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been understood to be the profanauu of Fabiicius, but not at all agreeing with his 

 description, I have given it the present name, its colour being uniform dark green, 

 with the exception of palpi, head, and thorax, being more or less dirty white, the 

 button very small, varying from a dark to a white dot. Var. 2, alhqflammana. — 

 Similar to the preceding, with' a white dash on the inner margin extending from 

 the base, in some specimens with a very minute dark or white button in the centre 

 of disk. Var. 3, .tantJiovittaiia, Des. — Similar, with a yellow or fulvous dash ; 

 palpi, head, and thorax of the same colour. Var. 4, alhipunctn. — Similar to the 

 last, with the exception of a cream-coloured tuft or button. Var. 5, crii^tmut. — 

 Similar to alhoflammana, but has a white button. [Note. — I have two specimens 

 with cream-coloured dash and button, also specimens of the typical insect with the 

 sp;vdiceous mark, and others with the stri'iini markings.] 



Peronea xuJ/vittaua. — Distinct from the foregoing, having an abbreviated white 

 dash from the base of inner margin not extending to the outer margin, the central 

 tuft subject to vary from a large white or cream-coloured one, the other very 

 minute ones of the same shades. 



Peronea capucvui. — Var. 1, cajxicina. — This insect was first discovered by the 

 Eev. Mr. Johnson in the New Forest; it is entirely blotched with white, but has no 

 white dash. Var. 2, siihcnpucinu, Des. — The above insect should bear this name, 

 not being so complete as the present one, which has the white dash, and this con- 

 stitutes its difference. Var. 3, ciirtisana, Des. — Similar to the last, vaiying in 

 having a very faint fulvous streak extending from the base to the button, which is 

 of the same colour. 



Peronea ruJico,':tuna. — Distinct, variable, having occasionally a small reddish 

 button. 



Peronea detifo)itainiuna. — Var. 1, desfonlainiana. — Well-known and described. 

 Var. 2, sericana, Hiib. — The same, without a button. Var. 3, conximilann. — 

 Similar, but with striana markings on the inner margin. Var. 4, alhoritlann. — 

 Similar, but has a white dash. Var. 5, fttlvurristuna. — Similar, with a fulvous 

 dash and button. Var. 6, tolana, Des. — Between cnrti-fanu and (lex/untainiand. 



Peronea apadlrcana. — Var. 1, spadiceana. — Well-known and described. Var. 2, 

 siibstriana? — Similar, with utriana markings. Var. 3, hrunnea. — Smaller than 

 spadiceana, much darker, and with a very large dark button ; some specimens with 

 red shoulders and utrianu markings. [Note. — This may be a distinct species, the 

 button being much larger than in any other of the genus, with the exception of P. 

 sidivittana.] Var. 4, cliantaiia. — Similar to apadiceajta, with a white dash and 

 button ; I have a specimen with a dark button. 



Peronea cristalana. — Var. 1, rristalana. — Well known and described; variable, 

 some being darker than others ; the button varying from dark to fulvous. Var. 2, 

 fulcovittana. — Similar with a yellow dash. 



Peronea subcristalana. — Var. 1, subcristalana. — Somewhat shnilar to crista- 

 luna ; differs in the usual markings not being white ; scarcely' variable. Var. 2, 

 .sequana. — Similar with a yellow dash. 



Peronea titria)ia. — Var. 1, xtriana. — Well known and described; the stria white. 

 Var. 2, iniiulana. — I did not capture this insect. Similar with the button white or 

 cream-coloured.' Var. 'S,fiilvo!itriuna,Des. — Similar to striana, with fulvous mark- 

 ings on the inner margin, nearly a distinct dash. 



Peronea p)rofanana. — Var. 1, profanana, Fab. — Cinereous, with tuft of scales 

 of the same colour. Var. 2, provittana, Des. — Similar with a yellow dash. 



Peronea semiustana. — Var. 1, aemiustanu. Curt. — Somewhat similar to the last 

 species, with the exception of a very dark or black patch above the button, and 

 touching tlie base. Var. 2, henllcyana. — Similar, witli a yellow dash. Var. 3, 

 seiuistriana, Des. — Similar to seiniustana, with striana markings. 



The trouble of working out the various forms of this species in 

 order to get the accurate nomenclature, has been very great. In the 

 1st edition of Curtis's Jiritish Kiit(>iiiolo(/i/, only one form, naicn^tana, 

 is described, although the forms named by I'abricius, Ha\v()rth and 

 others, together with a large number of MSB. names of Stephens are 

 I'eferred to. These latter names are referred to again in Stephens' 

 ( 'atalni/iifand yet again in Rennie's Consj'ectiin, still without descriptior. 

 This last named author added nothing to our knowledge of tlie grouj) 

 and seems simply to have given a free translation of the forms 

 described l)y Haworth, accrediting the descriptions, however, to Curtis 

 and others, presumably to throw his contemporaries off the scent, as 



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