EPIGLAEA; OEBONA; XANTHOLEUCA. Bij W. Warren. 145 



submarginal indicated only by a dentate-lunulate darker shade preceding it; a slight dark cellspot at lower end 

 of cell; hind^ing rufous fuscous. Japan. 



E. strigifera Bib. (35 d). Fore-wing rufous dusted with grey and fuscous; lines pale ochreous, nearly strigifera. 

 straight, slightly oblique inwards, and edged basewards with darker, the inner and outer also somewhat 

 concave; faint blackish points at ends of cell; subterminal line ochreous, preceded by a deeper rufous shade, 

 touching termen at end of vein 2 and angled inwards; hindwing greyish rufous. Japan. 



56. Genus: Epiglaea Gwte. 



Tongue present; palpi porrect, short, the 2nd segment long-haired below, the 3rd short; antennae of ^ 

 subserrate, with sessile fascicles of cilia; vertex and irons thickly haired; thorax with a triangular crest; pectus 

 and femora woolly; abdomen without crests, flattened, with lateral fringes of hair. Type Epiglaea decliva Grote. 

 from N. America. 



E. contracta Btlr. (35 d, e). Forewing dark brown, grey brown, or rufous; lines pale; inner straight contracia. 

 and oblique; outer vertical from costa to vein 5, then oblique, slightly concave, inwards; submarginal sinuous, 

 the terminal area beyond it darker; upper stigmata large, fuscous, with pale outlines; hindwing greyish fuscous, 

 with large dark cellspot, Yokohama, Japan. 



57. Genus: Orbona Hbn. 



Distinguished from Conistra by the larger size, longer legs, and produced apex of forewings; and struc- 

 turally by the different form of the anal claspers. Type Orbona fragariae Esp. 



0. fragariae Esp. (= domiduca Bkh., orbona Bossi, serotina Oclis.) (35 e). Forewing rufous brown, dark fragariae. 

 brown, or pale brown, in dark examples thickly peppered with black; veins towards termen finely pale; inner 

 line oblique and straight, outer sinuous, rarely well-defined; median area rather darker; upper stigmata large 

 and pale; submarginal line nearly straight, dark brown edged externally with pale ochreous; hindwing blackish 

 fuscous with an olive tinge, the basal half paler, with a large dark cellspot; the abdominal margin beyond sub- 

 median fold, the termen irregularly, and the fringe yellow ; segments of dorsum fringed with yellow; the form, 

 pallidior nor. (35 e, f), from Japan, is paler, the submarginal line preceded by a dark shade. Larva deep yellow, pallidior. 

 redder on dorsum, paler beneath; head brown; on various low plants and grasses. Found in Switzerland, Italy, 

 Germany, Austria, Hungary, Eoumelia, and S. Eussia; in Asia, in Siberia, Amurland, and Japan. 



58. Genus: Xantlioleuca Stph. 



Tongue present; palpi thickly haired above and below, the terminal segment depressed and rostriform, 

 in a line with the slope of the frontal tuft; antennae of £ ciliated; prothorax with an erect triangular crest; pectus 

 and femora woolly; abdomen flattened, with lateral fringes of hair. Larva on trees in early summer; thick, 

 with large round head, humped ll tn segment, and horny thoracic plate; the imago emerges in late autumn and 

 hybernates. Type Xantlioleuca croceago F. 



X. croceago F. (= aurantiago Don.) (35 f). Forewing dark yellow, thickly irrorated with orange red, croceago. 

 in a few instances with blackish dusting ; the costa with 4 white dashes in median area ; lines generally marked 

 with olive grey, sometimes blackish; inner line pale, waved, edged externally by darker, angled outwards in 

 submedian interval; outer line at 3 /-i, curved, marked by dark veinspots; upper stigmata large, pale orange, 

 with yellow annuli, the reniform 8-shaped and projecting outwards below cell; median shade broad, dark 

 grey, running from inner margin to outer dark edge of reniform, along which it appears to run, its upper arm 

 from costa above orbicular being more or less obscured and often obsolete, distinct only in the darker orange and 

 black-speckled examples; submarginal line grey, sinuous; veins towards termen often darker; hindwing white, 

 slightly pinkish-tinged, with cellspot and outer line; fringe white; — fulvago Esp. nee L. (35 f) has the fulvago. 

 orange suffusion deeper, the dark irroration stronger, the upper arm of median shade well-marked; Corsica Corsica. 

 Mab. (35 f), from Corsica, is of a very pale biscuitcolour. the irroration and lines very pale olive brownish; the 

 stigmata large and pale, without annuli or centre; hindwing whiter. Larva yellowish grey dotted with dark red; 

 the tubercles white; dorsal line pale, inconspicuous; on segments 4 — 11 a row of brown V-shaped marks; 11 th 

 segment with a slight hump and two broad white spots behind it; head large, redbrown, pale-dotted; feeding 

 in May and June on oak-bushes. Of general occurrence in Europe; also in Algeria, Asia Minor, and Armenia. 



X. sericea Btlr. (35 f). Quite distinct from the European croceago, from which it differs as follows; sericea. 

 the white costal dashes are less conspicuous but more continuous, and reach to near apex; the ground colour is 

 always deeper orange, like the tint of the ab. fulvago, and more uniform; the two stigmata are larger and plainer, 

 with distinct yellow annuli, the orbicular 8-shaped as well as the reniform; the lower arm of the median shade 

 runs to the inner edge of the reniform and is clearly connected with the upper arm; the outer line is grey, conti- 



