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A. mairei Drt. (21 d) which I had described as a selini form, is according to Bottrsin probably a mairci. 
genuine species. It is smaller, sleeker with narrower wings than selini. Forewings a paler brownish yellow 
with dusky dark grey margin, anterior to which is the subterminal line consisting of small yellow spots. Before 
these are bold brown cuneiform marks. Costa seems slightly paler with a faint bluish grey tone. Reniform stigma 
with grey centre; posterior to it in the centre, is an ochreous red spot and below on inner side a distinct white 
spot with 2 similar spots outwardly. Orbicular stigma a small grey dot. Transverse lines almost obsolete ex¬ 
cept for a few isolated grey-black scales, however the commencements on costa are definite, as densely black 
spots. There is also a fainter spot indicating the commencement of a central line and subbasally a bolder spot. 
Hindwings white in E with faint grey marginal line, faintly suffused with grey in Egypt; also occurring in 
Cyrenaica according to Turati. 
A. flavirena Guen. (Vol. 3, jn 210, pi. 45 b). The illustration is fairly good, it must certainly be difficult flavirena. 
to reproduce the Caradrinae so perfectly, that an unimpeachably true picture is given. In regard to the de¬ 
nomination of this species, matters do not yet appear to be clarified. Pungeler was of the opinion that — la- laciniosa. 
ciniosa Donz. was the oldest name, which had no connection with clavipalpis; according to him this is the paler, 
more brownish noctivaga form from Italy, Nice, Portugal, S. France, S. Tyrol (Klausen), S. Russia, Pontus, Pa¬ 
lestine. — noctivaga Bell. (= infusca Const.) is the darker, more reddish black race from Andalusia, Corsica, noctivaga. 
Mauretania. —- subdita Warr. is a paler and above all greyer form, irregularly marked and peppered; from suldita. 
the Valais. — algeriensis Stertz is still doubtful as to its classification with this species. It is more sleekly algeriensis. 
built, not so stumpy, with smoother and more glossy scaling, dark, dull leathery brown, all markings extinct 
also the 3 black costal dots; only the reniform stigma is indistinctly discernible in a few specimens. Hindwing 
impure grey-brown. Algeria (Hamman R'hira-, Blidah, Guelt es Stel). 
A. muricolor Bours. (21 d) is close to flavirena, which it resembles particularly owing to the yellowish muricolor. 
reniform stigma. It is darker, the fascia and markings are obsolete, thus creating a curious smooth impression. 
The E antennae are more strongly ciliate than in flavirena and scotoptera, which is also very similar. On under¬ 
side the discal spot is almost always completely absent. The $ is considerably darker. Eorewings dark brownish 
grey, transverse lines barely indicated central shade absent. Orbicular stigma is a minute dark dot, reniform 
stigma clearly apparent, darker, yellowish white outwardly, at lower end with 2 white dots at each side. On 
costa 3 or 4 black dots are visible. Subterminal line is indicated by faint paler brownish scales. Hindwings 
almost completely white, apex and margin slightly darker. N. Syria, Taurus (Marash, Amanus). 
A. wullschlegeli Pglr. (Vol. 2, p. 210, pi. 45 b). The illustration in Main Volume is now replaced by t ^ u U- 
a better one (21 e). This exceedingly rare species, does not appear to have been found anywhere else yet, schlegeli. 
except at Zermatt. It appears to be a very isolated species without any relationship to those preceding. 
A. menetriesi Kretschm. (Vol. 3, p. 210, pi. 48 a) must now be held to be a synonym of the older de¬ 
nomination — grisea Ev. (Vol. 3, p. 211, pi. 45 d). Filipjev has taken pains to definitely clear up the com- grisea. 
plicated and difficult synonymy of this species. According to him — montana Brem. and p>etraea Tengstr. are 
synonymous with grisea Ev. Pungeler had surmised that Fversmann had confounded grisea and cinerascens , 
but according to the specimens in the Leningrad Museum, this is impossible. The illustration in the Main 
Volume is so bad, that it would be impossible to recognise the species and we are therefore now giving a good 
illustration (21 e). The species is widely distributed in central Asia, but in Europe, it is only found in the 
Urals. In grisea the brown cuneiform marks anterior to the subterminal line are always absent, whilst these 
are generally present in cinerascens. grisea is a much paler species. —- ab. fulvo-cinsta Krul. is described as fulvo- 
being of the same size as grisea with similarly pale grey forewings, which however are vividly fuscous in the cmcta. 
centre. Markings are only faint. Orbicular and reniform stigmata are small and barely indicated. I cannot 
form any conception, what this may be, but the author thinks “this is possibly a chance variation of grisea”. 
Described from the province of Ufa. — tunkuna /. n. (22 e) is a remarkable form from the White mountains tunkuna. 
at Tunkinski (S. W. of Irkutsk). The entire costal half is pale sandy yellow to the grey band that forms the 
inner edge of the subterminal. The thorax is also of the same shade. Hindwings are slightly paler. Type in 
the coll. 0. B.-Haas. 
A. melancliolica sp. n. (Pglr. i. 1.) (22 e) appears to me to be very like grisea. It is slightly narrower melanclio- 
in the wing, a monotonous dark grey-brown but with superimposed grey-blue scales. Markings fainter than hca. 
in grisea, the antemedian proceeds obliquely outwards, undulate, the posterior transverse line fairly heavily 
dentate. Orbicular stigma is a small dark grey round dot, reniform stigma fairly narrow and grey, with darker 
inner edge and with slight brown spots outwardly. Before the subterminal line, which consists of scarcely 
visible pale yellow-white dots, there is a row of dark grey dashes. Fringes pale grey with 2 darker dividing 
lines and with a hair fine yellow-white basal line. Hindwings grey-white, faintly darker at margin. In $ some¬ 
what darker grey. From 2 EE, 1 $ from the Tunkinsk-White mountains in the coll. 0. B.-Haas. 
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