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and I have another example, rather worn, of again a different form 

 (larger) from Tragacete, which has not yet been recorded, as I failed 

 to determine it at the time ; it has apparently a fair distribution in 

 Spain, though best known from the Pyrenees. The Moncayo A. 

 ochrata is more richly-coloured than those which I have from any other 

 Spanish localities, almost approaching the shade of A. siinilata, Thub, 

 {pevodiraria) ; in my series of 58 I have only two or three to match it, 

 and these are from Turkey, Crete and Florae — the last-named kindly 

 presented me by Mr. A. H. Jones. Our British race is also rather 

 full-coloured, but not quite so bright as these. 



A. asellaria (one g- , one 5 ) is interesting in that ova were obtained 

 from the 2 , and larva? therefrom have been raised to nearly full 

 growth. They present some points of considerable interest, and as 

 they have been in the hands of such masters of larval description as 

 Dr. Chapman and Mr. Bacot, we may look forward to some additions 

 to our scientific knowledge of them. I know of no existing account of 

 the early stages excepting Milliere's meagre one in Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 France, 1885, pp. 115-116. If my determination of the single speci- 

 men of A. abjuisuinata is correct, I should be most strongly inclined to 

 answer Staudinger's query " an spec, div." in the affirmative ; the 

 shape does not look to me precisely the same as that of A. asellaria, 

 the bold dots before the fringes are very distinctive, and there are other 

 minor differences. It does not seem to have struck Milliere, who knew 

 both larvae, that asellaria and alijasuinata could be identical. 



The A. deversaria, like the small one which I recorded from 

 Albarracin as "probably mornata'" {Ent. Bee, xiv., p. 200), comes so 

 near certain strongly-marked British inornata, that one wonders 

 whether it would not be more natural to view derersaria, Tr., as a local 

 race of inornata, Haw., than as a " Darwinian species"- — but after all, 

 it is merely a difference of terms. 



A. (iiliitaria (five specimens, Moncayo) is of the type form, not the 

 var. holmericata, i.e., the central dots are well expressed. I see 

 Staudinger and Rebel except the Iberian peninsula in giving the range 

 of this species, so I suppose we may regard this record as of some 

 interest faunistically. 



The "■ maniinepanctata group" is only represented by a single 

 specimen of its typical species. But this is very far from being a 

 " typical " specimen. It is rather pale, the lines weakly expressed, 

 but the discoidal spots quite exceptionally large and conspicuous, 

 giving it a striking aspect, which perhaps justified a moment's hesita- 

 tion as to its specific identity. 



The Rhodostrophia vibicaria are both var. striyata of a rather 

 advanced type — the lines slender and sharply-defined. The B. calabra 

 are mostly bright and well-marked, but one is of a pale aberration — a 

 weakly-marked ab. separata, Th.-Meig ; Staudinger does not diagnose 

 this form, but it nearly corresponds to var. strif/ata of vibicaria, the 

 outer band being broken into two lines. In my example, which is 

 altogether faintly marked, even the outer of these is quite indistinct. 



The Lythria sanguinaria (seven g s, one $ ) appeared late, Moncayo, 

 July 18th. All but one are of the type form, but that one (a J" ) is 

 definitely of the var. vernalis, Stgr., and this fact, taken in conjunction 

 with last year's experience at Bejar {Ent. Flee, xv., p. 97), makes me 

 doubtful whether the seasonal dimorphism in this species is quite so 

 thoroughly perfected as in some others. 



