257 



ety, as well as the preceding and following one, from the cabinet of 

 the late Mr. Haworth, as the type of his albilinea, now called Tritici. 



Var. 3. Anterior wings similar to the last, with the streak upon the 

 costa and the central nervure cream colour ; posterior wings entirely 

 white. 



Var. 4. Anterior wings ashy, with a milk white streak upon the cos- 

 ta, anterior stigma small and round, posterior very large, both milk 

 white margined with black, the teliform stigma black, on the hinder 

 margin are four wedge-shaped dusky spots, behind which is a white 

 waved striga, the extreme margin spotted with black; posterior wings 

 ashy, with dusky margins. 



Var. 5. Anterior wings ashy tinged with reddish, with a mere ves- 

 tige of the white streak upon the costa, which is maculated with white 

 spots and dusky streaks, at the base is a black spot united to a white 

 transverse striga, which is margined with black, stigmata pale, towards 

 the postei'ior margin are two whitish patches, the extreme margin deep 

 fuscous ; posterior wings ashy white, deeply margined with fuscous. 

 This beautiful link and the preceding variety were taken in Devon- 

 shire by the late Captain Blomer. 



Var. 6. viita. Anterior wings reddish brown, with a white streak 

 upon the costa extending from the base beyond the middle, the cen- 

 tral nervure of the wings is white, between the stigmata is a quadrate 

 black spot, teliform stigma small and black, near it is a pale trans- 

 verse striga, on the posterior margin is a row of wedge-shaped spots, 

 and a white waved striga; posterior wings cinereous with dusky margins. 



Var. 7. Anterior wings paler than the last, with a white streak upon 

 the costa and a black one in the centre from the base to the anterior 

 stigma, posterior margin clouded with cinereous and a white waved 

 striga ; posterior wings dusky. Taken in Devonshire by Mr. Raddon. 



Var. 8. Anterior wings reddish brown, with three pale transverse 

 strigae, the two anterior margined mth black, the first before the an- 

 terior stigma, the second behind the posterior, behind which is a row 

 of wedge-shaped spots and the third pale waved striga, stigmata pale, 

 anterior ocellated. This variety has the characters of pupillata and 

 also of vitta ; it is as much like the one as the other. 



Var. 9. pupillata. Anterior wings brownish with four transverse 

 strigae, the first at the base, the second before the anterior stigma, the 

 third behind the posterior and the fourth near the hinder margin, the 

 costa is spotted with dusky and white, the space between the second 

 and third strigas rather pale, stigmata pale, anterior ocellated. 



Var. 10. Anterior wings ashy or greyish, with a few white spots 



T 



