55 ^ 



*543i Britain, 1883 (Watkins and Doncaster). . 



*5437 



*5438 



[The skin badly eaten by mites ; as a result the brown 

 wool stuffing exposed. 



3630 Forres, vii. 1877 (Norman). 



Ab. rufescans Ttttt. Reddish-brown ; reniform stigma 

 slightly darker. Cf. ' Entomologist,' 1889, Plate vi., 

 fig. Bi, and Barrett, Plate 139, fig. la. 



3628 Forres, vii. 1877 (Norman). 



■^s 3571, but general tone darker. 



6593 Forres, 1888 (Salvage). 



A melanic form of the preceding : a slight reddish 

 tinge along the costa ; hind wings completely filled 

 in with smoky-black, leaving only the fringe yellow. 

 1072 Forres, bred 1877 (Norman), l 



1070 ,, ,, ,, 



6592 „ 1888 (Salvage). J 



Var. curtisii Newm. A ver^^ distinct form. Deep 

 blackish-brown with broad red shade along the 

 costal region. Cf. ' Entomologist,' 1889, Plate vi., 

 figs. Ci, C2, and Barrett, Plate 139, fig. id. The 

 hind wings largely suffused with black scales, 

 especially in 6592. 



3629 Forres, vii. 1877 (Norman). 



Ab. nigrescens Tutt. Black ; transverse lines and 



I edges to the stigmata pale. Cf. ' Entomologist,' 



i _ ■■ 1889, Plate vi., fig. Di, and South, I. PI. 115, fig. 8. 



The hind wings strongly suffused with black scales. 



6594 Forres, 1888 (Salvage). ^ 



3631 „ vii. 1877 (Norman). J 



Ab. nigrescens Tutt. Almost unicolorous black. 

 Cf. ' Entomologist,' 1889, Plate vi., fig. D2. The 

 1 1 hind wings of 3631 almost completely suffused with 



black scales. 



1071 Forres, bred 1877 (Norman). ) 



' 1073 „ „ „ / 



As 3629, but smaller (36 mm. ; 34 mm.), and with 

 costal region tinged with pale reddish-brown. The 

 hind wings of 1071 slightly suffused with black. 



Note. — In the Collection the label ' V. curtisii Newm.' 

 is made to apply to all the .specimens from 3630 to 

 1073 inclusive. Only the three noted above are, 

 however, thfe true var. curtisii. 



Triphaena pronuba Linn. 



A sub-ab. of innuba, with ochreous costal streak, 



Ab. innuba Treit. Unicolorous dark blackish-brown. 



A sub-ab. of innuba, with darker spaces before and 

 after the orbicular stigma. 



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/ 

 Ab. rufa Tutt. Reddish-ochreous, almost unicolorous. 



Fore wings largely suffused from the base outwards 

 with pale purplish-grey. 



