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pi. i, fig. 4), in which the normal rose-colour is " terra-cotta " 

 throughout. 



(ii) Ab. Jiavescens, Kocci (' Soc. Entom.,' vol. xxix, p. 41, 

 1914), with the upper- side hind wings yellow, lightly sprinkled 

 rose. 



{Hi) Ab. rosea, Kocci (pp.cit.). — Hind wings palest rose. 



M. Oberthiir devotes minute attention to the species. His 

 enumeration of the several forms in France, Switzerland and 

 Italy (' Lepid. Comparee,' fasc. iv, pp. 461-474) may be briefly 

 summed up as follows : 



(i) Typical. — Paris, Doubs, Savoie, Gers, Rhone Valley. 



(ii) miniacea, OhthY. — Cbarente, Charente-Infer., and Gironde ; 

 more vermilion ; ? wings clear greenish-grey. 



(iii) tristis, Obthr. — Spots smoother and of less brilliant 

 colour; the insect altogether of more sombre appearance. Htes.- 

 Pyrenees. The species does not inhabit the Eastern Pyrenees. 



(iv) alpina, Obthr. — Piuddy-carmine fore and hind wings ; 

 frequent confluence of spots. Basses-Alpes and Isere. (Guillemot 

 describes the forms at Larche and Barcelonette as small, but 

 presenting many pretty variations.) 



(v) = triptolemus, Hb. — Central Ital.y. 



(vi) = achilleoides, Wagner, and ivagneri, Milliere. Alpes- 

 Maritimes, tbe former reaching eastward to Bordighera, then 

 passing into wagneri. This form M. Oberthiir further sub- 

 divides into snbca'nilea, Milliere { = mgra, Dz.), giesenkingi, 

 Wagner, with its several variations, and qnadrimaculata, Obthr. 

 (I have the type from the neighbourhood of Cannes kindly sent 

 me by Mr. C.'E. Morris.) 



Notwithstanding M. Oberthiir's diagnosis, Dr. Eocci (' Soc. 

 Entom.,' vol. xxviii, p. 56, 1913) apparently hesitates to merge 

 wagneri, Mill., in acliillece, Esp., awaiting further information 

 and investigation before disposing bis (0 var. ligustica definitely 

 to one or the other. I must refer students to the original 

 description {op. cit.), merely remarking that it is described as of 

 the same size as the type with scaling and colour as bellis, Hb., 

 and that in its (ii) ab. divisa, Piocci, by the division of the apical 

 spot exactly in half, "we have an atavistic six-spotted form." Dr. 

 Eocci also describes {he. cit.) two m.ore new forms from Genoa : 



{iii) Ab. psendo-cynarce, with the apical spot fore wings not 

 pedunculate, but perfectly round. Underside, spots 1-2, 3-4 

 confluent ; spot 5 separate and oblong and margin red. Form like 

 cynarcsturatii. 



{iv) Ab. pseudo-icagneri, spots on upperside as in (3), but 

 smaller, and as to each other more distinct. Border of hind 

 wings broader, but anal margin entirely red. Probably a 

 transitional form to iragneri, which it closely resembles. 



Lastly we have the two new forms introduced by Dr. Verity 

 C Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.,' vol. xlvii, p. 72) : 



