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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE,
H Journal of Zoology.
EDITEIJ HY
The Hon. WALTER EOTHSCHILD, Ph.D., Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dr. K. JORDAN.
Vol. XVI.
No. 1. Pages 1 — 158. Plates VIIL— Xlli. Issued May 31st, at the Zoological Museum, Trixg.
PRINTED BY HAZELJ-, WATSON 4: VINEY. Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
1909.
Vol.. XVI.
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
EDITED BV
"WALTER ROTHSCHILD, ERNST HARTERT, and KARL JORDAN CONTENTS OF NO. I.
I'AGBK
1. LIST OF PAIiXASSIIXAE Waller Koth^child . 1—20
2. NEW SOUTH AMERICAN ARCTIADAE . Waller Itothschikl . 21—52
3. SOME NEW SIPHONAPTERA (Plate VIII.) . .V. Charle.^ Uolhschild 53 56
4. NOTES ON FLEAS IN THE K. K. H(»b"-
MUSEUM (Plate IX.) .V. CImrles Rothschild 57— GO
5. ON SOME AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, AND
PALEARCTIC SIPHONAPTERA (Plates X.,
XI.) X. a harks Rothschild 01— 08
(i. NEW AMERICAN r RAM I DAE AND GEO-
METRIDAE W. Warren . 69 — 109
7. NEW SPECIES OF URAXIIJJAE AND GBO-
METRIDAE FROM THE AETHIOPIAN
KECION II'. Warren . . 110 — 122
8. NEW SPECIES OF TJIYRIDIDAE, VRANllUAK.
AND GEOMETRIDAE FROM THE ORIEN- TAL REGION il'. Il'«;vc/' . 123—128
9. TWO REMARKABLE NEV»' SPECIES OL''
DIPTERA E. E. Aasteu . . 129—131
10. A NKW AEGERIID Walur IMhschild . 132
11. SYNONYMICAL NOTE ON XEXOPSY/.LA
PACHYUROMYiniS X. Charles Rothschild 132
12. NEIj'E ANSICHTEN tJBER DIE MORPHO
LOGIE, Usw, UND SVSIEMATIK DER
FLOHE (Plates XII., XIII.) . . . .A. C Omlemans . 133—158
NOVITATES ZOOLOGIGAE. Vol. XVI., 1909.
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE
H Journal of Zoolot3^
IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM.
EDITED BT
The Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., Dr. ERNST HARTERT, and Dji. K. JORDAN.
Vol. XVI., 1909.
(WITH EIGHTEEN PLATES.)
Issued at the Zoological Museum, Trinu.
PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON & VINEY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBUltY.
1910.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVI. (1001)).
MAMMALIA.
PAGES
1. Nasua vittata Tsch. Walter Rothschild. (Plate I.) 333
AVES.
1. Notes sur les Oiseaux de \a. EepuVjlique Argentine. E. Haetert iind
S. Ventuhi (Plates II. and HI.) 159-267
2. On some Recently Discovered African Birds. Ernst Hartert. (Plates
XIV. and XV.) 333—335
COLEOPTERA.
1. New South Indian Anthribidae. Karl Jordan 307 — 308
2. On African Lotigicoms described by Hope and Westwood. Kakl Jordan 309 — 312
ORTHOPTERA.
1. Description of a New Apterous Earwig, apparently parasitic on a But.
Karl Jordan. (Plates XVI.— XVIIl.) 313—326
2. Notes on the Anatomy of Jleviivterus talpuides. Kakl Jordan. (Plate
XVIII.) 327—330
LEPIUOPTERA.
1. Catalogue of the Collection of I'aniassihuie in the Triug Museum.
Walter Rothschild 1 — 20
2. New South American ArctiaduH. Walter Rothschild .... 21 — 52
3. New American Uraniidae and Geomelridae. W. Warren . . . 69 — 109
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PAGES
4. New Species of Uraniidae and Geometridae from the Aethiopian Region.
W. Warren 110—122
5. New Species of Thi/i-klidae, Urnniidae and Geometridne from the Oriental
Region. W. Warren 123—128
6. A New Aegeriid. Walter Rothschild ........ 132
7. Descriptions of New South American Airtiai/ne. Walter HoTHsniiLU . 26X — 299
8. On the Species of Cricula {Sahirniidm). Karl Jordan .... 300- 30(j
9. Note on the Larva of Somabrachys. Karl Jordan .... 331 — 332
DIPTERA.
1. Two Remarkable New Species of Diptera. E. E. Austen . . . 129 — 131
SIPHONAPTERA.
1. Some New Siphonaptera. N. Charles Rothschild. (Plate VIII.) . 5.3 — 50
2. Notes on Fleas in the K. K. Hofmuseum in Vienna. N. Charles
Rothschild. (Plate IX.) 57—60
3. On some American, Australian, and Palaearctic Siphonaptera. N. Charles
Rothschild. (Plates X., XI.) (51 — 68
4. Synonymical Note on .\'e>iopsi/lla pai-liijurmnyidis. N. Charles Roth-
schild 133
5. Neue Aiisicht«n iiber die Morphologie des Flohkopfes, .sowie iiber die
Ontogenie, Phylogenie und Sy.stematik der Kliil\i'. A. C. Oudemans.
(Plates XI 1., XIIl.) 133—158
6. Some Additional Notes on Fleas dealt with in previous Papers.
N. Charles Rothschild 332
INDEX 337—358
LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME XVT.
]. Head of A'asua vittata. By F. W. Frohawk. (Colour-type.)
II.. III. Fggs of Argentine Birds. By H. Gronvold.
IV.— VII. Soutli American Arcliadae (Moths). (Colour-type by Witherliy & Co.)
VIII. — XI. Parts of Siphonaptera. By K. Jordan.
XII., XIII. Parts of Siplumaptera By A. C. Oudemans.
XIV., XV. Kecently Discovered African Birds. By J. G. Keulemans.
XVI. — XVIII. Structure and Anatomy of Arixmiia and //emhnenis. By K. Jordan.
ERRATA.
Plate VIII. has erroneously been marked "Volume IX., 1902," instead of Volume XVI., 1909.
Page 0, No. 24 : the place where P. apollo pyrenaicus was collected h.y W. Rothschild and E. Hartert is Cauterets, instead of " Cautarets."
19, No. x.\.\ii : the iianii' of the author of fnrnasxiiiti Inxias is Piiugclfr, not
" Piingler.'' 52, No. 119: the reference should read PI. IV. tig. 22, instead of "tig. 23."
310, No. G : the generic- name should read " Ptycholaemus," instead of " PAycholaemus."
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
Vol. XVI. MAY, 1909. No. 1
CATALOGUE OE THE COLLECTION OE FARNASSIINAE IN THE THING MUSEUM, WITH SYSTEMATIC NOTES.
BY THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D.
IN arr!iiif,ang tliis subfamily of butterflies I iiave made use of Herr H. Sticbel's '' Fasciiiile " on the <];roiii) in Wj tsmau's (jenerd [nsertonim, jniblished in litOT, as being the latest treatment of the family. Herr Stichel has revised the I'ariiusxiinae no less than three times : Hrst in the Berliner Kntomoloqische Zeitsclirift, vol. 51, secondly in Seitz, Gross-Sclimetterlinye der Erde, vol. 1, and lastly in Wytsman's Genera Ivsectorum, Fascicnle 58.
1 do not for a moment jireteiid tliat I have studied this group as thoroughly as Herr Stichel has done, but I have examined a very large number of specimens in addition to those here enumerated (for instance, I have examined at Tring, of Farnassiiis upolloniKS apollonius, 699 specimens from the Alexander Mountains alone), and I have found several facts worth noting which do not agree with the statements of Herr Sticliel.* These notes will be found under the various forms in their proper order.
I. PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE (Linne).
1. P. mnemosyne mnemosyne (Linne).
et ab. melaina.
No specimen in Tring Museum.
This form is confined to Scandinavia and European Russia.
2. P. mnemosyne halteres Mnsch.
2 larvae, Martigny, Switzerland.
1 find that Imlterets is (jnite as distinct from mnemosyne mnemo/ii/ne as any of the other local races oi mnemosyne.
3. P. mnemosyne parvus Stichel. No specimens at Tring.
4. P. mnemosyne hartmanni Standfass. 1 <?, 2 ? ?, Tyrol; 4 ? ¥, Bavaria; 4 ? ? , S. Germany (all S melanistic); 3 <?cf, 3 ? ?, Reichenhall, 5U0 metres.
* One of my chief difficulties in fullowiiig Herr Sticliel's classification is the extreme individual variation iu all and every si«cics and subspecies,
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T). P. muemosyne turatii nom. nov. 3c?(?, 1 ?, Gfcclre, Hantes Fyrfint'es (Roiulon) ; '^>i S 6 , IS ? ?, Hospice de Franco, Liiolion, 1305 metres, July lOOo-O (W. Uotliscliild and Ernst Hartert). As there is already a pi/ronniois in P<irna.miis I have elianged flie name.
(). P. mnemosyne parvimaciila snhsp. nov.
Differs from mncmoame tiimtii llothsch. by its much smaller size and much narrower jjlassy marginal sjiace of the forewings, in whicli there is a more or less distinct transverse band of white scales.
8])0ts in cell of forewiny' and at ajiex of cell in liindwi[ig smaller, and the dark abdominal margin mncli restricted.
ASS, St. Michel de Consson, Digne, Jnly 1, lOiiS (Ur. K. Jordan) ; 'lH S S , 10 ? ?, Foret de Donrbes, Digne, June I'.ios (Dr. K. .Tonliui).
7. P. mnemosyne nebrodensis Turati. 1~ SS, C ¥ ?, above (Jastelbnone, Madonie Mountains, 1450 — ICOO metres, June UiOT (Oscar Nenmann) ; 5 SS, Sila Mountains, C'alabria, 1500 — 1700 metres, Jnly 1007 (Oscar Neumann); 3 JcJ, Majella Mountains, Italy, July I'.MIC, (Oscar Neumann).
8. P. mnemosyne hungaricus subsp. nov. Differs from other European forms l)y its very reduced dark markings combined with very large size.
2 SS, Kronstadt, Transylvania; 1 S, Hercnlesbad, 8.E. Hungary, Jnly 1007 (E. Hartert); 1 S, Frzemysl, Hungary; •> SS, Hungary, ex Felder coll.; 1 S, Hungaria (/(V/c Standinger).
0. P. mnemosyne athene Stichel. 1 9, Veluchi, Chelmos (Krueper).
10. P. mnemosyne nubilosus ('hristoph. 7 cJd", 1 ?, Akbt;s, Asia Minor; 1 S, Taurus ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Amanus Mountains, Syria ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Budschnnrd, Upper Atrek River, N. Persia, Aug. 1903 ; 1 S, Marash, Syria (Escalera) ; 1 S, Persia, ex coll. Felder.
11. P. mnemosyne giganteus Standinger. 1 S, Sary-poul, Province of Knliab, Afghanistan; 9 tjcj, 6 ? ?, Persian Kopet- Dagh, Siaret, 1160 metres ; 1 S, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, May 5-15, 1905; 24 (?(?, 5 ¥ ?, Kutmen-Tjube, Sussamyr Mountains, June and Jnly; 3 c?<^, 2 ? ?, Transcas])ia ; 1 ?, Transcaspia, Austaut's type of his var. oc/irucea ; 1 cT, Trans- caspia, ex coll. Felder; ASS, Ischimgan, June; 2 SS, 2 ? ?, Naryn district, north side of the Tianshan Mountains; 3 c?(?, 5 ? ?, below Sary-mat, Serafschan, 8000 ft., early May to middle of August 1900 (Funke); 1 9, Samarkand, ex coll. Felder; 1 S, 1 V, Kuldja.
II. PARNASSIUS STUBBENDORFII Mknetiiiks. 1. P. stubbendorfii stubbendorfii Menetries.
3 S S, Kurai Pass, Altai, 7500 ft., July 5 (H. J. Elwes) ; \ S , Alt:u, Kudigmak, ex coll. Fehler ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, Sajan ; 1 S, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , ex coll. Felder ; 1 S,
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Siiiniii-shau (Grnm-Gr.iliimailo, ex coll. Fcldcr) ; 2 cJc?, 1 ? , Amur ; 1 (?, Amur (Graeser) ; :i Jc?, no looiilih- ; 2 ? ?, ex coll. l'\'iilcr ; 1 ?, ah. melaiiojjliiii, Amur.
2. P. stubbendorfii tartarus Ansfant.
2 (?(?, 3 ? ?, Knkn-Nor (IJuckbcil).
3. P. stubbendorfii citrinarius Motsclionlsky.
3 <? c?, Japan, ex coll. Felder ; 5 ? ? , Japan ; A S S , Sappero, Yesso, June 1890 ;
1 J, Hakodate, Ang. 1886 (Leech) ; 1 cj, 1 ?, Mnkoyaiua, 10. v. 1896; 2 c?^, Yokohama, June ls94 ; 9 SS, Nikko, May 1898; 11 iS, Nikko, May 1888;
2 J cJ, Nikko, July 1890 ; 1 c?, Nikko, June 1897 ; 1 ? , Assamayama, 22. vi. 98 ; 1 (?, Ichang (te^e Jankowsky).
HI. PARNASSIUS FELDERI Bremer.
1 c?, 1 ?, types, Amur, ex coll. FcMer ; 2 (Jc?, 2 ? ?, Amur ; 5 c?<^, 1 ?, no locality; i S S , 3 ? ?, Raddei'ka (from Taucre) ; 1 J, Amur, 10,000 ft., Bremer ex coll. Felder; 1 ?, Raddefka; 1 ?, Amur, ah. atrntii.
IV. PARNASSIUS EVERSMANNI Mknktries. 1- P. eversmanni eversmanni Meiu'tries.
2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, Siberia; 3 c?c?, 2 ? ?, South Central Siberia; 1 c?, Irkut ; 1 ? , Nikolajefsk, Amur Province (ex coll. M. Bartel) ; 1 ? , East Sajan ; 2 cJcJ, 1 ?, Amur; 1 i, Amur, ex coll. Felder, 1 S, Tchnja Mountains, COUH to 8000 ft., S.E. Altai, 14. vii. 1908 (H. J. Ehves); 1 S, Witira.
Herr Stichel's subsi>ecies founded on Verity's fignre of a i from Nikolajefsk which he calls ecersmanni litoreus is not maintainable, as my S.E. Altai specimen is similar, and males from Nikolajefsk in several collections agree with the type, as do those I have from the Amur.
2. P. eversmanni thor H. Edwards. This form from Alaska is not in the Tring Museum.
V. PARNASSIUS CLODIUS Menetries.
1. P. clodilis clodius Menetries.
0 (?(?, 1 ¥, Upper Kociue Uiver, Oregon (Mrs. Austin); \ S,\ ?, Washington Territory (Morrison); 1 ?, Gold Hill, Oregon (Biedermann); 1 S, Vancouver Island ; 10 66, 4 ? ?, MctUoiid River, Shasta t.!o., and 40 66, 18 ? ?, Mount Shasta, Siskiyou Co., California (0. T. Baron).
1 cannot find any reason for separating Herr Stichel's clodius (jaUatiiins, as I have seen tyjiical clodiiia clodius from cpiite close to (Jallatin Province.
2. P. clodius claudianus Stichel.
1 6,2 ?9, Vancouver; 1 J, 1 ?, New Westminster, British Colnmbia (A. D. Jones); 1 6,1 *, British Columbia; 4 66, A ? ?, Vancouver, British Columbia (A. H. Bush).
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3. P. clodius baldur \V. H. Kdwurds. lU c^c?, T) ?¥, N. t!alii'ornia (Mrs. Austin); r, -H, 1 ?, Tnickee Pass, 600U to SOnu ft., California; 1 <?, Plumas Co., Califoniia, Angiist 1901; 1 <?, Sierra Nevada, California, ex coll. Felder ; 1 S, Lake City Pass, Madoc Co., California, IS. vi. 1897 (Mrs. Austin); 1 cJ, 3 ??, C'rater Lake, California, 11. viii. )8!i7 (Mrs. Austin); 1 S, 1 ?,Qniucy, 7. viii. 18'J7, 8400 ft. (Watson);
1 ?, Lake View, August 3, 1S97 (Austin); 3 SS, 2 ? ?, California; 2 c?c?, 1 ?, Verdi, Nevada, 7000 ft., 7. 3. 1897; 1 (?, Nevada (Morrison) ; 1 S, ab. ment'tr/esi, Colorado; 1 ?, Utah (Murdoch); 9 c?c?, 1 ?, S.W. Colorado, August 1900 (Oslar); 1 c?, California (Dr. Behr) and 2 c?c?, 2 ? ¥, Salt Lake District (Lorqnin), all ex coll. Felder; 3 ? ?, California (0. T. Baron); 13 cJJ, 0 ? ?, summit of Sierra Nevada, California (O. T. Barou).
VL PARNASSIUS CLARIUS Eversmann.
1 (?, Armenia, ex coll. Felder ; 2 6 <S, Altai, ex coll. Felder ; 5 JcJ, Altai ;
2 SS, 2 ??, ex coll. Felder; 5 cJcJ, 3 ??, no locality; 1 S, Sary-poul, Province of Kuliab, Afghanistan ; 1 cf, type of a/j. di'/tta/ii Anstaut.
Vll. PARNASSIUS NORDMANNI Menetbiks.
1. P. nordmanni nordmanni Menetri^s.
1 <?, 1 ?, ex coll. Felder ; 1 t?, 2 ? ¥, Caucasus : 2 SS, N.W. Caucasus ; 1 d, Province of Majkon, N.W. Caucasus, 5000 ft. (C. Schaposclmikoff) ; 1 S, Caucasus, ex coll. Felder.
2. P. nordmanni minimus Honrath.
2 (JcJ, Caucasus; 3 cJJ, no locality; 1 c?, Swanetia, Caucasus.
VIII. PARNASSIUS BREMERI Fklder.
2 cJcJ, 2 ? ?, Pokrofka, Amur (1 ? Graeser, others from Taucre) ; 2 ? ?, Raddefka (from Tancri^) ; 4 Si, Amnr (1 Graeser); 2 cJJ, 2 ? ¥, Amur, ex coll. Felder; 1 ?, Chaharowsk (from Tancre) ; 1 ?, Siitsclian (from Taucre); 3 cJf?, 1 ?, no locality ; 1 ?, ditto, ex Felder coll.
The form graeseri with the ? ? much whiter, ;iMd the males with smaller ocelli, occurs alongside the type, and therefore e;ui only he considered as an aberration.
IX. PARNASSIUS PHOEBUS (Fabhiwus).
1. P. phoebus phoebus (Fabricius). C SS, 4 9?, Altai Mountains ; 1 c?, S. Altai, May 1890 (from Tancr6) ; 1 ?, Altai (Kindermann ex coll. Felder); 1 c?, 1 ?,Tthnja Monntains, Altai, 4000 to COOO ft., July and August 1898 (H. J. Elwes) ; l" <?, Darkot, Altai, 7500 ft. (H. J. Elwes) ; 1 <?, Amur ex Mns. Petersburg, ex coll. Felder ; 2 cJcJ, 3 ? ?, Irkut; 1 t?, 1 ?, East Sajan ; 1 ?, Oiigodai, Altai Mountains (Rere/.owsky, 1888); 1 ?, Kaholi (Kindermann, ex coll. Felder) ; 7 Jcf, Altai, and 2 S6, S. Altai, July 1S89, from Tancre, are iib. seilahoeij.
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2. P. phoebus intermedius Menetri^s. 1 c?, Sonth Central Siberia; 2 Jc?, 1 ?, Siberia; 1 (J, 1 ?, Taibagatai ; 2 ? ?, S. Alai, May 1806 (from Taacre).
3. P. phoebus interpositus Herz. 1 <S, Jaiiatal (0. Herz).
The c? of this race is distingnislied by its large size, and the very narrow glassy onter margin to the forewings.
4. P. phoebus uralensis Menetrids. No sjiecimen in the Tring collection.
5. P. phoebus styriacus Frnhstorfer. No specimen in my collection. Styria.
6. P. phoebus delius Esper.
1 c?, 1 ?,Sterzing, Brenner Pass, July 1896 (046 metres!!); 1 (?, Uj)i)er Val d'Uina (I'l Hartert) ; 14 <?<?, 7 ??, Tasna Valley, Tarasp (B. Hartert) ; Id ¥ ? (aberrations), Bergiin, 1887 ; 3 ? ? , no locality, ex Felder coll. ; 4 c?<?, 1 ¥, lleutlial, Ujiper Engadine, Jnly 1004 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 1 <?, Schafberg, Poutrcsina, Jnly 10o4 (M. Bartel) ; 9 cJc?, 4 ??, Snvretta da St. Moritz, Jnly 1004 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ; 1 <?, St. Moritz, Jnly 1904 (M. Bartel) ; 20 c?^, 2 ? ?, Camfer, Jnly 1004 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ;
1 c?, 1 ?, Camfer, Jnly 1881 (W. Rothschild) ; 7 <S6, 1 ?, Julierthal, Engadine, July 1904 (M. Bartel) ; 1 S, Jnlier Pass, 7400 ft., 3. viii. 1901 (Theodor Althans) ; 6 c?<?, 2 ??, Cavloccio, Italian Engadine, July 1904 (\V. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ; 1 <?, Motta Nalnns, above Tarasp, July 1003 (A. Goodson) ; 1 ? , Tarasp, Jnly 1901 (W. Rothschild); 1 ?, Snr Sass, 2300 metres (E. Hartert, 1903);
2 S6, Engstleralp, Joch Haslithal, July 1003; 1 c?, Gross Glockner, ex coll. Felder; 2 larvae and 1 jinpa from Martigny ; 12 d'd', 3 ? ? , Le Lautaret, Hautes Alpes, Jnly 1908 (VV. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 11 <^c?, 6 ??, Pralognan, Savoie, August 1908 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 1 ?, La Grave, Hantes Ali)es, July 17, 1908 (W: Rothschild).
As we at Tring accept the specific names as valid which were originally used in the same combination, should they afterwards prove to belong to different genera, I employ here Esper's name of i/elius, because Drnry's (lelius is not a Parnassius.
7. P. phoebus corybas Fisher de Waldheim.
2 c? (? , Kamtschatka.
8. P. phoebus apricatus SticJjel. The Tiing Museum possess no sj)ecimen of tbis race.
9. P. phoebus smintheus Doubleday.
6 (J J, 3 ? ?, Colora<lo; 2 (?c?, 1 ?, Colorado (Mason) ; 2 cJcJ, 1 ?, Colorado, 14,000 ft. ; 1 S, Rocky Mountains, ex coll. Felder ; 16 J(?, 8 ? ?, Bullion Peak, South Park, Colorado, 14,300 ft., August, 1901 (Oslar) ; 4 cJtJ, 6 ¥ ?, Golden,
Colorado, June 1900 (Oslar) : b i S ,\ ? , ( 'liimiu'.v Gnlcli, Golden, f 'oloiado, June 1900 (Oslar) ; 5 cjc?, SilvertoD, Colorado, July I'.MMI (Oslar); 1 c?, Deover, Coiorado (Strecker) ; 1 cj, 4 ? ?, Larima Co., Colorado, yoiio to lO.DiiO feet.— 1 cJ, Larima Co., 1 c?, Colorado Nash, and 1 tj, Bullion Peak, Sonth Park, 14,300 feet, Colorado, Jnly 1901 (Oslar), are ai. mfiiulim Stichel.— o ? ?, Colorado, 14,000 to l(;,Ooii feet, 5 ? ? , Silverton (see (inti'iY), 2 ? ? , Bullion Peak (see nnirn), 3 ? ¥ , uo locality, and 1 ? , Amer. bor. ex coll. Felder, are ab. hermodur H. Edwards.
The female form hermodur occurs everywhere among the type, and can at most be considered an aberration, and not, as Stiohel .says, a local race confined to South Colorado. P. sa>ji is not even an aberration worth naming.
It I. P. phoebus behrii W. H. Edwards. 3 (?(?, Yosemite Canon, California; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, no locality.
11. P. phoebus magnus AV right. 14 (J (J, 1 ?, British Columbia ; 3 JcJ, 4 ? ?, Ozoyoos, British Columbia, 1895 (Reynolds); 2S$,\ ?," U.S.A." (? Vancouver Island); 1 c?, Stickeen River, British Columbia ; 1 c?, Kaslo, British Columbia — nanus Neumoegen was founded on dwarf aberrations of this form and tiie typical form.
X. PARNASSIUS APOLLO (Linni;). This species, the type of the genns, has been the subject of an enormous amount of literature. It has been split up into no less than 31 subspecies, and below I am describing two more. It is, however, a most regrettable fact that 17 names have been given to mere individual aberrations. P. ajtol/o is one of the most variable of butterflies, and it would be jjossible to name almost every second specimen as a distinct aberration. If entomologists continue this ]iractice of naming whole hosts of individual aberrations, it will make the scienlilic study of insects of almost insurmountable difticulty, and also once again bring entomology into the disrepute from whicli we were hoping it was gradually emerging.
1. P. apollo apollo (Liune).
1 S, "Suecia," ex Felder coll.; 1 c?, 1 ?, Wermland, IMni ; 3 (^c?,2 ? ?, Upsala district (Wiman) ; 1 S, Sweden (Thuini) ; 1 d, Hall Saro (Westring).
2. P. apollo finmarchicus Rothsch.
2 (?(^, Lavisa, Helsingfors ; 2 <Jc^, 1 ¥, llelsingfors ; 2 c?cJ, 1 ? Finland.
3. P. apollo limicola Stichel. 1 c?, 2 ? ?, Ural Mountains ; 1 V, Ural, ex coll. Felder.
4. P. apollo democratus Kruliivowsky. i 66, Caucasus, ex Felder collection; 1 6, Russia; \ 6, 1 ?, no locality; 1 S, North-West Caucasus, July; 5 66, 0 ??, St. Wladimir, near Klasna, Russia.
5. P. apollo sibiricus Nordmann. 5 66,6 ? ?, Altai -,266,1 ?, Siberia I ] ; 2 6 6 , Ongodai, Altai Jlountains (Berezowsky) ; 1 6, Ustkamenogorsk ; 2 cJc^, 4 ? ?, ex coll. Felder, no locality ;
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1 (?, I ?, no locality ; 1 ?, Bashkaus, S.E. Altai, 30o(j to OOuO I't., 29. vii. 1898 (H. J. Elvves); 1 (?,Samrams, Altai, July (fi-om Taiu-re) ; 1 ?, July (froiu Taiicre) ; G SS, 1 ?, Kok-Tjiilje, Issyk-kul, July VMVl (Kutseiiko); ?<?(?, 2 ??, Great Aksu, Issyk-kul, July 1902 (Kutsenko) ; A S <S , Naryu-Kol,Tiaii Sliaii Jlonutains ; 1 (?, Tian Shan ; 1 (?, 3 ? ?, Alexander Mountains (from Tancre) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Hi District (from Tancre); 1 ?, Issyk-kul (from Taacrd) ; 3 c?c?, 2 ??, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, July 18-20, 1905; \ S <S , 2 ??,Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan Mountains, August 12, 190.J (Kutsenko).
Herr Fruhstorfer's apollo mevzbacheri is a synonym (if sibericus, for not only are the liulk of the Tian Shan specimens indistinguishable from those from other localities, but there are Altai and other specimens agreeing with Verity's figure which is Fruhstorfer's type I I !
6. P. apollo chryseis Verity. 2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, Jnldus, south of Issyk-kul.
7. P. apollo mongolicus Staudinger. 1 c?, Saisan, W. Mongolia, cotype.
8. P. apollo hesebolus Nordmaun. 35 c?(?, 22 ??, Apple Mountains, Transbaicalia, June 1902; 1 i , Kiachta, e.x coll. Felder ; 3 cJc?, 3 ? ?, Keutoi Mountains ; I ?, Kentei Blountains (from Tancre) ; I c?, Kentei Mountains, ex Roder coll.
9. P. apollo levautinus Rothschild. 1 cJ, 1 ?, Aiutab, Syria (from Staudinger).
It). P. apollo subspec. (?)
1 6, Armenia ; 1 ? , Armenia, e.x Rfider coll.
This form, of which I have only seen the aliove specimens, resembles most apoUo carpathkus, but the material is too scanty to decide upon.
