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males, and had generally confined his attention to the more 

 remarkable aberrations. It would, therefore, appear that the 

 normal type of the male is more common in Shetland than the 

 collection made last year had led one to infer. 



Hepialus velleda. — A very fine series of the beautiful insular 

 varieties of this insect have been captured. The females have 

 the ground colour of the wings pale, the markings thus appear 

 very distinctly. The nearly unicolorous variety, the Hepialus 

 carnus, Steph. (non Fab.), does not appear to be found. 



Nemeophila plantaginis. — The upper wings of some of the 

 males have almost a white ground colour ; on the other hand, 

 some of the females are of a very rich yellow, approaching 

 almost to red on the costa and anal angle of the wing. 



Pachnohia hypei-ljorea. — This insect, which remained until 

 1876 for so many years unique in Mr. Douglas's cabinet, has 

 again been taken by Mr. M'Arthur in some numbers and in 

 great variety. 



Dasiipolia templi. — As remarked in my paper, last year, out 

 of the specimens taken two were very light in colour. The insect 

 has been captured this year, and the light variety has again been 

 found ; but a variety has also appeared very much darker and 

 browner than the usual type, and with two darker bands through 

 the centre of the upper wings. 



Anarta melanopa. — The ground colour of the upper wings 

 is much yellower than that of the insect obtained at 

 Kannoch. 



Emmelesia alhulata var. Thules. — A very fine series of this 

 insect has been taken, varying, however, in the extent of the 

 obliteration of the bands on the wings. One I have now before 

 me is almost wholly lead-coloured, with a faint indication of a 

 central band. 



Eupithecia venosata. — Some of those taken this year, although 

 of the leaden ground colour, mentioned in my previous paper, 

 have the markings more clearly defined. 



Melanippe montanata var. Shetlandkti. — Mr. M'Arthur has 

 captured a very fine series of this beautiful insular variety. 

 There is a considerable variation in the colour of the wings ; 

 but where the ground colour is suffused the markings are faint, 

 and where the ground colour of the wing is white the markings 

 are well defined. 



