THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXVL] 



JUNE, 1903. 



[No. 481. 



AN ABERRATION OF MELITMA DIDYMA. 

 By H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., P.E.S. 



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This pretty aberration of Melitcea didyma (male) was taken 

 by me in the valley of the Tarn, near Chateau de la Gaze, 

 Cevennes, on July 23rd, 1901. The under side is remarkable for 

 the almost perfect obliteration of the outer fulvous band on the 

 lower wings, and the disappearance of the usual arrangement of 

 black spots between it and the basal band, which, again, has 

 absorbed the inner white area, and covers practically the basal 



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