54 RHYACIA. By W. Warren. 



ocellina. R. ocellina Schiff. (— phyteuma Esp.) (Ilk). Forewing dark brown with more or less of a red 



tinge: veins pale to outer line; stigmata pale; the upper with dark centres; the orbicular small, round or 

 oval, the reniform angled inwards along median vein to touch the orbicular; the cell black; hindwing 

 brown. A small species occurring on the Mountains of Europe, of Western Asia, and of North and 

 transiens. Central Asia. — The form transiens Stgr. } from Central Asia only, is paler, and approaches the following 

 species. ■ Larva brown; dorsal line pale; lateral lines pale, inwardly brown-bordered, the whole dorsal 

 field between them darker; spiracles brown, each with 2 pale-ringed black tubercles above them; head 

 and anal plate brown ; thoracic plate black with 3 yellow streaks ; on various low plants. 



alpestris. R. alpestris Bsd. (— ocellina Hbn., nee Schiff.) (Ilk). Hardly separable from the preceding, but 



the reniform stigma less produced and not touching orbicular; occurs in nearly the same localities as 

 ocellina ; both species are dayfliers and are found at rest on flower heads. 



multifida. R. multif ida Led. (= sanctmoritzi Bcmg-H). Forewing reddish brown, with darker partial suffusion ; all the 



veins finely picked out in whitish; a black streak from base below cell; cell black, with the two stigmata pale 

 with grey centres; the orbicular oblique and oval; inner and outer lines meeting at inner margin; hindwing white, 

 with veins and margins brownish. A local species found in the Tyrol, and Hungary: also from Armenia. 



degeniata. R. degeniata ('hi: (= persica Stgr.) (13a). Forewing greyish brown; a black streak at base of 



submedian fold: the cell black; the stigmata dark ochreous; a black streak from reniform and claviform to 



outer line: submarginal line ochreous preceded by a black shade; hindwing pale ochreous, clouded with 



defuncta. brown. Persia. — The form defuncta Stgr. (13a) from Turkestan is browner, all the markings more 



conspicuous. 



truculenta. R. truculenta Led. (12 i). Forewing dark ochreous grey; lines hardly marked; claviform stigma long, 



black-edged, joined by a black streak to base; upper stigmata pale-edged and dark-centred, the cell between 

 them dark: the orbicular flattened and produced to base; dark wedgeshaped marks before submarginal- 

 line : hindwing white. An asiatic species found in the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia, and in W. and E. Turkestan. 



toxistigma. R. toxistigma Humps. (13a). Very close to the preceding species, but the claviform filled in with 



dark, and the orbicular a flattened oval. — Described hy Hampson from a single cT from Syria. 



hahni. R. hahni Chr. (12 i). Forewing smooth, ochreous suffused with fuscous, blackish along term en; the cell 



black, well defining the stigmata; claviform joined by a black streak to outer line; hindwing white, with 

 brownish veins and termen. The ? is greyer, with darker fuscous suffusion, obscuring the markings-. Occurs 

 in Armenia, X. Persia, and W. Turkestan. 



candelisequa. R. candelisequa Schiff'. (= sagittifera Hbn.) 13 a). Forewing pale or dark grey, the transverse lines 



shadowy; orbicular stigma flattened, the reniform lunate, a brown shade between them; a strong black 

 streak from base along submedian fold, forking along the edges of claviform stigma; another above the 

 median below the upper stigmata reaching submarginal line, which is vague and indicated b}' wedgeshaped 

 marks; veins finely black; hindwing white, the veins darkened before termen. Found in the Mountains of 

 rana. S. Europe, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary and in Armenia and Asia Minor; — ab. rana Led., 

 which is restricted to Western Asia, viz, the Altai Mts., Persia, and Turkestan, is whiter with the lines and 

 stigmata obsolete. — Larva dark brown, with obscure darker lines, the sides and venter varied with white; 

 on Jurinea mollis. 



gaurax. R. gaurax Piing. (12 i). Forewing lilac grej', rufous-tinged, especially in terminal half and lower median 



area; inner line oblique, black, touching the black of cell, which runs up between the large pale stigmata; 

 hindwing white. Recorded from the Alexander Mts., W. Turkestan. 



margari- R. margaritacea 17//. (= I-intactum Hbn., glareosa TV., nee Esp.) (13b). Forewing pearlgrey, 



tacea. slightly Hushed with, pink; lines marked by black costal spots; upper stigmata large, obscureby marked, 

 separated by a square black spot; hindwing white, with the veins and terminal area darkened in ? and 

 slightly also in dark well-marked o*cf. Occurs throughout S. Europe, in France, Italy, Switzerland, S. Ger- 

 many, Austria, Hungary, Roumelia, S. Russia; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, W. Siberia, and Turkestan. — 

 Larva yellowish brown, marbled with dark above; dorsal and subdorsal lines white, with oblique black 

 streaks between; a red and white lateral line dark-edged above; on low plants. 



insignata. R. insignata Led. (= intermedia Ev.) (13b). Forewing pale mouse grey; lines concise, blackish 



towards costa; stigmata all large, smooth dark grey, finely tinged with ochreous; hindwing white with the 

 veins brownish externally, in the cf grej r - tinged before the white fringe. Mainly an Asiatic species, 



pallescens. occurring in W. Siberia, Persia, and Turkestan, and at Sarepta in S. Russia; — the ab. pallescens Chr. 

 is a pale form with the markings almost obsolete, found in Persia and Turkestan. 



sordescens. R. sordescens Stgr. (13b). Forewing olive grey, flushed with purplish; subbasal and inner lines 



alone blackish and distinct; stigmata pale grey, the two upper separated by a black blotch; hindwing 

 white, with brownish termen. W. Turkestan. 



