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hidden by grey brown suffusion, except along sub median interval, where beyond subbasal line stands a patch 

 of deep yellow scales preceded by a red patch, and another before outer line, followed beyond the line by a 

 diffuse patch of red; some red and yellow scales mixed along inner margin; in the other form griseolineata f;^ e e °[ a 

 subxp. nov. (66 b) the orange tint is scarcely visible in the ?, quite absent in the tf, being overlaid with pale 

 brown and greyish white dusting; the dark grey lines edged with whitish grey; the reniform often hardly 

 discernible: these examples are all from Tokio; Chinese examples belong to subfulvida; in both forms the costal 

 lobe in forewing of cT is very slightly developed. 



3. Genus: Ectogoitil i* Hmps. 



Tongue present: frons rough haired above; palpi upturned, the second segment long, thickly and closely 

 scaled, the third long and spatulate, with appressed scales; antennae of cf bipectinate; thorax and abdomen 

 smoothly scaled; forewing with subfalcate apex: the termen concave between apex and vein 3, where it is 

 prominently toothed, thence oblique and crenulate to anal angle: hindwing with veins 3, 4 from lower angle 

 of cell, 5 from close above angle; forewing with the lines inwardly oblique and parallel. Type: E. ennomoide limps. 



E. pryeri Leech. Forewing pale brown dusted with darker; lines black, thick; inner line nearly pryeri. 

 straight, slightly oblique outwards; outer line oblique inwards, conversely pale-edged; subterminal line marked 

 by a short dark costal streak before apex: orbicular stigma a white dot; reniform ill-defined, with dark out- 

 line: hindwing grey with traces of two dark lines. Described by Leech from a single ? from Gifu, Japan, 

 and said to be closely allied to the typical species ennomoide Hmps. from Dharmsala, Punjab; but the position 

 of the lines is different. 



4. Genus: Scoliopteryx Ge> 



■m. 



Tongue present; head rough haired; frons with a pointed tuft of hairs; palpi upturned, second and 

 third segments both long, the latter fine and acute; antennae in cf bipectinate to apex, in 2 serrate; collar 

 forming a conspicuous hood, crested in middle; abdomen broad and flattened, squarely cut at anus; tibiae 

 thickened with scales; the two proximal segments of hind tarsi in cf hidden by scale-pads; wings ample; the 

 forewing angled in middle of termen, concave between the angle and the acute apex. Larva elongate, with 

 16 feet, feeding up in summer on willow and poplar; pupating in a spun cocoon among leaves; the imago 

 emerges in autumn and hybernates. Type: S. libatrix L. 



S. libatrix L. (52 n). Forewing grey mixed with ochreous, with fuscous striae, posteriorly with a rosy matrix. 

 tinge: the veins terminally whitish; an irregular median suffusion reaching from base to middle, orange red 

 more or less mixed with yellow; inner and outer lines pale with dark edges; a white spot at base on median 

 vein; a white dot represents the orbicular stigma; reniform formed of two black dots; hindwing fuscous, paler 

 at base; ab. suffusa Tutt is a scarce dark form without the usual rosy tinge in the terminal area of forewing; suffusa. 

 ab. pallidior Spul. includes pale whitish grey looking examples; while pallida Spul. refers to pale more pallidior. 

 yellowish specimens from Turkestan. pallida. 



5. Genus: Opliicleres Bsd. 



Tongue well-developed; frons smooth, but roughly scaled; palpi upturned, the second segment thickly 

 and roughlv scaled, the third erect, smooth, spatulate; antennae of cT shortly ciliated; dorsum clothed with 

 coarse hair; tibiae without spines, clothed with long hair; forewing with costa arched, the apex prominent; 

 termen long, obliquely curved; inner margin sinuate, broadly lobed in basal and excised in outer half. Larva 

 with first pair of abdominal prolegs rudimentary. Type 0. fullonica L. 



This and the allied genera contain species of large size and stout build, with orange hindwings having 

 broad black borders and central blotches, in many cases abundant in the tropics ; three or four only are found 

 within the palaearctic region. 



0. fullonica L. ( = dioscoreae F., pomona Cram.) (66c). c/ 1 Forewing brownish grey; the lines and fullonica. 

 suffusion olive brown: inner line nearly vertical at 1 / i ; outer from % of costa inwardly curved to middle of 

 inner margin: subterminal line pale edged with a brown cloudy marking; oblique and straight inwards from 

 apex to vein 5. then lunulate dentate, the teeth pointing inwards between the veins; basal area, space between 



