Xylina lapidea Huh. 



4763 Continent, 1880 (Staudinger). $ 



4764 „ „ „ S 

 2114 „ 1874 „ <^\ 



2113 ,, „ „ (J J 



Var. sabinae Hiib.-Gey. Ground colour slightly more 

 bluish in tone, and without the brown shade of the 

 preceding type form. 



Xylina ingrica Herr.-Sch. 



3030 Continent, 1876 (Staudinger). 



A fine semi-melanic form, strikingly similar to the type 

 form of X. furcifera, but the stigmata plainly out- 

 lined. (?) var. pexata Grote. 



3032 Continent, 1876 (Staudinger). 



3031 



DRAWER XXIII. 



Cuculh'a verbasi Linn. 



3615 Beverley, bred from larva, v. 1877 



[Wings at rest]. 

 •'3954 Bought in Paris, 1878 (Wailly). 



[Three-fourths grown]. 

 "5296 Meaux, E. Yorks., vii. 1883 f- 



'5297 



Cucullia scrophulariae Cap. 



t- 



381 



871 

 874 



4138 

 4139 



3899 

 3896 



3897 



Canterbury, bred from pupa, v. 1872 (Parry). 



Is this, rather, a diminutive specimen of C. verbasc! ? 

 In an article entitled ' Cucullia scrophulariae probably 

 specifically identical with C. lychnitis ' (' Entomo- 

 logist,' June 1891), Mr. Dobree says that in his 

 opinion, ' C. scrophulariae is probably not found in 

 Great Britain at all.' 



Germany, 1872 (Staudinger). 



The costal streak very dark. 

 Hamburg, 1879 (Graeser). \ 



J 

 Of a more whitish appearance than the others in the 

 series, and the costal streak whitish-grey, instead of 

 brown. ' These may be considered typical of 

 scrophulariae.' (MS. note by Mr. Dobree.) 

 Toulouse, 1878 (Wailly). 'Bred from pupa obtained from 

 Toulouse from a correspondent who, he says, knows 

 the insect.' 

 Toulouse, 1878 (Wailly). 



The costal streak very pale. 



