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LITHACODIA. By W. Warren. 



south double-brooded. Occurs throughout Europe; in Asia Minor, Persia, Armenia; the Altai Mts., Amurland, 

 Japan, China, and Corea. 



stygia. L. stygia Btlr. (52 c). Differs from fasciana in being browner and having no white on inner margin 



beyond outer line except the waved line itself below vein 2, and a slight ochreous patch beyond it; the outer 

 line is not nearly so oblique as in fasciana, especially above inner margin. The species occurs commonly in 

 Japan, China, and Corea, along with fasciana. 



fentoni. L. fentoni Btlr. (= versicolor Oberth.) (52 c). Forewing chocolate brown dusted with yellow; the usual 



inner lines and inner stigmata absent; the reniform silvery white with black edge, narrow above and swollen 

 into a rounded spot below, with some orange suffusion beyond it ; outer line white, shortly oblique and wedge-shap- 

 ed at costa, then interrupted, below middle reappearing as a sinuous white line from cell to inner margin, also 

 followed by orange suffusion ; subterminal similarly interrupted, yellowish and excurved at middle and forming 

 a white striga on costa; fringe white, with black patches at both ends and in middle; hindwing deep chocolate 

 brown; the fringe whitish. Japan and Corea; Oberthur's type of versicolor from Ussuri, E. Siberia. 



mandaHna. L. mandarina Leech (52 c). Much like fentoni, but at once distinguished by the hindwing being yellowish 



white irrorated and suffused in parts only with brown; in the forewing the lower part of reniform is conical 

 rather than round in shape; diffused patches of yellow scales beyond cell and outer line; a subterminal yellow 

 stria from costa. Recorded from Pu-tsu-fong, W. China. 



rosacea. L. rosacea Leech (52 c). Forewing greyish olive; the centre of orbicular stigma, a patch beyond clavi- 



form, another beyond reniform, a series of wedge shaped markings before subterminal line, and the terminal 

 lunules blackish; the round claviform, the reniform, and the filling up of the lines pale peach-blossom colour; 

 fringe olive grey and rosy; hindwing olive fuscous; the rosy tinge is apt to fade. Oiwake, Japan. 



falsa. L. falsa Btlr. (52 c). Forewing olive fuscous irrorated with white scales and suffused in parts with 



blackish, especially along cell and obliquely beyond towards apex ; outer line curving upwards from inner margin 

 without projection to middle of wing and followed by a pale whitish or ochreous patch; orbicular and reniform 

 Integra, stigmata with white annuli, the reniform usually conspicuous ; hindwing greyish fuscous, darker in $ ; — ab. Integra 

 ab. nov. (= ab. X.Hmps.) differs in being more ochreous brown, without paler patch beyond outer line on inner 

 margin. The species occurs in Japan and Central China. 



distinguenda. 



decepioria 



ncniorum 



L. distinguenda Stgr. (52 c). Resembles stygiana, but smaller; the stigmata, especially the claviform, 

 more conspicuously marked with white ; in the series of terminal lunules that below vein 4 forms a short black 

 streak. Occurs in Ussuri, E. Siberia, Japan, Corea, and C. China. 



L. deceptoria Scop, (lineodes Hufn., atratula Schiff.) (52 d). Forewing chalk white; the markings 

 fuscous black, varied with coarse olive and grey scales ; a dark patch at base of costa ; a central fascia edged 

 by the wavy black inner and outer lines, the latter projecting and dentate beyond cell, and insinuate on sub- 

 median fold ; orbicular stigma round, white, with olive grey centre, touching inner line ; reniform white, with 

 olive grey black-edged lunule, touching outer line; a costal blotch before, and the terminal area throughout 

 beyond the white submarginal line dark ; fringe olive grey, with dark middle line, the outer half chequered with pale 

 grey; hindwing fuscous, with dark cellspot and curved whitish outer line. Larva grass-green, paler on dorsum 

 with dark middle line and a white line on each side of the back ; lateral stripes yellowish white ; head green, with 

 narrow white collar; feeds on various grasses, especially Phlaeum. Found throughout Central Europe (except 

 Holland and Britain) and in Italy; in the Altai Mts., W. Siberia, Amurland and North China. 



L. nemorum Oberth. (= africana Leech nee Fldr.) (52 d). Forewing brownish fuscous mixed with 

 leaden purplish, as far as outer line ; inner, median, and outer lines thick, blackish, waved, the outer interrupted 

 above middle and finely black and Avavy below ; orbicular stigma round, blackish, with pale grey outline ; reni- 

 form with dark lunular centre and whitish outline, followed by some leaden grey clouds before outer line; a black 

 dash between the stigmata; submarginal line flexuous, whitish, preceded by a leaden grey shade and followed 

 by bright rufous scales before the black marginal dashes; fringe dark iron grey; space between outer line and 

 submarginal shade creamwhite; hindwing fuscous grey. Described from Amurland by Oberthur; found also 

 in the Ussuri district, in Japan, and Corea. Superficially the insect is like a large Penthina pruniana. 



L. senex Btlr. (52 d). Forewing creamwhite, with pale pinky brown clouds, before the inner line, beyond 

 the outer, and along termen ; the base narrowly black, and the costa above middle ; lines black, fine ; the inner 

 waved, the outer widely excurved round cell, then incurved; a quadrate patch between stigmata conjoined 

 to some costal marks above it black, and a quadrate blackish grey patch on inner margin; stigmata pinkish- 

 brown at centre in white rings outlined with black ; submarginal line white, preceded by a black costal blotch 

 and some small black marks between veins 2 and 4, and above inner margin; an apical black spot; fringe white, 



