ERGOLEA; SYRASTRENGPSIS; COSMOTRICHE; SELENEPHORA. By M. Gaede. 
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Genus: Ergolea Dumont. 
Antennae pectinated in and 2, shorter in $. Eyes small, hairy. Frons with three-cornered plate of 
which the point that projects forwards is serrate. On the clypeus there are 5 tufts of hairs that hang over in 
front. Palpi short. Legs thickly haired. Fore-tibiae with 2 claws of which the inner one is the longer. On 
forewings veins 6 + 7 have short stalks, 9 + 10 are stalked to almost half their length. On hind wings veins 
4 and 5 arise from lower angle of cell, 7 + 8 on a long stalk. 
E. reneae Dum. Body silvery grey admixed with yellow-red. Eorewings separated from apex to the reneae. 
middle of inner margin by a row of brown dots. Inner area fuscous, dusted with brown. Outer area white, 
also dusted with brown with rusty red veins. At upper cell end a pale rose spot. Hindwings coloured like the 
marginal area of forewings. Basal half up to the anal angle with long light grey hairs. The $ duller, markings 
more diffuse. 35 — 41 mm. El Golea (Algeria). — lavaudeni Dum. is a larger form (43—56 mm). Ground colour lavaudeni. 
in A and $ is dusky smoky brown, only at base of hindwings of + a little of the rose colour is left. The divid¬ 
ing line of forewings is darker in the +, but also in $ it is more distinct than in reneae. Colour of body varies 
from yellow-grey to blackish. — The larva grows to 40 mm length, it is red with black spots and white hairs. 
From the 4th segment these decrease in size towards the end. On dorsum rhomboidal spots which are divided 
transversally by a crimson red rectangle, except on the 1st 3 segments. Adjoining same a lateral line of black 
spots, decreasing in size posteriorly. It feeds on Caligonum comosum and hides in the day time in the earth. 
Genus: Syrastreuopsls Grunbg. 
Antennae pectinated in + and 2 to their extremities. Palpi almost as well developed as in Gosmolriche 
Hbn. Body as in Epicnaptera Rmb. In forewings veins 6 + 7 are stalked, arising from angle of cell, S near 
by, 9 + 10 on long stalk. In hindwings veins 4 and 5 arise from one spot, 8 forms a short accessory cell with 
vein 7. 
S. moltrechti Grunbg. (10 a). Ground colour of $ red-brown. On forewings there are 2 pronounced dark moltrechti. 
transverse lines, both lined on inner side with violet-grey; behind same on centre of marginal area a fainter 
line, also with paler edg;e inwards. Hindwings slightly paler at base. The ^ somewhat paler, the light margins 
wider, also outer margin is paler. On hindwings the pale base extends to median area. 32—45 mm. Tjssuri. 
11. Genus: Cosmotrielie Hbn. 
G. potatoria L. (Vol. 2, p. 164, pi. 26 1). As this species had been generously favoured with denomi¬ 
nations in Vol. 2, only a few have been added. — In suffusa Gloss ($) all wings and body are suifused with suffusa. 
brownish. Perhaps the same as ab. extrema Tutt. — obscura Gloss ($) is brown-grey with pale yellow basal obscura. 
spot on forewixigs and dark grey hindwings, all markings very distinct. Similar to diminuta Tutt, in which 
however the hindwing is red-brown. — pallida Splr. denotes pale aberrations with markings more or less grey, pallida. 
As the shade of colouration varies considerably, it is not apparent whether these are pale yellow, light brown 
or other coloured specimens. — decolor Th.-Mieg. just mentioned in Vol. 2, p. 448, is a pale grey-brown + 
C. diversifasciata sp. n. (10 b). Somewhat similar to fossa Sioh. dealt with in Vol. 10, p. 408, pi. 32 e diversi- 
and in the somewhat angular shape of the hindwing similar to lidderdalii Drc. (ibid. pi. 32 d). Forewings red- fasciata. 
dish brown with indistinct dentate inner line. The cell spot rusty red, a small distinct white accessory spot 
above same and nearer costa. From near the apex to the centre of inner margin an almost straight, very clear 
black-brown line with paler scales on its inner side. Paler patches before same on costa and below the outer 
margin at apex, as well as at anal angle. The dentate submarginal line as in the other species. A diffuse straight 
dark baud before the middle, situate further inwards than the light band of fossa. On underside the cell spot 
of forewings is slightly reflected through, the bands of both wings diffuse and on paler ground than on upper- 
side. $ 55—58 mm. Ta-tsien-lu and S. China. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
12. Genus: Selenephora Rmb. (Selenephera Stgr.-Rbl.) 
S. lunigera E.sp. (Vol. 2, p. 165, pi. 27 a). — The form malchani O. B.-H. (9 h) is grey-black in discal malchani. 
area of forewings. Margins are clearcut, white, dentate. The dentate subterminal line is somewhat more distinct 
than in typical forms. Hindwings dark dusky brown. S. E. Transbaikalia. — mongolica Gr.-Grsh. has grey- mongolica. 
white ground colour to forewings, which are fairly uniformly dusted over with black-brown. Discal area and 
inner margin are darker. Also hindwings are darker than in lunigera. Mongolia. — seitzt O. B.-H. is similar seitzi. 
to malchani. Marginal lunules of discal band of forewings more distinctly white. The chief difference lies in 
the continuous wide brown submarginal line. Hindwings are slightly darker. Ussuri territory. — monbeigi + monbeigi. 
form. nov. is about of the same colouration as malchani , but the edges of the discal band are not white but as in 
