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shire. Perthshire: Dunkeld (molle); Pass of Trosachs (trifidum), 
T. M.; Callender, 7. M.; Ben Lawers (molle) ; Killin (molle), 
W. Pamplin; Dalnacardoch, &c. Kincardineshire. Aberdeen- 
shire: Braemar; Aberdeen, and elsewhere. Banffshire. Nairn- 
shire. Morayshire. 
W. Highlands.—Inverness-shire: Ben Nevis Argyleshire : 
Hell’s Glen, Lochgoilhead; Ardrishiag (molle), Miss F. Griffith ; 
Glen Gilp (trifidum), T. M.; Glen Croe. Dumbartonshire: Tarbet 
(molle), T. M. Isles of Islay; Cantyre; Arran (molle, trifidum). 
N. Highlands.—Ross-shire. Cromarty. Sutherlandshire. Caith- 
ness. 
NV. Isles.—Shetland. Orkney, common, 7. Anderson. 
W. Isles.—N. Uist. Harris. Lewis. 
The species is very common in Ireland. 
Ulster.—Antrim : Malone, near Belfast (molle). Down: Mourne 
Mountains. Donegal: Gweedore, R. Barrington ; Killybegs (molle, 
trifidum), R. B. ; near Lough Eske (trifidum), R. B. 
Connaught.—Galway: Connemara; Gort (on limestone), J. R. ` 
Kinahan; Kylemore, R. Barrington; Moycullen (molle), R. B. 
Sligo: Ben Bulben; Lough Gill (molle), R. Barrington. Mayo: 
Westport; Ballyeroy ; Isle of Achil R. Barrington. Leitrim : 
Glen Car (molle, trifidum), R. Barrington. 
Leinster.— Wicklow: Glen Cullen; Valley of the Dingle, R. 
Barrington. Louth. Dublin (on granite): Castle Kelly ; Glen- 
druid, R. Barrington. King's County. Kilkenny. 
Munster.—Cork. Kerry: Cahir Conree, near Tralee ; Mucruss, 
Killarney, N. B. Ward. Clare: Lisdoonvarna (molle), R. Bar- 
rington. Waterford: Carthy’s Cove. Tipperary: Keeper Hill. 
Limerick, J. R. Kinahan. i 
Channel Isles.—Jersey.. Guernsey, C. Jackson. 
In one or other of its forms, this protean species spreads over 
Europe, from Lapland through Scandinavia, Russia, Great Britain, 
Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, 
Transylvania, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, to Greece and Crete, ex- 
tending to the Caucasus and the Ural Mountains. It spreads over 
northern or Russian Asia from the Trans-Caucasian provinces and 
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