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The $$ closely resemble pseudonubilosus Vrty. from Trebizond. — There is a further group of races which is 
characterised by its rich markings and the enlargement of the cell spots of the hind wings and which is found 
on the central Asian Mountain ranges. On the Hissar Mountains in Buchara we find subsp. bucharana Brylc 
which approximates nubilosus Christ, and gigantea Stgr. The CS with wide hyaline margin reaching to cubi- 
talis 1, diminishing only slightly and interspersed with a row of small white crescents. Generally a small grey 
subcostal spot is present. The end cell spot is crescent shaped, the middle cell spot rhomboidal and attached. The 
hinclwings are only marked by a minute end cell spot and sparse powdering of the hind margin. The $$ are 
more richly marked. The hyaline border wider and often only terminates at cubital is 2. The inner edge of 
the submarginal band is gently curved like an S.-A row of whitish crescents more or less distinctly separates 
the two marginal bands. The grey, delicate subcostal band extends to media 2. The cell spots are larger than 
in the <$, but not so deeply black. The colouring of the hindwings is dull grey, the spots not being so deeply 
black. Sometimes all the spots from the costal spot to the hindmargin form a more or less loose band. The 
hind margin lighter and more sparsely scaled than in the <$. The ab. otlords Brylc belongs here and has in spite 
of its large size only a narrow transparent margin. — subsp. falsa Brylc has its origin at Aulie Ata in Turkestan 
and approaches the form of gigantea Stgr. These are large specimens of light whitish ground colour. The $<$ 
have a wide transparent margin stretching to cubitalis 2, bifurcated at the end by a light tongue of ground 
colour showing a row of lunulae. The costal spot extends diffusing to media 2. The cell spots are large, the end 
cell spot forms a triangle pointing inwards. The middle cell spot is roundish, very large and attached. The 
hindwings have a square subcostal spot, a large two-celled end cell spot which is loosely connected with the 
very large anal spots. From the base of the costal margin a wide band transverses a good third of the disced 
cell, the shading of the hind margin extends as far as the anal spot. The $$ are more gorgeously marked. The 
transparent margin is darker and the light crescents are better developed, as also is the subcostal band. The 
end cell spot is crescent shaped and the middle cell spot touches both cell nervures as a wide ribbon. Hind- 
marginal spot distinctly present. The hindwings have a bold subcostal spot. The end cell spot is well outlined, 
two-celled and uniting with the anal spot which suffuses in the shading of the hind margin extending 
all round the cell. Thereby a three-celled light spot is formed. The discal cell at its lower base participates 
in the shading. I was able to see a series of the race of pytania Brylc from some typical specimens of Bryk’s 
and a further number of specimens from Alai. The CS and $$ are strongly marked. The transparent margin 
is wide with a lunulata condition. The costal band reaches to media 1. The end cell spot is elongated, the 
middle cell spot is rhomboidal and strongly marked. In both sexes the subcostal and end cell spots occur on 
the hindwings and sometimes in the $$ these converge with the anal spots forming a band. 
P. stubbendorfi Men. (= immaculata Men.) (Vol. 1, p. 20). According to the latest views stubbendorfi 
is to be considered a subspecies of P. mnemosyne L. a denomination that would be quite natural when considering 
the whole appearance of the insect and the territory where it occurs. It has been found that where in the east 
of Asia mnemosyne L. ceases, there stubbendorfi commences. Menetries never used the name of immaculata 
Men. as a specific name for stubbendorfi. Menetries only speaks of a mnemosyne with “alis maculatis” and 
adds “ ? spec.”. The form of the <$ in which the transparent border is covered with white scales so that it is 
obscured is called niphetodis Brylc. When the end cell spot of the forewings exceeds the discoidal nervure 
towards the costa we name the variety antiquincunx Brylc. With P. citrinarius Motsch. (= glacialis Btlr.) and 
tsingtaua A. B.-H. we have different forms of ab. ernestinae Brylc which has the middle cell spot free and 
unattached in the discal cell, whilst otherwise in the races mentioned the middle spot fills out the whole width 
of the cell. $2 which have a well developed hind marginal spot in the hindwings are called ab. maculata Brylc. 
If the subcostal spot is developed on the hindwings of the CS the name is ab. arnoldi Brylc (= moltrechti Brylc). 
In the $ ab. aporiides Brylc the end cell spot of the hindwings has disappeared and is not discernible. Also nervure 
aberrations have been named: ab. symplecta Brylc shows the first median nervule grown together with the 
last bifurcated radial nervure and often moved considerably towards the margin. In ab. hoffmanni Brylc on 
both sides of the middle cell arising from the first cubitalis there is a small bit of a nervule which Bryk 
considers is a reversion to a third median nervure, which in the normal way has disappeared in the discal 
cell. — f. clathrata has the sub-median nervure (R 4 -|- 5) joined up with the first median nervule (media 1) by 
means of a transverse nervule, thus forming an additional cell. Bryk denominated as subsp. typica specimens 
from Ongodai in the Altai Mountains and considered this form the type form. This cannot be considered right 
and at the best it may be a case of a new race. The cut of the wings is said to be more pointed, but the author 
qualifies this by saying cautiously that this may be merely “an aberration”. The middle cell spot is absent. 
Subcostal band occurs. In the hindwings there is only a faintly developed subcostal spot. The is very similar 
to the $, differs chiefly through the absence of the subcostal band, through a short submarginal band and a 
somewhat more pronounced shading of the hind margin of the hindwings. Bryk remarks further that this 
form is very close to and almost identical with subsp. tartarus Aust. (4 a and b). To the last named race belongs 
also f. lewi Brylc which has the submarginal band separated into separate individual spots. 0. Bang-Haas 
described a new r race from Sung-pan (= Sumpanting) in the North of Szechuan (West China): funkei of which 
the d'd' are 48 mm and the $$41 mm across the wings on an average. The race is fairly close to tartarus, 
Supplementary Volume 1 5 
bucharana. 
falsa. 
pytania. 
stubben¬ 
dorfi. 
niphetodis. 
antiquin¬ 
cunx. 
ernestinae. 
maculata. 
arnoldi. 
aporiides. 
typica. 
lewi. 
funkei. 
