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CEYMODES. By W. Warren. 



fans. A. vulgaris Bllr. (41 c). Forewing grey tinged with fuscous brown; a dark brown blotch at base 



of costa reaching submedian fold: another on costa before submarginal line reaching to vein 4; inner and 

 outer lines blackish, double, well marked on costa and inner margin, interrupted and obscure between; 

 claviform and orbicular stigmata with slight brown outlines; the reniform with whitish annulus; an oblique 

 pale streak from apex to vein 4; submarginal line indistinct, pale, inbent on each fold, with a dark 

 suffused patch beyond it between 4 and 6; hindwing fuscous, darker along termen; — the Chinese form, 

 distincta. which may be distinguished as distincta subsp. nov. has the ground colour of fore-wing greyer, the brown 

 patches darker, and the lines plainer. Recorded only from Japan, and West and Central China. 



sordida. A. sordida Btlr. (41 c). Forewing deep brownish fuscous, sprinkled in costal half with grey scales; 



the inner and outer lines thick and black, conversely edged with paler; a diffuse dark blotch on inner 

 margin before inner line; orbicular and reniform stigmata grey with black outlines, the median shade 

 showing dark between them; submarginal line slightly paler, preceded by a darker band; hindwing fuscous; 

 ''ii'i'i'iim — m * ne form pseudodyops Btlr. (41 c), the basal and outer areas are suffused with rufous brown; the 

 variegata. lines and stigmata are all paler and clearer; — in variegata Oberth. (41c), the whole median area is suffused 

 with blue grey; the submarginal line is yellowish grey, crossed by 2 black streaks beyond cell, which are 

 also to be seen in pseudodyops. Amurland, Japan, and Corea. 



14. Genus: Crymodes Guen. 



Differs from Eremobia in having the antennae of the <J finely ciliated; the dorsum without tufts of 

 hair; abdomen of $ long, with enlarged anal tuft. Larva on grasses. Type Crymodes groenlandica Duj). 

 An arctic and alpine genus. 



platinea. C. platinea Tr. (41 d). Forewing pale grey, dusted and shaded with darker grey; inner and outer 



lines black, the first dentate inwards on veins, excurved between, the outer externally lunulate dentate; 

 submarginal line indistinct, with slight grey clouding before it, the terminal area hardly darker; stigmata 

 pale but very inconspicuous ; hindwing pale grey, darker towards termen. Larva resembling that of monoglypha 

 Hufn. feeding on grasses. Occurs on the mountains of France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, and 

 X. Italy. 



ferrea. C. ferrea Pueng. (41 d). Differs from platinea in having the coloration of Dasypolia templi; inner 



and outer lines double, dark; a distinct median shade; submarginal line indistinct; claviform stigma minute ; 

 the upper ones obscure; hindwing luteous grey, with darker terminal border. The Simplon pass, Switzer- 

 land and Bormio, X. Italy. 



montana. C. montana H.-Scli. (42 a). Forewing yellowish white with fuscous irroration; inner and outer 



lines double; claviform stigma absent; orbicular round, defined like the reniform with fuscous; subterminal 



rufescens. line indistinct; hindwing whitish, the termen suffused with fuscous; ab. rufescens ab. nov. (= ab. 1. Hmps.) 

 has the ground colour reddish ochreous irrorated with redbrown, the markings of forewing redbrown; hind- 

 wing ochreous white, terminally suffused with brown. Armenia, Asia Minor, W. Turkestan. 



mutiin. C. mutica Christ. (41 d). Forewing whitish ochreous, thickly dusted with fuscous and brown, and 



partly suffused with yellow, especially along submedian fold; inner and outer lines black, conversely edged 

 with yellowish; claviform stigma small, outlined with black; orbicular round, yellow, with black ring, 

 and sometimes a black point at centre ; reniform yellow, black edged inwardly; subterminal line yellow, waved, 

 and partially interrupted; hindwing reddish brown, the fringe yellowish. Armenia and W. Turkestan. 

 The species is very close to the next following. 



bischolJii. C. bischoffii H.-Sch. (42 a). Forewing greyish ochreous, dusted with fuscous, especially on the 



inner and outer areas and the outer half of median area; inner and outer lines black, partially double; 

 orbicular and reniform pale, the former round, the latter with a black lunule on inner edge; subterminal 

 line defined by dark suffusion on its inner side; hindwing fuscous, paler at base, with obscure outer line 

 caesia. and pale fringe; — in ab. cacsia ab. nov. (= ab. 1. Hmps.) the head, thorax, and forewing are strongly 

 suffused with dark blue grey; the abdomen and hindwing fuscous. Asia Minor; Palestine; ? S. E. Turkey. 



zeta. C. zeta Tr. (41 e). Forewing dull grey green overlaid with hoary grey scales; inner and outer lines 



black, conversely edged with hoary grey and lunulate-dentate; the outer line sinuate, not indented below 

 middle; stigmata grey edged with black, the two upper separated by the well marked blackish median 

 shade; submarginal line pale, often broken up, indented on the folds, preceded by black wedgeshaped 

 marks; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base; the whole forewing has a mealy appearance, and in paler 

 pernix. examples the markings are often much obscured; — ab. pernix Hbn.-C. ( = clandestina Bsd.) (41 e), is the 

 curoi. darkest form, with the markings plainest; — curoi Calb. (41 e), from Italy, is chalk grey, glossy, more like 



