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D. detersina Stgr. (42 c). Forewing grey with a slight brown tinge; the end of cell and area beyond detersina. 

 and below it redbrown: the veins black: a strong black streak from base below cell, confluent with the 

 claviform stigma, which is small, narrow, black-edged; orbicular white, black-edged, oblique and long, 

 confluent below with reniform, and joined by two black streaks to it; the reniform white, outlined with 

 black in lower part, the upper end produced; lines ill-defined, and marked chiefly as oblique streaks from 

 the costa; a black streak obliquely from termen below apex and an oblique series of streaks on a brown 

 shade from above 6 to below 5; two black terminal streaks on brown dentate marks at veins 2 and 3; 

 a black streak on submedian fold extending to within outer line; hindwing whitish; the veins dark; the 

 terminal area broadly brown. W. and E. Turkestan. 



D. peterseni Christ. (42 c, d). Forewing ashy grey, dusted with brown; a black streak with brown peterseni. 

 below it from base below cell; inner line ill-defined, angled sharply outwards above and below vein 1; 

 outer line much approximated to termen, double, denticulate; submarginal line angled outwards to termen 

 at veins 7, 4, and 3, retracted to outer line on each fold; the terminal area beyond it brown except at 

 apex and tornus; stigmata defined by brown; the orbicular and reniform small, the former oblique, ellipti- 

 cal; hindwing white; the veins and termen brownish. N. Persia, W. and E. Turkestan; W. Siberia. 



5S. Genus: Liitliomoia Hbn. 



Tongue present; irons smooth, with ridges of hair at top and between antennae; palpi obliquely 

 upturned, rather short, the second segment long-haired in front; the third quite short; antennae of $ 

 bipectinate, the branches short and club-shaped, the apex ciliated; thorax densely clothed with hair; the 

 prothorax and metathorax crested; dorsum strongly crested; veins 6 and 7 of hindwing shortly stalked. 

 Type Lithomoia rectilinea Esp. 



L. rectilinea Esp. (42 d). Forewing brown, the basal and terminal areas mixed with white towards rectilinea. 

 costa; the median space darker and reddish below middle; a thick black streak from base below cell, 

 below which the basal area is darker; inner and outer lines black conversely edged with white, the inner 

 angled on submedian fold, the outer with a white patch before it on the same fold; a black bar between 

 the two lines along it; upper stigmata large, mixed with white, and black-edged; the orbicular flattened; 

 subterminal line whitish with black teeth below middle, above middle marked by black subterminal dashes 

 between the veins; hindwing brownish, paler towards base. Mainly a northern species; found in Britain, 

 France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland and N. Italy; also in the Altai Mts., W. Siberia 

 and in Amurland. — Larva mottled pale and dark brown, tinged with purple along the sides; dorsal line 

 pale, with dark edges, somewhat interrupted; subdorsal series of oblique pale stripes, dark-edged behind; 

 spiracular line pale; segment 11 with two ochreous dots; head dark brown; on various shrubs, — Salix, 

 Rubus, etc. 



59. Gen 



Jenus: Pulclieria Alph. 



Tongue present; irons smooth; palpi obliquely upturned, the second segment scaled in front, the 

 third porrect, short; antennae of <J bipectinate, the branches moderate, the apex simple; prothorax with 

 a strong triangular crest; tibiae long-haired; forewing with termen crenulate. Type Pulcheria catomelas Alph,. 



P. catomelas Alph. (42 d). Forewing greyish ochreous dusted with darker; the veins finely black; catomelas. 

 inner line blackish, double, denticulate, oblique outwards to cell, then inwards to inner margin; outer line 

 obscure, double, shortly oblique to vein 6, then denticulate; an oblique black shade from below apex to 

 vein 5, and dark streaks in the interspaces from 4 to inner margin; orbicular stigma oblique, elliptical, its 

 centre fuscous with slight whitish annulus; reniform edged with dark and with a dark central line, prece- 

 ded by a diffuse median shade; hindwing black, the basal third paler; fringe whitish. Kashgar, Turkestan. 



60. Genus: Antha Stgr. 



Tongue developed; irons oblique, produced to a transverse ridge above; palpi upcurved, slender; the 

 second segment well scaled, long; the terminal long; antennae of £ pubescent, with rough scales between 

 them, and a small tuft at base of each; prothorax with double crest, forming a dorsal ridge; metathorax 

 with slight crest; abdomen strongly crested; forewing with termen very oblique below middle, the tornus 

 rounded off. Type Antha grata Bilr. 



A. grata Btlr. (= pretiosa Stgr.) (42 d). Forewing pale olive brown; the base of subcostal vein and grata. 

 vein 1, the two stigmata, and the costa above reniform pale pinkish grey; the centres of stigmata marked 



