OCNOGYNA. 231 



from costa to lower angle of cell irregular on outer side ; a large 

 subterminal spot below costa and terminal spots ou veins 2 and 1 ; 

 underside with basal brown patch on costa. 



Ab. 1. annena. Hind wing with the subterminal spots conjoined 

 into a maculate band from costa to vein 2 and extending to termen 

 at apex and middle. 



Ab. 2. hernc]ci = loeivi, H.-S. nee Zell. Fore wing blacker ; a pale 

 spot in lower end of cell instead of the costal mark ; hind wing with 

 tlie oblique band reduced to a discoidal point ; a complete terminal 

 band indented at middle and above vein 1 ; inner area blackish. 

 2 almost entirely black. 



xib. 3. pallidior. Head, thorax, and abdomen 5'ellowish brown 

 without markings ; fore wing with the markings ochreous ; two 

 streaks in cell instead of the costal markings, the postmedial line 

 and submedian fascia straighter ; the veins of inner and terminal 

 areas streaked with ochreous; hind wing ochreous white, with fus- 

 cous point at upper angle of cell ; five elongate subterminal spots 

 and some points on termen. — Askhabad. This may be a distinct 

 species. 



Bah. Asia Minor ; Syria ; Armenia ; Caucasus. Ea^j^. 38 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me. 



Larva of pallidior violaceous grey ; dorsal area blackish with 

 white dorsal line ; subdorsal area ferruginous, with fine dark brown 

 streaks on and below its lower edge ; a lateral series of streaks ; 

 hair ferruginous on dorsal area, dark brown on lateral; head and 

 legs dark brown. 



*1651. Ocnogyna pudens. 



Trichosoma pudens, Lucas, Ann. See. Ent. Fr. (3) i. p. 410, pi. 33 (2). f. 1 

 (1853); Eamb. Oat. Lep. And. p. 239, pi. 4. f. 2; Ivirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 246. 



Spilosoma vaillantini, Austaut, Le Nat. 1894, p. 55. 



S . Head yellowish brown ; palpi and antennas black, the base of 

 shaft scarlet ; thorax red-brown ; legs scarlet above, the extremities 

 of tibiae and tarsi black ; abdomen yellow-brown, the subdorsal area 

 tinged with scarlet, a dorsal series of slight black bands. Fore 

 wing bright red-brown ; antemedial, medial, and postmedial curved 

 maculate black lines, the 1st interrupted above inner margin, the 

 2nd in cell and submedian fold, the 3rd with separate spots in its 

 medial part ; a subterminal spot on costa, a spot below vein 5, and 

 three points towards inner margin ; two spots on cilia at apex and 

 three at middle. Hind wing dark brown, with antemedial, post- 

 medial, and subterminal black spots on costa, a subterminal spot on 

 vein 5, a wedge-shaped patch from below end of cell to near termen 

 and another on inner area from base to termen ; two points on 

 middle of cilia. 



Ab. 1. Wings with the black markings much reduced. 



Hah. Spain ; Algeria, Bone {Olivier)^ in Coll. Oberthur. Exp. 

 34 millim. 



