686 CATALOGUE OF 





Bombyx (Eyprepia) intercisa, Freyer, Neuere Beitr. Schmett. iv, 



118, pi. 356. Ent. Zeit. Siett. ii. 90. 

 Chelonia intercissa, Eversm. Faun, Lep. Volg. Ural. 

 Chelonia spectabilis, Tausch. Herr.-S chaff. SammL Eur. Schmett. 



ii. Text, Suppl 145, 16, 2. 



White. Palpi partly brown. Antennae brown. Abdomen 

 above brown, with a luteous band on the hind border of each seg- 

 ment. Tarsi slightly brownish beneath. Male. — Head partly tes- 

 taceous above. Thorax testaceous in front and on each side. 

 Fore wings with four oblique fawn-coloured macular bands. Hind 

 wings with four submarginal fawn-coloured spots, and a row of mar- 

 ginal dots of the same colour. Female. — Head partly brown above. 

 Thorax brown in front and on each side. Fore wings with four 

 oblique brown macular bands, more irregular than those of the 

 male. Hind wings with a brown irregular partly macular brown 

 submarginal band ; disk slightly streaked with brown ; border with 

 brown dots. Length of the body 4 J — 5 lines; of the wings 14 — 16 

 lines. 



South Russia. Sarepta. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 34. ALPENUS. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 mediocriter longi ; articulus 2us lo multo brevior; 3us conicus, 2i 

 dimidio multo brevior. Antennae serratae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus qua- 

 tuor parvis. Alae sat latae. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi mode- 

 rately long, porrect ; second joint much longer than the first ; third 

 conical, much less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 serrated. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs moderately slender; hind tibiae withfour 

 small spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings nearly as 

 broad as the hind wings ; first, second and third inferior veins nearly 

 contiguous at the base ; fourth remote. 



1. Alpenus ^equalis. 

 Fcem. Albus ; palpi supra nigri ; antennce nigra ; thorax nigro 

 sexguttatus ; abdomen supra luteum, e guttis nigris trivittatum ; 

 tibia tarsique nigra, albo fasciata ; alee anticce guttis pluri- 

 mis nigris ; posticce gulta discali maculisque nonnullis sub- 

 marginalibus nigris. 



