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The yellow border much broader, extending over the space 

 that in th normal form is occupied with the row of blue 

 spots, these latter either entirely wanting or else faint traces 

 of them are on the secondaries only, as in Hubner's and Mil- 

 liere's figures. In one example I have seen the yellow bor- 

 der encroached to such an extent as to cover nearly the whole 

 outer half of all wings. 



|ab. b. 9 With the border on upper side of primaries black in- 

 stead of yellow. Mus. Streck. 



W. Hobo- 



| ken, N. Jer- 



Herbst, on t. 1G8, Vol. VII, figures another aberration of great b J ' 

 size with white border to the wings and the blue spots enor- 

 mously large. 



In Seba, Vol. IV, (1765), t. 32, f. 5, 6, another is represented 

 in which the white marks on outer part of primaries at costa 

 are entirely wanting, and on the under surface the dark col- 

 our of all wings is uniform, devoid of all marbling or reticu- 

 lation ; this example is, 1 believe, still in existence in the 

 St. Petersburg Museum. 



Larva on willow, elm, poplar. 



GENUS 9. PYRAMEIS, HUB. 



271. ATALANTA, LINN., (Pap. A.}, Syst. Nat,, Ed. X, p. 478, i Whole of 

 (1758), Ed. XII, I, 2, p. 779, (1767); Faun. Suec., N. America 

 p. 279, (1761); Pod., Ins. Mus. Graec., p. 72, except the 

 (1761); Scop., Ent, Cam., p. 148, (1763) ; Fabr., Polar region; 

 Syst. Ent,, p. 504, (1775); Sp. Ins., II, p. 90, Europe, 

 (1781); Mant, Ins., II, p. 49, (1787); Ent, Syst., N.Africa. 

 Ill, 1, p. 118, (1793); Esp., Schmett. Eur., I, 1, 

 t. 14, (1777); Bergs., Norn., t. 20, (1779); Brk., 

 Natur. Schmett,, 1, pp. 12, 196, (1788); Hiib., 

 Eur. Schmett,, 1, f. 75, 76, (?1793), Nymph. C a., 

 f. a, b, Lar. ; Herbst, Natursyst. Ins. Schmett., 



VII, p. 171, t. 180, f. 3, 4, (1794); Wilh., Lint. 

 Nat. Ins., II, p. 118, t. 15, (1797); Don., Brit. Ins., 



VIII, p. 19, t, 260, (1799); (Pap. Nym.A.) Schaef., 

 Icon., II, t. 148, vol. of text, p. 141, (1804); 

 (i\ymph. A.) Latr., Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., XIV, 

 p. 86, (1805); (Pap. A.) Ochs., Schmett. Eur., I, 

 1, 104, (1807); (Pyratn. A.) Hiib., Verz. Bek. 

 Schmett., p. 33, (1816); (Aglais A.) Dalm., Ve- 

 tensk. Acad. Handl., 55, (1816); (Libytkea A) La- 

 marck, Hist. Anim. sans Vert., IV, 29, (1817); 

 (Van. A.) Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 319, (1819); 

 Hist. Nat. Lep., 1, p. 99, t. 6, (1821); Steph., 111. 

 Brit. Ent. Haust., 1, p. 46, (1828); ( Van. A.) Bdl.- 

 Lec., Lep. Am. Sept., p. 175, (1833); Lucas, Tap. 

 Eur., p. 57, t. 1, (1834-35); (Cynthia A.) Harris, 

 Hitch. Rep. Min. Geo., etc., Mass., Ed. I, p. 390, 

 (1833); (Van. A.} Duncan, Nat. Lib. Ent., Ill, p. 

 170, t. 20, (1835); (Tachyptera A.) Berge, Schmett,, 

 p. 100, t. 45, (1842); (Van. A.) Emm., Agr. Nat, 

 Hist. N. York, V, p. 209. (1854); (Cyntlda A.) 

 Humph., Brit. Butt., p. 55, t. 15, (1841) ; Harris, 

 Ins. Inj. Veg., Flint's Ed., p. 294, f. 120, (1862); 



