438 NOVTTATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIV. 1917. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ARCTIID BY DR. H. C. NISSEN. 



Apantesis else spec. nov. 



T^TFFERS from A. dido Wagn. in the darker brown of the forewings and in 

 ^^^ the larger pale spots, which are more cream white, not bright yellow. The 

 hindwings are less uniform red than in dido, and paler, being somewhat mixed 

 with yellow as in many .4. oherthuri. It differs from A. oberthnri in being less 

 blackish brown on the forewing. One specimen taken has the postmedian 

 costal and inner marginal patches joined to form a band as in A. oberthnri ; the 

 rest have all spots separate as in A. dido. 



Habitat. Tala-Rana, Grand Kabylie, Algeria, May 1917. 

 [The discovery of this form, which is intermediate between dido and ober- 

 thnri, proves my contention that they are both subspecies of the same species. 

 I am sure that somewhere in the Province of Oran or in Jlorocco the inter- 

 mediate form between oberthnri and the Portuguese race of .4. fasciata will also 

 be found, which will then prove what I have stated, viz. that dido, oberthnri, 

 esperi, and pyrenaica are all subspecies of Apantesift fasciata. Mr. Oberthur, 

 in his Etudes Comparees, says that Wagner does not state where he got his dido. 

 Under the description on pp. 209, 210, it is true, no locality is given ; but in the 

 faunal notes on p. 207 Wagner definitely says he got dido in the vicinity of 

 " Bone." — Rothschild.] 



