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from the same island the maculation consists of fairly well- 

 defined spots. 



I obtained this species under bark of dead trees (Rhus), which 

 were dry and exposed to the sun in May, 1881, at Konose and 

 Yuyama. 



There are a fair number of Trogositidse in Japan, but the 

 species are not yet worked out. Leperina squamulosa, Gebl., 

 occurs in most of the forests, and is not rare. I also found a 

 second species, which is more local, and I obtained only eight 

 examples. Peltls grossa, L., is not rare in Yezo, and there are 

 three or four species of Thymalm. The two insects named are 

 recorded from Japan for the first time. 

 Wimbledon, August 7, 1888. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A LIST OP THE VARIETIES 

 OF NOCTU^ OCCURRING. IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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

 (Continued from p. 209.) 



Tapinostola, 'Ld.jfulva, Hb. 



The type of this species is represented by Hiibner's fig. 496, 

 which has the anterior wings and fringes of a bright red with 

 dark nervures, and a row of black dots, one on each ray, parallel 

 to the hind margin. Hind wings dark grey with pale fringes, 

 and no spots. Dr. Staudinger describes it as " alis anterioribus 

 totis fulvis." This is a most variable species, the ground colour 

 going through every gradation, from bone-white, ochreous, 

 reddish, to deep brick-red. The type does not appear to occur in 

 England, some of the Scotch specimens approach it, but the 

 beautiful red Irish specimens are the true type. 



a. var.Jluxa, Tr. — Treitschke (vol. v., p. 313) gives the follow- 

 ing description of the type of this varietj' : — " Alis anticis fusco 

 rufescentibus, atomis venisque nigricantibus. " Dr. Staudinger says 

 of this form, "Paler, reddish, or greyish yellow." The greyish 

 yellow forms are included on his own responsibilit}'. Certainly 

 they are not included by any other writers. In Humphrey and 

 Westwood's 'British Moths,' vol. i., p. 219, there is a fuller 

 description of fliixa, — it is " of a reddish brown colour, slightly 



