Publ. 14. II. 1935. 
EUCHLORIS. By L. B. Prout. 
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H. petitaria Christ. (Vol. 4, pi. 2 f). I believe this to be a form of the following, but I am still unac- petitaria. 
quainted with the S, and have not been able to compare specimens with the type of graminaria. In any case 
I think both should probably be assigned to the same genus. 
H. (?) graminaria Roll. The type of this species, which was left without a name-label, is identifiable graminaria. 
by the locality, the name of the collector and the published description. It is unfortunately damaged, but I 
made a moderately detailed description of it. Face green. (Palpi and tongue lost.) Pectinations long. (Ab¬ 
domen and 5 legs lost.) The single remaining leg —- obviously a hindleg — bears terminal spurs only. Wings 
narrow, elongate. No sign of a frenulum discovered (therefore probably Xenochlorodes rather than Hiero- 
chthoni'a). Forewing with discocellulars deeply inbent; 1st subcostal arising from cell, anastomosing shortly 
with costal, 1st radial stalked, 2nd from quite near apex of cell, 1st median connate. Hindwing with 3rd dis- 
cocellular angled inward anteriorly, then oblique, costal anastomosing to near end of cell, 1st median shortly 
stalked. Green, without markings, fringes paler, costal edge of forewing buff. Schiraz, S. W. Persia (Kotschy). 
28. Genus: Euchloris Hbn. 
In Vol. 4, p. 27, it was indicated that this genus contained also a few Indian species. This statement 
was due to faulty taxonomy. The anomalous quantula Swinh. (Vol. 12, p. 132, pi. 141), which was long considered 
a Euchloris, is now definitely excluded and Iulops (Vol. 12, p. 121) is an independent development. Even the 
single African representative (see Vol. 16, p. 39) stands well apart from the typical Palaearctic group. 
E. smaragdaria F. (Vol. 4, pi. 2 f). This species and its closest relatives have recently been revised smaragda- 
by Schawerda. Of the name-typical European race, Lass writes that the larva loves open, sunny places, ria • 
prefers tansy to yarrow (Achillea millefolium), sits in curved posture among the leaves and is easy to find. 
— The British form, with its restricted food-plant (Artemisia maritima) and habitat, seems to be of a slightly 
more bluish tone, the lines generally slender (intermediate towards gigantea, Vol. 4, p. 28) and with a strong- 
tendency to become obsolete anteriorly, and deserves a special name: maritima subsp. nov. —- ar.omica subsp. maritima. 
( ? sp.) nov. (3 b). Forewing with the postmedian line direct or nearly so (i. e. without the inward curvature anonura - 
at the folds which — or at least the posterior —- characterizes the other forms), only slightly crenulate, its 
distal edge (except in the most slender-lined aberrations) almost straight. Very remarkable on account of 
the retention of a frenulum in the (J, at least in the typical series from Issyk-kul and several other examined 
specimens; were it not that this is extremely slender, evidently in process of extinction, it would not be pos¬ 
sible to retain this form under the same species, or even the same genus. The genitalia have revealed no dif¬ 
ferences. Issyk-kul, common, the type in the Tring Museum from Bir-Basch, S. of the lake. Also from the 
Alexander Mountains, Naryn-kol, Yuldus and Thian-Shan and doubtless other mountain districts of Central 
Asia. 
E. volgaria Guen. (= prasinaria E v., nom. praeocc.). (Vol. 4, p. 28, pi. 2f). As with anomica (3 b), we volgaria. 
still lack morphological evidence of the distinctness of this assumed species, but I am loth to sink it without more 
intensive investigations. — ab. obsoleta nov. Cel I -spots wanting above, minute beneath, corresponding to the ab. obsoleta. 
of smaragdaria to which Burrows gave the same name. Uralsk, 1 among a typical series. — mongolica Stgr. mongolica. 
The type has been examined and figured by Dr. Schawerda. It is small (24 mm from tip to tip), the post- 
median not dentate, strongly oblique, unusually near the antemedian at fold. —- amurensis subsp. nov. The form amurensis. 
from Amurland, mentioned here in Vol. 4, is large, not extra deep green, the lines less extremely broad, the 
postmedian slightly curved anteriorly. It has been distributed by Bang-Haas and Bartel under the trade- 
name which I have here adopted. The type is a £ from Blagowetshensk in my collection. 
E. sardinica Schawerda (— prasinaria Trti. et Kruger, err. det., nec Ev.) (3 c). This fine form, briefly sardinica. 
mentioned in Vol. 4, p. 415, is now demonstrated to be a separate species. The larva, according to Kruger, 
is confined to Santolina and seems to differ from that of smaragdaria in its olive-green head, prothoracic- 
shield and dorsal line, the latter black-edged. The moth is generally larger than volgaria, <$ antenna more 
strongly pectinate, further characterized by the stronger, more dentate lines, generally strong and nearly 
circular white cell-spots (particularly strong on the hindwing beneath), the hindwing sometimes less whitened 
proximally. The genitalia appear less strongly chitinized, the valves slightly less broad, the arms of the 
gnathos somewhat longer, almost parallel to the median line, etc. Sardinia: Aritzo, 1000 m, in June and July. 
—- ab. bytinskii Schawerda has the veins strongly whitened in the distal area of the forewing; intermediates bytinskii. 
occur and the whitening of the veins distally is also noticeable on the hindwing in some examples. 
E. serraria Stgr. must be restored to its position near smaragdaria, although it is manifestly not ac- serraria. 
tually a form of that species. Dr. Schawerda has examined and figured the type and shows it to have very 
much more deeply dentate postmedian line than sardinica (3c); moreover this line is in serraria more oblique 
and more direct, in these respects resembling anomica (3b), which has the postmedian exceptionally n o n - 
dentate. 
E. chlorophyllaria Hed. (Vol. 4, pi. 3 b). To the given range of this species, Sterneck has added W. chlorophyl- 
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