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Tlie sub-var. COlorata lias a wliitisli mid-dorsal line, inner band black or deep 

 brown ; main band dark brown, beset with little pale spots, very irregular and 

 sinuate in general character, recalling the bands of L. maxinms var. serpentina. 



The sub-var. nemOPOSa has the gi'ound colour reddish-grey, tinged with brown, 

 mid dorsal line pale fawn, bordered by the deep brown inner oand, main band slightly 

 paler, a few whitish marks on the sides. 



The L. altilis is, according to Dr. Baudon, identical with the var. nemorosa. 



The sub-var. saxOPUm has a rufous ground, with well marked and regular black 

 inner band, and broad black main band ; shield with the black lateral bands 

 broken up anteriorly into minute spots. 



Dorset — Sub-var. nemorosa, Chideock, Aug. 1885 ! A. Belt. 



Hants S. — Sub-var. nemorosa, Holmsley, Sept. 1885 ! Vinney Ridge, June 1887 ! 

 and Wootton enclosure, C. Ashford. Hambledon, L. E. Adams (Adams & Wood- 

 ward, Sci. Goss., March 1901, p. 301). 



Oxford — Sub-var. nemorosa, specimens labelled " Oxford," from Dr. Norman, in 

 British Museum (T. D. A. Cockerell). 



Norfolk W. — Sub-var. nemorosa, Lynn, Sept. 1886 ! C. B. Plowright. 



Merioneth — Sub-var. nemorosa, Bonf-ddu, Dolgelly, Sept. 1886 ! ¥. (x. Fenn. 



Lake Lancashire — Sub-var. nenwrosa, Ooniston, Aug. 1886 ! W.D.li. 



Stirhng^Sub-var. nemorosa, Balmore, Sept. 1888 ! A. Shaw. 



Main Argyle — Sub-var. nemorosa, Dunoon, Aug. 1886 ! W.D.R. 



Clyde Isles — Sub-var. nemorosa, Barone, Bute, Aug. 1886 ! W.D.R. 



Ross W. — Sub-var. nemorosa, Ullapool, Aug. 1886 ! A. Somerville. 



Antrim — Sub-var. nemorosa, Cushendun, May 1886 ! S. A. Brenan. 



Sligo— Sub-var. nemorosa, CoUooney, Sept. 1885 ! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 



Mayo W.— Sub-var. nemorosa, Enniscoe demesne, Crossmolina, Sept. 1885 ! J. G. 

 Milne. Newport and Slievemore, Sept. 1888 (id., J. of Conch., Oct. 1891, p. 415). 



Cork N. — Sub-var. nemwosn. Mallow, Nov. 1885 ! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 



Kerry — Sub-var. nemorosa, Killarney, June 1885, W. F. de Vismes Kane. 



France — Sub-var. nemorosa has been recorded from Bramepan in the Basses 

 Pyr6n6es ; from the forest of Hez in the Oise ; from the woods at Saint Saulge in 

 the Nievre ; and as Linmx altilis from Val de Cauterets in the Hautes Pyr6n(5es. 



Belgium— Var. rosea, Bouge-Cloitre, Brabant ; var. rosea and sub-var. colm-ata, 

 Roumont, Luxemburg (Van den Broeck, op. cit. ). 



Italy— Sub-var. nemorosa. Piedmont and Lombardy (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



Var. bettonii Sordelli, Atti Soc. Ital. di Sci. Nat., 1871, p. 251. 



Li»tax bettonii Sordelli, op. cit. 



Liinax arboruni var. decipietts Cockerell, Sci. Gossip, 1886, p. 187. 



Lehmannia viarginata var. obscurus Esmark, J. of Conch., Oct. 1886, p. 102._ 



Liiitax arbomm var. carpatiais Hazay, Jahrb. Deutsch. Mai. Ges., B'eb. 1885, p. 23. 



Animal with inner and main bands fused together, but broken up by irregular 

 pale spottings, simulating to some extent the markings of L. flavus; dorsal-line 

 pale; SHIELD with lateral bands and a median dusky zone. Formula 0(21) (12)0. 



The vars. bettonii S.St, and decipiens are characterized by the fusion of the inner 

 and main bands, broken up, however, by irregular pale spots ; dorsal zone whitish ; 

 shield with lateral bands and median zone brownish. 



The var. obscura is described as liard and solid, with keel yellowish and dark 

 greyish or yellowish-brown back ; sides paler, and speckled with paler spots; the 

 sliield blackish brown, often with a liandsome yellow margin. 



The var. cappatica is obscniely maculate or marbled; keel line pale. 



The var. albomaeulata of Kreglinger may also belong here. 



Cornwall W.— Var. bettonii, Pliillack, Hayle, Oct. 1884! Miss Susan Hockin. 



Cornwall E.— Var. bettonii, St. Columb, May 1885! W. Vinson. , ^ „ , 



Hants S.— Var. bettonii, Holmsley station, Sept. 1885 ! C. Ashford. Underfelled 

 timber, Wootton, in the New Forest, C. Ashford; Hambledon, L. E. Adams (Adams 

 & Woodward, Sci. Goss., March 1901, p. 301). „ ^ , r. -M,■^ 



Anglesea— Var. bettonii, Llanfaes, in woods near village, Sept. 1886 ! J. G. Milne. 



Norfolk E.— Var. bettonii, from Norwich, in Brit. Mus., T. D. A. Cockerell. 



York N.E.— Var. bettonii, Saltburn wood, Sept. 1886! W.D.R. 



Antrim— Var. bettonii, Cushendun, April 1886! S. A. Brenan. 



Dublin— Var. bettonii, Kingstown, June 1886 ! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 



Wexford— Var. bettonii, Alderton, near Kilmanock, Miss Glascott, Sept. 1888 ! 

 G. A. Barrett-Hamilton. „ „„, , t r, uti 



Mayo W.— Enniscoe demesne, Crossmolina, Sept. 1885 ! J. G. Milne. 



Waterford— Var. bettonii, old Dungarvan road, Clonmel, Aug. 1886 ! and Glen- 

 abbey, Sept. 1886 ! A. H. Delap. 