II. P. apollo carpathicus Rebel and Ilugenhofer. G 66, 4 ? ?, Schemnitz; lo S6, Tatra, 2000 metres, July; 3 66, 3 ? ?, P.arlangliget, Carpathians ; 9 cJcJ, 1 ?, Braniskoer Mountains, Carpathians ■,"166, I ?, Carpathians ; 'Z 6 6 , Kronstadt ; and I 6, Rodna, Transylvania.
12. P. apollo albus Rebel and Rogenhofer. 1 6, German Silesia ; I 6, Rebau District, Silesia ; 2 ? ?, German Silesia, ex coll. Hijder (tiiese are from the district in whicii this form is now exterminated) ; I 6, Bohemia ; 8 cJcJ, 6 ? ?, Diirnsteiu, near Krems ; 'Z 66,1 ? , Austrian Alps, ex coll. Felder; f3 66,2 ? ? , Schneeberg, Lower Austria ; 1 ¥, Lower Austria; I ? , Kirchberg on the Wechsel ; I ? , same locality, aberration wanting black spot on the inner-marginal area of forewings and ocelli of hiudwmgs almost black, ex coll. Felder (shows signs of artificial colouring); I ?, type of ai. iwcante ex coll. Felder. said to have been taken 1860, " Bos. Halbhnben " in Silesia; 3 c^cj, 3 ? ?, Strom- berg, Moravian Silesia; 2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, Hoheusteiu, Lower Austria.
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13. P. apollo bosniensis Slidiel. 1 d", 1 ?, Koricua, Bosnia ; 3 Jc?, 2 ? ?, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
14. P. apollo grajus .Stichel.
1 c?, 1 ?, Balkans ; 1 ?, Albania, ex cnll. Feldei- ; 1 ?, Greece, ex coll. Rr.der, aberration with all black iuarkiny;s Ijrowiiisli grej'.
lo. P. apollo liburnicus Hebel and Rogenhofcr. 3 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Velebit Moniitains, Croatia, ex coll. Felder ; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, ex coll. Felder, Velebit ; 1 <S, Croatia; I ?, Croatia, ex coll. IJoder.
1*5. P. apollo rubidus Frnbstorfer.
1 (?, 1 ?, Tyrol ; 1 ?, Merau ; 1 ?, bred in Zoological (iaidrus, Londun.
17. P. apollo montanus Stichel.
1 c?, 1 ?, Pirchabriick, 13. vii. IS'.Hi, .sCl) metres ; o c?cJ, 1 ?, Sterzing, 7. vii. 1896, 946 metres; 3 S<S, Andraz, 22. vii. 1896, 1428 metres ; 2 <S <i , 1 ?, Tyrol ; 1 S, Kimer-See ; 1 S, Caprile, 19. vii. 1890, 1U29 metres.
18. P. apollo apenninus Sticliel.
2 SS, Italy! These two c?c? are nnlike any other I'onn 1 know, as the hindwings are i)roduced into a distinct point on a line with tlie lower ocellus, and their outline is thus distinctly angulated, and not round as iu all other forms of r. apollo. Monsienr Oberthiir figures two sjiecimens sliowing a similar trait from the Pyrenees, but these are monstrosities, having it only on one side. Some females of the next race show slight traces.
1 cJ ex coll. Felder is marked " Apennines," but although it is placed in the collection under this name, I believe it is only a very large c? of P. apollo alhus wrongly labelled. This form of apollo is stated by Stichel to be small, but I do not tiiink, from what I have seen, it is constantly niuch smaller than the more northern races.
19. P. apollo siciliae Oberthur.
o cJt?, 6 ? ?, Madonie Mountains, Sicily, .July (Geo. C. Kruger) ; 1 (f, Sicily, ex coll. Felder.
2i). P. apollo pumilus Stichel.
9 SS, 1 ?, Aspromonte, near Reggio, 1600— 18U0 metres, July 1-3, 1907 (Oscar Nenmann).
This form was first described by Stichel as a distinct subspecies {Berl. lint. Zeit., vol. 51, p. 88, t. 2, f. 14), from two specimens marked "Sicily" in the Berlin Museum. He then treated it as an aberration of xiciline in his " Fascicule " 5^, of Wytsujan's (ii'iierri, Iiiscctorum. It is, however, a i|uite distinct subsjieeies, much more resembling Parwissiiis phochus jilioi'bim than any form of /'. iipollo. If the two specimens iu Berlin really came from Sicily, which 1 doubt, they probably came from Mount Etna, opposite Reggio, in which case apollo siciliae would W. confined to the Madonie Mountains. The reason I doubt the alleged locality ol' the ty|)es is that these Aspromonte specimens agree so minutely with both Herr Stichel's figures iu Seitz and that quoted above.
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21. P. apollo melliculus Stichel. 1 (^, 1 ?, Eichstiitt, Nieder Franken, Bavaria ; 2 tJcJ, 2 ? ?, South Germany; 1 S, 1 ?, Bavaria; 1 S, no locality; 1 cJ, no locality, transition to ab. unsl/otti ; 1 ?, Bavaria, and 1 ?, Regensbnrg, ab. ivislwtfi \ 2 Si, 2 ?S, Riedenberg, Bavaria ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Todtnan, Baden, Schwarzwald ; 2 SS, 1 ?, Bleistadt, Bohemia.
22. P. apollo vinniagensis tsticbel. 1 ?, Staffelsteiu ; 3 c?c?, 3 ? ¥, Wiuningen a/d. Mosel.
23. P. apollo proviucialis Kheil. 29 SS,! ? ?, Digne, Basses Alpes, June 1908 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan) ; 5 c?c?, Foret de Dourbes, Digue, June 25, 1908 (K. Jordan) ; 1 ?, Basses Alpes.
24. P. apollo pyrenaicus Ilarconrt.
18 SS, 3 ? ¥, VaJ d'Aras, Byrenees, Spain, June 1907 (Mousqnes) ; 27 (?(?, 16 ? ?, Luchon, July 1905—1906 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ; 5 Si, Road from Lucliou to tlie Val de Lys, July 10-13, lOii.j (W. Rothschild & E. Ilartert) ; 1 S , same locality, July 13, aberration with wide black submargiual and marginal band to hindwings -,2 SS, above Lac d'Oo, 5700 ft., July 2(J, 1905 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ; 3 ? ?, below Luchon, August 3,4, 1906 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ; 9 (?c?, 5 (J?, tiantarets, July 1905—1906 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert); 1 S, Cantarets to Cambasquc, 14. vii., 1906 (W. Rothschild k E. Hartert); 2 SS, Cautarets (Monsqu(5s, 1907); 1 ?, Cantarets (Mousques, 1907), aberration; 1 ?, Cambasque, July 1905 (Mousqnes); 5 SS, 4 ?, Gavarnie, July 27, 1905 (W. Rothschild & E. Hartert) ; 1 c?, 2 ? ? , Pierrefitte to Gavarnie, July 27, J 905 (W. Rothschild & E. Ilartcr(j.
25. P. apollo escalerae subsp. nov.
This new form, of which an enormous series was sent me by BI. de la Escalera, is distinct from P. apollo nevadensis and P. npollo pyreiininis. It resembles in the S apollo liburnicus, but differs in having the black blotches of the f'orewings and the ocelli of the hindwings very reduced in size. The ? ? are as a rule larger than pyiii'iiaicus, and there are less blackish ones among them. The ocelli in the hiudwing are also larger and darker red in the greater numljer of the specimens,
39 (?(J, 35 ? ?, 8an Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain, June and July 1906 (Manuel de la Escalera) ; 1 S, same locality, with yellow ocelli; \ S,\ ?, Castile ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Sjiain.
26. P. apollo snbsp. 1 S , Moncayo Mountains, Spain, 11. viii. 1898. This specimen is quite dis- tinct, being very small and resembling P. apollo siciliae, but the two black patches in cell of I'orewings are very large. One specimen, iiowever, is nut sufficient to warrant my naming it.
27. P. apollo nevadensis Uberthiir. 1 have no specimens of this form. ObiTthiir's diagnosis is, however, wrong in so fir that specimens witli yellow ocelli are not the rule in the Sierra Nevada.
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2S. P. apoUo valesiaciis Fmlistoifer. 1 ?, Gorner Grat ; 1 6, Wallis ; 2 d ,i , lietwceii Brij;- ami Fiescb, Wallis, August 1907 (Oscar Neumann); 4 6 S , \ ?, Tascli, near Zeriuatt, 1500— lOOii metres, August 3—8, HMi7 (Uscar Neumann); 3 <iS, Poscliiavo (Dr. Pozzi) ; several pairs, Zermatt, August 2o, 1908 (Oscar Neumann).
~'0. P. apollo geminus Stidu-l. 1 (?, Alps I transition to ah. irisliotti ; 1 <?, 2 ? ?, Helvetia ; 1 ? , no locality, ex Felder coll. ; 1 ? , Helvetia ex Felder coll. ; 4 <? J , 2 ? ? , Chateau d'Oex, July 28 to August ;i, 1907 (Oscar Neumann) ; two larvae ; 1 S, Allgiiu.
30. P. apollo nivatus Fruhsturler. 1 S, Weissenstein, near Soleure, Swiss Jura (\V. Itnthschilil) ; 1 ({, Jura, 25. vii. 1902 ; 3 ? ?, 1 ?, BOzingen, Swiss Jura, June l89o.
31. P. apollo carinthicus Sticbel. 1 (?, 1 ?, Carniola; Z Si, Stejner Alps, Carniola, 10. vii. 1899; 1 c?, Turschenwlissern, Carniola.
32. P. apollo rhaeticus Frulistorfer. 40 SS, 30 ? ?, Tarasp, Lower Engadine, July 190l— 19o3 (W. Rotliscbild & E. Hartert); 1 S, St. Moritz, and 1 c?, Schafberg, July 1904 (M. Bartel) ; 1 S, 2 ??, Campfer, 1881 (W. Rothschild); 1 3,2 5?, Bergiin, 1887; 42 S <S , 23 ? ?, Campfer, July 1904 (W. Rothschild & K. Jordan); 3 Jc?, 1 ?, Tbusis, Grisons (W. Rothschild, 1901) ; 1 ?, Iloher Rhaotien, Tliusis, (Jrisons (W. Roth- schild, 1901).
33. p. apollo bartholomaeus Sticbel. 5 c? (?, 2 ? ?, Fenner, Bercbtesgaden, August 1901 ; 1 cj, 1 ?, Berchtesgaden, August 1901.
34. P. apollo brittingeri Rclid and Roirenhot'er.
1 cJ, SclioberstiMn, Upper Austria.
a ? ¥, Enns, Upper Austria, 1000 metres, July ; 9 (^ J, o ? ?, Hochschwab, Styria.
3."i. P. apollo substitutus sulisji. nov.
91 S 6, 19 ? ?, La Grave, Mantes Alpes, l.")00 to l^oo metres, July 1908 (W. Rothschild and K. Jordan); 9 t? cj, 3 ? ?, Le Lautaret, Hautes Alpes, 2000 to 2100 metres, July 1908 (VV. Rotliscbild and K. Jordan); 44 J c?, 32 ? ?, I'ralognan, Haute Savoie, August 1908 (W. Rotbscliikl and K. Jordan)-
This new form is intermediate between /'. it. hi-itiiiujej-i and /'. a. rliiiiiiciis, but has usually smaller ocelli; is also usually very small.
1 <?, Bourg, l)auj)hinu (Prof. Pousou), aberraliou with coalesceut black spots in cell.
3ii. P. apollo subsp.
2 (JcJ, 2 ? ?, Saletalpe, July 1002.
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P. apollo dwarfs. •5 SS, ihvarfs ex. coll. Felder, no locality.
P. apollo rhaeticus .< P. phoebus delius.
1 S, f'aiupfer, July :3ril, 1 <i , Caiii|ilVM-, July Kllh, 101)4 (W. Roth.schild and K.Jdrdau); 1 S, Campfer, July ISs] (W. Rothschild j.
P. apollo sibericus x P. discobolus.
1 (?, 1 ?, Sii-t Saryjas.s, Tiau (Shan, August 1—8, lOO.J ; 1 ?, Kappak, Alex- ander Bloimtains, July 18 — 22.
XI. PARNASSIUS DAVIDIS Obbrthur.
1. P. davidis davidis <Jberthur.
1 bave no specimens of this form.
2. P. davidis honrathi Staudinger.
2 cJd', 2 ? ?, Samarkand (Uaberliauer) ; 1 c?, 1 ? , Samarkand (0. lien 1902) ; '■i SS, 1 ?, Samarkand, ex. coll. Felder ; 1 cJ, Turkestan ! ; 2 ? ?, Samarkand ;
1 (?, Uarvvaz, Central Asia (from Tancri'") ; 2 c?cJ, Saran Shan, aberrations, 1 with ocelli all black, the other with tliom almost all black.
3. P. davidis alburnus Stichel. 2 c?c?, 1 ?, Pamirs, cotypes.
4. P. davidis dux Staudinger. I have never seen this subspecies.
XII. PARNASSIUS APOLLONIUS Eversmann.
10 c?(J, 2 ? ?, between Osch and Usgcuit, July and August; 2 Sd, Aulie Ala ; 1 c?, Tascbkend, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , Jlarghilan ; 1 ? , Kuldja ; 1 <S
2 ? ?, Alexander Mountains ; 2 c?<f, 2 ? ?, Turkestan ; 108 Jc?, 84 ? ?, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, July 18—22, 1905; 26 cJcJ, 16 ? ?, Ketmeu Tjube, Sus- samyr Mountains, June and Jnly I'.liKi; 5 cfc?, 6 ? ?, Karagaitau.
P. apolloniiis (jlorioiiKs of Fruhstorfer is not a valid subspecies. 1 have examined from the Alexander Mountains some Ouo specimens, and very few differed from typical apoltoniiis.
1. P. apollonius alpinus Staudinger.
1 S, 1 ?, Alexander Mountains (IVom Tancrc') ; \ S, 1 ?, Alai, 7000 feet, ex coll. Feldcr; 2 c?c?, 2 ? ?, no locality ; 1 ? , no locality, ex coll. Felder.
2. P. apollonius daubi Fruhstorfer.
:5 SS, 3 ? ?, below Sary-mat, Serafschan, 8000 ft., August 1900 (Fuuke); 1 6, 3 ? ?, South Fer;
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Xlll. PARNASSIUS NOMION Fislhki: de Waldheim.
1- P. noniiou nomion Fischer de AV'ulJheiiu.
5(» (?(?, 20 ? ?, Apple Moniitaiiis, Traiisbaicalia, July l'.Mi2; 2 :?cT, 2 ? ?, Transliaicalia ; 3 cJcJ, 1 ?, Amur, from .St. Petersbiirj,' Museum, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ?, E. Siberia, ex coll. Felder; 3 ? ?, Wladimir Bay, E. .Siberia, 9. viii. 1897 ; 5 S(S, 1 ?, Ougodai, Altai Mountains (Berezovvsky 181)8); 1 (?, 1 ?, Central Altai; 3 Si, 1 ?, S.Altai (from TancreJ ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Altai Miuintains ; 1 S, 1 ?, Pokrofka (from Tancrej ; I ?, Sidemi Mountains (from Tancre) ; 1 S, Chabarowka (from Tancro) ; (i cJc?, 4 ? ?, Central Altai ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Kentei ; 8 Jc?, 3 ? ?, Changai ; 0 S6, 3 ? ?, Urga ; 1 S, Oiian, from St. Petersburg Museum, ex coll. Felder.
2. P. nomion mandschuriae Obertiiiir.
6 tJ^, 3 ? ?, Sutschan ; 1 c?, Ussuri, ex coll. Felder ; 8 JtJ, o ? ?, Bikin, Amur; I c?, 1 ?, Manchuria.
3. P. nomion nomiuiilus Standinger.
7 cJd", 3 ? ?, Sajan ; 4 <^c?, 1 ?, Turka M.umtains, Baikal ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Irkiit ;
1 <J, E. Sajan; 1 cJ, Siberia!
P. nomion nomion x P. apollo hesebolus.
1 cJ, Apple Mountains, Trausbaicalia, .Tune l',)(i2.
XIV. PARNASSIUS NOMIUS OiiUM-tiitsHMAiLo.
3 c?(?, Kuku-Nor, Thibet, June (frum Tancrej ; 2 Sd, 1 ?, Sinning Moun- tains, Thibet (from Tancre); 1 cJ,Niau Shan Mountains (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, ex coll. Felder).
XV. PARNASSIUS OLYMPIUS Staudinger.
2 <JS, 1 ?, Kurnk-Tag, cotypes.
This is evidently a distinct species, as typical diiicohohis occur with it.
XVI, PARNASSIUS DISCOBOLUS Stai iunokr.
1. P. discobolus discobolus Staudinger.
3 c?cJ, 2 ??, Issyk-kid (from Tancre); 1 S,\ ?, Alexander Mountains (Tancre); 1 c?, 1 ?, Boro-Chozo Mountains (Grnm-Grshimailo) ; 1 S, Kudara- Argha, 11,(MIU feet, ex coll. Felder; 1 S, Samarkand; 1 S, Merv ; 1 ?, Afghanistan (from Tancre); 2 cJc?, 1 ?, Tarbagatai ; 1 <?, r;//. /v/c/^wito, Jnldus ;
2 ? ?, ah. fjilca, Karagaitau ; 2 cjc?, 3 ? ?, Kuldja (from Tancre; ; ^ Si, Korla ; 2 ? ?, Kuruk-Tag = oli/nipiiis auct. non Staudinger; 1 S, Alatau ; 1 ditto, ex coll. Felder ; 115 SS, 51 ? ?, Sirt Saryjas, Tian Shan Mountains, August 1—8, 1905 (Kutsenko); !S S S , •) ??, Kappak, Alexander Mountains, July 18—22, 1905;
19 cJc? ? ? , Tnrgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, August 12, I'.Mi.-) (Kutsenko); 6 SS, 5 ? ¥ Lttle Kizil-su Pass, Tian Shan, .luly 21, 19U5 (Kutsenko).
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2. P. discobolus ininoi" Standiiiger.
1 S, between Osch and Usgent ; 2 (?<?, 2 ? ?, Turkestan; 1 <?, Samarkand (0. Hcrz, 1892) ; 3 cJd", below Sary-mat, Serafseban, 8UUU ft. (Funke), end of May to middle of August l'j(JO ; 1 ¥, Tian Sban ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Transcaspia ; 1 ?, Utsch- Kurgan, July.
3. P. discobolus romanovi Grum-Grshimailo.
1 (?, ex Felder coll. ; lU <1 S , 'J ? ?, I'auiirs ; 1 c?, 2 ? ? , Transalai, 10,000 to 11,000 ft. (Grnm-Gi-sliimailo, e.x coll. Felder) -,2^3, Issyk-knl (from Tancr6) ; 1 6, Kyssel Tarb (^from Taucre) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Alexander Mountains (from Tancr6) ; 1 ?, Hi district (from Tancre) ; 10 c?(?, 10 ? ?, Utsch-Knrgan, July ; 1 ?, Bokhara, ex coll. Felder.
4. P. discobolus insignis Standinger.
2 (?(?, ex Felder coll.; 'J (?cJ, 4 9 ?, Turkestan; 1 ? , no locality ; 1 c?, Kudara, Afghanistan, 11,000 feet, ex coll. Felder; 2 <?<?, Alai ; 1 J, Transalai, ex coll. Felder ; 1 d, Turkestan, type of rar. siiju'ibiia, Grum-Grshmailo ex coll. Anstant ; 1 ?, Syrt-Naryn, B. Turkestan.
All the forms of discobolus are so variable individually that it is very hard to separate the subspecies.
XVII. PARNASSIUS ACTIUS Eversmann.
1. P. actius actius Eversmann.
1 cJ, 1 ?, Bogda Ola, ex coll. Felder ; 3 c?c?, no locality -,2^6, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 1 c?, 1 ?, Juldus.
2. P. actiis caesar Standinger.
G iS,~ ? ?, Knruk Tag ; 5 (?c?, Alexander Mountains, June (from Tancr6) ; 1 cJ, 1 ? , Hi district, July (from Tancre); 1 J, 1 ?, Kuldja, July (from Tancre); •1 3S, between Osch and Usgent, July and August; 2 Si, Tcliingistai, S.W. Altai (Riickbeil, ex coll. Tancre) ; 6 (?<?, 5 ? ?, Naryn district, north side of the Tian Shan Mountains ; "i S S , Issyk-Kul, July (from Tancre) ; 1 i, Korla, ex coll. Au.staut ; 4 S3, 2 ??, Little Kizil-su Pass, Tian Shan, July 21, 1905 (Knt- senko) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, Augn.st 12, lOOo, and 2 SS, N E. shore of Issyk-Kul, July 10, 190.") (Kntsenko); 'i S S , 3 ? ?, Karagaitau.
3. P. actius urumtsiensis Verity.
1 have no specimens of this form, unless my J from Korla above is one, in wljicli case it must be relegated to the synonyms of actius caesar.
4. P. actius superbus Uidil.
2 c?c?, Aksu, end of .Inly (from Tancre) ; 1 S, Aksu 1 ?, Aksu only ex coll. Anstant; 1 S, no locality; 1 c?, 2 ? ?, Karagaitau.
1 keep this form separate, as the female appears to be larger and whiter than that sex in iictius caesar.
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XVIII. PARNASSIUS JACQUEMONTI Boisiuval.
The coiifiisioii which has arisen in CDiiiiecMon with this species had its origin in the fact that Boisduval, in his descrijition, mixed up two species, his males being one and liis females representing a second totall)' distinct species. After M. Obertliiir had jiointed out the error, no fnrther tronble wonld have been enconntered if the snbseqnent authors had held themselves bound by the strict laws of priority. Mr. Elwes, however, in l.SSO, ciiose to ignore the fact that Boisduval described tlie d first on page 400 of his Species General, vol. i., to which therefore tlie name jaeqiiemoiitii alone belongs, and taking Boisduval's ? as jacquemontii, he redescribed the true jucqnemoiitii as 1'. rtet/'its var. /lima- layensis. Snbsequent authors have either followed this erroiuons determination or have fallen into various other errors, which need not l)e here set out. Herr Stichel, althougli lie has put the matter right as regards jacquemontii being applicable only to Boisdnval's i S, while the latter's ? ? = 1\ epaplius Oberthiir, yet has failed to see that Mr. Elwes renamed the true jacquemontii as var. himalai/ensis, and that the latter is not a separate subspecies, but an absolute synonym of jacquemontii.
1. P. jacquemontii jacquemontii Boisduval. 2 (?(?, 1 ?, Fullalduros, Nila Valley, W. Himalayas, July 1S88; 1 ?, Gangotris, Jnly isSS; 3 ? ¥, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 2 <?(?, Lahoul ; 1 ?, Knla, N.W. Himalayas, cotypes of P. actius liimalai/ensis, ex coll. Elwes, ex coll. Felder; 2 cJcJ, I ?, Ladak, 12,000 to ir),000 ft., Stoliczka, ex coll. Felder; 2 c?c?, 1 ?, Himalaya, ex coll. Felder; 1 ?, Tongia, Sikkim, 10,000 ft, Jnly 18S0 (H. J. Elwes\ ex coll. Felder; 1 S, Lahore; 1 ?, Afghanistan; 3 cJ<?, 1 ?, Cashmere; 1 S, Sikkim, type of Austant's var. impuncta ; 2 <S S , Darjeeling, ex coll. Felder; 1 ? , no locality, ex coll. Felder, 13 (?c?, 2 ? ?, no locality ; 1 J, 1 ?, Knkli.
2. P. jacquemonti nirius IMoore. 1 (J, type, ex coll. Felder. This specimen has a whole collection of all sorts of labels on its pin, of which two are locality labels. One is as follows — "Niri Lnmdo, in Karnag," the other "Stoliczka, Ladak, Thibet, 12,000 to 15,000 ft." It is, therefore, in view of the very doubtful locality, more than probable that it is only an extreme aberration : I, however, keep it sei)arate for the present.
3. P. jacquemontii chitralensis Moore. I have no specimens of this race.
4. P. jacquemontii rubicundus Stichel.
0 c?(?, 5 ??, no locality; 1 cJ, 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 1 S, Nashingla, 10,700 ft., ex coll. Felder; 2 cJc?, Turkestan; 5 Si, Pamirs; 2 SS, Dschirgetal, Alai and Transalai, 10,000 to 11,000 ft.. May, ex coll. Felder; 1 c?, Transcasjiia ; 1 ?, Bochara, ex coll. Felder; 1 Osch (Haberhauer, 1882); 1 c?, 1 ?,Utscli Kurgan, July; 10 JcJ, 3 ? ?, between Osch and Usgent, July— August; 1 S, Kurnk-Tag ; 1 ?, Fergana. Stichel's variabilis is only an extreme aberration, or rather series of aberrations.
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n. P jacqiiemontii cyruus Frnhstoifer. 4 c^c?, 1 ?, Issyk-Kiil, ,Iuly (froiu TiUicR-) ; 1 (J, ex coll. Feldcr ; 1 ? , no locality ; 1 ?, Tnra.
0. P. jacquemoutii mercurius Grnm-Grsliimailo. 4 c?c?, 5 ? ?, Sinning Mountains, Knkn-Nor, Thibet (from Tancre) ; ^ dS, 1 ?, Amdo ; 2 di, >Sinin Slian ((ji-iuu-tir.sliimailo, cotyjies ex coll. Felder) ; 1 ?, Kuku Nor.
7. P. jacquemoutii thibetauus Riihl. 4 c?(?, 3 ? ?, Hon-Kow, Tiiibct, l(l,iHjo ft., native collectors, July and August 1890; I c?, 4 ? ?, no locality; 2 Sd, 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 2 cJc?, Thibet ; 1 ?, Ta-chien-hi, July and August 1890 (Pratt); 1 c?. 1 ? , Ta-chien-ln, Chasseurs Thibetains (R. F. Dejeau, 1894), ex coll. Oberthiir.
8. P. jacquemouti tatsieuluica Verity.
2 c?c?, Ta-tsien-lu.
P. jacquemoutii rubicuudus x actius.
1 S without locality, received from Tliiele, Berlin.
XIX. PARNASSIUS EPAPHUS OuERTHfiR.
1. P. epaphus epaphus Oberthiir. 14 cJc?, Skora La, Cashmere, l.'>,000 ft., July 1887 (J. H. Leech); 6 (?<?, Deosai riaina. Cashmere, ]3,nu(i ft., August 1887 (J. 11. Leech); 2 (H, 2 ? ?, Cashmere, 14,000—10,000 ft., ex coll. Frnhstorfer ; 1 ?, Cashmere, ex coll. Felder.
2. p. epaphus poeta Oberthiir. 5 SS, 1 ¥, no locality; 1 cJ, Thibet ; 12 <S S , 10 ? ?, E. Thibet; 1 c?, 0 to 8 days' journey N.W. of Ta-chien-ln, Thibet (Mons. Hiet, is'Jl); 1 cJ, 1 ? , Tcliang- kou, Thibet, types of Austaut's I'urnassius oberthucri ; 3 JcJ, 2 ? ?, Pembu Pass, 12 miles N. of Lbassa, August 1904 (R. v. L. Rybet).
3. P. epaphus huwei Frnhstorfer.
4 iS, Aksu ; 1 c?, Aksn, ex coll. Austaut.
4. p. epaphus sikkimensis Elwes.
2 <?(J, 1 ?, Sikkim, wet season, ex coll. Frnhstorfer; 11 SS,'i ? ?, Chumbi Valley.
5. P. epaphus nauchanicus Austaut. !")(?(?, 1 ?, Nian 8han Blountains ; 1 J, Nian iShan Mountains, Austaut's type.
0. P. epaphus tsaidamensis Austaut. I do not possess tiiis I'orm.
7. P. epaphus altynensis Austaut.
3 c?cJ, 2 ? ?, Altyn Tag; 1 J", Altyn Tag, Austaut's type.
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XX. PARNASSIUS BERESOWSKYI Staupinoer.
2 SS, Amdo ; 1 J, Kuku Nor; 1 J, 1 ?, Serscliuan ; 2 JJ, 1 ? ( ?), ex coll. Bartel ; 1 <J, Kaschka-Ssii, Tian Shan, Jnly 10—17, lOU-'.
This may prove only a subspecies oi epa/ifiiiA, Init I think it is so dift'erent that it may be well n|ihekl as a spi'cies.
