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Nomiades semiargiis* ; Polyommatus damon, Murat,* P. hylas, 

 Murat,* P. escheri, Murat,* P. alexis. 



Nymphalid^. — Melitcea parthenie, M. athalia* ; Argynnis 

 aglaia,* A. niobe* A. adippe; Issoria latJionia ; Brenthis eupliro- 

 syne ; Polygonia c-album (Vic), Pyrameis cardui, P. atalanta; 

 Vanessa io ; Aglais urticce. 



Satyrid^. — Satyrus circe (Vic) ; Hipparchia semele (one) ; 

 Erebia epiphron var. cassiope, E. ceto, Murat* (rather doubtful, 

 I should think, more likely to be E. medusa) , E. styyne, E. eury- 

 ale, E. ligea, E. cetldops* E. neoridas, Murat.* 



With regard to some of the records, that of H. cacalice, re- 

 ported from Murat, must be accepted with reservation. This 

 " skipper " is essentially alpine. Murat is but 3000 ft. above 

 sea-level, and the nearest mountain of any altitude is the Puy 

 Griou (5560 ft.). The two or three Pieris napi observed by me 

 on the Plomb du Cantal were typical, but no doubt the form 

 hryonice might occasionally be developed here. 



(To be concluded.) 



LUPERINA NICKERLII, Freyer, AB. OR NEW 

 SPECIES ? 



By Eichard South. 



Twenty years ago Mr. T. Baxter sent to me, for identification, 

 a specimen of a Luperina that he had captured at St. Annes-on- 

 Sea, Lancashire. 



After comparing the insect with some examples of L. nickeiiii 

 then in the collection of the late Mr. J. H. Leech, now in the 

 National Collection, I concluded that the Lancashire specimen 

 was a form connecting nickerlii with gueneei, Doubleday, and 

 that all were therefore forms of L. testacea (Entom. vol. xxii. 

 p. 271). 



In 1891 Mr. Baxter obtained another specimen similar to the 

 first but having an ochreous tinted pale greyish coloration, and 

 this, I believe, was the type of L. testacea var. incerta, Tutt 

 (Brit. Noct. vol. i. p. 140). 



During September last Mr. Baxter and a friend— Mr. W. 

 Gates — secured at least a dozen specimens. Two males were 

 submitted to Mr. F. N. Pierce, the well-known author of * The 

 Genitalia of the Noctuidse,' and he reports that the insects are 

 certainly not referable to L. testacea. He is now most anxious 

 to obtain one or two male specimens of nickerlii and also of 

 gueneei. It is to be hoped that the necessary material will be 

 available so that the question of variety or species may be de- 

 finitelv settled. 



