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Addenda: ZYGAENA. By H. Reiss. 
p 26, line 9 from top. Z. felix Oberth. Already in 1887 Staudinger relegated the type race to the 
neighbourhood of Sebdou m the province of Oran, because Oberthur had described both the generally un¬ 
belted, as well as the generally doubly belted race without any indication of the habitat and further had 
illustrated unbelted specimens as the types. In the year 1888 Oberthur mentions Magenta, Sebdou Lam- 
bessa as the locality of his felix. We must therefore take the type race from around Sebdou as typical Only 
recently Przegendza has named afresh the population from Sebdou as beatrix and this name' is therefore 
synonymous with felix. It is important however to observe that Przegendza has ascertained, like Staudinger 
md done previously, that the specimens from around Sebdou are nearly all without abdominal belts. Only 
the V shows a distinct double white collar, in the same is often completely absent or only very rudimentary, 
esides the $ has usually white-edged scapulae and occasionally the thorax has an interspersion of white 
, SCa Cs ' ~ ,° n th ? ° tlier hand in the east of A1 S eria > near Constantine, a race occurs that almost exclusively 
has a double red abdominal belt and which Staudinger named var. mauretanica (p. 26 as ab.). Also speci¬ 
mens from Lambessa, Khenchela and Batna, which are generally rather more dainty than felix , usually have 
a pronounced abdominal belt, so that mauretanica can now be considered a subspecies. In the type race 
trom Constantine the $ always has a fairly distinct white collar, but in this case only the prothorax is 
f 1 iknigly white, whilst the edge of the back of the head is at most only slightly admixed with grey. The 9 
is similar to that of the $ of felix. If the characteristics given by Staudinger for var. faustula (p. 26 as ab ) 
which occurs m the province of Constantine (namely heavy white surrounds to the forewing spots, whitish 
scaling of thorax, in the £ sometimes with abdominal belt limited to one segment) prove to refer to the great 
majority of the population of this district, then faustula should be held to be a race. As is usual in these 
PSe retanica Zygaena ’ belted specimens may occur in the felix populations = ab. pseudomauretanica n. ab ., whilst specimens 
pseudofelix. ina - v occur amon S mauretanica populations having no belts - ab. pseudofelix n. ab., also specimens resembling 
pseudofau- faustula = pseudofaustula n. ab. among the mauretanica populations and apart from the type race of faustula 
s * he locallt y of which is not yet defined and all of which may occur now and then, but as aberrations in a minority.’ 
Such specimens have frequently been mentioned in literature. 
menaggia. p. 27, line 26 from above. Z. carniolica Scop. Przegendza denominates as var. menaggia a race belonging 
to subsp. Tiedysari Hbn. from near Menaggio on Lake Como (200 m). It is a transition race, which also resembles 
subsp. roccn Vrty. I have specimens from Calolzio near Lecco. Generally larger than roccii and with dark 
cinnabar-red spot markings. In a quarter of the markings like pseudoberolinensis occur, the remainder have 
the spots of forewmgs more or less delicately circumscribed by yellow. Spot 6 in most specimens is promi¬ 
nently marked. Spots of forewmgs are larger on an average than those of roccii. In 67% of the AS spots 
3 and 4 are separated, in the rest they just touch. Among the population of Calolzio the ab. apennina ( Trti ) 
Bgff without spot 6, is very rare. Przegendza mentions having taken a transition form to this aberration 
at Menaggio. Although I have over 100 specimens from Calolzio, collected over a decade, I could not decide 
to P ubbsb a description, as the differences from hedysari seem to me too immaterial. — Vorbrodt has 
given a series of denominations for aberrations of spot markings in hedysari from the Tessin, which I will not 
repeat here, as I consider such denominations are unnecessary. — In the Grisons (Filisur) Schneider of 
flaveola. Elberfeld captured several ab. flaveola Esp. (nom. emend.) of the var. rhaeticola Bgff. 
A very interesting subspecies of the Alps, typical of Vanzone (700 m) on the Anzasca Valley at the 
anzascana. toot ot the Monte Rosa, Verity has named anzascana. I have a few specimens of same also from Gondo 
and Iselle, S. E. of the Simplon. The variability is very slight, which is remarkable in a carniolica care. It 
is generally somewhat larger than hedysari with wide and truncate apex to forewing. The colours are vivid 
and bright. The brilliant red spots of forewings are larger, spot 6 in both sexes is well developed and always 
without whitish circumscription. The surrounds also of the other spots of forewing are extremely reduced. 
About half the specimens have no circumscriptions at all. This subspecies is to be classified after subsp. 
valesiae Bgff. (p. 27), which almost constantly shows bold circumscriptions to the spots and owing to this 
circumstance provides a nice contrast to anzascana. 
As the original specimens that Staudinger described of ab. amoena belonged, according to Holik to the 
amoena. subsp. onobrychis, it is necessary to cite under subsp. modesta Bgff.: ab. amoena (Stgr.) Bgff. (= eximia Heiyn. 
vellayi. trans. philamoena Reiss trans.) *). — Also ab. vellayi Aigner must be replaced by vellayi ( Aigner ) Bgff. The 
originals of ab. weileri Stgr. originate from around Carlsruhe and this aberration has not been found at any 
other german locality. The spots of forewings 1, 3 and 5 as well as 2 and 4 are confluent in their entire width 
a11 fi l mS Puhhshed. a very detailed treatise in regard to ab. amoena Stgr. In principle he groups 
all the subspecies mentioned by him on account of aberrations under one head and then denominates each form by the 
prior denomination given to same. These names are not all being enumerated in this Supplement, as often these are transi¬ 
tion forms and such names can have no scientific value. I would like to point out here that each subspecies (main race) 
and each variety that represents the predominating number of individual specimens owing to some definite variation (race 
mtaatli ’and therefore not yet considered a subspecies) should haTa sTpSedeno- 
mmalion. lt is a different thing with the many races, often only subraces, which depend almost solely on their locality for 
weH havfleen utihsed'inVch 2ST ** ol ^species in question could 
