VARIETIES OF NOCTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. ^1 



Lycoperdina bovistce, in very dark varieties ; and under the cactus 

 stumps lying round, Eumicrus promptus and E. maroccanus, 

 Saulcy, new insects to Europe, and a single new Elytrodori, 

 appeared as captures unusually deserving of mention. 



On the shore the greater part of the Gibraltar sand -beetles 

 already quoted were still to seen, and in addition to them also 

 Pachychile bifida, Tentyria siniiatocollis, T. emarginata, one 

 Penthiciis thoracicus, Opatrum lugens, and to me a very doubtful 

 Scleriim, which perhaps has been ini|)orted here from Africa by 

 the sea. 



The extraordinary richness of the fauna on the one hand, 

 and the amiable behaviour of the people of Algeciras on the 

 other, who received me with great hospitality into their families, 

 and thus afforded me the opportunity of sharing the harmless 

 amusement of the Spanish carnival and its joyous masquerades 

 to the greatest extent, made Algeciras so valuable to me that I 

 could only decide with heartfelt regret to separate myself from 

 this hospitable place ; and when, on the 20th February', the 

 boat came which was to convey me to Cadiz, I could only say 

 farewell witli a very heavy heart. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A LIST OF THE VARIETIES 



OF NOCTU^ OCCURRING IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



By J. W. TuTT, F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 52.) 



Acronycta, Och., ligustri, F. 



Var. coronida, Haw. — This variety has the typical pale whitish 



markings near the apex of the anterior wings of a pale greyish 



brown colour, the white colour being reduced to a luuule on 



the inner part of the mark. I have received this form from 



South Wales, and have frequently captured it with the type at 



Strood, Cuxton, and other places in North Kent. 



Var. olivacea, Dobree, litt. — Like var. coromda, this has no 

 white markings, the white portions being suffused. The suf- 

 fusion, however, is in this form of a dark olivo-green colour. 

 In some places this form is equally common with the type, often 

 more so, as is the case in Yorkshire. In Entom. x. p. 121, 

 the late Mr. Prest writes :— ** The form of .1. ligustri, we (in the 



