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NODARIA; ZANCLOGNATHA. By W. Warren. 



reaching the costa. Europe, Amurland, China, Corea, and Japan. Chinese specimens agree with the type 



sicca, form in being paler and larger, and the Amurland examples are the same; subsp. sicca Btlr. (72 b), from 



minoralis. Japan and Corea is darker, brownish grey; a smaller form, subsp. minoralis subsp. nov. (72 b), from Bosnia, 



is simply grey, without any brown or luteous tinge. In the typical form of the $ the two lines are wider apart 



than in the other forms. 



98. Genus: Xotlaria Guen. 



Intermediate between Simplicia and Zanclognatha ; forewing with an areole which is wanting in Sim- 

 plicia; vein 5 of hindwing rises very close to 4, in Zanclognatha at % of the discocellular; the forewing 

 also is shorter and stumpier; palpi sickle-shaped, rising far above the head; the third segment acute; anten- 

 nae of <J ciliated, with bristles, with a knotlike thickening before middle. Type N. hispanalis Guen. 



nodosalis. N. nodosalis H.-Sch. (— aethiopalis H.-Bch., hispanalis Guen.) (72b). Forewing dark mouse grey, 



dusted with blackish; inner and outer lines blackish, the inner oblique, the outer outcurved above middle, 

 often denticulate; both variable in intensity; subterminal dentate, the teeth marked with white on the veins; 

 reniform blackish, obscure; hindwing pale dull grey. Sicily, Spain, Central Italy, and Algeria. 



niphona. N. niphona Btlr. (72 b). Forewing mouse grey; costal edge yellow; inner and outer lines obscure, 



dark, denticulate, both curved outwards; a small black dot in cell between them; subterminal line bright 

 whitish, straight or slightly concave outwards; blackish terminal dots; hindwing Avith the white line bent 

 below vein 2 at termen, not reaching costa. Japan. 



similis. N. similis Moore (72 b). Much paler than niphona with a faint yellow tinge; the lines grey, not 



denticulate; the cellspot larger but duUer; subterminal line yellowish white; no distinct terminal spots; 

 hindwing with the pale line duller. An Indian species, which occurs also in Kashmir. 



praetextata. N. praetextata Leech. Forewing brown suffused with fuscous; the area beyond the straight subter- 



minal line pale brown; inner and outer lines blackish, sinuous, obscure; the inner indented above inner mar- 

 gin; a blackish mark at end of cell; hindwing grey brown suffused with fuscous, except in the area beyond 

 the pale subterminal line which ends at anal angle; cell dot blackish. West China. Allied to niphona, but 

 distinguished by the pale terminal area of both wings. 



tristis. N. tristis Btlr. (72 c). Forewing blackish fuscous; the lines black; inner and outer denticulate, appro- 



ximating on inner margin; a black cell lunule; subterminal line lunulate dentate, the teeth marked pale, 

 sometimes strongly white on the veins; a row of black terminal triangles; hindwing fuscous, with traces of 

 two dark outer lines. Japan. 



externalis. N. externalis Guen. (72 c). Very much like nodosalis H. Sch., a little larger and more coarsely brown. 



An Indian insect occurring in Kashmir. 



flavijusca. N. flavifusca Hmps. (72 c). Forewing dark fuscous brown tinged with yellow; the basal half clothed with 



thick flaky yellow scales, more conspicuous in the <J; a yellowish subterminal line, sometimes slightly curved; 

 the outer line as in externalis; hindwing fuscous. Described from a single $ from the Naga Hills, Assam; 

 in the Tring Museum are several examples of both sexes from Kashmir. 



99. Genus : Zanclognatha Led. 



Tongue developed; frons smooth, with short projecting tuft of hair; palpi sickle-shaped, reaching 

 far above the head, the third segment pointed; antennae of <J ciliated and with bristles, often with a knot- 

 like swelling at middle; forelegs with a long expansible pencil of hairs. Larva feeding small through the 

 winter ondry and decayed leaves feeding up in spring ; pupating in a white cocoon on the ground. Type 

 Z. tarsiplumalis Hbn. 



