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STERRHA. By L. B. Prout. 
nevadata. S. nevadata Wehrli (= subcompleta Fernandez, ? salmanticensis Mendes , indescr.) (5 h). First described 
on a from the Sierra Nevada, at about 2400 m altitude and without doubt representing the undescribed “com- 
pleta var. an sp. aft.’" of the Staudinger-Rebel Catalog. Antenna subserrate, the ciliation scarcely longer than 
the diameter of the shaft. Forewing a little narrower and more pointed than in filicata, yet not so acute as in 
figuraria B.-Haas (Vol. 4, p. 130). Nearest to the latter, but distinguishable by the smaller and differently 
formed dark area of the forewing, larger and straight-edged dark area of the hindwing, more strongly angled 
median line, with the cell-dot placed upon (not before) it, much finer postmedian line of the forewing and un¬ 
chequered fringes (merely with strong, coarse black dots on the veins). Only known from southern Spain. 
vulpinaria. S. vulpinaria H.-Sch. There is still no further morphological evidence, beyond the differences in the 
tibial armature of the <$, for the separation of this from rusticata and some authorities still regard both as forms 
of a single species. The remarkable constancy of that difference, however, and the practical certainty that 
it will never be eliminated by inbreeding, lend sufficient support to their separation and allow us to assign 
each to its right section in the genus Sterrha. In Spain, where both occur together, the vulpinaria which I have 
seen belong to the reddish forms, while the rusticata represent a special race (see below). 
B. Section Ptychopoda : ( Jhindtibia with terminal spurs w anting. 
aestiva. S. rusticata Schiff. gen. aest. aestiva Dannehl. This name has been given to the summer-brood, e. g. 
from Etschtal and the lowlands of Central Italy. Smaller and with the markings reddish, not fuscous. — 
mustelata. mustelata Rmb. (5h). Subsequent experience has confirmed the general validity of the Spanish race. Although 
the posterior half of the band of the forewing is very seldem wanting, it is as a rule greatly attenuated and 
frequently disappears just before reaching the hindmargin. Almost, if not exactly, the same form occurs in 
Morocco and parts of Algeria, where it received the manuscript name of algirica B.-Bak., a name which can 
be utilized if a difference is demonstrated for the African forms. 
rcynaldiata. 8. alyssumata Mill. (= alyssata Zerny) reynaldiata Rouast (= romani Wehrli) (5 i as reynoldiata). As has 
already been pointed out (Vol. 4, p. 107), this species offers another instance of the evidently direct derivation 
of a spurless from a two-spurred Sterrha. So close, indeed, is the resemblance that I unfortunately neglected 
to confirm Stag dinger’s erroneous statement that reynaldiata was synonymous with asellaria auct. ( typicata). 
The rediscovery of a representative of the superspecies in the Lyon district by M. Roman caused me to examine 
some of Rouast's originals, with the result indicated in the synonymy above. They are of a much purer grey 
than typical alyssumata from Barcelona, etc., almost entirely without the vinous or reddish reflections, and 
have the markings stronger and coarser. Altogether very closely like typicata excepting in the 8 tibial arma¬ 
ture. It is interesting that Rondou reports typicata and alyssumata for the Pyrenees. I myself have only seen 
the latter from that district, but so good an authority as M. R. Homberg is responsible for a record of the former 
at Vernet-les-Bains. There is a description by Chretien of the early stages of '’'’asellaria var. reynaldiata'’ 
(Amat. Papill., Vol. 4, p. 150) which he quotes for the Mediterranean littoral while from Digne he knows only 
genilaria. “typical asellaria" (typicata). • — genilaria Wehrli (5 g). Larger than typical alyssumata , light yellowish grey 
to whitish, cell-dots more strongly developed, and with an abnormally developed black costal spot which gives 
it a very uncharacteristic appearance. Sierra Nevada, on the River Genii, at about 1500 m altitude. I notice 
that Ribbe’s Sierra Nevada alyssumata (1800 m, see “Iris”, Vol. 23, p. 304) are not separable from those of 
Central Spain. 
marambau- S. nexata Him. marambaudista D. Luc. Ornamentation reduced, markings grey, not brown. Said to 
di.stci. constitute a local race in Morocco, but an example before me scarcely supports this differentiation. It is, however, 
not quite fresh. 
anastomos- 8. serpentata Hufn. ab. anastomosaria Galvagni has the antemedian and median lines of the forewing 
ana. coalescing. The type came from Lower Austria. ■— ab. uniformis Kautz has lost the lines and is therefore 
flava. uniform ochreous with brownish fringes. Founded on a specimen from Moistrana, Carniola. -— ab. (loc. ?) flava 
Osthelder is clear sulphur-yellow, mostly with strongly developed, rather regular, fine dark irroration and often 
blackish fringes; lines very variable in strength. Occurs regularly in the Ismaning Moss, S. Bavaria. 
maidorni. 8. muricata Hufn. ab. niaidorni Hannemann. All the red parts replaced by pale grey. Berlin, a £ in 
minor, the Maidorn collection. —- minor Sterneck is proposed as the varietal name for the muricata of East Asia, which, 
as already mentioned in Vol. 4, (p. 99) are generally materially smaller than those of Europe. It occurs throughout 
China (Sterneck quotes Kwanhsien and Pekin), in the Coast Provinces of Siberia, and in Corea and Japan, 
with only an occasional aberration attaining the size of the name-type. 
antitaurica. 8. dimidiata Hufn. antitaurica Wehrli (= tauricola Wehrli) (5 i). Smaller in both generations than the 
name type, narrower-winged, yellow-brownish; typically with the spots of the distal area well developed, but 
the ab. delictata Prout (Vol. 4, p. 99) is rather frequent amongst it. S. E. Taurus, Akbes and the Lebanon. Bv 
an oversight Wehrli has re-named this race instead of the Taurus-Lebanon race of elongaria\ see p. 63. 
