58 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Chrosis alcella occurred everywhere. Tinea ferruginella, T. 

 rusticella, T. tapetzella, T. lapella, all occurred freely. Fumea 

 intermediella was exceedingly common. Lampronia quadripunc- 

 tella, Sioammerdammia conihinella, and Psychoides verhuellella, 

 occurred sparingly. Hyponomeuta padellus, H. cagnagellus, Plu- 

 tella cruciferaruin, Bryotropha terrella, B. desertella, B. umbrosella, 

 and B. domestica, were very common. Depressarla yeatiana, D. 

 nanatella, D. suhpropinquella, D. heracleana, and D. applana, were 

 all more or less plentiful. I got a good series of D. aUtrcemeriana 

 in my house, but found them nowhere else. Of hita marmorea I 

 obtained a few at light. L. arte misiella was scarce, as also were 

 L. atriplicella, Ptochenusa subocellea, Paras'ia carlinella, Endrosis 

 fenestrella, (Ecogenla quadripiinctata, and Acrolepia granitella, 

 Monochroa tenebrella, Argestria nitidella, Glyphipteryx thrasonella, 

 Laverna epilohiella, (Ecopliora piseudospretella, Glyphipteryx Jisch- 

 eriella. Argyresthia mendlca occurred rather more commonly. 

 Elacliista argentella occurred everywhere, and Argyritis pictella, 

 local but plentiful. Hypsilophiis schmidiellus was to be found by 

 diligent searching. Lita leucomelanella occurred here and there. 

 Coleophora discordella, C. ccespititiella, C. salinella, G. albltarsella, 

 all very common in the larva state ; C. troglody tella, C. gryphi- 

 pennella, and G. argentula, rather less so. G. tripoliella very 

 scarce, owing to food- plant being so. Of the Pterophori I took 

 eleven. Platyptilia gonodactyla, Amblyptllia acanthodactyla, Gxy- 

 ptiliis parvidactylus, Mimieseoptilus pterodactylus, fairly common. 

 Gxyptilus teucrii this year was scarce. A few specimens each of 

 Mimceseoptilus bipunctidactylus, M. plagiodactylus, Pterophorus 

 monodactylus, Aciptilia baliodactyla, A. pentadactyla, and Alucita 

 hexadactyla. 

 The CasQe, Portland, November 10, 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. 43.) 



Xylophasia, St., rurea, F. 



Fabricius' description of the type is as follows : — " Noctua 

 cristata, alis deflexis, griseo fuscoque variis, posticis fuscis ; 

 margine crassiori albo." *' Caput fulvum, oculis atris. Palpi 

 fusci apice albicantes. Thorax et abdomen cinerea. Alse anticee 

 pfrisese basi ad marginem crassiorem macula magna fusca, in qua 

 maculae ordinariae. Pone hanc puncta tria parva alba marginis 

 crassioris et aliquot fusca sparsa in disco. Margo denique et 



