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clear and very pale whitish-ochreous or bone-eolour " Revd. A Matthews' coll. 

 L. albipuncta, W. V. Five examples, one rather worn 9 '' Wormald coll. '94'," the 

 otiiers from " Folkestone" and " Freshwater." {L. favicolor, Barrett is one of the 

 very few species of the British Macro- Lepidoptera not represented in the Dale 

 collection). 



PapJiefra leucophaea, W. V. — A full series, but only one of the older specimens, 

 • a ? labelled " S. Stevens, Mickleham." 



Luperina gueneei, Doubl. — A $ in good condition, bearing a printed label cut 

 out of a sale-catalogue " Gueneei, I, vide Entom. XXVII, p. 25 J. F. Rrockholes." 

 L. dumerili, Dup. A $ , also good, on a thick ordinary pin, has the data on one 

 label " Isle of Wight, Rogers, Barney sale " (C. W.D.), and " Sale, Stevens, lot 202, 

 odds and ends." 



" Miana " morrisi, Dale. — Three ^ examples, somewhat worn and discoloured, 

 labelled at side " Charmouth," stand at the head of the series of C. arcnosa, Haw., 

 under the above name. After a very close and careful scrutiny, I can onl^' regard 

 these specimens as a very pallid and immaculate form of C. arcuosa, with which 

 species they agree in every particular except in colour. They are certainly quite 

 distinct from the well-known Folkestone insect Tapinostola bondii, Knaggs. 



Laphygma exigua, Hiibn. — The series includes a $ labelled " C. W. Dale, 

 Studland, Dorset, 1879" (C'.W.D.). 



Hgdrilla palustris, Hiibn. — Five examples (4 J > 1 ? ) the latter somewiiat 

 damaged in one hind-wing, has a printed label " Mr. Cohen, Wicken." A S is 

 labelled " Mr. Cohen, Norfolk fens 18'JG " (C.W.D.), and another S " Norfolk Fens, 

 J. G. Ross 1878" (C.W.D.). 



Noctua Jlammatra, W. V.- A ^ in fine order labelled " H. Rogers, Freshwater, 

 Isle of Wight, Aug. 1880 " (C.W.D.). {Cf. C. W. Dale, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xvii, 

 p. 13^', and " A Guide to the Natural History of the Isle of Wight," p. 410, where 

 Mr. E. R. Bankes states that this specimen " is certainly not British." N. subrosea, 

 Steph. A series of thirteen specimens, mostly rather worn ; unfortunately the con- 

 temporary labels, if any, have been replaced by others in C. W. Dale's handwriting. 

 The best d is from " S Stevens coll. 1900 " ; a <J and a $ , " R. Weaver, Whittlesea 

 Mere 184G," and two from " Rev. II. Burney's sale, lh94 " {sic). 



Pachnobia hgperborea, Zett. — A varied series of twelve examples from Shetland 

 and Rannoch, including a rather remarkably light S . " George Clark at Kannoch, 

 1876." 



Cerantis erythrocephala, W. V. — Five examples, all in good order ; a <? on a 

 common pin, "Dr. Livett " (C.W.D.), and "Wells, Novr 4, '70"; the others 

 (2 <? , 2 ? ), " Canterbury " at side. 



Xanthia ocellaris, Borkh. — A fine (J specimen on a modern gilt pin, unfortu- 

 nately without data. 



Dianthoecia compta, Guen. — Two nice examples on modern pins, also without 

 labels, except " Ireland " at side. 



Valeria oleagina, W. V. — A rather worn and faded S specimen, lacking the 

 antennae, on a large old bead-headed pin, is labelled in C. W. Dale's handwriting, 



