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and on the underside of the forewing, and has a broader blackish apex to the upperside of the forewing. — 

 pallida form. nor. is the name for the form occurring in Mesopotamia; d' above somewhat paler yellow, the pallida. 

 dark apex of the forewing is strongly mixed with red, tlie orange patch is less fiery, being dark-edged only 

 in the cell, the black median spot is smaller, less prominent, the ground-colour of the hindwing beneath is 

 lighter yellow, and the dark markings are more united to isolated patches. In the ? the black median spot 

 of the forewing is smaller on both sides and less sharply marked, the underside of the hindwing being 

 lighter yellow. 



A. eupheno L. {= douei Pier.) (22 h) , from North Africa , is above very similar to the preceding, eupheno. 

 but the orange patch is smaller and proximally more strongly edged with dark, the black median spot 

 disappearing in the dark edge of the orange spot; however, the underside of the hindwing lighter yellow 

 and differently marked, as shown in the figure. The ? is without the orange patch, having reddish yellow 

 only in the apical area. — androgyne Leech, from Morocco, differs only in the ? in the stronger develop- androgyne. 

 ment of the reddish yellow apical spot. — Larva green, with yellow and black dorsal markings, very similar 

 to that of euphenoides, on Biscutella (Spuler). 



A. euphenoides .S7f/r. (= eupheno Esp., calleuphenia But!) (22 h) is distinguished in both sexes only euphenoides. 

 by the colour and markings of the underside of the hindwing, as can be seen from the figure. In the ?? 

 the colour of the apical area of the upperside of forewing is very variable, for there occur also specimens 

 with rather large reddish yellow patch. — ab. lecithosa Tiir., hitherto only found in South France, has no lecithosa. 

 orange patch in the cf , but, like the ? of this form, a sulphur-yellow apical spot. — Larva greenish, with yellow 

 and black dorsal marldngs, white lateral stripes and large black dots, head green; in autumn on Biscutella- 

 species; it is a so-called cannibal-caterpillar. Pupa hght brown, also green, very strongly incurved (Spulee). 



13. Genus: ]f£i<lea H.-Sch. 



The structural differences of this genus from Jnlliocliaris are very slight: the 2. subcostal originates 

 closer to the cell, the 4. and 5. subcostals form a very narrow fork, and the praecostal is feebly bent out- 

 ward. The shape of the wings, which is somewhat variable also in Midea, cannot serve as a distinguishing 

 character, because AutJwcliaris bieti is the same in outline. The genus has only one representative in East 

 Asia and several in North America. 



M. scolymus Btlr. (23a), from West and Central China and Japan; the apex of the forewing pro- scolymus. 

 duced and falcate; white above and below, with dark apical marking and black median spot on the fore- 

 wing above, and a black spot at apex of hindwing; the (d, moi'eover, has a moderately large orange spot 

 in the apical area of the forewing, occurring occasionally also in the ? = ab. virgO form. hoc. The butterfly virgo. 

 appears in one brood and is common in swampy places. The larva feeds on cress. 



14. Genus: Zeg'ris Rhr. 



This genus is characterized by the very strongly clubbed antennae and the bushy palpi, but especially 

 by the shape of the larva and pupa and the manner of pupation. It contains only 3 species, of which 

 2 inhabit the Palaearctic Region, while the third occurs in North America. 



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Z. eupheme Esp. {= erothoe Er., tschudica H.-Sch.) (23a), from South-Eastern Russia, Armenia and eupheme. 

 the Alatau, is above white with dark apex to the forewing, bearing an orange-red spot, the black median 

 spot of the forewing being halfmoon-shaped. The orange spot is usuallj' smaller in the ?, being sometimes 

 absent. The underside white, the forewing having a yellow apex and a black median spot, the hindwing 

 being greenish yellow, with white spots. Specimens in which these spots are prevalent belong to ab. , .. 

 tschudica H.-Hch. (23 a). — menestho ^fell. {= erothoe Frr.) (23 b), from Asia Minor and Western Kurdistan, ,„enestlio. 

 has the underside of the hindwing more yellow, being also somewhat larger. — meridionalis Led. (= eupheme meridionalis. 

 Rhr.) (23b), from Central and South Spain, is still larger, the almost uniformly yellow underside of the 

 hindwing having grey-greenisli markings. — Larva thick, cylindrical, densely hairy. Pupa stout, with in a 

 dense cocoon, in which one finds, however, still a remnant of the thread characteristic for pupae of Pierids. 



Z. fausti CIn-isf. (23b), from Turan and Fergana, is smaller than ciiplieme; upperside white, yfi\h faiisti. 

 light brick-red, [jroximallj' black-edged, apex to the forewing and large black median spot; underside white, 

 with reddish apex and black median spot on the forewing; tlie reticulate yellowish green markings of the 

 hindwing much extended. Apex of forewing nuich more broadly edged with black in ?, the orange spot 

 being small or entirely absent. 



