138 EHIZOTYPE; STENOSTIGMA. By W. Warren. 



kalchbergi. A. kalchbergi Stgr. Forewing pale ashy grey, dusted with darker, the median area fuscous; inner and 



outer lines double, dentate-lunulate; orbicular and reniforrn stigmata small, dark-centred, with pale annuli 

 defined by black; the claviform obsolete; subterminal line slightly defined; fringe pinkish yellow with double 

 series of dark points; hindwing dark grey, the fringe as in forewing; underside of wings and body yellowish. 

 Haifa, Syria. Quite a small species, perhaps not truly referred here. 



jonis. A. jonis Led. (33 i). Exactly like the following species, suda, but darker, and with the hindwing 



wholly white except a faint submarginal band. Asia Minor. 



suda. A. suda H. G. (33 i). Forewing pale bluish grey, more or less yellowish-tinged ; the median area darker 



grey; lines dark grey, lunulate-dentate, closely approximated below middle; stigmata pale, slightly dark- 

 edged, the reniforrn with a dark curved central line ; terminal area grey beyond the faint submarginal line ; hind- 

 amasina. wing in $ white, in $ grey with darker outer line, and submarginal band. Switzerland. The form amasina Stgr., 

 said to be darker blue-grey, marked with black and white, from Syria (Amasia) is probably referable rather to 

 jonis Led. 

 chi. A. chi L. (33 i, 34 a). Forewing chalk white, grey-speckled; the lines double, grey; median area 



darker, the stigmata pale grey and conspicuous; the claviform at extremity edged with black and joined by a 

 black dash to the inner blacker arm of outer line; submarginal line formed of whitish spots preceded by black 

 wedgeshaped marks; hindwing of $ white with interrupted grey submarginal band; of $ blackish grey, with 

 olivacea. darker cellspot, veins, and outer line; the $$ are always darker grey than the $<$; — olivacea Stph. (34 a) 

 subcaerulea. from Scotland is suffused throughout with olive grey; — subcaerulea Graes., from N. E. Amurland, is dark bluish- 

 suffusa. grey in the forewing; — suit usa ■ Robson is a dark grey form from the North of England, of which the <§<$ are 

 equally dark with the ?$; an extreme local development of this form from the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, 

 langei. Yorkshire, ab. nigrescens Tutt is nearly black; ab. langei Harrison (34 a) is like olivacea but the submarginal 

 line is absent, and the black marks preceding it wholly or nearly obsolete. Fairly generally distributed through 

 Europe, and found also in West and East Siberia. Larva green, finely dotted with yellow; dorsal and subdorsal 

 lines whitish; spiracular line yellowish white, diffusely dark green above; feeds up in spring and summer on 

 numerous moorland plants. 



45. Genus: Rhizotype limps. 

 Tongue developed; palpi obliquely porrect upwards, the second segment beneath long haired, the third 

 quite short, depressed; frons smooth and, like the vertex, thickly haired; thorax crested; abdomen with lateral 

 tufts; antennae of $ with tuberculate fascicles of cilia; forewing elongate, the apex prominent, the termen 

 crenulate. Larva on low plants in spring. The imago appears in the autumn. Type R. flammea Esp. 



flammea. R. flammea Esp. (= empyrea Hbn.) (34 a, b). Forewing purplish grey-brown, the grey predomina- 



ting in basal area ; median area velvety blackish between subcostal vein and vein 1 ; the claviform stigma velvety 

 black, followed by an elongated patch of ground colour along vein 2 which is black; orbicular reddish grey, oval 

 and flattened, with pale annulus; reniforrn very large, creamwhite, containing two grey lines, angled acutely 

 inwards along median vein; inner margin diffusely creamy white; a long black streak above it from near base; 

 submarginal line paler than the ground colour, followed by a dark cloud; hindwing shining luteous brown- 

 ish in outer half, with large dark cellspot and dark veins and outer line. Occurs in Britain, France, Spain, Dal- 

 matia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Hungary. Larva wood brown mottled with grey; a row of diamond- 

 shaped reddish brown blotches traversed by the pale dorsal line; tubercles black, with white centres; subdorsal 

 lines pale, with fine dark edges; spiracles yellowish white; feeds on Ficaria ranunculoides, Privet, Ash, &c. 



iodea. R. iodea Guen. (34 b). Resembles the preceding, but smaller and duller; the inner margin of the ground 



colour, likewise the reniforrn stigma; hindwing of $ whiter. Found only in France and Spain. Larva said to feed 

 on Broom and Sloe', probably on various low plants and shrubs. 



46. Genus: SteilOStigllia gen. nov. 



Differs from Rhizotype in the abdomen being without lateral tufts; the anal parts less developed; antennae 

 of $ simple, with small sessile fascicles of cilia; the claviform stigma very narrow and acute; wings long and 

 narrow, of sombre coloration, agreeing with that of the desert steppes of Central Asia where the various species 

 are found. Type Stenostigma curva Stgr. 



remota. S. remota Pueng. (34 b). Forewing smooth olive-tinted grey; the median area tinged with 



pinky brown; inner and outer lines black, conversely paler-edged; stigmata of the ground colour with black 

 outlines; a black streak from base below cell, and one from claviform stigma to outer line; orbicular stigma very 

 large and long, touching reniforrn; reniforrn also large and grey; submarginal line pale, with grey on each side; 

 hindwing brownish grey, the fringe pale. Kuku Nor and Amdo, Tibet. 



poliorhiza. S. poliorhiza Hmps. (34b). Forewing dark brownish grey; the ordinary lines indistinct, wide apart; 



stigmata somewhat paler, with black outlines; claviform very narrow; orbicular elongate touching reniforrn; 



