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l.IMAX MAXIMT; 



It lias 1)0011 iintiooil in a Ildlncoiio ili'iinsit at Koi?;ato liy tlie lu'V. 1\. 

 A-liin-tiai Hnllon ; in a lnll-\vasl\ at St. ( 'atlirrino's DdWii. in tlie Islo nf 

 Wiuiit, liy Mr. -I. S, Howorli,ini<, in IS.'li; ; ami al.sn in a mudoMi iiiariue 

 ilopiL'^it, ro-woll Hay, in Ivi-t Kont. liy Mr. AltVoil Ix'U. 



Variation. Tlii' vaviatiou nt' Lhnii.r iiiii.riiini^ \- in many respect^ aualn- 

 ij-ou,-* \vith tlie liaiiil vaiiati^n oF the iioiitat^oniato Holice-. ami .-lio\v< similar 

 tvaoes i.f lia\-ini:- pa.sseil thrnai;-h parallel .^taires nt' eohiuratiun ; tlie Iwudinj;- 

 e.xliiliitini;- many nt' the same peenliarities. ami lieinu' eapalile of expressimi 

 liy a similar luimerieal t'niannla. 



In its hi^lu'st (levelnpment L. /ii i.rin)ii.< miy lie ennsiilereJ as triple- 

 tinteil. its ]irimitive nr t'nmlameiLtal enlnnrinu- lieini;' prnlialily a soinewliat 

 uniform yellowisli, ^reyisli. or reiMish tint, varying- iu liarinouy with the 

 envirniiment ami the temperature to whieh the animal has lieen suhjected 

 durinix its u-rn\vth perind. The second sta,-e was prnliahly the develnpmeut 

 of paired lateral liauds overlying the lateral Mnnd sinnses and pre.^uuieil to 

 derive their i)ii;-nieiitation from tlte aetiem rif the atmnsphere upon the mass 

 of blood heneatlt the skiu ; these liauils, wliieh ai'e n'g.irded hy Simroth as 

 an ancient liadge of the Puhnonates, may. Viy enucentration nf pigment, 



form a lighter area nu each side and thus lead _^ ^_ fS^^'^'fi' 



to the estaMishment nf darker znnes, nue nii '-■^"^^••^V'l** V 



each side of the primitive nne, thus enirstitnt- 2 flBii^iaWi^BwSj^^i^ 



ing the three typical Inngitndinal hands, whieh 3 <— i w 1 « ■ ' 1 i »JW ^ 



may lie distinguished as the inner, main, and ■ -■ 



outer bands, nr fnruiulated liv tlie nuinerals Fh; iw.— Fonion of bojyof z.v.i.r 



, ^ ,. , ■ , ,1 ■ • "■ • 1 !f:iiA-i":n.i \. . to show- liana lorniula. 



1, ■-', .>, referring to tlieir positmn m regard tn 



the median dnrs.al line. The bands may at any stage become broken up into 

 spots, i.ir by ditfusimi iimre cu- less coiniiletely nverspread and obscure the 

 primitive grniind cnlmir: tn be eventually n\-erspread nr embellished by tlie 

 superpcisitinii nf .a tertiary stage of colouring, which, as before, first appears 

 iu a position cnincident with that of the chief lateral blood sinuses. 



Many varieties still retain the paler secmidary banding upon wdiich the 

 darker tertiarv markings are super[iiised, but bv m.arginal concentration ot 

 pigment each tertiarv band niav become rcsnhod mtn a slender double line 

 or a double rnw nt' spnts, wliicli border each nf the paler seconilary bands, 

 and give a siinii.ar .aspect tn that nf the TLTir hmi, ;rs/.s'hgiired in vol, i,, p, W. 



In this cinintry the grniiiul tint is usnalK" smne shade of ash-grey, but 

 brighter shades ,are nocasionally met with, which wnuhl seem tn be atavistic, 

 or a retentinii in m.atnre life of immature cnlmirings : the line of variation 

 is, howa;'ver, cliietl\' in the intensity and character nf the dark inarkiiigs. 



Its size has alsn boeii iibser\'ed hy Lncard to \ar\' according to the alti- 

 tude ot its abndo. tlie animal being smaller in size when li\niig in elevated 

 localities. l)r. liamlnn has remarked on the differences in size, and created 

 a var. ijiijniitui Inr sniiie iiniisiiallv large specimens fmiiid at ^Iniiy. in the 

 ileiiartmeiit nt' ihe Oise. Similar examples have been found in this 

 cniintr\-. nne fniind by Mr. (|)iiilter in Belvnii- t'.astle g.ardeiis exceeding eight 

 inches m liaigth. 



The \arii'tii's nl Lniiii.r iim.i-i iiius are grniiped in three series : accnrdiiig 

 tn the ground cnlmir nf t he body ; the cb.ar.acler nf ilic iLark m.arkings ; and 

 tn .acrnmiimdali' nxain]iles in which these Iwn I'aclnrs exist tngetlier in 

 nnnsn,all\' striking i-nmliin.al inn. 



It sliniild mil, hnwever, be loerlnnked by ihe sdidenl thai the fnllnwiiig 

 list by no means exh.aiists the variations that may be uic( with, as the various 

 gi'oiiiid lints iiia\- be .associated with .ain' of the dillerent markings and con- 



