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Perigea albigutta, sp. n. 



2 . Fore wings dark chocolate-brown, costa dotted with white ; 

 antemedial and postmedial lines indicated by white points, the latter 

 irregular, double ; subterminal line represented by white dots, three 

 above the middle and one near dorsum larger than the others ; a 

 series of white dots on termen ; reniform and orbicular stigmata 

 represented by clusters of white dots ; fringes marked with white at 

 ends of the veins. Hind wings fuscous, inclining to black on outer 

 area. Under side whitish, freckled and suffused with fuscous ; 

 blackish discoidal mark and postmedial line on all the wings ; outer 

 fourth blackish, traversed by a pale subterminal line on fore wings. 



Expanse, 39 millim. 



Collection number, 942. 



A female specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), July 28th, 1906. 



Near P. stellata, Moore. 



BUTTERFLIES AT DIGNE. 

 By Gerard H. Gurney, F.E.S. 



(Concluded from p. 97.) 



MelitcBa aurinia var. provincialis. — M. ijho&he. Not very common ; 

 those I took all tended to var. cinxioicles. — M. didyma. — M. cinxia. 

 A fresh brood began to appear about July 20th. — M. deione. A very 

 few worn ones were noted. — M. parthenie. I took a magnificent 

 aberration of this species on July 18th ; in Oberthiir's ' Lepidopterologie 

 Comparee,' it is figured as ah. rhoio ; on the upper side there are 

 no black markings on the fore wings at all, except the outer margin 

 and a suffused patch at the base. On the lower wings all orange 

 colouring is absent, leaving the wings entirely brown : the under 

 sides of the hind wings are pure white, except a greenish brown patch 

 at the base containing a large black discoidal spot.— M. athalia. 



Pyrameis cardiii. — P. atalanta. — Euvanessa antiopa. Only one 

 or two seen. — Vanessa io. — Aglais urticce. — Eugonia polychloros. — 

 Polygonia egea. Scarce ; not more than two or three seen. — P. c-alhum. 



Limenitis Camilla. Small males of a second brood were common. 



Parage mcera. — P. megcera. — P. egeria. 



Satynis hermione. Very abundant, and in magnificent condition 

 on July 18th ; the females are very large. — S. alcyone. This species 

 is perfectly distinct from hermione at Digne, being found at a higher 

 level and always resting on the ground, never on trees ; it is very 

 constant in size, it also emerges later than hermione : on July 23rd, 

 in places where hermione was beginning to get much \NOYn, alcyone was 

 quite fresh. — S. circe. Plentiful in orchards and hayfields, and quite 

 fresh on July 18th ; very large and fine, some of the females being 

 enormous; many have a second spot on the fore wing. — S. cordula. 

 Abundant everywhere, but beginning to go over by July 21st. The 

 females show considerable variation in the colouring of the light band 

 on the upper side of the hind wing ; in some specimens it is very 



