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TARAGAMA. By Dr. K. Gbunberg. 



rusty yellow. Forewing of ,^ dark reddish brown, of 9 grey, with whitish fringes blackened at the anal angle. 

 The typical form only f)ceurs in Southern Spain and Morocco, where it i.s however very abundant. The only 

 aegyijliaca. other known form, aegyptiaca Bang-H. (29 b), from Northern Egj^t (Port Said, Cairo) is smaller, the forewing 

 broader and more regularly rounded at the anal angle, lighter in the (J, the large dark brown spot absent, or 

 much reduced, the subraarginal band more sharply curved inwards. $ greyish yellow, suffused with broAvnish, 

 deviating still more strongly than the ^•, marginal area with irregularly diffuse wliitish j'ellow band, which 

 is much more conspicuous than the rust-coloured spots of the typical form. — The young larva is at first black 

 with two long tufts of hair on segment!, without any markings except a few very indistinct reddish dots, but 

 after each change of skin the markings become more prominent. When full-grown the larva is bluish ashy 

 grey with darker dorsal stripe edged with whitish and broadened on each segment in the shape of an escut- 

 cheon. On each side of this stripe on segments 4 to 11 two bright orange warts bearing brownish and black 

 hairs, the anterior warts larger than the posterior ones. Hairs of body dorsally short and black, laterally long, 

 yellow, being especially long on the lateral warts of the thoracical segments. The transverse swellings on seg- 

 ments 1 and 3 in their anterior half deep black, densely covered with reddish white bristles, and divided by a 

 light longitudinal streak. Stigmata white edged with black. Underside yellow Nvith broad black longitudinal 

 stripe which encloses a yellowish spot on segments 4 to 11. Larva from the autumn until May or June, on 

 species of Genista and Spartium, also on Pistachio and Tamarisk. Pupa glossy black, with reddish brown 

 hair, in a whitish or yellowish grey, long fusiform, rather dense and firm cocoon, attached to thin twigs. Moth 

 from January to September, in two broods. 



alphcrakyi. J, alpherakyi Christ. (30 b). Closely allied to repnnda. as yet only known in the q. Forewing more 



elongate and pointed than in repinda; light greyish brown with broad, deep dark brown, median band sharply 

 edged with white on both sides. Inner margin whitish yellow from the base to the inner edge of the band. 

 Hindwing dark red-brown with a small whitish yellow spot at the anal angle. Fringes of both wings white. 

 Head and thorax yellowish white, also on the underside, patagia reddish brown, abdomen also reddish brown 

 with white anal hairs. Persia (Shahrud). Larva pale reddish grey with long tufted lateral hair, especially on 

 the thoracical segments; from segment 4 with diffuse blackish dorsal and lateral stripe. The girdle-shaped 

 spot on segments 2 and 3 velvet}^ black, also hairy, divided in the middle, the anterior half on each side bright 

 reddish brown. On segments 4 to 11 respectively two white warts edged with blackish bearing longer hairs. 

 Underside reddish yellow, segments 4 to 11 with a dark brown double spot, and before it a yellowish spot or 

 streak. Larva full-grown in June, moth in July. Pupa and cocoon not described. 



primi- T. primigenum Stgr. Only the $ known, perhaps the other sex of T. alpherakyi ( '. ). Head and thorax 



genum. brownish white, patagia without light edge; body otherwise as in T. repanda. Forewing brown suffused with 

 violet, with small white basal dot, the dark discal spot and the white costal marginal spot absent. The outer 

 band very thin and obsolescent, only distinct in the anterior half, indicated by a dark smear at the distal mar- 

 gin; on the underside it is broader and of even width to beyond the middle of the wing. Hindwing lighter, 

 pale brownish, with a rather obsolescent whitish median band. Ferghana. Larva and pupa not described. 



shcpiduiii. T. stupidum Stgr. (30 b). Allied to T. repanda. In the (^ the forewing somewhat narrower, the hind- 



wing more pointed, more triangular, with almost rectangular anal angle and incurved outer margin. The white 

 basal .spot rather indistinct, the inner light transverse band somewhat more distinct than in repanda, the outer 

 one sharp and less curved, the dark brown median spot very sharply defined and on the posterior half of the 

 wing extending shghtly beyond the outer hue. Hindwing dirty greyish brown, with very indistinct, obsoles- 

 cent, lighter outer band. Body brownish grey, patagia dark brown, but on account of the darker colour of the 

 body less piominent than in repanda. ? very similar to that of repanda. larger and darker brown, but the hind- 

 wing much lighter, whitish, only a median band and the distal margin dark brown, the underside also lighter, 

 the outer white band of the forewing continuous or interrupted ; the wliite costal marginal spot much weaker. 

 Tiie body lighter, dirty white. Us.suri district (Vladivostock). also in India. Early stages not yet known. 



acaciae. T. acaciae Klug (29 b). A very beautiful brightly coloured species, white to yellowish grey and whitish 



grey in colour, the liindwing being lightest and unicolorous vnth the exception of the blackish anal angle, the 

 forewing with a tooth-hke projection formed of scales beyond the centre of the inner margin. Forewing with black 

 sickle-shaped discal spot and broad blackish grey-brown median band, being irregularly incurved, especially distal- 

 ly, and having a glossy white outer edge. Beyond it a bright ochreous submarginal band also irregular, only con- 

 tinuous in the costal lialf, where it is often very dark. Fringes between the veins blackish. Upper Egj^Dt. The 

 larva lives on Acacia. Egg white with dark brown spot at one pole and a broad band of brown spots in the 

 same half. Larva reddish brown, with dark brown head, lateral warts with long, tuft-like, grey hairs, these 

 being especially long on the thoracical segments. The girdle-shaped patches on segments 2 and 3 black with 

 hairs of the same colour. Segments 4 to 11 with dark brown median stripe, widened on each segment; also 

 each with two small bright red wards, wliich are only longer on the last segment. Pupa dark brown, in a wliit- 

 ish grey spindle-shaped cocoon attached to the food-plant. Egj'pt. 



