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Rev. has 3—4 small white spots at the apex of the forewings. — tenuisignata Skala with faint black mark¬ 
ings in the discal area on upperside and also traces on underside of forewings. Similar to neera. - alaida Std. 
has almost no black spots only the forewing is completely surrounded by black. Ground colour fiery. Reminding 
one of fergliana Stgr. (Vol. 1, pi. 66 b). speciosa $ Schultz. With violet sheen, ground colour yellowish-brown. 
griseofusca $ Brams., both wings uniformly dusted grey-brown. The pale ground colour only retained at 
costa and as a submarginal band. — discolor Brams. is similar. Marginal area brownish-yellow. Hindwings 
adumbrated. — fulvocincta Brams. Wings dark brown, only a yellow-red stripe of ground colour in marginal 
area; this is wider on hindwings. — The number of more or less melanic forms is large, so that each collector 
must decide for himself how many denominations he will apply to the various degrees of melanism. * First 
we will deal with the forms with heavier spots, depauperata Sag. Almost without black markings in discal and 
marginal areas of forewings. Black markings on hindwings enlarged and ray-like. On underside however of 
forewings ray-like markings but hindwings fairly normal. jaika Krul. Forewings extended, ground colour 
duller. Black markings “strongly developed”. — nigrita Skala. A further distinct row of spots on forewings 
between the submarginal band and main row of spots in discal area. A large black spot also on inner margin. 
Hindwings widely black at base and inner margin. - fasciata Skala (= fasciata Vorbr.). The middle row of 
spots forms a band. Hindwings similar to nigrita. On underside of hindwings the red-yellow band narrower, 
subdivided into 3 parts. antico-radiata Sauss. has the middle spot on upperside elongated radially, 
oblongomaculata Skala has the middle row of spots only heavily developed on upperside at inner margin of 
forewings. Also marginal lunules bold. — In ochracea Skala besides, the underside is ochre-yellow instead of 
sulphur yellow and in inversa Skala the apex is black on underside. — In ocellata Skala the marginal lunules 
only of hindwings form large ocellus-like spots. - — The following forms are more heavily spotted in outer area, 
pieszeki Skala. Submarginal spots merged and with violet sheen. — marginemaculata Kautz. Both wings with 
less black markings in discal area. Submarginal spots on forewings somewhat enlarged, more heavily so on 
hindwings and conjoining with the margin. Similarly on underside of hindwings. — striata Skala. Margin of 
both wings 2 mm black, submarginal row of spots conjoining. — marginata Skala is the same, only the yellow- 
red colouration of underside is brighter. —- iatefascia Brams. has a wide outer band on forewings. Ground 
colour buff, densely scaled with black. — Now to the more or less quite black forms, radiata Aign. Forewings 
black on upperside, only red-brown on costa at base, submarginal band and the veins. In discal area of hindwings 
only a few black patches. — latefasciata Vorbr. Base and discal area of forewings almost completely deep black. 
Obtained also as a form due to exposure to temperature. — ziegleri Stick. Forewings blackened at base. At end 
of cell and above inner margin black spots and besides small marginal dots. Hindwings have submarginal band 
in ground colour, wide at costa tapering off narrowly at anal angle. On underside of both wings black spots in 
basal area and before the margin. — fischeri Aign. ( = zinburgi Skala). Margin of both wings widely black. 
Basal area of forewings black, only in the cell 2 patches of ground colour. The submarginal row of spots very 
small. Hindwings black at base and inner margin. Underside of forewings only black at base. Hindwings 
yellow-red at base with black spots; discal and marginal areas yellowish with a few brown spots; marginal 
spots large, black. - - mauritii Rev. heavily blackened on forewings from base to the outer row of spots, 
kempelini Skala. Black spots of both wings heavily merged, marginal area of forewings retaining only a few 
radial streaks, otherwise dark. Pale radial patches longer on hindwings. On underside of forewings also radial 
streaks, base of hindwings densely black. — nigra Ballestre. Upperside quite black, only 2 yellow-red patches 
on fore wings. — boekleti Heuer is a form created by narcosis. Forewings pale orange, veins grey, margin 
narrowly black, outer bands diffuse, discal area open, base grey-green. Hindwings black at base, costa and 
inner margin. Marginal lunules widely diffuse. — Variations of underside are as follows: demaculata Brams. 
Underside of forewings almost bare of markings. Upperside of hindwings with black patches at base and inner 
margin diffuse and elongated. — subtus-crassipuncta Rev. The black marginal dots on underside of hindwings 
very large. — interrupta Skala. The yellow-red band of hindwings near the base dissolved into several parts. 
— mariarinae Skala. The yellow-red marginal band is dissolved into pale patches and surrounded by black 
scales. — In cumulans Skala hindwings have black basal marks radially prolonged. — According to Verity 
the author of the typical race was Esper and not Ochsenheimer. According to the illustration it is a small 
ochre-yellow $ of the 2nd generation and this alone suffices to denominate the large fuscous 1st generation 
rubida Vrty. Specimens with extensive black marking and only narrow yellow-red marginal lunules, of which 
the $ is similarly but more diffusedly marked, are named nigrorubida Vrty. Chiefly found in “Saxony”, a rather 
valueless definition, as specimens from Leipzig and the Erzgebirge cannot be identical. Smaller, paler yellow-red 
specimens with variable black marking are subrubida Vrty. from Berlin. In the north of Austria no new races 
are denominated. — Only in S. Tyrol there is a new race: naina Fruhst. Fairly large with few black markings, 
therefore similar to dalmatina Stgr. but deeper brick-red. $ very variable but generally red-brown, rarely 
yellowish-green. — lesora Fruhst. A with elongated wing contour, otherwise similar to oreithyia by the heavy 
black markings and wide black margin, especially on hindwings, $ smaller than same and inclining towards 
melanism. Carniola. — oreithyia Fruhst. (13 e, f) is a large race. S' bright brick-red with rounded wing contour. 
Black spotting heavy, especially middle band of forewings and submarginal crescents on both wings. $ as large 
as the largest $ from the Maritime Alps. Colour paler than in Carniola and the Maritime Alps. Dalmatia. - 
Specimens from Bosnia: druentia Fruhst. somewhat smaller. $ deep red-brown, black marking coarse and 
Supplementary Volume 1 27 
tenui¬ 
signata. 
alaida. 
speciosa. 
griseofusca- 
discolor. 
fulvocincta. 
depau¬ 
perata. 
failca. 
nigrita. 
fasciata. 
antico- 
radiata. 
oblongo¬ 
maculata. 
ochracea. 
inversa. 
ocellata. 
pieszeki. 
margine¬ 
maculata. 
striata. 
marginata. 
Iatefascia. 
radiata. 
latefasciata. 
ziegleri. 
fischeri. 
mauritii. 
kempelini. 
nigra. 
boekleti. 
demaculata. 
subtus- 
crassi¬ 
puncta. 
interrupta. 
mariannae. 
cumulans. 
rubida. 
nigro¬ 
rubida. 
subrubida. 
naina. 
lesora. 
oreithyia. 
druentia. 
