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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



A. Atropos at Liverpool. — On the 22nd 

 a boy brought me a specimen of Aeherontia 

 atropos alive, which he had caught in a shop 

 in Elliot Street in the" centre of Liverpool. 

 — B. Cooke, Junr., 21, Renshaw Street, 

 Liverpool., October, 1884. 



A CATALOGUE OF BRITISH 

 LEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR 

 NAMED VARIETIES. 



By John E Robson. 

 (Continued from page 262.) 



Pachycnemia 



Hippocastanaria 

 Hybernia 



Rupicapraria 

 Leucophearia 



v. Marmorinaria, Esp. Basal patch 

 and portion beyond the second 

 line very dark, sometimes nearly 

 black. 

 Aurantiaria 

 Progemmaria 



v. fuscata, Mosley, Dark brown, 

 nearly unicolourous. 

 Defoliaria. A very variable insect, 

 with several very distinct forms, 

 but none of them have been named 

 to my knowledge. 

 Anisopteryx 



iEscularia 

 Cheimatobia 

 Brumata 

 Boreata 

 Oporabia 

 Dilutata 



v. ohscurata, Staud. Unicolourous 

 brown. 

 Filigrammaria 



v. autamnaria, Gn. (?) Larger, with 

 less distinct markings, and more 

 glossy. A very doubtful form. 



Larentia 



Didymata 

 The sexes of this species differ con- 

 siderably, and have been separately 

 named. The male tcabrata, Hb., 

 and the female Alpestrata, Hb. 

 Multistrigaria 

 Cassiata 



Three northern forms occurring in 

 Lapland and Iceland have been 

 named. I am not aware that any 

 of them have been taken in Britain. 

 I have some very dark specimens 

 given me by Mr. Porritt, from the 

 Yorkshire Moors. 



Ruficinctata, Gn. "I 



Flaviacinctata, Hb.J 



Salicata 



Olivata 



Pectinitaria, Fues. "i 

 Viridaria, Fab. J 

 Emmelesia 

 affinitata 



v. turbidaria, Steph. Larger, F.W. 

 with a broader white band ; H.W. 

 sometimes nearly all white. 

 Alchemillata 

 Albulata 



v. griseata, Stg. This is the ordinary 



form in Britain, the type being 



lighter coloured, 

 v. Thules, Weir. Dull lead colour, 



often almost without markings. 



Found in the Shetland Isles. 



v. Hebudium, Weir. White. Taken 

 in the Hebrides. 



Decolorata 



Taeniata 



Unifasciata 

 v. aquilaria, H.S. An obscurely 

 marked form. I am not aware 

 that it occurs with us, but it is 

 in South's list, and I therefore 

 give it here. 



Ericitata 



Blandiata, S.V. | 

 Adcequata, Bk. J 



