280 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Butterflies’ from the Bond Collection with the central area only 
of all the wings suffused with smoky brown, whereas Tutt’s is a 
? form ‘with strongly suffused base.” ‘Tutt’s suffusa is, 
therefore, nomen occupatum and requires reconsideration. There 
are several smoky blotched examples in the Lowe Collection, but 
the apparent aberration here is due, I think, to some chemical 
process during relaxation. 
(u) Ab. 2 pseudomas, Cockl. (1889) = obsoleta, Tutt; the 
latter, therefore, falls to it. 
Prof. Cockerell’s vars. major and minor are not described 
in detail, and I see no reason to retain as separate forms in the 
strict sense. They are mentioned (op. cit., p. 176) merely as 
instances of size variation. 
On the other hand, my list must be extended and amended as 
hereunder in the light of his nomenclature: 
(kk) Micans, Fritsche = purpurascens, Cockl. (op. cit., p. 8), 
and is Fitch’s (‘Entom.,’ vol. xi) unnamed form, ‘‘ beautifully 
shot with purple or blue.” MMicans, Fritsche, thus falls to the 
earlier name, while Konas, micans, if retained at all, should be 
limited to examples where the hind wings only are lustrous. 
Looking through my own collection I observe that, whereas the 
rosy lustre vanishes from edusa, it appears to be permanent in 
hecla and (purple) in Aurorina heldreichi, and probably others of 
the group. 
(77) Ab. duplex, Cockl. ‘Upper wings like helice, lower 
typical; or left side typical, and right helice (‘Entom.,’ vol. x1, 
p- 52, and August, 1876).” Cp. Fitch’s plate, ‘ Kutomologist,’ 
vol. x1, figures fifth in both columns. 
(mm) Var. angustior, Cockl. Wings narrower and longer in 
proportion than in type (op. cit., vols. xi and xxii, p. 148). 
In conclusion I may add that I have a curious ab. of helice 
in which a series of white indeterminate scratches takes the place 
of the normal pale blotches in the black margin of the left upper 
wing, the right being normal. This example was taken by the 
late Rev. F. EK. Lowe at La Granja, Spain, in June, 1908. 
October 28th, 1921. 
ABISKO AND BOSSEKOP REVISITED. 
By Ausert F. Rosa, M.D. 
(Concluded from p. 267.) 
When changing boats at Hammerfest I had an hour or two 
to spare and so had a look for larve of Aglais var. polaris at the 
spot where it occurred the year before, but it was not to be 
found. If eggs had been deposited they had not hatched, as no 
webs were to be seen. I got a web of small larve when passing 
through Narvik—not, however, so likely to produce the variety 
