8b 



*5937 

 *5936 



*5935 

 *5938 



Dianthoecia 



782 



783 

 2092 

 2094 

 2095 

 2097 



3551 

 3550 

 3553 

 3552 



3554 

 3555 



Dianthoecia 



6688 

 6045 

 6046 



2163 



2166 



2165 



2164 

 *6209 

 *4669 



Dianthoecia 



3441 

 3442 

 Dianthoecia filigrana Esp 



Brighton, viii. 1885 (Salvage) 



caesia Bork. 



Continent, 1872 (Staudinger). ■^^ 

 1874 



1876 



Switzerland, 1888 (Riihl). 



There is in the above series much variation in the tone 

 of the ground colour, and in distinctness of the mark- 

 ings. 782 and 3552 tend most towards a unicolorous 

 bluish-grey ; 783 and 2092 are the most variagated 

 forms ; 3555 has the most fully developed dark 

 transverse band in the basal area. 



compta Fah. 



Zijrich, 1888 (Riihl). ^ 

 Silesia, 1885 (Staudinger). ^ 



? 

 Larger and darker than any others of the series (33 

 mm. as against 26-30 mm.). 

 Germany, 1874 (Staudinger). ^ 



>> )) )) o ■ 



„ n ? 



? 



Central Germany, 1886 (Staudinger). 

 Germany, 1880 (Staudinger). 



magnolii Boisd. 



Continent, 1876 (Staudinger). ^ 



2078 Continent, 1874 (Staudinger). ,^ 



2079 „ „ „ ^ 



1204 „ 1873 „ ^ 



1205 Switzerland, 1888 (Riihl). $ 



Var. xanthocyanea Hiib. 



The $ darker than the ^ ^, 



and the orange basal spot very conspicuous. 



DRAWER XXVI. 



Metopoceras felicina Donz. 



4754 Continent, 1880 (Staudinger). 

 4755 



Polia suda Hub. -Gey. 



5497 Switzerland, 1883 (Staudinger). jj. 



5498 „ „ „ ?. 



Polia Chi Linn. 



1039 Manchester, bred from larva, 1873. 



