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marginal line on both wings instead of a broad brown border; besides the black punctiform spots beneath are 
less developed. — Larva lustrous dull flesh-coloured with a dorsal reddish band and lateral traces of such a 
band on each segment. Upper surface with extremely fine hair. Pupa not uni-coloured as in ubaldus, but all 
over spotted black. Larva an Acacia arabica and A. Senegal. Pupa without a silky cocoon. Imago always 
together with ubaldus. (According to Bell, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 25, Nr. 3, 15. 1. 1918. 452 s 
T. jesous is also supposed to be distributed aero sstwo continents. I had only access to the Syrian jesous. 
branch of the collective species. We must for the present leave the question unanswered whether the anatomy 
of South African specimens will bring surprises or prove their real identity with Asiatic gamra. At any rate 
three areal forms were for the present denominated: gamra Led. (Vol. I, t. 78 c) is the name-type from Syria, gamra. 
Distributed over the whole of India to Burma. Arabia. ■—- crameri Mr. (153 c). Ceylon. Specimens smaller crameri. 
and darker than Syrian gamra, so that the name of crameri may be maintained. — je.sou-s Guer. According to 
AcrRivrLLius from Abyssinia and the Somali Land to the Cape Colony. 
T. asialis Nic. Distinguished by uncommonly large black spotting beneath. The figure of the type asialis. 
is without the black basal streak on the hindwing beneath characteristic of Azanus, in the place of which Nice- 
ville mentions three maculae. Nias, 1 $ in the Cob. Courvoisler at the Museum of Basle. Uncus primitive, 
of the plainest structure, with a very long apophysis. Oedeagus with a ventral, strong spine and a two-pointed, 
long cuneus. Valve, however, again most primitive, oblong, trough-shaped, with a slightly upturned edge, 
very long, but only scantily and most delicately haired. 
16. Genus: Polyominatiis Latr. 
This monotypical genus has already been dealt with in Vol. I, p. 290. The species penetrating also in 
Europe from the Mediterranean region rather far to the north was already known in 1775 from Valais, but 
strange to say its occurrence there was denied by Staudinger. About the habits, particularly the early stages 
of P. baeticus, there already exists copious literature, but we feel entitled to call our readers’ attention to the 
explicit and intuitive reports of Dr. Roepke. Bell also described at large (Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1918, 
26, p. 133 to 135) all the early stages. According to Kershaw, the eggs are in Hongkong singly deposited on 
the flower-buds and young shoots of Vigna sinensis Hassk. The imago itself is common in Hongkong in the 
dry period from October till March, whereas it occurs only singly during the other months. 
P. baeticus L. is in Asia everywhere common in the southern part and on its way towards east it baeticus. 
has penetrated by way of Australia, the Pacific islands to Hawaii. On the European soil, according to Mr. 
Dannehl’s observations, P. baeticus has intimate ecological relations to Tarucus telicanus. since both deposit 
their eggs on MeJilotus, the egg being deposited on the bud. The larvae live in the blossom which they eat up. 
The pupation, however, mostly takes place below on the stalk. The imagines like to fly swiftly and wildly in 
the sun and have the peculiar gift of returning to a postuie of rest from the most headlong flight, in order to 
begin at once with sucking. At night they hide and take refuge on bushes, especially in acacias and ash- 
trees. ,,The larva has the typical shape of the Lycaenid larvae. Its contour is elliptical, its dorsum feebly 
convex, but the anal end of the larva is somewhat more flattened. The small, roundish head is brownish, 
lustrous, more or less marked blackish. In the resting larva the head is entirely hidden under the neck, 
but whilst it is feeding, it is also visible f rom above. The small, delicate pectoral feet are light brown, 
the likewise very delicate, small ventral feet whitish diaphanous as the whole under surface of the larva: 
the lateral margins of the body project far beyond these feet. In running across a glass plate, for 
instance, almost the whole ventral surface of the insect rests on the glass, though not so much as 
e. g. in the Limacodid larvae. The colouring of the larva is a dirty green of most variable shades, being 
.sometimes lighter, sometimes darker, or more brownish-green, or more yellowish-green. Of frequent occurrence 
are also such forms in which a dull violet tint expands from the direction of the lateral parts and the height 
of the dorsum. In all, however, the dorsal line is more or less distinctly prominent in the shape of a darker, 
narrow stripe. On both sides of it there appear occasionally lighter, segmentally defined oblique markings. 
The whole upper surface of the body of the larva is somewhat velvety; by means of the microscope we notice 
that this structure is caused by numerous, very short, small, densely compressed bristles. The stigmata are 
not very prominent. The younger larvae differ but little from the adult larvae — of course except by their 
size. Their colouring and marking is more inten^or rather more distinct, and specimens with a preponderantly 
violet ground-colour are of more frequent occurrence. The very earliest stages which I found — about 2 to 
3 mm long — are so to speak colourless. Adult, resting larvae were 16 mm long and 6 mm broad.“ 
