ATHETIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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ings. —• spalleki Kitt is a form with black-brown dusky basal and marginal areas to forewings and deep black- spalleki. 
brown centres to orbicular and reniform stigmata, the subterminal line is distinct. From Olmiitz. — punctosa punctosa. 
Krul. is a very small form, perhaps of a 2nd generation (?) with punctiform orbicular stigma. 
A. funesta Stgr. (Vol. 3, p. 213, pi. 45 f). As the genitalia have no uncus, this is a genuine Proxenus 
and should be removed from here. 
A. gluteosa Tr. (Vol. 3, p. 213, pi. 45 f, g) should also be classified under the Proxenus. 
A. aspersa Rbr. (Vol. 3, p. 213, pi. 45 g). The illustration was poor, a better one is now given here aspersa. 
(21 li). — alfacaria Ribbe is an andalusian form, that is less grey and more brownish and only poorly marked, alfacaria. 
— - anceps H.-S. It is not clear what was intended under this denomination. Perhaps it is only the slightly anceps. 
darker Spanish form ot aspersa , possibly however something entirely different. —- culoti Trti. is synonymous cuioti. 
with aspersa. It is only a slightly paler, softer grey form with little marking; it was first described from Sar¬ 
dinia, but has meanwhile also been found in Corsica. 
A. predotae Schaiv. is a remarkable, pure pale grey species, without the slightest admixture of brown- predotae. 
ish. It looks like a small faintly marked Agr. margaritacea. Forewings almost devoid of markings, the trans¬ 
verse lines only finely indicated and scarcely visible, merely 3 small black costal dashes indicate their position 
and these are definitely clear. The narrow reniform stigma is brownish at top, dark grey belcw. There is 
a row of minute yellow'-white dots subterminally. Hindwings pure white, scarcely darker at margin, with white 
fringes. From 1 <$ from Albarracin. There is a $ known that may belong hereto, it is however darker grey 
with darker hindwings. Obviously closely related to culoti. 
A. maurella Stgr. (Vol. 3, p. 213, pi. 45 g) is a genuine Athetis and should not be classified under rmurella. 
Proxenus, as Filip jev has ascertained. 
A. kitti Rbl, (21 i) somewhat resembles the preceding species, but is a quite unicoloured brown-black kitti. 
with heavy coppery sheen, markings only indistinctly visible; fringes very long. Hindwings highly glossily 
silky and brownish grey. This species is very easily damaged, the scales appear lightly affixed. It is very local 
and is found in the Oetz valley and at Kl. Goll near Golling in the northern Chalk alps. —- griseomixta Schultz griseo- 
has paler grey transverse bands, one in the inner part of central area with a distinct black orbicular stigma mixta 
therein; the other band is next to the distal transverse line. Both transverse lines, especially the anterior one, 
are indicated by very definite black spots. — vollmeri Schultz on the other hand is uniformly pale grey with vollmeri. 
stigmata standing out clearly from the grey ground. The orbicular stigma is a round spot, the reniform con¬ 
sists of several dots. Behind the postmedian there is a darker band. 
A. gilva Donz. (Vol. 3, p. 213, pi. 45 g). The illustration in Main Volume is much too dark, the species gilva. 
is considerably paler, more of a bluish grey with yellowish patches here and there. — liiolisana Did. (21 i) is molisana. 
a pure silvery grey, no trace of any brownish tone, the transverse markings and stigmata are a somewhat 
darker shade of grey, as also is the central shade; the subterminal line is generally clear and distinct. From 
the southern Abruzzi, exceedingly similar to the pale Agr. decora form splendida Trti. that occurs there. 
A. umbratilis Drt. (21 i) is somewhat smaller, wings more pointed and with more oblique margin to umbratilis. 
forewings than gilva. Faintly yellowish grey, daintily bestrewn with grey. Basally and in marginal area the 
tone of grey is intensified. Orbicular stigma is absent, reniform stigma is a small grey spot. The anterior 
transverse line is very oblique, the posterior one is more heavily dentate than in gilva and nearer to the 
margin. Between them is a median shade. Subterminal line appears as a row of pale spots in the darker 
marginal area. On the margin is a row of fine black dots before the pale yellowish fringe base-line. Hindwings 
pure white with narrowly dusky margin. Korla. 
A. fixseni Christ. (Vol. 3, p. 214, pi. 48 d). A better illustration is now given here (21 i), as that in the fixseni. 
Main Volume was unrecognisable. 
A. keltana Arnsel (21 i) is close to fixseni, but is much paler with obsolete markings and almost com- Jceltana. 
pletely pure white hindwings. The transverse lines, that are so distinct in fixseni, are here indistinct and inter¬ 
rupted. Orbicular and reniform stigmata are very obscure, marginal dots are faint or absent. The underside 
is grey-white and devoid of markings. It differs by the much more heavily ciliate antennae and the straightly 
porrect or only faintly up-curved palpi with longer terminal joint. Wing expanse: 21—25 mm. Palestine 
(Wadi el kelt near Jericho) in May. It closely resembles Eulocastra tapina Hmps. 
A. casearia Stgr. (Vol. 3, p. 214) is now well illustrated here (21 i). — bilineata Culot has a black basal casearia. 
streak below the mediana, also a black bar between orbicular and reniform stigmata, which both merge in bilineata. 
this streak. 
A. oberthiiri Rothsch. is very like casearia, but somewhat larger and more boldly marked. Possibly oberthiiri. 
this is an african race of casearia. Algeria (Oued N<yi and south Oued Mya) in April. 
