Designation of a Neotype for Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775) and a Lectotype for Oeneis polixenes (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) Author Guppy, Crispin S. 5 Boss Road, Whitehorse, YT Y 1 A 5 S 9 Canada, csguppy @ gmail. com csguppy@gmail.com text The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 2019 2019-11-18 8 3 1 10 journal article 311304 10.5281/zenodo.16421820 61d99db0-7797-4fcc-ac48-eb642fb48d05 2643-4806 16421820

Fig. 1: Transcriptions and Translations of Original Descriptions of Oeneis polixenes and Oeneis melissa.

Transcription of Original Description		Translation of Original Description
1 The first three abbreviations are defined on page p. 442 of Fabricius (1775); “ Mus.” is assumed to be an abbreviation of “Museum”, which is the same word in English and Latin. 2 “dentate” is assumed to refer to the “toothed” appearance of the alternating patches of white and brown scales of the wing fringe.
298. P. N. F. alis dentatis, fuscis: posticis subtus griseo-marmoratis. Habitat in insula Terre neuve Americae. Mus. Banks. Alae supra fuscae, immaculatae. Posticae subtus albo nigroque variae.	Melissa.	P[apiliones] N[ymphales] P[halerati] 1 298. with wings Melissa. Dentate2, dusky brown: posterior below gray-marbled. It lives in Terre neuve island of America. Mus [eum] Banks. Wings dark brown above, unspotted. Posterior below white and black variegated.
Polixenes. 180. P. D. F. alis integris, fuscis; posticis subtus griseo		Polixenes 180. P[apiliones] D[anai] F[estivi] with wings
fuscoque nebulosis.		entire, cloudy grey brown.
Habitat in America boreali. Mus. Banks.		It lives in northern America. Mus [eum] Banks.
Statura praecedentis. Corpus hirtum, nigrum. Alae		Previous size. Body hairy, black. Wings all dark
omnes supra fuscae, immaculatae, uti et anticae		brown above, unspotted, ventral pattern shows
subtus. Posticae subtus griseo fuscoque nebulosae,		through. Posterior below cloudy grey brown, medial
fascia media obscuriore.		band darker.