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most anterior of the 3 normal white belts is faintly retained. — funebris Le Gerf also from Tangiers is still dark- funebris. 
er. No white belt is retained on abdomen. The anal tuft has no trace of red and also the legs are even darker 
than in tingitana. — The typical locality for doryliformis is Portugal. Later on no specimens appear to have 
come from there, but only from Spain. The Portuguese specimens are not suitable for description, as they are 
in very bad condition. The Spanish race, which is now separated as — andalusiaca Le Gerf (= doryliformis andalusiaca. 
auct.) has a bronze black body. Patagia of $ with yellow edges, 3 white bands on upperside of abdomen, 
palpi yellow. Forewings with large hyaline patches. A few yellow scales at disco-cellular. Further yellow- 
red scales at base of inner margin and on costa. In the $ the edges of patagia are red, abdomen somewhat 
dusted with yellow-red, similarly the anal tuft with yellow-red, which in the is impure yellowish. On fore¬ 
wings all those patches that are yellow in the are yellow-red in 
Ch. euglossaeformis Luc. (16 h and Vol. 2, p. 398, pi. 51 1) would probably best be deemed a form of euglossae- 
doryliformis. A $ of this form with 3 white belts on abdomen and yellow dusting instead of red, is named — 
flavina Le Gerf (16 f). Also underside of abdomen is extensively yellowish. Constantine. — intermedia Le Gerf flavina. 
forms a transition to ceriaeformis Luc. In the $ the yellow scales on 4th, 6th and 7th segments are more exten- intermedia. 
sive on upperside. Hind tibiae are orange-red. On forewings the scaled areas are blacker. The red scales at 
disco-cellular and on inner margin are more intensive. In $ the red scaling on abdomen is extensive, the white 
bands on the other hand scarcely visible. Base of hindwings on upperside is brownish. On forewings the red 
patches are very pronounced in the Algeria. — melanina Le Gerf is a melanic form of euglossaeformis. The melanina. 
body is quite black except for the middle of the anal tuft, which is still somewhat red on upperside. There are 
some red scales retained at inner margin of forewings and also the hind tibiae show traces of red. On the other 
hand the disco-cellular nervure of forewings is quite devoid of red scales, whilst in the darkest specimens of 
ceriaeformis , these are always present. 
Ch. icteropus Z. (Vol. 2, p. 398, pi. 50 i) from Sicily would appear to be only a dwarf form of doryli¬ 
formis. Its most western form is subceriaeformis Le Gerf described from a $ from Andalusia. Body black, patagia subceriae- 
with red edges; of the 2 white belts of abdomen, the 2nd one also has a red anterior border. Anal tuft with 
2 red spots. Hind tibiae red. The hyaline patches of forewings are small, the inner margin is red at base. 
The other forms emanate from N. Africa. — maghrebica Le Gerf (16 g) has a blue-black body. In the $ the maghrebica. 
patagia have delicate yellow edges. On abdomen there is a wide white belt, which has anteriorly a pale 
yellow edge. The anal tuft is pale yellow in centre and laterally. Legs yellow. On forewings the costa is blue- 
black, inner margin and disco-cellular nervure fiery red, the hyaline patch large. Also on hindwings there are 
red scales outwardly on disco-cellular. The $ differs from that of subceriaeformis as follows: The white edges 
are absent on abdomen, only the anal tuft is somewhat red in centre. The hyaline patches of forewings are 
slightly larger. The outer vitreous area is edged inwardly and outwardly faintly with red. The red streak on 
inner margin is bolder. From W. Morocco. — To be placed here is ceriaeformis Luc. which occurs in Algeria 
and which*was dealt with in Vol. 2, p. 398, pi. 50 k. — xanthia Le Gerf (16 g) is a sub-form to same. Here all xanthia. 
the vermilion or'recl patches of ceriaeformis are replaced by yellow. — tristis $ Le Gerf (16 g, h) has no yellow tristis. 
edges to the patagia and no yellow hairs in centre of anal tuft. The tibiae are somewhat blackish at each 
extremity, otherwise there are no differences from xanthia. — fatma k Le Cerf (16 i) has the typical \ti- fatma. 
milion markings of ceriaeformis and besides 3 white belts on upperside of abdomen with a few red scales an¬ 
teriorly to same. In transitions to ceriaeformis the red scales may be absent and occasionally also the first 
white belt is missing. Very rarely only the middle belt of abdomen is present. Algeria. — auresiana k Le Gerf auresiana. 
is almost identical with fatma. The red palpi differentiate same. In all the other forms they are black. Also 
the base of hindwings is red. From the Arnes mountains. — Geographically icteropus Z. from Sicily, which 
was dealt with in Vol. 2, p. 398, pi. 50 i, would be grouped here. — Within the species doryliformis we have 
the sub-groups doryliformis and euglossaeformis on the one hand and those of icteropus and ceriaeformis on 
the other and both are close to one another. A dichotomous table for classifying the subspecies cannot be 
given here for want of space. In Oberthur Vol. 17, p. 406 etc. such a table occupies 5 pages. 
Ch. minianiformis Fit. (Vol. 2, p. 398, pi. 51 1). In the type form the A has yellow palpi which aie out¬ 
wardly with black hairs. In the $ they are quite orange. — nigrobarbata <j> PM. from Crete has deeply black nigrobar- 
hairs on central joint of palpi. 
Ch. chrysidiformis Esp. (Vol. 2, p. 399, pi. 52 d). — sicula Le Gerf although varying among them- sicula. 
selves somewhat, are generally easily recognisable. Palpi of E white. On abdomen edges of 2 segments are 
white. Disco-cellular nervure of forewings is black on upperside, often with vermilion outer edge, entirely ver¬ 
milion on underside. On hindwings the black margin is wider at apex. Tarsi are white. In the $ the tips 
of palpi are yellow. The white edges on abdominal segments as in $. On forewings there is only a hyaline 
patch in the cell, below and behind same, wings are scaled with red. The patch on disco-cellular nervure is 
slightly black. Fore tarsi blue-black. From Sicily. — melanoxanthia $ Le Gerf (16 g) is a sub-form. The melano.van- 
black dusting on forewings is much more extensive, the usual vermilion patches much reduced and pale yel¬ 
low. On underside the entire markings are pale yellow. Also the tibiae are yellow, the tarsi remain white. 
The genuine chrysidiformis has hitherto not been found in Sicily and sicula may perhaps be a separate species. 
— castiliana Le Gerf (16 g) is also yellow instead of the typical red on forewings below and behind the cell, castiliana. 
