206 Roger Verity 
Ata, in Syr Darja; the Alai, in Ferghana; Juldus, in Kuldsha 
I select the two generations of the Alai as “typical“ because it is 
the race which stands furthest from /ulvolactea. The other serie: 
mentioned above can be described as transitional. The characte. 
ristics of centralasiae are: Smaller size than preceding, althougl 
larger than the average emiaustralis of Europe and very much sc 
in the case of some females; upperside palerthan fulvolactea, but rathe, 
brighter and less saturated than the usual erniaustralis; marginal banc 
of about the same pale gray as in the latter and often very faint in fe 
male. Underside of hindwings in male ofa more or-less uniform gray 
with the ocelli and lunules very inconspicuous and only a smal 
white space from costa to end of cell; the tone of gray varie: 
from a pale delicate one to a much darker blackish one; in th« 
females all the pattern is more pronounced. The II gen. post 
centralasiae recalls more the Italian aestivalis, because the margina 
band above is distinctly black and sharp in outline, whilst th. 
underside, of a rather bright reddish fulvous, exhibits a broa« 
white band across the whole wing and a very variegated patterı 
generally. The I gen. of Juldus agrees with the Alai one, but thı 
I gen. differs as follows from the corresponding one: wings mor 
pointed; apical ocellus sharper; marginal band separated fron 
margin by a greyish suffusion; underside grey, mixed with ches 
tnut, somewhat as in the II gen. of cenfralis: race juldusica, mih' 
The II gen. of Raigorodsk, in Northern Zarafshan, is larger thaı 
the two just described being of the same size as fuvolactea amı 
recalling this form also by the soft, pale tone of underside; th 
basal half of hindwing is light gray as far as the median line 
beyond it there is a broad white space, shaded with touches 0 
very light gray, and containing the ocelli, which are only just faintl 
visible; between the equaliy faint premarginal lunules and th 
margin is a strip of pearl gray; in the female all these marking 
are still fainter; in both sexes the whole wing is suffused wit 
a touch of fulvous, in the gray as well as in tbe white parts 
marginal band of upperside as in postcentralis: race infrarasa, mih 
Finally from high altitudes in the Central Altai Mountains I hav 
a very distinct and uniform race, which approaches more than anı 
other the nymotypical race of Sweden by its very small size, frai 
build and faded colouring; the marginal band is, however, in th 
male sex sharper and darker on upperside and the underside i 
of a duller and more dirty looking tone of gray, with a decide 
touch of chestnut about it; white space always narrow, but vari 
able in length: race Re nontiund mihi. 
As to Asia Minor, my scanty materials do not allow me t 
