84 MANOBIA; LASIANOBIA; LASIESTRA. By W. Warren. 



simplex. T. simplex Stgr. (= amydra Piing , cholica Hamps.) (21 d). Forewing dull grey brown; lines fairly 



distinct; all the stigmata obscure, outlined by dark scales; submarginal line preceded by dark dentate 

 markings; hindwing fuscous with the termen darker. Tibet, Turkestan, Kashmir. 



sociabiiis. T. sociabilis Grasl. (20 d). Forewing grey brown; the lines double ; claviform stigma small, blackish; 



orbicular grey, round, black-edged; reniform filled in with blackish; subterminal line whitish, with dark 

 dentate marks before it; hindwing brownish white, the veins and termen browner. Found in S. W. France 

 and Morocco. 



demotica. T. demotica Piing. (20 d). Forewing grey tinged with reddish brown; lines dark denned by whitish 



grey; stigmata with dark edges; subterminal line preceded by black dentate markings; hindwing dull 

 brownish, the termen diffusely darker. W. and E. Turkestan. 



The two following genera, while agreeing with those preceding in having the foretarsi beset with 

 clawlike spines, differ in having the frons smoothly rounded, without prominence. 



23. Genus: Manobia Stgr. 



Eyes large, rounded, without cilia. 



xena. M. xena Stgr. (21 d). Forewing greyish fuscous suffused with purplish; a wedge-shaped mark below 



cell from base; the largest part of the median area, and often the marginal area darker, purplish brown; 

 stigmata large, purplish grey, the orbicular rounded, the reniform subquadrate and produced basewards 

 along median vein to join a pale purplish grey patch along base of vein 2, the orbicular also sometimes 

 confluent; claviform dark, lost in the dark suffusion; the inner and outer lines conversely oblique, approximating 

 on inner margin ; hindwing pale grey, with a violet gloss , and traces of a median line. Amdo and Kuku- 

 Xor, Tibet. 



grisea. M. grisea Btlr. (20%). Forewing dull grey brown tinged with rufous; all the markings inconspicuous; 



upper stigmata paler, with a darker patch between them; inner and outer lines double, indistinct, approximating 

 at inner margin; submarginal line shown by a dark shade preceding it; hindwing rufous brown, darker 

 along termen. A large species only known from Japan. 



24. Genus: Iiasiauobia Hamps. 



Eyes large, rounded, overhung by long cilia. 



lauta. L. lauta Piing. Forewing glossy, purplish grey brown; lines fine, obscure, approximating on inner 



margin and there connected by a black streak; claviform stigma pale, minute, obscurely defined; orbicular 

 and reniform grey, with yellowish white annuli outlined with dark; submarginal line marked on the two 

 folds with yellowish white scales and preceded by a rufous cloud; hindwing brownish grey, the fringe 

 paler. Kuku-Nor, Tibet. 



decreta. L. decreta Piing. (20 e). Forewing greyish brown ; the cell and space beyond to submarginal line 



above vein 2 redbrown; upper stigmata pale grej - ; the orbicular round, with a small pale patch obliquely 

 below it at base of vein 2: the reniform curved outwards at lower end; lines denned by whitish grey; 

 hindwing brownish" grey, with pale fringe; in the ¥ the reddish tints are replaced by fuscous. Kuku-Nor, Tibet. 



The 2 following genera agree with Lasianobia in having the eyes overhung by long cilia. 



25. Genus: Lasiestra Hamps. 



Tongue present; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment hairy in front, the terminal 

 small; head, thorax, and tibiae clothed with rough hair: antennae of a" serrate and fasciculate, or 

 simply ciliated. 



Type L. phoca Moeschl. from Canada. 



Section I: Antennae of d* serrate and fasciculate. 



montana. L. montana Leech (20 e). Forewing blackish , irrorated with bluish grey, most abundantly in basal 



field ; lines deeper black , but indistinct , with a slight admixture of orange scales ; claviform small , black ; 

 orbicular and reniform whitish, with some ochreous at centre, the former round, the latter indented on 

 outer side; submarginal line denoted by a row of dark and pale lunules; fringe mottled; hindwing whitish 

 washed with brownish , the termen itself white ; veins brown. Ta-chien-lu , W. China. Described from a 

 single d". 



