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NYMPHALIDM. 
yellow ; liind wings marbled with purple, red, and yellow ; central 
light band enclosing three triangular spots not so silvery as in 
A. Dili; the light band is bounded externally by a zigzag black 
line; the hind-marginal spots are triangular and yellow, surmounted 
by black angular marks ; parallel to the hind margin is a row of 
black spots with faintly light centres. PL XLVIII., 2. 
Time of Appearance. — June to September. 
Habitat. — Mountain woods at a moderate elevation in 
Switzerland and Germany ; plains in Eussia and the East of 
Europe (it does not inhabit the Polar regions) ; the Altai. 
Larva. — Nearly black, with black dorsal and lateral stripes ; 
spines yellow. Feeds on Pohjijoniim historta in May. 
11. — A. Frigga, Thub. Hiss. Eut. 2, p. 33 (1791); Hub. 49, 50; 
0. I. 1, 74; Hup. i. 19, 3, 5; Boisd. Ic. 19, 6, 7. 
Expands from 1-50 to 1'70 in. Wings pale fulvous, deeply 
black at the base, the black spots large, the central rows forming 
bands, and on the hind wings merging into the black basal shading, 
especially in the female ; hind margins pale fulvous ; fringes not 
spotted. Under side : Basal portion of wing deep red, with a white 
spot ; central light band yellow, broken up into a chain of more or 
less rounded spots ; with two white spots, one near the costa and 
another near the centre. Marginal portion of wing light yellow, 
tinged with purple, with a faint row of spots running parallel to 
the hind margin ; there are faint traces of yellow hind-marginal 
spots. IN. XLVIII., 3. 
Time of Appearance. — July. 
Habitat. — Lapland; North Eussia, to 60° N. lat. (Staudinger); 
North-Eastern Siberia; Labrador. A rare and local species, though 
circum})olar. In Swedish Lapland it occurs on the banks of the 
Eiver Toruea, and at Quickjock in June and July (Wallengr.). 
Larva, &c. — Unknown. 
12. — A. Thore, Hub. 571-3; 0. iv. Ill; Hup. i. 19, 1, 2; B. Ic. 
20, 3, 4 ; Err. B. 104, 3 ; Err. 294, 4. 
Expands from 1*40 to 1’60 in. Wings deeply fulvous, very 
dark at the base, hind generally almost completely clouded over 
