■210 ATHETIS. By W. Warren. 



side and two on outer; a distinct median shade; hindwing white, brownish-tinged, esjjeciallj' along veins 

 and termen; the fringe pure white. Described originally from the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia; occurring 

 as well in Mongolia and Amurland. 



rebeli. A. rebeli Stgr. (= flavirena BebelnecGuen.) (45 a). Foreyving dark grey with fuscous suffusion, wholly 



fuscous in $: inner and outer lines obscurely marked and interrupted, both, like the median shade, starting 

 from black costal spots; orbicular stigma black, small and round; reniform a someyvhat diffuse blackish 

 lunule with whitish points round it; subterminal line whitish preceded by a fuscous shade; the terminal 

 area darker, with black striae: hindwing fuscous grey. Found only in the Canaries. 



rouijemonli. A. rougemonti Sful. (45 a). Forewing smooth, grey, with fine dusting, the tyvo folds slightly tinged 



with rufous; inner and outer lines indistinct, starting from black costal spots; submarginal line composed 

 of pale spots, each edged internally with rufous; orbicular stigma grey at centre edged with rufous in 

 a white ring; reniform a grey lunule, similarly edged, surrounded by yvhite dots; hindwing pure white. 

 Digne, Basses Alpes, S. France; Zermatt, Switzerland. Larva ochreous grey, with broyvn mtrbling; dorsal 

 line finely pale: subdorsal pale with dark lower edge; spiracular slight, dark; the spiracles black; head 

 brown; on probably various low plants. 



jurassica. A. jurassica Bigg. (45 a), o Forewing yvhite or whitish, often tinged yvith grey and dusted with 



fuscous; inner and outer lines fine, blackish, from black costal spots, the inner oblique and irregular; 

 submarginal line pale, with dentate rufous marks before it; terminal points black; orbicular stigma a dark 

 point; reniform brown with pale points round it; hindwing yvhitish, the termen diffusely grey; the veins 

 dark; $ always dirty fuscous with indistinct markings; the hindwing fuscous. Switzerland; Italy, Pesco- 

 costanza and Yalle San Franco, Gran Sasso. July 1906 (0. Neuman); Digne, Basses Alpes. The Italian 

 examples are larger than those from Digne. 



sclini. A. selini Bsd. (45 a). <J Foreyving pale grey with olive grey ($) or blackish ($) dusting; inner and 



outer lines both indistinct, yvith black spots on costa, the former oblique and sinuous, the latter dentate; 

 subterminal line pale, continuous, and wavy, yvith a rufous shade before it; reniform stigma only present, 

 a brown lunule, plainer in the <$, with tyvo yvhitish points on inner edge and three on outer, yvith small 

 yellowish mark at middle of outer side, all indistinct in the $; hindyving whitish in <J, greyish yvhite in $; 

 the terminal area and veins towards termen darker. Mainly a South European species, found in Spain, 

 S. France, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, Dalmatia, Grece, Switzerland, Hungary, Germany and Russia, Livonia 

 and Sarepta ; also in Asia Minor and Syria. 



flavirena. A. flavirena Guen. (45 b). Forewing dark ashy grey; the lines yvith blackish costal spots; the inner 



oblique and yvaved, the outer dentate; orbicular stigma a small round fuscous spot, sometimes yvith yvhitish 

 scales around it; reniform fuscous, with yvhite dots round it and a small yellow spot at middle of outer- 

 side; submarginal line pale, obscure, often interrupted; a row of small black lunules along termen; hind- 

 yving dull hyaline yvhitish, suffused with fuscous in $; the veins and termen narroyvly dark grey; — 

 minor Kalchb. (45 b), from Central and Southern Italy, is smaller; '? the summer brood; — noctivaga Bell. 

 (= infusca Const. (45 b) is darker, the yvhole forewing suffused with fuscous, and the hindwing in both 

 ubdita. sexes white; — a greyer form ab. subdita ah. nor. occurs in Yalais, Syvitzerland. Found only in South 

 Europe, Spain, Central Italy, Sicily, S. France, the Tyrol; also in Asia Minor and Palestine. 



minor, 

 noctivaga. 



wiMschle- 

 geli. 



A. wullschlegeli Piing. (45 b). Forewing brown mixed yvith grey; inner and outer lines blackish, 

 conversely edged yvith grey, starting from black costal spots; orbicular stigma a small round black spot; 

 reniform blackish defined by some yvhitish scales, with faint yvhitish point below on inner side and two 

 on outer; subterminal line pale, yvith a fuscous shade preceding it; hindyving yvhite in the <$ yvith the 

 costal and terminal areas only fuscous, wholly fuscous in $. Recorded only from Zermatt, Switzerland. 



selinioides. A. selinioides Bell. (45b). ^Foreyving greyish yvhite suffused yvith fuscous, except on costal area; 



inner and outer lines blackish, yvavy and dentate; the median shade diffuse and conspicuous; orbicular 

 stigma a small dark dot; reniform a dark lunule, yvith yvhite dot on inner side beloyv and two on outer 

 side; subterminal line denticulate, yvith a brown shade before it; hindwing white yvith a broyvn tinge, 

 the termen wholly suffused yvith brown; $ darker, someyvhat purplish grey; the reniform stigma obscure; 

 tlie hindwing wholly dark. Corsica and N. Italy, (Maritime Alps). 



mcnelriesi. A. menetriesi Kretschm. (= montana Brem., petraea Tengstr.) (48 a) Foreyving pale grey, with some black 



dusting; inner and outer lines partially obsolete and interrupted, yvith small black spots at costa; sub- 

 terminal line represented by a series of yvhitish striae, internally defined by small dentate black marks; 

 orbicular stigma a small black spot; reniform a narrow dark lunule; traces of a bent median shade with 

 black spot on costa; hindyving yvhite. dusted yvith brown along termen; a black cell spot and row of 



