Mesopotamia and N. W. Persia. 593 



l)ersepho7ie, it may be as well to mention that uot only, as 

 its name implies, does it lack the white veining of the 

 underside of the hiiidwing, but also its genitalia differ from 

 those oi' persephone, and it has across the bases of areas lb 

 (part) to 3 of forewing above in the male a prominent black 

 sex-mark. 



These seem sufficiently good grounds for maintaining it 

 as a good species. 



6. Epinepheh telmessia pallescens , Butler. 



Epinephele pallescens, Butler, Cat. Sat. B.M. p. 65 (1868), 



E. telmessia var. oreas, J^e Cerf, Ann. d'Hist. Nat. ii. (2) p. 46 (191.3). 



N.W. Persia, Karind Gorge, 13.7.18, 2 ?; Paitak, 

 6. 3. 18, 1 ? ; Harir, 10. 8. 18, 1 ? . 



There seems little doubt that Le Cerf unfortunately over- 

 looked Butler's description oi pallescens, and that his ureas 

 is the same thing. 



7. Epinephele lupinus centralis, subsp. n. 



15 J, 15 ?, from Kizil-Robat, Jebel Hauirin ; Sulei- 

 n)anyeh, Kermanshaii, Harir, and Karind, iv., v., vi., vii., 

 viii., & ix. 1918 & 1919. 



Staudinger's description of " -£/. hjcaon var. intermedia" 

 runs as follows: — "The almost universally common species 

 E. lycaon is a species very variable as to size, nature of hair- 

 scales^ colour, etc. The large examples from S.E. Europe 

 with the forewing in the male more lightly covered with 

 long hairs was described long ago as var. lupi/ucs, Costa. In 

 the lower-lying (hotter) districts of Asia and Asia Minor as 

 well as in S. Russia (according to Alpheraky) an ijiter- 

 mediate form occurs which I call intermedia. Specimens 

 are much laiger than typical German lycaon and almost as 

 densely hairy as the still larger lupinus, but darker and mostly 

 with a broader (shorter) audroconial stripe (or, rather, patch) 

 on the forewing. Also on the underside of the hindwing 

 they are almost always much lighter (more greyish-white) 

 than hjcaon, especially examples from Samarkhaud, almost 

 like typical lupinus. I have this var. intermedia from 

 Samarkhand, Margelan ; also one specimen each from 

 Saison and Lepsa (presumably taken in other hotter dis- 

 tricts) I must include with them. In the same way 

 examples from Amasia and Aclial Tekke District would be 

 best included here, although the Amasia specimens are 

 darker on the underside." 



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