196 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A NEW CALLIMORPHA FKOM NOBTH-WEST PEESIA 

 AND AEMENIA. 



By W. H. T. Tams. 

 Callimorpha quadripunctaria splendidior, subsp. nov. 



Ccdlimorpha quadripunctaria (Poda), Watkins and Buxton, 

 Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, xxviii, p. 178 (1921). 



$ and $ . General pattern and colour scheme as in quadripunc- 

 taria quadripunctaria, Poda, than which it is somewhat larger. 

 Palpi : 1st and 2nd segments pale yellow, the 2nd with a blackish 

 spot outwardly near base ; 3rd blackish. Antennse sepia. Head 

 pale yellow, with two black spots on vertex behind antennse. Patagia 

 and tegulas bright bronze green edged with yellow. Thorax pale 

 yellow with a median longitudinal bronze green stripe. Abdomen 

 rosaceous orange above, with a small black spot on each segment. 

 (Black spots sometimes absent, as in holotype,^.) Pectus and 

 underside of abdomen pale yellow, the latter bearing a row of black 

 spots on each side, and a median longitudinal row. Pore and middle 

 legs pale yellow, the tibia and tarsi with sepia bands above. The 

 hind legs pale yellow. Pore wing with the pattern of quadripunctaria, 

 from which it differs as follows: Colour brilliant bronze green, with 

 the pale yellow bars more ample ; a small pale yellow spot on vein 

 2, near middle ; a pale yellow streak along the basal two-thirds of 

 the anal vein, broad basally, its attenuated extremity joined to the 

 broad pale yellow border of the inner margin. Fringe alternately 

 sepia and pale yellow from apex to two-thirds ; remaining third pale 

 yellow. Hind wing and whole of underside as in quadripunctaria, 

 but with blackish markings reduced. 



Holotype $ and allotype ? : Harir (5300 ft.), N.W. Persia, 

 11 .8 . '18 (H. D. Peile). 



Paratopes: 4 ? $> , Harir (5300 ft.), N.W. Persia, 10-11 . 8 . '18 

 (H. D. Peile). $ and ? , Karind Gorge (6000 ft.), N.W. Persia, 

 14 . 7 . '18 (Peile). 4 $ $ and ? , Mungerrah Mts., near Dizful r 

 Persia, 1856 (W. K. Loftus). 2 $ $ and ? , Suwara (4000- 

 4600 ft.), 60 miles north of Mosul, Armenia (Capt. Aldworth). 



The above specimens are all that I have so N far seen, and are 

 in the collection at the British Museum (Natural History). 



Col. H. D. Peile says : " July 13th to August 19th, 1918. In 

 large numbers settled on leaves of trees a few feet from the 

 ground, easy to catch; August 10th, abundant still, but more 

 females ; 19th August, nearly over." 



This very distinct form is in its outstanding features quite 

 constant throughout the series of 16 specimens. It is easily 

 distinguished from quadripunctaria, Poda, by its bright bronze 

 green colour, larger size, and by the very long pale yellow streak 

 on the anal vein of the fore wing. 



