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EUPITHECIA. By L. B. Protit. 
alliaria. 
notaia. 
cingulata. 
achyrdag - 
hica. 
terrenata. 
unistrigata. 
egenaria. 
extraversa- 
ria. 
albidior. 
'punctata. 
centralisata. 
subpulchra- 
ta. 
iuxta. 
conviva. 
scalptata. 
syriacata. 
gueneata. 
gratiosata. 
breviculata. 
extremata. 
E. alliaria Stgr. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 e). F. Wagner records this from Inner Anatolia, apparently not differ¬ 
ing from the European; that they look somewhat lighter, he attributes to their not quite perfect condition. — 
siotata Dietze (= carpophilata part. Stgr., err. det.) (14 h). It was long ago suggested by Dietze that the 
record of “ carpophilata ” from Aragon referred to this insect and it now seems certain. Wehrli has demon¬ 
strated that the notata of Central and South Spain agrees in genitalia with alliaria. Known also from S. France 
and recently discovered by Reisser in the Riff Mountains. 
E. cingulata Christ. (= lingulata Christ.) (Vol. 4, pi. 25 f). This was sunk in Staudinger's Catalog 
as a synonym of stigmaticata Christ. (Vol. 4, pi. 13 f) and the name was overlooked by me on p. 280 of Vol. 4. 
I gather from Dietze’s monograph, however, that it is to be regarded as a separate species, nearer (at least 
in the ventral plate of the d) to alliaria. The type, a came from Aschabad and I know of no others. 
Christoph admits that it is nearest to stigmaticata in colour. Antennal filiation “extremely short” (in stigmaticata 
he merely calls it “short”), colour lighter, basal area smaller, median area considerably narrower, on the fore- 
wing with both its boundary-lines angled. 
E. achyrdaghica Wehrli (14 h) is related to alliaria . but easily distinguished from it and from silenicolata 
by its colour (light grey in the 9, darker grey in the q) and fine black irroration and is smaller than either. The 
ventral plate of the <$ is comparable to that of silenicolata but different in its proportions. The bursa of 
the $ has a different “appendix” from those of both the allies. Achyr Dagh, N. Syria, 1000-1500 m. flying 
in June. Superficially it rather recalls distinctaria sextiata than the venosata group. 
E. terrenata Dietze (14 h). We figure a topotype from the Wehrli collection. A <$ from Turkish 
North Syria is, according to the same authority, identical therewith in colour and markings. — ab. uni¬ 
strigata Dietze. Median line of forewing strong, especially anteriorly, touching the cell-dot. Karagai-tau, its 
determination not quite certain. 
E. egenaria H.-Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 13 e). The last line on p. 280 of the volume cited should refer to S. E. 
Siberia, not S. E. Russia. The life-history has just been made known by R. Lunar of Vienna. Following up 
the clues that it was probably associated with lime, he offered a captured $ lime-twigs with flower-buds and 
on these the eggs were laid, larvae hatching on 10 June, after 12 days. The duration of the larval stage is 
about 17 days, corresponding to the flowering time of the food-plant. The pupa hibernates. 
E. extraversaria H. Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 e). A further account of the life-history (by Ressler) wall be 
found in the Int. Ent. Zeitschr., Vol. 26, p. 24—26. It has recently been recorded from the Great Atlas; the 
only specimen before me is smaller and more silvery than the European, but no subspecies is yet established. 
E. centaureata Schijf. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 d) ab. albidior Heinrich. Markings slight, in particular the mid- 
costal spot greatly reduced. Berlin district. Wehrli reports “weakly marked white examples” from the Sierra 
Nevada, which may be similar to this aberration or to centralisata. — ab punctata Hannem., merely diagnosed 
(also from Berlin) as having “the black discocostal spot reduced to a dot” is probably identical. — centralisata 
Stgr. ( = centralasiata Amsel). The tendencies which are manifested in some of those western aberrations have 
perhaps become racial in some of the more easterly parts of the range. Amsel. however, says of the Pa¬ 
lestine examples that they vary a good deal in markings and size. Specimens from the Elburs Mountains 
are quite strongly marked. 
E. subpulchrata Alph. Dietze suggests that this group (as far as scalptata) may be a link between 
gueneata and the linariata group; the early stages are still unknown; the form of the ventral plate perhaps sup¬ 
ports the suggestion. — ab. iuxta Dietze, a single $ from N. Tibet, is said to be more variegated and more 
sharply marked than Alpheraky's type. If it really belongs to this species it may represent a local race. 
— f. conviva Dietze (14 h). We figure a topotypical (Aschabad) ^ of this form. 
E. scalptata Christ. (Vol. 4, pi. 1.3 g). F. Wagner records this from Inner Anatolia, collected between 
the 12th and the end of June. 
E. syriacata Stgr. (Vol. 4, pi. 25 f). This species and the two following have differently formed pupae 
from the rest, more stumpy, the normally free segments immovable. On this important character Dietze 
considers them to be a quite isolated group. 
E. gueneata Mill. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 d). Zerny records a worn $ from Ploshtan, Albania, the first 
record for the Balkan Peninsula. 
E. gratiosata H.-Sch. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 d). The specimens from Becliarre, according to Zerny, are small, 
with very weakly marked basal and distal areas. Perhaps a race? 
E. breviculata Donz. (Vol. 4, pi. 13 g). Petry has added S. Baden to the known range. In the Balkans 
it is known from Albania and Macedonia. 
E. extremata F. (Vol. 4, pi. 13 g). Here also some fresh records of the distribution have been published, 
particularly as regards the Balkans. 
