62 HYPOXESTIA: NAENIA; EPILECTA. By W. Warren. 



acetosellae. M. acetosellae F. (14 f). Forewing greyish ochreous, flushed with brownish or rufous, and with 



dark iiToration; lines pale with dark edging, approximating on inner margin; upper stigmata large with 

 pale outlines: a submarginal row of dark spots between the veins; hindwing greyish ochreous, paler towards 

 base: palpi pink, abdomen ochraceous. A south European species, occurring in France, Germany, Italy, 

 Hungary, and S. Russia; also in Armenia and Asia Minor, and in W. Siberia; the form found in this last 

 eremicola. locality, eremicola Stgr , is paler, but covered with black striations. - - Larva dull flesh colour, dusted with 

 black: dorsal line dull ochreous; head and thoracic plate brown; feeding on oak. 



oxalina. M. oxalina Hbn. (14 e). Forewing fuscous grey, sometimes slightly reddish or ochreous; median 



area darker: lines pale, closely approximating on inner margin: stigmata dark grey with pale rings; an 

 obscure shade, often macular, before submarginal line; hindwing paler, with traces of median and sub- 

 marginal dark shades. Closely allied to acetosellae and with similar range, but smaller and greyer. — 

 Larva pale brown: dorsal line pale; lateral line blackish above, yellowish white below; head brown; 

 thoracic plate black: on Alder and Poplar. 



35. Genus: Hypoxestia Hump*. 



Frons smooth; tibiae fringed with hair; only the mid and hind tibiae spined; antennae of cf 

 ciliated, setulose; forewing broad, the termen rounded. 



Type //. dilatata Btlr. 



dilatata. H. dilatata Btlr. (14 f). Forewing purplish brown; the markings obscure; lines even, not dentate; 



a darker band before outer line; upper stigmata large, with dark edges, the orbicular greyish; hindwing 

 fuscous, with the fringe pale. Japan and E. China. 



fuscostigma. H. fuscostigma Breiu. (= lubentia Btlr., hysgina Oberth.) (14f). Forewing purplish brown; median 



area, except at margins, darker: stigmata large, with slight grey outlines; a black dot at base of cell; a 

 black dash from base below it, and a black costal bar before submarginal line; hindwing yellowish suffused 

 with fuscous, deeper at termen. Bremer's and Obrethue's types both from Amurland; Butler's from Japan. 



36. Genus: Waenia Stpli. 



Frons smooth: palpi upturned, the terminal segment bare; antennae of a 71 ciliated; foretibiae without 

 spines; forewing broad and short. 



Type X. typica L. 



typica. N. typica L. (= excusa Esp., venosa Hbn.) (14 g). Forewing brownish fuscous, the veins pale; 



edges of the upper -stigmata whitish; the cell blackish; lines pale with dark edges; hindwing brownish 



issyca. fuscous. — Common throughout Europe and found in Armenia, Turkestan, and Siberia. — The form issyca 



brunnea. Bung, from Issykkul is redder, and has the termen less crenulate. — brunnea Tuit has the ground colour 



ochreous brown with the veins pale ochreous instead of white. Larva greenish grey, darker dorsally, with 



subdorsal black patches and a row of indistinct pale oblique streaks along the sides; spiracular line pale, 



pinkish ochreous, broadly black-edged above; ventral surface yellowish; on dock and various other low plants. 



contaminata. N. contaminata Walk. (14 g). Forewing earth brown, roughly dusted with fuscous; costa black- 



spotted; lines slightly paler; upper stigmata black-edged, sepai'ated by a square blackish blotch; hindwing 

 dark fuscous, with pale fringe; underside of both wings with a velvety black waved outer line. A species 

 only found in Eastern Asia, Amurland, China, Japan, and Korea. 



37. Genus: Epilecta Hbn. 



Frons smooth; palpi porrect, elongate, the terminal segment bare; antennae of c? ciliated; foretibiae 

 without spines; forewing elongated, of uniform width; markings distinct; hindwing yellow. 



Type E. linogrisea Schiff. 



linogrisea. E. linogrisea Schiff. (14g). Forewing greyish white, diffusely dark grey along costa and inner 



margin and especially on inner line below median vein; claviform stigma slight , marked by a black line; 

 orbicular and reniform with fine black rings; the former round with pale grey centre, the latter with centre 

 blackish; a quadrate black spot on costa before submarginal line, beyond which the marginal area is brown 

 red: hindwing yellow, with broad black border; the base and costa grey; fringe ochreous. --- Occurs chiefly 

 in the South of Europe, Spain, Greece, France, and Germany, but also found in Scandinavia; in Asia in 

 lutos'a. Armenia, Syria, and Asia Minor. - - ab. lutosa Stgr. has the ground colour yellowish grey instead of 

 white. - - Larva purple brown, with double black dorsal line enlarged to patches on the four front segments, 



