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1930. p. 276, though of course without reference to those of Jcollariaria, which were at the time unknown. It, 
too. feeds on valerian, is full-grown about the beginning of October and the pupa sometimes hibernates, producing 
the perfect insect in May. According to Dr. Fritz, of Heidelberg, the larvae hibernate and do not pupate 
until the beginning of May. Schawerda emphasizes that laetaria does not occur at all in the old Austrian 
monarchy, all the supposed records referring to Jcollariaria and its aberrations, laetaria is recorded from the 
Swiss and French Alps and locally in Baden. The Vogesen record is said to have been based on a misidenti- 
culotaria. fication of miata. but Warnecke (1932) thinks it may have been the true laetaria. — ab. culotaria Ehinger is 
an abnormally coloured $ which its author bred in 1929: ground-colour of forewing black-grey instead of light 
green, basal patch black-grey, median band throughout did! black, the part around the deep-black cell-dot 
scarcely lighter than the rest, the white boundary lines of basal patch and of median band indicated. — ab. 
insulata. insulata Schawerda has the median area divided into a number of isolated segments. 
piingeleri. C. piiiigeleri Stertz (12 f). We now figure a $ of this fine species. We have no description hitherto of 
the early stages; Puxgeler obtained eggs in captivity, but the larvae rejected the foods offered them. 
varonaria. C. varonaria Vorbr. & Mull.-Rutz (12 f). According to Wehrli this should be placed between piingeleri 
and austriacaria ; in colour and markings nearer to the former, in shape and antennal structure to the latter. 
The record by Osthelder of a possible new subspecies in S. Bavaria was rendered doubtful by the somewhat 
longer and more erect pectinations of the J — more as in austriacaria. 
austriacaria. C. austriacr ria H. Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 b). The altitude at which this occurs in Austria ob der Enns should, 
according to Dr. L. Muller, be 2200 m, not 1000 m, as formerly given by Harder. There are a few apparently 
authentic records for Switzerland and its occurrence in the Pyrenees at great altitudes, sometimes in abundance, 
is well documented, see Rondou, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Vol. 103, p. 282. The early stages have been very fully 
described by Kitschelt (28. Jahresber. Wien. Ent. Ver. p. 111—117), who bred it from eggs laid by a Raxalp 
feeding it on Galium verum and other species of the genus. The pupal stage was reacted in December, the 
moths developed in April, but failed to emerge, presumably on account of the artificial conditions in captivity. 
The larva is at first black-brown, but after the 2nd moult assumes the characteristic dorsal pattern of triangular 
(anteriorly pointed) spots. 
kitschelti. C. kitschelti Rbl. is a recent discovery in the austriacaria group. Palpus long. Forewing length 18 to 
20 mm. Nearest piingeleri but larger, median area broad, bandlike, its central stripe of the light-grey ground¬ 
colour, its margins, as also a narrow subbasal band, much darker grey, especially in the $, terminal paired 
dots strong. Adamello district, S. Tyrol. Antenna only 2 / 5 length of forewing, pectinations longer than in 
austriacaria. not appressed, wings whiter grey, sharper-marked. 
tempestaria. C. tempestaria H.-Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 b). Our figure, taken from a $ from the Kermasattel. Triglav. 
somewhat exaggerates the strength of the markings of the upperside, but this fine species cannot be confounded 
with any other yet known. In sunny weather the is very shy, but when it is dull or cold both sexes become 
sluggish 
aqueata. C. aqueata Hebn. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 b). There is a biological note in the Mitt. Munch. Ent. Ges., Vol. 13, 
nevadensis. p. 58, by C. Schneider, who finds the larva will feed only on Galium mollugo. — nevadensis Reisser. Essen¬ 
tially darker than the other races, of a more oc-hreous grey, without any tinge of green, the markings on an 
pyrenaeata. average much sharper than in a. aqueata, notably (in the Gcf) the median band. Sierra Nevada. — pyrenaeata 
Bubacek = pvieneata Bubacek) is a race (or ab. loc.) from the Gedre district of the Pyrenees, both wings smooth. 
jurabia. glossy, leaden-grey without greenish tinge, median of forewing somewhat darker. — jurabia Wehrli (12 f) is a 
much lighter, more sharply and more contrastedly marked form from the Jura. The form from Digue appro- 
hercegovinen- aches it. -- hercegovinensis Rbl. (12 g) occurs also in the Abruzzi in a very closely similar, of not absolutely iden- 
SIS - tical form. Albanian specimens are without green, but are darker (greyer) than hercegovinensis. 
stilpna. C. stilpna Prout (12 g). Distinguishable from aqueata by the somewhat narrower and more pointed 
wings, the outward projection of the postmedian line weaker or wanting; the wings at least as strongly glossy 
as in that species. Only known in a few $ examples from Digne, the $ still awaiting discovery. 
cymea. C. cymea Wehrli (12 g) is another glossy species, the antennal pectinations shorter than those of 
salicata (not ‘Filiation ", as described by Kitt), palpus considerably shorter than in either of the comparable 
Colostygia. Less dark than olivata , especially the hindwing; median band broader and with stronger projections 
than in aptata. but less broad than in jitzi, which morever is broader-winged; from all forms of salicata (sens, 
lat.) Wehrli differentiates it by its black-and-white ringed antenna, longer fringes and almost complete terminal 
line of the hinclwing, etc. Corsica, discovered in 1925 on Monte d’Oro at about 1900 m. Type-form grey, with 
aerda. a tinge of green. Flight-time July. — ab. gerda Schawerda has the forewing ochre-yellow, the markings normal. 
dina. A _ r from Monte Renosa, another from Col de Bavella, 1300 m. — ab. incudina Schawerda is smaller (20—21 mm 
against 22 — 26) and lighter, with the basal patch and dark borders of the median area sharply contrasting. 
All the 3 cymea taken on Monte Incudine are referable here. 
