294 THE entomologtst's record. 



Lepidoptera from Lapland. 



By W. E. NICHOLSON, F.E.S. 



I have read with interest your account of Dr. Chapman's Lepi- 

 doptera from Lapland, and I am much interested to learn that he has 

 taken a new species of riati/jitilia. My own collection adds but very 

 little to that made by Dr. Chapman, and consists of the following : — 

 Paplionidks. — Chri/soiihamis p/dacas. — Two male specimens of the same 

 bright copper as you describe in Dr. Chapman's. The pale ashy-grey 

 of the underside is a noticeable feature — from Bodo. I'lcbcius ar(fi(s. — 

 Four uuiles and four females from Bodo. All the females have orange 

 marginal spots on the upper surface of both fore- and hind-wings, 

 though faint on the fore-wings in two specimens. One is much 

 suffused with blue, and, in all, the orange marginal spots of the under- 

 side of both wings are very strongly dexeloped. I'lcbcius oiitilctc. — 

 Two males and five females, froni marshy ground above Bodo. I do 

 not find that my specimens are either smaller or paler underneath than 

 my iMigadine examples, indeed, they are rather darker on the under- 

 side than the latter. I have none of the var. c!/2)arissus for comparison, 

 but I cannot see how the specimens can be referred to that form, though 

 it is said to inhabit Lapland. Poli/onimatm icarus. — One worn male 

 specimen from Bodo. The spots on the underside of the fore wings, 

 between the discoidal spot and the base of the wing, are entirely absent 

 from the right Aving, and are only represented by a few scales on the left, 

 so that the specimen approaches the var. icaruniH. Cupido ininiina. — 

 One large $ specimen from Bodo, except that it is rather larger than 

 usual, it is typical, l-jichloe canhmiiiics. — 1 presume that the specimen 

 was captured in the early nu^rning of the 2Hth -luly, at Naes, as we 

 reached this place at 11 p.m. on the 27th, and left again at 7.80 a.m. 

 on the 28th. The weather was dull all the time. Anmnnis ai/laia. — 

 A male and a female, in good condition, from Bodo. The species was 

 abundant on comparatively dry peaty ground, close to the town. The 

 specimens agree, more or less, with your description of those taken by 

 Dr. Chapman. Jlrcnt'iis- jtalcs. — Six specimens from Bodo (5 J and 1 ? ). 

 They are all brightly fulvous, and rather heavily spotted with black. 

 The female presents less difference from the male than is usual with 

 Swiss specimens. A single fenuile was taken at Harstad, on July ;-}lst, 

 in which the fulvous ground-colour is very rich, and the black 

 markings are all much enlarged, the central row of spots on the 

 fore- wings coalesce, and form an irregular band outside the discoidal 

 cell, giving the insect a striking banded appearance. I have also H 

 males and H females from lidvenaes. South Varanger, taken on the 

 6th August. The males approach the form taken at Bodo, but the 

 fulvous marking is rather duller. The females have the fulvous 

 ground-colour much duller, and the black spots are considerably larger 

 than usual. The insect has a superficial resemblance to a dark 

 Ji. sclcnc, and I take it to be Staudinger's var. lappotuca. The Bodo 

 specimens approach this form, but are not so characteristic. They are all 

 much smaller than the type. 1>. cupltrosiinc — One ? specimen from 

 Bodo, darker and duller than the type, probably referable to the var. 

 fuKjal. lircnthis frcija. — This species was not seen on the wing, but 

 I have a single damaged specinien, given to me by the landlady at the 

 hotel at Elveuaes, South Varanger. It had been captured by one of 



