THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XI.] APEIL, 1878. [No. 179. 



OBSERVATIONS 

 ON A VARIETY OF CHELONIA VILLICA. 



Uv II. Goss, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



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Variety of Chelonia villica (female^. 



The specimen of Chelonia villica figured above was bred 

 by Mr. Ambrose Gates, of Brighton, in the spring of 1872. 

 The peculiarities of the insect are so accurately represented 

 in the figure that their description is almost superfluous. In 

 the fore wings the majority of the usual cream-coloured 

 spots are suffused with black, and others are totally 

 obliterated ; no trace of them can be detected, even when 

 the insect is held up to a strong light. As shown in the 

 woodcut, the suffusion or obliteration of the cream-coloured 

 spots on the right fore wing is much more complete than in 

 the left fore wing ; and, with the exception of the basal spot 

 nearest the costa and three minute spots near the tip, not the 

 slightest trace of cream-colour is to be found in it. In the 

 leji wing, in addition to both the basal spots and three 

 small spots near the tip, there is a large spot between the 

 centre of the wing and the costa, a small cuneiform spot 

 between that last mentioned and the inner margin, and some 

 slight traces of the large spot which in ordinary specimens 

 of this species is situated near the anal angle. In the hind 

 wings the only peculiarity is the confluence of certain spots 

 near the centre, so as to form a black streak, extending 



