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I felt sure was not Erebia pluto. On capturing it I at first took 

 it to be Erebia butleri, but subsequent examination proved that 

 it was not a butterfly at all, but Stathmonyma hectoris. A rapid 

 descent soon took us through the forest, which appeared 

 extremely beautiful in the evening sunshine, and terminated 

 one of the pleasantest days I have ever spent.* 



(To be continued.) 



CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A LIST OF THE VARIETIES 



OF NOCTURE OCCURRING IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



By J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. 



(Continued from vol. xxii., p. 305.) 



Apamea, Och., ophiogramma, Esp. 

 The type of this species is represented by Esper's plate 182, 

 fig. 2, ' Die Schmetterlinge,' &c, and may be described as having 

 " The anterior wings yellowish ochreous, with a large, dark-red, 

 somewhat triangular-shaped, costal patch, enclosing the yellowish 

 reniform, and then extending narrowly along the costa to the base; 

 the orbicular obsolete ; below this and forming an outline to its lower 

 edge is a yellowish, followed by a slaty, line extending from centre 

 of base to anal angle ; below this line the colour is yellow-ochreous, 

 as is also the outer margin to apex ; several dark marks on outer 

 margin. Hind wings grey, with greenish tinge." Hiibner's figure 

 355 is " a pale grey-brown ground colour, with a large black costal 

 patch extending from the base, so as to include the dark stigmata ; 

 this patch is outlined in whitish ; a pale line parallel to hind 

 margin, a dark patch in the middle of the hind margin, and dark 

 forked (> ) mark at the anal angle. Hind wings dark grey, with 

 lunule." Haworth describes the species under the name of biloba 

 (' Insecta Britannica,' p. 209). His description is : — " Alis griseis 

 fascia abbreviata marginis crassioris subdolabriformi nigra, in 

 qua stigma reniforme griseum." 



Apamea, Och., leucostigma, Hb. 

 Hiibner twice figured this species, — first under the name of 

 leucostigma (fig. 375), and then a very marked variegated variety, 

 of a bright red colour, under the name of fibrosa (fig. 385). The 

 latter name has been in general use in Britain for this species. 

 Our specimens are very variable, but all are of a dark umber-brown 

 ground colour. There are two very distinct forms occurring in 

 Britain, — one, variegated with paler transverse basal lines, and a 

 broad pale band extending from the apex to the inner margin, 

 just beyond the anal angle, and extending along the inner 



* Abstract from a paper read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, July 

 10th, 1889. 



