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Mr. Turner read a series of notes on the various points in con- 

 nection with the species, of which the following is a summary : — 



I. Original Description. 



1758. Linnfeus. — " Systema Naturre," ed. x., p. 473. 



Notes. — a. Eeferences to Keaumur, " Mem.," vol. i., and' 

 Wilkes, "Papil.," for figures (Northern form). 



b. Habitat "in Europse australioris," and "in' 



Mauritania" (Southern form). 



c. Aef/erio not in Linnaeus " Fauna Suecica," 1762. 



11. Enlarged and modified subsequent Descriptions. 



(1) 1767. Linnfeus. — " Sys. Nat.," ed. xii., p. 771. 



Notes. — o. "luteo-maculatis " substituted for " luteo-varie- 

 gatis." 

 b. " nee fasciatae " added to the description. [Tutt 

 remarks {in lit.) " This makes it almost certain 

 that Cramer's and Herbst's uieone do not 

 represent the type."] 



(2) 1781. Fabricius. — " Species Insectorum," vol. ii., p. 73. 



Notes. — a. "Habitat in Europae," the African area omitted. 

 b. References for figures are in addition to Reaumur 

 and Wilkes, Roesel, " Ins. belust.," vol. iv., pi. 

 30; Sepp, " Besch. Ned. In.," vol. i., pi. 6;. 

 Schaeffer, " Icones," vol. i. (2), pi. 75 ; Esper, 

 " Schm.," vol. i., pi. 7 ; Bergstrasser, " Nomen.," 

 vol. ii., pi. 22 ; Harris, " Aurelian," pi. 41 ;. 

 Petiver, " Gazoph.," pi. 24. (All northern 

 forms.) 



HI. Nomenclature. 



1758. ayeria (not ci/cria). Linnteus. — " Sys. Nat.," ed. xii., p. 771. 



1762. tircis. Geoffroy. — " Hist. Ins. Paris," vol. ii., p. 48. (A 

 duplicate name which has priority over ei/erides.) 



1775. .viphia. Fabricius. — " Sys. Ent.," p. 492. (A Madeiran 

 form, or a separate species.) 

 [Most authorities consider this a species. Tutt says (/» lit.) 

 " Most certainly a species." Kirby at first did not but 

 was subsequently disposed to do so. Staudinger calls it a 

 species. Bethune-Baker, who went into the question very 

 thoroughly in "Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.," 1891, has no 



