372 TATHORHYNCUS; DINUMMA; OEHIUSSA. By W. Warren. 



22. Genus : Tathorhj'iicus Hmps. 



Tongue present; froiis smooth; palpi upturned, hairy, the second segment with a long porrect tuft 

 of hair produced to a point; antennae with fasciculate cilia; thorax and abdomen slender; fore wing narrow, 

 elongate. Type T. exsiccata Led. 



e.rsiccata. T. exsiccata Led. (= vinctalis Walk.). (68 e). Forewing whitish, thickly suffused with grey brown, 



darker towards termen; the orbicular and reniform stigmata marked by pale spots separated by a black dash; 

 another beyond reniform; outer line pale preceded by black marks; a terminal row of black lunules; hindwing 

 greyish white, darker terminally. Described originally from Syria; occurs also in Italy and Algeria; in Aden 

 and throughout India, whence Walker's vinctalis. 



23. Genus ; IMiiiimuiu Walk. 



Tongue present ; frons flat ; palpi erect in front of face, the second segment thickly scaled, the 

 third erect, slender, pointed; antennae of 3 filiform; dorsum with small crests; the thorax smoothly scaled; 

 pectus and femora woolly; tibiae without spines, slightly fringed with hair; forewing. of nearly uniform 

 width throughout, the scaling very smooth; vein 5 of hindwing from close above 4. Type D. placens Walk. 

 from India. 



deponens. D. deponens Walk. (= bipunctata Motschl., largetaui Oberth.) (67 h). Forewing olive brown with a slight 



rufous tinge; a small basal patch on cost a and the median area deep olive brown; inner edge of median area 

 trisinuate, outer edge with two prominent projections on veins 5 and 1 ; lines pale pinkish ochreous, form- 

 ing fine edgings to basal patch and median fascia ; the last is followed by a distinct lilac line parallel to it ; 

 subterminal line pinkish ochreous, indistinctly lunulate dentate, followed by another pale line close before and 

 parallel to termen edged with black triangles; space between these two lines containing a square black spot 

 between veins 6 and 7, and sometimes a dark blotch between 5 and 4, with a pinkish ochreous space 

 between the two; hindwing fuscous brown. Described from India, but occurring throughout China, in Corea, 

 and Japan. 



24. Genus: Opkiussa Hbn. 



Tongue present; frons smooth, bearing a short tuft of hairs; palpi stout, upturned in front of face, 

 the second segment thickly scaled, the third shorter and smoother; antennae of <$ pubescent, subserrate, with 

 fine short bristles; prothorax slightly tufted; tibiae without spines; wings ample, the termen not crenulate. 

 Larva slender, with 16 feet, but the first pair of prolegs shortened; feeding on Leguminaceae, hybernating 

 small, full fed in May and June; pupating among leaves and rubbish in a loosely spun cocoon. Type 0. lusoria L. 



lusoria. 0. lusoria L. (= orobi Dup.) (68 e). Forewing pale mouse colour, covered with darker striae ;" lines 



very obscure; inner diffuse, darker, slightly curved; outer wavy, sinuate, excurved above, incurved below 

 middle, followed by a brownish fuscous shade, the outer edge of which denotes the subterminal line ; a ter- 

 minal row of black points; orbicular stigma a black dot; reniform a conical or L-shaped black blotch ; hindwing 



amasitia. browner, with a broad fuscous terminal border; the form amasina Stgr. from Syria, Asia Minor, and Kurdistan 

 is larger and darker, with the subterminal fascia obsolete; — another form, from the Taurus Mts., is smaller 

 than the typical, pale luteous ochreous, without striae, but dusted with darker, and has the fascia brownish 

 and distinct only in costal half of wing ; the reniform stigma velvety brown, broadened below and projecting 



siibluiea. between veins 3 and 4; the orbicular obsolete, subsp. sublutea subsp. nov. (68 e); fusca Kysela, from the Vienna 



fusca. district, is ochreous brown with the markings darker brown. Larva bluish grey, with a conspicuous red central 



line in a white dorsal stripe and on each side of this last a black line ; two brick red lateral lines, with the space 



between them dotted black and white; head small and brown; feeding on Vicia and Astragalus. Found 



in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Galicia, Rumania, S. Russia, the Altai Mts. 3 and Asia Minor. 



glycyr- : 0. glycyrrhizae Rmb. (68 e). Forewing pale stone grey, with slight olive grej r dusting, the lines and 



rhizae. subterminal shade. all but obsolete; the reniform a narrow olive brown mark on discocellular, hardly broader 



alfacaria. at lower end ; hindwing rather darker and browner ; an aberration sent by Ribbe as alf acaria ( 68 e ) from theSierra 



