LUPERINA NICKERLII, FREYER, AB. OR NEW SPECIES? 269 
Nomiades semiargus* ; Polyommatus damon, Murat,* P. hylas, 
Murat,* P. eschert, Murat,* P. alexis. 
Nymenatipm. — Melitea parthenie, M. athalia* ; Argynnis 
aglaia,* A. niobe,* A. adippe; Issoria lathonia ; Brenthis euphro- 
syne; Polygonia c-album (Vic), Pyrameis cardwi, P. atalanta ; 
Vanessa 10; Aglais urtice. 
Saryrip#.—Satyrus circe (Vic); Hipparchia semele (one) ; 
Erebia epiphron var. cassiope, E. ceto, Murat* (rather doubtful, 
I should think, more likely to be H. medusa), HE. styyne, EH. eury- 
ale, E. ligea, E. ethiops,* E. neoridas, Murat.* 
With regard to some of the records, that of H. cacalie, re- 
ported from Murat, must be accepted with reservation. This 
‘‘ skipper ” is essentially alpine. Murat is but 3000 ft. above 
sea-level, and the nearest mountain of any altitude is the Puy 
Griou (5560 ft.). The two or three Pieris napi observed by me 
on the Plomb du Cantal were typical, but no doubt the form 
bryonie wight occasionally be developed here. 
(To be concluded.) 
LUPERINA NICKERLII, Freyver, AB. OR NEW 
SPECIES ? 
By RicuHarp SoutuH. 
Twenty years ago Mr. T. Baxter sent to me, for identification, 
a specimen of a Luperina that he had captured at St. Annes-on- 
Sea, Lancashire. 
After comparing the insect with some examples of L. nickerlit 
then in the collection of the late Mr. J. H. Leech, now in the 
National Collection, I concluded that the Lancashire specimen 
was a form connecting nickerlii with guencei, Doubleday, and 
that all were therefore forms of L. testacea (Entom. vol. xxii. 
p. 271). 
In 1891 Mr. Baxter obtained another specimen similar to the 
first but having an ochreous tinted pale greyish coloration, and 
this, I believe, was the type of L. testacea var. incerta, Tutt 
(Brit. Noct. vol. i. p. 140). 
During September last Mr. Baxter and a friend—Mr. W. 
- Gates—secured at least a dozen specimens. ‘Two males were 
submitted to Mr. F. N. Pierce, the well-known author of ‘ The 
Genitalia of the Noctuide,’ and he reports that the insects are 
certainly not referable to L. testacea. He is now most anxious 
to obtain one or two male specimens of nickerlii and also of 
gueneei. It is to be hoped that the necessary material will be 
available so that the question of variety or species may be de- 
finitely settled. 
