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GLOSSOTROPHIA. By L. B. Prout. 
Prout. This aberration, which is sometimes inaccurately called falsaria, was figured under that name in Vol. 4, 
pi. 4 h. The only extreme examples in the Tring Museum are from the Ragttsa collection, but as they had no 
dannehli. locality-label I doubt whether they were of Sicilian origin. — dannehli Prout (= romanaria Dannehl, nec Mill.) 
is said to be definitely a subspecies throughout the calcareous parts of Central Italy from the sea-shore up to 
about 2000 m (e. g. in the Sorente and Majella), though very variable inter se. “Especially large (up to 26 mm), 
very light, often almost whitish, w r ith very sparse irroration and w T eak, diffused markings.” I express no opinion 
desertaia. as to the validity of the race. — ab. desertata Dannelil is a further development, large, white, very weakly but 
quite regularly dusted, in extreme instances almost without markings excepting a narrow necklace-like border- 
commutaia. ing. produced by the terminal line and the chequering of the fringes. Type from Rome. — ■ ab. commutata 
Dannehl is the opposite extreme, with much strong blue-grey scaling, especially in outer area, so that it much 
resembles S. submutata. Ground-colour somewhat more inclined to grey, without especially noteworthy dark 
dusting and not inclining to yellowish. Mostly robust. Found chiefly at high altitudes, fairly frequent among 
falsaria. confinaria in the southern parts of the S. Tyrol, Etschtal, Gardasee, etc.; the type from Torbole. — falsaria 
H.-Sch. (5 f; remains a puzzle. As mentioned in Vol. 4, p. 82, the type is said to have come from the Caucasus 
(Elisabethpol); moreover, it is described as ampler winged and “much yellower" than confinaria, and although 
the figure shows a considerable admixture of moderately dark blue-grey it is quite unlike the Tyrolese and Sici¬ 
lian forms which have since been called falsaria. Romanoff has recorded “ laridata ” (by which was understood 
a moderately dark form of the present species) from a few Transcaucasian localities in June, but gives no further 
detail. Probably the name falsaria will have to be restricted to this race, but it is not possible to decide without 
perfalsaria. confirmatory material. — In the mean time I provisionally use the name ab. perfalsaria Prout for the dark 
aetnaea. form which is frequent in the Tyrol and occasional in S. Switzerland, etc. — aetnaea subsp. nov. It appears 
justifiable to give a separate name to the very dark geographical race of the Etna contry (Province of Catania), 
anastomo- with its proximal subterminal shade particularly heavy, at least in the $$. — We figure as ab. anastomosaria 
* ana ' nov. (5 f) a beautiful aberration of aetnaea with the antemedian and median lines connected into a band. — 
uberaria. uberaria Zerny is a large, robust race from the northern Lebanon, with the postmedian of the forewing finer and 
sharper. Ground-colour more yellowish than in the type (though not so sandy as in arenacea), border of hind¬ 
wing often smoky, chequering of fringe never strong. 
diffinaria. G. diffitiaria Prout. The relation of this insect to confinaria is not so simple as was assumed; the geo¬ 
graphical range of the two overlaps. Since, however, the distinction is morphological, and is constant for each 
locality, we must continue to regard it as a species. Dr. Wehrli has recently lecorded it from Marasch, at 700 
to 1800 m, in May and June, with a 2nd brood in August, of much smaller size. In this district it is very variable 
and some of the 2nd brood might have been mistaken for asellaria, apart from the structural difference. —* ab. 
ochre aria, ochrearia F . Wagn., prevalent in Inner Anatolia, though not a fixed race, is an ochre-yellow form, analogous to 
confinaria ab. arenaria. 
rufomix- G. rufomixtata ( Rmb .) Stgr. Figured without a generic name in 1866, this species was referred to Aci- 
tata. dalia in Stattdinger's 1871 Catalogue and may thus be considered as validated from that date. For a careful 
study and comparison with the following, much too extended for quotation here, the reader is referred to Wehrli's 
article in Iris, Vol. 40, p. 116—-121. rufomixtata is strongly variable in size and colour; the name-typical form is 
greyish, somewliat as in confinaria , from which it is readily distinguishable by the peculiar arrangement of the 
scaling which, for want of a better word, I have called “fluted”, though this is only an optical illusion. The best 
distinction in markings from the following species is in the proximal half of the hindwing, which is coarsely 
perm fa. mixed or marked with blackish. —- ab. loc. perrufa Wehrli (5 f) adapted to the red rocks upon which it occurs 
in some localities (notably the Upper Geniltal) is extremely red or blackish-red, though the base of the hindwing 
remains characteristic. All transitions are found. — Concerning the geographical distribution of rufomixtata , 
I can add nothing definite to what w r as given in Vol. 4. The only Tenerife example known to me, a $, can 
only doubtfully be referred here; and the same remark applies to some rather puzzling Algerian $9 (Sebdou, 
Blida Glaciers, etc.) which are in a measure connected with the most mottled forms of the following but seem to 
have too long a tongue. 
G. asellaria is apparently the correct name for the assemblage of races or closely allied forms which have 
oftenest. been quoted as romanaria , or by Wehrli (olim) as dentatolineata. As I have already pointed out in 
Vol. 4, the less long tongue affords a good structural distinction, although when it is closely rolled up the 
isabellaria. length is sometimes difficult to estimate. —■ isabellaria Mill., from Spain, is probably the gayest or reddest 
member of the assemblage, but some Barcelona specimens are said to resemble the following pretty closely. 
“Western Spain”, given in Vol. 4 as the original locality, was a laps, cal.; Milliere's specimens came from 
dentatoli- Mount Putchet, Barcelona. — - dentatolineata ( Rmb .) Stgr. occurs with rufomixtata in the Andalusian mountains, 
neata. though more sparingly. It is yellow-brown or yellow-grey, apparently never reddish-ochreous, the “fluted” 
scaling is chiefly restructed to the spots of the marginal area and the basal half of the hindwing is not differen- 
romanaria. tiated in colouring from the rest. •— romanaria Mill, was adequately described and figured in Vol. 4, but I 
