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was “ glossed with purple,” I suppose that specimens do exist to which 
this varietal name may be applied. Donovan’s example was captured 
“on a sandy plain close to the Severn sea, in the county of Glamorgan¬ 
shire, between Newton and Kensig.” 
I la. Var. et ah. Obscuriorata, mihi (n. var.) = obscuraria, Hb. (nec- 
ata, Schiff.) = calceata, Robs, and Gard., nec Stgr.—Dark grey or 
blackish, yet somewhat variegated, traces of the original pale ground 
colour being still perceptible, and the black transverse lines generally 
well visible. This is the ordinary peat form of the New Forest, and 
is also one of the common forms on the continent; I think Mr. Horne, 
of Aberdeen, informed our member, Mr. Shaw, that it is the Scotch 
mountain form. 
IK. Ab. Saturata, mihi (n. ab.).—Amongst the var. obscuriorata, 
specimens occasionally occur of an intense and almost uniform black, 
which seem worth distinguishing from the normal peat forms; I 
therefore propose naming them ab. saturata. 
Ilia. Var. et ab. Calceata, Stgr. Cat., ed. 1, p. 72 (1861), =s ero- 
tinaria, Hw. (?), Stph., Wd., Gn., Robs, and Gard. “ Cinereous ” in 
the sense of a very pale ashy, black lines distinct, freckling somewhat 
sparse. That this is what Staudinger means is shown by his reference 
to Milliere’s very pale figure, and to his statement that it appears as a 
“ var.” in southern England, as well as by the implication from the 
name calceata itself. Yet Milliere’s figure is more ochreous-tinted than 
our English chalk form, and indeed I have never yet seen the latter 
from any extra-British locality ; unfortunately I am unacquainted 
with the examples from the south-east of France and from Dalmatia 
and Armenia which Staudinger refers here. Meantime, I leave his 
name to cover virtually all the ground which he intended, namely, all 
the really pale forms, excepting the extreme aberration next to be 
noticed. 
UK. Ab. Mundata, mihi (n. ab.), — obscurata var., Barr., pi. 305, 
fig. It'.-/'.—xVlmost pure Avhitish, with virtually no markings, excepting 
the annulets. This exquisitely chaste form is known to collectors as 
the extreme Lewes form, and I have not yet seen it from any other 
locality" 1 . 
IIIc. Ab. (i et var. ?) Woodiata, mihi, = 2 >ullata, Hw. (pro parte), 
Wd. (fig. 628), nec Hb., ? = obscurata var., Barr., pi. 305, fig. If.— 
Ground colour pale, much as in var. calceata, but the freckling con¬ 
siderably denser, resulting in a darker and greyer effect, frequently 
accompanied by a decreasing distinction of the black lines. I pro¬ 
pose this name for the darkest chalk forms, such as I frequently 
get at Sandown ; Wood, who figures a specimen of this description 
(a little too brown, perhaps) under the name of pullata, says it is common 
behind Dover Castle; Barrett’s fig. lc is said to be from the “ Kent 
Coast.” 
IIIc/. Ab. Fasciata, Mihi (n. ab.), —obscurata var., Mosley, fig. 4, 
Barr., pi. 305, fig. Id. —Inner and outer areas pale, median area con¬ 
siderably darkened. This is the well-known “ Folkestone banded 
form,” and I have thought it best to classify it under group III 
* Milliere’s figure, to which I have referred under var. calceata, closely 
approaches it, but it is not quite clean enough ; Mosley’s (Var. Brit. Lep., Gnophos, 
pi. 1, fig. ) is certainly intended for it, but seems too fleshy-tinted. 
