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helicoides Sagarra has the appearance of a small helice — According to Verity a separate race of croceus is 
said to occur in the desert stretches in Algeria, it is very small and very pale, deserticola, and the CS are almost 
completely yellow. This is not a fact however: deserticola occurs in other hot and dry localities of Algeria and 
other similar districts of the Mediterranean among croceus, so that in the best case, this can only be a variety. 
— ab. pupillata Rev. has an orange yellow pupil to the median spot of the forewings on the upper and undersides, 
being distincter on the upperside. — A similar variation from the type is shown by xanthostigma Std. where 
the median spot has a white centre. — circumiens Vrty. has a small ring spot in place of the median spot. 
Variations of the median spot of the hindwing are: niediecki Strd. (= unimaculata Kitt, unimaculata Pionneau ) 
with only one spot: the small upper one being extinct. — ab. bimaculata Vrty. has a double median spot. — 
ab. deannulata Rocci has the small silvery spot absent, which otherwise is present over the median spot on the 
underside of the hindwings. — ab. somnambula Bryk has a pale, whitish median spot. This aberration is more 
frequent in helice than in croceus. —- ab. geisleri Bryk has an exaggeratedly large median spot of the hindwing 
on the underside shaped like an “8” and the surrounds of same are extended towards the margin like tear¬ 
drops. — $-ab. seriata Rocci has distinct small rusty red spots on the underside of the hindwing, also in the 
second generation. The first and third generations always have these spots and this is again one of the deno¬ 
minations of this author which can be criticised. - decurtata Kitt has peculiarly narrow and shortened marginal 
band on all wings. — ab. retracta has an elongated black marginal band of the forewings which extends towards 
the base to over the middle of the inner margin, whilst in normal specimens it ends in a short hook at 
the inner margin. — In $-ab. saturatior Kitt the spots of the marginal band show the same colour as the ground 
colour of the wings. — ab. megei Oberth. has the marginal spots a light canary yellow, whilst the ground colour 
of the wings is bright orange. — fulvosignata Rocci has the same ground colour of the wings but yellow brown 
marginal spots. — In ab. brunnea Tutt the wings are deep orange and the band is brown instead of black. 
The ab. subobsoleta Rocci is exactly the same as typical croceus from mid-Europe. — myrmidonides Std. are $$ 
with well developed and increased marginal spots in the wide black marginal band of all wings. In the margin 
of the fore wings there are 8 fine spots as in typical myrmidone , which are lighter in colour than the other 
yellow of the wing surface, semidivisa Rocci is identical with this form. In $-ab. divisa Vrty. the marginal band 
is quite separated. The marginal spots form a single continuous wide light band, which occurs more or less at 
the expense of the black marginal band. — For poveli Aign. one must substitute the older name pseudomas 
Cock. This aberration originally observed in $ forms, whilst now Kitt has observed SS which vary precisely 
in the same way, that is to say they have a pure black marginal band without any trace of yellow spots and he 
names them enervata. The name should be rejected. — obsoleta Tutt only differs from pseudomas Cock, by 
the hindwings which are not adumbrated. — ab. nigrifasciata Marion, has very reduced marginal spots especially 
on the hindwings, where they are almost extinct and scarcely perceptible. — §-ab. semiobsoleta Rocci has no 
light spots in the marginal band of the hindwings: $-ab. atrifasciata Rocci has in contrast to faillae Stef, no 
yellow veins. All these denominations are only given for the purposes of completeness and for the same reason 
we mention still radiata Marion, a C °f helice with the same radiating markings as striata Geest. — ab. punctifera 
Braun is a $ also belonging to helice has three black dots in front of the submarginal band of the hindwings. 
helicoides. 
deserticola. 
'pupillata. 
xanthostig¬ 
ma. 
circumiens. 
niediecki. 
bimaculata. 
deannulata. 
somnambu¬ 
la. 
geisleri. 
seriata. 
decurtata. 
retracta. 
saturatior. 
megei. 
fulvosigna¬ 
ta. 
brunnea. 
myrmido¬ 
nides. 
divisa. 
pseudomas. 
obsoleta. 
nigrifascia¬ 
ta. 
semiobscle- 
ta. 
atrifasciata. 
punctifera. 
C. myrmidone Esp. (Vol. 1, plate 27 a). The spring form which is distinctly smaller than the summer 
form is called vema Vrty. — Only a few subspecies of myrmidone have been named, but there are innumerable 
denominations for shade and marking aberrations, in regard to the justification of same it is best not to 
lose many words. — ab. edusoides Skala (= pallida Zelezny) are C<S of the colour of typical croceus <$<$. — 
edusaeformis Klem. are similarly coloured SC but with yellow scaled veins in the black marginal band, which 
is also specially dentate inwards on the hindwings. — amicans Pieszczek are specimens without iridescence 
and with orange ground colouration in both sexes, having apex and marginal band broader and blacker. The 
$ has 5 to 8 yellow submarginal spots. — In ab. rubroflammea Zelezny both sexes have the upper sides of all 
wings a uniform orange red ground colour. — antihygiaea Meyer are large with uppersides coloured a uniform 
fiery orange red without any black mark at the base of the wings, such as is the rule in normal specimens. The 
black marginal band of the forewings is reduced and changed to brown. The yellow spots in the apex are 
scarcely perceptible, the lower ones have disappeared. In the hindwings the marginal band is still more 
compressed by the fiery red ground colour and it is indentated there where otherwise the pale yellow spots 
are situated. The median spot has almost merged with the ground colour and is only faintly perceptible. — 
lutea Zelezny is a $ with pale orange yellow upper side. The yellow spots are enlarged in the forewings and 
in the hindwings they are so well developed and increased that only a few black streaks are left of the marginal 
band at the border. — mediocarnea Metschl. are specimens, where towards the black marginal band there is a 
flesh coloured patch in the disc of the forewings. — In ab. bahri Skala both sexes show a bright lemon yellow 
on the upperside of the wings, without other variation from normal types. — <^-ab. schwabi Pieszczek is a 
larger, pronounced mountain form. Its ground colour is lemon yellow, similar to the yellow of typical palaeno 
GC but with a slightly reddish hue. On the underside the median spot is divided, the lower part having a 
white pupil. The black marginal band is narrower, sharply denate inwards in the hindwings and with a 
myrmidone. 
verna. 
edusoides. 
edusaefor¬ 
mis. 
amicans. 
rubroflam¬ 
mea. 
antihygiaea. 
lutea. 
mediocar¬ 
nea. 
bahri. 
Schwab i. 
