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Hiibner also figures a dark brown form, which Guenee says 

 " occurs occasionally in France." There is a little variation 

 in the character of the pale line, which is parallel to the hind 

 margin ; in some the line is fairly complete, in others it forms a 

 row of white dots, while in others they are distinctly yellow. 

 There is also a considerable amount of variation in the colour of 

 the hind wings, this variation not being sexual ; in some speci- 

 mens the hind wings are entirely dark grey, in some pale grey, 

 and in others pale grey with a dark hind marginal band. One 

 of my Deal specimens has a transverse row of white dots between 

 the discoidal spot and the subterminal line, and it is dusted with 

 white along the nervures. 



et. var. brumiea, mihi. — This is Guenee's var. a, which he refers to 

 Hiibner's fig. 543. The note I made of Hiibner's figure is as follows : — 

 " Anterior wings dark brown, but all the markings very distinct." Guenee's 

 description of the variety is as follows : — "i\.nterior wings yellowish brown, 

 more or less pricked out in blackish, with the subterminal line of a yellowish 

 white, broken up, but well marked, and the ordinary lines more distinct 

 than in the type. Inferior wings paler, and tinged with the yellow of the 

 upper wings " (' Noctuelles,' vol. v., p. 196). 



ft. var. cinerascens, mihi. — This is the English form, which is 

 much greyer than the continental specimens. It is Guenee's second 

 var., which he calls albicolon, St., and he takes as his type Stephens's 

 * Illustrations,' &c., vol. ii., p. 184, and pi. xxiv., fig. 3. He describes 

 it, * Noctuelles,' vol. v., p. 196, as : — " Anterior wings ashy grey, strongly 

 sprinkled with black atoms, with all the markings very distinct. The 

 subterminal line as in var. a. The two stigmata paler and clearer. The 

 reniform almost entirely surrounded with white. The black terminal 

 points triangular, and well marked." The only locality Guenee gives is 

 " England." As a rule, our English specimens have not the wedge-shaped 

 spots so distinctly marked. Of this grey (British) variety, Mr. Robson has 

 a strongly-marked specimen, which almost resembles Guenee's var. /3. It 

 is of a pale ochreous grey ground colour, with the black transverse basal 

 lines very strongly marked, and the space between the strigae directly before 

 and beyond the reniform filled in with darker, so that it resembles a narrow 

 baud. I have seen no other specimens like it. 



(To be continued.) 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Argynnis aglaia, var. — Whilst collecting one day during the month 

 of July, in Carmarthenshire, T noticed a beautiful aberration of Argynnis 

 aglaia, which I unfortunately missed capturing through its escaping from 

 under the net. On the upper side of the right lower wing, near the base, 

 was a beautiful golden metallic spot, the corresponding marking on the left 

 wing being paler in colour than the general ground colour, so that it, like 

 the metallic spot, was quite noticeable. I might add that the insect was a 

 male specimen, evidently not long emerged. — T. B. Jkfferys ; Cirencester, 

 August 6, 1889. 



ENTOM. — SEPT. 1889. Y 



