28 THE entomologist's record. 



Hesperia malvoides, Elw. and Edw,, race tutti, mihi. I propose 

 this name for the very distinct race from Locarno, which Tutt [Brit. 

 Butt., i., p. 226 (May, 1906)] described, but wrongly referred to 

 melotis, Dup., a distinct oriental species. 



Poivellia sao, second gen. gracilis, mihi. Same colouring as the 

 summer forms mentioned above, but ulso often much snaaller than the 

 spring one. | 



Thymeliciis acteon, Rott., race ragusai, mihi. This is, as far as I know, 

 the most distinct race of the species which is so constantly invariable 

 over the whole of its range ; it seems quite constant in Sicily ; the 

 " types " in my collection are from Palermo and S. Martino alle Scale ; 

 its characteristic is the total absence of the dark suffusion over the 

 entire surface of the wings, making them similar to those of lineola, 

 i.e., fulvous with a narrow black margin, and showing t)nly in some 

 specimens a faint trace of the dark suffusion. 



Aiigiades sylvanus, Esp., race septentrionalis, mihi. ^though this 

 species does not vary much geographically, there is a distinst difference 

 between the more northern races, such as the English one, and those 

 produced further south ; the former tend to melanism and produce 

 such extreme forms as obsoleta, Tutt, and paiqjera, Tutt, \which are 

 never met with in the latter, where most specimens belong on the 

 contrary to the forms opposita, clara and extensa, of the same author ; 

 series from England and series from France or Italy hsve in conse- 

 quence a very distinct look. The specimen described, figured by Esper, 

 was from France, and quite corresponds by its appearance to the 

 southern race. I suggest the English race should be designated by the 

 name mentioned above ; my " type " specimens are a|so distinctly 

 smaller than the usual continental ones. 



Thersamonia, mihi. The genus Chrysophaniis has Recently been 

 subdivided into several minor genera ; evidently this is qjite right, but 

 to my knowledge no name has yet been proposed for this very distinct 

 group : thersamon, lanipon, satraps, and asebinus ; takinj; the first as 

 typical, I should suggest the name thersamonia. 



Loiceia alciphron, Rott., race mirabilts, mihi. Thi| may well be 

 said to be the finest race of the species, on account of its krge size and 

 gaudy colouring ; these characters at once distinguish it fmii the much 

 smaller nimotypical race of central Europe, the male of which it 

 resembles by the dark suffusion covering the entire wing and the in- 

 conspicuous, and often entirely absent, black spots ; in iirahilis, too, 

 the anterior area of the hindwings is of a brighter orange [ulvous, con- 

 trasting with the rest of their surface, which is dark, andbhows off the 

 brilliant purple gloss ; the latter characters are similaf to those of 

 meliboeiis, Stdgr., from Greece, but in this race thesurfacmf the wings 

 is generally less darkened and the black spots large. Thl female was 

 described from the race ruvianorum, Frhst., of the highf Apennine, 

 more similar to gordius in both sexes, but which occurs ago in coluni- 

 banus, De Prun., from Piedmont, in calahra, Vrty., and everin gordius ; 

 some females of wirabilis have a black suffusion over tie forewing. 



