bcUieroides. 
syriaca. 
mixta. 
1 estiva, 
albescens. 
lu yens. 
melaena. 
fischeri. 
moerens. 
tristis. 
funebris. 
luctuosa. 
altenuata. 
dahlkei. 
christ iniae. 
fumosa. 
cathlina. 
festivella. 
albidina. 
semialba. 
reducta. 
albinisans. 
minus- 
signata. 
ragusai. 
nivea. 
'philvppsi. 
iliensis. 
interposita. 
culoti. 
88 ARCTIA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
tegulae yellow, abdomen without spots. Described from the Alpes Maritimes. — bellieroides /. n. is an inter¬ 
esting form, illustrated (7 g) from the collection of Sohr-Rethel and alleged to have been captured at Capri, 
which with normal but deep yellow toned spot markings has the deep brown colour of bellieri, thus does not 
resemble konewkai. We are illustrating fulminans (7 g) to which also belongs — syriaca Oberth. with normal 
wing colouration and spot marking, but the apex and fringes of hindwings are more extensively black. — mixta 
Schmidt based on an aberrative specimen with confluent basal and central spots (= ab. Ursula Schultz) and 
a long cuneiform mark to centre of inner margin; the spots of basal half of wing are yellow, the outer ones 
whitish; on hindwings the basal row of spots is absent. On plate 7 g we are giving a better illustration of a 
somewhat aberrative form of angelica. 
A. rueckbeili Fung. (Vol. 2, p. 100) is now illustrated (7 f). 
A. hebe L. (Vol. 2, p. 100, pi. 18 d). This species is latterly placed in the Genus Eucharia Hb. and the 
older name of festiva Hufn. re-introduced for same. The following aberrative forms are named: — albescens 
Schultz: basal and central area of forewings quite white, only 2 black spots retained in marginal area; Frank¬ 
furt a. d. Oder. — lugens Schultz (= ab. 4 limps. ): forewings adumbrated, the black colour extended and 
more or less confluent, hindwings widely black, at best a little red colouration left at base; also abdomen is 
suffused with black. — melaena Biezanko is very similar; the entire body is black, ground colour of forewings 
velvety black, band markings slightly duller and discernible in the black; hindwings black with 3 small rose 
coloured spots in disc. — fischeri Diemer resembles same but there are 2 further small yellow-white spots on 
costa of forewings; from Posen. — moerens Oberth. is again very similar, but the light bands of forewings are 
retained but only in costal area, hindwings without spots, sooty black, only a little rose colour left at base. 
— tristis Oberth. is a transition form with extended black, abdomen also is quite black, spots of hindwings 
increased in size and number. — funebris Oberth. quite similar, hindwings with still more black. — luctuosa 
Oberth. has all spots of forewings a deep ochre yellow, hindwings sooty black-brown, the black spots a still 
deeper shade of black and therefore apparent. — attenuata Oberth. has all transverse bands of forewings yellow- 
red, hindwings are rose coloured through which the spots appear rusty red. — dahlkei Closs is nearly the same 
as melaena , but hindwings differ somewhat, they are black with a rose streak at costa; there are 3 small 
yellow-white spots on costa of forewings as in fischeri. — ab. christinae Sterzl corresponds approximately to 
ab. paradoxa of purpurata with almost rosy-white basal half of wings, only the base is black, whilst marginal 
area is suffused with brown-grey through which the deeper black spots are reflected. — ab. fumosa Sterzl is 
a uniformly dusky smoky brown coloured specimen with normal deep black band and spot markings. — cath¬ 
lina Th.-Mieg. (= flavescens Oberth.) does not differ much from loassi, but the hindwings are purer yellow 
without any brownish tinge. — festivella Strd. (= ab. 5 Hmps.) is an asymmetric pathological specimen, 
forewings on one side brownish in basal half instead of black, on the other side the entire fore wing is brownish; 
hindwings yellowish with apical half turning into brownish. — albidina Sitowski has quite white hindwings 
with black spots; forewings black with 5 white transverse bands edged with orange, abdomen completely black- 
brown. From Limanowa. — semialba Maslowscy similarly has white hindwings, but a little rose is retained 
at the base. — reducta Closs disc of hindwings devoid of spots, only one spot retained on costa and at anal 
angle. Ivonigswusterhausen. — albinisans Oberth. has forewings almost completely with faint reddish yellow 
hue, only at cell end, below apex and at anal angle there are black spots. — minussignata Th.-Mieg. the 2nd 
black transverse band of forewings is reduced, the 3rd is quite absent and the 4th is only retained from costa 
to apex of cell. The following races are denominated: — ragusai Stdr. has no yellow edge to the white spots 
of forewings, the black central band is wider. Hindwings intensively red. From Palermo. — nivea 0. B.-H. 
is the race from Asia Minor (Aintab, Malatia, Amasia, Tokat); here the bands are also pure white and enlarged 
at the expense of the narrower black ground colour. Hindwings dull red. — philippsi 0. B.-H. from the Prov. 
Syr Darja (Baigacum). Bands of forewings tinged with rose, the black colour extended becoming almost con¬ 
fluent. Hindwings rose coloured with dull black transverse band, small basal spot and interrupted marginal 
band; body quite black only collar narrowly red. — iliensis Wagn. is a remarkable small race, the white trans¬ 
verse bands narrow, the 3rd quite absent. Hindwings heavily marked with spots. From the Ili territory and 
Alexander mountains. — interposita 0. B.-H. is similarly very small, the light bands of forewings very narrow, 
wider in outer area with only very faint rose hue; hindwings very pale rose colour with narrow marginal band. 
Body completely black. The $ has quite black forewings, red hindwings with wide conjoined middle and 
marginal bands. Alai: Margelan. — collaris Gr. Grsh. has besides the wide red collar, the entire abdomen compl¬ 
etely red without the black dorsal stripe, only the tip is black. 
A. culoti Oberth. is placed by 0. Bang-Haas with the form of interrogationis of the previous species. 
This does not appear to be correct; culoti is a very small compactly built species. Head and collar light ochreous, 
the latter with 2 black dots; thorax black with ochreous yellow stripes anteriorly, metathorax with scarlet 
red markings, abdomen red at base, otherwise fawn with black lateral stripes. Forewings black with reddish 
yellow transverse bands similar to those of interrogationis but all very wide and extending straightly to inner 
margin so that the black is at utmost 1 mm wide. Hindwings scarlet red with black middle band and marginal 
spots and all are edged with yellow. Wing expanse: 46 mm. East Siberia. 
