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yellow scaling on outside, and are in (J much more strongly notched and ciliated. The belts on^abdominal 

 segments 2, 4, 6 and in cJ also 7 not so very broad and not orange-yellow as in masariformis, but more whitish 

 yellow. Legs white-yellow, tibiae with a broad subapieal black ring. Abdomen usually with the yellowish 

 white belts on segments 3 and 5 weaker. Anal brush mo.stly black, with two narrow streaks in the centre, be- 

 neath yellow in the middle. Very variable in size and colour and in the extent of the light colouring. In Greece 



ledereri. and Asia Minor (and elsewhere as aberration) occurs the from ledereri nom. nov. (= ceriaeformis Led.), which 



is smaller and darker, and bears a white belt on segments 4 and 6 of the abdomen. On the other hand, ab. 



oxybeli- oxybeliformis H.-Schdff. (51 g), from Hungary, East Roumelia, Morea, Sarepta, Transcaucasia, Amasia and 



formis. other places, is larger and more yellow, the distal border of the forewing being spotted with yellow and the 

 abdomen banded with yellow above, the belts bemg distinct beneath on all the segments. — Southern Ba- 

 varia, Lower Austria, Carinthia, Galicia, Transsylvania, Hungary, Toscana, Southern France, Roumania, 

 East Roumelia, Turkey, Greece, Southern Russia (Taganrog and Kuban district), Transcaucasia, Bithynia, 

 Pontus and Taurus, middle of May to end of July; the ab. oxybeliformis observed in Morea at 2470 ft as late 

 as early September. The larva lives in the roots of Ballota nigra. 



pudorina. 



Ch. 



pudorina Styr. Forewing blackish, suffused with vermilion, with small vermilion spots in the 

 distal area. Palpi and patagia predominantly reddish. Thorax and abdomen above black, strongly mixed 

 with reddish, the abdomen entirely reddish beneath, segments 4, 6 and in ^ also 7 with reddish dorsal belts. 

 Legs predominantly vermilion. Anal brush black above mixed with reddish hair, reddish beneath. Moreover, 

 the antenna has rather long cilia and bears at the tip a rather long bristle. Otherwise distinguished from 

 mnsariformis and allied Asiatic species by the red colouring. — Only 1 ^ from Saissan in the Tarbagatai. 



bibioni- Ch. bibioniformls Esp. (51 i). Larger than armelhfa, expanse 19 — 23 mm, the colouring lighter. 



formis. 'p)jg forewing always with small whitish or yellowish streaks in the distal area. The outer vitreous patch 

 larger, broader than high and 5-partite, the first .spot and the last one being scaled with white. Longitudinal patch 

 very distinct in ^, vestigial in $. Distal border of hindwing narrow, cross-vein incrassate by scalhig through- 

 out, but posteriorly tapering. Fringes smoke-grey, whitish distally with the exception of the apex of the fore- 

 wing. where they are always dark. Antennae suffused with yelloM- outwardly, with short cilia in ^, without 

 spiniform processes; basal segment yellow or white beneath. Palpi white, the end-segment, in (^ also the middle 

 one, strea"ked with black. Frons with metallic gloss and before the eyes 2 snowy white bands. Vertex blue- 

 black, irrorated with yellow. Hind margin of head yellow above, white beneath. Dorsum of thorax Avith 3 

 whitish stripes, which are sometimes yellowish. Shoulder-spot of patagia white. The tufts of hair on the 

 mctanotum white. Abdomen usually with a dorsal line of whitish or yellowish spots, irrorated with yellow 

 or whitish scales, and bearing white belts on segments 2, 4, 6 and traces of belts on 3, 5 and in ^ also 7. On 

 the underside segment 2 entirely white, the following ones either entirely white or with more or less distinc*^ 

 \\hitish hind edges, of which that of the fourth segment is broadest. Anal tuft of ^ whitish or yellowish hi 

 the centre, striped with whitish or yellowish laterally at the base, beneath whitish or yellowish. In $ stronger 

 and broader, similar to that of the ^, but with two broad divergent dorsal stripes in the centre. Fore coxa 

 glossy white. Tibiae whitish, the anterior one blackish on outside, the mid and hind ones rough-hairy, with 

 a broad black ring at base and apex. Tarsi yellowish white, usually dark above and on outside. ■ — boisduvalii 

 novi. nov. (= mysiniformis Bdv.), from Andalusia, according to Boisduval is darker, with the belts and the 

 borders of the forewing broader, the abdomen devoid of a dorsal row of spots, and the coxae bordered with 

 black on outside. — Ch. bibionifonnis occurs in Central Germany (once found at the Kjrffhauser), Lower Au- 

 stria, Hungary, Gouv. Pleskau, Roumania, East Roumelia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Southern Russia, Volga 

 and LTral districts and the neighbouring countries of Asia, as well as Transcaucasia. According to Tomala 

 the larva is dirty yellowish white, with blackish legs. Head densely hairy at the .sides, less so on the frons; 

 mandible stout, chestnut, with the base and tip deep black, the upperlip red-brown laterally, dirty white 

 in the centre, and the clipeus transparent red-brown with dark brown sides and sharp white boundary line. 

 Behind the head a small triangular sclerite; pronotal plate brownish. Dorsal vessel shining through, at each 

 side a setiferous wart on every segment, above the spiracles 4 or 5 smaller and larger warts, two 

 of which bear one bristle each. Some of the larvae hibernate twice in the roots of Tithymalus gerardiana; 

 they tunnel at first downward, finally ascending to the top of the root and lining the end of the tunnel with 

 silk; there occur also tubes made of wood-mould and sand, closed at the end and running above the ground, 

 hi which the pupa moves up or dowai accorduig to the degree of moisture. Emergence of the moths from the 

 middle of May until the end of August, mostly in July. 



Ch. monspeliensis /S^grr. (52c). Larger and darker thunhibioni formis. with a large longitudinal patch in o 

 and a vestigial one in $. Outer vitreous patch smaller, rounded; distal wing-area with dull yellow streaks. Cross- 

 vein of hindwing broadly scaled throughout. Palpi orange or whitish, striped with black on the outside, the 

 end-segment being blackish. Vertex ochreous. Patagia with yellow inner margin and yellowish shoulder- 

 spot. Antennae black, yellow on outside, basal segment rust-yellow beneath. Frons dark. Eyes anteriorly 

 with glossy whitish borders. Abdomen dusted with yellow, segments 2, 4, 6 and in (J also 7 posteriorly with 

 shariily defined yellow belts. On the ventral surface in the ^ posteriorly rather distinctly continous yellow 



boisduvalii 



monspelien- 

 sis. 



