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three males and three females nearly white; the size varies 

 from 1 J inch to 2j inches ; six males dark ; four females 

 light, with dark distinct markings; and under them eight 

 females dark and darker, but still slightly irrorate. In the 

 next row are twenty- four specimens, the upper ones having 

 brown fore wings, but suffused or irrorate hind wings : these 

 are followed by deep rich brown males and females, having 

 only the peculiar or almost ever-present white shoulder-mark ; 

 the last one without this mark, and with the face (always 

 white) rather dirty-looking. 



Boarmia repandaria. A variable species in some places, 

 not in others — a species which appears as permanent varieties 

 or races in given places : thus around Lytham the specimens 

 have always a yellowish suffused appearance, markings not 

 well defined ; in Denbighshire the ground-colour is light and 

 the markings distinct, but never banded, as they often are in 

 the south (this is Haworth's destrigaria ?) ; and in South 

 Lancashire and Cheshire they appear as a family of sweeps, 

 rich dark smoky suffused specimens, having the zigzag pos- 

 terior marginal line distinctly defined: in a series of thirty 

 specimens before me are eight of this variety, all very dark, 

 yet no two exactly .alike ; one poor destrigaria, given to me 

 by Mr. Allis, and two nearly white, one much like Tephrosia 

 biundularia, to which we now turn. In a series of thirty-two 

 specimens there are fourteen good and striking varieties, three 

 of which are very light creamy white, with faint markings, and 

 the others are rich smoky brown of various shades ; the 

 darkish specimen, given to me by Mr. Capper, has a distinct 

 light submarginal line all round. 



Tephrosia laricaria (crepuscularia). 1 have one very light- 

 coloured specimen, and several having a broad dark band 

 where usually is the single line and patch : these were bred 

 and given to me by Mr. Doubleday. 



Gnophos obscuraria. This is another species which assumes 

 a slightly different appearance in different localities : at Bid- 

 ston Hill, Cheshire, it is of a rich-coloured deep brown, with 

 stumpy short wings ; on Wallasey Hill it is a warm ochreous- 

 brown, long-winged insect; in Denbighshire it appears as 

 a bluish gray suffused insect, with the light mark on the 

 costa well pronounced, whilst Bidston specimens are without 

 this mark, and in the south it is often an ashy-coloured, 



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