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feminam in alpe Dowre latere Norvegico ejusdem jugi eodem fere die 

 invenit D. Boheman (Lappon. meridionalis). $ $ . Similiter coloratse 

 et pictse. Statura et affinitas H. dentince, pictura vero alia. Tota cinerea. 

 Palpi testacei. Antennae in $ flavescentes breviter bipectinatae, 

 pectinibus evidenter pennatis versus apicem sensim decrescentibus ; 

 in $ setaceae, fuscae, subnudae. Alse anticae laete cinereae, maculis 

 subquinis parvis distinctioribus fuscis, quarum 1 ad basin strigiformis 

 2, 3 et 4 juxta maculam ordinariam anteriorem, et 5 ante marginem 

 posticum in medio, sublunaris. Tota regio macularum ordinariarum 

 praeterea f usco-umbrata, rubedine in medio sat perspicua. Ipsae maculse 

 ordinariae albido-canae, subaequaliter magnae, anterior rotundata, 

 posterior reniformis. In margine apicali series punctorum minutorum 

 nigrorum. Fimbria cinereo fuscoque varia. Alas posticae cinerascentes, 

 basi dilutiores, ciliis albidis " (' Insecta Lapponica ', p. 938). 



(3. var. aquilonaris, Zett. This is described by Zetterstedt as : 

 " Alis anticis cinerascentibus subbrunnescenti fusco-nebulosis, maculis 

 ordinariis obsoletis, margine summo nigro-punctato ; posticis griseo- 

 cinereis immaculatis. $ . (Long. al. exp. 1J poll.). Hab. inLapponia 

 D. Schonherr, e cujus museo mini missa (Lapponia borealis). H. 

 hyperborece (No. 6) similis, sed alis anticis prassertim disco magis fusco- 

 ferrugineoque nebulosis, maculis ordinariis, obsoletis-strigis transversis 

 solitariis vix ullis, ut et punctis lunulatis in summo margine postico 

 minutissimis nigris, ab. ilia dignoscenda " (' Insecta Lapponica,' p. 

 940). 



y. var. ccerulescens, mini = glacialis, H.-S. (fig. 424). This is 

 probably the most beautiful form of the species. The specimens are 

 of a rich red-brown with all the markings of a clear ashy or slaty 

 colour, showing up distinctly the transverse lines and stigmata. The 

 series of cuneiform spots distinct, well-marked in intense blackish, 

 with lineolse extending from the outer side of reniform. This beautiful 

 variety was bred in some numbers by the professional collectors, 

 Messrs. Salvage, and is to be found in most of our British collections, 

 where it forms a striking contrast to the more unicolorous and duller 

 tinted red varieties obtained at Rannoch, and comprised under the 

 varietal names of alpina, carnica and glacialis. I have called this 

 ccerulescens from the colour of the pale edging to the transverse lines. 

 Herrich-Schaffer's fig. 424 exhibits this tendency to a great extent, 

 although it is not at all comparable to some of our magnificent speci- 

 mens. Of this figure the following is a description : " $ . Anterior 

 wings reddish, with pale grey transverse lines, which have a slight 

 slaty tinge ; the commencement of the transverse lines especially pale 

 on the costa, forming short costal streaks ; space between the reniform 

 and orbicular filled in with a quadrate black spot, continued beyond 

 orbicular as a small triangular one ; two black wedge-shaped spots, 

 pointing in opposite directions directly under orbicular and reniform ; 

 two black streaks from the outer edge of reniform cut the pale sub- 

 terminal line " (' Systematische Bearbeitung ' &o., fig. 424). 



8. var. alpina, Hy. and Wd. "This new and distinct species 

 measures 11-inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which, as well as the 

 body and hind wings, are of a pale buff-coloured grey, the costa of 

 the former marked before and behind the middle, as well as near the 

 tip, with a dusky spot : there is also a patch of this colour near the 

 base towards the posterior margin, and another more elongated extend- 

 ing to the anterior stigma, which is round and grey-coloured, open in 



