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krombachi. by a dentate black line, black basal area extends distally, inner costal spot almost black. — ab. krombachi 
Gloss is a pale form. Collar pale grey. Oblique band of forewings dusted from outwards with pale yellowish 
between 2nd radialis and 2nd median nervure, so that there only the inner edge of oblique band exists. The black 
silesiana. band of hindwings replaced by a narrowly marked line consisting of black dusting. — ab. silesiana Wladasch 
has on forewings between basal and costal spot, 2 distinct lines in the shape of darts, directed towards costal 
caecigena. spot; hindwings orange instead of red. — ab. caecigena Bdm. is a lafitolei with whitish pale ground colour and 
nymphaea. very narrow oblique band to forewings. —In ab. nymphaea Bdm. the abdomen has 3 pairs of black-white lateral 
markings instead of 2; a dark streak in apical area of fore wings. Basal area dark grey instead of black; antennae 
flaveola. reddish. — In ab. flaveola Bdm. costal spots of forewings merge forming one spot which is incurved posteriorly; 
grentzen- band of hindwings half red and half yellow. — ab. gierstzenbergi-ziczac Wladasch is a ruddy grentzenbergi in 
bcrgi-ziczac. w hi c h the outer edge of oblique band on forewings and black band of hindwings are sharply dentate. — ab. 
i //pica- typica-lafitolia Wladasch is a very darkly marked combination of suffusa, annellata and lafitolei with black 
lajitolia. ec |g ec j oblique band, the outer edge of which is sharply dentate; ground colour of forewings is grey-green. — 
elliana. ab. elliana Bdm. Markings of forewings as ab. gonneri, otherwise as ab. oberthuri. — ab. Cleopatra Wladasch has 
Cleopatra, body and markings of forewings pale brown, central area of forewings ochreous yellow with lemon yellow dust¬ 
ing. Outer marginal area rusty brown, oblique band very narrow. Band of hindwings ochreous yellow. — 
multicolor, ab. multicolor Wladasch has costal marginal region of forewings much expanded, so that costal spots are 
barely visible and the black dusted white-rose central area is much restricted; outer marginal area black- 
red. Band of hindwings dark carmine red, outer marginal stripes pale grey-blue. Underside pale rose with 
nebulosa. dark red margins. — In ab. nebulosa Gehlen (13 d) entire upperside appears cloudy, especially hindwings, 
where base is grey instead of the usual black; the red band is buff as is the very wide marginal band and 
has a red-brown antemedian band, the latter sharply angulated inwards on submedian 2 and then proceeding 
at a right angle to the white anal spot; submarginal band grey instead of black and displaced inwards. This 
vandalu- completes the multitude of euphorbiae aberrations.-subsp. vaudaiusica Rbb. from Andalusia has sleeker 
SU " 4 wings than main type. General colouration more reddish white. Outer marginal band of hindwings narrow. 
balearica. Scapulae always with white inner edge. — Rebel describes a subsp. balearica from Mallorca from a single 
specimen, which shows only minute differences, within the scope of the variability of the species and which 
strasillai. can scarcely be held to establish a subspecies until more material is available. — subsp. strasillai Std. from 
Aspromonte, lower Italy, reminds one of ab. grentzenbergi. In regard to colouration, Statjder’s particulars 
are not clear. In his original description in the “Iris” it says “intensively claret red”, whilst in the “Lepi- 
dopterologischen Rundschau” it is stated “the intensive claret red is resolved into grey-violet”. The black 
band of hindwings is 2—3 times as wide as in main form (even in small specimens); the narrow red band 
rothschildi. of hindwings has a dark brown shade. — subsp. rothsclitldi Std. from Palermo, San Martino, Cinisi, is small¬ 
er than strasillai and more dark brown than red; comes in colouration between grentzenbergi and ab. ni- 
subjacensis. grescens. —t The subsp. subjacensis Dhl. from central Italy scarcely differs from main type. The author says 
it "belongs to the grentzenbergi group”, there is however almost no mottling to the pale area of forewings, 
atrolimbata. whilst however white hairs are often interspersed. — ab. atrolinibata is a denomination of Dannehl for spec- 
etrusca. imens with an outer black edge to the oblique band. — subsp. ettusca Vrty. from the coast of Tuscany 
reminds one partly of dahli, partly of hybr. densoi Muschamp ; the pale greenish olive central area is suppress¬ 
ed anteriorly by the dark costal margin, it does not embrace the large costal spot and is only distinct post- 
conspicua. eriorly. — euphorbiae conspicua R. & J. (Vol. 2, p. 255, pi. 11 c). — ab. nigrofasciata I gel has deeply dark 
nigiofatcm markings to forewings, black band of hindwings wider than the red band, thus it is parallel form to ab. 
latefasciata of e. euphorbiae ; altogether conspicua varies in similar fashion to e. euphorbiae and the colouration 
giganteo- is by no means so constant, as one would gather from the remarks in Vol. 2. — ab. giganteoniaculata Gehlen 
maeulata. q as j nner costal spot of forewings enormously increased in size (9 mm long and 5,5 mm wide). — euphorbiae 
costata. costata Nordm. (Vol. 2, p. 255, pi. 41 d) Mell describes the larva of this fine subspecies as follows; Only centre 
of pronotum red, the black margin almost as wide as the red zone or wider, rarely pronotum quite black; 
2 lateral rows of ocelli are merged to one wide row, sometimes still a pale stigmatal zone; only the basal 
“/5 to 3 /s horn is red. (The particulars are given from a small number of larvae in alcohol, which Prof. 
Kttrz, Shanghai, collected at Pei-tai-ho in Chihli, N. China.) — Pupa with thorax and wing coverings pale wood 
confusa. colour, cremaster and anal segment dull rusty brown on top, tip black and glossy on upperside. — ab. confusa 
Gehlen has an extraordinarily wide oblique band with proximal edge bending forwards and not backwards 
as in normal specimens, extending to hindmargin and only reaching same near base, so that pale central 
area is thereby much reduced. Distally the oblique band edged with black. The pale veins (3rd radialis, 1 st and 
2 nd mediana) expand in a cloudy effect within the oblique band, so that the impression is created that the 
siehei. scales are missing. — C. centralasiac siehei Pnglr. (Vol. 2, p. 255, pi. 41 c) ab. privata Aust. has no black hind- 
jlavesvens wing band (as h diascopiae ). — C. gallii Rott. (Vol. 2, p. 256, pi. 41 d) ab. flavescens Gloss has the pale red 
scholzi. °f hindwings pale yellow, the deep red is orange. — ab. scholzi Steph. has a larger yellow brown spot on 
maculifera. forewings beyond the oblique band. — The description of ab. niaculifera Klemensiewicz was unfortunately not 
available to me, so that I am unable to give a description. — Specimens with dentate black band on hind- 
