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Acknowledgments.-We are indebted to Mr L. Goodson of the Tring Museum and to Mr T. G. Howarth and Mr M. P. Clifton of the British Museum (Natural History) for allowing us to inspect collections of Maniola spp. and for generous help and interest. Professor E. B. Ford, F.R.S., the Hon. Miriam Rothschild and Dr E. R. Creed have offered valuable advice and criticism. One of us (W. H. D.) gratefully acknowledges the loan of a calculating machine by the Royal Society. Many of the data recorded here are due to Walter, Second Baron Rothschild, who collected more specimens of Lepidoptera than any other lepidopterist. His belief that species should be defined on a wide basis, not on a few “ type “ specimens, made this analysis possible.
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Dowdeswell, W., McWhirter, K. Stability of spot-distribution in Maniola jurtina throughout its range. Heredity 22, 187–210 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1967.26
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