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Addenda: ZYGAENA. By H. Reiss. 
p. 19, line 4 from top. The following is still to be recorded regarding the asiatic races: The types 
of subsp. bitorquata Men. presumably emanate from the mountains of Talysh. According to photographs of 
same now befoie me from the Zool. Institute of the Academy of Science at Leningrad, it is a large and 
robust race, larger and with wider wings than is shown in the similarly photographed types of fraxini Men. 
Probably Menetries only had before him for his description. According to the original record the 
forewings are finely dusted with yellow, apex and inner margin being steel-blue. It is apparent that my 
subsp. georgiae (Suppl. Vol. 2, p. 19) from Abbas-Tuman and the Tiflis mountains most closely resembles 
same, but it has narrower wings, reduced spots and less yellow dusting on forewings in the $>. 
p. 19, line 8 from top. The original specimens of var. phoenicea Stgr. were captured by Manissadjian 
in fairly large numbers near Malatia in early August. As mentioned in Vol. 2, p. 27, it is distinguishable 
by the almost completely red forewings with narrow blackish outer margin. In some specimens the single 
spots of forewings are not discernible, in others, especially the $$ they can be distinguished by a very dense 
yellow-grey incrassation. This is the main characteristic of var. senilis Bgff. from the alpine regions "around 
Malatia. 
p. 19, line 8 from top. Staudinger compares his var. antiochena (original types from Antioch in 
Lederer s collection) with his arragonensis, which is very similar to the former, having similarly much 
larger spots to forewings. As against arragonensis the forewings are less greeny glossy black and the apical 
spot is not so widely axe-shaped outwardly, although it is equally large. The $$ of antiochena are rather 
more heavily dusted with white or yellow-grey towards the outer margin of forewings than is the case in 
arragonensis. 
p. 19, line 2(> from top. Z. ignifera Korb. The only known localities of this fine Spanish Zygaena 
are Albarracm and Cuenca. The 1st specimen was captured in the year 1887 near the mountain village of 
Huelamo at Cuenca in New Castile by the brother of Mr. Max Korb. Not until July 1896 did Mr. and Mrs. 
Korb obtain another specimen, as on their collecting expeditions of 1890 and 1893 in the same regions no 
specimen was to be found. It would appear as if in some years this rare species does not occur at all. The 
metamorphosis from egg to imago takes more than a year and in certain years special climatic conditions 
may play a part. Qiierci captured ignifera near Cuenca in the years 1926 and 1928, whilst Faller obtained 
it in 1930 at Albarracin, probably in the old localities. The specimens in my collection were all obtained at 
the beginning of August. 
p. 19, line 22 from top. Z. ecki Christ. (16 i, k). Club of antennae fairly heavy. Body, dorsum and 
abdomen are black-blue, the latter in the $ with a dark red semicircular belt on upperside, which is absent 
in . r . Femora black-blue, tibiae and tarsi impure buff. Fore wings with moderately rounded apex, steely 
green, darker at margin and inclined to blue. Scaling not especially dense. Of the two brilliant red basal 
spots (1 and 2), the upper one is narrow, lanciform, the lower one is wider of similar formation, both being 
separated by the dark costal nervure. The central pair of spots (3 and 4) is small, both roundish, the lower 
leing somewhat larger than the upper one. Spots 5 and 6 loosely conjoined. Usually the spots have a faint 
yellowish circumscription, especially in the $, but sometimes these edges are absent. The margin is blue- 
black the narrow fringes being brown. Hindwings brilliant red with narrow black margin, that only expands 
s lghtly at inner margin and at apex. The original types were captured in July by Eck, the brother-in-law 
oi Christoph at Shakuli in North Persia, at considerable altitudes. No other locality is mentioned in litera¬ 
ture. I have one $ that is said to have been captured ad Disful in Persia. As the invariably have a more 
or ess distinct dark red abdominal belt that is always open on underside, the f. cingulata denominated by 
41irschke has no justification. J 
It may be presumed that ecki Christ, and haematina Kollar (p. 19) are in certain respects homonym- 
ous, size form and spot markings indicate this. The and $ of ecki from Shakuh (<J from my collection, 
+ irom the Zool. Museum of the Berlin University) are being illustrated here. 
p. 19, line 22 from top. Z. cambysea Led. is described from a single $ captured in the neighbourhood 
o Astrabad in N. Persia by Haberhaiter in the year 1867. Antennae with heavy thickset clubs. Body 
black-blue. Forewings tlnnly scaled, bluish black, the spots pale minium red, 1, 2, 3 and 4 confluent form¬ 
ing a large combined spot, that however does not extend as far as the inner margin. The apical spot (5 
anc 6) is generally widely separated from the central spot area. It is however large and roundish, extending 
outwardly close to outer margin and towards the costa. The scapulae of the $ show traces of yellowish scaling 
in contrast to those of which are blue-black. Besides in the $ there is a distinctly visible yellowish green 
g oss on the costa almost to apex of wings and at inner angle of forewings contrasting with the bluish black 
ground. Hindwings pale red with blue-black fringes. The red in the illustration in Vol. 2, pi. 7 i is not satis- 
actory, but the formation of the spots is correct except that the apical spot is not sufficiently widely separ¬ 
ated from the other spot markings. J 1 
