52 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mamestra Brassicoc. Of this constant and abundant species 

 I dare not say how many I have carefully secured : the 

 results are before me : — One very small perfect specimen ; 

 one light albicolon-coloured specimen; one of a smooth rich 

 brown-colour, and without markings, a large specimen ; and 

 two large females having full white stigma, and a rich, dis- 

 Imct, wavy, light striga near the outer edge. These are 

 very striking insects : they were both bred and given to me 

 by Mr. Diggles. 



Apamea gemina. This does not vary so much here as in 

 the South. My best varieties of it were given to me by Mr. 

 Doubleday. One is a very Genista3-like specimen. 



Apamea fibrosa. Of this variable species I have a short 

 series of four named varieties. 



A. oculea. As variable as it is abundant. Few care to 

 select the various forms, now that they are well understood : 

 before Mr. Doubleday's * Synonymic List' appeared we all 

 had this species under no end of names : specimens taken in 

 the Isle of Man last year are more striking than any [ have 

 before seen ; they are of a deep dull black-brown, with large 

 pale stigmata, giving quite a specific character to them. 



Miana strigilis. On our sand-hills the variety aethiops is 

 the prevailing form : the typical strigilis is rarely met with, 

 except inland. 



Celaina Haworthii. Of this permanent species I possess 

 five good aberrations : one dull deep brown ; one light ashy 

 gray; one large, bright red, with the outer margin lighter; 

 and one unicolorous drab on all the wings : these are all I 

 have ever seen worth calling varieties of C. Haworthii. 



Grammesia trilinea. T have two specimens of the variety 

 bilinea of authors, and one smoky coloured specimen with- 

 out lines. 



Caradrina cubicularis. I have one specimen having a 

 broad dark fascia across the middle of the wing : it was 

 given to me by Mr. Doubleday. 



Agrotis valligera. This species varies much here; and 

 from the thousands I have taken I have selected a long series, 

 varying in size from less than an inch in expansion to one 

 inch six and a half lines, and in colour from light drab to 

 rich pinky brown, and also to deep rich dull brown. 



A. saucia. This is a variable species here, but need not 

 be particularized. 



