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spot in the adjoining aveolet, and again, in the next areolet, i. e., the one still nearer 

 the anal angle of the wing, is still another smaller round white spot : in normal speci- 

 mens the fulvous discoidal area is blotched with very dark amorphous patches, in the 

 aberrant example these are entirely absent, the discoidal area being uninterruptedly 

 fulvous : in the normal state the black border of the anal portion of the external mar- 

 gin is of an intense dark brown, in the aberrant example it is much paler, and increased 

 to double its usual width. Upper side : hind wings. — In normal examples of this spe- 

 cies, there is an interrupted band of dark brown markings across the discoidal area ; 

 nearer the exterior margin is a series of five round black spots, one in each of the open 

 areolets, with the exception of that nearest the anus ; again, beyond this, is a series of 

 six elongate black lunules, one in each open areolet: in the abnormal example, all 

 these markings are absent, but nearly on the site of the five round black spots are five 

 round pure white spots, of which that nearest the anal angle has an indistinct brown 

 ocellus. The black marginal markings which, in the normal state, have been described 

 as hastate, are in the aberrant example suffused and considerably altered in appear- 

 ance. Under side. — This partakes in a great degree of all the remarkable aberrations 

 noticeable on the upper side, but in addition the entire under surface has a washed or 

 suffused appearance, all the distinctness or sharpness, so to speak, of the usual exqui- 

 sitely beautiful marbled markings being obliterated. — JEdivard Newman. 



Note on Leucania littoralis. — This species, once considered rare, has turned out 

 one of our more common Leucanias. Last autumn I found the larvae feeding on the 

 star-grass, on the most exposed points of our sand-hills ; they were then about half an 

 inch long. I looked the same locality early in May, and found them nearly full 

 grown. I took a great many, and by feeding them in the open air bred upwards of a 

 hundred, — C. Nelson, M.D.; Lytham. 



Notes on the Asteriadce inhabiting the Moray Firth. 

 By the Rev. George Harris. 



The part of the coast referred to in the following Notes is indicated 

 by the northern boundary-line of the parish of Gamrie, in Banffshire, 

 which may be stated at about twelve miles. 



Our most abundant star is the common cross-fish {Uraster rnbens), 

 which usually attains the size of ten or eleven inches. The other 

 variety, with the leathery purple skin and short spines, is also very 

 frequent upon our coast. I cannot however say that I have met 

 with many examples of the variety characterized by the large develop- 

 ment of the dorsal spines, so common in the Firth of Forth. 



The Little Cross-fish {Uraster hispida), distinguished by its four 

 short, broad, puffy-looking rays, is only now and then to be met with, 

 and I have never seen a specimen possessed of very bright colours. 



The Rosy Cribella (Cribella rosea), known by its hard, tubular 

 arms, covered with triangular patches of spines arranged longitudi- 

 nally, is by no means an uncommon species on this coast. On casu- 

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