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Arqynnis paphia. — Upwards of 80 specimens, including 39 

 ab. valesina, with otherwise no noteworthy aberrations. 



A. cijdippe. — Upwards of 60 specimens. A beautiful aberra- 

 tion in which the ground-colour is creamy-white, taken in 

 S.W. Bucks by Miss L. B. Evetts, July, 1896. 



A. aglaia. — A fine series of more than 80, with much sHght 

 variation in the females, some being very dark. 



lasorid lathonia. — Eleven specimens. Four from the Hope 

 Collection, each labelled "Wells British Collection." Four from 

 the Spilsbury, without any data. One from the Sellon Collection 

 labelled by Mr. Sellon " Salwey's Collection." Another label, 

 apparently Salwey's original label, has on it, "Folkestone, 

 1868, presented by T. Briggs, Esq." Two other specimens are 

 labelled " O.E.S."' (Oxford Entomological Society). 



Brenthis eupkrosyne. — Series of 90 specimens. A fine 

 aberration from the Hope Collection without data has the 

 interior portion of all the wings blackish, this coloration 

 extending nearly to the transverse row of submarginal spots. 

 The rest of the wings is much suffused with black. An underside 

 taken May 29th, 1916, near Abingdon, Berks, by the Kev. C. F. 

 Thornewill, entirely wants the normal reddish markings, and 

 the ground-colour is of a very pale ochreous. A specimen of 

 that very rare occurrence, a second brood, taken August, 1899, 

 near Pleading, by Mr. W. Holland, ia in perfect condition and 

 much below the normal size. 



B. selene. — Series of over 100. A fine aberration taken 

 June 11th, 1913, at Crowthorne, Berks, by the Ptev. C. F. 

 Thornewill, has a broadish black band in the outer portion of 

 the fore wing along the margin. All the wings are also much 

 suffused with black. A series of 11 specimens of a second 

 brood from the Pogson- Smith Collection was taken near Oxford, 

 August 8th, 1911. They are in perfect condition and much 

 smaller and paler than normal first-brood specimens. Another 

 specimen of the second brood from the Chitty Collection was 

 taken at Dodington, Kent, in August, 1895. 



Melitmi cinxia. — Series of 60. One specimen from the 

 Spilsbury Collection, without data, has the row of spots in the 

 central pale band on the underside of the hind wing very large 

 and some of them converted into streaks. 



M. athalia.— Series of 63. Mostly from Kent and Sussex, 

 with no remarkable aberration. 



M. aurinia. — Series of upwards of 130 from many English 

 localities, six Scottish and one Irish specimen. The series is 

 interesting in showing the slight variation between the series 

 taken in different localities, but there are no very striking 

 aberrations. In a specimen from the Meldola Collection taken 

 at Ivybridge, June 23rd, 1889, and in another without data 

 from the Sellon Collection, the paler ochreous markings are 



