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but three European species — despecUis Baudi, exlguus Er., and 

 sclineideri Ganglb. ; this latter is considerably narrower than the first 

 two, has the abdomen slightly widened posteriorly, is duller, and has 

 much more finely punctured elytra, which are also proportionately 

 longer. On the whole, T. sclineideri is a very distinct species, and it 

 will probably be found to be widely distributed on the coasts of these 

 islands. Mr. Day's specimens were dug out of burrows made by Bledius 

 atricapillus and those of Mr. Bedwell were found with B. tricornis. 



June ith, 1917. 



EUPLEXIA LUCIPARA LINN., AS REPRESENTED IN THE BRITISH 

 ISLES AND NORTH AMERICA. 



BY W. H. T. TAMS, A/SGT., C.A.M.C. 



Plate III. 

 During an investigation into the relationships between various closely 

 allied Nocfuidae of North America, particularlj^ with reference to the 

 male genitalia, I had occasion to examine several species which occuiTed 

 also in the British Isles, and also a few forms allied very closely to some 

 of the British Noctuidae, 



I have for some time considered the desirability of publishing a note 

 on this subject, but unfortunately my position in the Canadian Army 

 Medical Corps renders it somewhat difficult for me to get svifficient time 

 to stud}^ these questions, as I am somewhat distantly situated from those 

 centres of learning in which one can obtain the necessary literature and 

 access to the necessary material. It is now over a year since I touched 

 entomological subjects, and in the meantime something may already 

 bave been published on this very subject. 



The studies, of which this is one of the results, were undertaken in 

 1914 and 1915, in Western Canada, whilst I was acting as assistant to 

 Mr. F. H. Wolley Dod, of Midnapore, Alberta. 



By far the most interesting case, and one which I should like to see 

 further investigated, is that of Euplexia lucipara Linn., a Noctuid of 

 almost ubiquitous distribution. The following facts are, I believe, 

 correct : — ^. liccipara is foimd in the following continents — America, 

 Europe, and Asia, From what I remember of Sir George Hampson's 

 remarks on this moth in Vol. YII of the British Museum Catalogue 

 (1908), the Museum collections contain specimens both from the U.S.A. 

 and Canada, from various localities in Europe, and, in Asia, from China 

 and Japan. Further, Sir George Hampson gives certain differences 



