GLOSSOTROPHIA. By L. B. Prout. 
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the hindwing; the supposed antennal distinction is not substantiated. The originals were from Syracuse, in the 
S. E. of Sicily, but similar material is available from other parts of the island. The genitalia show no difference. 
Querci took both forms together at Albarracin on 5 October 1924, a $ congruata (gen. 2 or pumilio) with 2 9 9 
leukiberica (equally small but with the postmedian, the borders, etc. typical of gen. 1). — ab. cyanolata Scha- cyanolata. 
werda , from Corsica (therefore belonging to the subspecies honestata ) has the blue outer band intensified, par¬ 
ticularly on the hindwing. Monte d'Oro, at 2000 m altitude, 1 9- Since taken on Sardinia, with honestata. - 
—- rebeli Drenowski, common on the Alibotusch Mountains, Bulgaria, at 1100—1600 m, is large (forewing length rebeli. 
usually about 15 mm), pure white, with weak marginal markings. If this is really a constant race of decorata 
and not (as the description would lead one to surmise) a synonym of orientalis, it must be renamed, being a 
homonym of rebeli Prout ; if a mere aberration of decorata , the original name can stand;in the absence of certain¬ 
ty, I do not yet propose any change. — armeniaca Th.-Mieg , founded ona^ from Armenia with a wing-expanse armeniaca. 
of “28 mm” (which would indicate a forewing length of about 15 mm), is said to be “absolutely typical ex¬ 
cept in size.’ - Without further information, we cannot be sure whether it is a giant form of decorata or a strongly 
marked orientalis. As Alpheraky gives this same expanse for specimens from North Persia, but does not say 
that they are otherwise like Iris orientalis , there is possibly a large race of decorata in that region. — eurhythma eurhythma. 
subsp. nov. is a very small form from the Shantung Promontory (<J 25 mm, $ 22 mm), with the shape of the 
hindwing and its postmedian as in second-brood congruata or pumilio but otherwise more like decorata — ground¬ 
colour not quite pure white, median shade well developed, subterminal shades fairly well developed, on the 
forewing almost exactly as in the less violata- like aberrations of that, on the hindwing somewhat weaker. Costal 
spots of forewing not strong, the postmedian in particular more slender than in nearly all decorata forms; sub¬ 
terminal white line relatively broad, somewhat narrowing its proximal shade. Wei-hai-wei, 15 May 1899 (type $) 
and Chifu (Che-foo), 9 May 1899 (allotype 9), both kindly presented to me by Mr. T. B. Fletcher. He reports 
it, under the erroneous name of kashmirensis (Entom., Vol. 34, p. 200), as “Common in May”, but unfortunately 
took no others. Probably somewhat variable, as the $ is more heavily marked than the <$. — The only deco¬ 
rata which I have seen from Tian-Shan (a 3) has vestiges of the terminal spurs of the hindtibia, and happens 
also to be the most extreme f. aequata Stgr. known to me. I suspect, however, that this is individual, not racial. 
S. orientalis Alph. (= magna Prout) (5 e), described from Taganrog as a race of decorata , has been orientalis. 
shown by Obraztsov (especially from the genitalia in both sexes) to be a good species. It is larger than European 
decorata (length of a forewing 12—-15 mm), the antemedian and median lines are faint, the subterminal macul- 
ation reduced, the evanescence of the grey spots at the costa producing a superficial likeness to ornata. Distri¬ 
buted in S. Russia and known from Asia Minor. Its exact range has not been worked out, but may probably 
include Transcaucasia and N. Persia, perhaps even Bulgaria; see decorata. 
S. arcuaria Him. (6 b). The suggestion that this was an exotic, accidentally figured as European, is arcuaria. 
contradicted by a manuscript-note of Hubner's own, which gives the locality as Julicli [Rhein]; my attention 
w r as called to this by my friend Dr. von Rosen, when I was studying in the Munich Museum. We reproduce 
the original figure, in order to bring it to the notice of a wider circle of readers. 
18. Genus; Glossotrophia Prout'■/ 
On account of the similarity in the A genitalia, Dr. Sterneck has proposed to \mite this genus with his 
Ustocidalia (see p. 34), in which case of course the name would have priority; in other words, it would be ne¬ 
cessary to transfer to Glossotrophia all those Scopula which have the “fibula” heavily chitinized, with deep 
black tip: ternata, frigidaria, imitaria, the marginepunctata group, incanata, the floslactata group, ochroleucaria, 
adelpharia and numerous others. Although it is not unlikely that some of those are really related to Glosso¬ 
trophia , the same can not be said of ternata , imitaria, etc., nor of Stigma, which has also such a fibula; moreover, 
the 4-spurred 9 hindtibia is valid for Scopula the world over, and Glossotrophia is a quite natural group, 
more easily defined than many of the genera which are unhesitatingly accepted. 
G. eurata Prout (5 e). This or an exceedingly similar species has subsequently been taken in Kashmir eurata. 
(Srinagar), where it varies in colour though a little less extremely than does confinaria. Our figure is from a 
Srinagar 9- 
G. confinaria H.-Sch. still stands in need of a thorough monographic revision, as the variation — like confinaria. 
that of S. submutata — is evidently in part geographical, in part individual. Even on the Adriatic littoral, where 
probably the least pronounced deviations from the typical form are found, an occasional very dark aberration 
has been taken. —* ab. corrivularia Mill. This name, being faultily published (see Icon. Chen, et Lep., Vol. 3, corrivula- 
p. 54), has been entirely overlooked, but is certainly more than a nomen nudum. “The $ and 9 only differ 
from confinaria in the larger size and better marked bands”. No locality is given, but an occasional brood or 
colony (for instance, from Herkulesbad in July 1907) entirely conforms to the description. — ab. arenacea arenacea. 
