COLIAS—GONEPTEBYX. 
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reflections. Times of appearance, Jnl}^ and Angnst. Habitat, the 
Trans-Cancasiis and Armenia, frequenting mountains, at great 
elevations, as high as 1200 ft. Larva cylindrical in shape, rather 
pointed at the extremities ; in colonr it is reddish grey above and 
flesh-coloured beneath ; on each side of every segment is a yellow 
spot surrounded by black, and below this there are two longitudinal 
black stripes. It feeds on Astragalus Arggrothamims. 
Var. a. Lihanotica, Led. Wein. Mts., 1858, 140. —Somewhat 
larger than the type. The male is of a duller orange and has the 
black borders without orange veins, excepting one or two near the 
apices of the fore wings. The borders are speckled minutely with 
yellow scales. The female greatly resembles that of C. Heldreiclii. 
This variety inhabits the mountains of the chain of Lebanon and 
the Anti-Libanus. 
C. Aurora, Esper, 83, 3. Hub. 544. Hup. 1, 6, 45. — Expands 
2’37 to 2*50 in. All the wings are very brilliant orange, with a 
purple reflection ; the nervures of all the wings are dusky and 
nearly black ; the hind margins of the male have a narrow black 
border, which is veined with yellow on the fore wings near the apex. 
The discoidal spot of the fore wings is long and narrow. The hind 
wings have a narrow unveined border and an internal row of scarcely 
perceptible light spots ; the discoidal spot is nearly of the ground 
colour ; the inner margin and costa are greenish, and immediately 
below the costal nervure is a conspicuous “glandular space” of a 
light ochre colour. The female has the border of all the wings 
spotted with yellow and unveined, and is somewhat larger than 
the male ; the white form of this sex seems to be frequent in this 
species as well as in Aurorina. Habitat, Siberia, principally the 
south-eastern portion and the Amur. 
Genus GONEPTERYX, Leach. 
G. Rhamni var. Aspasia, Men. Bull. Acad. Pet. xvii. — This 
variety is found in the Amur and Japan ; it has the wing narrower 
and more pointed than the type. Staudinger considers it a distinct 
species. 
G. Clcohuh, Hub. Zutr. Ex. Schmet. p. 455. Rhodocera Rhamni, 
var. B., Boisd. — This is most probably a variety of G. Cleopatra. 
