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ABERRATIONS OF VANESSA URTICA. anv V. IO. 
By T. Revss. 
Fig. 1.—V. urtice ab. luna, n.ab. Fig. 2.—V. io, ab. 
I wouup like to record that on the 26th of July I bred a 
variety of V. urtice L. (Fig. 1), which showed the following 
varietal characters :— 
Upper side: on the fore wings there are only three blue lunules 
in the median part of the black marginal band, the four apical and the 
two lunules of the inner angle being replaced by black. The yellow 
spot between the second and third costal blotches is crossed with black. 
Hind wings: again in the black marginal band the four “n the right 
wing three) blue lunules of the costal and median part are either very 
faint or have entirely disappeared. The first two lunules of the four 
in the anal angle coalesce and form a large conspicuous blue crescent ; 
the other two lunules are normally developed. The dark orange belt 
is narrowed and clouded with black in the costal part. Under side: 
slightly darker than normal; the crescent on the hind wings is 
conspicuously marked. The parts of the facies not mentioned are 
normal. 
It is of interest to note the development of the blue lunules in 
this variety as compared with other forms in which reversely the 
costal (apical) lunules are favoured at cost of the anal lunules 
(to-formity, see ‘ Ent. Record,’ pt. 4, 1909, plate vii). 
On the 8th of August I bred a variety of V.io from wild 
Hertfordshire larve, in which the ocellus of the hind wings is dis- 
integrated into three distinct bright blue lunules (Fig. 2). On the 
right hind wing a fourth blue spot is marked (as also in many 
otherwise normal specimens of io), and the place of .a fifth spot 
is indicated—thus the possibility of a chain of lunules like in 
V. urtice is suggested. The normally yellow parts of the fore 
Wings are narrowed and grey in colour; the whole breadth of 
