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Directions of Yar. (;i.) markinu of un.s. less heavy and of 



yellowei'-grn. 

 ivar. Flavidior. HA. (Ausonia, Far.)\ the form of the plain, 



,1,'t'n. with bi"t. yell, neivures (hitherto confused with Aiisania); 



gen. also slightly larger, reaching 46mm. ; ? with more or less 



of dull yell, suffusion up.s. h.w. 



Loc. The Rhone Valley, <'.//., Lavey, v. e. /97 ; v. 2702 ; Bierre, 

 V. 7/02 (H'A.) ; c. some years between Charpigny and J>ex, iv. e. ; 

 v.; Illgraben, V. (/'V.s.) ; Martigny ; 8aillon ; Sion ; \'isp (/''«r.). 



A. Bella, ('nimcr (C'rameri, llullcr); .'VSiuin. I'M. pit. 

 Kymastntiii and other I 'rKcijrni . 

 2 un.s. h.w. yellower grn. than S {lumr). 

 Dist. Char, (type) un.s. h.w. mottled grn. and silver (c. Taiiis 

 var. Ilellezina). 



Loc. ^lonte l>re, iii.-iv. (Kane). 



Digne, iv, 6/02 {R.-Brn.) ; Susa, vi. 18/02 {Lour) ; lit. 

 Vinaigrier; Vallon Obscur ; 8t. Martin N'osubie [Jinn.): La 

 Bocca, Cannes, vii. m. 91 {Nic/Kilxon) ; Certosa di Pesio, vi. m. ,92 



iXnrris). 



Directions of Yar. (a.) absence of silver in 2nd brood. 



var. Ausonia, llh. : rather larger than type ; differs from 



Siiitjilonia {([. v.) by having straight or nearly straight outer 



edge to disc, spot, up.s. f.w., and much less blk. marking esp. 



at w. -bases and on costa ; un.s. h.w. wh. spots at border 



rounded and much more irregular. 

 [Obs. — The absence of blk. from the costa f.w., up.s., is not a trustworthy 

 char. ; most of the Spanish specimens I have seen have a good deal : Spuler 

 figures ^4 i(soHW( with blk. on costa. i 



vi.-vii. The 2 broods sometimes overlap. 



'A. (Tagis, nil.) var. Bellezina, lisdr. (Px'llidice. //.-S.) ; 



2bmm. I'd. pit. Jb< ris jiiiinatK. 

 2 un.s. h.w. lightly washed A\ith yell, (haiir). 

 Dist. Char. un.s. li.w. a v. small round blk. disc, spot ; and wh. 

 spots edged with yell. 



t Note. — The examination of a large number of specimens from the \alais, 

 and a compaiison of them with specimens of Antioiiid from S. France, Spain, Pied- 

 mont and the Caucasus, has convinced me of what 1 have long suspected, vi~., that 

 Aii)ioni(i is not found in the Valais. It is also prima facie improbable that if we 

 have one brood of Beliu, it should take the form of the "ind, as the sanic' intluenees 

 are brought to bear on the larvie and pupaj of our insect as on the 1st. but not on 

 the '2ud, brood of liclid in the S. Further, it appears from a note communicated liy 

 M. deKougemont to Chne. Favre (Lepidoptcrcs du Valais, Supplement, I'.tO;^, p. 2). 

 that the 1. of Sinq)l(>itia, of wh. he has bred many, differs greatly from that of 

 Ilclia, and closely resembles that of /'. Daplidice : he describes the p., wh. has no 

 movable segments, as being also less slender than that of Hclio. and having a 

 shorter and stouter nose-horn. I have, therefore, followed Dr. Spuler in trcHtiug 

 siinidoiiia as a separate sp. Mr. Sloper (no doubt amongst many others) has bred 

 both Iklia from eggs laid by Amvnia, and vice versa, in the regular cycle. 



