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(f) H. a.faisina, Eibbe. 

 Based on a single female taken on Faisi Island in the 

 Bougainville Straits, Solomon Isles. It is remarkable for the 

 very light distal half of both wings below, and the pronounced 

 marginal markings on the hind wing. The upperside appears 

 to agree quite well with a. anna female. It is not represented 

 in the British Museum ; it probably is a good local race. 



NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE ASSYNT 

 DISTRICT OF SUTHERLANDSHIRE. 



By W. G. Sheldon, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 35.) 



Aglais urticae. — Larvae abundant at Lochinver. The imagines 

 bred are of good size and extremely bright in colour, the tawny 

 disc of the wings being especially bright. The most striking 

 feature in this race is, however, the brilliance and size of the 

 blue blotches in the dark external band ; this character, 

 especially as it applies to the superiors, is more pronounced 

 than in any specimens I possess either of British or European 

 origin. 



Pyrameis cardui. — One or two visitors at Lochinver in June. 



P. atalanta. — One example around nettles at Inchnadamph. 



Argynnis aglaia. — Common at Lochinver, less so at Inchna- 

 damph. Some of the females resemble south of England 

 specimens, and some are very dark. 



Brenthis selene* — Fairly common. 



Hipparchia semele. — Common at Lochinver and on the Island 

 of Soyea, but very difficult to capture in consequence of its 

 wariness and the rough character of the ground it frequented ; 

 very fine bright examples of race scota Verity. 



Epinephele jiirtina*— Unquestionably the most interesting 

 butterfly met with. My first specimen taken at Inchnadamph 

 on July 5th gave me quite a shock. A large, apparently jet 

 black butterfly got up and flew with a very Erebia-like flight ; 

 I wondered if I had come across E. ligea, which certain people 

 consider a not impossible species to oceur in western Scotland. 

 The wind carried the insect some half a mile before I could 

 capture it and solve the mystery. I found it was a very dark 

 male E.jurtina, and afterwards captured one female, very much 

 like our south of England form, except that the dark portion 

 of the wing was darker than obtains in that race ; the fulvous 

 patch was confined to the disc of the superiors. At Lochinver 

 the form is a really astonishing one if one considers the 

 geographical position. Both males and females are very 



