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C. stigmatophora Hmpsn. (27 e). Porewing rufous- whitish ; the costal area fuscous; lines indistinct, stigmato- 

 except below vein 2. the outer forming there a whitish lunula between brown lines, preceded by brown suffusion, l' hora - 

 and a smaller similar lunule above inner margin; inner margin dark brown between the lines; oblique brown 

 streaks from apex to vein 6, a streak above middle of vein 4, and a strong oblique streak below end of vein 

 2; stigmata pale, but indistinct, with two slight brown streaks between them: hindwing reddish brown, paler 

 at base; cilia white, redbrown at tips. Kuldja, E. Turkestan. Described in the first instance from the Punjab. 



C. scrophulariphaga Bmb. (27 f). Forewing pale smooth grey along costa, below the median whitish scrophulari- 

 slightly grey-speckled above; the cell and space beyond dull rufous-ochreous; the stigmata paler, ochreous without " 



the deeper tinge, subquadrate, and marked bj T dark dots at their angles, especially on the median, the reni- 

 form with a faint black external border; outer line forming two oblique white lunules above and below vein 1, 

 preceded by a flattened triangular dark brown shade stretching along margin to inner line, and followed by 

 a long black brown oblique streak to end of vein 2, prolonged above it along termen to vein 4; two faint brown 

 streaks between veins 4 and 6 before termen; hindwing brown, paler in basal area. — Restricted to the island 

 of Corsica. — Larva greenish white or yellowish; subdorsal lines yellow; sides with a row of yellow blotches 

 bearing the spiracles and 4 black points; dorsal segments with 4 black tubercles sometimes united to form 

 an X; head yellowish red, with black dots; feeds, in spring, May and June, on the flowers and stalks of Scro- 

 phularia ramosissima. 



C. scrophulariphila Stgr. (27 f). Forewing dark grey along costa and at base for 1 js ; the whiter area scrophulan- 

 below the median vein being restricted to the median and outer areas; the cell and space beyond only slightly 

 ochreous; outer line and the dark streaks on each side of it below vein 2 nearly as in scrophulariphaga; 

 some brown streaks in the intervals below apex, the streak at apex black; stigmata as in scrophulariphaga; 

 hindwing pearly white with the veins and termen quite narrowly blackish. — Andalusia; and Morocco. — 

 Larva extremely like that of scrophulariae, but the dorsal spots more numerous and lengthened into streaks 

 which reach down to the lateral blotches and on segments 6 — 9 coalesce with the yellow dorsal spots; feeds 

 on Scrophularia sambucifolii. 



C. blattariae Esp. (= caninae Smb., scrophularivora Guen.) (27 f). Forewing with costal area dark blaitariae. 

 irongrey; the cell and space beyond olive brownish; below the median pale violaceous grey; stigmata indicated 

 by brown points ; outer line forming a double white lunule on each side of vein 1 , the upper followed by a thick 

 brown streak to margin running up to vein 3, the lower preceded by the dark edging of the inner line; slight 

 brown streaks from apex to vein 6, and from below apex to end of cell; hindwing dull fuscous brown in $, whitish 

 with fuscous termen in $. A Central and South European species, but local; occurring in France, Germany, 

 Austria, Hungary; Spain, Dalmatia and S. Russia; also in Asia Minor, Syria, Armenia, and Kashmir. — 

 Larva yellow, with the black spots of the dorsal region often connected to form an X; the sides varied with 

 black spots and streaks; spiracles black; head yellow dotted with black; on flowers of various kinds of 

 Scrophularia. 



C. thapsiphaga Tr. (27 f, g). Smaller than blattariae, the forewing broadly pale ochreous, the grey thapsi- 

 costal streak much narrower; stigmata plainer, protruding as pale spaces into the costal streak, and marked ' J " 

 with dark dots ; hindwing paler, especially in the $ ; the darker terminal border intensified on each side of vein 2. 

 Of nearly the same distribution in Europe as blattariae, in Asia only occurring in Armenia. — Larva bluish 

 or greenish white; dorsal line broadly and conspicuously yellow; the sides and venter with fine black trans- 

 verse and longitudinal lines; spiracles black-edged, on a pale obscure line; head pale brown dotted with black; 

 feeding on flowers and leaves of Verbascum. 



C. anceps Stgr. (27 g). Forewing whitish, towards costa gradually suffused with grey; the costa it anceps. 

 self blackish grey, the lines marked on it black and pale; stigmata faint, marked on median with black dots; 

 outer line forming an oblique black streak across submedian fold ending in a black triangle on vein 6, followed 

 by a white crescent, the streaks before and beyond it black; a row of black streaks from apex to vein 6 and 

 another from below apex to end of cell; fringe with a strong white line at base; hindwing dark grey, the veins 

 and termen deeper. Recorded from Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, 'Persia, W. and E. Turkestan. 



C. lychnitis Bmb. (27 g). Forewing narrow, pale ochreous with a more rufous tinge than in thapsiphaga, lychnitis. 

 the costal streak darker; hindwing in both sexes whitish, the terminal shade narrower in the $. Generally 

 distributed in Europe, occurring in Britain; also in Armenia and Asia Minor. Larva greenish white with a pale 

 yellow band on each segment ; a dorsal row of curved black bars alternating with rows of 4 black spots ; a row 

 of black spots along the sides; feeding on flowers and leaves of Verbascum lychnitis. 



C. verbasci L. (27 g, h). Forewing broad, brownish ochreous; the costal streak and those preceding verbasci. 

 and following the lower part of outer line deep redbrown; the lunules following the line white and conspicuous; 

 space below median paler, becoming almost whitish above the outer dark brown streak; stigmata marked by 

 dark brown spots; a row of deep brown^streaks from apex to vein 6, and another, more faint, from below 



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