ZYGAENA. By H. Reiss. 
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Finally we have to mention: subsp. rueckbeili Shelj. (3 f) from the district of Djqrkent (mid July) with rueckbeili. 
large fore wing spots, finely bordered with yellowish-white. This white borderation is generally entirely absent in 
spot 5 and always in spot 6; spot 6 sometimes isolated but not rarely joined to spot 5 by red streaks. Red abdominal 
belt more or less present, sometimes quite absent. Cotypes from the collection of Sheljuzhko are illustrated. 
The food plants of carniolica are Lotus corniculatus L. and Onobrychis sativa Lmk. in Mid-Europe 
and Dorycnium herbaceum Vill. in S. E. Europe. 
Z. occitanica Vill. in Vol. 2, p. 30, plate 8i (= phacae Hhn.) is doubtless a genuine species. It is occitanica. 
distributed over South France (the type race), Pyrenee Peninsular, Italy (west of Savona). Among the typical 
occitanica without belts are named as aberrations: ab. pseudoiberica Bgff. specimens similar to iberica with red pseudo- 
abdominal belt. - var. disjuncta Spul. (Vol. 2, p. 30 as ab.) (3 f) with broad red abdominal belt and separate 
spots on forewings is classified here from the Riviera di ponente and the I yrenees. I he illustiated is fiom 
Vernet-les-Bains, caught at the beginning of August. 
The subsp. iberica Stgr. (Vol. 2, p. 30, plate 8 i) from Catalonia forms several aberrations, for instance 
ab. cataloniae Reiss (3 f) in which spot 6 of forewings is absent, as also is the white border of the five other cataloniae. 
spots and the white collar; with and without red abdominal belt (Barcelona). The $ illustrated is a cotype. 
In ab. azona Spul. (Vol. 2, p. 30) $$ specimens also occur without red belts. The ab. nigra Reiss (3 f) has black nigra. 
margins of hindwings doubly as wide. Besides the margin bulges to the middle of wing and beyond, forming 
a black traverse band towards which a black projection arises from the costa. The type from Barcelona is 
illustrated. With ab. omata (Bgff. i. 1.) Sag. (= ornata Bgff.) specimens are denominated with a complete black omata. 
traverse band on hindwings like similar aberrations of scowitzii; from Barcelona. In ab. octonotata n. ab. spot octonotata. 
4 is divided in two parts forming an “8” with a white border; type from Barcelona. — var. eulalia Bgff. (3 f) eulalia. 
from St. Eulalia, Province Murcia in June: the red colour is a brilliant vermilion, the red abdominal belt in $<3 
and partially in $$ is darkened by interspersion of black scales. The 3 illustrated is from the collection of 
Burgeff. 
Staudinger’s name albicans is given to an aberration and designates the widening of the white 
surrounds to spots of forewings beyond the usual width. Burgeff has therefore denominated the large and 
very wide winged race from Andalusia as subsp. vandalitia (= pseudooccitanica Reiss). The margin of hindwings is vandahha. 
narrow, in $$ limited to the fringes. All specimens have a complete reddish abdominal belt. The various 
strains all have transition forms with normally bordered spots graduating to ab. albicans Stgr. (Vol. 2, p. 30, 
plate 8 k). Further aberrations have been named: ab. pseudodisjuncta Reiss; specimens of similar type to ps ^° imcta 
disjuncta (see above); then ab. extrema Reiss (3 f) with quite white forewings in the spot area and 5 almost extrema . 
uniformly large separate red spots. At outer margin the white forewing has a regular narrow black margin 
which is somewhat wider at apex. Hindwings are pale rose. The specimen illustrated is the cotype still having 
a little black in the spot area. — The name miniosa Wgn. are withdrawn. 
The larva feeds on Dorycnium suffruticosum Vill. and is bright green with whitish dorsal stripes, 
largish yellow lateral spots and black dots. It pupates in a whitish elongated round cocoon. 
Z. magiana Stgr. (Vol. 2, p. 24, plate 7 b) from Samarkand and Sarafshan and var. hissariensis Gr.-Grsh. magiana. 
(Vol. 2, p. 24, plate 7 b) from the Hissar mountains (Kizil Gazy) are placed here. 
XI. Subgen. Thermophila Him. 
Z. meliloti Esp. ( = loti Him.) in Vol. 2,-p. 25 and p. 443 (3 g) from the Pyrenees, mid and east Europe meliloti. 
(excepting Holland), England, Scandinavia, Finland, Siberia and the central Asiatic Mountains. Oberthur 
presumes that Esper described his meliloti from specimens caught at his residence in Erlangen. The mid- 
European strains are generally very difficult to analyse; from all localities certain specimens vary in the density 
of scaling and the width of margins of hindwings. Very thinly scaled strains occur in south Germany in the 
Baar, the Jura, upper Bavaria, flying partly already at end of May. The newly illustrated specimens are from 
the Velburg (upper Palatinate) in Bavaria. Aberrations named are: ab. sexpunctata Tuft, with 6 fore wing sexpundata 
spots; ab. unimaculata Vorbr. with quite black fore wings excepting a small red basal spot; ab. confluens Tutt. unimacu- 
(Vol. 2, p. 443) with confluent forewing spots; ab. pseudoconfusa Bgff. like confusa Stgr. (see later); ab. totarubra con f lue l ^J a 
Dziurz. with quite red forewings, the black ground colour being only retained at margins; ab. pseudostentzii pseudocon- 
Bgff. with red belt; ab. flava Bgff. finally ab. fimbriata Bgff. with very long fringes on fore and especially totan J™ a 
on hindwings from Regensburg. — The var. ehnbergi Reuter (Vol. 2, p. 25 as ab.) occurs in Finland, Esthland p Seiu i 0 . 
and Lapland; among it ab. confluens (Tutt.) Bgff. (see above). — In East Prussia (Osterode) we find var. stentzii 
nigrina Bgff. (= nigrescens Reiss praeocc.) (3 g). It is fairly large with deep black ground colour and body, 
has denser hairs on thorax and abdomen, wing contour is more elongated and pointed; hindwings equally wide con fi uens . 
nigrina. 
