ERYCINIDAE; LIBYTHEA; NEMEOBIUS; POLYCAENA. By M. Gaede. 
6. Family: Erycinidae. 
A. Sub-family: Libytheini. 
1. Genus: Ubytliea F. 
L. celtis Fuessly (Vol. 1, p. 251, pi. 71 f). A few aberrations have been named: denudata DM. The celtis. 
small spot near the inner angle is missing. — In separata DM. the spot on costa of hindwings is very small, the ^™udata. 
main spot is incised. pallida DM. has bands of normal shape but light yellow. - - conjuncta Schaio. Apical pallida 
spot on forewings is conjoined with the main spot. Occasionally the quadrate spot near mid-costa can be conjuncta. 
isolated from the basal streak and the large spot obliquely posterior. Not yet denominated! pygmaea DM. is 
a dwarf form. — sophene Fruhst. from Thibet is the same, occurring there perhaps as a race. - chinensis Fruhst. chinensis. 
Similar to lepita Mr. (Vol. 1. pi. 71 f) but larger, inspite of which the yellow bands are narrower and more 
horizontal on hindwings. Omei-Shan. celtoides Fruhst. Also similar to lepita , but the small yellow-red spot celtoides. 
near the inner angle and the small spot near the apex on hindwings are present, as in celtis. S. Japan. - 
matsumurae Fruhst. varies from lepita by the wider and darker fuscous bands, especially on underside. N. Japan, matsu- 
murcie. 
L. myrrha Godt. (Vol. 1, p. 252, pi. 71 f). - - thira Fruhst. is like a myrrha with widely diffusing bands, myrrha. 
Yunnan, not yet found in palaearctic territory. thira. 
B. Sub-family: Nemeobiini. 
2. Genus: Hemeobius Stph. 
N. lucina L. (Vol. 1. p. 252, pi. 89 a). Many aberrations have been added: — leueodes Lamb. Especially lucina. 
the 9 often pale yellow instead of red-brown. — gracilens Mellaerts has normal ground colour, but the black leueodes. 
traverse bands are narrow. — flilvior Rocci (= fulva Osth.) has fulvous ground colour also in basal area of forewings py v { or 
and sparse black markings. — In obsoleta Tutt the black marginal spots are absent. — pallida Guss. has all obsoleta. 
bands and spots white instead of black-brown. - albomaculata Black. (= constellata Cab.) (16 a) has a striking vuUida. 
white spot in the middle of hindwing, instead of being reddish yellow. — An extreme form of this with a well maculata 
extended white streak is named erica Stph. alba Guss. has a white base to forewings instead of black. —- erica. 
obscura Aign. Only traces of yellow-brown spots left on hindwings, especially in <$ otherwise dark, primipara alba. 
Costant. and semibrunnea Vorbr. are approximately the same, nana Steph. is a dwarf form. -— thumeri DM. is 
a very large race with a wing expanse of 30—32 mm, against a normal 25—27 mm. Drau Valley. 
4. Genus : Polycaena Stgr. 
P. tamerlana Stgr. (Vol. 1, p. 253, pi. 89 b). - attila 0. B.-H. i. 1. The B has a paler patch of yellow-red on tamerlana. 
fore wings in the space from the outer margin to the trans-cellular row of spots. On hindwings the submarginal 
black spots with broad yellow-red ringlets. 2 is darker than my single tamerlana forewings only with yellow-red 
band between submarginal and trans-cellular spots. Hindwings with quite dusky yellow-red ringlets round 
the spots. Underside as tamerlana. Chan-tengri. — helcha 0. B.-H. i. 1. (16 a). Upperside of fore wings dusky helcha. 
grey-brown without any yellow-red patches, costa whitish behind the cell. Underside of fore wings scarcely 
fuscous, hindwings approximately of same shade. Chan-tengri. — banghaasi Fruhst. is probably the same *). 
In typical tamerlana the upper part of the middle row of black spots of forewings is arched outwards and 
*) In this case the latter name would have right of priority over the i. 1. — name of Staudixger. 
