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C ID ARIA. Bv L. B. Proitt. 
plenifascia- 
1a. 
cjriseoviridis. 
deblonayi. 
olivogrisea. 
mesembrina. 
sandosaria. 
bell issima- 
ria. 
libycaria. 
cinneretha- 
ria. 
mosulensis. 
intersecta. 
aksuensis. 
burgli aril. 
brunneoline- 
ata. 
poliata. 
albidaria. 
rilica. 
cupreata. 
algiricata. 
olive, with all the dark lines fine and pretty uniform in expression, the whitish costal spots not clear, mostly 
cut by the lines, the yellowish shades suppressed, the hindwing rather dark. Montagna Grande, Majella, Ro- 
tella and Sirente, 900—2000 m. — ah. plenifasciata Dannehl. A fine and striking aberration with the dark median 
band solid, the distal area olive-grey, marbled, without lines, “on vein II 1 [sic] with 2 eye-like marginal spots” 
(? the blackish subterminal spots at the radials remaining and pale-surrounded). Mt. Paradiso (type) and 
Scanno. - griseoviridis Kilt, described from Corsica, is similar to some dark fulvocinctata , with less developed 
subterminal. Generally very dark, grey-green or deep sap-green, distal area without the yellowish or brownish 
admixture which is usual in the forms from the Alps. Schawerda finds it as a rule large and with an increase 
of whitish grey admixture in the median area. Bytinski-Salz records it from Sardinia and Reisser a single 
$ from A' Faska, Spanish Morocco, which differs slightly in having the green scaling less clean and sharp (? f ulvo¬ 
cinctata ah.). — ab. deblonayi Schawerda is a Corsican aberration with the green replaced by brown-yellow, the 
grey admixture much whiter. — ab. olivogrisea Schawerda , also from Corsica, is of an olive-green colour, very 
different from the relatively bluish green which is typical of the race. 
C. mesembrina Rbl. (= griseata Schwingenschuss, nom. praeocc.). On an average larger than frustata. 
relatively broader winged, not variegated with gold or orange and only very slightly with green; slightly more 
glossy, cell-spot of forewing wanting or quite weak, subterminal without dark marks proximally, a white spot 
in cellule 3. Underside white-grey, the hindwing whiter, the forewing with white apical maculation, outer white 
band very broad, its proximal line with only a central tooth strengthened. S. Carniola, Carinthia, Laquintal 
and Tar vis. 
C. sandosaria H.-Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 k). Widely distributed in Algeria, not only in the south, as assumed 
in Vol. 4 (p. 244). — ab. bellissimaria Stdttermeyer. Median band broad, dark black-grey; base, distal area and 
a band on proximal side of median band bright deep rose-red. Hindwing rather dark. A $ from Guelt-es-Stel. 
libycaria Trti. Rather clearer ochreous than name-typical sandosaria and with the band rather darker. Said 
to be constant in Tripoli and Cyrenaica. The Algerian ab. ( l) bertrandi Rothsch. is very similar to this, possibly 
less ochreous. cinneretharia Amsel, from Gennezareth. is distinguishable from the Spanish subspecies (i. e.. 
the name-type) in the stronger rust-red scaling and the less oblique termen, with resultant broadening, of the 
forewing; moreover the hindwing is lighter. 
C. mosulensis Schawerda is closely similar to sandosaria but smaller and paler. Perhaps a race; Scha¬ 
werda considered this inprobable, chiefly on account of the wide geographical separation, but now that the 
gaps have been largely filled by the discovery of further sandosaria forms the question will have to be reconsi¬ 
dered. Founded on a single <$ from Mosul. Mesopotamia; so far as I know, it has not yet been taken again. 
C. intersecta Stgr. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 i, misprinted internata). The has the antenna lamellate, with moderate 
teeth. The palpus is rather short. It is possible that its affinities are really with Horisme, but its thorax and 
abdomen are scarcely at all crested. aksuensis Wehrli (14 b), founded on 2 from Aksu, is smaller, yellowish 
grey, with the median area of the forewing parallel-sided, without the usual distal projection. 
C. scripturata ; Him. (Vol. 4, pi. 9 k) ab. burgharti Dioszeghy is only known to me through a reference 
by Kolar, who says that it has a darkened stripe on the forewing, but does not make it clear whether this 
refers to the whole median area or to a section thereof, or even an increase in the dark proximal shading of 
the subterminal. Perhaps it is identical with the following. — ab. brunneolineata Dannehl , from the S. Tyrol, 
and occasionally elsewhere, has the basal area light-brown and two broad light-brown to brown-yellow bands 
bounding the median area, the ground-colour light grey. poliata Schawerda . Lighter and purer grey than 
s. scripturata, base of forewing tinged with blue, median area weak-marked. Herzegovina: Zelengora, in num¬ 
bers. — albidaria Sohn-Rethel. Perhaps a synonym of poliata, as Balkan scripturata are said to be usually 
small. Smaller and much lighter than the type, markings lighter brown and less broad, the white ground-colour 
predominating. Hindwing above and beneath very weakly marked. A race in the Abruzzi, but not common. 
rilica subsp. nov. (15 b). Even darker than dolomitana Habich (Vol. 4, p. 245) and of a somewhat less brow¬ 
nish grey; the basal patch, as well as the median band, of the forewing distinctly darlcer-shaded than the 
ground-colour. The underside of both wings, as far as the postmedian, participates in this additional darkening 
Rila Mountains, Bulgaria, 3 ££ in my collection; I have seen others. Length of a forewing 14—15 mm. 
C. cupreata H.-Sch. (Vol. 4. pi. 9 i). The larva of this variable species has been studied by Wiltshire 
in Syria, on the coast near the Lebanon, where it feeds on Rubia olivieri; the larvae found were full-grown 
in March and agreed absolutely with Milliere’s account of basochesiata. The imago flies from October to March 
and the egg stage lasts 10 days. Cyprus is another well-known locality for cupreata. algiricata D. Luc., 
described in some detail on p. 233 of Vol. 4, is nothing but a chance aberration or synonym of cupreata. On the 
other hand, valiantinaria Oberth., which Stertz claims to have taken commonly at Hammam Rirha and believes 
