400 CHAMAESPHECIA. By M. Bartel. 



cross- vein black, broad and of even width; veins red. Body black, with a steel-green sheen. Antennae black. 

 Patagia, abdominal segments 4 — 6 above and beneath and the anal tuft entirely vermilion, segments 4 — 6 

 being thinly edged with black above. Anal tuft with a few steel-blue hairs at the sides. Mid and hind tibiae 

 vermilion, the latter black at the base. Sometimes the legs are entirely l)lack, only the tibiae being extended red 

 in the middle. The last three abdominal segments sometimes only with red hind margins variegated with 

 white scales. — Corsica, Sicily, in May. 

 seitzi. Ch. seitzi Piing. (= suprema Oberth.) (51 1). Related to oryssijormis H.-Schdff., as in the latter the fore- 



wing vermilion, with the costal edge narrowly black, often only extending to the centre, and the outer 

 margin broader and deep black, there being no vitreous spots. Median spot black, similar to that of oryssi- 

 formis. Hindwdng with cross-vein similarly incrassate by black scaling, the veins black, sometimes predominantly 

 red. and broader brown-black distal margin wliich is especially broad at the apex. Fringes darker greyish 

 black. While the underside of the forewing is vermilion in oryssiformis like the upperside, it is darkened with 

 smoke-brown in seilzi, only rarely being paler than above. Head black, theeyes brown, the antennae short, in J with 

 short cilia, the palpi elongate and black. Thorax and abdomen blue-black, patagia and anal half of the under- 

 side of the abdomen entirely red. The abdomen bears usually a red dorsal belt on segment 4, the anal brush 

 being black; or the last 3 (in ^ 4) segments as well as the anal brush quite red; in the $ the abdomen is 

 rarelj' quite black aboA^e with the anal brush red only in the centre. Legs blue-black, the tibiae frequently entirely 

 or partly red. In an aberrant (^ the red of the forewing above and of the abdomen beneath is stronglj^ 

 darkened. — Algeria (Lambessa, May to early July). Rests on Tithymalus atlanticus, in whose roots pre- 

 sumably the larva lives. 

 lahayei. Ch. lahayei Oherlh. (51 1). In facies similar to chrysidiformis, but most nearly related to seitzi and foeni- 



formis. The forewing with the costal margin and median spot black and the hind margin and distal area red. 

 The wedge-spot and the outer vitreous patch well developed. Hindwing with rather large black median spot 

 and, like the forewing, with black marginal band and black fringes. On the underside of the forewing the red 

 colouring replaced by brown-red. Body and antennae black. Patagia red, likewise the last 3 abdominal segments, 

 of which each is black anteriorly. Anal brush red, with some black hairs at the sides. On the ventral side the 

 posterior half red. Legs black, the tibiae red in the centre. Algeria (Ain Sefra, April; Biskra). ■ — Le Cerf 

 gives the following description of the J (Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1911 p. 243): Palpi black like the frons, eyes and 

 thorax; prothorax wdth a small vermilion spot on each side; patagia with vermilion inner border; the last 4 

 segments of the abdomen beiieath vermilion. Legs as in the 9 with black tibial spurs. — The oryssiformis-^ 

 differs from lahayei-^ as follows: forewing entirely vermihon without vitreous spots, the last 4 abdominal 

 segments red above, the palpi with traces of rusty red, tip of antenna indistinctly wliite, spurs of tibiae blacldsh, 

 and lastly the anal brush with small red bristles laterally. 

 foeniformis. Ch. foetiiformis H.-Schdff. (50 k, 62 e). $: Forewing according to Herrich-Schaffer without vitreous 



spots, red, with broad black costal border which is dilated triangularly posteriorly occupying the entire cell, 

 so that the black median spot is not separated. Distal margin with black border. Hindwing with the veins 

 broadly scaled with black-brown, the median spot broad and black and the distal border rather broad and brown. 

 Fore^ving beneath black with some small red spots in the distal area; iiindwing darker than above. Body 

 black-blue. Head beneath with some red scales. Patagia inwardly with red hair. Abdominal segment 4 poste- 

 riorly with a thin red belt, the thin hind edge itself being whitish; segments 4 and 6 margined with red at the 

 sides; on underside the last 3 or 4 segments entirely vermilion. Anal brush red with black sides, or entirely 

 red. Legs black; mid and hind tibiae red on outer side. A $ in coll. Philipps (Cologne) (50 k) perhaps belongs 

 here; the vitreous spots of the forewing are vestigial; the wedge-spot is short and divided by a dark line 

 and the outer vitreous patch composed of 3 very narrow spots. Black costal margin of forewing of uniform 

 width, as is also the distinctly prominent median spot. — The ^ (50 k) which presumably also belongs to 

 this species is entirely different ; it is before me from coll. Ragttsa. The costal margin is broadly black, broader 

 than in chrysidiformis; median spot broad, black (without a red border on outside). The wedge-spot well devel- 

 oped and traversed by a red vein; the outer vitreous patch small, divided by 2 red veins. Marginal band 

 of forewing and especially of the hindwing narrower; median spot of the latter thinner. On the underside the 

 outer area of the forewing almost entirely red. Anal tuft black, above and beneath vermilion in the centre. 

 — Sicily (Rucazzo, Pedogni, Monticelli, Noco, Ficuzza), in June. 

 margiana. Ch. margiana PttM^r. (50 k). "Expanse 22 mm. 'Near foeniformis H.-Schdff. Forewing narrow, entirely 



scaled, golden red, distal margin, costal margin with the exception of the basal third, and the median spot black, 

 hindwing with the median spot dark, broad and of even width, and the veins partly reddish. Body slender, 

 elongate, greenish black, palpi yellowish, hair of the middle segment long but not dense, likewise the ciha of 

 the dark and thin antenna, hind tibia with broad whitish belt, abdomen with 4 whitish belts wliich are open 

 beneath, anal tuft narrow, dark, beneath yellowish white. — Transcaspia, Merv (Antiochia Margiana of the 

 ancients), 3 (5'cJ". • Type in coll. POngeler, who was kind enough to send me the above description. 



'^I^wl' ^^' *^'^*'*^''''^ormis //6w. (52e). Thesmallestof the red-winged species: expanse 15— 17 mm. Wings vermihon, 



with the base black and the narrow costal border green-black. Median .spot black, with red border on each side. 

 A\ edge-spot vestigial ; outer vitreous patch only consisting of 3 small sjjots. IMstal border relatively broader, not deep 



formis. 



