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postorei- the $ the colour is occasionally impure white. It is not identical with subalbida Schtz.*). It is named post- 
thyia. oreithyia Vrty. — In the East the race caucasica Stgr. is once again erroneously described by Verity as trivia 
var. caucasi. The former does not originate from the Caucasus as the name indicates but from the marshy 
surroundings near Elizabetpol. According to the description and the locality, Latpari Pass, one would not 
think that both were identical. The description reads: “ caucasi represents didyma-alpina. In the <$$ and $$ 
the black markings are less extensive. In the $ ground colour yellowish white at margins of wings, greenish 
grey at base. Only costa of hindwings widely yellowish red otherwise normal.” — On the other hand the 
araratica. name araratica Vrty. is new. This is a 2nd generation from Ararat and very close to caldaria Vrty. from 
Tuscany, only the black markings on upperside of <$ are so much reduced, which is rare in Italy. The $ 
does not differ on upperside from caldaria. On underside however the yellow colouration of apex is more 
extensive. The fuscous bands might more correctly be described as yellow and they are more subdivided. 
The black streaks are thicker and longer. According to Verity the other eastern names can be withdrawn. 
For all small races the name dalmatina Stgr. should be utilised whilst bosphorana Cut. (p. 208), roccii Trti. 
(p. 210) and lilliputana Oberth. (p. 212) can be eliminated. — From N. Africa we have the newly created 
protea- proteaoccidentis Vrty. which occurs in the regions of mauretanica but at places of different natural formation. 
occideniis. j n ^} ie and <j)<£ j s similar to occidentals but with more prominent black spots and duller yellow-red 
ground colour on upperside, similar to protea on underside. Typical from Fum Kheney and Mekney (Morocco). 
Opposite in Catalonia there is also a race similar to protea but varying by its somewhat more elongated 
forewings and more extensive black markings. It differs from the other Spanish races by its smallness and 
deeper fuscous upperside, whilst on underside it is less red. The rows of spots on upperside are almost complete, 
only the characteristic angular row and the inner submarginal row are absent. The underside has the fiery 
markings of protea. The $ is smaller than protea and scarcely varies. The yellow-red ground colour is suffused 
with white like all the other Spanish races. The markings are more sharp and more uniform than in protea. 
eataprotea. The 1st generation is named cataprotea Vrty., typical of Barcelona. The late emergences of the 1st generation 
are smaller, paler yellow-red in the whitish in the $ with reduced black markings. The specimens resemble 
occasus Vrty. which occurs at the same time in Algiers, but the Spanish specimens are often larger. The $ 
is a more vivid yellow-red, the $ more whitish than occasus, the rows of spots varyingly developed, similar 
cataoccasus. to the illustration of occidentals in Vol. 1, pi. 66 d. It is named: cataoccasus Vrty. — The 2nd generation 
in autumn is more similar to dalmatina by its smallness and dull ochreous colour, but the black spot marking 
is more extensive especially in the besides this it resembles a small form of cataprotea so that a further 
cataminuta. description is superfluous; it is named cataminuta Vrty., typical from Valvidrera. Only exceptionally this 
generation has specimens of cataoccasus. — According to Verity it may be presumed that there is only a 
super- single generation of aabaca Fruhst. — The same applies to supercaldaria Sag. from Sta. Fe (Portugal). This 
caldaria. differs from caldaria by more elongated forewings and the more yellowish tone of the fuscous ground colour. 
Of the rows of spots the angulated one is very distinct, similarly the outer submarginal row, whilst the 
inner row is quite extinct and the marginal row consists of minute dots. The black dusting is considerably 
reduced and quite absent in a few of the The underside reminds one somewhat of deserticola by the 
black spots and streaks. — According to Staudinger the race meridionals differs considerably from occiden- 
hiberava. talis from W. Europe by the greenish grey forewings of the A single $ from Orihuela is named hiberava 
Vrty., in spite of the unusual locality it resembles meridionals. — Now to the new asiatic forms, casta described 
in Vol. 1, p. 220 is said to be identical with dulyma-persea Stgr., whilst Kollar’s form is correctly named 
trivia var. persica. It seems doubtful whether this opinion of Verity can be proved. In Persia 2 forms of 
didyma occur of which it is not yet ascertained whether these are 2 races or the two generations of one 
race. The smaller one is similar to araratica from which it differs by the more complete and bolder black 
marking on upper and undersides in the <$ and $• The $ is duller and paler yellow-red, in some places 
impure white between the veins and in the cell. On underside the black streaks are so heavy that they 
casta, remind one of deserticola. For these Verity designates the name casta Vrty. ( casta Roll, should therefore 
magnacasta.be withdrawn). — The second, larger form niagnacasta Vrty. is the one illustrated as persica Roll, in Vol. 1, 
pi. 66 d. Verity has this form from S. Persia, Askabad and Sharud. It is very similar to ala, the angulated 
row of spots and basal spots are more or less extinct, whilst the marginal and submarginal spots are bold. 
This is therefore the reverse of deserticola and casta. Further differences from ala are not mentioned. -— chitrali- 
chitra- pluvia Vrty. is said to be the 2nd generation of chitralensis Moore dealt with in Vol. 1, p. 219, pi. 66 f. A pair 
hpluvia. f rom Utzen-nullah and Shishi-kuh very much resembles palustris Vrty., which is the race from Tuscany, it 
differs from same however in that the submarginal row of black spots are changed to a transverse thin 
arcuate line, the extremities of which merge in the marginal band. Perhaps this is only a form of ala as 
Verity does not consider same to be a separate species. 
M. ala Stgr. mentioned in Vol. 1, p. 219, pi. 66 f. as a form of didyma but subsequently recognised 
as a species on the basis of an examination of the genitals by Suschkin. Staudinger had already suspected 
this as didyma-turanica occurs in the same territory. According to Sheljushko didyma and ala are always 
*) On p. 210 erroneously stated to be subalbida Vrty. 
