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

  

  Satyrus 
  semele 
  v. 
  maderensis. 
  (PL 
  XII., 
  figs. 
  2, 
  2rt). 
  

  

  The 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is, 
  I 
  consider, 
  quite 
  sufficiently 
  

   modified 
  to 
  warrant 
  a 
  varietal 
  name. 
  It 
  is 
  so 
  very- 
  

   uniform 
  in 
  coloration 
  and 
  so 
  much 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  

   usual 
  type, 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  thoroughly 
  constant, 
  that 
  Mr. 
  

   Wollaston 
  himself 
  considered 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  a 
  fixed 
  geogra- 
  

   phical 
  modification 
  " 
  (' 
  Variation 
  of 
  Species,' 
  p. 
  34). 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  uniform 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   (darker 
  than 
  any 
  semele 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen), 
  and 
  without 
  

   the 
  dusky 
  transverse 
  band 
  near 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wings, 
  though 
  very 
  occasionally 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  slightest 
  

   trace 
  just 
  visible. 
  The 
  two 
  black 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  are 
  present 
  as 
  usual, 
  and 
  are 
  

   sometimes 
  pupilled 
  with 
  white. 
  In 
  the 
  secondaries 
  there 
  

   is 
  generally 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  band, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  encircled 
  with 
  tawny 
  

   and 
  pupilled 
  with 
  white. 
  On 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  there 
  is 
  

   no 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  pattern 
  of 
  markings, 
  but 
  the 
  marbling 
  

   of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  is 
  darker 
  and 
  richer 
  in 
  colour, 
  and 
  the 
  

   whitish 
  band 
  is 
  broader 
  and 
  whiter, 
  whilst 
  the 
  brown 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  is 
  broader 
  and 
  darker, 
  

   extending 
  between 
  the 
  spots. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ? 
  the 
  colour 
  is 
  likewise 
  darker, 
  the 
  pupilled 
  

   spots 
  are 
  present 
  as 
  usual 
  in 
  the 
  primaries, 
  but 
  the 
  

   tawny 
  encircling 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  spot 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  duller, 
  

   being 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  dash 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  whilst 
  the 
  

   surrounding 
  tawny 
  patch 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  spot 
  is 
  quite 
  

   dusky, 
  and 
  decidedly 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form. 
  

   The 
  secondaries 
  are 
  also 
  rather 
  darker 
  and 
  duller, 
  the 
  

   tawny 
  band, 
  being 
  replaced 
  by 
  the 
  whitish 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  

   under 
  side, 
  showing 
  through; 
  the 
  ocellated 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  is 
  present 
  as 
  usual. 
  The 
  under 
  side 
  is 
  darker 
  

   in 
  every 
  particular, 
  and 
  the 
  dark 
  posterior 
  margin 
  is 
  

   much 
  broader, 
  and 
  extends 
  as 
  a 
  patch 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  

   black 
  spots. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  trace 
  any 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  

   from 
  the 
  Canaries 
  or 
  other 
  Atlantic 
  islands. 
  

  

  Pararge 
  xiphia, 
  F. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Wollaston 
  says 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  

   species 
  in 
  Madeira 
  at 
  intermediate 
  elevations, 
  and 
  

   wasted 
  examples 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter, 
  

  

  