a Journey to tJie Iloggar Mountains. 257 



below, while 2 <J <$ and 1 ? only belong to major. The <$ 

 of major is similar to the ? , but has the fore wings much 

 more closely sprinkled with lavender-grey scales, giving it a 

 paler and more mealy appearance. 



2 <J cJ, 1 ? , Ain Taiba, May 23-25, 1914. 



(51) Auumetu spatzi, sp. n. 



£ . Antennae brown ; head, thorax, and abdomen huffish 

 cream-white, as OPPOSED to the SHARPLY DIVIDED brown and 

 grey head and thorax and cream-white abdomen in £ major. 



Fore wing huffish sand-colour; two streaks on costa, a 

 large streak from base to end of cell along median vein, and 

 a broad postdiscal band much indented pale brown; this 

 postdiscal band is edged outwardly by a whitish-buff line ; a 

 subapical spot and a terminal row of wedge-like dots black. 



Hind wing : basal half, abdominal margin and fringe 

 cream-white ; rest of wing pale wood-grey ; a large whitish 

 subterminal patch between tornus and vein 3 in which is a 

 large oval or quadrate black spot ; a crenulate dark brown 

 terminal line. 



$ similar but darker, and markings on fore wings much 

 stronger ; basal half of hind wing rusty wood-grey. 



Length of fore wing, <$ 20 mm., $ 21 mm,; expanse, 

 £ 45 mm., ? 48 mm. 



7 <?<?, 1 ?, Amgid, April 21, 1914; 2 $ $ , 1 ?, 

 Tahihout, May 1, 1914; 1 <J , Am Taiba, May 23-25, 1914. 

 (Type <J, Amgid.) 



(52) Anumeta atrosignata harterti } Rothsch. 



Anumeta henkeiharterti, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. xx. p. 469 (1913) 

 (S. of El Golea). 



In vol. xxii. p. 234, under no. 46, I drew attention to the 

 fact that 8ir George Hampson, in his forthcoming volume xiv. 

 of the ' Catalogue,' is uniting both sj^dota, Erscli. and my 

 harterti as identical with atrosignata of Walker. 1 cannot 

 agree with him in this. Although desert insects are certainly 

 very widespread, 1 find the species of the genus Anumeta 

 vary locally very considerably. The truth is that atrosignata 

 is divisible into three quite recognisable local races, and must 

 stand as follows : — 



Anumeta atrosignata atrosignata, Walk. — Western India, 



Scind. 

 Much paler and smaller, markings indistinct. 



