•JIG ARCTIAD,E. 



- -^■^, - H ■■-■' "-..— — of 



cell ; ;{, 4 fi-oiii iiiiplc ; o coincident witli 4, sonietinies given off I'rom it near 

 ttTinen ; 0, 7 stalked ; 8 from towards end of cell. 



A. Alnlonien black, with the terminal segment orange. ' 



«. Size largo (over .'5(1 niillini.) ; colour dcop orange aurita. 



h. Size sn)all (under 28 niilliin.); colour paler orange .. roscida. 



W. Abdomen orange or orange with black bands kiMweini. 



883. Endrosa aurita. 



Tiuea irrorcUa, Sulz. Gesch. Ins. pi. 23. f. 10 (177fi\ nee Linn. 



yocttta aurita, Esp. Schinett. iv. (1) p. 1U2, pi. U4. f. 1 (17^57) ; Godt. L6p. 



Fr. iv. p. 387, pi. 40. f. 1 ; Freyer, Neu. Beitr. v. p. 16, pi. 392. f. I ; 



Stgr. Cat. p. f)3 ; Kirbv. Cat. Het. p. S.'iO. 

 Bomln/x ramosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (1) p. 403 (1793); Freyer, Neu. 



Beitr. iv. p. 140, "pi. 374. ff. 1-3 ; Godt. Li5p. Fr. iv. p. 38.5, pi." 39. f. ti. 

 Jio77ihi/x compUita, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. pp. 108, 292, 293 (1827); 



Freyer, Neu. Boitr. vi. p. 81. pi. 530. ff. 3-4. 

 Bomhyx imhuia, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 109-110 (1827). 

 Seiina aurita, ab. traimens, Stgr. Cat. p. 63 (1871). 

 Setina ramosa, ab. pallens, Mill. Ann. Soc. Lvon (2), xix. p. 6, pi. 109. 



ff. 9-11 (1872). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen Idack; tegulae, patagia, greater part 

 of legs, and terminal segment of abdomen orange ; wings orange. 

 Fore wing with subbasal black ])oint ; the costal edge black at 

 base ; an oblique medial series of three .spots and jjostmedial series 

 of four spots, those at upper and lower angles of cell somewhat 

 dentate on the A'eins : a more or less developed subtcrminal series 

 of spots often extending round below the apex, the s])ots above 

 veins 2, 4, and 5 placed further from termen. Hind wing with 

 more or less developed subterminal series of spots, those towards 

 a])ox always present ; a black shade ustiallj- present at base. 



Ab. 1. The orange parts wlioU}" suli'used with brown, the tegulas 

 and patagia black. 



Ab. 2. transietix. Fore wing with the medial spot on median 

 ncrvure connected by slight streaks with the postnicdial spots at 

 lower angle of cell and on vein 2. — Alps. 



Ab. 3. imhuia. Fore wing with black streaks on the veins from 

 base to near termen. — Higher Alps. 



Ab. 4. ramosa. Fore wing w^ith the streaks very strongly 

 developed. — High Alps. 



Ab. 5. pallens. Ground-colour pale ochrcous. 



Jlah. Norway, ZoU. ct Frey Colls.; Austrian Tyrol {Champion); 

 Sw'iTZt;RLAND, Eugadine, Wallis, Zell. & Frey Colls. Exp. 30-40 

 millim. Type f transiens in Coll. Staudinger. 