XXI. PARNASSIUS HARDWICKII Gray.
1 (J, Cashmere ; 1 S, L'liper Cashmere; 1 8,2 ??, Lailak, ex coll. Fekler ; 1 (?, Cashmere Valley, II.imhi ft., 14. vi. I'.iirJ (Colonel Ward); 1 c?, Himalaya; 1 (?, N.W. India, ex coll. Fruhstorf'er ; 3 J J, "3 5 ?, no locality ; 1 S, no locality, ex coll. Felder; 0 6^, 5 ? ¥, N. 8ikkim, Jnne and Jnly 1884 (0. MoUer); ] j, Bhutan, August 1887 (0. Moller) ; 1 ¥, Sikkim ; 1 %,\ S, Native Sikkim; '2 6 S , Gnatong, Sikkim, 1894, native hunters, ex coll. Oberthiir ; 30 cJc?, 4 ? ?, Khamba Jong, received from A. J. Phillips; 1 cJ, 1 ?, (Jhumbi Valley, Thibet; 1 ?, Cashmere Valley, September, SiiOO ft. (Colonel Ward).
XXU. PARNASSIUS PRZEWALSKII Alrheraky.
1 have no specimens of this species.
XXIII. PARNASSIUS SZECHENYI Frivaldsky.
1. P. szechenyi szechenyi Frivaldsky.
8 (?(?, 6 ? ?, Sinning Mountains, Knkn Nor (from Tancre) ; 3 cJcJ, Amdo,
Knku Nor (from Tancre); 1 c?, 1 ?, Kuku Nor; 1 c?, 1 ?, Sinin Mountains,
ex coll. Felder ; 3 r^ c?, Amdo, June (from Tancre) ; 1 J, 1 ? , Thibet ; 3 <? cJ, 1 ? ,
no locality.
2. P. szechenyi germanae Austaut.
2 cJ<?,2 ? ?, E. Thibet.
XXIV. PARNASSIUS ORLEANS OnERxni r. 1. P. Orleans Orleans Oberthiir. 1 (?, Ta-chien-lu. R. P. Uejeau's native collectors, 1894, ex coll. Oberthiir; 5 t?c?, 3'? ¥, no locality; 12 cJ(?, H ? ?, E. Thibet ; 33 cJc?, 20 ? ?, Taipaishau, Shensi, Jnly 1905.
2. P. Orleans groumi Standinger. 4 S3,'i ?9, Sinin Schan, Knku Nor (from Tancre); 1 c?, Tliibet ; 2 S3, Amdo; 1 S, no locality; 1 ? , no locality, ex coll. Fohler ; 1 i, Dschachas Mountains (Grnm-Grshimailo, 1890, ex coll. Felder) ; 1 ?, Kuku Nor; 1 ?, Tigel District, Amdo.
XXV. PARNASSIUS CEPHALUS (iuiM-GRSHiMAlLo. There are no specimens at Tring.
I P. cephalus cephalus Grum-Grshiinailo. 2. P. cephalus elwesi Leech.
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XXVI. PARNASSIUS DELPHIUS Eversmann.
This species varies iiidiviiliialiy so enormously tliat most of the subspecies, siicli as namanganus, in/ernalis aud others, must be treated as aborratiou only.
I. P. delphius delphius Eversmann.
6 ??, Kaschka-Ssn, Tian Shan, July 10—17, 1902; 31 SS, 18 ??, no locality; 2 SS, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 17 <?<?, 14 ? ?, Turkestan; 1 ?, Turkestan, ex coll. Felder ; 1 c?, 1 ? , Pamirs, Austaut's types of var. suffiimnta ; 4 c?c?, 5 ? ?, Transcaspia; 1 <?, Pamir; 1 c?, 1 ?, Pamir, types of Austaut's var. traiis/e»s ; 1 <?, Kyssyl, Tartary, 4 S <S , Ale.xander Rlountains ; 3 Jc?, 1 ?, Hi District ; 2 c? cJ, 3 S ? , Issyk Kul ; 2 c?c?, 1 ? , Kuldja (from Tancre) ; 4 Sd, 1 ? , Aksu; 9 cJcJ, 5 ? ?, between Osch and Usgeut, July— August ; 0 cJc?, 3 ? ?, Syr Daria ; 1 cJ, Songaria ; 1 <S (?), ex coil. Felder ; 1 S, Alatau ; 1 <^, Alatan, ex coll. Felder ; 1 S, ex coll. Felder, Great Altai, Grum-Grshimailo's var. iti/firiialis, cotype of Elwes ; 3 6 S, Knkn 'Ror, ah. i/i/criiali.:< ; 2 SS, Kuldja (from Tancr^) ; 1 c?, Kuldja ; 1 c?, Hi District (from Tancre), 1 i, Great Aksu, Issyk-Kul, July 1st, 1902 (Kutsenko), all ab. styx ; ~ d S, Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, August 12th, 1905 (Kutsenko;; 1 (?, 3 ?¥, Little Kizil Pass, Tian Shan, July 21st, 1905 (Kutsenko).
2. P. delphius staudingeri Bang-Haas.
2 S6, Transalai, ex coll. Felder; 2 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Samarkand (Ilaberhauer) ; 1 d',Karategin(Grum-Grsiiimailo); 1 c?, 1 ?, Fergana; 1 ?, Mouut Hissar, 11,000 ft. ex coll. Felder; 3 ? V, Alai Mountains, ex coll. Felder; 1 ¥ (?), ex coll. Felder;
0 cJc?, no locality ; 1 <?, 1 ?, Samarkand ; 1 cJ, Samarkand ; 1 c?, no locality, and
1 S , Turkestan, all ex coll. Felder : all these are a/j. cardinal.
3. P. delphius dolabella Fruhstorfer. 5 i S, Kashgar (2 ex coll. Bartel).
4. P. delphius maximinus Staudinger.
•Z SS, Taschkend (from Tancre) ; 1, same locality; 1 cj, 1 ?, Kuku-Nor ; ■1 SS, Amur.
llerr Stichel places this as an aberration of ddphim deljihius, but 1 believe it is a distinct species. However, for the jirescnt 1 treat it as a subspecies, till the exact extent of its habitat is known.
5. P. delphius albulus llourath.
\x SS, 2(5 ¥ ?, Naryn District, north side of Tian Shan Mountains ; of these \\ tS S and 13 ¥ ? are from the Nura Mountains.
6. P. delphius stoliczkanus Felder. 1 (?, 1 ¥, types, Ladak (Stoliczka, ex coll. Felder) ; 1 S, Kulii.
7. P. delphius acdestis Grum-Grshimailo. 1 ¥ , ex coll. Felder, Siuing Blonntaius ; cotype.
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8. P. delphius ciuerosus Stichel. I do not possess specimens.
9. P. delphius lampidius Fnibstorfer. 1 c?, raiii}' season, Sikkini (ex coll. Fruhstorfer), type.
lu. P. delphius stenosemus Honrath.
7 c? J , 2 ? ¥ , N. Cashmere, ex Leech coll. ; 1 <?, 1 ? , Cashmere, ex coll. FelJer.
11. P. delphius hunza Grum-Grshimailo. There are no specimens at Triug.
XXVII. PARNASSIUS ACCO Ghay.
1. P. acco acco Gray. 1 ? , Ladak (8toliczka, ex coll. Feklerj.
~. P. acco gemmifer Fnihstorfer. I d, Sikkim, rainy season, ex coll. F^uhstorfer.
XXVIII. PARNASSIUS SIMO Geay.
1. P. simo simo Gray.
1 ? , Chinese Tartary (Ladak ?).
2. P. simo simulator Stand inger.
2 SS,l ¥, Issyk-Kul.
3. P. simo simonius .Staudinger.
11 6(i,H ? ?, no locality ; 2 ¥ ? , no locality, ex coll. Folder ; 1 cj, Thibetan Pamir, 1 S, Turkestan I ex coll. Felder ; 1 ¥ , Turkestan I ; 3 tJc?, 2 ¥ ¥ , between Usch and Usgent, July— Angust ; I <S , Transcaspia.
4. P. simo boedromius Pungler. , 6 ^(?, o ? ¥, Aksu.
5. P. simo gylippos F'ruhstorl'er.
2 6 3, Kyssyl, Tartary (from Tancri.-). This is a good subspecies.
<>. P. simo acconus F'ruhstorfer.
3 J(j, 1 ¥, Sikkim, wet season, ex coll. F'ruhstorfer ; 1 6, Sikkiiu, type;
1 cJ, Chnmbi Valley, Thibet; 1 c?, 1 ¥, Sikkim, 16,000—10,1)00 I't., July VJU2 (C. White, ex coll. Bingham).
XXIX. PARNASSIUS TENEDIUS Eveesmann.
T c?c?, 3 ¥ ¥, no locality; 1 J, 2 ¥ ¥, no locality, ex coll. F'elder ; 2 dd,
2 ¥ ¥, Altai, ll,o«3 ft.; 3 ¥ ¥, Vilui, N. Siberia; 2 ¥ ¥, Amur; 1 ¥, Albasin, (Puzilo) ; I c?, 15 ¥ ?, Sredne Kolymsk, N.E. Siberia, June I'JOO (N. Bereskiu).
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XXX. PARNASSIUS IMPERATOR OsRtiTHun.
1. P. imperator imperator 01»ertliiir.
(3 6 6, K. Thibet; 1 6,S ??, 'IVcliien-lu, 800(1—10,000 ft., July 1809 (A. E. Pratt), ex coll. Leecli ■, 1 6 , How Kon (native coll.), July and Augast 1890 (A. E.Pratt); ti ? ?, Ta-cliieu-lu (Moiisigiior Biet, e.K cull. Fekler)— all ex coll. Oberthiir ; 2 ? ? , no locality, but same pin and setting as the previous ; 1 ? , no locality.
2. P. imperator intermedius subsp. nov.
2 ¥ ?, Pembu Pass, 12 miles N. of Lhasa, August 1904 (N. V. L. Rybot).
This new form lias the forewiugs similar to imperator imperator, but the black transverse bands are narrower ; the hindwings as obscure as iu ? /. augustus, but dark bands greyer and more diffused.
3. P. imperator musagetus Grum-Grshimailo. 1 6, Chuancha Mountains, Yellow River, 1890 (Grum-Grshimailo), cotype, ex coll. Felder.
4. P. imperator imperatrix Alphe'raky. 1 have no specimens.
5. P. imperator supremus Frnhstorfer.
When We get a series of tliis form, of which only the type is known, it will prove only a giant /. inmagetus.
6. P. imperator venustus Stichel. The Tring Museum has no representative of this form.
7. P. imperator augustus Frnhstorfer. 1 c?, 1 ?, Thibet, cotypes, ex cull. Frnhstorfer; b 6S,'i ? ? , Chumbi Valley, Thibet.
XXXI. PARNASSIUS CHARLTONIUS Ghav.
1. P. charltonius charltonius CJniy.
I J, 0 ??, no locality; 1 6, Kuksir, Lahore, 14,Uou feet, 14. vii. Iss4 (G. Young); I c?, 1 ¥, Nilang Pass, Garhual, August ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, same locality, 16,000 ft., July 1895 ; 1 ?, Lahanl, 12,000 ft., IT. viii. 1884 (G. Yonng) ; 2 ? ?, Cashmere Valley, 11,000 ft,, and September 1, 8000 feet (Colonel Ward); 1 ?, Ladak (Stoliczka ex coll. Felder).
2. P. charltonius princeps Honrath.
3 <?c?, 9 ? ?, no locality; 1 6, uo locality, ex Felder coll. ; 2 c?c?, 3 ? ?, Turkestan; 2 63, 4 ? ¥, Boidyl, June ; 1 J, 1 ¥, Transalai, 13,000 ft. (ex coll. Felder).
XXXII. PARNASSIUS LOXIAS Pijngler. No specimens at Tring.
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HYPERMNESTRA HELIOS (Xickkri.)- 1. H. helios helios (Nk:keil>
3 Jc?, 3 ??, Pdiii-Slmkiili, Elbuiv, MiMiiitaias, Persia, June, July, I'-iuT, oUOO to 70U0 ft. (Fuuke;; 1 c?, N. Persia; 1 c?, Turkestan; 1 6, no locality ; 1 S , 1 ¥ , Krasnowodsk.
~. H. helios maxima Grnm-Qrsliimailo.
4 c?(?, 4 Sa, IScfir-Kuh, Al'j^liauistau (from Blajor Haiiser) ; 1 c?, 1 ?, Turkestan; 1 c?, Namajan (from Standinger, 1884); 6 i S , '^ ? ?, no lo<ali(y ; ~ c?J, 3 ? ¥, ditto, ex Felder coll. ; 1 c?, 4 ? ?, oasis of 'IVdscUen, Trauscaspia, June 19U3 (from Major Haiiser); 4 c^r? W. of Dinaii, Amu- Darya.
3. H. helios balucha (Moore). Donbtfully distinct from /lelios maxima ; only the types known.
ARCHON APOLLINUS (Heubst).
1. A. apoUinus apoUinus (Herbst).
1 ?, Crete; 2 cJ cJ, Bnrnabad, Hmyrna, 13. iv. LsliS ; 1 cJ, Magnesia, Ixl. iii.
1905 (Dr. Martin) : 1 S , ex coll. Felder, " Mabattia " ; 1 ? , Aintab ; 1 (?, ('ordelio,
Smyrna, 3. iv. 190.5 (Dr. Martin) ; 2 ? ?, 1 cJ, Smyrna; 3 $$, 3 ? ?, Asia Minor ;
4 ? ?, ex coll. Felder ; 2 ? ?, Bronssa, Asia Slinor, 24-2-5. iv. 19U3 ; 3 larvaj.
2. A. apoUinus apollinaris (Staudiuger).
1 <^, Armenian Mts.
3. A. apoUinus amasinus (Staudingerj.
2 J (J, 1 ?, Amasia, e.\ coll. Felder.
4. A. apolliuus bellargus (Standinger).
2 c?o, 1 ?, Lebanon, ex coll. Felder; IG t^c?, 9 ??, Beirut, Syria; 1 $ ah. /.-rijataUiixi, Taurus Mountains; 1 ?, Antiocliia ; 12 66, Jerusalem; 2 ??, no locality; 1 ?, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 14 larvae, ex Beirut, Syria.
Specimens of Paniassiiis cr/jl/a/'ia, P. przewalskii, P. loxias, P. ujwllo eliutin- ijeiixis, P. ajjollo aralciisig, P. apollo nccadcmis, P. ajjollo apollo ex Suecia, P. ///wehiLs styriaciis, P. phoebun apricattcs, P. mncmosijiic mncmosi/iie. ex Seandinavia, /'. dacidia datidix and /'. imperalor impcratrix; are special desiderata of the Triiig Museum either in exchange or otherwise.
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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SOUTH AMERICAN ABCTIABAE, WITH NOTES.
By THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.
IN the "Catalogue of the Lepidojitera Phalaenac in the Britisli Museum " the genera A~iitirp//rs, GonolreplicH, and Antaxia are jilaeed among the Si/ntomi(l((C on account of the alisence of the costal nervnre of the hindwiug. These forms are otherwi.se very different from the rest of the insects contained in Volume I. of the Catalogue; and as some of the forms inclnded in the Arctiadae in Volume HI. show analogous neuration, I prefer to treat these three genera as aberrant Arrtiadac, and ]>laco them as follows : Gn»of/-i'//ln'x following Tln/nirctia, A.tatrephes following Zatrephes, and Antaxia immediately after Pniinidd.
1. Robinsonia marginata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 1).
Nearest allied to R. j>rnphitea Dognin, ])nt much larger.
? . Head and thorax white ; palpi and antennae brown ; patagia with lirown patch where they meet costa of forewing ; dorsal surface of first six segments of abdomen orange buff with white median line, last two segments, ventral surface,
and sides of abdomen white ; forelegs brown, njid- and hindlegs whitish.
Forewing white with dark brown costal fascia and outer margin. Hindwing
jiure white. Underside of wings as above, but costal fascia and outer margin of forewing much i)aler brown.
Length of forewing: 10 mm.
Hub. British Guiana (Mr. AVhitlbrd, bought by him at Georgetown, but almost certainly from Omai).
2 ? ?.
2. Robinsonia snffusa spec. nov. (PL IV. fig. 3).
This species is nearest to It. monihi Druce.
S . Head and tegnlae buff; base of ]iatagia grey, rest white; liiorax Imff; ab<l(imen above greyish brown clothed with white downy scales wiiich give it
a powdered apjiearanee. Forewing white, veins brownish grey, costal fascia and
a broad outer margin from apex to vein 3 dark grey, as also are two broad streaks running between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 5 halfway across the wing ; inner
margin grey. Hindwing white, veins slightly washed with grey, except veins
1 and 2. LInderside as above.
Length of forewing : 10 mm.
Hall. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, M.-iy I'.ioO fS. M. Klages).
2 Si.
3. Robinsonia multimaculata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. .^>).
Nearest to //. poli/jiliKiiK Scliaiis.
i. Palpi lihick with white hiteral |iiitches ; hrad white with Mack liar above irons, back of liead scarlet; antennae brown; tlmvax bright brown : le-jiilae
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and patagia white with narrow brown edges ; whitish spot in centre of motathorax ; legs deej) brown, washed with yellowish wliite on outside ; abdomen brilliant
orange with dors<al row of white dots. Forewing rufous brown, three white
points at base, an ellij)tical Bilver3'-white patch below cell and rnnning up into it, a large triangular silvery patch beyond cell, and a similar smaller patch between these two running from costa into cell ; inner margin white at base with a millimeter-long white streak under the elliptical patch, a longer white streak at outer fourth, and a white spot in centre of vein 1 ; large white j)atch at outer angle between veins 1 and 2, two at apex, and five between the apex and terminal part of inner margin. Hindwing silvery white.
Length of forewing : 24 mm.
IJab. Santo Domingo, ('arabaya, S.E. Pern, OOOii ft., June l'.iii2, dry season (G. Ockendeu).
4 6S.
4. Robinsonia punctata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 0).
Closely allied to the next species and to 7?. dewitzi Gundl.
?. Frons white, head golden yellow, palpi brown, with first joint and tip white ; thorax brown with white central streak ; tegnlae and patagia white with brown margins ; pectus white, orange in front ; legs white and lirown ; abdomen orange with white central line of dots and a black dot on each side of the fourth segment. Forewing brown, a large diamond-shajied silvery- white patch in submedian interspace extending to vein 11, a second large oval patch extending from just inside apex of cell to apex and occupyiug almost the whole rest of wing between veins 2 and 11, a small white patch at end of 4 between inner margin and vein 2. Hindwing silvery white.
Hnb. Huatuxco, Vera f'ruz.
1 ?.
5. Robinsonia similis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 7).
Nearest to the last species and R. fleicitzi Gundl.
?. Frons and rest of head bright orange; pectus yellow, orange in front; antennae pale brown ; tliorax pale brown witli white central line ; tegnlae and patagia white with pale brown edges ; abdomen orange with dorsal row of white
dots and c,onsj)icuous lateral black spots on the Last five segments. Forewing
brown, the two large silvery ])atches almost as in 7i'. di'icitzi, but the outer one reaches to apex ; outer margin narrow and white, inner margin joined to inner
silvery patch only having an irregular angulated brown streak on it. Hindwing
white.
Length of forewing : 23 mm.
Hub. Caparo, Trinidad, November 19ii,5 (8. M. Klages).
1 ?.
6. Neidalia dognini sjiec. nov.
S. Piffers from K. ril/iirresi Dogniu in having two instead of a single transverse line and no white margins to either. The antemedian line runs obliipiely from the centre of the costa to the inner margin about one-fourth from the base. The posttuediap line is curved, and crosses the wing about
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one-third from the apex. Cohiiir of whigs and body rufous orange-brown ; under- surface jialer.
? . Orange-yellow, irrorated with scattered red dots. Transverse lines reddish, not black as in c? ; a short reddish streak at apex of cell.
Length of forewing : c? IS mm. ; ? !.") ram.
Ilab. Santo Domingo and Tingnri, in Garabaya, Porn, and La Oroya, R. Liambari (6. Ockenden).
2 SS,2 ? ?.
7. Idalus lutescens spec. nor. (PI. IV. tig. S).
Palpi blaclc, legs yellow and brown ; head, tegul.-ie, patngia, and thorax Imtfy
yellow; abdomen slightly darljor. Forewing yellow ; himlwing buff.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Ilab. Oconeqne, f'arabaya, Peru, 7000 ft., Jnly 100-4 (G. Ockenden).
1 S.
8. Idalus irregularis spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 9).
Palpi bnffish grey with crimson line along the outside ; frons and head bnft', washed strongly with crimson ; tegnlae and patagia greyish buff, blotched and edged with crimson ; thorax similar ; abdomen yellowish crimson, last segment
dark buff, underside clayish buff ; pectus pale crimson. Forewing greyisli
brown, slightly washed with mauve ; between veins 2, 3, 4, 5, and G are scattered a number of yellow spots, and the veins themselves have a number of short red streaks on them ; between veins 8 and 9 are three yellow dots, and at tlie end
of veins 5, 0, 7, 8, 9 is a yellow dot. Hindwing whitish bnlY washed with
dirty red along inner margin ; large scent organ with patch of androconia, as in 1. melaiiopastd Druce.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1900 (S. M. Klages).
2 iS.
9. Idalus simplex spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. lo).
S. Palpi, outersidc crims<in, innerside buffy grey; head yellowish grey-brown with indistinct crimson border at hind part ; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax yellowish grey-brown, powdered with pale crimson .scales ; abdomen dirty red, last and two first segments bnffish, powdered with red ; antennae crimson from base for about 2 mm., then clay-brown, and finally whitish for the last 3 mm. ; legs
and pectus crimson. Forewing day-brown, slightly powdered with reddish
scales ; Costa crimson, outer margin golden yellow with a crimson line internally ;
large narrow patch of androconia below cell. Hindwing butfy day-brown,
strongly washed with crimson.
Underside of forewing brownish pale crimson ; hindwing as above.
¥. Similar, but apex of forewing less drawn mit, and liindwing more ovate, less triangidar.
Length of forewing : J Hi mm., 9 19 mm.
Hab. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March I'.to.') (S. M. Klages).
0 cJc?, 1 ?.
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111. Idalus salmonaceus spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 11).
(?. Palpi black ; head and tognlae yellow ; jjatagia salnion-piuk edged with yellow ; thorax similar; abdomen salmon-jiiiik, irroiatcd with yellow, last segment
yellow, a black dot on fourtli, fifth, si.\th, and seventh segments dorsally.
Forewing salmon -i)ink, nervnres, costal and outer margin bright yellow.
Hindwing pinkish butt', from inner margin to just beyond vein 3 salmon-piuk.
Underside as above, but paler.
?. DifTers in being much darker, the salmon-jMuk being washed witli carmine and the hindwing all rose-jiink.
Length of forewing : c? !'•• lura. : ? 22 mm.
ffii/i. Santi) Domingo, Tinguri, and Ifio Ilna'aniayo, Pern, l'.iii4-5 i({. Ockenden).
0 S6, 1 ?.
11. Aphyle affinis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 12).
S. Palpi orange, head brownish orange; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax dirty white, on the centre of thorax two black patches one behind the other ; abdomen
yellow; legs and pectus orange-buff. Forewing : basal three-fonrths dirty white,
almost covered by two large patches of bright salmon-jiink ; apex and outer fourth pale buff: wing crossed obliipiely by two rather broad black lines, the postmedian one interrupted at vein 4 ; costa brownish orange ; from the apex to the enter margin at vein (5, reaching back into the wing 3 mm., is a broad black line, forming
three parts of an ovoid. Hindwing yellowish salmon-pink, costal area bufly
white.
Underside of wings orange-bufF.
?. Larger and paler.
Length of forewing : c? IT) mm. ; ? 10 mm.
Ifiil). Fonte Boa, Uj)per Amazons, July lOiiO (S. M. Klages); lia Union, Kio Hnacama3-o, (!araba3'a, Pern, 2^uw ft., November l'.>04 (G. Ockenden).
15 cJcJ, 3 ? ?.
12. Prumala indistincta spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 14).
(?. Similar to P. niiaim Dniee, but the l)and of ovate sjiots from the apex to the angle of inner margin is reduced to a line of indistinct dots, while the sn])apical patch is reduced to a grey dot with a reddish wash ; the jiatch at angle of inner margin is less distinct, and has a red margin : the discal and nntemedian
transverse rows of spots are larger and with indistinct red rings. Hindwing
bnflf, washed strongly with jiink ; abdomen jiink.
?. Has sjiots on forewing almost obliterated, lint has a double grc}' spot with reildish ring in the cell at the basal end; abdomen crimson, last segment yellow.
JJii/t. Sapucay, Paraguay, January lOiir) (W. Foster); Chiriijui.
1 J, 1 ?. "
13. Prumala siibmarginalis spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. Hi).
J. Pal|ii grey, with crimson line outside; head grey, s])otted with crimson; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax yellow, spotted with grey and crimson ; abdomen crimson above, white below. Forewing : basal half purplish grc}', running
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obliquely from costa to vein 3 on ontor margin, bordered exteriorly with crimson ; veins crimson, a crimson dot where vein 0 springs from vein ID, a large grey diamond-shaped spot crimson-edged rnnning from vein 0 nearly up to vein 10 beyond the cell ; a snbmarginal row of grey red-edged spots on veins from 5 to 8,
and a row of similar spots within this, largest towards costa. Hindwing hyaline
bnii', washed with rose carmine ; a brown marginal spot on vein 3.
Lensfth of fore wing : 14 mm.
JJdh. Minas Geraes, October I'-tnO (A, Kennedy).
14. Prumala flavicoUis spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 15).
(?. Palpi yellow, frons orange, head yellow with two grey spots ; tegnlae ami base of patagia yellow, rest of patagia mauve brown with crimson edges ; tliorax brownish; abdomen crimson, tip yellow, a white dorsal spot on second
segment. Forewing dark pnrplish grey, fore basal two-fifths becoming paler
towards inner margin, within this area vein 3 crimson ; costa yellow, apical three-fifths yellow, separated from dark area by irregnlar crimson line running on to costa ; marginal row of crimson dots, snbmarginal row of grey dots, followed by an irregular line ; spots grey edged with crimson, expanding into large
l)atches between vein 8 and costa; various dots on disc. Hindwing pale crimson,
costal area white.
Length of forewing : lo mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May lOoO (S. M. Klages).
1 <?.
15. Prumala incisa spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. IT).
?. Palpi crimson, forelegs white, basal half of tibiae crimson ; antennae above brown, underside crimson ; head, tegnlae, patagia, and thorax warm brown ;
abdomen crimson. -Forewing brown, slightly washed with crimson ; costa pale
crimson, a median and antemedian transverse zigzag line crosses the disc from subcostal vein to inner margin: outer margin from vein 2 yellow; between veins 3 and 0 this yellow area runs into the disc of the wing in a truncate-shaped patch 3 mm. wide, the whole yellow area separated from rest of wing by a crimson line. Hindwing crimson.
Underside pale crimson, except yellow area of forewing.
Jjeugfh of forewing : 10 mm.
//'///. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, June \'M\V\ (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
Kl Pi-umala sordida spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 18). S. Palpi bnlf; head, tegnlae, and patagia yellow-spotted and edged with dull
red and grey; alidomen crimson, last five segments washed with clay-colour.
Forewing : basal two-thirds dirty clayish grey-lirown ; a distinct lobe protruding from inner margin about one-fourth from base; this lobe is blackish brown, and from its apex to the base of costa runs a scarlet oblique streak ; outer edge of dark area bordered with scarlet, veins in this area irregularly dotted here and there witii scarlet : outer tliird liyaline gn-yish bnlf with some indistinct lines of
darker spots. Hindwing greyish bnlf with ]iaie crimson dash near biise of inner
jnargin,
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Length of forewing : 1-1 aim.
llah. La Union, 11. Hnacamftvo, ('araliaya, Pern, 20(iO ft., November l(Ht4 (G. Ockenden), 1 S (type); Sa[iucay, Pavagnay (W. Foster), 1 S.
IT. Antaxia affinis spec. uov. (I'l. IV. fig. 2u).
Nearest to .4. s.t/nssa (Urnce) (PI. IV. fig. 21).
