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3. Ashy-grey or greyish-fuscous, with distinct transverse lines and 



stigmata = quadripunctata, Fab. 

 4. Ashy-grey or greyish-fuscous, with indistinct transverse lines and 



stigmata, = menetriesii, Kret. 

 5. Dark fuscous, with indistinct transverse lines and stigmata = 



superstes, St. 

 6. Ochreous, with distinct transverse lines and stigmata = albina, Ev. 



a. var. cubicularis, Haw. This is one of the palest forms of the species 

 and has distinct transverse lines and stigmata. Haworth describes it 

 as : " Noctua. Alis canescentibus nebulosis, striga postica undulata 

 ex punctis confertis triangulari-sagittatis runs extus pallidis." " Margo 

 posticus (ani angulo excepto) fuscus, ante ordinem punctorum fuscorum 

 in ipso margine, ciliis cinereis " (' Lepidoptera Britannica,' p. 208). 

 This would appear to be Treitschke's cubicularis, of which he says : 

 " Caradrina alis anticis griseis fusco undatis, punctis quatuor margine 

 fuscis " ('Die Schmet. von Europa,' v., p. 251). 



P. var. grisea, Ev. This is described by Dr. Staudinger as : 

 " albidior, magis unicolor " (' Catalog,' p. 111). Guenee's var. A from 

 the West Indies would appear to fit in here. He writes : " Superior 

 wings very pale, with the markings indistinct; the reniform red, 

 surrounded by white dots, like the specimens I have just referred 

 to ; but the inferior wings are of a clear grey almost unicolorous, with 

 the nervures darker and the fringe unicolorous." Gruenee also adds : 

 " In spite of the marked difference in the inferior wings, I can only 

 consider this Caradrina a simple variety of our cubicularis, from which 

 it does not differ in any other respect. It exactly resembles Herrich- 

 Schaffer's figure 425, which represents a specimen from Southern 

 Kussia" (' Noctuelles/ vol. v., p. 251). It would appear to be 

 Haworth's cubicularis var. p., of which he says : " Alis anticis absque 

 striga fusca in postico margine " (' Lep. Brit.,' p. 208). 



y. var. congesta, Ld. This is a sub- variety of the var. cubicularis of 

 Haworth. It is almost unicolorous, except the outer margin, which is 

 dark as in that variety. Staudinger says of it : " Al. ant. albido-cine- 

 reis, exter. infuscatis, eadem cum priced. ? (grisea Ev.) " (' Catalog,' 

 p. 111). This would appear to be very close to Haworth's cubicularis 

 var. y. of which he writes : " Paulo minor. Stigma anticum minu- 

 tissimum punctiforme, vel subinde deest : posticum tenue reniforme, 

 margine fusco solum conspicuum. Strigse posticae rufze pallidse et 

 fuscae precedentium (cubicularis} omnino desunt, caeteris ut in illis " 

 (' Lepidoptera Britannica,' p. 203). 



S. var. menetriesii, Kret. This variety, recorded from Russia, is 

 described in the ' Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift,' 1863, p. 432, 

 and Dr. Staudinger (' Catalog,' p. Ill) writes of it: "fere unicolor 

 obscure cinerascens." 



e. var. superstes, Stephens. This name was given by Stephens in 

 his ' Illustrations ' &c., p. 159, to those larger and darker specimens 

 of cubicularis, generally with ill-developed markings, which occasion- 

 ally occur in most localities. The largest and darkest specimens that 

 I have in my collection came from Mr. Percy Kuss and were captured 

 near Sligo. 



(?). J. var. albina, Ev. Eversmann's albina from the Ural is 

 treated by Dr. Staudinger as a probable variety of quadripunctata, 



