THE ENTO,MOLOGIST. 



No. 103.] APRIL, 'MDCCCLXXII. [Price 6tl. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



MELANAGEIA GALATHEA (mELANIC VAEIETy). 



Variety of Melanagria Galathea. — I am indebted to Mr. 

 Farn for the loan of the remarkable specimen represented by 

 the preceding figure. In the outline of wings and in size 

 there is no deviation from the normal character ; but as an 

 instance of that singular aberration of colour to which I 

 gave the name of n)elanism, it is truly remarkable. The 

 antennae are black, with the usual ferruginous tip; the upper 

 surface of the wings is uniform smoky black, and, if viewed 

 perpendicularly and steadfastly, there does not appear any 

 trace of the normal while markings, but by shifting the 

 position, and altering the angle at which the light falls on the 

 upper surface, a slight indication — a soiq^^on, as the French 

 call it' — of the position of the markings is now and then to be 

 obtained ; the long hair-like scales clothing the base of the 

 wings, more particularly the hind wings, are smoky gray ; 

 the under side is of the same smoky black colour, with a gray 



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