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literana forms that are found in Britain; in the New Forest at 
least half of the specimens taken are referable to it. 
Ab. mixtana, n. ab. (Plate I, fig. 7.) 
Synonymy.—Hub., Tort., fig. 94 (1797) ; Godart et Duponchel, 
Hist. Nat., ix, p. 128, and pl. 242, fig. 2b (squamana) (1834) ; 
Wood., Ind. Ent., fig. 1099 (squamana) (1839) ; Snellen, Vlinders, 
p- 76, No. 3 (squamalana) (1882). 
Original description.—I give this name to a form not unlike 
the last, but instead of the plain green scaly superiors there are 
mixed with the green colour lighter patches ; an extreme form is 
Hubner’s fig. 94; but the majority of the British examples come 
near to Godart and Duponchel’s figure, which is a very close 
approach to our native specimens. 
Ab. mixtana is a common form in the New Forest. 
(To be continued.) 
SOME NOTES ON THE COLLECTION OF BRITISH 
MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA IN THE HOPE DEPARTMENT 
OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. 
By F. C. Wooprorpg, B.A., F.E.S. 
(Continued from p. 143.) 
Lithophane semibrunnea.—Twenty-one with data. Ten from 
near Oxford, 4 from Cambridge, 3 from Hants, 4 from Surrey. 
L. socia.—Over 30 specimens. One from Cornwall, 8 from 
Devon, the rest from Hants. 
Graptolitha furcifera.—Two from the Spilsbury Collection. 
Four from the Sellon Collection in perfect condition. One, a 
rather worn specimen from the Chitty Collection, is labelled 
‘** Wales, 1888.’’ Another specimen from the Norgate Collection, 
presented by Mr. B. H. Crabtree, is labelled ‘‘ Wales.” 
Cucullia lychnitis.—Nine specimens with full data. Six from 
Berks, three from Surrey 
C. asteris.—Six specimens with data from Surrey and Kent. 
C. chamomille.—A long series with full data. 
C. gnaphalii.—T wo specimens without data from the Spilsbury 
Collection. 
C. absinthia.—A long series from Devon and Portland. 
Anarta cordigera.—Series of 16 with full data, all from 
Rannoch. 
A. melanopa.—Nineteen with full data, also all from Rannoch. 
Heliothis dipsacea.—Thirty-one with full data. ‘Twenty from 
the New Forest taken by myself. Eight from the Champion 
Collection, ‘‘ bred, Chobham, Surrey, 1913.” Two from the 
Meldola Collection, ‘‘ Maldon, Essex.” In one of these last the 
