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206 EULOTA FRUTICUM. 
he colour variations embrace several unicolorous varieties: the var. 
cinerea Poiret, ash-coloured ; the var. rufula Mogq., flesh-coloured, rufous, 
or corneous (the var. carnea Dum. and Mort. being identical with the flesh- 
coloured form) ; the var. rubella Moq. (the var. rufescens of Gallenstein) 
of a more or less vivid reddish ; and the var. alba of D. and M. (the var. 
albida of Locard) which is white in colour. 5 
The varieties of colour and markings are numerous, as the var. s¢¢gmaticu 
Moquin, reddish with black specks and blotches ; the var. mi/leria Moq., 
yellowish with specklings; the var. punctata Mog., yellowish with black 
spots and blotches; the var. maculosa Mogq., whitish or horn-coloured with 
black or red-brown spots and blotches; the var. fusciata Mog. (the uni- 
Jasciata of Boettger) whitish or horny with a brown or violet peripheral 
band; the brown banded form has, however, been separated by Locard as 
var. fusco-fusciata, but if possessing a white ground colour it is var. albo- 
Jasciata of Dum. and Mort., or carneo-fasciata of the same authors if the 
ground tint is flesh colour; and the var. formosa Moy., yellowish or reddish, 
blotched and speckled with black and with a purple peripheral band. 
Many other local and other variations have also been described :—the 
vars. asiatica and europea by Dybowski, the vars. aubiniana, dumontiana, 
lemoinia, and mosellica by Bourguignat, ete. 
Geographical Distribution.—In the recent state, Hulota fruticum is 
widely distributed over the Palearctic region, extending from the Pyrenees 
and other mountainous regions on the west to Manchuria and Kamtschatka 
on the east, and M. Locard records it as an inhabitant of Northern Africa. 
(CQ Probable Range. HBB Recorded Distribution. 
Fig. 269.—Geographical Distribution of Hulota fruticum (Miller). 
In Germany, it is chiefly found in the east and south, and has been noted 
from Alsace, Baden, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Cassel, Darmstadt, Upper and 
Lower Franconia, Holstein, Lorraine, Merseburg, Nassau, Pomerania, 
East and Rhenish Prussia, Saxony, Silesia, Suabia, Thuringia, Westphalia, 
Wurtemburg, and the Island of Rugen. 
In Belgium, it is reported from the provinces of Hainault, Limburg, 
Liége, Namur, and Brabant, though now extinct in the vicinity of Brussels. 
In France, it is recorded from the eastern and extreme south-western 
departments, including Ain, Aisne, Ardennes, Aube, Basses Pyrénées, Cote 
d’Or, Gard, Haute Sadne, Haute Savoie, Istre, the Jura, Meuse, Moselle, 
Niévre, Nord, Oise, Rhone, Savoy, Seine-et-Marne, Vosges, and Yonne. 
In Italy, it inhabits the alpine slopes of Emilia, Lombardy, Piedmont, 
Tuscany, and Venetia. 
