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Eamulus carpalis costse medianae anterioris alarum anticarum simplex ; ramulus 

 sesamoideus ejusdem costee adest ; ramulus glenoidalis costse medianse postioris 

 semper adest. Costa subcostalis alarum posticarum, radice duplici e basi oriens, 

 contagione cum costa mediana anteriore eonnexa, ut areolam subcostalem clausam 

 formet. Costa mediana anterior al. posticarum erga basin distincte subtilior. 

 Abdomen gracilior, squamatum, maris saltern plerumque ad latera pilosulus, alis 

 expansis nonnihil longius. Alae anteriores subrotundatse. Larva subdialis 

 crassa, capite minuto, pilis fasciculatis obsita, subdepressa, dorso squamulato. 

 Pupa cylindrico-conica, folliculata ; folliculum membranaceum. 



The typical species of the genus, as named by Wallengren, is 

 Rhagades pruni. The following characters appear to distinguish Rha- 

 gades ( globulariae ) as compared with Adscita (statices and geryon) ; un- 

 doubtedly, close study would result in the discovery of others : 



Larva. — The hair on tubercle i with bulbed base (on ii simple) in first skin. 



Imago. — Antennae pectinated, with apex somewhat acute. Body more slender 

 than in Adscita. 



RHAGADES GLOBULARIAE, Hiibner. 



Synonymy. — Species: Globulariae, Hb., " Eur. Schmett.," ii., pi. i., figs 2 <? , 

 3 ? , ?pl. i. bis, fig. 4 (? 1797), p. 76 (? 1805) ; Ochs., " Schmett. Eur.," ii., p. 13 

 (1808) ; " Godt., " Lep. France," iii., p. 160 (1821) ; Stphs., " Illus.," i., p. 106 (1828) ; 

 Freyer, " Neue. Beitr.," i., p. 119, pi. 62, fig. 2 (1833) ; Evers., " Faun. Lep. Volg.- 

 Ural.," p. 91 (1844) ; Dup., " Cat. Meth.," p. 53 (1844) ; Weir, " Zool.," 1845, p. 1085 ; 

 Assmann, " Abbild. und Besch. Schmett. Schles.," p. 5 (1845) ; Zell., " Zeits. Ent. 

 Ver. Bres.," 1850, pp. 31-32 ; 1853, p. 83 ; Led., " Ver. zool-bot. Ges. Wien," v., p. 

 104 (1852) ; Sta., "Ent. Ann.," 1855, p. 27; " Man.," i., p. 178 (1857) ; Speyer, 

 " Geog. Verb. Schmett.," p. 359 (1858); Hein., " Die Schmett. Deutsch.," p. 154 

 (1859) ; Staud., " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xxxiii., p. 349 (1862) ; " Cat.," p. 44 (1871) ; 

 Sta. and Staud., "Ent. Ann.," 1864, p. 102; Sta. and Zell., "Ent. Ann.," 1864, 

 pp. 103-107; Knaggs, "Ent. Ann.," 1864, p. 122 ; Mill., "Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," 

 p. 124 (1872) ; Curo, " Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," vii., p. 193 (1875) ; Sand, " Cat. Lep. 

 Auv.," p. 21 (1879) ; Kirby, "Eur. Butts.," etc., p. 86 (1879) ; "Cat. Lep. Het.," 

 i., p. 83 (1892) ; " Handbook," etc., p. 100 (1897) ; Peyer., " Cat. Lep. Als.," p. 46 

 (1880) ; Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 63 (1880) ; Buckler, " Larvas," etc., ii., p. 1 

 (1887); Hofmn., "Die Gross-Schmett.," etc., p. 33 (1887) ; "Die Baupen," etc , 

 p. 35 (1893) ; Auriv., "Nord. Fjar.," p. 51 (1888); Barr., "Lep. Brit.," ii.,p. 109 

 (1894); Meyr., "Handbook," etc., p. 450 (1895); Tutt, "Brit. Moths," p. 351 

 (1896). 



Description of original figures and original description. — 

 Fig. 2. — $ . Fore- wings distinctly green (not blue or golden), with dark 

 greyish fringes ; hind-wings blackish-grey. Antennae pectinated, 

 pointed towards tip. Thorax and abdomen green. Fig. 3. — ? . 

 Much smaller than male ; base of fore-wings green, outer half bronzy ; 

 hind-wings blackish-grey. Antennae almost simple (Hiibner, Eur. 

 Schmett., pi. i., figs. 2-3). Kugelblumenschwarmer : Sphinx globidariae, 

 fig. 2 $ , 3 ? . Ganzlich hell, lahngliinzend, gelbgriin, nur die Unter- 

 niigel oben, sammt ihren Franzen, hellgrau, unmerklich griinschil- 

 lerncl ; unter beiderlei Fliigel grau, bios von ihrer Wurzel aus etwas 

 griin bescbuppt. Heim. Deutschland, auf Heiden (Hiibner, Sammlung 

 Europ. Schmett., p. 76). [This description was probably published 

 much later than the figures.] Hiibner then goes on to say : " The 

 species is more slenderly built than S. statices, the antennae longer, apex 

 pointed, the wings in male broader, and in female smaller. The colour 

 varies slightly towards blue-green " (Ibid., p. 76). 



Imago. — Anterior wings 20-29*5 mm. in expanse ; golden-green. 

 Posterior wings smoky-grey, almost blackish ; antennae weakly pecti- 

 nated, somewhat pointed at the tip. [The fore- wings are distinctly 

 broader than those of A. statices.] 



Sexual dimorphism. — The males average from 28-29-3 mm., the 



