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  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Baker's 
  7wtes 
  on 
  

  

  a 
  deeper 
  and 
  more 
  imil'orm 
  yellow, 
  wliilbt 
  the 
  central 
  

   spots 
  are 
  much 
  darker 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  present, 
  about 
  

   midway 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  small 
  dark 
  dots, 
  extending 
  half 
  across 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  

   from 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  all 
  round 
  the 
  hind 
  wdng. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ? 
  the 
  difference 
  is 
  less 
  marked, 
  the 
  colour 
  

   being 
  slightly 
  deeper 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form, 
  this 
  

   being 
  more 
  apparent 
  in 
  the 
  secondaries 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  

   spots 
  are 
  also 
  decidedly 
  larger 
  and 
  brighter, 
  whilst 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  margins, 
  both 
  costal 
  and 
  posterior, 
  are 
  finely 
  

   edged 
  with 
  deep 
  orange. 
  The 
  same 
  differences 
  apply 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  under 
  surface, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  generally 
  

   present 
  the 
  rows 
  of 
  small 
  dark 
  spots, 
  already 
  mentioned 
  

   in 
  the 
  ^ 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  Canary 
  form 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  is 
  deeper 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   and 
  the 
  orange 
  extends 
  right 
  fully 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   margin. 
  

  

  Polyommatus 
  ijhleas, 
  L. 
  

  

  Common. 
  The 
  usual 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  

   dark, 
  both 
  the 
  wings 
  being 
  suffused 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  very 
  

   dark 
  scales. 
  I 
  have 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  paler 
  specimens, 
  but 
  

   they 
  are 
  evidently 
  rare, 
  the 
  ordinary 
  ones 
  being 
  certainly 
  

   darker 
  than 
  v. 
  eleus. 
  I 
  have 
  before 
  me 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   almost 
  every 
  country 
  where 
  it 
  obtains, 
  but, 
  with 
  the 
  

   single 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  extraordinary 
  and 
  almost 
  black 
  

   eleus 
  from 
  Broussa 
  (Asia 
  Minor), 
  none 
  are 
  as 
  dark 
  as 
  the 
  

   Madeira 
  insects. 
  

  

  Lyccena 
  boetica, 
  L. 
  

  

  Common, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  usual 
  European 
  

   type. 
  

  

  Vanessa 
  atalanta, 
  L.' 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  but 
  three 
  specimens 
  labelled, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wollaston, 
  

   " 
  the 
  Mount," 
  showing 
  that 
  it 
  and 
  calliriioe 
  inhabit 
  pre- 
  

   cisely 
  the 
  same 
  area. 
  These 
  three 
  do 
  not 
  deviate 
  from 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  form. 
  

  

  Vanessa 
  callirhoe, 
  V. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Wollaston 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  abundant 
  at 
  low 
  

   and 
  intermediate 
  elevations. 
  All 
  the 
  specimens 
  before 
  

   me 
  are 
  smaller 
  and 
  darker 
  than 
  my 
  Amoor 
  examples 
  ; 
  

   the 
  white 
  spots 
  are 
  much 
  smaller, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  coloured 
  

  

  