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costa, in a generally parallel direction to each other, but 

 nowhere actually parallel, as both are irregularly curved and the 

 curves are not parallel. Finally, there is a dark " basal suffu- 

 sion " of varying extent. 



Upper side, hind wing. The normal markings may be 

 regarded as a black harder, two black lines rather broken and 

 nearly parallel to the border, which we will call the " outer and 

 inner lines,'" a black " discal spot," and often a third or " extra 

 line," and a black " basal siffusion " containing a spot of the 

 ground colour. When this is not surrounded by the suffusion it 

 is outlined in black ; it may be called the " basal spot." 



The under side fore wing has an orange-brown ground colour, 

 and may be considered as reproducing the markings of the upper 

 side. The black border is never present, but is represented by 

 a fine, double, dark (usually black) line. The outer subterminal 

 line appears as an inner edging to the lunules, which are lighter 

 than the ground colour ; the inner subterminal line is usually 

 faintly visible ; the elbowed line is generally represented by 

 three conspicuous black spots near the costa (or four if there be 

 one on the costa itself) and a black patch on the inner margin — 

 the marginal blotch ; the outlines of the stigma and the basal 

 lines are narrow but conspicuous, and there is a black " basal 

 dash " representing the basal suffusion. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Lyc^na arion in the Cotswolds. — As the result of explora- 

 tion during the last two years I have been able to discover the 

 existence of this fine species in a number of out-of-the-way spots 

 in the Cotswold Hills, which have never been recorded in any 

 book or periodical. Its existence in some, however, is very in- 

 secure from the extremely circumscribed extent of the area which 

 certain of the stations embrace. In some which have been re- 

 corded in the past it is now probably extinct. One such consists 

 of the deserted quarries on the north-east side of Paiuswick Hill, 

 although it is found sparingly in one or two other places not far 

 away. It is here, however, much harassed by the Gloucester 

 collectors, so that it will not be long before its final extirpation 

 takes place in the neighbourhood of Painswick. In the vicinity of 

 Cheltenham also it is persecuted a good deal by tyros. Some of the 

 other stations discovered by me for the species are situated on private 

 ground, and there is reason to believe that several more may be 

 added to the list in the more remote "combs" well off the beaten 

 track. In only one of these it occurs in any abundance according to 

 my experience. As a consequence of the examination of a consider- 

 able number of specimens I am able to define the following aberra- 



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