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JOURNAL OF VARIATION. 



Vol. VII. No. 9. Febeuary 15th, 1896. 



Aberrations of British Lepidoptera. 



(With Plate.) 

 By W. P. BLACKBUENE-MAZE, F.E.S. 



Having had a few insects photogi-aphed for my own immediate 

 friends and entomological acquaintances, it has been suggested that 

 pleasure might also be given to many entomologists unknown to me 

 personally, by having the photograph reproduced as a Plate for the 

 Entumulixjist's Record and Journal of Variation. The labels indi- 

 cate the places and dates of capture, but the following notes will 

 be found rather more comprehensive. 



Aiyi/iuris t'up/tr<).si/ne. — An aberration captured in the New Forest 

 in 1894, in which each of the right wings has a small pale patch due 

 to failure of the ordinary fulvous pigment. It will be observed that 

 the patch on the hind-wing is in such a position that it would be 

 almost under that on the fore-wing, when the insect was in the pupal 

 stage. 



Kpinephele Janira. — An aberration with each of the fore-wings 

 having a pale, ill-pigmented patch ; these patches are somewhat 

 regularly placed towards the centre of the costa on the fore-wings, rather 

 more towards the apex on the hind-wings. These again, would, owing 

 to the narrowness of the hind-wings, be almost beneath each other in 

 the pupal stage. The second specimen of the same species has ill- 

 developed pigmental patches on the hind-wings only. Both specimens 

 were captured in the New Forest in 1895. 



Boarmia repandata. — This is an example of the well- known banded 

 ab. conrermria of this species, captured in the New Forest in 1894. 

 The ground colour is, of course, much paler than that of the type, and 

 the band darker. 



Bupalus piniaria. — A gynandromorphous specimen captured in the 

 New Forest in 1893. The left wings are, as will be observed, of the 

 form and with the markings which characterise the female sex, and 

 the right pair of the form and with the markings peculiar to the male. 

 The right antenna, too, is of the female form. — There is also a male 

 aberration of B. piniaria var. Jiarescens, the yellow markings on the 

 hind-wings restricted to a narrow dash, both on the upper and under- 

 sides ; that part of the hind-wing usually yellow is, however, rather 

 greyer than the normally brown parts. 



Afiphalia ridens. — This represents a specimen of the comparatively 

 rare banded form with almost white ground colour, first described by 



