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NYMPHALID^. 
1. — A. Aphirape, Hiib. 23-25; 0. I. 1, 52; Godt. ii. 9, 3, 4; 
Fit. B. 1, 2, 6. 
Eunomia, Esp. 110, 5. 
Tomyris, Hbst. (Lasp.) x. p. 102, T. 270, 6, 7. 
Expands from 1’40 to 1*50 in. Wings above bright fulvous, 
spotted with black ; rather dark towards the base. The black 
spots are somewhat narrow. Under side : Fore wings as above, 
but fainter, and with hind-marginal straw-coloured spots. Hind 
wings brownish or yellowish fulvous, without silvery markings, but 
with straw-coloured spots near the base and across the centre of 
the wing, like those seen in the last genus ; hind margin with a row 
of almost triangular yellow spots, and internal to these a row of 
round ones with black outlines. PI. XL VI., 1. 
Time of Appearance. — June. 
Habitat. — Bushy places in North-Eastern and West-Central 
Germany, Belgium (the provinces of Liege and Luxembourg), 
Bavaria, Poland, Central Kussia, and Armenia. Local. 
Larva. — Grey, with lighter spines, a pale dorsal line, and 
white lateral streak. Feeds on Polytjoimm historta in May. 
VARIETY. 
Ossianus, Hbst. x. p. 98, T. 270 ; Fit. 355, 1, 2 ; Bup. I. 
20, 5, 6 ; H. S. 322-3. — Smaller than Apliirajje. Expands from 
1-16 to 1'25 in. Buller above, and with darker markings; bases 
dusky. Under side : Hind wings dull red, with white or silvery 
markings, not yellow as in the type. PI. XL VI., 2. 
Habitat. — Lapland; North Kussia, Eastern Siberia, and the 
Amur. 
Obs. — This variety, and also Triclaris from the American 
Polar regions, seem at first sight perfectly distinct from Aphirape ; 
compare, however, their relations with those, for instance, of 
Artjijnnis Adippe to Cleodoxa, Niohe to Eris, &c. 
2. — A. Selenis, Ev. Bull. Mos. 1837, 1, 10; Fit. 277,2,3; 
H. S. 154-5. 
Expands from 1-25 to 1’50 in. Fulvous with black spots, 
which are rather large and distinct ; bases blackish ; marginal 