(J. Palpi brick-red; legs and tibiae red and brown; tarsi yellow; thora.x,
abdomen, and head brownish brick-red. Forewing: -basal third brick-red,
basal tliird of costa and broad band on ontside of basal area deep reddish brown ; tiie basal area is strongly angnlatcd at the lower end, rnnning out on inner margin between it and to bejond vein 2 in a broad band almost to angle of inner margin ; rest of wing yellow ; costa from ape.K towards base broadly brick-red for abont 3^ mm., curving into a hooked patch on inner side; four
brick-red dots in centre of yellow area. Ilindwing yellow, broadly pale
brick-colour on inner area.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Hab. La Union, R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, 2000 ft., December 1904 (G. Ockenden).
1 S.
18. Eupseudosoma grandis sp. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 23).
(?. Palpi and frons grey ; head and tegulae orange-bnff ; pafagia and thorax white ; abdomen crimson with white dorsal dots ; basal and two last segments
white. Forewing hyaline white, costal edge brown, three or four brownish
streaks on disc. Ilindwing hyaline white.
? . Similar, bnt more heavily scaled on the wings.
Length of forewing : S 23 mm. ; ? 27 mm.
Ilah. Santo Domingo and R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, and Caradoc, Marcapata (G. Ockenden).
1 c?,2 ? ?.
19. Eupseudosoma aberrans Schaus (PI. IV. fig. 24).
This species is (juite distinct from aqmrnma, for it has dark brown costal margins in both sexes, and the inner two-thirds of Ilindwing in the male pale crimson.
Hub. 2S6 from Caparo, Trinidad (S. M. Klages) and 1 ? from Sajmcay, Paraguay, 10. i. 19115 (\V. Foster).
20. Eupseudosoma albescens spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 25).
?, Palpi white, head doll orange, legs and auti'iinac browiiisli grey; rest of body and wings pure white.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Ilah. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 19(i5 (S. M. Klages); British Guiana.
4 ¥ ?.
21. Neaxia ockendeni spec, nov. (PI. IV. fig. 20). c? Pali)i dirty wliite, tip and a narrow line outside brown; head yellow; tegnlae yellow; patagia brown, spotted with yellow; thorax brown; abdomen pale crimson, last segment and dorsal spot on second segment yellow. Forewing
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yellow, tlirce or fonr brown dots ami sjiots at base ; an irregular band of large conflneiit brown spots crosses the wing from costa to inner margin acmss basal end of cell, the last bnt one liaving the centre yellow ; several brown spots in and around cell and beyond it ; an irregular transverse band of large brown spots reaching inner margin, wliere it expands into a large blotch ; a marginal and submarginal row of smaller spots. Hindwing salmon-pink.
Lengtli of forewing : 14 mm.
Ilah. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May 1906 (S. M. Klages) ; R. Hnacaraayo, Carabaya, 3100 ft., June 1904 (G. Ockenden), type.
2 (?c?.
22. Neaxia klagesi s]iec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 27).
(?. Palpi yellow, streaked and tipped with brown ; fmns, head and tegnlae yellow ; patagia, base yellow, rest edged with brown ; thorax yellow, spotted with lirown ; abdomen crimson, first and last segment and dorsal spot on second
yellow. Forewing yellow, a short brown streak rnns from base oblinnely to
vein 2 ; an antemedian band of large irregular brown patches runs from the costa obli([uely to the inner angle, broadly interrupted ou inner margin to vein 2 with a yellow patch ; veins in band partly crimson ; in and above cell are two brown spots and a curved row of four; beyond it a marginal row of brown spots, and between these and tiie curved row of four spots an irregular transverse row
of brown patches and spots. Hindwing : costal area white, rest of wing huffish
grey; a large greyisli brown ])atch occnjiying outer tiiird witii a long yellow patch above it.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hub. Aroewarwa (!reek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, August 1905 (S. M. Klages).
2 66.
23. Eriostepta fulvescens spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 28). Nearest to /•,'. barrlidiis Scliaus.
6. Palpi 1)nlf with a red streak and black spot on third joint; head buff powdered with re(l ; tegnlae, patagia, and thorax linlf streaked with red ; abdomen ilnll crimson marked witii buff; on each of the secon<l and third segments is a cnrions scent organ filled with a large patch of androconial scales of a silvery
opalescent hue. Forewing bnffy yellow ; veins all edged with pale dull
crimson, a marginal and snbmarginal transverse row of blackish sjiots, a post- median transverse dark grey curved line on the inside of which are six black dots; in the cell three black dots, two grey lines and a dull red spot; between the cell and the base several grey streaks and black dots, inner margin jiink. Hindwing buff with two pink streaks.
Length of forewing : 2U mm.
Huh. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, June 190G (S. M. Klages); Aroi'warwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, .Surinam, August 1905 (S. M. Klages).
24. Zatrephes rosacea spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 29,30).
S . Palpi white, pinkish carmine outside and at tips ; head carmine, irrorated witii white ; abdomen deep carmine witii wjiite sides to last segment, and white below; forelegs carmine; thorax and forewing jiale ]iur]ilisii brown, strongly
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irrorated with irirasrin ; beyond cell a transverse patch of fonr cnalesccnt hyaline
spots and a separate liyaliue dot ; costa white, irroratrd witli carmine.
Hiudwing pale carmine, fringe white.
? . Similar, bnt hiudwing more like forewing.
llah. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, August VM\~ (S. M. Klages).
11 36, 1 ?.
2.5. Zatrephes klagesi spec. nov. (PL IV. fig. 31).
S. Paljii buff; head, tegnlae, patagia, and thorax bull' irrorated with jiiid; ; abdomen brownish crimson, last segment and dorsal dot on second butl'.-
Forewing dark bud' irroiated thickly with brown ; costal edge white, an ante- medial transverse line, from costa to inner margin brown, a black dot in cell, a postraedial transverse line from vein 7 to inner margin brown ; hyaline patch placed obliquely, consisting of five coalescent spots, and bordered on the inner side with a brown line. Hiudwing crimson, costal area bullish.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Jlab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, June lOiiG (8. M. Klages).
38 Si.
26. Zatrephes variegata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 32).
S. Palpi white, edged with carmine; head white, irrorated with pink; collar brownish ; tegnlae white, irrorated with pink ; patagia and thorax greyish bnft', irrorated with carmine and grey ; abdomen crimson carmine, sides of last segment
whitisli. Forewing : costa white, buffy yellow, irrorated with carmine and
Idotched and streaked with greenish grey; hyaline patch consists of five
coalescent spots almost covered with yellow and crimson scales. Hindwing
crimson carmine ; costal area white.
Length of forewing: IT mm.
lldb. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, July lOUT (S. M. Klages).
12 6i.
27. Zatrephes flavipuncta spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 33).
S. Palpi white with crimson streak ; head, tegnlae, and patagia rosy grey, irrorated with carmine ; thorax carmine ; abdomen deep carmine, sides of last
segment whitish. Forewing manve brown, irrorated with carmine and red
scales ; costal edge whitish, in cell orange-yellow spot with scarlet ring followed by a Iblack dot ; hyaline patch made up of five -coalescent greenish-yellow spots encircled by a carmine line; at ajiex and between hyaline patch and outer margin two irregular iiatclies of bnlTy orange, irrorated thickly with brown and carmine scales. Hindwing rosy carmine, fringe white.
?. Similar.
Length of forewing : c? 14 ram. ; ? 10 mm.
lliih. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 10(i.5 (S, M. Klages).
1 <?, 1 ?
2S. Zatrephes irrorata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 31). c?. Paljii white with brown line ; head, tegnlae, ]iatiigia, and thorax pale
brownish yellow, thickly irrorated with brown; abdmniMi didl carmine. Forewing
brownish ImtTv vellow, I hicldv covered with iiflle dark brown streaks and striae;
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veins 2 and ;i tliicldy scaled witli dark bruvvu ; no liyaliin' [latcli, Imt two hyaline spots at end cii' cidl and two nearer outer margin l)etweeii veins •! and 7 ; three small Uaekisli hmnles near ajiex. Hindwing brownish crimson.
Length of fore wing : 10 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, August lOoG (8. M. Klages).
1 c?.
29. Zatrephes cruciata spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 3.5).
?. The otdy S is too much rubbed to describe accurately. Palpi of ? wliitish, with jiale crimson line ; head, tegiilae, patagia, and thora.x pale bull', irrorated with pale crimson; abdomen above dirty crimson, with a bulT dorsal line, the
last three segments much mi.xed with buff. Forewing pale buff, irrorated
with crimson, a black dot in cell ; costal edge white, an antemediau line from costa to inner margin brownish grey, inner margin greyish brown ; from the centre of inner margin on to the disc run two brownish grey lines 5 mm. long in the form of a X; hyaline patch much obscured by scales runs obliipiely towards outer margin, is bordered on inner side by ill-defined brownish line and
shade, and consists of four spots. Hindwing : costal half huffish, irrorated and
washed with pale crimson, inner half pale crimson.
i. Appears similar, but abdomen brighter crimson, and two-thirds of the hindwing crimson.
Length of forewing : ? 18 mm. ; <? 17 mm.
llab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1900 and August l'JU7 (S. M. Klages). 1 ? (type), 1 <?.
30. Zatrephes rufescens spec. nov.
cJ. Palpi white with crimson line; forelegs pale brown powdered with crimson, remaining legs white ; antennae, base crimson, basal third pale brown and crimson, rest brown ; head mi.ved crimson and brown ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax pale grey-brown, irrorated with crimson ; abdomen crimson, last
segment brownish grey mixed slightly with crimson. Forewing buffy orange,
much irrorated with crimson, a black dot in cell, a dark brownish grey ante- median line from costa to inner margin ; from veins 5 and 0 to inner margin on the disc two zigzag dark brownish grey lines, and above them and surrounding the hyaline patch a large purplish brown-grey patch ; hyaline patch only slightly oblique, consisting of two large coalescent spots between veins (i and 7 and 7 and 8, and two small ones between 8 and '•• and '.} and lo, and a small dot above not coalescent. Hindwing buff, washed with pale crimson.
¥. Similar, but larger, and markings mucli less distinct; hyaline patch with all spots much reduced ; hindwing dull crimson.
Length of forewing : S 10 mm.; ? 21 mm.
Ilab. Foute Boa, Amazonas, May and August llHiii and l'.Mi7 (S. M. Klages) ; Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, tSurinam, and Santo Antonio dn .lavary, Amazonas, May lUUo and June 1'JIJ7 (S. M. Klages).
3 Jc?, 10 ? ?.
3L Zatrephes ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 30;. i. This species is nearly allied to Z. ussea Schaus, but is distinguishable at once by the large hyaline patcli ; pali)i crimson on outside, buffy white in front : legs whitish, powdered with crimson ; liead, tegulae, and patagia pinkisii
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cream-colour, iriunitcd with ciiiuson ; tliorax rufous Lrowii ; sibdomea crimson,
last segment wiiilisli. Forcwiug iiiukisU cream-coluur, strongly irrorateJ with
criiusou, a black dot in the cell, a sharply defined transverse luitemedian line brownish or yellowish olive, a postmediau line of same colour less defined, inner margin olive-brown ; hyaline juitch consists of four spots, uppermost small and round, second large and kidney-shaped, the third very large, oblong ovate, the lower small and triangular, the whole patch surnninded by a thin blaekish line.
Hindwing creamy white, very strongly washed and irrorated with pale
crimson.
Length of forewing : LS mm.
Ilab. La Urova, K. Inambari, Pern, September 19i)4, 31iiii ft. (G. Ockendeu).
1 t?.
32. Zatrephes brunnea spec. nov.
5. Palpi white with crimson stripe; head, tegulae, patagia, and thorax pale
brown, irrorated with pink ; abdomen crimson. Forewing i)ale brown, so densely
covered with darker brown scales that the wing at first sight appears a uniform umber brown ; it is also irrorated with crimson, a black dot in cell, and a broad median band of slightly darker shade than rest of wing crosses the wing ; hyaline
patch small, consists of five smallish spots, the uppermost separate. Hindwing
crimson.
?. Paler.
Length of forewing : c? lis mm. ; ? '-fZ mm.
llab. La Union, R Huacamayo, ('arabaya, Peru, ~;n()0 ft., December 1904 (G. Ockenden). •Z 66, 1 ?.
33. Zatrephes griseorufa spec. uov. (PI. IV. fig. 37).
6. Palpi whitish with brown strii)e ; forelegs brown, remaining legs and pectus pure white ; head, tegulae, and patagia grey, irrorated with brown ; thorax
grey with brownish centre ; abdomen brown. Forewing strongly truncate at
apex, grey, slightly irrorated with tiny brown streaks, heavily so in the outer fourth of the wing ; two (one ante- and one postmedian) transverse rather faint lines dull brown ; hyaline patch consists of four spots, the upper one small, quadrate and detached, the second small, comma-shaped, the two lower ones large and oblong. Hindwing orange rufous, costal area buff.
Length of forewing : 10 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, Jane I'JUO (S. M. Klages).
2 66.
34. Zatrephes binotata spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 38).
6. Pall)i and legs bufly brown ; pectus pure white ; head and thorax butiy
brown ; abdomen slightly darker. Forewing : ai)ical area truncate, bufly brown
irrorated with crimson and greenish grey ; an antemedian and a median transverse lines greenish grey ; hyaline spot very small, consisting of two small spots ; there
is a hyaline dot on vein 9, nearer the apex. Hindwing buff, slightly washed with
orange, outer margin rufous.
Length of forewing : 1 7 mm.
Uab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May PJ06 (S. M. Klages). »
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35. Zatrephes bilineata spec. iiov. (PI. IV. fig. 'M).
(S. Piilpi whitish ; forelegs groy, rest whitish ; head and thora.x jiiiikish grey
irrorated with crimson ; abdomea darker. Forewiug : apical area truncate,
pinkish grey irrorated with crimsou ; an autemediaa and a postrnediau transverse line very distinct greyish olive, outer one bordered ou the outer side with buff; hyaline patch consisting of three median oblong spots, with two separate hyaline
spots nearer the onter margin towards the apex ; fringe of outer margin white.
Hiudwiug dark buff.
Length of forewing : 2i) mm.
Ila/j. La Union, 11. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, 20Ui) ft., November 19ii4 (G. Ockenden).
1 S.
35a. Zatrephes bilineata rufobrunnea subspec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 4iJ).
S. Similar in all respects to hiluteata hil'uieata, but ground-colour of forewiug
pinkish orange-rufous, thickly irrorated with brown and crimsou. Hindwing
washed with rufous.
Length of forewing : IS mm.
Hah. Foute Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
2 Si.
36. Zatrephes foliacea spec. nov. (PI. IV. figs. 41 — 43).
i. Palpi whitish in front, brown outside and at tip; head and thora.x bntf
grey; abdomen more yellowish. Forewiug truncate, yellowish clay-grey, darker
and somewhat irrorated with maroou between the somewhat faint ante- and jwst- median transverse Hues, the postmedian line bordered outside with buff ; hyaline patch consisting of four spots, the three lower ones large and irregular, the upper one small and ovate, the whole surrounded by a narrow briglit maroon ring ; between the hyaline patch and the outer margin is a large maroon patch, somewhat irrorated, which fades away into the grey towards angle of inner margin ; upper third of fringe of outer margin maroon and middle third white, rest uniform with wing ground-colour.- Hindwing bright buff, fringe rufous.
?. Like the male but larger, and the transverse lines paler; 2 ?? are brownish maroou all over the forewiug, and the jjatch beyond the hyaline patch is deep reddish chocolate.
Length of forewing : c?, IS'o mm. ; ? , 22 mm.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July iyu6 and August l'JiJ7 (fS. M. Klages).
14 cJ(?,4 * ?.
37. Zatrephes subflavescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 1).
$. Palpi whitisli ; forelegs and tibiae brown, tarsi ringed brown and white; rest of legs and pectus white; antennae jiale brown ; head, thora.\, and abdomen
creamy buff irrorated with a darker greyish buff. Forewing creamy buff',
irrorated slightly on the basal half but very strongly on the outer half with greyish clayish brown ; an ante- and a postmedian transverse line of same colour but darker ; hyaline jiatch reduced to two widely separated rouud dots partially covered with whitish scales. Hindwing creamy buff.
? . Similar.
Length of forewiug : (?, 16 — 19 mm.; ?, 21 mm.
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lliib. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valle}-, Surinaui, and Fonte Boa, Amazoiias, April llHi.-) and July r.Mii) (S. M. Klages). lu 66, 1 ?.
:ib;. Zatrephes gigantea spec. nov. (PI. V. tig. ,').
This is the largest species of the genus.
?. Palpi white; forelegs and tibiae brown freckled with grey, re.st of legs white ; pectil? white ; head and thorax dnll bufl" slightly irroratod witii brown ; abdomen bnff, with a dorsal brownish tnft on the first, second and third segments.
Forewing whitish buff, becoming darker buff towards the outer margin ; very
indistinct antemedian and median transverse lines of a dirty yellowish olive ; the whole surface of wing strongly irrorated with greyish brown; hyaline patch large and very irregular, consisting of four coaleseent spots and a detached round dot ; outline of wing strongly truncate and augulated. Hiudwing yellowish salmon- colour ; costal area bright buff.
Length of forewing : 31 mm.
Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, August 10O6 (S. M. Klages).
•; ? ? .
3',t. Zatrephes albescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 3).
6. Paljii whitish in front, dull lirick on outside; head pink ; thorax whitish,
irrorated with brick-red ; abdomen similar. Forewing : costa jiinkish brick-red :
au antemedian transverse line, dull yellowish olive, runs obliquely from the inner angle outwards to the costa ; a postmedian line of the same colour runs from the inner margin obliquely to vein 9, where it ends in a round semi-detached blackish
s{)ot ; inner margin yellowish olive. Hindwing dull white, fringe [linkish grey ;
hyaline patch consists of two round spots.
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : c?, 1(1 mm. ; ? , 22 mm.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1900 (S. M. Klages).
1 cJ,l ?.
40. Zatrephes nitida spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 5).
6. Palpi, legs and antennae pink ; head and tegnlae jiearl grey [lowdered with pink ; patagia greyish silvery ; abdomen crimson, first and last segments
bufif. Forewing : basal two-thirds of costa creamy white, apical third as
well as outer and inner margin yellowisli j)ink, rest of wing opalescent silvery white, thickly irrorated with grey ; antemedian and postmedian transverse lines greenish yellow.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (8. M. Klages).
1 <?.
41. Zatrephes miniata sp. nov. (PI. V. fig. c,).
?. Palpi whitish, bordered and tipped with red; foretibiae red, rest of legs whitisli ; pectus white ; head cinnabar red ; thorax dark grey, washed and irrorated with cinnabar red ; abdomen deep brownish grey. Forewing greyish orange- brown, so closely irrorated with cinnabar as to appear almost entirely red ; an antemedian and a median transverse line dark grey ; hyaline patch large and
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consisting of three close!}' coalescing spots snrromnled by a greyish brown cloud. Hindwing dark sooty grey.
(S. Identical.
Length of forewing : 19 mm.
Hab. Foute Boa, Amazonas, Jnne 1906 (S. M. Klages).
I c?, 1 ?.
42. Zatrephes sublutescens spec. nov. (Pi. V. fig. 7).
c?. Palpi whitish in front, dull carmine outside ; forelegs dnll carmine, variegated with yellowish grey ; head brownish grey, powdered with carmine ;
thorax and abdomen yellowish buff, slightly irrorated with carmine. Forewing
greenish bnff, dnsted with carmine ; an antemedian and postraedian transverse line olive ; lieyond postmedian line are two black dots, one between veins 7 and 8 and one between 8 and 9. Hindwing whitish bnff.
?. Identical but larger.
Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ? 27 mm.
Hal). La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, 3100 ft., October 1904 (G. Ockenden).
5 (JcT, 1 ?. "
i'-j. Azatrephes fuliginosa spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 8-12).
S . Piilpi brown ; forelegs red ami grey, inside brown ; head brown ; tegulae white; patagia brown, with mixed bnff and red spots ; abdomen brown, with white
dorsal patch on second and dnll orange one on third and fourth. Forewing
sooty brown, two-thirds of disc occupied by a yellowish hyaline patch with three rows of minute brown dots on it ; on its outer side it is bordered by a serpentine line of silver spots which join an outer marginal row of reddish pink ones at vein 3 ; between the discal hyaline patch and the base is an irregular large patch, extending transversely across the wings, of bright silver intermixed with crimson streaks. Hindwing sooty brown.
This appears to be the normal tyjie, as five out of my eleven specimens are about like it ; but from this type the species varies so much thiit in one direction the extreme is reached in a specimen in which the whole forewing is sooty brown, only having two or three silver and red dots on the inner margin, the much reduced line of silver spots which joins the outer marginal line of pink spots, and a few pink spots on the eosta; in the opposite direction a specimen has hardh' any brown on the forewing and dirty orange hindwing washed with sooty brown.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
JIab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 190G and July and August 1907 (S. M. Klages).
II C?(?.
44. Azatrephes discalis Walker (PI. V. fig. 14).
This is a good species, much larger than paradisea Butler (PI. V. fig. 13); silvery white, not silvery yellow; has costa, outer margin, and obliijue median band dull chestnut-brown instead of sooty brown and orange.
Expanse of S 32 mm., of paradisea 3 25 mm. ; of ? 30 mm., of pumdism ? 28 mm.
A. discalis also has a silvery white abdomen in the female and washed with biitf in the male, while paradisr/i has a crimson abdomeu in both sexes.
3
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45. Amaxia affinis sjieo. nov. (PI. V. ti'^. 15).
d. Nearest to A. pulchra spec. nov. (infra).
Palpi yellow, sjwtted and striped with crimson ; Ici^'s yellow : pectus crimson ; head yellow, collar crimson ; tegulae yellow ; patagia lirowii eil^ed with crimson ; thorax brown ; abdomen dull crimson, yellnwisli at last two sejjraents. Fore- wing : basal two-fifths obliquely brown with a yellow wedge near base edged with crimson, reaching from vein 5 to costa ; brown area outwardly edged with crimson ; ])inky white patch at base of inner margin ; outer tliree-tifths of wing yellow ; along outer margin a marginal and a submarginal row of brown dots ; eight other similar dots scattered on disc, and three larger oval coalescent brown
spots between veins 8 and 0, 9 and in, and lU and 1 1, each with a crimson ring.
Hindwing pinkish white.
Length of forewing : 20 — 33 mm.
Ilah. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, GtM.M.) ft., November 10(il (G. Ockenden).
23 S3.
4(5. Amaxia pulchra sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. Ki).
cJ. Palpi yellow ; legs yellow with three crimson rings ; head red and yellow, collar crimson ; tegulae yellow ; jiatagia, onter half yellow, inner half dark brownish grey, separated from tiie yellow by a crimson line ; abdomen crimson
yellow at last segment. Forewing : base yellow with three scarlet rings on it ;
a large irregular blackish patch occupying one-fourth of the wing follows this yellow basal area; at the inner margin it reaches the angle, but on costa near base of cell it is quite narrow ; a yellow sjjot in this patch on inner margin ; a marginal and submarginal row of pinkish brown spots and si.\ similar ones on disc ; before apex tiiree large blackisii oval spots encircled with scarlet ; between
these and patch reaching angle of inner margin four jiinkish brown spots.
Hindwing carmine pink, outer margin yellowish, costal area ]iinkisli bull'.
Length of forewing : 17 — 22 mm.
Hab. Santo Domingo and La Oroya, 11. Inambari, ( larabaya, Peru, January 1901, October 1902, January 1903 (G. Ockenden) ; Minas (Jeraes (A. Kennedy).
14 S6.
47. Amaxia pardalis parva snbspec. nov. (PI. V. lig. 17).
S ■ This is the representative of the Central American jinrtluUs (PI. V. fig. 18) in the Guianas and I'razil. Similar to pardali.'t pnnliili.f, but smaller. The yelliiw is duUer anil the hindwing less rosy, more sa!mon-]>ink ; the dark colour in the basal area of forewing paler and the irregular liiotcli beyond the cell less oblique and less irregular in outline ; abdomen dull crimson mixed with yellow.
Length of forewing in pnn/iili.'i pan/ir/i.'i, S 18 mm.; in jianlulis purrii, S 13—15 ram.
Ilab. Aroewarwa Oeek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 1905 (S. M. Klages); Manaos, September 1906 (M. de Mathan).
12 Si, 1 ?.
48. Amaxia rufobasalis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 19).
S. Palpi, legs, and Irons yellow; crimson line on vertex; collar and tegulae yellow ; base of patagia and front of thorax crimson ; rest of patagia and thorax dark crushed-strawberry red ; abdomen dull crimson, sides of last
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segment whitish. Forewing : basal tliinl crushed strawberr.y washed with
grey outwardly, veins in this area crimson ; liasal fourth of costa bright yellow, rest duller, the outer third to apex dotted with crimson ; rest of wing semi- transparent dull yellow; an outer submarginal row of greyish manve dots and
ten ocellatcd greyish mauve s[)ots on the disc. Hindwing : costal third
opalescent pinkish wliite, rest crushed strawberry.
Length of forcwing : 18 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 19U0 (S. M. Klages).
9c?cf.
49. Areomolis basalis spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 20, 21).
S. Palpi greyish brown ; pectus orange-buff; legs orange-buff, streaked with brownish grey and crimson ; frons crimson ; head yellow, marked with crimson ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax streaked and irrorated with yellow, grey, and crimson ; abdomen orange buffy yellow with central dorsal row of crimson spots. Fore- wing greyish rnfons lirown, basal thinl more yellowish, this basal third crossed by two bright yellow and four crimson zigzag transverse lines ; near the outer margin between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 0 are two coalescent yellow spots with crimson rings. Hindwing : basal half buff, outer half blackish.
?. Similar, but wings broader, and the submarginal spots between veins 3 and 5 are three in number.
Length of forewing : S KJmm. ; ? 15 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1900 (S. M. Klages).
9 cJc?, 3 ? ?.
50. Areomolis alboapicalis spec. nov. (PI. VIL fig. 29).
$. Palpi, legs, head, tiiorax, and furewings deep brown ; a large wiiife spot
at apex. Hindwing deep salmon, outer margin brown ; abdomen dull crimson,
last three segments soofy brown.
Expanse : 31 mm.
Hab. Aroewarwa t'rcek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, March 1905 (S. M. Klages).
1 S.
51. Areomolis griseata sjiee. nov. (PI. V. fig. 22).
$. Palpi, pectus, and legs grey ; head grey ; two orange spots behind base of antennae ; tegulae grey with buffy yellow edges ; patagia grey ; thorax grey with central whitish line ; abdomen above grey, with segments 6, 7, and 8 yellow.
Forewing dark mouse-grey with veins picked out in pale whitish grey; from
costa to vein 2 a transverse line of wiiitisli sjiots crosses cell, and beyond it a
second line of five spots curves in and joins the first line. Hindwing whitish
grey, getting darker towards the onter margin.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
Hdh. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May I90C (S. M. Klages).
1 cJ.
52. Areomolis ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. V. figs. 23, 24).
cJ. Palj)! reddish lirown; [icctus orange-buff; legs orange-buff striped with greyish brown ; head whitish, collar crimson ; tegulae and ]iatagia brown ; thorax whitish with crimson lines; abdomen brownish orange-lmfl' with crimson rini^s.
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Forewing lU'eji greyish rnlims brown; lu^ir h-.iao a zigzag transverse white line edged with crimson ; fi similar line from costa across the cell ; near onter margin between veins '2 and 5 three white spots encircled with crimson : cilia chequered
witii jiinUish white and brown. Hindwing bntty yellow with a wide blackish
border, widest at apex and gradually narrowing (ill it fades away at anal angle.
I/ad. La Oroya, luambari U., (Jarabaya, Pern, :iliHi ft., November and December 1905 (G. R. Ockendeu); Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, July 1905; and Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1900 (S. M. Klages).
53. Parevia maculata sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 25).
?. Palpi and legs greyish yellow; head yellow; thorax yellowish grey- brown ; abdomen dull crimson. Forewing yellowish grey-brown, antemedian
and median irregular seraihyaline white band from costa to vein 3, edged narrowly with reddish ; an apical and four other marginal and submarginal whitish semihyaline s]iots edged with red ; a round yellow dot on inner margin one-third from the base. Hindwing dull crimson with wide sooty brown border.
