216 KADLNOGOES; HAEMASSIA. By W. Warren. 



of cJ with fringes of hairs on outer side; abdomen with lateral fringes of hairs on the basal segments; 

 forewing long and narrow; the termen smooth and evenly curved. Type Proxenus hospes Frr. 



hospcs. P. hospes Frr. (= uliginosa H.-Sch. nee Bsd., lepigone Boesel nee Moeschl.) (48 d;. Forewing glossy ochreous 



washed with rufous, the veins grey dotted with dark; lines obscure; the inner waved, toothed with black 

 points inwards on the veins; outer line dentate lunulate with black and grey points on the veins; orbi- 

 cular a blackish point; reniform a small dark lunule, from which an ochreous streak runs to termen 

 above vein 5; terminal spots black; hindwing whitish with the apical area brownish; the tufts of hair 

 on tibiae and abdomen yellow. Occurs in South Europe only; Spain, S. France, Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia. 

 Larva greyish yellow, whitish beneath; dorsal line whitish; subdorsal and spiracular lines redbrown; 

 spiracles yellow ringed with black; head brown; on plantain and low growing herbage. 



dissimilis. P. dissimilis Hmps. (45 i). Forewing glossy brown with grey and dark brown speckling; inner 



and outer lines double, indistinct; the outer followed by dark streaks on the veins to submarginal line, 

 which is grey with a dark shade preceding it; a terminal row of black points alternating with white; orbicular 

 stigma a dark point; reniform a small lunule defined by brown; hindwing white, the termen from apex 

 to vein 2 tinged with brown; the tufts of hair on tibiae and abdomen whitish. Occurs in Japan, as well 

 as in India, Borneo, and the Philippines. 



77. Genus: RadiilOgoes Btlr. 



Differs from Proxenus in the palpi being stouter and upturned in front of face; the tibiae and 

 abdomen without tufts of different-coloured hair: veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 of hindwing short-stalked. 



Type Badinogoes tenuis Btlr. from Australia. 



distracla. R. distracta Ev. (45 i). Forewing whitish densely irrorated with brown; inner and outer lines 



brown, the inner oblique and waved, toothed inwards on the veins; the outer dentate, with dark points 

 on the veins defined externally by whitish; subterminal whitish with brown suffusion before it; orbicular 

 stigma round, brown ringed with white; reniform brown, defined by whitish dots, constricted at middle; 

 a terminal row of black and white spots; hindwing ochreous white; a dark cellspot and series of terminal 

 marks. Described from the Ural Mts. in Eussia; also found in Mongolia and Amurland. 



lepigone. R. lepigone Moeschl. (45 i). Forewing grey brown overlaid with rufous and fuscous, the veins slightly 



streaked with darker; traces only of dark inner and outer lines; orbicular stigma a black point; reniform 

 a diffuse dark spot, with white point on its outer edge; hindwing white flushed with grey. Found only 

 in Hungary and at Sarepta in S. Eussia. 



cinerea. R. cinerea Al/ph. (48 d). Forewing pale brownish grey with whitish irroration ; outer line dark, externally 



followed by whitish, and by dark streaks on the veins; subterminal line sinuous and faint; a terminal 

 series of dark dots; the inner lines and stigmata rarely visible; hindwing Avhite with the veins and termen 

 fuscous. Known only from W. and E. Turkestan. Perhaps a form of tristis. 



Irisli*. R. tristis Brem. (45 i). Forewing ochreous white, suffused and dusted with brown, except the 



costal area which is whiter; no subbasal line and but faint traces of the inner; the orbicular stigma a 

 small elongate black spot in cell, the reniform represented by small black lunules on inner and outer 

 sides; outer line obscure, dentate below middle; no subterminal; terminal points faint; hindwing white 

 lugens. with brown veins; a fine dark terminal line; lugens Stgr. is a darker form. Amurland, E. Siberia, and 

 Kashmir. 



78. Genus: Haemassia Hmps. 



Tongue aborted, minute; frons with large rounded protuberance; palpi porrect, long, the second 

 segment slightly scaled, the third small; antennae bipectinate in both sexes, the branches shorter in the?; 

 thorax with slight crests in front and behind; abdomen without crests. Larva on flowers of low plants 

 in spring. Type Haemassia renalis Hbn. 



renalis. H. renalis Hbn. (= renigera Dup., renifera Frr.) (45 i). Forewing ochreous tinged with blood-red, 



the median area darker; inner and outer lines blood-red, conversely edged with white, the inner waved 

 and nearly vertical; the outer nearer to inner line than usual, not strongly excurved; reniform stigma 



