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much greater in nature than it is in collections. It appears 

 that the proportion of dark specimens varies from year to 

 year, and that they become darker and more abundant in the 

 more northerly islands of the group.^ It would seem possible, 

 though we have not yet the materials to permit us to come 

 to a definite conclusion, that the species is less liable to pro- 

 duce atypical individuals, and that the atypical individuals 

 which do appear are less separated from the typical, in the 

 Faroes than in Shetland. 



Agrotes pronitba. I have only seen this species in gardens 

 at Thorshavn, where it is not uncommon. 



Charc&as graminis. This species is common among the 

 grass. I have taken a specimen as late as the beginning of 

 August at Thorshavn, but it is more common earlier in the 

 season. This specimen was strongly coloured, and in no way 

 abnormal. 



Fhcsia gamma. Common in the hayfields on Stromoe. 



Emmelesia. alhulata. 



Cidaria alhulata, Hansen, loc. cit. 



There are three specimens in my collection, all taken in 

 June 1900. Unfortunately they are all rather worn, but 

 they appear to have been decidedly paler than Weir's variety 

 tliules} which they resembled in the suffused character of 

 their coloration. 



Coremia designata. 



Cidaria designata, Hansen, loc. cit. 



Two specimens, taken June 1900. Though well preserved, 

 both specimens are rather greyer than the typical form, 

 having no reddish tinge in the bars on the fore-wings. 



Osseana pratana. A single specimen, August 1903. It is 

 rather smaller than is normal in the species, and appears to 

 have been paler ; but it is much worn. 



Moths of a few species, mostly belonging to the genus 

 Coremia and its allies, are not uncommon in the Faroes in 



^ Jenner Weir, The Entomolorjist, vol. xiii., 1880, pi. 3; vol. xiv., 1881, 

 pp. 220, 280; and vol. xvii , 1884, p. 2. 



- The Entomologist, vol. xiii., 1880, p. 290, pi. 4, Hgs. 4, 5. Weir says that 

 some specimens are even darker than those fi^au'ed (vol. xiv. p. 280). 



