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Riotte: Celerio galii
Vol.11: nos.1-3
So perhaps we have here a parallel to the abundance of galii in central and southern Germany in the early fifties, and that from the eastern Canada and in the early fifties, too.
278 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ont., CANADA
AN UNUSUAL ABERRATION OF PAPILIO MACHAON A LI A SKA
by Colin Wyatt
On June 22nd, 1955, I found Papilio machaon aliaska Scudder flying in glades among the poplars behind the front edge of a long, flat-topped hill about two miles north of Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie River, on the Arctic Circle. They were flying high over the tree-tops, then swooping down into the glades and circling around about ten feet from the ground. Among the series
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of males captured was one extraordinary aberration, which appeared almost black upon the wing. This is the first time I have met with any aberration of P. machaon over many years experience of the species in many parts of the world. I figure it here together with a normal P. m. aliaska for comparison.
Cobbetts, Farnham, Surrey, ENGLAND