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AMICTA; HY ALINA. By Dr. E. Wehrli. 
C. asiatica Stgr. (Vol. 2, p. 356, pi. 55 a). This species occurs on Saghalin and I have a small spe- 
cimen measuring only is mm from inhere. It is coloured like a $ unicolor. Stotzner brought back specimens 
oi this species from Wassekou and Kwanhsien (China). 
7. Genus: Amicta Heyl. 
qUadra Ss. ri /V A ; f adr ^§ u,a ris Christ. (Vol. 2, p. 357) (14 g). This is certainly a separate species from A. marina 
Avg (Vol. -, p. 3o7). The wing contour is entirely different: hindwings have a much more acute apex and 
the outer margin is almost straight, whilst in murina it is regularly rounded and the apex is much more 
ti uncate. quadrangular is has almost transparent wings with black scales dispersed over the upper surface of 
forewings and appressed on costa and along the veins, murina has almost opaque wings with brownish scales 
In the former the posterior 2/ 3 rds of the abdomen are black to black-brown, whilst in the latter same are 
completely buff with pale grey-yellow to whitish hairs. What is generally classified in collections as quadran- 
nugrescens. gulans from Palestine = murina, the former not yet having been ascertained there. nigrescens Stgr. (Vol. 2. 
p. 357, pi. 55 a), which Rothschild, as with quadrangularis , classifies to murina (Nov. Zool. XX, p. 134), should 
also be classified with quadrangularis, in spite of the similarity in the sac. It is certainly a form of the 
latter with completely black abdomen and blackish transparent wings having the same wing contour as 
can be seen from the illustration in Vol. 2 (pi. 55 a) which is quite good and a comparison will show' the differen¬ 
ces from murina albescens (pi. 55 b). 
albescens. A. murina King, albescens Stgr. (Vol. 2, p. 357, pi. 55 a) (14 g). This is a somewhat paler form of 
murina. It is a genuine'species and separate from quadrangularis (compare what was written there as to the dif- 
mauretani- ferences). — mauretanica Rothsch. (14g) described from Bou-Saada, Algeria, It has almost opaque wings 
c «- which are coloured a uniform bluish grey, as are also the head, antennae and body. The larva feeds on 
Retama raetam and has a yellowish grey head with minute black lines, yellow-grey spotted legs. The 1st 
segment has no markings, the 2nd to 6th narrow black bands, the 7th to 11th wide black bands. On the 
5th and 6th these are followed by black spots. It has been captured on 10th September at Hassi-baaba 
m ugust/September in Algeria, in October at Guelt-es-Stel. The race seems to be somewhat smaller than 
murina, wing expanse 18-20 mm. — lefevrei Obertli. (15 a) appears to be a somewhat larger moroccan race 
of mauretanica. Captured at light in August at Timhadit, $ sac and early stages unknown. 
A. caucasica B.-H. (14 h [Cotype]) from Elisabethpol in the Caucasus, has a considerable expanse 
of -8—29 mm. Ground colour a reddish grey-black, similar to that of Pachytelia villosella 0. Otherwise similar 
to A lutea (Vol. 2, p. 3o7, pi. 55 b), forewings wider, inner angle rounder. The veins are whitish but fringes 
are darker than ground colour, the apices faintly paler. Head, antennae and pectinations, thorax and very 
elongate abdomen are all of the same shade as the wings. The penis protrudes prominently. $ sac and 
early stages unknown. The neuration in my 2 paratypes varies in that in the one on both forewings veins 
7 + 8 + 9 are stalked, in the other 7 on a long stalk, whilst 8+9 arise from a point. In both on all 
wings 4 + 5 are stalked. 
taurica. A. taurica Wrli. (14 g [<J type]) reminds one in general appearance most of +. febretta Boyer (Vol 2, 
p. 358; pi. 55b gives quite a wrong impression); it is somewhat smaller and more compact than same- wing- 
expanse 19-21 mm, as compared with 23-25 mm. Head pale yellowish white, vertex, collar, thorax laterally 
and the very long hairs at base of wing, all pale buff, the posterior part of thorax and anterior part of ab¬ 
domen pale grey, everything else grey-brown. Body paler than febretta. Antennae similar to those of same but 
darker, shaft yellow-grey, the long pectinations grev-black, not light brownish as in the former The lono- 
spine on f lie fore tibiae only extends slightly beyond the distal end, just as in febretta and not nearly so long as in 
armena In the latter the apex of forewings is more pointed and the outer margin more oblique. Ground 
colour of taurica is dark grey, the forewings somewhat lighter than armena, darker towards base, hindwings as 
dark as those of febretta. The scaling is dark grey, whilst in the latter it is brownish to blackish Costa and 
fringes are darker than the surface of the wings, fringes glossy. Underside dark grey, darker than upperside. 
Neuration as febretta. The $ is only known in the dried state, it is brown and is similar to that of febretta, 
butm contrast to same, the head and anterior parts are black ventrally. The $ sac is also similar, decorated 
with coarser grass stalks and more irregularly, 10 mm wide, 35 mm long. 3 ++ 1 $ from Marash, Taurus, 
JNortk Syria m August/September at an altitude of 600—900 m; the larvae in June. 
febretta. A. febretta Boyer (Vol. 2, p. 358; pi. 55 b which certainly does not represent a febretta which lias quite 
a different wing contour and a different colour) (14 h). We are giving a fresh illustration. 
lefevrei. 
caucasica. 
b. GenilS: Hyalilta Rmb. (Deuterohyalina Dalla-Torre). 
albida ■ H - albida Esp. (Vol. 2, p. 358, pi. 55 c). According to Vorbrodt (5tli Supplement), is frequently captured 
on the wing in day time at Geneva, around the base of the Grand Saleve, Vallon de Versoix, Thoirv, Monne- 
