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GLAVIPALPULA. Bv W. Warren. 



angustus. 



atra. 



rufa. 



pallidior. 



evanida. 



and praesubmarginal shades deep brown, the hindwing dull white with submarginal band and cellspot 

 contacta. dark: — of the darker forms contacta Esp. (=instabilis Esp.) (22 i) is suffused with rufous brown, lending up to 

 fuscatus. fuscatus Hair. (22 i) which is dark purplish liver colour; — angustus Haw. is a rarer form, mottled with 

 chesnutbrown and fuscous; — atra Tutt and rufa Tutt are two equally rare forms, the former unicolorous 

 sooty blackish, the latter bright reddish. These dark suffused forms are commoner in Britain, where the 

 paler and more typical forms are rare. Two other distinct forms are pallidior Stgr. (= pallida Stgr.), from 

 Fergana and Issykkul and Spain, with the forewing greyish white, and the hindwing whitish; and evanida 

 Bttr. from Japan , which resembles pallidior, but is larger and has the subterminal line strongly preceded 

 olivacea. by rufous shading. Still another form, apparently undescribed, olivacea nor. (22 i) has the forewing ashy 

 grey with a strong olive flush; the median shade and the clouds before submarginal line also deeper olive; 

 of two c?<f one is much more varied with olive fuscous and with the lines better marked than the other; 

 the ¥ is wholly dark olive fuscous, with the edges of the stigmata and the submarginal line paler; in all 3 

 the reniform stigma is broader and less obbque than in typical incerta; the hindwing varies from pale to 

 dark grey with an olive tinge, with dark cellspot and whitish fringe. 2 oV, 1 ?, together with some more 

 or less typical specimens, from Cedre, Hautes Pyrenees. Generally distributed in Europe, except the south, 

 occurring in Asia Minor, Armenia, the Altai Mts., and through Central Asia to E. Siberia and Japan. — 

 Larva green, dotted with yellowish white; dorsal line yellowish; subdorsal less distinct; spiracular line pale 

 yellow, edged above with blackish; spiracles white, ringed with black; on various trees and shrubs. 



opima. M. opima Hbn. (= firma Hbn., mediolugens Schultz) (22 k). Forewing dull lilac grey speckled with 



darker: inner and outer lines purplish brown, the median area either filled with brown or with a broad 



brown median shade; submarginal line broadh' pale with dark line before it, nearly straight; upper stigmata 



large, outlined with pale: hindwing dull brownish grey. Distinguished from incerta by the straighter costa 



and more produced apex of forewing. — In this insect the continental forms are darker than those found 



grisea. i n Britain, of which the commonest is ab. grisea Tutt with pale ochreous grey ground with the pale edges 



brunnea. f stigmata strongly marked and broad submarginal line; — brunnea Tutt has the whole wing brownish, 



unkolor. but the edges of stigmata and the submarginal line still pale; — but in unicolor Tutt the whole wing is 



brown. — Larva purplish brown above, yellowish green below; dorsal and subdorsal lines finely pale; 



spiracular line broad, dark brown above, becoming yellowish red below; spiracles pale, black-ringed; on 



various trees, but more local in its occurrence than other species. Found throughout Europe except the 



South, also in the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia and the Ala Tau Mts. in W. Turkestan. 



paromoea. M. paromoea Hamps. (22k). Forewing greyish rufous or dull greyish brown, more or less thickly irrorated 



with fuscous: the markings much as in stabilis, which also occurs in Japan, but altogether duller and more 

 obscure; distinguished at once by the antennae of the cf not being pectinated. Japan. 



gracilis. M. gracilis F. (= collinita Esp., lepida Scriba, sparsus Hair.) (22 k). Forewing in <? pale grey or 



ochreous grey, in ? dark grey, generally more or less irrorated with dark grey; orbicular and reniform 



stigmata with pale outlines, filled up with grey, the lower half of reniform dark grey; outer line marked by 



black dots on veins, the inner mostly obsolete; submarginal line ochreous or rufous, sometimes preceded 



by a dark shade; hindwing in d 1 whitish, becoming grey towards termen, and blackish immediately before 



pallida, the pale fringe, in ? wholly grey; — pallida Stph. (22k) is a whitish form with hardly any dusting; — in 



rosea, rosea Tutt (221) the ground colour is flesh coloured; — rufescens Cockll. (221) is redbrown; — the 



rufescens. J a p anese form ella Btlr. (22 1) differs only in being more strongly marked , sometimes with a redbrown 



flush. Throughout Europe, in Armenia, Amurland, and Japan. — Larva bluish green ; dorsal and subdorsal 



lines whitish; spiracular line white, black-edged above; spiracles white with black rings; on sallow, sloe, 



and various low growing plants, such as Lysimachia, Artemisia etc. 



35. Genus: Clavipalpula Stgr. 



Distinguished from Monima by the palpi, the terminal segment of which is horizontally porrect 

 from the apex of the second, smoothly scaled, narrow at base and broadly spatulate at extremity; the 

 termen of both wings is strongly crenulate; the antennae of the cf slightly flattened, with sessile fascicles of cilia. 



Type C. aurariae Oberth. 



C. aurariae Oberth. (221). Forewing browngrey, with a slight reddish tinge; median area velvety 

 brown, deepest in cell, paler above subcostal vein and below vein 1 ; stigmata large, pale grey, the reniform 

 filled up with reddish, indented on outer side; inner line oblique outwards, outer line oblique inwards from 

 vein 4 where it is angled ; some brown spots at base and a small blotch on costa before submarginal line, 

 beyond which the marginal area and fringe are sandy brown; all the veins pale; hindwing brownish fuscous, 

 darker in terminal half, with large dark cellspot and waved postmedian line; fringe pale. An Eastern 

 species, known only from Amurland and Japan. 



