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towards the outer margin and apex of tore-win,n-s. These are, of 

 course, the var. iinbiitata, Hb., to Avhich most of our British speci- 

 mens belong. This form was abundant at Bodo, common at 

 Elvenaes. A specimen of this species, from Vadso (August 4th), is 

 dark unicolorous leaden-grey with very indistinct markings. Melanippc 

 hastata. — One pupa, the larva taken at Elvenaes. ( 'urcniia unoiitata. — 

 One female specimen, taken at Elvenaes (August -ith). The fore- 

 wings of a creamy grey, with a purplish central band. 



Crambides. — Crambus crlnilns. — One brightly coloured specimen 

 only, very small in size, from Bodo. 



Pyralides. — Scdjiarid iiinrana. — One brightly-marked specimen, 

 from Odde. 



PTEROPHORmEs. — I'lati/ptiUa chap^nani, n. sp. — There is no 

 doubt this small species is at present undescribed. It comes nearest 

 to P. jiallulacti/l(i, Haw. (= bertntitii, Ross.). 



The fore-wings are of the usual Platijptilia shape, and measure two-thirds of an 

 inch from tip to tip. The fore-wings are divided by a fissure into two lobes, the upper 

 slightly curved on the costa towards the apex, which is sharply angulated. The 

 outer margin oblique and continuous, as if not broken by the fissure ; the latter 

 extending about one-fourth of the length of the wing. At the termination of the 

 fissure is a fuscous dot. The inner margin of the wing is curved downwards 

 towards the anal angle. The colour of the fore-wings is whitish-grey, without any 

 markings or dots from the base to the dot at the end of the tissure ; the two lobes 

 almost white, except for a narrow dusky costal edge reaching to the apex, and a 

 dusky outer marginal line. The hind-wings, divided into three plumules, of a pale 

 greyish tint, shiny, the fringes concolorous with the wings. The legs are also white. 

 The head and thorax are of the same greyish-white colour as the fore-wings ; the 

 abdomen rather darker, almost of the same tint as the hind-wings. The underside 

 of the fore- and hind-wings is entirely without markings. The specimen is a male, 

 and was captured at Elvenaes, between August 4th and 9th. 



Mimaeseoiitiliti: bipunctidactijlns. — A couple of specimens [^ and $ ) 

 which I should refer to this species, Avere captured at Odde 

 (July 28th). The S^ is paler, but the ? is a very strongly coloured 

 example. 



ToRTuiciDEs.— J//.r<;f?trt schiihiana. — One example only, a female, 

 from Odde. The ground colour pale, and the red bands and markings 

 ■ rather more restricted than in British examples. Ajilidia osscana 

 [prutaiia). — One specimen from Odde, the fore-wings silvery ochreous, 

 with a few scattered black scales. The hind-wings shiny, leaden-grey ; 

 fringes white. Hypciinoecia cnKjustana var. cruciana. — OnQ specimen 

 from Odde, with the pale ground-colour of var. cruciana, and the dark 

 bands of awimtana. Var. obscitra, n. var. — A dozen specimens of this 

 species, from Elvenaes, are very remarkable, and without Dr. Chapman's 

 hint that they probably were this species and were taken flying 

 rapidly over dwarf Avillow, would have gone unnamed. They are 

 unicolorous blackish-brown, some specimens without markings, but 

 two individuals show slight traces of the bands, Avhich are identical in 

 shape and position with those of the more typical forms. Sericoris 

 palustrana. — A well-marked specimen from Odde, with the basal patch, 

 central band and ante-apical mark strongly developed. Graphulitha 

 (jeminana. — One very typical specimen, taken at Naes (Horre Pass). 



I sent the MS. of this article on to Mr. W. E. Nicholson, of 

 Lewes, who was with Dr. Chapman during the trip, and asked him to 

 supplement it with his own observations. This he kindly did, and his 

 notes are appended. 



