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sent the type of the species " alls superioribus fuscescentibus ; arcu 

 nigro linea alba rnarginato " the description of Linnaeus, agreeing with 

 Mr. Kobson's remarks " dark smoky-brown, with the black ' Hebrew 

 character ' very distinct." 



Tceniocampa, Gn., stabilis, View. 



Vol. ii., p. 152. Tceniocampa stabilis var. obliqua, Vill. Villers' 

 diagnosis of this variety is as follows : " Bombyx f usco-grisea, alis 

 superioribus striga lutea obliqua. Tota unicolor f usco-grisea. Macula3 

 ordinarias alis concolores sed peripheria lutea. Striga lutea fusco-antice 

 marginata, a margine interiore versus exteriorem postice descendens " 

 (' Caroli Linn. ' &o., p. 147). 



Tceniocampa^ Gn., pulverulenta, Esp. 



Vol. ii., p. 154. Tcenicampa pulverulenta var. irroratce, Gregs., 

 Eobs. Mr. Kobson in the ' Young Naturalist,' 1888, p. 121, mentions 

 Haworth's pusillus under the above name. This haphazard naming of 

 varieties, without reference to the positive type form, appears very 

 likely to cause a great deal of unnecessary confusion. 



Vol. ii., p. 155. For " var. cruda, mihi," read " var. cruda, Hb." 



Anchocelis, Gn., helvola, Linn. 



Vol. ii., p. 162. Anchocelis helvola var. sibirica, Stdgr. This variety 

 was first described by Staudinger, who writes as follows : " More than 

 30 specimens of this species were received from Saisan, and they are 

 all so much strikingly paler than German specimens, that they must 

 be considered as a strong local variety. Two specimens were also re- 

 ceived from Altai. The fore wings of this form are nearly always 

 light yellow-grey with red-brown transverse markings which are 

 mostly narrow and often very faint. The hind wings are dirty- white 

 in colour, the middle inclining to blackish, and a reddish tint towards 

 the outer margin. The undersides of all the wings are much larger 

 than in German helvola, which show only occasionally transitional 

 forms to sibirica " ( ' Stettiner entomologische Zeitung,' vol. xliii., p. 

 46). 



Vol. ii., p. 163. Anchocelis helvola var. police, Gregs., Kobson. 

 This is a form which I do not appear to have met with. Mr. Eobson 

 describes it as : " A straw-coloured form with the markings dark-grey " 

 (' Young Naturalist,' vol. ix., p. 122). 



Anchocelis, Gn., lunosa, Haw. 



Vol. ii., p. 169. Anchocelis lunosa var. lunce, Gregs., Eobson. The 

 reddish form named var. lunce by Mr. Gregson is Haworth's type of 

 lunosa. Mr. Eobson adds : " The type is a cold dark brown." This 

 remark probably refers to Herrich-Schaffer's neurodes. Haworth says 

 of the type : " Alis griseo-rufescentibus " etc., which is I take it " the 

 reddish form " described as lunce. 



ADDITIONS, etc., to Vol. IH. 



Orrhodia, Hb., vaccinii, Linn, and 0. ligula, Esp. 



Vol. iii., pp. 1-6. Orrhodia vaccinii and 0. %w/a,Esp. Mr. Butler 



complains that these allied but well differentiated species have been 



" laboriously sorted out into three," 2V. ligula, vaccinii and spadicea, by 



