132 



♦5964 Perth, V. 1885 (Lawson). \ 

 *5965 „ „ ,, J 



Pale reddish-brown ; marked ' ? ? ' in Mr.^Dobree's 

 diary. 

 *5892 Beverley, vi. 1885 -f. 



Pale yellowish-brown. 

 *5586 Weel, E. Yorks., iv. 1884 f. 



Reddish -brown . 

 ♦5234 Oldham, 1882 (Rodgers). \ 



*5235 „ .. .. ^ 



Dull brown. 



Mania maura Linn. 



2549 Loughborough, 1875 (Wieldt). 

 2550 



2551 „ ,, .. 



532 Newcastle, Staffs., vii. 1872 (Earl). 



The central dark band very conspicuous owinglto 

 light shading beyond the second line. A pale 

 apical blotch, and traces of pale nervures across the 

 outer area of the wings, thus approaching ab. -striata 

 Tutt. Cf. South, I. PI. 142, fig.|3. 

 4294 Continent, 1879 (Staudinger). 



AId. rosea Tutt. A magnificent form. The central 

 band darker than in the preceding specimens, and 

 the area beyond it paler and tinted with pink. The 

 apical blotch large, and also tinted with pink. Cf, 

 Barrett, Plate 216, fig. 2c. 

 *5i72 Germany, 1882 (Staudinger). 

 *5465 „ 1883 



DRAWER XL. 



Scoliopteryx (Gonoptera) libatrix Linn. 



The grey portions of the wing darker in tone, and the 

 orange-red portions sharply and narrowly confined. 



All the wing-surface suffused with whitish-grey scales, 

 producing a very pale appearance. 

 6703 Amurland, 1888 (Tancre — taken by Graeser). (J 



Large (47 mm. as against 41-45 mm.) ; the costal area 

 broadly whitish. 

 *5i75 Germany, 1882 (Staudinger). 



Pale yellowish-brown. [? colour gone]. 



[Amphipyra pyramidoides Grote.] 



6200 Orillia, Canada West, 1876 (Norman). ) 



6201 „ ,, „ ,, J 



Very much resembling A. pyramidea, but the outer 

 area beyond the second line more uniformly pale, 

 thus throwing into prominence the darker central 

 band. Hind wings dull coppery brown, dark brown 

 along the costal margin. 



