1889.] 



THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



^39 



Charaeas 



graminis. 

 Cerigo 



cytherea. Very dark. 

 Luperina 



testacea. 

 Mamestra 



albicolon. 



furva. So fine and dark, that I had to look twice at these 



mountain insects taken on the coast. 

 Apamea 



oculea 

 Miana 



strigilis. 



literosa. 



captiuncula. 

 Caradrina 



\ These were so fine, and packed so closely upon 

 each other, that I was unable to examine them 

 critically, as the best character to separate them 

 by is in the under wings, which could not be seen 

 / under the circumstances. v 

 cubicularis. 

 Agrotis 



valligera. Fine. 



suffusa. Very strongly marked. 



saucia. beautiful. 



lunigera. 



cursoria. Very poorly marked, 

 nigricans. 



tritici. All very fine. Several my var obeliscoides. Many 

 might be mistaken for obelisca, but the under wings say 

 distinctly " tritici " to the critical differentiator, 

 praecox. Fine and blackish. 

 Tryphaena 



alsines. 

 blanda. 



pronuba. 1 Man y bred - No striking forms. 



