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Mr. Russ, of Sliffo ; and Mr. Gregson (Entora. iv. 51) records it from 

 Stalejbridge Brushes. 



^. var. ochrea, raihi. — No. 7, above. Anterior wings of a pale ochreous 

 yellow, with dark nervures, with whitish or ochreous reniform and 

 orbicular, the former joined with a bifid line, the extension of the pale 

 central line. It is figured by Esper as a $ of var. tricuspis. I have never 

 seen specimens of this variety. The nearest approach that I have to this 

 form came from Mr. Russ, of Sligo. 



u. var. obsoletn, mihi. — Anterior wings unicolorous dark grey, with no 

 pale markings whatever, except the trifid mark made up of the reniform, 

 and a bifid patch joined below it. I have this variety from Mr. Finlay, of 

 Morpeth, Mr. Russ, of Sligo, and it is obtained by Mr. Harrison, 

 of Biirnsley. 



9. var. pallida, mihi. — Anterior wings dark grey, but the white central 

 median line developed into a broad white baud, including the claviforra, 

 orbicular, and reniform, and extending over the whole of the centre of the 

 wing. I have this variety from Sligo and Yorkshire localities. 



i. var. mefjala, Alph. — In 1883 Dr. Staudinger had in his trade list a 

 doub.ful variety of this species from Turkestan. The name I find is also 

 retained (as a distinct species, however) in the last trade catalogue of Herr 

 Heyne, Leipzig. Of this variety Mr. Dobree writes: — " I obtained a male, 

 which is small, and closely resembles tricuspis, Esp., differing only in that 

 the ground colour, blotch, and markings are all fainter, giving the insect a 

 more generally unicolorous look. 



X. var. albineura, Bdv. — Boisduval, in his ' Icones, &c.,' pi. 74, fig. 4, 

 figures a variety of graniinis, which I have been unable to refer to. In his 

 ' Noctuelles,' vol. v., p. 17(j, Guenee writes, "I have not seen in nature 

 Boisduval's albineura, which appears to be simply a variety of gra.minis ; " 

 and in the ' Entomologisk Tidskrift,' 1884, p. 161, referring to this variety, 

 Herr Sven writes, " Liknar hufvudformen, men cellerna aro svarta uti 

 framviugarnes basal-och mellanfalt, samt nara utkanten." 



X. var. albipuncta, Sven. — Herr Sven, ' Entomologisk Tidskrift,' 1884, 

 p. 161, describes a variety as, " framvingarne rodbruna, med svartaktiga 

 ribboi', samt en hvit punkt i njurflackens bakkant, $ , Sallsynt." 



/x. var. brunnea, Sven. — Sven, 'Entomologisk Tidskrift,' 1884, p. 161, 

 describes his var. brunnea as, " framviugarnes grundlargrodbrun." '* Hvad 

 franivingarnes teckningar angur, sa aro afven dessa underkastade 

 mandfaldiga variationer. Bland de manga exemplar, Lektor Sven iusanilat, 

 aro nedanstaende afvikande former de anmarkuingsvardaste." 



Pachetra, Gn., leucophcea, View. 

 Vieweg, in his ' Tabellarisches Verzeichniss,' &c., p. 28, No. 28, 

 thus describes the type of this species: — ^' Noctua leucophcea alls 

 incumbentibus dentatis griseo fuscoque variegatis, maculis ordi- 

 nariis albidis." This short Latin diagnosis he follows up with a 

 much fuller description in German, as follows : — " The antennae 

 of the males are pectinated. The toothed fore wings are whitish 

 grey, with darker shades. In the middle of the wing are an 

 orbicular and reniform stigma, both of a whitish colour. Beneath 

 the orbicular stigma is a black mark, like a Greek v. Near the 

 hind margin runs a whitish transverse line, with a row of black 



