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shire instead of New Holland. Orthosia immaculata Morr. from N. America, though different in color¬ 
ation, is similarly unmarked, except for the two stigmata. 
16. Genus: Aiislrninallies Hmps. 
Differs from Amathes Hbn. mainly by the largely developed palpi, which are obliquely upturned, 
the second segment heavily fringed with hair below, the third long and smooth; antennae of A with 
short fine sessile fascicles of cilia, the shaft thick, somewhat flattened; the pectus and femora densely 
hairy. Type A. purpurea Btlr. The Genus contains but one New Zealand species. 
A. purpurea Btlr. ( — ceramodes Meyr.) (14 h). Forewing deep dull reddish overspread with pur- purpurea 
plish and slightly dusted with pale scales; inner and outer lines dentate-lunulate, marked only by a few 
whitish scales, the latter by a white patch at costa; subterminal line hardly expressed; a triangular deep 
redbrown spot in cell between the stigmata, which are only defined by a few white scales; beyond 
the reniform a black brown double mark; hindwing purplish redbrown; fringe of both wings redbrown. 
New Zealand. 
17. Genus: C'o.smia Tr. 
Tongue developed; frons smooth; palpi obliquely upturned, the second segment fringed with hair 
in front, the third short and blunt; antennae of d subserrate, with sessile fascicles of cilia; head, thorax, 
and abdomen rough haired, the prothorax with a semi-erect crest; forewing with the apex produced, 
subacute; neuration normal. Larva when young living on the catkins or flowers of trees, afterwards 
on various low plants; the imago emerges in autumn. Type C. fulvago L. 
C. gilvago Esp. (Vol. 3, pi. 28g). Forewing deep yellow ochreous with a broAvnish flush; mark- gilvago. 
ings all blackish; inner and outer lines double; the former oblique, outwardly lunulate, its inner arm 
thick and blotchy; the latter inwardly lunulate, concise, the outer arm thick; submarginal line a row 
of dark spots, preceded by a dark costal blotch attached to outer line, and followed by a diffuse dark 
shade; median shade blackish, thick and diffuse; orbicular stigma of the ground colour with a dark ring, 
separated by the median shade from the equally pale reniform, which has its lower lobe black; fringe 
concolorous mottled with dark; hindwing yellowish, the inner marginal area grey; — when the broAvn 
tinge of forewing is intensified (sometimes darkening the whole Aving), and the dark markings likeAvise, 
forming a partially continuous dark band from median shade to outer line, Ave have the ab. suffusa suffusa. 
Tutt. (Vol. 3, pi. 28 g); — • on the other hand the yellow tinge may be nearly absent, the ground colour 
becoming olive grey, and the markings dark grey, the hindwing whitish; this is ab. griseosignata Spul. griseosig- 
(Vol. 3, pi. 28 g); a rarer form, — - cinnamonieago Spul. (Vol. 3 pi. 28 g), has the ground colour uniform ^^' amo 
fulvous, with the markings finer, those of the terminal area, often those of the basal area also, more me ago. 
or less obsolete, the hindwing deeper yelloAv; lastly, from the Goorais Valley, Kashmir there is a paler 
ochreous form, of which the extreme development, ab. derasa ab. nov. (= ab. 2 Hmps.) is Avholly pale derasa. 
ochreous, with only the lower half of reniform and the fringe dark brown, exactly corresponding to the 
unmarked form flavescens of fulvago L. Larva pinkish brown ; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale, dark 
edged; a dorsal series of dark V-shaped marks; spiracular line pale; feeding on the seeds of elm, par¬ 
ticularly wych-elm, not poplar. This widely spread palaearctic species, which occurs among other places 
in Kashmir, is recorded also from the Punjab, N. India. 
C. rectilineata Hmps. (14 h). ForeAving greyish ochreous AAuth a tinge of rufous, suffused with greyish fus- recUlincata. 
cous before inner and beyond outer line, and along termen; inner and outer lines paler ochreous with 
darker edges; the inner excurved in midAving; the outer excurved beloAV costa, incurved beloAv vein 4, 
emitting black teeth on the veins; subterminal line pale, defined by the accompanying dark shades; med¬ 
ian shade diffuse, bent in middle; orbicular stigma pale; reniform constricted at middle, fuscous; hind¬ 
wing yellowish white with brown suffusion thickest on inner marginal area. Another Punjab species. 
C. melonina Btlr. (14i). Forewing deep yellow Avith some orange red dusting; the veins red; lines brown, melonina. 
double; inner line angled baseAvards on veins, outwardly curved; outer line fine, dentate-lunulate, folloAV- 
ed by a clear yellow band; submarginal line also followed by yellow and preceded by a grey band; 
median shade brown, distinct, bent in middle; stigmata pale and large, outlined with reddish; liindAving 
pale yellow; the inner marginal area reddish; a reddish outer and broader reddish submarginal line, not 
reaching costa. Dharmsala, the Punjab; extending into Kashmir. 
C. albosignata Moore (14 h). Forewing pale fulvous Avith grey and grey brown suffusion; the albosignata. 
central area grey broAvn, limited by the whitish lines; the inner oblique and nearly straight; the outer 