Length of forewing : 14 mm.
/hi). Fonte Boa, Amazonas, August 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
54. Automolis albescens spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 20).
?. This is the largest species of the genus, for whereas A. graiidin and A. ilnmmuns have an expanse of 85 mm. this specimen has a total expanse of 95 mm.
Palpi clay-brown ; pectus white ; foreleg, tibia, and tarsus clay-brown, rest of leg crimson ; frons white ; summit of head crimson ; thorax and abdomen dirty
yellowish grey-white; antennae black. Forewing dirty yellowish grey-white;
hindwing semihyaline white.
Length of forewing : 44 mm.
Ihih. British Guiana (bought at Georgetown by Mr. Wliitford).
1 ?.
55. Automolis favillacea sjiec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 2s).
?. Palpi and legs brownish grey ; pectus greyish bnif; head and thorax pale wood-brown ; abdomen sooty brown, sides of first two and whole of anal segment
whitish grey.- Forewing f\iwn drab, strongly washed with wood-brown, dee]iest
in subbasul area and cell, where it forms a seuii-obliterat(^d transverse l)and and a ](at.ch respectively ; at apex and just before angle of iimer margin is respectively a dark brown patch joined by a submarginal row of brown dots; from the patch before the angle of inner margin there runs also to the costa a postmedian
transverse line of larger brown dots. Hindwing : costal area whitish, rest of
wing brownish mouse-grey.
Length of forewing : 22 mm.
JIah. Aroewarwa Greek, Maroewym Valley, Suriiuun, August 1905 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
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fill. Automolis ochracea spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 29).
S. Similar to ^1. ochraita Scbans (PI. V. fig. 30), but larger subb.isal liaiid of grey clashes more obliqne, and the one that crosses the end of cell instead
of being straight or slightly oblique is deeply concave. Hindwing has costal
margin straight, and shows no trace of the large scent gland and patch of androconia so conspicuous in ochrcata.
? . Larger.
Length of forewing : c? Is mm. ; ? 20 mm.
JIali. Santo Domingo, ("arabaya, S.E. Pern, Odiio ft.,. June lOtJl ; and La Oroya, R. luambari, Peru, 310U ft., September 1904 (G. Uckeaden). 4 cJc?, 4 ? ?.
57. Automolis metacrinis spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 27).
S. This species is intermediate between crims and hcrois. Leg.s and palpi grey-brown ; head whitish ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax whitish, strongly washed
and edged with crimson carmine ; abdomen carmine, tip whitish. Forewing
hyaline opalescent white, at the base a number of longitudinal brownish grey streaks forming a subbasal band ; this band is followed by a patch of pale yellow and then an almost straight transverse median band of blackish grey dashes, with more or less pale interspaces and veins. Hindwing white, washed with pale carmine.
Length of forewing : S 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm.
Ilab. Ouaca, Sta. Marta, 201)0 ft. (Engeike) ; Paramba, Ecuador, January to May 1897 (Rosenberg) ; S. Javier, li. Cachabi, and K. C'ayapas, N.W. Ecuador (Flemming & Miquetta).
1 (?,3 ? ?. "
r).s. Automolis fasciipuncta spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 31).
S. Palfii and legs whitisli ; head and tegulae and forepart of patagia and
thorax buff", hindpart whitish ; abdomen buft", first and last rings white.
Forewing: basal third white, rest liyaliue opalescent white; from costa to inner margin across cell a band of black dots and dashes, twelve in number ; two faint subbasal black dots.
Length of forewing : c? 20 mm. ; ? 22 mm.
Hab. La Union, H. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1904(G. Ockenden); La Oroya, R. luambari, Peru, November — December 1905 (G. Ockenden) ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Sejitember 1900 (S. M. Klages).
3 66, 1 ?.
59. Automolis nigropunctata spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 32).
S. Palpi white ; forelegs brown ; head, tegulae, and patagia buff; thorax and
abdomen white. Forewing : edge of costa brownish black ; a Ijrownish black dot
on vein on lower side of cell, a round blackish spot between veins 8 and 9 near outer margin, three blackish streaks above inner margin on disc between veins 1 and 4. Hindwing white.
Length of forewing : 24 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 190(3 (S. M. Klages).
1 6.
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^>0. Automolis bicolor spec. nov. (I'l. V. figs. 34, 35).
(?. Legs and \)a.\\n grey; pectus crimson; head buflf; thorax white, with
crimson spot; abdomen crimson, tip whitish. Fore- and hiudwings white,
slightly washed with yellow ; at the end of cell in forewing two or thre3 faint blackish streaks.
Length of forewing : c? IT mm. ; ? :.'(! nun.
Hab. Valencia, Venezuela ; Onaca, Sta. Marta, 2UWI ft. (Engelke).
(il. Automolis aureogrisea spec. nov. (PI. V. ti^;. :iii).
<J. Palpi whiti.sh yellow; leg.s yellow and black; head and tliorax golden yellow, with dark steel-grey patch where it joins abdomen ; abdomen orange yellow,
washed with grey. Forewing deep golden yellow, with large ovate steel-grey
patch, with bine reflections reaching from inner margin to beyond cell and from enter margin to within '2 mm. of base ; a yellow splash runs into this from central
third of inner margin. Hindwing opalescent yellowish grey, washed with
greyish brown, strongest towards outer margin.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hab. 8auto Uomingo, Carabaya, Pern, June lOiil (G. Ockenden).
62. Automolis prumaloides spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 38).
cj. Palpi white ; legs white ; head and thorax tawny olive-brown ; abdomen
crimson. Forewing: costa pale tawny olive-brown, with golden splash in the
centre ; the basal half of wing obliquely tawny olive-brown ; apical half hyaline yellow ; in the apical half the veins inwards from outer margin for about a millimetre blackish brown, vein In almost entirely dark. Hindwing salmon- crimson.
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : J 14 mm.; ? 14 mm.
Hah. Fonte P>oa, Amazonas, May 19Uii (8. M. Khiges).
1 <?, 1 ?.
•i3. Automolis cruenta spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 39).
S ■ Palpi, legs, head, thorax, and abdomen geraninm-red. Forewing scarlet,
densely irrorated with rose-carmine; at end of cell is a round semihyaline white spot about IJ mm. across; basal half of costa slate-bhie ; from the inner margin to vein 8 runs a transverse median band of slate-blue which curves round the top of the white spot and runs longitudinally to join the slaty fringe of outer margini ; from the base runs an indistinct slate-blue band which joins the median
one at inner margin. Hindwing pale rosy carmine, costal and outer margins
bright carmine.
Length of forewing : IS mm.
Hab. La Union, R. Huacamayo, f'arabaya, Peru, 2i)(i() ft., December 1904 (G. Ockenden); Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May I'.MJO (S. M. Klages).
4 6S.
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64. Automolis pseudidalus spue. nov. (I'l. VI. fig. 14).
?. Tall)! ami legs pale salmon-colour; head .scarlet ; tegulae yellow ; patagia and thorax yellow, streaked with orange-chrome; abdomen saltuon-cciloiir, last
two segments yellow. Forewing bright yellow, a hyaline spot in cell surronndi'd
by a number of ill-defined brownish grey blotches ; costa strongly washed and tesselated with greyish mauve-brown ; fringe of outer margin mauve-brown ; wing crossed by si.\ transverse vermicnlated bands of varying breadth of a reddish orange, the outer three consisting of more or less perfect half-moons, between
the fourth and fifth a line of mauve-grey spots. Hindwiug : costal third
yellowish bnfl', rest salmon-colour.
Length of fore wing : 30 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Jnly I'.MJT (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
fi.j. Automolis propinqua sjiec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 2).
(J. Palpi, pectus, middle and hindlegs yellowish white; forelegs, head, and
thorax vermilion, slightly irrorated with yellow ; abdomen pale crimson.
Forewing bnffy orange, irrorated with crimson and banded with leaden grey, much as in A. crocos. The most pronounced difference is in the hyaline yellow patcii, which is larger and much wider than in ,1. crocos, but does not reach the outer
margin as in that species. Hindwing hyaline buff washed with salmon-crimson,
not crimson as in crocos.
Length of forewing : 22 mm.
Hab. R. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, June 1904 (G. Ockenden).
1 (?.
'')'i. Automolis apiciplaga spec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 3). ?. Palpi, tibiae of forelegs, head, thorax, and abdomen crimson scarlet.
Forewing : basal three-fifths obliquely crimson scarlet, strongly washed with greyish mauve ; apical two-fifths yellow with large apical pitch of crimson scarlet washed with greyish manve. Hindwing paler crimson scarlet.
Length of forewing : 17 ram.
hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, November lOOf! (S. BL Klages).
1 ?.
67. Automolis flavonotata spec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 4).
?. Palpi pale brick-red ; forelegs, tarsi yellow, rest crimson ; head and thorax yellow, almost cuverccl with crimson irrorations ; abdomen pale crimson, with
yellowish dorsal median line. Forewing : basal haif obli(piely rosy magenta ;
near the base from the costa half across the wing a large yellow patch slightly irrorated with crimson ; from the inner margin beyond this to within the cell a large wedge-shaped yellow jiatch almost hidden by scarlet irrorations; apical half yellow, dotted sparingly with rose dots, a subapical long narrow patch
of rosy magenta edged with crimson. Hindwing pale carmine with yellowish
margin.
Length of forewing : 18 mm.
Hub. Sau Antonio do Javary, Amazonas, June 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
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08. Automolis carmesina spec. nov. (I'l. VI. figs. 5, (i).
tj. Palpi yellowisb, bonlered with crimson ; iiectiis white ; forelegs crimson, rest of legs white ; tarsi auil tibiae tipped witli lirick-red ; liead and thorax crimson,
irrorated with yellow ; abdomen and hiudwiug dnil crimson. Forewing greyish
crimson-scarlet, banded transversely with fonr irregnlar bands of orange and scarlet irroratious, hyaline patch of three spots surrounded by scarlet crimson line.
? similar and larger, bnt the hyaline patch smaller, consisting of two spots only, and the transverse bands more distinct.
Length of forewing : c? 19 mm. ; ? :i.) mm.
Hab. Foute Boa, Amazonas, July I'JtHj (S. M. Klages).
110. Automolis pseudopraemolis si)ec. 'nov. (I'l. VI. tig. I).
S- Falpi and head blood-red; tegnlae yellow edged with brick-red ; patagia, thora.K, and abdomen orange, washed and irrorated with mauve-grey ; sides of
two middle segments of abdomen dull crimson. Forewing : costa brick-red
marked with dull mauve and bnlTy orange ; basal third very obliquely dull pinkish mauve with some half obliterated yellow patches irrorated with scarlet ; on the oblique outer border of this basal third is a bright blood-red band from costa to vein 3 ; near apes a dull brick-red streak runs obliquely from
costa halfway to outer margin ; outer two-thirds of wing yellow. lliudwing
yellowish buff, strongly washed with pale crimson.
Length of forewing : 2ti mm.
Hab. La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, September I'JUl (G. Ockenden).
3 is.
71). Automolis luteorosea spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 40).
?. Palpi grey and white; i)ectus yellow; legs grey; head orange; tegulae
white ; patagia and thorax bully yellow ; abdomen dull crimson. Forewing
bnffy yellow crossed by two broad bands conijiosed of maroon brownish grey longitudinal patches ; the subbasal one obli<iue, the jwstmedian straight and very
broad, between the bands white, with a yellow patch within the white. Hindwing
dull crimson.
Length of forewing : 111 mm.
Hab. Christianeburg, British Guiana.
1 ?.
71. Automolis ockendeni sjiec. nov. (PI. \'. fig. 41).
(J?. Palpi, head, thorax, abdomen and forewing deep velvety black, across the latter runs an olili([ue golden bulV band from middle of costa almost to angle
of inner margin. Hindwing, costal two-fiftiis pearl-grey, outer three-fifths deep
iilack.
Hab La Oroya, R. Inambari, Peru, Sei)tember l'.tii4 (G. Ockenden).
7 S6.
71a. Automolis ockendeni lativitta sub.sp. nov. (IM. V. fig. 42).
J. Differs from orht'uilcni ochcn'/cni by having sliorter forewing and the oblique band niueh darker, more orange buff, and one-third wider. I lab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July l'JU7 (8. M. Klages). 4 6S.
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72. Automolis subflammans spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 11).
S. Differs from Jhimmans Ijy its mncli broader and blunter wings and
duller colour. Forewing dull ferruginous brown ; only four instead of si.x
white submarginal spots at outer margin, hyaline ])atch yellowish, much smaller,
and made uj) of four, not six spots. Hindwing reddish salmon, a hyaline white
patch of two spots in centre ; antennae much more strongly pectinated.
Length of forewing : 29 mm.
Uab. Sta C'athariua, Brazil ; Bogota.
T3. Automolis subtruncata spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 12).
?. Similar to ? of ^1. pandiona, but forewing less truncate.
Legs, palpi, head, and thorax buffy greyish cinnamon ; abdomen huffish, pale
crimson dorsally. Forewing cinnamon brown, a yellow dot at base ; basal
half with three irregular rows of yellow spots ; a postmedian discal row of two hyaline ovate spots with above and below a hyaline dot ; between ape.x and vein 8 a yellow patch with veins browu ; on each side of vein 7 two yellow sulimarginal
spots and a yellow streak after vein 7. Hindwing : costal half huffish, outer
half pale crimson.
Length of forewing : 27 mm.
Hab. Sta. Catharina, Brazil.
1 ¥.
74. Automolis hyalina spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 33).
S. Palpi, forelegs, and head black; collar, thorax, and abdomen golden
orange. Forewing smoky hyaline, clearer in a[iical third; a curved sooty
grey semihyaliue transverse line crosses wing one-third from outer margin ; basal third golden orange, from middle of costa runs oblirpiely towards base
a broad hyaline steel-blue band ending near base at vein 1 in a ])oint.
Hindwing hyaline ; inner margin broadly golden, a black [)atch 4-5 mm. long and 3 mm. wide near anal angle.
?. Similar, but hindwing all buff, and in place of black patch cilia brown.
Length of forewing ; c? 19 mm. ; ? 17 mm.
Hab. La Oroya, Carabaya, Peru, OOiiO ft., July 19U4 (G. Ockenden); Colombia (A. E. Pratt).
(3 cJcJ, 1 ?.
75. Automolis griseipennis spec. nov. (PI. VI. figs. 7, 8).
(?. Paljii and legs sooty grey ; frons shining blue ; head and thorax dark grey, a metallic blue dot at base of each antenna ; abdomen, basal four segments reddish orange or lemon-yellow, anal five segments sooty black with a central
and two lateral lines of metallic blue spots. -Forewing brownish grey, outer half
obli(inely much paler, separated from basal half by an ill-dclined yellowish grey line. Hindwing brownish grey with an orange-buff scent gland near base.
?. Similar, but larger, and the two halves of forewing less sharply separated in shade of grey.
Length of forewing : S 21 mm. ; ? 2.3 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 19U6 (S. M. Klages).
8 (?cJ,2 ¥ ?
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7*5. Automolis docis Hiibuer (PI. VII. ligs. 3i)-41).
I have 13 (?c? anil 0 ? ? of this si)ecies from between Itaitulia and Obitlos, January — April lOUU (W. Hoffinaas) ; Obidos, Araazonas, October — November 1904 (M. de Mathau) ; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, rjOG— 1007 (S. M. Khiges) ; ami San Antonio do Javary, Amazonas, May l'.i07 (S. M. Klages). Those si)eeimens show a very great variation ignite irrespective of locality. The one extreme is deep grey, with the patagia edged with dull red, and the basal two segments of the abdomen cinnabar red, the red line on forewing hardly defined, and hindwing iiiiiform grey with orange scent spot; the other extreme has the tegnlae, jiatagia iiiid thorax orange scarlet, eilged witii dull black, first two seg- ments of abdomen orange scarlet, forewing orange scarlet edged with black, and hindwing orange rose, broadly bordered with black.
77. Automolis niveomaciilata spec nov. (I'l. VI. fig. 21).
(J. (Similar to ^1. alhiphiga (I'l. VI. fig. 2n), but much larger. Total expanse : albiplaqa, 35 mm. ; niveomacidalu, 45 mm.
Differs from albiplaf/a in having the palpi black instead of white ; the patagia sooty grey, with a central white stripe iusteail of an indistinct greyish white line, and the terminal third wliite as in (iU///i//i(/a ; abdomen has only two yellow lateral patches, one on each side of the segments S and 0, not five
as in albijilnqa, on each side of segments 5 to 9. Forewing : basal two-thirds
have the veins distinctly and broadly jinre wliite, not faintly indicated in paler grey as in albijiUuia ; jwstmedian ovate white patch jiurer white an<l much
larger, occuj>ying fully one-fourth of the wing area. Hindwing: the disc is
much more extended white, which colour also is more sharply defined from the ground-colour of the wing; apex of wing much more produced, which gives it a much more triangular shajie than in albiphdja.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hnb. La Union, K. Huacamayo, Carabava, Peru, November 1'JU4 (G. Ockenden).
1 cJ.
78. Automolis uniformis sjiec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 2ti).
(?. Palpi and legs brownish grey ; head and collar orange ; tegulae brownish grey, with faint white edging on inner side ; patagia and thorax brownish grey ; abdomen sooty, last segment brownish grey, three lateral yellow patches on each
side of segments fi, 7, and 8. Forewing brownish olive-grey ; veins olive-buff.
Hindwing sooty black, with central area of disc whitish grey.
Length of forewing : is min.
Hab. Arocwarwa Creek, Maniewyiu Valley, Surinam, .April IIO.'j (S. M. Klages).
1 6.
70. Automolis klagesi spec. nov. (PI. V. fig. 43).
cJ. Pal|)i and legs brownisii grey, stri]ied longitudinally with white; head black, edged with white; collar orange; tegulae, patagia, and tliorax brownish black, slightly edged with olive-buff; abdomen brownish blue-black, with five
lateral orange-yellow ])atches on each sidc^ of segments 3 to 7. Forewing
velvety brownish black; veins in basal (wo-l birds olive-buff; a postmedian
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oblique band of buffish yellow from the costa to angle of inner margin, narrower behind. Iliiidwing brownish sooty black, centre greyish white.
Length of forewing : IS mm.
llab. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, May I'.iOO (S. M. Klages).
1 S.
so. Automolis godmani Drnce.
This is a distinct sjiecies, and not the ¥ of nitili/s, which has a ? similar to the (?.
81. Automolis cingulata spec. nov. (PL VI. fig. 1:^4).
?. Ditiers from ? of rufiliis in liaving entirely black hindwings and abroad yellow abdominal belt formed by the sixth and seventh segments being entirely yellow.
Length of forewing: 21 mm.
Hab. Quevedo, W. Ecuador (v. IJnchwald).
2 ?¥.
82. Automolis sypilus Cram.
Sir George Hampson says {Gat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mas. vol. iii. }i. 57) that this species was unknown to him, and that it might be the ? of parkanli or drawn from a rubbed specimen. I have 5 c?(? and 1 ?. These specimens are in perfect condition, and the ? exactly agrees with Cramer's figure. The c? ranch resembles I'rumala saturata Walk., but there are two lateral yellow patche.s nearly meeting dorsally, one on each side of the third segment of the abdomen, instead of the basal half of abdomen being yellow, and the longitudinal central orange band of forewing is reduced to three widely separated orange streaks.
83. Automolis pseudameoides spec. nov.
S ■ This species resembles Fnarndd, ami'oides. Palpi and legs brownish black, streaked longitudinally with yellowish white; head and collar white; tegulae golden yellow, broadly edged on inner side with black ; patagia golden yellow ; thorax golden yellow, with central black line ; abdomen velvety black, yellow on
sides of first two segments, and liaving white streaks on last four segments.
Forewing: costal edge and vein 11 buff, rest of wing black; from base to angle of inner margin ]ilaced obliiiuely is a large diamond-shaiied golden yellow patch occupying one-third of the wing area; in the apical half of the wing is another large golden yellow irregularly triangular patch, and between the two from the
outer margin to edge of cell runs a narrow buff line. Hindwing yellowish
buff, with a broad band of sooty brownish reaching from anal angle to middle of outer margin ; costal third of the wing occupied by an enormous scent gland and jialch of androconia.
? . Similar, but sooty brown ; abdomen above and on sides entirely deep brown glossed witli blue, and merely a few whitish scales near tip ; the two
golden yellow patches on forewing smaller ; veins whitish. -Hindwing deep
sooty brown ; basal third yellow.
Length of forewing : S I'.t mm. ; ? 21 mm.
Iliih. La Union, U. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 10ii4 ((3. Ockenden).
7 cJcJ, 2 ? ?.
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84. Automolis asara I'nuc. This is a very distinct sjiecies, not ;it all iilcnticai \\\th//((i-i'scciis Walk.
So. Automolis superba Driioe. This is distiuct from salma Diiice.
^6. Automolis salma Druce. This is (jiiite distinct from the preceding.
87. Automolis luteola spec. nov. (I'l. VI. tig. 0).
i . Allii'd to hoHoro Scluuis, but j>ectns dee]) Initl', not black, with two wliite spots ; bead, thorax, and basal halt' of abdomen orange bnfi'; ajiical half of
abdomen black, with three rows of glittering bhie spots. Fore- and hindwiugs
golden bntJ".
?. Similar, bnt wings orange-buff.
Lengtli of forewing : $ 10 mm.; ? '1\ mm.
Hah. I'atao Gniria, August 1891 ; C'ucuta, Venezuela ; Patino Cue, Paraguay, February (Montforts) ; Sapncay, Paraguay, July 14, 10t)2 (W. Forster).
3 icJ, 2 ?.
88. Automolis garleppi inversa subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. J 7).
i. Similar to yarZfc'/j/j/ garleppi (PI. VI. tig. ISj, bnt the large fuscous patch near angle of inner n)argin (fornus) reduced to an oval streak, while the three yellow costal j)atches are mncli larger.
Hub. 8anto Uomingo, Carabaya, Pern, November IDMl (G. Uckenden).
5 cJ c? (13 SS of garlcjij/i (/arleppi in Tring Museum).
89a. Automolis buckleyi harterti subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 15).
S. Similar to bui-khnji bucklfi/i (I'l. VI. fig. Ki), but dilfers in the forewing being golden yellow instead of orange-salmon, and the parts between the sulphur- yellow costal patches as well as the apical area crimson scarlet.
Hah. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October lOuG and July l'JU7 (S. M. Klages).
0 Si.
SDm. Automolis buckleyi whitfordi subspec. nov.
(??. Similar to biickh'i/i hurldeiii, but diflers in the forewing being ])ale vermilion, not orange-salmon, and in the black lines bordering the yellow costal patches being ranch wider and more pronounced.
Hab. British Gniana (bought at (ieorgetown by Mr. \Vhitford).
1 <J, 1 ? (2 (^c? of biicl.-li'i/i biickU'iji in Tring Museum).
'•'!). Automolis persimilis spec. nov. (I'l. VI. lig. 2o).
i. At first sight this species woulil be mistaken Ibr Idalitu flavoplaga Schaus. Palpi whitish ; pectus golden yellow ; head yellow, a black spot on frons and behind antennae; tegulae orange golden, with a black spot on each; patagia and thorax stri[)ed longitudinally yellow and brown ; abdomen : basal three segments above black, yellow at sides, central ones golden yellow, three end ones blue- black, the last with pure white anal tuft. Forewing mummy-brown, all the
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veins strouglj' bnffish _vellow ; a larjje woili^e-shajipil postmedian yellow jiatcli from costa obliquely to vein 5. Hiiidwiiiy- yellow.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Ilab. La Oroya, 11. Inambari, f'araliaya, S.E. Pern, >Sei)tember and October 10114, March, Nnveralier, and l>eceiiiber Uhi,'), and La Union, ]{. Hnacamayo, ('ara- baya, Peru, December Iyu4, and Tiiiguri, Oarabaya, Angust l'JU4 (G. Ockeuden).
■M 33.
Ooa. Automolis persimilis marginata snbspec. uov. (PI. VI. tigs. 22, 23).
c?. Similar to persimilis persimilis, bnt hindwing has costal half yellow, rest of wing sooty brown.
¥. Has hindwing yellow, broadly margined with brown.
Bab. Tuis, Costa Rica; Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages).
1 3,2 33.
91. Automolis brunnescens s])ec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 10).
3. Palpi and legs mnmmy-brown ; head and tegulae creamy white; patagia longitudinally outer half mummy-brown, inner half creamy white; tliorax creamy
white ; abdomen pale orange, last segment bnfif. Forewing mummy-brown with
pale whitish dot beyond cell ; in some specimens this is a distinct spot, in others
hardly visible. Hindwing : costal two-fiftiis buff, along inner margin orange
yellow, outer two-fifths sooty brown.
?. Larger entire hindwings sooty gre3'-brown.
Length of forewing : 3, 21 mm. ; ? , 25 mm.
Hal/. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July and August 1967 (S. M. Klages).
10 33, 1 ?.
91a. Automolis brunnescens unicolor snbspec. nov. (PI. VL fig. 10).
c?. Difiers from brunncsciiis brunnescens by the palpi, head, legs, and thorax being uniform brown and the forewing without the central whitish spot. Hab. Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 19()0 (J. Steinbachj.
1 3.
92. Automolis griseonitens spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 27).
3 . Nearly allied to .1. amjnlosa Walk. Palpi, legs, and pectus black, strongly iridescent with steel-blue; head blue; tegulae orange; patagia black, slightly glossed with steel-blue ; thorax bright glittering blue ; alidomen, first two segments
orange, rest iridescent steel-bine. Forewing greyish black, strongly iridescent
with steel-green ; an antemedian transverse orange band as in angulosa, bnt nearly double as wide ; the oblicpie subapical orange baud also wider, but farther from
apex, so that the dark aiiical area is larger than in tini//ilo,sa. Hindwing : basal
half bullish orange, outer half brownish steel-blue; all wings broader than in unffulosa (PI. VI. fig. 29).
? . Similar.
Length of forewing : (?, 22 mm. ; ?,2;jmm.
Ilab. La Oroya, 1{. Inambari, S.E. Peru, March 1905, and Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Pern, October 1902 and January 19u3 (G. Ockenden).
2 33,1 ?.
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93. Automolis ardesiaca spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 28).
(J. Also close to angulosa Walk. (PI. VI. fig. 2'.>)- Palpi, pectus, legs, and head dark blackish slate, strongly iridescent witii l)riglit blue ; tegnlae buft' ; patagia and thoru.K pale slate-grey with bluish iridescence ; abdomen deep
iridescent bine, first two segments bnff. ^Forewing pale slate-grey with blnish
green gloss ; a broad antemedian transverse and a broad snbapical band buff ;
the latter is so broad that only the bare ape.\ is dark. Hindwing : basal hall"
bnf}', outer lialf brown-grey with Iduish gloss.
Length of forewing : c?, 20 mm.
Hab. Tnis, Costa Rica.
2 S3.
94. Automolis alboatra spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 30).
S. Paljii, basal half orange, apical half blackish brown; pectus orange; legs blackish brown ; frons blackish brown ; head and collar orange, a black spot between and one behind antennae ; tegnlae and jiatagia, longitudinally, inner half brownish black, outer half creamy white ; thorax and abdomen above brownish
black, sides and last two segments of abdomen orange. Forewing brownish
black, veins 1, 2, and 3 slightly picked out in dull grey, basal half of wing from costa to vein 2 creamy white ; in apical third a broad obliijue creamy white
band, reaching from costa to outer margin. Hindwing : costal two-thirds
creamy white, ape.x and inner third sooty greyish black.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Ildb. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July 1906 (S. M. Klages); Rio Demerara ; La Union, R. Hnacamayo, ('arabaya, Peru, November 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inam- bari, S.E. Pern, March 190;'. ((i. Ockenden).
4 3i.
95. Automolis semicostalis spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 31).
?. Palfii and legs sooty brown ; head orange, a black dot behind antennae ; tegnlae and patagia, longitudinally, outer half wliite, inner half sooty brown ; thorax and abdomen sooty brown, four lateral orange spots on each side, one on
each side of segments 4, T), G, and 7. Forewing sooty brown, basal half of
costa erraniy white, a snl)apieal oblirjue broad band of |iure white from costa to outer margin. — — Hindwing sooty brown, a whitish jiatch on basal half of costal area.
