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as A. sylvanxs, but on lighter soil, also on steep dry places at Ratisbon 

 (Schmidt), extends to a great elevation in the Salzburg mountains, 

 but is very abundant in the plains, and more widely distributed than 

 A. fylvanus (Nickerl), from the lower part of the Inn valley to the 

 region of the alpine meadows around Innsbruck (Weiler), and from 

 the plain to the snowline throughout the Tyrolean Alps (Heller), in the 

 Hufemoor,in Mecklenburg, at thistles (Tess-mann), common in meadows 

 near woods in Bohemia (Nickerl), in meadows near woods at Crefeld 

 (Rothke), on the border of the Wulfsdorfer pinewood in Mecklenburg, 

 at scabious flowers (Tessmann), common in meadows bordering woods 

 in Nassau (Rossler), in clearings in woods near Hanau (Limpert), in 

 openings in woods and on heaths in Oberhessen, in grassy places in 

 woods and in meadows, in Waldeck (Speyer), in sunny grassy places 

 in woods, on hedgebanks, etc., around Giessen (Glaser), prefers dry 

 sunny grassy places and openings in the woods of Mosigkauer 

 Haide in the province of Saxony (Amelang), everywhere common 

 in meadows in Posen (Schultz), common in meadows and in 

 bushy places in Silesia (Doring), and in meadows near woods and 

 grassy places near Dresden (Steinert). Mrs. Nicholl says that 

 this species is common throughout British Columbia, in the 

 clearings in the forests, the examples here showing no variation from 

 European specimens, except that they are rather smaller and darker 

 than south European forms, and very like some from Norway. 



British localities. — Quite unknown in Ireland. Scotland and 

 Wales. Berks: Burghfield near Beading (Bird), Reading (Hamm). Bucks: 

 Aston Clinton (Crewe), Halton (Greene), Kimble, generally common on Chirtern 

 Hills between Princes Risborough and Wendover (Rowland -Brown), Wend over 

 district (Spiller), Aylesbury (Bayne), Drayton Beauchamp (Rothschild). Cam- 

 bridge : Newmarket Heath district (Bond), Fulbourn, Newmarket (Brown), Gogm agog 

 Park (Morris), Devil's Ditch (Jenyns), [near Ely (Archer), very doubtful] , Cambridge 

 (Crisp). Devon: Sidmouth (Majendie), rare — Plymouth, Exmouth (Reading), 

 near Exeter, rare (Partitt). Dorset: Wimborne, Blandford (Bankes), Badbury 

 Rings (Dale), Hambledon Hill (Fowler), Gussage, between Blandford and 

 Wimborne (Ward), Sherborne (Douglas). Bournemouth — Canford Heath (Bromilow). 

 Essex: Danbury, three specimens (Fitch), Saffron Walden (teste J. Clarke). 

 Gloucester: scarce and local (Hudd), Rodborough Common (Musgrave), Cotswolds 

 (Harrison), Cheltenham district (teste Edwards), Painswick (Merrin), Stroud 

 (Stephens), Great Witcombe (Newstead). Hants : on hills round Winchester 

 (Hewett), Farley Mount (Johns), Portsdown (Buckler), Kimpton (Rudd), 

 Petersfield (Moncreaff), Lyndhurst (Cox), Paulsgrove, Portsdown Hill (Pearce). 

 Herts: Tring district — Aldbury Downs (Barraud), Roman Road, Hailey- 

 bury (Stockley), Dancers End (Rothschild). Kent : not common in the 

 south-east of Kent (Freke), fairly plentiful but very local at Heme Bay (Battley), 

 Chatham (Tyrer), Cuxton Downs, Paddlesworth, Boxley Warren (Walker), 

 Folkestone (Pickett), Dover (Xutt), Boxley Hills near Maidstone (Greensteci), 

 Maidstone district (Golding), Shoreham (Carr), Kingsdown to St. Margaret's Bay 

 (Shepherd), Wye district (Parry), Ashford district, local (Wood), Heme Bay (Butler). 

 Lancashire : Windermere district, near the Ferry Hotel (Moss). Middlesex : [Hanwell 

 Heath, near Ealing (Harris),] Kingsbury, Old Oak Common (Godwin). Norfolk: 

 S waff hum (Atmore). Northampton : Barnwell Wold, Ash ton Wold (Morris), 

 Bullnose Coppice (Bree). Oxford : Chinnor (Spiller). Somerset: scarce and 

 local (Hudd), Weston (Vaughan), Brockley (Last). Stafford: Chartley, single 

 specimen only (Freer). Suffolk : very local, Newmarket Heath, etc. (Brown). 

 Surrey : Dorking, Ranmore (Oldaker), Riddlesdown near Croydon (Stephens), 

 Boxhill (Machin), Betchworth (James), Shere near Dorking (Tremayne), 

 Guildford (Grover), Park Down (Fletcher), Horsley (Can), Croydon (Hall), 

 Reigate, locally common (Tonge), hills east of Guildford (Cockcrell). 

 Sussex : Burgess Hill district (Dollman), East Sussex, locally conm on — 

 Brighton, Lewes, Polegate, Eastbourne, Mailing Hill, etc. (.Tenner), 

 Hollingbury Coombe (Buckler), Bible Bottom, Cliff Hill (Levitt). Wilts: 



