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between tlie nervures of the anterior wings also much suffused. I 

 Lave this variety from Clevedon (Somerset) and Beverley (Yorks). 



p. var. inl'icornis. Haw. — This name was given by our early 

 British authors to those specimens which had the anterior wings 

 pale ochreous, and but little irrorated with black or fuscous 

 scales. This variety was first described by Haworth in the 

 ' Trans. Ent. Soc.,' old series, p. 330, as a distinct species. 

 These paler specimens often have the transverse rows of dots 

 very indistinct, and more nearly approach Hiibner's spotless 

 type. Some specimens of this are very small. I have some 

 from East Yorkshire not larger ihoxi'paUens. Mr. Mason (Clevedon) 

 informs me that this is the most common form in his district. 



y. var. Cannes, Steph. (non Och.). — Red varieties of this 

 species were incorrectly referred to the cannce of Ochsenheimer, 

 which is a totally distinct species, by the early British authors. 

 The anterior wings of this variety are deep reddish ochreous, 

 sometimes sparingly, sometimes thickly, irrorated with dusky 

 atoms, with the transverse row of dots more or less distinctly 

 marked. My specimens of this variety have come from Somerset, 

 East Yorkshire, &c., and vary much in size. For the splendid 

 series of var. crassicornis and var. cannce I have, I am largely 

 indebted to Mr. Mason, of Clevedon, who has been exceedingly 

 good to me, not only by giving me a large number of specimens, 

 but also a great deal of information. " Stephens' description of 

 cannce is : — ' Expanse, If inches. Head and thorax pale reddish 

 or yellowish ash ; anterior wings the same, with a few minute 

 dusky atoms, with some larger spots at the base, and a row still 

 more distinct towards the hinder margin, and forming an arcuated 

 striga ; in the middle of the disc is a single spot of similar hue ; 

 posterior wings reddish or yellowish ash.' " — Humphrey & West- 

 wood's ' British Moths,' vol. i., p. 215. It is advisable to remember 

 that this description was written at a time when the species was 

 almost unknown in Britain, isolated examples in one or two 

 cabinets being all that the British collectors then had. 



Calamia, Hb., j>hragmlti(Us, Hb. 



Hiibner's fig. 230 (by error 330) represents the type, and is 

 excellently drawn. It has the anterior wings clear whitish 

 ochreous, with tliu outer lialf of the wings to the hind marc[in 



