176 ARION ATER. 



SCOTLAND. 



Roxburgh— Langlee near Galasliiels, Sept. 1904 ! J. Eoseburgh. 



Berwick— Fans near Earlston, Aug. 1883 ! R. Kenton. 



Stirling— Near summit of Ben Lomond (Miss Donald, Cumberland List, 1882). 



Perth S.— Callender, April 1888 ! A. Somerville ; and summit of Ben Voirlich, 

 alt. 3,2-24 feet, Sept. I9(I2 ! W. Evans. 



Banff— A ber) our, Nov. 1892 ! L. Hinxman. 



Easterness— At an alt. of 2,800 feet on Ben Nevia (C. L. Wragge, Good Words, 

 1882, p. 382). 



Ebudes S.— Machrie, Islay, Aug. 1904 ! Miss Ethel Evans. 



IRELAND. 



Down— Summit of Slieve-Donard, alt. 2,796 feet, Oct. 1897, K. LI. Praeger and 

 K. Welch ; also found above the Deer's Meadow on Slieve Muck, on Slieve Bingian, 

 and Slieve Bernagh, R. Welch. 



Louth — Carlingford, Dec. 1904 ! P. H. Grierson. 



Meath— Drumcondra, July 1904 ! P. H. Grierson. 



Wexford — Kilmanock, Sept. 1888 ! (;. A. Barrett- Hamilton. 



Kilkenny — Gardens, Kilkenny Castle, Sept. 1904 ! J. Carlton. 



Leitrim— Mohill, July 1904 ! P. H. Grierson. 



Sligo — Common on mountain summit above West Glencar, an<l at Gleniff Cave, 

 above 1,000 feet alt., July 1904, R. M^elch. 



Mayo W.— Dugort, July 1904 ! P. H. Grierson. 



Galway W.— Leenane Mountain, 1897, R. AVelch. 



Limerick— Castleeonnell, Sept. 1904 ! R. A. Phillip.s. 



Cork N. — Macroom, July 1904 ! P. H. Grierson. 



Kerry — Common on roadsides at an alt. of 600 to 1,000 feet, near Moll's Gap, 

 Kenmare, May 1898, R. Welch. 



CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 

 Spain — Avion hisprinlciifi is recorded for Mid Spain by Simrotli. 



Portugal — Avion hi.s-jirmicn.s is recorded from Sierra Esti'ella by Simrotb. 



Var. eastanea Dum. & Mort, Cat. Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 6. 



Arion atcy var. hniniu-ii Roebuck, Proc. Roy. Irish. Acad., 1886, p. 673. 

 Avion atcv var. sentinigcr T. D A. Cockerell, Science Gossip, 1889, p. 141. 

 Arion atcr SLib-var. oiivacea Taylor. 



Anijial almost uniformly brown, usually with o. paler and brighter foot-fringe ; 

 the pale varieties are the brunveo-pdllc.snns of Roebuck and the fusca-latescens of 

 Cockerell. 



The sub-var. semi-nigra of Cockerell is intermediate between the type and var. 

 brunnea, ])ossessii]g a black body and very dark-brown shield. 



The sub-var. olivaeea has the brown of the body tinged with a greenish hue. 

 The var. oliracca of Lehmann, 1856, is considered by Siniroth to he probably a 

 young form of Avion aiev but is more likely to be a variety of A. subfiisms. 



In Ireland, according to Dr. Scharff, the olivaceous varieties are entirely restricted 

 to the west coast. 



ENGLAND AND WALES. 



Devon N. — Northam, Nov. 188.") ! W. A. Gain. Belstone near Okehampton, 

 Sept. 1904 ! Rev. W. W. Mason, llfracombe, Mch. 1887 (Tomlin, J. of C, Apl. 1887). 



Somerset S. — Bridgwater, in allotment gardens, iVug. 1884 ! \V. Vinson. 



Somerset N.— Bath, June 1884 ! C. J. AVaterfall. 



Wilts N.— Clyffe Pybard near Swindon, Aug. 1904 ! Rev. C. H. Goddard. 



Dorset— Chideock, Bridport, Aug. 1885 ! A. Belt. 



Hants. S.— Portsdown Hill, May 1885 ! W. Jeflery. Hengistbury Head, March 

 1884 ! Charles Ashford. 



Sussex W. — Ratbam, not uncommon, Oct. 1885 ! W JoH'crv. 



Kent E.— Shepherdswell, Aug. 1896, L. E. Adams. 



Kent W.— St. Mary Cray, July 1883 (T. D. A. Cockerell, Nat. Hist. Notes, 

 Nov. 1883, p. 124). Suli-Viir. seininiiiva, Chislehiirst (T. D. A. Cockerell, Sci. Gossip, 

 1889, p. 141). Sub-var. bvuniicu-pcillr.sfrn.^, MaidsUmo, Aug. 1888 ! F. G. Fenn. 



Surrey— Oxshott, May 1888 ! II. Wallis Kew. Sub-var. hvunneo-jtaNcucciis, 

 Warlingham, Sept. 1885 ! F. G. Fenn. 



Essex S.— Woodford, Sept. 1886 ! C. Oldham. 



Essex N.— Stour Valley, Langham, Sept. IX.sO ! G. T. Rope. On a bank by tlie 

 railway station, Colchester, Aug. 1890, L. E. Adams. 



Herts.— Watford, June, 1884 I J. Hopkinson. Totteridge, May 1888 ! H.W. Kew. 



Middlesex— Acton, Aug. 1SS4 ! and Bedford Park, Chiswick, Dec. 1884! T. D.A. 

 Cockerell. Bush Hill Park, April 1887 ! Charles Ashford. Highgate, June 1888! 

 H. W. Kew. Near Hendon, May 1889 (J. W. A\illiams, Zool., 1889, p. 272). 



