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CIIALdOP 



PELAMIA. By W. Warben. 



inner margin. Larva reddish yellow, paler on dorsum and along spiracles, marked with fine black longitudinal 

 streaks; dorsal and subdorsal stripes dark grey, the former widening beyond the 5 th segment; spiraeular line 

 line, double: dorsal tubercles large, while ringed with black: feeding in May and June, and again in August, 

 1. 11 various plants. Rubus, Quercus etc. Found throughout S. Europe, in Egypt, Asia Minor, Armenia, Palestine. 

 Bithynia, Taurus, 1'ersia, Transcaucasia. 



ffrei. G. boisdeffrei Oberth. (Oil). Near stolida but a little smaller; forewing with the grey basal patch 



paler and more irregular; also the triangular black blotch adjoining; the yellow transverse band, regular in 

 stolida, wider, dusted with grey, and slightly sinuate on both edges; the large black transverse blotch is much 

 more depressed near costa. its external boundary narrower, greyish white, followed by a brown border paler 

 than in stolida; terminal border greyer: fringe whiter: costa greyer; all markings less definite in consequence 

 iif a general grey Hush: hindwing paler, less distinct. Algeria. 



G. palaestinensis Stgr. (61f). hike boisdeffrei, but still smaller, paler and whiter: the white band 

 broader, hardly touched with grey. Palestine only. 



mygdotu G. mygdon Cram. ( = triangulum F., mygdonias Hbn) (61 f). Forewing velvety olive brown; costal 



and iiulcr margins lilac grey: the costal edge ochreous in basal half, the upper and outer margins of the dark 

 area marked by line ochreous lines meeting at an angle on vein 6; the outer evenly curved, followed by a 

 diffuse brown shade, which is merged above 6 in a deep brown apical streak with concise lower edge; the 

 brown area is further traversed by a uniformly broad straight ochreous band from subcostal vein near 

 base to the outer edge on inner margin; hindwing brownish fuscous, olive-tinged: fringe wholly fuscous; 

 underside uniform brownish grey. A widely spread oriental species, found also in China. 



24. Genus: Chalciope Hbn. 



Tongue present: frons smooth: palpi upturned, the second segment roughly scaled, the third smooth, 

 pointed, slightly thrown forward: antennae of d* (typically) pubescent; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, 

 without crests; mid and hind tibiae spined; wings ample: termen even: forewing triangular, marked with a dark 

 triangle with all three margins pale. Type C. hyppasia Cram. Mainly a tropical genus. 



hyppasia. C. hyppasia Cram. (= hypatia Oliv., hypasia Hbn., deliana Stoll, anfractuosa Bsd., inacuta Guen., 



exporlata Guen., acutata Guen., compar Walk.) (61 f). Forewing with a broad costal streak and the inner 

 margin below vein 1 pale grey, dusted with darker and slightly tinged with brown, enclosing between them 

 a deep brown black triangular space, the oblique outer edge of which is marked by a snOw white line, followed 

 by an olive brown band reaching to near apex: submarginal line pale, inbent below middle, followed by a 

 slight dark shade, and preceded by blackish blotches above and below middle; terminal area pale grey; extreme 

 termen fuscous; fringe dark, with a white line at base: the dark brown triangle is bisected by a pale brown. 

 whitish-edged, band running from middle of its upper margin to anal angle: hindwing greyish fuscous, with 

 diffuse paler outer and terminal bands. A tropical species, which occurs also in China and Japan; described 

 from the former locality as compar by Walker; the rest of the synonyms refer mainly to African forms. 



Genus: Pclamia G 



uen. 



Tongue present: Irons smooth; palpi obliquely porrect, the second segment thickly scaled, the third 

 thrown forward, slender, pointed: antennae of c? bipectinaled to apex; thorax and abdomen smooth; tibiae 

 smoothly scaled; the mid and hind tibiae spined; forewing elongate triangular, the apex prominent, the termen 

 even, obliquely curved; abdomen long and slender. Type P. phasianoides Guru, from S. America. 



Sect. I: The fore tibiae also spined. 



electaria. P. electaria Brem. (61 f). Forewing dark grey with darker dusting: a black streak from base along 



submedian fold underlined by a narrow ochreous yellow streak, which at middle runs obliquely and broader 

 towards apex, the black streak above it running only to vein 3, while another broader black streak limits it 

 externally to near apex: a pale sublerminal straight line, followed by a darker grey shade; terminal line 

 blackish: fringe glossy grey, with two darker lines; a black cell dot: hindwing luteous; the inner margin 

 below median vein dark grey; a slight pale subterminal band: the terminal line black; a dark discal mark. 

 Amurland. Japan. Yesso. and Corea. 



