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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  Attention 
  being 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  blooms 
  of 
  the 
  gentian, 
  some 
  peculiarly 
  

   spotted 
  flowers 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

   Schleich 
  himself 
  had 
  long 
  before 
  this 
  reported 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   in 
  a 
  swampy 
  meadow 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Vietzig 
  Lake, 
  near 
  Mis- 
  

   droy 
  ; 
  and 
  Stange, 
  in 
  the 
  marshy 
  meadows 
  near 
  Spandau 
  (comparatively 
  

   near 
  Hering's 
  Finkenkrug 
  locality). 
  Gillmer 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  wet 
  meadow 
  

   near 
  the 
  Mosigkauer 
  Haide, 
  in 
  the 
  Dessau 
  district. 
  The 
  place 
  is 
  very 
  wet, 
  

   and 
  the 
  water 
  oozes 
  up 
  as 
  one 
  walks 
  over 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   autumn. 
  Themeadowismownin 
  July, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  larvae 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  nearly 
  

   fullfed 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  in 
  this 
  locality, 
  or 
  they 
  might 
  possibly 
  be 
  destroyed, 
  

   unless, 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  Mathew's 
  larvae, 
  the 
  cut 
  flowers 
  retain 
  

   sufficient 
  freshness 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  to 
  serve 
  for 
  food. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult, 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  early 
  November, 
  to 
  search 
  such 
  a 
  wet 
  locality, 
  

   but 
  Gillmer 
  was 
  so 
  far 
  successful 
  that 
  he 
  obtained 
  plants 
  containing 
  

   tiny 
  larvae, 
  which, 
  on 
  arrival 
  in 
  England, 
  were 
  discovered 
  by 
  Chapman 
  

   mining 
  in 
  the 
  foodplant, 
  the 
  young 
  shoots 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  gentian, 
  

   since 
  the 
  summer 
  mowing, 
  being 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  about 
  18cm. 
  in 
  length. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Ehone 
  Valley, 
  Wheeler 
  found 
  the 
  insect 
  in 
  flowers 
  of 
  Gentiana 
  

   pneiunonanthe 
  growing 
  abundantly 
  at 
  Boitveret, 
  at 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  

   of 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  Geneva. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  huge, 
  partially- 
  

   drained 
  marsh, 
  which 
  is, 
  however, 
  quite 
  dry 
  in 
  autumn. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   British 
  locality, 
  Mathew 
  notes 
  (in 
  litt.) 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  moist 
  boggy 
  heath 
  

   in 
  East 
  Dorset, 
  where 
  the 
  foodplant 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  abundant. 
  

  

  British 
  localities. 
  — 
  Undiscovered 
  in 
  Britain 
  till 
  1906. 
  Probably 
  

   in 
  most 
  places 
  where 
  Gentiana 
  pneiunonanthe 
  occurs. 
  Dorset 
  : 
  near 
  

   Wimborne 
  (Mathew). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Widely 
  distributed, 
  but 
  local, 
  occurring 
  in 
  Austria, 
  

   Germany, 
  Switzerland, 
  Belgium, 
  the 
  Netherlands, 
  ? 
  Italy, 
  and 
  England. 
  

   Austria: 
  Hungary, 
  Galicia(Staudinger 
  and 
  Rebel, 
  "Cat."), 
  Lower 
  Austria 
  — 
  nearHain- 
  

   feld,onthe 
  Somrnering(Kogenhofer), 
  the 
  Schneeberg 
  Alps,Lackerboden, 
  Heuplacke, 
  

   etc. 
  (Mann), 
  the 
  Sommering 
  (Mann 
  and 
  Fischer 
  von 
  Roslerstamm), 
  Tyrol 
  — 
  Glockner 
  

   district, 
  Val 
  Popena 
  (Mann), 
  Brenner, 
  Series, 
  Monte 
  Bald, 
  Trafoi, 
  Franzenshohe 
  

   (Heller), 
  Styrian 
  Alps 
  (Zeller), 
  Upper 
  Carinthia— 
  at 
  the 
  fort 
  of 
  the 
  Fiinfspitz 
  (Zeller). 
  

