34 



2936 Germany, 1876 (Staudinger). 



2937 



2938 



2939 „ „ 



Mamestra persicariae Linn. 



1505 Bred vi. 1874 (Harwood). 

 1502 „ „ 



1499 „ „ 



1509 „ „ 



1501 „ „ 



[Wings at rest] 

 3787 Saxony, 1877 (Staudinger). $ \ 

 3786 „ „ „ (J j 



Ab. unicolor Stand. A nielanic form : reniform 

 stigma entirely filled in with brown ; wings suffused 

 and markings indistinct. ' A common Continental 

 variety.' (Dobree). 

 *52o8 Beverley, ix. 1882 f. 



Rich reddish-brown. 

 *5659 Leipzic, 1884 (Gerhardt). \ 

 *566o „ „ „ / 



Pale reddish-brown. 

 *4945 Greenwich, 1881 (Tutt). \ 

 *4946 „ „ „ / 



Green. 



Apamea basilinea Fah. 



3419 Gateshead, 1876 (Hedworth). 



3417 „ ,. » 

 328 Beverley, vi. 1877 f. 



3418 „ 1883 t. 

 3418a „ „ t- 

 4589 „ 1880 f. 



3419a Gateshead, 1876 (Hedworth). 

 6773 Hartlepool, bred 1889 (Gardner). 



Small (35 mm.) ; darker, and with a faint purplish 

 tinge. ' A very scarce local variety.' 



4767 Canada, 1875 (Norman). \ 



4768 „ „ „ / 



Labelled ' Had. finitima, Canada, ? spec. Danv. ? ' 

 In his diary Mr. Dobree remarks, ' Is this not our 

 basilinea under climatic influences ? What is the 

 larva like ? ' The two specimens certainly have 

 the appearance of being a finely-marked variety of 

 basilinea, with ground colour purplish-grey, and 

 darker central transverse band. [4768 has the 

 left hind wing broken]. 



Helotropha leucostigma Huh. 



5397 Brighton, bred 1883 (Salvage).^ 

 5132 Ely, 1882 (Raynor). 

 1236 Germany, 1873 (Staudinger). 

 3484 M 1876 



Var. fibrosa Hub. Deep reddish-brown ; reniform 



stigma ochreous in 5397, 5132, and white in 1236, 



3484, the nervures forming a white forked line at 



its lower extremity ; a pale ochreous band parallel 



.. ;^ to the hind margin. Cf. Barrett, Pfate 191, fig. ib. 



