I'M. 26. [X. loir,. ITAME. By L. P,. Proi't. 40] 



pale brownish grey, with quite sparse dark strigulation, cell-spot elongate, thick; lines obsolescent, widely 

 separated, distal area with some vague spots. Hindwing with small, weak cell-dot. Underside with the cell- 

 dots. Syr-Daria: Baigacum. 



S. taeniolai'ia Hbn. (23 g). More Boarmia-\\k.Q than the preceduig, though rather short-winged. Bro-nn faeniolaria. 

 with strong dark irroration, tending to form strigulation in the distal area; lines denticulate, strongest on the 

 costa of the forewing; median shade also present. Larva smooth, tapering slightly anteriorly; yellow grey 

 (sometimes darker grey), with numerous longitudinal grey lines. On Genista, also on Prunusispinosa. taeniolaria 

 is common in S. France and Spain, but is also known from Switzerland (Canton Geneva). 



S. erebaria Ob. (23 g) is distinguished by the peculiar curved form of the narrow median area. Pro-_ erefetma. 

 bably related to the following. Algeria. 



S. ambustaria Hbn. (= duponcheliaria Lef.) (23 g). More variegated than taeniolaria, the ground- "'Hfewsteria. 

 colour being lighter, the brown strigulations and cloudings richer, the black lines sharply expressed. The discal 

 spots are conspicuous both above and beneath, that of the forewing large and roundish. Underside well marked. 

 $ wings much smaller, scarcely fitted for flight. — Larva brighter yellow than that of taeniolaria, with squarer 

 head. On Hypericum. Inhabits Sicily and N. Africa. 



S. combustaria Pilng. Very near ambustaria, rather smaller and stumpier, lighter and more yellowish, combusta- 

 wanting the dark strigulae, subterminal line much more bent proximally in the middle, underside much more '''"' 



feebly marked. Jordan Valley. 



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151. Genus: Itame Hbn. 



Characters of Macaria but with the distal margins smooth or nearly so, the antenna in the ^ (in the 

 type species vincularia also in the $) bipectinate. A widely distributed genus, reaching Australia and North 

 and South America. Commonly known as Thamnonoma Led. 



A. $ fully winged (Itame). 



I. vincularia Hbn. (23 h). May be known at a glance by the large dark cell-spot of the forewing and the vincularia. 

 red-brown outer band (less dark in the 9) cut by light veins. — Larva rather slender, with small bifid dorsal 

 prominences on the 1st, 2nd and 8th abdominal segments and lateral carination; reddish brown dorsally, bluish 

 grey ventrally, with a fine, uninterrupted brown dorsal line and a broad pale lateral stripe. On Rhamnus 

 infectorius. Moth in two generations, S. France, Spain, Portugal and Algeria. 



I. spodiaria Lef. (= semicanaria Frr., cerataria Guen.) (23 h). Rather longer winged and less robust, spodiaria. 

 Light grej'' or brownish grey, clouded with darker, more bluish grey distally to the postmedian line. On the 

 underside this clouding becomes brown and very conspicuous, at least on the hindwing and the anterior part 

 of the forewing. S. Italy, Sicily, S. Spain and N. Africa. 



I. berytaria Stgr. (23 h). Near spodiaria but still longer winged, ^ abdomen robust, ground-colour less berytaria. 

 brownish grey, discal spot of forewing larger, underside with less well defmod brown distal shades, the hindwnag 

 here characteristic, though very variable, the region of the cell-fold and radial fold, as also the inner margm, 

 whitish grey, the rest darker grey mixed with brownish, some fuscous clouding in the cell and the distal area, 

 a fuscous (sometimes strong, sometimes very slight) postmedian band or double line. Syria and Palestine. 



I. buffonaria Mill. (25 h), only known from the type $, which was bred at Hyeres as long ago as 1855, bufjonarh. 

 .still requires elucidation. It is a tiny, narrow-winged species, with both wings rather acute at the apex, clay 

 yellowish (rather reddish in the figure) with slight brown dusting; forcAving with 2 sharply defined brown 

 lines, the anterior vertical, though slightly flexuous, the postmedian nearly parallel with the distal margin, 

 broadly shaded with brown distally; discal dot large, brown: distal margin with 8 dark dots; fringe short. 

 Hindwing without markings. 



I. wauaria L. (23 h). Variable, but easily distinguished from all the other Palearctic species, its nearest imvnria. 

 relatives being N. American. The shape approaches that of Macaria lituraia. Lines obsolete, except at costa 

 and as small vein-dots, median shade on the contrary very strong, at least anteriorly, normally forming a 

 large, somewhat V-shaped mark; the dark red-brown costal mark before the subterminal is nearly always 

 conspicuous. — ab. v-nigraria Hatchett (= fuscaria Thnbg. nee Vill.) has both wings strongly infuscated, the v-nigraria, 

 V-mark showing in deeper black, postmedian dots also just traceable. — ab. alba ab. nov. has the ground-colour alba. 

 almost pure white. — • halituaria Guen. is a more unicolorous ashy or violaceous grey (less brownish mixed) luiliUmria. 

 race, with better developed antemedian line, no whitish irroration on hmdwing, etc. According to Giienee 

 a species, with much longer antennal pectinations. Altai and E. Siberia. — Egg elongate oval, brown-red, with 

 strong, somewhat irregular polygonal reticulation and whitish knobs at the angles; hibernating. Larva mode- 

 rately stout, green or purple-brown, the lines white, lateral stripe broad, yellow, tubercles black, setae more 

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