THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 189.] FEBRUARY, MDCCCLXXY. [Price 6d. 
ARGYNNIS SELENE (VARIETY). 
Variety of Argynnis Selene.—On the upper side the fulvous 
colour is paler than usual; in the fore wings the subcostal 
series of transverse black markings in the median cell is much 
altered ; the first, third and fifth of these markings are absent, 
but their site is faintly indicated in each instance by a minute 
black cloud; the second and fourth are present, distinct, and 
nearly of the usual size and shape; the black lunules, which 
usually form a continuous and complete series within the 
hind margin, want the usual definition, and are fused with, 
and united to, the nearly circular black spots, which, in 
normal specimens, form a transverse series parallel to these 
lunules, but nearer the base of the wing; the other black 
markings are absent; the submarginal series of fulvous spots 
is regular and conspicuous; each spot is large and distinct. . 
In the hind wings a very similar change of markings has 
taken place, as shown in Mr. Willis’s admirable figure. The 
under side is remarkable, in having nearly all the markings 
confused; in the hind wings the silvered districts have over- 
flowed, and have more or less tinged the whole of the wing 
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