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  of 
  food-plants 
  of 
  E. 
  atomaria, 
  " 
  Lotus 
  corniculatus, 
  L. 
  pilosus, 
  

   Centaurea 
  nif/ra, 
  and 
  various 
  plants 
  on 
  heaths." 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  Barrett 
  adds 
  " 
  Calluna 
  vuli/aris, 
  Erica, 
  and 
  Myrica 
  gale''' 
  to 
  

   these, 
  and 
  as 
  substitutes, 
  " 
  bramble, 
  dock, 
  clover, 
  trefoils, 
  sainfoin, 
  

   broom, 
  and 
  rest-harrow." 
  (Lep. 
  Br. 
  Isles). 
  

  

  Variation. 
  

  

  Alpheraky. 
  " 
  Hor. 
  Ross.," 
  Vol. 
  xvii., 
  p. 
  181. 
  1883 
  ? 
  

  

  Var. 
  iliaria. 
  

  

  "Var. 
  minor, 
  multopallidior, 
  $ 
  $■ 
  al^ 
  stepissime 
  unicolores 
  flavfe, 
  

   non 
  atomatffi, 
  vel 
  fasciis 
  paucissimis 
  brunescentibus 
  signat^e. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Hi 
  is 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  typical 
  

   form, 
  and 
  particularly 
  than 
  its 
  var. 
  orientaria. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  males 
  are, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  very 
  uniform, 
  not 
  covered 
  

   •with 
  brown 
  atoms 
  above 
  and 
  almost, 
  or 
  wholly, 
  without 
  markings. 
  

   Several 
  individuals 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  Naples 
  yellow, 
  unicolorous 
  with 
  

   the 
  central 
  point 
  scarcely 
  perceptible 
  on 
  the 
  forewings, 
  or 
  unseen. 
  

   Others 
  have 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  brownish 
  transverse 
  rays 
  towards 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  differently 
  distributed 
  in 
  different 
  specimens. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  males 
  are 
  almost 
  as 
  certainly 
  typically 
  

   pure 
  individuals 
  (non 
  var. 
  orientaria), 
  but 
  their 
  number 
  was 
  

   negligable 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  those 
  that 
  flew 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   places 
  by 
  hundreds. 
  The 
  females 
  hardly 
  differed 
  from 
  typical 
  

   females. 
  In 
  April 
  and 
  May." 
  

  

  Staudinger 
  describes 
  it, 
  " 
  Cat.," 
  Ed. 
  iii., 
  p. 
  351. 
  

  

  " 
  ^ 
  uniformly 
  yellow, 
  no 
  dusting. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Thian 
  Shan 
  

  

  (Hi.)" 
  

  

  He 
  further 
  suggests 
  this 
  form 
  as 
  another 
  species. 
  

  

  Staudinger. 
  "Cat.," 
  Ed. 
  i., 
  p. 
  74. 
  1861. 
  Ed. 
  iii., 
  p. 
  851. 
  

  

  Var. 
  orientaria. 
  

  

  " 
  Larger, 
  ^ 
  bright 
  ochreous 
  yellow, 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  marginal 
  

   band." 
  Referred 
  to 
  figures 
  of 
  H.S. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  S. 
  Tyrol, 
  Greece, 
  

   Istria, 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  

  

  This 
  form 
  was 
  figured 
  by 
  Herrich-Schaffer 
  in 
  " 
  Bearb. 
  Schm. 
  

   Eur." 
  Vol. 
  iii., 
  figs. 
  322, 
  323. 
  In 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  ^ 
  , 
  the 
  only 
  

   definite 
  marking, 
  the 
  marginal 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  forewings, 
  is 
  very 
  wide, 
  

   dark, 
  and 
  well 
  defined, 
  but 
  interrupted 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  blotch 
  of 
  yellow 
  

   ground 
  colour 
  about 
  midway. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  

   hindwing. 
  The 
  $ 
  has 
  a 
  much 
  paler 
  yellow 
  ochreous 
  ground, 
  much 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  fuscous 
  and 
  remnants 
  of 
  dark 
  banding, 
  and 
  is 
  

   certainly 
  dark 
  for 
  this 
  sex. 
  The 
  specimens 
  came 
  from 
  Constanti- 
  

   nople. 
  1. 
  c, 
  p. 
  91. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   collection 
  from 
  the 
  Orient. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  large, 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   lines 
  are 
  very 
  indefinite, 
  obsolescent 
  or 
  absent, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  

   hindwings. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  dusting 
  by 
  darker 
  scales. 
  

  

  