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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



nemovalis abounds on sand hills — e.g., at Deal, Hunstanton, S. Wales, 

 and near Liverpool. Again, who thinks incarnata means red in Latin? 

 or that nihella is much better ? Why not nibva for the red varieties 

 of both species ? 



3. Might it not be specified at what measurement the var. minor 

 or major begins to exist ? I have a full-grown nemoralis from Plum- 

 stead that will nearly get into the mouth of another from the Continent. 



4. W^hy is the transparent-banded var. of liortensis so common, 

 and that of nemoralis so rare ? I have only taken a single specimen of 

 the latter ; but of the former, fifty specimens out of one hedge. Of 

 course one of the differences between the two species is the infinitely 

 greater pigment-producing power of nemoralis ; but as the transparent 

 banded var. exists in both, I do not see why it should be so very rare 

 in one case. 



5. Why is luteolahiata of nemoralis not recognized commonly ? I 

 have some specimens (all taken by me in one spot" — not found else- 

 where it is true) in which there is a very thick lip of a decided chrome 

 yellow colour. I never saw anything like it in liortensis. 



6. Despite the greater pigment power of nemoralis, the variety 

 with the five bands coalesced into one broad band is decidedly more 

 common in liortensis than in nemoralis : this is curious. 



7. When not all the bands exist, is it nearly always the upper 

 bands that are wanting ? 



8. The third band is always the most peristent, and the omission 

 of the third band only is very rare. I have taken perhaps sixteen 

 nemoralis, and two or three hortensis of this sort. I have 00040 also, 

 but never saw 10000, or 02000, or 00005. 



9. I do not find 00345 at all rare, as Mr. Cockerell seemed to 

 think in one of his communications to " Science Gossip." I mean as 

 to nemoralis. 



10. There are nine conceivable variations in which four bands 

 exist, but coalesce into two — e.g., 0(23X45) ; but I have not seen one 

 of them. So of the group " two bands in one" there are four possible 

 but I have none. 



11. Nemoralis, from its greater vigour, varies much more than 

 hortensis, and requires, in my Collection, more than double the number 

 of trays. 



* This was at Deal ; I have seen the specimens in Mr. Horsley's Collection.— T,D. A. C. 



