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RHYACIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
similis. The wing contour is narrower, ground colour pale reddish yellow, the dark marginal lunules are absent. 
Abdomen is almost white, antennae, markings, scales and hairs are otherwise the same. Captured at light in 
June at Bescharre in the Lebanon. 
scruposa. Rh. sciuposa Drt. (25c) is perhaps best classified before wiskotti Stfs. (Vol. 3, p. 51; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 71). 
Ochreous yellowish brown, more or less peppered with black, widely dusted with greyish white at costa and 
inner margin. Anterior transverse line is double like the short subbasal, the posterior transverse line is simple, 
sharply dentate with faintly pale outer edge. Orbicular stigma is absent or indicated by a black dot, reniform 
stigma is a narrow blackish crescent. The pale subterminal line is dentate with dark inner edge and occasionally 
with blackish cuneiform marks anteriorly. Fringes yellowish with 2 brownish dividing lines. Hindwings whitish 
in and shaded; blackish brown in with discal spots and postmedian that are heavily marked on underside. 
From Sivas in N. E. Asia Minor. 
insulicola. Rh. insulicola Trti. (Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 71, pi. 10 c). According to the genitalia, this is a genuine species 
and not a form of lucernea. A very pale yellowish grey form with similarly paler hindwings is denominated 
pallida, by Schawerda —- pallida. The contrasting dark form — melanophila has the forewings dark grey with blackish 
melanophila. (H p er area , ; no yellow r . 
osmana. Rh. osmana Wgnr. (Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 72, pi. 10 c). This has proved itself to be a genuine species. From 
an examination of the genitalia, it is not a lucernea form. 
turbeti. Rh. tuibeti Le Cerf is to be placed next to simulatrix Hbn. (Vol. 3, p. 51, pi. 12 e; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 71) 
from which it differs by the narrower wing contour and straighter outer margin. Ground colour is more mono¬ 
tonous grey, the lines are less heavily dentate and without pale edge. Also the reniform stigma is less prominent. 
Orbicular stigma is completely absent. Underside purer white without shading at margin. Ground colour is a 
fairly dark ashen grey with scarcely any ochreous tone, markings are slightly darker, reniform stigma obsolescent 
indicated by faintly darker shading with a minute pale central streak. Marginal area is not darker, no trace 
of a subterminal line or of sagittate streaks. Base of fringes pale ochreous . Wing expanse: 40 mm. Morocco, 
Central Atlas in August, at an altitude of 3200 m. 
analolica. Rh. elegans Ev. (Vol. 3, p. 53, pi. lli; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 72). — anatolica Drt. (24 i) differs by the much 
paler hindwings. These are pure white in <J. Also by the pure white veins on forewings, which are double as 
wide as in type. Anatolia (Ak-Shehir); on the other hand persian specimens are identical with those from Spain. 
Jcacem. Italy and Albania. — kacem Le Cerf differs from european specimens by the more reddish brown ground colour 
and more distinct black and white markings. Fringes with brown dividing line. Hindwings darker. Central 
Atlas, Morocco. 
ponticola. Rh. alpestris Bsd. (Vol. 3, p. 54, pi. 11 k). — poratieola Drt. (pi. 25 b) has dark coppery forewings peppered 
with black, dusted with leaden grey in innermarginal half of central area. Neither veins nor stigmata have pale 
outlines and the latter are reddish with brown inner markings. Hindwings paler, whitish towards base. From 
Ak-Shehir (Anatolia) and Persia (Elburz mountains). 
arnoldi. Rh. amoldi Trti. is unknown to me. The author describes it as a Feltia and places it next to ocellina 
and alpestris. Forewings pale brown dusted with grey with whitish subcosta and mediana. Similarly the stigmata 
with grey centres, which are situate in black ground of cell. The large claviform stigma is dark grey with black 
outline. The postmedian consists of black dots and striations, subterminal line of long black cuneiform marks. 
Hindwings grey, dusky towards margin and with faint streak at close of cell. Wing expanse: 29—36 mm. Occur¬ 
ring in 2 generations in April and July, August on the Karakorum at altitudes from 2000—4000 m. 
elbursica. Rh. elbursica sp. n. (251c). This fine new species is obviously close to the rana form of candelisequa 
Schiff., but differs nevertheless considerably. Forewings elongate and extended, pale reddish yellow-grey, 
delicately peppered with brownish black. The veins rather more coarsely bestrewn, with no trace of the long 
black basal streak. Mai'ginal area somewhat more dusky grey, most widely at apex. Markings very indistinct 
except for black dots at lower corners of reniform stigma. Only in one specimen these spots become more obvious 
and form a sort of outline to reniform stigma. Fringes pale yellowish with still paler base line. Hindwings 
transparent white with fine brownish marginal line, in the $ veins are somewhat brownish. The $ has an ex¬ 
tended ovipositor. Described from 3 freshly emerged pairs captured in N. Persia (Elburz mountains) at an 
altitude of 3000 m. Types in the collection of Draudt. According to Boursin this is an extreme development 
of the Dichagyris group as also candelisequa (Vol. 3, p. 54, pi. 13 a; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 73). 
Subgenus: Oiarsia Hbn. 
dannehli. Rh. festiva Schiff. (Vol. 3, p. 39, pi. 8h; Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 76). — dannehli Cti. (Suppl. Vol. 3, p. 75) 
an aberrative specimen should be classified here. The plate reference should be cancelled and the specimen 
carlilei. is now illustrated on pi. 24 i. carlilei Brandt is much paler, without brown dusting. The posterior transverse 
