bS THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



G^. noma. — I obtained in all thirteen examples of this species ; 

 the first, a male, on June 25th, another male on June 29th, and a 

 female on July 3rd. These were obtained on the rough ground 

 fringing the swamps east of the Abiskojokk. On July 7thi, at Orto- 

 jokk, on the north side of the Torne Traske, I found the species 

 common, and obtained eight examples during a short period of sun. 

 They were flying over some grassy slopes, which had a plentiful out- 

 crop of rock, just above the tree line. On July 12th I obtained two 

 specimens on the west side of the Lapp Porten, on similar ground 

 to that on which I found the species at Ortojokk. 



There are several forms amongst this series which can perhaps 

 be best described as follows : — 



(a) Two males and two females. Bases of all wings dark brown, 

 with tawny hind marginal band, two ocelli on each front wing, one 

 on each hind wing ^ noma, Thnb. 



(6) One male and one female, with ocelli as type, but with bases 

 of wings in male pale brown with greyish tinge and hind marginal 

 band pale buff ; in the female the brown is almost lost, and the 

 buff tint is consequently spread over the whole wing area = ab. 

 'pallida, n. ab. 



(c) Two males as type, but with, one ocellus on each of front and 

 hind wings = ab. hilda, Quens. 



{d) One female with one ocellus on each wing, and with the 

 coloration of {h) = ab. hilda pallida, n. ab. 



(e) One male and one female with the coloration of the type, 

 and with two ocelli on front wings, hind wings being without ocelli 

 = hiimpillata, n. ab. 



(/) One male with the coloration of the type, and with one 

 ocellus only on each of the front wings, hind wings being without 

 ocelli = unipupillata, n. ab. 



(g) One male with the coloration of the type, all wings being 

 entirely without ocelli = obsoleta, n. ab. 



CE. bore. — Flying with CE. noma on the slopes of the Lapp 

 Porten. I captured one male and one female of an CEneis which 

 compare exactly with description of this species by Kane and Lang, 

 and which are identical with specimens of it in the National Col- 

 lection at the British Museum labelled " Sydvaranger." Bearing 

 in mind that specimens of this and the preceding species occur on 

 the same ground at Abisko — and that CE. bore is superficially simply 

 a grey Arctic form without ocelli of OE. noma, which varies greatly 

 in the number and measurement of ocelli, and has at Abisko grey 

 forms, those from the south having the greatest number of ocelli, 

 which gradually decrease in number as one goes north — I should be 

 inclined to suggest that the two form one species. But I am con- 

 fronted with the statement by Mr. Elwes in the Entomological 

 Society's ' Transactions,' 1893, that the claspers are quite distinct. 

 The matter must, I think, remain undecided until both species or 

 forms have been bred from ova. 



Hesperia centaurece. — I disturbed one fine example of this species 

 from the bog at Mattmar on June 6th, and obtained half a dozen 

 others at Abisko ; these were taken on the grassy drier portions of 

 some swamps on the east side of the Abiskojokk, about two kilo- 



