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This is the form in which the underside, especially in the 2 , is of 

 a deep brown, without any considerable broadening in the orange-red 

 band of the upperside (see Iris, v., p. 280, where Staudinger also quotes 

 the name as aestiva) ; indeed, in some specimens it is less broad than is 

 usual in var. gallica, and it differs markedly in this respect from var. 

 calida. It is a much commoner second-brood form in southern Europe 

 than might be inferred from Staudinger's observations quoted above, 

 and also occurs not uncommonly in the hotter parts of Central Europe, 

 extending, as a scarce aberration, as far as the north of England. It 

 appears, however, never to occur as a mountain form. Esper's medon 

 (pi. lv., fig. 7) seems referable here, and it is also Gerhard's allous (pi. 

 xxvi., fig. 2). 



k. ab. calida, Bell., "Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.," p. 615, pi. xiv., fig. 6 (1862); 

 Kirby, " Syn. Cat.," p. 364 (1871) ; Curd, " Bull. Soc. Ent. It.," vi., p. 3 (1874) ; 

 Biihl, "Pal. Gr.-Schmett.," p. 262 (1893) ; Tutt, "Brit. Butts.," p. 181 (1896) ; 

 Obth., "Et.," xx., p. 25 (1896); Staud., "Cat.," 3rd ed., p. 83 (1901); Spuler, 

 " Schmett. Eur.," p. 63 (1902); Lamb., "Pap. Belg.," p. 229 (1902); Graves, 

 "Ent. Bee," xviii., p. 122 (1906); Grund, "Int. Ent. Zeits. Gub.," ii., p. 79 

 (1908); Seitz, "Gr.-Schmett.," i., p. 309, pi. lxxix., k, lxxx., a (1909) ; Bebel, 

 " Berge's Schmett.," 9th ed,, p. 68 (1909) ; Courv., "Ent. Zeits.," xxiv., p. 125 

 (1910); Obth., " Lep. Comp.," iv., p. 252 (1910). L. agestis has frequently 

 afforded me a beautiful variety which I think shjuld be described. The upperside 

 is distinguished from ordinary specimens by its deeper colour, its larger and more 

 vivid fulvous spots, and its darker fringe. The underside of both sexes, especially 

 that of the $ , is remarkable for its striking brick-red colouring. The white dash 

 of the underside of the hindwings is reduced to a simple line, or in certain 

 individuals is even completely wanting. This form belongs to the second brood. 

 It appears during the hottest part of the summer (Bellier). 



This form was described by Bellier de la Chavignerie from 

 Corsican specimens, but it is widely distributed in the South, as an 

 aberration of the second brood. The " deeper" colour of the upper- 

 side does not refer to any tendency towards black, but to the deep 

 red-brown colour which is even more pronounced than is the case in 

 aestiva or ornata, and resembles that of cramera. It is the usual form 

 at Gibraltar, and seems to occur there even in the spring brood. It is 

 certainly not confined exclusively to the later broods, since Oberthiir 

 took it early in May, near Algeciras, in 1894. It is, however, much 

 more usual in the summer. It occurs in Sardinia, Sicily, Italy (as far 

 north at any rate as Assisi), and Dalmatia ; and is a usual form in the 

 summer broods in Algeria, Morocco, Southern Spain, Syria, and Asia 

 Minor. 



[The name fulminans quoted by Grum-Grshimailo (Rom. Mem. 

 Lep., iv., p. 393), is a MS. name of Oberthiir's of which no description 

 has ever been published. There is in the Brit. Mus. coll. a specimen 

 of var. ornata with very pronounced orange band on the upperside, 

 and grey underside, from Algeria, labelled " fulminans, Oberthiir," 

 from the Elwes collection, and Oberthiir states (in litt.) that the name 

 was originally intended to include both forms now known as ornata 

 and calida, but not having been published should be considered non- 

 -existent. — G. W/| 



A. v&Y.cramera, Eschh., "Kotz. Beise Suid-see.," etc., iii., p. 217, pi. x., figs. 

 26 a, b (1821); Staud., " Cat.," 3rd ed.,p. 83(1901); Lamb., "Pap. Belg.," p. 229 

 (1902); Seitz, "Gross. Schmett.," p. 309, pi. lxxx., a (1909); Courv., "Ent. 

 Zeits.," xxiv., p. 126 (1910). Canariensis, Blach., "Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.," p. 258, 

 pi. iv., figs. 7, 8 (1889); Staud,, "Iris," v., p. 280 (1892). Aestiva, White, 

 "Butts. Ten.," p. 41, pi. ii., fig. 6 (1894). Lycaena alis supra brunneis, subtus 



