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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Cleoceris vinimaUs. One example. 



Hddena glauca. Two specimens. 



Anarta vielanopa. Rare. 



A. vnjrtilli. Common. 



Ruinia luteoldtn. Very common. 



Cahera j)usaiin. 



Abraxas gwtiHulariata. Common and very 



typical. 

 Liifdia adustata. 



0/)orabiaJiligra)innarla. Common. 

 Larentia jiavicinctata. Two only. 

 L. viridaria. Common. 

 Emiiielesia alchemillata. Only one. 

 E. adaquata. Common. 

 Eapithecia venosata. One wasted example. 

 E. casiif/ata. Common. 

 Thera aimulata. Some very light-coloured 



forms were taken. 

 T.jiniiata. Rare. 

 Hi/jisi})ctes sordidata. Rare. 

 Melanippe sociata. 

 M. Jiuctnata. Very rare. 

 Cvreiiiia munitata. Not common. 

 Cidatia immanata. 



C. testata. Not uncommon. 

 C. }iopulata. Common. 

 Scoparia aiiibiynaUs. 

 Crambus ericellas. 

 C. perlellus. 

 PJujcis fusca. 

 Tortrix rosaiia. 

 Wiacodia caudaiia. 

 Penthina marginana. 

 Sericoris UltoruUs. 

 S. lacunaiia. 

 Mixodla schulziana. 

 Cnephasia mnsculana. 

 Clepsis rusticaita. 

 Baclra lanceolana. 

 L'}ioxojitcryx biarcuana. 

 Phla'odc's tetraquetrana. 

 Hyperiiiecia cruciana. 

 PoidUca corticana. 

 P. mhindria)ia. 

 Dicroraiiipha j)hiinba)ia. 

 Catnptria fidvana. 

 SyiiKBthls oxyacanthella. 

 Eupcecilia anguatana. 



Species not observed in 1887 



Apamea basilinea. 

 A. gemina. 

 Aplecta occulta. 

 Hadeiia thalassina. 

 Odoiitoptera bidentata. 

 Dasydla obfiiscaria. 

 Coremia ferrugata. 



Cldarla suffumata. 

 Scoparia angustea. 

 Tortrix palleana, 

 Pardia tripunctana. 

 Sericoris urticana. 

 Grapliolith a subocelbnia . 



All the species are interesting, and the majority show more 

 or less local variation ; but the most noteworthy perhaps in the 

 entire collection are : — 



Li/C(rna icanis. — Some males of a very rich blue, and with 

 distinct black marginal spots on the upper surface of hind 

 wings. 



Nemc<)2)hil(i plantaginis. — Exam^des of the white variety 

 {Jiosinta). 



Agrotis cursoria. — Specimens very close to that figured from 

 Shetland (Entom. xvii. pi. i. fig. 3). 



Mehmippe sociata. — Judging from first impressions, one 

 would certainly say this was a distinct species ; but, although 

 the dark grey colour with which the insect is suffused suggests 



