NOTES ON THE COLLECTION OF BRITISH MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 93 
Mamestra contigua.—Ten with full data from Surrey, from 
the Champion Collection. A very fine dark specimen labelled 
“Rannoch ”’ from the Tautz Collection (bought at Stevens). 
M. glauca.—Seven with full data from Staffordshire. Twenty 
from various Scotch localities; 6 of them, from Aberdeen, pre- 
sented by Mr. A. Horne. 
Dianthecia barrettt.—A very varied series of over 50 with full 
data. Of these 23 were bred by myself from larve found in the 
Bude district on Silene maritima, and 16, also bred by myself, 
from larve found on S. maritima in §. Devon. Five specimens 
from S. Ireland bred by Mr. L. W. Newman. One of the Bude 
specimens has a distinctly ochreous tinge. 
D. cesia.—Series of 19, 12 with data, from Douglas, Isle 
of Man. 
D. conspersa.—Series of over 50 from various localities in 
England, Wales and Scotland, with full data. Two specimens 
in a series of 10 bred from Carnarvonshire larve approach the 
dark Shetland form hethlandicd, Staud., of which last there are 5. 
D. albimacula.—Highteen with data; 16 from Folkestone, 
2 from §. Devon. 
D. carpophaga.—A fairly long and varied series with full data. 
Twelve ab. capsophila from the Isle of Man. 
Dianthecia irregularis.—Five from Cambridge, presented by 
Mr. E. D. Bostock. Twelve from Suffolk, presented by Mr. B. H. 
Crabtree. 
Hecatera chrysozona.—Nineteen specimens, but only one with 
full data. This is from the Meldola Collection, and labelled 
‘*On post, Darenth Wood, 12.7. 73.” 
Neuria reticulata.—Series of 40, mostly from Dorset and 
Suffolk. The rest from various localities. 
Pachetra leucophea.—Series of 28 with data. All from Wye, 
Kent, except two labelled ‘‘ Mickleham, Surrey, July 14, 1856.” 
Xylomyges conspicillaris.—Series of 20, mostly var. melaleuca, 
Vieweg. Fifteen labelled ‘‘ Taunton.” ‘Two from the Chitty 
Collection labelled ‘‘ Wales 1888.’’ One from the Meldola Collec- 
tion labelled ‘‘ Worcester.” 
Eumichtis satura.—This rarity is represented by one speci- 
men from the Sellon Collection labelled ‘‘ H. satura, Oxford, 
Harper’s Collection.’ It is possibly the specimen referred to in 
‘ Barrett,’ vol. iv, p. 113. 
Crymodes exulis.—Six specimens, five with data. Three from 
the Meldola Collection are labelled ‘‘ Rannoch.” One, in poor 
condition, from the Sellon Collection, is also labelled ‘‘ Rannoch.” 
Another presented by Mr. J. Peed, by whom it was taken, is 
labelled ‘‘ Unst. July 23-31, 1914.” 
(To be continued.) 
