150 ORRHODIELLA; AMATHES. By W. Warren. 



mtzenr g_ witzenmanni Stndfs. (36 i). Forewing pale luteous grey or whitish, deeper in $, slightly dusted; the costal 



edge rufous; lines hardly visible; the double outer line is generally present and traces of the inner; no distinct 

 stigmata, but the interval between them filled up by an olive fuscous dentate mark from subcostal vein; darkmargi- 

 subcastanea. nal spots; fringe concolorous; hindwing dark grey in $, paler in <J; ab. subcastanea Stgr. (36 i) has the body and 

 wings suffused with rufous, the $ darker in both wings. — Larva green; first segment with a fine black line; the 

 head reddish; extremity of feet reddish, the rest dull green or brown; spiracular line yellowish white; dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines pale green, indistinct; tubercles black; on Salix capraea. S. E. France. As the hind tibiae of this 

 species show two or three spines, it can certainly not be left here, and should probably be removed to a separate 

 genus in the neighbourhood of Blepharoa Hmps. 



62. Genus: Orrhodiella Spul. 

 Characterised by the wings of the $ being reduced in length and misshapen, the apex being produced 

 and the outer margin beneath it excised; the costa of the forewing convex; the anal angle of the hindwing sharp. 

 The (J is of normal structure, agreeing with Conistra, the antennae with sessile fascicles of cilia. Type Orrho- 

 diella ragusae Failla-Ted. 



ragusae. 0. ragusae Failla-Ted. Forewing glossy reddish brown on a yellow ground; the markings all inconspi- 



cuous; inner and outer lines obscurely double; median shade traceable in lower half; stigmata faint, except 

 the dark lower lobe; a row of dark lunules on each side of the submarginal line; hindwing grey, the fringe reddish. 

 At present recorded from Sicily only. 



63. Genus: Amathes Hbn. 

 Differs from Conistra only in the abdomen being more slender and not flattened, whereas in Conistra 

 it is broadly flattened and cut square at anal segment. Type Amathes litura L. 

 Sect. I. Antennae of (J with sessile fascicles of cilia. 



rupicapra. A. rupicapra Stgr. (36 k). Forewing greyish rufous, dusted with dark; the inner and outer lines faint; the 



outer double, marked by dark teeth on veins; orbicular and reniform stigmata of ground colour, ringed with 

 rufous; median shade present; submarginal line rufous, paler externally, straight except for a slight angle on 

 vein 7; hindwing brownish fuscous, the fringe pale. Recorded only from Asia Minor. 



humilis. A. humilis F. (36 k). Forewing grey with a luteous tinge, dusted with darker grey; the veins finely pale; 



inner and outer lines brown, double, with pale centres, both slightly bent and scarcely waved; median shade 

 dark and distinct, parallel to outer line; stigmata large, outlined with pale, the orbicular with a small dark spot 

 within its upper inner edge; submarginal line pale; a row of dark dots before termen; hindwing fuscous grey, 

 with pale fringe; rarely a form occurs in which the sombre grey of the type is darkened and becomes black brown 



obscura. while the veins remain pale, ab. obscura Spul. Larva green; dorsal and subdorsal lines and tubercles white; 

 spiracular stripe white with the upper edge black; on various low plants. Occurs only in central Europe, France, 

 Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland. 



lychnidis. A. lychnidis I* 1 . (= schaenobaena Esp., lineola Don., sphaerulatina Haw.) (36 k). Forewing bright rufous or 



reddish ochreous with the veins paler, often dusted with darker; inner and outer lines double, dark, with the 



centre rufous, often very faint, but always marked by black spots on costa; submarginal line preceded by a 



row of dark lunules between the veins and by a dark bar at costa; median shade distinct; stigmata blackish, 



distinct, especially the narrow oblique orbicular; hindwing dark grey, the fringe rufous. This species varies 



in colour exceedingly; the brighter rufous specimens, with pale veins, represent typical lychnidis F.; the duller 



pistacina. brownish forms, also with pale veins, are pistacina F. (= venosa Haw.) (37 a) ; rubetra Esp. (37 a) is the bright rufous 



unicolorous form with all markings indistinct, and the costal edge often conspicuously white at middle, of which 



ferrea. ferrea Haw. (37 a) is an offshoot, having only the 4 costal blotches and the stigmata dark ; the paler, reddish ochreous, 



obsoleta. unicolorous form is obsoleta Tutt (= pistacina Haw.) (37 a); of the forms without red colouring, serina Esp. (37 b) 



pallida. ^ as ^e markings plain, while in pallida Tutt they are obscure, the ground colour being greyish ochreous or yellowish ; 



brunnea. — of the brownish rufous or brownish grey forms, brunnea Tutt is a more sombre form than pistaci?ia without pale 



~ [canaria. nervures ; canaria Esp. (37 b) is a form in which the lines and veins and edges of the stigmata are dull fulvous and the 



ground colour blackish, as a rule much darker in the <$ than in the $; dark specimens like these also occur but 



caerulescens. with the light shades only dull brown and the dark interspaces not so black; caerulescens Calb. (37 b), from Italy, is 



a bluishor lilac grey insect; this form also occurs in Asia Minor; a large number of examples from Amasia, especially 



$$, agree exactly, while the rest, mainly $<$, become greyish luteous, as in serina, with the markings varying 



in intensity; — Larva varying in colour, green, grey, or brown; the dorsal and subdorsal lines sometimes pale, 



at others dark; spiracular line broadly whitish; on a variety of low plants and grasses. Of general distribution 



in Europe, except Russia and Scandinavia, also in Syria, Armenia, and Asia Minor. 



scabra. A. scabra Stgr. (37 c). Forewing rufous ochreous, slightly dusted with dark scales; some black dots at 



base; inner and outer lines indistinct, double, dark filled in with ochreous; subterminal line consisting of 



