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triangle. — A hybrid between rapae and manni according to Verity is ab. mannides. — The following mannides. 
new races have been established: in the summer in Algeria and Morocco mauritanica Vrty., the is pure maurita- 
white on the upperside with very small, pale grey apical mark, otherwise without black markings, on the 
underside without black dusting, in the $ with very faint dusting’ and the upperside with reduced black 
markings. — subsp. atomaria Fruhst. is of considerable size with striking black dusting of the base of alomaria. 
the wings, especially the forewings in both generations, Dalmatia. The spring generation of lecucosoma 
Schaw. (7 b) from Asia Minor is separated as vaga Fruhst ., it differs by reduced black markings, the absence vaga. 
of the apical mark, and reminds one of leucotera Stef. (Vol. 1, p. 46), the contour of the wings of the £ 
however is narrower. — subsp. transcaucasica Std. from the mountains around .Jelisavetpol has very large iranscau- 
with extensive heavy markings, the apical mark is brownish owing to scattered lighter scales, the under- easica. 
side of the hindwings pale straw yellow. The $ is coloured faintly yellowish with still larger, light brown, 
apical marks and with a base reminding one strongly of atomaria. The underside is a remarkable pale 
yellowish white. pulverea Vrty. from Yarkand is very small with reduced markings, the underside pulverea. 
unusually densely scaled with brown. — subsp. iranica le Cerf has the base of all wings on the upper- iranica. 
side densely powdered with black and the apex as well as the discal spot especially large and dark. In the 
hindwings the apical mark varies considerably in size, sometimes being absent. On the underside the base of 
the forewings is bright yellow dusted with grey, the apex yellowish leather coloured, the hindwings with a 
yellow streak in the disc. Persia. — The summer form of debilis Alph. from Pamir is separated by Stauder 
as accrescens on account of an alledged increased adumbration of the markings. — subsp. eumorpha Fruhst. aecrescens. 
from Thianshan is very large, broad and deep black. The $ with very large black median spot of the forewings eumorplm. 
and costal mark of the hindwings. Underside of the forewings with pale greenish tinge at the base. Hindwings 
of darker straw yellow than in european forms. — In the spring in Japan subsp. yokohamae Vity. occurs which yokohamae. 
is distinguishable bv its size. The underside of the hindwings is quite pale yellow and densely powdered with 
black, with wide pale stripes extending from the base to the outer margin. The summer form 
niphonica Vrty. differs by an equilateral triangular mark formed at the apex. Fruhstorfer describes from niphonica. 
Oshima the subsp. lysicles which is said to be larger than all the other japanese races. It has more extensive lysicles. 
black markings on almost completely bluish-grey scaled forewings. The underside of the hindwings is darker 
than niphonica. — subsp. micipsa Fruhst. from Kiushiu has a light grey apical spot in contrast to yokohamae miclpsa. 
and niphonica , further the underside of the hindwings is densely scaled and dark yellow, with interspersed 
minute black spotty marks, as if strewn with sand. ab. albiventris Nakahara from Tokio belongs to subsp. albiventris. 
crucivora Bsd. : it is of the same size as crucivora but it differs through the black apical mark of the upperside, 
which is one third larger and in the shape of an equilateral triangle. The underside of the hindwings shows 
no black dusting, the abdomen is quite white as leucosoma Schaw. 
P. manni Mayer (Vol. l,p. 47). quercii Rost, d- Zap. from the neighbourhood of Rome is a variety of rossii manni. 
Stef. (Vol. 1, plate 20 d) : it is small with more elongated wing contour, finely powdered with black and with 4 small 1 uercu - 
black round spots and greenish underside. eniicana Vrty. from Elba is similar but with an unusually large costal emicana. 
spot in the hindwings. — The form perfecta Std. from Aspromonte has discal spots like deota-Q in the illustration in perfecia. 
Volume 1 (Vol. 1, plate 20 a). — In ab. semipicta Std. the middle spot and apical mark are absent, analogous to semipicta. 
rajiae-leucotera. In ab. confluens Vrty. the spots on the underside of the forewings merge; Pyrenees. — ab. conjluens. 
alpherakyi Jachontoff from the region of the Springs in the Caucasus has yellowish ground colour, otherwise being alpherakyi 
similar to the type form. —Dwarf forms have been named: minima Vrty., perkeo Std. from middle Dalmatia and 
the somewhat larger neglecta Std. from Bozen. - Verity proposes to name the second generation secundogenita and 
the fourth septembrina, the author’s description is scarcely precise. Verity names the manni flying in the Valley of 
Aosta and the Maritime Alps as alpigena, the underside is bright yellow and the apical spot is elongated quadrilateral alpigena. 
ending in a pointed streak along the outer margin. — Fruhstorfer has described the spring form from Dalmatia, 
Bosnia and Istria as subsp. asta, however, it seems to be nothing more than rossii Stef, which is the form describedas 
far pa Fruhst. from the Sabine Mountains and the Pyrenees. creta Vrty. from Florence and Elba is distinguishable creta. 
by unusual size like daplidice-expansa. — f. montana and pyrenaica Trti. are nomina nuda. 
P. ergane Hbn. (Vol. 1, plate 20 cl). Turati differentiates three generations which, however, are not ergane. 
clearly definable; the spring generation stefanellii Vrty. in April/May, ergane-ergane Hbn. in June, rostagnoi 
Vrty. in July/August: rostagnoi is a group name for the forms longomaculata, magnimaculata and semimaculata 
Rostagno, which however is to be rejected in the same way as italica Trti., a name which was established for 
the italian forms of the spring generation. — In ab. evanescens Vrty. of the gen. vern. all the black markings evanescens 
are reduced to almost absent and at the best indicated by black-grey; in ab. imrriaculata Vrty. the apical mark hnmacu- 
is totally absent. Turati describes from Greece a 2 with sulphur yellow wings: anictera. — Similar to this is . , lain 
^ 1 cniictevd. 
ab. niediecki ? Strand from the Taurus, a fairly large form which is heavily scaled with yellow on the upperside niediecki. 
with heavy more extended black marking: from the same district we have the small ab. detersa Vrty. (7 b), detersa. 
it is almost without markings, at the best with traces of grey in the apex, otherwise white coloured. ab. 
lunata Vrty. is nothing else than semimaculata Rost. 
P. melete Men. (Vol. 1, plate 21 b). ab. vivida Vrty. belongs to subsp. erutae Pouj., it is a 2 from Kiukiang melete. 
with beautiful orange colour on the underside. — f. transiens Vrty. comes from Amur and the Isle of Askold. ldvida - 
® J transiens. 
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