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Very common everywhere. An exceedingly variable species. 

 The trivial name implies that the paler specimens vrere once the 

 prevailing form of the insect, but the darker ones have steadily 

 increased in numbers and the marbled varieties decreased until 

 the var. jiEthiops constitutes the bulk of those now taken. 

 Several of the more recent lists record no other. 



102. M. fasciuncula, Haw. Middle-baeeed Minoe. 

 Miana fasciuncula. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 212. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 308. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 13. 



Hadena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 137. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. iv.j pi. Ixviii., fig. 2. 

 Generally distributed and very common everywhere. 



103. M. furuncula, Tr. Cloaked Minok. 

 Miana furuncula. Staint. Man., vol. i., p, 213. 



,, ., llewm. Brit. Moths, p. 309. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 18. 



Hadena bicoloria. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 136. 

 Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ixviii., fig. 4. 

 Not so common as the last, and apparently most numerous 

 near the sea. It is in the Twizell list ; Mr. Maling met with it 

 in great abundance at Newbiggiu-by-the-Sea ; Mr. Henderson 

 took it at Jesmond ; Mr. Bhagg also took it about !N^ewcastle ; 

 Mr. Brady got a few at sugar at Ryhope ; and Mr. Ross a few 

 at Bishop Auckland. At Hartlepool it is very common on the 

 railway side and on the sandhills. It flies very wildly about 

 sunset, then more quietly, and settles down to feed on Ragwort 

 and other flowers by the time it is dark. Later still it may be 

 taken sitting on palings, often paired, disappearing finally about 

 midnight. 



104. M. captiuncula, Tr. Lessee Minoe. 



Miana expolita. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 213. 



Photedes captiuncula. JSTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 309. 

 Miana ,, Barr. Lep. Brit .Is., vol. v., p. 22. 



Hadena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 136. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ixviii., fig. 5. 



