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(i) A female form with ground colour of the wings pale sulphur, 

 as in the male = ab. sulphurea, Lampa. 



(ii) A form of both sexes with ochre-yellow wings = ab. chris- 

 tiernssoni, Lampa. 



(iii) A male form with the black band of fore wings not pierced 

 with lighter nervures, and without the dark submarginal band = ab. 

 ivimaculata, Lampa. 



My series contains three examples of ab. sulphurea and four ex- 

 amples of ab. immaculata, but it is entirely without ab. christiernssoni, 

 of which there is a long series in the National Collection, labelled as 

 from Lainpa, and apparently taken at Kvickjock. 



In addition to these forms, my series contains the following : — 



(i) Males with the ground colour of both fore and hind wings of 

 the same light yellow as that of the blotches in the border of the wings 

 of typical examples of C. i)hicomone from the Alps = ab. torneoe^isis, 

 n. ab. I have three specimens of this form. 



(ii) Males of very pale yellow, almost white, of the tint of the 

 typical female = ab. ijallida, n. ab. I have two of this form. 



(iii) Females with the light blotches in the dark margin of the front 

 wings forming a continuous light band, except that the dark wing- 

 nervures pass through it = connexa, n. ab. Of this form I have 

 half a dozen examples. 



(iv) Females with the light sulphur discoidal spot on the upper 

 side of hind wings orange coloured=ab. flavopunctata, n. ab. I have 

 one example of this form. 



(v) Males and females with the discoidal spot on the under side 

 of the hind wings wholly chestnut-brown and without the white 

 centre that is found in the type = ab. castanea-punctata, n. ab. I 

 have four of this aberration. 



I succeeded in obtaining ova, both from captured females and 

 by search, and despite the difficulties caused by the long journey 

 home two of the larvae have reached the last stage. The wing 

 expanse of my largest males and females are respectively 50 mm. 

 and 56 mm. 



C. valcBJW var. lapponica. — Herr Sprongerts writes me that he saw 

 two specimens near Abisko station on July 22nd.* 

 (To be continued.) 



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"On the 12th of December, at Holy Trinity Church, Upper 

 Chelsea, by the Rev. E. M. Vaughan, vicar of Old Basford, 

 assisted by the Rev. H. R. Gamble, vicar of the parish, and the 

 Rev. E. G. Alderson, vicar of Stopsley, Sir John Robinson, of 

 Worksop Manor, Notts, to Eveline Maude, elder daughter of 

 Mrs. Alderson, Park House, Worksop." — ' Morning Post.' We 

 hasten to congratulate Lady Robinson, who is so well known 



* It certainly should occur here, though I never saw an example in the 

 much more favourable and advanced season of 1906. Its food-plant, Vacci- 

 nium, grows everywhere. — (H. R.-B.) 



