Addenda: MELITAEA. By M. Gaede. 
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differentiable by underside, the black markings in ala being much finer and distincter. — Specimens from 
Tuptschek (Peter the Great Mountains) form the race of kotshubeji Shelj. differing as follows from ala and kotshubeji. 
bicolor Seitz. and $ with narrower forewings. On these the submarginal band consists of sharply pointed 
triangles. On hindwings these small spots are closer together and form crescents. In ala these are generally 
absent on hindwings or only very faint and interrupted. The $ besides has a more reddish ground colour 
than ala-Q. On underside the hindwings and apex of fore wings are a purer white; on hindwings on the 
other hand base and inner margin are more heavily dusted with black. — ab. immodulata-^ Shelj. varies immodututa. 
from ala in that the fore wings are just as yellowish red as the hindwings, whilst otherwise they are more 
yellowish grey. — ab. Iatemarginata Shelj. has, as the name indicates, a wide black margin on both wings. 
The other spots are large and partially diffusedly conjoined. 
M. trivia Schiff. There are 2 further aberrations of the underside. — nigrofasciata Guss. has black nigro- 
lunule lines that enclose the rusty red markings of hindwings considerably increased forming a band. — fasciaia. 
ab. striata Guss. has the black streaks forming the inner edge of the rusty red band radially elongated towards striata. 
the base. On underside of forewings the black markings are considerably reduced. On upperside of hindwings 
there the same radial streaks. — At Konia and in the Erdschias territory the race of pseudodidyma Rbl. pseudo- 
occurs. It is somewhat similar to catapelia Stgr. from Central Asia but differs on underside of hindwings didyma. 
from same by the yellow ground colour. Markings on upperside are faint and especially in the $ similar to 
didyma. Fringes wide and pure white. In Beirut and Haifa the species is also faintly marked, still paler 
buff, small and therefore up to now classified under nana Stgr. which however is only a dwarf form of 
typical trivia. — According to Verity robertsi Btlr. mentioned in Vol. 1, p. 219 does not belong to didyma 
but to trivia and with catapelia Stgr. is synonymous with persea Roll. Whether this change is the result of 
an examination of the genitals is not indicated. 
M. aurelia Nick. — The subsp. cinerea Mellaerts has upperside of forewings suffused with yellow, cinerea. 
M. athalia Rott. — The form mirabilis Fernand, from Spain is not allotted to any special race. On mirabilis. 
the dark forewings there is only a submarginal row of light spots and a very faint sjiot both below and 
behind cell. On hindwings besides the relative row a further inner one is discernible. On underside forewings 
are heavily marked with black, hindwings fairly normal. — fallax Horm. denotes the race from Ischl (Salz- fallax. 
burg) which is very similar in size and markings to aurelia, but palpi and genitals indicate it to be a form 
of athalia. —- parthenopsis Hormuz, occurs in the same locality and is not rare; it appears a little earlier than parlhcnop- 
otherwise do the athalia forms. Ground colour is pale reddish yellow as in parthenie and the black-brown sis - 
bands are reduced. Also on hindwings the pale ground colour is more extensive in discal area. The palpi 
correspond to those of athalia, the genitals vary slightly. The $ resembles parthenie on upperside and can only 
be differentiated by the palpi. Underside of hindwings is also like parthenie. — retyezatica Diosz. from Tran- retyezatica. 
sylvania is similar to mehadiensis Gerh. but smaller. Ground colour a bright reddish yellow. Fore wings with 
heavier and deeper black markings. Also markings of hindwings are deeper black. Base is black to the band 
of discal cell, with or without a yellow spot in the middle. Underside of hindwings varies considerably in 
marking but is generally brightly marked. The $ has a paler ground colour, the middle lines are then still 
paler. — pygmaea Hormuz, from S.W. Rumania is a small race. Ground colour of upperside very pale, mark- pygmaea. 
ings like dejone. On the other hand hindwings on underside correspond more to aurelia. — Whilst hitherto 
athalia was deemed to be single-brooded in Spain, Querci has discovered a double-brooded race in the 
Serra de Estrella. The specimens of the 1st generation are precisely like large iberica Stgr. The 2nd is much 
smaller (30 mm as against 35—38 mm) the yellow-red ground colour is generally paler, the darker markings 
finer, black dusting at base not so extensive and so dark; it is named iberanana Vrty. — Verity introduces iberanana. 
the new name septentriorientis Vrty. for orientalis Men. which was dealt with in Vol. 1, p. 222 as being an scpten- 
athalia form. It is a genuine species similar to asteria Frr. according to the genitals. An important character- inorientis. 
istic is that in most specimens the palpi have brilliant red hairs on upper and undersides. In the same 
treatise a few pages later, it is referred to as an asteria race and at the conclusion as a race of britomartis 
(aurelia) = orientalis auct. — latefascia Fixs. according to Verity occurs as a type only in the Amur. Our 
illustration (Vol. 1, pi. 66 i) is said to represent a larger and finer specimen of the race from Corea. In this 
the middle band of hindwings on underside is always white, not occasionally yellow. It is named: coreae Vrty. coreac. 
— Under athalia Verity mentions a race imitans Vrty. from Chita. This is a form which Reverdin has imitans . 
illustrated as kenteana. No description of the illustration seems to exist. It is similar to aureliaeformis Vrty. 
but differs from same by much thicker black markings and for this reason the name imitans Vrty. is given. 
This illustration does not belong to kenteana Stgr., but on fore wings it resembles closely to dictynna in 
Vol. 1, pi. 67 b, only on hindwings, according to Reverdin, it has many more yellow-red spots, about as 
many as in the fore wings of our illustration of dictynna. Also underside closely resembles same. Verity 
possesses <$$ and $$ from East Sajan of which the <$<$ have just been discussed. The $ belonging thereto 
is much blacker and corresponds entirely to the illustration of aurelia-seminigra (Vol. 1, pi. 66 h). According 
to the dark palpi this cannot be an aurelia, but must be very close to aureliaejormis. Whether there are any 
differences between imitans and seminigra and what they are, cannot be decided from Verity’s description 
because according to the illustrations seminigra- is not more melanic than imitans- ( kenteana Rev.- rf). The 
correct aurelia occurs in the same territory as the race mongolica Stgr., a name which Verity unnecessarily 
