266 THECLA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



this place, whether the insect is a mere slight variety of onmta or distinct. — Obtained in July in the 

 province of Kan-su. 



onmta. T. ornata Leech {I'll). A much larger and liner insect than lais ; the discal j}atch of the ? large 



and conspicuously red. The underside has on both wings an additional submarginal row of white-edged 

 dark spots. — In Central China, at Chang- Yang, in June and July. 



grandis. T. grandis FIdr. (= eretria Hew) (72 i). Very similar to w-album, but beneath much more leaden- 



grey than brown, the white line of the forewing more evenly curved and extending to the hindmargin 

 without a distinct angle, the red markings of the underside usually restricted to the anal area, with more 

 distinct blue scaling between the red spots. — Particularly in North and East China, singly and not frecjuent. 



percomis. . T, percoitlis Leech (73 a). The unique specimen on which the original description was based and 



which we figure here, was obtained on the Omei-slian at 4000 ft. in July. The bright orange-red spots on 

 the upperside are not in the place where they are usually situated in aberrant ?? of other species, but the 

 spot of the forewing stands at the hind angle, as on the hindwing. The underside with its very delicate 

 markings strongly recalls w-album. — It is possible that we have here only to do with an aberrant individual 

 of another species. 



v-alhitm. T. v-album Oberfh. (73a), Differs from w-albuni in the rounder wings, in both sexes bearing an 



orange discal spot and in the white line an the underside being more curved and almost parallel with the 

 distal margin. — In West China; plentiful, up to 8000 ft., in June and July. 



ilicis. T. ilicis Esp. (= linceus F.) (73a). Above and beneath uniformly brown; upperside of cf in the 



sun with a beautiful blackish green sheen, the orange-yellow spot so often found in other Theclas being 

 mostly quite absent ; this spot in the ? replaced by some smears or dispersed yellow scales. The white line 

 on the underside is separated into a number of irregularly placed bars, which are often hardly recognizable, 

 the w-mark in the anal area not being distinct on account of the frequent interruption of tiie line; the I'ed 

 submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath are also reduced. The rather short tail has a white tip. Throughout 

 Central and South Europe and North Africa, as far as Anterior Asia, occurs also in Denmark and Scandi- 

 cilicica. navia, but is absent from Great Britain. — Holtz describes als cilicica a larger form from the Taurus, which 

 has an additional red spot near the second red spot (counted from behind) of the submarginal halfband on 

 cerri the hindwing beneath.*) — ab. cerri Hbn. is the (rarer) form with a large yellowish red discal patch and 

 some anal spots of the same colour on the hindwing above; this form is not at all confined to South Europe, 

 but has been found by me in the Odenwald, Westerwald, at Frankfurt a. M., and according to Ruhl has 

 frequently been observed in Baden and Alsatia, occurring apparently among normal specimens throughout 

 South-West Germany. Fig. 690/691 of HDexee (ab. esculi) is only cerri with the discal patch occupying the 

 whole outer half of the forewing and the additional red-yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing above 

 esculi. united to form a macular band. — ab. esculi Hhu (73b) (Fig. 559/560) is a small form with rather long 

 tail and unicolorous upperside (there being only a small red spot at the anal angle); on the underside the 

 row of bars of the forewmg is indistinct and the brownish yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing are 

 but slightly prominent; Portugal, Spain and South France; according to the size of the discal patch of the 

 forewing some transitional specimens have been provided with names {ilicioides, macidata), such as probably 

 occur wherever ilicis is found. The yellow patch is apparently most strongly developed in North Africa, 



fountaineae. that colour being prevalent in ab. fountaineae Aign., only the base and margins of the wings being brown ; 



caudatula. Algeria. — In Anterior Asia occurs the form caudatula ZeZ/. (^ bischoffi (:re;/».) (73b), which is characterized 



by the tip of the tail being more extended white, which colour does not sufficiently contrast with the back- 



mauretanica. ground in our figure of the d' . — In mauretanica Hlgr. (73a, b), whose cf is quite unicolorous above and 

 beneath, the most striking character is the complete absence of the white line on the underside. The ?? of 

 this form, which I have several times caught in copula with true cf cf of mauretanica, bear very often yellow 

 discal smears, which sometimes are so extended over the whole upperside that the latter is entirely glossy 

 auronitens. golden; such ??, which I found at Lambeze in Algeria among true maurekmica, may be called ab. auronitens 

 ab. nov. (73 a); they correspond to ab. fountaineae of ilicis. South Algeria, Tunis, and Morocco. — The egg 

 hibernates according to Rijhl, but according to Gillmer the larva already appears in July. The adult 

 caterpillar pale green, marked with darker green along the back, with short obhque smears, head and 

 thoracical legs black. Feeds until May particularly on younger oaks. Pupa yellowish when fresh, later 

 brown, with three rows of dark dots on the abdomen. The butterflies are very plentiful throughout the 

 southern districts of our Region, occurring in great abundance in the oak-woods in .•\frica, resting in numbers 

 on a low blue thistle. In Central Europe they are met with in June and July particularly on the flowers 



*) cTa" from Adana which I have before me do not have this spot. 



