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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Vou. XLIX.] DECEMBER, 
1916. [No. 643 
VARIETIES OF ARCTIA CAIA. 
By F. W. Fronawx, M.B.O.Y., F.E.S. 
Tue figures below represent two remarkable female varieties 
of Arctia caia, which I reared from larve collected on the Seilly 
Islands last May. As will be seen by the upper figure (emerged 
July 21st), the specimen is asymmetrical in pattern. The 
Varieties of Arctia caia. 
normal white markings on the fore-wings are greatly reduced 
and gradually become suffused with brown, which finally 
almost obliterates them over the apical portion, producing a 
peculiar clouded appearance; the chocolate-brown markings are 
outlined with very dark brown. The ground colour of the hind 
ENTOM.—DeEceEMBER, 1916. AA 
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