84 

 Dianthoecia carpophaga Bork.=perp\exa Hub. 



4285 Colchester, bred 1879 (Harwood). \ 

 4284 „ „ 1884 „ y 



5897 Brighton, 1885 (Salvage). j 



Ab. lepida Esp. 4284 shows a tendency to the develop- 

 ment of a dark central band, which becomes dis- 

 tinct in 5897. 



2762 Crawley, Sussex, bred 1875 (Peters). 



2761 ,, ,, „ „ 



1004 vi. 1873 (Lees). 



1846 Hartlepool, 1874 (Gardner). 



4282 Colchester, bred 1879 (Harwood). ) 



4283 „ „ „ / 



Ab. lepIda Esp. Ground colour pale yellow-ochreous ; 

 markings darker. 



5898 Brighton, bred 1885 (Salvage). 



A most distinct form : var. pallida Titti. Ground 

 colour white ; faint traces of the first and second 

 transverse lines ; stigmata outlined in brown ; 

 a pale brown shade before the apex and faint in- 

 dications of the subterminal arrow-heads ; fringes 

 normal. 

 4859 Brighton, bred 1880 (Salvage). 



Var. ochracea Haw. Ground colour pale yellow- 

 ochreous ; markings as in the preceding, but without 

 the apical shade ; fringes unicolorous with the 

 ground colour of the wings. Cf. Barr., PI. 162, fig. ib. 

 *589i Guernsey, vii. 1885 j- 

 *3945 Sheffield, 1878 (Doncaster). 

 *588o Guernsey, vii. 1885 t- 



Dianthoecia capsophila Dttp. 



Sunk as a variety of the preceding species in Dr. 

 Staudinger's 'Catalog,' 1901. 

 2403 Isle of Man, bred from larva, vi. 1875 (Harwood). 



2398 



2400 „ ,, „ „ 



6191 Sligo, 1886 (Russ). 



5907 Lough Swilly, bred from larva, 1885 (Campbell). 



5908 Sligo, 1885 (Russ). 



Hind margin strongly marked with white. 

 2406 Guernsey, bred from larva, 1885 f. \ 



5913 n " " t- ./ 



Small (29 mm.) ; ground colour and markings pale 

 olive-green in 2406, brown in 5913. 

 2784 Isle of Man, bred from larva, and emerged x. 1875 (Harwood). 



Small (30 mm.); suffused with greyish-green; mark- 

 ings indistinct. 



5909 Lough Swilly, bred from larva, 1885 (Campbell). 



[Wings at rest]. 

 *5904 Lough Swilly, 1884 (Campbell). \ 



*5903 .. .' " ^ 



Paler than the followmg. [The colour probably gone], 



*5902 Lough Swilly, 1884 (Campbell). 

 *5905 



Dia^ithoecia capsincola Hub. 



2353 Beverley, bred from larva, v. 1875 f. . 



2354 .. " " t- 



2355 .. " " t- 



