THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXIV.] PEBBUARY, 1891. [No. 833. 



REMARKS ON MIANA STRIGILIS, M. FASCIUNCULA AND 

 A PROBABLE NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS. 



By Richaed South. 



In 1881 I secured a long and variable series of Miana strigilis 

 in North Devonshire. Comprised in this series were several 

 specimens which I considered to be merely forms of M. strigilis ; 

 some of these examples have been sent to correspondents, and 

 at the present time I have but three of them in my collection. 

 Probably these would have continued to grace my series of 

 M. strigilis if the suggested identity of that species and M. fasci- 

 uneula had not aroused my dormant interest in Miana, and 

 induced me to look with a critical eye at my series of the two 

 species in question. 



The first point upon which I satisfied myself was that con- 

 fusion of M. fasciuncula with M. strigilis, or vice versa, was not 

 possible to anyone who would make himself acquainted with the 

 differential characters of these well known and distinct species. 

 My series of each species comprises detachments from several 

 British localities, and careful examination of these has enabled 

 me to tabulate the differences between the two species as 

 follows : — 



M. strigilis. M. fasciuncula. 



1. Abbreviated basal line* distinct indistinct or absent 



2. Area between base and \ 



'^"andlub: ^ff--ay -i°-«« ^'-"- - -•"- 



marginal lines J 



3. Claviform stigma large and distinctly out- inconspicuous and often 



lined in black entirely absent 



4. Under surface some shade of grey suf- some shade of ochreous 



fused with fuliginous suffused with fuliginous 



* Transverse markings are absorbed by the clavk ground colour of var. cethiops. 

 KNTOM, — FEB, 1891, D 



