( 520 ) 



of liiiiclwiiif; sliortly stalked, K- holnrc contre of cell, lower angle of cell acuminate. 

 D* less than lialf the length of ])•'. 



<S. Sexual armature nearly exactly tlie same as in Am]tcloph(i(j<i ndtigitiom, 

 the two i)rocesses of the j)enis-8heath thiimer, not dentate. 



?. Vaginal plate very feebly chitinised, shaped as in AmpelojilKu/d. Eighth 

 tcrgitc see PI. XLI. f. ]:{. 



Larva as in Amjx'loiilitK/n, Amjx'loci-n, and Dara/iAa^ strongly tapering in front; 

 green or brown, with jialc dorso-latenil line, and below this pale oblique bands. — 

 Food-plant : 1 7^/.s'. 



Pupa dotted witli brown on the wing-ca^es, legs, antenna, and tongue 

 (not seen). 



Hal), Syria ; Mesopotamia ; Persia. 



One sjx'cies. 



430. Berutana syriaca. 



n,;!r/Jiil,i .-7//'iV(f(i Lederer, Verh. Z,>ol. Hot. Ges. Wh'ii v. p. 195. t. 2. f. 9 (1855) (Beirut). 



c? ? . This species bears a close resemblance to Darapsa pholus; the inner 

 edge of the discal band of the forewing is. however, not straight, but concave 

 before middle. Some individuals are much more tawny than others ; there is 

 also obvious variation in size. 



Hab. Syria ; Mesopotamia ; Persia. 



Two subspecies : 



ri. B. si/riaca syriaca. 



Dfihpliiht syrktca Lederer, I r. ; Staud. & Wocke, Cat. Lep. p. 16. n. 21 (1861) ; iid., l.o. ed. ii. p. ?n. 



n. 478 (1871) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Groxxnchm. ii. p. 139 (1900) (Beirut, E. vii. viii.). 

 Erery.r nyriacnx, Schaufuss, Niiiiq. Ot/os. i. p. 20 (1870). 

 Otus syriarii.i, Butler, I.e. p. 545. n. 1 (1877). 



Chaerociimpa x>/riara, Weism., ed. Meldola, Sliid. Thnrji Deai'. p. 191. t. 9. f, 29 (1882) (larva). 

 MetopKiUi^ (.*■) '^ynarrn, Kirby, Oil. Lip. Ihl. i. p. 660. n. 2 (1892). 

 Mrto/mlw ni/riwK.i, Staudingev & Rebel, dil. Lip. ed. iii. p. 104. n. 762 (1901) (Syr. ; Palaestina : 



Antioohia). 



(S ? . Band and lines of forewing distinct ; distal margin sometimes almost 

 even, the teeth being barely indicated. <? jialer than ?. 

 Jfab. Syria. 

 In the Tring Museum 2 hirvae, lA c?c?, lo ? ? from Beirut. 



b. B. .«i/riiiiyi /,'Ot.sc/,i// (PI. VI. f. 4, c?, fi/pc). 



*Di-,h'philii b,UcIii/i Kollar. De,d:<r!ir. K. K. .U: Wi«». Wien. Miilh. Xat. CI. i. p. 53. n. 11 (1850) 



(Schiraz ; — Mup. Vienna). 

 Clioeroraiupii kutscJii/i, Boisduval, S^jer. Hi'n. Li'p. Ilet. i. p. 234. n. 11 (1875). 

 Then-Ira koUchyi, Kirby, Cut Lep. Hit. i. p. 654. n. 49 (1892). 

 Mttopxilus .•'i/riarii.'i var. nuiriliiiii Staudiiiger, io Staud. & Reb., Cut. Lep. ed. iii. p. 104. sub n. 762. 



(1901) (Mardin, Mesopotamia). 



cJ. Much larger tlian the ])receding ; wings not obviously denticulate. Per- 

 haps distinct. 



Ifab. Persia ; Mesojwtamia. 



