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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



I do not know if this occurs in 

 Britain. Nigroserieiata is very 

 common in some parts of London, 

 and in Ne.wcastle-on-Tyne. 

 Debiliata 



Collix 



Sparsata 

 Lobophora 



Sexalata, Vill, ^ 

 Sexalista, Hb. j 

 Hexapterata 

 v. Zonata, Thnb. Wings whitish 

 yellow, basal patch black at the 

 edge. 

 Viretata 



Lobulata, Hb. ) 

 Carpinata, Bkh. i 

 Polycommata 

 Thera 



Juniperata 



Simulata 



Variata 



Dr. Standinger refers to the type, the 



grey form (forma grisesceus ) 

 v. obeliscata, Hb. This he disting- 

 uishes as " forma brunn, vol 

 fuloa," the brown or fulvous 

 form. 

 Firmata 



A variety called ulicata, Rhr., occurs 

 in the south of France. It has 

 bluish-ash coloured wings with 

 a fulvous band. 

 As the arrangement of groups and genera 

 is exciting some attention just now, it will 

 be well to say that Dr. Staudinger includes 

 this genus, and those succeeding, as well as 

 several others, with Cidaria. 

 Ypsipetes 



Ruberata, Frr. ) 

 ? Literata, Don. J 



I do not know the Continental form 

 of this insect, but Staudinger seems 

 to think one a variety of the other, 

 or what he calls a Darwinian 

 species (see p. 256). In this case 



Donovan's name of Literata, given 

 in 1810, should stand for the type, 

 and the Continental form be called 

 v. Ruberata, Frr. ^1831). 

 Impluviata, S.V. "1 

 Trifasciata, Bkh. J 

 Elutata, Hb. | 

 Sordidata, F. J 

 v. Fusco-undata, Don. Brick col- 

 oured (!) with dark band, 

 v. Infuscata, Stdr. cat. Nearly uni- 

 colourous, greyish, indistinctly 

 marked with black lines. Both 

 these vars. he gives as British. 

 The species is truly protean. 

 Melanthia 



Rubiginata, Hufn. ) 

 Bicolorata, S.V, J 



v. Plumbata, Curt. Blackish. 

 Ocellata 

 Albicillata 

 Melanippe 

 Hastata 



There are three named varieties of 

 this insect, but they are all dark 

 Boreal forms not occurring here. 



Tristata 



Procellata 



Unangulata 



Rivata 



Sociata 



A dwarf form of the female has been 

 called Abditaria, 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. — Alclieinillata, immanata, 

 lutealis, fulva, litura, arteritis, testata, sul- 

 pherella and other species. — J. McKay, 78, 

 Gloucester Street, Tradeston, Glasgow. 



At Home. — Mr. Gregson will be at home 

 to Naturalists and Artists from the first 

 Sunday in November to the first Sunday in 

 March next, both inclusive. 



