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shortly ciliated, though not quite so shortly as in the pulchrata group. I have not yet been able to differ¬ 
entiate the W. Chinese forms. — niphonica Btlr. (8 a) is, allowing for individual variations, extremely similar, niphonica. 
though on the whole more contrastingly coloured, antemedian of forewing never so oblique outward from 
costa as is frequent in propinguata . The $ antennal ciliation appears somewhat shorter. Japan. — ah. CO- coarctaia. 
arctata nov., a $ from Takao-San, lias the median band greatly restricted, its broadest part (at the radial 
area) only 3,5 mm. The specimen was mentioned in my working out of the Aigner collection. — suavata suavaia. 
Christ. (8 a) is a smaller form from the Amur and Ussuri districts; Christoph gives the length of a forewing 
as 15 mm but in my experience the expanse is commonly still less. Antennal ciliation about as in niphonica , 
apex of forewing perhaps slightly less acute. Flies in June and July. 
0. dicaea Front (8 a) differs chiefly from the preceding in the straight, or almost straight, postmedian dicaea. 
line of the forewing, that of the hindwing, though slightly curved, is also much less bent and sinuate than 
in propinguata. West China, the type from Mt. Omei, collected at the beginning of August. 
0. exacra Wehrli (8 b) differs from dicaea in that the central band of the forewing has outward pro- exacra. 
jection in the middle and that the outer area of the forewing is whitish in the proximal part, darker (grey- 
brownish) in the distal. Kunkala-shan, W. China, 5 <$<$. — extrastrenua Wehrli (8 b) differs from both the extrasire- 
preceding forms in the much narrower outer area of the forewing; coloration approximately as in exacra , post¬ 
median of forewing only weakly curved, not angled. Founded on 3 from Tse-ku. 
0. euthygramma Wehrli (14k). Apparently related to dicaea, but still more aberrant in the genus, in that 
the hindwing is even less elongate costally. Palpus rather longer, face with a small projecting cone of scales. 
Very distinct in its small size (rj' 23—24 mm; $ 30 mm) and almost unicolorous wings; forewing with black¬ 
ish cell-dot and 3 very slender white lines, the first two wavy, the post-median firm and straight, or with only 
a very slight bend near costa, and with inconspicuous white subterminal dots; hindwing with faint cell-dot 
and postmedian line. Both wings beneath with cell-dot, weakly darkened postmedian (slightly pale-edged 
distally) and slight traces of white subterminal dots, or at least a costal spot or dot. Shanghai, Nankin, Mo- 
kanshan, Omei etc. — Like diminutive corioidea Bast, of Formosa. 
0. ignotata Stgr. (Vol. 4, pi. 8 i). I find that this has the discocellulars of the hindwing biangulate 
and is certainly not a form of propinguata but is, in fact, so closely related to latifusata that it might almost 
be a race of it, rather smaller and with less pronounced sexual dimorphism. 
0. latifusata Walk. (8 b). Our account in Vol. 4 (p. 165) is probably adequate for purposes of iden- latifusata. 
tification, but we now add figures of the £ and from Dalhousie specimens. — indecisa subsp. nov. (8 b) is indecisa. 
on an average larger, particularly some General tone more brownish, especially noticeable in the distal 
area, where the almost uniform greyish fuscous tone of l. latifusata o becomes more varied with a brighter 
brown and often pale-mixed terminally, while in the $ that area is less extensively white; sexual dimorphism 
in consequence less pronounced. Darker than ignorata. Discocellulars of hindwing generally less strongly 
biangulate than in them, the tract between cell-fold and origin of 2nd radial being more or less shortened, 
though always present. Distributed in Szechuan, embracing all the Chinese records hitherto given for lati¬ 
fusata, also the Hpimaw Fort,(Upper Burma). Kunkala-Shqn (loc. typ.) and Tu-pa-ko, 7400 feet, have provi¬ 
ded good series, the Tu-pa-ke© $$ often very large. 
7. Genus: l4.uldsclia Stgr. 
(See Vol. 4, p. 165.) 
K. staudingeri Alph. ab. (?) brunneofasciata Warnecke (8 a), of which a few examples (Issyk-kul and Korla) brunneo- 
have been detected among the type-form, has a strongly developed dark band (in the A almost black-brown) 
on a light-brown ground-colour, the pale centre of the median area almost entirely suppressed. It is suggested 
that it may possibly represent a separate species, but the genitalia agree essentially. — alaicola subsp. nov. alaicola. 
(8 c). Forewing with termen extremely oblique, median band dark throughout, as in brunneofasciata, anterior 
half of its proximal boundary-line different both from that and from albescens , its only sharp bend being close 
to costa, distal area with rather regukv lines, alternately paler and browner, the outermost line (narrow band) 
not macular. Hindwing with cell-dot obsolete or weak above, well developed beneath, post median rather 
heavy, its angulation weak. Alai Mountains, Ferghana, 2 $<$, the type (here figured from the Joicey col¬ 
lection), larger than typical staudingeri. Perhaps, like the following, a good species. 
K. albescens Warnecke (8 a). Superficially almost as similar to staudingeri as are the two preceding albescens. 
forms, though the weaker incisions of the ante- and postmedian lines of the forewing give to the median area 
a wider and less irregular aspect. Ground-colour brown-yellowish to yellowish-white, the dark shading in 
the basal and median areas slighter than in the allied forms. The genitalia show marked differences: the pro¬ 
jecting, pointed costa of the valve is less developed than in staudingeri and the cornuti (thorns of the vesica) 
are quite differently formed. Aksu (E. Turkestan) and the Ili district. 
nua. 
euthy gram¬ 
ma. 
ignotata. 
