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METAPORIA. By Chr. Bollow. 
sheljuzhkoi. especially in the proximal area of the hindwings. The ab. sheljuzhkoi Bryk & Meinh. from Askhabad related 
shugnana. to subsp. pellncida Rob. is without all dark scales at the ends of the cells of the hindwings. — subsp. shugnana 
Shelj. from the province of Shugnan in Pamir has the forewings uniformly densely scaled, underside of the 
hindwings of the $ yellowish, sparsely powdered with black, in the $ twice as heavily as in the 2. — subsp. 
naryna. naryna Shelj. is smaller than typical specimens. The underside is heavily dusted with black, more heavily than 
atomosa. in atomosa Vrty. from Ta-tsien-lu and Ni-tu: this is a smaller race with wider wing contour of which the under¬ 
side is heavily scaled with black: it approaches somewhat to augusta Trti. — colona Krul. is only a transition 
centralasiae. to atomosa. — From the Borochoro region and the Thian-Shan Verity names the race of centralasiae: the 
upperside is similar to augusta Trti. (Vol. 1, Plate 19 a), the underside of all wings shows the veins more or 
sachalinen- less widely margined with black. — subsp. sachalinensis Mats. (7 c) differs according to the description from 
sls • adherbal by a smaller size, no brownishness of the margin of both wings. On the underside the dark scaling 
is absent except along the veins. It comes from Sachalin. Our illustration of a specimen from Sachalin shows, 
however, (coll. Seitz, Fritz Scriba leg.) a specially heavy dark scaling: at the extremities of the veins on the 
upperside the dark grey triangles are so large that they touch one another at the margin and exceed those of 
the middle european specimens in size. — Probably the largest of all the crataegi races flies in Japan: it is 
adherbal. adherbal Fruhst. of Yesso and north Japan which is larger than all the north european and Siberian forms. The 
distal area of the wings is as in augusta Trti., otherwise it is quite similar to centralasiae Vrty. - Still larger is 
niphonica. niphonica Vrty. of which the underside shows less black dusting than atomosa. The description of karajevi Krul. 
has not been supplied to me. — A number of more or less abnormal vein formations have been described of 
crataegi analogous to those of the Parnassius Genus, it would have been better if they had been omitted. 
Enderlein already named in 1909 the ab. karschi for a one-sided displacement of the first mediana in the 
fore wings. Bryk denominates the following aberrations: ab. enderleini a form in which the radialis bifurcates 
with the first median nervure 4 + 5; in ab. szulinszkyi the second median nervure bifurcates: ab. grotei has 
rudiments of veins at the bend of the disc; ab. bigae shows two fine lines in the disc on the underside, in ab. 
hoefnageli No. 2 originates from No. 1 axillary, in ab. schawerdai the 2+3 radialis is not free of the anterior 
end of the cell but interlaces with the bifurcated 4, 5. radialis + 1. mediana from the corner of the cell: ab. 
binervula Berenne has the 5th nervure of the hindwings divided into two branches close to the margin of the 
wings. — Futuronerva absurda Bryk is nothing more than a pathological form of crataegi of unknown origin 
and Bryk's conclusions as unnecessary as the name. 
hlpjna. A. hippia Brem. (Vol. 1, Plate 17 b). The subsp. occidentals 0. B.-H. from Borochojewa, Malchan 
occidentalis. mountains and southwest Transbaikal has a more greenish colouration on the upperside than hippia from the 
Amur region, the underside of the hindwings is not so intensively coloured as in the name type form. — Bryk 
describes an aberration of the veins banghaasi in which the plethoneura mediana interlaces with the last radius 
of the hindwings. No description has been given of japonica Mats. 
potanini. A. potanini Alph. ( — alpherakyi Vrty. sec. Shelj.) (Vol. 1, Plate 17 c) subsp. infernalis 0. B.-H. (7 a) 
inf emails. f ro m Tsing-lin-shan mountains, east Kansu, Hweisi, has all wings on the upper and undersides powdered with 
black, the veins widely margined with black, between the ribs there are black spots which in the (or in all ?) 
bitercostata. are confluent. — The subsp. intercostata 0. B.-H. from Kansu north China has similar markings on the upperside 
to crataegi, the ribs however are more widely dusted with black, the light yellow basal spot of the underside 
of the hindwings reflects through. The underside white or coloured yellowish, the median nervules of the 
hindwing stand out distinctly being dusted with black from the margin to shortly before the cell. 
bieti. A. bieti Oberth. (Vol. 1, Plate 17 c). — ab. oberthiiri Vrty. £ with transparent wings, veins with indistinct 
oberthuri. brownish outlines which diffuse into the ground colour of the upperside. — magna Draeseke a large form of pure 
stdt-neri w hite‘ Ta-tsien-lu and Wasseku. — ab. stotzneri Braes, belongs to martineti Oberth., it is somewhat smaller 
than the normal $<$ with sooty adumbration of the margin of the fore wings and very wide black dusting of 
the subcostal and upper radial veins. Sumpanting, Szechuan. 
davidis. A. davidis Oberth. (Vol. 1, Plate 17 d). — ab. nigricans Vity. is a strongly melanic variety. — thibetana 
nigricans. Vrty. is a very small race from Amdo and Szechuan, which is characterised by its paler colour of the upperside 
thllj dAhda anc ^ brighter yellow of the underside. — diluta Vrty. has all black markings very reduced, especially in the $2: 
Tai-pai-chan, Tsing-lin mountains. 
2. Genus: Metaporia Btlr. 
procris. M. procris Leech (Vol. 1, Plate 17 e). — flavescens Vrty. from Ta-tsien-lu has a nice sulphur-yellow 
flavescens. ground colour of the upperside and the underside of the hindwings with bright yellow like lhamo (Vol. 1, Plate 17c). 
sinensis. — subsp. sinensis 0. B.-H. shows the black markings of the upperside fainter than in the name type form. The 
underside of the hindwings is white to greenish-white, only the basal spot is faintly coloured yellowish. Hsining, 
draesekei. Nan-shan mountains, Tatung, Kansu. — subsp. draesekei O. B.-H. is smaller and of darker colouration. The 
