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ONCOCNEMIS. By W. Warren. 



amasina. D. amasina Hmps. (29 f). Forewing ochreous white, washed with purplish-rufous; the base and costal 



area to postmedian line white; the veins pale; inner and outer lines ochreous white, converging towards inner 

 margin; upper stigmata pale and large, extending below median vein, obscurelj' edged with reddish; subterminal 

 line faintly paler; hindwing white, the veins and base of fringe yellowish. Amasia, Asia Minor. 



In the remaining 3 species the upper stigmata are smaller and regular, 



anlhcrhi. D. antherici Chr. (28c). Forewing white flushed with pale reddish, especially on outer half of costal area; 



cell deep red-brown; upper stigmata large, Avhitish, partially outlined with brown, the orbicular irregularly 

 triangular, the reniform oblong and oblique; lines hardly visible, the outer and submarginal faint, edged with pale 

 red-brown: hindwing nearly pure white. — Persia, W. Turkestan. — Larva pale yellow with fine brown trans- 

 verse striae; dorsal stripe brown, broad, with irregular edges, the dorsal line itself fine and pale; subdorsal stripes 

 brown, also irregularly edged; tubercles yellow; spiracles ringed with black; head reddish marked with brown; 

 feeding on Anthericum. 



scmiacea. D- scoriacea Esp. ( = capreae Hbn.) (29 f, g). Forewing pearl grey, the median area darkened with 



grey brown suffusion, and in the $ also the basal and terminal areas; inner and outer lines dark filled in 

 with pale: upper stigmata pale, especially the reniform which has a rufous centre, outlined with dark; clavi- 

 form quite small ; a dark cloud on costa before subterminal line which is pale, preceded by some grey brown scales ; 

 fringe mottled dark and light grey; hindwing whitish, in the $ slightly grey-tinged. Larva green; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines white; lateral stripe broad and white; head and thoracic plate yellowish; feeds on Anthericum. 

 Occurs only in S. Europe, France, Italy, Dalmatia, Austria, Hungary; also in Asia Minor. 



korsakovi. D. korsakovi Chr. (= paenulata Chr.) (29 g). Forewing greyish creamcolour with a slight fleshcoloured 



tint, finely dusted with greyish; inner and outer lines pale, hardly visible, approximating on inner margin, the 

 inner marked with black in and below cell, the outer faintly towards costa; upper stigmata with pale annuli, 

 very obscure ; claviform absent ; submarginal line preceded by a grey shade ; fringe concolorous ; hindwing very 

 pale grey brown, darker along termen; fringe whitish; in the 9 the markings are even less distinct; the sides 

 of the palpi only slightly brownish, while in the <J they are blackish. — Armenia and Asia Minor. 



21. Genus: Oncocneinis Led. 



Tongue developed; irons smooth; fore tibia short, with curved claw at extremity on the inner side, 

 (sometimes with a slight one on outer side) ; head and thorax clothed mainly with scales ; abdomen without crests. 

 Type Oncocnemis strioligera Led. The species are Confined to Central Asia and S. E. Russia. 



exacla. 0. exacta Chr. (28 c). Forewing pale grey brown dusted with darker ; the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; 



inner line waved, oblique ; outer line followed by a band of whitish suffusion, and below middle with white before 

 it; claviform faintly dark; upper stigmata ochreous white, outlined with black, their centres brown, the orbi- 

 cular small, elongate; hindwing white with fuscous veins and the termen broadly fuscous; fringe whitish; the 

 moncjolka. ab. mongolica Stgr. is darker, the basal half of forewing with a reddish tinge. Turkestan and Mongoha. 



campicola. 0. campicola Led. (29 d). Forewing brownish fuscous: the lines black; the inner vertical, forming 



two equal outward curves; the inner is preceded and the outer followed by patches of whitish scales, the lower 

 ones on the inner margin more conspicuous; stigmata brown outlined with black, the claviform small; a thick 

 diffuse dark median shade; subterminal line pale, interrupted, preceded and followed by dark streaks between 

 the veins; hindwing whitish; the terminal half blackish, the fringe whitish. W. and E. Turkestan, W. and 

 E. Siberia, Mongolia. 



confusa. 0. confusa Frr. (= diffusa Gnen.) (29 d). Forewing dark grey thickly dusted with fuscous, and some- 



times with a rufous tint along the folds ; lines double, dark, waved and indistinct ; stigmata of the ground colour, 

 very obscure; the two upper separated by a black blotch; submarginal line pale, preceded by a dark shade 

 rufcucens. containing dentate marks; hindwing dirty grey with broad black terminal border; in the ab. rufescens Stgr. (29 d) 

 the ground colour of both wings is wholly rufous grey, the head, thorax, and abdomen the same. Found at 

 Sarepta and in the Ural Mts, S. Russia, in Armenia, and W. Turkestan. 



nigricula. 0. nigricula Er. (28c). Forewing narrow, gloss}' olive fuscous; all the lines and stigmata indistinct, more 



or less obscured by the dark suffusion; some dark dentate marks before subterminal line; hindwing brownish 

 white, tin' termen broadly fuscous. Sarepta, S. Russia, — Altai Mts., W. Siberia, W. Turkestan, Kamschatka. 



strioligera. 0. strioligera Led. (29 e). Forewing pale stone grey, with a faint luteous tinge, slightly speckled with 



blackish; inner and outer lines black, fine and distinct, approximating on inner margin; upper stigmata with 

 pale brown centres, ringed with paler, and neatly outlined with black; submarginal line preceded by long 

 black sagittate markings; marginal line finely black followed by a bright pale line at base of the grey fringe; 

 hindwing whitish, the veins fuscous; a diffuse broad fuscous border and white fringe. — Syria, W. and E. 

 Turkestan, W. Siberia, and Mongolia. 



