156 [M^^y- 



in Europe, but the name should probably only be given to those Central Asiatic 

 examples which agree with Hiibner's figure in having a very pale ground colour 

 with all the markings indistinct. 



Ab. carneago Warren. A newly named form described as " pink, only basal 

 and terminal areas faintly greyish, the markings very faint and the fringe pink." 

 Not British and not represented in Herr Piingeler's collection. A figure is given, 

 but as there is no indication as to whether it is a local form it is not much help ; 

 it would pass as typical ocellaris. It may refer to the Algerian " ab. rubra " 

 mentioned below. 



Algerian forms. In the early part of 1914 Messrs. Staudinger and Bang- 

 Haas sent me specimens of forms ot ocellaris from Batna, which Herr Staudinger 

 subsequently stated had been carefully compared with the insects in his 

 grandfather's collection from Avhich his father had described them. The same 

 insects appeared in Herr Piingeler's collection and in the National Collection 

 under different specific and varietal names as set forth in the following table, 



Staudinger. Piingeler. Nat. Coll. 



1 Ocellaris ab. lineago 



foi'ma rubra = Ocellaris ab. rubra. Not represented. 



2 Ocellaris ab. lineago = Palleago 442 ab. 



austauti form = Palleago 192 ab. algirica. 



3 Palleago 442 ab. austauti = Palleago 442 



ab. a^cstauti = Palleago 192 ab. austauti. 



[Palleago Hb. 442 = Erythrago Warren, a good species. 

 Palleago Hb. 192 = Ocellaris type and lighter-than-type.] 



Herr Piingeler was of the opinion that the three insects were forms 

 of one species, which was not palleago = erythrago. 



( To be continued.) 



STUDIES IN HELOPHORINI. 



BT D. SHARP, M.A., F.R.S. 



5.— THE TBICHELOPHORI. 



Eutrichelophorus, as constituted below, includes the forms approxi- 

 mating to the Empleuri ; indeed, its species so resemble those of the 

 terrestrial group as to have been confounded therewith. Unfortunately, 

 we know nothing as to their habits, but their structures (like those of 

 the genus Empleurus) would seem to indicate an amphibious life. 



TrichelopJiorus is not really closely allied, and is apparently as 

 aquatic in habits as any other of the HelopJiorini. 



