192 CONSEEVULA; COBALOS; OEOPLEXIA. By W. Warren. 



rare form. — Larva green, dotted with dark: dorsal line paler; lateral lines dull, with the white dark- 

 ringed spiracles on their upper edge; a darker green series of X-shaped markings between the lines; feeding 

 on Ferns and various low plants. A central European species, not occurring in Britain or Scandinavia, 

 nor along the Mediterranean coast line; also found in Armenia and Asia Minor. 



35. Genus: Conserviila Grote. 



Differs from the preceding genera in the tegulae not being ridged, the prothorax having no crest, 

 and the double crest of the metathorax being replaced by a single more diffuse crest; the termen of 

 forewing evenly curved or straight, hardly crenulate. Type Conservula anodonta Guen. from N. America. 



sinensis. C. sinensis Hmps. (= indica Leech part, nee Moore) (44 c). Forewing pinkish ochreous discoloured 



with olive brown; veins towards termen blackish; a diffusely triangular olive brown patch on inner margin 

 before inner line; median area triangular filled in with dark olive brown except above subcostal vein; 

 inner and outer lines broadly pale with dark edges, running straight and conversely oblique, their inner 

 edges confluent below vein 1 ; submarginal line pale, straight, preceded by an olive brown shade, which 

 is broader and diffuse towards inner margin; upper stigmata large and pale, confluent below with each 

 other and a small triangular mark between the bases of veins 2 and 3; hindwing ochreous tinged with 

 brownish; the veins and inner margin brown. — Eecorded from various localities in W. China. 



indica. C. indica Moore (44 c). Differs from sinensis in the inner line being more vertical, not confluent 



with outer line; the two stigmata broadly confluent below cell, forming a large U-shaped mark. An Indian 

 species, recorded also from Chang-yang, W. China. 



36. Genus: Cobalos Smith. 



Tongue well-developed; frons smooth; palpi obliquely upturned, the second segment hairy in front, 

 the third long and porrect; antennae of (J broadly bipectinate; metathorax only with a diffuse crest; 

 dorsum without crests except on basal segment. Type Cobalos angelicus Smith from N. America. 



dubiosa. C. dubiosa Beth. Baker (44 c). Forewing reddish to purplish brown, dusted with darker; median area, 



except along costa, blackish brown; inner and outer lines both triple, waved, filled in with paler; sub- 

 marginal line pale between two dark brown shades, with two small black teeth on its inner edge below 

 costa; upper stigmata large, generally pale with dark centres, confluent below along median vein and Avith 

 a rounded spot below median; hindwing fuscous brown with an obscure outer line. Madeira. 



37. Genus: Oroplexia Hmps. 



Tongue developed; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment long and hairy in front, the 

 third short; antennae of <J thick and flattened, with subserrate edges, thickly but shortly ciliated; thorax 

 and pectus rough-haired; thorax and abdomen without crests. Type Oroplexia decorata Moore. 



decorata. 0. decorata Moore (44 c). Forewing brown with silvery bluish irroration, thickest on the veins and 



in terminal area; a rufous streak along subcostal vein and a bright red one along inner margin; inner and 

 outer lines wavy, conversely edged with red; the inner with a dark patch preceding it on inner margin; 

 claviform stigma invisible; upper stigmata with rufous centres and grey annuli, the reniform acutely angled 

 inwards on median vein; submarginal line pale preceded by a dentate black shade and followed by a row 

 of black marginal teeth; hindwing dull yellowish white, the terminal half reddish brown; a dark cell spot, 

 outer and submarginal lines. An Indian species, also occurring at Yatong, Tibet. 



retruhens. 0. retrahens Walk. (44 c). Forewing fuscous, more or less suffused with blackish and tinged with 



reddish; a pale streak along inner margin, with a black diffused blotch above it near base; inner and 

 outer lines double, black, filled in with whitish, their inner arms confluent above inner margin; the former 

 oblique, the outer widely outcurved above, not dentate; submarginal line grey, interrupted at veins, 

 preceded and followed by black marks; claviform stigma large and black; orbicular reddish fuscous with 

 faint pale outline; reniform with whitish outline and central line; the cell black brown; apex of wing with 

 whitish scales; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base, with a distinct dark outer line angled above vein 5. 

 Occurs in the Goorais Valley, Kashmir: also in N. India. 



I at, i jrons. 0. luteifrons Walk. (44 d). Besembles the preceding species, but smaller and darker; the inner 



margin with a luteous white streak; inner line more broadly white, not oblique, but curving basewards 



