116 BALOPHASIA. By W. Warren. 



antirrhinii. . 0. antirrhinii Hbn. (24 g) Forewing pale grey suffused with olive and rufous ; the lines blackish, double, 



filled in with pale; orbicular and reniform stigmata distinct, dark with pale grey annuli; terminal intervals 

 with short black streaks, not reaching termen; fringe chequered olive and white; hindwing olive fuscous, 

 with broad blackish terminal border, preceded by an obscurely whitish band; the fringe pale. A species 

 of wide distribution, found in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans; also in 

 Armenia, Asia Minor, and Syria. — Larva dull green, darker on the dorsum; dorsal line broad, pale yellow, 

 with 4 fine whitish lines on each side; spiracles white, edged with black; head green marked with black; 

 feeds on flowers and seeds of Antirrhinum and Scabiosa ochroleuca. 



serrata. 0. serrata Tr. (= arctata Guen.) (24 g). Forewing bluish-white, suffused, except in basal area and 



towards termen, with olive fuscous; median and submedian veins finely pale; inner and outer lines white, edged 

 with black, below the median vein approximated; orbicular and reniform stigmata olive fuscous, ringed with 

 bluish white and outlined with black, the orbicular round, the reniform filling up the outward curve of the 

 outer line; terminal intervals with thick black streaks that run to termen, that between 3 and 4 shorter and 

 outlined with white scales; veins towards apex olive relieved with whitish ; fringe chequered olive and white; the 

 pale basal area with a short black streak at base of both folds; hindwing dark olive fuscous, paling basewards; 

 fringe chequered olive and white. Confined to the mediterranean coasts; S. Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, and Algeria. 

 Larva brownish green; dorsal line pale yellow dark-margined; spiracular lines pale yellow, black-edged above; 

 dorsal region with numerous fine dark longitudinal lines; feeding on Scabious. 



serratula. 0. serratula Stgr. (24 g). Forewing whitish with brown suffusion; the veins blackish; a white streak 



at base of cell; a diffuse white streak below cell, containing a short black subbasal streak and emitting a streak to 

 termen; a slight pale lunule on discocellular; lines black, double, filled in with white, the inner strongly 

 incurved; veins of terminal area outlined with white; fringe chequered; hindwing brown, deeper along termen, 

 and paler at base. An Asiatic species from W. and E. Turkestan only. 



pauli. 0. pauli Stgr. Forewing grey with brown suffusion; inner line curved, double; outer blackish and 



diffuse, strongly incurved below middle and approximated to inner line; some brown and white dentate marks 

 before termen; claviform stigma small, outlined with white; orbicular and reniform small, dark brown, the 

 orbicular round, placed in a white patch filling end of cell and extending partly round the reniform; fringe 

 chequered, brown and white; hindwing brownish fuscous. Becorded from Palestine and also from Morocco, 



adamantina. 0. adamantina Blachier. Forewing greyish white, tinged with pink in basal and terminal areas; inner 



and outer lines black edged with brown internally, widely separate at costa, approximating below middle, 

 becoming confluent at vein 1, then separating; median area brown; upper stigmata brown with white annuli 

 and a white patch between them; an oblique brown fascia from termen below apex; fringe chequered white and 

 brown; hindwing black, the basal area paler. Babat, Morocco. 



Sect. II. Antennae of <J simply ciliated. 



anatoliea. 0. anatolica Led. (= serrata Frr. nee Tr.) (29 b). Forewing bluish grey; the median area darkened 



by a thick diffuse blackish median shade; lines black and double, filled in with bluish grey; the inner vertical 

 and slightly curved, the outer excurved above, and approaching inner line below median; upper stigmata grey, 

 somewhat obscured, with dark centres; a distinct short black streak near base of submedian fold; some irre- 

 gular black streaks in the subterminal intervals; fringe chequered, black and white; hindwing dull bluish grey 

 with broad black terminal border. Becorded from Italy, Turkey, Bhodes, Palestine, Asia Minor, and 

 Askhabad, W. Turkestan. 



17. Genus: Calophasia Stph. 



Tongue present; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd, segment harry, the 3rd. short; frons smooth; antennae 

 of $ simple; frons and vertex with ridges of hair; pectus, legs, and abdomen hairy, the abdomen without 

 crests. Type Calophasia lunula Hufn. 



acuta. C. acuta Frr. (= producta Led., pygmaea Stgr.) (29 b). Forewing bluish white dusted with brown; 



the veins slightly darker; lines double, indistinct, the outer strongly incurved below middle; stigmata white 

 outlined with black, the claviform small, the orbicular round; subterminal line formed of brown clouds; a short 

 black streak above vein 4 before termen, and another above vein 2 to termen; fringe chequered, brown and 

 white; hindwing uniformly fuscous brown. An Eastern species occurring in S. E. Turkey, Asia Minor, and Syria. 



lunula. C. lunula Hufn. (= linariae Esp.) (29 b). Forewing bluish grey, suffused with olive fuscous, especially 



in median area and along an oblique fascia from apex to before anal angle; lines double, filled in with grey, 

 but only distinct below middle, curved and approximating; claviform stigma elongate, bluish grey edged with 

 black; orbicular small, flattened, white edged with black ; reniform conspicuous, white with black lateral edges; 

 some black streaks in the intervals across the oblique apical fascia; fringe chequered, olive brown and grey; 



