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riemarw hoinhijlifdrinif, Butler, Trans. Znol. Snr. Loiul. ix. p. 520. n. 10 (1877). 

 .\hiriiiglussa biiinhiilifiiniiix var. riilni^la Alpheraky, IIui: Sor. Eiit. Ross. xvii. p. 17 (1882). 

 */fe,Haiws shniUii',,,, Moore, Pm: Znol. So,: Lnml. p. :'.',il (18H8) (Kangra ; -Mus. Brit.) : Cot. & 



Swinh., Cm. Mollis hiil. p. 725. n. 4 (188;i). 

 }tiicro;iloss(i bomhyliforniis var. liei/iiei Bartel, I'.iil. Xiiflir. xxiv. p. 337 (1898) ; id., in Riihl, 



Gnissschui. ii. p. 228 (I'.lOO) (hybrid between hnmb. and/'«c. V !). 

 Marroglossa loinbi/liforini.i vai'. et ab. robiistii., id., /.<•. p. 227 (I'.'OO). 

 Uemaris fuciformis var. rubiista, Staudinger & Rebel, Col. Leji. ed. iii. p. 105. n. 771. b (1901). 



6 ?. Sides of thorax not essentially paler than middle ; hindwing very rarely 

 with a tran.sparent streak in ahdominal border ; bar at end of cell of forewing heavy. 

 The belt of the abdomen is generally reddish, but occasionally blaek : intergradations 

 occnr frequently. The suggestion put forward by Bartel — who has named the 

 black -belted specimens Iieijiwi, I.e. — that we have here to do with a hybrid between 

 fuciformis and titiiua (= bombyliformis) has no foundation ; there would be more 

 justification in calling this //. fiicif. fm'if. f. Iic)/nei, a transition to H. fncifonnis 

 iilJiiiiK. Blarginal band of both wings ordinarily simple, but not rarely dentate ; the 

 deutition never so strong as in affinis f. aUernata. Such dentate individuals were 

 considered distinct by Treitschke, who named them milcsi/ormiK ; the abdominal 

 belt of this II. fucif. fucif. f milesifonnis is occasicinally black. 



Central Asiatic sjiecimens are not larger than European ones on an average ; 

 " var. robaata " has no standing. 



Ilab. Europe (except the far nm-th), North Africa, eastward to the Altai and 

 N.W. India. 



In theTring Museum 'A larvae, 1 pupa, 5ii-odd specimens from various places in 

 Europe; 5 c?;?, 1 ? from Issykknl and Alexander Mts. 



The N.AV. Indian specimens may possibly represent a fonrth snlispecies. But the 

 two only individuals known (in the Brit. Mus.) are too scanty a material to decide 

 this point, since the differences from fac. fuciformis, if there are any, are certainly 

 only slight. The forewing seems to be a little narrower than iu European 

 fwciformis. 



b. II. fuciformis ganssiiensis. 



ifiinof/Iosso f/aiissueiisis, Grxxm-Grschm. IIoi: So,: Eiil. Ross. xxv. p. 401. n. 47 (1891) (Sinin) ; 



Bartel, in Riihl, Gi-osss,-hm. ii. p. 2.30 (1900). 

 Ihiiiuiis iiffiiiis var. tjanssueiisis, Staudinger & Rebel, Oil. Lfji. ed. iii. p. 105. n. 772. b. (1901). 



S ? . Nearer .fucif. affinis than fucif. fuciformis. Underside of abdomen 

 entirely grey, proximal sternites not black. 

 Ilnb. Thibet ; Amdo. 

 In the Triiig Jluseum 1 (?, 1 ?. 



c. II. J'uriformi.'i fijfuiis. 



ilu,ri>glomi nffinis Bremer, B„U. A,: St. Peteisb.iu. p. 475. n. 27 (18(11) ; id., Lfp. Ost.-Sib. p. 35. 



t. 3. t 13 (1804) ; Stand. & Woeke, Cut. Lcp. ed. ii. p. 3H. n. 497 (1H71) ; Oberth., El. d'Eiil. v. 



p. 28. n. 71 (IHHO) (Amurland, June); Slaud., in Rom., .\lfi„. Ujk vi. p. 240. n. 2.31(1892) 



(Amurland ; partim) ; Bartel, in Riihl, (rrosssi-lm,. ii. p. 2.30 (1900). 

 *.Uiiiror/lo«so sii'boliii Orza, t.r/i. .fo/ion p. 35. n. 70 (1808) ; Boisd., Ny<cc, Ci'ii. Li'ji. Ili'l. i. p. 3l'i4. 



n. .52 (1875) (coll. Obuithiir). 

 *.S<>»«/ whili'lui Butler, Ann. Maij. X. II. (4). xiv. p. .307 (1874) (Hakodate ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 Ilemniin tirin.Mi, id., 'J runs. Zool. So,: Lonil. ix. )>. 519. n. 9 (1877) (= vhlli-h/i) ; Kirby, Col. le/i. 



flel. i. p. 020. n. 18 (1892). 

 IhmuiU affi lis, Butler, I.,: ix. p. 520. n. 1 1 (1K77) ; Kirby, /.<■, n. 20 (1892) ; Leech, Tnins. Ent. Hoi: 



J.onil. p. 295. ri. 87 (I89H) ( ^ shbohli = wliilrh/i ; Gifu ; Yokohama ; Hakodate, vi.). 

 .Van-or/hmu bonihi/li/onnls. Cracscr, ll,il. F.nl. Zi'ils,-hi: xxxii. j). 1(10. n. 195 (lH88)(Amurld,, July) 



