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extremity of the red there are a few white scales forming an 

 additional spot ; surrounding the white apical blotches are 

 patches of lavender-coloured suffusions, obliterating much of the 

 black ground colouring. The secondaries are equally remark- 

 able, or even more so, as they have a clearly defined white spot 

 situated between the subcostal and upper radial, and the red 

 marginal band is without the usual black spots. The under side 

 exhibits even more beautiful variation than the upper. The 

 costal third of the primary has a bright blue suffusion bordered 

 with black, and most of the lower half of the wing is of a bright 

 rose-red ; the white of the apex is of much the same pattern as 

 on the upper side, the great central area of the secondary is 

 clouded with purple-brown and lilac, and towards the anal angle 

 with various shades of lilac, metallic green, and blue ; the mar- 

 ginal band is pick shaded with lilac over the apical third, and 

 greenish over the anal fourth. This splendid specimen is un- 

 fortunately rather undersized, probably from the larva having 

 had insufficient food in the last stage. It was bred by Mr. B. P. 

 Kemp from one of only three larvae casually found at Erith, and 

 is now in the collection of Mr. E. Sabine, to whom I must offer 

 my thanks for the loan of such a handsome specimen for 

 figuring. I should add that he informs me that he bred over 

 six hundred specimens of V. atalanta last autumn without 

 obtaining anything special in the way of variation among 

 them. 



Fig. 3. — Argynnis paphia, ? . As will be seen by the figure, 

 the ground colouring is richer than in the normal female 

 A. paphia, and more resembles the colouring of a male in this 

 respect. The submarginal series of black spots are confluent, 

 forming a conspicuous band of markings which become suffused 

 into a large subapical blotch on the primaries ; the markings 

 over the median area of the wings, which in normal specimens 

 are the boldest, are in this example much reduced in size. The 

 under side presents no striking variation, excepting that the 

 black markings on the primaries are considerably reduced. This 

 fine butterfly, which is in very perfect condition, was captured 

 on July 11th, 1897, in New Park Enclosure, New Forest, by 

 Mr. A. W. Peach, who has kindly placed it at my disposal for 

 figuring. 



Figs. 6, 7. — Lyccena avion, ? ? . These two handsome 

 specimens have both been lent me by Mr. A. B. Earn, selected 

 for the purpose of figuring from his superb series of the species 

 captured by himself in Cornwall in 1896-7. These specimens, 

 from their large size and bold markings, resemble a form of 

 frequent occurrence in Germany ; the markings on the primaries 

 form a broad median band. The marginal series of spots on the 



