Pull. 20. VII. 1934. 
CO SMI A. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
increasingly darker with bolder angle in centre of margin. Hindwings pale reddish yellow-grey, inclined to 
reddish grey towards margin. Algeria in the province of Oran. 
A. ambusta F. (Vol. 3, p. 153, pi. 28 g). —• rubens Stgr. is now being illustrated (19 b) from a typical rubens. 
specimen from Armenia. It strongly resembles algirica, but has whitish hindwings. — syriaca Osth. (19 c) is syriucu. 
certainly not identical with rubens. Forewings pale yellowish with reddish sheen and faintly darkened discal 
area. Transverse lines and stigmata indistinct, margin narrowly dark red, fringes blackish. Hindwings white 
with faint reddish hue, the $ $ are darker, deeper brown with still duskier discal area. From Marash in the Taurus. 
A. obscura Osth. (19 c) closely resembles the preceding species, differing by the more elongate and nar- obscura. 
rower wing contour with more pointed, slightly falcate apex and much more oblique margin, which is less 
deeply scalloped. Forewings dark brown, inclined to blackish in $. Transverse lines pale, more delicately drawn 
than in ambusta. They extend more obliquely and are more sharply angulated below costa. Subterminal line 
is very indistinct, almost straight. Hindwings pure white, reddish grey in outer area in $, with discal lunule and 
blackish marginal line. Marash in the Taurus. 
64. Genus: Closmia Tr. 
C. aurago F. (Vol. 3, p. 153, pi. 24 li). —- purpurago Dhl. has deep golden yellow to deep orange ground purpurago. 
colour with a tinge of rich red, the markings vary considerably in depth and are dark blue-grey. — pyroxesta pyroxesta. 
Dhl. (19 c) are completely unicolourous specimens of purpurago , the ground colour is a nice orange with violet 
sheen. —- pedinea Dhl. is an extreme unicolor, plain whitish yellow and devoid of markings, sometimes very pedinea. 
daintily suffused with reddish or bluish reddish. All 3 from the southern Abruzzi. 
C. lutea Strom. (Vol. 3, p. 154, pi. 24 i). — pallida Schwing. has forewings a very pale yellow and faintly pallida. 
marked. 
C . fulvago L. (Vol. 3, p. 154, pi. 24 i, k). — fulvescens /. n. (19 c) is a form of asiatica Hmps. that corres- fulvescens. 
ponds to flavescens, deep yellow, devoid of markings except for the lower half of reniform stigma, only the 
extremities of fringes are slightly darker. Ili and Issyk-kul in the collection of Pungeler. — decolor Schultz decolor. 
is very pale sulphur yellow, completely devoid of markings, reniform stigma also absent. —- aurantia Tutt on aurantia. 
the other hand is darker orange-yellow. —• signiago Doring is an especially small asiatica form, forewings some- sigmago. 
what orange-yellow like the thorax, diffuse brown markings, costal spots present. It is distinguishable by a 
brown angulated central band extending from costal margin over the central spot to the lower angle of cell, 
almost forming a right angle and proceeding somewhat diffusedly to inner margin. The author considers this 
to be a high altitude race. Wing expanse: 29—31.5 mm. Turkestan, Alexander Mountains. 
C. tunicata Graes. (Vol. 3, p. 154, pi. 24 k). — flavicans Doring f.n. (19 c) is the form that corresponds flavicans. 
to flavescens of fulvago and is quite devoid of the bluish brown marking of postmedian area. Traces of a trans¬ 
verse lines are visible and especially the brownish central shade. Ussuri. According to the investigations of 
Doring tunicata is certainly a genuine species. 
C. gilvago Esp. (Vol. 3, p. 154, pi. 28 g). There were certain inaccuracies in regard to this species and gilvago. 
the subsequent one in the Main Volume and these can now be rectified thanks to the careful investigations of 
the late Dr. W. Bath (Halle). There are only 2 species: gilvago and ocellaris and these cover all the many forms, 
including erythrago, which lias been held to be a separate species. The gilvago type is pale yellowish ochre with 
blackish or bluish grey-brown marking of transverse lines. The illustration in Main Volume is fairly typical. 
—^ griseosignata Spul. has paler markings, especially the central band is inclined to be pale bluish grey. The griseo- 
illustration is incorrect and according to Bath it represents the intermedia form of ocellaris. We are therefore Sl duata . 
giving a fresh illustration of this form (19 d). —- suffusa Tutt has brown-grey ground colour, otherwise it is cor- suffusa. 
rectly described and illustrated. — cinnamomeago Spul. on the other hand is wrongly diagnosed and illustrated, cinnamo- 
Ground colour is cinnamon red with considerable extension of the bluish grey band markings. It is illustrated mca 3°- 
afresh here (19 d). — palleago Hbn. (= erythrago Warr.) has ochreous yellow ground colour with extensive pallcago. 
rusty brown markings, so that the fore wings often appear quite rusty red. In the Main Volume the illustration 
is too pale yellow and a correct illustration is given here (19 d). —- algirica A. B.-H. ( = batnaensis Obth .) (19 d) algirica. 
has ground colour a much paler yellow-grey to pale ochreous yellow shade, the markings also vary in extent 
and from pale grey to rusty brownish. Hindwings are relatively dark. This is chiefly a North African form, 
but it also occurs in Spain and elsewhere in S. Europe. —- rubra A. B.-H. (= pseudolineago Schwing. i. 1.). rubra. 
This closely resembles many palleago specimens, but is a still deeper rusty brown, with very dark marginal 
area to forewings and whitish dusted veins, being very similar to many an ocellaris and therefore erroneously 
classified by its author to ocellaris. — austauti Obth. (19 d) is the palest form of algirica with impure yellowish austav.ti. 
white forewings and only with faint traces of brownish or greyish markings of stigmata and transverse lines. 
Algeria. The following have also been described: — gilvagella Strd. an english form. Forewings and body pure gilvagella. 
yellow with brown spots and heavily black subterminal markings. —• xantheago Schaw. is a paler ochreous xantheago. 
yellow form of palleago from East Bosnia, Mostar, which would about correspond to the illustration of erythrago 
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