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HARMODIA. Bv \Y. Warrkx. 



preceding species, but not reaching China and Japan. — Larva dull brown, with darker dorsal line and 

 capsin- oblique subdorsal streaks; on seeds of Silene and Saponaria; - - capsincoloides Stand f., from Corsica, has 



coloides. f] ie median area black brown, obscuring the claviform stigma; the white edges of the stigmata and the sub- 

 marginal line are all finer and sharper; — examples from Uralsk are all decidedly smaller and much blacker 



fuligata. than the ordinary form and may be separated as ab. fuligata ab. nor. (17 h). 



lepida. H. lepida Esp. (= carpophaga Bkh., perplexa Hbn.) (17 i). Forewing olive grey brown or olive 



ochreous, clouded with darker; claviform stigma large, dark; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and 

 white rings outlined with black; some black toothlike marks before submarginal line; hindwing dirty grey, 

 darker towards termen; the veins dark. This darker form is the usual one throughout Europe; but is replaced 



odiracea. in Britain by ochracea lime. (17 i) which is pale ochraceous with slightly darker markings; examples with 



pallida, an actually white ground colour are found on the chalk of the South of England, ab. pallida Tuft, (17 i): 



on the other hand the darkest forms of ochracea Raw., with few markings but uniform in coloration, are known 



brunnea. as brunnea Tutt (18d). The speciete occurs throughout Europe except in the extreme North, in Armenia, Asia 

 Minor, Syria, Persia, Turkestan and Siberia; the form ochracea Hair, is said to occur also in Palestine and 

 Syria. Larva pale putty colour, with the lines indistinct; on seeds of Silene nutans. 



capsophila. H. capsophila Bdv. (=nisus H Sch., nee Germ., repanda H. Sch., capsophoba liamb.) (18 d). Forewing 



dark fuscous without any tinge of brown or ochreous, resembling most bicruris Hfngl. in appearance and 

 markings: but it may always be distinguished by the absence of the pale-scaled patch beneath the cell beyond 

 the claviform stigma, which is invariably visible in that species. Larva stouter and greyer than that of 

 carpophaga, feeding on seeds of Lychnis. — The darker, almost black, specimens occurring in Ireland and 

 suffusa. the Isle of Man are the ab. suffusa Tutt (18 e). 



Ivpra. H. lypra Piing. (18 e). Forewing olive brown;- claviform stigma ending in a black V; the upper 



stigmata pale, partially outlined with black, the orbicular round; submarginal line preceded by black dentate 

 marks; hindwing fuscous ochreous. W. Turkestan. 



magnolii. 



consparcata. 



H. magnolii Bdv. (= nummosa Er., conspurcata H. Sch. ?) (18 e). Forewing olive fuscous, somewhat 

 purplish-tinged, and dusted with white; lines black, edged with bluish- white ; claviform stigma of ground 

 colour, edged with black; orbicular round, white-ringed, distinct; reniform less clear, partially white-edged; 

 hindwing fuscous, paler towards base, with dark cellspot and outer bne. Portugal, S. France, Italy, Switzer- 

 land, Dalmatia, Austria, Russia; Armenia, Asia Minor, W. Turkestan. Larva greyish yellow, darker at sides; 

 dorsal line dark brown, geminate; the subdorsal stripes dark; lateral line pale; head yellow brown; on 

 Silene nutans. 



H. consparcata Frr. (= conspurcata II. Sch. o") (18 e). Smaller and more broken up with white than 

 magnolii, the dark patches more evident; a whitish patch on costa at base; claviform stigma followed by a 

 conspicuous white spot; orbicular stigma white, larger than in magnolii; reniform whiter; submarginal line 

 white: hindwing fuscous, the fringe whitish. Central and Southern Russia, Ural Mts. This description is 

 made from an example from the Feeyee Collection. Apparently a good species; if a form of another, then 

 rather of compta; certainly not of magnolii or filigrama. 



H. filigrama Esp. (= filograna Esp., flligramma Frr., flavivibica Hbn.) (18f). Like magnolii, but 

 the forewing dusted with ferruginous scales; the type form is brown, like magnolii, in ground colour, without 

 white admixture, and is restricted in range, occurring, authentically, onlj' in the Mts. of S. Hungary. 



H. xanthocyanea Bin. (18 f) has the ground colour greyer and the white scaling, especially in the 

 cfer" stronger, the orange markings more developed; -- in luteocincta Ramb. (18 f) the basal and terminal 

 areas are still whiter and the ferruginous tints show up still more; — melanochroa Stgr. is a smaller and 

 darker form from Asia Minor and W. Turkestan. Generally distributed in C. and S. Europe (but not occurring 

 in Britain), in Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Turkestan, and Siberia. Larva reddish grey, the segmental 

 divisions paler, with groups of dark dots, especially along the dorsum; spiracles black; head yellowish, with 

 black marks; on Silene nutans. The larva is said to resemble that of caesia except that it is browner with 

 fainter dorsal markings. 



ignicola. H. ignicola nov. (18 f) Nearest to oranthocyanea, ab. luteocincta Bamh., but distinguished from it and 



all the allied species by having the thorax and patagia as strongly varied with ferruginous or orange as 

 the forewing; in this the margins of the upper stigmata, a blotch below base of cell, the submedian vein 

 and a row of wedgeshaped marks before submarginal line are all orange; the inner and outer lines also 



intensa. with a few orange scales; hindwing as in luteocincta; in the ab. intensa ab. nor. (18f) the whole forewing 

 is suffused with rufous even to the fringe, the grey ground colour of the type being quite lost, while the orange 

 markings of the type are all intensified, the submarginal line itself being similarly coloured; the hindwing, 

 its fringe, and the entire underside are all rufous-tinged. 1 ? type from Kuliab Province, N.Afghanistan; the 

 aberration from Naryn-Kol. 



filigrama. 



xantho- 

 cyanea. 

 luteocincta. 

 melanochroa. 



