ins CUCULLIA. By II'. Warren. 



hindwing in j hyaline grey, darker along termen and with darker veins; in $ almost uniform dark brownish 

 fuscous: the cellspot large and dark. France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, and Russia; Armenia. 

 W. Siberia. E. Siberia, Mongolia, and Tibet. — Larva glossy black, with a double row of large round orange 

 red snots down the back, and a single row on each side; on the last segment a transverse orange-red stripe; head 

 black: on flowers of Sonchus. Daucus, and Prenanthes. 



griseseens. C. grisescens Leech ("27 d). Larger than lucifuga, otherwise greatly resembling it. — Described from 



a single $ from W. China. 



celsiae. C. celsiae H. Sch. (27 d). Forewing pale wood colour suffused with brown: this paler tint, however, only 



showing at base of inner margin and along terminal area; the rest of the wing suffused with black, extending 

 on costa from base to apex; the lower parts of inner and outer lines only are visible, the outer being followed 

 by pale ocbreous lunules and marked with black dots on the veins; a long dark streak before termen below 

 vein 2; veins black at their ends on brown spots; fringe mottled; hindwing brown with dark veins, somewhat 

 paler in the £• Found only in Eastern Europe, Hungary, Bulgaria, S. Turkey, and in Palestine. — Larva 

 green; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines white and slender; lateral line broad, its upper half green; on 

 Hesperis desertorum. — A small dark species, easily recognized. 



vemnthemi. C. xeranthemi Bsd. (27 d). Forewing whitish or bluish grey, with dark fuscous suffusion along the 



course of the lines, especially at costa; stigmata with pale brown centres and whitish grey annuli, the orbi- 

 cular 8-shaped, the reniform less defined; inner line double, strongly dentate; outer line variable, sometimes 

 distinct throughout, at others only above inner margin, always preceded on submedian fold by a blackish cloud, 

 and followed by a black streak below vein 2; hindwing ding} r whitish, the veins dark, the terminal area 

 smoky black. A Southern species occurring in S. France, S. Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, and 

 S. Russia, W. Turkestan, W. Siberia. — Larva, when full fed, violet Avith paler, ill-defined, longitudinal streaks; 

 lateral lines white; feeds in August and September on Chrysocoma linosyris. 



gnaphalii. C. gnaphalii Hbn. (27 e). Like xeranthemi, from which it is distinguished by the more rounded orbi- 



cular, not 8-shaped; by the absence of a black shade before outer line in submedian fold, while the black 

 line beyond it is thickened and more conspicuous; the outer line being bent at right angles on the fold, its 

 lower half vertical; above vein 4 a black streak from the reniform stigma, interrupted in the middle; a black 

 streak along middle of inner margin; hindwing brownish, the basal half paler, but not nearly so pale as in 

 xeranthemi. Of nearly the same distribution and equally rare as xeranthemi: occurring also in Britain and N. 

 Italy — in Armenia and W. Siberia. — Larva deep green; dorsal stripe broad, red-brown; spiracles yellow- 

 on an interrupted redbrown streak; head green; feeds on flowers of Solidago virgaurea, hiding by day under 

 the leaves close to the ground. The larva referred by Milliere to xeranthemi and said to feed on Helianthemum 

 may belong to a distinct species, but the description agrees fairly well with that of gnaphalii, certainly not 

 with that of xeranthemi. 



elongata. C. elongata Bttr. ( = albescens Moore, atkinsoni Moore, postera Sigr.) (24 i). Forewing purplish grey, 



dusted with brown; the costa fuscous; cell and area beyond it rufous; veins finely black; a thin black streak 

 from base along submedian fold; lines obscurely marked, except above inner margin; stigmata with rufous 

 centres and grey annuli outlined with black, both somewhat constricted at middle; a black streak above 

 middle of vein 4 and another, more prominent, below end of vein 2; hindwing brown, the basal area paler. 

 Altai Mts., W. Siberia; Amurland, and Ussuri, E. Siberia; Amdo, Tibet; the Goorais Valley, Kashmir; occurs 

 also in N. India, whence both of Moore's types and Butler's type were described. 



asteris. C. asteris Schiff (27 e). Forewing pale grey ;* costal area dull reddish brown; the cell and space beyond 



rufous-tinged: stigmata obscure, incompletely defined by brown, the reniform with a dark curved streak at 

 its lower end; outer line defined only below vein 2 on submedian fold where it forms a double redbrown 

 lunule, followed by a white one beyond which is a thick brown blotch or two streaks; both the inner and 

 outer lines are marked by very oblique dark brown streaks on inner margin; hindwing brownish, the basal 

 half dull whitish grey with dark veins. Occurs throughout Europe (except Spain and Portugal) and Central 

 Asia, extending to W. China and Japan. — Larva yellow green; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines yellow 

 with black edges; head yellow brown, with black spots. — On flowers of Aster and Solidago. 



ledereri. C. ledereri Stgr. (27 e). Like asteris, but larger, not so uniformly grey in colour, the costa and inner 



margin more broadly dark; as in asteris, the lower halves of the two stigmata show clearer and paler; hind- 

 wing more hyaline white in basal area, followed by a better defined broad blackish band along termen. Des- 

 cribed by Staudinger from Kamschatka. In a $ from Raddefka, quite perfect, sent as postera by Herr 

 Tancre, the cell and space beyond in forewing is hardly lighter redbrown; but in 2 $$ from Japan this space is 

 very decidedly pale rufous ochreous and the costal area altogether paler; but all three agree in the hindwings. 

 The paler Japanese specimens answer well to the description of ledereri, while the example from Raddefka 

 is remarkably like true postera. 



