in the Viciniti) of Dover, 535 



Hipparchk iEgeri«, speckled wood. H. MegaeVar, wall. II. Semele, 

 grayling. H. Janira, meadow brown. H. var., of a uniform pale buff 

 colour, L.* H. pilosellae, large heath, L. H. Galathe^a, marbled white, f 

 H. var., black and but slightly marbled, L.* % (See Jig. 73.) H. Hy- 

 peranthus, ringlet. H. var., with the ocelli nearly obliterated, L. H. var., 

 with the ocelli very large and distinct, L.* H. Pamphilu*, small heath. 

 H. var., very pale buff, with dark margins to the wings, L.* 



Theck quercus, purple hair streak, L. T. rubi, green hair streak, L. 



Lycae'na Phlae^as, common copper. 



Polyommatus Argiolm, azure blue, L. P. A^'lsu*, small blue. P. var., 

 without the ocellated dots beneath, L.* P. Corydow, chalk-hill blue. 

 P. var., with the ocellated dots beneath nearly obliterated, and the marginal 

 marks very strong, L.* P. Adonic, Clifden blue. P. var., both sexes with 

 the ocellated dots beneath nearly obliterated, L.* P. I'caru^, common 

 blue. § P« Fda*, brown blue. P. A'rgu*, silver-studded blue, L. P. var.. 



India, and the other, more recently received, from China ; and these, he 

 informs me, are the only specimens which, in all his practice, he has ever 

 seen. 



f Hipparchia Galathe^«, which, in Warwickshire, I am accustomed to 

 find only in bogs, and in the moist, open, grassy parts of woods, is very 

 abundant at Dover, on the dry banks about the castle, on the higher parts 

 of the downs, and the tops and sides of the cliffs. Haworth (in Lep. Brit.) 

 says, " Habitat in sylvaticis humidis." I am informed that the German 

 naturalists enumerate several very closely allied species. It may be worth 

 while to submit to a minute comparison specimens occurring in such widely 

 different situations as the-dry chalk banks of Dover and the bogs of War- 

 wickshire, in order to ascertain whether two distinct species may not have 

 been confounded together. 



J A very singular and strongly marked variety, taken near Dover, and 

 now in the cabinet of Mr. Le Plastrier of Ramsgate, who has kindly lent 

 the specimen for the purpose of being figured. The upper wings are nearly 

 black above, except a large white spot near the base, and another tripartite 

 at the lower edge; and, beneath, both pairs are clouded with black, and 

 almost destitute of the usual angular tessellated markings. This is, so far 

 as I know, a unique specimen. I have no hesitation in calling it a variety 

 only of Galathe''«, though it possesses amply sufficient characters, should 

 other like examples occur, to constitute a distinct species. 



$ Some entomologists entertain an opinion that more than one distinct 

 species may, perhaps, be included under this name. Individuals of the male 



