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GYMNOSCELIS; CHLOROCLYSTIS. By L. B. Prout. 
1 example, taken in February. Perhaps near ultimaria, which at times has a wing-length of scarcely 6 mm 
(by artificial measurement little over 10 mm expanse). 
bardiaria. E. bardiaria Trti. (18 e). Of this species I have seen only $$ and I know no other with which it is 
definitely comparable. Head and palpus much as in variostrigata, or the palpus more heavily clothed. Fore- 
wing elongate, the costal margin, however, not quite straight; anal angle very weak. Tone about as in the 
palest and weakest-marked variostrigata or scopariata; a faint reminiscence of some pale ericeata or oxycedrata 
is discounted by the lack of furcation of median and postmedian lines behind; indeed only the 2 principal 
lines are well expressed, the former scarcely so oblique as the latter, so that the median area narrows a little 
posteriorly. Cyrenaica: Bardia. in November and December. 
meandrata. E. meandrata Trti. (18 e), founded on “2 only” (Cyrenaica: Barca. Bengasi), is said to bear some 
resemblance to castigata Hbn. but with the ground-colour more as in subumbrata Schijf. Affinities still quite 
undetermined; areole simple; the rounded costa more as in virgaureata Dbld., than which it is much paler, less 
brown, more weakly marked (notably at costa on the upperside) and with the hindwing somewhat more 
elongate. The type $ has been kindly lent us by Count Turati for figuring. 
74. Genus: 4»ymBios<‘elis Mob. 
(See Vol. 4. p. 298). 
The diagnosis given in the place cited was not quite accurate, as the genus is a derivative of Chloro- 
clystis rather than of Eupithecia, the 1st subcostal of the forewing anastomosing with or running into the 
costal. Also the indication of the distribution needs rectification; the American species which were placed 
here do not really belong to it but to Nasusina Pearsall , while on the other hand Africa produces a few species, 
see Vol. 16, p. 112. 
pumilata. G. pumilata Hbn. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 m). The biology of this species is dealt with by Candura, Boll. Soc. 
incertata. Nat. Napoli. Vol. 43, p. 353—359. — ab. incertata Mill, is, according to Dietze, a subform of tempestivata, not 
sharply separable, in which the numerous fine dark transverse markings are more coalesced into broader, 
nigrostriata. dentate bands. He mentions large specimens from Murcia. — ab. nigrostriata Dietze. Outer and inner bound¬ 
aries of the median area standing out as dark stripes, about as in the subaerata form of rectangulata. Graz, 
nigrofascia- Digne, etc. — ab. nigrofasciata Dietze. Entire interior of the median area blackened, much as in the cydoniata 
te ebr/tci ^ orm re Gangidata. Digne. — ab. tenebrata Dietze is comparable to rectangulata ab. nigrosericeata; both wings 
almost wholly dark, only fragments of the ground-colour remaining. Founded on a specimen from the Middle 
bucovinata. Rhine. — ab. bucovinata Hormuz., a large specimen from Bucovina, originally assumed to by a separate species, 
is lighter (ash-grey, almost silver-grey), all the light lines broader, pure white, sharply defined. 
schulzi. G. schulzi Rbl. Founded on 2 <$<$ and 2 from the Canaries (Orotava), agrees structurally with 
pumilata, but is so different in appearance that Rebel thinks it must be a separate species. Unicolorous rust- 
brownish, lighter or darker, with all the subordinate lines almost or absolutely suppressed, the ante- and post¬ 
median black, the latter continued on the hindwing; even the terminal line and on the hindwing the cell-dot 
obsolete. Abdomen with a broad deep-black lateral stripe, instead of the indistinct dark dorsal saddle near the 
base. From what I know of the variability of pumilata and of the phases of Larentiid variation, I am some¬ 
what sceptical about its status; yet the occurrence of 4 such extreme specimens in one locality is interesting. 
bieoloria. G. bicoloria B.-Balc. (18 f). We figure the unique type $, which has been presented to the British 
Museum. Hindlegs and abdomen lost; the tufted palpus, the venation and the glossy wings, with white 
median area, recall a few exotic Gymnoscelis, e. g. roseijascia Hmps. (Vol. 12). 
harterti. G. harterti Rothsch. (17 i), founded a pair from Oued Nca, M’zab Country, S. Algeria, appears to be 
correctly referred as regards the tibial armature (though only one hindleg remains intact), but the face is smooth, 
rounded-prominent (though not so protuberant as in Eupithecia tenellata ) and the 1st subcostal of the forewing 
does not touch the subcostal. Perhaps a Nasusina (see the preliminary note on Gymnoscelis). I strongly suspect 
that this is a race or synonym of dearmata Dietze (Vol. 4, p. 298), which I have now seen from S. Palestine; 
perhaps a little more brownish, the $ large. 
75. Genus: CIil«roc*1yslls Hbn. 
(See Vol 4, p. 298; Vol. 16, p. 108). 
coronata. C. coronata Hbn. (Vol. 4, pi. 13 k). Sterneck, recording 2 2$ from Kwanhsien, remarks on their 
resistance to the action of xylol, while the wings of their apparently near relatives are rendered almost trans¬ 
parent by the same treatment. I have already remarked on the claims of the coronata- group to generic separa- - 
