MELANARGIA. 
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VAKIETIES. 
a. Leucomelas ( ? ), Esp. 81, 1, 2; Hilb. 517-8; 0. i. 1, 
246 ; Dup. i. 45, 3, 4; Boisd. Ic. 25, 3, 4, — In this aberration the 
markings are entirely absent from the under side of the hind wings, 
which is quite white, the markings of the upper surface showing 
faintly through. Most commonly found in the South of Europe. 
I have never seen a British specimen. PI. LV., 2. 
h. Galene (ab.), 0. i. 2, 236. — An aberration in which the 
ocellated spots are absent. 
c. Procida (var.), Hbst. 183, 5, 6; Hiib. 658, 9 ; 0. i. 1, 246; 
Dup. i. 45, 5, 6; Boisd. Ic. 25, 5, 6; Err. 379. — A variety 
inhabiting South-Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and Armenia, in 
which the black markings are in excess of the white portions of 
the wings, the insect having the appearance of a black butterfly 
spotted with white. The hind-marginal and basal black markings 
are increased in size on all the wings, the inner margin of the fore 
wings being broadly and continuously black. The under side 
differs little from the type. PI. LV., 3. 
d. Turcica (ab.), Boisd. Gen. p, 25; Stgr. Cat. p. 22. — Turca, 
Milliere, Icon. 1860, p. 126. — An exaggerated form of the pre- 
ceding, in which the wings are almost entirely black. 
Habitat. ■ — The Balkans, occasionally in other parts of the 
South of Europe. The following is Milliere’s description of a 
specimen taken by Donzel near Digne : — “ The black colour, which 
in Galatea is only indicated by large patches of different forms, has 
invaded in Turca almost the entire surface of the fore wings ; with 
some difficulty one distinguishes two or three small white oblong 
blotches placed near the centre of the fore wings. The hind wings 
are less black than the fore wings, and allow us to distinguish four 
or five large white patches sprinkled with black. The nervures are 
very broadly marked with black. The ordinary lunules are very 
feebly traced. The under side of the fore wings is a repetition of 
the upper. The hind wings are entirely black, with a greenish 
tinge, the ordinary patterns being marked in deeper black.” 
