THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XV.] 



MAECH, 1882. 



[No. 226. 



ABERRATIONS IN THE GENUS ARGYNNIS. 



By J. Jenner Weib, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



(Plate I.) 



Argynnis Adippf, var. of male. 



The woodcut at the head of this article represents the upper 

 and under sides of an aberration of Avfii/nnis Adippe (male), 

 captured near Salcdmbe, South Devon, last year, by Mr. A. W. 

 Sture, of that town. 



The specimen is a good example of partial melanism, 

 accompanied b}^ an almost total obliteration of markings ; the 

 red spot on the upper side, towards the base of the primaries, is 

 very conspicuous. On the under side the silver spots towards 

 the base of the secondaries are confluent, and those usually 

 found in the middle and towards the edge of the wing are, with 

 one exception, absent. 



Fig. 1, Plate I., represents a partially-melanic aberration of 

 Anjijniiis -irilaia (male), captured with another somewhat similar 



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