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spots in centre of costa and in the cell and a triangular one below the cell; a further spot is situate behind the 
lower angle of cell and a cuneiform mark behind the centre between veins 1 and 2, an oblique costal streak 
subterminally and an irregular spot with 2 dentations between veins 5 and 2. Hindwings orange red with 
black spot at disco-cellular, a spot in centre of submedian nervine, an irregular apical spot and small marginal 
spot between veins 3 and 2. Wing expanse: 36 mm. W. China (Ta-tsien-lu). 
65. Genus: Axiopoena Men. 
A. maura Eichw. (Vol. 2, p. 97, pi. 17 g). — flava 0. B.-H. has yellow hindwings instead of rose. — flava. 
karellni Men. (= transcaucasia Shelj.) shows purer black colouration on fore and hindwings, being almost Icarelini. 
blue-black on forewings, the rose of the hindwings is more brilliant, the red roundish spot in outer band is 
missing, in place thereof there is a small intensively red band close to the outermargin below the centre; 
a dark shadow on costa in the centre of the red basal patch. Suchum (Transcaucasia). — manissadjiam 0. B.-H. 
has the rose of hindwings still further extended and there is similarly in the margin a narrow band of 1 cm 
extent and white spots in outer margin on forewings. Malatia. 
68. Genus: IVcparctia Hmps. 
P. allardi Oberth. very closely resembles mirifica (Vol. 2, p. 97, pi. 17 i) has however yellow hindwings allardi. 
with somewhat smaller spots and black tip to abdomen. The yellow bands on forewings are very wide being 
partly confluent with one another, the outer ones with the margin, so that the black is very much reduced. 
Wing Expanse: 68 mm. Eastern borders of Thibet. 
P. buddenbrocki Kotzsch. (7 c). We have to thank the author for enabling us to illustrate this species, budden- 
It is close to the former but can be distinguished immediately by the yellow abdomen which only on the first 
rings bears traces of black dorsal spots. It differs from mirifica by the sharper angles formed in the band 
markings. Hindwings ochreous yellow with black discal spot and a subterminal band of spots into which a 
dentation of the narrow marginal band projects between veins 2 and 4. W. Kansu in June and July. Captured 
by missionaries of the Steyler Mission. 
69. Genus: Arctia Schrk. 
A. fasciata Esp. (Vol. 2, p. 98, pi. 17 i). — obscurior Tli.-Mieg. is a dark form with almost extinct obscurior. 
bands in central area, so that same is almost black. — punctfiera Tli.-Mieg. is the reverse, the black of forewings pundfiera. 
is reduced to minute patches. — aurora Garadja are bred specimens of the 2nd brood of the form tigrina with aurora. 
very dusky forewings and hindwings often completely suffused with red. — virginalis Oberth. has the white virginalis. 
bands so enlarged that the disc is almost completely white and black spots are only found at margins of wings, 
spots on hindwings very sparse. From Digne and Montpellier. — parvisi Trti. A Vrty. from Valdieri, Maritime parvisi. 
Alps, described from 2 specimens claiming to be a race, has straighter pale yellow stripe markings than other 
forms; in central area the black markings anastomose to such an extent that a large black trapeziform mark 
is created with only a single yellow spot and a narrow stripe therein. Hindwings widely suffused with reddish 
extending from the margin. — pyrenaica Rothsch. from the Pyrenees is the form which is smaller on an average, pyrenaica. 
with hindwings sparsely marked with black, so that the predominant colour is yellow. 
A. else Nissen is very close to cl do Wagn. (Vol. 2, p. 98, pi. 18 d) differing however by the darker else. 
brown forewings, much larger and more whitish instead of yellow spots. Hindwings paler red and admixed 
with yellow like oberthuri ; the species is about halfway between the two; dido is often considered to be a form 
of oberthuri and else would be a midway form. I do not think they are one and the same species, the appearance 
is too different, else is described from Algeria. 
A. intercalaris Ev. (Vol. 2, p. 98, pi. 18 a). — flava Shelj. has the red of hindwings replaced by an flava. 
intensive yellow; From around Naryn. — boettcheri 0. B.-H. are larger specimens with enlarged and pure boettcheri. 
white band markings on forewings. From the southern Thian Shan. — alpherakyi Stgr. is not synonymous alpherakyi. 
with intercalaris but denotes a smaller race from Alai and Transalai with reduced white markings. thibetica thibetica. 
Fldr. (= simpliciella Strd.) (Vol. 2, p. 98, pi. 18 a; Vol. 10, p. 258) is not a distinct species but only a pale 
brown form from the N. V/. Himalaya and in fact the type is an aberrative specimen without white maik- 
ings and with quite black abdomen. — intermedia Rothsch. (Vol. 10, p. 258) is a transition to same, coloured intermedia. 
like thibetica on forewings but with normal abdomen. The actual form should be named suttadra Mi. sutladra. 
(Vol. 10, p. 258 and Vol. 2, pi. 18 a as “thibetica”), These are specimens with increased white markings, which 
however do not occur on palaearctic territory. — aurantiaca Seitz ( = ab. 1 Hamps., lutea Rothsch.) are the aurantiaca. 
corresponding types with pale yellow hindwings and paler brownish forewings; this form is theiefoie not 
identical with flava Shelj. 
