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extremely beautiful larva. —Geuvase F. Mathew ; Dovercourt, Essex, 

 Nov. 16th, 1904. 



Pararge achine on the Mendel Pass. — I have read with much in- 

 terest the note on Farargeachi)ie [ante, p. 272). As Mr. Lowe surmises, 

 I did not take the species in sufficient numbers to determine whether or 

 not his description of a local race holds good in the case of those observed 

 on the Mendel Pass by me and my friends this year. In fact, I brought 

 home only two females, and have never come across the species else- 

 where in my entomological rambles, though I know it is common 

 enough in many parts of the Continent, and notably in the Forest of 

 Fontainebleau. I have therefore no material to compare, and all I 

 can say , is that the two specimens in my cabinet correspond with 

 Mr. Lowe's characterisation of his Mendel forms. Under the circum- 

 stances, I asked Mr. F. C. Lemann if he would be good enough to look 

 over the series taken by him in the South Tyrol during this and other 

 years, and he reports that undoubtedly most of these specimens have 

 a much more interrupted band of wliite on the under side than those 

 •taken elsewhere. On the other hand, though they are extreme in this 

 respect, there is one froniMeudel, and another from the Uetliberg, which 

 are intermediate, and appear to link the two extreme forms. He further 

 remarks that it is curious that another specimen from the Uetliberg is 

 the most distinctly marked with white of all in the series, though some 

 from Sweden and the Rhone Valley run it hard. " As regards the 

 size of the spots," he adds, " they vary in almost every case, but I 

 have Swiss examples with spots quite as large as those from Mendel." 

 I also requested Dr. H. C. Lang to examine his series, and he writes : 

 "I have seventeen specimens of Parcmje acJiine in the collection. The 

 disposition of the white band is as follows : — I. 1. A broad white band 

 continued from costa to anal angle, the eye spots being placed in it, 

 i. e. surrounded on both sides throughout their entire length (loc, 

 Podolia). II. 2, 3 (Amur) ; 4, 5, 6 (Switzerland) ; 7, 8 (Dresden). 

 Broad white band inside row of eye-spots (outside only as far as third 

 spot from costaj, the three lower spots placed on a colour same as 

 ground colour. III. 9, 10 (Berchtesgaten). White band much nar- 

 rower ; 11, 12, 13, 14 (Dresden), and IV. 15, 16, 17 (Dresden). 

 White band reduced to merely a narrow wavy line not worth calling a 

 band ; in one specimen more yellowish than white. This is the result 

 of my observations. I do not think there is much to indicate local 

 races except in the specimen from Podolia. The two specimens from 

 the Amur are remarkable on the upper surface for the size of tlie eye- 

 spots, and for the distinctness and ligutness of colour in the rings 

 surrounding them [ = achinoides, Butl., eximia, Stgr.)." The evidence 

 I have collected, therefore, seems to suggest that the peculiarities noted 

 by Mr. Lowe in his Mendel series are not necessarily constant or dis- 

 tinctive of this particular locality, — H. Rowland-Brown ; Harrow 

 Weald, Nov. 17th, 1904. 



