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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Berberata 

 Covernia 

 Munitata 

 Propugnata 



Mr. South calls this " JDmgnata, Rufn., 1777 ; Propugnata, Fb., 

 1787." It was called propugnata in the Yienna Catalogue in 1776. 

 [It is quite apart from the purposes of this list to go into the details of 

 the synonymy of the various species, and I will not trouble my readers with 

 any more. I am aware that the names of the Yienna Catalogue are 

 denied to have authority by some, for want of a sufficient description, but 

 that is a subject open to a diversity of opinion, and, I think, that when their 

 admitted priority has once been recognized, it is leading to unnecessary con- 

 fusion to abandon them now, for no better reason than that one catalogue 

 maker thinks the descriptions in another are not sufficient. Dr. Staudinger 

 differentiates the varieties with the briefest possible descriptions.] 

 Ferrugata 



v. Spadicearia, Bkh. This has the band formed of lines only. It 

 scarcely deserves a distinctive name. 

 Unidentaria 

 Quadrifasciaria 



CaMPTO GRAMMA 



Bilineata 



v. Testaceolata, Gr. Brownish (testaceisj, not yellow. 

 Fluviata 



The sexes of this species were formerly considered distinct, the female 

 being named Gemmata, Hub. 

 Phibalapteryx 

 Tersata 



v. Tersulata, Std. Cat. (Testacearia, Dup. Cat.) Smaller, and more 

 unicolourous, the lines being less distinct. (?) The second brood. 

 Lapidata 

 Lignata 



Called Titatta, Bk. 1794, which name should be adopted, lignata 

 not having been given by Hubner till 1799. 

 Polygrammata 



v. Conjunctaria, Ld. The central band less distinct or wanting. I 

 do not know the Continental form of this species, but it seems 

 doubtful if the type occurs with us. 

 Yitalbata 



I have seen a very curious form of this insect, said to have been taken 



