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Castle Eden Dean, in Durham ; but the English specimens, which 

 were sent to me by Mr. Backhouse, appear to dift'er considerably 

 from the Scotch. I have described them imder var. jj ; the other 

 varieties are all from the original habitat. It is probable that there 

 are several other distinct varieties in ocellation than those men- 

 tioned above ; but the impossibility of my seeing the collection in 

 which they may be contained obliges me to be silent. 



D. Eyes naked : wings elongate, pilose, entire : palpi very hairy. Frequent 

 mountainous districts. 



Sp. 13. Cassiope. — Plate 8. f. 1, 3. ^ f. 2. J . — Alis scriceo-fuscis, fascial 

 ruj^ySesps punciis subocellariius niffyis ornatd, posticis svbtus punctis solis>. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 5 lin.) 



Pa. Cassiope. Fabriciiis. — Hi. Cassiope. Steph. Catal. 



Wings of a silken-brown, the anterior with a red fascia behind, in which are 

 usually four obsoletely subocellated black spots, the third the least; the 

 posterior have also a red band, abbreviated at each end, and bearing three 

 subocellated black spots : beneath, the anterior wings are pale metallic brown, 

 with an irregular red band near the hinder margin, attenuated in the middle, 

 and bearing four black spots ; the posterior wings are pale coppery-brown, 

 with three black spots, obsoletely cinctured with fulvous, placed opposite to 

 the oceUi of the upper surface : the cilia are brown above, whitish beneath : 

 the body and antenna are dusky, the latter nearly white on the under side. 

 — Fig. 2. 



Var. B' The fascia on the anterior wings, above and below, with three ocelli- 

 form spots, the third being obliterated : posterior wings as before.— F/^. 3. 



Var. y. The fascia on the anterior wings on both surfaces with two ocelliform 

 spots, the third and fourth being obliterated ; posterior wings as before. 



t Sp. 14. Mnestra. Alis nigrofuscis, anticis supra fascid laid rufd, punctis ant 

 ocellis duobus nigris, posticis fascia angustd abbreviatd rufd, in feminis tri- 

 ocL'Uatis. 



Pa. Mnestra. Hubner. — Hi. Mnestra. Steph. Catal. 



Wings black-brown, anterior above with a broad red band, with two black dots ; 

 beneath, with the disc red immaculate : posterior wings above with an ab- 

 breviated red band, beneath without spots, with an obliterated band before 

 the posterior margin. Female with two ocelli in the band of the anterior 

 wings on both sides ; and three minute ones on that of the posterior. 



Allied to var ■/. of the preceding insect, and admitted into our Fauna by mistake 

 upon the examination of the Museum specimen of Hi. Cassiope, which was 

 so dissimilar to the other specimens of that insect formerly contained in 

 collections, and appeared to agree with Pa. Mnestra of Hubner, that it was 

 considered as distinct, and referred to the last named insect. 



