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7. Aj/ioii losxi/m Sharp, bisher mir aus Ceutral-Amerika bekannt, daselbst 



ctwas weiter verbreitet. 



8. AjjIoii /iii/c/iri/ji:-< Sharp, bisheriges Verbreitiingsgebiet : siidl. Guatemala, 



Mexico nnd Nicaragua. 

 '.I. Apion etisirostre Gerst., iibcr (bis siidl. ('ontral- iiiul iibor das mirdl. uiid 

 centrale Siid-Atnerika ziomlicli weit vprbreitet. 



10. Ajiioit tdcumaiii'tisi' Beguin-l?illi!., bisher aus Tucnmaii uiid Rio-Janeiro 



nachgewiesen. 



11. Apinn bamrostre Sharp, ans Panama, (iiiatcmala uud Trinidad bekatiut, 



kommt in der Paraguay : S. Bernardino (leg. K. Fiebrig), in einer 

 etwas abweichenden Form vor ; wiihrend der Kiissel beim Mannehen 

 kaum langer als bei der ty]]ischen Form, ist derselbe beim Weibchen 

 um bedeutendes langer, worin wir jedenfalls eine Anpassnng an eine 

 andere Niihrpflanze zn erblicken haben. Ich betrachte es jedoch 

 keineswpgs fur geboten, diese Form mit einem besonderen Namen zu 

 belegen. 



ON AN APPARENTLY NEW FORM OF LA3IBESSA FROM 



ALGERIA. 



By the Hok. W. EOTHSCHILD, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



nnmS Lambessa was bred from larvae found during my stay at Biskra in March 

 -*- 1911. The S is very close to Lambessa staurlingcri in appearance, bnt the ? 

 has fully develojiod winns. 



Lambessa virago spec. nov. 



1^ differs from statuliiKjcri in the grey, not rnfous, suffusion of the wings and 



the more pointed ape.x of forewing. The antennae also are longer when contrasted 



with the length of the costa. 



Length of costa : 20 mm.i , . .■ 



'^ \ L. sUiudingeri. 



,, ,, antenna : 12 ,, J 



Length of costa: lOmm.i j- 



° \ ]j. riraqo. 



„ ,, antenna: 15 ,, J 



? differs strongly from that of staudingeri. While the latfer is rufous brown 

 and has quite vestigial wings, L. virago has fully developed wings and closely 

 resembles the S , being of a uniform buff-grey colour. 



Length of forewing : 16 — 28 mm. 



Larva: head dark grey with buff pyramidal mark in centre ; segments dorsally 

 brownish orange with dark slender streaks and spots, the segmental divisions blue 

 with central lavender line ; sides dull lavender grey with two rosy diagonal bands 

 on each segment, spiracles scarlet with a black crescent in front ; hairs in tnfts 

 white; jirolegs orange ; a black ventral quadrangular patch almost filled up with 

 pyramidal buff markings on each segment. 



Feeds usually on various Salsolaccae. 



Ihb. Col de Sfa, Biskra, S. Algeria, 1011 (W. 1{. k E. H. coll.). 



1 ;?, 3 ? ?,and 3 larvae. 



