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Haworth has called Ilelice being white ; and there are two or 

 three intermediate varieties in the British Museum, some very 

 small, the C/iri/sotheme of Stephens. 



Pontia DapUdice is much more brilliant in colour towards 

 the south of France than in England or Sweden : climate has 

 certainly an influence on this insect. P. Cordam'ines varies in 

 size greatly, and in the black spot on the upper wings ; it some- 

 times has a black spot on the second wings : Mr. Haworth 

 has a specimen of this insect apparently hermophrodite. 

 P. BrassiccB varies in size and markings according to the 

 broods ; the P. Chariclea of Stephens is a mere variety ; a 

 variety of P. Rupee is in like manner the P. Metra of Stephens, 

 but in this species there are more broods, and consequently 

 more varieties. P. Ncrpi varies still more, and if P. napcea 

 and P. sahelUcce of Stephens are distinct, there are at least 

 two more distinct species. 



Hipparcliia Jainra is sometimes entirely cream-coloured, 

 and I have a specimen spotted with that colour. P. THhonus 

 has occasionally an extra spot or tw^o. P. Hyperantlms has 

 sometimes very large ocelli, sometimes only white specks, and 

 is sometimes immaculate. P. Davus occurs sometimes with 

 very large ocelli, and I have taken one at Manchester with 

 very small ones. P. Polydama occurs at Lake Bala. There 

 is a variety of P. Typhon quite immaculate, it is called Laidion; 

 and 1 have a specimen from Keswick with ocelli as large as 

 any Davus. Davus, Polydama, and Typhon, are all exceed- 

 ingly subject to vary, and I have no doubt that they will all 

 prove to be but a single species. I have two specimens of 

 P. Pamphilus quite immaculate on the upper side. 



Vanessa Antiopa varies in the colour of the margins of its 

 wings according to locality, being sometimes white and some- 

 times yellow. V. C. Album was formerly very common here. 

 In the specimens of the June brood, the under surface of the 

 wings is yellow : in those of the autumnal brood, brown ; they 

 seem to me very distinct, and yet they remain undivided. 



Argynnis Paphia. I took a female nearly all black on the 

 upper side ; it is in the British Museum. Of Ar. Aglaia I 

 have taken the variety called Charlotta, and the one figured 

 by Mr. Curtis. A. Adippe I have found in larva in the New 

 Forest. A. Lathonia has two broods. I have not observed 

 that thev vary. 



