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the Riviera. The whole of the upper wings, as far as the row of eyes, 

 is nearly as thickly scaled as in the typical male, with almost the same 

 tinge of blue. The discoidal spot of the forewings above very dis- 

 tinct, the orange spots small, and the smoky bars on the fringes broad. 

 Lyccsna adotiis. — Ab. $ cerofius, Esp. One specimen having the upper 

 side of all the wings covered with brilliant violet blue, except on the 

 costa. Orange spots of hindwings very bright. Lyccena argiolus. — 

 $ specimens vary slightly in colour. Vanessa antiopa. —A batch of 

 larvte which were underfed produced seven dark specimens of small size, 

 the one which I have expands two inches instead of three. Vanessa io. — 

 Two similar specimens, probably produced in the same manner. 

 Melitiva cinxia. — A few small bred specimens have the black markings 

 (especially beneath) more pronounced. Epinephele janira. — A (J, with 

 irregular lighter blotches on the forewings, one streak on the left and 

 two on the right, not symmetrical. Arclia villica. — This species in the 

 South of France is very variable, no two specimens being alike, and 

 the two sides often unsymmetrical. The most notable variation occur- 

 ring is the enlargement of the spots towards one another — in one 

 specimen they nearly all join. Some specimens have the spots of a 

 yellow colour (ab. angelica, Bdv.) Deiopeia pulchella varies much in 

 the size and intensity of the red and black dots. Eulepia granunica. — 

 Male specimens vary in the distinctness of the black hnes on the fore- 

 wings, and in the breadth of the black border of the hindwings. In 

 one specimen the black encroaches on the greater portion of the hind- 

 wings. Satia-nia pavonia {carpini) is larger, brighter, and more 

 thickly scaled than any English specimens. This species, as well as 

 the closely related S.pyri, olten remains two years in the pupal state. 

 Drepana haniula. — This species is represented in South France by the 

 very different var (?) uncinula (Bkh.). A description of the latter may 

 be of interest. Uncinu/a is considerably larger than hamula, expand 

 ing about seven-eighths of an inch in the $ , and one and one-eighth of 

 an inch in the ? . The forewings are of a richer and darker brown. 

 The two black spots are usually fairly distinct. There is a distinct 

 black dash at the tip of the wing with a whitish mark just over it. The 

 hindwings are lighter, yellow towards the costa. All the lines are rather 

 less distinct than in haniula ; the second on the forewings is roundtd 

 instead of angulated. There is a sort of purplish bloom on the costa 

 of the forewings. Larva very variable in colour, greenish when full 

 grown ; on Queniis ilex. Not common. — J. C. Warburg, 8, Porchester 

 Terrace, W. 



Variation and Food (?). — The Semasia urticana from Forres 

 are very pretty forms, much paler than our southern examples. In the 

 Sevenoaks district, where the Vaccinium grows freely, we get a variety of 

 lovely red and deep brown marked specimens. These do not seem to 

 occur except where the bilberry grows. Is it not a peculiar coincidence 

 that many insects, when feeding on Vaccinium, are affected in size and 

 colour ? Cidaria russata, Hypsipetes elutata, and this species are those 

 I can best recollect at the present moment. — C. P'enn, Lee. Jan., 1891. 



Z\G/ENA FiLiPENDULyE VARS. — Mr. Baxter's Z. Jilipendulce (ante, p. 

 240) is a most striking variety. I have bred a good many Z. filipen- 

 diilce, in order to get the yellow var., but have never seen any tendency 

 to variation in the direction of this dark specimen. I should be 



