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Var. montivaga Gife» = euphrasiae Frey. Larger than 

 type (36 mm. as against 31 mm.) ; also darker, the 

 fore wings and thorax slate-grey ; markings in- 

 distinct. 



♦5690 Central Germany, 1883 (Staudinger). 



♦5998 Saxony, 1885 (Staudinger). 



*5997 . ,. 



Acronycta myricae Guen. 



This form is now considered to be a British semi- 

 melanic variety of the preceding species, from the 

 type form of which it differs in its larger size (35- 

 36 mm. as against 31 mm.), and in having the 

 ground colour a darker slate-grey and the markings 

 more distinct. 



3144 Rannoch, vi. 1876 (Clark). 9 

 4123 ,, bred 1879 (Salvage). $ 



1 126 Inverurie, 1873 (Tait). $ 



Ground colour paler than in the others of the species. 



3145 Scotland, 1887 (Salvage). $ ■) 

 3640 Rannoch, vii. 1877 (Clark). $ / 



The hind-marginal area pale between the nervures ; 

 conspicuously so in 3145. 

 3639 Rannoch, vii. 1877 (Clark). ^ 



1 127 Inverurie, 1873 (Tait). ^ 

 4122 Rannoch, bred 1879 (Salvage). ^ 



3146 Bred 1885 (Salvage). ^ 

 "28 „ „ S 



*49o6 Aberdeen, ix. 1881 (Mundie). 



*4907 „ ,, „ 



*5i88 „ vii. 1882 



Notwithstanding the opinion expressed above, there 

 is a considerable difference between the larvae of 

 myricae and euphorbiae here preserved. Each 

 larva of euphorbiae has a most distinct semi- 

 circular pale mark curving backwards and joining 

 each pair of the tubercular spots. These semi- 

 circular marks are entirely wanting in the larvae 

 of myricae. 



Acronycta euphrasiae Brahm. 



This form is likewise now considered to be a variety 

 of A. euphorbiae, and appears as such in Dr. Stau- 

 dinger's ' Catalog,' 1901. 

 4010 Continent, 1878 (Staudinger). 

 4011 

 5772 Dalmatia, 1885 ,, 



The markings more suffused than in the preceding. 

 (?) ab. esulae Hub. 



Simyra nervosa Fah. 



6562 Germany, 1887 (Staudinger). 