(?. Similar.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Ilab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, October 1906 (S. M. Klages); Paramaribo, December 1SU2 ((!. W. Ellaeombe).
1 (J, 1 ?.
O.^A. Automolis semicostalis apicalis snbs]iec. nov.
?. Similar to srm/rostalis semicostalis, but wiiole apical two-fifths of fore- wing white. This may j.rove a distinct species, bearing the same relationship to semicostalis that godmnni does to rutilus ; but the nniipie specimen is too damaged to decide.
Ilab. Ten miles above Mapiri, Bolivia, 2U0o ft, 1895 (Maxwell Stuart).
1 ?.
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9G. Automolis packardi saturata subspec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 33).
c??. Similar to -packardi paclmrdi (PI. VI. fig. 32), but innch larger, the brown much deeper and riolier, and all orange markings narrower. Ilab. Hio Deraerara, British Guiana; 8ta. Catharina, Brazil.
1 (?,2 ? ?.
This may lie a distinct species.
97. Automolis uuderwoodi spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 34).
$. Similar to A. pratti, but at once recognisable in the forewing by the basal two-thirds of costa being orange yellow and the longitudinal orange-yellow band
being much wider, half filling cell. No fuscous cilia. -Hindwing more extended
yellow.
Hah. Costa Rica (Underwood).
98. Automolis rosenbergi spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 3.5).
(J?. Very similar to A. collateralis, but no yellow on costa and the central longitudinal band of forewing much narrower and curved downwards near a|ie.\, and it tloes not reach outer marifin.
o
Hab. Paramba, Ecuador, 3000 ft., March 1897 (W. F.Rosenberg); Hacienda Ave Maria, West Ecuador (Bnchwald) ; Tachira, Venezuela (Briceno). 3 cJ(?,5 ? ?.
99a. Automolis vitrea borealis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 3).
c??. Resembles ritrea n'tiv/i, but dift'ers by having the black markings in basal half of forewing much reduced and wider apart, the paler lines cinnamon- yellow instead of brown, the dark markings on thorax much paler and the light ones orange-salmon, not brown, the siibmarginal row of black spots on forewing generally complete, consisting of five spots instead of one to three, hindwing yellowish salmon-pink instead of yellow-bn(f, and by the last two segments of abdomen being orange, not black.
//all. Orizaba, Mexico, Jannary to A])ril (\V. Schaus); (Jiudad de Guatemala (Hxxlrigaez); Huatuxco, Vera (!ruz; Costa Rica (Underwood); Rosary Mine, Spanish Honduras.
8 c?fT,.'J ? ?.
99b. Automolis vitrea occidentalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 4).
(?. Differs from ritrea vitrea (PI. VII. fig. 2) in having the lighter jHirtions of the basal half of forewing chestnut, in the costal half rosy, in the inner half and hindwing washed with deep salmon ; the abdomen is orange-rnfous.
I/ab. La Union, R. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1904 (G. Ockenden).
0 6S.
99c. Automolis vitrea meridionalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. I).
(?. Has the black streaks in basal hall' of forewing almost obsolete, and the jiink spread over basal tliiiil of the wing.
//a/). Sajiucay, Paraguay, June ll.t02 (\V. Foster) ; 8. Brazil.
2 (JcT.
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100. Automolis intermedia spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 37).
<S. Tliis species forms the coniiceting link between A. vitrca and ^1. tifhrin. Palpi gre}-; liead and legs white; tegulae white with two brownish streaks on the enter edge ; pafagia and thora.x white, with lirownish yellow edges ; abdomen
dnll yellow, a white dorsal sjiot on eacli of the three first segments. Forewing
hyaline wliite, basal half with some irregnlar semi-obliterated blackish streaks ; at end of cell a brown ocellated spot ; from angle of inner margin (tornns) rnns a brown streak for abont 3 mm.; above this on disc are a few ])ale grey dots
and a brown spot between veins 6 and 7 near outer margin. Hindwing hyaline
white, yellow from inner margin to vein 2.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hab. La Union, H. Hnacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, November 19t)4 (G. Ockenden).
im. Automolis reticulata spec. nov. (PI. VI. fig. 3.s).
S. Palpi and tibiae of forelegs brown-grey ; tarsi and remaining legs white ;
head, thorax, and abdomen earthy brown with paler reticnlations. Forewing:
basal third earthy brown, reticulated with yellow spots, apical two-thirds yellowish hyaline with an irregnlar broad postmedian l)and and reticulations of earthy brown. Hindwing hyaline white, a large brown patch at apex.
Length of forewing : 17 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, July lOOG (S. M. Klages).
1 6.
102. Castrica sordidior spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. t\).
S. This species has the forewing mnch less truncate, more pointed, and the hindwing ronnder, less angnlated ; the jiectns is orange, not lemon-yellow ; the thorax olive-green, not bright olive-yellow ; abdomen black-brown, not yellow, last
segment olive-yellow. The forewing has the olive-green areas mnch darker and
the hyaline areas mnch reduced by increased olive-green markings; the inner marginal area yellowish green, not yellow. Hindwing olive-grey, not yellow.
Hub. Caparo, Trinidad, November lOn."), and Fonte Boa, Aniazonas, May 190(; (S. M. Klages).
4c?cf.
lo3. Melesse peruviana sjjcc nov. (PI. VII. figs. 7, 8).
?. This species is nearest to ^f. Inodamia Drnce (PI. VII. fig. 10). The whole forewing is, however, imrplish grey-brown, and there are in basal half a number of yellow spots enclosed in crimson scarlet rings; a similar spot in cell; outer margin from apex to vein 3 yellow as in luoildmia, but (he scarlet inner line runs into the yellow in a nuni])er of conical points; postmedian yellow; costal patch larger, more (piadrate, and hardly produced towards aju'x.
S. Almost identical, but the spots on basal half of forewing larger.
Length of forewing : ? 23 mm.; S 18 mm.
Hab. Santo Domingo, CJarabaya, Peru, November litol, July, October, December 1902, September 1904, and March I',mi5 (G. Oekmden).
19 JcJ, 2 ? ?.
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104. Melesse klagesi spec. nov. '(PI- VII. fig. 11).
?. (Jlosely allied to .1/. haboxd Donfiiin (PI. VII. fig. 12) and M. cliiriquensis Schaus. DiliVis iVdin hnhom in tho black spots in and around apex of cell of forewing being larger and very distinct, somewhat ocellate; tiie postineilian hyaline patch consists of a central linear oblong streak and the upper and lower spots reduced to dots, while in babosa the npper and central spots are large and irregular
in shape, and the lower one only is a dot. Tlindwing sooty grey, black instead
of jiale grey ; abdomen bright crimson instead of pale j)inkish crimson.
Length of fore wing : 13 mm.
Ilab. Aroewarwa ('reek, Maroewyra Valley, Surinam, March lOofi (S. M. Klages). ^2 ? ?.
HVi, Melesse flavipuucta spec. nov. (PI. VII. figs. 13, 14).
S. Palpi ])ale crimson; head cinnamon-brown; base of antennae and collar
pale crimson ; thorax cinnamon-brown ; abdomen rosy crimson. Forewing
cinnamon-brown, ai)ical jiortion of costal margin and the outer margin rosy crimson ; a snbliasal round liiack spot, a lialf-obi iterated darker median band and a (lark jiatcli at end of cell; aliout one-third from the base on vein 1 is a round spot ; npper half yellow, lower half orange. Hindwing rosy cwimson.
? . Larger and rather ]ialer.
Lengtii of forewing : J 15 mm. ; ? 11) mm.
Hub. C!aparo, Trinidad, November 19(15 (S. M. Klages), type; Quevedo, AV. Ecuador (v. Bnchwald); La Union, U. Huacaraayo, f !arabaya, Peru, December 1904 (G. Ockenden) ; Aroewarwa (ireek, Maroewym Valley, Surinam, April 19U5 (S. M. Klages); Sta. Catharina, Brazil; Fonte P>oa, Amazoiias, October 19(i(i (S. M. Klages); Bnenavista, East Bolivia, August 1900 (.1. Steinbach); Paramaribo, July 1892 ; S. Javier, R. C'achabi, Ecuador (Flemraing & Miquetta).
21 3S, 13 ? ¥.
106. Melesse quadripuuctata spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 15).
?. Palpi and head yellowish crimson: thorax cinnamon-brown, variegated
with yellowish crimson; abdomen and hindwing pale salmon-pink. lAu'ewing
deep ciuDaraon-brown ; costal and outer margin crimson ; at end of cell a crimson dot with dark ring ; a similar larger s[iot between veins 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 : on vein 1 is a yellow spot with a crimson ring.
Lengtii of forewing : 20 mm.
Hub. Huancabamba, Cerro de Pasco, 6000—10,000 ft., Peru (Bottger).
1 ?.
107. Melesse iuconspicua spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 2S).
¥. Head and body i)ale yellowish grey-brown. Forewing darker, with
five half-obliterated transverse dotted l)lai-kish lines. Hindwing fuscous maize,
semihyaline.
Length of forewing : 12 mm.
Hab. Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
1 ?.
4
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108. Bertholdia ockendeni spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. K,).
(1. Allied to Ji. mi/o.stirtd llra]isi).
Head and tborax rnfous tawny ; aliilonu'ii nisy crimsdii, last seu-mcut biaik
with white tnf'ts. Forewin? orange-tawny, mure golden towards inner margin ;
enter margin nnit'orni dark limwn ; eilia with whitish dots at end of veins; on
vein 1, one-third from base, is a round golden yellow spot. Hindwiiig hyaline
pinkish white, along inner margin broadly pale carmine.
Length of forewing : ~;! — ■-'.") mm.
Hub. Oconeqne, Carabaya, Fern, .lidy l'.iit4 ((t. (•ckenilen).
3 cJc?,2 ? ?.
Hi!i. Bertholdia rubromaculata spec nov. (PI. Yll. fig. IT).
?. Palpi white tipped with crimson; base of antennae crimson; head and
thorax greyish cinnamon ; abdomen rosy crimson witli whitish anal tuft.
Forewing ochraeeons cinnamon, more vinaceous in aiucal thinl, hyaline patch yellow ; a crimson streak at base of inner margin, a white dot on vein 1, and above
this dot a large scarlet blotch. Hindwing hyaline pinkish white, rosy carmine ou
and beyond inner margin.
i. Similar.
Length of forewing : ? 21 mm.; S IS mm.
Hab. Oconeqne, Carabaya, Peru, .Inly 10il4 (G. Ockenden).
3 cJcJ, 1 ?.
IP). Bertholdia steinbachi spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 19).
?. Head and thorax crimson, iriin-ated with yellowish grey ; abdomen crimson.
Forewing : basal two-thirds crimson, washed with yellow towards hyaline
jiatch, onter third vinaceous lirown, hyaline jnitch yellowish; white dot on vein 1. Hindwing hyaline pinkish white, ])ale manve-jiink along inner margin.
c?. Similar.
Length of forewing : 20 mm.
Hab. Salta, N. Argentina, and Tucuman (d. Steinbach).
1 c?, 1 ?.
111. Bertholdia grisescens spec. nov. (PI. VII. lig. is).
?. Palpi white with j)ink tips; head and thorax ])ale monse-grey with
narrow yellow edges ; abdomen crimson. Forewing : costal edge in basal third
mauve-pink, then along hyaline patch creamy white, then pink to apex, cilia of outer margin grey with pink dots at end of veins ; whole wing pale monse-grey, •shaded with darker grey in outer two-thirds ; on vein 1 a golden yellow spot, and
a similar nearer the base, half way between vein 1 and the costa. Hindwing
hyaline, a wide grey border on outer and costal margins, inner margin crimson, hyaline jiatch edged with intense black.
J. Similar.
Length of forewing : ? :!4 ram. ; cj 185 mm.
Ilab. La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, January I'.hkI, and Tiuguri, Carabaya, August 101)4, and Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Decemlier l'."i2 ((i. Ockenden); Salidero, N.\V. Ecuador, February U»i)i (Flemming iV Miiiuctta) : La Alerced,
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R. Toro, Pern, Rp]itninl)er 1001 (Simons) ; 8ajinray, Paratfnay, Ja,nnary 9, 1905, and Di'ceinlier 31, l'.i04 (W. Foster) ; ('olaiul)ia, K. ( iayajias, N.W. Ecuador (Fleraming & Miqnetta).
14 ? ?,1T 6S.
112. Prumala intensa spec. nov. (PI. IV. fij^. 19).
c??. Very clo.se to P. Iiieroiihipliica Schaus, bnt tlie markings mnoh more intense. The red markings of tbrewings much more intense and larger, the subapical oblique brown line of hieroghjphicn replaced in iiifi'i/S't. by a broad deeji brown band, and the inner margin more than twice as wide as in liirio^jhjpliica and deep brown.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Araazonas, May— August 1907 (S. M. Klages).
1 d", 1 ?, in Tring Museum.
113. Hyponerita sardauapalus spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 21).
?. Palpi and head crimson ; a yellow patch on vertex ; thorax and forewing brilliant deep crim.son, strongly washed with iri<lescent plum pnr|)le ; ai)ical two-thirds of costa and outer margin to vein 2 yellow, a median tiiangular costal
jiateh also yellow. Ilindwing salmon-bnfi' : ;didonien scarlet dorsally, bnlf
laterally.
i . Similar, bnt hindwing yellow buff.
Length of forewing : 13;") mm.
Huh. La Union, T{. Huacamayo, Carabaya, Pern, December 1904 (G. Ockenden); Fonte Boa, Amazonas, May 1906 (S. M. Klages).
3 <?c?, 5 ¥ ?.
114. Hyponerita grandis spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 20).
c? ? . Similar to //. inrerta Schans, bnt much larger. Palpi, heail, and legs
pale yellow ; thorax deep ranmmy-brown ; abdomen crimson. Forewing deep
mummy-brown ; apical two-thirds of costal edge yellow, a large median irregular triangular costal patch yellow, a subapical smaller one, and the outer margin from vein 10 to vein 1 irregularly ycdlow. -Hindwing hyaline bull'.
Length of forewing : ? 20 mm. ; c? 10 mm.
Hub. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, Peru, November 1902 (G. Ockenden).
2 6S,Q ? ?.
11."). Paranerita klagesi spec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 22).
(? ?. Near to P. metiipi/riu Dogniu (PI. VII. fig. 23).
Differs at first sight from mi'tapi/ria by its abruptly truncate and pointed forewing ; the subaj)ic;il mauve pat('h is s(jnare, not ovate, and is joined to the oblique basal half of wing by a broad mauve band ; a white ])atcli and yellow dot in basal tliir<l of forewing; thorax bhickish mauve instead of pale pinkish lavender.
Length of forewing : S 15mm; ? 17 mm.
Hub. Fonte P>oa, Amazonas, August I'.iilii (S. M. Klages).
1 cJ, 1 ?.
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116. Pseudalus leos occidentalis subspec. nov. (PI. VII. fig. 27).
(J. Similar to Iro.s Ico.s, but the uhli(|ne liiio from middle of inner marijin to just before apex is not. broken np into dots, tlie spot in cell is larger and the wing more poiiiteil.
I fab. Tinguri, Carabaya, August 1!)04, and La Uioya, li. luambari, 8.E. Peru, March l'.iuri(G. Ockendeu).
117. Pseudalus aurantiacus spec. nov. (PI. VII. figs. 25, 20).
S. Palpi, h'gs, head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow. Forewing yellow,
strongly snfl'nspd with rnfons orange ; an anteniediaii and postmedian oblique deep
rnfons brown line across the wing from costa to inner margin. llindwing pale
salmon.
?. Resembles 7'. /cos /fos, bnt the postmedian band is integral and strongly marked, the antemedian unbroken and straighter, and the fVn-ewing is shorter and rounder.
Length of forewing : 6 12 mm. ; ? 18 mm.
Hub. Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewyra Valley, 8urinam, A))ril H'OS (S. M. Klages).
0 66, 1 ?.
lis. Pseudalus strigatus spec. nov. (PI. VII. tig. 24).
6 ?. Palpi and legs orange ; head yellow : tegnlae yellow ; patagia and thorax
yellow, streaked with orange ; abdomen orange. Forewing yellow with broad
orange stripes between the veins and on costa; a broad streak of orange-scarlet along inner margin ; an antemedian and a postmedian deep brown oblique line, black where crossing veins from costa to inner margin, both angulated on and below costa.
Length of forewing: cJ 17 mm. ; ? 20 mm.
Hub. Tinguri, (Carabaya, Peru, August 1904, and La Oroya, R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, September 1004 (G. Ockenden).
2 66,1 ?.
110. Praemolis schausi spec nov. (PI. IV. fig. 2:^).
6. Nearly allied to /'. (iminyllis Schaus, but differs from it by having a well- defined fnscous median transverse band on forewing, and a greater number of and more distinct red zigzag lines across the forewing, and the postmedian fuscous band is much wider.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Hub. Fonte Boa, Amazouas, August 1000 (S. M. Klages).
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SOME NEW SIPHONAPTEEA.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S.
1. Loemopsylla vigetus spec uov. (PI. VIII. fig. 3, 4).
A CLOSE ally of /,. sa^mlifcr Hothsch., Nov. Zool. xii. p. 48(J. ii. 2. t. 13. liJ,^ o (101)5) (South aad Sonth-East Africa), an;l L. tortus Rothsch., Parasitology i. j). 53. n. 14. t. 6. fig. 4 (I'JO.S) (South-East Africa), but nearer to the former. The bristles are fewer in unmber ami on the whole slenderer than in the two species mentioned. The first row on the epimerum of the metathorax contains 5 or 6 bristles, and the second row 4 to 6. The third and fourth abdominal tergites have each a row of 13 to 15 bristles on the two sides together. The numbers of the bristles on the sternites of segments 3 to 7 are as follows: <S, 5-7, (!, 6, 6, 0 ; ?, 8-10, S-9, 8, 7-9, 7-11. The sternite of the seventh segment has in front of the row, on each side, a single bristle, which is sometimes absent. The hindfemur has 2 subapical ventral bristles on the enter side and a row of 6 or C, rarely 4, on the inside. The bristles on the tibiae and the tarsi are less stout than in .wopulifcr, but of about the same length as in that species. The short snbapical bristle situated on the posterior side of the Ibretibia deserves special mention as being decidedly thinner than the corresponding bristle in scnpulifer.
MoJifed Segments. — cj. The eighth sternite bears laterally one, rarely two, long bristles near the base, and ventral ly from 6 to 8 bristles, of which the most distal one is the longest ; these bristles are arranged in four rows as follows : 2 or 3, 2 or 3, 1 or 2, 1. The outer flap of the clasper bears 7 bristles, of which the third is the thickest, while the fourth is the longest, being curved and twisted as in the allied species (PI. VIII. fig. 3. F'). These bristles are shorter than the corresponding bristles in scopulifer, and the third is much thicker than in tortus. The inner flap of the clasper (PI. VIII. fig. 3. F") is less curved than in tortus, but much more so than in seupul/J'er ; it is also more pointed than in the latter species. The ninth sternite is somewhat club-shaped in lateral aspect (PI. VIII. fig. 3. ix. st.), the tip being distinctly widened and rounded off. The posterior edge of the ninth tergite bears on each side three bristles as in the allied species, but these bristles are even shorter and thinner than those in
scopulifer. ?. The eighth tergite (PI. VIII. fig. 4) bears on tlie sides 0 to 8
bristles, an ajiical row of 8 to 10 (usually 9) bristles on the outside, and an ajiical row of 7 or 8 (usually 8) on the inside. The bristles on the anal segment are thinner than in the allied sjiecies.
We have a series of both sexes olf " rats " collected by Dr. Kennau at Freetown, Sierra Leone ; received from Ur. G. H. F. Nuttall.
2. Ceratophyllus enoplus spec. nov. (PI. Vlll. fig. C).
Near C. leucopus Baker, I'roc. U.S. Kat. Afus. xxvii. ji. 4(il (i;iii4), which we know only from the description.
Ileivl. — The frons bears a row of 3 long bristles in front of tlie eye ; further njJwards there are 3 or 4 small bristles, and between these and the eye a number
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of small hairs. The occi|mt liear.s oae rather short ami thin hristle laterally above the antennal groove. The bristle which is situatcil at the ventral angle of the occiput is very long, and is uot accompanied by a second bristle, as is the case in leiicopus. The rostrnm reaches to the apex of the trochanter, while in leucopiis, according to Baker, it extends only four-tifths the length of the coxa.
Thorax. — The pronotniu bears a comb of lit s])incs, the ventral spine on each side being short and narrow. The meso- and mctanota have each two rows of bristles as in li'i/i-o/ii/.'i ; and tlie mesonotnni bears in addition a row of numerous small hairs at the basal edge and 0 or T long slender spines on each side in front of the apex. The epimerum of the metathorax has ubont T bristles (3, li, J), which are rather irregularly arranged.
Abdomen. — The abdominal tergites, including the Krst, have each two rows of bristles. The seventh tergite has one long and one shorter apical bristle, the long one being only a little shorter than the first hindtarsal segment. Tiie sternites of the third to seventh segments have each 3 bristles on each side, while the basal sternitc bears one lateral and one ventral bristle on each side.
Li'(f». — The bristles on the tibiae and tarsi are less nnmerons than in C. keeni Baker (18'.t6), the first hindtarsal segment bearing only 7 pairs on the hinder side. The longest ajiical bristle of the second hindtarsal segment reaches to the apex of the third segment. The proportions of the segments of the midtarsns are : 20, 17, 13, 9, ao, and of the hindtarsus, 4«, 30, 21, 11, 23.
Modijicd Scijmcnts. — S. Similar to those of C. kccni; but ijnite distinct. The eighth tergite bears a row of 8 long bristles on the njiper portion of the dorsal edge, and about 20 along the lower edge, all these bristles being slender and some of them very long. The movable process of the clasi)er is broader than in kecni., and bears two short thick spines, and at the ajiex a long bristle, as shown in the figure (PI. Vlll. fig. 6) ; the upper of these sjiities ends in a short point. The nintb stcrnite bears very numerous small hairs along the ventral edge and on the outer surface. The anal segment is very long.
Length : 2 3 mm.
We have one i off Califoruian Grey S(]nirrel, collected at King's River, California, on July 25, 180(3 ; received from Dr. G. H. F. Nuttall.
3. Ceratophylliis ponerus spec. nov. (PI. V'lll. fig. 5).
Nearest to ('. a&io Baker, Free. I'.S. ^at. Mus. xxvii. p. 406 (P.i04). Only one ? known.
Hi ail. — The frons bears two rows of bristles as in C. a.sio, and the occiput an obli<iue lateral row also as in that species. The first segment of the antenna bears nmuerons small hairs all over.
77/o/-«.r. — The pronotum has a comb of 24 spines. The mesonotum has one row of hiiig bristles and three rows of slioit ones, in addition to numerous bristles situated at the basal edge, and another row of slender spines in front of the apex. The metanotum has an apical si)ine on each side, in this respect resembling the first to sixth abdominal tergites. The epimerum of the metathorax is furnished with 12 to 14 bristles arranged in four rows (3, 4 or », 4 or 5, 1).
Abdomen. — The seventh tergite bears 3 antepygidial bristles, the middle one being very long and surpassing in length the first segment of the hindtarsus. The basal sternitu bears a lateral patch of small hairs, besides some small
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ventral Lairs and a ventral pair of bristles. The stylet is cyliiulrioal, tapers at the tip, and is about four times as long as it is broad. The anal tergite is densely hairy.
J^cqs, — The hiudco.xa Viears posteriorly 3 subapical bristles. The liiiidfemnr has 2 bristles on the outer side near the ape.x, and 1 on the inner side. The hindtibia bears on the outer surface two rows of about 15 bristles in all, and :i or 3 bristles on the inner surface. Two of the apical bristles of the second hindtarsal segment e.xteud beyond the third segment, find the longest one even reaches to the ape.x of the fourth segment. The longest apical bristle of the first segment reaches the ape.x of the second. The jiroportions of the segments are in the midtarsus 27, 20, 13, 8, 18, and in the hindtarsus 47, 27, 15, 10, 19.
Modified SeyiHCiUs. — The seventh sternite bears no sinus. The eighth tergite (PI. Vlll. fig. 5) has 5 long bristles along the ventral and apical margins, of which the third and fifth are the shortest ; above the fourth and fifth of these, bristles there is a patch of 9 short but stout bristles. Just below the stigma there are 2 very long bristles, and farther down 1 somewhat shorter one.
Length : 2-7 mm.
We have one ? off " Fox," collected at Palo Alto, California, in July 1895 ; received from i)r. G. H. F. Nuttall.
4. Ischnopsyllus scitulus spec. nov. (PI. VIII. figs. 1, 2).
Nearest to /. aefji/ptiiis Rothsch., Eiit. Mo. Mag. (2) xiv. p. 83. t. 1. tig. 1 (1903) (Cairo),* but abundantly distinct. We know only the S of the new species. The dorsal parts of the occiput, the thorax, and the abdomen are strongly chitiuised.
Head. — Resembles the head of air/i/pfius, but the bristles are very much stronger (PI. VIII. tig. 1). The frontal jiortion bears a row of short bristles ])arallel to the frontal outline, as in aaji/jitins. The genal process is strongly chitiuised, its colour being in parts brownish black. This black jiortion surrounds at the anteunal groove an elongated transparent space which is probably a vestigial eye. Above this space there is a very strong curved bristle, and higher ui> a number of smaller bristles. The genal process ends in a small point. The occiput bears above the aiitenual groove a row of about 10 stout bristles, of which the lowest three or four are placed close together at the lower posterior angle of the head. On the sides of the occiput there are three transverse rows of stont bristles besides the apical row, each of these transverse rows containing 2 or 3 stont lateral bristles, there being moreover several small dorsal bristles. The first segment of the antenna is longer than the clnb. The first segment of the maxillary jialpns is the longest, while the second and the fourth are of ecjnal length, and the third is the shortest. The rostrum does not reach to the ajiex of the maxillary palpus ; the fourth segment of the rostrum is nearly as long as the first three together, and the fifth only about as long as it is broad.
Thorax. — The jironotum has a comb of 22 spines, and bears, besides the usual postmedian row of bristles, several rather stout hairs further frontad. The
* Oudeman's in Tijdxrhr. KiU. p. 102 (I'JOH) proposes the genus ChiroptrrojisyUn for tlic reception of /. arijyiitliix, eli.irarterisiug ,tbis " genus '' l)y the possession of a kind of comb on the epiniernni of the metatliorax and tlie small size of the first abdominal tergite. This comb is absent from the new species.
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mesonotum bears unraeroiis bails at tbe Imse, and dorsally o transverse rows of stout sliort bristb's, eaeb row contaiuiug from 4 to f! sucli bristles. As in art/i/ptiiis, the ejiiniernm of the niesothorax rapidly narrows posteriorly and the stigma is not covered. Tiie metanotiim is also shajjed like that of ai'iji/ptiu.i. It bears a siiViapical row of 6 stout bristles on the two sides together, and 4 or 5 rows of shorter ones, all of which are restricted to the dorsal heavily chitinised portion of the raetanotuni. The ejiiraerum of the metathora.x has one stout bristle at the ape.x aii<l a second one close to it, as well as about 5 shorter and thinner bristles on the side.
Ahdomen. — The first abdominal tergite bears two rows of abont 0 bristles each on the two sides togetlier. The second to seventh tergites have each a bristle beneath the stigma and another above the stigma, tliese bristles being sep.arated by a wide intersj)ace from the dorsal portion of the row to which they belong. The first and second abdominal tergites, like the luetanotum, bear two dorsal ajiical spines. The seventh tergite has one long aj)ical bristle on each side, accompanied by two small hairs.
Legs. — The first foretarsal segment is only one-third longer than it is broad. The pnijiortions of the segments are in the midtarsus : x;4, X!l, 14, 1), 18, and in the hindtarsus, 35, 25, 16, lU, 20.
Modilicd Scgmrnts. — S. The eighth sternite is triangular in lateral view. The eighth tergite (PI. Vlll. fig. 2) bears 0 bristles at the ujiper edge posteriorly to the very large stigma, and two on each side. The movable process of the clasper is feebly incurved on the jiroximal side and slightly rounded distally ; the distal side bears a row of minute hairs. The apex of the penis is apically produced into a slender hook, while the apical margin bears a tooth further down, as sliown in the fignre.
