112 il. C. EFFLATOUN. 



DIAGNOSIS.— Apex of Ist M2 cell dark and with two or 

 three sinall hyaline spots close to the médian cross-vein. 



DESCRIPTION, d aiid 9 "Easily distinguished from the 

 preeeding speeies [7'. coiiiint, T. simplex Lw.] by its smaller size 

 and by the network of the wing-markings which are equally exten- 

 sive and connected but with much larger meshes Colonr greyishi 

 yellow. Frons moderateiy broad. Eyes large, cheeks narrow. The 

 face is moderateiy concave and the epistoma distinct but not very 

 prominent. Thorax without pattern. Scutellum with the latéral 

 margins usually distinctly clay-yellow. Abdomen somewhat blackish- 

 grey. The short hairs on the thorax and abdomen are pale ail over 

 but the usual bristles are black. Ovipositor as long as the two last 

 segments of the abdomen together, or perhaps a very little longer, 

 shining black, but at the centre of the latéral margin occasionally 

 red. The pubesceuce near the base of the ovipositor is pale. Legs 

 yellowish-brown, the fcmora being sometimes a little darker. The 

 brownish-black wing-markings are very extensive and moderateiy 

 connected but with a very wide mesh. The two areas which are usual- 

 ly less interrupted and consequently darker are smaller and .se- 

 parated from each other; the second [sic] of thèse has only a single 

 clear spot on the fore margin. Near the posterior cross-vein, how- 

 ever, the dark colouration is more concentrated but without it form- 

 ing a conspicuous, large, darker area; at the extrême tip of the 

 wing there is a largo clear spot and in front of this there is a trans- 

 verse band which is usually very irregular and formed by similar 

 clear spots and which often completely séparâtes the blackish spots 

 situated at the apices of the third and fourth longitudinal veins 

 from the romaiuing network of the wings. The stigma with a clear 

 spot. 



This speties is very common in Asia Minor and in tlie whole 

 of Southern Europe. I hâve captured it in great qnantity at Rhoda 

 on Matriraria, but without my lieing able to ascertain definitely if 

 the larva feeds on tins plant (as I sus])ect) or not." 



I hâve given above Loew's description of this doubtful speeies 

 and it can be seen that no reliable spécifie distinction is given. 



I hâve seen no Egyptian spécimens which I can identify as this 

 speeies and moreover I possess one spécimen (a 9), of Loew's ori- 

 ginal types, kindly given to me by Dr. G. Enderlein and I fail to 

 separate it from T. spreta Lw. In addition Prof. Bezzi is unable 

 to give me an opinion on this subject as he writes to me that he does 

 not possess this speeies and that "it appears that it differs from 

 spreta Lw. by its wing pattern which is doser, darker and some- 

 what resembling the pattern of the speeies of Euaresta at the extre- 



