NEW FORMS OF SOME EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES. 59 



L. EscHERi, Hb., ab. ? subapennina, Turati. — This new form, 

 discovered only a few months ago, corresponds to ab. ? ceronus, 

 Esp., of L. hellargus, Eott. It has the entire area of both fore 

 wings and hind wings suffused with bright violet-blue. The 

 orange spots are few, and much reduced in size. I possess a 

 very fine specimen, caught in the Modenese Apennines, and had 

 the intention of describing it, when I found out Signor Emilio 

 Turati had anticipated me. 



L. DAMON, Schiff. ab. agraphomena (ay^aipoVtEvoj = not streaked), 

 ab. nov,— I propose this name for an aberration of L. damon 

 that I believe to be undescribed ; it has the white streak on the 

 under side of hind wings entirely obliterated. I describe this 

 form from a specimen collected in July, 1902, on the Grand 

 Salcve Mountain, south of Geneva. The discovery of this aber- 

 ration is more important than might be thought, when one con- 

 siders that the chief difference between many Lycsense of the 

 damon group, considered by most entomologists as distinct 

 species, consists simply in the presence or absence of this white 

 streak. 



If anyone has met with the forms mentioned above, or with 

 others allied to them, I would be glad to know of it. 



1, Via Leone X, Florence, Italy : Nov. 26th, 1903. 



Explanation of Plate IV. 



Fig. 



1. Pieris rapw, Z., var. rossii, Stefan., (? (coast of Northern Tuscany). 



2. ,, ,, J) ? ») )i 



3. Colias edimi, Fab., var. minor, Failla., 3^ (Northern Tuscany). 



■i' 5) 1! )) -I- )J »' 



5, MelitcEcc athalia, Kott., ab. }njronia, Hiibn. (Central Tuscany), 



6. Erehla neoridas, Boisd., var. etnisca, Verity, J (N.-E. Tuscany). 



!• Jj JJ )> J> + >) >) 



8. ,, ,, var. albovittata, Verity ,, ,, 



9. Epinephele jurtina, Z., ab. semialba, Bruand ,, ,, 



10. Epinephele iila, Esp., ab, subalba, Verity ,, ,, 



11. Theda acacia, F. ab. heccarii, Verity (neighbourhood of Florence). 



12. Chrysophanasdispar,Ilaw.,\a.i'.rutilns,\yevnh., $ (N.-E. Tuscany). 



13. Chrysophanus phiceas, L., ab. schnidtii, Gerh. (neighbourhood of 



Florence). 



14. Lycmna icarus, Rott., ab. melanotoxa, Pincit., $ (coast of 



Northern Tuscany). 



Note. — To my great regret, the photograph has not accurately 

 reproduced the black markings of P. rapce var. rossii (figs. 1 and 2). 

 They should be much more strongly developed, especially the two 

 streaks connecting the spot witii the outer margin. — R. V. 



