on some Lepidoptera from Aleaandiia. 45 
69. Fidonia megiaria, Obr., var. Obscuraria, n. var. 
(Pl. ls ties, £2.) 
The specimens obtained around Alexandria are very 
dark indeed, and appear to be quite a local race; it is a 
common insect in the district. The ground colour is 
uniform dark greyish brown, the pattern being quite 
similar to that of Oberthur’s species, but very considerably 
darker. Out of ali the specimens before me the lghtest 
is very much darker in every respect than the darkest 
Algerian form that Ihaveseen. The Heyptian specimens 
are a very handsome variety of it. 
70. Sterrha sacraria, L., and var. Sanguinaria, Esp., 
and ab. Oranaria, Lucas. 
I have this species of all shades from Alexandria, from 
the palest forms up to var. Sanguinaria, also I have the 
duller and darker insect described by Lucas under the 
name Oranaria. 
I have no doubt whatever that Staudinger is right in 
his 1872 catalogue, where he says, on page 176, ‘an 
sequ. ab.” Sacraria being the following species. 
1 have preserved larvee of both forms before me which 
are quite similar, and I have also two very rich dark 
forms infinitely darker than Oranaria, the oblique stripe 
being very dark ash-grey, thus showing that the species 
varies very extensively indeed. 
71. Cidaria fluviata, Hb. 
Not uncommon. 
72. Hupithecia ultimaria, B. 
Two specimens, decidedly smaller than usual, 
73. Hupithecia distinctaria, H.S. 
Two pretty forms of this wide-spread species. 
74, Hupithecia (Gymnocelis) pumilata, Hb. 
T'wo or three ordinary specimens. 
75. Mnesivena quadripunctata, sp.n. (Pl. L, fig. 13.) 
Primaries brownish-grey, with a transverse pale line near the 
base from the costa to the inner margin, the line being composed 
of three small crescents ; the submarginal pale line, frequently and 
sharply serrated, recedes slightly from the apex to the subcostal 