AVe have two c? c? oif Xi/ct///omi/s aef/ypfiacuti, coUected by the Uev. Robert Godfrey, at King William's Town, ISouth Africa, on September 25, lOtiS ; received from J. Waterstou.
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NOTES. ON FLEAS IN THE K. K. HOFMUSEUM IN VIENNA.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S.
(I'late IX,)
1. Echiduophaga ambulaus Olliff.
Echidunpharja ainJjulaiis Ollifif, Prnc. Linn. So,;. .V. 6'. Wales (2). i. p. 172 (1881',) (N. S. Wales, off Erhiihia hystrix).
rMHEKE are a unmlior of ffiuiiles in the collection of the K. K. Hofiuuseum which -L belouy; to a species not known to us when we iiublished the " Revision of the Sarcopsi/lUflaa " in the Thompson, Yatis, ami Johiixton Laboratories lieport, vii. (1906). This insect, we think, is the true E. ambulaus. Mr. W. J. Rainbow has kindly sent ns a sketch of the tarsi of the tyiie-specimeu of /:-'. ambulaus which jiroves that umbulans has two ventral apical bristles on the fifth tarsal seg-meiit like (/allinaceus, and that this segment bears on each side two strong bristles and one thin one. The Vienna specimens, taken off Echidna hi/stri.r, show the same character, and doubtless are the true ambidans. We give a figure of the fifth segment of the midtarsus on I'l. IX. tig. !).
2. Echidnophaga myrmecobii spec. uov. (Waterhonse indescr.).
Snrcnpntjllii. mijniieojhii Waterhouse, Proc. ICiit. Sue. Lmuh p. 23 (1887) (nom. nudum, West Australia, off MijriitecnliiiK).
Ecliiiliiopliai/a ambulan.'), Rothsch. & Jord. (uec Olliff, err. deterni.), Thoiiips., Yutcs tfc Johiist. Labiir. T{i'pt. vii. p. 54. n. 6 (lOOli) (N, S.Wales, Victoria, W. Austr., off Trirliomirus puljietiiln^ Bcttomjia le.^nc/iri, Diamenia s'lpnxilittsa^ .M;irnifcnhtnit faHriutus^ Parufjale lagotis).
This insect was erroneously identified by us as ambulaus (see above). We accept for it the name introduced by Mr. Waterhouse, making our S off Trichosurus from Sydney the " type."
E. myrmecobii agrees very closely with E. ifalliuacciis, differing from the latter in having only one ventral apical bristle on the fifth tarsal segment instead of two.
3. Ceratophyllus flaveolus spec. nov. (PI. IX. fig. 6.)
Allied to r. _(/«;//««« Schrank (1S04) ; smaller and much [laler. Only one ? known.
Head. — The frous bears )5 bristles in f'lunt of the eye and a row of 4 smaller ones before them. On the occiput there is one bristle behind the base of the antenna and two more above the middle of the anteunal groove, besides the nsual snbapical row.
Thorax. — The comb of the pronotum consists of 32 spines.
Abdomen. — The tergites bear two rows of bristles and a few additional hairs in front of the rows, the number of bristles being on the first tergite l-") in the anterior and 13 in the posterior row, the second tergite bearing I'J bristles in each row. The first sternite has 7 bristles on each side, the following four sternites each bearing a row of 5 to 8 bristles on each side and 5 to 10 bristles in front of the row. The sternite of the seventh segment has a row of 8, in front of which there are more than 20 bristles. The antepygidial bristles are longer than in gallitiae, and the central one of these bristles is only a little over twice the
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length III' the (itlicr two. The seventh sternitr (I'l. IX. fiy;. (i) is ])nxhiceil into a pointed hihe, as sliown in the lignre.
Legs. — The hindl'einiir lias a row of .^ hrislh's lui the insich", ami the hiiultiliia about 18 bristles on tiie onter snrl'ace exclusive of I In' bristles situated at the ape.x, the inside bearing a row of 8 or 0 bristles.
J/()f////(v/ S,i/iHC///x. — The eighth tergite (I'l. IX. fig. (ij bears about L'n long and 14 shorter bristles on the outer surface, 3 or 4 long ones being plaeed beneath tlie stigma. The stylet is shorter tbau iu (jallinae, the two lateral bristles being placed a very little beyond half-way between the base and the apex.
One ? oft' }fiis(iia cniiiiieii, collected by von FriUienfehl, j)robably in the neighbourhood of Vieniia. Tlie occurrence of this insect on Mastela is doubtless accidental, as the species is a true bird-lh
lea.
4. Ceratophylliis phaulius sjiec. nov. (I'l. IX. fig. 8).
Likewise a bird-flea. There is iu tlie collection only one very pale and apparently imiuutnre ¥, which moreover is imperfect. The specimen exhibits some interesting distinctions, and we therefore do not hesitate to describe it.
Head. — The frous bears two rows of bristles. The posterior row, which is placed in front of the eye, contains 3 bristles, of which the central one is the shortest, while the anterior row consists of 5 short thin bristles. The occiput has no bristle behind the liase of the anteunal groove, but one long one and a short one above the centre of the groove. The long ventral bristle of the sub- ajiical row is separated from the bristle situated above it by a wide interspace. Below this ventral bristle there is a short slender one.
Thorax. — The pronotal comb consists of 28 sjiines.
Abdomen. — The first and fourth tergite bear on each side 2 slender pale apical sjiines. There are 3 antepygidial bristles on the seventh tergite, the middle one being long and the other two very short. The basal steruite has one ventral bristle on each side, the following three sternites bearing 3 bristles, and the sternite of the sixth segment 4 or 5 on each side. The steruite of the seventh segment has the apical edge unfortunately torn on both sides, so that it is im- possible to describe (he outline. This sternite bears a row of about 0 bristles, and in front of the row about 7 more bristles on each side.
Ler/s. — The liindfemur bears a row of (J bristles on tlie inside ai.d one subbasal and one subapical bristle on the outside.
Modified Sei/ment-i.—TUhe eighth tergite (PI. IX. fig. 8) bears 4 long bristles at the apical margin and about IU moderately long and 12 short ones on the lower portion of the outer suif'ace, there being also several bristles below the stigma (not shown in tlie figure). Inside the eighth tergite lies the ninth sternite, which in this sjiecies bears more bristles at its edge than in any other sjiecies we are acquainted wilh (cf. fig. S, ix. st).
We have one ? fnuiid in the nest of Cotile ri/xtria at Stockerau, Lower Austria, by Herr Beriiliauer. There was also a ? of Cerafo/>/ii/l//is dalei in the same tube, and the occurrence ou Cotile is no doubt accidental.
5. Ceratophyllus frontalis spec. nov. (I'l. IX. figs. 1 — 5). A very dark sjiecies, wliich is unlike any other descriiied Ce.nttojjiii/lliix. Head. — The frons bears a very strong tubercle in botii sexes (PI. IX. figs. 1, 2) and two rows of bristles as shown in the figure. The occijiut has three rows of
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bristles inclusive of the snl>ai)icitl row, tlie anterior row containing less bristles in the ? than in the c?. The rostrnm does not reach to the apex of the forecoxa.
Thorax. — The pronotnm has a comlj of H'J — 34 spines. The meso- and meta- notnm are very hairy, bearing three or four irregular rows of short bristles in front of the postmedian row of long bristles. The epimernni of the metathorax has 10 to 12 long bristles and a few minute hairs.
Abdomen. — The tergites are dorsally minutely denticulate, like the thoracic tergites, tlie four first tergites bearing moreover some ajjical spines, like the metanottiiu. They bear three rows of hristles, the first tergite having some additional bristles in front. There are 3 antepygidial bristles on the seventh tergite. The middle one of these bristles is long, the other two being short in the cf, while in the ? the ujiper is short and the lower one two-thirds the length of the central bristle. The basal sternite has a patch of bristles on the lateral surface and several bristles along the ventral margin. The sternites of segments three to six bear on each siile a row of 3 or 4 in the S, and 6 or 7 in the ?, besides a number of small hairs in front of the row. The seventh sternite of the ? is very deej)ly sinuate, recalling C. galUnulae Dale (= newsteadi llothsch.) ; cf. PI. IX. fig. 4.
Legs. — The hindfemnr has a row of " or 8 bristles on the outer surface, besides some snbapical lateral bristles, and a row of 0 bristles on the inner side. The mid- and hind-tibiae bear four more or less irregular rows of bristles on tlie outer surface. The tibiae and tarsi resemble those of C. styx llothsch.
Modified Segments. — c?. The eighth tergite is smaller than in other bird-fleas and the sternite much larger. Tliis tergite is produced behind the stigma into a rounded lobe, which bears about 6 very long bristles, and at the ai>ex aliout 3 additional smaller ones. The eighth sternite (PI. IX. fig. 5) is rounded and is densely covered with numerous bristles. The process of the clasper is broad and at the a])ex rounded (PI. IX. tig. 4, p). The movable process is very large (PI. IX. fig. 4, f), being broadest at the ajiex. It bears a short stout spine at the upper distal angle on the inside. Tlie ninth sternite is long and slender, and
lies concealed in the eighth sternite. ?. The eighth tergite bears about 12
small bristles above the stigma on each side, about 9 small and 6 long ones beneath the stigma, and between this patcli and tlie ventral margin about 10 large and ~4 small bristles. The inner surface of this segment bears some 5 short and stout bristles. The apical edge is short and bisinuate. Tlie stylet resembles that of gallinae in bearing the two lateral bristles in the apical fourth.
Length : J' 3, ? 3-4 mm.
A lung series of both sexes tak-en from the nest of the Alpine ('hough {l''/rrliororux uljiinu.i), no locality being mentioned.
0. Ceratophyllus dalei Hothsch. (l'J03).
a. d. Rothsch., Enlom. .\xxvi. p. •l<il. t. 1. fig. l-^i (Ulll.3).
There is a long series of both sexes in the collection obtained by Heger, neither host nor locality being mentioned. Also one ? found by Herr Bernhauer in the nest of Cotile rijiaria at Stockerau, Lower Auslria.
7. Ceratophyllus turbidus spec. nov. (PI. IX. fig. 7.)
A single ?, related to (.'. mmlflar.
Head. — The frons has a row of 3 long bristles before the eye, and farther fnintud another row of (i smaller ones. The occiput bears one bristle behind the base of the
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antennal groove, anil a row of 3 above the centre of the j^roove, besides the snbapical row of (1 The bristles of the second segment of the antennae are much shorter than the club. The rostrum does not ijuite reach to the apex of the forecoxa.
Thorax. — The comb of the pronotum contains 20 or 21 spines. The epimerum of the metathorax bears 7 or S bristles (3 or 4, 3, 1).
Ahi/omrii. — The tergites have each two rows of bristles, tlie first tergite bearing a few additional bristles in front. There are 3 antejiygidial bristles on the seventh tergite, the middle one being long. The basal steniite has one ventral bristle on each side. The sternites of segments three to six have a row of 3 or 4 on each side, with one or two small bristles in front. The seventli stcrnite (I'l. IX. fig. 7) is bilobate, as shown in the figure, and bears a row of o or (i bristles with about 5 smaller bristles in front.
Leqs. — The hindl'emur has but one lateral bristle on the in- and the outside, this bristle standing near tlie base, there being a snbventral snbapical bristle on both surfaces. The hindtibia has 12 bristles on the outer side arranged in two rows, besides some ventral bristles. The longest apical bristles of the first and second hindtarsal segments do not reach the apex of the second and third segments respectively.
Moflijicrl Sri/mr/its. — ?. The eighth tergite (I'l. IX. fig. 7) bears 2 long bristles beneath the stigma, 4 long ones at the apical edge, 3 more above the ventral margin, and 1 long and 3 or 4 short ones on the lower portion of the lateral surface. The stylet is a little over twice as long as it is broad. The ninth (internal) sternite bears ajiparently only one short bristle.
One ¥ without host and locality, but doubtless from Austria.
8. Goniopsyllus kergnelensis Taschenb.
Piilex h-ergiielrii«h Taschenburg, Xnlr^ Lri/dni Mim. i. p. ll'i'.i (1880) ; id., /'ie FIUIk pp. r,7 aud 123.
t. i. fig. 12. $ (1880) (Kurguelen, off Pclccannhks iirimilrij). GoiiinjKyllus kerijiielciisls Baker, rm,-. U. S. Xnt. -l/«.s. .\xix. p. 128 (I'.KI,'')) ; .Jord. & Rothscb.,
Parasilolmjy i. p. 93. t. 4. fig. 2, t. 7. fig. 11 (1UU8) (Kerguelcu and Antipodes).
The collection of the K. K. Hofmnseum contains a ? of this species iu good condition, taken off " .Sturmvogel " on Kerguelen Island. The specimen agrees with the original S ? preserved in the British Museum.
In our paper (pioted above we said the ? possibly had two receptacnla seminis. We now clearly see from the specimen in the Vienna Museum that there is only one receptaculnm.
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ON SOME AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, AND PALEARCTIC
SIPIIONAPTERA.
By the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.E.S.
(Plates X., XI.)
1. Dermatophilus penetrans L. (1758).
IN onr Revision of the Siin'oji.v///i(/(t.e in Thompson, Yates and Johnston fAiborat. liept. vii. i. p. 15 (1006), we referred to Oviedo as being the first to have mentioned the Jigger or Chigoe. As Oviedo's work * entitled Ilistoria General y Natural de las Iiidias {\-^^i\) is not well known, we give here a copy of what Oviedo says (Lib. H. cap. xiv.) abont the Chigoe:
" Hay en esta isla y en todas estas Indias, islas i Tierra-Firiue el mal que he dicho de las bnas, y otro qne Hainan de las nignas. Esto de las nignas no es enfermedad, pero es un mal acaso ; porque la nigua es nna cosa viva e peqnonisiraa, mnoho menor qne la menor ])nlga que se puede ver. Tero en fin es gi^nero de pulga, porque assi como ella salta, salvo que es mas pequena. Este animal anda por el polvo, i donde qniera qne quisieren que no le haya, base de barrer a menndo la casa. fintrase en los pies y en otras partes de la persona, y en espei;ial las mas veres en las cabe^as de los dedos, sin que se sienta hasta qne esta aposentada entre el cnero t^ la earne, e' comien(;a a comer de la forma (pie un arador e harto mas ; y despnes, qnanto mas alli esta, mas come. De mancra qne como acudcn las manos rascando, este animal se da tauta priessa a multiplicar alli otros sus somejautes, qne en breve tiempo hare mnchos ; porque Inego que entra el primero, se anida e ha^e una bolsilla entre cnero e carne tamana como una lenteja, e algunas como garban(;o, Uena de liendres, las qnales todas se tornan nignas. E si con tiempo no se sacan con nn alHler I'l agnja, de la forma que se sacan los aradores, son malas ; y en espe(,Mal que despues que est an criadas (que es quando comien(;an mucho a comer), de rascarlas se rompe la carne y despar(;'ense de manera qne si no las saben agotar, Kiemi)re hay en que entendcr. En tin, como en esto tampoco eran diestros los chripstianos, como en el curarse de las bnas, mnchos perdian los jiies por causa de estas nignas, 6 a lo menos algnnos dedos dellos, porque des|mes se euconabau e liai.ian materia, y era nescessario curarse con hierro i') con fuego. Pero aqnesto es faiil de se remediar presto, sacandolas al primipio; pero en algnnos negros boi.ales son peligrosas, porqne 6 por su mala carnadnra, o ser bestiales e no se saber limpiar, ui degirlo con tiempo, vienen a se mancar de los pies, i^ assi otros mnchos que se ((ue.xan. E yo las he teuido en mis pies en estas islas y en la Tierra-Firme, y no me paresee qne en iiombres de raron es cosa para se temer, aunqne es enojo en tanto que tura, o esta la nigna denlro; mas facil cosa es saearla al iirineij)io. Yo tengo averignado, e assi lo diran las personas que tienen e.\periencia en sacar estas nignas, que es menester tener aviso, (juando las sacan, para las mater ; porque alguna vez, assi como con en alfiler n agnja la descnliren, rompiendo el cnero del pie, assi salta y se va la nigna como una pnlga. Esto acacsre si ha poco ipie alii entnj ; y por esto se cree que la qne entra en el pie, despues (jne lui heeho su mala simiente, se va
* Tlie work is usually quoted as " Conmica" (= Crunica, t'hrouica) instead of Ilistoria.
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assi como vino :i otra jiarte ;i liarei- mas nial, n por ventiira por si sp desjiide del pie, despues de liaber dexado en el una iu;tla enxanilire do innuiueralile siniiente y generaeioD."
3 Parapsyllus coxalis spec. nov. (PI. X. figs. 1, 2).
A very near ally of /'. rori//t HothscL. (I'.iii4), but distingnisbeJ at ouce by the peculiar foreco.va.
In both se.xes the foreco.xa is strongly widened jiosteriorly near the base (PI. X. fig. 1), as shown in the figure. It bears a transverse row of slender bri.stles near the base, and farther down a row of strong bristles. At the hinder edge just below the widest point of the coxa there are two very stout bristles, and lietween these bristles and the apex of the coxa there is posteriorly only one more bristle, which is jilaced at some distance from the hind edge.
The fourth tarsal segment, moreover, is shorter than in P. cor////, being twice as broad as it is long in the foretarsus and vi'ry little longer than it is broad in the hindtarsus. The fifth tarsal segment also is broader than in /'. rori/fi, being half as long again as it is broad in the foretarsus. The hindfcmnr bears a row of 7 to 1 1 bristles on the inside, and the hindtibia 0 to 12 on the outside, whicli are often arranged in two rows in the c?. The longest apical bristle of the hindtibia of the ? does not extend to the subapical pair of bristles of the first tarsal segment, while in the t? this bristle reaches beyond the apex of the first tarsal segment. Tlie first and second hindtarsal segments have 4 very long and slender apical bristles, the longest of the second segment reaching nearly to the tij) of the fifth segment (claws excluded).
The genitalia of the <J also show some consjiicuous differences. The movable process of the clasjier is shorter tlian in J', coci/ti, and bears a row of C or 7 slender hairs along the hinder edge from the base to the apex. The ninth sternite (PI. X. fig. 2) more nearly resembles that of P. corfidii Rothsch. (1904), and is distinguished by bearing numerons hairs at the apex and by the shape of the vertical jiortion as shown in the figure. The bristles at the apex of the eighth tergite of the ? are more numerous than in P. coci/ti, and the shorter ones stouter.
We have a series of both sexes from Valparaiso, ( 'hile, found by .1. S. ^Volf}'sohn on Octoilon degus.
3. Parapsyllus australiacus spec. nov.
ParapmjUus lurifiiconiis Jord. & Rotli.sch. (uec Enilerl., err. detenu.), Pum^ilulnri;/ i. p. S.'j. t. '2. fig. 12, t. 4." fig. 5, t. 7. fig. 3 C1W8).
When describing the present insect in the jilace ijuofed we said that our specimens did not exactly agree with Enderlein's figures, and might be a closely allied species. Dr. A. C Oudemans, who has had an opportunity of corai)aring a cotype of lonc/icornis with our insect, now informs us that our identification was indeed erroneous. It therefore becomes necessary to separate our species under a name of its own, and we j)ropose to call it uKuli-dlidciis.
Wt' have two pairs taken off E/idi/jilula minor on iiird Island, near Perth, West Austriilia, by J. P.urton I'leland.
4. Ceratophyllus graphis sjjec. nov. (PI. X. figs. 3, 4).
(J ?. In the shape and the bristles of the head somewhat resembles C pol- lionis liothsch. (I'JUo), but is abundantly distinct.
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Head. — The frons is ver}' strongly curved in tlie c?, less in the ?. It bears three rows of bristles, the row nearest the eye containing 3 strong bristles ; the second row 4, of wliich the upper one is the strongest, and the third row 5 or 0, of which the third from above is the stronnost. There are, moreover, a number of minute hairs before the eye near the aiitennal groove. The occiput bears 3 (less often 2) bristles behind the base of the antenna, a row of 4 or 5 in the centre, and a snbapical row of 5. The rostrum nearly reaches to the tip of the forecoxa, its ajiii-al segment lieing four times as long as it is broad, eiiualliug in length the second segment of the maxillary palpus. The hairs of the second segment of the antenna are hardly longer than those of the first segment.
Thorax. — The pronotum bears a comb of 19 or 20 spines, and has, like the nieso- and metanotum, a row of 9 or 10 long bristles on the two sides together. On the meso- and metanotum there are in front of this row two rows of small bristles, and on Ihe back a ninnber of additional hairs, these latter being especially numerous on the mesonotuni. The epinieriim of the metatliorax bears 7 or 8 bristles (3, 3-4, 1).
Abdomen. — The tergites have two rows of bristles, except the first, which has a number of additional short bristles in front. There is one long antepygidial bristle ; above it in the £ there is a minute hah- ami l)elow it a short stout bristle. In the ? these two additional bristles are both stout, the lower one being about one-third the length of the central bristle (the upper one is broken). The sternites of segments three to six bear a row of 3 (more rarely 4) bristles in the (?, and 4 (more rarely 3) in the ?, there being no bristles in front of this row. The numbers on the seventh segment are 3 or 4 in the c?, and 5 in the ?.
Lciju. — Similar to those of C. ]>ollionis, but the first pair of bristles of the fifth tarsal segment are merely bent inwards, not placed in between the second pair.
Modified Segments. — S ■ The eighth tergite bears 4 or 5 long bristles. The eighth sternite (PI. X. fig. 4, viii. st.) is (juite small, and has 3 to 5 long bristles. The clasper (LU) is truncate, with the upper distal angle obtuse. The movable pro- cess is nearly halfmoon-shaped, and bears 3 strong bristles as shown in the figure (PI. X. fig. 4, f). The ninth sternite is widened ventrally in the middle, and bears here several short stout hairs and a number of small ones. The ajiical portion of the ninth sternite is straight ventrally and bears several short bristles. The manubrium (m) of the clasper is but very slightly curved, and its apex is obtuse. The penis (Pen.) is much widened at the apex, and bears ventrally on each side
a spine-like process as indicated in the fignre. ?. The eighth tergite has
about 12 short bristles above the stigma, 2 very long and 1 short bristle below the stigma, and about 12 on the lower ])ortion of the sides. The apical edge of the seventh sternite is very oblique (PI. X. lig. 3). Length, S 2-5, ? 3 mm.
We have 3 (Jc? and 2 ? ? from Ni(^aragua, taken off Sri tints dij>/>iei, and received from Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg.
5. Ceratophyllus lasius sjiec. nov. (PI. X. fig. 0; PI. XI. fig. 10).
c? ? . A very hairy sjiecies, which is very distinct from an}- other we know.
Head. — The frons bears a row of :{ bristles before the eye and in front of this row another row of 4 to (i smaller ones, there being also a number of small hairs before the eye. The occiput has 1 bristle behind the base of the anteima,
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a row of 2 to 4 in tlio contre, and a snliajiical row of 1^ or 0. The bristles of the second sogmoiit of the antenna nearly reach tlic apex of the chib in the c?, while they are longer than tlic clnb in the ?. The rostrnm only extends to the apical third of the coxa, being bnt a little longer than the maxillary palpus. The first segment of the latter is longer than the se<'ond.
Tliorax. — The jirothorax bears a comb of A2 sjiines and one row of 15 {S) or 18 (?) bristles. The mesonotum is nearly covered all over with small hairs from the base to the postraedian row of bristles, these small hairs being less nnmerons in the S than in the ?. The metanotnm bears two rows of small hairs in front of the row of long bristles and some additional liairs on the back. The mesosternite also has a nnmber of small hairs in front.
Abdomen. — All the tergites bear two ( cJ) or three (?) rows of small bristles in front of the row of long ones, besides a nnmber of additional small dorsal bristles. The first to fourth tergites have 2 or 15 apical spines on each side. The basal sternite has on each side 3 to 5 bristles in the c?, 7 or 8 in the ? ; the sternites of segments three to six have a row of 3 or 4 bristles in the <? and S to lU in the ? , with a number of rather long bristles in front of the row. There is one long antepvgidial bristle, which is accompanied by 2 minnte hairs in the S and by 2 short bristles in the ?. The seventh sternite, which in the <^ bears 2 or 3 bristles on each side, has more than 30 on each side in the ?. The hindniargin is shallowly incurved in the ?, as shown in the figure (PI. XI. fig. 10).
Lcc/s. — The liindfemnr bears a row of bristles on both sides, the nnmber of bristles varying from G to 10. The hin<ltibia is covered with bristles all over the outer surface, and has a row of G lateral bristles on the inside. The longest apical bristle of the first hindtarsal segment reaches beyond the apex of the second segment, and the longest bristle of the second segment lieyond the apex of the fourth. The fifth segment is peculiar. It is rather short, and bears a nnmber of short stout bristles on the ventral surface, 4 of them being placed at and near the a])ical margin. Moreover, the first as well as the third |)air of lateral bristles are distinctly shifted towards the middle line.
Modifird Siymi'iifs. — cj. The eighth tergite has the njipor portion of tlie apical margin more slanting than usual, there being at and near this margin aljout 14 long bristles, while the lower proximal portion of the tergite bears about 8 long bristles. The eighth sternite is long and slender. Its apex cannot clearly be made out in our only specimen. The clasper (PI. X. fig. G) is long, and bears before the a])ex a vertical process (p) which is rounded at the tip. The movable [>rocess (f) is very stront'ly curved near its liase and slightly widens towanls the apex, the distal margin lieing rounded and the proximal apical angle pointed. This process bears 2 short stout bristles near the base and 2 long ones near tlie a]iex. The outline of the ninth sternite cannot clearly be made out. It ajjpears to be widened ventrally proximally to the centre and to bear on this widened jiortion numerous minute
hairs and a row of short stout bristles. ?. The eighth tergite has about 18 short
bristles above the stigma, a jiatch of 4 long and 4 to G short bristles below it, and about 24 bristles on the lower half. The stylet is nearly five times as long as it is broad.
Length : c? 2G, ? 3-2 mm.
We have one ])air from the foot of the Sierra de la Ventnro, jiroviiice of Buenos Aires, found on Vijilochelidon ci/unoleurus by Dr. K. W'oltihiigel, July 28, 1905.
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li. Ceratophyllus dauubiauus sine. imv. (I'l. X. H^. 5).
Both sexes closely resemble ('. tcs<iiwram VVu^'ii. (IS'JN); distinguishable ty the somewhat more numerous bristles and by the genitalia of the S.
(?. The eighth abdominal tergite bears a lateral row of 11 to 13 bristles and an ajiical row of 0 to 13. The eighth sternite (PI. X. fig. 5, viii. st.) bears 3 pairs of bri.stles ventrally near the ai)ex. The clasper resembles that of C. teaqnonun, but the movable iirocess (f, PI. X. tig. 5) is broader proximally, and bears 1 long bristle instead of 2 short ones as iu C. tesqnortun.
?. Exactly like G. tesjuorum, except that the abdomiual segments bear one or two more bristles and that the fifth tarsal segment lias one or two short spine-liki' bristles ventrally in front of the two apical spine-like bristles.
We have a series of both sexes from Malcoci, Roumania, olf Spcnii'ijiliilux citi/Uiis, collected by A. Rettig in Blarch I'.MiS. This insect is apparently the western representative of C. h'squoruiu.
Caenopsylla gen. nov.
S ?. This new genus sliows affinities on the one hand to Ceratopln/llus and on the other t(j Cti'i/o//tii///us.
Frons strongly curved, especially in the 6 , with a tubercle (PI. XI. figs. 9, 11). Eye present, bnt not fully developed. Genal process with two spines. Antenna and antennal groove as in CrratnjiIiifUus. Pronotum much wider above than at the sides, with a comb of curiously deflected sjtines. Mesonotum with setiform spines between the postmedian series of bristles and the apical margin. Metanotum with some short apical spines, similar spines being present on the tliree anterior tergites of the abdomen. Tlie internal incrassation at the anterior edge of the metasternite narrow, being longer than it is broad. The tibiae resemble those of Cfenojisi/llus in the exterior dorsal bristles being numerous and forming a kind of comb, although these bristles are not of such even length as in Ctenopsi/llus ; the hindtiljia bears only 3 long dorsal bristles, the first being j)laced in the second notch, the second in the centre; and the third near the apex. The fifth hindtarsal segment has 5 lateral bristles, of which the first is very slightly bent inward.
