408 CHAMAESPHECIA. By M. Bartel. 



of c? vestigial, that of ? absent. Outer vitreous area consisting of five spots, the uppermost and lowest 

 of which are sometimes clothed with yellow scales in the 9. the transparent spot is very considerably narrower 

 in the $ than in (J. Median band very broad, deep brown; the dull yellow streaks of the outer area are very 

 obsolescent above, more distinct below. Apex of forewing with a white edge, very distinct in the q. Antennae 

 golden yellow on the outer side, in the $ brownish yellow also above, sometimes entirely yellowish brown. 

 Palpi, similar to those of ramhwii, whitish m the $ vnih. yellowish or darker end-segment and upper part of 

 middle segment. Frons either entirely dark (^) or with j^ellowish or whitish scales belore the eyes, which have 

 almost the appearance of bands. Shoulder-spot of patagia di.stinctly yellow. A conspicuous feature is also 

 the base of the hindwing, which is broadly brownish black (not reddish as in floricola Oberth.) and the 

 hind-marginal fringes of which are lighter (sometimes conspicuously so, almost white, in the 3*), while usually 

 the fringes are brown with the tips golden yellow. Perhaps this species is sj'nonymous with floricola Oberth.; 

 this cannot be decided with certainty from the inexact descriptions of the two species. — Algeria (Sebdou, 

 beginnmg of May, Lambessa and Batna, July). 



dolerifonnis. Ch. dolerlformis H.-Schnff. (501). Especially distinguished by the orange-yellow hind and middle 



tibiae being clotiieil with thick tufts of hair and bearing a broad blackish brown belt before the apex. Median 

 band of forewing very broad, outer vitreous area broader than it is high, distally mergmg into the yellowish cells 

 of the outer area, marginal line dark brown. Cross-vein of hindwing very densely scaled anteriorly and tajjer- 

 ing to a sharp point posteriorly. Frons whitish, with distinct white borders to the eyes. Palpi yellow, basal 

 segment and lower half of the middle segment whitish. Antennae of both sexes black above, rusty yellow 

 below. Thorax with narrow yellow median line and broad yellow inner edges of the patagia. Abdomen black, 

 denselj' dusted with yellow, with obsolescent yellow dorsal spots, with whitish rings above posteriorh' on seg- 

 ments 4 and 6 (in the $ also on 2), below usually dark with segment 2 j'-ellowish white. Anal tuft black, 

 variegated witli yellow. Tarsi yellow. — From Dalmatia (Spalato), Macedonia, Corfu, Greece and Turke3\ 



colpiformis. Ch. colpiformis Stgr. (52 c). The hair on the tibiae is not so abundant and rough as in doleriformis, 



about as in a large stelidiformis, the tibiae being whitish or brownish, with darker ring before the apex; tarsi 

 brown. Larger and slenderer than doleriformis, the vitreous patches larger and not covered with scales; longi- 

 tudinal patcii always present in Q and 9, rather long in the q. Longituduial streaks in the outer area whitish, 

 the borders brownish black. Antenna of cj more strongly ciliate, especially at the base, on the outside (below) 

 golden yellow in both sexes. Palpi white, rarely yellowish white, with longer hair than in doleriformis, in which 

 the}' are also never darker on tlie outside towards the apex. Patagia with whitish shoulder-spot. Abdomen 

 l)rown Avith vivid white posterior edges on segments 2, 4, 6 and m the $ also 5, and yellowish white, usually 

 indistinct, dorsal luie of spots. Venter dark, segment 2 often bearing yelloM- spots laterally or in the middle. 

 Anal tuft with two narrow whitish streaks ui the middle, and narrow whitish edges laterally, j'ellowish below 

 m the middle; brown in the ?, variegated with whitish. — From Lower Austria (Vienna), South Eastern 

 Hungary' (Jassenova), Southern France, Dalmatia, Greece, near Uralsk, in the Pontus (Amasia), Xorth- 

 Western Asia Minor (Brussa), Konia and Algeria, from June to August, in steppe-districts. 

 cinjusa. Ch. cirgisa spec. nov. (50 k). At Uralsk I found, together with colpiformis Stgr., a very well preserved 



$ of a well marked new species which is most closely allied to colpiformis and is distinguished from it by the 

 following characters: It is larger (expanse 26 mm), and still more deeply chocolate brown than umbrifera, 

 not variegated with yellow. Abdomen with distinct yellow dorsal line of spots and narrow white posterior 

 edge to segments 2 and 4; that of the latter is somewhat broader, and broadened into spots laterally. Venter 

 uniformly chocolate brown. Anal tuft striated with yellow in the middle; the projecting outer lobes with yellow- 

 ish edges on the outside and below. The legs are vniiformly chocolate brown with the exception of the fore 

 coxae, which have aM'hite outer edge; ontythe tibiae bear a small white spot beneath; above they are uniformly 

 dark, the hmd tibia rather densely hairy, but not so tufted as in doleriformis. Palpi white, the end-segment 

 brownish. Antenna brown, suffused with yellow, with black tip. On the forewing. which is edged with choco- 

 late, there are only four whitish dots quite close to the margin. The longitudinal patch is quite short, the outer 

 vitreous patch higher than it is broad, and consistmg of five very distmct non-scaled spots, the upper one of 

 which projects outward. The outer vitreous area is quite straight on both sides, rectangular, which is never the 

 case ui colpiformis. The broad median spot projecting rather pointedly Inward. Fringes smoke brown, those 

 of the huid edge of the huidwing dark chocolate, not light as in colpiformis. The cross-vein of the hind- 

 wuig much more broadly scaled with chocolate and not so acutely pointed. This $ is also considerably slen- 

 derer than that of colpiformis. — From L^ralsk (4th July 1!)U7), t^-pe in my collection. In a $ from Sarepta 

 the antenna, palpi, fore coxa, bands and tufts of hair on thorax, dorsal line of spots and ring of hind tibia 

 are white. 



ntnhrifera. Ch. umbrifera Stgr. (52 c). Distmguished from all the species by the margin of the hmdwmg bemg 



remarkably broadly scaled, and connected with the large square median spot at the cross- vein by means of 

 cells 2 and 3 being also scaled. On the forewing the longitudinal patch is absent, the wedge-spot, is obsoles- 

 cent, and the outer vitreous area small and oval, consisting of three or four spots. Antennae of (J very stout, 

 strongly ciliate. They are browni with the exception of the black apex and only in the o bear a Mhite spot 

 before the tip. Ahdomon with a white posterior edge to segment 4, which is not broader laterally. Anal tuft laterally 



