CIDARIA. By L. B. Prout. 
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ditional indentation at the 2nd radial. Simla (type) and Sabathu and again in the Khasis. Abdominal scent- 
organ about as in umbrosaria, genitalia similar, but not identical. 
C. macarthuri sp. n. (18 a). In size and shape near fulvotincta, palpus similar; probably nearly related, macarthuri. 
but the still unknown. Head and body darker-mixed, abdomen showing the pale dorsal line which is so 
prevalent in this group of genera. Forewing with the yellowish markings and suffusions deeper than those of 
fulvotincta (more deserving that name); dark markings somewhat less deep, more chocolate-tinged; basal patch 
similar; median band with deeper excavations proximally and distally, thus markedly constricted behind the 
median vein, though variable, more or less expanded again before the 2nd submedian; subterminal and its 
proximal wedge-markings stronger than in fulvotincta; terminal line interrupted; fringe moderately spotted. 
Hindwing pale or moderate, with no sudden contrast of colour at the postmedian line; distal margin more or 
less dark-shaded. Kashmir: Koksar, July 1888 (H. Me. Arthur), 3 $$ from the Leech collection. 
C. haplocrossa sp. n. (15f). Face rather strongly prominent, palpus relatively short, reaching very haplocrossa. 
littlfe beyond it; antenna minutely ciliated; abdomen with projecting terminal hair-tuft, almost as in the Indo- 
Malayan section Urolophia. Wings elongate costally, the colouring as sombre as in acalles. Forewing with 
basal and median bands nearly as broad as in acalles, the outlines of the median very different : antemedian 
(as also the subbasal) with the chief angulation at the fold, cpiite weak, postmedian much as in the Javan 
ctenoplia Prout \ “wedge" markings very weak; no white line from apex, the subterminal spots between the 
radials reduced, separated from the small terminal ones by a paler streak. Hindwing dusky throughout, the 
cell-dot small and inconspicuous, the faint postmedian line much less curved than in the silaceata group, its 
course much as in most Urolophia, to which section haplocrossa should probably be assigned. Szechuan: Kwan- 
hsien, 16 July and 6 August (G. M. Franck), type in my collection, paratype $ in the British Museum. 
C. fervidaria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 7 1). Although this was brought, in Vol. 4, into association (or juxta- fervidaria. 
position) with the silaceata group, it is by no means certain that this is a satisfactory position for it. By the 
analytical key to the “subgenera” of Cidaria which I gave tentatively to my friend M. Lhomme it would 
probably fall into Chloroclysta, a still less satisfactory position. One can only say at present that it appears to 
belong broadly to the Lygris — Ecliptopera group, but has not the expanded costa of the hindwing. 
C. subochraria Leech (Vol. 4, pi. 7 1, as subochreata). Sterneck records a pair from Ta-tsien-lu with subochraria. 
nearly the markings of fervidaria except as regards the hindwing above; and accepts the conjecture which 
appears to be strengthened by his specimens, that there is a really near relationship between the two, not¬ 
withstanding the structural difference. It is well known that the disco cellular s of the hindwing are more 
variable in the Lygris group than in many Larentiids, so that the character here, though certainly not negli¬ 
gible, may be less than generic. 
C. mactata Feld. (Vol. 4, pi. 101, as mactaria) placata Prout (15 f). I overlooked, when giving the dis- placata. 
tribution of this conspicuous species, that its Chinese race or representative shows some constant deviations 
from the name-type. The projections of the 2nd white line are less long and acute, the space between it and 
the median band broadered, the shape of the postmedian modified. 
C. albogilva Prout (15 g). Quite distinct from anything else yet known. Palpus elongate, at least albogllva. 
twice as long as diameter of eye. Hindwing with costa only weakly curved. Underside Lygris- like, both wings 
pale yellow, the forewing with the principal markings of the upperside reproduced, the hindwing with strong 
cell-dot and curved postmedian and traces of several weaker lines. Szechuan: Kunkala-Shan. 
S u b genus Electrophaes Prout. 
Palpus longish. Antenna of scarcely ciliated. Metathorax crested. Forewing with areole double. 
Hindwing with discocellars not or only very feebly biangulate. Anellus lobes (corylata Thnbg.) long, long¬ 
haired, coremata on 9th segment, rudimentary. Larva (corylata) with head bifid, supra-anal plate ending a 
single point. 
C. corylata Thnbg. (Vol. 4, pi. 10 1) ab. loc. albocrenata Curt. (15 g). We figure an example approx- albocrenata. 
imately like the original named by Curtis, but, as has already been remarked, the name covers a wide range 
of variation; Cockayne (Trans. City Lond. Ent. Soc., Vol. 17) figured some good examples from Tongue, 
N. Sutherland. — ab. glaucata Meves has the normally brown markings changed to light grey. Founded on glaucata. 
Swedish specimens, a bred and a captured $. A transition to albocrenata, in which it has hitherto been in¬ 
cluded; my only Danish “ albocrenata” belongs here. — ab. interrupta Schawerda “has, like many Larentiids, interrupta. 
the median band interrupted”. A pair from Lunzbauer, Lower Austria. This was perhaps intended to denote 
a more extreme interruption than is seen in ab. ruptata Hbn., but no comparison is made with that and I fear 
