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finally occupied in Webb's Collection, there must have been a 

 general mix-up, and his ej'esight did not suffice to correct the 

 errors then made. 



Fig. 4, ab. n'uirosuhvittana. I have dealt with an error in 

 the ' Entomologist,' vol. 1, p. 271, and I have only further to add 

 that Clark's description is correct, and the figure, which has the 

 superiors dark brown with the button slightly lighter, is wrong ; 

 both Clark's type and his other specimens, five in number, have 

 the ground-colour and button black. 



This figure more nearly portrays ab. Uchenana, Curtis. 



In my paper {loc. cit.) I make the statement that Mr. South 

 has a number of this form (ab. Uchenana) in his collection. I 

 have since found that this statement, for which I alone am 

 responsible, is an error ; the specimens in question are without 

 " the large patch at the base of the inner margin white "' which 

 is included in Curtis's description of that form. 



Ab. Uchenana is apparentljMin exceedingly rare form : the only 

 examples of it I have seen are two, which are in the Webb 

 Collection, but there were half a dozen catalogued in the Clark 

 sale ; one wonders what became of them. 



Fig. 12, ab. transversana. In this figure the vitta is much 

 lighter in colour than it is in the type, and also in the other 

 three examples of the series, in which it is almost unicolorous 

 with the disc of the superiors. 



Fig. 16, ab. chaiiottana. This is the most misleading figure 

 in the plate. Clark's description agrees with the tj'pe, but the 

 figure does not in the following details : (1) The white triangular 

 basal blotch in the figure is outlined in red on the outer as well 

 as on the inner margin ; there is no trace of this colour on the 

 outer margin in the type, nor does Clark allude to it in his 

 description. (2) In the figure the white discal spot immediately 

 follows the button ; in the type and in Clark's description, between 

 the button and the blotch the red streak is continued. In the 

 type the length of the continuation of this red streak is about 

 1'5 mm. (3) The light striations between the white blotch and 

 the hind margin are in the figure much too pronounced, and the 

 ground-colour of this area is too light. (4) If the figure is 

 examined with a lens it is seen to have a considerable amount of 

 red dotting which is not apparent in the type. 



Webb suggests that chaiiottana , Clark, may equal ab. curtisana, 

 Desvignes, of which the latter says: " Similar to the last {sub- 

 capucina), varying in having a very faint fulvous streak extend- 

 ing from the base to the button, which is of the same colour." 

 If one omits from this description the words " very faint " it 

 exactly fits in with the type of cliarlottana, and as the lightness 

 of the red or fulvous line depends upon the condition of the 

 specimen there does not seem any reason to doubt but that this 

 view is correct. 



