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136 ANTITYPE. By W. Warren. 



subcostal vein and of inner margin; claviform stigma of ground colour, black-edged; tbe upper two with wbite 

 rings; submarginal line wbite, lunulate, preceded by a series of black lunules; fringe olive cbequered with white; 

 hindwing in $ whitish, with diffuse grey submarginal cloud; cellspot and veins dark; in $ wholly suffused with 

 dark grey. Widely distributed in Europe, though not occurring in Great Britain; France, Germany, Austria, 

 Hungary, Scandinavia, Dalmatia, Sicily, the Balkans and S. W. Bussia. Larva dull reddish; dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines whitish; tubercles white; a redbrown shade on each segment with -a white point in it; venter and feet 

 pale yellow; feeds on low plants in autumn as well as spring. 



sacliiani A. manisadjiani Stgr. (33 c). Forewing pale grey speckled with olive; median area filled with olive 



fuscous; the base narrowly, two terminal patches, and a costal patch before submarginal line also olive fuscous; 

 the lines indistinct; claviform stigma dark olive edged with black; orbicular round, olive, variable in intensity; 

 reniform grey and olive; the pale areas paler in $ than $; hindwing of $ white, dusted with grey, of $ grey, 

 paler at base. Pontus, Asia Minor. This seems a good species, and not merely a form of polymita. 



flavicincta. A. flavicincta F. (= flavicincta-major Esp., dysodea Esp. nee Hbn.) (33 c, d). Forewing pale grey 



speckled with darker olive grey, especially in median area; the edges of the stigmata, the course of the basal and 

 submarginal lines, and vein 1 marked by orange scales; lines dark olive; upper stigmata paler; the claviform 

 darker; median shade distinct; hindwing grey, darker in $, with veins, cell spot, outer line, and submarginal 

 "nalis. shade darker; the species varies in depth of colour; the darker forms are known as ab. meridionalis Bsd. (33 d) 



calvescens. from Spain and Corsica; — calvescens Bsd. (33 d) on the other hand is a pale grey form with the yellow scaling 

 albescens, all but obsolete, occurring in S. France, Italy, and Sicily; ab. albescens ab. nov. (33 d) is dull white, without grey 

 dusting except in median area, the upper stigmata also whitish; hindwing paler. Of general occurrence throug- 

 hout Europe and recorded from Asia Minor. Larva pale bluish green, with a darker dorsal vessel and broad pale 

 spiracular stripe; head green; polyphagous on low plants. 



mfocincta. A. rufocincta Hbn. (33 d, e). Larger than flavicincta, more dusted with dark grey; the median area 



between the inner and outer lines always dark grey, and a costal blotch before inner line; the yellow scaling deve- 

 loped along the two folds and the submarginal line; the lines and the markings more obscured; hindwing of <J 

 dull greyish white, with cellspot, outer line, and submarginal band darker, of $ wholly dull grey, the outer line 

 mucida. pale-edged ; — rnucida Guen. (= f arinosa Frr.) (33 e) is a paler, more bluish grey form, with the yellow scaling much 

 flavidior. reduced ;flavidior ab.nov. (33 e) is a more mealy looking insect with a strong yellowish tint, the orange scaling much 

 developed ; all the examples from Amasia, Syria, of which there is a long series of both sexes in the Tring Museum, 

 and a single one from Akbes, are of this form. Not occurring in Britain, Scandinavia, or in the Spanish peninsula, 

 otherwise found throughout Southern Europe, in Asia Minor and Syria. Larva yellowish green; the segmental 

 incisions yellow; dorsal lines obscure, lateral lines yellowish white; tubercles black; spiracles black; head 

 brownish; on all kinds of low plants 



argillaceago. A. argillaceago Hbn. (= venusta Bsd.) (33 e, f). Forewing brick yellow; the median area dull mealy 



green; the bands on each side of it rufous fulvous; lines blackish, generally ill-marked; claviform stigma small, 

 obscure; upper stigmata j-ellowish with grey centres; marginal area beyond the very indistinct submarginal 

 deliciosa. line, sometimes pale greenish grey; hindwing of £ white, of $ grey; ab. deliciosa Oberth., from Algeria, in fore- 

 wing is salmon pink, with grey or deep pink markings, with or without black dusting; cilia of hindwing pink. 

 A local species found in Spain and S. France, S. Bussia, Palestine, and Algeria. Larva greenish; dorsal 

 line fine, dark; lateral lines whitish, edged above with yellow and with dark green below; the pale spiracles on 

 a yellowish green ground; head green; feeds in autumn as well as in spring on various plants, among which are 

 named Cistus albidus and salviaefolius, Spartium junceum, Calycotome spinosa. 



subvenusta. A. subvenusta Pueng. (33 f). Forewing flesh-pink; the base of costa and inner margin, the outer half 



of median area, and the extreme termen suffused with fuscous-olive; veins dusted with dark and white; lines 

 fuscous, dentate lunulate, the teeth tipped with white; submarginal line waved, but indistinct; upper stigmata 

 pale, defined by blown; hindwing of $ white, of $ fuscous, with the costal area whitish. Palestine. Very close 

 to A. argillaceago, but the outer line runs obliquely from costa to median vein, without the outward angulation 

 below costa of that species. 



millina. A. miltina Pueng. (33 f). Forewing fulvous dusted with blackish, and suffused with black on median 



area at inner margin and before submarginal line; lines black, conversely edged with yellow; orbicular and reni- 

 form stigmata with fulvous centres and yellowish annuli edged with black; submarginal line indicated by the 

 dark suffusion before it; fringe yellow; hindwing whitish, with dark suffusion along median nervure, a dark 

 sinuate outer line, and dark curved subterminal and terminal bands; a dark aberration, which may be called 

 nigrescens. nigrescens ab. nov. has the black scaling both of body and wings greatly intensified, the whole median area being 

 black; the pale yellow edges of the lines and the fulvous stigmata being rendered prominent; the hindwing 

 also is much blacker. W. Turkestan. 



calamistis. A. calamistis Hmps. (33 f). Forewing pale greenish ochreous, dusted with darker; lines dark, lunulate; 



the median shade distinct; upper stigmata large and pale; submarginal line indistinct, formed of pale spots, 



