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west, Channel Islands. 



Nisoniades tages. England, Ireland, Scotland, Channel 

 Islands. 



Of the above 67 species, the whole have been taken in England ; 

 40 in Ireland ; 36 in Scotland ; 8 in the outer Hebrides ; 7 in the 

 Orkney Isles ; 3 in the Shetlands ; 39 in the Channel Islands ; and 

 only one solitary butterfly has been taken in the small and far-away 

 Isle of St. Kilda. 



In Central Europe, or Germany, 186 species of Butterflies have 

 been observed ; the remaining 140 European species being peculiar to 

 Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia, or Lapland. 



Of the German species, just 100 occur in Belgium, but only 66 in 

 England, although we possess one species (Erebia epiphron) which does 

 not occur in Belgium. 



One of our species appears to have a very restricted distribution. 

 This is the now extinct Chrysophanus dispar, which seems to have 

 been confined to England, though its variety rutilus inhabits Central 

 and Eastern Europe and North and West Africa. 



Next we h&vecorydon, Incina, Sibylla, typJion, epipliron, and galatliea, 

 all of which seem to be confined to Europe proper, and in most cases 

 to Central Europe. None of them, except typhon, range very far 

 north, though probablv one or two reach Asia Minor. 



The next lot occur in Europe and in North and West Asia, and 

 include sinapis, cratagi, betula, quercus, pruni, w -album, avion, ads, 

 alsus, iris, medea, semele, hyper ant hus, megara, polychloros, adippe, 

 cinxia, paniscus, and tages. 



The 41 species which remain have a wider range. 



Of these at least seven, viz., machaon, hyale, edusa, alexis, agestis, 

 phlaas, and lathonia, reach the Himalayas; while two others, brassicce 

 and argiolus have representative forms there. Three at least reach 

 Japan, namely, edusa, hyale, and io. 



A rather large number occur on the south side of the Mediter- 

 ranean, and are recorded for North Africa, viz., machaon, daplidice, 

 rapce, brassicce, rhamni, edusa, hyale, argiolus, adonis, alexis, argiades, 

 agestis, bcetica, rubi, phltfas, atalanta, antiopa, lathonia, artemis, janira, 

 (egeria, pamphilus, tinea, and action. One (hyale) occurs in South 

 Africa, where edusa is represented by the closely-allied species electra. 



