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- COLIAS EDUSA, FAB. (CROCEUS, FOURC.). 185 
fig. 9). The illustration shows that this is practically an identical 
form, though rather more suffused, with that figured for Mr. 
Fitch’s paper (op. cit.), the first of the left-hand column. Similar 
melanic forms are rare; there is an example in the Natural 
History Museum Collection. 
_ (p) Ab. 3 2 Nigrofasciata, Verity (1906). With the discal 
spot united on the fore wings to the marginal band by a broad 
black band; the red spot on the hind wings underside extended in 
long streaks towards the discal spot (‘ Rhopal Palzarct.,’ pl. xlvii, 
figs. 8,9). This is M. Oberthur’s ab. 1 (op. cit.), and is tran- 
sitional to the form figured for Mr. Fitch’s paper (op. cit.), the 
female second of the right-hand series. 
(q) Ab. 2 Suffusa, Tutt (1896). Typical form with strong 
basal suffusion: trs. ad Melanitica. 
(r) Ab. 3 Striata, Geest. The dark marginal border ex- 
tended in rays to the middle of the wings. 
(c) Variation of Colour and Marking. 
(s) Ab. Velata, Ragusa (1904). In which the black marginal 
bands are covered with filmy green sealing (? both sexes). ‘A 
Sicilian form” (‘ Nat. Sicil.,’ vol. xvii, p. 42), but by no means 
confined to the Mediterranean littoral. Translation is not easy ; 
I suggest “filmy” as the nearest equivalent in this connection 
to ‘‘Velata” (veiled). Ithink the filminess may be due to irides- 
cence as in the form Micans decribed below. 
(t) S Atrofasciata, Rocci (1920). A summer form in which 
the nervures are indistinguishable to the apex of the fore wings. 
(u) Ab. @ Obsoleta, Tutt (1896). The spots in the marginal 
(almost or) entirely obsolete. Appears to be synonymous with 
ab. Poveli, Aigner (‘ Rov. Lapok,’ vol. viii, p. 80, 1901). 
(v) Ab. 2 Subobsoleta, Rocci (1920). The intermediate form 
to (q) ‘‘ with some markings.” 
(w) Ab. ¢ Faille, Stef. (1900). With the series of yellow 
nervures very distinct, and carried right through the marginal 
bands of all the wings upper side. Sicily. Often occurs near 
Florence, and no doubt is widely distributed elsewhere. 
(c) Ab. 3 Helena H.-S. (1843). Has “a row of yellow 
blotches just inside, and touching the marginal hind band, 
which is narrow” (Tutt). Comparethe @? ab. third of the right- 
hand series Mr. Fitch's plate (op. cit.) 
(y) Ab. ¢ Micans, Fritsche (= Micans, Konas; = Micans, 
Kiefer). The description by the three claimants to name this 
aberration suggests identity of form. This being so, Fritsche, 
as the first in the field (‘Int. Ent. Zeit.,’ Guben, v, 1911, 
No. 8, p. 55), is entitled by priority to rank as author. - 
Konas’s description (‘ Iris,’ vol. xxxiii, p. 17) is dated 1914— 
forma nova. It is a male with a violet lustre present on the 
hind wings. Kiefer also describes it (‘ Ent. Rdsch.,’ xxx, pp. 32 
