•212 ATHETIS. By W. Warren. 



with some rufous shading before it; a small round fuscous spot represents the orbicular, and a fuscous 

 lunule the reniform; a fine grey terminal festoon enclosing blackish lunules; hind-wing white; the cellspot, 

 the veins and terminal area fuscous. Spain; also recorded from the Hautes Alpes, S. France. 



ingrala. A. ingrata Stgr. (48 c). Forewing greyish white with brown irroration, fuscous-tinged along termen; the 



black inner and outer lines and the median shade all with black spots on costa; the orbicular stigma 

 a dark spot: the reniform a narrow dark lunule, with white scales on its edges; subterminal line formed 

 of slight white marks internally with fuscous edging; some black terminal points; hindwing white, the 

 termen fuscous from apex to vein 2. Syria and Palestine. 



albina. A. albina Ev. (= cubicularis H. Schaff. nee Sch iff.) (45 d). Forewing pale gi^-ish luteous, darker along 



termen, except at apex; the lines indistinct, interrupted, starting from black costal spots; subterminal 

 whitish with rufous shading internally; the termen beyond iron grey, with dark, pale-edged terminal dots; 

 orbicular absent; reniform greyish fuscous, with two white dots on inner edge and three on outer; hind- 

 congesla. wing and fringe pure white; — the ab. congesta Led. (45 d) has the forewing greyer, irrorated with 

 black, analogous to leucoptera the dark form of clavipalpis. Mainly an Asiatic species, found in Asia 

 Minor, Persia, W.Turkestan, W.Siberia, and Tibet; in Europe it occurs only in S. Russia and the Urals. — 

 Larva ochreous, marbled with brown; the lines indistinctly paler; the spiracles black. 



terrea. A. terrea Frr. (45 d, e). Forewing pale brownish grey, darker in $, slightly dusted with blackish, 



flir termen fuscous; inner and outer lines indistinctly double, with black spots at costa; subterminal 

 line also obscure, pale, defined internally between veins 7 and 3 by small black dentate marks, less_ 

 conspicuous in the $; orbicular stigma small, round, black-edged; reniform narrow, with black edge, a 

 white dot on its inner edge below, one on the outer edge above and tw r o below; hindwing white, the 

 termen dark from apex to vein 2, with diffuse inner edge. The species varies somewhat in depth of 

 ustirma coloration; — the form dubiosa Stgr. has no black dentate marks before the submarginal line; — ustirena Bsd., 

 from S. France, is paler in the forewing, the ground colour being ochreous and the markings less deve- 

 pergrisea. loped; — while in a form from Uralsk, — ab. pergrisea ab. nov. (45 e) the forewing is dark fuscous grej r , 

 the markings obscure, the hindwing more strongly blackish at termen. A South European species, found 

 in S. France, Switzerland, Dalmatia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and S. Russia; also in Asia Minor, 

 Persia, W. Turkestan, Mongolia, and Amurland. — The larva is pale grey marbled with brown; the dorsal 

 line and segmental incisions whitish; spiracles black; head dark brown; feeding on numerous low plants. 



fuscicornis. A. fuscicornis Bmb. (= kadenii Frr.) (45 e). Forewing luteous with a slight brownish tinge; the 



inner and outer lines indistinct, marked by black vein dots, and black costal spots; subterminal line 

 interrupted, formed by whitish striae with rufous dentate marks internally; the termen with black striae; 

 the orbicular a rufous dot; the reniform a rufous lunule with whitish clots round it; hindwing pure white 

 proximo,, in <?, with some blackish striae along termen, dirty whitish in §; — proxima Bmb. is a paler form 

 variabilis, with the ground colour of forewing -whitish grey; — while variabilis Bell., from Corsica only, is likewise 

 paler, but with pinkish yellow irroration. Found throughout Southern Europe, in Spain, S. France, Italy, 

 Corsica, Sicily, Dalmatia, Turkey, and S. Russia; in Asia Minor; Kashmir, Japan, and Corea. Larva 

 greyish brown, with whitish dorsal and dark subdorsal and lateral lines; the head and thoracic plate dark 

 brown; on various low plants. 



germainii. A. germainii Dup. (45 e). Forewing fuscous brown; the markings indistinct; the inner and outer 



lines from dark costal spots ; the subterminal line obscure, but with a deeper shade preceding it ; orbicular 

 stigma a diffuse dark spot; reniform a dark lunule, with two white dots on inner edge and three on 

 outer, and at middle of outer side a slight yellowish lunule; the praeapical costal spots yellowish; hindwing 

 brownish. A small species found in Spain and S. France, Sicily, and Algeria. 



obtusa. A. obtusa Hmps. (45 e). Forewing ochreous overlaid with reddish brown and fuscous; the inner 



and outer lines blackish, the inner curved and denticulate, the outer oblique to vein 7, then dentate and 

 incurved ; orbicular stigma a black point : reniform cloudy, fuscous, constricted at middle, where there is a 

 slight yellowish spot, with indistinct white dots above and below it; subterminal line marked by a dark 

 shade preceding it; hindwing brownish grey, darker at costa. An Indian species, of wide distribution, 

 occurring in Romeo and Queensland; recorded also from Hongkong. 



sincera. A. sincera Swwih. (45 e). Forewing dull greyish ochreous varied with paler; all the markings 



cloudy; the subterminal line defined by fuscous internally; orbicular stigma a dark clot; the reniform 



fuscous, with some white dots round it; hindwing pale ochreous. A North Indian insect, to which 

 specimens from the Goorais Valley, Kashmir appear referable. 



p Hinax. A. pertinax Stgr. (= vicina Bom. nee Stgr., morosa Alph.nec Led.). (48 b). Forewing greyish ochreous, 



suffused with brown terminally: inner and outer lines blackish, indistinctly double, with black spots at 



