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Esper's figure is not characteristic, and may be intended to re- 

 present M. Ardmnna : the above description by Fabricius affords 

 additional evidence of that author's views respecting the colour 

 which we term cinereous. 



3. Melitaea Fascelis. 



Papilio (N. P.) Fascelis, Esper, "alis dentatis, fusco fulvoque variis ; 

 posticis subtus albis nigro punctatis, fasciis duabus fulvis, posteriore 

 lunulata : habitat in Russia australiore." Eur. Schmett. i. pt. 2. 

 pi. 88. figs. 3, 4 (1777). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 58. n. 570 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 252. 

 n. 782 (1793). 



Russia. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



4. Melitaea Trivia. 



Dwarfed form. Papilio (N. P.) Athulia, Fabricius [P. Phoebe, 

 Esper], " alis repandis, fulvis nigro punctatis ; posticis subtus albis 

 nigro punctatis fasciisque duabus fulvis : habitat in Russia boreali." 

 Esper, Eur. Schmett. i. pt. 2. pi. 88. figs. 5, 6 (1777). 



Papilio (N. P.) Maturna, Fabricius, " alis dentatis fulvo nigroque 

 variis ; posticis subtus fasciis flavis, strigis undatis nigris, basi im- 

 punctatis : habitat in Europse Plantayine." 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. pp. 59, 60, n. 571, 575 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. pp. 252, 254, n. 783, 787 (1793). 



Germany. (From the Collection of the Entomological Society of 



London) B.M. 



This is not the M. Maturna of authors, but a small variety of 

 M . Trivia ; Esper's figure represents a deformity. In ' The Genera 

 of Diurnal Lepidoptera' Hiibner's figures on pi. 217 are quoted for 

 two species (M. Maturna and M. Iduna). 



5. Melitsea Cinxia. 



Papilio (N. P.) Cinxia, Linnceus, " alis dentatis, fulvis nigro macu- 

 latis ; posticis subtus fasciis tribus albidis, nigro maculatis : habitat 

 in Hieraceo Pilosella." 



5. Papilio (N. P.) Delia, Denis, "alis dentatis, fulvo nigroque 

 variis ; posticis supra punctis quatuor ocellaribus, subtus albis ; 

 fasciis duabus fulvis, posteriore nigro punctata: habitat in Ger- 

 manise australioris Plantagine." Rosel, Ins.-Belust. iv. pi. 18. fig. 4 

 (1761). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 514. n. 304 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 106. 

 n. 465 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. pp. 58, 60, n. 567, 576 (1787); 

 Ent. Syst. iii. p. 250. n. 779 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



There is one specimen of P. Cinxia in the Banksian Collection. 



