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( lx=xviti \) 
a result M. Oberthiir, with his accustomed kindness, had 
referred him to his published notes on an allied form which 
he had named graslini, and subsequently had given him a con- 
siderable amount of material for comparison and investigation. 
This material he was exhibiting that evening with the 
material he had previously possessed, and with a very fine 
series of the gweneet form which he had just received from 
Mr. Baxter, of St. Anne’s-on-Sea. 
The conclusions to be drawn from these investigations were— 
1. That nickerlii, gueneei, and graslini were one and the 
same species, which assumption was confirmed by an examina- 
tion of the genitalia (exhibited). 
2. That Guenée erred in 1862 in identifying the Doubleday 
specimen of gueneet with var. A. of his Luperina testacea, 
which latter was undoubtedly a form of L. testacea. 
3. That var. B. of Guenée’s L. testacea was nickerlii, with 
which it had originally been identified by Dr. Nickerl himself. 
Mr.. Turner also called attention to the interesting speci- 
mens of JZ. testacea from various continental localities and 
from Algeria, and of LZ. dwmerilii from Rennes and Algeria, 
which he had received from M. Oberthiir. 
EreEBIA AETHIOPS.—Mr. TuRNER also exhibited a long series 
of Erebia aethiops from many continental localities and also 
from Aviemore, Scotland. He made the exhibit at the 
suggestion of Dr. Chapman, with reference to an article in 
the “Bull. Soc. Ent. France,” No. 15, 1911, by M. Roger 
Verity, in which the Scotch (Galashiels) race of this species 
was named var. caledonia, distinguishing it from the typical 
Alpine race by its smaller size, its comparatively narrow and 
longer wings, its narrow fawn-coloured band which does not 
contain more than three small ocelli (the Alpine race often 
has four or five), and its underside with the transverse band 
very often less distinct. Generally speaking, the Scotch speci- 
mens exhibited showed these characteristics, being smaller 
than almost every race placed in the box. 
Mr. Turner at the same time called attention to the 
growing tendency to name aberrations, a course which often 
resulted in multiple names being bestowed on some one form. 
In illustration of his remark he instanced the case of the 
small aberration of Pieris napi. In the October number of the 
