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E. parvaspersa Bours. (26 1). antennae with short fascicles of cilia. Forewings dark ashen grey with parvaaperaa. 
very indistinct markings, only the reniform stigma is dark and clear, while the subterminal line is visible. 
Hindwings in $ impure whitish, duskily shaded in marginal half, with distinct discal spot. In $ hindwings 
are somewhat more brownish. Wing expanse: 23—25 mm. Rayat, Iraq (East Mossul), in September. 
E. ierrea Err. (Vol. 3, p. 212, pi. 45 d, e; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 179). 
E. albersi Warn. (26 k) comes next to terrea. Forewings yellowish brown, dusted with dark grey. Trans- albersi. 
verse lines dark grey and indistinct, orbicular stigma dark grey with pale outline; the large reniform is also 
dark grey and more or less distinct with paler outline, generally with whitish cuneiform spots outwardly. In 
marginal area a paler yellowish undulate line, before which are brown shades that often diffuse into cuneiform 
patches. Veins generally darker in marginal area. Hindwings whitish, grey in $ with dusky mai’ginal half. 
— clarior Warn, denotes paler specimens. Central Asia, Djarkent, Ili, Thian-shan, Urumchi, Naryn. clarior. 
E. proxima Rmbr. (= infusca Rmbr., kadenii Oberth. nec Err.) (Vol. 3, p. 212; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 179). proxima. 
Boursin has ascertained that kadenii Err. is a genuine species and that inspite of its outward surprising simi¬ 
larity belongs in another group. The differences in the characteristics are: in proxima the black marginal line 
of hindwings is not interrupted, in kadenii it consists of interneural streaks; reniform stigma in proxima is 
paler and less striking, whilst in kadenii it is dark and sharply outlined; proxima has more delicate transverse 
lines and an almost straight fine subterminal line, in kadenii the latter forms a dentation on vein 5 towards 
the base and has bolder sagittate marks in front. Spain; Portugal; France (Collioure, E. Pyrenees). — rufo- rufostigmaia. 
stigmata Rothsch. is the northern african form with more reddish reniform stigma. We are again illustrating 
the typical species (25 1). 
E. warneckei Bours. (26 k). Forewings brownish grey. The distinct anterior transverse line forms a wameckei. 
dentation in place of the absent claviform stigma. Orbicular and reniform stigmata are somewhat darker than 
the ground. Posterior transverse line is barely indicated, subterminal line is very distinct with 4 black-brown 
sagittate marks anteriorly between veins 3 and 6. Subterminal area faintly brownish. Hindwings impure 
white with dark margin and distinct discal spot. Wing expanse: 29 mm. Central Asia (Ala Tau; Issyk-kul; 
Ili, from around Djarkent; Naryn; Thian-shan). 
E. sogdiana Boxirs. (26 k). antennae with short fascicles of cilia. Forewings brownish grey, all mark- sogdiana. 
ings indistinct with the exception of the central shade and the distinctly visible reniform stigma. Subterminal 
line indicated by darker shading between 2 and 7. Subterminal area somewhat brownish. Hindwings impure 
grey-brown. Wing expanse: 28 mm. Kara-Tjube, S. E. of Samarkand (Turkestan) in September. 
E. surchica Bours. (26 k). q antennae with short fascicles of cilia. Forewings almost devoid of mark- surchica. 
ings, grey, only the two transverse lines are distinct, the posterior line commences at a heavy black dot above 
the reniform stigma. The latter only contrasts faintly from ground colour, all the other stigmata are absent. 
Central shade is very indistinct. Postmedian area slightly darker towards distinct subterminal line. Marginal 
area beyond slightly brownish. Hindwings whitish with dark marginal band, darker in $. Wing expanse: 
25—26 mm. Kurdistan (Rowanduz; Shekh Adi) in September to November. 
E. rjabovi Bours. (26 k). Forewings brown with bold markings, both transverse lines distinct, also a rjabovi. 
heavy central shade. Claviform stigma is absent. Orbicular and reniform stigmata present, darker than ground. 
Postmedian area heavily brownish. Hindwings whitish, dusky brown at margin. Wing expanse: 28 mm. 
Armenia (Migry on Araxes); from around Van. 
E. soudanensis Bmps. (26 i) outwardly closely resembles eremocosma , but according to genitalia it is soudanensis. 
a Hymenodrina; it is somewhat smaller than the species mentioned, duller grey-yellow, otherwise very similarly 
marked, also the black central shade is similarly formed, but the marginal area is more widely blackened and 
has traces of a pale subterminal line therein. Hindwings purer white with narrower and more clearly defined 
blackish marginal band. Described from Port Sudan. I have specimens from Arabia (Djecldah) kindly sent 
me by Boursin and it probably occurs also in the palaearctic districts of Egypt. 
E. syriaca Stgr. (Vol. 3, p. 213; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 180). 
E. aspersa Rbr. (= culoti Trti., predotae Schaw.) (Vol. 3, jj. 213, pi. 45 g; Suppl. 3, p. 181). 
E. wiltshirei Bours. (26 k). $ antennae with short fascicles of cilia. Forewings yellowish brown, all wiltsliirei. 
markings indistinct, claviform and orbicular stigmata are absent, only reniform stigma discernible. Post¬ 
median and subterminal areas are embraced by a wide and distinct dark band. Hindwings impure yellowish 
white, dusky at margin. Wing expanse: 28 mm. Iraq (Rowanduz), East Mossul, in September. 
E. germainii Dup. (= laciniosa Donz. [sec. specimen typ.] bolivari Edz., jacobsi auct. nec Rothsch.) 
(Vol. 3, p. 212, pi. 45 e; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 179). 
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