THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 120.J MAY, MDCCCLXXIV. [Price 6d. 



Melit^ia Selene ? VAEiETy. 



Meliicea Selene ? variety. — This singular specimen, which 

 is in the rich collection of Mr. Stevens, almost defies every 

 attempt to fix its specific name. The colour on the upper 

 side is fulvous, or raw-sienna brown marked with black, in 

 the manner which the clever drawing by Mr. Willis so well 

 indicates: the fore wings have three amorphous blotches in 

 a longitudinal series beneath the costa and above the middle 

 of the wing; the wing-rays are incrassated by black margins, 

 and each intervening area is divided by a short transverse 

 bar; on the left-hand wing four of these areas have each an 

 oblong narrow spot near the middle; the hind wings are 

 dark, almost black, but not without paler spaces and reflections 

 in the basal portion ; each has also a submarginal series of 

 six oblong fulvous spots. The under side can scarcely be 

 described, the black, brown, (iilvous, and silver, are so mixed 

 up, and so entirely without distinguishing specific characters. 

 •Edivard Newman. 



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