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Egypt. The median spot and apical mark in the forewings are black-grey. On the underside of the forewings 
the apex is somewhat paler olive green than the rather dark olive green and white spotted hindwings. The 
second generation which flies from the end of March to April is called syrtica Trti. It is characterised by the 
fainter markings of all wings. aegyptiaca Vrty. is a small race from the Nile with pronounced yellow-green 
underside of the hindwings, which are inclined to form yellow-green traverse bands. - The race melisande 
Fruhst. (7 d) flies in April in Palestine. It differs owing to the underside being more richly marked with 
yellow, the trellis of the wings is more open with much more white than in taurica Rob. — persica Vrty. (7 c) 
shows a very similar underside. The upperside has a small but sharply outlined apical mark whilst the median 
spot on the other hand appears reduced. In place of uralensis Bartel the older name volgensis Krul. should 
be placed: synonymous hereto is pfaffi Trautmann described in 1927. — transiens Vrty. from the Alai is a 
transition to pulverata Christ. The veins on the underside are partly yellow. — subsp. naina Kosch. from the 
Lake of Bubaj in the Sajan Mountains is remarkable by the sexual dimorphism similar to bryoniae in napi. 
The $ shows the narrow falcate median spot of the forewings confluent with the densely black dusted costa 
and the base of the wings is densely powdered with black. On the underside the apex of the forewings is a 
greenish yellow, the hindwings greenish grey-vellow with white spots. The 9 shows on the upperside of all 
wings a fawn coloured yellow with such dense black dusting that only in the middle of the inner margin of 
the forewings a pure fawn coloured yellow patch remains. On the underside only the hindwings are pale yellow. 
A melanic $ of this race is described by 0. Bang-Haas as koschantschikoffi : it is an analogous aberration to 
rondoui Vrty. (7 d). 
E. tagis Hbn. (Vol. 1, plate 22 d). gallica Oberth. is described as bellezina Bsd. The underside of the 
wings is more yellow than tagis. — subsp. granadensis Ebb. (= alhambra Stgr. Rbb., alhambrae Oberth ., granatae 
Vrty.) is a considerably larger race than the race from the coastal regions. Its occurrence is limited to the 
mountains of Ronda and Grenada. lusifanica Oberth. flies in Portugal, it corresponds with the description 
and illustration of Duponchels. - Oberthur describes a race from Algeria as algerica which has less sharply 
elongated wings. The underside of the hindwings is olive green with pure white spots. — Turati gives the 
name praecox to the first generation of insularis Stgr.: it is smaller and has narrower wings. The second 
generation is to be called sardoa Oberth. The decisive differentiations as compared with insularis are so trivial 
and unimportant that particulars of the date of flight should be enquired into in order to form a certain 
judgment on the question of the generation. A very doubtful form is also aestivalis Vrty. which Verity 
ascribes also to insularis. When Verity established this form he only had old specimens of Gfenees at his 
disposal: it is true that afterwards he received specimens caught in June which appeared to confirm his deduction. 
— castellana Vrty. from Aranjuez is nothing else than bellezina Bsd. 
E. pyrothoe Ev. (Vol. 1, p. 53). ab. flavidovirescens Oberth. (— alpherakyi Avin.) from Ferghana, has 
the apical mark a lemon yellow with an indication of greenish. - ab. spinacea Alph. has the inner area of the 
hindwings a rich green (spinach green) with very few white spots. 
12. Genus: AiitlBOcharis Bsd. 
A. charlonia Donz. (Vol. 1, p. 53). The difference between the generations of charlonia is very trivial 
and scarcely justifies special denominations. For instance the f. vern. levaillanti Lucas is scarcely to be differen¬ 
tiated from the summer form and also f. vernalis Vrty. shows scarcely any special differences from subsp. 
transcaspica. The autumn form atlantica Stauder is a dwarf form from Fl-Kantara in Algeria. The base of 
the wings on the upperside is dusted with black and the ground colour somewhat deeper yellow. — ab. inter¬ 
rogans Stauder from South Algeria is a $ in which the spot in the forewings is shaped like an inverted question 
mark with the dot on the costa. 
A. lucilla Btlr. (7 e: Vol. 1, p. 53). A smaller form with narrower more elongated wing contour and with 
more profuse grey dirsting of the underside is called lucillides Vrty. from Campbellpore, perhaps this is a spring 
form. We illustrate the species here which was not done in Volume 1. 
A. bieti Oberth. (Vol. 1, p. 54). A race called detersa Vrty. from Amdo in which the grey apical spot is 
missing or where it is reduced to small pale grey shadows. 
A. cardamines L. (Vol. 1, p. 54). Aberrations of colouring and marking have been named in great 
number. — ab. progressa Sovinsky from Irkutsk is a small <$ in which the white of the forewings has a golden 
yellow colour, which extends right to the base of the wings. The black dot is absent or very small. — ab. 
saxonia F. Hering (= flaV^signata Gloss, tuleola Stephan) has a yellow coat to the white of the forewings, 
flavescens Oberth. from the Maritime Alps has the same colouration, but it is paler and not so intensive. The 
costa of the forewings is black and the apex dusted with grey. The underside of the forewings is yellow with 
a specially brightly coloured apex. — citronea Wheeler which occurs frequently in Switzerland is identical with 
alberti Hojfm. (Vol. 1, p. 54). — In flavidovirescens Oberth. from East Prussia the otherwise red mark of the 
forewings is a lemon yellow with greenish hue. — sassafrana Oberth. has the mark a pale saffron yellow and in 
salmonea Oberth. <-it is a nice salmon colour. — Specimens from Valdieri in the Maritime Alps which have a 
syrtica. 
aegyptiaca,. 
melisande. 
persica. 
volgensis. 
transiens. 
naina. 
koschan¬ 
tschikoffi. 
tagis. 
gallica. 
granaden¬ 
sis. 
lusifanica. 
algerica. 
praecox. 
aestivalis. 
pyrothoe. 
flavidovi¬ 
rescens. 
spinacea. 
charlonia. 
interrogans. 
lucilla. 
lucillides. 
bieti. 
detersa. 
cardamines. 
progressa. 
saxonia. 
flavescens. 
flavidovi¬ 
rescens. 
sassafrana. 
salmonea. 
