36 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
allude to the much more difficult task of distinguishing it from 
fulvostriana, Dsvgs., which, as the latter says, is ‘‘ similar to striana 
except for a fulvous vitta.”’ The type of nigropunctana is correctly 
described by Clark. I should differentiate it from fulvostriana by 
the more uniform-coloured disc of the superiors, this is more 
ochreous than in fulvostriana, which I should call reddish brown ; 
it has also an orange vitta instead of a lighter fulvous one. 
Clark’s ambiguous description has led me into an error in including 
in the list of captures in my paper (loc. cit., p. 269) six examples 
of nigropunctana ; all but one should be fulvostriana. I have only 
one other example of nigropunctana, which was taken in the 
New Forest in 1918. I consider it an extremely rare form. 
The Webb series is hopelessly mixed: of thirty-four specimens 
(apart from the type) only eight agree with it, eight are ab. 
provittana, Dsvgs., one is combustana, Dup. = sequana, Curtis, 
and the remainder can only be called fulvostriana, Dsvgs. Apart 
from the fulvostriana alluded to above, Webb had nineteen 
examples in one part of his series and ten in another part. His 
series of sixteen so-called provittana, Dsvgs., can, as previously 
stated, only be designated fulvostriana also. Evidently the task 
of separating these very similar forms was utterly beyond the 
powers of his eyesight. 
There are six series in the Webb Collection that do not agree 
with any named forms, and as they are all quite distinct and 
recurrent | propose to give them names. 
The first is one of the white forms, which I propose to call 
ab. flavana, n. ab. This was described by Webb, but not named, 
in his paper (loc. cit., ‘ Entomologist,’ vol. xliii, p. 200) as follows : 
‘* Basal half of wings dirty yellow, with a few reddish markings 
at the base. The red line from the button terminates at the 
costa before the apex, and is strongly pronounced; it is con- 
tinued towards the base after having been interrupted by the 
central white tuft and pale fascia, then along the outer edge of 
the vitta to the base of the wing. ‘The white clouds in the 
hinder third of the wings are distinct and well defined, and the 
ends of the wings are red brown.” ‘This description is correct 
and I have adopted it. In the Webb Collection there are two 
examples of this form, which is a very handsome one. These, 
as he says, came from the Clark Collection ‘‘ as tolana, with 
which they have no affinity.” I also have two examples from 
the New Forest, and Mr. South has one. I believe ab. flavana 
to be purely a New Forest form. 
Ab. southiana, n. ab. I give this name after Mr. BR. South, 
who first interested me in Peronea cristana and who has done so 
much for entomology, to a very handsome form, of which there 
are four specimens in the series, three of which came from 
Clark ; it is alluded to by Webb as wanting a name (loc. cit., 
vol. xliv, p. 291), and I describe it as follows: 
