( 520 ) 



of liindwinj; shortly stalkpd, H- before centre of cell, lower angle of cell acnminate. 

 D< less than half the length of W\ 



S. Sexnal armature nearlj' exactly the same as in Ampelophaga rubiginosa, 

 tlie two processes of the penis-sheath thinner, not dentate. 



?. Vaginal plate very feebly ehitinised, shaped as in AmpeloplKKjii. Eighth 

 tergite see PI. XLI. f. 13. ' " 



Larva as in Ampelopltai/a, Ampeloeca, and Darapsa, strongly tajieriug in front; 

 green or brown, with pale dorso-lateral line, and below this pale oblique bands. — 

 Food-plant : 1 'it/'-s. 



Pupa dotted with brown on the wing-ea'cs, legs, antenna, and tongue 

 (not seen). 



Hub. Syria ; Mesopotamia ; Persia. 



One species. 



439. Berutana syriaca. 



Dri/fjihilii s//nV(ca Lederer, Verh. Zool. But. Gex. Wirii v. p. 195. t. 2. f. 9 (1855) (Beirut). 



(S ? . This species bears a close resemblance to Darapsa pholus ; the inner 

 edge of the discal band of the forewiug is, however, not straight, but concave 

 before middle. Some individuals are much more tawny than others ; there is 

 also obvious variation in size. 



flab. Syria ; Mesopotamia ; Persia. 



Two subspecies : 



a. B. syriaca syriaca. 



Deilf/ihih si/rlara Lederer, I r. ; Staud. & Wocke, Cat. Leji. p. IG. n. 21 (18()1) ; iid., J.r. ed. ii. p. ?.7. 



n. 478 (1871) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Grnxssch m . ii. p. 139 (1900) (Beirut, E. vii. viii.). 

 Errri/j- syrmriis^ Schaufuss, I\^wiq. Olios, i. p. 20 (1870). 

 Otiis nyrlwii", Butler, /.<■. p. 545. n. 1 (1877). 



Cluteriirii iii]ia Ki/riura, VVeism.. ed. Meldola, Stud. Tlieori/ Dem: p. 191. t, 9. f. 29 (1882) (larva). 

 Metnpsihis {?) xyrhinis, Kirby, Cat. Lrp. Hrt. i. p. 6C0. r. 2 (1892). 

 MrtiipsUm^ Kijrianis, Staudinger & Rebel, Cut. Lrp. ed. iii. p. 104. n. 762 (1901) (Syr. ; Palaestina : 



Antiochia). 



i ? . Band and lines of forewing distinct ; distal margin sometimes almost 

 even, the teeth being barely indicated. <S paler than ?. 

 Ilab. Syria. 

 In the Tring Museum 2 larvae, 15 c?<?, lo ? ? from Beirut. 



h. B. .tyririca kotschyi (PI. VI. f. 4, c?, ^ype). 



*Dnl,ph}la hitsdiifi Kollar, Dnil-xrJir. K. K. Al: Wiss. Wieii, .]f,tth. Nat. CI. i. p. 53. n. 11 (1850) 



(Schiraz ; — Mup. Vienna). 

 Clinei'dcampa kotschiji, Boisduval, Spet:. Gi-n. Lip. IIet.\. p. 234. n. 11 (1875). 

 Tfieri'ti-a kolwhiji, Kirby, Cat Lrp. Ilet. i. p. I'i54. n. 49 (1892). 

 Melopsilus xi/riacKx var. miirdiiia Staudiuger, in Staud. & Reb., Cut. Lep. ed. iii. p. 104. sub n. 7li2. 



(1901) (Maidin, Mesopotamia). 



cj. Mtich larger than the preceding ; wings not obviously denticulate. Per- 

 hiijis distinct. 



JIuh. Persia ; Mesojiotamia, 



