108 [*^ay, 



hind-margins, and tinged witli brownish, tlie basal and central brown markings 

 suffused into a large blotch divided longitudinally by a pale streak, liind-wings 

 light orange. Two with pale yellow hind-wings, and one with the spots on the 

 hind-wings much enlarged. 



Phragmatobia fuUginosa, L. — A i-emarkably pale S " Sooth'- from Weaver, 

 1845" (J.C.D.). 



Arctia luhriclpeda, L. — A fair series of tlie var. radiafa, Haw., including 

 some old specimens from " Saltfleet, Lines. " ; also a very old, badly pinned and set 

 specimen of the var. fasciata, with two labels in Haworth's handwriting " 817, 

 3 var," and " Hull, Mr. Young." A curious small $ , with smoky-grey fringes to 

 both wings " G-. Woott." E. R. Dale (C.W.D.) 



A. menthastri, L. — A very good J specimen of var. loalkeri, Curtis, on an old 

 pin, with label " 2 ;3 " ; another very old example much suffused with smoke-grey. 

 Several examples (var. ochracea. White) having the ground-colour of fore-wings clear 

 pale ochraceous-ycllow, one labelled " Wellman coll., 1884" (C.W.D.),and "Aberdeen, 

 Home, /93." A very fine S of the extreme Scotch form, with the fore-wings of 

 quite a deep umber-brown, " Elgin, McTavish, 23 Jly/94," and another, somewhat 

 less dark, " Forres." 



A. urticx, Esp. — Two fine ^ aberrations of an uniform smooth smoky-grey 

 shade, on rather old gilt pins, labelled at side " Yorkshire."* 



SpUosoma mendica, L. — Several specimens from Coi'k, of var. rustica, Haw., 

 and a remarkable 9 aberration, with quite immaculate wings except for a small 

 dot at the lower end of the cell, but head, thorax, and abdomen entirely deep black. 



Ocneria dispar, Ji. — A fine series of the " old fen form," one $ labelled 

 " Whittlesea Mere, July 17th, 1824" (J.C.D.), measuring as set 2 inches, 10^ lines 

 (== 72 mm.) One or two <S 's are very dark and uniform in colour, and a large ? 

 is almost immaculate. There are also two S 's with the fore-wings very pale, almost 

 the colour of the 9 i but with broad dark hind-margins. 



Lipan's salicis, L. — -An unusually large ? , labelled " Christchurch " measures 

 2 inches 4^ lines (= 59 mm.) in expanse. 



L. monacha,Jj. — A fine (J , suffused all over the wings with dark grey " New 

 Forest, Salvage, 1899" (C.W.D.) and at side "V. eremita, Och." A ^ with the 

 ground-colour much suffused with light brownish, and all the usual markings pale 

 and indistinct. A fine asymmetrical t? aberration, with the central markings of 

 fore-wings suffused into a broad bar, solid black on the left side, and marked on the 

 right costa with white. " J. C. Dale, Blandford, Septr. 4th, 1838 " (C.W.D.). A 

 9 , entirely black to beyond the middle of fore-wings, " New Forest from J. G. Ross, 

 1880 " (C.W.D.) and two $ 's with all the black markings reduced to slender lines. 



Lselia coenosa, Hubn. — Fifteen examples in good condition ; one very large ^ 

 expanding neai-ly 1 inch, 11 lines (47 mm.), is labelled " B. Standish, Whittlesea 

 Mere, August, 1821 " (J. CD.) ; a fine $ bears a similar label, and the remainder 

 are mostly from Wicken Fen. 



Laria pudibunda, L — Two $ 's with the fore-wings uniform brownish -grey, 

 and all the usual markings obsolete. " Scarboro' 1903 " (C.W.D.), and " from W. 

 Head, Scarborough 1904" (C.W.D.). 



* There is no authentic record of the capture of Arctia urticce in Yorkshire. — G. T. P. 



