﻿Lepidoptera 
  collected 
  in 
  Madeira. 
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  dark 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  thereof. 
  Between 
  the 
  basal 
  line 
  and 
  

   the 
  dark 
  central 
  shade 
  is 
  another 
  dark 
  indistinct 
  line. 
  The 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  waved 
  line 
  is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  usually 
  composed 
  of 
  small 
  

   scallops 
  ; 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  there 
  is 
  generally 
  

   a 
  small 
  dark 
  clouding 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Fringes 
  

   brown. 
  Secondaries 
  paler 
  brown, 
  covered 
  with 
  most 
  indistinct 
  

   wavy 
  transverse 
  lines, 
  which 
  are 
  occasionally 
  quite 
  obsolete. 
  

   Antennse 
  <? 
  ciliate, 
  J 
  pubescent. 
  Exp. 
  alar. 
  34 
  to 
  36 
  mm. 
  

  

  Like 
  several 
  other 
  Madeiran 
  insects, 
  it 
  varies 
  a 
  good 
  

   deal, 
  the 
  extreme 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  direction 
  being 
  very 
  dark, 
  

   with 
  the 
  central 
  shade 
  almost 
  black, 
  whilst 
  in 
  the 
  con- 
  

   trary 
  direction 
  the 
  colour 
  is 
  paler 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  type, 
  and 
  

   the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  dark 
  space 
  becomes 
  nearly 
  quite 
  

   white. 
  Another 
  form 
  has 
  the 
  central 
  space 
  broadly 
  

   edged 
  with 
  white 
  posteriorly, 
  whilst 
  yet 
  another 
  is 
  almost 
  

   uniform 
  umber-brown, 
  with 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  pattern 
  

   obliterated. 
  This 
  is 
  evidently 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  

   insects 
  in 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wollaston, 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  already 
  referred 
  to, 
  says 
  : 
  

   — 
  " 
  Inhabits 
  Madeira 
  proper, 
  abounding 
  at 
  intermediate 
  

   elevations 
  throughout 
  the 
  sylvan 
  districts, 
  and 
  secreting 
  

   itself 
  generally 
  beneath 
  the 
  overhanging 
  projections 
  of 
  

   the 
  rocks, 
  which 
  it 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  resembles 
  in 
  colour." 
  

  

  Sterrha 
  sacraria, 
  L. 
  

  

  The 
  one 
  specimen 
  taken 
  near 
  Funchal 
  has 
  the 
  pink 
  

   band 
  very 
  broad, 
  the 
  costa 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  margined 
  

   with 
  pink, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  pinkish 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  

   median 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  not, 
  however, 
  by 
  

   any 
  means 
  sufficient 
  to 
  call 
  it 
  v. 
  sanguinaria. 
  

  

  Corernia 
  centro-strigaria, 
  WoU. 
  (Genus 
  Cidaria 
  of 
  

   Staudinger's 
  Catalogue). 
  (PL 
  XII., 
  fig. 
  9). 
  

  

  " 
  Alls 
  anticis 
  griseo-ochreis, 
  basi 
  ac 
  area 
  centrali 
  rufescentibus, 
  

   hsec 
  fasciam 
  nigi-am 
  extus 
  prope 
  costam 
  acute 
  angulatam 
  includens. 
  

   Exp. 
  alar. 
  12 
  lin."* 
  

  

  Primaries 
  greyish 
  ochre, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  broad 
  central 
  areas 
  

   reddish, 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  broadish 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  of 
  a 
  

   dark 
  bluish 
  grey 
  colour, 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  whereof 
  is 
  the 
  black 
  

   central 
  spot 
  ; 
  both 
  these 
  areas 
  have 
  several 
  transverse 
  darker 
  wavy 
  

   lines, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  edged 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  with 
  whitish, 
  beyond 
  

  

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

   p. 
  119. 
  

  

  