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leucophryne. alters into mongolicola. Schawerda mentions in the description of his form tricolor also an ab. leucophryne 
Mazzola (i. 1. ?). According to the particulars this is a $ with heavy white marginal spots on fore and 
hindwings and was captured by him in the uppermost Oetz Valley. 
M. pseudathalia Rev. It was already mentioned on p. 215 that Verity only considers this a race or 
racial group. Besides this helvetica Rilhl (Vol. 1 , p. 222 ) is an older name. Apart from the result of an examina¬ 
tion of the genitals Reverdin’s chief reason for separating pseudathalia (helvetica) as a species was the circum¬ 
stance that athalia-aureliaeformis and pseudathalia occur concurrently in Turin. According to Verity and 
Suschkin the reverse is the case and aureliaeformis is a separate species! — As in didyma so also in athalia 
the influences of the northern and central races meet in the Gironde; here the northern athalia and pseud¬ 
athalia (helvetica). In consequence we have the race viviclior Lhomme a description of which is not known 
post- to me. Nevertheless the name postvividior Vrty. is created here because the 2nd generation is somewhat 
vividior. sm aller and duller in colouration. — Reverdin had already ascertained that specimens from Solothurn and 
Isenfluh (in the Bernese Oberland) are a transition between athalia and pseudathalia in the genitals and they 
synexer- were therefore held to be hybrids. Now they are denoted as a mixture race synexergica Vrty., without further 
,J " U ' description. — The 2nd generation in the Dep. Var is considerably smaller than the 1 st (30—32 mm against 
dejonella. 34 —36 mm). There do not appear to be any other differences; it is named dejonella Vrty. — In a preli¬ 
minary note Rocci mentions without giving any particular descriptions that there are 2 races, melathalia and 
divergens in the frontier territory between Lombardy and Piedmont. These have 2 generations and will 
require 10 new names, which also are already being subdivided although they are not yet definitely est¬ 
ablished, and for this reason no purpose would be served in enumerating them here. 
rafaela. M. dejone Him. — In the race rafaela Frulist. from N. Italy, without further particulars, the distri¬ 
bution of the black rows of spots is more regular on upperside than in typical dejone from S. France. The 
$ has a wider and paler yellow middle band on both wings. The pale bands on underside of hindwings are 
philomcna. more whitish, cell spot there larger. The spots and bands are more sharply outlined with black. — philo- 
mena Fruhst. has a darker ground colour in both sexes. The bands of black spots on forewings almost double 
as wide as in rondoui Oherth. from the Pyrenees and thereby it resembles athalia. On underside it more 
inclines to resemble typical dejone, but differs by the more extensive ochreous middle band on hindwings. 
Basal and cell spots are still heavier than in nevadensis Oherth. The $ occurs in 2 forms, the one is very 
similar to nevadensis , the second is more brightly coloured. Red-brown, deep black, ochreous and buff tones 
of colour occur and form a combination resembling phoebe-alternans Seitz. The form emanates from Portugal. 
On p. 216 it was indicated that it was still uncertain whether nevadensis belongs to dejone or athalia. 
According to information from Mr. Ribbe, the genitals have been examined by Dampf who ascertained that 
it belongs to dejone. Verity holds an opposite opinion as was indicated under athalia (p. 214). 
corythalina. M. parthenie Bkh. — In the race nevadensis Spl. the subsp. corythalina Schaw. is newly established. 
On forewings the black middle and premarginal bands are absent; only the line between the two is retained. 
Otherwise the middle and outer areas are brown. The veins there, base of wings and ringlets in the cell 
are black. On hindwings base is black and the outer area pure brown with black submarginal and marginal 
lines. As the form corresponds to athalia ab. corythalia Hhn. it is named corythalina Schaw. — A subform of 
plana, varia M.-Dior, which according to many authors is a genuine species, is named piana Higgins. It is larger 
than typical varia, especially the S>. The light bands on underside of hindwings are yellowish and not brilliant 
white (viz: like parthenie). On underside of forewings the pale yellow marginal band is inclined to be wider 
and more compact than typical; especially apex is widely yellow. From the Col-di-Tenda. 
M. dictynna Esp. According to Warren, hriantea Trti. dealt with by us on p. 217 as well as aurelita 
Fruhst. are synonymous with wheeleri Chapm. According to Verity it is a definite dictynna race, whilst 
elsewhere it has been also placed to hritomartis (aurelia). Characteristic for classifying same to dictynna is 
the apex and the rhomboid mark. Wheeler has captured in Reazzina large wheeleri in June, dictynna in July 
and small athalia- like wheeleri in August and therefore considers wheeleri to be a separate species. According 
to Verity the position is as follows: these 3 generations belong to 2 groups. Each of these is single-brooded 
in the first year (dictynna), double-brooded in the following year (wheeleri). — The smaller 2nd generation 
post- which otherwise scarcely differs is named postwheeleri Vrty. Warren considers wheeleri a separate species 
wheeleri. f rom dictynna. — In the aberration confluens Masl. the middle row of spots on upperside of both wings is 
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extended to form a light band. On underside of hindwings on the other hand the light middle spots are re¬ 
placed by a dark band. 
M. plotina Brem. According to Verity the description of the species in Vol. 1 , p. 223 was insufficient. 
In his opinion the specimens resemble dictynnoides Hormuz, so much that they can only be classified if 
one knows the locality. As the genitals will very probably differ the name is retained. 
The number of unnecessarily altered names is large, we group them together with a few synonyms. 
The first name given is in each case the new name p r e s u m ably the better one: 
