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pale wide subterminal line is situate therein, which is angulated inwards below apex. Above and below the 
disco-cellular nervure there is a delicate reddish black dot and subapicallv on costa, 3 brownish striations. Hind- 
wings straw coloured yellow, brownish in marginal area, fringes white with filiform blackish marginal line, 
which also occurs on forewings. Body yellowish white, head almost white. From Marash (Taurus), mid July. 
P. albicans Guen. (Vol. 3, p. 267). Further research appears to be necessary in regard to this and the 
following species. According to Oberthur and Rothschild, albicans Guen. (. Bsd .) is not identical with albi- 
rjueneei. cans Rmbr. If this is so, Spuler was right, when he gave the name —• gueneei 8pul. to the species of Rambttr, 
said to be the same as grata Guen. (nec. Treitschke), as the name grata had been utilised for a form of respersa. 
The specimens that Warren, following Hampson, denominated albicans Guen. should be named gueneei, as 
they are identical with Rambttr's species and not with that of Gttenee. The illustration denoted “grata” (52 a) 
should be denominated gueneei, even though it is barely recognisable. 
albicans. P. albicans Guen. From what is said in preceding paragraph, this may be a genuine species and should 
be classified separately. Possibly it is only a form of the previous species. It is entirely devoid of markings, 
glossy pure white, without a vestige of transverse lines or stigmata, only a minute brown spot at end of cell. 
Marginal line is also absent. Spain, 2 CS also from Algeria (El Outaya), in May. 
faroulli. P. faroulti Roihsch. (Vol. 3, p. 267), is erroneously illustrated in Main Volume (pi. 51 g) as candicans, 
which is a separate species. 
candicans. P. candicans Rmbr. (Vol. 3, p. 267) is now illustrated (23 a) from a specimen from the Pungeler col- 
ramburi. lection. It is not white, but ochreous brownish and much more richly marked than faroulti. — ramburi Obth. 
exiraria. is a form with wider and more shaded posterior transverse line. Algeria. —- extraria Rbr. is not a simple synonym, 
but a deeper brown form that may occur as well in the y sex. Also from Algeria. 
albida. P. albida Dup. ( Vol. 3, p. 268, pi. 51 g, h). A number of new denominations have been made for forms 
lutcoalba. of this very variable species. — luteoalba Strd. is yellowish white, the subterminal line has a reddish inner edge, 
the tips of fringes are red, except at apex and anal angle. Hindwings with obsolete brown subterminal band. 
albidior. Algeria. —- albidior Culot is a pure white form, almost devoid of markings. — brunnescens Culot is completely 
brunnescens. suffused with ochreous brownish. — ochreola Trti. denotes a transition to qratissima. Base of forewings and 
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per alba, transverse lines are very delicately ochreous. Cyrenaica. —- peralba Schaw. is a small, brilliantly white glossy 
form, transverse lines delicate, barely visible, yellowish, a minute black dot in centre of forewings. Fringes 
and hindwings pure white. Mosul. 
symphona. P. symphona L. B. Prout belongs to the albida group. Body and forewings pure white, delicately shaded 
with reddish yellow, especially behind the postmedian. Beyond this there is only one spot on costa, and 1—-2 
minute costal spots with a very fine subterminal which remain white. The subbasal and antemedian trans¬ 
verse lines are pale ochreous, diffusing completely towards inner margin; the central line as in albida, but faint 
and somewhat dusted with yellowish red inwardly. Between it and the posterior transverse line there is a white 
band. Orbicular stigma obsolete, on disco-cellular nervure 2 delicate black dots; before the margin between 
the veins a row of minute black dots. Posterior to these is a barely visible marginal line. Base of fringes is 
pure white, faintly shaded at apex; between the veins triangular darker markings, behind these a fine white 
line and the tips are again dark. Hindwings glossy pale yellowish red, more whitish at base and with diffuse 
central line. Fringes white with faint traces of yellowish red mottlings. Wing expanse: 28 mm. Morocco (Tizi 
N' Test and Djebel Imress) at an altitude of 2000—2400 m, in May. 
virginal is. P. virginalis Obth. (Vol. 3, p. 269, pi. 51 h). To be added as a synonym to this species: —• subterminalis 
bivitta. Rothsch. — bivitta Obth. denotes brownish suffused $$ specimens with 2 striated dots at end of cell instead 
of one, as in the form caul. Turati places these two latter forms as synonyms to suppura Stgr. 
emir. P. emir Obth. appears to be a genuine species. Forewings bright yellow with the posterior grey trans¬ 
verse line displaced almost to the centre of wing. It extends in a curve from costa to inner margin. There are 
frequently small black cell spots with a brownish longitudinal shade from cell spot to margin. A very rare spe¬ 
cies. Algeria (Geryville, Aflou, Lambessa, Guelt-es-Stel) occurring from June to September. 
nucha. P griseola Ersch. (Vol. 3, p. 269, pi. 51 n). — nucha Strd. denotes specimens without the brownish 
dusting, instead of same there is a subterminal row of black dots. 
striata. P. pura Him. (Vol. 3, p. 269, pi. 51 i). — striata Culot has forewings coloured a more ochreous yellow 
with a brown longitudinal streak from the black cell spot to the margin. Algiers. 
cremoma. P. cremorna Hmps. is closely related to conistrota Hmps. (Vol. 3, p. 268, pi. 51 i). Head and thorax 
are white, abdomen inclined to yellowish, dusted with pale yellow-grey. Forewings with white costal area, 
the remainder including the fringes yellow-grey, peppered with black, which is denser between the veins. Hind¬ 
wings yellow-grey. Wing expanse: 20—27 mm. Algeria and Tunis. From March to May. 
