46 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



article or attempted to combat the view taken, I may, I believe, 

 presume that the article meets the general views of most 

 lepidopterists on the subject. 



As many of our lepidopterists are still accustomed to consider 

 the Cymatoi^horidse as a constituent branch of the Noctuse, I 

 have included that family in the list. 



Cymatophorid^, H.-S. 

 This family does not seem subject to a very great deal of 

 variation, and when it occurs is generally produced by the 

 transverse lines crossing the anterior wings, coalescing and 

 forming continuous bands. In some cases the ground colour is 

 variable. 



Gonophora, Brd., derasa, L. 



a. var. intermedia, Brem. — This variety is of an ashy grey 

 colour {cinerascens, Staudinger), and is only recorded, so far, 

 from the eastern part of Dr. Staudinger's European fauna district, 

 Amur and Armenia. Dr. Staudinger thinks this variety may be 

 the gloriosa of ' Guenee's Noctuelles,' v. p. 12. 



/3. var. derasoides, Dobree in litt. — " A very distinct variety, of 

 a purple shade of grey, and no trace of white. From the Amur 

 district."— Mr. N. F. Dobree, in litt. 



Cymatojjhora, Tr., or, F. 



a. var. flavistigmata, mihi. — Like the var. scotica, but the 

 stigmata of a decided yellowish-orange colour. Captured with the 

 ordinary Eannoch forms by Mr. Salvage in Eannoch, 1884. 



(3. var. scotica, mihi. — The ground colour of a paler grey, the 

 costa often tinged with pink, and the lines both before and 

 beyond the discoidal spots more strongly marked than in southern 

 specimens. The females are much better marked than the males ; 

 the central area is in them generally very clear, and the union 

 of the transverse lines into banded form more complete. On the 

 other hand, the stigmata are generally less distinct in the northern 

 form than in our southern specimens. This species is one that 

 presents a reversed order of the general condition obtaining 

 amongst Scotch Lepidoptera, where melanism is so prevalent. 

 In a long series (24) of Eannoch specimens I have none so dark 

 as my Kent specimens. 



