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Dale, Aug. M, 1867" (C.W.D.) ; another (?, on a very old short common pin, 

 " Bristol," and a third J , with very obsolete markings, " J. C. Dale, I. of Wight, 

 Aug. 21, 1865" (C.W.D.), and at side "Freshwater." The remainder bear no 

 data, but are mostly in good condition, and include several finely marked <J 's and 

 one 9 strongly suffused with rose-pink. 



Timandra amataria, L. — A very fine $ aberration, of a smooth fuscous-brown 

 colour all over, the markings slightly indicated in a darker shade, but the usual rosy 

 tint entirely absent. " E. R. Dale, Bishop's Caundle, July, 1864" (C.W.D.). 



Aoidalia herbariata, F. — Three examples, labelled " London " at side ; one in 

 rather poor condition, " From Rev. H. Burney's coll " (C.W.D.). A. circeUat.a, 

 Guen.— Ten examples of this now very rare form from Chat Moss ; four of them are 

 labelled " Briggs coll., 1896 " (C.W.D. ). A. strigaria, Hubn. — Two examples with 

 no further data than " Gravesend " at side. A. perochraria, Fisch. — Three speci- 

 mens, one "Dr. Knaggs coll., see Ent. Ann., 1871 " ; the other two " C. Briggs coll., 

 1896" (C.W.D.). 



Melanippe Huctuata, L.^Two fine examples of the var. costovata, Haw., and a 

 very remarkable aberration, suffused all over with sepia-brown, the central band of 

 a darker shade of the same colour, well marked, but very narrow and parallel-sided. 

 This specimen, which lacks the head and is otherwise in rather poor condition, is 

 labelled " June 21, 1818 " (J.C.D.)., and at side " Whittlesea." 



M. montanata, W. V. — One <J specimen almost without markings except the 

 discoidal spot and a faintly indicated narrow costal blotch, labelled " Newcastle "; 

 another $ is deep fuscous-brown all over, the central band fairly well marked but 

 not much darker than the ground-colour. Labelled " Cocks, Devon," at side. 



Abraxas grossulariata, L.— A few fairly good pale and confluent aberrations, 

 and two of the now well-known var. varleyata, Porritt, from "Briggs coll., 1896" 

 (C.W.D.). 



Melanthia ocellata, L — A very remarkable aberration, all the wings being 

 uniform fuscous or sepia-brown above and below, except that on the upper-side the 

 discoidal spot and hinder edge of the central band of fore-wings are faintly indicated 

 in a darker shade of the same colour. This specimen, which is much damaged on 

 the left side, bears a partly printed label with figuivs added in MS., "Jul. 8, 1825 " 

 (J.C.D.) ; also a rather more illegible label than usual in which a reference to 

 " Apr/90" can alone be made out (C.W.D.), and " Dunkeld " at side. 



Ypsipetes elutata, M. V. — A very small ? , entirely of a smooth, pale, ochreous- 

 olive tint, the transverse markings and apical streak indicated only by faint dark 

 dots on the costa ; another 9 is slightly paler and greyer in ground-colour, the 

 usual markings indicated in light ochreous-brown. Both labelled" Scarboro, 1895 " 

 (C.W.D.). 



Cidaria reticulata, W. V. — A fine series of 14 specimens, apparently bred ; 

 two of these, one being a large and unusually dark 9 i " Downing's Sale, 1894 " 

 (C.W.D.), and two others " from Hodgkinson " (C.W.D.). 



Fhibalapteryx polygrammata, W. V. — A fine series of 23 examples of this prac- 

 tically extinct British species, the majority being labelled " Briggs coll." (C.W.D), 



