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specimens the faintest indication of it by a weakening 

 in the tone of the dark reddish-browTi shade. Cf. 

 Barr., PL 237, fig. 2a, and South, II. PL 14, figs, i, 2. 

 *5377 Brighton, bred from ovum, 1883 (Salvage). 



OUve-green ; the dorsal area slightlj^ darker ; lines 

 and spots distinct. 

 *5376 Brighton, bred from ovum, 1883 (Salvage). 



The dorsal area of the same tone as the sides of the 

 preceding specimen, and the sides much lighter ; 

 spots larger and more conspicuous. 

 *6439 Brentwood, vii. 1887 (Ra^mor). 



Darker than 5377, and the dorsal area black. 

 *6440 Brentwood, \'ii. 1887 (Raynor). ' 



Dark reddish-bro\\'n, ^^■ith the dorsal area purplish-red ; 

 . the lines and spots not so distinct as in the others. 



Xylina furcifera i/«/w.=conformis Hah. 



3520 Germany, 1876 (Staudinger). 



3521 



3067 



1210 „ 1873 



2104 ,, 1874 ,, 



5749 Llantrissant, 1885 (Salvage — bred by Evan John). \ 



3245 Ireland, 1887 (Salvage). J 



Var. suflusa TxM. A melanic form, much darker than 

 the Continental type specimens above. Cf . Barrett, 

 Plate 235, fig. 3 — not, however, a good figure of the 

 form, the ground colour not being dark enough, 

 while the reniform stigma is too conspicuous — and 

 South, II. Plate 13, fig. 2. 

 ♦6572 Berlin, 1888 (Gleissner). 



Pale purplish-red. 

 *5975 Chemnitz, 1885 (Ribbe). 

 Yellowish-brown. 

 ♦6497 Central Germany, 1887 (Staudinger). 

 Bro^\Ta. 



Xylina lamlida Fah. 



2225 Germany, 1874 (Staudinger). 



2226 ,, ,, ,, 



2227 „ 



2202 „ „ „ ^ 



2203 „ „ „ I 

 3805 South Germany, 1877 (Staudinger.) J 



Var. somniculosa Hering. More unicolorous, the 

 stigmata obliterated, and the only distinct markings 

 being the transverse central shade, the basal streak, 

 and the longitudinal mark below the stigmata — all 

 these being brov^Ti. 

 *6584 Berlin, 1888 (Gleissner). 



' Xyl. somniculosa.' 



6599 Saxony, bred from larva, 1888 (Teicher). \ 



6600 „ „ „ „ [ 

 3493 Germany, 1876 (Staudinger). I 



3494 



Var. zinckenii Treit. A magnificent form, exactly 

 opposite in character to the preceding. Both stig- 

 mata conspicuous and the dark markings of the type 

 form largely developed and partly edged with white. 

 Cf. Barrett, Plate 235, fig. 4, which, under the name 

 of X. lambda, is a representative of this variety. 



