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EUPROCTIS. By M. Gaede. 
to punctifera Teich and punctella Strd., none however are so heavily spotted as nigrosignata Banderm. The 
? has golden yellow hairs on abdomen instead of the brown hairs common to those of central Europe and 
xanthorr- for this Ave have the name xaiithorrhoea Oberth. (8 h). It is also remarkable that in the coastal region of Al- 
geria and close to Hyeres the larvae feed exclusively on Arbutus unedo. In the interior of Algeria and fur¬ 
ther away from Hyeres it feeds on all kinds of trees and is correspondingly harmful. According to specimens 
in the Pxtjstgeler collection xanthorrhoea occurs in Sardinia, but forewings rarely have black dots. 
boulifa. E. boulifa Bum. has thorax and forewings a saffron-yellow with 2 lines of white scales. The inner 
one commences at lower wall of cell, the outer one is complete. Fringes a silky yellow. HindAvings yellow- 
red. paler at base. The $ monotonous pale buff. On forewings costa and inner margin are pale saffron-yellow. 
Abdomen with reddish brown hairs, anal tuft black-brown. 20—30 mm. Tunis. 
auratd. E. aurafa Wil. (8 h). Eorewings pale yellow with orange-red band in similar arrangement to that 
of piperita (Vol. 2, pi. 21 e) but much more diffuse. Hindwings yelloAvish Avhite. 30 mm. Shikoku (Japan). 
curvafa. E. curvata Wil. (8 h). Somewhat similar to vitellina Roll. (Vol. 2, p. 137, pi. 23 a). Thorax yellowish, 
abdomen yellow-broAvn. Eorewings lemon-yellow with an outer row of red-brown spots which is bent at lower 
angle of cell. Besides there are 1—2 spots at base. Hindwings more whitish, with yellowish hairs towards 
the inner margin. 32—48 mm. Japan. 
sakaguchii. E. sakaguchii Mats. Forewings with black central band, which is interrupted in the space above the 
subcostal nervure. With pale edges on both sides and intersected by pale veins. The colour of basal and 
marginal areas is not mentioned, but is presumably yellow. Above each of veins 5 and 7 there is a black 
spot. Hindwings somewhat paler. Vein 4 is displaced towards vein 3 and is therefore further from vein 5. 
$ 44 mm. Okinawa; mentioned here as a boundary insect. 
'piperita. E. piperita Oberth. (10 a). We are giving a new illustration, of a form ex the Pungeler collection that 
varies considerably from that dealt with in Vol. 2, p. 136 and illustrated on pi. 21 e. We should mention 
here that the basal spot can also be smaller and be separated from the main spot by a narrow line of ground 
colour. In a C from Chang-ku (in the British Museum) the main band extends in centre to the outer mar¬ 
gin, in this specimen the hindwing is a slightly bolder yellow than in the specimen illustrated. 
susanna. E. susanna Stgr. (8 h and Vol. 2, p. 138, pi. 21 i) also occurs in Egypt. The larvae feed there on Och- 
radenus baccatus. It is black on upperside, yellow on underside with black dusting laterally. At the level 
of the stigmata there is an orange-yellow lateral stripe. Each segment has 4 pairs of warts, of which the cen¬ 
tral pair is the larger, they are brown with short golden brown hairs intermixed with a feAv longer white 
hairs. ! he second pair is brown with long AA'hite hairs. The last tAVO pairs are orange yelloAV with short 
white hairs. The 3 anterior segments Avith only white hairs. —- As the specimen illustrated in Vol. 2 repre¬ 
sented a small $ from Arabia, we are now giving an illustration of a larger $ from Egypt. 
E. atomaria Wkr. (Vol. 2, p. 138, pi. 21 h). As atomaria is subject to great variation, I presume that 
ftavo- flavotriangulafa form. nov. (8 h) is only a form of same. The yellow ground colour forms a large triangular 
triangiilata. mark on costa 0 f forewings and the large brown spot extends in its main bulge at vein 6 in a small projec¬ 
tion outwards. Generally there are 2 brown apical spots, but here there is only one, which can also be merg¬ 
ed with the large main spot. There is a yellow streak also on centre of inner margin. Hindwing is black- 
brown to centre or nearly to margin. Abdomen black with yellow tip. $ 25—28 mm. $ 32 mm. Ta-tsien-lu, 
Chang-ku. Type in the British Museum. 
E. decussata Mr. has already been dealt Avith in the Indo-Australian part and illustrated in Vol. 10, 
pi. 44 e. According to a specimen from Ta-tsien-lu in the British Museum, the species also belongs to the 
palaearctic fauna. 
magni- E. magniplaga $ sp. n. Somewhat similar to niphonis-squamosa Btlr. (Vol. 2, p. 136, pi. 21 e). The 
plaga. smo ky brown band of forewings is much like the illustration of the $ ( niphonis) on pi. 21 f, only at its base 
there is still a semi-circular patch of the ground colour. The latter is orange-yellow Hindwings cream and 
in one of the 2 specimens available there is a dusky broAvn spot of abt 4 mm diameter above the inner angle. 
Thorax and abdomen faintly brown. $ 42 mm. Tze-ku. Type in the British Museum. 
parvi- E. parviplagiosa sp. n. (8 i). Somewhat similar to grisea Semp. (Vol. 10, p. 347, pi. 45 e) but it has 
plagiosa. traces of a dark central band in centre of inner margin. At disco-cellular there is a diffuse pale spot, which 
is also visible on underside. 27 mm. Tien-tsuen. Type in the British Museum. 
lcarapini. E. karaphli Strd. (8 i) is somewhat similar to latifascia Wkr. (Vol. 2, pi. 21 f). Forewing pale cream 
colour with indications of 2 transverse bands each of 1 mm width, which however are much nearer the mar¬ 
gin than in latifascia. Inner margin is a somewhat deeper colour. Hindwings and fringes pale Avhite. Thorax 
A\ r hitish, abdomen and anal wool black-brown. $ 33 mm. Karapin, Japan. 
