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clear and very pale whitish-oclireous or bone-colour " Revel. A Matthews' coll. 

 L. albipuncta, W. V. Five examples, one rather worn ¥ " Wonnald coll. '94," the 

 others from " Folkestone " and " Freshwater." {L.favicolor, Barrett is one of the 

 verj few species of the British Macro- Lepidoptera not represented in the Dale 

 collection). 



Pachetra leucoplixa, W. V. — A full scries, but only one of the older specimens, 

 a ? labelled " S. Stevens, Mickleham." 



Luperina gueneei, Doubl.— A $ in good condition, bearing a printed label cut 

 out of a sale-catalogue " Gueneei, I, vide Entom. XXVII, p. 25 J. F. Brockholes." 

 L. dumerili, Dup. A <? , also good, on a thick ordinary pin, has the data on one 

 label " Isle of Wight, Rogers, Burney sale " (C.W.D.), and " Sale, Stevens, lot 202, 

 odds and ends." 



" Miaiia " morrisi, Dale.— Three $ examples, somewhat worn and discoloured, 

 labelled at side " Charmouth," stand at the head of the scries of C. arcuosa, Haw., 

 under the above name. After a very close and careful scrutiny, I can only regard 

 these specimens as a very pallid and immaculate form of C. arcuosa, with which 

 species they agree in every particular except in colour. They are certainly quite 

 distinct from the well-known Folkestone insect Tapinostola bondii, Knaggs. 



Laphygma exigua, Hlibn. — The scries includes a ^ labelled " C. W. Dale, 

 Studland, Dorset, 1879 " (C.W.D.). 



Hydrilla palustris, Hiibn.— Five examples (4 <? , 1 ? ) the latter somewhat 

 damaged in one hind-wing, has a printed label " Mr. Cohen, Wicken." A (J is 

 labelled " Mr. Cohen, Norfolk fens 1896 " (C.W.D,), and another i " Norfolk Fens, 

 J. a. Ross 1878" (C.W.D.) . 



Noctua Jlammatra, W. V.— A S i" fine order labelled " H. Rogers, Freshwater, 

 Isle of Wight, Aug. 1880 " (C.W.D.). (C/. C. W. Dale, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xvii, 

 p. 1.35, and " A Guide to the Natural History of the Isle of Wight," p. 410, where 

 Mr. E. R. Bankes states that this specimen " is certainly not British." N. subrosea, 

 Steph. A series of thirteen specimens, mostly rather worn ; unfortunately the con- 

 temporary labels, if any, have been replaced by others in C. W. Dale's handwriting. 

 The best d is from " S. Stevens coll. 1900 " ; a c? and a ? , " R. Weaver, Whittlesea 

 Mere 1846," and two from " Rev. H. Burney's sale, 1894 " {sic). 



Pachnobia hyperborea, Zett. — A varied series of twelve examples from Shetland 

 and Rannoch, including a rather remarkably light S , " George Clark at Rannoch, 

 1876." 



Cerastis erythrocephala, W. V. — Five examples, all in good order ; a cj on a 

 common pin, " Dr. Livett " (C.W.D.), and " Wells, Novr- 4, '76 " ; the others 

 (2 <J , 2 ? ), " Canterbury " at side. 



Xanthia ocellaris, Borkh. — A fine c? specimen on a modern gilt pin, unfortu- 

 nately without data. 



Dianthoecia compta, Guen. — Two nice examples on modern pins, also without 

 labels, except " Ireland " at side. 



Valeria oleagina, W. V. — A rather worn and faded $ specimen, lacking the 

 antennae, on a large old bead-headed pin, is labelled in C. W. Dale's handwriting. 



