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inclining to the belief that it presents a distinctness of feature which 

 the <4 Germanic " does not, and approaches closely in character, perhaps 

 also in age, to the Flora of the West of Ireland, which is said to be the 

 most ancient of all that still exist in Great Britain. 



In conclusion, we would venture to recommend Mr. Watson's system 

 to the consideration of those who are engaged in the study of other 

 branches of British Natural History ; we have no doubt that it might 

 be applied, with most interesting results, to the land mollusks and, other 

 stationary members of our Fauna ; and the advantages of conforming 

 to a plan already in use it is needless to enlarge upon. 



Much, however, remains to be done before the " Cybele " of even 

 our butterflies can be considered complete. We can only hope that a 

 point has been attained upon which future observation may be brought 

 to bear. 



T. BOYD. 

 A. G. MORE. 



[Additional note, without reference to text. W. F. K.] 



1. Western + Ultra Atlantic. 



2. Alpine. 



3. General European -f Germanic + Scottish. 



[This evidently refers to a proposed reduction in the number of so-called 

 " Types." W. F. K.] 



