ZYGAENA, EPIZYGAENA. By Dr. A. Seitz. — References of llic original descriptions of the Palaearctic etc. 31 



to shade tlian all the other I'uiiiets. They are easy to catch and as they usually close the wings resignedly 

 in the net , they are also more easily brought home undamaged than their congeners. The abundance in 

 which they a]i]iear at their flight-places is often astoundingiy great. 



Z. cocandica h'rsch. (7g). A very remarkable form with \enow spots on the forewing, only the cocandica. 

 basal ones being shaded with red, the insect bearing at first glance some resemblance to the following 

 forms. Occurs in Fergana, where it appears to be rather widely distributed and vei'y common. Like many 

 s]iecies of that country it has sometimes an entirel\- red abdomen: karategini Gr.-Grsh., from Buchara. — karategini. 

 As ab. conserta Ch-.-Gvalt., from the Pamii-, with considerably more red, the insect ap))roaches the frasini-growp. conserta. 



26. Genus : HlpiKyg-aeiia 'l'>y<h 



For the following insects, which extend into the Indo-Australian fauna, Jordan proposes this genus 

 in the II. Volume of our work; they differ from the true Zygaenae especially in the hindtibia bearing only 

 one pair of spurs instead of two pairs. Kihdy had already placed some Eplzi/gacnn, namely^ caschmirmMH 

 and (indh-u, into the otherwise entirely African genus Zutidha, while Hampson dealt witli them as true 

 Zi/f/aena. They deviate indeed also in colour from the Zijf/aenne, which have a very uniform pattern. 



Z. afghana Moore (8fl. In asjiect similar to the ])receding forms, but the antenna verj' long, afghana. 

 The spots of the forewing and the hindwing dull rosy red. In Iran; leaching fai-fhest towards south, 

 traversing the border of the Oriental fauna, into which it extends for a considerable distance. 



Z. caschmirensis. Recognizable by the white tips of the antenna, the 5 pale yellow spots of the 

 forewing and the deep purple red hindwing, which is traversed in the centre by black bands. In the name- 

 typical caschmirensis f\oU. (8k) this black band of the hindwing is simple, being sometimes interrupted in casch- 

 tlie centre. — In asoka Moore (8k) the band is double, the black margin being sometimes also so strongl}- ""''^''^'s- 

 dilated that the red ground-colour is reduced to some median spots. In this form the tips of the antenna "^'^ "' 

 are not distinctly white. Both forms occur in Kashmir, extending from there into India. A further form. 

 eri/t/irosoma Hamps., is ajiparently restricted to the Indian fauna. 



Appendix. 



19. Genus: Phacusa (p. Kl): 



Larva (of crairfurdi, Java) black, with 4 rows of brown warts, which bear brushes of white bristles. 

 The moths remind one in aspect of Syntomids with vitreous spots. 



P. djreuma (therth. |8i). Head and antennae glossy green, abdomen black, with fierj' red gloss, djreuma. 

 Wings transparent, the veins, distal margins and the bases blackish. — Tse-kou. in West China. 



•25. Genus: Zygaena (p. 18): 



The home of Z. f/urda is the envirous of the port of Mersina in Asia Minor, not ^lessina, as is stated 

 on p. 23 in consecpience of a typographical error. 



Z. aurata B/achler is a form of favoiiia A\ith glossy brass-j'ellow ground-colour: disco\-ered in aumta. 

 Julv in the Maroccan Atlas. 



Alphabetical List 



with references to the original descriptions of the Palaearetic Zygaenidae enumerated above. 



* denotes tliat the insect is also figured in tlie place i[uoted. 



achilleae Zyg;. Esp. Eur. Schmett. II, p. 189*. albarracina Zyg. Stgr. Bed. Ent. Zg. 1887, p. 41. 



achilleoides Zyg. Wagn. Soc. Ent. XIX, p. 149. albicans Zyg. Stgr. Cat. Lep. Eur. Ed. II, p. 22. 



aeacus Zyg. Esp. Eur. Schmett. 33. I albofascia "Art. Leech. Trans. Ent. Soc. L. 1898, p. 399. 



aedea Eter. L. Amoen. Acad. VI, p. 403. albomacula Clelea Leech. Trans. Ent. Soc. L. 1898, p. 329. 



aegerioides Art. Wlkr. Cat. Lep. Het. XXXI, p. 80. algarbiensis Zyg. Christ. Mitt. Sciiweiz. Ent. VIII, p. JOl. 



aemilia Zyg. Favre. Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. X, )). 36. algira Z\ g. Dnp. Leji. II, p. 86 *. 



aerea Pnur. Gr.-Grsh. Ann. Mus. St. Pet. VII, p. 197. allardi Zyg. Oberth. Et. d'Ent. Ill, p. 41 *. 



afghana Epizyg. Moore. Cat. Lep. E. I. Mns. II. p. 286*. alpherakyi Chalc. Leech. Trans. Ent. Soc. L. 1898, p. 345. 



