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of wings. I consider that all specimens of the separata populations having the spots of forewing more or 
less longitudinally confluent should be grouped under ab. confluens Dziurz. In my opinion the denomination 
nigra Dziurz. (p. 22), the original types of which came from the Alexander mountains, is superfluous, as these 
are distinctly specimens with characteristics of the separata races. 
p. 22, line 7 from below. The var. kohistana Gr.-Grsh., which was mentioned under kavrigini on p. 22, 
is probably only a separata race from the Hissar mountains. Groum-Grshimailo describes it as a race of 
Z. erschoffi Stgr., but it cannot belong there, as erschoffi shows no tendency towards a reduction in the size 
of the spots of forewings and even at high altitudes it always has a complete red abdominal belt. Also the 
absence of yellow fringes indicates a lack of affinity with erschoffi. I presume that what was illustrated in 
Vol. 2, pi. 7 f and described on p. 28 as erschoffi Seitz, is actually kohistana or is closely allied to this separata 
race. This assumption seems to be confirmed by similar specimens in the Zoological Museum of the Uni¬ 
versity of Berlin, labelled kohistana with locality Sarafshan, 2500 m, 12 July and captured by E. Funke. 
Seitz did not have the genuine erschoffi before him. The hindwings of kohistana have narrower margins than 
separata Stgr., margelanensis Reiss and altissima Bgff. (p. 22) which should be classified here as a further race. 
I have specimens before me that are very like altissima both in size and otherwise and which come from 
Vvssokoje, Prov. Syr-Daja, captured in the 2nd half of June. 
Z. magiana Stgr. (p. 31, line 18 from below) should certainly be placed heie and not under Subgen. 
Agrumenia Hbn., as it has much more affinity to the sogdiana group. According to particulars supplied by 
Groum-Grshimailo, the type race was discovered by Haberhauer Jr. near Maguian, high up in the moun¬ 
tains in the Province of Samarkand. Forewings have almost the same soft grey-black as exulans with 5 
small rose spots, that are always circumscribed by white and completely separated from one another. Gen¬ 
erally there is a sixth elongated pale red apical spot with white surround. This latter is often rudiment¬ 
ary and never so pronounced or distinct, as for instance in carniolica. Sometimes it is almost extinct, being 
merely hazy white; rarely it conjoins with spot 5 forming an axe-shaped mark as in sogdiana. The other 
two elongate basal spots (1 and 2) are always dissected by the subcostalis. The upper one is narrower and 
shorter than the lower spot. Of the central spots (3 and 4), spot 3 is always the smaller and sometimes it 
is minute. Both are always with wider white surrounds than the other spots, spot 4 is sometimes almost 
entirely white with a red pupil. Spot 5 is oval, sometimes almost reniform and always widely separated from 
spots 3 and 4. On underside the spots are similarly formed to those of upperside. In the 5-spotted speci¬ 
mens there are generally a few whitish scales near outer margin on underside of forewing indicating a 6th spot. 
Hindwings are rose with a narrow pale grey-black margin, which is rather bolder at apex and inner margin. 
Head, thorax and abdomen are black, the hairs are rather coarse. One of the $ types of Staudinger has 
a few reddish hairs admixed laterally on prothorax and a few further such hairs in the posterior part of 
4th abdominal segment. The legs are pale impure buff on under (inner) side. 
Groum-Grshimailo described the hissariensis (p. 31) from a few specimens, a year later than Stau- 
dinger, probably in ignorance of the description of magiana by Staitdinger. According to the description 
the var. hissariensis, which was captured in the neighbourhood of Kizil-Gazy, below the summit of Liagar 
Mourda at a great altitude, has, in comparison with magiana, generally only 5 pale red spots with white 
surrounds; spot 6 is rarely discernible and never has a white surround. It appears unlikely that the specimen 
illustrated in Vol. 2, pi. 7 b as hissariensis was one of the original types of Groum-Grshimailo and therefore 
a typical hissariensis. To check whether hissariensis is actually different from magiana, will only be possible, 
when sufficient fresh material has been collected to enable a proper comparison. 
6. erschoffi Group. 
p. 22, line 25 from below. Z. erschoffi Stgr. (16 1, m). The genuine erschoffi was neither before Seitz 
nor before me when I dealt with same in the Supplementary Volume. Now I have in front of me the types 
from the Staudinger collection and can give the necessary particulars. Staudinger compares erschoffi with 
olivieri, presumably from the Caucasus. It occurs simultaneously with sogdiana near Usgent (the type race), 
Osh, Margelan, but whether on precisely the same localities is not definitely certain. The blue-black fore¬ 
wings have 4 spots, which have yellowish surrounds. The large basal spot (1 and 2) does not extend cjuite 
to the inner margin, which is therefore narrowly black. The central spots (3 and 4) conjoin through their yellow 
surrounds. Frequently however they are entirely separated by a strip of the blue-black ground coloui. The 
apical spot (5 and 6) is deeply excised at lower end; it appears to consist of 2 contingent spots, although 
in their upper area they are widely merged together. The spot thus resembles that of sogdiana. Fiinges aie 
distinctly yellowish, whilst in sogdiana they are black. On underside the spots stand out clearly fiom the jet 
black ground colour. The red of the spots and hindwings is heavily admixed with yellow (brick-red) and 
cpiite different from the carmine of margelanensis and separata. Hindwings are more narrowly margined by 
blackish and the dentate projection in centre of margin is smaller than in margelanensis. Collar is brick-red, 
frequently only faintly present and sometimes admixed with grey in the $. The scapulae in the 2 aie more 
or less grey outwardly. The blue-black abdomen has a constant brick-red belt on one segment in the usual 
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