138 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



This is the female of Haworth's grisea, of which he says, " Alis 

 femrnae rufis." A very large proportion of our specimens are 

 red ; the finest specimens perhaps of this form that I have seen 

 are some received from Mr. Lawson, of Perth. 



y. var. extralinea, mihi. — The anterior wings of a ferruginous- 

 red colour, with all the ordmary markings, and in addition a 

 complete transverse line between the reniform and the row of 

 dots parallel to the hind margin. This line is the complete 

 development of the lunular mark mentioned above (vide var. 



fcrrago). 



Leucania, Och., unijjuncta, Haw. 



A few specimens of this cosmopolitan species have been 

 recorded as taken in Britain at different times, spread over a 

 great number of years. The species undergoes a certain amount 

 of variation, of which I am unable to write much from personal 

 experience, Haworth's description is very distinct: — "Alis 

 rufescentibus sen griseo atomosis, lineola obliqua fusca apicis 

 punctoque minutissimo albo basi stigmatis postici. Stigmata 

 ordinaria fere omnino obliterata." (Haworth's ' Lepidoptera 

 Britannica,' p. 174, No. 37.) Why this name (unipuncta) has 

 been replaced, by some authors, by Guenee's extranea I cannot 

 imagine, considermg that Haworth's name is prior by more than 

 half a century. The description of Guenee's extranea is almost 

 identical with that of Haworth's, but in addition the former 

 author lays more stress on his specimens bemg more strongly 

 powdered with black scales. Guenee writes jDf extranea :— " The 

 superior wings very acute at the apex, of a grey colour, more or 

 less reddish, sometimes whitish, strongly powdered with black 

 scales. The two ordinary stigmata stand out in the discoidal 

 cellule in a light, more or less reddish, colour. Under the 

 reniform is a white spot, lightly surrounded with black. No 

 traces of transverse lines occur, but the series of black dots 

 which represents the usual angulated line beyond the reniform 

 is often very distinct ; an oblique black streak starting from this 

 line and carried almost to the apex, together with the shape of 

 the wings, form the principal characteristics of this species. The 

 inferior wings slightly transparent, grey, with the outer margin 

 and the nervures blackish." (Guenee's ' Noctuelles,' vol. v., 

 pp. 77, 78.) Mr. Dobree writes me, " Specimens which I have 

 from South Australia agree with Guenee's type, but are decidedly 



