THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. X.] DECEMBER, 1877. [No. 175. 



VARIETY OF CLEORA GLABRARIA. 

 By H. Goss, F.I..S., F Z.S., &c. 



CLL-()HA GLABK.Vr.lA (VAKIETV). 



This variety of Cleora glabraria was captured in the New 

 Forest about four years ago, by Mr. Gulliver, of Brocken- 

 hurst, from whom I obtained it. 



In typical specimens of this species the wings are dingy 

 white, dusted with small black dots; but in the specimen 

 figured above the black dots are so numerous and so minute 

 as to give the insect a dark and smoky appearance, and to 

 render some of the ordinary markings very obscure. The 

 central spot is larger but less clearly defined than usual, and 

 with the spot on the cosla, with which, as in ordinary speci- 

 mens, it is connected, forms a dull blotch. iMost of the usual 

 spots and markings are confluent, but the second line is much 

 more sharply defined and more acutely angled than in typical 

 specimens, and is bordered with white on the side nearest 

 the hind margin. Of the three species of the genus Cleora 

 occurring in this country, Glabraria is, according to ray 

 experience, less liable to variation than either of its congeners. 

 This fact renders this specimen additionally interesting. 



During the last ten or twelve years a considerable number 

 of specimens of this species, both bred and captured, have 

 come under my observation ; but, with the exception of the 

 striking variety figured above, I have never remarked in any 

 of them any noticeable departure from the usual markings 

 and colouring, though specimens vary considerably in size. 



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