orana. 
pseudoscrip¬ 
toria. 
elissa. 
orphnata. 
obrutaria. 
acquistriga- 
ta. 
limbofascia- 
ta. 
bistrigata. 
praealta. 
rerayata. 
infuscata. 
calligrapha- 
ta. 
semigrapha- 
ta. 
196 EUPITHECIA. By L. B. Prout. 
E. orana Dietze (Vol. 4, p. 289) is probably not definitely identifiable without a study of the types, as 
the photographic illustration has not come out clearly and the description merely says: ‘"All the markings 
with smoky blackening (ruBig geschwarzt), only the inner half of the terminal area of the forewing lightened, 
likewise a transverse band on the hindwing." I gather that even the exact locality of the type (which was a 
unicum) was not known, inasmuch as only “Oran" was quoted. As so good an authority as Dietze judged it 
probable (though not certain) that it was a form of unit-aria , it may be assumed that the external structure is 
the same; in this case, my former idea that the following species was identical with it was manifestly erroneous. 
Zerny refers here a form from El Hadjeb, Great Atlas. 
E. pseudoscriptoria Rothsch. (18 b). Smaller than desertorum (length of a forewing 9 or 10 mm, very 
rarely 10G). Face appreciably more prominent, foreshadowing the Nasusina form; palpus short, not reaching 
appreciably beyond face (in desertorum almost 1G)- Antennal ciliation of $ fully (or slightly over) half dia¬ 
meter of shaft, apparently a trifle longer than in desertorum. Forewing somewhat darker, less tinged with 
yellowish; general effect much more uniform, the rippled lines across the wing more regular in expression 
throughout, dark costal spots at the commencement of the 3 principal lines or bands scarcely noticeable; dark 
marks on median vein, especially at base of its 2nd branch, rather conspicuous, at least with the lens. Hind¬ 
wing also appreciably darker and more uniform than in desertorum. Guelt-es-Stel, rather common at the end 
of March and in April. A few from scattered localities in Oran and E. Algeria show that it has a similar range 
to desertorum. By the size and the short palpus, it may have to sink to elissa. 
E. elissa Dietze is still more inadequately made known than orana. We quote in full: “A further un¬ 
certain species is that figured from Tunis, pi. 76, fig. 588. Smaller [than unit-aria ], blackened, sparsely covered 
with light and dark spots. Looks like a small, darkened semigraphata , from which the unique example is well 
different in its short palpi." The figure looks a good deal like pseudoscriptoria , but I cannot see that this latter 
bears any resemblance to semigraphata. 
E. orphnata Bohatsch (18 b). Rondoit, in his new catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the Pyrenees, chal¬ 
lenges the mention of that locality in Vol. 4 (p. 289); I have therefore endeavoured to trace the source of my 
reference but have thus far failed and must regard the record as doubtful. On the other hand, it is now known 
from the Iberian Peninsula. Albarracin, from the end of June to the end of July, not rare at light. The only 
certainly authenticated French station is Digne. 
E. subumbrata Schiff. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 i) ab. obrutaria H.-Sch. According to Dietze this is not a synonym, 
but a dwarf form with less copious markings, outer part of distal area very sharply marked, remaining dark¬ 
ened. The original came from Regensburg; the description is better than the figure. — ab. aequistrigata Stgr., 
treated by Dietze as virtually synonymous with ab. obrutaria (not, as stated in Vol. 4, p. 289, with the type), 
is, as indicated by its author, much more equally marked throughout. — ab. limbofasciata Dietze. Here should 
be added as synonym jutdusi Dietze , ex Bang-Haas M.S. I infer that Bang-Ha as used the name twice in 
Eupithecia (see above, on satyrata ab. concolor). —- ab. bistrigata Dietze. Weakly marked, leaving only the 
ante- and postmedian bands relatively conspicuous. Originals from Stainz and Vienna. 
E. praealta Wehrli (18 b). On account of its large size and the divided areole, this can scarcely be con¬ 
fused with any other known species. Much larger and somewhat longer-winged than similarly coloured forms 
of semigraphata , veins without ochreous scaling, antennal ciliation of the <$ almost as long as diameter of shaft. 
Sierra Nevada at high altitudes (2100—2900 m). rerayata Reisser (17 g). On an average somewhat larger 
still, i. e. the large specimens greatly in the ascendant. Tone more yellowish, often with a slight rosy tinge, 
the ground-colour not so entirely concealed by the dark irroration; markings much more distinct, the bands 
often narrowed, a distinct subterminal line present, almost always also a rvell-developed slender terminal line, 
interrupted only at the vein-ends. Great Atlas, at 2300 to 3400 m. — ab. infuscata Schwingenschuss, occasional 
among rerayata , has both wings darkened with smoky brown. 
E. calligraphata F. Wagn. Recalls graphata (Vol. 4, pi. 12k) % in the arrangement of the markings but 
is much more slender and pointed-winged. Areole double. Rather clean grey, more uniform ancl less brownish 
than graphata: cell-dots distinct; of the other markings, the least indistinct are the ante- and postmedian lines 
and the whitish subterminal, which is placed on a dark grey distal area. Underside whitish grey, very weakly 
marked, only the cell-dots distinct. Akschehir, Inner Anatolia, 1 $ at light, 13 July. 
E. semigraphata Brd. (Vol. 4, pi. 12 i). Even in this species, generally so constant structurally, the 
tendency of Eupithecia to lose the dividing-wall of the areole is beginning to manifest itself; I have noticed 
among very many examined from time to time, one Sicilian (coll. E. Ragusa) in which the areole is simple 
on both wings. It is of course a pure coincidence that the same specimen has lost the black pigmentation of 
the eye; an unknown hand, in writing the determination of the specimen, has added “die hellbraunen Augen 
