390 DIPSOSPHECIA. By M. Bartel. 



broad. Body entirely black, only the apical portion of the inside of the fore tibia yellowish. — Samarkand. 



tristisi D. tristis Stgr. Differs from azonos Led. (52 d) in that the outer vitreous patch of the forewing is 



almost square; it is transsected by 3 black veins as in azoyios. The scaled parts of the forewing irrorated 

 with small yellowish scales. Middle segment of palpi with rather long hair and above with a yellowish stripe. 

 Body likewise entirely black. Cross-vein of laindwing not scaled posteriorly and much less incrassate anteriorly 

 than in anthraciformis and vidua. — North-Western Chinese Mongolia (Uljassutai). 



" jakuta. D- jakuta Herz. Glossy blue-black with a feebly yellomsh sheen on the last abdominal segment; 



anal tuft yellow beneath. Palpi yellow, with long black hair on the middle segment. On the black forewing 

 hind margin and cellule la scaled red-yellow; the wedge-spot short, outer vitreous patch 4-partite, median 

 spot outwardly with orange spot, a band before the outer margin likewise orange, beneath with a more gol- 

 den sheen. Hindwing with narrow black distal border, very thin orange-yellow scaled cross-vein, and vein 1 b 

 suffused with a brownish tint. On underside the costal and liiud margins of the forewing dusted with glossy 

 golden scaling, as are also the hind margin and veins of the hindwing. Antenna slightly dentate and strongly 

 ciiiate. Femora blue-black, the lower half of the tibiae orange-yellow, with yellowish spurs; tarsi yellow. Thorax 

 and breast black. Easily distinguished from the antirely black species by the distally orange-bordered median 

 spot of the forewing, the yellow palpi, and the red-yellow hind and distal borders of the forewing. — Lena 

 district (Ytak-haja, July, 1 <J). 



xantho- D- xanthosticta Hamps. Expanse 18 mm {(^). Fore\ving black, with a hyaline wedge-patch in the 



siicta. cell edged with yellow, and a yellow patch beyond the cell, the veins crossing it black. Hindwing hyaline, the 

 base and costa slightly yellow; the veins, outer margins and fringes black. Palpi dark above, j^ellow below; 

 frons black and surrounded by yellow. Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen black, the abdomen with a yellow- 

 dorsal patch on first segment and a yellow sublateral line. Legs black, with some yellow on femora and tibiae. 

 — The species is unknown tome and cannot be placed with certainty from the original description; it agrees 

 perhaps best with the entirely black species, such as vidua, tristis, etc. Kashmir. 



gruneri. D. gfuneri Stgr. (52 a). Forewing black, with a small red dot beyond the cross-vein, but without red 



spot at the base and without red hindmarginal streak. Abdomen blue-black, with a short yellow dorsal 

 belt on posterior portion of segment 2; segment 4 above entirely yellow with the exception of a narrow 

 anterior margin. Anal tuft laterally mixed with yellow. The legs bear a brush of bristly hair at the apices of 

 the tibiae. — Amasia and Northern Persia. 



lurcmena.' ^' turcmena spec. nov. (50 i). Expanse 30 mm ($). Forewing very long as compared with the body, 



the colour of red lead, with black base, narrow black costal border (slightly widened in centre) and broad brown 

 outer area. Median spot broad, black, densely covered with red scales, longitudinal patch absent, wedge-spot 

 large, outer vitreous patch slightly indicated by the scaling being thinner, the median band therefore joining 

 the outer area. Hindwing with the border dark brown and anteriorly somewhat broadened, black base, and 

 strongly incrassate, posteriorly pointed, dark cross-vein. Underside of wings darker, the orange colouring 

 duller. Head covered with ochreous hair; the frons dark, and the palpus ochreous with black base. Hind 

 edge of head ochreous; antenna red-yellow, above black before the tip. Collar black-blue. Mesothorax worn, 

 the patagia apparently entirely red-lead-colour with yellow shoulder-spot. Metathorax and the stout abdomen 

 black-blue, glossy aeneseent green; anal segment above golden yellow. Fore coxa orange, femora blue-black, 

 tibiae red-yellow with blue-black rings at base and apex, tarsi dull yellow, the liind tarsi lighter yellow. Pro- 

 boscis aborted. — Easily distinguished from all the allied species by the light antenna, ochreous palpi, ochreous 

 hair of the head, blue-black abdomen with yellow doraum of last segment, red-dusted black median spot of the 

 forewing, and the only slightly indicated outer vitreous patch. Transcaspia (Aschabad), 1 $. Type in coll. 



PUNGELEB. 



Now foUow.s a .second group of species which have tlie abortion of tlie proboscis in comiiKin with the Dipsospheda, 

 Inil differ essentially from that genus m both sexes having completely staled foiewing. 



lengyrie- D. tengyraeformis H.-Schdff. (51 c). Forewing vermilion (duller red in r^), with the base and a small 



formis. spot at the apex of cell black, the colouring beyond this spot gradually shading into black, so that the distal 

 marginal area is extended black, only being dusted with a few red scales. Hindwing vitreous, with the outer 

 border narrow^ black, only being somewhat broader at the apex, the veins dark, the spot on the cross-vein 

 black. Underside of wings dark, only slightly suffused with a reddish tone at the base of the forering. Body 

 entirely blue-black. Antennae brownish excepting the black apex; above black, in the $ with a reddish suf- 

 fusion. Palpi with long and erect hair, either entirely black (in Mesopotamian specimens) or mixed with 3rellow 

 hair. Anal tuft abov^e yellow in the centre, in $ uniformly black. Legs likewise deep black, only the fore 

 tibia %vith small yellow tufts of hair on inside at the apex. — Only known from North-Eastern and Central 

 Asia Minor, Taurus Mts. and Mesopotamia; end of June. 



fervida. D. fervida Led. (61 c). Forewing predominantly vermilion, more j^ellow-red in the outer area; base 



