PERONEA CRISTANA, FAB., AND ITS ABERRATIONS. 289 



"Brit. Ent.," 2nd ed., pi. xvi.expl., no. 22 (ante 1869); Wood, "Ind. Ent.," fig. 1061 

 (1839) ; H. and Westd., " Brit. Moths," ii., p. 156 (1844); Stand., " Cat.," p. 232 

 (1871). Alhipuncta, Desv., " Zool.," p. 841 (184.5). — Exp. alar. 9 lin. Anterior wings 

 brown, immaculate, with a central tuft of white elevated scales, and a few scattered 

 ones towards the hinder margin ; on the inner margin is a broad ochraceous- 

 white, or cream-coloured, dash ; head, thorax and palpi cream-coloured. New 

 Forest (Stephens). 



29. ab. ochrcapunctana, n. ab. (PI. vi., fig. 14). — Head, thorax and palpi 

 yellowish. Anterior wings a rich warm brown, with orange-coloured vitta, and 

 cream-coloured button, also a few minute yellowish dots on the marginal area, 

 posterior wings light brown. The distinguishing feature of this aberration is the 

 orange vitta. 



30. ab. nigropunctana, n. ab. (PI. vi., fig. 15). — Head, thorax and palpi 

 yellowish. Anterior wings an uniform warm brown, with orange vitta and large 

 blackish button ; posterior wings light brown. It is very easy to distinguish this 

 aberration from the two foregoing ones, because it has an almost black button, and 

 the others have very light ones. 



31. ab. capucina, [Johnson, "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.," 1842, teste Stephens;] 

 Desv., " Zool.," p. 841 (1845). Capuana, H. and Westd., " Brit. Moths," p. 162, 

 pi. xcv., fig. 16 (1844). Capuzina, Stphs., " List. Br. An. Brit. Mus.," x., p. 13 

 (1852). — This insect .... is entirely blotched with white, but has no white 

 dash, New Forest (Desvignes). Measures 8^ lines in expanse ; forewings with the 

 basal and inner margin snow-white, the former with a short abbreviated 

 angulated fascia, and a smaller discoidal patch of dark brown, and also a few dark 

 scales, the middle of the disc with a white tuft of scales ; the extreme half of the 

 wing brown, with a dark abbreviated dash, with two whitish patches between the 

 centre and apical angle, and a number of smaller paler shining patches, and 

 a few small white elevated scales ; hindwings pale brown ; head, palpi and thorax 

 snow-white. In the specimen figured in the plate the white dash along the inner 

 margin is obsolete. Found by the Eev. Mr. Johnson, in the New Forest 

 (Humphreys and Westwood). [I am unable to find the original description in the 

 Annals and Mag. of Nat. History.} 



32. ab. subcapucina, Desv., " Zool.," iii., p. 842 (1845). — Desvignes says : 

 " The above insect (capucina) should really bear this name, not being so complete 

 as the present one, which has the white dash, and this constitutes the difference 

 between them." 



33. ab. giimpiana, n. ab. — Head, thorax and palpi white. The anterior 

 wings light brown, mottled all over with white ; a broad white vitta joins the 

 white marking at the base ; a faint trace of a white button. Posterior wings 

 fawn coloured. [I have retained this name as it is that by which this rare 

 aberration has been known among lepidopterists for 70 years, and under which it 

 has been sold in Stevens' salerooms.] 



34. ab. curtisana, Desv., "Zool.," iii., p. 842 (1845). — Similar to ab. 

 sul)capucina, varying in having a very faint fulvous streak, extending from the 

 base to the button, which is of the same colour (Desvignes). 



35. ab. charlottana, n. ab. (pi. vi., fig. 16). — Head, thorax and palpi cream- 

 coloured. Anterior wings cinereous mottled with white, and with a broad white vitta, 

 above the vitta is a red streak running from the base to the button, which is large 

 and creamy in colour, and continuing past it up to a large white spot which is on 

 the inner edge of the marginal disc ; above the red line is a triangular shaped 

 white one, broadest at the bottom where it ceases ; above the red. line in the 

 marginal area a dark line runs obliquely from the button towards the apex ; on 

 the marginal area are also five tiny raised white spots ; posterior wings light 

 greyish-brown. 



36. ab. masoniana, n. ab. (pi. vi., fig. 17). — Head, thorax and palpi 

 yellowish. Anterior wings of a warm lightish brown with broad white markings 

 extending between the base and the button which is yellowish in colour, as is also 

 the vitta, from which a fine line, which becomes almost orange coloured, extends 

 along the margin towards the apex. Near the hinder angle are two minute white 

 spots, posterior wings light brown. 



37. ah. tolana, Desv., " Zool.," iii., p. 842 (1845). — ^Between curtisana and 

 desfontainiana (Desvignes). 



38. ab. cristalana, Don., "Nat. Hist.," iii., pi. 77, ligs. 1, 2 (1794); Stphs., 

 "Ill Haust.," iv., p. 1.52 (1834); Curt., "Brit. Ent.," 2nd ed., pi. xvi. expl., 

 no. 11 [ante 1839) ; Wood, " lud. Ent.," fig. 1058 (1839) ; H. and Westd., "Brit. 



