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t( Noctua cristata alis dentatis griseo fuscoque nebulosis, posticis 

 fuscis, capite antice quadrifido." " Alas antica? dentata? cinereo 

 fuscoque varise maculis ordinariis pallidis " (' Mantissa,' p. IH2). 

 This is another sub-var. of pallida with the inner margin strongly 

 fuscous (in a specimen from Dr. Chapman that I have it is quite black). 

 This fuscous colour forms a longitudinal patch extending from the base 

 to the arigulated line, filling up all the area below the longitudinal 

 black line at the base of the median nervure. There is a narrow edging 

 of the pale ground colour along the extreme edge of the inner 

 margin. The central spot under the stigmata is well developed, and 

 the outer margin is darker. The stigmata pale as in the other forms. 

 The character of the variety is well brought out by Fabricius when he 

 writes " posticis fuscis " the posterior portion of the wing (inner mar- 

 gin) being fuscous. 



S. var. rufescens, mihi. This is a form in which the ochreous of 

 var. pallida is beautifully tinted with rosy. There are three distinct 

 red forms, corresponding with (I) var. pallida, almost unicolorous ; (2) 

 var. umbrosa, with a dark discal spot ; (3) var. petrificata, with a dark 

 longitudinal patch along the inner margin. Var. rufescens, therefore 

 is almost unicolorous, whilst the sub-var. with the discal spot, I have 

 termed puncta-rtifescens ; and the sub-var. with the longitudinal patch 

 suffusa-rufescens. I am especially indebted for my specimens of this 

 form to Mr. Mason of Clevedon, but I also have them from Waterford 

 etc. 



Calocampa, St., vetusta, Hb. 



The ground colour of this species varies from pale ochreous in- 

 clining to whitish, to a deep, rich brown. The double orbicular, seen 

 in L. solidaginis, can be traced, though with difficulty. There are two 

 cuneiform spots developed, only one of which usually reaches the 

 reuiform, although in a specimen I have from Barnsley, both do so. 

 There is generally a pale patch under the reniform, but in the dark 

 Barnsley specimen before referred to, and in the darkest Aberdeen 

 specimen 1 have, the dark inner marginal patch is continuous from 

 the base to the outer margin. In some, this dark patch is not con- 

 tinued beyond the angulated line (just below reniform), although 

 generally it reaches the subterminal, and, as I have just mentioned, 

 occasionally reaches the outer margin. Hiibner's type ' Samin. europ. 

 Schmet.,' fig. 459, is somewhat similar to our ordinary British 

 specimens, and is of a pale ochreous-brown with the inner margin of 

 a darker brown coloration. An ashy longitudinal shade runs along 

 the median nervure and spreads considerably over the wing area in 

 the neighbourhood of the reniform, thus altering altogether the 

 ochreous ground colour of this part of the wing, and also its general 

 appearance, when compared with the more ruddy Sligo and some of 

 the Aberdeen specimens. This more pallid form, is rather more 

 common in Scotland than the redder form, whilst in England nearly 

 all the specimens are of the pale form. 



a. var. brunnea, mihi. The Irish (and some Scotch) specimens 

 differ from the type in the almost entire absence of the ashy-grey 

 central shade which runs along the median nervure and spreads over 

 the central area of the wing. These specimens are of a distinct warm, 