   Belgium: 
  Genck, 
  Calmpthout 
  (Fologne), 
  Heide, 
  very 
  abundant 
  (Crombrugghe 
  de 
  

   Picquendaele). 
  Germany: 
  Hanover— 
  near 
  Hanover 
  (Reinhold), 
  near 
  Misburg, 
  not 
  rare 
  

   (Glitz) 
  , 
  near 
  Gottingen 
  (Jordan) 
  , 
  Rhine 
  Provinces 
  — 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Ahr 
  (Weymer), 
  

   Hesse 
  — 
  near 
  Cassel 
  (Neumeyer), 
  Thuringia 
  — 
  near 
  Sommerda 
  (Jordan), 
  Anhalt 
  — 
  on 
  

   the 
  Wornitz, 
  Mosigkauer 
  Haide 
  (Gillmer), 
  Brandenburg, 
  rare 
  — 
  Spandauer 
  Haide 
  

   (Biittner), 
  Finkenkrug 
  (Hering), 
  near 
  Spandau 
  (Sorhagen), 
  Silesia 
  — 
  near 
  Breslau, 
  

   Bruschewitz, 
  Oels 
  district 
  (Wocke), 
  near 
  Gorlitz 
  (Sommer), 
  Bavaria 
  — 
  Urfeld 
  on 
  the 
  

   Walchensee, 
  the 
  Allgau 
  dist. 
  (Hofmann), 
  near 
  Regensburg(Schmid), 
  Niederaschau, 
  

   Oberaudorf 
  (Hartmann), 
  Bad 
  Kreith 
  near 
  Tegernsee, 
  Augsburg, 
  near 
  Deuringen 
  

   (Freyer), 
  Baden 
  — 
  Thalmiihle, 
  Geisingen, 
  Herrenwies 
  (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler), 
  

   Pomerania 
  — 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wollin, 
  Misdroy 
  near 
  Stettin 
  (Schleich), 
  Hamburg 
  — 
  Hamburg 
  

   (Sauber), 
  Wiirttemberg— 
  Eisenbach 
  (Steudel 
  and 
  Hofmann). 
  Italy: 
  Lombardy 
  

   (Turati 
  teste 
  Hering). 
  Netherlands 
  (Snellen). 
  Switzerland 
  : 
  near 
  Zurich 
  — 
  on 
  

   the 
  Uetliberg 
  (Frey), 
  Bremgarten 
  (Frey 
  collection), 
  [? 
  Degersheim 
  and 
  Gabris 
  

   (Miillerj] 
  , 
  Rhone 
  Valley, 
  near 
  Bouveret 
  (Wheeler). 
  

  

  ADDENDUM 
  II 
  (to 
  page 
  39). 
  

   Hybridisation 
  in 
  Lepidopteka. 
  

   Sphingldes. 
  la. 
  [To 
  p. 
  24.] 
  Eumokpha 
  hybr. 
  pernoldi 
  (elpenor 
  $ 
  

   Xeuvhorbiae 
  2 
  )> 
  Jacobs, 
  Iris, 
  xviii., 
  pp. 
  321-7, 
  pi. 
  ix., 
  figs. 
  1-4 
  (1906). 
  

   — 
  Bred 
  1905, 
  from 
  eggs, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  pairing 
  that 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  

   confinement. 
  Imago. 
  — 
  Superficially 
  observed, 
  gives 
  one 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  a 
  

   reddish 
  E. 
  elpenor, 
  separated, 
  however, 
  at 
  once 
  from 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  

   (1) 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  dark 
  stripe 
  on 
  forewings, 
  commencing 
  at 
  third 
  costal 
  

   spot, 
  and 
  running 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  oblique 
  band, 
  common 
  to 
  most 
  

  

  