VARIATION OP LEPlDOPTEllA AT RINGVVOOU. -31 



of each sex have one extra dot, or sometimes two clots, inside 

 the hind margin. A female has the middle one on under surface 

 centred with white ; others are very pale, almost yellow, upon the 

 upper surface. 



E. hyperanthus. Several of the var. arete, both sexes. 

 Females with spots upon the fore wings, surrounded with yellow ; 

 one or two have lanceolated spots underneath ; several bleached ; 

 sometimes the ground is very dark upon the hind wings. 



Coenoiiympha pamphiliis. A male, with the spots near tip 

 much enlarged, some obsolete, others ringed with yellow; a 

 male with hind wings dark brown, with small central spaces ; 

 a very large female which approaches davus, ground quite red- 

 dish, spots near tip surrounded with paler, hind wings each 

 contain three large black spots near outer margin (this specimen 

 is totally different to many others I have with similar spots) ; 

 two males with double elongated eye-spots upon hind wings ; the 

 ground colour varies much. 



Vanessa cardiii. Varies mostly in the red markings. Some 

 are iiglit red only; a few brick-red ; others extremely pale, the 

 beautiful pink ones being scarce. I have some in which the dark 

 ground predominates, and with the row of spots upon the hind 

 wings nearly banded throughout; some have the spots finely 

 centred with blue. 



V. atalanta. One very beautiful ; upon the hind wings, inside 

 the scarlet band, the obscure black lunules are each centred with 

 blue, most noticeable and uncommon ; several with the spots 

 running through the band blue centred also. 



The larvse of the last two species have been very abundant 

 this season. I had no difficulty in finding several hundreds of 

 each. V. cardui I took upon mallow, three kinds of thistles, also 

 stinging-nettles; but neither species were seen commonly upon 

 the wing in the autumn. 



V. 10, with the yellow replaced by white, occurs annually in 

 the Forest. 



Argynnis euphrosyne. Males very pale, almost yellow, the 

 border spots absent, replaced by fine black lines ; a fine one with 

 central spots much enlarged and banded ; another has the central 

 row of spots upon hind wings confiuent with the margin, the 

 latter broad and containing another row of fulvous spots, under 

 surface with central area yellow, a pearly streak in the middle, 

 with a border of closely-set white spots, inside of which is a band 

 of brick-red, the black spots reduced to minute rings filled in 

 with yellow (this specimen looks unlike euphrosyne). 



A. selene. About the most variable butterfly here. Several 

 with the dark markings much enlarged, and with all the margins 

 broadly banded ; some, in addition, have all the wings irrorated 

 with black scales, which gives them the appearance of being 

 almost black. The females differ considerably in ground colour, 



