Publ. 14. III. 1934. 
HARMODIA. By Dr. M. Drattbt. 
] or, 
of orange-yellow; from Vucijabara, but also occurring elsewhere. — maritima Trti. & Verity apparently closely 
resembles xanthophoba and may even be identical; in this latter eventuality it would have right of priority. 
Markings are bright with blue-grey and an almost pure white central area without any admixture of yellow, 
the stigmata with wide white circumscriptions, also the anterior transverse line being pure white. Terrne (Val- 
dieri). — abruzzensis /. n. (13 h) occurs in the southern Abruzzi (Pescocostanzo). This form is similar but much 
paler and predominantly whitish with very pale blue-grey and without any orange. — nevadensis j.n. (13 it) 
denotes the race from the Sierra Nevada which is strikingly small and of compact form. Markings very 
distinct of very dark blue-grey and admixed with whitish with a few orange scales. — urumovi Dren. from 
Bulgaria is probably a very similar race. Similarly small but however quite without the bluish grey coloura¬ 
tion, instead it is blackish with distinctly outlined markings. Hindwings are much paler and not yellowish, 
abdomen dorsally grey, not yellowish. — atlantis /. n. (13 i) is a very fine form from the High Atlas Moun¬ 
tains; all the whitish patches are here of a beautiful rosy yellow interspersed with orange scales, in contrast 
to which the pure blue ground colour is in pretty relief. — salmonea /. n. (13 i) which only appears to occur 
in the ^ sex has a deep salmon rose colouration. — clara Stgr. (13 i) is illustrated from a specimen obtained 
in the northern Lebanon (Becharre) and now in the Museum at Vienna. 
H. hyrcana Drt. (= musculina Hmps. pro parte, nec Stgr.) (Vol. 3, p. 87, pi. 20 g) somewhat resembles 
the form clara of the preceding species but it is smaller and more richly marked. Body and forewings pale 
yellowish white sparsely speckled with black-grey, partially dusted with orange; subbasally there is a wide 
blue-grey band, the transverse lines are black; in the pale central area a few orange scales, stigmata and cen¬ 
tral line faintly marked; marginal area grey-black with faint dentate subterminal line with a dark inner edge; 
fringes checked with grey. Hindwings brownish grey with dark postmedian band and dark margin. The illus¬ 
tration from the Main Volume cited above is an unrecognisable copy from H amps on. We are giving a fresh 
illustration here (13 i). Syria, Kurdistan, Persia. 
H. albimacula Bkh. (Vol. 3, p. 77, pi. 18 g) is generally a very constant species which varies little. 
Specimens from widely separated localities show little variation and no races are indicated. Only one aber¬ 
ration is described — ochrea Zweigelt, in which the white colouration is replaced by ochreous yellow. 
H. nana Rott. (Vol. 3, p. 77, pi. 18 g). Transitions to the form ochrea appear to occur especially fre¬ 
quently in Austria. In these the white colouration occasionally has a yellowish tone. No other forms have 
been described beyond those mentioned in the Main Volume. 
H. cailinita sp. n. (13 1). A nice new species classified next to compta and having rich blue-grey ground 
colour with whitish to ochreous reddish central area; in the antemedian area there is a wide reddish orange 
streak below the cell; transverse lines double; the orbicular stigma white, quadrate, circumscribed by black, 
elliptical above and below; reniform stigma with blue-grey centre, the cell between the stigmata is brown- 
grey; central line dentate, anterior to same a large roundish brown claviform stigma. Postmedian area brown- 
grey, only admixed with blue-grey at inner margin, with whitish subterminal line. Hindwings pale brownish 
grey being widely darker at margin and with the customary pale patch at anal angle. Issyk-kul, Djarkent. 
H. compta ScMff. (Vol. 3, p. 77, pi. 18 h) is much more variable than nana; specimens with a consi¬ 
derable admixture of ochreous yellow and even orange-yellow, especially in basal area and at the subterminal 
line, are not of rare occurence, especially in Austria. The following aberrations have now been denominated: 
defasciata Hannemann from a specimen without the white central band, only the orbicular stigma is filled 
with white, from Erfurt. albicirscta Metschl having costa and inner margin edged with white in basal area, 
from Regensburg. — grisescens Trti. is less black-brown and a more greyish form with admixture of blue-grey, 
from the Apennines of Modena; it forms a transition to — galactina Trti. (13 k) from Sicily, which has the same 
colouration but additionally has an extension of the white colour, the white middle band is expanded especially 
at the inner margin and there is much more extensive white on the thorax and in the basal area of the fore¬ 
wings. Further the marginal area has many more white scales. 
H. stenoptera Rbl. (13 i) slightly resembles the preceding species and through its deeper slate blue- 
grey colouration forms a transition to armeriae. It is however strikingly different from both by the longer and 
narrower formation of the wings and the materially longer abdomen. Central band is not pure white, but im¬ 
pure yellowish. Hindwings only faintly paler towards the base. Underside is a more impure white and anal 
tuft is mixed with yellowish. From Angora. 
H. armeriae Bsd. (Vol. 2, p. 77, pi. 18 h). The illustration, as already mentioned under staudingeri, 
depicts that species and has nothing to do with armeriae. We are therefore illustrating the species here (13 i). 
It is not much larger than compta and ground colouration is a peculiar blackish slate, central band is some¬ 
what mottled and a mealy white and in same are situate the large white stigmata. In the marginal area there 
are traces of a subterminal line indicated by whitish patches. The thorax is almost completely white. The area 
of distribution towards the East cannot as yet be definitely indicated. It appears to be distributed over the 
larger part of western Asia commencing in Dalmatia. — adriana Schaw. has a peculiar paler dull slaty blue 
ground colour of forewings and the white central band has a faint yellowish hue. From the coastland of Croatia 
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mtirilima. 
abruz- 
zensis. 
nevadensis. 
urumovi. 
atlantis. 
salmonea. 
clara.- 
h yrcana. 
albi¬ 
macula. 
ochrea. 
nana. 
cailinita. 
com jit a. 
defasciata. 
albicincta. 
grisescens. 
galactina. 
stenoptera. 
armeriae. 
adriana. 
