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359 



flanks almost as plentifully developed as in the adults ; the bars 

 on tho axillaries are often very incomplete, and are, in rare in- 

 stances, entirely absent. 



Hub. Europe generally, extending to Iceland and Greenland, and 

 ranging eastwards as far as the Indian Peninsula in winter, and 

 even to the Burmese countries and the Malayan Peninsula, where 

 its range coalesces with that of N. varieijatus. Winters also in 

 Africa. 



