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has a fleshy-ochreous ground, with grey Hnes and spots. — grisearia Stgr. is said to be predominantly grey, but grisearia. 



Statjdingek quotes Gtjenee's var. A, which is pale ochreous with the grey almost confined to a subterminal 



shade. S. France and Andalusia. — subsignaria Stgr. is a more unicolorous greyish form, with unmarked miisignaria. 



imderside. Sicily and S. France. — ab. herrichii Ob. has also a somewhat greyish tone but with very sharp hrmchii. 



markings, some ochreous admixture remaining in the median and terminal areas. Staudingee includes it in 



his confused var. grisearia. — lusitana Mencles is the darkest known form, densely irrorated almost throughout lusUana. 



with blackish, only in the median and terminal areas with slight brownish tone. Portugal. ■ — ochracearia Stgr. ochraceaHa. 



is deeper ochreous, inclming to reddish ochreous, with comparatively slight grey admixture. Murcia and frequent 



in S. Algeria. — Larva very similar to that of variegata but with the dorsal humps ending in double points. 



On low plants. The moth double-brooded, distributed in S. Europe and Algeria. 



G. dubitaria Stgr. differs in its colom?, which is very light clay-colour or brownish grey-white, with light dubHarin. 

 wood-brown markmgs, partly marked with extremely fine black strigulation, as in variegata, and in its sharply 

 marked underside, which is also as in variegata; but the antennal pectinations are at least as long as inmuci- 

 daria. Mesopotamia and N. Persia. — graecaria Stgr., from Greece, is more mixed with grey on the upperside graecaria. 

 beneath quite as in the name-type. — Perhaps dubitaria is nothing more than an eastern race of mucidaria. 



G. evanidaria Pilng. is an insignificant species, dirty grey-brownish with indistuact grey markings, evamdaria. 

 underside whitish, sometimes with discal spots mdicated, otherwise unmarked. Probably related to mucidaria, 

 shaped more like mutilata, distinguished by its weaker build, very slender, finely ciliated antenna and by the 

 underside. Aksu district, Chinese-Turkestan. 



G. tholeraria Piing. Size of the preceding (i. e. of a large mucidaria), more yellowish, more coarsely iholerarin. 

 irrorated, markings more distinct, distal margin with dark dots between the veins, a proximally dark-shaded 

 subterminal line present, forewing less elongate, underside yellowish, discal spots and postmedia-n line distinct, 

 dark antemarginal shades, ^ antenna somewhat thicker, but only extremely shortly ciliated. With the prece- 

 ding. 



G. exsuctaria Piing. is very similar to evanidaria, but is larger, the forewing less narrow and pointed: atsudarm. 

 both are slenderly built. Forewing moderately broad with apex rounded, distal margin slightly undulate, ob- 

 lique; grey and ferruginous, irregularly clouded; antemedian line and discal ring rather indistinct, postmedian 

 shortly dentate, right-angled on 1st radial. Hindwing weakly crenulate. Underside yellowish gfey, mixed 

 with lighter, distal part yellower, irregularly limited, forewing with cell-spot. Issyk-kul. 



G. tninutaria Leech (= ephyrinaria Ob.) (22 f) is distinct' from all the forewing in its Cosymbia-\\k.e minutaria. 

 appearance, the large white, black-ringed discal spots standing out sharply on the more or less darkened me- 

 dian area. The (^ is smaller and darker-marked than the 9- Underside grey, with curved postmedian line 

 followed by a distally ill-defined paler band. W. China. Near albistellaria Warr. from India, which is rather 

 smaller and much darker. 



G. cinerea Btlr. (22 f) may perhaps be placed here but is very anomalous, the neuration, except in the dnerea. 

 absence of the 2nd radial of the hindwing, being entirely that of an Acidalia, to which also its minute size 

 and smooth face approximate it. Easily known by the j'eUowish centre of the discal spots and indistinct yello- 

 wish lines. Dharmsala to Sikkim. — lilliputats Pom^. is probably a form of the same, perhaps even a sj'nonym. lilKpuinla. 

 The lines and cell-spot are described as olivaceous and perhaps it is on the whole more weakly maiked but the 

 figures are unrecognizable and my only example is too worn to allow of characterization. ^\ China: Mou-pin 

 and Omei-shan. 



G. dolosaria H.-Sch. (22 f) is a small and insignificant species which would perhaps be better trans- dolosaria. 

 ferred to Bhoptria. Dull brown-grey with small black discal dots, the ordinary lines best marked on the 

 veins. Distal margin of hindwmg only weakly undulate. Underside scarcely lighter, weakly marked. Crete, 

 Greece, Macedonia and Western Asia Minor. 



G. tibiaria Bbr. (22 f). Rather larger, wings relatively longer, distal margin of hindwing almost smooth, iibiaria. 

 with an inappreciable sinuosity in the middle (thus nearer to Section D in shape). Brown, the forewing with 

 dark dusting, the hindwing with a fairly distinct discal dot. Underside rather lighter, both wings with discal 

 dot and postmedian line of dots better indicated. $ abdomen robust. Only recorded from S. W. France. 



G. benesignata Bell. (25 d). Size and shape of tibiaria, forewing more fuscous, much more sharply benesignata. 

 marked, the pale transverse lines being indicated and a series of black vein-streaks appearing in the median 

 area (the anterior ones confined to its distal part); hindwing with a strong postmedian line of black dots. 

 According to Rambtxe the anterma differs, being more strongly crenulate, but Mabille bred similar examples 

 among tibiaria. Corsica. Unknown to me. 



