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O. ochrea spec. nor. (20b). Forewing pale greyish luteous, without dark grey or black markings; clavi- odirea. 

 form and orbicular stigmata shaped as in megastigma, but the reniform much smaller, shaped as in distincta, 

 all three pale without distinct outlines; submarginal line forming teeth along the veins; hindwing luteous 

 whitish. — 1 <? Kuldja. — Like distincta but luteous, without any grey or black shading. 



14. Genus: Bi t > polmratlira Hump*. 



Differs from Barathra Mm. in the abdomen having a crest at the base only, and in the outer 

 margins of wings being non-crenulate. The foretibia with a claw at extremity on outer side. 



Type H. icterias Ev. 



H. icterias Ev. (20b). Forewing yellow suffused with fulvous, and slightly dusted with darker; icterias. 

 costa darker; lines hardly expressed; outer line represented by short dark streaks on veins; claviform 

 stigma small, fulvous and black; orbicular yellow; reniform white with fuscous centre and edged externally 

 with white; marginal area deeper brown: hindwing yellow; apical area and veins towards termen darker. 

 From the Ural Mts., Russia, and Amurland. 



H. repetita Btlr. (20c). Forewing rufous or ochreous grey, freckled with brown; veins dark- repetita. 

 streaked; claviform stigma indistinct; the round orbicular and the reniform fuscous, ringed with grey; sub- ■ 

 marginal line preceded by dentate rufous marks; hindwing rufous fuscous, paler towards base. Described 

 from N. India: the form occurring at Yatong, Tibet — ab. laetior nor. (= ab. 1. Hamps.) is brighter and taetior. 

 more uniformly ferruginous. 



The following 10 genera are characterised by having the segments of the foretarsi shortened, their spines 

 developed into claws ; the first has also a claw at end of the foretibia. 



15. Genus: Conisania Hamps. 



Tongue developed; frons with small rounded prominence; antennae of d 1 ciliated; foretibiae with a 

 spine on outer side near extremity; foretarsal segments with curved claws, which are longer towards 

 extremity of each segment. 



Type C. leineri Frr. 



C. leineri Frr. (21a). Forewing fawn colour, darker in ?; all markings obscure; submarginal line leineri. 

 whitish, entire, the other lines marked by pale vein-dots; claviform stigma obsolete; orbicular hardly 

 visible ; reniform with the lower margin prominently white ; median vein and veinlets and the submedian 

 finely marked with dark and pale scales; hindwing luteous grey in cf, dark grey in ?; fringe paler. S. E. 

 Europe, Austria, Hungary, the Bukowina; — ab. cervina Ev., from the Urals is yellowish rufous, and cervina. 

 bovina Stgr. from Turkestan is browner red, both with the orbicular small but plain; — furcata Ed. (21a), bovina. 

 from the Urals and Turkestan, is brighter rufous with the median vein white, and the lower edge of reni- f urcata - 

 form forked along veins 3, 4; — pomerana Schid: (21a) has all the veins strongly whitish, the orbicular pomerana. 

 round and white, and occurs only in Pomerania ; — albina Stgr., from Mongolia, also has the veins white, albina. 

 but the ground colour greyish ochreous instead of redbrown. — Larva yellowish grey; spiracles white, 

 ringed with dark; the head, thoracic, and anal plates bright yellow. That of ab. pomerana is dull reddish 

 grey on back and at sides, dull green beneath; dorsal line finely pale with darker margins; subdorsal lines 

 broader; lateral lines broad, whitish grey; on Artemisia campestris and maritima in sandy districts. 



16. Genus: Saragossa Stgr. 



Forewing narrow; frons with horny plate; palpi porrect, slender, the terminal segment long and 

 thin; antennae of cf serrate and ciliated. 



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Type S. seeboldi Stgr. 



S. seeboldi Stgr. Forewing dull grey brown; the lines dentate, white, with dark edges; claviform seeboldi. 

 stigma small, whitish, with black outline; upper stigmata white-ringed; fringe mottled white and grey; 

 hindwing snowwhite. Described from a single <? from N. Spain. 



17. Genus: Onychestra Hamps. 



Tongue developed; frons with rounded prominence, with a curved corneous process below it from 

 middle, and a corneous plate below the frons expanded laterally ; antennae of a* serrulate, fasciculate ; fore- 

 tarsi very short and broad, the spines on each side of the first three segments developed into short thick 

 claws; the ungues also enlarged. 



Type 0. siccanorum Stgr. 



