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whitish one. Between the two last lines stands a lunar-shaped spot, 

 and below this a light black-bordered reniform. From the base a 

 rose-coloured streak runs as far as the second line. The hind margin 

 is black, spotted with white, the fringes ashy-grey. The hind wings 

 are rose-coloured, with a broad black band on the margin, and a simi- 

 larly coloured but shorter one, curved strongly but not touching the 

 inner margin, is in the middle of the wing. The fringes of the hind 

 margin are snowy-white, but in the foremost angle they are on a 

 black band and somewhat rose-coloured" (' Naturgeschichte ' etc., 

 pp. 26-27). 



a. var. lugdenensis, Mill. Milliere figures and describes a variety 

 of this species under the above name. This description is to be found in 

 the ' Annales de la Ent. Soc. de France,' vol. iii., 1855, pp. 205-206, and 

 it is figured in the same volume, PI. xi., fig. 1. The latter has distinctly 

 yellow hind wings, but with normal outer and central dark bands. 



Catocala, Och., nupta, Linn. 



Vol. iv., p. 50. Catocala nupta var. A specimen of this species 

 was sold at Stevens' auction rooms with Mr. Howard Vaughan's col- 

 lection, on April 23rd, 1890, which had streaks of the red colour normal 

 on the under wings developed on the upper wings. 



Vol. iv., p. 50. Catocala nnpta var., Stdgr. Dr. Staudinger 

 describes a variety of this species without a name as follows : " Three 

 specimens taken in the second half of August, near Lepsa, have nearly 

 the same grey coloration of the fore wings as adultera, and as the two 

 forms so closely resemble each other, I took them at first for adultera. 

 According to the differentiation of Morawitz, they are doubtful nupta of 

 pale colour, which occur frequently in both sexes in Central Asia " 

 (' Stettiner entomologische Zeitung,' vol. xliii., p. 56). 



Vol. iv., p. 51. Catocala nupta var. ccerulescens, Ckll. A variety 

 having all the essential characters of this form was captured by Mr. 

 Winkley, in August of the present year (1892). The following note 

 relative to this specimen occurs : " Mr. Winkley exhibited a peculiar 

 variety of C. nupta. Mr. Frohawk said that he had ' examined the 

 specimen by daylight, and found the normal red colour of the hind 

 wings was in this specimen pale brown, shot on the surface with 

 purple.' By gaslight the specimen looked of a purple-brown tint " 

 (' Entomologist's Record ' etc., vol. iii., p. 216) ; whilst a full description 

 of this particular aberration by Mr. Frohawk, reads as follows : " I 

 have pleasure in recording the capture of an exceedingly fine form of 

 C. nupta, taken at rest at Mitcham, Surrey, on August 27th last, by my 

 friend Mr. Mark Winkley. The coloration of the secondaries is re- 

 markable, having all the usual red colour replaced by a very delicate 

 warm brown, and a purplish glow covering the entire area of the 

 wings ; both the marginal and median bands are broader than usual, 

 and finely shot with purple. The primaries are also considerably 

 deeper in colour, the ground colour being of a deep smoky-grey ; the 

 dark markings are strongly pronounced ; the reniform is large and 

 black, in strong contrast to a whitish blotch bordering the inner edge. 

 Under surface : the secondaries are coloured as above, there being no 

 trace of any red colouring, and all the black bands of primaries and 

 secondaries are shot with purple. It is a large female, measuring 

 3f -inches in expanse, and apparently freshly emerged " (* Entomologist,' 

 vol. xxv., p. 243). 



