115 

 Chariclea victorina Sodof. 



3597 Continent, 1877 (Staudinger). 



Ground colour pale sulphur-yellow, and the purple 

 stripes nearly obsolete ; costal margin of the hind 

 wings white. 



2957 Continent, 1876 (Staudinger). 



Ground colour suffused with brown as far as the second 

 line, and the purple stripes obliterated : a semi- 

 melanic form. 

 3596 Continent, 1877 (Staudinger). 



2958 „ 1876 „ 



Heiiothis armigera Huh. 



1300 Germany, 1873 (Staudinger). 



2964 ,, 1876 ,, 

 2963 



862 „ 1872 ,, 

 3743 South Russia, 1877 (Staudinger). 



3744 



Ground colour yellowish-brown. 

 3745 South Russia, 1877 (Staudinger). '\ 



2965 Germany, 1876 (Staudinger). 



2966 „ „ „ - 

 861 „ 1872 



1299 „ 1873 .. ) 



Ground colour paler, yellowish-grey. 

 6710 Kuldja, Russian Turkistan, 1888 (Tancre — taken by Graeser). 

 Ground colour pale yellowish-grey as in the preceding, 

 but more unicolorous, the only dark marking being 

 the lower half of the reniform stigma, and the fringe 

 being concolorous with the ground colour. 

 5739 North America, 1885 (Staudinger). 



Ground colour as the first six in the series, but the 

 transverse band beyond the reniform stigma darker 

 and more conspicuous. [Apex of right fore wing 

 chipped]. 



Heiiothis dipsacea Linn. 



1966 1875 (Harwood). 



6306 New Forest, 1885 (Harwood). 



6307 .. 



6309 Essex Coast, 1886 ,, ~\ 



6308 „ „ „ / 



Approaching var. maritima, but not so smooth-looking, 

 and with. (a) several dark dots distributed over the 

 wing-surface, and a marginal row of dots before the 

 fringe ; {b) the inner edge of the central transverse 

 band more irregular, and at the same time less 

 sloping towards the base. 



2968 Germany, 1876 (Staudinger). \ 



2969 ,, „ „ J 



Slightly larger than the British specimens (32 mm. 

 ' as against 28-30 mm.). 



367 Dresden, 1872 (Staudinger). 



Ground colour of a more distinct greenish hue tlian in 

 any of the others in the series. 

 6709 Kuldja, Russian Turkistan, 1888 (Tancre — taken by Graeser) 

 Larger (33 mm.), and the ground colour paler than in 

 any of the others. 



