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(3. ab. catalaunica, Staud., "Cat.," ed. 2, p. 69 (1871); ed. 3, p. 121 

 (1901); Hofm., " Gross-Schmett. Eur.," p. 61 (1887); Kirby, "Cat.," p. 827 

 (1892); Auriv., "Iris," vii., p. 150 (1894); — Obscurissima, ? maris colore, al. 

 ant. fascia angustissima flava, al. post unicoloribus (fascia subnulla). Catalonia 

 (Staudinger). Distribution. —Italy : Roman Campagna — Monterotondo (Calberla). 

 Spain: Catalonia — Barcelona (Cuni y Martorell), Pyrenean districts (Martorell y 

 Pefia). 



Staudinger modified somewhat the diagnosis in the 3rd edition of 

 his Catalog, p. 121, where he writes: u $ , obscurissimus, al ant. fascia 

 angustissima flava, al. post, unicoloribus [fascia subnulla] ; 2 , maris 

 colore ; cum trans." Chapman notes that the examples in Constant's 

 collection are not very different from the type, the yellow band of 

 the forewings narrow, and that of the hindwings obscured a little. 



y. var. dalmatinus, Gerhard, " Berl. Ent. Zeits.," xxvi., p. 128 (1882) ; 

 Kirby, " Cat.," p. 828 (1892). Dalmatina, Auriv., " Iris," vii., p. 150 (1894). Tenuata, 

 pars, Staud., 'Cat.," 3rd ed., p. 121 (1901). — The yellow band on the forewings is 

 only narrow, not gradually shading off towards the hind margin, and is continued 

 as a still narrower one on the hindwings. The fringes of the hindwings brown, 

 only the external margin shows a quite narrow yellow edging (Gerhard). 



Staudinger (with doubt) refers this to ab. tenuata, Fuchs. It 

 is as likely from the description to be referable to ab. spartii, Hb., 

 unless, indeed, the brown fringes of the hindwing with a narrow 

 yellow margin on the outermost edge is a specialised character of the 

 Dalmatian race. 



S. ab. spartii, Hb., "Eur. Schmett.," hi., figs. 173 <j , 224 ? (circ. 1800); 

 text p. 143 (? 1805); " Verz.," p. 106 (1822); Gn., "Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.," 

 (3), vi., p. 44 (in part) (1858) ; loc. cit. (4), viii., p. 403 (in part)(i868); [? Bell., "Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr.," (3), viii., p. 688 (i860);] Staud., " Cat.," 1st ed., p. 30 (1861) ; 2nd 

 ed., p. 69 (1871); 3rd ed., p. 121 (1901) ; [? Curd, ''Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.," viii., p. 

 151 (1876); Sordelli, "La Farfalle," p. 121 (1885); ? Lampa, "Ent. Tids.," vi., p. 41 

 (1885) ; ? Mina-Pal., "Nat. Sic." vii., p. 331 (1888,;] Hofm., "Gross-Schmett.," p. 

 53 (1887); Kirby, "Cat.," p. 827 (1892); Auriv., "Iris," vii., p. 150 (1894); 

 Tutt, "Ent. Re'c," viii., p. 302 (in part) (1896); xiii., p. 113 (1901) ; Reutti, 

 "Lep. Bad.," 2nd ed., p. 58 (1898) \_nec Freyer, Treitschke, Boisduval, Dupou- 

 chel, Herrich-Schaffer, etc ]. — Dark rust -brown, the antennae at the tip yellowish- 

 white, with light rust - brown pectinations ; the forewings with a white spot in 

 the middle, and a narrow, almost straight, pale ochreous-yellow stripe beyond; 

 the hindwings near the margin, with a light ochreous-yellow stripe, and fringes 

 of the same colour. Locality: Germany (Hubner). The <$ , fig. 173, is of a deep 

 chestnut-brown, with narrow transverse bands to fore- and hindwings, that on 

 forewings oblique from costa to inner margin, and almost straight, the white 

 central spot well defined. The % , fig. 224, is ochrcous with a brownish tint, the area 

 within the transverse line, i.e., to base, darker than the outer marginal areas on all 

 the wings; a distinct pink or reddish tinge in the darker parts; the inner edging 

 of the pale band on forewings is distinctly reddish, the white spot very distinctly 

 outlined in dark. 



Hiibner's spartii is a simple aberration of L. quercfts, occurring 

 in Germany (and elsewhere) with the type, and showing the trans- 

 verse band on the forewings narrow and nearly straight and with 

 no tendency to gradually extend its area outwardly towards the 

 hind margin. It is difficult to know how (iue'nee fell into the error 

 of supposing it was the Sicilian form, unless he was misled by the 

 earlier authors, but after giving {/Inn. Soc. Ent. France^ 1858, p. 

 441) a good description of I Kilmer's figures 173 and 224, noting 

 the 3 as being of "a deep violet brown tint, with a very narrow, 

 almost straight, and clearly defined transverse band to the fore- and 

 hindwings, that on the latter approaching the outer margin rather 

 more than in typical L. guercHs" he goes on to include the Sicilian 



