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  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Baker's 
  7iotes 
  on 
  

  

  two 
  centi'al 
  toothed 
  lines 
  is 
  dark 
  grey 
  for 
  its 
  lower 
  half. 
  Posterior 
  

   margin 
  darkly 
  dotted. 
  Fringes 
  whitish, 
  with 
  grey 
  extremities 
  and 
  

   intersections. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  pale 
  grey, 
  marked 
  as 
  in 
  ,^ 
  . 
  Exp. 
  alar, 
  

   about 
  46 
  mm. 
  

  

  Var. 
  ohscura. 
  

  

  Basal 
  area 
  almost 
  black 
  ; 
  between 
  the 
  outer 
  basal 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  

   central 
  line 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  greyish, 
  over 
  which 
  a 
  few 
  dark 
  

   scales 
  are 
  scattered 
  ; 
  beyond 
  this 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  sooty 
  

   black, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  apical 
  grey 
  patch, 
  and 
  the 
  pale 
  scalloped 
  

   interrupted 
  line 
  fairly 
  marked. 
  Secondaries 
  as 
  in 
  Wollastoni. 
  

   Exp. 
  alar. 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  ? 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  copies 
  its 
  <? 
  precisely, 
  but 
  the 
  colour, 
  

   instead 
  of 
  being 
  sooty 
  black, 
  is 
  dark 
  dirty 
  grey. 
  Exp. 
  alar. 
  43 
  to 
  

   44 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  constant 
  form, 
  being 
  not 
  im- 
  

   probably 
  the 
  second 
  brood, 
  and 
  as 
  such 
  seems 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   a 
  varietal 
  name. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wollaston 
  describes 
  the 
  larva 
  thus 
  : 
  — 
  *' 
  Cater- 
  

   pillar 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  dirty 
  yellowish 
  buff, 
  with 
  a 
  paler 
  line 
  

   down 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  back, 
  and 
  very 
  obsoletely 
  freckled 
  

   (or 
  rather 
  pencilled) 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  indistinctly 
  traceable 
  

   scroll-like 
  markings. 
  The 
  legs 
  and 
  prolegs 
  and 
  the 
  

   sutures 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  have 
  a 
  faint 
  rosy 
  tinge. 
  Feeds 
  

   on 
  common 
  broom." 
  

  

  Common 
  at 
  St. 
  Antonio 
  de 
  Serra. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  

   extremely 
  variable, 
  some 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  palish 
  uniform 
  grey, 
  

   others 
  almost 
  all 
  black 
  ; 
  and, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  

   the 
  series 
  before 
  me 
  (38) 
  connecting-links 
  between 
  them, 
  

   I 
  entertain 
  no 
  doubt 
  but 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  really 
  large 
  series 
  

   every 
  transitional 
  form 
  could 
  be 
  traced. 
  

  

  Euholia 
  riqncola, 
  Woll. 
  (PL 
  XII., 
  fig. 
  8). 
  

  

  " 
  Alls 
  anticis 
  fuscis, 
  saturatiore 
  lineatis, 
  striga 
  anteriore 
  parum 
  

   angulata, 
  striga 
  posteriore 
  (extus 
  dentem 
  emittente 
  et 
  albido- 
  

   marginata), 
  punctis 
  dilutis, 
  maculisque 
  duabus 
  marginem 
  posticum 
  

   versus 
  nigro 
  fuseis 
  ornatis. 
  Exp. 
  alar. 
  16 
  lin,"='= 
  

  

  Primaries 
  umber-brown 
  ; 
  basal 
  Line 
  darker, 
  palely 
  edged 
  pos- 
  

   teriorly, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  dark 
  brown 
  central 
  space 
  (in 
  which 
  are 
  

   several 
  dark 
  serrated 
  lines), 
  angulated 
  exteriorly 
  and 
  margined 
  

   wi+h 
  whitish 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  this 
  space 
  is 
  a 
  paler 
  fascia, 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  * 
  'Annals 
  & 
  Mag. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  History' 
  (1858), 
  3rd 
  Series, 
  vol. 
  i.. 
  

   p. 
  118. 
  

  

  