CHAMAESPHECIA. By M. Bartbl. 399 



Ch. chrysidiforniis Esj). (52 d). Forewing vermilion, the costal margin and the distal marginal line chrysidi- 

 black; median spot black, with rather broad vermilion outer border. Antenna above black-blue; palpi black- iormis. 

 blue with the end-segment yellowish. Frons mixed \nth yellow. Thorax black-blue, only wath a yellowish 

 shoulder-spot and slight yellomsh or reddish hair on the metathorax. Abdomen blue-black, segments 4, 6 and 

 in (J also 7 with whitish or yellowish posterior margins. Anal tuft of ^ red in the centre and striped with 

 red at the sides; in $ above red, black at the .sides and beneath. Anterior coxa black, yellowish and whitish 

 on outside. Tibiae and tarsi predominantly vermilion. — A $ in coll. Ragusa, Palermo, has hardly a trace 

 of the vitreous patches, the forewing therefore are scaled red above and beneath with the exception of the mar- 

 gins; the median spot is black above and entirely red beneath. — The following aberrations have received 

 names: ab. gallica Bartel has the antennae above pale yellow or whitish, only the apex being black, ah. galHca. 

 chalcocnemis Stgr., from Southern France, Albarracin, Southern Andalusia and Portugal, occurs in both sexes, chalco- 

 and has the fore\\'ing predominantly dark, the antennae black, the legs aenescent, and the abdomen either cnemis. 

 with a wliite hind margin to segment 4 or uniformly black-blue. ab.-9 nigripes le Cerf has the tarsi of all nigripes. 

 the legs black-blue, otherwise like the type-form. In ab. obturata le Cerf the outer vitreous patch of the forewing ohturata. 

 is entirely absent, the whole area between the dark outer border and the black median spot occupied by ver- 

 milion scaling, below by orange scaling; more common among the ^q than $$. In ab. joannisi le Cerf the ab- joannisi. 

 domen bears only a white belt on segment 4; everywhere among the type-form. ab. chalcocnemis-infusca clialcncne- 

 le Cerf. from Corsica, is like ab. chalcocnemis, but differs in the outer vitreous patch being absent and replaced mis-injusca. 

 by scaling dusted with red. — In Central and South- Western Germany, Southern England, Belgium, France, 

 T.ower Austria, Southern Hungary, Istria, Dalmatia, Italy, Portugal, Spain; the ab. chalcocnemis only in 

 Southern France and Iberia. The larva is yellowish wliite, ^\dth the dorsal vessel shining through, the head 

 and pronotal plate brown; lines in the stalks and rliizomes of Sorrel (Rumex acetosa and crispus), Artemisia 

 campestris and Helychrysum, causing the plants affected to wither and preventing them from flowering. Moth 

 from May to July, rests drowsily on flowers of Composites, Calendula and Rubus, and only swarms about the 

 flowers in bright sunshine; emerges at the lowest portion of the stem. 



Ch. lecerfi Oberth. According to Oberthtjk similar in fades to large specimens of chrysidiformis, of lecerfi. 

 slender shape, with the head, thorax, abdomen and legs entirely black. Forewing with the costal margin 

 and outer border black, the latter being tinged with red at the 4-partite vitreous patch. Median spot black, 

 edged with red on outside. The submedian space and the hind margin have a red tone. Fringes of both 

 wings black. Very characteristic is the very slender abdomen. — ■ Vernet-les-Bains (East Pyrenees), in the 

 spring, 1 <J. 



Ch. turanica Ersch. has the costal and cUstal borders of the forewing and the median spot black, the turanica. 

 spot not being edged with red. Hind margin and proximal portion of the distal area vermilion. Base of hind- 

 wing vermilion. Palpi black. Hind margin of head wliitisli. Abdomen blue-black, with yellow dorsal belt on 

 segment 4. Anal brush wliitish yellow in the centre. Hind tibia orange. ■ — Turkestan, May, and Pamir, se- 

 cond half of July, 9000 ft. Not known to me in nature. 



Ch. zimmermanni Led. (52 d). Forewing red-yellow, the costal margin and median band aenescent zimmer- 

 green, the latter indistinctly bordered with red-yellow. Outer vitreous patch consisting of 3 long spots; mar- n^«nm. 

 ginal line tliin and brown. Patagia with a yellowish shoulder-spot. Palpi, vertex, inner margins of the patagia - 

 and a thin median line on the thorax reddish yellow, partly golden yellow. Proboscis feebly developed. Abdomen 

 aeneous green, with yellowish dorsal belts on segments 2, 4, 6 and in cj also 7; on underside uniformly yellow 

 in (^, with yellowish belts on segments 4 and 6 in $. Anal tuft above red-yellow in centre and black at the sides 

 mixed with yellow hairs; beneath predominantly red-yellow in (J, almost completely black in $. Breast with 

 large yellow lateral spot near the wing-bases. Anterior coxa aeneous, yellow on outside; fore tibia yellow, the 

 other tibiae red-yellow; tarsi yellow, in $ blackish brown. Antennae black-blue, yellow outwardly. ■ — Speci- 

 mens from the Achal-Tekke district (Nuchur) have the red on the forewing paler and the longitudinal stripe of 

 the thorax purer white. — Widely distributed in Northern Persia, in June. 



Ch. chrysoneura Pilng. (50 i). "Expanse 16 mm. Near zimmermanni, much smaller. Forewing golden^cftryso- 

 yellow, distal border, costal margin and median spot black, longitudinal patch entirely covered with golden-"^"™* 

 yellow scaling, wedge-spot short, outer patch tripartite; margin of hindwing narrowly dark, proximally bounded 

 with yellow golden, veins and median spot golden yellow. Body slender, greenish black, palpi yellow with the 

 middle segment short-hairy, hair on vertex and edges of patagia yellow, antennae dark, with rather short cilia in 

 (J, hind leg yellow golden and black, abdomen in ^ with 4, in $ with 3 whitish, anteriorly yellowish belts, 

 on underside dvisted with yellow, anal brush narrow, dark, beneath golden yellow. ■ — Central Asia, Hi district, 

 1 (J, 2 9$ (RiJCKBEiL)". The above description was kindly sent me by Pungeler. 



Ch. oryssiformis H.-Schdff. (52 d). Forewing vermihon, with the costal and distal margins narrowly oryssi- 

 black and the median spot broad and black. The wedge-spot in the cell divided by a red vein ; the outer vitreous f"'^^- 

 patch traversed by one or two red veins. Hindwing with narrow brown-black margin, the spot of scales on 



