12 VARIETIES OF NOCTTL35 



terminate. Stigma teliforme atro cinctum ; ad marginem posticum 

 striga obsoleta undata punctorum pallidiorum. Alas posticas ut in 

 prascedente " (' Lepidoptera Britannica,' p. 115). 



S. var. connexus. Haw. Another sub-variety of catenatus, with the 

 reniform and orbicular joined by a double line. Haworth's description 

 is : " Stigmatibus junctis per lineolam duplicem. Stigmate tertio 

 acuto, lineolam atram exerente ad marginem posticum." " Exemplar 

 unicum tantum vidi, Mas, praecedenti valde affmis. Alis nitide griseis 

 sed absque strigis ; ad marginem posticum fascia undata atra, quae ad 

 apicem vix attingat. Alas posticae albae " (' Lepidoptera Britannica,' 

 p. 116). 



e. var. corticcus, Haw. Another sub-variety of catenatus, with 

 differently shaped orbicular and partially obliterated strigaa. 

 Haworth's description is : " Alis nitide-griseis strigis obliteratis, 

 stigmate antico tridenticulato, stigmate tertio acuto." " Prascedente 

 in plurimis convenit sed absque lineola inter stigmata, et absque 

 lineola ad stigma tertium. Stigma anticum extus tridenticulatum est, 

 nee rotundum et integrum ut in prascedente. Exemplar unicum tantum 

 vidi. Maris alas posticas albae " (' Lepidoptera Britannica,' p. 116). 



. var. vcnosus, Haw. Another sub- variety of catenatus, with the 

 veins broadly fuscous. Haworth's description is : " Venis dilatatis 

 fuscis, stigmate postico ad strigam moniliformem non attingente." 

 " Alis nitide-griseis. Stigma anticum subocellare, puncto atro pro 

 pupilla. Stigma tertium valde exiguum. Exemplar unicum tantum 

 vidi. Maris alas posticas albas, margine tenue fusco." Var. /?. 

 " Magis fusco irroratus, venis minus dilatatis " ('Lepidoptera Britannica', 

 p. 116). 



77. var. segetis, Hb. The type of this variety is represented by 

 Hiibner's fig. 146 which has " the anterior wings grey with a broad 

 dark brown costa, reniform and orbicular outlined in pale ; an abbre- 

 viated, followed by a complete, pale basal line, outlined exteriorly 

 with brown ; an oblique shade from costa to inner margin includes 

 the orbicular, a very pale but distinct row of dots beyond the reniform 

 with a wavy line near the hind margin, the space beyond this line 

 whitish." 



9. var. monileus, Haw. This is a suffused form of segetum. 

 Haworth's description is : " Alis griseis atro pulveratis, stigmatibus 

 ordinariis maculasformibus ad strigam moniliformem non attingentibus." 

 " Exemplaria duo tantum vidi, prascedentibus simillima sed magis atro 

 pulverata et nebulosa, stigmatibus ordinariis atris maculasformibus, 

 anticum nee subocellare, posticum nee ad strigam posticam attingens, 

 quas striga moniliformis est, nee pectinata ut in prascedente (pectmatus). 

 Stigma teliforme fere obliteratum. Alee posticce ut in prascedentibus." 



i. var. caligmosa, Esp. Esper's description of caliginosa (p. 323) 

 is : " Alis rufo-fuscis, nigro-nebulosis, stigmatibus atris, superioribus 

 subtus puncto nigro." His Plate 64, fig. 3, represents a dark red-brown 

 variety of segetum with the outer margin blackish, transverse lines and 

 stigmata outlined in blackish. 



K. var. fuscosa, Esp. This is a sub-variety of the type, being of 

 a " pale grey colour with a faint reddish or brownish tinge, with a 

 double transverse basal line; no distinct claviform, orbicular and 

 reniform both dark surrounded by pale ; an angulated transverse line 

 between the stigmata, the outer margin beyond the outer wavy line 



