6o 



Noctua brunnea Fah. 



4548 Beverley, bred 1880 f. 



2361 



3681 



*64i5 



*5262 



*6oo4 

 ♦6417 

 *4955 



J 

 All the above specimens are ab. lucifera Esp. Groiind 

 colour purplish-brown. 

 ITunsley, E. Yorks., vi. 1875 f. 



Ground colour delicate purplish-grey, and the markings 

 very distinct. 

 Beverley, bred 1882 t. 

 London, v. 1887 (Williams). 



[Half grown]. 

 Germany, 1883 (Staudinger). 

 Central Germany, 1885 (Staudinger). 

 London, v. 1887 (Williams). 



1735 



2778 

 4874 



Noctua primuiae Esp. =festiva Huh. 



562 CHffe, E. Yorks., vii. 1872 t.\ 

 Grantham, 1874 (Walpole). / 



Primuiae Esp. Yellow- ochreous 

 spots well developed. 

 Dunecht, Aberdeen, 1875 (Carpenter).) 

 Scotland, 1880 (Salvage). / 



Intermediate between the preceding form and 

 following. 

 720 Forres, ix. 1872 (Norman). 



Ab. ignicola Herr.-Sch. Pale yellow- ochreous ; the 

 markings indistinct. 

 4873 Scotland, 1880 (Salvage). 



Approaching the following form, but more unicolorous. 

 Carniola, 1885 (Staudinger). 



the quadrate dark 



the 



6064 

 6063 



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Labelled ' Var. transiens,' and so recorded in Mr. 

 Dobree's diary. Finely marked forms : deep reddish- 

 ochreous, with basal and hind-marginal areas pale 

 rosy-grey. 6063 has the quadrate dark spots, 6064 

 not. 

 6159 Shetland, 1886 (Salvage's expedition), 



Semi-melanic : suffused with blackish-brown, and 

 shaded with grey. 

 5207 Labrador, 1879 (Couper). 



Very much like 6064, but without the ocheous tinge 

 in the central area. 

 ♦4956 London, 1881 (Williams). 



[Half grown]. 

 ♦6418 London, v. 1887 (Williams). 

 *5237 Oldham, 1882 (Rodgers). 

 ♦6419 London, v. 1887 (Williams). 



Noctua conflua Treit. 



Sunk as a variety of the preceding species in Dr. 

 Staudinger's ' Catalog,' 1901. 

 6166 Shetland, 1886 (Salvage's expedition). 



Blackish-grey, with lighter shades ; the quadrate 

 spots marked. ^ 



