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coloured, without tlie dark tufts. Very rare, but taken in i3evdri- 

 shire by Captain Blomer and Mr. Marshall, as also in Norbury Park 

 by Mr. Walton, in September " (* British Moths,' p. 155) ; whilst 

 Kottemburg wrote in 1776 : "Though the fore wings are somewhat 

 long and narrow, and thus resemble Hufnagel's ' Sharks,' the crest on 

 the thorax is wanting. The fore wings are of the same ground colour 

 as those of Cucullia verbasci but the dark shading is absent, and there 

 are many fine longitudinal blackish and brownish nervures running 

 through the wings which are dusted with similarly coloured dots. 

 Hind wings ashy-grey with dusky fringes." He also adds : " The 

 species is almost of the size of verbasci. The larvae feed on lime trees, 

 are green in colour with a few white lines and dots. The pupa has 

 no point like the pupae of umbratica, verbasci, argentea etc., which 

 proves that this moth does not belong to the same genus. I have 

 found the larva in the beginning of June, this pupated towards the 

 middle of the month, and emerged about a month later " (' Der 

 Naturforscher,' ix., 142). The type would therefore appear to be of a 

 brownish -ochreous colour with darker striations. This form appears 

 to be rare in Britain. Almost all my specimens are of a yellow- 

 ochreous tint, modified in some cases with rosy but rarely changing 

 into brown. 



The following is an attempt to classify the different forms : 

 1. Pale yellow -ochreous, markings obsolete = var. pallida. 

 la. Pale yellow-ochreous, with dark central shade (under reniform) 



i= var. umbrosa, Esp. 

 Ib. Pale yellow-ochreous, with dark inner margin = petrijicata, 



Fab. 

 2. Keddish-ochreous (sometimes strongly red), markings obsolete, 



= var. rufescens. 

 2a. Keddish-ochreous, with dark shade under reniform = sub-var. 



puncta-rufescens. 

 2b. Reddish-ochreous, with dark inner margin = sub-var. stiff u#a- 



rnfescens. 

 3. Brownish-ochreous, with darker longitudinal striations = soda, 



Kott. 



a. var. pallida, mihi. This form is of a pale yellow-ochreous 

 colour, almost entirely unicolorous, with traces of the stigmata hardly 

 discernible (being of the same tint as the ground colour), and occasion- 

 ally with the slightest trace of a darker central shade and a subterminal 

 line. I have a long series of this yellow-tinted form in my collection, 

 chiefly from Waterford, Clevedon etc. 



ft. var. umbrosa, Esp. This is simply a sub-var. of pallida, being 

 of the same pale ochreous coloration, but with an indistinct blackish 

 spot or blotch directly under the stigmata. This throws up that edge 

 of the angulated line with which it is in contact, and makes it appear 

 as a lunular mark. The subterminal is rather darker than the pale 

 ground colour. Esper's diagnosis is : " Alis denticulatis ochraceis, 

 macula disci oblitterata nigricante, duabus maculis dilutioribus loco 

 stigmatum, striis punctisque fuscis " ('Die Schmet. in Abbild.' &c., p. 

 413). This is a remarkably good description of this particular variety. 

 My specimens have come from the same localities as var. pallida. 



y. var. petrijicata, Fab. The diagnosis of Fabricius is : 



