THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXVIII.] OCTOBER, 1905. 



[No. 509. 



LYGMNA ORBIT ULUS, Prun., L. var. OBERTHURI, 

 Stgr., AND L. PYRENAICA, B. 



By H. Rowland-Brown, M. A., F.E.S. 



1. L. orbitulus, g- . 3. L. 'pyrenaica, $ . 5» L. var. oberthuri, $ . 



2. ,, under side. 4. ,, under side. 6. ,, ,, under side. 



Of the examples figured, 1 and 2 are from Berisal ; 3 and 4 

 from Gavarnie ; 5 and 6 from Cauterets. Both species are 

 subject to considerable variation, but I have endeavoured to 

 bring out the main points of difference as they present them- 

 selves in the specimens included in my cabinet series. 



L. orbitulus, Prun., of the Alps and Eastern Pyrenees. 



$ . Upper wings almost wholly suffused, or sprinkled with 



hyacinthine blue on a light cinnamon-brown ground. Marginal border 



broadish and brown-black. Discoidal spot whitish ocellated. Lower 



wings : same coloration ; peacock eyes on hind margin discernible on 



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