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Sir G. F. Hampson's Classification of 



much shortened and broad, the first three tarsal joints armed with 

 curved spines on outer side and with very long curved serrate claws at 

 extremity ; mid and hind tibioe with small terminal pairs of spurs ; 

 head, thorax and abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with 

 vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from long before angle ; 5 from 

 above angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 

 6, or "absent, or 6 from cell ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with the frenu- 

 lum absent ; the cell short ; vein 2 from well before angle ; 3 from 

 near angle ; 5 from above augle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked 

 or from cell ; 8 free from base, connected with subcostal nervure by 

 a bar at middle of cell, then approximated to 7 beyond the cell. 



Sect. I. Forewing Avitli vein 10 absent. 



(1) Lemonia saedanapalus, Staud., Stett. Ent. Zeit., 

 48, p. 99 (1887) ; Gr.-Grschm. Rom. Mem. iv, 

 p. 562, pi. 20, f. 8. C. Asia. 



Lemonia sardanapalus^ $ \. 



Sect. II. Forewing with vein 10 present. 



A. Forewing with postmedial line. 



(a.) Forewing red-brown with the spot at end 



of cell yellow dumi. 



(b.) Forewing pale with the spot at end of cell 

 dark, 

 (a.) Forewiug with the postmedial line pale, 



the spot at end of cell large .... balcanica. 

 (b.) Forewing with the postmedial line dark, 

 the spot at end of cell small, 

 (a. ) Hindwing with postmedial line . . vaillantina. 

 (b.) Hindwing without postmedial line . ballioni. 



B. Forewing without postmedial line. 



(a.) Forewing pale fulvous with black spot at 



end of cell tamxaci. 



