598 Mr. N. D. Riley on Uhopalocera from 



14, Li/ccena peilei, Betli. Baker. 

 Eiitomoloijrists' Record, xxxiii, p. 63 (1921). 



B.M. types No. Rh. 179, ^ ; 180, ? , 17. 7. 18, Kariiu) 

 Gorge. 



15. Heodes thersamon kurdistanica, siibsp. ii. 



18 J, 18 ? , 15. 7. 18-14. 9. 18, Ilarir, Kariiul Gorge, and 

 Kermanshah. 



These specimens, especially tlie September ones, are 

 characterized by their small size and tlie lack of any fierv 

 tinge in their coh)ration. They are also a much more 

 yellow- gold even than usual in European thersamon, though 

 not nearly so golden as ochimus. 



The underside coloration is more uniform than in tvpical 

 thersamon, the hindwing ground-colour approaching that of 

 the forewing, and the dark spots are mucli reduced in size. 

 The hindwing tails are comparatively long. 



Var. persica, Bienert, was described from N.E. Persia. It 

 can at once be separated from hurdistnaica by its large size, 

 its fiery reddish-golden colour, and its dark boi'der. 



B.M. types No. Rh. 181, S, 19- 8. 18; 182, ? , 20. 8. 18, 

 Harir. 



16. Aphna>us eparr/yros marginalis, subsp. n. 



2 c^ , 6 ?, 6 & 7. 8. 18, Paitak ; 2 (J , 1. 9. 19, Sulei- 

 m any eh. 



Differs from typical epargyros (as represented in the B.^I. 

 by 13 males and 8 females from Persia, Turkestan, &e.), 

 which was described by Eversmann from the Aral Sea area, 

 by its much smaller size, darker ground-colour, and the 

 great increase in the size of the black markings above. The 

 submarginal band of the forewing so wide as to join the 

 marginal line, thus forming a broad black band which, poste- 

 riorly, joins the median transverse band. The triangular 

 patch ofground-colour so enclosed is nearly half filled by four 

 sj)ots between vein 4 and the costa. The black markings of 

 the hindwing are correspondingly larger. 



On the underside the ground-colour is greenish grey, not 

 silver-grey as in typical epargyros, and the irregular blotches, 

 which in epargyros are ochreous, are similarly slightly 

 greenish. The blotches themselves are more rounded, 

 neater, and the whole underside has a more delicate appear- 

 ance than in typical eparr/yros. 



B.M. types No. Rh. 183, S ', 184, ? , 6. 8. 18, Paitak. 



N.B. — Since its description by Eversmann in 1854, 



