156 MIL AX SOWERBII. 



Var. pallidissima Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 56. 



Alitalia carmata (i pallidissiina Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Amalia smverbii van. flavescens W. E. Collinge, J. of Mai., Dec- 1898, p. 17. 



Amatia carinata 7 insolita Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Animal similar to type form, but very pale. 



The sub-v. insollta L. & P. flitters only in the sulcus of shield being unpiginented. 



The sub-var. flaveseens Collinge, has the sides of the body yellowish ; dorsum 

 light grey ; foot-sole yellow. 



Devon N.— Sub-var. flavescens, Lynton and Barnstaple, F. J. Partridge. 



Italy— Var. pallidissima, Salerno near Naples, and sub-var. insolita, Campor- 

 biano near Siena, Tuscany, Marchesa Paulucci (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



Var. casertana Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 56. 



Amalia carinata var. casertana Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Body maculate with irregularly diffused, minute, blackish spots, and the black 

 lineoles on the back obsolete ; shell solid, flat above, irregularly convex beneath. 

 Italy — Caserta near Naples, Marchesa Paulucci (Less. iSc Poll., op. cit.). 



Var. oretea Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 56. 



Alitalia carinata var. oretea Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Animal typical, but showing a longitudinal median black zone on the shield. 

 Sicily — Palermo, near stream Oreto, Marchesa Paulucci (Less. & Poll., op. cit). 



Var. fuscocarinata Cockerell, Nat. World, Sept. 1886, p. 179. 



Animal resembling type, but with the keel not differing in colour from the BODY. 

 Devon N.— Barnstaple, F. J. Partridge (W. E. Collinge, J. of Mai., Dec. 1898). 

 Middlesex— Bedford Park, Chiswick, Dec. 1884 ! T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 Warwick — Edgbaston, B. Peebles, recorded as M. gagates (J. of Mai., Dec. 1898). 



Var. rustica Roebuck, Science Gossip, 1884, p. 78. 



Amalia sowerbii var. plumbea Collinge, J. of Mai., Dec. 1898, p. 17. 



Animal bluish-grey in colour, without perceptible admixture of brown or yellow. 

 The sub-var. plumbea has the whole back and mantle of a dark lead-grey; 

 slightly pale on sides of body ; foot-sole ashy-grey. 



Cornwall W. — Penmon near Falmouth, April 1884 ! H. Fox. 



Devon N. — Sub-var. jilumhea, Barnstaple, F. J. Partridge (Collinge, op. cit.). 



Somerset S. — Bridgwater, Aug. 1884 ! W. Vinson. 



Isle of Wight— Totlands Bay, Freshwater, June 1885! H. P. Fitzgerald. 



Hants N.— Preston Candover, July 1885 ! H. P. Fitzgerald. 



Kent E.— Faversham, Oct. 1884! lE. B. Fairbrass. 



Gloucester E.— Stroud, common, Oct. 1883 ! E. J. Elliott. 



Suffolk E.— Woodbridge, June 1886 ! S. S. Pearce. 



Pembroke— Near Pembroke, June 1885 ! Mrs. Trayler. 



Cardigan— Aberayron, May 1888 ! W. Whitwell. 



Louth— Piperstown near Drogbeda, Oct. 1889 ! Miss S. Smith. 



Dublin— Dublin, jSIarcli 1886 ! J. K. Bedding. 



Var. nigrescens Cockerell, Nat. World, Sept. 1886, p. 179. 



Amalia soiveil'ii var. nigro-carinata Collinge, J. of Mai., Dec. 1898, p. 17. 



Body dark -grey or nearly black ; said to be often destitute of an internal shell. 



The sub-var. nigro-carinata is veiy dark grey, with a deep black line running 

 the whole length of the keel ; foot-sole yellowish white. 



Devon N.— Var. nirfirnrnis, Barnstaple, and sub-var. niqro-cariiiata, Lynton, 

 F. J. Partridge (W. E. Collin-e, .1. of Mai., Deo. 1898). 



Hants N.— Var. nign'siriis, Preston Candover, Oct. 1884 ! H. P. Fitzgerald. 



Surrey— Var. nigrescens (T. D. A. Cockerell, op. cit.). 



Middlesex— Var. iiinm-rois, Acton, Aug. 1884 ! and \ery common, Bedford 

 Park, Chiswick, Feb. 1885 ! T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Warwick— Var. nigresceiis, garden, Edgbaston, B. Peebles, recorded as 71/i'/f(,r 

 gagates (J. of Mai, Dec. 1898, p. 18). 



Pembroke— Var. nigrrscnis, Tenby, not uncommon with the type at Deer Paik, 

 and on the north clilTs (y\. li. Stubbs, J. of C(rach., July 1900). 



Cardigan— Var. itigirxreiis, garden, Aberayron, May 1888 ! W. Wliitwell. 



Lancashire S.— Var. iiigresnns, Knowsley, 1893 (Collinge, J. of Mai., June 1893). 



Antrim— Var. nigrescens, Rathlin Island, May 1897, L. E. Adams. 



