COSCINIA. By Dr. M. Draitdt. 
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The antennae are black with brownish tips and are more heavily pectinated than striata. — funerea Ev. (Vol. 2, 
p. 72, pi. 13 e) is a black aberration of same and does not belong to striata , the black forms are characteristic 
of this species. 
C. miranda Oberth. (Vol. 2, p. 72, pi. 13 f) is certainly to be deemed a genuine species; characteristic of 
it are the exceptional large size and the pale veins with widely black edges, which are especially prominent 
on hindwings where they contrast boldly. This does not occur otherwise in any known striata form. Besides 
it has scarlet-red laterally on abdomen. — lugens Oberth. has extensively widened black markings on veins 
so that only very narrow yellow stripes are left on forewings, hindwings completely black. Ta-tsien-lu. 
dubernardi in contrast has very restricted black, the orange-yellow colour is predominant, veins only narrowly 
black. From Tse-ku. Perhaps the species is actually a Gallimorphide. 
G. cribraria L. (Vol. 2, p. 72 and 445, pi. 13 g). If we follow the same plan of aberrations of the various 
forms varying from type as was the case in striata, viz firstly the paler forms and then the darker ones, we 
have —- unicolor Gloss; forewings white without any markings. Described from a $ from Spandau. Of dark 
forms we should mention — infuscata Rey powdered all over with grey-black, the black markings only faintly 
indicated. — fasciata Gloss has the black spots on forewings confluent forming a wide band. — reducta Gloss 
forms a transition in which the inner and outer rows of spots are confluent, whilst the sublimbal row of spots 
is absent. Specimens showing the reverse form of variation are — pseudobifasciata DM. ; the black spots, 
chiefly those of the transverse bands are extended forming long streaks alongside and between the veins; 
especially beyond the cell there is a long streak, which extends from base to just before the outer margin. 
Hindwings of pale grey-white extending from base turning to black, in $ completely black. Bred from the 
Rhine valley, but occurring everywhere. pseudozatima Krul. Here forewings are adumbrated completely 
with brown-black and only the veins are white. Established from a specimen from Jelabuga. — splendida 
DM. are especially large and brilliantly white Candida, all spots are missing, even the row of black spots at 
extremities of veins is absent. Hindwings pale grey with wide white fringes and without a separating line or row 
of dots. A local race from the southern Abruzzi. — Of the well characterised southern local forms: punctigera, 
Candida and chrysocephala aberrative variations have not hitherto been named, whilst of the forms derived 
from rippertii Bsd. (6 c) a good number have already been mentioned in the addenda to the second Volume 
(p. 445). To these belong': — nevadensis Oberth. a large form with pale reddish yellow ground colour with 
brownish interstices; from Sierra Nevada. A form described by Ribbe under the same name from Andalusia 
seems to me to be different and this should be renamed: — ribbei n. nov. (= nevadensis Ribbe nec Oberth.). 
It is also a large form with especially elongated and pointed forewings being more pronounced than in cribraria. 
General colouration white and silky with a slightly greyish tinge; the entire wing with a greater or lesser suf¬ 
fusion of black. This blackish tinge becomes more dense in 2 distinct longitudinal streaks and also between 
the veins it is more apparent; the one extends from just beyond the base to shortly before the outer margin 
passing 2—2 % mm below the costa, the second similarly parallel to the inner margin and 3 mm above same; 
along the outer margin there are small black dots, also at close of cell 2 black dots. Hindwings unicoloured 
grey-white on upperside, much paler than in cribraria, similar to the palest patches of the Candida hindwings. 
Underside grey, paler than in cribraria, a slight brownish tone on upperwings; body grey-white, scapulae 
somewhat darker, generally without a black dot. Bred from larvae from a bush-like plant from above Alhambra. 
Ribbe deems it quite probable that this is a separate species and there is a certain probability in this suppo¬ 
sition because Candida and chrysocephala, as well as specimens similar to rippertii occur’ there. The question 
requires further research. — anglica Oberth. is ashy grey, black spots large, blackish longitudinal streaks 
through the cell and along the submedian. In — vernetensis Oberth. the $ is reddish grey, the $ creamy white, 
markings reduced to minute dots. — rondoui Oberth. are rippertii specimens with especially large black dots 
and rather blacker hindwings. — ab. murina belongs to same; the middle band is displaced towards the posterior 
transverse line, the wide central area remains pale, the subterminal is quite absent. — leucomelas Oberth. is 
also like rippertii, the subterminal of fore wings is especially pronounced, the hindwings are faintly reddish 
yellow with dusky marginal band. — canigulensis Oberth. is a rippertii with a brownish tone, the $ paler grey- 
white. — transversata Bubacek similarly belongs to rippertii; here the entire area between posterior transverse 
line and subterminal is covered with blackish. — fumidaria 0. B.-H. resembles canigulensis; colour of all 
wings smokey brown, on forewings along the costa, as well as below the cell and at inner margin the white 
colour is faintly indicated in streaks. Hindwings unicoloured dark, only the white fringes contrast distinctly; 
Tannuola Mountains, Shawyr. 
C. bifasciata Rbr. (Vol. 2, p. 72, pi. 13 h) is certainly a genuine species, even if same may have evolved 
from cribraria through insular isolation; the illustration in the main Volume is not very recognisable and w r e 
are illustrating same here again (6 b). The name type has interrupted brown-black longitudinal streaks on a 
white ground and 2 generally also interrupted oblique bands. — fortestrigata Schaw. are specimens with wide 
continuous longitudinal and transverse bands, so that the white ground colour is considerably repressed; 
related to the main type by innumerable transition forms. — In paucisignata Schaw. the longitudinal marks 
and transverse bands are considerably reduced, so that the white of the ground colour is predominant, 
transversata Schaw. is quite white with 2 black-brown very pronounced transverse bands; only rudimentary 
funerea. 
miranda. 
lugens. 
duber¬ 
nardi. 
unicolor. 
infuscata. 
fasciata. 
reducta. 
pseudo¬ 
bifasciata. 
pseudo¬ 
zatima. 
splendida. 
nevadensis. 
ribbei. 
anglica. 
verne¬ 
tensis. 
rondoui. 
murina. 
leucomelas. 
canigu¬ 
lensis. 
trans¬ 
versata. 
fumidaria. 
bifasciata. 
forte- 
strigatc. 
pauci¬ 
signata. 
trans¬ 
versata. 
