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CHAMAESPHECIA. By M. Gaede. 
altanilca. B. uroceriformis Tr. (Vol. 2, p. 391, pi. 51 f). — altantica $ Le Cerf (16 f) does not vary from typical 
form on upperside of body. On underside the anterior yellow segmental edgings however are almost com¬ 
plete. On forewings the disco-cellular is more an orange-red than yellow, the outer hyaline patch is larger and 
also the inner margin is more extensively orange-yellow. On underside of forewings the costa is pale "yellow 
not black. Morocco. 
D. ichneumonijormis F. (Vol. 2, p. 392, pi. 51 f). lugubris Stgr. as mentioned already in Vol. 2, has a 
black abdomen without yellow belts. However it is not the exclusive form of Asia Minor. A specimen from 
Ivonia in the Pungeler collection has normal yellow belts and the yellow dusting of forewings is even rather 
Cilbanensis. more pronounced. — In albanensis $ Rbl. from Albania the vitreous patch of forew'ings above the inner margin 
is completely black-brown. Also the outer hyaline area has similar scales. On hindwings the veins are widely 
corcyrensis. dark. — corcyrensis $ Rbl. is an extreme of the previous form. Forewings are completely dusted over with 
black-brown, only the clisco-cellular nervure and inner margin are red. Corfu. 
tumtana. D. megillaeformis Hbn. (Vol. 2, p. 392, pi. 51 f). — tunetana Oberth. (16 e) resembles ichneumonijormis 
by the increased number of yellow belts on abdomen. Outer margin of forewings is wider and paler yellow 
than in type and also the inner margin is distinctly yellow. Tunis. 
D. gruneri Stgr. (Vol. 2, p. 396). A £ in the Pungeler collection has a delicately fine hyaline streak 
behind the cell. The illustration on pi. 52 a represents tenebrosa, the description of gruneri was correct. _The 
norma, form norm a Le Cerf (16 f) also from Asia Minor, has normally hyaline forewings, disco-cellular nervure is black, 
widely red outwardly. The edge of the 2nd segment is whiter than type. 
tenebrosa. D. tenebrosa Pglr. Body black. Forewings also black. Narrowly hyaline in the cell and below' same 
a short vitreous streak. Boldly red behind the black disco-cellular nervure. Beyond same a hyaline patch 
of the same dimensions as the red mark. At inner margin narrowly red. The species is illustrated in Vol. 2, 
pi. 52 a as gruneri, but all the pale segmental edges should be eliminated. Only the anal tuft is laterally grev- 
yellow. In the $ the hyaline patches on forewings are reduced in size. On hindwings the black margin diffuses 
inwardly. 26—32 mm. Askhabad. Northern Persia was probably erroneously stated as locality for gruneri 
in Vol. 2. The illustration on pi. 52 a as gruneri was due to a wrong classification. 
miranda. D. tengyraeformis H.-ScJidff. (Vol. 2, p. 396, pi. 51 c). The form miranda $ Le Cerf (16 f) has a white 
spot on frons and the centre of anal tuft is yellow. Forewings are more inclined to orange than red and this 
colour extends beyond the disco-cellular nervure, which is not black. Also on underside the forewings are 
orange instead of black. Anatolia. 
D. sirphiformis Luc. (Vol. 2, p. 391). According to Le Cerf the description given is incorrect and there 
appears to have been some confusion with flavida Oberth. Le Cerf states that the hyaline patch behind the cell 
in sirphiformis Luc. is not much larger than the scaled marginal area. On abdomen on the upperside of all 
segments there are alternating narrow and wide yellow edges, no segment is completely yellow. — On the other 
flavida. hand in flavida Oberth. (16f) the hyaline patch is much larger than the marginal area.' On abdomen the 2nd 
segment has a narrow yellow edge, the 4th, 6th and 7th segments are completely yellow. Both species are 
described from Algeria. 
lealavrytana. D. kalavrytana Shelf. Body black, patagia with golden yellow edges. All segments of abdomen with 
wide golden yellow edges on upperside. Anal tuft with orange-red central patch on upperside. Mid and hind 
tibiae yellow-red, tarsi black on upper side. Forewings black-brown. In place of the outer hyaline patch there 
is an intensively red spot, which is intersected by the black veins. The inner margin is also red. Occasionally 
there is a narrow hyaline streak in the cell. Hindwings hyaline, only the outer third with dusky dusting. Disco- 
cellular nervure black, with red outer edge, more widely red towards the costa. Underside of forewings is yellow, 
also the inner margin, only the disco-cellular has a red edge. $ 22 mm. Morea. 
2 nygmaeum. D. pygmaeum Rbl. Somewhat similar to stiziformis H.-Schdff. (Vol. 2, p. 397, pi. 52 a) but differing 
from same by the distinctive black and yellow legs. Forewings densely scaled with black-brown. A spot at 
base and a larger one on disco-cellular nervure are red. Palpi yellow. On the black abdomen, segment 3 has 
lateral yellow marks, segments 8 and 9 have wide yellow belts. 15—17 mm. S. Arabia, 
8. Genus: CliamaesphecJa Splr. 
Ch. doryliformis 0. (Vol. 2, p. 397, pi. 51 k, 1). A number of subsidiary forms have been described: 
dtimena. chirnena Le Cerf (16 i) has no red scales on abdomen and no white edges to segments, the ground colour being 
betneri. uniformly black-brown. Andalusia. - bellieri Le Cerf (16 i) from Spain is larger. In the $ the antennae are 
more extensively yellow. On forewings the inner margin and disco-cellular nervure are yellow-red. Besides 
ting it ana. in the 2 the white edges to abdominal segments have wide red anterior margins. — tingitana Le Cerf (1Q> g, h) 
from Morocco has in the £ only the central one of the 3 white abdominal belts; in the $ the 2 posterior ones 
are present. Abdomen of $ has no reddish dusting, but is as black-brown as in On forewings slightly red 
Chretieni. at disco-cellular nervure and at inner margin. — chretieni $ from Tangiers is a somewhat melanic form. The 
red dusting on upper side of abdomen is missing, a few reddish hairs are still present in anal tuft, only the 
