408 DYSCIA. By L. B. Peotjt. 



penulataria.. D. penulataria Hbn. (= favillacearia Dup. neo Hbn., ?rubentaria Rbr.) is more robust, the lines some- 



times better indicated, the postmedian crenulate, rather strongly curved anteriorly on the forewing. The original 

 figures show a reddish grey ground-colour, coarse irroration, and a darkening in the distal area. I have not 

 seen examples agreeing with them. Thibbky-Mieg doubts its distinctness from lentiscaria. ' Recorded from 

 Digne, the Pyrenees, Spain and Portugal and N. Africa, but Staxjdingee includes here the following form and 



hispanaria. perhaps plebejaria. Htjbnee figures also a strongly infuscated aberration. — hispanaria Mill. (24 d). is a redder 

 form, superficially recalling Enconista miniosata; ^ dusted with brown, $ clearer reddish. In contrast to 

 the preceding species, the $ is larger than the ^. — Larva argillaceous grey, the dorsal and subdorsal lines 

 brown, lateral stripe yellowish. Chiefly on Dorycnium, possibly double brooded. Described from Barcelona; 

 recorded also from the Pyrenees Orientales. According to Thxerey-Mieg a good species, of less robust build 

 than penulataria, with more silky, weakly-marked wings. 



plebejaria. D. piebejarla Ob. Similar to hispanaria (24 d) but smaller, with larger cell-spots, that of the forewing 



more or less pale-centred. Algeria: near Sebdou, February and August. 



fagciria. D. fagaria Thnbg. (= belgaria Hbn., belgiaria Bkh., mediopunctaria Don.) (24 e). Face nearly smooth. 



Tongue present, though rudimentary. Thorax not robust, not densely hairy. $ with stout abdomen and narrow 

 wuigs. Variable. The name-typical form is moderately strongly irrorated, the markings strong, including a 

 well-developed postmedian line on the hindwing. Northern Central Europe, S. E. Russia and the Caucasus. — 

 alvarensis. alvarensis WaJilgren is rather a light form and weakly marked, the lines only distinct at the margins. Oeland. 

 favillacea- Probably differs little from the following. — favillacearia Hbn. is cinereous, not densely irrorated, the lines 

 "''■ somewhat broken into vein-dots, that of the hindwing almost or quite obsolete. Austro-Hungary and Galicia, 

 fleischman- m and Issyk-kul. — ab. fleischmatini Rbl. is almost unicolorous black-grey. Taken among favillacearia. — 

 vsoriciria. psoficaria Ev. is a dark, densely irrorated form from the Ural, Transcaucasia and Transcaspia. ■ — albidaria 

 albidaria. Stgr. ^ almost white, with little irroration, markings strong. England, W. France, Belgium and N. W. Issyk- 

 kul, often together with the type. — Larva duiagy brown, with a whitish dorsal stripe and some grey markings 

 on the sides. On Calluna and Erica, hibernating and feeding up in the early spring. The moth appears in June 

 or sometimes earlier. It inhabits northern central Europe, Russia and the Caucasus. , 



eompersaria. D. conspersaria Schiff. (= cunicularia Esp.) (24 d). Wings broader than in fagaria, especially the 



hindwing; $ not smaller or narrower than ^. Markings generally weak, postmedian line of dots on both wings 



more parallel with distal margin. The name-type is yellowish M'hite, with more or less strong fuscous irroration. 



lurturaria. — . ab. turturada Bsd. { = conspersaria Hbn.) is whiter, much less densely dusted, but various transitions occur. 



cunicuUna. S. France, Carniola, W. Asia Minor, etc. — ab. cuniculina Hbn. is still whiter, the dusting wanting. S. Russia, 

 Italy, Brusa district, etc. ; as a local race in the Pyrenees. A similar example is before me from Quetta. • — 

 Larva reddish grey, with doable white dorsal line, expanding in the middle of each segment, fine wavy yello- 

 wish white subdorsal and hidistuict brownish lateral line. On Salvia and Artemisia. Moth in May- — July. 

 raunaria. Central and S. Europe, N. Africa, Asia Minor, Ferghana, Issyk-kul. — raunaria Frr. is a smaller, rounder- 

 winged, chalky white insect with rather sparse irroration, a postmedian row of fuscous dots, etc. Said to have 

 shorter palpus, which would indicate a separate species. Carinthia, Istria. Fiume and Herzogovina. 



duponti. D. duponti Th.-Mieg. Shape and facies of the preceding. Pure white, without a trace of the ordmary 



lines of JDyscia but with orange spots on the forewing mixed with some black scales, namely a large cell-mark 

 and 2 submarginal spots at 4 mm. from the termen, placed about as in fagaria. Algeria. 



hriUi. D. holli Ob. Rather larger than duponti, with similar black-mixed submarginal blotches but with 



the ground-colour of the forewing and the inner and distal margins of the hindwing almost as red as in hispa- 



albirosea. naria (24 d). Algeria, in May. — albirosea Eothsch. is evidently a form of holli, the ground-colour rather paler, 



costal margm of forewing with 2 brick-red patches, the submarginal blotches less developed, hindwing with 



brick-red dots in abdominal area. Algeria and Morocco. Also known to me from Cape Colony. 



tekkearia. D. tekkearia (25 a) is described as nearest to conspersaria, whitish cinereous with brownish irroration, 



the luies not broken into dots, antemedian not very distinct, postmedian angulated near the costal margin of 

 the forewing, both lines well expressed on the hindwing; the median shade of the forewing is indicated by a 

 costal spot close to the cell-spot. Achalzik, Transcaspia. 



lentiscaria. D. letltiscaria Do7iz. (= turturaria H.-Sch., nee Bsd.) (24 e) is distinguished by its more strongly hairy 



thorax, hairy face and less short palpus, clothed with longer hair. In markings not unlike fagaria, colour rather 



distinctaria. more yellowish. $ not smaller than r^. — distinctaria B.-Haas, from St.-Ildefonso, Castile, is clear white, little 



irrorated, the lines weak, rust-brownish, not black. — Larva brownish grey, with broad red-brown dorsal line, 



the other lines indistinct. On Helianthemum, hatching in April and scarcely growing till August or September, 



