PROCRIS. By Dr. K. Jordan-. 7 



feebly glossy. Upperside of wings blackish l)rown. forewiiig slightly purple. — Riviera, Italy, S. E. Europe, 

 Caucasus and Asia ]\Iinor. — Larva on Vitis, said to occur sometimes in such quantities as to become m- 

 jurious; two broods, the first feeding on the young shoots, the second on the leaves. 



P. pruni has in the o" strongly pectinated antennae, the jiectinations lying close together and being 

 densely scaled: in the ? the antenna is distinctly dentate and densely scaled also below at the sides. The 

 clasper of the cf is distally strongly dilated and truncate, the lower apical angle being more or less tooth- 

 like; the clasper bears near the base a long process. The 7. abdominal sternite of the ? is emarginate. 

 Upperside of head, thorax and forewing mostly slightly green, sometimes glossy green or blue; underside 

 of abdomen much more glossy than upper. — Larva above more yellow, laterally more grej-, bearing red 

 dots near the warts. On Prunus and Clalluna, occurring in spring, rather commonly in some places. From 

 France to China and Japan, in several slightly differentiated geographical races; not in Great Britain. — 

 The European specimens, which are the original pruni Schiff. d- Dm. (\ c), have the forewing usually sUghWy pruni. 

 green, rarely blue. — As amasina H. S. (1 c) specimens have been described from Amasia and recorded amas/na. 

 from other places of Asia Jlinor. This is a small form with a slightly coppery brown forewing which is 

 green at the base. — tristis Breni. (Ic), from Amurland and Korea, is a dark form which has little green tristis. 

 on the forewing. — esmeralda Bf/r. (Id), from Japan, is on the whole more green than the preceding. — esmeralda. 

 Chinensis Feld. (Ic), of which the author described both sexes, is represented in the Felder collection by Mnensis. 

 two very much worn ??. This form has the forewing strongly glossy green-blue. Ning-po; in the British 

 Museum fresh specimens from North China. 



P. elegans Pouj. (id). Antenna green-blue, feebly glossy, in the & with moderately long pectina- elegans. 

 tions, those of the distal segments being short, in ? the pectinations short, the distal segments being dentate. 

 Body without gloss. Wings smoky, transparent, without metallic gloss; cell of forewing truncate, M' close 

 to the angle. Clasper of o^ broad, bearing a large black tooth at the base. — West China; Amur (a pair 

 received from ilessrs. STAUDiN'tfEu & Banh-Haas). 



P. Chloros is distributed from Austria to Asia Minor. Head, thorax and underside of abdomen 

 strongly glossy. Upperside of forewing densely scaled green or yellowish green or bluish, rarely brownish 

 with green base, the base being usually much more strongly glossy than the remainder of the wing. 

 Teeth of the two penultimate antennal segments of cf short and fused. Clasper of cf apically broadlv 

 rounded, the edge being distinctly incrassate at the lower angle; at the base a dagger-shaped, setiferous, 

 straight process which is directed backwards. — The first-described form, chloros Hiihn. (1 d), inhabits S. E. chloros. 

 Europe. The specimens with somewhat yellowish forewing and bright green base are ab. sepium Boisd. sepium. 

 (Id); they occur in the Southern and Eastern districts of the area inhabited together with the individuals 

 which have almost uniformly green forewings. — chloronota Stgv. (Id), trom the Taurus, has a brownish diloronota. 

 forewing with green base ; this form , which I know only from the description , resembles apparently very 

 closely P. pruni amatiina. Does it belong here? 



P. tenuicornis Zcll. (Id) is very similar to the preceding species, but the upperside of the forewing temiicomis. 

 is no more glossy metalUc than the remainder of the wing. The structure of the clasper is not known to 

 me. — Hungary; Italy; S. E. Europe. 



P. cirtana is one of the smallest species. The pectinations of the antenna of cT are long and 

 apically broad and are mostly lying as close together as in pruni. Body and forewing either brown with little 

 metallic gloss , or glossy green or blue. Clasper of cf ventrally almost evenly emarginate from base to 

 apex, no basal process, apex feebly bisinuate, the upper angle somewhat projecting. The species occurs in 

 N. W. Africa and again in Central Asia . and is perhaps also represented in South Europe. — The North 

 African form, cirtana Luc. (Id), has very strong antennae. The specimens with glossy blue forewing axe cirtana. 

 ab. bakeri Kirhii (= orana Baker) (le): they occur together with brown and green individuals. Morocco; imlieri. 

 Algiers. — The Asiatic subspecies, recorded from Samarkand and Margelan, is ambigua Stgr. (le); it differs ambigua. 

 from the preceding only in the slenderer antenna, the pectinations being less Jjroad and standing more 

 widely apart. 



P. incerta Stgr. (le) is dark green on upperside of body and forewing and has very httle gloss, incerta. 



Hindwing feebly transparent, ^vith an indistinct greenish tint. Clasper of cT obli({uely truncate at apex, 



especially distinguished by a tooth which is placed below the lower angle, projecting inwards and being 

 curved a little basad. — Fergana; Kuldja. 



P. SOlana Stgr. (le) is very similar to the previous in colour, but the forewing is on the \v\\o\e solana. 

 more glossy and the clasper of d" bears no tooth. Besides, the 7. abdominal sternite of the & is a little pro- 

 duced and mesially incised; in the ? the segment in front of the vaginal cavity is emarginate. — Fergana: 

 Osh; Tura; Kuldja; Baldshuan. 



