﻿ADKINIA 
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  the 
  fringes 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  outer 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe, 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  oblique 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  lobe 
  often 
  showing 
  through 
  (Hofmann). 
  

  

  Historical 
  account 
  of 
  species. 
  — 
  Freyer 
  found 
  larva? 
  in 
  1828, 
  from 
  

   which 
  imagines 
  were 
  reared 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Treitschke 
  (antea, 
  pp. 
  515- 
  

   516). 
  Imagines 
  were 
  then 
  taken 
  by 
  Fischer 
  v. 
  Roslerstamm 
  and 
  Mann, 
  

   July 
  22nd, 
  1840, 
  as 
  they 
  went 
  up 
  the 
  Schneeberg. 
  These 
  were 
  described 
  

   by 
  Zeller 
  (his, 
  1841, 
  pp. 
  840-841), 
  whose 
  description 
  reads 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Alis 
  anterioribus 
  cinereo-gilvescentibus, 
  antice 
  late 
  laciniisque 
  fuscescentibus, 
  

   puncto 
  geminato 
  ante 
  fissuram 
  lituraque 
  laciniae 
  anterioris 
  longitudinali 
  fuscis 
  ; 
  

   ciliis 
  circa 
  apicem 
  albis." 
  (Forewings 
  mixed 
  grey 
  and 
  fawn 
  colour, 
  broadly 
  

   brownish 
  along 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  lobes 
  ; 
  a 
  double 
  dot 
  before 
  the 
  fissure, 
  and 
  a 
  

   longitudinal 
  dash 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  black-brown 
  ; 
  fringes 
  white 
  round 
  the 
  apex). 
  

   (One 
  c? 
  from 
  Fischer 
  von 
  Roslerstamm's 
  collection.) 
  .... 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  

   P. 
  mictodactylus, 
  and 
  might 
  easily 
  be 
  looked 
  on 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  ; 
  but 
  an 
  

   uninterrupted 
  brown 
  line 
  runs 
  round 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  both 
  lobes, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  lobe 
  is 
  bordered 
  with 
  white 
  fringes 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  Larger 
  than 
  most 
  examples 
  

   of 
  P. 
  mictodactylus. 
  Head 
  brown-grey 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  white, 
  and 
  

   this 
  white 
  colour 
  extends 
  round 
  the 
  small 
  frontal 
  tuft 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  mictodaetylus. 
  

   Antennas 
  very 
  finely 
  ciliated, 
  brown-grey, 
  with 
  an 
  interrupted 
  whitish 
  longitudinal 
  

   line, 
  which 
  is 
  especially 
  broad 
  and 
  pale 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  portion. 
  Palpi 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  

   P. 
  mictodactylus, 
  pale, 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  upperside, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  terminal 
  

   joint. 
  Patagia 
  brownish-grey 
  in 
  front, 
  brownish-fawn 
  behind, 
  body 
  the 
  same 
  ; 
  this 
  

   has 
  dark 
  and 
  faintly 
  whitish 
  longitudinal 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  segments 
  and 
  

   beneath. 
  Legs 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  pale 
  yellowish-brown, 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  white-lined 
  

   longitudinally 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  outwardly 
  pale 
  brownish, 
  inwardly 
  whitish 
  ; 
  first 
  

   tarsal 
  joint 
  the 
  same, 
  the 
  remaining 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  like 
  the 
  tibial 
  spurs, 
  white. 
  The 
  

   upper 
  spurs 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  P. 
  mictodactylus, 
  not 
  equal 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  

   the 
  longer 
  greater 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  its 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  tibia 
  ; 
  

   the 
  terminal 
  spurs 
  rather 
  equal, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  short 
  upper 
  spur, 
  and 
  equal 
  to 
  one- 
  

   third 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  tarsal 
  joint. 
  Forewings 
  pale 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  fissure, 
  purest 
  

   towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  mixed 
  with 
  brown-grey 
  towards 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa 
  quite 
  darkened 
  and 
  brownish. 
  (Of 
  a 
  white 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  of 
  which 
  

   Treitschke 
  speaks, 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  nothing.) 
  In 
  the 
  disc 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  a 
  brown 
  short 
  

   longitudinal 
  dash. 
  In 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  fissure, 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  whitish 
  scales, 
  

   lies, 
  in 
  a 
  dark 
  ground, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  dark 
  brown 
  dots, 
  one 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  is 
  very 
  pale, 
  scaled 
  with 
  whitish, 
  and 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  

   by 
  a 
  white 
  longitudinal 
  line, 
  not 
  present 
  in 
  P. 
  mictodactylus 
  ; 
  beyond 
  this 
  the 
  

   ground 
  colour 
  becomes 
  abruptly 
  dark, 
  and 
  remains 
  so 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  margin, 
  

   except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  scaled 
  with 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  this, 
  and 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  

   from 
  this 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  whitish 
  transverse 
  line 
  (as 
  in 
  P. 
  mictodactylus 
  var. 
  b) 
  ; 
  

   before 
  the 
  line 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  fissure 
  lies 
  a 
  thick 
  black-brown 
  longitudinal 
  dash. 
  The 
  

   less 
  dark 
  lower 
  lobe 
  has 
  two 
  long, 
  faint, 
  blackish-brown 
  longitudinal 
  dashes. 
  The 
  

   margins 
  of 
  both 
  lobes, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  are 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  

   fine 
  black-brown 
  line 
  of 
  scales 
  which 
  brings 
  the 
  fissure 
  into 
  strong 
  contrast. 
  The 
  

   fringes 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  are 
  whitish, 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fissure 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  is 
  edged 
  by 
  still 
  purer 
  white 
  fringes 
  ; 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  lobe 
  are 
  only 
  whitish, 
  the 
  remainder 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  dark 
  grey, 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  with 
  fawn-coloured 
  scaling 
  at 
  their 
  bases, 
  Hindwings 
  brownish-grey 
  ; 
  the 
  

   plumules, 
  especially 
  the 
  first, 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  obtuse 
  than 
  in 
  /'. 
  mictodactylus^ 
  and 
  

   darker 
  margined 
  in 
  the 
  fringes 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Underside 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  grey-brown; 
  

   the 
  forewings 
  with 
  whitish 
  scales 
  towards 
  the 
  very 
  strikingly 
  brown-bordered 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  lies 
  a 
  short, 
  quite 
  white, 
  longitudinal 
  dash 
  ; 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  line 
  is 
  curtailed 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  fainter 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  upperside. 
  The 
  

   fringes 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  upperside. 
  The 
  first 
  plumule 
  very 
  pale 
  fawn- 
  

   yellow, 
  with 
  scattered 
  brown 
  scaling." 
  

  

  He 
  then 
  adds: 
  " 
  Herr 
  Fischer 
  v. 
  Boslerstamm 
  and 
  Herr 
  Mann 
  

   met 
  with 
  imagines 
  on 
  July 
  22nd, 
  1840, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Schneeberg, 
  

   not 
  rarely, 
  but 
  considered 
  fchem 
  us 
  rather 
  yellowish 
  -brown 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  mictodactylus, 
  and 
  only 
  collected 
  two 
  examples 
  for 
  comparison." 
  

   In 
  18ii) 
  (Stett, 
  EnU 
  Ztg., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  150), 
  Zeller 
  enumerates 
  it 
  among 
  his 
  

  

  