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h. Provincialis, Boisd. Gen. p. 20. — Maturna, Vur. Esp. 97, 4, 
Suppl. 1, p. 23. Larger than the type, the females measuring more 
than 2‘7o in. Paler and more uniform in colour, the bands being 
brown instead of yellow. The hind wings have along their hind 
margin a row of white lunules. The under side has the markings 
much more distinct than in the type, especially the light central 
band of the hind wings. The var. Provincialis replaces true 
Aurinia in the South of France, Piedmont, Dalmatia, and Bithynia. 
PI. XLIIL, 5. 
N.B. — In the lettering at the foot of pi. 43, the numbers 
belonging to the figures of var. Provincialis and Desfontainii have 
unfortunately been transposed. Figure 5 correctly represents 
Provincialis, and fig. 4 Desfontainii. 
c. Desfontainii, Godt. Enc. Meth. p. 278 ; Ramb. Cat. And. 
PI. I. 1, 2. — Beckeri, Ld. 2, b. V. 1852, p. 39. — Desfontainesii, 
H. S. 1, 2. Somewhat larger than the type, but not so large as 
the last. The wings are very rich dark brownish fulvous, the 
yellow bauds being more distinct than in Provincialis. The hind 
wings have brown, and not white, hind-marginal lunules. The 
markings of the under side are very distinct, somewhat as in the 
last. This form of the species is found in Spain and Portugal, 
and has been often confounded with the next species, from which, 
however, it is perfectly distinct. PI. XLIII., 4, vide supra. 
d. Orientalis, H. S. 265-6. — Artemis var. Fit. 571, 1. — 
Sureptana, Stgr. Somewhat more varied in colour than the type, 
and paler on the under side. 
Habitat. — South Russia (Sarepta) ; also Asia Minor. 
5. — M. Boetica, Rambr. Cat. S. And. p. 11, pi. I. 3, 4. 
Desfontainesii, H. S. 569-70 ; Kirby, Man. Europ. Butt, 
p. 24. 
Desfontainesi, B. Ic. 23, 1, 2. 
Expands from 1‘80 to 2’25 in. All the wings bright fulvous ; 
fore wings with two narrow bauds of rather bright yellow, edged 
with black as in the allied species ; hind margin dark brown, with 
a row of yellow crescentic spots ; internal to this a row of indistinct 
