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with slightly less admixture of yellow, margin of hindwing rather less bold than in the typical punctum from 
Hungary. I denominate this readily distinguishable race, which is no doubt widely distributed along the sea¬ 
board: koltoi var. nov.,i n honour of Dr. Kolb of Munich. The types are in my collection. Cotypes besides kolbi. 
are in the collections of Dr. Kolb and Daniel in Munich. A specimen labelled Dalmatia, exactly corresponds 
to kolbi. 
p. 14, line 7 from below. Verity has recently given some interesting particulars in regard to the italian 
punctum races. The var. itala Bgff. { — italica Stgr.) originated according to Staudinger from central and 
southern Italy and is larger than the typical punctum from Hungary. To a marked degree the white scaling 
and hairs on thorax are missing. It forms in a certain sense a transition to var. contamineoides Stgr. Verity 
proposes to select as type population of itala, the colonies from the coast of Leghorn, Montenero, 200 m altitude 
taken in June/July. — The race from around Florence up to 900 m altitude, Verity names italaparva, type italaparva. 
population Pian di Mugnone (Florence). It is smaller than itala and approaches typical punctum in point of 
size. It is more sparsely scaled and with duller colouration. 
In central Italy (Mt. Sibillini) Querci discovered in a small valley below the summit of the Pizzo tre 
Vescovi at 1700 m altitude, mid July, a delicate race, which Verity names var. excelsior. The scaling is rela- excelsior. 
tively feeble. The dark parts of wing are grey, the red is pale rose and has no inclination towards yellow. 
In spite of the fact that generally speaking the spots are very reduced in size, specimens occur which are very 
difficult to differentiate from small rubicundus Hbn.: ab. rubkumliformis Vrty. rubicundi- 
formis. 
The new races mentioned by Verity: microdystrepta — Valle del Petrella, 1200 m, Mt. Aurunci (Ca- 
serta), end of June; superdystrepta — Esperia, Mt. Aurunci and dystrepta — Mt. Simbruini (900 —1000 m), 
appear to be more or less identical with var. faitensis Std. (p. 14, line 3 from below) and it would probably 
not be at all easy in a few years to distinguish these races in freshly captured specimens. 
p. 15, line 17 from top. Z. contaminei Bsd. From the Picos de Europa in N. Spain I obtained this 
species from A. Kricheldorff, the specimens being very large and fine were captured between Treviso and 
La Liebana. Especially from the latter locality the specimens distinctly show a small spot 3 on forewings, 
which Boisduval in his original description of contaminei from around Barege in the Pyrenees, also mentioned. 
This however is absent in my specimens from Gedre. Specimens ($) with rudimentary red abdominal belt, 
which Boisduval mentions as frequently occurring, have not yet come into my possession. 
p. 15, line 19 from top. The var. ledereri Rmb. from the Sierra de Roncla in S. Spain, described by 
Rambur from a specimen captured by Lederer, judged by the original illustration may be said to be close 
to Z. nevadensis Rmb. in regard to size and markings and except for the heavier antennae. Rambur says that 
ledereri has narrower wings than contaminei. The spot markings are described as follows: Spot 1 slightly dif¬ 
fusing on costa, very pointed; spot 2 conjoined to spot 1, loosely connected with spot 4; spot 3 small, like a 
small streak, spot 5 distended. Hindwings not hyaline at base; the dark margin wider at apex, not so dark 
as the fringes. Margins clearly outlined against red of hindwings. A <$ captured by Kricheldorff near 
Guarda in Portugal is larger and more robust than the usual nevadensis-kricheldorffi occurring there and has 
also heavier antennae with heavier clubs. The antennae however are not as heavy as in contaminei, which is 
otherwise quite as large. As the other description of ledereri approximately applies to this specimen, I assume 
it to be a ledereri. 
VI. Subgen. Peucedanophila Bgff. 
p. 15, line 28 from below. Z. cynarae Esp. Przegendza has named the population from the Stadtwald 
near Kieff: var sySvana. It differs distinctly from the type race from Lemberg by its strikingly elongated, sylvcma. 
narrow forewings with rounded apices. The spot markings are small, scaling not particularly dense and having 
grey-green gloss. The antennae are fairly delicate with gradually expanding clubs. In the the antennae 
are very like those of filipendulae, but shorter. Margin of hindwing is like in the type race, but wider. Body 
relatively long with short black hairs and narrow red abdominal belt. The $$ are not generally paler in colour. 
In this race the following aberrations occur: ab. tricingulata {Bgff.) Holik with 3 red abdominal belts, ab. ru- tricingula- 
brianata {Bgff.) Holik with red anal clasps, ab. corsfluens {Bgff.) Holik with confluent spots on forewing in 
every possible combination. This confluence of the spots is not of rare occurrence. Most frequently spots 2 and 
4 conjoin, this may be complete or the two spots may be joined by a bar. More rarely spots 3 and 4 or 3 and 
5 become confluent. Sometimes both spots 2 and 4, as well as 3 and 5 are confluent and spot 1 may be ex¬ 
tended to costal margin. In ab. ormikorsfluens {Shelf, i. 1.) Holik the entire spot area of forewings is completely 
red, only the dark margin is retained. 
rubrianata. 
co nf l uens. 
omnicon- 
fluens. 
