224 THE entomologist's record. 



ix., p. 138 (177G) : qnadrqmnctafa, Fb., Syst. Ent., p. 594 (1775) : 

 cuhicularis [W.V. (1776)], Bork., Naturgeschichte, vol. iv., p. 212 

 (1792): segetnm, Esp., 15U, 4, 5 (?1791). 



Two older names for the species which we now call qnadri punctata, 

 Fh., have been rejected by Staudinger as insufficiently described. 

 Fabricius' diagnosis is readily accessible in Mr. Tutt's book ; I will 

 therefore only say that the type form is not very accurately defined as 

 to colour, no qualification being given to the very general term, 

 " griseis." The transverse waved stripes are said to be " obsoletis," 

 and it presumably agrees with our most frecpient British forms. 

 Treitschke's diagnosis of his cuhicularis is identical with this, and it 

 must be by an oversiglit that Mr. Tutt has connected it (doubtfully) 

 with his var. cuhicularis, Haw. 



Staudingfer's supposed varieties — grisea, Ev., congesta, Ld., mene- 

 triesii, Kretschm. — have all turned out to belong elsewhere, and we have 

 only the following varietal names left here : — 



a. var. cuhicularis (Haw.) Tutt, Brit. Noct., vol. i., p. 153, for the 

 pale whitish-grey specimens. 



p. var. hlanda. Haw., Lej). Brit., p. 208 = snjjerstes, Steph., Wd., 

 for the large forms not necessarily also " dark," as Bentley says. 



There are, however, two imjjortant colour variations which require 

 naming — the ochreous form and the unicolorous fuscous form ; in 

 order not to ignore Mr. Tutt's valuable work, these may perhaps be 

 quoted as : — 



y. var. alhina. Tutt (aec. Eversm.) ; yellow grey. 

 8. var. menetriesii, Tutt (vieo. Kretschm.) ; almost unicolorous greyish 

 fuscous. 



Or if this latter name should not hold, as Mr. Tutt gives sajjer-stes, 

 Steph., as a still darker form, we may re-name this form var. 

 ohscura. 



Other variations, such as in the clouded or i;nclouded outer margin, 

 the precise size of the stigmata, distinctness of transverse lines, etc., 

 are too slight and inconstant for naming; Mr. Tutt's remarks under 

 this head (p. 152) deserve consideration. If we single out any well- 

 marked variation for mention it should be : — 



e. var. hilineata, "n. var. — The striking form in which there are no 

 transverse markings except the very distinct inner and elbowed lines. 

 There is a very jjronounced example in the Doubleday Collection, and 

 I have seen several others. 



One curious jjoint i^^ the variation of this sj)ecies is the occasional 

 suppression, more or less, of the elbowed line, and the bringing into 

 prominence of the more regularly curved dark line behind it ; I have 

 a specimen which illustrates this to perfection. I have also one var. 

 menetriesii (ohscura) in which both these lines are })laiuly visible, and 

 the space between tliem is of the typical colour, while all the rest of 

 the wing is considerably darkened. 



\_Grisea, Eversm. (nee. Hufn.) : montana, Brem. : petraea, Tgstr. — 

 All the best aiithorities are now agreed that this Russian species is 

 distinct from quadripnnctata, and Aimvillius finds that the ^ genitalia 

 are quite different. It is generally smaller, has very distinct dark red- 

 brown wedge-shaped marks in place of the reddish line bordering the 

 subterminal ; and grey, not white, hind-wings, with a distinct dark 

 central spot. As for the rest, it is tolerably unicolorous grey, entirely 



