2 4 0 THE YOUNG NATURALIST. [December 



Noctua 



glareosa. Same remarks apply, 

 festiva. 



xanthographa. 

 Taeniocampa 



stabilis. 

 Orthosia 



lota. Only one specimen. It is a rich reddish brown, outer 

 lines broad bright red, and is the only variety of lota I 

 ever saw. 

 Anchocelis 



rufina. 



litura. 

 Xanthia 



cerago. 



silago, 



ferruginea. 

 Dianthaecia 



carpophaga. 



var capsophila. very large and dark. 



cucubali. 



conspersa. 



barrettii. fine. All the Dianthaecia were taken at Houth, 

 Co. Dublin. 



Hecatera 



dysodea. 

 Polia 



chi. 

 Epunda 



lutulenta 



variety lunburgensis. A grand series, 

 variety sedi. About one in six of the preceeding variety 

 but all the variety sedi are particularly well marked. 



nigra 

 lichenea. 

 Miselia 



oxyacanthae. 



