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CIDARIA. By L. B. Prout. 
suffumaia. 
piceata. 
porrittii. 
divisa. 
decotorata. 
defumaia. 
C. suff urn at a Schiff. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 d). I was probably incorrect in stating that a second brood was 
entirely unknown in a state of nature, but in any case it is very incomplete. — ab. piceata Steph. (12 i). We 
figure a $ from Darlington. — ab. porrittii Robs, cfc Gardn. (13 c). The English ^ now figured gives a very 
good idea of this striking form; yet even more extreme manifestations are known, in which also the terminal 
shading is much reduced. — ab. divisa Nordstrom has a moderate or broad grey-white or light brown-grey 
band centrally bisecting the dark median area. Described from Jamtland. Harjedal and Dovrefjeld. — ab. 
decolorata Nordstrom is a more washed-out form, the central area more or less dissolved into lines. Jamtland 
and Dovre. — defumata Stichel (= arctica Sp. Schneid., nom. praeocc.) (13 d). As Nordstrom has pointed 
out. the name arctica (1895) is much older than defumata, but it is a homonym of artica Schoy. (1881, sub tur- 
bata). Nearly the same form as in N. Scandinavia occurs in Kamtshatka and presumably in Arctic Russia. 
otregiata. C. otregiata Metcalfe (= minna auct., pr. p., nec Btlr.) (13 d). This interesting species, on its first 
discovery in Europe (Heidereichstein, Lower Austria) was mistaken for the closely allied minna of E. Asia. 
Subsequently the Rev. J. W. Metcalfe published it as a new species, founding it on good material from N. 
Devon. E. Devon (loc. typ.) and Cornwall. Teeth of the $ antenna somewhat stronger than those of suffumaia. 
but not forming the definite pectinations of minna: discocellulars of the hindwing slightly angled at the origin 
of the 2nd radial. The genitalia show appreciable differences from those of minna. A long article in Russian, 
by K. Mjoberg, published in 1926, though using the name minna, presumably deals with otregiata, but I have 
janssoni. no translation of it. — ab. janssoni Nordstrom, is more uniformly dark-brown, with only the white lines which 
bound the areas, and parts of the subterminal, standing out distinctly. A $ from Markkarret, Orebro. — otre¬ 
giata has been recorded from the Harz Mountains, Erfurt district, S. Tyrol, several Swedish localities, Finland 
and N. W. Russia; the Tring Museum has a worn $ from Karlsbriinn, Altvater. It frequents wet and dark 
places in woods, appearing well on in May and in a partial second broad in August and September. A. W. Mera 
succeeded in rearing a few from the egg on Galium saxatile, but they did not take kindly to that plant. 
minna. C. minna Btlr. (13 d). Abundantly distinct from suffumaia — antenna of <§ pectinate, though the 
branches are very short (surmounted with cilia), etc. The addition of N. India to its range (Vol. 4, p. 233) 
was erroneous; see the following species. On the other hand, it may perhaps occur in W. China; a much 
damaged from Tu-pa-ko (Mupin) is at least very near it. 
szcchuana. C. neelys Prout szechuana Wehrli (13 d). The Lampropteryx which, in 1922, I named neelys had previ¬ 
ously been determined in collections as minna and much resembles that species in aspect, but the $ antenna 
is scarcely even so strongly dentate as in suffumata, the face is blacker than in minna , the antemedian line of 
the forewing more direct. The name-typical race, which seldom exceeds minna in size, is dark and very broad- 
banded and is only known to me from Sikkim and the Khasis; it will be figured in Vol. 12. szechuana is con¬ 
siderably larger, less dark, the postmedian line less near the distal margin. Szechuan, few examples yet known. 
produda. C. producta Prout ( — suffumata Leech, wee Schiff.) (13 d). On an average larger than szechuana, the 
wings relatively somewhat more elongate; forewing with cell-spot large, antemedian line with the outward 
teeth (at both folds) long and acute, termen and fringe rather strongly marked, the fine white line from the 
apex generally long and conspicuous. Antenna of the $ slightly more strongly dentate-fasciculate than in 
interponen- suffumata. Discocellulars very definitely biangulate. Common in Szechuan, especially at Ta-tsien-lu. — inter- 
ponenda Warnecke, from Koko-Nor, has the basal patch less definite than the median band, the yellowish tinge 
of the distal area perhaps accentuated, especially on the veins, the hindwing above apparently whiter, beneath 
less sharply marked. 
roiundaria. C. rotundaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 13 n). Sterneck records from Ta-tsien-lu 2 specimens of the hitherto 
undescribed rf. ‘'Face rounded, smooth. Palpus moderately long, 2nd joint strongly hairy, terminal joint 
projecting. Antenna with long fascicles of cilia. The last 5 abdominal segments bear long, dense, yellow-brown 
lateral tufts.” 
nitidaria. C. nitidaria Leech (13 e, $) (Vol. 4, pi. 13 n). This is probably a race, somewhat narrower banded, of 
the argentilineata Moore of N. India. In any case a very close relative. 
Subgenus Loxofidonia Pack, (see Vol. 4, p. 234, Asaphodes). Like Xant.horhoe but the areole un¬ 
divided. 
In employing Meyrick’s name of Asaphodes for this section (or genus), I overlooked that its type 
species, abrogata Walk., from New Zealand, had the discocellulars of the hindwing markedly biangulate. For 
the present group I have therefore substituted Loxofidonia Pack, (see Vol. 16, p. 93). 
hortensiaria. C. hortensiaria Graes. (Vol. 4, pi. 8 1, as dimidiana). On account of its general resemblance to spadi- 
cearia or munitata, I had left this species in Xanthorhoe without, as it seems, examining the venation until 
Dr. Sterneck called my attention to it. The areole is always simple. Otherwise it is remarkably similar to 
castanea Warr. (12 b), especially in the which is broad-banded in both sexes, whereas in the £ it is oftener 
