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others, some of wliicli were not at all likely to occur. He quoted 

 me as the authority for one species which I never saw alive in 

 my life. I had a long correspondence with him on the subject, 

 and must say that he quite failed to produce the slightest evi- 

 dence of the occurrence of any of them in our counties. I, 

 therefore, am reluctantly compelled to ignore his statements 

 altogether. 



Mr. "Wailes mentioned about a dozen species which he thought 

 likely to be found in our counties. In the face of the rapidly 

 decreasing number of those we know, I fear the occurrence of 

 new species is but doubtful, though the recent discovery of 

 Hesperia lineola in abundance in several localities in the South 

 of England, shows that even where there is the greatest num- 

 ber of Entomologists, it is possible to overlook a species which 

 is really plentiful. 



Chrysophanus Phlaeas var. Schmidtii, Gerh. 



Since the foregoing was in type I have been informed that 

 Miss Annie Rossie took two specimens of this interesting and 

 rare variety of Phlceas a little to the north of IS^ewcastle-upon- 

 Tyne in the summer of 1895. In this form the bright coppery 

 colour of the upper side is changed to pure silvery white. It 

 is figured in Dr. Lang's Butterflies of Europe, p. 96, pi. xxii., 

 f. 1, from a specimen taken in Perthshire : "It has been several 

 times taken in Britain but is very rare." One of the specimens 

 has been presented to the Museum of the Natural History Society 

 by Miss Eossie. 



