r 124 ) 



One of tlie tlircu specimens is much paler, flie groniul (viloiir lieiiii^ ciiiiiamoii. 



Length of i'orewiiig : lo mm. 



4c?c?, Gnelt-es-Stel, ('oiitral Algeria, April Is, lui'^ (W. liuthseliild ami 

 K. Jordan). 



In the type specimen the median transverse line is obsolescent and broken, Iml 

 in the other tliree it is distinct. 



Omphalophana serrata pallidior subsji. uov. 



Diii'ers from serrata serrata from Portugal and Spain in ils much paler colunr. 

 The basal third of forewing and thorax are greyish white, not dariv moMse-,i;rey, 

 and the outer third of forewing is pale ash-grey with long wliite streaks, not dark 

 mouse-grey with short white streaks. Tunisian specimens are also of this pale 

 form. 



A small series from Khenchela, E. Central Algeria (Anres Mountains), May 

 11)12 (W. Kotlischild and K. Jordan); 1 <J, 2 ??, Djerba and Am Draham, 

 Tunisia (l)annelil an<l Victor Faronlt). 



N. Spanish specimens of this species appear to be browner Ihan Portuguese 

 ones, but 1 have too few to justify my separating them at jjreseut. 



Type of srrriita jiaUiilior, No. In75, Khenchela, May 10, 11112. This race 

 occupies the same relationship to 0. serrata serrata as my I'leojiliana bactiea. diluta 

 does to C baetica baetica. 



4T. Criophasia albolineata (Blachier). 



11 c^ J, 1) ? ?, 13ordj rhegga; 2 J J, 2 ? ¥, Kef-el-Dor ; 1 J, 1 ?, north 

 of Ouargla. 



I lirst took this pretty species at light in Biskra in lOds, and have taken it 

 in small numbers each succeeding year at Biskra, Kcf-el-Uor, and other localities. 

 I have also received three or four from Biskra, B<m Saada, and El-Kantara, from 

 V^icfor Faronlt. It does not api)ear to be alinndant anywhere. 



4^. Calophasia kraussi Rebel. 



'A SS,\ ?, half-way between Touggourt anil Ouariila; :^ ? ? , Arctidji, north 

 of Ouargla; o SS, .i ??, Ilassi cl-IIadjar ; 44 c? J, isi ? ? , half-way ix'tweiMi 

 Ouargla and El-Golea ; 2 cJcJ, 2 ? ?', north of El-tiolea; 2 ? ?, South Oued Mya. 



Like all the Cleopliana-Calojjlmsia group of the Cuculliaime, this is an 

 extremely variable insect as regards colour. The typical form has head and thorax 

 lavender blue-grey, abdomen brownish cream-grey ; forewiugs lavender blue-grey, 

 nervures black-brown, a broad white band along median fold and an elbowed one 

 from base (if vein 5 to apex of wing, a narrow Hue along and below median white 

 band and a broad smear along apico-cellular one black-brown, fringe chequered 

 brown, grey, and white ; hindwings, basal half greyish white, outer half dark 

 mouse-grey. 



A second form has the thorax bnitish brown, the forewings marked as in the 

 above but saturated with yellowish brown, and hindwings yellowish wood-grey. 

 This I propose to call ab. brunnea, ab. uov. 



The most extreme colour jihase has the head and thorax white, the abdomen 

 pale yellowish grey; the forewings white with the faintest possible grey tinge, and 



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