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A. Ripae. I have plain light specimens from Bampshiie, 

 and dark rich well-marked Cumberland examples. 



A. cursoria. Of this species I have a long series of varia- 

 tions, from dull, irroratcd, suffused specimens, without per- 

 ceptible stigmata, to smooth rich ochreous examples, with 

 white nervures, distinct stigma, and light costal streaks. 



A. fumosa. I have three specimens, from the light brown 

 form, called Marshallii, of the South, to the variety nigricans 

 of our moss lands. 



A. Tritici need not be particularized : it occurs in 

 thousands upon our sand-hills, and often requires a practised 

 eye to determine whether it is Tritici, fumosa or cursoria. 



Triphaena janthina. The only variety I have seen of this 

 species was bred last year, from a larva taken near Conway : 

 the ordinary orange is straw-coloured. 



T. orbona. Of this species I have two specimens without 

 the centrallunule in the under wings, the colour of the under 

 wings in one of them being light yellow : both are bred 

 specimens. 



Noctua Augur. Two dark dull brown specimens, and one 

 with long, dark, discal, cuneiform patches, are all the varieties 

 I have been able to obtain of this species. 



Noctua lestiva. This varies much here, and I have 

 availed myself of every opportunity to secure aberrations. 



N. xanthographa also varies much with us. 



Ta^niocampa gothica. Of this species I have many spe- 

 cimens quite without the characteristic mark between the 

 stigmata ; one having a large dark patch on the disk of the 

 upper wings, and one is deep dull brown all over. 



T. instabilis has had my special attention, and, as its name 

 implies, I found it very instable in its characters. 



T. opima. Two, with light shoulders and broad dark 

 central bands, are very striking forms. 



T. cruda. One specimen of a dull gray-drab, and irrorated 

 with dark atoms, from Llangollen, is the only aberration of 

 this species 1 have ever seen. 



We now come to a number of species which vary more or 

 less, such as congener, pistacina, lunosa, the genera Xan- 

 thia and Cosmia, but which need not be particularized, as 

 most entomologists have varieties of them. 



Dianthoecia carpophaga. I have about sixty specimens. 



