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6. — S. Carthami, Hilb. 720, 723 ; 0. iv, 159 ; Eamb. Faun. And. 
pi. 8, 8 ; Frr. 389, 3 ; Eamb. Cat. p. 65. 
Malv^, Esp. 23, 2. 
Tessellum, 0. i. 2, 205. 
Expands from 1*20 to 1’35 in. Wings dark brown ; fringes 
brown and white. Fore wings with a row of six white spots, 
extending in a curved direction from near the apex to the centre of 
the inner margin ; there is a white discal spot and three placed 
close together on the costa. Hind wings with an indistinct light 
central band, and sometimes with a submarginal row of spots. 
Under side : Fore wings brownish grey, slightly tinged with green 
towards the apex, with white spots arranged as above. Hind 
wings greenish, with central and basal white bands, and one or 
two white blotches near the hind margin ; marginal fringes with 
more white colouring beneath than above. PI. LXXVIII., 9. 
Times of Appeaeance. — May and August. 
Habitat. — Mountains in Central Europe, Spain, the South of 
France, and South Eussia ; Northern Asia Minor and Siberia. 
Laeva. — Unknown. 
vaeiety. 
Moeschleri, H. S. 37, 38, vi. p. 175. — Has the white spots, 
above and beneath, larger than in the type. The under side is 
almost white. 
Habitat. — South Eussia (Sarepta). 
7. — S. Alveus, Hub. 461-3 ; Eamb. Faun. And. pi. 8, 3 ; Cat. 
p. 69 ; Hup. i. p. 259. 
Caethami, Hiib. 721-2. 
Expands from 1 to I’lO in. Brown. Fore wings with a 
white discal spot and a submarginal row, as in the last species ; 
there is a small white dot near the centre of the inner margin, and 
the usual tripartite costal spot. Hind wings as in Carthami, but 
even less distinctly marked ; fringes brown and white. Under 
side : Fore wings grey with white spots, as above, but suffused ; 
hind margin brownish or greenish. Hind wings white, with 
