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represented at the apex and inner angle of the fore wings and 
anal angle of the hind wings. 
A pretty little form of hastata, which appears to be referable 
to var. hastulata, Nolk., is found in the Outer Hebrides. Re- 
ferring to specimens from Lewis, Mr. Weir (Entom. xiv. p. 221) 
says they “‘are more strongly marked with black, and in some 
the upper wings have the ground colour of a very pale yellow.” 
I have several Lewis specimens; one of them is white, the fore 
wings marked with black as follows:—A patch at the base; 
central band indicated by two dashes on costa, some spots and 
dots before the middle, and two dashes on inner margin ; these 
remnants of the band are preceded and followed by a transverse 
row of black spots; submarginal band narrow, interrupted at 
the middle; marginal band narrow. Hind wings with some 
spots and dashes at the base, a central transverse row of dots, 
submarginal and marginal bands as on fore wings. 
Another specimen is black, with the following transverse 
white markings:—l'ore wings: a slender basal line; narrow, 
subbasal, and broader central bands traversed by black dots; 
submarginal line interrupted above and below the middle. Hind 
wings with a central band intersected by a line of black points, 
a triangular mark on marginal area, connected with central band 
by a narrow line, and three dots between it and anal angle. A 
third specimen is black; the fore wings have two slender white 
lines traversing the basal area; subbasal band ill-defined towards 
inner margin, and containing two black dots in its upper portion; 
central band with a deep outward angulation, indistinct towards 
inner margin, and intersected by an interrupted black line ; sub- 
marginal line rather broad and serrated before inner margin. 
Hind wings traversed by four white lines, but the first and 
fourth do not reach the costa. ‘This specimen is very similar to 
that figured by Newman ; a form said to occur in the North of 
England and Scotland. 
Mr. McArthur informs me that the larva of the Lewis form 
of hastata feeds on Myrica gale, and that the moth rests on 
the rocks. 
An interesting aberration of hastata, taken near Doncaster, 
is figured Entom. xiv. p.1. This specimen is very small, and 
the central band is quite absent, but the discoidal spot remains. 
MELANIPPE TRISTATA, L. 
This species usually has the ground colour fuliginous brown, 
but some specimens I have from Glasgow and Durham are 
grey-brown, tinged with ochreous; others from Barnsley are 
decidedly black. The central fascia of fore wings is sometimes 
contracted below the miudle ; in two specimens from Durham it 
is very slender at this pomt, and in a third example from same 
