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148. S. anthCy var. liaiiifa, Nordm. 



I found a female from Semipalatinsk, of this form, sent 

 by M. Novoprachin in Staudinger's collection, but of a 

 deeper brown than those from the Caucasus. 



149. *S'. hriseis, L. 



This was very common on the Bashkaus at the end of 

 July at 2000 — 3000 feet, but not seen anywhere in the 

 Upper Tchuja Valley. 



150. S. dry (is, Scop. 



This was very common in the Tchulishman and Bash-^ 

 kaus Valleys, and on comparing it with a large series from 

 Europe, a pair from Kentei, and several pairs from the 

 Amur, I can see no sufficiently constant difference in 

 Siberian specimens to justify the varietal name sibirica, 

 which has been applied by Staudinger to those from 

 Kentei, and which he says occur also at Saisan and in 

 Amurland as a more or less common aberration. 



151. S. arcthusa, Esp. 



This was taken commonly by Ruckbeil at Saisan, but 

 not observed by myself. 



152. 8. cordula'l var. hryce, Hubn. 



I received three males and a female under the name of 

 adiBci, var. hryce, taken by Ruckbeil near Saisan. and 

 find a pair in Grum-Grshiraailo's collection from the 

 Altai, probably taken near Semipalatinsk, under the 

 name var. altaica, Gr.-Gr, (Hor. Ent. Ross, xxvii, p. 884, 

 1898). They agree very fairly both on the upper and 

 undersides with specimens from Sarcpta usually known 

 as hryce, and differ from cordula in the females having 

 no yellowish tinge on the fore-wing below, and the males 

 more mottled with grey below. In both these char- 

 acters they also agree with those from the Thianshan 

 Mountains, taken by Grum-Grshimailo, whilst all those 

 from the province of Bokhara have the fore-wing below 

 in the female yellowish, like cordula. 



153. Pararge rinera, L. 



A worn-out specimen or two were still flying in the 

 Bija Valley at the beginning of August. I did not receive 

 it from Ongodai, but Lederer records it. 



