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He instances in particular Mclitœa dictynna, Melitœa didyma, 

 Brenthis selene and Issoria lathonia, and the name would there- 

 fore generally be held to refer to this form of aberration in those 

 species only. But it would be an immense gain if all such 

 descriptive aberrational names (even if the rule were not made 

 to apply more widely) were held to embrace all parallel varia- 

 tion in all related species. 



I have, I fear, touched on too many points, most, if not all, 

 of which have been previously urged by myself or others, and 

 perhaps have tried the patience of the meeting, to whose con- 

 sideration I must now leave these humble suggestions, not with- 

 out a hope that some of them at any rate may be found worthy 

 of acceptance. 



