SYNTOMIS. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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side. Chingan Mountains (eastern Mongolia); Inn-Shan (Manchuria); province Chihli, Peking; occurring in 
July. The specimen for our illustration has been kindly placed at our disposal by Count Turati, who gave the 
first description. On enquiry Mr. 0. Bang-Haas informs us that no other description exists. 
S. aequipuncta Trti. (5 a) is exceedingly close to phegea) the wings appear to be somewhat more elongated, 
the apex of forewings more extended and acute, the blue gloss is slightly less distinct than in phegea but not 
so glossy as in marjana. The spots are pure white, fairly large, all more or less angular, especially the basal 
spot is obliquely quadrate; spot 3 is more vertically below spot 2 than in phegea and nevertheless closer to the 
anal angle because same is more flat, also spots 5 and 6 are not so obliquely under spot 4. On hind wings the 
basal spot is usually quadrate, often somewhat incised along the intersecting vein, even being bisected. Antennae 
whitish or grey at tips. Abdominal belts open on the underside. Occurs in Asia Minor and N. Syria (Eibes, 
Antitaurus; Lebanon; Malatia). — parvipuncta Trti. (5 a) has all spots reduced to half the size. Also from 
Eibes. Our illustrations are form specimens in the collection of Turati. 
S. bicincta Roll. (Vol. 2, p. 38, pi. 9 c). 
3. marjana group. 
S. marjana Stdr. (= meridionalis Stgr. and B.-H. i. 1.) (5 b) is the main representative of this group 
in which the basal hindwing spots are always considerably larger than the preapical sp>ots. The species is very 
large and robustly built, wing contour relatively sleek with acute apex of forewings, the black ground colour 
with very brilliant green-blue gloss, much more so than in phegea. Size 34—42 mm. Spots large to very large, 
pure white, semitransparent, spot 3 especially large and quadrate. Abdominal belt a brilliant reddish yellow 
open on underside; tips of antennae white or rather grey. Dalmatia, Monte Mariano near Spalato, Island of 
Lussin, Fiume, Istria. — quercii Vrty. ( = gigantea Gian. i. 1.; macrophegea S.-Rethel i. 1.) (5 b) is the race from 
Central Italy (Monti Sibillini), Abruzzi and Sicily (Palermo). Of considerable size (36—17 mm), of wider wing 
contour, the forewings more deeply concave above the anal angle at outer margin. Forewings with less brilliant 
and more pronounced greenish gloss. — repicta Trti. spot 4 or also spot 5 intersected. — Specimens with reduced 
spots are named parvipuncta Trti. — kammeli Stdr. has only 5 spots on forewings. — quadriga Stdr. has only 
4 spots, spots 1 and 6 being missing. — birnaculata Stdr. has only spots 2 and 3 present. — rebeli Stdr. is 2—5 
spotted on forewings, on the other hand the hindwings show a repicta form with a subdivided basal spot. - 
degenerata Stdr. is an especially small form with basal spot of forewings absent. — Cerberus Stdr. has entirely 
black antennae. — puellula Stdr. has the anterior yellow abdominal belt missing. From Lagrado on the Isonzo 
Stauder has described a — subsp. sontiana which looks like a dwarf form of phegea being small and stumpy, 
of narrower wing contour with more acute apex; apical spot reduced, spot 3 rhomboid. — cataleptica Stdr. is 
the black form entirely without spots “ iphimedia ” of marjana described from a $ from Spalato. — Larvae 
40—12 mm long, black with 3 mm long brown tufts of bristles arranged in oblique rows with greyish silky 
gloss; head and legs claret-red; the 2 hemispheres of the head and the mouth being black. 
S. kruegeri Ragusa (5 b) is now deemed to be a genuine species and should not be mistaken with the 
form of phegea which hitherto went under the name of kruegeri and which has now been renamed arcuata by 
Turati. It is a very compactly built form, being close to marjana , but with much more truncate apex of fore¬ 
wings; less densely scaled with much duller metallic gloss, greenish violet. The spots not so clearly outlined 
being somewhat diffuse and faintly shaded over, not pure white; both hindwing spots very large the basal one 
being rounded trapeziform. In the name type spots 1 and 3 are confluent, in — phegeoides Trti. (5 c) they are 
separated; repicta forms as shown in our illustration also often occur. The smokey brown suffusion of the spots 
can be increased to such an extent that the 3 marginal spots almost entirely disappear under same and we then 
have: — evanescens Trti. If all the forewing spots disappear and only the large basal spot of hindwings remains, 
we have: — cyclopea Ragusa (Vol. 2, pi. 9 b). This form is only known from Sicily (Mte. Busambra). Count 
Turati has kindly placed specimens at our disposal for our illustrations. 
S, ragazzii Trti. (5 d) is a further species which outwardly reminds one more of phegea, but which is 
immediately recognisable by the curiously marked hindwings. Forewings a greenish blue-black with relatively 
little metallic gloss and densely scaled. Spots medium sized and therefore fairly far apart, spot 3 narrow and 
long, often almost only a streak, spot 6 usually very small or absent. On hindwings the basal spot is large, 
triangularly cordiform, the preapical spot very small, repicta forms also occur. - pfluemeroides Trti. (5 d) 
has only 5 spots on forewings, spot 6 being absent, on hindwings generally the distal spot is absent. — phege- 
usida Trti. has only 4 spots on forewings, only one on hindwings. — pseudocloelia Trti. has all spots on forewings 
absent or at the best 3 minute spots are present, on hindwings only the basal spot. — mendax Stdr. represents 
the form with typically spotted forewings, but with absent or only very minute basal spot on hindwings. - 
inversa Stdr. is similar to the repicta form on forewings, either with supernumerary spot between spots 4 or 5 or 
a spot 7 under spot 6; hindwings as in mendax. —reinstalled Stdr. has hindwings without spots; on forewings 
only spot 2 is fully retained, spots 1 and 6 are absent and spots 4 and 5 are minute dots, spot 3 is absent or 
suffused with brown. — pseudomarjana Stdr. denotes a $ with spots elongated and rectangular, also the basal 
hindwing spot is widely rectangular, the preapical spot is dissolved into 2 cuneiform marks. — decadica 
aequi- 
puncia. 
parvi¬ 
puncta. 
marjana. 
quercii. 
repicta. 
parvi¬ 
puncta. 
lcammeli 
quadriga. 
bimaculaia. 
rebeli. 
degenerata. 
cerberus. 
puellula. 
sontiana. 
cataleptica. 
kruegeri. 
phegeoides. 
evanescens 
cyclopca. 
ragazzii. 
pflueme¬ 
roides. 
phegeusida. 
2 )seudo- 
cloelia. 
mendax. 
inversa. 
reinstalleri. 
pseudo¬ 
marjana. 
decadica. 
