72 XOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 



One of the specimens collected by E. Deschanges has the black in the wuigs 

 much extended, and all the red spots of the forewings are absent except a small 

 red dot below the vitreous patch = ab. derubescens Schultz. Several others have 

 the red on the forewings niuch reduced. One specimen from Oran and one from 

 Blida les Glacieres are of the aberration canteneri Stdgn. One of Faroult's 

 Ain Draham specunens has the curious quadrately distorted wings as figured 

 by Mr. ObDithiir. The above-mentioned canteneri has a rather j)crplexir.g 

 synonymy. 



In 1861 Staudinger, in Staudinger and Wocke's Catalog der Lepidopieren, 

 Europas, ed. i. p. 1. No. 7, thus describes it: "ab. Canteneri Heydenreich Catal 

 (ab ochracea)," and has put it as an aberration under the Spanish and Portu- 

 guese race Tlmis rumiiia riimina, but he gives no type locality. 



In 1864 C. and R. Felder, Verh. K. K. Zool. Bot. Gesells. vol. xiv. p. 330. 

 No. 527, give a " var. Canteneri Heydenreich lin. litt. . . . Algeria," and quote 

 as type figure Lucas' T. rumina var. in the Expl. d'Alg. Zool. iii. p. 346. pi. 1. 

 f. 1. Now, it is a very moot point, as both Staudinger and the Felders quote as 

 the source of the name canteneri the same manuscript catalogue of Heydenreich 

 and Staudinger gives no type locality, while the Felders give Algeria, whether 

 the name canteneri ought not to be used for the Mauretanian form of rumina 

 instead of mauretanica Schultz. This can only be decided if the consensus of 

 opmion agrees as to which of these two authors is the real author of the name, 

 Staudinger by saying " ab. ochracea " and being considered to have fixed the 

 locality by placing it under the "forma Iberica," or the Felders by actually 

 quoting a type locality "Algeria" and by quoting a figure of an Algerian 

 specimen of the dark orange aberration. The series at Tring number 100. 



1 Algeria, Sandt coll. 

 22 Oran, AprU 1913, W. R., E. H. 



1 Santa Cruz, Oran, February 1906, Dr. Nissen. 

 45 Environs d'Alger (Hussein Dey, ilaison Carree, Femme Sauvage), 

 March— April 1905-1913, Dr. Nissen and Captam Holl. 



8 Hammam R'Uira, 4 April 1912, W. R. and K. J., and 2 ex larva (larvae 

 May 1908, VV. R. and K. J.), 1 emerged 1909 and the other 1910 at Tring ; 2 

 July 1916, Faroult. 



3 Blida les Glacieres, June 1908, W. R. and K. J. 

 12 Tlemcen, April 1913, W. R. and E. H. 

 1 larva Lac Fetzara, May 1909, W. R. and E. H. 



3 larvae, Hammam R'ihra, May 1911, W. R. and E. H. 



In the British Museum are : — 



1 <? Sebdou, Dr. Codet, 1880—1882. 



4 Tangier, Meade-Waldo. 



1 Bubana, March 1901, Meade-Waldo. 

 3 Tangier, Mr. Blackmore. 



I Mogador, Leech. (This has the black markings much reduced and the 

 yellow extended.) 



Mr. Meadc-Waldo in his article quotes only Tangier, February — April 1901, 

 Miss Fountaine quotes Teniet-el-Haad, May, June 1904, in addition to Hammam 

 R'ihra and Blida in April. Mr. Blachier gives only Tangier. 



