104 " CUCULLIA. By W. Warren. 



the outer clear only below middle; veins finely black; a pale space below cell represents the claviform stigma, 

 which is sometimes edged above and below by two fine black lines; orbicular and reniform distinct, with 

 brown centres and whitish grey annuli outlined with black; subterminal line followed by a diffused row of 

 dentate brownish marks; hindwing brownish, paler towards base. — The species appears to be generally distri- 

 buted throughout Europe, but not common; and occurs also in Armenia, and W. and E. Siberia; — the ab. 

 liiidci. lindei Heyne (26 c), from the neighbourhood of Moscow only, is a local form in which the forewing is suffused 

 throughout with blackish grey. — Larva green, with darker segmental lines; dorsal line white, fine; lateral 

 stripe broad, yellow, somewhat interrupted; spiracles white in black rings; tubercles red; head brown, 

 blackish behind, with a pale-edged frontal triangle; venter pale green with two fine green lines, which on 3 1- d. 

 and 4 l h. segments show redbrown; on various kinds of Artemisia. 



propinqua. C. propinqua Ev. Forewing violaceous grey, with fuscous suffusion and tinged in places w r ith rufous; 



a slight dark basal streak on submedian fold, above which the basal area is whitish; a violaceous white patch 

 between inner and outer lines from submedian fold to inner margin; submarginal line defined by violaceous 

 white suffusion inwardly and by a darker cloud beyond, containing short black dashes below veins 5 and 2; 

 veins finely black before termen; orbicular stigma with rufous centre and black points on it, the white annulus 

 outlined with black; the reniform reddish brown with an indistinct grey ring; hindwing fuscous brown, paler 

 towards base. Occurs in the Ural Mts., Russia, the Altai Mts. of W. Siberia, in Mongolia, and E. Siberia. 



lescorum. C. tescorum Pueng. Forewing whitish, flushed with brownish in and beneath cell; markings dark grey; 



a fine black streak from base below cell; costa with numerous more or less confluent black flecks; lines very 

 obscure; inner line angled outwards on submedian fold; outer indicated only by dark scales on costa and at 

 inner margin; orbicular and reniform stigmata close together, their pale centres outlined in brown; the orbi- 

 cular oblique, the reniform broadened below; some dark scaling at anal angle; hindwing brownish grey; fringe 

 whitish. Near propinqua Ev. Described from a <J from Altyn Tagh. 



(jcnerosa. C. generosa Sigr. (26 c). Forewing pale grey with a violaceous tinge; a strong black streak from 



base below cell; the veins also finely black; costal area including the cell reddish brown, also an oblique shade 

 from apex to end of cell; inner and outer lines connected by a black streak above inner margin; some black 

 streaks before termen; orbicular and reniform stigmata brown at centre, the whitish, annuli outlined with black; 

 hindwing brownish fuscous, paler in basal half. E. Turkestan. 



cmbolima. C. embolima Pueng. (26 c, d). Forewing brownish grej^, suffused with brown in 3, pale ashy grey 



without brown in $; veins all slightly darker; a fine dark streak from base below cell; stigmata indistinctly 

 defined by brown ; outer line wavy dentate, distinct throughout, angled on vein 5, where it is followed by a dark 

 cloud towards apex; a small dark streak above vein 4 just beyond cell, and another, more oblique, below vein 

 2 towards termen; hindwing uniform reddish fuscous; fringe whitish. Kuku Nor, Tibet. 



umbristriga. C. umbristriga Alph. (26 d). Appears to differ from the following species duplicata Stgr. only in the 



brownish suffusion of forewing, especially near base, whereby the blue grey tint of duplicata is obscured. 

 Recorded from Kashgar, E. Turkestan; Aksu, Mongolia; and W. China. It probably is the same as amoena Stgr. 



duplicata. C. duplicata Stgr. (26 d). Forewing pale ochreous grey with a slight bluish tint; veins finely black 



at termen; a long fine black line from base along submedian fold; lines black brown, distinct on costa and 

 inner margin; the inner strongly angled outwards in the intervals, intruding into the orbicular and claviform 

 stigmata; upper stigmata with brown centres and pale annuli outlined with black; black, pale-edged streaks 

 between the veins of subterminal area; a strong black streak on submedian fold from outer line to termen; 

 amoena. hindwing fuscous, the basal half paler. W. and E. Turkestan, Mongolia, and Tibet; amoena Stgr. is darker, 

 the fo ewing brownish grey with less distinct markings. 



santonici. C. santonici Hbn. (26 d). Like duplicata, but the forewing wholly blue grey, paler in the <$; the black- 



•markings less expressed; the lines single, not double; the orbicular stigma smaller, and, like the reniform, 

 filled io with grey only; in the $ the reniform is accompanied by dark fuscous shading on each side; the hind- 

 wing of the <J is pearly white, with the veins and termen only dark. Recorded from S. Russia, Armenia, and 

 odorata. W. Turkestan. — The form called odorata by Guenee (26 d), from Switzerland, Italy, and Corsica is larger 

 and paler, with less pronounced markings. — Larva green; dorsal line white, traversing a series of whitish 

 oblique markings, forming an angle in front and edged with reddish; lateral line white; spiracles white, black- 

 ringed; head greenish; on different species of Artemisia. 



alpherakyi. C. alpherakyi Stgr. (26 e). Forewing bright blue grey; a brown shade before the inner line from costa 



to vein 1; this line oblique and wavy from costa to submedian fold where it is sharply angled; a brown shade 

 before the lower half of outer line; a black streak on middle of inner margin; orbicular and reniform stigmata 

 with brown centres, the pale annuli outlined with black; short dark streaks in the intervals of terminal area 

 above veins 6, 4, and 1 ; hindwing dark brown, paler towards base. Urga, Mongolia. 



