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According to his opinion they are 3 separate species. Without having a definitely certain specimen of christophi, 
it is difficult to decide in this question. 
P. flavostigma Oberth. Ground colour black-brown. On forewings 3 yellow spots, on hindwings 2. flavosligma. 
Underside of forewings grey, spots as on upperside. On hindwings a white discal, as well as submarginal band. 
Ta-tsien-lu. 
P. dieckmanni Graes. (Vol. 1, p. 345, pi. 87 d). The form illustrated in Vol. 1 has 2 rows of white spots dieckmanni. 
on underside of hindwings. Occasionally these are conjoined forming 2 bands as illustrated by Obeethur in 
Lep. Comp. 9, Fig. 2157. If these 2 bands merge forming a large white spot, it is named plutus Oberth. Ta-tsien-lu. plutus. 
32. Genus : Amplttla Mr. 
A. trimacula Leech (Vol. 1, p. 346, pi. 87 e). — In reducta Draes. the yellow spot in cell of forewings trimacula. 
is absent so that only 2 spots are left. Wasse-ku. reducta. 
34. Genus: A«Iopaea Billberg. 
A. lineola 0. (Vol. 1, p. 347, pi. 87 f). — hemmingi Rom. ( = pseudothaumas Zerny) is smaller, lighter, lineola. 
inclined to buff, with sharply outlined black, not brown, margin. Fringes paler, sometimes whitish. Albarracin. bcmmmgi. 
Only slightly different in the S. Urals and Alai. Besides this race only aberrations have been named, pallida 
Tutt is probably the same aberration as hemmingi is, as a race. — ardens Oberth. is also pale yellow on upper- ardens. 
side with black margin, besides base of fore wings and inner margin of hindwings are dark. Inclined to be darker 
on underside. The apex of underside of forewings is grey and also to beyond the anterior half on hindwings. 
— semicolon Stgr. (16 1) is smaller, outer margin somewhat darker. The $ with larger androconia spot, below semicolon. 
the base of same a black dash is distinctly visible. Underside of hindwings greenish grey in G and $• Algeria. 
— Besides Tutt has named the following varieties: for ground colour pale golden brown and margin narrow 
and sharply distinct: clara, major-clara and intermedia-, if ground colour dark chocolate brown: brunnea; with 
darker hindwings: suffusa. 
A. acteon Rott. (Vol. 1, p. 347, pi. 87 g). In this species, that is so little inclined to vary, nevertheless acteon. 
2 new races have been enumerated. — ragusai Vrty. is characterised by complete absence of the dark dusting ragusai. 
on the upperside, only the margin is narrowly black. On this account the specimens resemble lineola-, nothing 
is said about the $. From Palermo. — phoenix Graves (16 1) from Syria, is very large. The G a bright golden ■phoenix. 
brown, the pale spots behind the cell not clearly visible on the pale ground colour. The black margin, especially 
on hindwings, narrow and less heavily darkly dusted than in typical acteon. Underside also paler. The phoenix-9. 
(161) is relatively still larger, colouration as in G, but the pale spots on forewings are large, distinct and form¬ 
ing a long row. Beirut and Lebanon. — The following names for aberrations are given by Tutt : especially 
dark GG on upperside with green sheen: virescens ; with pale band on both wings: distincta; without same on 
both wings: obsoleta ; very pale specimens: clara ; in extensa the pale spots on fore wings merge and extend con¬ 
siderably towards base. 
A. thaumas Hufn. (Vol. 1, p. 347, pi. 87 g). — iberica Tutt is a small brilliantly coloured form with thaumas. 
narrow black margin on upperside. From Albarracin, also in Tuscany. — One finds there among iberica also lberica - 
specimens with black margin extending half way to the cell: latenigra-$ Vrty.; when the margin is grey then latenigra. 
it is named lategrisea-$ Vrty. — syriaca Tutt is paler than European specimens, obscura from the High Pyre- lategrisea. 
nees is darker. — In antiardens Oberth. the dark margin is quite absent, underside paler. — pallidiscus- $ Strd. synaca. 
has a pale streak in the middle of upper and undersides of forewings, a similar streak to the margin only on paiudiscns 
upperside of hindwings. — Besides these Tutt has created the following names: pale specimens: pallida; for 
such with a-green sheen on underside of hindwings: pallida-virens: when also forewings are greenish at margin: 
suffusa-virescens; fora $ with dark brown ground colour: suffusa; for a specimen in which the normally black 
marks (on margin ?) of the wings are said to be yellow and the discal streak of forewings a silvery grey: reversa. 
—- There is still the name major (= macta Vrty.) for exceptionally large specimens. 
A. nova Rev. Similar to thaumas, but smaller. Ground colour of upperside a brilliant ochreous, less nova. 
reddish than thaumas. The androconia streak finer, lighter, but in the same shape as in thaumas. Underside 
of apex of forewings is not grey. Base of both wings dusted faintly with grey, otherwise both wings uniformly 
yellow, hindwings somewhat paler. G 25 mm. Amasia. 
A. novissima Trti. In the G the androconia streak is as bent as in thaumas (Vol. 1, pi. 87 g). The ground novissima. 
colour is a golden yellow similar to lineola 0.; the marginal line black, the fringes white or whitish. A fine 
black streak at close of cell on forewings. Margin of both wings narrowly black. On underside of forewings 
near the apex a round dark shadow and in the middle of the inner margin, a long deep black spot which 
touches same on %rds of its length. Hindwings dusted with grey-green similar to lineola and thaumas , 
the inner margin is also similarly widely yellow and also the area above vein 8. Cyrenaica. 
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