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Dark reddish yellow, above with a row of pale spots beyond the cell of the forewing. On 

 the hindwing a row of yellow spots, which are prolonged in the centre of the wings. Under- 

 side of the hindwing blackish red-yellow, with a central row of 5 whitish dots or dashes, of 

 which the central one is often prolonged to the apex of the cell. A. christi Bbl. (87 g). christi. 

 Canaries. 



(These last 3 species are very closely related to each other and may be local forms of 

 acteoi ). 



Stigma black, curved, reaching to the point of origin of vein 3, from this point running 

 a little beyond 2, whence it is continued by a line of pale scales. Wings above pale reddish 

 yellow, narrowly bordered with black. A. thaumas Hufii. (= linea Schiff., $ = venula Hbn.) thaumas. 

 (87 g). Europe ad Asia ilinor. 



6. Forewing with a broad black border. Base of the wings blackish 7. 



Forewing without black border or only with a narrow one 8. 



7. Pale band between base and margin rather broad. Veins of the hindwing beneath narrowly 

 outlined in black. A. sylvatica Brein. (87 h). Amur und Japan. syliatica. 



This band very narrow. Veins on the underside of the hindwing very heavily black. 

 tenebrosa Leech (87 h). China. There can be no doubt that ienehrosa is only a black and tenehrosa. 

 very conspicuously coloured form of sylratica. 



8. ^ with stigma. Wings above light reddish yellow, all the veins striped with black; border 



of hindwing broader. On the underside all the veins are heavily black. A. leonina Btlr. leotiina. 

 (87 f). Amur and Japan. 



cj without stigma. Vein-lines weaker, especiallv beneath. A. nervulata Mab. (87 h). West nervulata. 

 China. 



35. Genus: Aiigiades Hbn. 



Club of antenna elongate, ending in a short thin point. The hindtibia with long fringes 

 and two pairs of spurs. Stigma on forewing of o extends from vein 3 to 2 and is hnear. 



1. Underside of the hindwing with the veins unicolorous with the ground 2. 



Veins of hindwing beneath black 7. 



2. Underside of forewing with black base, this colour hmited distally by the stigma and ante- 

 riorly by the cell. A. sylvanus Esp. (88 a). Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor. Syria. sylranus. 



We consider the following insects to be local forms of syh-anus: 



f. selas Mab. (= herculea Btlr.). ^ uniformly golden yellow. Wings above with a narrow selas. 

 blackish or reddish edge near the fringes. Underside of hindwing dull yellow, hardly with 

 any trace of the pale spots of true sylvanus. Amur. China. — f. venata Brem. Grey (88 a). venata. 

 Forewing without black border. Underside of hindwing with large and very pale spots. Xorth 

 China, Japan. — f. amurensis Mab. is pale yellow. Wings with a black border along the amurensis. 

 fringes. All the spots lighter yellow, not very distinct, distally accompanied by a marginal 

 row of small spots which are paler than the ground. Underside hardly blackish at the base. 

 Stigma reddish, prominent. Hindwing ochreous with pale yellow spots. Amur, Corea, North 

 China and Japan. — faunus Tur. is pale yellow with very broad blackish costal margin, faunus. 

 Hindwing with yellow spots which disappear in a large discal patch. Italy and South France. 

 — In anatoiica Ploetz the underside of the hindwing is greenish ochreous or green. Asia anatolica. 

 Minor. — Both sexes of hyrcana Christ, are darker, with a broad black border. Posterior hyrcana. 

 half of forewing beneath black below cell and vein 3. Persian West Gilam and Masenderan. 



3. Hindwing above with the spots more or less confluent 4. 



Hindwing with 2 or 3 ochreous dots which do not touch one another 5. 



4. Forewing above with a diffuse spot towards the middle of the hindmargin. A. subhyalina subhyalina. 

 Brem. Grey (88 a), from China, Corea, Japan and also India (Khasia Hills), is somewhat 



smaller. Hindwing beneath darker, with the spots reduced. — thibetana Oherth. I consider to thibetana. 

 be a dark form of subhyalina ; from the north-side of the Himalayas. 



