pale arctic, pale arctic

[Pref. pal a-, region described in the compound. "With just balance país'd ."-P. Fletcher. "Our British butterflies can only be really understood Pāix'-han, subst . [The name of the inventor; see when studied in their Pale arctic distribution."- Athenœum , compound.] Nov. 1, 1884, p. 563. palæocaris palæarctic-region, s. Zool . & Geog .: A very extensive region, comprising all temperate Europe and Asia, from Iceland to Behring's Straits, and from the Azores to Japan. To the south it includes the extra-tropical part of the Sahara and Arabia, and all Persia, Cabul, and Be loo chi stan to the Indus. It comes down t little below the upper limit of forests in the Hima lay as, and includes the larger northern portion of China, not quite so far down the coast as Amoy. ( Wallace : Geog. Dist. Anim ., i. 71.)