong head affixed, but Obeethue denies this and be- 

 albarinaia. lieves it will prove a twin species. — ab. albarinata Mill, is a development of impedinata, white with the 

 pyrenaica. median area forming a grey band. — pyrenaica Ob. is a rather dark, more brownish race, with the median- 

 area somewhat differentiated in colour and sharply light-bounded, recalling obscurata bellieri. Pyrenees- Orien- 

 tates. — Egg oval, finely shagreened, red. Larva stout, cylindrical, with small dorsal points on the 8th 

 abdominal; light grey, dorsal line blackish on thorax and posterior segments, yellow-grey between, white- 

 edged throughout and accompanied by some oblitxue dark streaks; lateral light stripe black-edged above; 

 venter violet-grey with double mid-ventral line of blackish spots. On low plants, hibernating. Imago in July, 

 in Central Europe. 



orphnlnaria. Q. orphnfnaria Hm-ps. On an average rather larger than pullata, distal margins more strongly crenulate, 



ground-colour more brownish, the irroration dark blue-grey, so strong as to leave only the median area and a 

 spot in the middle of the distal area brownish. Afghanistan and Kashmir, July — September. 



deliciarla. G. deliciaria Ob. is much brighter, the coloration of the upper surface about as in variegata, the lines 



much more sharply expressed than in the two preceding, the postmedian of the forewing more angulated at 

 the 1st radial. The underside is much less uniform than in them, the forewing showing, in addition to the pale 

 brownish postmedian band a marginal band of the same pale colour, containiiag only a few dark marks, the 

 hindwing predominantly pale brownish. Ta-chien-lu; ?Hon-kow (Tibet), a darker $ ex coll. Leech. 



perdita. G. perdita Stgr. ,,Dark grey dusted with yellowish, with large dark central dots, otherwise almost 



markinglass; one observes merely traces of the dentate dark postmedian Ime and the whitish subterminal." 

 Expanse 34 mm. (German measm^ement.) Vladivostok. Founded on a double confusion, Leech having (pro- 

 bably in error) determined it as paerlita Btlr., which Staudingee misread. When re-discovered, it will probably 

 require a new name. 



difficilis. G. difficilis Aljyh. (= desparataria Fuchs) (22 d). Size of pullata, forewmg more elongate, coloration 



of upperside somewhat as in orpkninaria but rather lighter, without conspicuous pale patch in distal area. 



Underside pale brownish with some dark dustmg, leaving clear a broad pale band distaUy to the (scarcely 



indicated) postmedian line; distal area somewhat darkened; apex and a spot hi middle of distal area lighter. 



grumi. Hindtibia of ^ dilated. — grumi nom. nov. is a more uniformly light-brown race from Gounansy, Tetoune 



( ?Tatung) Mountains, W. China (Kan-su). Mentioned by Alpheraky, Rom. Mem. vol. 9, p. 58. Possibly 



koflata. the same as — korlata Fuchs, which is said to be smoothly scaled, colour especially in basal and median area 



clay-yellowish, with the costal margin clay-colour and the veins brown. Korla. — uniformis Stgr. is much 



uniformis. more uniform leaden grey, only in the median area very slightly mixed with yellow-brown scales, discal rings 



scarcely pale-centred, on the underside more sharply prominent than in typical difficilis. Ala Tau and Eastern 



Thian-Shan. Possibly as eparate species or a form of the following. — difficilis inhabits Ferghana, Kashgar, 



the Issyk-kul district, etc. May — June. 



stoliczkaria. G. stoliczkaria Moore (22 e) is very similar to weakly-marked difficilis but the distal margin of the hind- 



wing less crenulate, the (J hindtibia not dilated. Very light brownish, fmely and uniformly dusted with darker 

 brownish, the discal rings not very sharp, lines only indicated by dots on the veins, distal margin with weak 

 dark dots or lunules. Underside paler, almost unmarked. Ak Masjid, S. of Yarkand, early June. 



ffirinosata. G. farinosata Chr. Yellowish grey, closely irrorated with fuscous, antemedian line faint, postmedian 



dentate (median area rather narrow), discal rings normal. Underside dirty whitish, with blackish band close 

 to the distal margin, that of the forewing leaving free an apical spot and interrupted between 3rd radial and 

 1st median, that of hmdwmg similar, but narrowly joined proximally between the veins mentioned. Trans- 

 caspia. 



vaataria. G. vastaria Stgr. On an average rather larger than variegata, rather narrower winged, hindwing less 



crenulate, ground-colour similar, light yellow-grey, the fine darker grey irroration not arranged in striae, no 

 darker yellow cloudmg, the grey clouding weak, chiefly apparent in the distal region, especially anteriorly, the 

 Imes rather more approximated; underside whitish with narrow, interrupted blackish borders — subapical, 

 enclosing a white apex, and (still smaller) posterior fragments alone remainmg. Discal dots rather variable. 

 rubefactaria. ^ antenna appreciably ciliated. Issyk-kul and Kashgar. — rubefactaria Piing. is a bright reddish race from 

 Togus-Torau. 



