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ite order, and we have scientific observers and collectors in almost 

 every county ; and by newly devised means vast numbers of Lepidop- 

 terous insects are annually captured, thus affording facilities for de- 

 termining species and varieties. 



* Thorax broad and body stout. 



Caradrina amhigua, redacta, Alsines, implexa, lavis, sordida. — 

 These varieties are taken in woods, about field-hedges and gardens. 



Var. 1. Anterior wings fuscous, with two stigmata, and a transverse 

 row of black dots behind the posterior stigma, and a faint striga near 

 the posterior margin ; posterior wings ashy. 



Var. 2. Anterior wings deep fuscous, with one obsolete transverse 

 striga near the posterior margin, stigmata indistinct ; posterior wings 

 dusky. 



Var. 3. amhigua. Anterior wings ashy brown, with three darker 

 transverse striga?, the first between the stigmata, the second behind 

 the posterior stigma composed of black dots, the third undulated near 

 the posterior margin, stigmata distinct, vAXh slender pale margins ; 

 posterior wings ashy, with dusky margins. 



Var. 4. redacta. Similar to the last in colour but smaller, stigmata 

 and markings more indistinct. 



Var. 5. Alsines. Anterior wings fuscous with two transverse strigae, 

 posterior stigma large and distinctly margined with white. 



Var. 6. Anterior wings of a rusty yellowish hue, with five trans- 

 verse fuscous strigae, two before the anterior stigma, the third between 

 the stigmata, the fourth composed of black dots, the fifth undulated, 

 the posterior margin distinctly dotted with black ; posterior wings 

 ashy tinged with yellow. 



Var. 7. Similar to the last in colour, with two large fuscous spots 

 in place of stigmata, with a strong fuscous line extending from the 

 posterior spot to the inner margin. 



Var. 8. implexa. Anterior wings rusty or yellowish, with four fus- 

 cous transverse strigae, the posterior striga rather more undulated. 



This and the two preceding varieties are in the collection of Geo. 

 Robertson, Esq., who has kindly sent me a fine series of these insects 

 for examination 



Var. 9. l(Bvis. Similar to var. 5, except in the stigma, which is 

 scarcely visible. 



Var. 10. sordida. Rusty or reddish, with two transverse fuscous 

 strigae approximating towards the inner margin, posterior margin dot- 



