GHAMAESPHEOIA. By M. Bartel. 40S 



weaker and sometimes almost absent. Easily distinguished from loewii by the distal marginal area of the fore- 

 wmg not bearmg yellow scaling above and beneath, and the antennae being yellowish brown. Pontus and 

 Taurus, middle of June to middle of July. — The form fallax Stgr. differs in the terminal area of the forewing iallax. 

 beuig broad and golden yellow traversed by the feebly black vems, the costal and hind margins of the forewing, 

 as well as the vems of the hmdwing being suffused with gold yellow. The golden yellow colouring is even 

 stronger on the underside. Antennae entii'ely brownish yellow (without black apex). The yellow belts of ab- 

 dominal segments 4 and 6 considerably broader. From Syria (Beyrut), and questionably also from Northern Persia. 



Ch. doryceraeformis Led. (51 g). Forewmg golden yellow at the costal, hind and distal margms, with dorycerac- 

 the exception of the dark median band. Longitudinal patch distinct in (J, absent in $; outer hyaline patch /o""*-«- 

 4-partite, but the first spot usually entirely covered with yellow scales. Marginal line narrow, dark brown. 

 Transverse band of forewing beneath black, its outer half yellow, sometimes the band entirely black. Face 

 whitish, eyes bordered with white. Palpi whitish yellow, the basal segment white. Collar yellow. Antennae 

 blue-black, entirely golden yellow on outside, with short cilia in (J. Thorax with yellow median stripe and yellow- 

 inner edges to the patagia; shoulder-.spot distmctly yellow. Abdomen bright golden yellow, with sharply defined 

 black belts which are continuous on underside, and are broader in the $. Anal tuft golden yellow, in (^ the 

 extreme lateral angles mixed with black ; in $ with deep black lateral stripe. Anterior coxa whitish yellow ; femora 

 yellow striped with black; tibiae and tarsi golden yellow, the former with mdistinct blackish subajiical ring. 



— North-Eastern Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia, end of June and early July. Distinguished from the allied 

 species by the golden yellow forewing bearing a black median band, the median stripe of the thorax, the golden 

 yellow abdomen with black belts, and the nearly entirely golden yellow anal brush. 



Ch. regula Stgr. (52 b). Always much smaller than doryceraeformis and not golden yellow on the regula. 

 forewing, but dull brownish yellow. Longitudmal patch of ^J only vestigial. Median band not deep black, but 

 suffused with brownish yellow. Outer vitreous patch longer than high, consisting of 3 or 4 small .spots. 

 Cross-vein of hindwing not so much incrassate as in the previous species, but its scaling rather narrow, nearly 

 as in empiformis. Colouring brownish ; frons and palpi yellowish white, sometimes almost white, or light brownish 

 yellow. Abdomen uniformly brown-yellow, with obsolescent dark belts, which are not so deep black and sharply 

 defined as in doryceraeformis. Venter light brown or brownish yellow, sometimes dirty white-yellow in ^ (as 

 is sometimes also the case on upperside). Anal tuft laterally with a few blackish hair. Fore coxa browni.sh 

 white or pale brownish yellow; legs light brownish; tibiae with vestiges of dark rings. — Mesopotamia 

 (Mardin, end of June, early Jvily). 



Ch. leucoparea Led. Slender, with narrow wings. Expanse 15 — 16 mm.*^ Costal margin, transverse leueopnrea. 

 band and hind margm of forewing brown, the hind margin dusted with golden yellow, and the median band 

 slightly edged with golden yellow on outside. Distal area gold-colour, brownish towards the margin. The 

 wedge-.spot small, the outer hyalme patch rounded, only traversed by 2 brownish veins. The distal border 

 of the hindwing narrow and brown, and the cross-vein anteriorly mcrassate. Forewmg beneath almost entirely 

 covered with yellow on the scaled portions. Body blue-black; frons, antennae and palpi pale golden yellow, the 

 palpi blackish on outside. Eyes anteriorly bordered with glossy yellowish white. Patagia with pale golden 

 yellow or whitish mner border. On the metathorax at each side a yellowish tuft of hair. Abdominal segments 

 2, 4, 6 and in ^ also 7 with golden yellow belts, which are broader beneath and continuous. Anal tuft black 

 in $, only edged with yellow at the sides, in S the centre and sides narrowly yellow. Legs golden yellow, 

 with mmute black spots. — Allied to loewii, but smaller and slenderer, and differing also in the outer area of 

 the forewing being golden, the median band exteriorly edged with yellow, the hind margin yellow, and in the ab- 

 dominal belts and anal tuft being different. — Northern Persia (Astrabad and Shahrud). 



Ch. aurifera Rom. The scaled portions of the forewmg dusted with golden yellow, the median^band aurifera. 

 deep brown-black, wedge-shaped, margmed on outside with yellow or copper-brown or violett. The longitu- 

 dinal patch absent in both sexes; outer hyalme patch present, but small. Base and veins m the central and 

 distal areas of the hindwing scaled yellow. Head golden yellow. The antennae black, dusted with yellow 

 scales and in (J bearing short dark grey cilia; the basal segment very short, incrassate, yellow beneath. Base 

 of palpi light yellow shading into golden yellow, end-segment dirty yellow and middle one densely scaled. Pro- 

 boscis thin, dark brown. Thorax blue-black; collar, patagia, and a median dorsal stripe yellow. Abdomen 

 golden yellow, the edges of the segments greenish or bluish with a silvery sheen. Anal tuft orange, changmg 

 into black at the sides. Venter yellow. Legs glossy pale yellow; the tibiae densely covered with hair-scales. 



— Easily distinguished from the allied species by the absence of the longituduial hyalme patch on the fore- 

 wing, the golden yellow patagia, the broad golden yellow belt on each abdominal segment, the nearly entirely 

 orange anal brush, yellow venter and the uniformly yellow tibiae. — Southern Transcaucasia (Kasikoparan , 

 end of June). 



Ch. annellata Zell. (51g). Smaller than masarijormis; expanse 13 — 20 mm. The colourmg not so annellala. 

 deep orange-yellow, the cross-vein of the hindwing with its scaling of even width, not tapermg posteriorly, 

 the outer border of the forewing without yellow streaks or these not so bright and never orange-yellow, the 

 thorax with a yellow median stripe and on the patagia a pure white shoulder-spot. The antennae bear golden 



