156 MILAX SOWERBII. 
Var. pallidissima Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 56. 
Amalia carinata B pallidissima ree & Poll., 
Amalia sowerbii var. flavescens W. E. Collinge, “f of “Mal., Dec. 1898, pois 
Amalia carinata Y insolita Less. & Poll., op. cit. 
ANIMAL similar to type form, but very pale. 
The sub-y. insolita L. & P. differs only in the suleus of shield being unpigmented. 
The sub-var. flaveseens Collinge, has the sides of the body yellowish ; dorsum 
light grey ; foot-sole yellow. 
Devon N.—Sub-var. flavescens, Lynton and Barnstaple, F. J. Partridge. 
Italy—Var. pallidissima, Salerno near Naples, and sub-var. insolita, Campor- 
biano near Siena, Tuscany, Marchesa Paulucci (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 
Var. easertana Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 56. 
Amalia carinata var. casertana Less. & Poll., op. cit. 
Bopy maculate with irregularly diffused, minute, blackish spots, and the black 
lineoles on the back obsolete ; SHEL solid, flat above, irregularly convex beneath. 
Italy—Caserta near Naples, Marchesa Paulucci (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 
Var. oretea Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 56. 
Amalia carinata var. oretea Less. & Poll., op. cit. 
ANIMAL typical, but showing a longitudinal median black zone on the shield. 
Sicily —Palermo, near stream Oreto, Marchesa Paulucei (Less. & Poll., op. cit. ). 
Var. fuscocarinata Cockerell, Nat. World, Sept. 1886, p. 179. 
ANIMAL resembling type, but with the KEEL not differing in colour from the BODY. 
Devon N.—Bar nstaple, F. J. Partridge (W. E. Collinge, J. of Mal., Dec. 1898). 
Middlesex—Bedford Park, Chiswick, “Dec. [884 DwAGG ‘ockerell. 
Warwick— Edgbaston, B. Peebles, recorded as M. gagates (J. of Mal., Dee. 1898). 
Var. rustica Roebuck, Science Gossip, 1884, p. 78 
Amalia sowerbii var. plumbea Collinge, J. of Mal., Dec. 1898, p. 17. 
ANIMAL bluish-grey in colour, without perceptible admixture of brown or yellow. 
The sub-var. plumbea has the whole back and mantle of a dark lead-grey; 
slightly pale on sides of body; foot-sole ashy-grey. 
Cornwall W.—Penmon near Falmouth, April 1884! H. Fox. 
Devon N.—Sub-var. plumbea, Bar nstaple, F. J. Partridge (Collinge, op. cit.). 
Somerset S.—Bridgwater, Aug. 1884! W. Vinson. 
Isle of Wight— Totlands Bay, Freshwater, June 1885! H. P. Fitzgerald. 
Hants N.—Preston Candover, July 1885 ! H. P. Fitzgerald. 
Kent E.—Faversham, Oct. 1884! E. B. Fairbrass. 
Gloucester E.—Stroud, common, Oct. 1883! E. J. Elliott. 
Suffolk E.—Woodbridge, June 1886! 8. S. Pearce. 
Pembroke—Near Pembroke, June 1885 ! Mrs. Trayler. 
Cardigan—Aberayron, May 1888! W. Whitwell. 
Louth— Piperstown near Drogheda, Oct. 1889! Miss 8. Smith. 
Dublin—Dublin, March 18386! igi hel! Redding. 
Var. nigrescens Cockerell, Nat. World, Sept. 1886, p. 179. 
Amalia sowerbii var. nigro-carinata Collinge, J. of Mal., Dec. 1898, p. 17. 
Bopy dark-grey or nearly black ; said to be often destitute of an internal shell. 
The sub-var. nigro-carinata is very dark grey, with a deep black line running 
the whole length of the keel ; foot-sole yellowish white. 
Devon N.—Var. Sg erat Barnsiaples and sub-var. nigro-carinata, Lynton, 
J. Partridge (W. E. Collinge, J. of Mal., Dec. 1898). 
' Hants N.—Var. Na hae Candov er, Oct. 1884! H. P. Fitzgerald. 
Surrey—Var. nigrescens (T. D. A. Cockerell, op. cit.). 
Middliesex—Var. nigrescens, Acton, Aug. 1884! and very common, Bedford 
Park, Chiswick, Feb. 1885! T. D. A. Cockerell. 
Warwick—Var. nigrescens, seh Edgbaston, B. Peebles, recorded as Milax 
gagates (J. of Mal., Dee. 1898, p. 18). 
Pembroke— Var. nigrescens, cents not uncommon with the type at Deer Pairk, 
and on the north cliffs (A. G. Stubbs, J. of Conch., July 1900). 
Cardigan—Var. nigrescens, garden, Aberayron, May 1888! W. Whitwell. 
Lancashire S.—Var. nigrescens, Knowsley, 1893 (Collinge, J. of Mal., June 1893). 
Antrim—Var. nigrescens, Rathlin Island, May 1897, L. E. Adams, 
