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HADENINAE 



Anarta staudingeri Auriv. 



1891, Auriv., Nord. Fjar., p. 176, Atiarta; 



1901, Stand., Cat. Lep. Pal., part 1, p. 219, #2290b, lencocycla var., Anarta; 

 1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 38, pi. LXXIX, f. 12, Anarta; 

 1917, B. & McD., Check List, p. 49, #1627, Anarta. 



Well characterized by Hainpson, (Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V), and 

 apparently quite variable within narrow limits, principally in the 

 amount of pale or white coloration present on both primaries and 

 secondaries. 



Genitalia: Uncus with broad tip, not heavily chitenized; anus membrane- 

 ous; valves bilaterally symmetrical; corona present; true claspers apparently 

 as mere folds at the cucullus ; sacculus extending in a long arm ; an additional 

 clasper-like flap of membrane present, projecting past the edge of the valve, 

 near the base of which is a second lobate flap ; clavus unarmed except by sen- 

 sory hairs; peniculus, absent; juxta not heavily chitenized, its caudal end in- 

 visible; penis armed with a heavy spine, without bulbous base, and a heavy row 

 of smaller spines. 



Specimens of A. staudingeri are before the authors from Messrs, 

 Staudinger and Bang-Haas. Hampson's figure appears rather brightly 

 marked, more nearly like A. moeschleri. Is there another unnamed 

 Anarta in Lapland corresponding to Anuria moeschleri from Labra- 

 dor or is the latter species circumpolar? This must be left to the 

 European Entomologists to decide. A. moeschleri appears distinct. 



It is doubtful if ^. staudingeri actually occurs in North America, 

 but the species may be circumpolar, so the authors hesitate to remove 

 the name from the List. The Colorado species which has been placed 

 in collections as A. staudingeri is described on the following pages. 



Anarta moeschleri Stand. 



1901, Staud., Cat. Lep. Pal., part 1, p. 219, #2290a., leucocycla var., Anarta; 

 1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 38-39, staudingeri ab. 1, AtMrta; 

 1917, B. & McD., Check List, p. 49, # 1627a, staudingeri race, Anarta. 



Dr. Staudinger's original description, "al. ant. cinereo-pictis, al. 

 post, albidis, fusco-marginatis", placed as a variety, under Anarta 

 leucocycla is incomplete enough to warrant the following description 

 from specimens received from Messrs. Staudinger and Bang-Haas. 



