ARCTIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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nigrociliata Hoffm. has ntgrescens. 
° aurantiaca. 
as is the case in phaeosoma and auripennis. Aberrative forms of hindwings are: — aurantiaca Englisch with aurantiaca. 
orange red. — brunnescens Stdtterm. with dusky brown. — nigrescens Lamb, with black hindwings. — auran- brunnescens. 
tiaca Klem. is a confluens Rbl. with orange yellow hindwings; from Neu-Sandez. 
margin of hindwings edged 1 nun with black right to the anal angle. From Styria. — muecki Kraml. has only ni y ro . 
the 3 outer spots retained on hindwings. — ocellata Stdtterm. has the blue-black spots of hindwings edged ciliaia. 
with yellow. — caeca Stdtterm. has them filled with yellow instead of blue. — parvimaculata Stdtterm. has 
only 3—4 small spots on hindwings, the anal one is only a dot or totally absent. — nigropennalis Stdtterm. caeca. 
has black veins on hindwings which are outlined with yellow. — brunneociliata Stdtterm. has dark brown 
fringes to hindwings, only being yellow in anal third. — cingulata Stdtterm. is the counterpart to rubrodorsalis n {g ro . 
Schultz in which the black marks on abdomen are extended forming ringlets which merge in the brown colour pennalis. 
of the sides of abdomen. — wiskotti Stgr. is the curious pale armenian form, of which we can give an i I lustra brunn 
tion (7 f) of a specimen ex the collection of Sohn-Rethel. — The following local forms have been denominated: cingulata. 
— sajana 0. B.-H. a dark race, at least the outermost of the 3 middle costal marginal spots is conjoined with sajana. 
the spot below same on inner margin forming a kind of a band; spots of hindwings small and round. S. \\ . 
of Irkutsk. — tschiliensis /. n. (0. B.-H. i. 1.) (7 e) is a small form, the bands at base of inner margin are ex- tscUliensis. 
tended boldly longitudinally, hindwings orange with relatively small spots. Province Chihli. — kamtschadalis kamtscha- 
/. n. (0. B.-H. i. 1.) (7 f) resembles sajana but has much paler colouration of ground of forewings and strikingly 
narrow bands and red hindwings. Kamtschatka. — immaculosa Mats, is a phaeosoma form in which the black immaculosa. 
spot in cell of hindwings is absent, only the 3 subterminal spots being present. Corea. — Strand desires to 
introduce the unnecessary name: ladogensis for confluens Rbl. because of the older name of confluens Rom. 
which however refers to a form of villica. 
dalis. 
A. flavia Fue-ssl. (Vol. 2, p. 99, pi. 18 b). To be added to the many forms denominated in the main 
Volume, we have: — albimaculata Lorez {= mediomaculata Spul., trimacula-pallida Englisch) with large white albi- 
spots in the black central area of forewings. — vitfata Spul. has an uninterrupted white central band in middle 
area. — furcata-radiata Englisch is a similar form, but this hand is of “Y” shape and the submedian nervure furcat-i- 
is also white. — latefasciata Lorez has a widened white transverse band. — nigricans-confluens Romberg radiata. 
denotes a pathological specimen with an asymmetrical reduction of the white markings on forewings as well nigricoms- 
as a dissimilar confluence of* the black marks of hindwings. — nox Romberg is completely black on upperside, confluens. 
also abdomen is black. — immaculata Lorez has black spots absent on hindwings or retained merely as dots. 
— continua Schultz has an uninterrupted black marginal band on hindwings. — signata Spul. has 4—5 ad- / a / a . 
ditional small marginal spots on hindwings. — aurantiaca Englisch has orange-red hindwings. — connexa continua. 
Englisch has besides the central lunule on hindwings an additional black oblique streak from base, to outer 
margin. — golubzovi Sorokin is according to Kolossov synonymous with uralensis Heyne; a large form, connexa. 
forewings extensively black, a small white subcostal streak at base; fringes white. Hindwings with 2 black golubzovi. 
bands. A melanic form from Krasnoufimsk, Wiatka. The following further local races have been described: 
— baiealensis 0. B.-H. similarly a completely black form, only threadlike white lines retained at base and baicalensis. 
in subterminal area. Hindwings very deep yellow, black spots very enlarged, partially confluent. From Ir¬ 
kutsk and Vilui. — lederi O. B.-H. is, on the other hand a small, weakly form, the black quite pale, even grey, lederi. 
the white bands wider than in specimens from the Alps. Hindwings whitish yellow with very small black 
spots, frequently only one at anal angle. Northern Mongolia: Uliassutai, Tannuola and Sajan mountains. - 
jeholensis 0. B.-H. from the eastern Chingan mountains, Province Chihli, resembles lederi but is larger and jeholensis. 
abdomen appears to be a constant yellow instead of red. 
A. villica L. (Vol 2, p 99, pi. 18 c) (7 g) We are illustrating as caliginosa a specimen from the State 
Museum of Munich, which perhaps would be better described as — nigricans Oberth. as it retains only rem- nigricans. 
nants of white marks on fore wings, and spots of hindwings are irregularly confluent similar to contracta Schultz. 
— fereunicolor Oberth. is similar to illustris Schultz, having reddish yellow forewings with traces of black mark- fere- 
ings, hindwings devoid of markings and reddish yellow. — villicula Strd. (= ab. 4 Hmps.) is a very aberrative 
specimen. Forewings reddish yellow, costa, margin, one apical spot and 3 spots below costa and one at lower 
angle of cell are black, hindwings with only a few black spots at margin. A very nice specimen of this descrip¬ 
tion ex the collection of Phillips is illustrated in Iris Vol. 18, pi. 2, Fig. 8 (1905). — villicella Strd. ( = ab. 5 villicella. 
Hmps.) is probably synonymous with brunnescens Schultz with brown hindwings. — wardi Matthew is normally wardi. 
marked in the basal 2/3rds of forewings, whilst the 3 subterminal spots are enlarged and confluent so that 
the entire apical 3rd is yellow-white with 2 small black spots therein and a black costa. This form has often 
been bred in England and also captured in nature. — confluentissima Oberth. is a further extension from this confluen- 
form. Also from England. — arabum Oberth. held by Hampson to be synonymous with konewkai, has spots ara ^" na 
more or less confluent in an oblique direction, hindwings are orange yellow; Algiers. — meridionalis Heinrich mer {. 
is the form from Digne which makes a generally paler impression, the black being repressed in favour of white 
and of yellow on the hindwings; spots of forewings inclined to be confluent, the apical black on hindwings 
is reduced. The wing contour is generally somewhat sleeker. — dryope Catherine, is an aberrative specimen dryope. 
of same. Spots of forewings confluent longitudinally, inner margin yellow with only a small black dot at apex; 
