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outer line white, strongly outcurved above middle; as strongly inangled on vein 4, then outwardly oblique 



and straight to submedian fold close before subterminal line, running inwards along the fold, then erect upwards 



to touch the oblong erect renifonn stigma, with the outer edge of which it forms a continuous line, incurved 



from the inner edge and oblique outwards to the white vein 1 just beyond the middle; renifonn and space 



below it white in $, greyish white in the cf ; subterminal line straight, white, with a whitish grey cloud between 



it and outer line in midwing: terminal line grey in 6\ whitish in ?; fringe grey; hindwing dark grey in cf, 



paler in ?, with the outer and subterminal lines repealed; all the while markings are stronger in the ¥ than 



in the cf; in the ah. albescens ab. nov. (?) (62h) both wings are nearly while, with the usual dark shadings albescens. 



quite pale grey brown. A local species found only in the I'ral and Altai Mts. in Russia and \V. Siberia, and 



in the Thian slum Mts. of Central Asia. 



Subsect. B. Antennae of <? ciliated. 



G. mi CI. 1 62 h). Forewing black slightly dusted with grey: lines whitish, the snbbasal ending in a mi. 

 grey-edged black. spot on inner margin; the inner obliquely curved outwards; the outer angled at vein 6, 

 indented on 4. angled inwards below vein 2. running upwards and outwards below renifonn, then downwards 

 again parallel to its former course, and finally running in to the inner line above inner margin; orbicular 

 stigma a round black spot with grey outline; renifonn large and black, edged externally by a white bar, which 

 often emits a narrow pale line externally from its middle; "subterminal line sinuous, double, somewhat lunulate, 

 with dark centre and pale-scaled edges, except at costa where it is single and white, preceded by oblong 

 black spots separated by the pale veins: hindwing with the cell ochreous white, containing a black cellspot; 

 outer and subterminal sinuous series of ochreous white spots between the veins; fringe of both wings mottled 

 black and white, with pale line at base; underside ochreous white; — ab. ochrea Tutt (62 h) has the ground ochrea. 

 colour of hindwing yellow; this is the usual form in Britain, where sometimes the forewing also is tinged 

 with yellowish: the underside of both being yellow; ab. illuminata ab. nov. (62 h, i) is a paler form of the type illuminata. 

 in which the dark areas are restricted by the amplification of the pale spaces, the underside yellowish white; 

 in litterata Gyr. (62 hi from Italy the white is pure, the underside bluish white; but the white spots of the litteraia. 

 upper side are restricted in size; in ab. extrema B.-Haas (62 i) from Amurland and Central Asia, the white exlrema. 

 predominates still more over the black than in illuminata, the underside being also pure white; in ab suffusa suffusa. 

 ab. nov. (62 i) from Italy, the white spaces are almost crowded out and both wings are nearly black: the 

 underside with all the veins black and the ground colour yellowish white; ab. explanata Rbl. is a clear whitish explanata. 

 yellow- form from Bohemia; in ab. aurantiaca ab. nov. (=ab. 3 Hmps.) from Portugal the ground colour is aurantiaca. 

 orange yellow. Larva yellowish; dorsal line dark, finely pale in centre; several fine wavy lines on each side; 

 spiracular line broad, dark reddish brown, edged below with yellow or red; feeding on clover, melilot, etc. 

 Occurs commonly throughout Europe, in Asia Minor, Armenia, Central Asia, and Amurland. 



Q. futilis Stgr. Forewing dull brownish black; inner line ending in two whitish grey flecks on inner futilis. 

 margin: a. triangular_whitish fleck at end of cell; outer line whitish, sinuous, projecting beyond cell and again 

 on submedian fold, insinuate between; subterminal line grey preceded by a dark fascia; fringe whitish; hindwing 

 dull blackish with the fringe white; some white markings beneath basal half of median vein and again towards 

 anal angle. Described from a single cf from the Apfelgebirge, Transbaikalia. 



Q. regia Stgr. (62 i). Forewing dark olive brown suffused with fuscous; inner line pale, obscure, regia. 

 outwardly oblique; outer line white, roundly bent at vein 6, then straight, hardly reaching inner margin; 

 submarginal line white, thick, fusing with the outer line along the veins, so that the dark band between them 

 is cut up below vein 6 into wedge-shaped blotches; renifonn stigma black in a broad white ring; hindwing 

 deep yellow; the base of cell and of submedian fold fuscous black; a black cellspot, outer angulated continuous 

 line, and submarginal and marginal rows of spots, those of the last continued into the yellow fringe: in the 

 only c? I have seen the outer row of spots is coalescent into a continuous band; underside of both wings 

 yellow, with the markings black. Ferghana; Khuliab Province, Afghanistan. 



Sect. II. Fore tibiae not spined; hind tibiae spined only between the spurs. 



Q. glyphica L. (62 i). Forewing pale grey suffused with pale brown or uniform pale brown; the glyphicu. 

 shadings dark olive brown; inner line pale, oblique and waved, followed by a brown band; outer line whitish, 

 vertically waved, preceded by a brown band, the inner edge of which is the median line; at costa the outer 

 hue is exeurved and accompanied by pale scales on each side; submarginal line obscure, followed by a darker 

 diffuse band, forming a black blotch on costa: hindwing orange, the veins dark; base and inner margin fuscous; 

 a blackish submarginal band, outwardly toothed at costa and middle; a dark terminal shade running up along 

 veins. Nearly co-extensive in range with G. mi. The more uniformly dark brown examples constitute the ^ 

 ab. suffusa Spul. (62 i), the usual form in Britain; -- ab. marginata Spul. ( 02 i) has the subterminal area mar ginata. 

 whitish ochreous; in the ab. obsoleta Strand (62 i) the dark bands of the underside are wanting; the ab. obsolete. 