Type : Cacnoptii/lla mira spec. nov.
7. Caenopsylla mira spec. nov. (PI. XI. figs. 9, 11, 12).
Ikail. — The frons bears a row of 2 or 3 bristles at some distance from the eye, and further forward a row of 4 or 5 smaller ones (PI. XL figs. 9, 11). The two spines situated at the apex of the genal process are narrow and directed backwards. The frons is very much more curved iu the 6 than in the ?,its outline almost resembling in the S that of Ctenopsj/llus nuisculi. The occiput has 1 bristle behind the base of the antenna, 1 or 2 in the centre, and a row of .J or 0 near the apex. The antennal groove extends to the vertex in the 6 , while it does not extend so far ui)wards iu the ? , there being in this sex also no internal incrassation from the base of the groove to the vertex. The first segment of the antenna is long in the S. The second segment bears a few very short bristles at the apex in both sexes.
Thorax. — The pronotum has a comb of 14 sjiines and one row of bristles (I'l. XI. fig. 9). The mesonotum has two rows of bristles and a number of additional liairs on tbe back, which are particularly numerous at the base. The mesosternite has 9 bristles. The metepisternum bears 2 or 3 bristles and the epimernm (J or 7
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bristles (2, 3 — 4,1). Tlie iiH-tiuintiiiu lias two niws of liristles, the post'Tior icnv coiitiuiiiiig In bristles on tlio two sides tojjetbcr, there lieiuj; iilso an apieal comb of 0 short spines.
Abdomen. — The tergites bear each a postmediaii row of I'J bristles on the two siJes to;,a'thcr; the first tliree tergites have an additional row of 0 to S bristles in front of this row, the additional row beini; represented on the other tergites by 1 or 2 bristles only. There are in the S 2 antej)ygidial bristles, the upper one being short and the second moderately long ; beneath the latter there is a small hair. The ? has 3 antepygidial bristles, the njiper one being short, the second long, and the third nearly as long as the second. The sternites of segments three to six bear 2 bristles on each side in the 6 and 3 in the ? , the seventh segment having 2 in the S and a row of 7 in the ? .
Lc(js. — The bristles sitnated at tlie upper edge of the femora are long. The hindfemnr bears e.xteriorly 2 snba]iical bristles and on the inner side a row of 5 to 7. The hiudtibia has a row of S or 'J bristles ou the outer surface, and bears 21 bristles lit the dorsal edge, 3 of them being much longer than the others. The short bristles of the hindtarsi are numerous. The first segment has six notches on the hinder side and five on the anterior side, besides the ajiical notch, the ventral surface of this segment bearing S or 'J bristles. The longest apical bristle of the second hindtarsal segment is a very little longer than the third segment. The proj)ortional lengths of the segments are in the midtarsus lo, 14J), '.j-.j, 0, 13.5, and in the hindtarsus 27—31, 19—211, 11, 7, 14.
Mollified Segments. — S. The eighth tergite bears 2 or 3 bristles below the stigma and another pair close together farther back. The ventral edge of this tergite is apparently straight and the lower apical angle pointed. The eighth sternite (PI. Xl. fig. 12, viii. st.) is smaller than the tergite. It is about as long as it is basally wide vertically, being rounded-triangular and bearing near the apex S or t) bristles. The clasper is sinuate on the distal side, the lobe above the sinus being short, while the one below it is long (i'). The movable process (f) is slender. It is widest about the centre, and bears on the apical half of the distal edge one faiily long and several small hairs. The chis[ier bears 4 long bristles near the base of the movable process. The ninth sternite (ix. st.) is narrow. The ventral jiortion has numerous rather stout bristles along the ventral margin, and bears a triangular lobe at the apex. This lobe has some very short bristles at the lower angle. The
tenth sternite is broad. ?. The eighth tergite bears .') small bristles above the
stigma, and about 24 long and short bristles on the ventral half The stylet is about three times as long an it is basally broad. The anal sternite is large, and is clothed with numerous bristles. It bears beneath on each side 3 short s]iine-like bristles.
Length : 6 2 mm., ? 2'3 mm.
We have one pair off ('(enodactijlas (juntii, collected by the Hon. L. \V. Uothschild and Dr. 10. llartert at Biskra (Algeria).
Cteuopai'ia gen. nov.
?. Near Macropsi/lla Rothsch. (lOOo), but easily recognised by the spines at the anterior edge of the antennal groove and the internal incrassation of the occiput being absent, and by the structure of the fifth tarsal segment.
Head. — Eye vestigial. A comb along the ventral edge of the gena (PI. X.
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fig. 7), somewhat recalling the coiiih oF ('tfiuxrjil/idnx situati'd in tliis jilace. Aiiti'iiiial groovy coiitinueil npwaiils to vertex. No internal incrassatinn on ofcijint. ( 'Inb oi' antenna segmeuted all rountl.
'ihorax. — Pronotntn with coiub. Internal iucrassation situated at anterior margin of metasteronm longer than it is broad and slightly curved upwards.
Abdomen. — Second segment with complete comb ; third to si.\th tergitcs mesial!}' slightly emarginate. Seventh tergite with 3 long apical bristles on each side. Two receptacula seminis.
Leys. — The first segment of the midtarsns mucli longer than the second. The fifth segment of all the tarsi small, with ."> lateral liristles, the first [lair not being more ventral than the others.
Type : (Jt. inoj/liuUa spec. nov.
8. Ctenoparia inopinata spec nov. (PI. X. figs. T, S).
Head. — The IVons bears an anterior row of 8 bristles, further back two rows of 3 strong bristles each, and beneath the vestigial eye 1 more long bristle, there being also a number of small hairs in between these bristles. The ventral genal edge has a comb of S sjiines. The occiput bears three rows of bristles. The rostrum readies to the ajiex cif the forccoxa, the labial palpus consisting of five segments. The first segment of the maxillary palpus is longer than the second.
Thorax.— The pronotum bears a comb of 28 spines and two rows of bristles, besides some additional dorsal bristles. The meso- as well as the metanotum bears five rows of bristles, the anterior rows being somewhat irregular in position. The epimerum of the mctathorax bears three rows of bristles (about 13 altogether).
Abdomen. — All the tergites have two rows of bristles besides a few dorsal bristles in front of these rows. The second tergite bears a comb of 38 spines, the other tergites having no spines at the apex. The three aiitepygidial bristles of the seventh tergite are of ecpial lenglli, being longer than the secmid hindtarsal segment. The steruites of segments three to six have a row of 4 bristles on each side and before this row several smaller bristles. The apical edge of these sternites is distinctly emarginate.
I.i'lis. — The forecoxa is very hairy. The sinus posteriorly near the apex of the liindeoxa is deep and narrow. The hiudfemur bears ventrally before the apex 3 bristles on the outer side and 1 on the inner. The tibiae have several irregular rows of bristles on the outer surface. Tlie foretibia has 7 Imig and about 13 short and stout dorsal bristles. The hiadlibia has 17 to 2U shorter and only 4 long dorsal bristles. The tarsi are very hairy, but tlie hairs are short. The longest apical bristle of the first and second hindtarsal segments reaches just beyond the centre of the following segment. The proportional lengths of the segments are in the midtarsns 4.3, 2'J, \6, 12, 22, and in the hindtarsus 73, 58, 30, \i<, 22.
Modified Segments. — ?. The seventh steruite is ventrally produced into a lobe on each side, as shown in the figure (PI. X. fig. 8). The eighth tergite is completely divided in the dorsal line. It bears about 0 small hairs above the stigma, 2 beneath it, and about 12 bristles on the ventral portion of the sides. Of these latter bristles the most dorsal apical one is much the longest. The stylet is almost cylindrical, and is more than four times as long as it is broad at its base. It bears 1 long apical bristle and 2 minute hairs near this bristle, as in ilacropsijlla liercidea Rothsch. (ivin.".).
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Length : 3-^ mm.
AVe have one ? oft' Ahodoii oUcaceus, coUeoteti at Valparaiso, Cliile, Ky J. A. Woltisoliu.
it. Ctenophthalmixs nivalis upec. nov. (PI. XI. figs. 13, 14).
Closely allied to C. oi-iciduliif Wagu. (IS'Js), liiit difteriiig iu the modified segments of the abdomen.
cJ. The eiglith sternite is sinuate ventrally and jirodnced at each side into a tiiangnlar lobe. The clasper has two non-movable jirocesses. The ni)[)er one of them is rounded and bears about 10 bristles, while the lower one (r) is narrow and trnncate, as shown in the figure (PI. XI. fig. 1:3). The movable process (k) is somewhat longer than it is broad. It is obli(|uely trnncate at the apex, the upper distal angle being produced into a short nose. The ninth sternite (ix. st.) bears numerous slender bristles at the ape-N.
?. The seventh abdominal sternite, which in C. orieittaUa is produced into two broad and rounded lobes separated fiom each other by a narrow sinus, has only one long triangnlar lobe in the new species, as shown in tlie figure (PI. XI. fig. 14). The eighth tergite bears 5 or 6 long bristles at the ventral and apical margins, 1 long one above the ventral margin, and pro.ximally as well as distaliy a patch of 4 to 6 small hairs.
We have a small series of both sexes from Le Lautaret, llautes Alpes, taken from a nest of Anicola idcalits in August 19U8 by Dr. Iv. Jordan.
10. Palaeopsylla sibirica \Vagn. (lsi»8).
Ckmiimjll'i »ih,rira Wagn., Ihji: S,k. EhI. li.i.is. x.Yxi. p. .^78. t. 8. figs. Ki, 14 (1K98) (Siberia; Chaikow).
A ? agreeing with Wagner's description and figures has been received from tit. I'aul, Basses Alpes (France), where it was found ou Kcotoni/s na(H'i-i on October 26, 1907, by Monsieur Mottaz. The species does not belong to CUno- psi/Uus, but to Palaeopsylla.
Wagner also described as Tijjildopsi/lla .^iiiriua (cf. Ilor. Soc. K/it. I'o.in. XXXV. p. 26. t. 1. tigs. 3, 4 [I'.iOu]) a ? from Transbaicalia which he placed after- wards in Falacopsylla. If these two sibirica are ditierent— as (hey ajipear to be— the second will have to receive a new name.
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NEW AMERICAN ITBANIIBAE AND GEOMETMIBAE IN THE TEING MUSEUM.
By W. warren, M.A., F.R.S.
Family UnAMIDAE.
Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE.
Symphytophleps gon. nov.
(?. Foreu-iiig: elongate; costa slightly curved at base ami before apex, which isblnut; outer margin oblique, faintly curved, as long as inner margin, which is strongly sinuous, convex in basal half, concave beyond middle before the anal angle, which is rectangular.
Hiiiihiing : short and broad ; costa sinuous, excised at middle, the aj/ex truncate to vein 7, which, as well as vein 0, is shortly tootlied ; outer margin inherit in middle, the anal angle rounded.
Antennae simple, minutely serrate beneatli ; palpi porrcet, sliorl., with appressed scales, the terminal segment acute; tongue and frenulum present; legs short and stout ; abdomen short and thick (possibly damaged).
Nenration : forewing, cell less than half of wing ; discocellular vertical, straight in upper lialf, concave in lower ; vein 2 shortly before end of cell, 3 and 4 on a long stalk ; 5 from angle of discocellular, just above the middle ; 6 and 7 from upi)er angle of cell ; 8, 9 very long stalked, froiu same point as, or even shortly stalked with, 10; 11 from one-half. Hindwing, cell short and very broad ; vein 2 from beyond one-half : 3, 4 long stalked ; 5 from middle of discocellular ; 6, 7 short stalked ; S arched at base.
Type : -S'. liitif((scia spec. nov.
1. Symphytophleps latifascia spec. nov.
Fordriiii) : dull grey, freckled witli darker; the lines blackisli, most distinct beldw middle; first from aliout one-fourtli of costa to one-third of inner margin, strongly excurved in cell, so that the lower course is oblique jiavallel to outer margin ; outer line from quite three-fourths of costa, outcurved above and reaching inner margin at five-sixths ; space between the lines on inner margin blackisli brown with traces of other linos; a median cloud from costa towards anal angle; a lilac.k cell-mark ; a black subinarginal dash between veins 0 and 7 ; fringe grey.
lliiidiriiKj : with inner line bisinuate, from one-fourth of costa to about middle of inner margin; outer line double, waved below costa, the interval on inner margin darker, as in forewing ; a black dot at top of iliscocellular.
Underside dark -freckled grey, withdut markings.
Face, [lalpi, thorax, and abdomen blackisli ; shoulders and patagia )iale grey.
Expanse of wings : 38 ram.
1 c? from Huancabamba, Cerro ile Pasco, Peru (Boettger).
The markings in costal half of forewing are somewhat obscured, owing to the worn state of the speeimeii.
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Family ill'.OMK TlilJ). I /•;. Si'iiFAMiLY (JVLLOPODINAE. 2. Josia discrepans spec. nov.
Forewiiig : velvety black, with a broad deep yellow streak from base to termen, its npper edge nearly straight, its lower somewhat curved, narrower in its terminal fifth, its end blunt ; the fringe .black.
niiuhciiiii : black, the inner margin and the outer from anal angle to vein 4 deep yellow, the edge of the black portion evenly cnrved from base to vein 4 ; fringe black from apex to vein 4, the rest deej) yellow ; a narrow yellow costal stripe from base to four-fifths.
Underside like npper, bnt the yellow portions rather wider.
Palpi, antennae, a spot at top of face, the shoulders, jiatagia, and dorsum shining black ; face and vertex, and (he anal tuft pale ochreous ; base of jiatagia externally, and a broad stripe down middle of thorax and dorsum deep yellow ; venter and pectus pale ochreous.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 i from Pozuzo, Huunuco, Peru, sOO — liiou m. (Hoffmanns).
3. Oricia augusta spec. nov.
Foretcinq : velvety black, with the veins concisely yellow ; from midille of costa to vein 1 at two-thirds a golden yellow blotch, swollen in middle, blunt- pointed below ; on each side of it and along unter margin the yellow veins are interrupted by the black ground-colour ; fringe black.
niiidirhui : golden yellow, with a broad hlack border from apex to anal angle ; broadest at ajiex, deeply excurved at middle, and truncate at anal angle.
Underside of forewing brown-black, with the yellow blotch broader ; costal edge yellow to middle ; tips of fringe white ; hindwing yellow ; the dark margin interrupted liy a yellow tooth at costa : a slight dark basal streak along subcostal vein.
Palpi whitish in front, black laterally; face yellow; shoulders black, with lateral orange spots and a pale dot at middle; patagia dark with yellow e Iges ; thorax and abdomen black, with yellow dorsal stripe and the latter with yellow lateral stripes ; venter whitish.
Exjianse of wings : S.'i mm.
1 (? from Huinayta, ]l'u> Madeira, .Inly --Si'ptcmlirr I m Mi (Hoffmanns).
4. Oricia dominula s]iec. nov.
Fomriiui : uniform olive-brown, with the veins yellow; a [lale yellow wedge- like streak from costa beyond middle across the diseocellular to just below vein I! ; an elongate club-sha])ed yellow blotch from base along snbmedian interval to beyond middle ; fringe dark brown ; inner margin finely yellowish.
llindirimi : lilack, with the centre jiale vellow from base to three-l'ourtlis of wing, whrre it is rounded ; its upjier edge is dill'use, ;ind its lower indented !it vein 'J ; along snbmedian (old is a sd'eak of bhick scab's ; inner margin mid fringe yellow.
I'nderside brown-black; forewmg with both yellow blotches enlarged : lii wing with the yellow centre twice as wide: a yellow costal streak from hase t beyond middle, which is also present on uppersidc
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Pal]ii laterally black, yelldwisli iu front; face yellow; vertex brownish: shoulders brown, with three yellow spots ; patagia streaked brown and yellow ; thorax and abdomen blackish, with yellow dorsal stripe, the latter also with yellow lateral stripes.
Ex])anse of wings : 3.5 mm.
1 S from La Soledad, Province Entro Rios, Argentina, close to frontier of Urngnay, A]iril lOOf) (Miss Britton).
5. Oricia fulva spec. nov.
Fo/r/rit/fi : fnlvons brown, much browner than prircrna Cram. ; the basal half (lull fnlvons; the veins in both areas paler; from eosta at two-thirds a narrow obliqne cream-coloured wedge-shaped mark ending on vein .").
Ilindii'iix/ : dull orange, with a purplish lirown border shaped as in iiriernin ; the costa with some brownish sealing.
Underside of forewing with an orange-yellow blotch along inner margin as in py-irerna, the costa remaining brown ; the pale costal streak enlarged, running to vein 3, and emitting a spur inwards to discocellnlar ; hindwing as iu priraiin^ Imt in both wings the dark tints are brown, not black.
Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler, greyer brown ; the venter cream-white.
Exjianse of wings : 48 mm.
1 ? without locality label.
fi. Oricia imitatrix spec. nov.
Forciviiuj : dark purple-brown, the veins showing scarcely paler; a fiisilorm yellow transverse blotch at three-fifths, extending from subcostal vein to snbmedian fold ; fringe concolorous.
IJindicing: with a central curved broad yellow fascia with waved edges from vein 8 to inner margin, where it is narrowed and dusted with blackish scales.
Underside with the blotches larger and deeper yellow ; forewing with a whitish streak along median vein and inner margin ; hindwing with one along costa and median vein.
Pal|ii black with basal segment white ; face white ; ccdhir yellow ; thorax and abdomen like wings, the latter with yellow dorsal spots.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
~ ii from Huniayta, Kio Madeija, .Inly — S<']itember I'.mk; (Hoti'manus).
This species is reniarkalily like Kjiliinltiim inoiiili.s Hiib.
7. Oricia projecta spec. nov.
Fororinfi : olive-brown, with the veins yellowish; on the middle of the inm-r margin an oblii|ne cream-white blotch, the inner edge parallel to costa, the outer to outer margin, the apex miuided and touching cell-ibid, the outer edge bent on vein 2 ; beyond upper end of cell a similarly colom-eil blotch.
UiiidiniKj : cream-colonr, with a bioad black marginal border from before ajicx to anal angle, its inner edge waved and with a sinus beyond cell; base brownish.
Underside like ujiper, without the yellow veins.
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Head aii<l tlinrax brown varic'd with pale spots and streaks ; tlie patajjia with palp edges : abdomen (rnbbed) apparently dincry whitish with darker dorsal and lateral stripes.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 ? from Hnmayta, Rio Madeira, .Tnly — September lOOC (Hoffmanns).
8. Oricia scissa spec nov.
Forcwiiifi : dark olive-brown, with the veins all y(dlow; from middle of costa a yellow wedge-sliajied streak runs to snbmedian fold at three-fourths, the i;rnnud- colonr on eacii sidi' of it cbirker and interrupting the yellow veins; fringe ]iale brown.
Hindiriiui : deep yellow, the inner margin below cell and vein 2, a sijnare blotch at apex above vein 4, and the margin between 2 and 4 narrowly brown- black ; fringe dark brown ; the extreme inner margin and its fringe yellowish.
Underside dark brown ; forewing with an obliquely edged basal patch yellowish; a broad deep yellow band of uniform width from middle of costa nearly to anal angle ; hindwing like npperside, but the dark areas brown ; inner margin more broadly yellowish.
Face and vertex yellow ; palpi yellow with the tips black ; thorax and patagia streaked alternately olive-brown and dull yellow; dorsum brownish cinereous, edged by a broad orange lateral stripe; venter cream-enlour ; legs grey and whitish.
Expanse of wings : 4ii mm.
Botb sexes from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May to .Tidy lOitG (Klages).
In this species vein 10 is stalked with 7, ><, 9, instead of rising free.
n. Phaeochlaena biorbiculata spec nov.
Foreidiit) olive-brown, with the veins yellowish, and two round wiiitish spots, one at lower end of cell between the cell-fold and ba<e of vein 2, the other submargiual, crossed by veins 5 and 0 ; fringe brown.
Iliiidirinfi : cream-white, witli broad black costal and outer marginal Imnler, and the base diffnsely browLi ; the veins and fdld also streaked witli brown across the white area.
Underside similar ; both wings brown.
I'alpi yellowisii ; face white ; antennae lilacl; ; jiafagia with yellnw spot at base ; thorax and abdomen brownish cinereous.
Expanse of wings : S 28 mm. ; ? 35 mm.
A long series from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May to July lOiiG (Klages).
The species dilfers from /'//. tiiiili/msn, the type of the genus, in having vein lo stalked with 7, 8, '.i, and the antennae iif the ? are shortly bi|ie('tiuate.
l(t. Polypoetes vidua spec nov.
Forfwiixj : semitransparent, sparsely sealed, black, with the veins dclieafely white; a white semihyaline narrow streak from base to beyond middle betweiMi median vein and snbmedian fold ; a white blotch beyond cell between vein i! and the stem of :), 4, its upper edge obliijne; a small white tridentatc mark before apex, caused by the swelling of veins 7, S, ',), which rise nearly all together ; fringe black.
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Uhulwinq: with all the niiirgins black, of uniform width, pnclosiiij; a liroad white iivriforin space, with difl'iise bhiek scales at base.
Underside duller black with similar white markings, the hindwing also with the costa narrowl}- and the inner margin broadly dusted with bluish white scales.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; an orange spot at base of patagia laterall}' ; segments of abdomen with whitish rings.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 ? from Limbani, <'arabaya, Peru, November 10(il, wet season (Ockenden) ; very much like P. bistellata Dogn. from Argentina; but the white area of hind- wings is broader and the veins of forewing are white. I have seen another ? from Limbani, and 2 3S from Agualani, referred at the time to bisfeUata.
11. Scotura fulviceps ali. quadripuncta no v.
Difiers from the type form off/i/rk-cps Feld., figured as a C////io/isis, iu having a fourth white spot beyond the end of cell above the large outer spot, which in the type form is rounded and reaches vein 5, bnt in the aberration is flattened and bounded by vein 4 ; at base of cell is also a distinct white spot.
2 (?<? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May lOnO (Klages), along with a fair number of the type form.
12. Scotura fusciceps sjier. nov. and ab. obstructa nov.
Forewing : black, with the veins hardly paler ; a dull whitish blotch beyond lower angle of cell embracing the forking of veins 3 and 4, the veins across it also white ; fringe black.
I/iiiihchii/ : black, with a whitish elongated blotch from base to three-fourths of wing, the median vein, vein 2, and the stalk of 3, 4, showing black along it.
Underside duller black, with the pale areas in both wmgs more extensive and bluish white in tint.
Head and thorax blackish ; abdomen blackish with a strong bluish tinge.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 c? from Foute Boa, Upper Amazims, July 1'-H)(j (Klages).
Distinguished at once by its dark liead.
Tn the ab. ohMnirta, the pale blotcli of forewing is absent on the upperside, lint eipuilly distinct below ; in the himlwing the central white a-iTa is wider, occnjjying the whole width (if the cell, whereas in the type it is limited abnvi' by the cell-fold.
I i taken along with the type.
13. Scotura intermedia spec. nov.
Like .S'. iiii/nitd Warr. in the forewing ; in the hindwing the sninky grey patch along iui<ldle of wing, which in n'Kjntln is white on the underside only, is in the present species white both aliove ami below, with the edges dill'use.
I'jxpanse of wings : 32 mm.
I'otli sexes from the Aroewarwa Creek, Mamewym Valley, Sui-iiiam, .Inly to September lUorj (Klages).
Resembles tS. ??c;7'0.w SchiHis, lull tin' white area in liiiiduing nioi-e restrieteil, and not reaching base.
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14. Scotura leucophleps spec. no\
Fori'iciiig : blai'kisli, with the veins :ill jiale ; the fringe lilack.
Ilimlivimj : slaty black, witli an elongated central white wedge-shaped streak from base, its point near outer margin between veins '^ and 4.
Underside bhick, with tlie veins towards outer margin of botli wings distinctly white; the white central area of hindwing ampler.
Head and palpi fnlvous ; thorax and abdomen bhickish.
E.xpanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 S (Vora Tiiis, Costa Rica.
l.'i. Scotura long'igutta sjicc. nov.
Foreiriiui : dull Mackisli, with all tlic veins pale grey, as in ncreosri and renata.
Ilinclwing : deep brown-black, with a long drop-shajied central white blotch including the ontcr half of cell, its outer edge running from subcostal near tlie forking of veins 0 and 7 to the forking of veins 3 and 4, its lower edge parallel to ujipor along vein 2, both ends rounded.
Underside of forewing with a small white blotch beyond end. of cell; liind- wing with the white blotch ampler, pyriform, running narrowly to base ; the inner margin pale grey.
Head and paljii deep orange ; thorax and abdomen brownish fuscous.
Expanse of wings ; 30 mm.
i) c?c?, 1 ? from Fonte Boa, Upper Amazons, May to .Inly lOOfi (Klages).
Hi. Stenoplastis eximia sikt. nnv.
Foiru'liH/ : olive-liliU'k, the veins distinctly yellow; basal area milky white, bounded by a vertical blotch from costa to median at one-third, and another from median to inner margin at two-tifths ; base of costa and cell smoky grey, and a streak on each side of the submedian fold ; on the discocellular a yellowish white vertical streak broadening downwards, and above it on each side of vein 11 some (litl'usp white scales ; the starting-pnint of veins 7, S, 0 swollen into a yellow spot; a snbmarginal series nf faint wliitish Innules between the veins.
Iliiulicinq : jinrc white, with a Mack blotch on outer margin from costa to vein 2; beyond which the fringe is black, but white below.
Underside like njiper, but the veins yellow only just before margin ; basal iin^a (if forewing wholly white except cosla.
Face, palpi, and base of patagia orange-yellow ; thorax (rulibed) blackisii ; al)domen white in basal half, black tosvards anus, whuily white beneath.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
1 S from Cnshi, I'rovin<'e lliiiinneo, Tern, I'.ium ni. i llolfniannsj.
Allied 1(1 S. jijiirn I)()gn.
SiniAMiLY GEOMETIUNAIO. Auomphax gen. nov.
Near rnKnii/iliiinxlis \\:w\-., I'nim wlii<h it is sejiarated by the absence of frenulum and the rudimentary tongue; the costa of forewing is more curved, so that the wing ajipears ampler : the antennae of the ? are bipectinate, though
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more Rhortly than iii the S ; in PuromplMCOih'ii they are serrate only. Neuration identical ; in the hiudwing the costal and subcostal are very closely approxi mated for iiajf of cell, without any anastoraosis.
Type : Anomp/M.r (/loina I'ntler (Om/Jin.r).
In Guenee's genus Oinphur even the i has simple antennae.
IT. Auomphax gnoma.
Omphajc yiioma Butlei-. Tr. E, S. 18s2, p. 307.
The two examples from fJhili described by Mr. Butler as iS arc both ? ?, tiie pectinated antennae having misled him ; as a rule Chilian insects are not met witli east of the Andes ; bnt I have lately seen a ? from Salta, Aru'eiitina, whit'h cannot be separated, as far as I can see, from Butler's (ihilian ijnonw. This specimen was taken in February lOii.j by J. Steinbach.
Is. Dichorda uniformis spec. nov.
Like l>. rrmotaria Wlk. from X. America, but with shorter and broader wings, the outer margin less oblique, the two lines ending on inner margin of furewing at one-third and two-thirds; in the hiudwing the line, instead of ending close above the anal angle, runs to inner margin a little beyond the middle and is nearly central ; the green tint is without any admixture of yellow.
Ex])anse : 22 mm.
2 d'cJ from (Japaro, Trinidad, December I'.iU-") (Klages).
Eualloea gen. nov.
Foreirhiii : elongate ; costa slightly arched at base, strongly convex before apex, whicli is depressed and acute; outer margin crenulate, concave between apex and vein 4, thence oblique, veins 4 and 3 forming a blnnt projection.
Iliiidiriiui : with inner margin long, the anal angle nearly square ; outer margin produced to a short Ijlunt tail at vein 4, and with a smaller tooth at veins 3 and (i.
Antennae in d quite simple, lamellate ; jialpi short, ]iorrect ; tongue and freiinbim present ; hiiultibiae with four s])urs ; abdomen without dorsal tufts.
Ncuni.tioii : forewing, cell not half as long as wing; discocellular vertical above, then incurved and oblique below; first median nervule at quite two-thirds,