82 PROTONESTRA; AGLOSSESTRA; EPIA. By W. Waeren. 



skcanorum. O. siccanorum Stgr. (19 g). Forewing grey brown dusted with darker; the cell dark; veins fuscous 



outlined with pale grey; claviform stigma small, dark, followed by a pale patch; orbicular and reniform 

 white with grey brown centres; submarginal line white, preceded by black wedge-shaped marks; hindwing 

 whitish, with obscure outer line; the veins grey-dusted. — A small species from Sarepta, S. Russia, 

 W. Turkestan, and Sefr-Kuh, Afghanistan. 



18. Genus: Protonestra Eamps. 



Tongue developed ; Irons with truncate conical prominence with a vertical ridge at middle and cor- 

 neous plate below it, pointed in front; the shortened foretarsal segments with claws on outer side throughout. 



Type P. silenides Stgr. 



silenides. P. silenides Stgr. (20c). Forewing reddish brown; basal and terminal areas suffused with bluish 



white; claviform stigma"^blackish , the pointed end touching outer line; orbicular and reniform large, bluish 

 white, the cell dark; hindwing fuscous grey. A mediterranean species found in Spain, Algeria, Tunis, 

 and Syria. 



19 Genus: Aglossestra Eamps. 



Tongue aborted; frons with truncate conical prominence with corneous plate below it; antennae 

 of <? bipectinate; the shortened foretarsal segments with lateral series of curved claws, which are longer 

 at the extremities of each segment. 



Type A. deserticola Eamps. 



deserticola. A. deserticola Eamps. Forewing whitish suffused and dusted with redbrown; lines defined by 



white; claviform" 'stigma redbrown; "upper stigmata white edged with redbrown, the orbicular round; sub- 

 marginal line white and_ forming a_ large white patch on submedian fold; hindwing~white, rufous along 

 termen. Suez, Egypt. 



20. Genus: JGpia Ebn. 



Tongue^developed ; frons with truncate conical prominence, with corneous plate below it; antennae 

 of d" ciliated ; foretarsi with long curvedclawlike spines on outer side only of proximal segments. 



Type E. irregularis Efngl. 



pkturata. E. picturata Alph. (20c). Forewing whitish grey, with a lilac tinge and some brown suffusion; 



claviform brown, dark-edged, followed by a pale patch 1 , and with a whitish patch at base of vein 2; 

 orbicular and reniform white with brown centres; postmedian and submarginal lines approximated and 

 running more or 4i less parallel to outer margin; hindwing brownish white; a fuscous marginal border 

 separated by awhite belt from the grey outer line. W. and E. Turkestan. 



irregularis. E. irregularis'////^/. (= brecciaeformis Esp., echii Bkh., syngenesiae Scriba) (21a). Forewing olive 



ochreous ,*, suffused, between"^ inner and submarginal lines with pale brown; lines dark brown with paler 

 edges; claviform stigma pale brown, ill-defined; orbicular round, whitish, with grey centre; reniform darker 

 with " palej edge ; median vein and veinlets"! often whitish; a pale patch on each fold beyond outer line; 

 hindwing": ochreous suffused with brown, deeper along termen, sometimes wholly brown. — Larva pale 

 putty colour with darker lines and indistinct V-shaped dorsal markings; on flowers and seeds of Silene 

 otites and Gypsophila paniculata. Occurs in Britain (Breck sand district), France, Germany,' Switzerland, 

 Italy, Dalmatia, Austria, Hungary and S. Russia; in Asia Minor and Turkestan. 



aberrans. E . ab errans Ev. (= admiranda Oberth., claripennis Btlr.) (20 c). Distinguished from irregularis by 



th e whiter ground colou r an d deeper brown suffusion; thorax unicolorous whitish. — Siberia, Amurland, 

 Japan; restricted to Eastern AsTa^ahd~apparently a good species. 



n ' s " s - E. nisus Germ. (21 a). Like irregularis, bufgrey brown without the pale^ochreous tinge; submarginal line 



dentate and preceded by long dentate black marks; claviform stigma definite but small and brown; hind- 

 sancta. wing fuscous. The type form is from Sicily only: sancta Stgr., darker and greyer, with the stigmata filled 

 in with brown, occurs in Spain. 



mendax. E. mendax Stgr. (20c). Forewing rufous brown, shaded and dusted with blackish; a black streak 



at base of submedian fold; claviform stigma edged with black; upper stigmata" white, orbicular round, reni- 

 form narrow; submarginal line whitish, preceded by black teeth; hindwing brownish, paler towards base, 

 darker in ?. — Recorded only from Asia Minor. 



mendica. E.? mendica _Stgr._ (20 c)._ Resem bles mendax, but larger and paler, with similar^ light and dark 



markings to S. marmorosa; inner and outer lines very strongly dentate; a fine black basal streak below 



